The room on the second floor boss fell into peace again.

After a simple exchange, a group of people walked up to the spiral staircase on the second floor of the Demon King's room leading to the third floor main block.

Lu Ming and Asuna were still walking at the end.

Although because of saving Diabel and showing powerful combat skills, both sides had tacitly let go of their previous displeasure, and even the King of Tooth, who had always talked a lot, was embarrassed to go on.

In front, Kirito walked alone. It can be said that he was the real single.

Of course, his lone was not because of any conflict, but because Kirito himself was not a person who was willing to communicate.

Watching Kirito hold his right hand tightly, murmured in a mood to himself: "In a sense, now is the real [SAO]..."

Lu Ming couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Well...this is because human-shaped monsters will officially appear from the third level."

"The first level of the dog-headed man and the second level of the Tauren are both sub-human races. Although they can use simple sword skills, they look like monsters, right?"

"But some of our enemies are waiting for here, and their appearance is almost the same as those of players. If there is no color buoy, they really can't tell. And they can talk like NPCs and use sword skills flexibly. That is to say..."

Kirito turned around and said to Lu Ming who looked up at him:

"The real 'SwordArtOnline Sword Art Online' is finally about to begin."

Lu Ming: "That's it..."

To be honest, he had only watched anime and knew nothing about these things, but after looking at Asuna, who was also suddenly enlightened, Lu Ming knew that he was not the only person who knew nothing.

Seeing the two behind him looking confused, Kirito immediately realized that they were not the rumored closed-lotters at all, because anyone who participated in the closed-lotters would not know anything about these common sense things.

But the strength they just showed...

Although I knew it was not appropriate, Kirito couldn't help but ask questions curiously.

"It's nothing. It should be that Asuna and I have a high fighting talent. After quickly getting familiar with the battle, we often kill stronger monsters above the level, so we have advantages in level and equipment." Lu Ming explained with a smile.

"So that's the case..." Although he knew that this was just one of the reasons and the other party obviously had something to hide and didn't say it, Kirito stopped asking questions and instead introduced the third level of environment for Lu Ming and Asuna.

The theme of the design of the third floor is [Forest], which is very different from the forests on the first floor [Holenka Village], and the forests on the second floor [Southern Region] in terms of scale and danger. Huge ancient trees cover all the land on the third floor.

The south side of the floor is called [Misty Forest]. In addition to being difficult to see clearly on the map, it is often covered with super thick fog, which is enough to make players dizzy. If you are not careful in the battle, you will easily get lost.

The main block is on the south side of the floor [Zimufort Street], which contains three giant trees growing close to each other.

The southern and northern ends of the forest are the campgrounds of the Black Elf and the Forest Elf, respectively. The two are the strongholds of the first large-scale campaign mission of SAO. The campground has tents, canteens and baths for accommodation, so players in the mission do not need to return to town.

But if you want to go to the maze area in the north, you need to knock down the wild boss that nests in the only valley in the central mountain range.

"So, are you interested in doing a task with me?" Kirito suddenly sent an invitation.

"Oh, is that OK?" Asuna, who had been wandering around with Lu Ming, was a little moved, but she turned around and sought Lu Ming's advice.

"Of course, I can keep fighting monsters. I will be tired and tired after a long time. It is best to have someone familiar with the situation to take us to do tasks." Lu Ming agreed without hesitation.

Of course, the most important thing is that the third-level strategy manual will probably take some time to sort out. You can't play games according to the strategy, and he can't play too complicated plots at all.

......

When Lu Ming, Asuna and Kirito walked out of the passage, Diabel and his group were gone, and they obviously couldn't wait to explore the town.

“Wow…!”

Asuna had already made a small cheer and ran past Lu Ming, stopped a little further away, and was spinning constantly while enjoying the fragmented sunshine, as if she was fully enjoying the panoramic view of the vast forest.

Looking around, the trunk of the smallest tree around is one meter in diameter and a height of more than thirty meters. The light shines from the gaps of the branches and leaves that overlap each other, giving people an atmosphere of being in the fantasy world.

"It's great... Just like this scenery, it makes people feel that climbing up here is worth the price of tickets...!"

Asuna squinted her eyes and enjoyed the fine sunlight. The shining light reflected from her long chestnut hair, coupled with her slender physique and cold beauty, was like a beautiful picture.

Kirito looked away unnaturally, but Lu Ming had no scruples.

"Come with me." Kirito said as he pointed to a stone ancient road, which was divided into a Y-shaped shape not far ahead. "From this road to the left, there is a forest, and the task we are going to take is in that direction."

After walking on the ancient road running through the forest for more than five minutes, Lu Ming and others could clearly detect the changes in the environment.

"The enemy that appears here is not much stronger than the guys in the second labyrinth area. They are almost animal or plant-type monsters, so they don't use sword skills."

After listening to Kirito's explanation, Lu Ming and Asuna nodded silently.

Then Lu Ming's eyes narrowed and he looked at a slender dead tree not far away. The light yellow trunk of the dead tree is fifteen centimeters in diameter and about two meters high. Compared with the ancient trees around him, it can be said that it is much smaller.

But the two tree holes side by side in the upper part showed blue and white phosphorescence like eyes, and the branches extending to the left and right sides were shaking like slender hooks.

"This is [Tree Demon Seedling]." Kirito did not discover the enemy until Lu Ming's actions. While introducing it, he sighed in his heart that the other party's powerful observation ability was.

Because the plant-type monster [Tree Demon Seedling] has several special abilities, one of which is that when it grows on the ground and does not move, the player's [Enemy Search] skill cannot find it.

Under the gaze of the three, the root on the right of the dead tree finally made a friction sound while leaving the ground and taking a step forward, followed by the root on the left. The shaking steps turned into a fierce sprint in a blink of an eye.

The third tree hole under the side-by-side tree holes opened like a mouth and made a strange roar from it.

After more than ten seconds, [Tree Demon Seedling] exploded after making a sad tone.

So strong!

This is Kirito's first idea.

During the short period of the boss fight before, he did not carefully observe Lu Ming's damage, but now in the team, Kirito can easily judge that the opponent's damage is far higher than that of himself.

Is it because of the sword?

Kirito glanced at the sword in Lu Ming's hand.

Lu Ming naturally noticed Kirito's eyes, but he didn't say much, there were some things he couldn't hide just by wanting to.
Chapter completed!