Chapter 18: The Kobold's highlight moment

In a game comparable to a lawless zone, a beautiful girl like Asuna who is isolated and helpless naturally has to learn to protect herself, and being vigilant towards others is also normal.

However, during these two days, Shengzai and Kirito had already gained Asuna's trust through various actions.

And just two days later, Asuna also felt that her growth was much more than the month she had spent alone before.

Now that she had grown a lot, she already possessed a certain ability to protect herself, and with two even more awesome teammates by her side, the previous disguise was naturally unnecessary.

When Diavel saw Asuna, he was obviously a bit amazed, but seeing her standing beside Shengzai, he just smiled back and didn't say anything more.

The plain-looking Kirito was once again selectively ignored, which made him complain quite unhappily: "If looks could kill, I think I should have been killed hundreds of times by now."

"One is a super beautiful girl who is rare in the game, and the other is the famous 'Saint'."

"Other players must be thinking now, why is a guy who looks so plain like me able to mix into the team."

Hearing Kirito's complaint, Shengzai looked around, and then couldn't help but playfully pat Kirito on the shoulder and say: "That's actually not entirely true. It's not that there's no one paying attention to you, Kirito. Isn't there someone over there staring at you?"

Hearing Shengzai's words, Kirito was originally full of excitement, but when he saw who the person staring at him was, his originally excited face instantly collapsed.

The reason was none other than that the person staring at him was none other than Kibaou, who had stirred up conflict among everyone a few days ago.

Logically speaking, the person who argued with Kibaou a few days ago and made him unable to step down should have been Shengzai.

Even if the other party was unhappy and held a grudge, he should be staring at Shengzai.

Why he would hold onto Kirito and not let go, Shengzai felt that this was probably what they call true love!

After the strategy group gathered, everyone quickly followed Diavel and advanced toward the boss room at an astonishing speed.

Because the players present were all experienced players with higher levels, and it must be said that the instructions Diavel gave were indeed quite correct.

So it took the group less than an hour to arrive at the so-called boss room.

The almost injury-free battle along the way made everyone's morale soar, and also made Diavel's reputation soar as a result.

The first-floor boss, named Kobold Lord Ilfang, was a giant Kobold with a height of two or three meters.

Its weapons were a bone axe and a small leather round shield, and its health bar was as long as four bars.

And following by its side were three elite monsters, "Ruin Kobold Sentinels," wearing heavy metal armor and holding axe-spears.

Although they were elite monsters, because they were elite monsters in a floor boss room, their levels and attributes were not weak at all compared to wild area bosses.

The strategy group of dozens of people was divided into two teams by Diavel, with one team responsible for the Kobold Lord and the other team responsible for dealing with the Kobold Sentinels.

The people responsible for the Kobold Sentinels were further divided into three small teams, and Shengzai and the others were dealing with one of the Kobold Sentinels this time.

If Diavel wanted to gain reputation, he could only deal with the Kobold Lord, and if he remembered correctly, Shengzai also remembered that this guy was also a beta tester and knew about the special reward mechanism for the last hit.

As the "Saint," Shengzai already had a very high reputation among players. If Shengzai were to defeat the Kobold Lord again, then Diavel's situation as a leader would be quite awkward.

Because of this, Shengzai and the others were arranged to fight the Kobold Sentinels.

The health bar of the Kobold Sentinels as elite monsters was far less than that of the floor boss Kobold Lord, so soon the three Kobold Sentinels also fell one after another under the siege of everyone.

According to the information, when the Kobold Lord's health bar enters a low-health state, it will discard its original axe and shield and take out a curved sword.

And it was at the moment when the Kobold Lord discarded its weapon that Diavel, who was in charge of commanding, hurriedly spoke to stop everyone from attacking, and then walked up alone with his weapon.

"Sure enough, that guy organizing everyone to clear the floor boss wasn't just for reputation, but also aiming for the special reward."

Seeing him drink back others when the boss was low on health and choosing to walk up alone, most people probably don't know what this Diavel wants to do, right?

But for Shengzai and the others who had already killed a wild boss, the blue-haired guy's intentions were already clear.

"Shengzai, the situation is a bit wrong. The weapon that guy took out isn't the curved sword from the information, but a nodachi!"

"Hurry up and stop that Diavel, he's going to be killed!"

As a beta tester, Kirito knew that the weapon the Kobold Lord used when it finally entered a berserk state was a curved sword.

And now that the opponent had actually changed to a nodachi, it meant that things were really as Shengzai had guessed before, the monster's mechanics had changed!

The attack range of a curved sword and a nodachi are completely different. If they dealt with it according to the old beta test method, Diavel would definitely be doomed.

Kirito really wanted to take action to stop Diavel, but just as he was about to take action, the Kobold Lord summoned three Kobold Sentinels again and blocked them in front of him.

Shengzai's position was closer to Diavel, so to save the other party, he could only call out to his buddy on the side.

"Tsk, you really love to meddle in other people's business!"

To be honest, Shengzai didn't have much affection for the blue-haired guy. It was originally the other party's greed for success, and even if he was killed by the boss, it was his own fault.

If it weren't for Kirito speaking up, Shengzai would most likely have chosen to stand by and watch.

But now that Kirito, this guy, shouted so loudly, if he were to play dead again, it would be a bit damaging to his persona in SAO.

After all, he was going to start a chamber of commerce later, and if he stood by and watched someone die, it would definitely damage his reputation in the future.

The Kobold Lord, who had switched to a nodachi, had astonishing speed after entering a berserk state, and its movement trajectory was completely different from the beta test.

Seeing it jump high into the air, directly dodging Diavel's attack, and then kicking off a stone pillar on the side, it slashed at Diavel with one strike.

While slashing Diavel away with one strike, its feet kicked a big hole in the ground. Just as it was about to add another strike to send the blue-haired guy away completely, a figure suddenly darted between the two.

"Weapon Block!"

The nodachi collided with the Wind Flower Sword in Shengzai's hand, and a large amount of sparks splashed out instantly.

While Shengzai's body flew backward, his other hand grabbed the blue-haired guy behind him and threw him toward Kibaou's direction.

Diavel's health bar was now on the verge of its limit, and even the damage caused by the impact could potentially take him away directly.

"Asuna, switch!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 19 =====