Chapter 40: The Remnant of the Smiling Coffin
【Agil's Item Shop】
"Hey! Master, you haven't explained why you chose to admit defeat midway!"
Asuna curiously asked endless questions to a certain free and easy boy, but the boy was helplessly lying on the table pretending to be dead, not wanting to pay attention to her at all, and there were a bunch of curious babies sitting next to him.
This boy is Su Chen. Yesterday Captain Heathcliff was defeated by another of his men in the arena.
Note that Su Chen actively chose to surrender instead of being defeated. This made the players watching the game on the sidelines feel dissatisfied. This was indeed the case. The game was originally full of ups and downs, and the two fought fiercely, and finally staged a fight.
After such a shocking reversal, why did he suddenly propose surrender?
In fact, Su Chen also had troubles that he couldn't express.
In fact, he did have a fierce fight with Heathcliff, which shocked the entire audience watching the game. Even Heathcliff rarely showed a surprised look.
But his situation seems to only be understood by those who have experienced it like Kirito.
"Is that momentary suffocating feeling the true power of the sacred sword? Or..." Su Chen silently guessed in his heart.
In short, Su Chen's magical operation of voluntarily admitting defeat directly caused the audience to go berserk and unable to accept it, and also made Heathcliff a little confused.
"If you can't beat it, you just can't beat it! It's that simple. Don't keep chasing this problem. It's true."
In the end, Su Chen was so noisy by Asuna and others that he could only give a perfunctory explanation.
"But, master, why did you end up using the same two-sword style as Kirito? Did you also acquire the skill of two-sword style?"
Asuna no longer dwelled on the previous question and continued to ask from a different angle.
Klein Agil, Liz and others next to them all looked at this decadent and passive guy expectantly. After all, this guy really almost cut Captain Heathcliff down to half health. You know
Before he used the two-sword style, the regiment leader's health was basically above 80%, with almost no blood loss, and he was already close to 50%, but even in this situation, he still relied on a set of
The explosive combos forced the leader's health bar to level, which made everyone present look confused, and the dreamlike counter-attack plot truly appeared before their eyes.
After all, it is basically impossible for two people with similar strength to fight back with residual blood.
"Huh... everyone knows about coordinated operations."
Su Chen did not respond to Asuna, but took a long breath and asked everyone a simple question.
"..."
"Well, strictly speaking, my set is actually a pseudo-two-sword style. It just implements the core idea of coordinated combat through two hands! So it can also be called [skill connect], that is, [sword skill link].
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Su Chen looked at everyone speechless and hurriedly explained.
However, except for Kirito who nodded thoughtfully, the others were still racking their brains and thinking in various ways.
"I understand the truth, but Ling Xiao, how on earth did you do it?"
Klein asked, still confused and curious.
"..."
Su Chen couldn't help but have a headache when he saw Klein who had given up thinking, because he couldn't describe the specific operation when performing it. In short, it was to grasp a certain degree, but when exactly it was, Su Chen really couldn't tell.
After all, he had practiced for a long time before slowly finding the feeling, so he refused to answer this question that left him at a loss for words.
"So, this is not what the system provides, but the connection, right, Ling Xiao!"
Kirito slowly looked at Su Chen with admiring eyes.
"Bingo!"
Su Chen looked at Kirito with admiration. He was indeed a guy he recognized. His understanding was far beyond ordinary people. It seemed that he had vaguely understood the output method of this pseudo-two-sword style.
"What? It's hard to understand what Kirito and Master said!"
Asuna scratched her head and looked at the two people who had reached a consensus with an unhappy look on her face.
"Well, this thing can only be understood by you slowly. It can only be understood but cannot be explained in words."
Su Chen put his hands behind his back and showed his back to a group of people in a pretentious manner.
"Don't...I was wrong, don't hit me, ah~!"
A group of people who had been unhappy for a long time suddenly rushed forward and Su Chen was severely beaten.
【Grantham】
"train?"
"No, sir knight, are you looking down on me?"
Su Chen and Kirito looked at the member of the Blood Alliance Knights named [Godfrey] in front of them in surprise.
"That's right. A total of four members, including me, formed a team and broke through the maze to the fifty-sixth floor. This is a test question given by me, the person in charge of the battlefield."
"Wait, wait a minute, Godfrey! Let me..."
"Sorry, even as the deputy leader, you cannot ignore the rules of the team. Whether their strength can be used in actual combat has to be judged by me."
Faced with Asuna's sudden voice, Godfrey interrupted her and spoke righteously.
"Why, why is this like this!"
Asuna had been thinking about being happy with Kirito for a long time today, but she didn't expect it to end like this, but as the deputy leader, she really couldn't ignore the discipline policy within the group.
"Tsk, in that case, don't fall behind when the time comes."
Su Chen looked at Godfrey unhappily.
"Meet at the west gate of the town in thirty minutes."
"Bang..."
With a strong slam of the door, Godfrey left the conference room.
"Ahhh! This Godfrey is so damn..."
Asuna's anger level has never been so full in the guild, and this is the first time today.
"I'll be back soon, please wait a moment."
Kirito looked at Asuna with a smile.
"Well, be careful..."
Asuna waved her hand worriedly.
Su Chen suddenly thought of something.
Just now Godfrey said that four people form a team, so besides him and Kirito, there should be one person who is suitable. Who is this person?
"Well, we'll find out when we get there."
Su Chen talked to himself and caught up with Kirito.
Grantham Simon.
"...!"
Kirito looked at the player in front of him with an expression on his face.
Su Chen nodded thoughtfully, it turned out to be him.
The last member of the four-person group traveling this time was Kradir, the former bodyguard of the deputy leader of the Blood Alliance Knights who was defeated by Kirito.
"Oh, of course I know about the grievances between you, but we are all members of the same guild, so after training together this time, I hope your disputes can be wiped out."
Godfrey smiled and acted as a peacemaker, wanting to settle the grievances between the two. However, perhaps it was the previous incident that made Kirito a little resistant, so he did not react much, but looked at Clara with some caution.
Dier.
"What happened a few days ago caused you trouble, I'm sorry."
As he spoke, Kradir bowed his head and bent down.
"I will not behave disrespectfully again. Please forgive me..."
"...Uh, um..."
Kirito nodded reluctantly.
"hehe......"
Looking at the bent over Kradir, Su Chen grinned and his eyes became a little dangerous. Although he didn't know what purpose this guy came here for, it was definitely not the so-called apology. He was simply deceiving Kirito.
The guy was not bad, he lied to himself, hehe, he was still a bit young. However, Su Chen did not reveal Kradir’s little thoughts in public. He just found it interesting and wanted to slowly observe this guy’s every move to pass the boring time.
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"Very good, then this matter ends here."
Godfrey looked at the two of them with satisfaction and clapped his hands and said.
"Today's training is mainly about actual combat, testing your ability to respond to crises. Therefore, your crystals and props must be handed over to me for safekeeping."
"Wait! Do you even want the teleportation crystal?"
"Well."
Godfrey nodded.
Su Chen patted Kirito's shoulder and signaled not to worry, which instantly calmed Kirito's anxious mood. Also, with this guy here, even if something unexpected happened, he would be taken care of.
Watching Kradir and Su Chen hand over the props, Kirito also handed over the crystal hesitantly.
Chapter completed!