As a blue wild boar fell to the ground, turning into a red light of data and disappearing into the grass, a game system pop-up appeared before Xia Yan.
“Congratulations, you have leveled up!”
After spending most of the afternoon on the grassland, Xia Yan finally went from level 1 to level 2.
“This crappy game’s leveling speed is really slow.”
Even Xia Yan couldn’t help but complain.
In a normal game, even if it was slow, half an afternoon would be enough to reach level 10.
But the leveling speed in SAO was so slow.
It had to be said, Kayaba Akihiko was a real jerk.
“It should be almost time?”
Xia Yan looked at the sky.
The time flow in SAO was actually the same as in the real world.
After spending the afternoon here, the sky started to change,
The sun, which had been high in the sky, was now setting, painting the horizon red.
In the storyline, Kayaba Akihiko, that guy, was about to start announcing to all players that his death game was officially beginning.
“Kill a few more boars.”
Xia Yan swung his sword again, striking a wild boar that had respawned nearby.
The Frenzied Mountain Boar, for the already leveled-up Xia Yan, now provided less experience. To speed up the leveling, he would definitely have to change locations.
However, it was already this time of day, if he changed places to grind, he might be halfway there when Kayaba Akihiko forcibly summoned him to the Black Iron Palace.
Luckily, Xia Yan didn’t plan to change locations, he continued to grind monsters in place, simply practicing his skill proficiency.
The skills in SAO were also quite special.
They were divided into sword techniques and skills.
Upon entering the game, each game character would have skill slots.
The number of skill slots was affected by the character’s level.
The higher the level, the more skill slots.
A level 1 character only had two skill slots.
At level 6, they would get a third skill slot.
At level 12, they would get a fourth skill slot.
At level 20, they would get a fifth skill slot.
From there, every ten levels, they would get a skill slot.
Xia Yan currently only had two skill slots, one of which was equipped with the One-Handed Sword skill.
The meaning was simple, Xia Yan could equip a one-handed sword, and if the weapon equipment was successful, he could obtain the initial skill ‘Slash’ of the one-handed sword.
If he raised the proficiency of the One-Handed Sword skill, for every certain value reached, new sword techniques with increasing power could be unlocked.
The proficiency of skills capped at 1000, at that time, he would completely master this skill and unlock all sword techniques.
But it would take a lot of time and effort to fully unlock.
Kayaba Akihiko, perhaps in order to make SAO as realistic as possible, had made the skills learn at a rate similar to the real world.
In the afternoon, Xia Yan’s One-Handed Sword skill proficiency only increased by 15 points.
One could imagine that to raise the One-Handed Sword skill to 1000 proficiency and achieve complete mastery, the time needed would probably be calculated in ‘months’.
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At the other end of the grassland, two figures were also grinding monsters.
More accurately, only one person was wrestling with the wild boar, while the other was giving guidance and opinions.
“This is so hard, Kirito. I’ve been practicing for two or three hours, is it really as easy as you say?”
One of the players with red hair finally managed to stab the boar in the rear end with a sword, causing the boar to turn into data fragments and disappear, while it was stiff from the attack.
However, the next moment, the red-haired player sat down on the grass in a very awkward way, and complained tiredly.
“It’s very easy for me, but Klein, you’re a newbie, so it’s impossible to completely master the skill usage in SAO in such a short time.”
Kirito chuckled dryly and gave a reassuring answer.
But no matter how you looked at Kirito’s expression, he seemed to be speaking insincerely.
“Kirito, I feel like you’re holding back a laugh, you must be laughing at how stupid I am. Ah! Damn, I’m Klein the Great, I won’t lose!”
Klein yelled, immediately stood up from the grass, and continued to engage with a new wild boar.
Kirito patiently continued to guide Klein’s movements.
While it was true that Kirito secretly felt that Klein was a bit too dumb to be taught, after all, he, a top-tier beta tester, had been personally guiding him for an afternoon, and Klein still hadn’t mastered the usage of sword techniques.
However, Kirito didn’t lose his patience.
This player named Klein had taken the initiative to approach him, but he had given Kirito a sense of fun, it was enjoyable to talk to him.
“Hey, Kirito.”
Klein looked into the distance and saw a figure grinding monsters.
The speed and angle of this figure’s sword strikes were clean and crisp, giving the impression of great proficiency.
For Klein, who found the wild boars very challenging, the figure seemed to treat them like pork, chopping them up at will.
Whether it was the grinding efficiency or the proficiency in using sword techniques, it all pointed to a high-level player.
“That guy over there, is he a beta tester too?”
Klein asked.
“I don’t know.”
Kirito shook his head. He was a lone wolf in the beta, he didn’t know many people, and his friends list was pathetically short.
Furthermore, in SAO’s official server, the beta testers’ appearances would have been adjusted, even if a real beta tester appeared in front of him, he might not be able to recognize them.
“Should we go and get to know him?”
Klein asked.
As a newbie, naturally, he wanted to know as many powerful players as possible.
“Up to you.”
Kirito nodded.
He was happy to have made a friend in Klein as soon as he logged in, and he realized the benefits of online socializing.
So he planned to change his gameplay in the official server, make more acquaintances.
“Hey, guy over there!”
After getting Kirito’s agreement, Klein put down his sword and walked towards the figure with Kirito.
Xia Yan was practicing his One-Handed Sword proficiency, hearing someone calling out, and it was coming towards him, he quickly dealt with the wild boar in front of him, and then turned to look at the newcomers.
“Yo, hey there, bro!”
Klein greeted enthusiastically.
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