“Alright, let’s wait here for a bit.”
Xia Yan nodded.
Kirito silently continued to lean against the wall, putting on a cool demeanor as he waited.
Not good at socializing, he became even more tongue-tied when he saw a girl join the group. He didn’t know what to say, so he chose to remain silent to avoid saying anything wrong.
Of course, if it were a different scenario, where Kirito encountered a girl alone, things would probably be different.
Asuna stood beside Xia Yan, wanting to draw closer to him, but she felt it was a bit too intimate. After all, they had only known each other for less than ten minutes, if you counted properly.
However, it seemed like only this could provide her anxious heart with a little security.
“Kirito, do you have any plans for what’s next?”
Xia Yan casually asked.
“Plans?”
Kirito shook his head slightly. “I was planning to go to the next village, but now that we’ve decided to stay, it’s definitely to teach a few newbies how to use sword skills first.”
“Same as me.”
Xia Yan nodded and said, “But your previous thought wasn’t actually wrong.”
“SAO has become a death game. It’s possible that it will turn into a resource grab in the future. We really need to get resources as soon as possible so that we can continuously grow stronger, strive to survive, and try to conquer SAO.”
“Then why are you...?”
Kirito looked at Xia Yan in confusion.
If he agreed with his point, why was he still analyzing so many situations and preventing him from going to the next village?
“It’s hard for a solo player… Klein should have explained a lot to you, right?”
Xia Yan said with a smile.
“No… that guy just cried to me for a long time.”
Speaking of Klein, Kirito twitched the corner of his mouth, his face covered in black lines.
Fortunately, the in-game clothes had a function similar to automatic cleaning, where items like stains would automatically turn into data and disappear.
Otherwise, his clothes now would probably be covered in Klein’s tears and snot.
“But, thanks.”
Kirito sincerely thanked Xia Yan.
After thinking about it for a while, Kirito understood Xia Yan’s thoughts.
SAO would definitely become a small society in the future.
And he, who was preparing to be a solo player, would probably be a pariah, ostracized by this society.
After all, humans are social creatures. If they experience too much loneliness, they might develop certain mental wounds and illnesses.
“Alright, we veterans have a heavy task ahead of us.”
Xia Yan explained. “Only a small number of people in the plaza have realized what’s going on. We have to race against time to grind monsters and level up. Otherwise, when everyone else realizes it, it might turn into a struggle among players.”
“The training for the newbies can’t be as lax as it was with Klein. We have to have them all master the use of sword skills within an hour, at most.”
“That’s a bit difficult, right?”
Kirito looked troubled.
Even many closed beta players, after two months of the closed beta period, still hadn’t learned how to use sword skills.
It would be difficult to get newbies to master the use of sword skills in just one hour.
“Only then can we reach the next village before tomorrow.”
Xia Yan explained.
“Besides, at this time of life and death, don’t underestimate the survival instinct that a human can unleash.”
“The tasks ahead are really heavy.”
Kirito forced a light laugh.
“Just change your teaching attitude a bit, don’t be like you were when you were teaching Klein.”
Xia Yan said.
“Hmm.”
Kirito nodded.
When teaching Klein, he was carefree because he didn’t have any pressure. He was simply teaching him with the mindset of playing a game. So, both he and Klein were very lax and wasted a lot of unnecessary time.
But now, they really didn’t have that much time to waste.
“Kirito, Yan!”
After a while, Klein’s loud voice came from a distance.
Behind Klein were several players wearing newbie outfits.
These were Klein’s companions.
Seeing so many people walking together, Kirito forced out a dry smile, feeling a bit uncomfortable.
That’s how social anxiety works.
Once you’re in a crowded place, you start to show some discomfort.
“Girl?”
Klein hadn’t even approached yet, but he already noticed Asuna standing in the shadows near Xia Yan, and his eyes lit up.
“The familiar person you mentioned is actually a cute girl!”
Klein’s reaction was the same as those LSPs in the past games. Seeing a girl was like a wolf seeing meat, his eyes were glowing.
Asuna was startled and took a few steps back, immediately hiding behind Xia Yan.
“Damn, why are you a winner in life in real life, and you’re still a winner in the game?”
Seeing this scene, Klein exclaimed in envy and resentment.
As a single dog whose age was close to his real age, he was about to become a great magician.
“Isn’t your focus a bit strange?”
Xia Yan said speechlessly.
He knew that girls were very rare creatures in the game.
But in the past, they were separated by screens, so many LSPs could speak unscrupulously.
If they met in real life, they would probably immediately turn into mutes.
It was rare to see someone like Klein who was ‘consistent in both appearance and inner self.’
“It’s a girl! Are you trying to make me jealous?”
Klein said excitedly.
Xia Yan rolled his eyes.
This appearance of yours will only attract women’s dislike.
“Alright, stop talking nonsense.”
Xia Yan instructed. “Let’s introduce ourselves first, and get to know each other.”
Soon, everyone introduced their in-game IDs.
“I won’t say too much. Let me tell you about our plan for the next step.”
Xia Yan glanced at the players Klein brought and said, “You must completely master the use of SAO’s sword skills within an hour and be able to defeat monsters alone.”
“That’s a bit too much to ask, right?”
Klein chuckled bitterly.
He had spent an afternoon learning to use sword skills proficiently.
“Isn’t a death game difficult? Isn’t it?”
Xia Yan smiled and asked back. “You guys are veterans in other games. If you can’t even do this, then stay in the town and wait for rescue.”
“Klein, this should be easy.”
One of the players said with a light laugh.
They were players from other games, so they were comfortable with various games.
Even if SAO was a groundbreaking new game, it was unreasonable to not be able to master the use of game skills in an hour.
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