Unlimited Anime Works - Chapter 105

Chapter 105

Three days later, Feng Yu Chen gathered the frontliners as they arrived at the labyrinth of the first floor .

To clear each round in Aincrad, players must work together to conquer the labyrinth of that area . Players need to locate the boss room in the labyrinth, beat the boss inside, and proceed to the next floor .

The Town of Beginnings is a town on the first floor . Aincrad’s design narrows off the higher one ascends, the first floor is relatively larger in area . With a diameter of around 10 kilometers, the whole floor is about 80 square kilometers . As this floor is rather wide, there are a variety of geographic areas on this floor . The Town of Beginnings is a town surrounded by walls located in the southern area of this floor .

There are other villages and smaller towns on this floor . The closest settlement to the labyrinth is Tolbana . There is a tower about 300 meters wide and 100 meters tall standing proudly some distance from this Northern settlement .

Feng Yu Chen & co need to make their way from the south to the north . Along the way, they encountered a ton of monsters .

Feng Yu Chen made this arrangement to gauge the power of the players at this juncture of the game .

“From here onwards, it will be a roughly 10 kilometers journey to the labyrinth, look out for the monsters, help each other out, and make sure to keep moving along . Familiarise yourself with the teammates around you . Fighting a boss isn’t the same as fighting against mob monsters . Make sure you are all prepared for it . Teamwork is very important, a cooperative teammate will go a long way towards reducing injuries and casualties in your party . ”

Feng Yu Chen said as they moved along .

“Captain Feng, show your power, everyone wants to see you in action…”

A blue-haired guy said . He is a guy who looked okay but his flashing eyes suggested that he was thinking about something else .

This guy is named Diavel . In the original work, this is the guy who found the labyrinth first . He led the players into battle with the intention of landing the last hit on the boss for the sweet last hit loot . He wanted to finish the boss up so bad he told the other players to back down . He didn’t think the boss algorithm was changed to include a special low-hp attack that killed him . He was the first beta tester to die in this game, bad luck and greed led to his early demise on the first floor .

“Yes, Captain Feng, let everyone see your power…”

“Wings of Freedom, how strong is the leader?”

“…”

The other players started discussing among themselves . Included among the crowd were Infinity Players who wanted to see Feng Yu Chen’s power .

Feng Yu Chen couldn’t turn down so many people . He nodded .

“Okay, there are wolves in the forest ahead, they should be around level 7 or level 8, allow me to demonstrate my powers since you all want to see it that badly . ”

“Nn, that would be great…”

“Oh, I can’t wait…”

“I wonder how his ATK varies from us?”

“…”

The players were ecstatic beyond belief . They wanted to see the strength of the apex players in the early stages of this game . A lot of them saw Wings of Freedom in action before, they were elites who can hold their own in any fight . Wings of Freedom’s fame started spreading virally because of their competence . The players did free marketing for them . They came to watch subsequent fights and they left even more convinced of the Wings’ power .

Now, they get to see the captain in action .

Feng Yu Chen came into this game with enough strength to sunder mountains and pulverize boulders . By relying on his brute strength, he can easily rip apart the monsters here . However, he decided to keep his monstrous power secret for now . He just needed to show his sword skills, specifically, the Extreme Mysterious Sword Art he learned before .

A calm-looking forest appeared in front of the players . However, this peace belied the danger within . Wolves were sneaking around behind the trees, ready to pounce on unsuspecting players . The other native lifeforms were scared off by the monsters .

The monsters were endowed with advanced, almost life-like artificial intelligence . Although they are only digital units in a digital system, they behaved like normal animals in the real world .

Monsters inside this game had adaptive intelligence . They learned from the attack patterns of players, the monsters can change depending on the flow of the battle .   Like players, monsters can learn too . For instance, Yui, a program designed by the Cardinal system to handle emotions had human-like emotions and intelligence .

Feng Yu Chen took out his Xuan Yuan Sword (only cold steel weapons can be transported into this game), his eyes turned steely as he entered a focus state . Against any foe, it’s important to keep a cool head .

He slowly entered the forest with restrained steps . The wolves detected him through sound and smell . They started swarming him…

Howl howl howl

5 wolves greeted him with their gnarly red maws . These animals were programmed to attack players who entered their territories . A lot of players got hurt because of insufficient skill or weren’t prepared to be flanked by multiple enemies . It’s not unheard of for players to die here . The wolves were also programmed to chase players far out of their designated spawning grounds . This made the forest a very dangerous place to grind, especially when the player is alone .

Feng Yu Chen stood there as the wolves surrounded him . He waiting for the wolves to move, he wanted to seize the gap in their movements to execute his Extreme Mysterious Sword Art . His sword style revolved around keeping a still heart that responded to enemy attacks without a ripple in the practitioner’s mental state .

Howl

One of the wolves attacked . Activating a skill, the wolf rushed towards Feng Yu Chen with a flashing red light .

Feng Yu Chen stepped towards the right, dodging the wolf with incredible ease . Feng Yu Chen predicted this attack so he was already half a mind to dodge in the first place .   Dodging is a valid move, especially when attacked by multiple boogies like Feng Yu Chen was in this fight . He needed to unleash lethal attacks or stay away from harm .

Dodging forms a core part of the art of battle .