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 diater of around 10 kiloters, the whole floor is about 80 square kiloters. As this floor is rather wide, there are a variety of geographic areas on this floor. The . 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 ga, 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 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 ga. 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 fa started spreading virally because of their competence. The players did free marketing for them. They ca 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 ca into this ga 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 Extre 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 ga 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 ga), 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 sll. They started swarming him...
Howl howl howl
5 wolves greeted him with their gnarly red maws. These animals were programd 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 programd 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 movents to execute his Extre Mysterious Sword Art. His sword style revolved around keeping a still heart that responded to enemy attacks without a ripple in the practitioner's ntal 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.
Author's note: The intro where Kayaba Akihiko explained the ga to every player was skipped. Focus will be placed on writing sothing a little bit different from the original story.
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