DanMachi, My Members Are From Slice-of-Life Anime

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This is a metal bull horn helmet, the horns are red, and the full-face steel helmet covers most of the face, making it look rather stiff, in short...

"It's so ugly..." the women said with disgust.

"Then I'll gladly accept it..." Xia Jia put it on without any hesitation, feeling that his output and survivability had both increased significantly.

"Let's go, we're going to the third floor."

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the third floor.

This is a vast forest map, inhabited by the black and white elves.

The first large-scale campaign mission in SAO, which spans four or five floors, is triggered here.

Players can choose to join the Dark Elf or White Elf faction. If the mission fails, they will need to return to the third level and start over.

"I heard that you'll encounter a highly intelligent NPC, a dark-skinned elf lady, here..."

But whether he would actually encounter them was uncertain for Xia Jia. The timing wasn't right, and the types of NPCs he would encounter were random. After much deliberation, Xia Jia temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​tackling the campaign missions.

Their goal is to quickly clear the fifth floor and obtain the [Guild Flag].

After reconfirming the players' progress with Cheng Hui, Xia Jia and the others began their shameless leveling journey. During the day, the four of them teamed up to level up, and at night, Xia Jia, along with Argo and Xiao, explored the teleportation points on the floors.

In their spare time, the team members would sit atop the massive tree tower and overlook the forest scenery.

Day 5 of SAO's open beta.

Once Shaga reached level 15 and the others reached level 13, they took the 500 bottles of antidote potions and a large amount of recovery potions prepared by the strategy team and stepped into the lord's room on the third floor.

The third level is ruled by a demonic tree spirit, a lord capable of continuously releasing poison. The poison permeates the entire room, constantly lowering the player's health, which is extremely troublesome for low-level characters like Shaga.

With hundreds of bottles of antidote, the four of them spent 30 minutes grinding down the lord of the third level and successfully cleared the stage.

SAO open beta day 7.

Shaga and his team members floated along the city's waterways in a "vehicle" called a "gondola".

After waiting for the strategy team players to level up, they led the other 10 top players, all above level 10, into the lord's room on the fourth floor.

Cheng Hui's level had also increased to level 4. Under the escort of the crowd, he led a team of 100 level 8 secondary squads and stood outside the maze gate.

The monster on the fourth floor is a seahorse, a creature with a horse's front half and a fish's tail. Its difficulty lies in releasing a flood that fills the entire room.

When Shaga reduces the opponent's health to 70%, 50%, and 30% respectively, he will release seawater to fill the room, at which point the player will be unable to move.

At this time...

"The time has come, open the door!"

Cheng Hui adjusted her glasses, silently calculating Xia Jia and the others' output, predicting the boss's health, and releasing the seawater before the water filled the room.

When the last seawater was drained.

Shaka released the longsword stuck in the rock pillar. The moment he landed, he leaped up and slammed the seahorse to the ground with a powerful whip kick.

He saw a black-clad swordsman mixed among a group of heavily armored players, his azure sword flashing out.

It seems they've targeted the monster's last sliver of health...

"Tsk, K-Head Bro, you're the kind of guy who has the finishing blow etched into his soul!"

Xia Jia muttered something to himself, and on the other side, a purple light flashed by.

Twelve single-hit sword techniques struck the seahorse's horn, unleashing terrifying critical damage.

The Seahorse Lord's health bar dropped by more than half in an instant.

Under Kirito's unwilling gaze, Yuuki delivered the final blow to the lord monster.

Kirito awkwardly sheathed his weapon, wanting to salvage the situation with a sword flourish, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find the scabbard on his back, leaving Shaka to stare at him with his toes pointing out a three-bedroom apartment.

Haha, Double-Blade Bro is really shy right now~.

Chapter 478 Earning Millions a Day, an Army Takes Shape!

After defeating the boss on the fourth floor, Cheng Hui led the remaining reserve players to catch up.

"I didn't expect to reach the fourth floor in just one week. The floors will get smaller and smaller after that, and the time will be faster."

Cheng Hui smiled. Based on the current progress, the game could be completed in less than three months.

He adjusted his glasses, looking at Xia Jia and Yuki, and asked curiously, "Players like you shouldn't be completely unknown, right? Could you be that legendary '..."

"You mean them..." Xia Jia gave a wry smile: "No, but we're very close."

Shaka recalled the information about the Blank that he had learned from Makise Kurisu a couple of days ago; they were being tortured to the point of ecstasy by the Axis Cult.

However, the desert war should be over soon, and I wonder if Makise Kurisu will include them in the plan to conquer SAO.

'If those two guys knew I was cheating in the game, they'd probably look down on me,' Xia Jia thought to herself.

If conditions permit, Xia Jia doesn't actually want to cheat using cheats like the "Little Universe" feature. Quietly enjoying the game and experiencing the fantastical scenery and local customs, like in a dungeon, is also quite nice.

But reality doesn't allow Shaga to be capricious; she must rescue the players in the shortest possible time.

The time to block information in early spring is limited. The game guide must be released before those people at the distillery notice anything amiss, to prevent them from causing any more trouble.

And right now...

"Let's go. The fifth floor is a qualitative change; we can start snowballing now." Xia Jia called to Cheng Hui, who led the top players into the fifth city.

The fifth floor is an underground ruin-style building, with bricks and tiles arranged in rows, and its structure is very similar to Daedalus Street, like a maze.

"This is it."

Shaga led everyone to a restaurant on the south side of the main street. He used public funds to order a dessert called "Blue Meat Tart" for each person.

Although the players were puzzled, they quietly savored the rare treat.

The moment the sweetness of blueberries burst in their mouths, all the players seemed to shed the tension they had felt from conquering the lord.

Cheng Hui and Xiao sat opposite Xia Jia and the others, eating bite by bite.

Curious, he asked, "Did you bring us here specifically for a special mission?"

Xia Jia smiled mysteriously, looked around, then stood up and picked up a necklace from behind a flowerpot in the corner.

"Hmph..." Xia Jia held up the necklace inlaid with emeralds and showed its attributes to Cheng Hui.

"This is……"

Xia Jia said mysteriously, "They're antiques. Similar 'valuable items' are hidden in every corner of this city. Within an hour of eating the 'Blue Meat Tart,' we'll gain a special effect that allows us to see 'shining antiques.'"

"With these conditions, we can easily earn more than 5000 Coles in this main city."

Cheng Hui's eyes widened: "5000? You're not kidding?"

"of course."

Don't be fooled by the fact that Shaka starts with a chest containing over 20 Coles; in SAO, obtaining Coles is extremely difficult. A single monster only yields a few dozen Coles, and the initial 1000 Coles are enough for a player to survive in the starting town for a week.

"This is just the harvest from one hour. Even disregarding the cost of consumables, if we gather all players above level 5 to farm, our Cole reserves will soon exceed one million, or even ten million!"

Cheng Hui was excited: "In this way, we can arm the top-tier players to the teeth, even with super-hard steel frames reinforced all over their bodies."

Xia Jia smiled and said, "Not only that, but we can also provide full sets of protective gear for those casual players. They can use fifth-tier armor to fight against monsters on the first tier, and they can continue to generate profits and improve their skills and levels."

This is a perfect production chain.

In the future, when the number of floors in the strategy guide exceeds 50, players on lower floors can live comfortably on floors above the 20th floor, continuously producing high-quality enhancement materials and Kol, and even hunting special potions on a large scale.

After unlocking higher floors, you can also obtain potions that increase your attribute point cap. This further enhances a newbie's survivability.

"My plan is that after we obtain the [Guild Flag] and arm the players to the teeth, you will go and complete the large-scale faction quest on the third level!"

That massive campaign mission spanning multiple floors, if all 10,000 players chose one side, would create an overwhelming advantage.

You can complete tasks at the fastest speed and gain a lot of experience points and equipment rewards.

“Within the Elven race, there are blacksmiths with very high forging skills. As long as the materials are prepared, they can forge weapons with a maximum enhancement level of 15. This means we now have a piece of equipment that can be used at a level of 15 or higher.” Shaja smiled.

"I don't need to tell you what the benefits will be, do I?"

Xia Jia essentially applied the "account nurturing" strategy to these 10,000 players.

As the main character, Xia Jia's team uses their resources and equipment to first feed the "farming account". As the "farming account" is developed, it can then feed the "main DPS" in turn.

The more "brick-moving accounts" you have, the more resources you can provide to the main DPS.

A perfect virtuous cycle.

Cheng Hui, of course, also saw through Xia Jia's strategy. She adjusted her glasses as a sign of respect and said, "I will now have everyone begin the plan."

Currently, there are only 1000 players who have reached level 5 or above. To be on the safe side, Cheng Hui only allows players who are above level 8, or nearly 200, to farm in the ruins.

In this way, you can earn 100 million Cole in one round. After deducting the cost of consumables, that's still around 80. And this is only for one hour!

Seeing Cheng Hui's excited expression, Xia Jia's expression turned serious, and he said in a solemn voice:

"I want to remind you that the reason why players of level 5 or above are required to explore is because the safe zone on the fifth floor is very vague. Players need to pay attention to the map markers at all times so that they don't accidentally enter the maze area."

"It's easy to get carried away while searching for relics, and when danger comes along, you might end up putting the cart before the horse."