"It seems like there is a sound of swords colliding in that direction." Lu Ming said.

Kirito listened carefully and couldn't help but feel shocked, "Yes, that's it!"

Kirito immediately wanted to leave the stone road and step into the forest.

"Well, what if I get lost?" Looking at the two excited people, Asuna immediately asked.

"It doesn't matter, there will be a prompt on the map after receiving the task." Kirito, who had done a task during the closed test, explained.

If it were someone like Tooth King, he would probably have angrily given Kirito the title of "Corruptor". It was just because of his intervention that Kirito had not yet exposed his identity as "Corruptor", but Lu Ming and Asuna had tacitly agreed and didn't ask much.

In the forest, the ground covered with soft moss brings a little elasticity. Although it makes people feel a little uncomfortable in their senses, it is not difficult to walk.

The three of them dodged left and right to bypass the trunk of the giant tree, while rushing towards the source of the sound.

At the same time, use the [Enemy Search] skill to detect monsters in advance, and you can avoid them in time. Although there is no way to use a special monster like [Tree Demon Seedling], it is still easy to avoid other troubles.

In less than three minutes of running, the metal sound of the sword colliding with the sword gradually became much louder, and they could even hear the shouting sounds in the gap between the collision of weapons.

Soon, two NPC-colored floats appeared in the center of the vision, and then you can clearly see the occasional flash of sword skills special effects in the fog.

When he was about to arrive at the battlefield, Kirito reached out to stop Lu Ming and others and made a gesture of "staying quiet".

At his gesture, the three of them hid behind a giant tree and quietly looked at the other side from the edge of the thick trunk.

On the relatively spacious open space, you can see two fierce figures fighting.

On one side is a tall man wearing gleaming gold and green light armor, holding a gorgeously shaped sword and a round shield, and the hair tied to the back of the head is beautiful silver-blond, and looks similar to a Western face.

In contrast, the other person is a female black swordsman wearing black and purple armor, with short blue and purple hair, and a smooth curved saber and small kite shield on her hands are also dark. Her slightly dark skin has a beautiful look that makes people amazed.

"Is this really an NPC?" Asuna, who was lying on Lu Ming's back, murmured in an incredible tone.

Lu Ming was also very surprised. From the movements and vivid expressions of the two of them, it was impossible to tell that they were inanimate virtual characters operated by the system.

"Stop talking about NPCs, they are even treated as monsters, look at their ears." Kirito obviously heard Asuna's shocked voice.

"Is it an elf?" Lu Ming spoke gently. Although he had watched a lot in various movies, there was no scene that really appeared in front of him more vividly.

"Well, the man is [Forest Elf], and the woman is [Dark Elf], and then you look at them."

The two swordsmen who started the fierce battle both had golden [!] symbols marked on their heads, which proved that they were the NPCs who started the mission.

Generally speaking, as long as you rely on the past to talk to the NPC, task records will automatically appear.

"Both people have mission symbols and are still fighting. What's going on..." Asuna, who was first exposed to the game, could not understand this situation.

"In fact, it's just that you can only accept one of the tasks. If you accept one, the other will automatically fail." Lu Ming turned his head and said to Asuna, and then he saw that her pink ears were already revealed.

"Choose?" Asuna looked at the two figures in a tangled way, and finally threw the problem to the experienced Kirito.

"This task is quite complicated, and even if you fail on the way, you cannot accept the task again. Of course, it cannot be changed into an opposing route. After selecting a certain route here, you can only complete it all the way to the ninth level."

"So, there is no room for choice, right? If it is an ordinary game, it's fine. For the current SAO, you can only choose the route you chose during the closed beta period!" Asuna said speechlessly, for a while, she had been struggling for a while.

"So you chose the big sister of the Dark Elf, right?" Asuna looked like she saw through everything.

Kirito smiled awkwardly, but fortunately Asuna quickly diverted her attention.

"Lu Ming, if it were you, which one would you choose? Is that beautiful big sister?"

Asuna's kind voice came from his ears, and Lu Ming decisively chose to follow his heart: "I listen to you, you will choose whoever you say."

This answer obviously made Asuna very satisfied and couldn't help but smile.

Kirito was speechless, so why did he choose these two people to go with him? Maybe it would be better to find Aikiel!

"Forget it, I don't want to help men cut girls. Then just help the dark elves defeat the forest elves, right? Let's go."

After Asuna quickly finished speaking, she was about to walk out of her hiding place, and Kirito quickly spoke out to stop her.

"Wait a minute, there is another very important thing!" Looking at the puzzled gazes cast by Lu Ming and Asuna, Kirito explained, "Although we decided to help the dark elves, it's a pity that we will definitely not win the forest elves."

"Alas?" Asuna couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"It's not a plot kill, right?" Lu Ming had some speculation.

"That's right." Kirito expressed his affirmation of Lu Ming's speculation.

"Just just seeing very high-end equipment, you should know that the white [Forest Elf, Paladin] and the black [Dark Elf, Royal Guard] were originally elite-level monsters that would only appear after the seventh level. Even if the level has been upgraded to the safe range, it is still not something that we who have just arrived at the third level can deal with."

"Then...what should we do? Because...if we die..." Asuna couldn't help but hesitate. Death was the end. No matter what decision was made, be careful.

"It doesn't matter. The game will not give you the option of death. Since it is a plot kill, you should be able to survive as long as you are careful." Lu Ming said lightly. With his strength, even if he can't beat him, he can still run away.

"When our HP is left, the side we assist will use its trump card to defeat the other party, so just wait calmly. It is most dangerous to fall into panic and run around, because you may still encounter other monsters." Kirito added.

"That's good!" Asuna was obviously relieved.

"Then let's go, Kirito, you come and command." Lu Ming, who was very self-aware, said decisively.

In fact, Asuna's command ability should not be bad. After all, she is the deputy leader of the [Blood Alliance Knights] in the anime, but it is still a little too early now.

Lu Ming patted Asuna on both shoulders, "Don't worry, just stay by my side later."

"When we get closer, the task will start automatically. We will rush out together when we count to three!" Kirito took a deep breath and tightened the [Sword of Toughness 6] in his hand.

Lu Ming and Asuna nodded slightly, stood side by side, and at the same time, following Kirito in their hearts began to count down.

"Three, two, one, top!"
Chapter completed!