Chapter 757: The critical moment that will decide everything! (1/2)
The players were taken by surprise when Heathcliff voiced the meeting agenda. The room immediately burst into an uproar.
“The strategic meeting of the last floor?”
Kirito is the first one to voice his confusion.
“I don’t understand what you mean by that, Captain Heathcliff.”
Almost n.o.body got what Heathcliff meant. They looked at Heathcliff, urging for him to elaborate. Wu Yan and Asuna were also puzzled by the Captain. Except for Souta and Klein, they were cool as a cuc.u.mber, suggesting that they knew about this beforehand.Clearing a floor is more than just diving into the labyrinth, locating the boss's room, and killing the boss. There are more considerations than simple linear progress like that.
They had to worry about things like how to unlock towns, exploring the fields. There were also labyrinths where players have to complete certain quests before they can enter a dungeon. There is also the problem of collecting map data.
Before clearing a floor, there are usually multiple strategic meetings that are convened whenever slight progress is made in terms of floor clearing status.
Even floors with the relatively simple design would need at least 10 meetings from the beginning to the end. Each floor will always end with the boss raid meeting.
It has only been 2 days since the 99th-floor got cleared. Speaking from experience, they should still be scouting out the 100th-floor. Most of them don’t even know the layout, geography, monster levels, skills, and attack patterns of this floor. Heathcliff said this is the last meeting so…How can anyone stay calm under such conditions?…Heathcliff expected this response. He leaned forward with clasped fingers. He supported his chin with his joined fingers. He looked like a doctor who is about to discuss the diagnosis with a very sick patient. The noise died down when they sensed the somber mood.
“I know what you guys are thinking about, why are we talking like this? But, don’t fault your ears, you heard it right!”
Heathcliff continued with a calm tone.
“After clearing the 99th-floor, Fuurinkazan, the Moonlit Black Cats, and the Knights of the Blood Oath sent in their respective scouting parties into the deeper parts of the 100th-floor. We share the same sentiment as all the clearers, we want to clear this game as fast as possible.”
Everybody except Wu Yan nodded. He couldn’t help but marvel at how honestly Heathcliff said that line. Wu Yan also waxed thoughtful when he saw the honest look on Heathcliff’s face.
e’s probably the only one who loved this world, he created this world, after all.
This guy is probably the greatest actor for being able to a.s.sume the ident.i.ty of Heathcliff so convincingly.
What Heathcliff said also enlightened everyone.
“Now, the reports of the scouting parties who went exploring…”
Heathcliff said something that surprised everyone.
“There are no monsters, fields, labyrinths, and labyrinth. There is only one city on this floor!”“Wh-what?!”The players were struck by this bombsh.e.l.l statement. Then, their brains reconciled the information to their knowledge.
The surface area of each floor in SAO decreased as one ascended through the floors. With only one town, it’s reasonable for the raid group to come up with such findings.
But, without fields, monsters, or labyrinth…