"Oh?"
"It just happened to be a short sword, how lucky."
Tenya naturally put the Nameless Short Sword into his bag.
He planned to use this weapon as a blueprint to forge the second zangetsu.
"Hey!"
"What do you mean by this?"
"Stealing the boss kill!"
Seeing the boss he was about to get snatched away like that, Kirito immediately felt incredibly frustrated.
"Yeah, didn't you say it yourself, stealing the boss kill." Tenya didn't argue and admitted it very honestly.
"You, this is despicable behavior!"
"Everyone worked together to clear the boss, why should you be the only one to get the reward?"
Kirito angrily shouted, while subtly inciting the emotions of the other players present.
"That's right!"
"Everyone suffered so many casualties, why do you get all the rewards?"
They spoke righteously, but in reality, they were just envious of the final rare equipment.
It's just that they didn't have the ability to kill the boss themselves.
"Everyone calm down first, only the person who delivers the final blow to kill the boss can get the rare item, didn't Captain Diavel say this beforehand?" Mito tried to reason with the crowd.
"Stop saying such sarcastic remarks!"
"Diavel is already dead!"
"You guys, you're all so strong, why didn't you protect us?"
A female player who was close to Diavel loudly accused Tenya and the others.
"Protect? That's utterly ridiculous, am I your father or something?" Tenya snorted disdainfully.
He was never a saint, acting selflessly to protect others.
"In short, you must hand over the equipment." Kirito stared at him with a look of jealousy.
Having been granted the Two-Sword Style with his god-level account, he was now eagerly hoping to obtain a second suitable weapon.
"Your ugly face actually reminds me of an old acquaintance in reality."
Tenya looked at the player named Kirito with interest.
This Kirito was not that Kirito. +is personality was completely different from the original story.
"Stop talking nonsense, Tenya..."
Kirito spoke the other party's name.
"You recognize me, which means you're someone I know in reality." Tenya's eyes moved slightly.
According to the game settings, you can only see the other party's ID name after adding them as a friend.
Yet the other party could recognize his face at a glance, which could only mean the other party was definitely someone he knew.
Considering a certain bespectacled otaku promoting Aincrad at a comic convention, there must be an unspeakable secret involved.
"Tomoya, I didn't expect it to be you!"
"What?!"
"You, how did you recognize me?"
Kirito's eyes widened, feeling it was unbelievable.
You know, in order to hide his true identity, he had asked Akihiko to adjust his Kirito character model, and his face had been changed to resemble a beautiful young boy with a doll-like face.
Originally, he planned to hide his identity, level up all the way to the 99th floor, and then duel Tenya.
After finally defeating the other party, he would then reveal his true identity, which would definitely scare the other party.
However, he never expected that he would be seen through by Tenya on just the first floor.
This is very awkward.
"Isn't it obvious at a glance?"
"A ridiculous clown, even if you get a god-level account, you'll only do such sneaky things."
Tenya mocked.
He could tell at a glance that the account with the ID Kirito in front of him was definitely not a regular player account.
The equipment and attribute values were ridiculously high, a complete cheater.
Although Tenya also cheated, he used his own cheat.
Tomoya used the game's official cheat.
"You...!"
"Tenya!!"
Kirito's face immediately turned ashen with anger, and he clenched his sword.
He wanted nothing more than to rush up and stab the other party a few times, but reason told him that the only outcome of doing so would be himself being pierced with transparent holes.
"What?"
"You're not convinced?"
"Go ahead and swing your sword at me!"
"If you have the guts!"
Tenya mocked without restraint.
"...."
He remained silent. He remembered the final blow Tenya delivered to kill the boss.
It was as fast as a flash, making one's scalp tingle.
If they were to PK one on one, he had no confidence whatsoever in defeating the other party.
"Tenya, don't get too carried away!"
"The competition between us has just begun!"
Leaving behind a harmless harsh remark, Kirito sheathed his sword and left with a gloomy face.
"He even endured that?"
"I underestimated you, Tomoya."
A hint of regret flashed in Tenya's eyes.
If the other party had really made a move, he could have justifiably killed the other party.
But it's not a big problem.
Whether it's Tomoya or Kirito, they are both insignificant minor characters. They can't threaten him, whether in reality or the game world.
The crowd didn't know about the grudge between Tenya and Kirito, but successfully clearing the first floor was still worth celebrating.
However, during the celebration banquet, the players tacitly chose to ignore Tenya, the MVP, simply because they were jealous that he had obtained the rare item.
But what did that have to do with him?
The beginning of everything is difficult.
It took a full half a month to clear the first floor of Aincrad.
But as players became more proficient with the game, the efficiency of clearing the next floor also greatly improved.
A month later...
Floor Cleared: 22nd Floor.
The main town in this area is very small, and there are not many monster resources.
The only highlight is that there is a vast evergreen forest here, and it is all within the safe zone.
A new NPC builder has appeared, and players can build their own homes in the forest by paying a certain construction fee.
In a regular game, the setting of independent player homes would also be a kind of fun.
But Aincrad is a deadly game. Most players use their limited funds to build equipment.
But Tenya is an exception.
"Wow, what a huge manor!"
"It's practically a castle from a fairy tale!"
"Built by the mountains and water, and there's even a lake, you really know how to enjoy yourself, don't you?"
The three girls looked with joy at the new home Tenya had built.
"Gaming is also life, enjoying it properly is quite reasonable, isn't it?"
Tenya lied leisurely on a beach chair, holding a shiny silver fishing rod that looked very high-class at a glance.
"I just want to know, how much did it cost to buy such a large manor?" Asuna asked with curiosity.
"Not much."
"Maybe because no other players are buying, the housing prices here are very low."
"Building the house plus a full set of furniture, it all added up to just a little over 5 million Cor."
Tenya said lightly.
It's worth mentioning that the more floors cleared, the more game currency the Treasure Gathering skill refreshed daily.
Currently, he could get 220,000 game currency every day without doing anything.
That's 6 million in a month!!
Plus the bounties obtained from grinding monsters and doing quests along the way, Tenya's total assets have exceeded 10 million!!!
Buying a house with half the money is quite reasonable, isn't it?
"Ah?!"
"You, how much did you say?"
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