Chapter 12: Excessive Strengthening

"The floor owner on the 38th floor..."

　　Asuna walked out slowly, looked at the deserted road, and silently said sorry in her heart.

　　This boss, I defeated alone.

　　As for the cost of helping you clear the way forward, I won't charge it.

　　Just call me a good guy.

　　Asuna's fingers slid gently, and under the cloak, a familiar set of light armor covered Asuna's body, and the thin sword at her waist became her favorite sword-Flickering Light.

　　Speaking of which, Aiz's sword seems to be called [Sword of Despair]. After Asuna found out, she always wanted Aiz to change the name.

　　Tightening her hood, Asuna moved her body, bowed slightly, exploded with all her strength, and quickly rushed into the depths with a strong wind.

　　Because the magic stone will turn into energy and be absorbed by Asuna after falling, Asuna didn't stop walking the whole time.

　　The love sword in his hand would pierce through the monster in front of him from time to time, with a bright purple light band going straight to the depths like a shooting star.

　　This also aroused strong curiosity among adventurers.

　　They followed Asuna in hot pursuit until they were too strong to follow, and then returned to the upper level with a look of regret on their faces.

　　However, this matter will not just disappear, but will be a big publicity for those bored adventurers.

　　The guild even offered a reward for this.

　　For example, if you reveal the true identity of the purple light source, the reward amount is neither high nor low.

　　Because the purple light source has not taken action against the adventurers so far, the guild doesn't seem to care much.

　　Asuna, on the other hand, was wondering if she should find some adventurers who behaved badly and teach them a lesson.

　　Incidentally, increase the amount of your bounty and see how far it can go.

　　However, even Asuna didn't expect that the deputy leader of her dignified Blood Alliance Knights would actually commit such a bad behavior as stealing monsters.

　　"Let's find a chance to apologize to Ace."

　　The area of ​​​​the dungeon is surprisingly wide, even with Asuna's footsteps, she wants to reach the 38th level where her goal is.

　　It also takes some effort.

　　The main thing is to clear the monsters on the road. After reaching the deep level, the speed at which you kill monsters will never keep up with the speed at which monsters are born.

　　Unless they penetrate all the way and escape from that level quickly, even an experienced adventurer team will be exhausted.

　　The rapier in her hand was waving light like stardust, and the purple light strip behind her became even brighter, pouring into Asuna's body continuously.

　　But Asuna didn't feel any discomfort yet.

　　Whenever she opened the system panel of SAO, Asuna saw that the crowdfunding group panel was becoming more refined at a speed visible to the naked eye.

　　On the contrary, the two progress bars at the bottom of the panel are the same, and the progress remains unchanged.

　　While the purple energy light belt replenished the SAO panel, it also continuously restored Asuna's physical strength.

Unless mental fatigue makes her stop, Asuna can keep doing this.

　　"Just practice your sword skills here."

　　Asuna quickly completed the action of withdrawing the thrust, and the white light that had gathered at the tip of her beloved sword instantly filled the entire sword body.

　　"Flash-Pierce!"

　　Behind her, a stream of purple energy continued to converge on the sword. With a soft drink, energy that was completely incomparable with sword skills burst out of Asuna's body and was completely released from the beloved sword in her hand.

　　The monsters in front of this energy turned into a ball of gray gas and exploded.

　　Only the purple energy was left, flowing unimpeded to Asuna's side.

　　"This... can already be called a magic sword..."

　　Asuna kept walking, taking advantage of the opportunity to create a path, and rushed out.

　　She looked back and saw the crystal purple color occupying her entire sight.

　　However, the long ditch with lava already flowing beside it told the power of this blow.

　　The price is that the purple stream of light behind Asuna has shrunk by at least half.

　　Without the constant replenishment of energy, Asuna's attack probably wouldn't have been so powerful.

　　"Forget it, hurry up and get on your way."

　　Asuna no longer thinks about it. Her current priority is to see what her SAO system panel, which has been called [Possibility] Magic Storage, will develop into.

　　Then, after the family members settled down, it was time to find a way back home.

　　Asuna also asked Hestia insinuatingly, but unfortunately, this female kitchen goddess and virgin goddess had no clue at all.

　　Asuna still remembers the original scene.

　　"Different world?"

　　"Are you talking about heaven?"

　　"Sorry, Asuna, only when our god "dies" in the lower realm, he will be exiled back to the heaven, and he can never return to the lower realm again, so there is nothing I can do."

　　Asuna didn't think that she would come to this world for no reason. There would definitely be a way to go back...

　　Most definitely!

　　…

　　…

　　Inside the Loki Familia.

　　Loki, the god of cunning, looked lonely at the moment, lying on the sofa.

　　"Hey, I heard something happened to Loki. What happened?"

　　Riveria walked over quickly with a wand, and Finn beside her asked jokingly.

　　"Isn't it because you were hit when you harassed Ais?"

　　"That's not the case. Loki was already like this when we came here."

　　Tione said quickly.

　　"Yes, because Loki sat there uncharacteristically, we quickly noticed the problem."

　　Tiona pushed the wine bottle and the plate with cookies in front of her towards Riveria and Finn.

　　"Loki, it seems that after drinking the sacred wine of the Soma Familia, he tasted the cookies of Miss Asuna of the Hestia Familia."

　　"Then she became like this." Bert shook his legs, looking very happy.

　　Loki, on the other hand, was lying on the sofa and glanced at him sideways, saying nothing.

　　Even Riveria and Finn came over without saying hello.

　　"Could it be a problem with God Soma's divine wine?"

　　Almost all of them have eaten Asuna's biscuits, and the unforgettable taste will only make those who eat them feel warm and happy.

　　It's completely like a biscuit-shaped wine, and it's not addictive.

　　It's like eating a delicious fruit. It's obviously delicious, but there's no urge to eat it.

　　That is, not addictive.

　　Based on this alone, if the Hestia Familia really wants to develop the dessert industry, as long as Asuna is here, the entire Orario market will definitely be dominated by them.

　　In addition, Hestia is the hearth goddess and virgin goddess, which makes her even more popular and loved by female adventurers.

　　Let's take a look at our main god.

　　Narrow eyes, short hair, small breasts, and a bit of a bad personality.

　　She usually eats well and is lazy to cook, plus she has the reputation of being a cunning god.

　　emmmmmmm

　　Probably only thieves would sincerely worship her.

　　"Probably, the "medicinal effects" of the biscuits and the divine wine have neutralized each other."

　　Finn avoided Tione's loving embrace and picked up the empty wine bottle on the table, with a very brief look of fascination on his face.

　　Then, he picked up another piece of biscuit and ate it, and the remaining feeling of infatuation in his mind suddenly disappeared without a trace.

　　"What an amazing skill."

　　Riveria also picked up a piece of biscuit and ate it.

　　What she was sighing about was, of course, Asuna's omnipotence in cooking that she didn't need to hide.