Chapter 3 Rest

Thinking of this, Arthur suddenly slapped his forehead. Was there a safer place than the Starting Town? There, he wouldn't have to worry about stamina restrictions.

After resting for a while and gradually recovering, Arthur got up and headed towards the Starting Town.

Although the people in the Starting Town at this time didn't seem as crowded as when they were forcibly recalled by GM Kayaba by GM privileges, there were still quite a few people left. After all, not everyone had the courage to face the death game. Faced with the threat of death, more people stood behind, indifferent, watching others fight on the front lines, self-pitying.

Arthur, who returned from outside the Starting Town, obviously wasn't one of them. He came to the square, drew the single-handed sword from his waist silently, and began to wield it.

Naturally, Arthur's persistence in sword training was seen by the people around the square. They surrounded him with curious minds.

Seeing Arthur swinging his sword unaffectedly, someone suddenly spoke up, "Kid, what's the use of randomly swinging your sword like this? Acting like a fool, thinking this is real life? Do you think swinging a sword can make you a master of swordsmanship? It's ridiculous."

Arthur heard this as soon as he swung his sword and turned to look at the person who spoke. A mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "How about you let me do my work and go back to your house to handle your own damn responsibilities?."

"What?!" The man's face turned red with anger, but he didn't know how to refute. He was originally a cowardly person, intending to vent his dissatisfaction with reality in this game, but he didn't expect the game to become more dangerous than reality in the blink of an eye.

"What? Are you angry?" Arthur didn't bother to pay attention to him, not saying anything more, just continuing to swing his sword as usual, his eyes focused.

"Speaking so high and mighty, aren't you also staying in the Starting Town? What right do you have to criticize me?!" The man looked at Arthur, who was still swinging his sword, seeming to find a pretext, and angrily spoke up.

"Heh." Arthur turned his head back, a faint smile on his lips, Sacred Sword Baptism!

The man suddenly felt Arthur's single-handed sword emitting a dazzling light. Then, a white light appeared before his eyes, and Arthur's single-handed sword was already placed in front of his throat.

"What... what do you want?!" The man nervously looked at the single-handed sword in front of him, backing away continuously. Faced with the threat of death, he was no longer the sarcastic person he was before.

"Heh, this is the difference between you and me. So, shut up." Arthur looked at the man with contempt, retracting the single-handed sword in his hand. How foolish. Didn't he know that you couldn't harm players in the safe zone?

Seeing Arthur's back, still swinging his sword, the man clenched his fists tightly, his eyes full of resentment. It's the same in reality, and it's the same in the game! You guys, you all deserve to die!!!

Arthur naturally didn't expect that his actions today would sow the seeds of disaster for himself. But even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Because he despised those who were idle and mocked those who were striving.

When night fell, Arthur finally stopped swinging his sword.

In these few hours, he finally reached the maximum proficiency level to upgrade to LV4.

"Upgrade!" Looking at the proficiency, Arthur said in his mind. He already had some speculations about the sudden decrease in proficiency. Now, it was time to confirm that speculation.

"Upgrade successful. Current mastery level of sword: LV4. Next level requires proficiency 0/100000."

Was the proficiency required after each level up ten times higher? Arthur just glanced at it quickly.

Feeling more in tune with the single-handed sword in his hand, Arthur swung the single-handed sword forward sharply!

"Vertical slash successfully executed, gaining 1 point of proficiency in sword." Standing with his sword, the cold synthesized voice of the system followed.

As expected. Was it because the level was higher that these basic slashes couldn't provide high proficiency points? Did it bring with it a high success rate for basic slashes? Arthur wasn't surprised because he had already expected this result.

Then, what about sword skills? Arthur took up the starting stance for a thrust.

Sword skill, activate!

The sword skill judged by the SAO system program was successfully released, and Arthur's body, guided by the SAO system program, involuntarily thrust forward.

"No target, sword skill released successfully, but unable to gain proficiency."

What?! Arthur's eyes widened.

Successful execution but no proficiency gained?! And what does "no target" mean?! Do I have to kill monsters?

Thinking about it, Arthur was about to leave the city, but he found that it was already night.

Leaving the city at night was extremely unwise, so Arthur chose not to leave. After all, he didn't have a teleport crystal with him at this time. If something unexpected happened, it would be dangerous. And today's mental state was a bit low, so he needed to rest.

Holding the Koel given by the system, Arthur went to the cheapest room in the inn in the Starting Town. After all, the rooms in the inn had a recovery effect.

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