When Luo Zhen and Kirito returned to the house again and saw the NPC aunt cooking in the kitchen, the "?" on her head The word symbol has changed to "!" Word symbols too.

This is the status of the task in progress.

Kirito stepped forward before Rajin and took out the "ovules of small piranha grass" from his waist bag and handed them to the other party.

The other party immediately thanked Kirito with gratitude and tears, and accepted the ovule, and then walked into the room, and took out a long sword with a red scabbard from it.

It was a one-handed sword that looked old, but it exuded a sense of presence that was completely incomparable to the initial equipment.

The quest reward that can be obtained after completing the quest "Secret Medicine of the Forest" ———— "Sword of Forgedness".

At this moment, Kirito obtained this high-performance one-handed sword that had no problem even if it was used on the third floor, and a window message of mission completion appeared in the center of the field of vision, and he also received bonus experience points.

Luo Zhen also stepped forward and completed the task with the exact same process, obtaining the Sword of Fortitude.

This can be said to solve Luo Zhen's urgent need.

Who made the durability of the Bronze Sword already very high?

Therefore, after some crazy monster farming, Luo Zhen's "Bronze Sword" has become tattered, and it is almost dying, if it is used for repair, the repair cost alone is a sum of money, and now it is better to be able to get a better and more durable weapon.

At the same time, Luo Zhen also got a lot of experience points.

"Zheng!"

With the golden light swirling around his body and the sound of music lingering in his ears, Luo Zhen once again rose one level, reaching level 4.

Luo Zhen distributed the points again, according to the ratio of 2 points of strength and 1 point of agility, and prepared to continue forever.

Then, Luo Zhen and Kirita left the house together.

Standing in front of the house, Luo Zhen and Kirito discussed again.

"What are you going to do next?"

It was Kirito who asked this question first.

After completing this mission, the two of them are already ahead of the rest of the players in terms of weapons and level, and they must have stood at the top of the players, right?

Of the tens of thousands of players, more than ninety percent of them must still be in the starting town now, and they have not reacted from the chaos, and less than one percent of the remaining must have begun to act, but Luo Zhen and Kirito are ahead of everyone, and it makes no sense not to lead.

However, this lead can be surpassed.

"Our level is still very low now, if we have to upgrade to level 5 before dawn, then it is also a way to hunt the "large man-eating grass" in the depths of the forest now, although it is a level 5 monster, but we also already have the [Sword of Fortitude'", it should be no problem."

Kirito proposed.

It's just that...

"You go over first." Luo Zhen replied, "I want to strengthen my weapons first. ”

"Fortified weapons?" Kirito was stunned at first, and then said in surprise: "Are you ready to strengthen it now?" ”

"yes." Luo Zhen nodded and said, "I've opened a lot of treasure chests before, and I've got a lot of enhancement materials, if it goes well, it should be enough to strengthen the Sword of Fortitude to "+2."

In SAO, weapons can also be strengthened.

It's just that in SAO, the weapon enhancement system is relatively simple.

Players can only choose one of these parameters to improve when strengthening their weapons.

The five enhancement parameters are...

———— "Sharpness".

———— "Quickness".

———— "Accuracy".

———— "Heaviness".

———— "Durability".

Sharpness boosts attack damage.

Speed boosts attack speed.

Precision enhancements increase the chance of a single hit.

Weight enhancement is not to increase the weight of the weapon, but to reduce the weight of the weapon, which can allow players with insufficient weight limit to equip in advance, and reduce the weight can also improve the flexibility and agility of the body, so as to achieve the purpose of expanding the capacity of the inventory.

As the name suggests, Durability Enhancement increases the durability of weapons so that they don't break down too quickly.

As long as you entrust NPCs or players with iron-striking skills, you can try performance enhancements at will, and pay different special enhancement materials according to the parameters you want to improve, but there will be a certain failure rate.

Whenever there is a successful enhancement, the name of the weapon will appear with suffixes such as "+1", "+2", and "+3", but this does not mean that the higher the number of enhancements, the stronger the weapon, and it depends on the weapon's enhancement parameters.

For example, a +3 short sword, its own weight is obviously not high, but the weight of the three enhancements is all strengthened, and reducing the almost negligible weight is simply a waste.

Therefore, the enhancement parameters of a weapon fall there, which also has a great impact on the value of the weapon, and players also rely on this to trade.

By the way, in the player's trade, when a +4 weapon is enhanced with a sharpness +2, accuracy +1, and durability +1, it will be denoted by an abbreviation like "2S1A1D".

S is for sharpness, Q is for speed, A is for precision, H is for weight, D is for durability, and that's what it means.

Of course, weapons can't be strengthened indefinitely.

Each weapon has its own number of times it can be strengthened, some more, some less, and whether it is a successful or failed enhancement, as long as it is strengthened once, it is considered to be consumed once.

For example, the number of enhancements of "Sword of Fortitude" is eight times, that is, it can only be strengthened eight times, and in these eight enhancements, whether it succeeds or fails, as long as it is strengthened eight times, it cannot continue to be strengthened.

For this reason, every player needs to work hard to collect various props and materials in order to increase the success rate of a little reinforcement, which is called a game.

Because Luo Zhen kept opening the treasure chest before, he got a lot of enhancement materials.

Use them to enhance the Sword of Fortitude, and if all of them are successful, it should be enough to make the Sword of Fortitude reach +2.

It's just that...

"There are no NPC blacksmiths here to enhance the service, so I'll have to go to the next main block."

Luo Zhen said this to Kirito.

The meaning is obvious.

"You don't have to wait for me, let's go upgrade first." Luo Zhen pretended to be relaxed and said: "Anyway, if you have a login friend, just contact you at any time." ”

This is the first time the two have parted ways.

“…… Is it? ”

Kirito was silent for a moment.

Luo Zhen also sighed in his heart.

Of course, he knew how stressful it was for Kirito, who was just an ordinary person, to stay alone in this death game.

But there is no way, this is the path chosen by Kirito.

When Kirito escapes from the town of Beginnings alone and prepares everyone to compete for the resources to become stronger, the boy is destined to become a lone player.

will share resources with Luo Zhen, on the one hand, because the two are relatives, and on the other hand, because if only one person is around, the problem of competition for resources will not be too serious.

But if Luo Zhen asked Kirito to waste the precious upgrade time in the early stage and accompany him on a trip to the town, he shouldn't agree, right?

It's not selfishness, it's a choice you have to make in order to survive.

Of course, Luo Zhen is the same.

He also has his own plans, and he can't accompany Kirito at any time.

So, even if they can still act together now, sooner or later they will have to separate, otherwise, at the beginning of the game, the two will not just log in to each other as friends and go their separate ways.

Merely...

"You're in a dangerous situation right now."

Kirito said this with concern.