Go Into the Muck 74

Chapter 74 – Sword Art Online (42)

This quest that Seo-joon experienced during his beta days, the With its brilliant name, was originally supposed to unfold as follows.

Whether you take the side of the forest elf male knight or the dark elf female knight, both will fall in the end. The elf on the side dies after remaining breathless for a few seconds, saying, “Please bring the jade key to ○○.”

The contents in ○○ are campsites to the north of this forest for Forest Elves.
If you’re a dark elf, the camp is to the south.

After the remains of the two are gone, a small sack made of quilted leaves remains. Inside was a large key made of a rare green stone.

Naturally, the player delivers the key to the north or south camp according to the knight’s will.
Of course, you can sell it to the NPC shop in town without delivering it, but the quest becomes impossible in exchange for a not-so-bad price.

If you overcome the temptation and succeed in the errand, the camp commander Elf will give you the next quest along with a small reward. However, no one except for Seo-Jun would have known that there was a development in which the elf knight who helped survived.

It wasn’t even during the beta test.
At that time, of course, it was natural because Seo-jun did not step forward directly and proceeded in the form of assisting Kirito and Yuuki.

In other words, from here on out, it means that you have to prepare for an almost unknown story development.

‘Of course, it has nothing to do with me.’

Because Seo-joon had seen the original, he had a rough idea of ​​what was going to happen next.
So he had nothing to worry about.

Fang-
A little away from the dark elf female knight Kismel, who was still standing still, the forest elf’s corpse disappeared with a small crushing sound. At the same time, significant experience and calls were added and some rare items were also dropped.

“Now I can protect the cathedral for a while…”

Kizmel, who had not shown any reaction until now, opened her mouth.
She stoops down on her back and picks up her sack with her two hands clad in her black leather gloves. She quietly holds her to her chest and lets out her long sigh as if relieved.

Muttering in her quiet voice, she soon put her sack into her waist pouch.
Then, correcting her posture, she looked back at Seo-joon and company. The solemnity revived in the jet-black eyes, and the way they wavered hesitantly made it impossible to think of them as moving objects manipulated by the program.

“… I should say thank you.”

Kismel, who greeted her with a clang of her black and purple armor, continued her words.

“Thanks to you, I was able to keep the first key. Thanks for the help The Commander will definitely want to repay you, so why don’t you accompany me to the camp?”

At this time, the mark indicating that the quest was in progress flickered above her head again.
Seojun, the representative, answered her words.

“Then don’t hesitate.”
“Good. The campsite is located south of the forest. Follow me.”

After saying that, Kismel walked ahead.
After looking back at each other for a while, Seo-jun and his party soon followed.

***

15 minutes after moving along Kismel.
Several black flags fluttering in the thick fog caught Seo-jun’s eyes.

“It arrived pretty easily.”

Asuna muttered.
Then Kismel, who was walking in front of her, stopped her feet and turned around, and she said somewhere proudly.

“The enchantment of ‘locking the forest’ was cast throughout the camp, so if only you guys had come, it wouldn’t have been so easy to find it.”
“Hey, if it’s witchcraft, is it magic? But there is no such thing as magic in this world, right?”

Yuuki, who knew nothing of fear, asked a question in half-spoken words.
Originally, this would have been an unanswerable question, but Kismel replied without hesitation, as it was an AI that became highly intelligent through Seo-jun’s intervention.

“Our sorcery can hardly be called magic. In other words, a few remnants of the great magic that existed in ancient times… Since the time we were cut off from the earth, we, the Ryusula people, have lost all magic…”

Kismel let out a sigh.
Well, anyway, after saying that, Kizmel moved her steps again.
Approaching the pitch-black flag fluttering inside her thick fog, at some point the fog lifted like a lie and the vision suddenly cleared.
And the camp of the dark elves that appeared.
The Dark Elf guards everywhere were vigilant, widening their eyes.

“Hey, it’s bigger than the campsite in beta.”
“It is real. Almost doubled.”

Kirito muttered.
Yuuki nodded in response. Asuna, who had been listening to this, narrowed her eyes.

“Didn’t you say you both went to the Forest Elves?”
“To? Oh, was that so?”
“Ahaha… Yuuki is still young, so I don’t know.”

Asuna glared at the two averting her gaze for a moment before smiling.
She also had a sneak peek at her, so she only poked him once as a joke. While having such a nonchalant conversation, the commander of the Dark Elf advance party arrived at the meeting place, and the interview was safely concluded in a peaceful atmosphere.

The commander was very happy with Kismel’s survival and the recapture of the Jade Key, and gave Seo-Jun and his party a considerable amount of quest rewards and equipment items with fairly good performance. Besides, kindly, the equipment could be selected from several options.

Seojun immediately chose the same curved sword as Kismel’s sword.
And finally, after receiving a new quest from the commander for Chapter 2 of the campaign, Seo-Jun and his party left the large tent.

“Turn it off.”

Kismel stretched out in a very natural motion, then looked back at Seo-jun and smiled lightly.

“Human swordsman, I thank you once again for your help. I wish you well for the next operation.”
“We are.”
“Come to think of it, I haven’t even heard the name yet. What do you say your name is?”
“I am Jun.”
“Hmm, human names are hard to pronounce. Can I say Jun?”

The accent was a bit subtle, so I repeated it once more.

“Tell me again, June.”
“June.”
“Just right.”
“Well, what do the others say by their names?”

Starting with Seojun, other girls were also named.
Kismel chewed on her new name, then opened her mouth with a big nod of her head.

“Everyone, call me Kismel. Well then, I’ll leave it up to you to decide when to start the operation. If you want to go back to the human village for a while, I will send you off with magic to the nearby area, but it doesn’t matter if you rest in this camp tent.”
“Then I will borrow the tent without hesitation. Thank you for being considerate.”
“You don’t have to be thankful. Because…”

Kizmel, who paused for a moment, continued her words.

“Because there is not much reserve, some people have to sleep in my tent. It may be very narrow, but bear with it.”
“No, thank you… Together?”

Hearing those words, Asuna suspended her towering activity.
Seo-joon received behind-the-scenes comments on behalf of Asuna.

“Thank you, then I will write without hesitation.”
“Hmm. I’ll be staying at this camp, so call me whenever you need anything to do. Excuse me for a while then.”

Kismel nodded and left toward the restaurant.
And Seo-jun asked the party who were absent-minded for a moment.

“Do you sleep with Kismel?”

The eyes of the girls unsparingly stick to Seo-jun, who is the first to raise his hand.
He persevered despite the gaze. As a result, he achieved the feat of sleeping with Kizmel by himself.

***

Like the campsite, Kizmel’s tent has been significantly upgraded compared to her beta days.
She said it was “Narrow,” But it was enough space for six people, twice that amount, to lie comfortably.
The floor was covered with fluffy blankets, so even if I lay there, I felt like I would fall asleep until morning.

The cloth covering the walls was also thick, so it almost blocked out outside noise.
In front of the pillar in the middle, there was a strangely shaped stove that quietly emitted orange light and warmth.

After stepping into such a quaint space, Seo-joon came to the middle of the tent, sat down, raised his hand, opened his left dagger, and disarmed his equipment.

“It’s okay.”

Seo-joon lay down as it was.
Then he rolled on the floor and enjoyed the comfort. While he was enjoying his rest for a while, a mournful horn sounded from somewhere in the camp.

Looking at the clock, it was already 6:00 PM.
Feelings of drowsiness and hunger hit me alike, and as I was trying to figure out which one to satisfy first, someone swiped back the awning at the entrance to the tent.

Of course, Kismel, the owner of the tent, came in.
It was still wearing a long cloak and shiny metal armor. Seeing Seo-joon lying comfortably on the floor, she opened her mouth.

“Since we are in the camp, I can’t treat you well, but please use this tent as you like. Meals are always available in the dining room, and there is even a simple wooden tent.”
“Okay?”
“It is next to the dining room tent. You can use this one anytime.”
“Thank you. I will write well.”

At that greeting, Kizmel nodded her head and came inside her, she said.

“I will take a little break. If you have any business, talk to me anytime.”

Having said that, she came up to her stove and touched the large jewel set in the clasp of her left shoulder rest. Then, there was a char-larang-shinba sound, and her metal armor, cloak, and saber became particles of light and disappeared.

Inside, there was only a layer of innerwear that clung to the silky luster of the body.
The body, wrapped in black cloth, boasted a sense of volume that could not be considered an elf, or a dark elf.

Whiyu.

Seojun whistled.
It was new because it was a scene I hadn’t seen during the beta.

‘Shall we do some work?’

It was a feature that did not exist during the beta, but there was a feature that was added during the opening due to his intervention.
That’s the sensitivity system.
I developed good feelings for the NPCs, so I was able to upload them by giving them gifts or doing things I liked.
And players could use this to attack and marry NPCs of the opposite sex as well as the same player.
Of course, since it was a fantasy, marriage is polygamy or polygamy.

‘Yeah, and that kind of thing is well implemented.’

You can also have sex with NPCs.
And beyond that, it was very easy for Seo-jun to raise the favorability of NPCs of the opposite sex.

‘Because my incubus traits apply to NPCs as well.’

His incubus characteristics were surprisingly applied to NPCs as well.
In other words, it was said that it also applied to players in SAO. I don’t know why this happens.
I wonder if it’s just because it’s the power of superpowers.
Anyway, Seojun, who decided to attack Kismel, spoke to Kismel.