"Phew …"
After exhaling slowly from his chest, Rozen's body gradually relaxed.
That being said, it was only Rozen's mind that relaxed. His body was stiff for a while before it recovered.
That was because he used Sword Skill.
In SAO's world, although Sword Skill was powerful, it had a cooldown time, which meant it couldn't be used continuously. At the same time, Sword Skill also had a certain duration depending on its power and effect. After the Player used the Sword Skill, the Player would fall into a state of paralysis for a period of time.
This kind of paralysis was a problem with every Sword Skill.
Moreover, the higher the level of the Sword Skill, the longer the duration.
Coupled with the Sword Skill's cooldown time, Players couldn't use Sword Skill continuously, no matter how high their level was.
Of course, the duration couldn't be canceled, but it could be shortened. Whether it was increasing Ability Value to increase resistance, getting related skills to reduce the duration, or getting equipment to reduce the duration, it was possible.
However, no matter how much he reduced the paralysis time, the paralysis after using the sword skill would not disappear completely. There would still be a little of it left.
Therefore, it took a while for Rozen to use Oblique Slash for the second time to kill the Man-Eater Grass, and now he needed some time to recover from the stiffness and relax his body.
"Woo!"
At this time, the Rainbow Butterfly also flew back and circled above Rozen's head, looking very happy. Rozen didn't know whether it was because of its paralysis powder, or because it was proud of Rozen for killing the monster.
"Bang!"
At the same time, in another direction, Kirito also killed a Man-Eater Grass, turning it into polygonal fragments. He stood in the middle of the fragments, put away the Komodo Grass in his hand, and let out a sigh of relief just like Rozen.
The two of them looked at each other.
Soon after, smiles finally appeared on their faces.
"You're still not lazy? Keep working hard."
"You too."
Rozen and Kirito briefly greeted each other, then began to browse the window in front of them to check their harvest.
One could not help but admit that the Man-eating Grass was indeed rich in EXP. It was almost twice the EXP of a Level 1 Manic Boar. The materials that the Man-eating Grass dropped were also the type that could be sold to shops for a good income. Even the money that could be obtained from the Man-eating Grass was considerable.
"At this rate, I should be able to earn back all the Cor I spent before in three hours, right?"
Moreover, he could get a lot of Exp, which was the best quest.
So, Rozen continued to go deeper into the forest, looking for the second Man-Eater Grass.
Kirito was the same. He held his one-handed sword tightly and used Enemy Seeking skill to the extreme, constantly looking for a single monster.
Just like that, the two of them wandered around the various corners of the forest, collecting the Man-eating Grass' EXP.
Because of Rainbow Butterfly's paralysis powder and Bronze Sword, Rozen's hunting efficiency was even higher than Kirito's. When he killed the tenth Lesser Man-Eater Grass, Kirito only reached the seventh.
Then …
Clang!
When the tenth small Man-eating Plant exploded into polygonal fragments in front of Rozen, Rozen's ears suddenly heard light music, and at the same time, a golden light effect flashed on his body.
A window appeared in front of Rozen.
"Congratulations on leveling up."
After killing over a dozen Wild Monsters and ten Small Man-Eating Plants, Rozen's level finally rose from Level 1 to Level 2.
"Wu!"
The Rainbow Butterfly immediately let out a pleasant cry.
"Congratulations."
Kirito also congratulated Rozen on his back.
"You're almost there, right?"
Rozen replied without looking back. He then waved his right hand, called up the main menu, and checked his current Ability Value.
After leveling up, Rozen's hp limit increased, and he also got 3 Ability Points, which he could freely allocate to STR and AGI to improve his strength.
So Rozen touched his chin and asked Kirito behind him.
"Did the intelligence website reveal the best way to allocate the Ability Value of a one-handed sword wielder?"
Rozen's question was immediately answered by Kirito.
"2 Strength! 1 Agility! "
There was no hesitation in his answer. Obviously, he already had a deep impression on Rozen. As expected of a useless online player.
But …
"This allocation method is only suitable for regular one-handed sword wielder!"
Kirito answered loudly while fighting a Lesser Man-Eater Grass.
"Because the biggest advantage of a one-handed weapon is that you can equip a shield in the other hand!"
As Kirito said, although Players couldn't equip two types of weapons at the same time, they could equip a weapon in one hand and a shield in the other, provided that the weapon equipped must be a one-handed weapon, such as a one-handed sword, one-handed axe, etc.
In this case, the best allocation of Ability Value for a one-handed sword wielder was naturally 2 Strength and 1 Agility.
However, there was a big disadvantage of equipping a shield.
That was, the burden was too heavy.
If the burden was too heavy, the speed would naturally be slower.
So …
"If you don't want to lose your flexible reflexes and fighting style, abandon the shield and switch to speed!"
Kirito shouted and launched Oblique Slash at the small Man-Eater Plant behind him. Kirito's whole body was covered in Sword Skill's light as he dashed toward the small Man-Eater Plant like a meteor.
Rozen pondered for a moment and immediately made a decision.
"Switch to speed?"
There was no need for that.
Although Rozen wasn't the type to use brute force to deal with enemies, whether it was Tamed Monster or Throw, they couldn't deal decisive damage. The fatal blow must be carried out by Rozen.
In this case, it was already a loss for Rozen not to choose a heavy axe and hammer weapon. It wasn't worth it to lose more Attack Power.
Therefore, Rozen decided …
"2 Strength, 1 Agility."
This way, while maintaining a certain degree of Attack Power, he could maintain a certain degree of flexibility.
As for the shield, Rozen also decided to abandon it.
As he said before …
"As long as I don't get attacked, I don't need to worry about defense."
Rozen turned his head and looked in another direction.
There, a Lesser Man-Eater Grass seemed to be attracted by the sound of battle and was approaching.
Seeing this scene, Rozen only had one thought.
"Just in time."
With this thought in mind, Rozen slowly walked toward the Lesser Man-Eater Grass with the Bronze One-Handed Sword.
Then …
"Huh?"
Kirito, who was killing a Lesser Man-Eater Grass, took a look at Rozen's direction and was stunned.
Because …
"There's a monster! Rozen! Open your eyes! "
Kirito shouted anxiously.
Yes.
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