Although Rozen and King Of Ya have always disliked each other, King Of Ya should have recognized Rozen's ability. Otherwise, he wouldn't be willing to let his guild listen to a beta tester.
However, King Of Ya's ability was limited, and he was too reckless and impulsive. As a result, he ended up in this situation.
After this incident, Kibaou parted ways with the Clearers and returned to the Town of Beginnings on the 1st Floor with his surviving companions, just like Diavel.
Now, it seemed that they merged with MMO Today, the organization that was active there, and changed their name to Aincrad Liberation Army.
"MMO Today …" Rozen said thoughtfully: "I remember that it seems to be the largest online game information center in the real world, right?"
"That's right." Argo nodded and replied: "It is said that the manager of this information center also entered this world when it was officially operating, and then established a mutual aid organization with the same name in the Town of Beginnings. The purpose of the organization is to help each other actively survive, jointly manage the obtained items, and collect information. They also occupied the Black Iron Palace facing the central square of the Town of Beginnings to stock up on supplies and give various instructions to their subordinate groups."
Rozen smiled and said: "No wonder King Of Ya merged with them."
After all, King Of Ya hated beta testers who monopolized items and money the most.
So, that guy should have a good impression of MMO Today, right?
"King Of Ya is now the Deputy Commander of Aincrad Liberation Army, and the Commander is the manager of MMO Today." Argo shrugged and said: "It is said that they have begun to distribute uniforms for their members, and some players even jokingly call them the Army."
"Is that so?" Rozen said indifferently: "That's great."
"Can you be more perfunctory?" Argo rolled his eyes at Rozen and said: "I'm kind enough to bring you the current situation of Aincrad Liberation Squad. As the person in charge of the Clearers, can't you be more attentive?"
"Even if you say that, what is lost is still lost." Rozen drank his drink and read the newspaper. He said indifferently, "If others are willing to trust my command and hand their lives over to me, then I will naturally let everyone return alive. Since the King Of Ya has chosen this path, then it has nothing to do with me."
At the end of the day, the Clearers had only appointed him as the person in charge of clearing the floors because of Rozen's capabilities. He would listen to Rozen's commands, not become Rozen's subordinate.
Therefore, although Rozen was a leader, he was just a strategist. Otherwise, he wouldn't be called the Magician.
"Do you want to blame me for Aincrad Liberation Squad's mistakes?"
Rozen glanced at Argo.
That made Argo smile bitterly.
"I'm not going to blame you for this." Argo said: "It's better to say that the Players now think that Aincrad Liberation Squad deserved it. They didn't listen to the Magician's command, so it's inevitable that they will suffer losses. A large part of the reason why the King Of Ya quit the Clearers is because of public opinion."
However …
"However, without Aincrad Liberation Squad's strength, the Clearers' strength has been greatly reduced." Argo looked at Rozen and said: "Although there's no doubt that the strongest guild right now is Red Wings led by you, Kibaou's guild has the most members."
That was a fact.
As of now, there were only thirty-five members in Rozen's Red Wings, and the total number of members in the guild was less than fifty.
In contrast, Aincrad Liberation Squad, because King Of Ya directly won over the ordinary Players in the Clearers' First Floor, the number of members in the Clearers' First Floor was already a lot. In the end, the number of members in the Clearers' First Floor reached fifty, which accounted for nearly half of the Clearers' First Floor.
"Losing nearly half of their combat power, the Clearers' situation should be very bad, right?" Argo looked straight at Rozen and said: "I heard that after the 25th Floor was successfully cleared, the Clearers are still on the 26th Floor. They are even hesitant to leave the town because they are afraid that the monsters on the 26th Floor will be much stronger than the monsters on the 25th Floor."
After witnessing the horror of the 25th Floor, the Clearers' morale was indeed a little low.
When they thought that the situation on the 26th Floor was likely to be the same as the situation on the 25th Floor, how could the Players not be afraid?
Did Argo come here because he was worried about that?
However, Rozen said with certainty.
"No, the difficulty on the 26th Floor shouldn't suddenly increase again."
Argo was slightly taken aback by Rozen's words.
But Rozen was very sure of it.
"Do you still remember when we reached the 10th floor, the difficulty suddenly increased by a notch?"
That was the only question Rozen asked Argo.
Argo naturally remembered that.
"Compared to the 9th floor, the 10th floor is much more difficult. The monsters on this floor are all humanoid warriors, and their weapons are the same as the Kobold Lord Ilfang's katana. It's a great thrill to the players who suffered a lot on the 1st floor, and the Clearers were slowed down by the monsters. If Zhenzhen hadn't figured out the attack patterns of these monsters during the closed beta, I'm afraid the 10th floor wouldn't have been so easy to clear," Zhenzhen said, nodding.
Argo said so.
It was because of the sudden increase in difficulty on the 10th Floor that the Players stopped at the 10th Floor during the closed beta.
However, the sudden increase in difficulty wasn't limited to the 10th Floor.
"I remember when we reached the 20th Floor, the difficulty also increased. Although it couldn't be compared to the 25th Floor, it still made the Clearers quite flustered."
Rozen mentioned this matter.
Argo suddenly understood.
"Could it be …"
Seeing Argo's sudden realization, Rozen smiled.
"If I'm not wrong, there is a pattern to the increase in the Floor's difficulty."
Rozen made such a guess.
"At a distance of 1 Floor, there will be a small increase in the Floor's difficulty."
"At a distance of 10 Floors, there will be a moderate increase in the Floor's difficulty."
"At a distance of 25 Floors, there will be a significant increase in the Floor's difficulty."
That was how Rozen figured it out.
"Therefore, the 26th Floor will at most be slightly more difficult than the 25th Floor. There won't be a significant increase in the Floor's difficulty."
"Only at the 30th Floor, there will be a moderate increase in the Floor's difficulty."
"As for the next significant increase in the Floor's difficulty, it will appear at the 50th Floor."
Rozen said to Argo.
"Argo, tell the Clearers about this. Tell them to be careful, but don't be too afraid. Just go for the Clearers."
Hearing this, Argo nodded repeatedly.
"Leave this matter to me."
Argo said helplessly as he accepted the mission.
"I thought that even you would be hard-pressed in this situation. It seems that I've underestimated you. Really, really."
That wasn't the main point.
The main point was …
"And here I thought I brought you a great piece of good news."
Argo's words caught Rozen's attention.
"Great news?"
Rozen was a little curious.
What kind of news could be considered great?
Perhaps Argo saw through Rozen's thoughts, he smiled strangely.
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