After nearly a year and a half of SAO's operation, in addition to the Clearers' growing strength and the growth of the Players at the bottom and middle levels, there was another kind of existence that became even more unscrupulous.
That was the Orange and Red Guilds.
Since more than half of Aincrad was cleared, the Players gradually began to feel that it was possible to return to the real world. As a result, more and more Players came out of the town and were finally willing to pick up weapons and fight monsters. This led some people to join the Clearers' goal and improve themselves every day, while some people eventually fell into depravity and committed inhumane acts for a little money in the virtual game.
This caused the Orange and Red Guilds' power to increase bit by bit.
And among them, there was an exceptionally powerful and famous guild, even in the Orange and Red Guilds.
Laughing Coffin.
That was currently the largest and strongest Killer Guild in SAO.
"Since it's a death game, it's only natural to kill people. Enjoy the game, this is the right given to all Players."
That was the argument of Laughing Coffin's leader, "POH". With this argument, he attracted countless criminal Players, and even brainwashed a large number of Orange Players, luring them to the path of crime.
To put it bluntly, this guild's power and strength were comparable to Red Wings or Knights of the Blood, which stood at the top of SAO.
What was even more frightening was that this guild's reason for committing crimes was not for money, nor was it for equipment, but for killing. Killing was the ultimate destination for criminal Players.
This guild was officially established about three months ago, and in order to celebrate, they annihilated all the small guilds that were sightseeing.
In the following month, this guild frequently committed murder, and eventually caused panic among the Players.
This incident eventually alerted the Clearers.
As the leader of the Clearers, Rozen immediately gave an order.
"Send out a reconnaissance team. It doesn't matter even if the Clearers' progress is temporarily slowed down. Make sure to find all the members of this guild."
This order was approved by the Clearers. Even Yasna, who valued the Clearers' Strategy above all else, didn't object and silently approved of this action.
So, in the next month, the Clearers maintained their progress while searching the floors that were already cleared. In the end, they found 20 members of Laughing Coffin and sent them to prison.
This was all thanks to Rozen's leadership and judgment. Otherwise, it would've been very difficult to find these Red Names hidden in the training area and maze area.
After that, Laughing Coffin completely disappeared, and it no longer appeared frequently.
However, Argo still brought some information about Laughing Coffin from time to time for Rozen to make a decision.
The "guys" Kirito was referring to were the members of Laughing Coffin.
"I heard that in order to replenish the members they lost last time, those guys have been looking for suitable Orange Guilds to persuade and brainwash."
Kirito brought a message from Argo.
"Argo has conducted an investigation and found out that Laughing Coffin is eyeing several Orange Guilds at the same time. This is the list and the latest movements of those Orange Guilds."
Kirito took out several pieces of parchment from his waist pouch and handed them to Rozen.
Rozen immediately took them and scanned through them.
"What should we do?"
Kirito asked concisely.
In this regard, Rozen did not hesitate.
"Since we know the whereabouts of the Orange Guilds, there's only one choice, right?"
Rozen's words told Kirito what he was planning to do.
"Let's drag them out."
Rozen made the decision.
"I have no objection." Kirito wasn't surprised at all. In fact, he was even happy to see it: "It's just that if we send the Clearers to crusade against those Orange Guilds, won't it alarm Laughing Coffin and cause them to disappear again?"
"So be it." Rozen shrugged and said: "Even if it's just against those Orange Guilds, it's enough."
Compared to Killer Guilds, Orange Guilds would undoubtedly bring more disasters to the Players.
Although Laughing Coffin was naturally more terrifying, there was only one Laughing Coffin, and there were many Orange Guilds. When it came to the scope of damage, Orange Guilds were more dangerous. If they could eliminate those Orange Guilds, they could avoid a lot of disasters.
As for Laughing Coffin, if they could catch them, it would be worth it, but it didn't matter if they couldn't catch them.
"Just like how the Clearers came from the Middle and Bottom Players, Laughing Coffin grew stronger from the Orange Guilds and Orange Players who might join them. If we uproot those Orange Guilds, the threat of Laughing Coffin may not be reduced by much, but it definitely won't increase. Not to mention, the Orange Guilds can also prevent more Players from being harmed."
Rozen took a random piece of parchment and handed the rest to Kirito.
"You distribute this list to the Clearers. Let Knights of the Blood, Divine Dragon Alliance, Fuurinkazan, and other guilds deal with those Orange Guilds."
Kirito couldn't help but admire his sworn brother for his swift and decisive action, and he also took the parchments.
"What about this?" Kirito looked at the parchment in Rozen's hand and said: "Is this the target that Red Wings is responsible for?"
This question was met with such an answer.
"No." Rozen smiled and said: "This is the target that I'm responsible for."
"You?" Kirito was startled at first, but then his expression changed, and he said in surprise: "Are you going to be responsible for a crusade against an Orange Guild by yourself?"
"Yeah." Rozen nodded calmly and said: "These Orange Guilds aren't the top guilds in the Clearers. Some of them are just small guilds composed of Middle Players. I should be fine by myself, right?"
"This …" Kirito hesitated.
In response, Rozen only had one thing to say.
"Let me try out my current skills."
Rozen's words made Kirito smile bitterly.
"That sounds like something you'd do."
Kirito gave such an inexplicable comment.
Rozen grinned.
After all …
"Even if it's just a small gain, I hope to make the most out of it."
That's all Rozen said.
Seeing Rozen like this, Kirito knew that he couldn't stop his sworn brother.
"Okay."
Kirito sighed again, put away the parchment, and looked at Rozen.
"I'll make the arrangements."
Hearing that, Rozen nodded, lowered his eyes, and looked at the parchment in his hand.
It was recorded that the Orange Guild's area of activity was …
"35th Floor?"
Rozen put away the parchment.
"Goo!"
"Woo!"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
