Kirito, Asuna, Kurumi, and Kayaba Akihiko were the four main forces of SAO. Or it could be said that SAO only had these four main forces, and the last two weren't combat personnel. As for the other players, it wasn't that they didn't have experts, but none of them could fight against the Guardians of the Great Tomb. Even the top elites of the Raid God were barely equivalent to the level 60 to 70 Battle Maids in the Great Tomb.
Therefore, in terms of strength, SAO's side was completely crushed by Overlord's side.
But now, with Kirito and Asuna being brought into the Raid God's team by Tang Hao, Aincrad's defense line was in danger. Once the Bone King led the Tomb Army to invade, the local players wouldn't be able to defend it. After all, whether it was quantity or quality, the Great Tomb had the absolute advantage.
"So, we have to give up some of them."
Kakaba Akihiko pointed at the virtual map in midair and looked at the nearby chat room members and the captains of the Clearers guild. He said calmly, "The Great Tomb's advantage lies in the number of soldiers and generals. If we fight the King against the King, the generals against the soldiers, and the soldiers against the soldiers, the only advantage we have is the King. The enemy also has a slight advantage in terms of the number of generals. As for the soldiers, we are at an overwhelming disadvantage. If we fight the enemy head-on, even if the King wins in the end, we will suffer countless casualties. This is not in line with the original intention of the war. Therefore, we must abandon most of the floors in Aincrad and concentrate all our forces in one place. We must defend Aincrad before the King and the Generals decide the winner."
Kayaba Akihiko was an excellent scientist and researcher, but this time, he served as the commander of the battlefield. Maybe he wasn't a professional, but in fact, he had done a lot of similar things, and the words he said sounded reasonable and won everyone's approval.
The two main battlefields of SAO and Overlord are the Great Tomb and Aincrad. Both of these places are actually quite big. For SAO alone, there are towns, villages, forests, plains, and even oceans on each of its floors. It's so vast that it's equivalent to a small continent, and there are 100 floors of such a continent. If all of them are added together, it's much bigger than Japan.
Such a huge map was divided into a hundred pieces, but how many Players did SAO have? If they defended layer by layer, it would be impossible to stop the endless Dark Legion.
Therefore, shrinking the battlefront can not only increase the strength of the defense, but also reduce the damage caused by the war to Aincrad. After all, even the Bone King's Dark Army can't wantonly kill and destroy an undefended empty city, and it will be easier to deploy.
No one objected to this point. Klein then asked, "Vice President, which levels do you plan to gather your troops on?"
Only Kirito and Asuna knew Kayaba Akihiko's true identity. Because the players were locked into this game world by him, more or less, they hated him. Once his identity was revealed, it would definitely cause chaos. So in the eyes of the public, Kayaba Akihiko was just the vice leader of the Clearers guild, Heathcliff, who was respected by the players.
The culprit who had caused the deaths of thousands of people had suddenly transformed into a savior-like existence. This matter was a little ironic.
But on the other hand, Kayaba Akihiko's contribution to the development of the Great Tomb and the players having the power to fight against the Dark Legion was also a big part of it.
"It's not which levels, it's the first floor." Kayaba Akihiko shook his head, "Except for the 100th floor, we will abandon the rest of the floors and let the Great Tomb Legion come and go as they please. Our defense line will be centered around the holy tree. The foreign players and the 13 Guardian Squads will lead the Elven Legion to defend the holy tree. As for the ordinary players, teleport them to the holy tree and don't join the battle unless it's absolutely necessary."
Although Asuna and Kirito were the only ones who met the requirements and successfully completed the class advancement, the Elven class advancement system had been around for a long time. Most of the members of the Raider God guild and some other excellent players had already completed the class advancement. Currently, there were more than 3,000 Elves in the game.
And among these 3,000 players, the most outstanding ones were the 13 leaders of the Clearers guild, such as Klein, Jekyll, and Gurisertan. They were all around level 75 and had awakened the corresponding talents of their respective Elves. They were a group of players second only to Kirito and Asuna.
Therefore, these 13 top players were appointed by Tang Hao as the leaders of the 13 Guardian Squads. They were the true core members of the Clearers guild.
Perhaps in the real world, they were just ordinary people, but in this game world, they were even stronger than members of the chat room like Zoro and Yue Doushen.
After Kayaba Akihiko made the arrangements, he looked at Patchouli and Yuzu Kumodera.
The two nodded. They already knew about this strategy. In other words, from the very beginning, Kayaba Akihiko's strategy was based on the two of them as the core.
As mentioned before, Patchouli and Yuzu Kumodera's frontal combat ability was relatively average because they both had obvious weaknesses. However, as long as they were given enough time and space to prepare, the power they could exert would be far beyond that of their peers.
Take Olmet as an example. If both sides were enemies and accidentally encountered each other, Olmet might be able to kill one of them with a single punch. However, when they had completed their preparations, even if ten Olmet stepped into their territory, they would definitely die.
As experts who specialized in the field, they were able to display completely different battle prowess in different situations.
Without a doubt, the Holy Tree was the best place to do so. That was because the Holy Tree possessed unimaginable power. With Kuri as the online GM, she could guide a portion of the Holy Grail's power for the two of them to use, expanding the coverage and changes of their formation.
Therefore, they wouldn't directly take action, but they were the most important core of the entire battlefield.
After the tasks were assigned, under Kayaba Akihiko's order, the 13 Tower Protector Team Captains began to dispatch the players and make the final preparations before the battle.
At the same time, Tang Hao's group of five had already arrived in the mortal world.
They didn't directly go to the big tomb. Instead, they walked slowly, observing the changes after the world fusion while waiting for Kurumi's signal.
About an hour later, Kirito and Asuna received a signal from Kurumi.
After learning about the strategy over there, Kirito frowned slightly. "Are we going to give up the 99th floor? That way, a lot of people will die …"
The "a lot of people" Kirito was not referring to the players, but the NPCs of SAO world. Although they were NPCs, they had their own thoughts and personalities. They worked at sunrise and slept at sunset, just like real people. Kirito had lived here for half a year and had all kinds of interactions, so he could no longer treat them as ordinary NPCs.
And in this war, these NPCs were obviously not under the protection. Once the Bone King's Dark Legion arrived, even if they didn't deliberately kill, countless NPCs would die under the butcher's knife.
In the past, these NPCs could still be resurrected after they died, but now, could they still be resurrected?
Kirito didn't know.
Tang Hao shook his head and didn't explain, he just said: "If you feel sorry for them, then we can only end this war as soon as possible. After all, Aincrad is just a line of defense, we are the ones who will lead the war. As long as we can destroy the big tomb as soon as possible, everything will be over."
To be honest, Tang Hao still felt that Kirito was a bit too much of a saint. His ability was superior to Asuna in almost all aspects, but he lacked Asuna's decisiveness. This was probably the temperament of a young man, not good, but definitely not bad either.
After all, if kindness was a shortcoming, what else could be tolerated in this world?
Without discussing this topic, Tang Hao said: "In this battle, our main target is the Bone King and his Guardians, but in addition to that, we should be more wary of the world-class items controlled by the big tomb. Each of them has terrifying power, so don't be careless."
In Tang Hao's view, whether it was the Bone King or the Guardians, they were just so-so. With his current strength, there was no need to worry too much, but if there were world-class items, then he had to be careful.
He had reason to believe that a large part of Overlord's World Interference Value probably came from those world-class items. After all, the Mountain River Map of the same level could even suck in an Apostle like Di Ruigi … Although Di Ruigi voluntarily entered the Mountain River Map to protect himself, with his strength, it probably wouldn't be too difficult for him to come out.
But Kirito and the others didn't have Di Ruigi's strength, so they probably wouldn't be able to break the Mountain River Map.
Also, there was another world-class item controlled by the local world's Church Nation, Bombshell, which also had terrifying power.
The big tomb had 11 world-class items. Apart from the Mountain River Map that he currently had, there were still 10 left. If each Guardian was equipped with one, this battle would not be so easy.
Of course, Tang Hao also prepared a backup plan, so overall, he wasn't afraid.
"We're here."
After a while, Tang Hao stopped in mid-air and took in the big tomb's territory.
This was the second time he had come here. The first time was when he had come to investigate with Dark Night. However, they had been discovered by the Bone King Heaven and had been forced into a dead end. If it were not for Eight Cloud Purple's three silk pouches, he and Dark Night might have died there.
But this time, he would take the initiative to start a war and cut off all the karma.
"So, as a declaration of war … Nanoha, blast it."
Tang Hao smiled slightly.
Beside him, Nanoha Takamachi raised her staff, and the Heart of the Rising Sun immediately switched to its bombardment mode. With the rapid increase of mana, it quickly reached its peak.
"Divine … Buster!"
Boom!!
The Kami Splitter was fully activated, and a beam of light as thick as a human body shot straight toward the big tomb dozens of kilometers away.
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