Long Live Money in Anime Crossover

"real or fake!"

Argo became interested and said, "But judging from your age... it seems possible. How old are you anyway? You don't look very old. Do you have a baby face? Otherwise, how could you look so mature?"

"Kirito is enough with his baby face, I'm a galactic pretty boy!"

"Pooh!"

The two chatted and laughed as they walked toward the hospital, only to find themselves in front of a pile of ruins.

The level 1 wild boar had disappeared several minutes ago, and now another monster had finally appeared before us.

Large Mouse LV2.

Seeing the rats' sharp teeth and red eyes, Argo squealed excitedly, "Oh, oh, oh, just as expected, nothing has changed!"

Although Momo was somewhat surprised, he roughly understood something when he looked at these rats. This should be a mission location. So this is where Argo got the rat whiskers he used for makeup?

"Alright, Momo, the rest is up to you. Since you're a mercenary I hired, your task is to clear this place out."

mouse."

"What about you?"

"Of course I'll just stand by and watch! Hmph, I don't think I, Argo, can get my kiss so easily!"

Mo Mo shrugged. Since he was already here, fighting monsters was inevitable anyway. He drew his sword, struck a pose, and then dashed off with style. A rat squeaked and charged at him, but Mo Mo dodged to the side and unleashed his sword technique once more.

Two hits, KO!

Argo, who had just settled down some distance away, hadn't even had a chance to see Momo's attack clearly when the first monster was already dead, leaving Argo dumbfounded. He knew Momo was strong, but he hadn't realized he was this strong.

"Ah, what a lucky guy! Is that sword level 3?"

However, after killing a rat, Mo Mo suddenly stopped and said, "Are you really not going to kill any monsters? These rats may look annoying, but they might unexpectedly drop some items?"

"Don't try to fool me. I cleared all these monsters myself during the closed beta. Fifteen rats dropped nothing, not even a single Cole! Even though they were quest monsters, this is incredibly stingy!"

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Mo smiled strangely, raised his hand, and threw a steel cone-shaped dagger toward Argo.

"Aaaaaah, murder!"

Argo frantically caught the dagger, then froze.

Rat Tail Dagger, LV3, Excellent rating, Special Feature: Thrust, doubles speed and attack when using the basic thrust skill, Unique weapon.

silence.

ten seconds.

"Aaaaaah, God! Gods! Why are you torturing me, Argo, like this? I've made the pilgrimage every year, and this year my luck is supposed to be great!"

Argo wailed and screamed, clutching the dagger to her chest and rolling around incessantly. Momo noticed that Argo would occasionally steal a glance at Momo, and upon seeing Momo's unmoved smile, she rolled around even more violently.

Finally, seeing that it seemed to have no effect at all, Argo stopped pretending, directly holding the Rat Tail Dagger, staring at Momo with a look that said, "I'm not giving it to you."

"Do I have to reset the items?"

"You despicable, arrogant rich kid! I, Argo, will kill you sooner or later and seize my treasure!"

Argo angrily tossed the rat-tail dagger to Momo, who picked it up and said, "Actually, giving it to you isn't impossible, since I don't use daggers. However, the price remains the same: a kiss, how about it?"

Argo stared at Momo, and after realizing that Momo didn't seem to be lying, his face flushed slightly. He glanced to the side and said, "Give it to me, we'll settle it together later."

However, this time, Momo did not use his trading powers.

……

A dozen minutes later, the last rat was also killed by Momo. Argo was right; as quest monsters, these 15 rats really wouldn't drop anything, except for the Rat Tail Dagger, which depends on luck.

"Alright, Argos the Kind is here!"

"Next, a level 3 elite will emerge from underground. Don't be alarmed; it just has higher health, otherwise it's like a regular rat. If we use our swap skill effectively and take turns blocking attacks, we can easily kill it. You know how to swap, right?"

"no problem."

Mo Mo remained outwardly calm, but in reality, he had already made preparations in secret, and he had a vague premonition of something bad.

The ground to their left suddenly began to shake, and a huge crater appeared.

"Oh, oh, it's here... I'm coming... How could that be!"

They did come, but not just one!

The ground on the right side also began to shake!

Immediately afterwards, two LV3 elite monsters, a large male rat that was half the size of a human, jumped out, its scarlet eyes revealing a bloodthirsty light.

"Oh no! How could things have changed? No, Momo, this is not something we can handle. Run! We have to run!"

"Squeak!"

Seemingly having spotted two prey and trying to escape, the two mice squeaked and squeaked, a faint current of air swirling around their limbs.

Accelerate, increasing movement speed by 10%.

As a beginner level, all monsters on the first floor move at 95% of the player's movement speed, which ensures that it is almost impossible for the player to die if they want to escape.

Of course, things have clearly changed now.

The two elite monsters have gained an acceleration skill, and their speed slightly exceeds that of the player. Although it is only a little bit, what this means is self-evident.

Kayaba Akihiko's perverse sense of humor.

"Looks like we really can't escape. Here we come!"

Momo raised his hand and tossed the LV3 shield that had recently fallen to Argo, saying, "Equip it. I'm not used to using shields."

Argo's face was ashen. He hesitated, wanting to speak but ultimately chose his equipment: a shield in one hand and a dagger in the other. In Sword Art Online, the shield's purpose is to block normal attacks, but it's not very effective against skills. Therefore, shields are mainly used when facing monsters.

Now that Momo has given the shield to Argo, Argo naturally understands that her chances of survival have greatly increased.

"Don't die!"

Mo Mo smiled slightly and charged towards the two rats first. A sword technique flashed across the eye of the left rat, a vital attack that instantly reduced the rat's health by one-tenth.

Only one-tenth?

In other words, under normal circumstances, it would take 20 sword attacks.

What a joke!

This is the result he achieved with LV3 sword skill, 7 points of one-handed sword skill proficiency, and a 7% increase in sword skill damage.

How could a task like this be completed by an ordinary LV3 player? It definitely requires a team!

Suddenly, Mo Mo understood.

"I see. Kayaba Akihiko, was this a gift you deliberately gave me after I joined? Did you want me to leave as soon as possible?"

"Damn it, over here, a dead rat!"

On the other side, Argo picked up a small stone and used his throwing skill, which immediately attracted the attention of the fully healed rat, causing it to turn around and chase after Argo.

Hearing footsteps behind him, Mo Mo immediately adjusted his stiff posture caused by his swordsmanship, turned around and thrust again, once more creating distance between himself and the rat.

However, this is only a temporary measure. As a game, Sword Art Online naturally has settings that limit player strength. For example, the stun effect after using a sword skill or being blocked, and the cooldown of sword skills.

The stun mechanic makes exchanging skills a crucial cooperative technique in Sword Art Online. The existence of skill cooldowns also means that players cannot continuously unleash powerful attacks to reduce monster health; they can only use various sword techniques in combination.

Unfortunately, Momo only has a few sword skills now. Even if he keeps dragging out the time and uses them in turn, the initial skill cooldown is very short, and all skills are put into cooldown state!

"Squeak-"

The rat pounced, trying to bite Momo's neck, but Momo raised his hand and used his short sword to wedge it into the rat's mouth. Fortunately, this game is relatively realistic; otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have been able to do such a thing.

"Fortunately, this rat doesn't have any other skills, so it can buy us some time..."

"what!"

However, while Momo managed to stabilize the situation, Argo let out a scream and was sent flying by a rat!

Momo was stunned, subconsciously thinking it was impossible. Logically speaking, Argo's skills should have been able to hold off this stupid mouse who couldn't do anything. How could he have failed?

However, when Momo saw the health bar of Argo's rat, his expression changed drastically!

Argo's rat's health has dropped to half!

Rat-tail dagger!

Argo's unique LV3 equipment instantly made his attack power higher than Momo's. Argo easily reduced the rat's health, but instead, the rat unleashed its half-health skill, which was also the rat's only skill, Charge!

This impact instantly reduced Argo's health by more than half. Argo's attack came in, but he had no defensive equipment on him!

Having succeeded in its attack, the rat naturally wouldn't stop. It charged at Argo, its two front teeth biting at Argo's neck!

035 Life-or-Death Battle

Argo had already closed his eyes.

Did he just die like that?

Tears streamed down his cheeks, and even Argo, who always pretended to be cheerful, couldn't smile at this moment.

Thinking he had the upper hand in the game and had a skilled player as a backup, he thought he could complete the mission early and get his intelligence work on track. But in the end, he not only harmed himself but also others.

Argo was filled with regret. She wished she could have another chance to choose. She would definitely have leveled up to level 10 before doing this mission. That way, she would have been able to win even against two level 3 elites.

Knowing full well that this is a death game, why take the risk?

But it's too late to regret it now.

"Mo Mo...I'm sorry..."

"Om-"

In despair, Argo seemed to be able to feel the stench of the rats breathing in front of him, but then he suddenly heard the sound of wind.

The sound of a sword blade cutting through the air.

"Squeak-"

The Argo rat, which had been biting at the ground, let out a miserable scream and its body stiffened. A figure, wielding a sword technique, swept past the rat, taking away a small portion of its health.

Argo suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the figure. Who else could it be but Momo?