A journey to another world starting from a sword

What surprised Leafa even more was that when the Snake Warrior launched his first attack, the opponent dodged the attack with remarkable precision, even the attack from behind, as if he had an eye in the back of his head.

After several unsuccessful attacks, the snake warrior roared, and at the same time, one of its hands gripped the katana, dragging it along the ground. A deep red light flashed across the blade in an instant.

“This is the sword technique ‘Floating Boat’,” Dante explained.

Then the katana rose from below, almost scraping the wooden floor, but he dodged it at the last second by sidestepping.

"If you are hit by this attack, you will be sent flying into the air. At this time, be careful not to move around. It is difficult to control your body in the air. You can only curl up your body as much as possible and hold the sword horizontally in front of you for maximum defense."

Next came the deceptive sword technique "Phantom Moon." It was deceptive because although the sword was supposed to attack from the top, the blade would make a semi-circle and turn directly downwards midway through the attack.

"'Phantom Moon' - after the feint attack from above, the real killing move comes from below. Moreover, the recovery time after this move is very short, so be careful of the follow-up attack immediately."

The snake warrior flicked its tongue, and the next second its eyes flashed with a sharp red light.

At the same time, the raised blade flashed with a blood-like light, this was the katana's three-hit combo "Crimson Fan".

This attack was a little harder to dodge, and Dante's eyes instantly turned gold.

His body leaped left and right in succession, and with the last backflip, the tip of the knife, carrying a terrifying gust of wind, grazed his nose and blew his bangs into disarray.

"That's too dangerous!" Leafa couldn't help but exclaim.

"That's why you need to practice." Dante smiled. "Actually, the Boss is even more powerful. In the second phase, he will draw two katanas, and his attack speed will increase dramatically. Although he can't use sword skills, a casual slash will look like a wind blade."

"Hey, how did you finally defeat him?" Leafa stopped worrying when she saw the other party easily dodge the attacks with dance-like steps, and instead started chatting with him.

"That's all thanks to our tanks; everyone was hiding behind their shields."

"Heave-ho." With attacks coming from four angles simultaneously, Dante leaped backward, flipped in the air, landed on the snake warrior's helmet, and then kicked it down, using the recoil to propel himself forward.

The silver gauntlets emitted a yellow glow, and the martial arts technique "Flash Strike" delivered a punch to the face of another snake warrior in front of him.

Counterattacking while dodging is more complex than simply dodging.

"Can Asuna do this too?" Leafa asked curiously, seeing that the other party was still relaxed and didn't seem like a player who mainly focused on strength.

"No, this is a skill outside the system."

Yes, this is the new ability he gained, called "Super Intuition".

Being able to predict an enemy's next attack based on their subtle movements is just one application of this technique.

Combined with Dante's perception, he can dodge attacks that are not directly visible to the eye.

Not to mention its awakened sixth sense, which even enables it to foresee danger.

If we consider Fate's inherent skills, he currently possesses both "True Mind's Eye" and "False Mind's Eye" simultaneously.

It is a perfect combination of insight and combat theory honed through long-term meditation and battle, and the ability to foresee and avoid danger based on intuition and sixth sense.

His innate talent and acquired abilities were most fully embodied in him.

After ten minutes of practice, the snake warriors, unable to attack or evade, were beaten to death by Dante with his fists and legs.

"That's so tragic," Leafa grumbled. "They probably left with intense resentment in their hearts."

“Monster-type AIs don’t have emotions.” Dante retorted, then walked over to Leafa. “You saw the sword technique just now, right?”

"Almost, I guess." Leafa muttered, scratching her cheek, not entirely confident.

"Well, you really can't feel the reality without experiencing it yourself." Dante smiled, then patted Leafa on the shoulder to encourage her, "It's your turn next time, good luck!"

Leafa glanced at the ceiling and asked cautiously, "Is it one-on-one?"

"Of course," Dante replied with a look that seemed to say, "What are you doing?"

As Dante emerged from the labyrinth late at night, he suddenly received a message from Argo: a player seemed to have learned the "Katana" skill, which was originally only available to monsters.

Chapter 186: Leafa, you've been caught!

“It’s Klein of ‘Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain’.” Argo said to him directly after returning to the guild’s headquarters. “According to him, he doesn’t know how the katana skill appeared in his skill list.”

She pinched the fake mustache on her cheek with her fingers and continued, "I've bought all the information about the skills he's learned."

"Truly worthy of Argo," Dante praised sincerely, then took the parchment containing the names of the skills from Argo's hand.

"Let me see." Leafa gently brought her face closer, seemingly impatient. As her lips touched his ear, she exuded a special fragrance, and her glossy hair rustled against Dante's neck.

They were a little too close. With his super intuition, Dante could sense her nervousness from her slightly trembling breath.

As for why he was nervous, Dante felt it was most likely not because of the information he had.

What an idiot! If you're so nervous, don't get so close.

"..." Argo muttered to himself upon seeing this, and his lips pursed slightly.

"Curved Blade and Awakening." Dante briefly lifted his fingers from his lips, deducing from the information above, "Once these two skills reach a certain proficiency level, one can learn the 'Tachi' skill."

The above details the skills Klein has learned and their proficiency levels. Among them, the proficiency level of the "Curved Blade" skill, which is his main combat weapon, has reached 500. Surprisingly, the skill with the highest proficiency level is not the "Curved Blade".

Instead, it was "meditation," which is probably because he perfectly passed the test of the Dark Elf Sage, thus directly increasing his proficiency to 500.

The information about "Meditation" was written by Argo in the newspaper. Because it was a special skill, many players tended to choose the Dark Elf faction. Even though Klein preferred the sexy blonde Elf sister to the sexy dark-skinned Elf sister, he had to consider the opinions of the entire guild.

"Really?" Argo became serious when it came to business, but she didn't believe it entirely and chose to question it.

"If only there were another new example," she said with deep regret.

"..." This left Dante somewhat amused and exasperated, but there was a way to verify it: "We'll wait until Leafa learns the 'Katana'."

"Huh?" Leafa's eyes widened, making one seriously doubt whether she had been listening attentively.

So Dante bent his left index finger, pressed it against his thumb to gather strength, and then flicked it against her ear with a "bang".

"Waaaaaah—" Leafa immediately let out a rather cute wail, covered her ears, and took two steps back.

"You didn't foresee this, which is why you let her use a curved blade weapon, did you?" Argo's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he felt a chill run down his spine.

"Hmm?" Turning around, Dante tilted his head in confusion. "Think about the first floor boss, the kobold lord Ilfangu. Why did the curved sword it originally used in the final stage turn into a katana?"

“Now that you mention it…” Argo pondered for a moment and roughly guessed, “The katana is a superior weapon to the curved sword, that’s the only explanation.”

"Hmph." Seeing that Argo's suspicions had been steered in another direction, Dante remembered something else. "How much Cor did you pay for this intelligence?"

“Thirty thousand kor,” Argo said.

"So much?!" Leafa exclaimed in surprise, still covering her ears. She knew that her entire fortune was only 50,000 Cor.

“Hahaha…” Argo put his hands behind his head, “Intelligence is just that expensive.”

"Don't worry, this guy will raise the price of this information and resell it to other players, making a fortune in the process." Dante pointed at Argo with a mocking smile on his face.

"Ah..." Leafa stared in astonishment, her mouth agape.

"What? Isn't this a normal business transaction?" Argo refused to admit to Dante's accusation that he was a swindler.

"Okay, okay." Dante gave a perfunctory reply, put the parchment away, and got up from the sofa. "I'm going back to my room now."

"Aren't we going out later?" Algodo asked.

"Asuna and Mito will be taking care of Leafa and Yuki for the next two days. I'll be heading into the labyrinth area before dawn," Dante explained, stretching.

"Don't push yourself too hard," Argo yawned slowly. "After two days in the labyrinth area, we can't even be sure if you're alive and well."

"Hehe, you haven't seen me for two days in a row, are you feeling lonely?" Dante stopped and smiled as he turned his head.

"That's how it is. I'm really worried about you, sister." Argo admitted it directly. "Who do you think the guild revolves around?"

"Then, as the center, I need to quickly become someone everyone can rely on." Dante gave a knowing smile. "Goodnight, you two."

Then Leafa heard Argo, who had been silent until Dante went upstairs, murmur, "...They've become quite dependent on each other."

-----------------

Unfortunately, Leafa's incident came to light.

The reason was that she ran to the guild's only male room with her pillow, but unfortunately Asuna and the others were having a pajama party.

Argo declined, wanting to rest alone, and didn't inform Leafa about it. It wasn't until Asuna came to her door that she found Leafa's room empty.

Everyone was startled and hurriedly knocked on Dante's door to ask if he hadn't returned, only to find that both of them were in the room.

"Honestly, has he even reflected on his actions?" Asuna said, looking at Dante with his head drooping and looking like he was about to fall asleep.

At this moment, he and Leafa were dragged to Asuna's room to be "interrogated" as if under trial. Even Argo, who had just fallen asleep, came over to watch the commotion, yawning and still half-asleep.

However, everyone was dressed in pajamas, which were so revealing that Dante was embarrassed to look closely. He once thought he was someone who could look directly at things, but unfortunately, he did not overestimate himself and underestimated Ashura's skills.

The mixed fragrance that permeated the entire room also kept stimulating his senses.

After that, Dante felt relieved. Did these girls not see him as a man at all?

"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I haven't been able to sleep well lately," Leafa said, bowing her head apologetically.

"It has nothing to do with Leafa." Asuna smiled gently as she slapped the head hard on someone who was making a certain look.

Just a second ago, Dante was raising an eyebrow at Asuna, and Asuna understood what he meant: "Didn't you do something like this before?"

It's just that he rarely stayed at the guild headquarters at night these past few months, otherwise Leafa would never have had the chance.

"Well."

So the person who got slapped probably deserved it.

Chapter 187: I originally considered you a brother.

"Hahaha, this is what happens when you anger Xiaoya!" Argo mocked Dante without any restraint, then grinned mischievously at Leafa, who was nervously clenching her fists.

"Don't make that face. It's true that I feel much more at ease when I sleep with this guy. I used to fall asleep right away when we held hands and slept together."

While Argo's words of comfort had some effect, they clearly sparked other controversies.

"Hey, when did this happen?!" Lingyin asked in surprise.

"Hey, Asuna and Kizmel were there back then, okay?" Dante waved his hand to indicate it was a misunderstanding.

"Ah—actually, I've been having trouble sleeping lately too." Lisbeth sighed, tossing her hair. Sometimes she really liked to stir things up.

"Ugh! Liz's so cunning!" Silica complained, then clenched her fists and glared at Dante. "Dante, can we sleep together?"

As soon as she said it, Silica realized that she might have said something terrible.

But just before her face turned red, Dante said kindly, "Silica is fine."

"Wait! Why can Silica do it?" Lisbeth pointed at Silica, then at herself.

"Because Silica is everyone's little sister." To be honest, her childlike figure only makes her look cute, not sexy at all. As long as she doesn't move around, she's a very safe person to be around.

"Sister...little sister..." Silica's face, initially filled with surprise, instantly turned pale and ashen. She repeated the word over and over as if struck by a tremendous blow, "It's my little sister..."

"No, what are you feeling down about? You're the youngest among us, so you're definitely the little sister," Lisbeth comforted Silica when she saw her looking upset.

"..." Subconsciously looking to the side, Leafa suddenly realized that Dante had also said that she could be regarded as an older brother. She looked down at her body, which was completely obscured even when she was sitting upright.

So it's my younger sister, which means we can sleep together.

"Hehe, but I've heard that some people might sleep more comfortably while feeling other people's body temperature," Jeliska said slowly, dressed in light, flowing pajamas.

"Is that so?" Yuki blinked and asked.

"No, no, no, it's obviously a lie," Xiaochun quickly explained, lest Ji Tian naively believe it.

"But isn't that how it is between lovers?" Lingyin said softly, blushing.

“So you’ll only know after you experience it,” Jeliska said, pointing to her finger, implying that she hadn’t experienced it and therefore didn’t know.

In SAO, the two most important things are eating and sleeping. Eating in the "Eternal Garden" has become a way to soothe the mind, while sleeping is not so stable. If something dangerous or terrifying happens during the day, the experience can make it difficult to fall asleep all night.

"..." Everyone fell silent for a moment.

"Um... is it time to get ready for bed?" Mitt covered his face with his hand, gave a small yawn, and then raised his hand.

She felt it was fine no matter what, because Asuna's position was hers, but from her position, she had no right to speak.

Seeing that the topic was starting to veer off course, Argo agreed, "Ah, that's true. I have things to do tomorrow."

"...Dismissed." Asuna glared at Dante before puffing out her chest and announcing the end, her trembling breasts peeking out from under her thin nightgown a real treat for the eyes.

The pajama party was over, and everyone went back to their rooms.

To avoid Leafa overthinking, Asuna pulled her aside and suggested they sleep together that night.

Clearly, given Asuna's irresistible charm, Leafa had no reason to refuse, or rather, couldn't refuse, especially since she had just done something shameful and been caught.