I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

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On the other hand, after finishing the call with Kikuoka Seijiro, Asuna focused all her attention on the book in front of her.

It was not until Suguha sent her a message that Asuna stood up, stretched, put on her stealth device again, lay on the bed, and entered the game.

Today, the two of them should be able to reach Arun and come under the World Tree.

"Connection begins!"

"Connection begins!"

In two rooms far apart, the voices of two girls rang out at the same time.

The consciousness of the two also returned to the kingdom of elves.

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Alpheim, the central city, Arun.

This is the center of Alpheim and the largest city in this world.

Different from Siyiluban which is formed like emerald green.

Arun is made up of giant conical skyscrapers.

The surface of the towering street was covered with thick, gray-green curved cylinders. Different from the building material made of light gray rocks, the diameter of each cylinder was about as wide as a two-story building, and they seemed to surround the entire central street of Arun, winding everywhere.

These cylinders are not buildings, but tree roots.

The roots of the world tree!

These roots gradually rose from the ground in twisted shapes and gathered upwards, becoming thicker and more numerous. Finally, they gathered together at the top of Arun Street, forming a tree whose hugeness was difficult to describe in words, growing straight up to the sky.

The golden-green tree trunks covered with moss and other plants seem to blend with the sky as they go higher, and the color slowly turns to light blue. When they reach a certain height, the tree trunks are completely surrounded by white objects, making it impossible to see the scenery above.

The white object is naturally not fog, but white clouds.

The huge trees reached straight into the sky, and in the distance, almost blending completely with the blue sky and becoming unclear, their branches stretched out and expanded radially outward.

Arun was built under the roots of this giant tree, and it looks full of vitality, like a seedling nestled against the world tree and protected by the world tree.

After a long journey, Asuna and Leafa finally arrived in this city.

"Wow……"

Looking at the scene in the city, Leafa couldn't help but cheer with shining eyes.

On the medieval fantasy-style streets that looked like both ruins and advanced technology, players and NPCs mixed together and moved to every corner.

84 Are you serious?

Some of them are earth elves wearing metal armor, with sturdy physiques and carrying huge battle axes on their shoulders.

Some are music elves that are only as tall as the earth elves' waists, and they carry silver harps on their bodies.

There are also dark elves with incredible light purple skin and wearing black enamel leather equipment.

Naturally, players of various races such as wind elves and cat demons are all here, moving in and out of every corner, laughing and talking loudly as they walk.

Completely different from Siruban where the streets and residents are all in a unified green tone, this place is a melting pot of races, full of vitality and vigor that cannot be seen anywhere else.

"Look! Look! Asuna!"

Leafa grabbed Asuna's hand and shook it continuously.

She pointed in the direction of the street and jumped up and down with great joy.

"Okay, okay, I saw it all."

Asuna could only smile helplessly and let Leafa fall into an excited state beside her.

Although Asuna had seen similar scenes in Orario before, and did not think much of the wonders she saw, for Leafa, the scenery before her should be very worthy of cheering and make her feel happy.

The most important thing is that players of different races who are almost incompatible in other places and are either hostile to each other or kill each other directly when they meet, here, they are happily integrated into one group, laughing and chatting with each other happily. This should be a very novel sight for Leafa, who has always been active in limited places such as the Wind Elves' Territory.

Therefore, Asuna could completely understand Leafa's excitement.

“This is not only the center of the world, but also a melting pot of nine races, with all kinds of goods and props coming from different places around the world.”

Leafa pulled Asuna along, looking excitedly at the shops and goods on the street, and said to Asuna.

It is certain that the various goods in Arun are better than those in other territories and cities.

It is precisely because of this that all the major races often send trade caravans to run their business in Arun.

In this case, it is natural that Leafa would want to look around.

"Let's go over there and have a look!"

Leafa held Asuna's hand and ran happily towards a street in Arun.

"Don't worry."

Asuna could only be dragged away by Leafa, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

It seemed that we couldn't go to the World Tree until Leafa's enthusiasm cooled down.

Asuna didn't know whether to laugh or cry in her heart, but she still followed Leafa closely and experienced the customs and culture of this world.

After walking around for several hours, Leafa reluctantly ended her exploration and brought Asuna to a drink shop, where she ordered a drink she had never had before.

"That's right, Leafa."

The two of them chatted while looking at the players and NPCs outside the window, which was quite interesting.

"If I want to reach the top of the World Tree, is it only possible as you said before?"

Suddenly, Asuna asked Leafa.

Hearing this, Leafa was startled at first, then nodded.

"Well, if you want to reach the top of the World Tree, you can only go through the dome-shaped temple at the root of the World Tree, enter the inside of the World Tree, and climb to the top of the World Tree from there."

Leafa answered truthfully.

"Can't we just fly up, or climb up along the outer wall of the World Tree?"

Asuna asked in confusion.

Or is it that reaching the top of the World Tree in this way is not recognized?

"Ah."

Leafa nodded seriously and said, "The area around the World Tree is a forbidden area in the system. It is impossible to climb. Even if you fly, your wings will stop flying before you reach the upper layer due to the air retention limit. In addition, there is a barrier above the clouds that limits the flight height. Therefore, the only way to reach the top of the World Tree is to pass through the giant egg at the root. There is no other way."

In other words, unless one has sufficient administrator privileges to redefine the system settings, otherwise, as a player, one can only honestly enter the World Tree from the roots and climb to the top of the World Tree.

However, the World Tree is not so easy to conquer.

"The guardian knight inside will appear immediately as soon as a player enters and prevent the player from passing through."

Leafa sighed and said, "Thanks to them, up to now, not even a single race has been able to pass the test of the World Tree, reach the top of the World Tree, conquer the World Tree, meet the Elf King Oberon, and be reborn as a light elf."

Although the fire elves almost succeeded once, due to the relationship between the wind elves and the fire elves, Leafa naturally would not mention them now.

"That's it."

Asuna nodded without any surprise.

"In that case, let's set off after we have rested."

"This..." Leafa's expression became a little hesitant.

"Do you still want to conquer the World Tree by yourself? If you die, it really won't be worth it."

After fully witnessing Asuna's strength, Leafa became more worried about Asuna's safety.

"Of course." Asuna blinked and said with a smile, "How can we miss such an interesting thing!

how? Any questions? "

What's the problem?

Leafa immediately opened her eyes wide and looked at Asuna.

You know, that is a goal that no race has been able to achieve even after ALO has been operating for a whole year.

Even whether anyone will be able to conquer it in the future is still an unknown.

Under such circumstances, Asuna actually said that she wanted to conquer the World Tree?

However, if she really called over those friends from the SAO period, she might be able to easily conquer the World Tree.

However, although Asuna was very strong, Leafa didn't think that Asuna could escape from the seemingly endless number of guardian knights.

Originally, when Asuna first said that she wanted to conquer the World Tree, Leafa thought it was just a joke. After all, almost all players have said such things.

But now, Asuna seems to be serious!

"Don't go!" Leafa stopped him without hesitation: "I know you are very powerful, but if you want to challenge the World Tree now, I won't let you go!"

If Asuna was prepared to spend a lot of time gathering manpower and collecting funds and making all necessary preparations before challenging the World Tree, Leafa would not only not object, she would even be willing to be Asuna's strongest backing and fight alongside her.

I believe that with Asuna's ability, she is capable of doing this.

However, if Asuna was really allowed to die alone, Leafa would definitely stop her.

85 Challenge alone?

With Asuna's ability, in this world where death and resurrection are allowed, Leafa believes that Asuna can definitely lead a large group of elite players that are far superior to the strength of each race to conquer the World Tree and complete this final mission.

But the problem now is that Asuna seems to be going to conquer the World Tree by herself.

This is completely reckless.

"Even the Fire Elves have to spend so much time to collect funds to conquer the World Tree. The Wind Elves and the Cat Demons have even formed an alliance for this purpose, but in the end they still dare not say that they can successfully conquer the World Tree. Even if you are strong, what can you do?"

Leafa advised Asuna anxiously.

"Otherwise, we can just attack here for a while, and when the wind elves and cat demons decide to attack the World Tree, we can go with everyone."

There is no doubt that Leafa's suggestion is correct.

No matter who it is, hearing that Asuna is going to challenge the trial of the World Tree alone and reach the top of the World Tree, the reaction will be the same.

Seeing Leafa's anxious look, Asuna said helplessly:

"It can be resurrected, no problem."

"How can there be no problem!" Leafa immediately shouted: "This is simply not a task you can complete alone!"

Asuna stood up, walked over to Leafa, and sat next to her.

She reached out and gently held Leafa's hands.

"nothing is impossible."

Asuna said softly:

"You know, humans are beings with infinite possibilities. Otherwise, how could I defeat Kayaba Akihiko, the system administrator, and free everyone from SAO?"

Looking at history so far, humans are the winners no matter how you look at it.

Compared to ancient predators, they are extremely vulnerable.

Faced with unpredictable natural disasters, they can only accept them passively.

Disasters, famines, diseases, and wars, humans have always survived time and time again.

Overcoming numerous difficulties, I made it to the end. (Can people really do whatever they want?)

Therefore, although human beings are weak, they are the strongest.

There are infinite possibilities hidden in their bodies, minds and even souls!

“There is nothing absolutely impossible in the world.”

Asuna smiled gently at Leafa.

“Human beings are born to challenge the word ‘impossible’.”