Prediction! Boldness Born of Skill!...

Aincrad, Floor 74, Labyrinth Area...

In a corner within the stone tower's stairwell, a chestnut-haired figure was locked in combat with a skeletal monster clad in armor and wielding a longsword and shield. The two figures constantly crossed paths or darted apart, while the clashing of weapons rang out from within, echoing through the entire space...

Not far away, Wu Yan stood watching Asuna deftly evade the skeletal monster's sword skills again and again, dancing like a fluttering butterfly. He could not help nodding, a trace of admiration flashing through his eyes...

In SAO, players had two attributes: Strength and Agility...

Each time a player leveled up, they received a certain number of free attribute points, which they could allocate to either Strength or Agility for a corresponding boost.

Of course, there were only two attributes, but there were many more personal stats, such as poison resistance. There was a whole pile of large and small values. Otherwise, Wu Yan would not have been left dizzy and confused when he had first entered the game...

The two basic attributes were extremely important. How players allocated their points determined the path they would take in the future, and there were no stat-reset items available yet, so they had to be very cautious. Wu Yan himself had put all his points into Strength; his astonishing speed mainly came from his equipment bonuses. Asuna, on the other hand, had put all her points into Agility!

Players who allocated all their points to Agility generally had a greater advantage against monsters, because they possessed enough speed to protect themselves. Although their lack of Strength usually meant it took a long time to kill a monster, that clearly did not apply to Asuna!

Asuna's thrusting speed had long surpassed that of ordinary players. Those lightning-fast