Aincrad, Floor 99...
Early in the morning, players emerged one after another from the Teleport Gate Plaza, excitement written across their faces as they gradually dispersed in all directions...
Among the players who had arrived on Floor 99, some were top-tier players whose levels kept pace with the progression, while others had only barely reached the higher floors. Some had not even surpassed Level 80. Here on Floor 99, they were absolute novices; forget the Labyrinth Area, they could not even venture into the wilderness...
Yet that did nothing to dampen the fervor in their hearts. Players still teleported up from the lower floors, wandering through the town and occasionally glancing at the stone tower staircase that soared into the clouds in the distance, their eyes shining with intense hope...
They only needed to conquer that stone tower, and then they could ascend to Aincrad's final floor, Floor 1!
Every player gazing at the stone tower staircase had the same thought, leaving them immensely excited as the hope in their eyes grew brighter and brighter. If not for concerns over their combat power, every player here would probably have surged forth and flattened the Labyrinth Area by now!
In that regard, these lower-level players had far more self-awareness than the so-called top players of the Assault Team...
Aincrad had a total of 1 floors, shaped like a pyramid, with its area gradually increasing from top to bottom. By Floor 99, however, the floor was no longer particularly vast. The Labyrinth Area's stone tower staircase stood in the center of Floor 99, surrounded by only four towns. Other than that, every remaining area was wilderness!
There were only four towns on the entirety of Floor 99. One could imagine just how small Floor 99 was compared with some of the lower