In order to break through the 53rd floor, our clearance team decided to clear the area first. Because it was necessary, Shino, Relan and I were sent to defeat the boss of the area, and participated in the strategy for the 53rd floor in a building in the corner.
Inside the slightly gloomy cave-like building, you can see a large number of players. Diabell, the leader of the Holy Dragon Alliance, and his team, Klein and his team from Fenglin Huoshan, everyone from the small guild, Agil, Also supporting them will be several members of the Blood Oath Knights, as well as their deputy leader Asuna. The most important thing is that Asuna spread the map of this floor on the large table in the center of the room, as if she was in charge of the strategy.
What happens next? what should we do? While the players were saying these words, Asuna looked around and imitated the voice of the presiding judge of the court and said, "Quiet!" I patted the table.
"Let's start the strategy meeting. Our strategy team is here to defeat the domain boss... However, we want to use a special strategy to defeat the domain boss."
Everyone's commotion stopped and all turned their attention to Asuna.
"...We will lure the wild BOSS to this village and defeat it while attacking the NPC villagers."
Everyone was shocked by Asuna's plan, and Laylan's "voice" echoed in their minds.
"No way...are you going to destroy this village with the hands of monsters!??"
He raised his hand to represent Lelan's words. NPCs are the inhabitants of this world. If it goes away... you're dead.
"Wait! What will happen to the NPCs? There are a lot of NPCs in this village!"
"Monsters will target NPCs, and they will ignore us.
"I thought about this problem for a long time, but this person still didn't realize that the NPC was alive." It was the same in the replay, so I went there, but I didn't learn much that I can say.
"Wait! I'll tell you what will happen to the NPC being attacked."
"NPCs will reappear after being killed. No problem."
"There are so many problems, even those NPCs"
"Alive, though?"
Interrupted by Asuna's words, I nodded.
"Oh, by the way, the NPC is still alive. If you want to kill the NPC, then I won't do it."
Asuna's expression did not change and she moved her mouth. It seems like he doesn't care about strategies for killing NPCs at all.
"I'm in charge of this operation.
Asuna continued to face me.
"The power of your dragon is very powerful. If you want to protect this village, use that power to defeat the wild boss. Please also take care of me. It will be easy for you."
Anger welled up in him. After all, this person plans to use Lilan as a tool to hunt the boss. Of course, he ignored Lilan's feelings and heart.
Just when I was about to express my anger in a few words and spit it out, Shino next to me crossed her arms and opened her mouth.
"Lilan is not a tool for hunting bosses. Don't mix Lilan with NPCs."
Asuna turned her gaze to Shino.
"you?"
"Kiriyuki's attendant. By the way, someone who can understand the mood of that familiar."
Asuna looked up at Shino. He was probably looking at his level and stamina gauge.
"Sinon...level 58, such a low level, come and conquer this floor."
I put my hand between Asuna and Shino, blocking Shino with half of my body.
"Sinon's abilities are certified. She can stand on an equal footing with the enemies and BOSS on this floor, so she won't be an obstacle."
"It should have been said earlier that the prisoners on this level must be at least level 60."
"Although it's about two levels lower, Sinon's ability is above level 65."
Just as Asuna was gritting her teeth, Diabel, the leader of the Holy Dragon Alliance, intervened and shouted to Asuna.
“You two, I want you to stop fighting.
Diabell's words made me shut up. Continuing to move forward, Diabell turned his attention to Asuna.
"Also, Asuna-san, I'm sorry, but I agree with Kirito and Shino-san. Our lives were once saved by Kirito and his family. I don't want you to be careless with me... This guy is more than just an NPC."
Asuna turned to face Diabel.
"All NPCs are the same.
"You might think so.
Asuna shook her head.
"No, let's arrest him quickly. We are not dealing with NPCs."
"Asuna refuses to admit it." I can't believe you are so stubborn in admitting this.
"...No, this"
Suddenly, I felt a tug on my arm. Looking around, the person pulling her was Shino.
"Hey, Shino, what's wrong?"
"Escape. Even if we come, Lilan is just a tool. Get out and catch her yourself."
Shino continued to pull me and finally left. Looking behind you, you can see a gradually smaller cave, with the figure of a white wolf dragon staring into the cave.
"Hey, Lilan, what's wrong?"
"Lilan looked sideways at me."
Sorry, Kirito, I’m not here to do today’s guide. I will stay away from you
"I couldn't help but raise my voice in surprise." Is it possible for a demon pet to leave its trainer? Of course, I didn't write this in Silica's memo to me, and after all, my departure was too sudden.
"Wait a minute, Lilan, you are not allowed to leave without permission!"
"I'll be back tonight!"
With that said, Lilan spread her wings, took off with a loud noise and the sound of wind, and flew into the sky above the fifty-third floor. Shino and I looked at each other, our mouths half-opened inadvertently.
“…it’s pretty liberating to run again.”
"No, no, not because I clearly violated the order."
I quickly opened the map window and searched for Lilan's reaction, but there was no icon showing Lilan's reaction anywhere. It seems that it has become undetectable because it has risen into the sky.
"It's bad...I don't know Lilan's whereabouts at all."
"Even so, Zairan shouldn't be able to escape from this level, right? Since Zairan is just your familiar, it's impossible for him to use the portal without you."
"There is no doubt about it." Lilan is my familiar, not a player, so she cannot use the portal to escape from this layer. She should not be able to escape from Aincrad even if she travels through the sky.
So, if I were on this level, I'm sure Lilan will come back sooner or later, but I don't know where he went or what his purpose was when he left me.
"Anyway, the replay is unreliable now, so it's just Shino and I who are here to arrest us." In fact, we were originally going to form a team with everyone, but it's hard to come back after being so dodgey.
"There's nothing you can do... just take it down without running again. I didn't expect the familiar beast to exist so freely."
"Yeah, but where did Lilan go? I'm a little curious."
It's possible, but the fact that Lelan disappeared above this level means that as the altitude decreases, it should be able to be picked up again. If I had waited until that moment and approached without being noticed, I should have been able to understand why Lelan left me.
...If you get close to Lilan, whose search ability is better than mine, you might notice me.
"It looks like he's about to be discovered... Let's chase him for a while longer. If he lowers his height, we should be able to catch him."
"It seems like I was eavesdropping, but I'm curious about Lilan's behavior, so that's it."
"I'm surprised that Shino agreed with me." Since it's about Shino, I guess I'd say leave Reran alone.
"Shino, you are very passionate about it. Although you must conquer it now."
"You should look for Reran while attacking. Reran who usually follows you left you, which means something happened. It's possible, but maybe he remembered something related to his memory, I can't figure it out. "
"By the way, Lilan has lost her memory." Lilan's abnormality shows that something happened inside Lilan. Lilan's big event must be to regain her lost memory.
"Lilan's memory...it's unscrupulous, but I'm more worried about it than the next level."
"So, when occupying and leveling up, pay attention to the map window and see where Lilan will appear. If you can confirm Lilan's reaction..."
"Use stealth skills to get close to Lilan and confirm what happened."
"That's when I realized." Think about it, what is Shino's skill set? I'm talking about stealth skills, but they don't look any higher than mine.
"But what about the composition of your skills? I have improved my stealth skills to the point where I can escape from Nuran's eyes. Fortunately, your stealth skills have not been improved to that level, right?"
Sinon opened the skill window without saying anything, said "Hmm" and pointed. See here is an intentional expression.
Following Sinon's wishes, I looked at Sinon's skill window and confirmed that the stealth skill was assigned a number. However, to my surprise, the number was even higher than mine.
