"When did you improve your stealth skills..."
"I lifted it up when you weren't paying attention. I thought if I had the ability to eliminate aura, it might come in handy sometimes. Sneak attacks would be very effective against monsters in this game."
"Indeed, as long as the existence of monsters is eliminated, they can be defeated unexpectedly... In other words, the general use of concealment skills is to use monsters."
It's about escaping or being caught off guard.
"I see, you are well prepared. Of course, I don't think the replay will ask you so much, just prepare."
"Then we'll go catch it right away. We can't just wait. If we see signs of a recurrence, we'll rush there."
I nodded and started walking, thinking at the same time that it had been a long time since I'd been on a field without Lelan.
"But what is Lelan really going to do?"
"Also, this is Asuna."
After the strategy meeting, Asuna headed to the venue with a frustrated look on her face. Pushing away all his friends and other guild members, he left the village where the NPC lived alone, looking for the wild BOSS to defeat, but along the way, Asuna's head was still in a haze.
"What are those people?"
"Why do you say NPC has a heart?"
"NPCs are just a bunch of programs, they can't have intentions." However, that group of people began to tell me not to treat the dragon taming casually just because it had intentions, and finally told me not to treat it just as a tool for hunting bosses.
"With that much power, this game can end early." Return to reality faster. That must be the world's last hope, a tool to quickly return to reality.
"That's how it should be. Why didn't those people deny it and leave early?" There should be only lies in this world.
"Why...why are they all blocking my way...!"
"It's always annoying." Although I'm about to go to college and I'm stuck in a game of death, I tell you not to use tools for strategy. What do you call it if not a nuisance or a delay?
"Really, what's wrong, what's wrong..."
“No, it’s not just the world that’s getting in the way.” What’s really getting in the way is really getting in the way…
Thinking about it made her even more angry. Asuna began to want to vent her anger on monsters, so she pulled out her sword and looked around.
“Where are you, where are you, Battlefield Boss!
My voice echoed off the rocky hills around me as I yelled involuntarily. I didn't get any particular answer. Well, no one can really understand the language except human players, so that's a given. Still, the fact that there was no response made Asuna even more angry and impatient.
"What...what what!! Come out!!"
Just as I was yelling to squeeze out the anger from my body, I heard the rocky mountain not far away collapse and the sound of something big hitting the ground. As if being guided by the voice, I turned my gaze in that direction, and saw a long horn growing out of its head. Its whole body was covered with blue-purple scales and carapace, and it was about four times the size of the player. It is a giant, wingless dragon. Because it has no wings, it could easily be mistaken for a lizard or crocodile, but the shape of its head and horns indicate it is a dragon.
After being surprised by its appearance, the name "NM: Battle_Lizard" and three "HP bars" immediately appeared on the dragon's head. Attached to the NM is the monster with a name, which is the wild boss. Asuna was surprised and glad that the person she was looking for showed up on her own.
"Finally, you have shown up……"
The blue-purple dragon roared as if spitting out of its huge mouth. Even though she knew everything in this world was fake, Asuna still raised her rapier without feeling.
"shut up"
I kicked off the ground with all my strength, closed the distance with the blue-violet dragon, and stabbed it in the neck. Because I wanted to return to reality as quickly as possible and continue to wield the slender sword, the lightning-fast sword moves I received hit the blue-purple dragon's neck mercilessly one after another.
The blue-purple dragon screamed in pain and retreated continuously, but Asuna did not stop the movement of the sword. Instead, she let the blue-gray light entangle in it and rushed forward. The 10-hit stabbing sword skill was "superimposed" and shot out at lightning speed. The blue and purple dragon didn't even have a chance to scream, and its "health bar" was greatly reduced.
"If this blue-purple dragon is the right one, it may hesitate to take action." However, the blue-purple dragon is a 3DCG model with built-in AI. It is nothing more than a lot of data. After being defeated, it will only temporarily disappear from here, and then Appear again. There’s no need to hesitate to beat such a massive amount of data. No matter how outrageous your behavior, you will be forgiven in front of them.
"Take this and disappear!"
She continued to attack, and even the chance to attack the blue-purple dragon was taken away. Just when she was about to use the last sword skill, the ground suddenly began to shake, and Asuna stopped using the sword skill.
This is the floating city of Aincrad. It should be far away from the ground and there is no possibility of an earthquake. So what exactly is this tremor? As I thought about it, the trembling became more and more severe, and I finally couldn't stand.
If it was an earthquake, you should be able to hear the rumble of the earth. Just when I was about to listen, I heard a strong buzzing in my ears, blocking the sound. Nausea welled up from deep in my stomach, and although I didn't vomit, I still wanted to vomit. At that moment, Asuna finally realized that the cause of the shaking was not the earthquake, but herself.
(That……)
Although his eyes were looking forward, they moved in different directions: up, right, upper left, lower right, and his sight became slightly darker. Without strength, the sword fell from my fingertips to the ground. Even looking at the blue-purple dragon that he was about to defeat, many of them seemed to be transforming, and they were still a little hazy.
"What's this……"
When the swaying hazy blue-purple dragon assumed a roaring posture, the shaking suddenly stopped, and the buzzing in his ears disappeared. The next moment her consciousness became clear, Asuna saw the dragon's mouth open in front of her, and her eyes widened.
Just when I was dizzy, the blue-purple dragon was enraged and attacked me. The next moment, just as she was considering her next move, Asuna's body stiffened as if being stared at by a snake, and the breath of a blue-purple giant lizard hit her face.
It's too late to fight back with weapons.
Even if you avoid the mouth attack, you cannot avoid the charge itself.
"An unprecedented crisis." Asuna closed her eyes reflexively, and the thing she had been trying to avoid finally showed its fangs and attacked her. Just when the teeth of the artificial giant lizard were about to hit the tip of her head, a violent sound and strong wind struck, and Asuna flew backwards.
After rolling on the ground several times, it stopped, and Asuna raised her head in a state of confusion. Asuna there was even more surprised than when she was about to be attacked by the blue-purple dragon. As I looked away from it, a scene unfolded that I had never seen before.
A dragon-type monster with a wolf-like outline, wrapped in white fur and carapace, appeared out of nowhere and attacked the blue-purple dragon that was about to attack him. Moreover, the blue-purple dragon's whole body was burning with flames and it was screaming in pain. The white dragon straddled it as if to suppress it, grasped it firmly with its hands and feet, and bit into what humans would call the lower half.
So far, most of the battles in SAO have been between humans and monsters. Now, what is happening before our eyes is a battle between extraordinary monsters. Asuna's head went numb during the battle, like in old monster movies.
Just as Asuna stared at him with wide eyes, the blue-violet dragon who was cornered swung the flames all over his body to extinguish it and bit the white dragon's feet. The sharp fangs bit into it, and the white dragon's legs produced a crimson light effect like blood spattering. When I thought it made a dull sound, the white dragon was fighting back with a blue-purple dragon. It bit me on the head.
The fangs of the white dragon must be hot. When bitten by it, it makes an unpleasant sound like burning flesh, and there is also an effect like tiny white smoke. The giant blue and purple dragon roared again and let go of the white dragon's legs. Asuna couldn't help but raise her voice: "Ah!"
Immediately, the white dragon clamped the chin of the blue and purple dragon with both arms, raised its body, and turned into a bipedal walking state. It spread its wings and balanced its tail on the ground, suppressing the rampaging blue and purple dragon. I put it on, forced it face up, and pried its mouth open.
At this moment, Bailong took a deep breath, straightened his chest, and turned his face to the blue-purple dragon's mouth. At this moment, a scorching light pillar erupted from Bailong's mouth, turned into a blue-purple light, and jumped into the giant dragon's mouth. The dragon's mouth penetrated into its body and penetrated it. When Asuna saw the blue-purple dragon dying, she covered her mouth with both hands.
Then, when the white dragon's attack ended, the blue-purple dragon's eyes rolled around, hanging weakly, and finally turned into pale fragments, exploded and disappeared. Immediately afterwards, Bailong returned to his original four-legged posture.
"I was speechless because of what I saw. I didn't even know what was happening."
"what? What...?"
Bailong moved his mouth slightly and turned his face towards Asuna.
At that time, Asuna finally knew who White Dragon was.
A red-eyed dragon with a wolf-like outline and a sword-like horn on its forehead. As expected, they are the dependents of that black swordsman.
