The strongest and greatest enemy, Martell, spans the mountains, has a huge body, and can even walk across the sea.
Asuna couldn't believe that she was the sister of the child Jupiter who was being evacuated to safety.
Its original appearance should be similar to Jupiter, but due to severe damage, it absorbed the monsters in this castle, along with their AI, which can be said to be their lives, and finally turned into a ferocious figure.
Although it was the same type of mhhp as Jupiter, Asuna subconsciously wondered if Jupiter would be like this if it was severely damaged, and she couldn't help but feel a chill down her back.
(but...)
"I don't have time to think about these things at all." Although they are the same mhhp, Martell and Jupiter are completely different beings. Now that they have lost their memory, they are complete strangers, albeit poor. Now Martell is a horrific monster that will eventually devour the castle. They are enemies that the player must defeat.
"Holy crap, what's going on? My attack suddenly failed!"
Hearing the words of Diabel who was fighting nearby, Asuna turned her attention to Martell's HP. At first, Martell's health was constantly dwindling as he was hit, but now his health is stuck as if it's frozen.
People gathered here, constantly trying to break through this white area. Although the capture group continued to use sword skills with special effects, Martell's health seemed to be invalidated and no longer reduced.
Kirito, who is very fast in analysis, may have thought of something, but Kirito was flying with Sinon on his back, so he would not accept our ideas and give us instructions.
No, it's not that he won't give you instructions, but since he is your opponent, he doesn't seem to know what instructions to give him.
"Of course, they don't know how to attack." The composition itself can be said to be unreasonable, as if you are facing an enemy that humans are powerless to do.
Continuing to look at the composition, Godfrey said in panic.
"Deputy Captain, it seems your attack is ineffective!?"
I wanted to say "it's okay, the attack is working, be careful and keep going", but as Godfrey said, Martell's health really stopped decreasing.
It looks like a fortress covered by thick walls that cannot move even under attack. What was released from there was a fire attack like a million troops firing at the same time. The absurdity itself, as if it exists only to push the player into the abyss of despair.
However, in order to prevent that attack, every time the transformed naked woman moves, there will be a flying wolf dragon to attack and interfere. In this way, the damage of the capture team is controlled to the minimum, but even against the wolf dragon Attacked, the deformed naked woman remains calm.
The spectacle of not even being able to use the firepower of the Wolf Dragon, which could cause huge damage to any boss, was enough to dampen the fighting spirit of the captive regiment soldiers who hoped to continue fighting. The power of wolves and dragons, rice fields.
"What should I do if I attack!?"
Just as I was muttering involuntarily, I heard a familiar roar. When I turned my eyes, I saw Yuuki there, blending in with the nearby capture team, firing a purple sword flash and cutting off one of the legs of a strange naked woman.
So far, Yuuki's sword has cut through the body of any boss, causing fatal injuries. ——Even after receiving it, Martell only emitted a black light and showed no sign of being harmed. Asuna shuddered when Yuuki's sword didn't work.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!"
If you look elsewhere, your good friend Lisbeth, your good friends Silica, Leafa, and Philia have all given themselves special effects, and at the same time activated sword skills such as one-handed sticks, daggers, and one-handed swords. Attack with full force. What I can confirm is that it continues. However, I can also confirm that they were all blocked by the thick black skin that Martell made from the corpses of several bosses.
"Uriyahhh!!!"
Similarly, he also turned to Klein, Egil, Diabell and others. These people would lend him strength when defeating the boss, but after all, each of them had many special effects and hit sword skills, and all of them were Martell. It looks like it has been disabled.
Just like a non-venomous ant biting the thick and hard elephant leg, there is an incredible thought in my heart: if I continue to attack, I will eventually be defeated. This is the relationship between the arrest team and the strange naked woman.
\"If this doesn't work, why can't we!?\"
A while ago, I was hanging out with everyone and tried a lunging attack, which caused a big wound on the boss, but I only felt the weapon being sucked into my body, and there was no feeling of hitting the enemy. Even my own attacks couldn't get through.
Soon after, I began to hear the screams of my fellow knights.
"No no! There is no opponent we can deal with!"
"No, run away!!"
Quite a few knights gathered here must have realized that their attacks were completely ineffective. They screamed, turned pale, and began to run away from this deformed naked woman.
She couldn't let go of such a terrifying enemy, but she thought she couldn't win and ran away. Sorry, Asuna felt the same way. She wanted to run away now and head to Jupiter on the first floor. .yes
“Hey everyone!!”
Just as Asuna turned her attention to the fleeing people, a loud voice reached her ears.
"Deputy Head!!"
A man's voice that I wasn't used to hearing. When the sound reached the top of her head, Asuna had already been knocked to the ground. Immediately afterwards, there was a roaring sound, as if something big fell, and thick dust flew up, making it difficult to see anything.
I didn't know what happened and fell to the ground. Finally the dust cleared and I could see what was happening around me clearly, but when I raised my head, Asuna was shocked.
Martell's giant leg was enshrined where he had just stood, and many of his companions were lying around, their health points all red. Maybe Martell put his foot up and tried to step on himself.
Asuna was horrified to realize that if she stood there, she would really be trampled to death, but at the same time, she didn't know how she survived.
"Everyone, what is going on?"
"Vice Captain, are you okay?"
Startled by hearing the voice again, Asuna looked around, but was startled when her eyes fell on her side. Like the others, the blond man lay face down on the ground, his health turned red - he was a would-be knight who came to the Bloodsworn Knights, but that was it. Alberich decided to take part in the battle.
\"Ah, Mr. Alberich! Is it you!?\"
"Yes, it is unforgivable for a man to be hurt by a beautiful woman. Even so, it is terrible.
Alberich had an optimistic smile on his ragged face. Hearing this, Asuna realized that the person who pushed her away was Alberich, and that she had also suffered the damage she deserved, and almost cried.
"Mr Alberich"
"However, it seems that I can't continue fighting. I didn't expect such a thing to happen, so I didn't bring any recovery tools. If such a battle occurs, I must be more fully prepared. If you keep it"
Asuna took out a blue crystal from the inventory and handed it to Alberich.
"I understand, Mr. Alberich, I will give you my transfer crystal. Please take it with you to escape from this level, then regain your strength and come back when ready."
"You can fight if you make sure I recover, but the precious teleportation crystal"
"Now that you've protected me, there's nothing to worry about. So please do something to recover."
After making a slightly surprised expression, Alberich whispered "I understand", took the teleportation crystal handed over by Asuna, said the name of the 75th floor, his whole body was shrouded in blue light, and exited. fought.
Next, Asuna used a combat skill called "Healing Array", which had the effect of healing the surrounding area. It formed an array that exuded warm green light, and the health of anyone who entered it was reduced to green. . He recovered and stood up, but Asuna knew full well that this was nothing more than a comfort.
(His attack power is)
Even if your stamina is green and fully healed, one hit will turn you red or you'll die instantly. Even if you use your recovery skills as usual, if you get hit again, you'll be on the verge of death. No matter how you look at it, he is desperately poor.
"What should I do, what should I do!"
Those on their feet attacked again, but this had no effect on Martell, who had developed antibodies to the attack and spread them throughout his body.
One way to hurt Martell's Yui is to destroy the antibodies that protect Martell's body, but I don't know how to do that.
For a moment, Asuna thought of Alice, the creator of Martell, but immediately felt that Alice was unreliable. This is because even Alice no longer understands what kind of existence Martell has become, and she has no countermeasures.
Even the developers were at a loss and didn't know what to do with Martell themselves.
"What should I do, what should I do?"
"Martell, he can't do anything on his own." Martell still continued to launch a ruthless attack to get rid of the intruder. Every time the huge body moves, it will generate earthquake-like vibrations and shock waves, causing the mountain to collapse, swallowing plants, and triggering landslides.
In fact, due to Martell's activities around the mountains where we are currently fighting, it has become a nation that no longer retains its original form. A replica of the giant Daedara Boki who is said to have created the country through destruction and creation.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
This time, a familiar scream sounded. Asuna turned her head to look, but her face turned pale with surprise.
There was where Silica was sitting, but the surrounding area was dyed black. At the top of the silica is Martell's giant foot, casting a shadow that slowly falls on the silica.
"S-Silica-chan!!!"
I called her, but Silica was so frightened that she didn't dare to move while holding Pina. No, even if she moved, Martell's feet would crush Silica first.
Even if we rush over now, it's too late, and even if we help Silica, she will be stepped on by Martell. Even knowing this, Asuna's legs moved on their own and she rushed towards Silica.
\"Silica, run away!!"
I tried to change my position, but Silica couldn't move. Measuring with the naked eye, the distance to Silica was about 30 meters, but to Asuna's point of view, this distance seemed very far away.
His steps moved slowly, as if time slowed down just for him, and Martell's steps seemed to fall faster as he descended.
Those feet would soon crush Silica's body and life. Although she knew it was too late, Asuna didn't stop.
\"Silica-chan!!\"
The moment Asuna's voice sounded, a blue flash suddenly flashed in front of Silica, and Silica's body jumped out of the black shadow. When I opened my eyes to see what was happening, a flash of blue revealed its true identity.
——The one who has supported the captive team so far is Diabel, the leader of the Holy Dragon Alliance.
\"Diabel!?\"
Silica walked out of the shadows holding Pina, but Diabel seemed to be taken over by her and was in the shadows.
\"Silica was indeed saved, but Diabell will be trampled under his feet.\"The moment Kirito's precious comrade was killed, he became the leader of the Holy Dragon Alliance, the moment the cleanup team failed, no one could Help avoid crises.
\"Diabelsan!!\"
Before Asuna's screams reached his ears, Diabell gritted his teeth, raised his sword, and looked up at Martell's feet approaching from above.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Diabell then raised his sword while roaring. It's like sticking a thin needle into the sole of an elephant's foot - when the foot hits the ground, it crushes the needle and the person trying to puncture it. Diabelu's final resistance was in vain as he was crushed by Martell's legs.
Asuna could easily imagine that moment, and she closed her eyes tightly.
The next moment, the sound of Diabell being crushed was heard. Bones and flesh were shattering, and disgusting sounds reached my ears - just as I was thinking this, a scream suddenly sounded, which sounded like a woman's voice and a beast's voice. paddy. It was not unlike the sound Martell made when he was first attacked.
When I turned my head to see clearly what had happened, the figure of Diabel, who was supposed to be crushed, raised his sword and raised his legs, as if feeling strong pain, and was surprised. Martell's figure stood there.
For a moment, I thought Asuna must be dreaming, but as soon as Diabell started to move, she came back to her senses and walked towards it with numb legs.
\"Dil, Mr. Diabell, what are you doing?\"
Diabell answered Asuna with a numb expression.
"Wow, I didn't know, if I poked the sole of his foot with my sword, I would be saved."
The next moment, a huge roar and shock wave struck, the surrounding mountains suddenly collapsed, and thick dust raged. Asuna, Diabell and others around them covered their faces, wondering what happened. After the dust cleared, they turned around and saw Martell lying on the ground.
A living fortress that would never fall no matter how many times it was attacked fell at this moment. This was incomprehensible to the occupying team, and Asuna moved her mouth slightly.
\"Kneel down, kneel down!?\"
"What happened?" Asuna wondered whether Diaber's attack was that effective. When she turned her attention to Martell's legs, she noticed something.
——Complex patterns composed of red light appeared on the soles of Martell's feet and torso while he was lying down. And it glows red like a beating heart.
"This is impossible"
Martell takes on various bosses and grows into this form, but first, people almost always say the boss has weaknesses compared to other bosses. Martell absorbed the boss and became stronger, but he also absorbed the boss's weaknesses, creating many overlapping parts.
And even if the body is immune to attacks, this part cannot be circulated - this is why Diaber's sword is so effective.
If you look around, you'll see that when Martel goes down, he has weak points on all of his feet. If all the members of the capture team gathered here can collide with their powers, they may be able to cause great harm to Martell. Asuna thought of this idea and raised her voice from deep in her belly.
"Everyone, attack the red light part!!! That's Martell's weakness!!!"
Asuna's voice echoed in the devastated mountains and reached the ears of everyone on the ground. The wolf dragon flying in the sky, as well as Kirito and Shino on its back, the people who received the order rushed to the fallen body. The body of the "alien". "Naked Woman" seemed to have made up her mind and began to attack with light beating like a heart.
"The warriors gathered here." When the weapons wielded by all of them pierced the heart of the "Alien Naked", the "Alien Naked" let out a bloody scream and dispersed blood-red light, indicating that the attack had taken effect. . The roars of the warriors and the screams of the 'Alien Naked Girl' swallowed up the mountainous area trampled by the 'Alien Naked Girl' and turned it into an almost plain area.
No matter how big they are, they are still the boss - the boss must be defeated - and the warriors relentlessly continue to fire their swords into the heart of the "Strange Naked Woman", continuing to bathe in the bloody red light.
The vitality of the "strange naked woman" that had never diminished began to decrease significantly, and the first, second, and third time fell in the blink of an eye. Moreover, due to the continuous attacks on her weak points, the "naked woman"'s body was unable to move and was only stabbed in the heart multiple times from one side.
"It's not just the soles of the feet that are being attacked." The back of "Naked" revealed a weak point that was larger than the soles of the feet, and the remaining amount had been greatly reduced. Kirito, the master of the wolf dragon who was standing behind the wolf dragon and observing, shouted to the two of them.
\"Lilan and Shino, please stop attacking for the time being!
\"Impossible! What if he moves while riding on his back!?\"
"In that case, fly to me quickly and pick me up!"
With that said, Kirito kicked the wolf dragon away in the back, flew into the sky, and then fell rapidly. Her left hand inherited the long sword "Mad Ruler" that was reforged for herself by the former leader of the Blood Knights. When I got closer to the pattern, the sword glowed red.
"Hahahahahaha!!!"
While roaring, Kirito fired a series of high-speed stabs at the back of the "alien naked woman" like a flash flood. Its name is Crimson Splash, and it pierces enemies at super high speeds, making them look like honeycombs.
Every time the sword bites, red light like blood will scatter. Kirito's body is instantly dyed red by the red light emitted by the two-handed sword and the wounds of the "alien naked girl".
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Although it looked like he was soaked in blood, Kirito still did not stop attacking and launched the next sword skill. start. "Sparkling Circle" emits a strong white-green light, cutting the enemy 15 times in a very short period of time.
At the moment when the final blow was about to explode, the thick legs of the "Alien Naked Girl" turned into a light blue figure and exploded into a large number of polygonal fragments. The limbless torso collapsed to the ground.
As the weak points were constantly attacked by the samurai who attacked the castle, the castle fell like a wedge dropped. The last remaining weak point was hit by the leader of the Blood Oath Knights with a two-handed sword.
The next moment, the "strange naked woman" trampled the city and continued to swallow countless lives, and finally swallowed the castle itself. The huge black body mixed with different life forms exploded into a piece of light blue glass, leaving only the upper body completely stopped moving.
"finished?"
It wasn't until a few minutes after the "grotesque naked woman" collapsed completely that the soldiers who had been fighting stopped supporting her.
mhhp-01 Martell, has transformed into a figure reminiscent of a living fortress. It was damaged during its previous mission and transformed into an all-devouring monster.
Martell was about to consume the earth, consume life, and ultimately consume Aincrad itself. However, it was located on the eightieth floor, lower than the top floor, and in the hands of those who wanted to reach the top of the castle, it lost its black bulk and fell to the ground. Of course, the warriors who faced them, the attack group, were also severely damaged, but only those who escaped miraculously suffered no casualties.
One of them, Asuna, came to Kirito, the president and friend of her guild, and called her.
\"Kirito, Martell is\"
After hearing what Alice said about Mr. Martell, Kirito's expression was extremely solemn when he saw the completely changed figure. If you look carefully, you can see his teacher Riran and his best friend Shino next to him, but both of them have extremely serious expressions.
\"Your HP is already zero.
"Are you saying Martell is being manipulated by someone?"
"I don't know. But Martell is down. It looks like he's completely incapacitated, recovering from his damaged mhhp."
Just as Kirito said, Martell lay motionless on the ground. However, although Martell has turned into a monster, he will not disappear at all even if his health points return to zero. This means that Martell is no longer a monster, nor an NPC.
"But isn't it strange? Martell, although your health is zero, there is no sign of disappearing."
When Asuna nodded after listening to Shino's words, the next moment, Martell's body suddenly began to glow and began to shrink from the size of 10 meters. Thinking that Martell would strike again, the assembled prisoner team raised their voices and readied their weapons. But instead of attacking, Martell gradually shrank until he was almost as big as them.
The lifeless, pottery-white skin returned to a warm complexion, and the figure also lost its limbs. From those parts, only a woman could be seen that continued to emit a red light like the light of annihilation. Even so, the surrounding attack groups still prepared their weapons, as if they thought they were going to attack.
However, among them, Lisbeth and Silica, Filia and Yuuki, Leafa and Klein, Agil and Diabell are slowly walking towards us. One of them, Lisbeth shouted to Asuna.
\"Asuna Martell stopped.\"
"Yes, it seems that they stopped because they were attacked by us."
"Are you really not moving?
Just when he was about to answer Silica's words, Kirito, who was relatively close to Martell, silently approached him and slowly picked up his body.
Although he had stopped moving, the appearance of the leader of the Blood Oath Knights picked up Martell who might attack him again. Everyone around him screamed, and his sister Leafa called out to her brother. . ..
\"Hey, hey, hey Onii-chan!\"
Kirito raised his head and shook his head again. This was this guy's declaration of intention not to attack again. Those who received it put away their weapons but did not move. Among them, only Kirito's partner Lilan and his wife Shino are close to Kirito.
"I'm really good"
"Yeah, this guy doesn't even have the strength to move. He will disappear soon."
This world is inside VRmmo, and the lives living here are just programs. Despite this, Kirito's face still looked a little sad. He continued to live in Lilan's existence and understood that the programs in this world were also life.
Then, the appearance of Martell, who had been so domineering just now and made her feel terrible, but now could only be regarded as a woman without limbs, made her feel a heart-wrenching sadness.
\"What on earth does this guy want to do?\"
When Lilan's "voice" sounded in his mind, Kirito whispered.
\"If this guy still has the energy to answer us, maybe he can hear us.\"
"Martel, do you understand what I'm saying?" I want to hear your story. "
She had long blond hair that reached her waist. If it was the same as before, her eyes would be red. He just said nothing and did not answer.
"I don't even have the energy to answer."
Filia's sad words made Kirito grit his teeth. However, immediately after, Martell seemed to sense Kirito's mood and made a weak sound from his mouth.
"child"
Hearing these words, everyone gathered there was surprised. Kirito also opened his eyes wide and said to Martell.
"Martel, do you understand what I'm saying?"
As Kirito shook, Martell opened his eyelids, revealing his eyes slightly. Its color is as red as a gem, but it seems to be out of focus, towering into the sky. In fact, Martell whispered the words.
"... ki, hi, ko, a, ki, hi, ko"
"?"
"Aki, Yan, Aki, Yan, Aki, Yan, Akihiko"
\"AKihiKo?\"
"Akihiko." Everyone who heard Martell's words were stunned and speechless. In their own words, the word Akihiko is a name, the name of a person who can never be forgotten. Yes, it's Kayaba Akihiko, the lead developer of this game, and the one who turned this game into a death game and trapped the players themselves.
"Akihiko Akihiko is Kayaba Akihiko!?"
Before hearing Asuna's words, Kirito asked Martell loudly.
"Akihiko, are you talking about Kayaba Akihiko, Martell!"
Martell merely mentioned the name awkwardly and raised his missing hand to the sky, making no attempt to answer any questions. Not only that, the red light appearing in Martell's body became stronger and stronger, and Sinon discovered that the light was exactly the same as the light when Yui was about to be wiped away by Cardinal.
"Oh, Martell's gone!"
"never!"
When Yui just disappeared, Yui was slashed by Lilan and saved him. Thinking of that time, Kirito immediately turned to face Lilanne, but Lilanne looked like she didn't know what was going on. She just stared at Martell and made some kind of move. I'm not trying to draw attention to myself.
"Rerun and help Martell! Just like Yui!"
"Rerunning has no answer." At that time, Lilan acted crazy and seemed to be helping Yui, but when I asked her later, she asked me why I did this and how could I do such a thing, and I replied that I Not knowing that discouraged my master.
"The replay may still be the same now, he doesn't know what to do." I don't know what actions I should take to do such a thing, so I can't even respond to the master's order, I can only watch a woman helplessly The figure disappeared into the master's chest.
The annihilation light grew stronger and stronger, giving the illusion of fireflies flying around Martell's body.
"Martel, Martell!!"
"Akihiko, Ming, Yan, Ming, hi, brother, ahji, hi brother"
Martell did not respond to Kirito's call, but continued to call the name of the developer of this game, the god of this world. And when it was cut off, its body emitted light, burning the eyes of those around it.
The light was so strong that it covered his eyes. When he finally came to his senses, Martell had disappeared from Kirito's chest, and Kirito was embracing the void.
"ha!!"
Alice told me that Martell is Jupiter's sister and a direct relative of Jupiter. Asuna thought that if she could make Martell return to normal, she could take him to Jupiter and live with him.
——Asuna, who was completely lost after witnessing this scene, felt pain in her chest like a thick needle.
"Martel"
The final moments of that ugly "strange naked woman". Although the enemy who devoured many bosses, destroyed every layer of the castle, and filled their hearts with fear is now dead, no one can make a sound of joy.
However, a few seconds later, the sound of the horn when the level was upgraded rang in the ears of everyone gathered. Everyone was surprised when I expanded the status screen to see what was going on and check the levels.
"Your level is rising."
At the time of this battle, Kirito's level was level 110, the highest among them, but now after checking, his level has been raised to level 125.
Kirito discovered that Martell's experience points were injected into the attributes of everyone participating in the battle, and his level increased to an extent unimaginable in a single battle. I can understand that this 15 increase is the result of adding up the experience points of all the monsters and bosses that Martell has eaten.
"What kind of rising method is this? Why does it jump 15?"
Leafa answered Klein's whisper.
"Maybe the experience points from the bosses and monsters that Martell ate came to us."
After hearing Leafa's words, everyone present understood the reason for the level increase, and then, a loud bang resounded through the battle zone destroyed by Martell. When I looked up in confusion, what I saw was the words "Congratulations!!" that appeared when I conquered the boss.
In normal boss battles, nothing makes me happier and more accomplished than these words, but now that the boss battle is over, no one raises their voice or feels happy. One of them, Egil, whispered.
"Although the level has been improved, I am not happy at all"
The mountains were destroyed, all the flowers, plants and trees were swallowed up by the soil and sand, and all the animals were eaten by "weird creatures".
Among them, the soldiers just stood there without speaking, but not long after, Kirito, who was carrying Martell who had turned into a "deformed naked woman", stood up quietly.
\"Kirito\"
\"Everyone retreated. The boss battle that solidified everything from the 77th to the 83rd floor ended successfully. It was great that no one died. The strange monster was dead, and the crisis in Aincrad was over. \"
"Starting from tomorrow, we will attack the 84th floor." There are only sixteen floors left in Aincrad. Take a good rest and prepare for tomorrow's attack. Thank you for staying with me today. At this point, the party was disbanded. "
When Sinon whispered to the figure, Kirito couldn't make any effort to use his normal voice, but the sound passed through the desolate mountainous area and reached the ears of everyone present.
Immediately afterwards, the "Alien Naked Girl" attack force gathered there slowly stood up and began to walk towards the town where the portal was located. Although the mountain has completely collapsed, it does not mean that the exact location has been lost, and if necessary, the teleportation crystal can be used to return to various places, so everyone has a worried expression on their face. It doesn't float.
Lisbeth and Silica, Filia and Yuuki, Leafa and Klein, Egil and Diabell went to the Blood Knights and their friend Kirito. When she walked up to him, Lisbeth shouted to Kirito, who was staring at the empty sky.
\"Kirito\"
Perhaps in response to this voice, Kirito looked around at his reliable friends and moved his mouth slightly.
"Everyone is alive. I'm happy."
\"Yes. We finally succeeded. But Kirito-san\"
Yuuki said following Silica.
"Just before Martell disappeared you were talking about Akihiko, right? Akihiko that Akihiko?"
Kirito nodded as if he understood what Yuuki wanted to say.
\"I think so, but I don't quite know the truth. - I'm going to confirm the truth now.\"
Asuna said immediately.
\"Teacher Alice's position. If it is Teacher Alice, she should be on the first floor with Yui, Miss Strea, and Jupiter.\"
Kirito nodded and looked around at the people around him again.
