I convened many guilds such as the Blood Oath Knights and the Holy Dragon Alliance, held a boss battle strategy meeting, and used the corridor crystal to get to the boss room.
I had long expected that this boss battle would be occupied by some powerful monsters, Klein so-and-so, Egil who is a businessman but capable of fighting on the front line, Asuna’s friend and master Messer, Asuna Na's guard, Lisbeth, came with Yuuki. To the boss battle.
Everyone has their own situation, so I wonder if they will reject me, but everyone seems to think that now that Martell is gone, I can finally face the boss battle, so please accept my request. paddy.
Lisbeth, in particular, seems to regret that she was unable to hit the boss in the head with her sword skills, so this time she seems happy to hit the boss in the head with her sword skills.
“It’s unusual for Liz to be so proactive.”
Lisbeth, who was sitting next to me, nodded.
\"Obviously, not long ago, Kirito and I challenged a boss battle, but all I got was an empty boss room. I can't help but feel frustrated seeing this. This time it's with you. I will Let you launch a raid."
\"In other words, you're frustrated because there's no one to swing your hammer.\"
"I see"
Lisbeth looked stunned and turned to face the wolf dragon next to me. I didn't know if there was something on that face, so I turned my attention to it, but the face of the wolf dragon looked the same as usual.
"What's wrong, Liz?"
"Rerun you know the word frustration."
"Lilan sighed, seeming a little scared." He probably thought Lisbeth would come up with something more serious.
"Don't make fun of me. I know many languages. Don't lick the dragon
I do think Lelan has been learning a lot of different languages lately, though. When we first met, Lilan would say "I'm sorry" to the ashes, which was a bit awkward, but now he can speak a variety of words and understand all their meanings.
"So far, Lilan has become more powerful with us, but at the same time, the AI seems to be growing." It looks no different from humans.
"Well, this is good for both Lilan and Liz. Today we will enjoy the long-awaited boss battle, but at the same time, we must be careful."
Lisbeth nodded, holding her proud mace in hand and getting ready. Beside him, my partner Lilan also noticed the boss's presence and stepped on the ground hard to get ready.
I was also prepared. Shino, Asuna, and Yuki were on the right, Alberich, Diabell, Klein, and Agil were on the left. Shino on the right shouted to me.
\"Kirito, although we have information about the boss, we still don't let down our guard.\"
"Yes, because it is a volcano boss and it looks very hot both physically and visually. I will be careful."
Asuna and Yuuki continued.
\"It's been a long time since I fought a boss, Kirito-kun, you have to be prepared.\"
"I will also try my best to fight. There is no boss battle from the 77th floor to the 83rd floor."
“Ah, you two need to fight hard.
After confirming that the two nodded, this time, Alberich, Klein, Diabell, and Egil on the left shouted to me.
"Commander, this is our first boss battle together.
"This is the first real boss fight in a long time.
\"Kirito, you must be able to win this time. We are getting closer and closer to clearing the level.\"
“So, what will the boss put in there to comfort the businessman this time?
"Yes, if I borrow all your power, I will definitely not die."
After looking around at everyone, I shouted to the nearly fifty attack group soldiers gathered in front of the door. Yes, like the knight Kayaba Akihiko (aka Heathcliff) who once led the guild.
"Everyone, let's go! Live and return to reality!!
"Everyone, the battle begins!"! ! "
Amidst the fierce roars that enveloped everyone in front of the door, I kicked open the entrance to the boss's room. When I ran in, the arrest team including myself came out for a while, and Xueluo entered the boss's room.
The room unfolded into a large chamber, like a ceremonial chamber in a volcanic ruin that is common in fantasy.
When I reached its center I paused to prepare my sword, and the others did the same. In the center of the room stands a huge, blazing mountain of rock, said to be 10m high.
If that was all it would probably be dismissed as an object, but Lelan is getting ready for it as it gets smaller and purrs in circles, so it's not just an object, but both At this time, the boss battle has begun. I feel it now
The next moment, under the influence of sparks and red volcanic ash, four legs wrapped in a rock-like shell stretched out from the majestic stone mountain in front of me, and a tail stretched out. Seeing that unimaginable figure, Klein raised his voice in surprise:
"turtle!?"
As if in response to this voice, a highly recognizable head with blue eyes and red-black eyes, wrapped in a stone carapace, poked out of the hole on the other side of the tail. It became.
Its name is "the_Eruption_turtle_dragon". It looks like a volcanic dragon in the shape of a turtle.
"Erupt Turtle Dragon?!"
"Yeah, I think it's called "Turtle Dragon Explosion," and it looks chewy."
The moment he said these words to Egil, the 'Erupting Turtle Dragon' opened its mouth and roared, blowing away all the dancing sparks like snowflakes. At the same time, lava pillars spewed out from the surroundings like geysers. .
Witnessing the ability that is common in fantasy to say this moment, the companions around him raised their voices in surprise, and one of them, Diabell, said.
\"Are you the boss who controls lava!?\"
Maybe that lava column isn't just a production effect, it's actually a powerful attack with hit detection. I'm thankful I was there with him, but I don't know how much damage I would have gotten if I had fallen into it, with him all over him. Because it sparkles like lava. , it must be like a volcanic dragon, accumulating lava in its body.
From theories from the games I've played so far, they'll definitely use them to attack, but I can't even guess how they'd release them. For the time being, we can only spread out as usual to observe the situation and adopt the tactics of taking advantage of the situation and attacking.
"Everyone spread out! It's still unclear what kind of attack will occur, so maintain a defensive posture and be prepared to deal with the attack!"
My order spread throughout the boss room where the "Volcano Turtle Dragon" was located. The people who had gathered to defeat the "Volcano Turtle Dragon" began to disperse on alert and started running around again. There were only four people, Asuna and Lisbeth, Yuuki and Alberich.
Klein led the guild to disperse and entered the "Explosive Turtle Dragon" lookout.
Since he is the one guarding the 84th floor, he obviously has considerable attack power, but at the same time, he is a dragon with a theme of turtles and volcanoes - he has high defense power like a turtle. You can understand it from its appearance. It may not move even if it receives a little or minor attack.
However, he was certainly not good at moving quickly with such a large shell on his shoulders. If you can crawl quickly and still discern movement, and exploit gaps and dish out some damage, you should be able to see a chance of winning.
Among them, I am also my trump card. If I fill up the human-dragon gauge, let Lilan change back to her original form, and attack him, I should be able to cause more damage. Although it's not as bad as the bone sickle centipede, I still have to be mentally prepared.
\"Kirito-kun, how are you going to attack?\"
"Commander, please give me instructions."
When I saw Asuna on the right and Alberich on the left, I immediately turned my head and thought of a countermeasure. I can see that his defense is pretty good, but judging from the boss's theories and patterns so far, there must be a weakness.
Although this game is a death game, it's not unreasonable for players to face enemies that are extremely difficult to clear, so even bosses that seem to have no weaknesses have weaknesses.
"For the time being, you need to figure out his movements, master what kind of attacks he can make, and while maintaining a defensive posture at any time, listen to the turtle's movements and look for weaknesses."
Alberich turned his attention to the 'Explosive Turtle Dragon' wrapped in heat and frowned.
"Are there any weaknesses in something like this? In addition to the rock-like shell that looks like a single piece, the small volcanic shell that doesn't seem to break is also eye-catching."
"Every monster has a weakness. As long as you attack it, you can see the chance of winning. There is no boss battle where you can't see the chance of winning."
Alberich glanced at me in surprise, then turned his face towards "Turtle Dragon Eruption" and fixed the rapier.
\"Understood. I will trust the whispers of the Commander's intuition.\"
I turned my head to look at Alberich in surprise, but the next moment, "Explosive Turtle Dragon" lifted up its huge front legs that reminded me of a centuries-old tree, and threw it hard on the ground. on the ground.
The shock wave from this blow spread throughout the boss room, causing violent shaking like an earthquake.
——Then, the ground around "Explosive Turtle Dragon" cracked, several lava pillars rose up, and I saw a person.
"ah!?"
Although they are near the Explosive Turtle, their locations should be quite far apart. Even so, the moment he landed, the players' legs were shaken and were immediately blown away by the rolling magma. Obviously, one can only assume that the lava pillars are rising beneath the player's feet.
(never...)
The intuition I developed as a gamer through playing games thus far gave me the answer. He moves very slowly due to his weight, but his ability to control lava increases his defenses.
He can also pinpoint the player's feet and cause lava to erupt, dealing massive damage. Otherwise, it shouldn’t be possible for players who aim like you to get blown away.
Sure enough, it was a "turtle dragon eruption".
"Is everyone like this!?"
Seeing that Asuna was overwhelmed by the players who were knocked up and taking a lot of damage, I gave the instructions again.
"Don't stop, everyone, keep moving forward! If you stop, lava will come from below!"
After everyone received the instructions, Lisbeth immediately stood in a row on the right and shouted to everyone.
"No way, as soon as he hits the ground, the ground will shake and you won't be able to move!"
"You have to endure it. Besides, if you keep running, you won't be hit by the lava when the shock comes. Liz, be careful."
Lisbeth nodded and stood firm beside me. However, when I turned my attention to the players who were directly affected by the lava, I noticed that their health points had all turned yellow.
Anyone who won the Battle of Martell and put more emphasis on defense had a pretty good set of armor, but the attack power of that boss was set high enough to deal a big blow to it. It seems
It seems unlikely that it will kill him with one hit like that sickle centipede, but even so, if it is continued continuously, it will directly lead to death. You have to try to avoid being attacked, and if you are attacked, don't forget to use recovery and fight while rebuilding your posture - in other words, you have no choice but to fight using the usual boss fight theory.
"Damn, it seems that he is the only one who can use lava to attack remotely, or he can use magic!"
If you look at it from another angle, his attacks are indeed magical and can never be imitated by us players.
According to Leafa and Yuuki, ALo can fight using magic, but this game is strictly SAo and can only fight with swords and bodies. In other words, you need to use your sword and body to defeat magic.
However, the sound of the healing circle, which has some magical recovery skills here, rang out from the surroundings many times. When I turned my eyes there and looked around, I saw the figures of my companions. They were all activating recovery skills to restore their reduced health points.
When I was the Scythe Centipede, it was difficult to recover, but players who survived fierce battles were more accustomed to being forced into this situation than they were then.
"Everyone seems to be recovering faster."
I nodded at Lisbeth's words.
"Yeah, everyone is used to being pushed into corners, and they all know how to get out of trouble. I was a little worried at first, but it seems I don't have to worry so much anymore."
Immediately afterwards, everyone around them roared, rushed towards the "Explosive Turtle Dragon", and used sword skills to hit its hateful legs hard.
Even if they do not completely rely on the commander's instructions, everyone already knows what actions they should take, what kind of attack they should launch, and what actions they should take next. I noticed - the Bloodsworn Knights and the Captive Corps were able to grow to such an extent.
A strange emotion danced inside me, but I came to myself immediately. Even though the "Explosive Turtle Dragon" was attacked by everyone in the cleanup team, it did not move at all.
The damage effect when the attack hit temporarily appeared, but even so, he just stood there calmly.
Borrowing the name of the Klein Guild, the "mountain" of Fenglin Huoshan is "like an immovable mountain." Fighting the Blazing Turtle Dragon is like using a sword, a battle axe, or a one-handed staff to chop down a mountain and level it.
Also, our attack power, recovery power, and items are not unlimited, so if we can't find their weaknesses and attack them and defeat them in one go, we won't be poor.
Immediately afterwards, 'Explosive Turtle Dragon' swung its front legs, as if to shake off the approaching ants and blow away the attacking group members. The health points of the players rolling on the ground after being attacked were not as high as the previous lava attack, but they had definitely dropped a lot, and they were still some distance away from the target. \"The Turtle Dragon broke out.\" Diabel gritted his teeth.
"Damn, it's so hard! As expected of a turtle!?"
I nodded listening to Diabell's words, picked up the sword again, shouted to Lisbeth, and started running.
"Liz, we will attack him too, and we will also look for his weaknesses!"
"I understand! Even if you make a mistake, don't get hit by the erupting lava."
"I feel like I already know how to deal with it." His lava attack seems to have a mechanism where it shakes to stop moving and then sends the lava straight down, and the shaking is only about 1 second, so if you jump and are in the air , you won't get hit.
When the blow is about to come, if I jump while moving, rise into the air, and continue to run forward, I believe that I will be able to hit the opening of the 'Explosive Turtle Dragon' without being hit by the 'Explosive Turtle Dragon' . Lava geysers.
"However, it seems that his lava attack can be avoided by jumping, but cannot be canceled by running."
"That means, just jump. But my jumping ability is not that strong."
\"But it doesn't matter. Just jump a little to stop the shaking.\"
"Now, Liz, are you ready?"
After Lisbeth made an unconvincing expression, she finally nodded and readjusted the position of the one-handed staff.
"Well, you don't tell too many lies, so I'll trust you."
After learning the new fact that he unexpectedly gained trust, I chuckled casually, then kicked the ground and attacked the 'Explosion Turtle Dragon' with the momentum of Gliding Lilan. Immediately, he came to the feet of the 'Exploding Turtle Dragon'. The sword in his hand was filled with light. With a wave, the 'Exploding Turtle Dragon' exploded.
Along with the sword attack of the light shock wave, the four-sword sword technique "Countless Spikes" that can attack multiple enemies in front explodes on the tree-like legs of the "Turtle Dragon Eruption".
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Lisbeth, who was exchanging with me, jumped forward, ignited the one-handed stick - or a weapon similar to a war hammer, slashed vertically with the one-handed sword, and then said: "Explosion." \"Turtle Dragon\ ".
Perhaps, the one-handed skill "Strong Attack" that hits the enemy or the ground with all its strength and generates a shock wave - our sword was hit the moment it exploded on the leg of "Explosive Turtle Dragon". Not moving at all. Turtle Dragon staggered with its legs. I didn't know what was happening for a moment. When I focused on the HP of "Explosive Turtle Dragon", I confirmed that it had finally decreased.
The "Burst Turtle Dragon" is encased in a hard shell, making it invulnerable to sword attacks, but it appears to be extremely fragile to attack-type weapons like Lisbeth's one-handed staff.
I've seen patterns in other games where hard-shelled monsters are vulnerable to attack, but this game seems to adopt that approach as well.
\"Oops, was my attack successful!?\"
"Yes, this guy's weakness may be his attack attribute, and the one-handed stick owned by Liz is like his natural enemy!"
I turned my face to everyone around me, where I could see a dozen players equipped with one-handed clubs like Lisbeth.
It's not that our swords can't be used at all, but if there are players whose weapons are weak, if we focus the battle on those people, we will have a greater advantage and damage, and you will be able to fight and seize the opportunity. Win without having to issue. I immediately turned my head, figured out a countermeasure, and yelled.
"This turtle's weakness is the attack attribute! One-handed club hammer, use your sword skills to hit them! Players around you should support the hammer and take turns attacking them!"
When my order reached the ears of everyone gathered in the boss room, those who received the order gathered around to support Messer and began to attack.
Immediately afterwards, I took Lisbeth out of the "turtle dragon eruption" and called her.
"Liz, are you still there?"
"Yes of course.
"Yes. Please, Master Mather!"
"give it to me!"
With that said, we started attacking the "Turtle Spraying Dragon" again.
"Now, everyone, let's join in."
First floor, church during the day. This is a facility set up to protect children who get lost in the game, and it plays a role similar to a school in the real world. In this church, Alice, the head nurse, called on the children before meals using an attendance book or something like that.
This world is a world where you die immediately after the game ends, and roll call is also a way to identify survivors.
"Well, Annette first. Then Mito, Jin, and Ken."
Among them, Alice was in charge of roll call, and she remembered all the children's names and faces. Alice usually just does various tasks in the director's office, but when it's time to eat, take roll calls, and play with the children, she appears in front of the children like this.
"Toto, Bar, Huayla, Giro"
The children feel attached to Alice because she helps them when they need it, so they stay quiet no matter how noisy Alice's roll calls are. Thanks to that, Alice thought it would be easier to name names.
"Rin, Soma, Arisa, Ren, Kouta"
After listening to the children's answers, Alice filled in the date and countless squares written in circles in the attendance book as proof of survival.
So far, the children have never been late for dinner, and their names are only marked with circles in the attendance book. If there were no circles here, it would be an emergency that shook the whole church, so Alice felt a sense of relief every time she saw this attendance book.
"Romy, Gil, Nana, Ciel, Aoi, Strea, Mina"
The children's voices stopped after the surname was spoken. Mina didn't respond.
Alice was surprised by the disappearance of Mina's voice, which usually responded cheerfully. She looked up from her time sheet and looked around. I squinted my eyes and saw that there was only one empty seat left. ——That’s the seat where Mina usually sits.
"Mina hey Mina. Where's Mina?"
The children, aware of Alice's state, began to look around. Alice, who was among them, also looked around firmly, but Mina, a smaller girl with dark brown twintail hair, was not confirmed.
\"Teacher Alice, Mina-chan isn't here——!\"
Hearing the voice of Nana, a girl with short black hair who usually sat next to Mina, Alice opened the message window as a last resort to confirm whether the children survived.
In addition to her exclusive patient Shino, the recipients of Alice's information also include the contact information of her husband Kirito, her friend Asuna, and others. However, at the same time, the contact information of all the children living here is also registered.
And it's designed so that you can see where the kids are currently and open it in the event of an emergency to check on the kids' safety.
"Well, Mina, Mina."
When I switched to name search mode and entered Mina's name, everyone's name appeared among the message recipients. Alice was momentarily relieved that her name meant she was living normally in the world, but her relief disappeared when she turned her attention to that place.
Mina's whereabouts are usually shown as the church on the first floor or the town on the first floor, but the ominous word "tracking/undetectable" is displayed.
\"Isn't Mina here? Hey, does anyone know where Mina went? Especially Ciel, Nana, and Aoi, you have always been with Mina, right?\"
Alice still raised her head and shouted to the children who were looking around. The children began to make uneasy noises when Alice asked: "Do you know me?" A girl with gray hair raised her hand.
\"Teacher Alice, Mina-chan is going shopping with Teacher Sasha.\"
"What? If it's shopping, you should be together."
\"No, when everyone was buying clothes, Xiao Mina felt a little uncomfortable, so she couldn't buy it. So Teacher Sasha went shopping with Xiao Mina again.\"
"Is that so? Speaking of which, there are other teachers, but Sasha is not here."
Alice turned back to the message window and searched for Sasha's name. Soon, Sasha's name and current location popped up in the message management system.
Just like Mina, we're able to confirm that she's alive, but there's also the ominous word "trackable and undetectable" appearing at Sasha's current location.
"If you were in the city, this wouldn't happen"
I had instructed the other levels not to leave the city, and I asked Sasha to do the same. - If you follow these instructions correctly, your current location will not become such an ominous word.
First, basically, the first place where Yui's current location becomes "trackable and undetectable" is an event area that can only be accessed during the mission. Moreover, it is impossible for Sasha and Mina to go to such a place, let alone do tasks that require them to go into the wild.
"It's so clumsy. Maybe you two were involved in something."
Alice spoke relatively calmly, but as soon as the words reached the children's ears, they were suddenly surprised and panicked, and could hardly eat.
"When I told the children to calm down, the children stopped listening." During that time, Strea, who was a church bodyguard but was also one of the children after all, came to Alice.
"Alice, are Sasha and Mina really not here?"
"Oh, Straya, I can confirm their names, but I can't determine where they are now. Whether in the city or in the wild, there is no place where it is impossible to determine where they are now."
\"Yeah. Where have you two been!?\"
"I don't know if the system is unstable and has caused a communication interference zone in the city. Anyway, let's go to the city to look for it."
Alice turned to the confused children and spoke with the same atmosphere as when Kirito of the Blood Oath Knights agreed.
\"Sorry, everyone. The teacher and Strea are going to find Teacher Sasha and Mina. Their purpose should only be in this city, so they must be in this city. You can have lunch first. ——\"
Just as he was about to say that, one of the brown-haired boys, Ken, stood up and raised his hand.
"Teacher, let's go too! I can't even have lunch without my companions!"
"I-I'll go too!"
"I am coming too!"
The children stood up one after another, perhaps seriously feeling that their companions were gone. Finally, all the children gathered in the cafeteria stood up and insisted on "walking together."
This scene is enough to shatter Alice's notion that children don't take each other seriously and shake her heart. I look at the children
"you..."
There is a warm and sharp gleam in the children's eyes, full of attractions, including the desire to find the missing child care teacher and friends because it can save lunch. ——Children usually listen to what they say, but Alice looked into the children's eyes and realized that no matter how bad it is for today's children, it is useless.
"Alice"
When Straya called for Alice, she lowered her head and smiled before finally raising her head.
\"Understood. Let's go find Teacher Sasha and Mina with everyone!\"
The children all said "Oh" and raised their hands.
There is almost no difference between the attacking group and those trying to catch the boss.
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The boss room on the 84th floor of Aincrad
We continue to fight the Outbreak Turtle Dragon, but it's hard to say things are going well.
At the beginning, Lisbeth's attacks showed that the blunt attribute was effective, so people with blunt attribute weapons formed a special formation to fight, but after all, only those with this attribute could cause effective damage, which was very difficult.
not only. Every time the health value decreases, I feel the danger of life. The attack of "Explosive Turtle Dragon" becomes more fierce, and from time to time, magma will be pushed up from the ground.
Moreover, because the impregnators among us, who had caused greater damage to the Volcano Turtle, participated in the lava attack, our attack on the Volcano Turtle was delayed.
Among them, Lisbeth is Yui Ichi’s Messer Master. She has been protecting Asuna and I, so she didn’t suffer much damage. However, even if Lisbeth attacks alone, it will be like being wrapped in magma. . Even so, I couldn't do much damage to the "Explosive Turtle Dragon", which was as tough as a rough stone.
"Damn, what happened to the macers around me?"
Lisbeth looked around and whispered.
“Everyone around me was trapped by his lava attacks and had no ability to attack at all.
"But at this speed I can't do any damage."
"What's wrong with Lilan over there?
In fact, I noticed during the boss battle before level 75 that Lilan's human-dragon gauge increased or decreased based on the damage I caused to the boss, not the number of attacks I made. Obviously.
In other words, by inflicting a large amount of damage to the opponent, the activation of Human Dragon One can be accelerated. Noda.
"Since he doesn't have many moves, he can launch a lot of attacks." However, since the defense is set to a very high value, it cannot cause much damage, and even if there are many shots, the human dragon will slowly increase.
"No, it seems that my human-dragon system depends on the damage I cause. Fortunately, that guy is too cruel, so the meter is not filled up at all. At least, see through his weakness and attack there." "If you set , you can resume replay, but "
"While I've been attacking for a while, I don't feel like I've hit a weak point, and I haven't received any reports from others."
According to common theory, Shino, who was a little further away, once shot his eye with a bow and arrow, but even the eyeball was extremely hard, so it didn't even pass through. . All I know now is that the boss's attitude is surprisingly stiff.
"But you haven't discovered the weakness yet, what are you going to do!"
"!"
I gritted my teeth and turned my head, but still couldn't think of anything to do. Normally I don't know how he moves or where his weaknesses are.
But that was not the case in this battle. As usual, I can't think of a strategy.
"Damn it, I can't do it anymore, what should I do?"
Just as we were cursing and cursing, 'Explosion Turtle Dragon' suddenly made a move that amazed us.
"Well"
The shell of the Volcano Turtle Dragon suddenly opened, I was startled, I glanced at it involuntarily, and I hid.
"what is that?"
Klein, who was far away from the "Explosive Turtle Dragon", muttered: At this moment, the "Blow Turtle Dragon" has opened the carapace on its abdomen and sprayed out gas with all its strength, seeming to wrap its body.
However, these gases are neither protected nor absorbed by Volcanosaurus. paddy.
"What happened just now?"
Just after I muttered something involuntarily, Alberich, who was approaching me, suddenly stopped me.
"Captain, I have something to do."
"what is it"
"Would that monster be okay if it didn't give off heat?"
"Waste heat?"
"Yes, as you can see, he is a monster living in a hot place, but no matter what kind of creature it is, it is inherently weak in heat resistance.
It's a monster that lives in a volcanic area, so I think it's drinking lava and building up a lot of heat in its body. I couldn't escape it, it was building up inside me and I couldn't control it. So, if that thing is an image of a real creature, it must have some way of dissipating heat. "
Of course, the "turtle-breathing dragon" lives in a volcanic zone, so it will swallow lava and volcanic hot gases, and it will carry a lot of heat in its body, but unlike us humans and Lilan, it is full of heat. The body heat cannot escape without doing anything because it is encased in the shell without any gaps.
However, if you do this and allow heat to build up in your body, then every time you move or breathe, the heat will build up in your body and eat away at your body, and eventually the heat will cause the body to self-destruct and self-destruct. destroy.
