"Asuna is the dark light of a clan, a silver rapier, and serves as the deputy captain of the knights. When I heard the news of the death of the rapier created by Lisbeth that had been protecting Asuna, I was surprised and... chill.
\"Is that sword broken?\"
I turned my face to Lisbeth, who created the dark light. Lisbeth returned to Asuna and looked at me while stroking Asuna's back.
“They folded beautifully. But the restoration was great because of the good workmanship.
The problem is Jupiter, and the monster that took it away.
The monster broke into Asuna's house, which was supposed to be within attack range, destroyed it, grabbed Jupiter, and flew away. And it is said that its appearance is very similar to "Dragon King Dragon" Lilan.
\"Is the monster that looks very similar to Lilan a "Dragon Queen Dragon" other than Lilan?\"
In all my battles, except for Lilan, I have never seen the "Dragon Queen", but first, Lilan accidentally appeared on the field and became my "familiar demon".
Therefore, there is nothing strange about the existence of "Stegosaurus" and "Dragon Queen" except for Lilan.
In fact, Silica's "familiar", Pina, who is a "tamer" like me, is also a young monster called "Hyridora", so if you go to a specific area, it is possible Encountered the so-called wild "Horidorara".
"Lilan, didn't you see the monster?"
When I called out to the "Dragon Queen" that had transformed into a stuffed toy and unknowingly it returned to my shoulder, the "voice" rang in my mind again.
"I was unconscious. When I woke up Asuna's house had collapsed and Jupiter wasn't there either.
"real"
Then, Asuna's weak voice reached my ears again.
"He doesn't look much like Lelan he has a black body, arms coming out of his back and he's very strong"
As you can see, Lilan is platinum and has four wings on her back, but the one attacking Asuna is a wolf dragon with black fur that has arms on its back.
At this point, the previous assumption that the 'Empress Dragon, Emperor Dragon' other than Lilan attacked Asuna was wrong. The existence of the 'Empress Dragon, Emperor Dragon' subspecies of the same species as Lilan was the cause of this disaster. reason.
"Is that black fur a subspecies of Lilan's race?"
Immediately afterwards, Asuna lowered her head.
\"I I can't protect Jupiter I can't protect Jupiter who I love more than anyone else I can't protect him I can't help him!!\"
Asuna's tears fell to the ground and she finally cried loudly. Yuuki and Lisbeth rubbed her back and tried to comfort her, but Asuna couldn't stop crying.
Looking at this scene, a strong anger against the monster surged in my heart. I clenched my fists unconsciously, and my nails dug into my palms.
It was Lilan who healed Asuna's broken heart from participating in this game, but it was Jupiter who taught and gave Asuna true happiness.
Because of Jupiter, Asuna was able to live such happy days and feel happiness that could not be felt in the real world. Asuna loves Jupiter, and Jupiter must also love Asuna.
A monster thought to be a subspecies of the "Queen Dragon Queen Dragon" that tore them apart. I don't know what he was thinking, but I feel like I have figured out who caused this, who is to blame for this.
\"The Kirito who controls the monster called my subspecies cannot be that guy.\"
"Oh, Lelan. I was thinking the same thing. Maybe the culprit is"
Just as I was about to speak, I heard a voice coming from the direction we came from, and I was interrupted. Just as I turned around in confusion, Argo, Leafa, and Filia, who had been pushed away just now, ran towards me panting.
"Little guys, you're here too early!"
"You three are late, aren't you?"
Leafa frowned and retorted.
“Because there were a lot of people watching.
Finally, Philia looked troubled.
\"The Blood Oath Knights knew Asuna was in danger and rushed over one after another. However, they seemed to be surrounded by the crowd of onlookers and could not move smoothly.\"
"I think. Not only that, but all three of us have found the culprit of this."
Not only the three people following us, but everyone including Asuna turned to look at Lilan and me in surprise. Not long after, Shino asked, holding Yui in her arms.
\"Wait a moment Kirito.
\"I unconsciously turned my face to Shino.\"Maybe, but there was a surprised expression on my face.
I haven't told Shino about the "fugitive"'s escape, and the people around him haven't spoken to him either. So Shino didn't know that Aincrad had released the "Broken Man".
"I think we caught [Broken Man] and put him in jail. That's why he can't get out. That's the way it should be."
"Everyone around me lowered their heads, and I lowered my head too." So far, in order to prevent Shino from receiving unnecessary blows, he has remained silent about the "Fugitives".
However, if this is the work of "Baren", no, even if it is not, I still have to say it.
I took a deep breath to avoid getting caught and looked up.
\"It's actually Shino\"
I'm going to confess everything I've kept hidden until now - I thought and opened my mouth, and we jumped as the spine-chilling ringing of bells rang around me.
"!!?"
Sinon, Leafa, Yuuki—except for three people who were not in the game from the beginning, all other players reacted negatively to the sound.
"I will not forget."
"This voice is definitely that voice."
"Yes, that's the sound when this damn devil's game begins."
I didn't expect to hear such a voice again - I wasn't the only one who thought so, Silica, who was close to me, also shouted to me with a pale face.
\"Kiri, Kirito-san, this is it!!\"
\"Ah that voice. But what's happening now!?\"
"Two years ago, when I heard this voice." That day was the day when the game was released and the server was officially launched. The voice sent us to the square on the first floor.
No one would ever forget that moment when Lisbeth looked around in confusion.
"Why, why is it this voice again!?"
\"Calm down, Liz! Wait for something to happen——\"
The next moment, my vision was engulfed in blue light and my hearing was taken away.
However, since this is a transfer phenomenon that occurs when using transfer crystals or corridor crystals, I'm not particularly surprised. I don't remember what item was used to cause this phenomenon, and I don't feel like I was exposed to an event, but I Be amazed at the phenomenon happening.
As I stared at the phenomenon that reminded me of that first day, the blue light in front of me disappeared and I was able to confirm the scene.
What unfolds is a stone road with a different pattern from the fifty-sixth floor, an elegant Western-style townscape, and a square with a palace shining in black light in the distance. This is the square on the first floor that I have been completely familiar with since I met Alice.
\"This, what is this? Is this a forced transmission now?\"
"I immediately looked back." There was a figure of Lilan who was as surprised as me with her mouth open.
"Lilan, are you okay!?"
"Ah, that's okay. But what's going on now? Why do we have to fly from the 56th floor to the 1st floor?
"I don't know or maybe everyone doesn't know!?"
I quickly looked around and saw the figures of Shino and others. They must have been forcibly moved like me. Among them, Yuuki, who had never experienced anything like this before, raised his voice.
"Hey hey hey, where is this!?"
\"This is the first floor!?\"
Shino hugged Yui, and Yui left Shino and looked around.
"Yes, there is no doubt that it seems we were forced to move to this place."
As soon as Yui finished speaking, I noticed that many people had gathered around me. The members of the Blood Oath Knights had probably heard about Asuna's crisis, the Holy Dragon Alliance, and players from other guilds had also probably heard about it. Asuna's crisis.
And the number increased dramatically in the blink of an eye. Therefore, the onlookers who just blocked the road seemed insignificant.
The scene of players flying one after another is a reappearance of the scene at that time.
\"This, what is this? Is it different from last time!!\"
``What is this? Something is about to happen! ? \"
"It was that time." If something similar to that happened again in the future, Kayaba Akihiko would be next.
A bodyless robe descends, stains the sky with blood, and sentences us to death. However, Kayaba Akihiko disappeared at that time, so I don't think he will appear again, nor do I think the situation will be repeated exactly as it was. Although the situation is very similar.
"Key boy this is Masasaka"
"Yeah, I guess I was thinking the same thing. It's definitely going to be the same this time."
Just as I was staring at the unusually timid Argo, a familiar voice came from behind me.
\"Kirito-san, and Shino!\"
When I looked back I saw Alice, who I wanted to see today, all the kids and nurses gathered behind her. Apparently, they also gathered in this square.
\"Alice-san!\"
"Mr. Alice!"
Alice rushed to us and opened her mouth.
"What happened that you were forcibly transferred here?"
"I just want to ask, I can't treat this as an incident"
Then I heard another cry, and was a little surprised when I turned my face in that direction. Now there is only Alice Sand, but this time it is Klein, Egil, Diabel, and other members of the Blood Oath Knights, as well as Godfrey. One of them, Klein, rushed towards me and started talking to me as soon as he came.
\"Kirito, what on earth is this!?
"Commander, are you safe!?"
I nodded to Godfrey's words after Crane.
"I don't know. But what's going on?
Looking around again, you can see that there is an obviously uneasy atmosphere surrounding the square. This scene is almost the same as at the beginning. After all, in this square, the events of that year were about to happen to Lilan.
Then, Alice suddenly looked up at the sky and suddenly raised her voice.
"Hmm, what is that?"
"We reflexively look up at the sky." What is spread there is of course the bottom of the second layer, but now it is dyed red by white horizontal hexagons of light.
At that time it was a red plaid package, but this time it was a white package. Just as the players stared at it with uneasy eyes, when one side was dyed pure white, a white ball of light suddenly appeared from the center, floating in the air like a bubble, and then stopped.
While everyone was in awe, as if a light egg appeared, the light ball suddenly began to change - and soon after, its appearance changed to something even more surprising to us.
It was a huge hooded robe, gold and white. Yes, the color was different, but that was the body of Kayaba Akihiko that appeared in front of us at that time.
"That is!!"
I raised my voice involuntarily, but immediately realized that the robe was different from what it was then, and stopped talking. At that time, Kayaba Akihiko's body was just a floating robe without a face, but the face of the robe had something like a golden mask.
Also, although its shape makes Aincrad uneasy, it is somewhat similar to the one worn by the "Broken One", the leader of "Mnemosyne" whom we defeated.
"Is he different from that time?"
"What, that big ghost!?"
Leafa was not present at the time and did not receive a statement from Kayaba Akihiko, so she made a surprised sound.
"Those who invade this world. We will not allow any further invasion.
We were stunned by these sudden words.
"Those who invaded this world?"
"Is there another invasion?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Who is he? An unknown creature that is obviously different from Kayaba Akihiko, but looks very similar.
It chattered as if it heard our thoughts.
"I am the commander-in-chief of the will of this world. The guardian of this world"
A giant man wearing a white robe and mask suddenly appeared and announced. Of course, such words were new to us, so we opened our eyes.
\"The person who protects this world?\"
After muttering, the masked giant spoke again. The voice still sounds very much like a synthetic voice mixed between male and female voices.
"Two years ago, you came to this world. In order to escape from this world, your goal was the 100th floor.
"However, you have come this far without realizing that we will be dead when we reach the 100th floor."
The sudden words caused a commotion around him. Of course, in order to escape this world, to end this world, we have come this far for the 100th floor.
But I never thought that reaching the 100th floor of this castle would mean the end of the world. This is the first time I heard about it. No, first of all, is he telling the truth?
Just after thinking about it, the masked giant said again.
"Therefore, we have decided to lock you out of this world forever. We have released ourselves to level 99. Up to level 99, the portal can be used without encountering a guard.
As soon as he finished speaking, Klein made the same expression as he did at that time.
"They're shutting us down forever...!?"
Egil next to Klein continued.
"You said the ninety-ninth floor has been unlocked?"
The very system of this world unleashes hierarchies, which is very unsettling for players.
Who would have thought that after reaching this point, he would be unlocked by the system instead of the player.
"What does it mean that the level has been released?"
Diabel, who had been concentrating on arresting him from the first floor, showed a very surprised expression, and the masked giant further relayed.
"Now you can freely come and go from level 1 to level 99. But going any further would lead to the destruction of our world. Therefore, we will eat the food of those who try to reach level 100. If your life is in danger, don't go to level 100 building.
"Stay away from the 100th floor." I immediately realized that this sentence was very contradictory.
Speaking of the commander-in-chief of the will of this world, that is Kayaba Akihiko. He created this world and imprisoned us. When this world began, he ordered us to aim for the 100th floor.
However, the masked giant who claimed to be the supreme commander of the world's will kept him away from the 100th floor, but he took a puzzling action and released all the floors that the player was supposed to release.
His words and actions are obviously completely opposite to Kayaba Akihiko's thoughts. In other words, he is a person who believes that there will be inconveniences if the world is liberated.
And we know that a person with such an idea invaded the world, kidnapped players, and created a "pseudo-experience parasite" to parasitize players. Moreover, it is said that the giant's appearance is very similar to that one.
\"The real name of the person pretending to be the commander of the world's will is——
"It's a "fugitive"!!"
My voice echoes in all the squares obsessed with the Masked Giant.
"That's right, he's the only one." A guy who uses this world as a testing ground to conduct human experiments on players and collect various data.
The person who logs in to the world with an account to manage the world, the master account, has brought a lot of unnecessary things to the world with the update, making the world a mess.
And it occurred to him inconveniently that the world, in which experiments could easily be performed that could never be done in reality, would come to an end.
That's why he used the power of the main account to gather players here, claiming to be the commander of the world's will, to warn them.
"He is the 'Smasher'! He is the one who makes us players unable to pass the level despite repeated attempts!"
\"Wait, \"Fugitive\"!?\"
"Yeah, I originally wanted to know where he went after escaping from prison, but he finally showed up."
Unknowingly, many eyes were focused on Lilan and me. When I, the leader of the Blood Oath Knights, say something like this, everyone will probably not be able to help but look at me. very convenient.
"[Broken Man], can you hear me! What do you want to do, kidnap Jupiter this time! You are the one who wants to destroy this world!"
The masked giant responded.
"I am the commander of the will of this world. How can there be such a thing? And the people who want to destroy this world are definitely you. Don't give up.
"You're the one who disappeared!"
"I warned you. You can come and go freely on the 99th floor. There are no problems living here.
"She has no interest in listening to me." Can you talk to me directly? Or do you just play something like an audio file that was pre-prepared for us?
However, in this world, the only ones who can gather players to do such a thing are the "escapees" with the main account. After all, he is definitely a "fugitive".
And as I just said, he was the one who manipulated the Lilan subspecies and kidnapped Jupiter from Asuna.
"[The escapee] is you"
I turned around suddenly and heard a familiar voice. That was Asuna standing with her head lowered - the figure of a mother whose child was stolen by a fugitive.
Holding a sword that seemed to be a spare Lambert's sword, Asuna grabbed the hilt and swung it gently, taking off the scabbard, and then raised her head.
The look on his face was like nothing I'd ever seen, full of rage, and the piercing light in his eyes sent shivers down my spine.
Asuna's eyes flashed as she stared at the masked giant and shouted.
“How dare you use Jupiter——————————!!!”
Like me, Asuna threw the sword at the Titan Mask with all her strength while echoing around her.
I immediately understood Asuna's shock when Jupiter was stolen, and how much she hated the culprit, the Runaway.
The rapier in Asuna's hand repeatedly rotated vertically at an invisible speed, cutting through the air and atmosphere, cutting through the sky, and approaching the giant.
——However, as soon as Asuna's rapier touched the Masked Titan, it flew away.
"?"
The betrayal of the rapier that was expected to hit the Masked Titan stunned Asuna who threw the rapier and us who were watching.
"No..."
The masked giant raised his head slightly. It doesn't look like it's being attacked, nor does it look like it's chasing damage. As proof, the "hp bar" itself cannot be confirmed.
Yui shouted to Asuna who was stunned by the unharmed masked giant.
\"Asuna-san, please calm down. That's a hologram.\"
"Feed the chart?"
The masked giant who was attacked by Asuna did not react at all and continued to speak.
"You will become citizens of this world that has been liberated to the 99th level. Don't worry, this world has everything you need.
"I'll say it again. "If my life was precious, I wouldn't climb the 100th floor again. I warned you-"
As soon as these words were spoken, the masked giant rose into the sky, turning into a ball of light and disappearing into the sparkling water. In less than a few seconds, the bottom of the second floor was completely restored, and there was silence in the square.
Even at the beginning of this death game, after Kayaba Akihiko's announcement, everyone was silent, causing great confusion. My gut immediately hits me when I think about the possibility that something like this could happen again.
There were only one player at the beginning, but now there are about 6,000 people. And here, six thousand people gathered.
Just like at the beginning of this game of death, they started screaming, shaking the square.
\"Stop joking!! We, we have come this far——!\"
"It's too late to be imprisoned!? Who's going to ride?!"
\"Come out, come out\"Fugitive\"——!!!\"
Everyone seemed to understand what I was talking about, and those who shouted also understood that the masked giant disappearing into the sky was the "Broken Man" and continued to yell at the "Broken Man". Looking inside, even Klein and Diabelu were mixed in.
"You bastard, what are you going to do this time! Are you going to show me another fake dream?
“Don’t underestimate us!!
I didn’t feel the desperate, screaming negativity I felt at the time, but instead I saw intense anger toward the “escapees” on everyone’s faces.
"I'm sure even if I talked to everyone now, no one would regain their composure." In order to calm everyone down, rather than giving orders to me, it seemed better to let time pass.
Just as I was thinking this, something suddenly seemed to grab my arm, and I turned around sharply. Amid the roars and curses, Alice said nothing. His face looked a little solemn.
\"Kirito, can you hear my voice?\"
"I can hear it. It's small."
"That's good, let's retreat to the church now."
"Do you want to withdraw?"
After looking around, Alice turned to me and Lelan again.
"You must have thought about it, but they need time to calm down. Those of us who have calmed down should first think about the strategic meeting and the future."
"I'll leave the kids to the nurse."
Alice had seen what I was thinking - no, I knew Alice had the same thought, so I looked around in the same way.
Granted, I feel the same way as everyone else and want to get mad at "broken people," but I think Lilan and I are probably calmer than everyone else and I can turn my thoughts around in a heartbeat if I want to.
"I understand. Now, let's go to church alone."
When I called Lilan not to get lost, Alice held my hand and walked. At that time, Alice also captured Shino, Yui, Asuna, Lisbeth, Silica, Leafa, Filia, Argo, and Streia who were near me, and crossed the square.
When I arrived at the church along the familiar path, it felt like a gathering of all the women except me.
The group of people arrived at the church's reception room. As soon as Alice entered, she took a deep breath and began to speak.
"Now, you guys. You know something terrible happened."
Among us who heard Alice's words——Asuna was the first to speak, making a weak voice.
\"Teacher Alice, Jupiter, Jupiter, I, Jupiter\"
Alice walked up to Asuna, who was about to cry, and put her hand on her head.
\"Yes. I was allowed to see it before, and I also saw the information this morning. It seems that Asuna, you are having a difficult time.\"
The reason why you attacked the Broken Man just now is probably because Yupibo was kidnapped by the Broken Man. "
Asuna cried again, her tears falling to the floor as Alice spoke kindly to her.
"I I couldn't protect Jupiter I helped him I couldn't give him"
Filia shook her head and put her hand on Asuna's shoulder.
\"Asuna, don't cry. Asuna is not bad.\"
Silica shouted to Alice with a slightly uneasy expression on her face.
\"Teacher Alice, do you think he is the same "escape-type man" as Kirito-san?\"
Alice nodded to Silica.
"Yeah, this is definitely the Broken Man, a hologram created by the Broken Man.
It seems that the 'escapees' felt that the world was finally close to liberation, and it was a little inconvenient, so they held such a ceremony. "
"Didn't that 'escaper' get caught?"
I immediately turned my head towards the direction of the sound. That person was Shino, who until now had not known about the escape of the breakers—no, Shino had not been informed about it.
Her expression was a mixture of regret, sadness, and anxiety, and Alice replied, with some pain.
\"Shino, I'm sorry.
On top of that, we were optimistic that we would no longer be able to conduct experiments because all our research equipment was taken away but that backfired. "
"Why are you silent?"
Alice turned to face Shino.
"Because I don't want to give you any unnecessary shock.
\"But it seems that his target is no longer Shino.\"
I still vividly remember the attack on the Runaways' base camp. At that time, "Broken Man" used the function of the main account to import a pistol and shot Sinon who was injured by the pistol. This caused serious damage to Shino's heart. From this point of view, "The Fugitive" is obsessed with Shinon, but
\"Since the target of "Ravaging People" is no longer Shino, what is its goal this time?\"
Alice shook her head after hearing my words.
\"I don't know either. But judging from today's incident of him deliberately targeting Asuna's house and kidnapping Yubibo, he is probably targeting Asuna.\"
\"Is your target Asuna? Why again?\"
Yuuki, who spent a little more time with Asuna than Jupiter, said in surprise.
Indeed, Asuna's arrest was too hasty until she met Lilan, who was called the arresting devil, but at the same time, her heart was deeply hurt and desolate.
The same goes for Shino at this point - no, maybe Shino and Asuna have suffered the same trauma, so maybe they can get along well once they meet.
But why did Shino, who was seriously injured, shift her target to Asuna? Besides, although I didn't say it well, since Lilan and Jupiter took the initiative to heal Asuna, the wound in her heart should not be too deep.
"I don't know. First of all, I'm not sure about the idea of 'Broken Man', but I don't want him to pass this world. Basically, this world is a death game. If you die, you will really die, so no one takes the initiative Try to enter, but the player entrusts his or her brain to this world.
"This would be the perfect place to conduct an experiment like Klein's without being blocked by the police or politicians." Well, before that, both the police and politicians had their heads blown off by "Breakthrough Man." At the Exposure Festival of Conspiracy to Commit Bribery
"So, is it possible that the "Breakers" are still studying "pseudo-experience parasites"?"
Alice nodded in response to Leafa's question.
"Yes, and he did not show up at the testing point, so he set up a testing point elsewhere, most likely above the 90th floor."
At this moment, Straya began to mutter something, and his voice gradually became louder.
"The culprit released to the 99th floor is the 'Fugitive' and everyone is angry with the 'Fugitive'"
Immediately afterwards, Strea's expression changed and he shouted. The sudden loud sound made everyone turn to look at Straya in surprise.
"This, this is too difficult!"
\"Wow, what's wrong, Straya!?\"
Strea looked around and began to explain.
"At that time, you said that "Honkai Man" had unlocked the 99th floor, but maybe it was true, he had a master account.
"But this sentence is a taunt from the 'escapers'!" After hearing this information and knowing that the road to the 100th floor was only open a little, they all rushed there at full speed! "
It was then that we understood what Stria was trying to say and what her prediction was, one of them, Argo, said.
"So that's it. When they said this, the blood rushed to their heads. And if the road leading to the cleanup is open, then everyone will flock there. If a trap is set on the road connecting the 99th floor and the 100th floor, Then everyone will step on it and fall down. 'Crash Man' plans to trap everyone!"
Argo's words reminded me of the place in my mind where the parasite eggs of simulated experience exist. There is a place where the "breakout" kidnapped and imprisoned players in order to conduct some kind of experiment, and parasitized "pseudo-experience parasites" there.
If, as Argo said, there were traps on the road to the 100th floor or in the maze on the 99th floor, then everyone would go there, fall into the trap, and become experimental subjects. Moreover, those who go to such a place are all veteran soldiers who have been promoted to this day, that is, the prisoner group.
If this continues, all members of the attack team will fall into the hands of the "fugitives." I had to do something to calm everyone down and make them understand the situation.
"You are clumsy. If this continues, everyone will attack."
What if everyone, all my friends who have made it this far, fall into the hands of the "fugitives" - I subconsciously thought of such a thing, and just when my body began to tremble, a majestic "voice" spoke Ringing in my ears.
\"Kirito, calm down. Before everyone turns into a wild boar. If you take action now, you can do something.
The owner of the "voice" is Lilan, and he is the only one among them who can transmit the "voice" into someone's brain. It sat on my shoulder and stared me in the face.
I replied while looking back at those red eyes.
"what is it?"
"You are the boss of the Blood Oath Knights. At present, the Blood Oath Knights will not leave you to attack.
“Others trust you, so if you make a suggestion, they’ll stop and listen.”
Think about it, I am the leader of the Bloodsworn Knights, so if I give them instructions, the Bloodsworn Knights will listen to me for the time being. He's in a state of excitement right now, but even so, he shouldn't ignore my instructions.
And the Holy Dragon Guild and other guilds don't often ignore my suggestions, so they should listen to my suggestions.
"Well everyone is excited right now, but I'm sure they'll listen to me."
Alice chuckled.
“It seems that being appointed as the leader of the Blood Oath Knights is still very useful.
\"Kirito-kun, please send a message to the guild leaders of Klein-kun and Diabell-kun first.\" So, temporarily gather them together and hold a strategy meeting. While "breaker man" may have traps, he has been unlocked to level 99. If you can do something about "breakdown man", you can advance to level 100. "
Alice looked into my eyes, her expression stern.
"You will be released from this world soon. Maybe the next capture will be the battle to open the door on the 100th floor and lead to the door to the final boss.
"I already know Alice is right."
"Broken Man" can be released to the 99th floor. It is very likely that he is really released to trap players.
However, if we can see through his trap, defeat him again, throw him into prison, and imprison him, we can go to the 100th floor without any worries, which is the final location where the final boss is located.
Now, the first task is not to go to the 99th floor under the provocation of "The Broken Man", but to reach the 100th floor and defeat the final boss there.
\"Understood. Let me talk to the guild members first.\"
"Ah, if this is the message from you, please stop and give it a try."
The road to the 100th floor is open, but you must not let down your guard here. OK? "
I nodded, opened the message window, and summarized the text.
"To the Bloodsworn Knights and Guilds
With the release of level 99, your blood may be boiling, but now you shouldn't charge there, but rather hold a capture meeting as usual.
Starting at 12:00 noon today, a strategy meeting will be held at the Blood Oath Knights headquarters on the 55th floor. The strategy team must participate.
"Even if you make a mistake, don't go near the 99th floor."
After the "Fugitives" were announced to be liberated, I sent a message to all the cleanup teams and gathered almost all the cleanup teams in the conference room of the Blood Oath Knights.
I wanted to hear from each of them, not the leader of the capture group, so I gathered all the fighters I'd fought so far, but the conference room became as crowded as an event venue and there was nothing to talk about.
So I stood up in a slightly elevated position so I could reach everyone with my voice—like the kind a principal would use to address students gathered on campus or in the gym—and began the strategy session .
To be honest, I never thought I would be able to gather so many people and talk to them while I was busy playing solo, so I felt inexplicably fresh and proud. Thanks to this, I wasn't nervous at all and was able to start talking like normal.
"The reason why we gathered together is nothing more than this. The strange giant who forcibly moved us to the first floor in the morning turned out to be what I called a "fugitive" at the time."
"The Broken Man" has turned Aincrad into a testing ground, using us as experimental animals. "
Among the many players, Klein, the victim of the "pseudo-experience parasite", raised his hand.
"He's such a bastard. Thanks to him, we're tortured by false dreams that don't exist."
"Yes, but thanks to everyone's efforts, he was imprisoned. However, unknowingly, he was released into the world again, and was behind the scenes behind our arrest. I think you have already I’ve said it before.”
I could see the commotion among the players, but it wasn't what I expected. The reason seemed to be that they had told him beforehand that the 'escapers' had already escaped.
I continued talking to the players who were making a little noise.
"The guy who was released continued to operate behind the scenes and showed us that kind of thing. What he said was true. Level 99 [City of the End, Yoje] has been activated."
Before this strategic meeting, I confirmed with the Blood Knight whether the 99th floor was really released, and it turned out that the 97th, 98th, and 99th floors were indeed activated.
I was surprised when I heard it, but at the same time I felt like I was being played by "Running Man", and I felt a little disgusted.
"In other words, the road to the 100th floor has been opened."
I nodded listening to Diabel's voice. Diabell, who was furious at the time, has now completely calmed down and returned to the command tower of the strategic team.
"Here's the thing, I think everyone heard this and thought they wanted to go to the 100th floor now.
Go to the 99th floor, go to the 100th floor - he must have thought these words would come out of my mouth. The players in front started whispering, and I heard what sounded like a protest from the Bloodsworn Knights.
"Oh, Commander, the target is right in front of you!"
"What are you doing if you don't hit here!"
"You'll be able to return to the real world soon!?"
"The content of what you heard." I agree with all of this.
Since the beginning of this death game, we have upgraded to escape this world, formulated our strategy, and pushed our capture to this. And although it was because of the \ "Breakman \", we finally reached the 99th floor, and the goal 100 layers also refer to the corner of the corner.
"When we go through, we can be relieved from the game and return to the real world." However, if there is no "escape", the situation will be the case.
"I can understand the painful mood of everyone. But I think the reason why" crushed people \ "said 'ah' is because there is something to block on the road to 100 floors."
"All noisy people lowered their voice." I talked about my thoughts, as if this was an opportunity.
"That guy released the 99th layer of words and deeds, obviously provoking us. He set up a trap on the way to 100th floor, waiting for us to hook it, the purpose is to catch our experimental animal players."
"There is no conclusive evidence, but he seems to be the person who makes the most full of this world, and he is also the person who does not want the world to be liberated." If you do not act well, he may think so Just like the past Wasak Casars. "
Players began to fuss, perhaps because the long team was mixed with the word "annihilation". He may treat us as an experimental object, but if he thinks we are too dangerous, he is likely to try to destroy us.
In fact, he allowed the "Smile Coffin" to have "Simulation Experience parasites" to collect their emotional data, but he judged that the risk factors of "smiling coffin" were too large. In the end, he wanted to commit suicide.
They tried to make Lan "smiling coffin" almost 100%.
\ "Therefore, I ordered the captain of the Cavaliers and temporarily stopped attacks. We have reached this step and we can come up. We cannot give this life to a" escape person. \ "
Perhaps this should be a matter of course, but the square suddenly became noisy, and the sound similar to protests and boo began to sound.
No wonder. Although we have done this, the captain himself has announced that the capture will be canceled. But I didn't even expect this scene.
"keep quiet.
As soon as this remark came out, silence was restored on the square. I thought I had a chance and told him my thoughts.
"Our biggest obstacle is undoubtedly 'broken people'.
He must be hidden somewhere in Eyen Gulante, established a hiding place somewhere, and intends to arrest us from there. Therefore, we will form a crusade again to find him. "
\ "[Escape] Crossing Team? \"
The players who heard me be murmured again. I said more about this.
The leader of \ "crashed \" is the leader of \ "mnemosyne \". The guy of \ "Mnemosyne \" was still arrested. Just look for it. I went to that strategy before overcoming the 100th floor.
"If this strategy is successful, the road to the 100th floor will be opened in front of us."
From this sentence, I told him all the strategies I thought. There was a silence around, but I immediately heard a voice coming at me. When I turned my head in that direction, it was Dirburu.
"I agree with this idea, but can we really find a 'person who escapes'?"
"I don't know, it is possible that they can be hidden, we can't do it. However, if you let the" crushing people ", then the risk of human experiments with players is very high. In that case Go. 'Broken people' are more dangerous than 'Laughing Coffin'. "
Subsequently, the Blood Vowing Cavaliers raised their voices.
"What if Mosonominna gang guy did not vomit when he was interrogated?"
"Of course, I have already considered that case." Originally, the "Mogonomins" people were just the people who followed the "crushed people". When they attacked them, they found that they were all timid people and lacked fighting. ability.
What's more, they seem to do n’t even know the specifications of this game, and because they calmly attacked us green players, almost all of them became orange players. Therefore, if you send them the corridor crystal to the wild and ask them with a sword, they are likely to immediately spit out valuable information.
-Sly, even if we accidentally kill them, we will not become oranges, because the opponent is an orange player. They are just researchers, not soldiers who have been trained as prisoners of war.
"They conduct human experiments on us. This is unforgivable. If you don't want to talk, you will take them directly to the wild and threaten them with weapons. When they accused us of their base, they attack us Become an orange player.
I think what I said is very cruel, and I can see the people around me were also very surprised. But if they do not do this, they will not spit out important information, and they have regarded our players as experimental animals, so they did not hesitate to do such a thing.
"There is no need to show mercy to such people."
"That's how the strategy is here. Unfortunately, we have to think of such a strategy in front of a hundred floors. Of course, I will accept opposition, so please tell me here."
Although the 100th floor is in front of us, the strategy we want to execute is to fight against the "escape". I am convinced that the protest sound will rise one after another, but no matter how long, I can say that there is almost no protest sound rising.
However, within a few minutes, there was a sound around.
"As the chief of the Cavaliers vowing the Cavaliers said."
The owner of the sound is Klein, a warrior in Japanese -style armor and a wind forest volcano. When I turned to see the situation clearly, Claine crowded from the gathering players and came to the platform of my station, turned my body to everyone, making a loud voice.
"I know this, because I asked him to have a false dream for me. If you let him go, he will be very dangerous. As this guy said, he is even more dangerous than [Smile Coffin]. At this point.
So we will endure the 100th floor now and conquer the "escape". At least, our wind forest volcano will follow the blood vowing knight head. "
With the sound of Claine's voice, the commotion on the square calmed down. Thinking about this as the first victim of the parasite of the simulation experience, I confirmed that the figures like Claine were pushing the player and walked towards me.
Diabel is an outstanding commander in the captive team wearing blue armor, and when Diabel is Claine, when I lined up next to me, I also turned to players in the same way.
"I also agreed with the commander of the Cavaliers and the head of Fenglin Volcano.
Indeed, the 100th floor is in front of you, it is really frustrated not going there, but now we should conquer the "escape". Otherwise, we may not be able to go to the 100th floor with peace of mind. "
Diabel looked around, confirmed the existence of the members of the Shenglong Alliance, and then said toughly.
"As the boss of the Shenglong Alliance, we should accept the proposal of the Cavaliers of the Cavaliers and implement the plan to conquer \" Fugen \ ".
Diabel's words were echoing around, but no one seemed to have raised his objection. Diabel convened a player to hold a strategic meeting, which was the same as the first floor, but at this time, the King of Denta suddenly invaded.
\ "No one seems to be opposed, Kirito. \"
Dirburu's voice made me look back and retracted my eyes to the front. The gathering players looked at me, and the expression on her face was a little dignified. Obviously, as Diaburu said, no one was opposed.
"We are close to the 100th floor.
We all conquer the "damage" together to ensure safety and move towards the 100th floor! I will win with the "broken person"! ! "
After vigorously announced, the gathering players began to applaud, and soon the square applause was shrouded in Ganba. Those who thought they saw the 100th floor would oppose it loudly, but when I found that everyone agreed with my point of view, I felt joy and hot.
When the applause stopped, everyone dispersed, and I went down the stage, but as if I knew this, Klein, Diabel, Ekir, Shi Nai, Lan, Aisa, Li, who stood in front of the stage, Zibert, Silika, Lifa, Youji, Filia, Streya, Algo, Yiyi, all ordinary members gathered here.
Among them, I said on the first floor, but Egg, who had not spoken this time, shouted to me.
\ "Kirito, do it. \"
\ "Ah. Of course, I hope everyone can help me. We have reached the 100th floor, but the person who wants to obstruct is the" crashing man \ ". \"
Asuna's family was attacked by the "fleeing", and after the abduction of Jupiter, she delivered a speech.
"[Broken people] really a ruthless guy. If he is willing, he may really want to kill us.
\ "Ah, yes. We must recapture Jupiter from his hands. I will let the special forces interrogate the guy of Monelmith, so Asuna, use this as a clue to find the" escape person '. "
The devil's eyes who had captured her has now become the eyes of the child's stolen mother, but the sharpness has not changed at all. There is no doubt that Asuna is seriously planning to challenge the "escape man".
"What do you do? Am I also looking for 'broken people'?"
\ "I answered Lizbet's phone. \"
\ "Liz, as before, keep everyone's weapons.
Silika, Lifa, You Ji, and Filia should look for "collapse men" with Asuna. The previous base is where there is no monster, and this time may be the same. Find a place with no monsters at all. "
When the four people nodded at the current conversation, the leader Algo picked up his arms.
"I will contact other lineers to try to find information. Except for us, the information of others to master the" escape "is not strange."
\ "Ah, Algo, please. We need to be as much as possible now. If you know anything, please contact Asuna or me. \"
After seeing Algo nodded, I turned to Sterea and Yui.
\ "Stream and Yui, please stay in Alice Sang. I hope that the two of your two children who can protect Alice Sang can avoid his violations.
Streya showed some surprised expression and opposed me.
\ "Well, it's okay. I will also fight with Kirito! \"
\ "That was when I knew" Where is the crashing man? I do think Strey's combat effectiveness is very good, but this is why I want you to protect Alice Sang's children. \ "
Strey was unconvinced, but then nodded. Next, I turned to Klein, Egil and Diabel.
"Claine, let the people from the wind forest gathered, go out to find it. Diabel, you also look for \" escape \ "with Shenglong League.
"Three people continue to say, they understand." The strength of these three people is certified and what they should do.
Then I turned my face to Shi Nai for the last time.
\ "Poetry, go to Alice Sang with Jie Yi. \"
Shi Nai certainly thought he would invite me to fight together, but Shi Nai showed a very surprised expression.
"Why? Why can't we fight?"
"You may still be a target of 'crushing people'. If you provoke with 'broken people', it may become the goal of 'crushed people' again."
Shino shook her head.
"It's okay, I won't do that anymore, I will fight with you!"
"it's useless!"
When we started to quarrel, Yui intervened.
\ "It really said what Dad said, mother. 'Breakthroughs' are glad to see my mother's seizures at that time. This is the so -called pagan with dangerous thoughts. Seizures.
\ "Lianyi also said the same \"
Asuna continued to talk about poetry that was obviously unhappy.
\ "It is indeed what Kirito Jun and Yui said, Poetry. Poetry is because" the runner has become like this. He may be targeted at me, but Poetry may also target me. \ "
If Shi Nai did that kind of thing in front of the "Runaway Man", it was the perfect prey of the "runaway man". That's why Shi Nai should stay next to Teacher Alice. "
Yasna also made Shi Nai completely bowed her head. Although I really want to leave the poem beside me, as long as I find \ "Fugue", I will immediately conquer it.
Because the "escape" is aimed at Shi Nai, which leads to poetic seizures, so if he takes poems together, it is likely to target Shi Nai again, causing Shi Nai seizures. When this happens, poetry is the most dangerous and the worst mood.
\ "Poetry, don't you understand? We need to protect the poem from being hurt by" Broken Man. We are looking for him to fight "Broken Man, but" Broken Man may attack the first floor. Even if this happens, this kind of kind In the case, Alice Sang will also protect Shi Nai, and Strea and Yui are also by my side. So, please.
Shi Nai stretched out his feet and grabbed his trousers. Shi Nai must also want to fight with "escape", but it is impossible. Thinking of this, Shi Nai was about to say the next words, and opened his mouth slightly.
\ "Understand. I gave you [人]. Please do something \"
His tone did not seem to believe it, but everyone sighed softly, probably guessing Shi Nai for a while.
After telling everyone the strategy, I shouted to my partner on my shoulder.
"Lilan, you fight with me, just like before."
\ "Even if you understand. It is my honor to be able to fight side by side with you. \" Invincible Destroyer \ "skipped the nonsense about the world commander. I will ensure that you will never miss such a thing anymore.
After listening to my partners, I understand that everyone has been determined.
In the future, the battle is more dangerous than the "smiling coffin", and it is a deadly fight with the "fugitive". However, when we spend this dangerous battle, we will be able to reach the 100th floor again. This battle is the battle to open the door to the 100th floor.
"Everyone, this is the battle to open the last door, we will definitely win !!!"
After receiving my order, the companions raised their voice in unison.
It is now 4:00 in the morning, the second day when the "escape man" operation began.
\"Kirito, are you okay?\"
"Ah, that's good"
Lan and I visited the 99th floor of \ "Doom City \". The area of the 99th floor is smaller than any layer we have gone so far, and the 100th floor is above, and the Emperor Yu Palace, go forward a little, can reach the 100th floor.
However, it is not our arrest team, but the "escape" who abuses the main account of the game. This is the 99th floor. The arrest team is not allowed to approach, because it may be the trap of the "escape", but we are here.
There are only NPCs around, and the player cannot be seen at all. In terms of scale, it seems that it is only the size of the "city of the ancestor \", and the shops and residential areas are built like colonies. In other words, this layer does not seem to exist, and even from the central area of the city, you can see the figure like a maze -like tower nearby.
