"I'm surprised Kirito is so weak at chess. I thought he was stronger."
\"Yes, Shino. Kirito is not good at board games. The same goes for chess, but he has never beaten me at Reversi, Go, or Shogi.\"
Shino was amused by Lilan's words. Then again, I didn't tell Shino that I wasn't good at board games. I thought it was nothing to say—I’d rather keep it a secret—but Lelan found out.
"There's no use saying that. We're not compatible, we're not compatible."
\"Yes. I know Kirito is this kind of person. He is a fighting fanatic at heart.\"
\"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for your understanding.\"
Shino chuckled again. She seemed delighted to see an unexpected side of her favorite people. So I don't feel bad about it, but maybe in the future I can challenge Shino to a board game like chess or Reversi. Of course you can't win.
Just as I was thinking this, a voice came from next door.
"The game is over!"
When looking at Kirito, the girls are all on the left.
Kaori Shinozaki is a girl with dark brown hair and a few freckles on her cheeks, and Keiko Keiko is a petite girl with light brown hair tied into twin tails. There are also Yuki Yuki and Asuna Asuna, with their unique long chestnut hair and amber eyes. At the dinner table, everyone looked at each other with joy.
They were also playing the same game as Kirito and Lilan. I couldn't see the situation due to the chess game with Lelan, but it looked like I'd be able to get through it safely.
"Now you can get a free cake coupon, congratulations!"
Smiling at the happy girls was a petite boy with the same hair and eye color as Asuna. That was Jupiter, Lelan's brother. The private table where Kirito and the others were sitting was already full, and there was only one person sitting on another chair, leaning against them.
Keiko smiled back at Jupiter.
\"Jupiter-kun, this assist is great. You can definitely trust me!\"
"Isn't it? Jupiter has been a great help to me. Thank you again today, Jupiter."
After Asuna patted his head, Jupiter said happily: "Haha." The girls were playing games with Jupiter's help. With the assistance of Jupiter with high-performance information processing capabilities, it is not impossible to beat the retro games they play.
Although this method could be called cheating in a sense, Kirito didn't say anything in particular. Shino put her hand on her left ear while watching this scene. Attached to it is a mechanical device similar to a white walkie-talkie, used for communication conversations.
If you look closely, everyone here has a similar device on their left ear.
"We've come up with something that's really useful. I think it's going to be a social phenomenon."
"It's become a social phenomenon. Passersby wear them on their ears all the time. Now, it's probably hard to find someone who doesn't wear them."
While Lilan said this, Kirito also touched the machine on his left ear.
That machine was called "Ogma". While it's similar to VR machines like the Amusphere and Nerve Gear, there are a number of differences. Its biggest feature is its ability to augment reality.
Just by wearing the Augmar, some elements of the virtual reality world are brought into the real world. Just like when you play VRmmo on Amusphere, you can move your finger to expand the window, and you can watch news, weather forecasts, times, traffic information, or TV shows at almost any time. Kirito and the others are playing a game that can be played using Ogma.
Various companies participate as sponsors in games that can be played on Augmar, and by clearing the game you can receive the benefits of the sponsoring companies - coupons and points.
That's not all. By using Augmar's augmented reality capabilities, people with disabilities can enjoy tremendous benefits, such as climbing mountains, exploring ruins around the world, and experiencing simulated journeys around the world.
Equipped with a large number of convenient features suitable for everyone, Augmar quickly penetrated Japanese society and spread around the world. Today, people are everywhere wearing Augmar and enjoying augmented reality.
Maybe because today is Friday night and tomorrow is Saturday, I saw a lot of Augmar users on my way to this family restaurant. One of the users, Rika, shouted to me.
"Because it's not true. As long as I wear this, I can watch the weather forecast, watch TV, watch the news, get coupons, and I can meet and talk to Jupiter, Lilan, Yui-Chen, and Streya .”
When Rika said this to Shino, a little fairy appeared on Shino's shoulder. A girl with long black hair like Kirito and Sinon's teacher, but not here. That is the stepdaughter of Yui, Kirito and Shino. Next to her, Yui's sister Straya also appeared. She is a female elf who is even bigger than Yui.
"Yes. If you wear Ogma, you can talk to us anytime!"
“I never thought I could talk to everyone so easily even outside of VR, it’s like a dream!”
Yui and Straya were happy that I was reading. Her sister and brothers, Lelan and Jupiter, were also smiling. Four brothers and sisters live in a completely virtual world. They can only meet each other by sneaking into VRmmo. They cannot talk to each other unless they use smartphones.
However, with the advent of Augmar, which superimposes elements of the virtual world onto the real world, these girls can now easily embody the real world.
You can easily meet and talk to them without any extra steps or preparation. This is the biggest reason why Kirito and others want to use Ogma.
Lilan said while looking at her friend who became an Augmar user.
"It would be helpful if you could use Augmar as much as possible in your daily life. Even if you have something to tell us, without Augmar, you won't hear it."
\"Yeah. But I'm surprised. Lilan, Yui, and Straya look a little different when they use Ogma.\"
After hearing Shino's words, Kirito turned his attention to the three of them. Although Lilan, Yui, and Strea's appearance is largely the same as in VR, Yui and Strea are fixed as ALo's navigation sprites. VR and AR seem to be worlds with different principles and rules, and girls are expected to conform to these principles.
As for Lilan, his iconic appearance marks, wolf ears and tail, are gone, and his height has also shrunk. Lilan was fixed in this form by mutating and resurrecting by absorbing various data, but in AR, this principle is invalid, and he returns to his natural form "Martel".
It was Keiko who shouted to Lilan.
"Mr. Leland is special. He's lost his ears and his tail."
Riran gently touched the place where the wolf's ears should be.
"I'm sure it was a little confusing at first, but I'm used to it now. The ears are in the same place as you and not having a tail is nice too."
"Also, if Lilan still has a tail and ears, that outfit might not fit him."
Asuna looked at Lilan's clothes.
The clothes Lilan wears are not the clothes she wore in ALo or SAo, but the girls' uniform from the SAo survivor school. They picked clothes from the Internet and were free to modify them to suit themselves, but Lilan called up the composition data of the SAo survivor school uniforms and modified them.
What he did was to hack the server of the survivor school and copy the data, which was unique to Lilan, who was good at cracking. In addition, data on male student uniforms were obtained at that time, and Jupiter's clothing is currently being adjusted.
Jupiter looks 10 years old, and there are no uniforms for children of that age in reality, but that has nothing to do with Jupiter, which has characteristics that are reflected just by applying the data.
"Anyway, your school is very generous, isn't it? After all, they distribute Ogma to all students for free."
Just as Jupiter said, the Ogema held by Kirito and others was distributed to the school where the SAo survivors attended.
One day, the school made an important announcement. The story is that the latest AR machine Augmar has been released and many of them were supplied to this school. At that time, all the students in the school were given Ogema, and instantly, the whole school was filled with Ogema.
One of them, Rika, tapped Ogma's left ear with her fingertips.
"That school does do some weird stuff doesn't it? But when it comes to free distribution, it's a waste if it's not used."
\"It seems that only students from SAo survivor schools can use it. Kotone Kotone, Umaki Umaki, and Kinama Yuki's high schools are not accepted.\"
Kirito had also heard Keiko’s story. Only everyone here can get Augmar for free, other members like Kotone, Umi, Kaim, Ryotaro Ryotaro, Andrew and diabel have no choice but to get it for free, it seems. Ryutaro, Andrew, and Diaber are all working adults, so it's only natural.
Kirito touched Ogma and whispered.
"However, I don't like this very much. I prefer VRmmo, Amusphere and the like."
Because Augmar simply overlays elements of the virtual world onto the real world, it is essentially the real world. If you can't move as recklessly as you can in the virtual world, it will be difficult to perform superb skills such as sword skills. Kirito didn't like the fact that virtual worlds were superimposed on each other.
Rika asked Kirito with her eyes half-opened, and Kirito expressed a slight dissatisfaction.
\"Hello? Then why is Kirito-san wearing Ogma?\"
"Because there's no other way to talk to my 'acquaintances' and my girls. But like Rika said, it's convenient in a lot of ways. I don't like it, but I don't hate it."
Rika said, "What is that?" The others laughed. Just then, a waitress came over to me. In his hand, he held a tray with several pieces of cake on it. I don't think he remembers what he ordered, but Kirito thinks so, but the waitress yells at him.
\"Sorry to keep you waiting. This is the reward cake for clearing the game.\"
The waitress placed four cakes on a tray on the table. There is a rare cheesecake with blueberry jam, tiramisu, strawberry jam and pulp cake and shortbread. Apparently this was a reward for playing the game before they beat it. This is what Rika said about the coupons you can get by using Augmar.
"Oh, you'll be here soon. I—"
Rika, Keiko, and Asuna pointed to different cakes. If I got hit, I'd have to play rock, paper, scissors or something like that and surrender, but that didn't happen. Rika whispered as she took the rare cheesecake.
"And AI is collecting data and even matching your food preferences. What do you call this?"
"Deep learning. It converts a subject's behavior, lifestyle, diet, etc. into detailed data to determine their preferences and actions. This is the basis of learning."
"We have learned these things a long time ago, but the AI around us doesn't seem to be like that. I feel like we are behind the times."
Leland and Jupiter, two AIs that were completely opposite in nature to the mindless AI that was probably recording data somewhere, muttered. They have completed deep learning and reached a sufficiently intelligent level, which is called "Network Life Evolution Anima". Kirito and Sinon thought it was funny that these girls expressed their opinions to other AIs, and they laughed bitterly with Sinon.
"Well, there's still one piece of cake left."
Shino looked at the tiramisu left behind, feeling confused. Lilan reacted immediately.
\"Ah, this is for me. I just beat Kirito in a chess match, so I'm just saying that's a bonus.\"
However, no matter how they adapt to the real world, Lilan and others do not have real bodies and cannot eat delicacies in the real world. This cake belonged to Lilan, but the most important person came because he couldn't eat it.
Lilan seemed to know this and shouted to Kirito and Sinon.
\"Kirito and Shino. Eat it yourself.\"
"Okay? This is your cake."
Lilan half-opened her eyes. He was reacting to Kirito's teasing.
"You know I can't eat things from the real world. Isn't that intentional?"
Kirito smiled. With this, I was able to repay the ridicule I received in chess. Shino, who was beside Kirito, smiled bitterly at Lilan.
"Are you sure you want me to give it to you? I feel a little bad about this."
"Very good. I'm very grateful to have such close contact with the real world. I don't have any higher hopes."
Even so, it's still a bit unfair. You should probably provide some kind of service to Lelan later, especially something related to food. Now, let's thank Lelan for her kindness and have some cake.
"I understand. Thank you, familiar Lilan, for treating you to dinner."
"Trainer, I will buy you some good things in the virtual world later."
After talking about characters that would not change in the real world, Kirito grabbed a piece of cake and placed it between himself and Sinon. Split the cake in half with a fork and eat. Not long after, Asuna called Jupiter again.
"I'll make you some food later, Jupiter. Why don't you add some dessert?"
"Is it okay? If it is possible, I'm looking forward to it."
Jupiter smiled at Asuna and then turned to Rika.
\"Sister Lihua, you know that AI can also calculate and manage the calories people eat. I can also view these data in the same way. Isn't this the end of it?\"
When Jupiter, who was born specifically to heal women, pointed at her, Rika froze. Although you can't see it from here, there may be a warning that you're eating too many calories.
Unlike Shino, Rika is a girl who loves sweets, so she consumes a lot of calories. After blinking repeatedly in response to Jupiter and the managing AI pointing out the calorie overload, Lelan furthered.
"Lika, walk. Even if it's just a little bit, exercise and burn off your calories."
After finishing the cake, Lika left the store and walked quickly. Keiko panicked at the sudden movement, while Asuna and Jupiter followed calmly, while Kirito, Shino, and Liran followed at a relatively leisurely pace.
The location is in a shopping mall close to the school, and there are many people. Maybe it's because tomorrow is Saturday. More than half of them are using Augmar to transform the virtual world into the real world and enjoying it.
In particular, I can't help but focus on people's interactions with fictional animals, such as the adorable mythical beasts that appear in myth and fantasy.
Just when he was about to stop, Kirito heard the sound and reacted. The owner of the voice is none other than Lilan, who is a veritable mythical beast in the game.
\"Kirito, are you going to Yuna's first concert?\"
"What happened, all of a sudden?"
"I think you can attend Yuna's first concert for free. I asked you if you would like to participate."
I could see a shop selling CDs and music players behind Lilan's. In one corner, there is a poster with a girl on it. This is Lelan. I think he got the idea after seeing it.
It's not just its functionality that's driving Augmar's growth and popularity. This Ogema itself has already set up an image character, which is Yuna mentioned by Lilan.
The subjects in VR are the same as Yui, Strea, Lilan and Jupiter, while Yuna is embodied in the real world through Augmar. She has long silver hair with a purple tint at the tips, and is decorated with black and red as the main colors. She looks like a girl in traditional clothes. In other words, she's beautiful.
But its biggest feature is that its speech and attitude are so natural. Depending on how you look at it, you might think it is a super-advanced AI comparable to Yui and Lilan.
Her mysterious side, cute appearance, and ability to speak and sing comparable to humans made her extremely popular, and she soon became an AR idol. Nowadays, many people obtain Ogema just for Yuna, and Yuna can be said to be the biggest contributor to the spread of Ogema in society.
Yuna is about to have her first live show, but for some reason all the students at SAo Survivor School decide to participate as part of the class. Among them are not only Kirito, but also Shino, Asuna, Rika, and Keiko.
"I should perform at school for Yuna's concert, but what should I do?"
"I think I'll get over it. I don't really like the noise."
That's what Shino said. As I said, she hates noise and prefers quiet places. The same goes for Kirito, who would have refused Yuna's first live performance if he could.
\"I want to do this too, but what's wrong, Lilan? Are you worried about Yuna?\"
"Well, that AI named Yuna is doing really well. I wonder if something went wrong."
Lilan's words are not difficult to understand. I've actually watched a lot of Yuna's videos and I'm amazed by her attitude, speaking style, and singing ability. I can only think it's comparable to Lelan and Jupiter. This kind of artificial intelligence cannot be created by local companies or researchers.
This is what I came up with...
"Oh, so Lilan is already a fan of Yuna?"
Lilan turned her head in surprise. Unknowingly, Lihua and Keiko appeared behind Lilan.
\"When we sang karaoke together a few days ago, you sang Yuna's song "Miss Hiran\". You sang a duet with Miss Suguha!\"
"I, I did sing, but I don't particularly like Yuna's singing, and I don't mean to become a fan."
Rika clapped her hands as if she thought of something. However, this is obviously an evil conspiracy.
"That's right! Now it's time for you to show your singing ability to the people around you."
\"What!? What are you talking about, Rika!\"
"You are a great AI, right? Let me tell you, you are on par with my junior AI Yuna!"
After saying that, Lixiang took Lilan and Keiko's hands and led them towards the square. Afterwards, by repeating the flick a few times, a ring-shaped spotlight machine will appear around Lelan and start shining light on Lelan. Unconsciously, Lilan was forced to grab the microphone.
Lilan became impatient and turned her gaze to Kirito, as if asking for help. As its owner, Kirito, it's not bad that he feels proud when his "messenger" sings to everyone. Give the "sing" command through eye contact.
Realizing there was no rescue boat, Lelan shrugged in frustration. But he quickly came to his senses, gripped the microphone tightly, and started singing.
The song of "Acquaintance", who has been with me for more than two years, attracted the attention of users of the shopping mall Augmar.
The situation is no different than when an idol sings a song, and it shows no sign of being any worse than Yuna, who has already started to make a name for herself as an AR idol.
When the song ended, the audience burst into amazing applause and cheers. In a sense, that was the moment I discovered possibilities beyond what was 'familiar' with Lelan.
After finishing the tea party with everyone, Kirito returned home and then rode his motorcycle back to Tokyo. The sun had completely set, and the darkness of night surrounded us, but the city lights shone brightly, as if pushing the night back.
As I maintained my speed and merged into traffic, I heard a voice in the wind. It comes from behind.
\"Kirito, how far have you reached now?\"
"It looks like it's almost here, but the matter is really urgent. They announced the news thirty minutes ago."
"There seems to be a spirit of surprise in the development and management of ordinal Scale!"
"Absolutely!"
Kirito was riding a motorcycle, and Sinon was riding behind him with her arms around him.
After leaving his home in Saitama Prefecture, Kirito rushed to the apartment where Shino and many other SAo survivors lived and picked her up, where he still lives to this day. The two of them went this time to participate in the event starting at nine o'clock tonight.
As I drove through the crowd, I saw a sign for a burger joint. It looks like you've reached your destination. I managed to arrive on time. Park your bike where it will not cause a nuisance to traffic and turn off the engine.
When I took off my helmet and took a breath of air, I noticed that Shino behind me also got out of the car and took off her helmet. I took the helmet she was wearing, put it in the box on the luggage rack, and got off the bike.
The scene was crowded, mostly young people. Everyone is gathered together to prepare for the upcoming event. Everyone wears Augmar, which is the ticket to attend.
Seeing such a scene, Shino muttered.
"I can't believe how many people have gathered. Even though the information was disclosed 30 minutes ago."
"It looks like the number of people playing the game is increasing dramatically. SAo and ALo can't keep up."
When I answered that question and put on the Augmar, a completely familiar layer of virtual reality was superimposed on top of the real world. The time is one minute before the event starts. Traffic control has been implemented in the venue and cars are not allowed to pass.
In central Tokyo, it's not uncommon for a corner of the city to become crowded before 9pm. However, they were all participants in an event, which was an unusual situation. From now on, such scenes will no longer be an anomaly, but a common occurrence.
Ogma was trying to give Tokyo a different color - just as I was feeling that, I heard a call coming from nearby. It was a male voice.
\"It's too late, Kirinoji!\"
When the two of us turned back, we saw six figures walking towards us. Their physiques were different, but their faces looked familiar. In the center is a man with a mustache, reddish-brown hair and a turban.
In VRmmo, they are Ryotaro Tsuboi, whose name is Klein, and his friends from the Fuulin Kazan Guild led by him. Perhaps to show that they were from the same guild, they were both wearing light blue hoodies.
\"I see. Is Shino also with you?\"
"Yeah. I try to be as involved here as possible."
\"Is that so? That's so surprising. I thought he only liked VR, like Kirito.\"
When Shino answered Ryotaro's question, Kirito couldn't help but feel anxious. There are many factors that worry Shino in the upcoming events. I couldn't calm down because I kept worrying about what would happen to her during the event.
Therefore, Kirito was unable to react to Ryotaro, but when he heard the voice again, Kirito came to his senses. It was a familiar female voice.
\"Shino, Kirito-san!\"
Shino was the first to react, followed by Kirito and Ryutaro. Where the sound came from, there was only one figure. Your appearance will instantly become clearer.
She has long black hair, the same color as her child Yui, and it is very shiny. He has reddish-brown eyes that look a little childish compared to others his age. A woman with many characteristics such as her plump breasts can be seen through her white clothes.
Serizawa is a former employee of "Argus" and the creator of the game "SAo". He is also the creator of "Yui", "Strea", and "Lelan" , the creator of "Jupiter" and the psychiatrist who is Shino's personal doctor, he is Ze Alice.
\"Teacher Alice!\"
"Alice!"
Alice walked up to Kirito and the others and said "hi" to them. Her appearance is not usually seen in the real world due to research and work reasons, but is almost identical to what we see in "SAo", "ALo", and "SAo". Alice looked around at the others and opened her mouth.
"It's been a while since we've seen each other like this."
"Yes, but I just met you in SAo yesterday."
Alice laughed at Kirito's answer. He looked relieved.
\"No, no, it's been a long time since we met in the real world, hasn't it? I'm wondering if something has changed, but don't worry.\"
Indeed, more than half a year has passed since I met Alice in the real world. Since the beginning of this year, we have never met in the real world again. Shino approaches Alice who appears for the first time in a long time.
"Teacher, it's true. You have to stay with me in the real world for a while."
"Ah, yes, I can devote myself to research as much as I want, but that won't be good for you. I really asked for a day off, and I will stay with you for a while, Sinon and Kirito. \"
Two nights ago, Alice logged into "SAo" and told me that she was returning to Tokyo after a brief but not-so-brief break. Because Airi, who rarely comes to "SAo", said this, I doubted whether it was true, but it is obviously true. He also said that his purpose was for Shino and Kirito.
Shino seemed very happy to be able to confirm this.
\"Thank you, Teacher Alice.\"
\"That's not the case. Shino, don't be so afraid.\"
Alice smiled at Shino. If Airi were here, his worries about what would happen next would be relieved to some extent, but not completely. Alice shouted to Kirito, who unknowingly became nervous.
\"Kirito-kun, since you are here, I guess you are trying to deal with the rumors.\"
\"Yes. I think I need to see it with my own eyes. Teacher Airi probably feels the same way.\"
"Of course, since things from the world I once created have appeared again, I have no choice but to go and take a look. Well, the battle will be left to you."
Ryotaro then rushed to Kirito's side. Kirito had a companion by his side, and for a moment, things around Kirito became a little unpleasant.
\"Leave the investigation to us, Teacher Alice! We will do our best!\"
Alice replied with a smile like a grown woman.
"Ordinal Scale is a game where you fight with your own flesh and blood, so if you get hurt, that's bad. But I support you, so please do your best."
As soon as these words came out, the men burst into loud cheers. Since there is a beautiful woman named Alice supporting him, he must really want to show his good side. Honest or cash? No matter what, Kirito cannot master the spirit.
\"Kirito, no, Kirito, let's start.\"
Unknowingly, Lilan appeared next to me. Since she will also be attending the event, she appears at the same time as Augmar is being installed. Lilan asked a question in the same way she prepared for battle in previous games.
\"Are you worried about Shino?\"
\"Ah. There is nothing now, it feels a bit strange.\"
\"Because the stage is in the real world, I can't help you. If something happens, you will support Shino. However, if nothing has happened so far, don't worry too much. If your own performance worsens, you It’s already putting the cart before the horse.”
Lilan put her hand on Kirito's right hand. Ogma conveyed the warmth of Lilan's body, and my right hand also became warm.
\"And if an emergency occurs, I will try my best to help. You just need to stay with Shino and protect her as usual.\"
Lilan's expression was calm. When I saw that face and heard that voice, a feeling of relief rose in my chest and my anxiety disappeared. Kirito, who once again confirmed the importance of Lilan's presence, nodded.
\"Thank you. This is the number of times you have made me happy.\"
"I'm not counting. I'm just doing what I need to do. I'm protecting you, my lord, and I'm giving you the strength to do what you need to do. My mission is to be your support in your time of need. "
"I'm counting on you, man."
After Lilan nodded, Shino walked up to her.
\"Kirito, let's get started.\"
"Okay. Let's do this."
Kirito, Shino, and Lilan made loud noises.
"'Ordinal scale, start!!'"
As soon as the declaration came out, the world changed forever. His costume changed into a special black and white combat uniform, and the short pole in his hand turned into a straight sword. The clothes and appearance of the people around them either changed into knights or soldiers, or they became orcs, specializing in spears, giant swords, rocket launchers, and assault rifles. The layers of the virtual world are adjusted and integrated with avatars.
Kirito also became Kirito, Shino became Sinon, and Ryotaro became Klein in the virtual world, each holding their own weapons. In an instant, Lilan turned into a ball of light, jumped into Kirito's body, and disappeared. At this moment, Kirito immediately turned his attention to Sinon's hand.
It was a so-called anti-materiel rifle, larger and longer than an assault rifle. The color is silver and the shape is similar to something that appears in the future world, but it is still an anti-materiel rifle. It was this gun that reminded her of her terrible memories.
Sinon held the gun in her hand, ready to pull the trigger at any moment. It was an incredible sight for Kirito, who knew most of her from spending time with her.
\"Shino, are you okay?\"
When I called her, Shino nodded in response. She didn't look any worse.
"It doesn't matter. There's nothing wrong with ordinal levels, so don't worry."
Her expression was calm, as if she was comforting Kirito. It's a stable thing that doesn't make me feel sick or anxious. It’s no different than when you’re always fighting by my side.
Although there were some things that didn't make sense, Kirito breathed a sigh of relief and turned to face the front.
"It's coming!\"
A voice echoed in my head. A familiar old woman had a similar tone to him. Soon after, the clock displayed on the building's monitor made a sound effect, announcing that it was 9 p.m. At the same time, cities are changing.
Modern buildings such as skyscrapers instantly turn into polygons and then quickly take on the shape of part of a Western fantasy castle. Parked cars turned into piles of crates and barrels, and the asphalt turned into cobblestones. A layer of the virtual world has been applied to the visible world itself, turning it into a dark fantasy world.
The game that some consider to be the best and most distinctive feature of Orgemmar has only just begun.
This is the beginning of events in the game called "ordinal Scale".
Not long after the game started, a white flame-like light effect appeared about 20 meters in front of Kirito and others. It is an effect that announces that a messenger from another world has arrived in the real world, which has been expanded by elements of the virtual world.
When the light stopped, the figure of the messenger from another world was revealed. It is covered with white fur and scales. Its upper body looks strong, but its lower body is soft. A giant creature with a long tail and a silhouette that resembles a cross between a cat and a dog.
What told me it was a fictional creature was the horns protruding from its forehead and the fact that it had wing membranes on its arms shaped like a pterodactyl. This is a bipedal wyvern we often see in "SAo", "ALo" and "SAo".
\"Kirito, his horns and wings!\"
"Ah, no doubt. He is"
\"It's\"Heroic Apostle\"!!\"
After answering Shino's words, the people near the wyvern immediately raised their voices. He used a word I was not used to hearing: "Apostle of heroes." What made them say this, and what caught their attention, were the horns and wing arms of the wyvern.
The outer sides of the wyvern's wing arms resemble blades, but their shape can be called a holy giant sword. The horn growing out of its forehead is also shaped like a holy sword, with complex patterns engraved on it.
This characteristic is exactly the characteristic of Kirito's "acquaintance" Lilan. The White Blade Dragon is a monster characterized by a holy or demonic sword growing out of its forehead or part of its body, and no matter how many times it roams the game world, it cannot exist anywhere else. .
\"The hero's apostle, right? That's true. He has the same characteristics as the Kirito-type \"familiar\" Lilan, who is said to be the hero Kirito.\"
While listening to Klein's whisper, another light effect appeared in the distance behind the white-bladed dragon.
Just when the reinforcements appeared, a beautiful girl wearing a black cyber suit with long silver hair and purple gradient appeared.
This is Yuna, an AI girl famous as an AR idol. Everyone who saw it was surprised and cheered.
"Hey, it's Yuna-chan!"
"Yuna-chan is out!"
There was joy all around, as if the goddess of victory was coming. Yuna, an AR idol, is no different from a goddess. This is exactly what number seven looks like in "ALo". Yuna, who was so cheered, waved her hands loudly and shouted.
"Everyone! Thank you for coming together today! Listen to my song and give it your all in the boss battle! The music starts!!"
As Yuna responded to the cheers, golden light flashed across everyone present. The icons for increased attack power and increased defense power are displayed at the top of the status bar. It looks like Yuna gave it a buff.
In "ordinal Scale", there will sometimes be an event where Yuna appears during a boss battle, at which point Yuna will sing and empower and inspire surrounding players. This boss fight seems to fall into this category. Yuna started singing to the background music that came from nowhere.
Alice\/Alice looked at Yuna and her surroundings, and suddenly laughed.
"I see, Yuna is here, I have to do my best."
Before Alice could speak, many young people who had transformed into clones began to move towards Dao Feilong.
This game called ordinal Scale is popular with young people because you can actually fight by moving your body, but the game itself is sponsored by various companies, and the biggest reason is by becoming a high-ranking score holder , you can benefit from them.
By ranking high, you can gain access to services such as online mail order discounts, free large beef rice bowls at Gyudon restaurants, and the ability to pre-purchase event tickets. There seems to be some service that brings you closer to Yuna, and everyone is trying to get their hands on the game.
However, the purpose of Tongren and others to challenge the order level is not to obtain service.
"Heroes? Are you really similar, Lan."
"Except for horns and blades, there is nothing similar to. This is not smart. It is just a machine.
"I'm sure."
Kirito responded to 'sound' and turned her attention to Jian Feilong. Players with different occupations and different weapons are already fighting the blade flying dragon. The knife pistol dragon matched with a soft body, quickly made action to tease the player, and used the holy sword in his arms to launch a slash to counterattack.
"After all, you are a strong man! This is the game of death!"
"It is the same as the hero dragon in SAO, it must be like this!"
Players have expressed their impression of the blade flying dragon. It seems that many SAO survivors are gathered here.
Many people know that the hero who leads SAO to complete is Tongren, and the Bailong forehead used by Kirito has a holy sword, thanks to the publishing of the "SAO Event Records Complete Works \". this point.
One day, a story begins to spread. In this sequence level, a powerful BOSS monster will appear. Its characteristics are the same as the "Magic" of Hero Kirito. There is a holy sword or magic sword on his forehead. The "messenger" as the "messenger" as SAO heroes is a symbol of hope and victory of SAO survivors.
Once their existence is confirmed, there will be rumors that "if they win, they will definitely get the same force as the heroes, and the ranking will instantly improve", so they are not officially called the "hero of the hero".
Players playing Ordinal Scale are challenging the BOSS battle and looking for the "Hero Apostle". In order to get the benefits of defeating the "Hero Apostle '.
\ "Hero Apostle \", mysterious monsters with the same characteristics as Lilan. In order to confirm the truth, Kirito and his friends decided to participate in the dispute between the order, but the result was in front of it.
"Hero Apostle" does exist. There is really a BOSS monster with the same characteristics as Lilan. Just now, there is information to add that Yona will also appear at the same time in the battle where the "hero of the hero" appears. After the battle, this incident will spread, and the following people with the "Hero Apostle '" will increase.
By meeting Yona, listening to her singing and defeating the "heroes of the hero", you can quickly improve the ranking and get more services. One stone and two birds are too much. It is impossible to have order level players do not aim at this.
"What is that? Why do you have the same characteristics as Lilan?"
""I do not understand. I think developers and operators have just begun to do so because they think that we can attract many players based on us.
Of course, it has something in common with the "Magic" of the SAO brave, so his reputation is quite large. This may be a good way to attract customers, but I don't think this is the reason why they do this. However, it seems unable to understand this different intention.
"There…!!"
I heard a strong shooting from nearby, Kirito was surprised. Unconsciously, Shi Nai had left Kirito and fired a bullet with the knife dragon with a anti -equipment rifle. The people of the wind forest volcano led by Claine were also close to attacking the Flying Dragon. When I thought of the blade flying dragon, I was thrown behind.
"Oh no, I'm late!"
\ "That's good, Kirito, let you see what is the real hero messenger!
Players are glad to see the heroes. What if these people see the real hero's "Magic"? Kirito can easily imagine that scene and feel that his heart jumps madly in his chest.
Let's show the true appearance of "Hero Apostle" -with the feeling similar to prank, Kirito began to run.
When the distance between him and Jian Feilong narrowed to a certain degree, he shouted that a light ball appeared on the chest of Kirito. When it was arranged to Kirito, it became huge and suddenly formed. Immediately afterwards, the light rushed towards the Dragon, a roar, and the Dragon was blown up.
"Hey, that's it!"
The eyes of the people around were suddenly attracted by the once bright things. This world covered by virtual reality is one dragon. It has the contour of the majestic wolf, covered with white golden fur, and the wings of huge white raptor growing on their shoulders. A real hero dragon, the chest, arms, and wings are wearing future -style armor, with golden manes on their heads, and a holy sword -like horns on their forehead.
It is the symbol of Kirito's envoy, SAO hero, victory and hope. It was the scene in the game world that Lan appeared in \ "Ordinal Scale \". The players around saw her reaction, and when she saw Yona.
"Hey, another boss is here!"
"No, that's not an enemy that is familiar!"
"Both the beast trainer and the dragon trainer are here !!"
Dragon Trainer. Players said that this is the nickname of those who can turn the powerful dragon into their own "darling" in the "Beast Trainer". And his expression is full of hope.
In addition to the goddess Euna, a biochemical weapon of an international defense organization called Ordinal Scale appeared in the game world, which is also an extremely reassuring situation for players.
However, it is surprising that no one realizes that Lilan and the full episode of the case of Lan and the SAO case are the same Lilan. For Kirito, it is a good thing to make a sound.
\ "Kirito, Lilan! Be careful! You never know what this guy will do! \"
Hearing Klein's call, Kirito stopped immediately. At the same time, the white blade dragon was swallowed by the white smoke, and it was difficult to see its appearance. The white -edged dragon jumped like a tap, but when the landing landed, the appearance changed.
The holy sword on the forehead has not changed, but the original soft body became even thinner. It becomes softer and its tail becomes extremely thick. The form seems to have changed. It seems that Bai Blade Dragon is a monster that fights through deformation.
If you can use the \ "SAO \" of the sword skills, even if this happens, the battle can continue, but in this sequence scale, you cannot use sword skills. Players are always in a very unfavorable situation. Even at this moment.
"Your appearance is really interesting!"
"If you defeat this, you will get a lot of rewards!"
But the momentum of the surrounding players cannot be weakened. The crowd was even more aggressive and struggled to resist the white blade dragon. Among them, players holding shooting weapons like Shi Nai poured down the rain and grenades at the same time.
The white -edged dragon was attacked with a close -range, and it was taken for granted shooting from behind. However, things are not so easy, and the health value of Bai Blade Dragon has not decreased. It seems that their shooting ability is not weak.
The white -edged dragon that was attacked by remotely turned around, ignoring the bullets flying, and a laser beam was shot from the open calyx. The player is the position of the player who shoots the shooting attack.
Due to the unable to adapt to a sudden remote attack, players were swallowed by the explosion. When the dust spread, the players' appearance returned to the real world again. When you become unable to fight, the level of order number level players will be stripped until you can't participate in the next battle, leaving only watch. If this happens, your ranking will not go up, so you must try your best to avoid being unable to fight.
This sequence level does not lead to death, but the punishment of the death penalty is quite heavy. Claine and friends who are participating in this game are going towards the White Blade Dragon. White Blade Dragon's back facing a long -distance attack. They are trying to use this gap.
"We want the bonus !!!"
Perhaps the words of Claine responded, Bai Blade Dragon turned around and waved the blade of the right arm to launch an attack. Subsequently, a companion of Claine, a one -handed stick user holding a shield, inserted in and blocked Bai Blade Dragon's blade.
When Bai Blade Dragon stopped moving with sharp metal sounds, Claine and one -handed swordsman ran from Bai Blade Dragon, and chopped it fiercely. Although it looks greatly hurt, the health of Bai Blade Dragon seems to be abundant.
The attacked Blade Dragon began to rush to Claine and one -handed sword, but the next moment, the sudden impact hit the right arm of Bai Blade Dragon. Bai Blade Dragon was completely hit and fell to the ground.
Poetry, which is closer to Kirito, but far away from Bai Blade Dragon, it was fired. Somehow, there is a description of people shooting, but it was originally used to destroy the large -caliber bullets of self -rifle, such as fighters, fighters, armored vehicles, etc., and Bai Daolong fell down, of course.
\ "Kirito, set it! \"
Kirito, who was summoned by Shi Nai, reluctantly ran over, approaching Bai Blade Dragon, and chopped his best to Black Dragon's body with one -handed sword. When he felt that there was a response, he wanted to break free, but as soon as he was running, he was tripped. It's as if he fell in turn with Bai Daolong.
"it hurts!"
The pain and suffering you feel in the real world will attack you ruthlessly. \ "Ordinal Scale \" is a weighted reality game, so there is no convenient feature like analgesic. And there is no system assistance, so my body feels heavy, and it is difficult to move. This is natural for Kirito who stays indoors and do not do too much exercise every day.
When I got up, Bai Blade Dragon also stood up and was approaching me. It seems that the target of the attack has changed. Just as Kirito was about to escape, Lilan rushed up from the side of Bai Blade Dragon and separated it from Kirito.
\ "Kirito, what are you doing? How do you usually work? \"
"Are you provoking me! Because it is not VR, the whole body is very painful, and the body is heavy!"
"Isn't this lack of exercise?"
After listening to Poetry, Kirito still kept silent. In this enlightened world, the body will affect many things. Those who do not have motor nerves or lack of exercise are huge disadvantages compared to those with motor nerves.
If this happens, he should exercise and enhance his physique. With such regrets, Kirito replaced him. The next moment, Bai Blade Dragon's body was shrouded in Bai Yan again, and one rolled with his head, revealing a new form.
The arm holding the blade suddenly became thicker, and his body became bulky. He does not have much flexibility and belongs to power type. If I was cut, then I would really be cut in half. Just as I took a deep breath, I saw the right side of Bai Blade Dragon, a player who had turned into a tiger orc holding a launcher.
"This is your last attack! Eat it!"
The next moment, a rocket shot out of the transmitter. This bullet was originally used to defeat the tank and flew towards the direction of the white blade dragon. However, before the bullet was about to hit, Bai Blade Dragon made a dodge at a speed that did not meet the power system and escaped the attack.
Rockets who lost their targets flew straight towards You Na.
"Ah, yeah!"
\ "You, Yona Sauce, I'm going to hit you! \"
Claine said that they were tiger orcs, but Yona was immersed in singing and dancing without any dodge. Although the Rockets flew in front of me, I seemed to be able to see anything. Does this mean that he is still too smart, and he can't even change his behavior according to the situation?
\ "Yona!! \"
Just then, Kirito couldn't help but shout the name. A laser -like current shot from below and swallowed the rocket. The Rockets were driven by powerful forces below and exploded after being pushed into the sky. It illuminated Yona like fireworks.
What happens now? When everyone thought so, the two shadows of different sizes jumped out of Youna and fell beside her. One of them was a brown -haired young man, wearing a coat -like suit, with purple light flowing on it. There was a dragon next to him. However, its characteristics are surprising.
"!?"
The dragon around the young man covered with white fur and surrounded by blue sea water. Its abdomen is covered with dark blue shells with seven -color light patterns on it. It has a pair of wings of the hands -shaped hands when flying, growing out of its back and shoulders. And its outline, like Lilan, is the outline of the wolf.
"Wolf Dragon?" Everyone was stunned by the sudden appearance of the water wolf dragon and the young man who seemed to be its owner. Yona, who is about to be hit directly by grenades, can continue to sing without any changes. This young man looks like a knight, the guardian of Yona.
\ "What, what is that!? \"
When Claine looked at the young people to say this, Kirito noticed. The number displayed on the head of the young man is 2. He seemed to score the second highest on the order of order.
Some people in the news how many benefits will the ranking of the second or first ranking in the news, but I never expected that there was a second -ranking person appearing. What does this mean? ? And that person is really a 'beast trainer' and 'dragon trainer'.
"Do you rank the second is serious?"
The next moment, he muttered involuntarily. The young man kicked the ground, jumped, and flew into the air. Soon after, it fell elegantly on the same ground of Kirito and others. Its lean, flexible and powerful body movements are reminiscent of the ninja in the past. This can be completed normally in virtual reality, but it is not an easy thing in the real world.
Even for people who practice free running and parkour overseas, this may be a difficult move. I think if they really see it, they will feel nervous. A water wolf dragon rushed to the young man who made such abnormal moves, and a white -blade dragon immediately attacked him.
Both young people and dragons have not attacked the white bladder dragon, but the higher the ranking, the easier it is to attract the goals. The white -edged dragon diameter rushed to the youth, but the Wolf Dragon blocked the middle and stopped him. The two dragons were entangled and hit the nearby buildings, making roar and impact.
This is a scene directly from monster movies, which can be created by the animal trainer. His envoy is large monsters in \ "Sao \", \ "ALO \" and \ "Sao \". Bai Blade Dragon cut into the water wolf dragon that was restrained by the blade, but the moment the blade bit into the water wolf dragon's body, the speed became extremely slow.
The fur of the wolf dragon looks blue, but it looks like water. He was wearing a water armor. It seems that the armor blocks the blade, and the wolf dragon seems to have enough space. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the young man rushed towards the Blade Dragon, and he cut it twice with one hand and left. After the owner caused some physical damage, the "familiar" water wolf dragon also released an extremely thick water flow from its mouth to the face of Bai Blade Dragon, and Bai Blade Dragon flew.
It was hit by a torrent that was almost the same as the commercial ultra -high -pressure cleaning machine. It seems that it has suffered a lot of injuries and has reached the edge of death. If we continue like this, we will be able to defeat him.
\"Kirito!\"
Shi Nai's voice came from behind. It seems that he wants to leave him to stop him. In fact, some coincidence is that the position of the Porcenean's position is very close to the knocked by the knocked down, and he can easily approach and cut it.
I have never heard of the final attack bonus of this order number, but the final attack should be aimed at it. Kirito holds a sword with one hand -actually a small stick -turned to face the white blade dragon.
The next moment, Bai Blade Dragon stood up suddenly and put on a fighting attitude again. As if it was showing that everything had not ended and had not ended, he was ready to launch a blade attack. Do you just jump on me like this?
Kirito began to act, looking forward to the next step of Bai Blade Dragon, but at this moment, the handsome teenagers who had previously appeared ran away and jumped into Bai Blade Dragon's arms. When I couldn't help staring at it, the young man cut four knives around Bai Longlong with vivid movements.
The fourth shot draws a beautiful square movement, which is the movement of the four -handed one -handed sword skills' horizontal square.
Because the order scale uses the body and mind of the real world directly, it is impossible to use sword skills. Even Kirito, who has lived with swordsmanship for more than three years, has never been used in his own life.
However, the teenager showed his sword skills that he should have impossible. It's as if he has been in an environment that can often use a large number of sword skills, and the movement of sword skills has been incorporated into his body. In any case, it looked crazy. Kirito could only blink in surprise, but when he heard the sound of Bai Blade dragon falling again, he returned to God.
This time, Bai Blade Dragon fell to the ground and couldn't move. There is no doubt that again, it is over. This battle will end with human victory.
"——Es are here!"
\ "Go, Kirito!! \"
Kirito immediately began to run, close to Bai Blade Dragon. I won't trip and fall this time. Do you want to let go of this opportunity? As Bai Blade's body approached, Kirito raised a one -handed sword.
At the same time, I approached the young man who gave me the opportunity to attack Blade Dragon, and when I cut in by him
"--change--"
Suddenly hearing a sound, I felt that the world was slowing down. The voices of young people seem to make the world slower. Switch-This is a term used in SAO, ALO, and SAO, but it first appears in SAO.
When someone shows sword skills, a basic strategy of strategy is to counterattack with the person to eliminate any emptiness. If you ask me, this situation is a turning point between me and young people.
However, what a young man says this means what does this mean?
Before I thought about it, my hand was moved, and the voice spread out. He split a chop to the white blade dragon fell to the ground. Although there is no sword in your hand, when it cuts the scales, the chit and the muscles, it also has a certain response, and the Blade Dragon emits the final scream.
When the sword was pulled out from the white blade dragon body, the white bladder dragon's body was instantly shrouded in the white light, and the explosion was exploded, exuding seven -color light. The spread of the seven -colored light seemed to spread, but it gathered to the place where the Blade Dragon was, condensed, and then disappeared. It will produce a unique effect when defeating the BOSS in the sequence scale. BOSS summoned from the different world is forced to return to the other world.
The battle was over, and there was silence around.
The contestants and the audience made a sound and broke the silence. The joy of joy spread rapidly, and the entire venue was full of joy and blessing. I have forgotten that I have forgotten that it was more than nine in the evening. Among them, Yona made a loud noise.
"Congratulations to you to conquer the boss monster! I gave you points!"
With the announcement of the singer, the notification of the points above the player's head has been added. It is not just a BOSS, it is a "hero of the hero". It has the same characteristics as the "Magic" of heroes in SAO, so you will get a lot of reward points.
Everyone is happy to watch the points and balance they get, but Kirito is not very happy. For some reason, I did not see any signs of coming in. Indeed, he should be able to solve the white blade dragon. No, I was worried about other things before that.
I am convinced that young man at the time ...
"And I will provide more services to the most hard -working people today!"
As soon as I heard Yona's voice, I felt a breath that was approaching. When I went back to God and looked back, Yona was there. Yona, who has the beauty of the beautiful girl who captured the hearts of everyone, is getting closer to her, and Kirito is also shocked by her eyes.
Then, when the female singer approached Kirito, she kissed Kirito's right face.
When my right cheeks came with a pleasant feeling, the noise around suddenly stopped. Everyone was stunned, and she couldn't believe the scene in front of them. In fact, even Kirito couldn't believe it and was shocked. You Na kissed me.
"Today's MVP is you! I will give you a lot of points!"
When everyone's favorite heroine announced, a small sound effect sounded, and the displayed points and rankings displayed significantly increased. This is indeed a blessing from the goddess. The goddess living in virtual reality but connected to the real world gave me a blessing and a kiss. However, Kirito was not grateful at all.
The original stiff players began to become more and more stubborn. "Take my lips of Yona sauce." Everyone looked at me with strange eyes, as if they were thinking about the same thing. In my VRMMO career, I have been watched more than once or twice, but I am still not used to it. At this moment, Yona suddenly sweated and turned her head to look around.
"If you try your best to play the BOSS, I will also do things like this person, so do my best next time!" That's it! "
After calming down the people around, Yona separated from Kirito and was shrouded in the light shining in the sky and disappeared. The signal of important events came out, and the players dispersed. At the same time, looking at Kirito's eyes disappeared.
I thought coldly, maybe a player who became jealous of me would attack me, but it seemed that my concerns were superfluous. Just after I took a deep breath, I heard a voice. This is the voice of the audience Alice.
\ "Kirito classmate, hard work! \"
When I was invited to turn around, the people from the wind forest volcano such as Alice, Shi Nai, Lilan, Klein are coming towards me. But Kirito was frightened. In addition to Alice and Lan, the Claine and others of the Windlin volcano continued to stare at them with jealousy and aggressive eyes.
Poetry is filled with extremely dissatisfied atmosphere that can almost hear.
Soon, Claine caught Kirito.
\ "Tong Nai Temple! Hey, how are you so picky about girls! I started attacking You, Youyou, Younai Sauce! \"
\ "No, no, I don't mean that! You know!? I didn't expect Yona would do such a thing! I have no news in advance! \"
He said so, but Claine was furious: "What?!" Even the people in the wind forest and volcano joined it, and things became out of control. Just when I wanted to know what happened, Alice called me.
"Okay, calm down, should you be able to defeat the BOSS, get points, and improve the ranking, should you be happy?"
Under the request of the old and beautiful Alice, Claine and others reluctantly left Kirito. Wow, this is very helpful -just when I want to thank Alice, I heard a voice. He looked at Lan where he was.
"Unexpectedly, the second one will appear. Isn't he an incredible celebrity?
