"Well, then you have to fight hard. ”

"What fight ......?"

Lifa smiled at Kirito and said, "Of course, let's see if we can get back to the ground on our own." It's just a waste of time to sit here anyway. ”

"But, but you said you couldn't make it, didn't you......"

"I mean, nine out of nine can't make it, so bet on that one percent chance. In fact, as long as you see the movement pattern of the lone evil god, and then act carefully, you may be successful!"

Lifa, who was about to act, was pulled back by Kirito.

"What to do, what to do?"

Lifa stumbled back to the ground, intending to open her mouth in protest, but closed her mouth again when she saw Kirito's eyes at close range.

Kirito just kept staring at Lifa like this, and then said firmly in a very serious tone, "No...... You might as well log out here. I will guard your character until it disappears. ”

"Huh, why?"

"It's past half past two in the morning. You've said you're a student in the real world, and you've been sneaking for me for more than eight hours today, and I can't let you spend any more time with me. ”

“………”

This sudden remark made it impossible for Lifa to react, and Kirito stared at her and continued to speak calmly, "I don't know how much time it will take to just move forward in a straight line." Now you have to move while avoiding the search range of that super-large monster, and the actual distance may be doubled. Even if it was safe enough to make it to the stairs, it would already be dawn. I have a reason why I have to go to Arune, but it's not a holiday, so it's better to go out and rest. ”

"I ...... I...... I don't care, even if I stay up all night......"

Lifa barely squeezed out a smile and was about to shake her head—

Kirito let go of her sleeve at this time, bowed to her with the momentum of stopping this conversation, and said, "Lifa, thank you really for all this time. Without you, I don't know how long it would have taken me to gather information about this world. Because of you, it only took me half a day to get to this place. I really don't know how to say thank you (Clyde: What about me. Kirito: Rough paddling!). ”

Those eyes gradually coincided with the sister in my impression.

“………”

Lifa couldn't stand the sudden stabbing pain in her chest, so she could only clench her fists hard.

She didn't know why her chest hurt so much. But her lips opened almost automatically, and then she barely managed to squeeze out a stiff voice.

"I—I didn't do it for you............"

"Huh......"

After looking away from Kirito who raised his head, Lifa continued in a stiff voice, "Yes...... It's because I want to come and be able to accompany you all the way here. I thought you understood. What do you mean you can't let me spend any longer? Do you think I've been forcing myself to go with you all along?"

AmuSphere read the emotions welling up in Lifa's heart, and directly and faithfully caused the tears in her eyes to burst out of her eyes, and she had to blink her eyes a few times to hold back the tears.

"Today's adventure...... It was the most enjoyable experience I've had since playing ALO. There are so many things that excite me and make my heart rac. I finally began to believe that this is another real world, but now it is ......!"

She quickly wiped tears from her eyes with her right arm, and then rushed out into the darkness.

At this very moment-

Suddenly, a loud, strange sound that did not look like thunder or the sound of the earth sounded at a very close distance.

This gurgling sound was undoubtedly a roar coming from the throat of a super-large monster.

Then footsteps shook the ground.

Lifa thought to herself, 'Oops, the scream just drew the lone evil god over, I big idiot!' and blamed herself for it, and decided to use herself as bait to lure the evil god away. So she prepared to rush out again.

But Kirito, who was already standing behind her at some point, grabbed her left arm and told her to stay.

"Let go of me, I'll drag the enemy away, and you can leave the ...... while there's a gap."

Although she lowered her voice and said so, Kirito next to her looked out with a keen eye and quickly said, "No, wait a minute. It's a bit strange. ”

"What's so weird......"

"There is more than one enemy. ”

Hearing this, Lifa hurriedly pricked up her ears, and the roar that came from the evil god was mixed with a deep bass similar to that of a large engine, mixed with a roar similar to that of a cold wind.

Lifa held her breath before she was about to shake her grip away.

"If it's two, then I'd have gone out even more! It's too late for you to be targeted by one of them!

"Not like that, Lifa. Kirito smiled.

"The two god-level monsters in the approach...... They seem to be attacking each other~"

"Huh?"

Lifa blinked a few times, then focused on her ears again.

The continuous earth-shaking footsteps did not sound like a straight line, but rather an irregular vibration like a roll.

"But, but...... Monsters attack each other, what the hell is this ......"

Lyfa instantly forgot the sadness that almost crushed her heart, and whispered blankly.

As a result, Kirito muttered as if he had made up his mind, "Let's go and see what is going on." This kind of small temple is not an air-raid shelter, and it is not a way to stay in it all the time. ”

"Say, say ......"

After the two nodded to each other, Lifa placed her hand on the long knife and followed Kirito into the dark air of snowflakes.

After only a few steps, the two evil gods from which the sound came from immediately came into their eyes.

Approaching from the east side of the temple, they resemble two shaking hills.

It must be nearly 20 meters high. Both of them are blue-gray in color peculiar to god-level monsters.

If you look closely, you can see that there is a slight difference in the size of the two.

The entity that made the dynamo-like roar was slightly larger than the one that was crimping.

The Great Evil God, on the other hand, has a slightly humanoid shape, with three huge faces connected in a straight direction, and four arms growing out of the faces like giants.

The square faces resembling cult idols each let out a growl, purr and purr sound, almost like the sound of an engine running continuously.

In addition, the four hands also easily wield a quadrangular giant sword like steel bars on a construction site.

The smaller gods, on the other hand, don't know what to do with it.

Its huge ears and long nose make its face resemble that of an elephant, but its back body is flat and round like a steamed bun, and it is supported by nearly twenty or so long legs with hooked claws.

Overall, it's like a jellyfish with an elephant's head.

It stretched out its sharp claws to force back the giant's attack, but its claws were blocked by a storm-like four-cornered iron sword, and it was unable to grasp the giant's face.

As a result, the small evil god was constantly forced back, and every time the tip of the sword slashed through the mantou-shaped body, an all-black liquid would fly away like a mist.

"It's... What the hell is going on......"

Lifa had forgotten to hide her body, and just muttered blankly.

In ALO, monsters usually only attack each other in three situations.

The first is that the monsters on one side are pets controlled by cat demon players who are good at taming beasts.

The second scenario is when one side is instigated by a piece of music played by a musical elf.

The third is to be confused by the magic of the illusion attribute.

But none of these three scenarios apply to the death match that is now taking place at hand.

If it's a pet, the target arrow should turn yellow-green, but both evil gods' arrows are still yellow for normal monsters.

The only sounds in the air could be heard were the roars and vibrations of the two evil gods, no music at all, and not even any light effects when the illusionary magic was activated.

Lifa and the others could only stand there and watch the battle, and the two evil gods didn't care about their gaze at all, just continued to fight to the death.

At present, it is still a situation where the three-headed giants are dominant, like jellyfish succumbing to the disadvantage.

Eventually, one of the jellyfish's feet was completely broken by the giant with his sword, and the flying foot fell near Lifa and them, causing their bodies to shake with the vibration.

"Hey, hey, doesn't seem like a good idea to stay here......?"

Kirito beside him muttered like this, but after Lifa nodded, he still didn't do anything.

Because she couldn't take her eyes off the elephant jellyfish, the blood that burst out of the wound stained the white snowfield black.

The injured elephant jellyfish let out a high-pitched groan and tried to flee the scene again.

But the giant didn't seem to want the other party to escape, in addition to rushing towards the jellyfish's steamed bun-like body, the iron sword in its hand also beckoned to the jellyfish even harder.

The jellyfish that fell to the ground could not bear the pressure, and the sound it made became weaker and weaker.

Several brutal wounds had been cut into its gray skin, and the giant's sword was relentless in its attack on the wounds.

"Save it, Kirito ......"

When this sentence came out of her mouth, Lifa was also very surprised.

Kirito first had an expression on her face that was about three times more surprised than her, then looked at Lifa and the two evil gods in exchange before finally asking briefly, "Which side to save, save?"

Indeed, compared to the barely human-like giants, the elephant jellyfish is indeed quite terrifying.

But in this case, there is no need to think about it at all.

"Of course, it's the one who is being bullied. ”

Kirito asked a very simple question to Rifa, who immediately answered like this.

"How, how can I help?"

"Well...... this"

This time, Lifa really couldn't answer right away. Because she doesn't have any ideas of her own.

But just as she was hesitating what to do, there were already several more scars on the jellyfish's blue-gray back.

“………… Kirito, you can find a way!"

Lifa clenched her hands in front of her chest and screamed, but the girl guarding the elves could only look at the sky and scratch her black hair with both hands.

"If I want to find a way, I'll too~"

But at this time, Kirito's hand suddenly stopped, and then he stared at the two evil gods again.

Her eyes narrowed, and the light in her head shone in the depths of her black pupils that was thinking at high speed.

“…… If that look makes sense......"