Hello~!

After letting out a rude sneeze that shouldn't have come from the girl's mouth, Lifa, a young swordsman of the Wind Elf Clan, hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands.

She quickly glanced in the direction of the exit.

I was worried that the sneezing sound would not be heard by the lonely evil god, and then its terrifying face would appear at the entrance.

Luckily, only light flakes of snow blew in from the entrance. When the snowflakes were on the campfire near the floor of the small temple, they immediately melted in the air.

Lifa tightened the collar of her heavy coat and retreated to crouch down against the temple wall.

Then he sighed. She blinked vigorously a few times before the drowsiness of the warm campfire was kicked out of her head.

This small stone temple is a small space about four meters long and wide.

The terrifying monster reliefs on the walls and ceiling writhed in the light of the flickering flames, and the sight was really scary.

But when Lifa looked to the side, she saw that the companion who was sitting on the floor with his back against the wall was dozing off with a very calm or rather stupid look, and one of them was not traveling with them, as if he had gone out to explain to his companion (Nero and the others were about to teleport when the fire elves attacked, but Clyde vetoed them).

"Hey, hurry up—"

Lifa whispered as she tugged Kirito's sharp ear, but only to get a few dream words from Kirito in response.

"Hey, I'll log out when I'm asleep—"

Lifa tugged at the other person's ear again. As a result, Kirito's head lay directly on Lifa's lap, and then began to squirm to find the most comfortable position.

Lifa straightened her back in fright, her hands in the air, wondering how to wake her up.

But then again, it's no wonder she's dozing off in this situation.

Because the real world time that appeared below the line of sight was already past two o'clock in the morning. Usually Lifa herself would have been logged out at such a time, and then fell asleep in bed.

Yes, the Zheim – and the whole of Alpheim – is not really another world.

They are imaginary worlds built inside the server, which is currently supposed to be located somewhere in the real world in Tokyo, the capital of Japan.

Both Lifa and Kirito use a game console called AmuSphere to fully infiltrate the world.

Clyde, on the other hand, infiltrated with what he called 'military equipment'.

And getting out of this imaginary world is actually quite simple.

Just wave your left index and middle fingers down and press the Log Out button on the main menu window that appears.

Or as long as you sleep soundly in this place, the machine will automatically disconnect when it detects a change in brain waves. And wake up in the morning in a real-world bed.

But now, for some reason, they have to resist intense drowsiness to keep themselves awake.

So Lifa relentlessly clenched her fist with her left hand and struck it right in the middle of her companion's spiky hair.

The light effect sound sounded with a flash of special yellow effect of the physical attack, and Kirito also jumped up with a strange cry.

Lifa smiled and said to him, who was looking around with his head with both hands, "Good morning, Kirito." ”

"Morning, good morning........."

“…… Am I asleep?" Kirito pulled his face and yawned.

"It's still leaning on my thigh. Just punching you is cheap. ”

“…… That's embarrassing. To apologize, Lifa can also sleep on my lap......"

"No need!"

This guy really just looks very similar to his sister, and his personality is completely different from that cold schoolboy's sister!

"Stop talking stupid and use the good idea you came up with in your dreams to get out of this hellish place, right?"

"Dream ...... I remembered when you said that...... I almost got a huge fruit crème brûl......"

"I was stupid to ask you this question. Lifa said as she hung her shoulders weakly.

Then she looked at the entrance to the small temple again, and there was no movement except for the snowflakes that fluttered in the wind in the dark.

As for why they couldn't log out, it was because Lifa and Kirito were now trapped in the underground world of Üzheim and couldn't go back to the surface.

Of course, they can leave this game as they please. However, this small temple is neither a hotel nor a safe area, so even if consciousness returns to the real world, the soulless game character will remain on the scene for a while.

And the game characters that are left behind can be said to be very easy to attract monsters.

In this case, if attacked, the character will have to reduce their HP without resistance, and will die within two hits before being sent back to the storage location, Si Iluban.

In this way, it would be pointless for them to come here from the territory of the Wind Elves.

Lifa and Kirito aim to go to Arrun, the central city of Alpheim.

They should have set out from Si Iruban last night, correctly.

The trio flew over vast forest areas, traversed long mine tunnels, and repelled attacks by hostile fire elves.

Finally, after saying goodbye to them in the thanks of the Wind Elf Lord, Clyde had been gone for more than one o'clock in the morning.

Although I went to the toilet a few times and took a break on the way, I had been sneaking for eight hours at this time.

At this time, the central capital Arun seemed to be far away, and it was impossible to reach it immediately.

So Lifa and the others decided to let the trip end here first, and log out to the hotel in a nearby village to play the game. So they landed in the forest village that just came into view.

Even if you are troublesome, you should call out a map to check the name of the village and whether there are any hotels in it. Unexpectedly-

"I didn't expect - the whole village is a monster mimic......"

Kirito, who seemed to recall the same memory, sighed and said.

Lifa sighed and nodded.

"That said...... Who the hell said there are no monsters in the Arun Plateau!"

"I think it's Lifa who said that......"

"I don't remember ever saying anything like that. ”

The two of them continued to quarrel weakly, and then sighed together.

When Lifa and Kirito land in the mysterious village, they only wonder at first that there are no inhabitants, that is, the shadows of NPCs.

But when they feel that there will be at least the innkeeper and are ready to enter the largest building......

The three buildings that make up the village all collapsed at the same time. Before they could be surprised by the inn that had suddenly turned into a smooth sarcoma, the ground beneath them suddenly cracked, and beneath them was a wriggling, dark red cavern. That's right, what looks like a village in their eyes is actually a terrifying giant earthworm monster buried under the ground, using the protrusions around its mouth to form a bait.

Then they were swallowed in one gulp, and as they were constantly carried forward by the smooth digestive tubes of the giant earthworm, Lifa thought to herself that if she was dissolved by stomach acid like this, she could be sure that this would definitely be the worst way she had died in a year of playing ALfheim Online!