"Can't you fly around it...... What about jumping into the lake?"

"No way. Didn't I say it just now, it seems that there are super-high-level water dragon-type monsters inhabiting it. Fighting in the water without the help of the water spirits can be said to be equivalent to suicide. Lifa shook her head at Kirito's proposal.

"Then it's just fighting!"

Facing Kirito who was in a fighting stance with a giant sword and Clyde, who had already pulled out the sword, Lifa could only nod and bite her lip.

"That's all there is to it...... It may be a bit unpleasant, though...... The fact that the fire elves can use such a high level of earth magic means that there must be a fairly high-level mage in the team......"

Due to the small size of the bridge, the worst-case scenario of being unilaterally surrounded and annihilated by most enemies can be avoided.

But in addition to facing an overwhelming disparity in combat power such as twelve against three, they still can't fly in this labyrinth. There's no way to bring the fight into the aerial brawl that Lifa is good at.

The outcome of the battle depends entirely on how much combat power the enemy has.

- But it seems that the situation is not very optimistic......

Lifa, who was standing beside Kirito, snorted inwardly, and then pulled out a long knife.

The sound of heavy metal is gradually approaching here, and the group is already visible to the naked eye.

Standing at the front, the three fire elf giants lined up, wearing armor thicker than those they had fought the day before, holding weapons such as spears in their left hands and huge metal shields in their right hands.

After seeing their equipment, the internal handicap is the same as in the real world, and there shouldn't be so many left-handed players.

But before he could say the question in his heart, Kirito, who was standing next to him, glanced at Lifa and said:

"It's not that I don't believe in your abilities...... But can I ask you to play a supporting role here?"

"Huh?"

"I hope you'll be tasked with helping me and Clyde recover later. That way, I can fight as hard as I can......"

Lifa looked at Kirito's two-edged greatsword and Clyde's greatsword again.

It was quite difficult to wield a greatsword-type weapon on this narrow bridge and then be careful not to hurt your companions.

Although it was not her personality to play the role of health replenisher, Lifa nodded, kicked the ground lightly, and retreated to the rock blocking the bridge deck. In fact, there is simply no time for them to discuss.

Kirito turned and crouched down, pulling the greatsword back as far as he could, while Clyde clenched his longsword like a knight.

Three fire spirits approached them with a tsunami-like pressure. At this time, Kirito could not be considered a burly figure, and he had twisted to the point where he was almost about to make a sound. And the eyes seem to be able to see the energy accumulated in his body emanating from it. When the distance between the two is within attackable range-

"-Hey!"

With a flash of lightning, Kirito's left foot took a step forward, and the giant sword wrapped in the blue attack effect light swept towards the crimson heavy warrior.

The sound of a sword slicing through the air, the impact of shaking the bridge, this was undoubtedly the most powerful slash Rifa had ever seen. But......

"Huh......?"

Lifa could only stare wide-eyed for a while, unable to speak. The three fire elves didn't wield their weapons at all, just leaned close together to push out the shield on their right hand, and then shrunk their bodies under the shield.

After a loud 'click!' sound, Kirito's sword slashed against the tower shields side by side.

As a result, the air shook violently, and even the surface of the lake rippled excessively. But the heavy warriors only stepped back a little, and still withstood Kirito's attack.

Lifa hurriedly checked the HP bar of the fire elves.

All three have decreased by more than one percent. But in the next moment, the sound of chanting incantations immediately sounded behind the heavy warriors, and the bodies of the three avant-garde guards were immediately surrounded by blue light. By recovering the chanting of the spell, the HP bar was fully restored in an instant. And then—

"Don't let me not exist~" As if switching in a boss battle, Kirito retreated sharply, and Clyde, who was close behind, also swung his big long sword in his hand.

Bang Bang !!!

The attack power is equal to or even stronger than Kirito, making the heavy warriors on the opposite side take a step back sharply, and the HP drops by more than one layer again!

"It's not over yet!"

Because he didn't use skills, and he didn't use the so-called hard stun, unlike Kirito, who habitually had a slight pause when swinging a sword, Clyde swung a sword again at the angle of the swing of the sword after a sword!

Smack!!!

"Goo-whoa!!" a heavy soldier on the opposite side made a painful sound.

But at the moment when the heavy warrior revealed the gap, orange fireballs suddenly continued to be launched from behind, drawing countless arcs at the top of the large cavern and falling straight down, finally exploding where Kirito and Clyde stood.

After several explosions that were large enough to stain the entire surface of the lake red, large and small black figures were engulfed in flames.

"Kirito! Clyde!"

Lifa couldn't help but let out a cry that bordered on mourning. The HP bar of the two of them decreased rapidly, and Kirito entered the yellow alert zone in an instant, while Clyde went directly into the red alert zone and almost died (Gense!continued——! the battle continued!It is better to die than to live!).

In a fully technical game where ALO's HP bar limit doesn't increase much, it's a miracle that you don't die immediately at the first hit of the kind of sophisticated multi-magic attack that the opponent just did.

What's more, Clyde was still hit directly in the face!

Lifa shuddered and understood the enemy's intentions.

The enemy group was clearly aware of Kirito and Clyde's incredible physical attack, and this was the method they had devised to counter it.

The three heavily armed guards did not participate in the attack at all, but simply defended with heavy shields.

No matter how powerful the swords of Kirirido and Clyde are, as long as they are not directly hit in the body, they will not be fatally injured.

The other nine are all magicians. Some of them work as an avant-garde health toner, while others attack with curvilinear ballistic fire magic. This is the formation that will be adopted when attacking the Demon King who is good at physical attacks.

But why is it that so many people had to be mobilized to snipe three people.

However, there was no time to think about it in depth, and Lifa immediately began to chant about the healing magic.

She cast the highest level of healing magic on Kirito and Clyde, who had finally emerged from the gradually dissipating flames. Kirito's HP bar immediately began to fill, and Clyde was only back outside the yellow cordon.

"Do you want to fight us as bosses?" Clyde naturally guessed the other party's intentions.

"Oops~ I said you were a boss before, but now I'm really being beaten as a boss. Kirito shrugged helplessly.

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