"Wow, ah————————!!!!!!!!hh

Lifa couldn't help but scream and looked forward, immediately noticing that many yellow arrows appeared one after another in the slightly wider passage.

I think it's a half-orc living in a cave.

"Wait, wait, there's a monster......"

Despite this shout, Kirito didn't mean to slow down at all, and rushed directly into the monster group.

"Wow——————"

Lifa's screams overlapped with the roars of the monsters.

But the kitchen knife-like weapons in the monsters' hands didn't hit Lifa and them once.

Kirito instantly found the gap between the enemies, and then sprinted away from the monster horde. By the time the orcs turned their heads to chase them with angry voices, they had already moved on to the next passage.

After that, he encountered orcs and other monsters several times, but Kirito still didn't stop, just kept passing through them, and of course Kirito, a very huge monster group was formed behind them.

They made earth-shattering noises like earthslides and chased after the three of them.

Of course, in order to prevent some unlucky players from encountering such a large group of monsters, Clyde was kind enough to kill some (although it was only a drop in the bucket for Kirito's speed of attracting monsters).

"Oh, it's almost to the exit!"

As soon as Kirito's words reached his ears, his vision was immediately covered by a white light, and the ground beneath his feet disappeared.

"Babbling?"

Lifa couldn't help but close her eyes, screaming and moving her hands and feet, and then noticed that the loud noise surrounding her body spread in one breath.

When she opened her eyes with a wincing, she realized that she was already in the middle of a wide sky.

It seems that Kirito didn't slow down the castration at all, and it was like he was spraying out of the open outlet in the middle of the mountain. The gray cliffs beneath your feet stretch downward. The three of them drew a parabola with inertia and fell straight down.

Lifa hurriedly opened her wings and entered the gliding position, and it was not easy to exhale all the breath blocked in her chest.

"Poof!"

Lifa, who was breathing rapidly, looked back at this time and found that the exit of the cave that was gradually moving away was already crowded with monster legions that had caught up.

She felt a stir in her heart, and then glared at Kirito, who was flying with her back to her.

"-I've been scared by you to live for years!"

"Wowhaha, doesn't that save a lot of time?" Kirito said with a smile.

"But you didn't do that when you were at SAO?" Clyde laughed teasingly.

"Ahem! That's going to die, I don't want to do that in that game. ”

"Forget it...... The so-called labyrinth is to ...... While you spend your energy searching for enemies, you should be careful not to connect monsters in series...... It's just playing a different kind of game......!"

As Lifa grumbled a few words, she looked around again.

Below is a wide grassland, with lakes everywhere glittering with blue waters. And then there's a river that meanders around like it connects all the lakes, and farther a—

"Ah......h

On the other side of the sea of clouds, a huge hazy black shadow appeared floating in the sky. The trunk of the tree, which was as thick as a pillar of heaven, stretched out in all directions as if it had formed another celestial body.

"That's it...... World Tree......" Kirito beside him muttered in awe.

From this spot just over the mountains, the trees that are nearly twenty kilometers away after the real distance have taken over a corner of the sky and have shown an overwhelming presence. It is impossible to imagine what it will be like to stand at the base of it.

"The Mage Tower doesn't seem to be that big. Clyde couldn't help but sigh, although the size of the Court of the Dead is unimaginable to humans, if it is only the Mage Tower, it is really not comparable to the World Tree here (here refers to the floor area, not the height).

After the three of them looked at the World Tree wordlessly for a while, Kiriri came back to his senses and said:

"Ah, we can't waste any more time here. Lifa, where is the meeting of lords going to be?"

"Ah, yes. Well, although the whole Central World is surrounded by the Ring Mountains we just crossed, there are actually three large gaps in the Ring Mountains. One is the [Dragon Valley] of the Fire Elf Territory, the other is the [Rainbow Valley] of the Water Elf Territory, and then the [Butterfly Valley] is connected to the Cat Demon Territory...... I heard that the meeting was held at the inner exit of the Valley of Butterflies......"

After looking around, Lifa pointed to the northwest and said:

"I think I'll fly in that direction for a while. ”

"Understood. How much time is left?"

"Twenty minutes—"

"If the opponent is going to attack the talks, the fire elves should move from this side to that side......" Kirito's finger pointed from east to northwest.

"I don't know if they're already ahead of us. In short, it is necessary to step up. ”

"It would have been better if it had arrived before the attack. Clyde said.

"Hmm······ Anyway, why didn't you see any monsters?" Kirito asked as he flew over the clouds.

"Ah, that's because there are no gym-type monsters in this Arun Plateau. I think that's why I chose this side of the meeting. ”

"I see, it's really disappointing when a monster suddenly pops up when talking about something important...... However, it would be nice if there were monsters popping up now. ”

"Why do you say that?" said Lifa.

"I wanted to drag a bunch of monsters and let them run into a large army of fire elves like I did just now......" Kirito smiled mischievously.

“…… It's a shame that you came up with such an idea. This time, there are more fire spirits than the people who attacked us in the cave, so if we have time to send a warning signal, all of them will flee into the territory of the cat demon, and if we don't have time, we will all die together, and that's all there is to it. ”

"But with us, it's different. With that, Clyde patted Kirito on the shoulder.

"Hey, hey, don't forget, we're using an ordinary weapon, not an 'artifact' that only the upper echelons of SAO use!"

Although the weight is to meet Kirito's needs, the durability is only a little more than that of an ordinary broadsword, and it definitely can't be used for a long time (don't worry, this sword will be retired after you rescue Asuna).

"Haha! I've got a spare weapon in my backpack!" Clyde laughed.

"So cunning!"

"The enemy has been found!" At this time, Lifa, who was flying high in the air, suddenly shouted to the two of them.

At this time, countless low-flying black shadows appeared in the corners of the plateau. They formed a wedge-shaped formation in groups of five, and from the way they flew in a dense manner, they looked like a group of fighters silently approaching their targets.

Then look at the front of the group. You can see that there is a small circular terrace there. The long white strip that was swinging horizontally must have been a long table. There are seven white chairs on the left and right sides, which seems to be the recommended configuration of the meeting room.

The people sitting in the chairs may have been preoccupied with the talks, and they have not yet realized the impending crisis.

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