This is a palace full of blood red, you can see the wandering spirits flying everywhere outside the wall with weird laughter from the hollow pattern, this is the Ruby Palace on the 100th floor of Ain Grant, and it is also the place where the final boss - Kayaba Akihiko is waiting for players, the Ruby Palace, which has been sleeping for nearly a year, finally opened its doors today, and ushered in the first player to challenge. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Say what?"

"Although I'm sure I can win, but there are always accidents in everything, if I lose, please help me take care of Asuna and Celica, just tell them that I just failed the challenge and was locked up in the Black Iron Palace, and when the game is cleared, I will be released, just for a while, don't let it be noticed!"

Kayaba looked surprised, and after moving one eyebrow, he simply agreed to my request.

Kayaba operated the window with his left hand, adjusting the HP bar to the same length as me and his. That's close to the red zone, and you only need to eat a heavy attack to determine the amount of the winner or loser.

Then the guy had a "changedintomortalobject" on his head - a system message to remove the undead element. Once he had reached this point, he removed the window, drew his sword from the floor, and placed the crosscoat behind him.

My consciousness was calm and clear, "I'm sorry, Asuna, Celica, I said I was going to take you two out" This somewhat negative thought bubbled up in my mind, and then flew away, and my heart was enveloped by the battle instinct, and it began to become as sharp as a blade.

To be honest, I don't know what my chances of winning are. In the previous survey, I didn't think I was inferior to him in terms of swordsmanship.

However, if Kayaba exerts the special authority of the administrator at a critical moment, it all depends on whether Akihiko Kayaba is thick-skinned or not.

The tension between the two grows. It feels like the air is going to freeze because of the murderous aura emitted by the two, this is no longer a duel, but a simple murderous battle.

"Kill you!"

Exhale sharply from your mouth and kick the ground at the same time.

When there was still some distance between them, the sword in his right hand swept out. Kayak easily fended off with the shield in his left hand. Sparks flew away, illuminating the faces of both of them for a moment.

The crash of metal against each other was like a signal that the battle had begun, and the sword light and sword shadows that accelerated between the two of them began to press the space around them.

It's the most irregular and humane of the countless fights I've experienced so far. Both had seen each other's moves before. In addition, many swordsmanship skills are still designed by that guy, so the simple continuous skills will definitely be recognized by him.

I don't use the combos set on the system at all, and I just rely on my own combat instinct and basic swordsmanship to constantly swing the sword in my hand. Of course, there is no way to get system assistance in this way, but relying on the perception of being accelerated to the limit, the arm can easily exceed the usual speed of swinging the sword. Even his own eyes saw the appearance of several, if not dozens, swords in his hand because of the afterimage. But-

Kayaba constantly swung my attacks down with astonishing accuracy. And as soon as I make a gap in my attack, he immediately throws a sharp counterattack at me.

And I can only rely on my instantaneous reflexes to resist it. The whole situation is deadlocked. In order to get more information about the enemy's thoughts and reactions, I can focus my mind on the eyes of the Kayaba. This leaves the two eyes staggered.

But the brass eyes of Heathcliff had always been rather cold. The human feelings that used to appear in the conversation before have completely disappeared.

Suddenly, I felt a chill down my spine.

He is now facing a man who ruthlessly killed 4,000 people. Can an ordinary normal person do such a thing? Bear the heavy pressure of 4,000 deaths, 4,000 people's resentment, and still remain calm -- that is no longer a human being, but a monster.

"Damn. ”

Seeing that my attack had no obvious effect on the Kayama, I let out an angry roar. The movement of my hands was even faster, and I launched several attacks in a row in a second, but Kayaba's expression still didn't change. He swung his cross shield and long sword at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye, and he literally bounced Tang Wenke's entire attack away.

He's just playing with me!

"Damn it, eat me!"

I instantly switched to the battle mode and used the one-handed sword super high-level sword skill [Ghost String Decisive Slash] that I had obtained in a hidden mission, just like a roaring ghost general roaring, countless ghosts and monsters turned into countless sword shadows under the leadership of the ghost general and killed the past.

But he was waiting for this moment, waiting for me to perform the system's prescribed combo. For the first time, an expression appeared on the corner of his mouth. This time, however, it was the opposite of what had happened before - a smile that confirmed that he was about to win.

After the first few attacks, I had already discovered my mistake. At the last minute, he didn't rely on his instincts to seek help from the system. It's no longer possible to stop halfway through. At the end of the attack, I will enter a short period of stiffness. And Kayaba knows everything about my attacks from start to finish.

Seeing that the kayaba completely guessed the direction of his sword, and dizzily moved the cross shield to block all the attacks, I sighed helplessly in my heart, and silently entered the state of [madness], originally I wanted to consume part of the strength of the maoba in the [madness] as a hole card, it seems that now I have to start in advance.

My perception kept accelerating, and I opened my eyes wide with only countless shadows and flashing map scenes. It can be seen that he can still barely find the figure of the kayak in this state of liberation to the extreme [madness].

"Drink, ahh With each advance, the silhouette distorted, and the surrounding scene seemed to be blurred as if it could not withstand such speed, but instead of stopping, the movement was aimed at the center of Kayaba's chest with more force.

"What, beyond the speed of the system's calculations?" Kayaba Jinghiko looked at the afterimages left by more than a dozen Tang Wenke around him, and exclaimed, Ayn Grant couldn't judge Tang Wenke's speed.

I don't know if there was a price to pay for breaking through the maximum limit of Ayn Grant, and the sharp pain ran through my body.

But he gritted his teeth and continued to move his arms. It's only a few tens of centimeters away, but it feels so far away. The body was frozen cold. Only the left arm left in the whole body still had a feeling.

Suddenly, I saw a steady smile appear on the corners of Kayaba's mouth that was slightly open in surprise.

Half of it was Tang Wenke's own consciousness, half of it was guided by some incredible force, and his arm survived this last distance. Kayaba closed his eyes and took the sword that silently pierced his body. His HP bar is also gone.

For a moment, the two of them stood on the spot in this posture that ran through each other's bodies. With all my strength, I looked up at the sky outside the palace that had cleared for some time.

"So... I'm sorry, Asuna. The HP slot on his head quickly emptied, and in his consciousness that gradually sank into darkness, he felt that his body and that of the kayak had turned into thousands of fragments and flew away. Two familiar sounds of breaking objects overlapped. This time, all the feelings were really far away from me, and I quickly detached from the outside.

At this time, the inorganic sound of the system sounded as if to cover up other noises.

Game Strategy Complete - Game Strategy Complete - Game Strategy Complete - Game Attack ......

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Tang Wenke, who woke up, still had some difficulty believing the fact that he was still alive, pinched his thigh in confusion, trembled all over, and felt the feeling of pain, he was indeed alive?

Probably in the sky above Ayn Grant?

"Awake?" a familiar voice suddenly sounded beside me. I don't know when a man is already standing on the side, and this person is Akihiko Kayaba.

His face was not Heathcliff, but his original face as an SAO developer. He wears a white shirt and tie, and a white robe. On his weak, thin face, only the metallic eyes gave the same feeling. And those eyes are now full of gentleness, looking at the vanishing floating city. His whole body is also translucent like Tang Wenke himself.