With tears in her hazel eyes, Asuna quietly pressed her lips to my clenched hand. The soft touch of her lips www.biquge.info convey directly to me.

"I want to be with you all the time, not just in the game, but in reality...... Sorry, I may have been too greedy. ”

"No, Asuna said that, and I was very touched. I stroked Asuna's supple hair and whispered in her ear.

"However, I have a few reasons, so I can't tell you how I can contact you in real life for the time being. I'll tell you all this when I've cleared this death game. "I think telling Asuna now that she's not from this world might make her a little unbelievable, so I'm going to hide it, and there's a way to come back anyway, right?

"Well... Okay, I trust you. Asuna chuckled and rested her head on my chest.

"Let's sleep again, it's not time to go to the strategy group yet. I hugged Asuna and pulled the quilt up a bit.

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"It's time to start a new day, really. Asuna showed a little girl posture on the bed, and she didn't want to go down at all.

"Ah, I really can't help you, so I'll help you take a day off from Captain Heathcliff. I sighed, cleaned up my room, closed the door, and walked over to the Knights of the Blood Alliance's residence.

"Say so. Are you going to give Asuna a day off?" Heathcliff looked at me with a playful look, the curiosity in his eyes giving me goosebumps.

"Yes—" Heathcliff said slowly, in a long tone.

"That's great, then I'll go first... I nodded quickly, I didn't want to stay next to the old fox Akihiko Kayaba for a moment.

"But you need to fight me. "Heathcliff's words made me stop, one of the tasks in the system mission is to defeat Kayaba Akihiko, Heathcliff is also a character controlled by Kayaba Akihiko, so I fight him, if I win, then the mission is completed.

"Yes. I nodded, unafraid to meet Heatscliff's scrutinizing gaze.

"Then let's go to the dueling arena on the seventieth floor. Heathcliff smiled and handed me a teleportation crystal.

The 70th floor of the main street district, which opened last month, is full of Roman-style buildings. The name shown on the map is "Hagen". There are already many swordsmen and merchants stationed here, and there are also many people who don't participate in the raiders just to see the streets, and the whole town can be said to be full of life. This, combined with the fact that there was a rather rare special event today, caused the transfer door to be flooded with visitors from the morning.

The streets are made of white limestone cut into four corners. Along with the temple-style buildings and the wide waterway, it is a huge arena that stands in front of the transfer gate. My showdown with Heatscliff was decided to take place here. But......

"Popcorn for a cup of ten coles!"

"Cold stout!"

At the entrance to the arena, there are many merchant player shops, each of them tearing their throats out and shouting to sell rather suspicious-looking food to the long queue of spectators.

"W-What the hell is going on? Am I not here to fight?" I cried out in surprise at the bustle at the entrance to the arena.

"Come on, come on, the Sword of Guardian is going to PK with the Divine Sword, the head of the KOB, come and place a bet!" There were some strange voices on the side, and after hearing my title, my eyes were attracted to it, and I found that there were already a lot of people gathered in the place where the voice came from, is there still gambling in Sword Art Online?

Grabbing a player with a hurried face who seemed to be also about to place a bet, I asked:

"Are you gambling?"

"Who? Then I looked at the sword I was straddling at my waist, and it looked like it was you.

"Black hair, and this black quaint sword... Are you the Sword of Guardianship?"

"You know me?" I said in amazement.

"Of course, there are a lot of players who know you, and when the news of your duel with KOB Leader Heathcliff spreads, there are even more players who know you. If nothing else, I'm going to place a bet. The player smiled, then pointed to the players in front of him in a circle.

"Oh oh, it's okay, you go. "I don't understand the situation.

When I looked up, I immediately saw a fat man who was no more unsuitable for wearing a KOB red and white uniform than him, and walked here while shaking his fat belly.

"Ahh

He said to me with a smile on his round face.

"Thanks to your help, we've made a lot of money! Speaking of which, it would be great if this kind of event were done once a month!"

"Who has that kind of idle kung fu to duel once a month!"

"Come on, the lounge is over here. This way, please, this side, please. ”

I limbly followed the man who had begun to walk slowly. At this point, I had already decided in my heart that I didn't care so much, and I just had to let it go. After all, Heatscliffe's strength is not weak, not to mention that he also has the same hidden skill as Kirito's Twin Sword Stream, the Holy Sword.

The lounge is a small room facing the arena. After Dashan led us to the entrance, he said that there were still betting odds to be adjusted and disappeared, and I couldn't muster the energy to scold him. The auditorium seemed to be full, and there were faint cheers coming into the lounge.

The arena announced the start of the showdown, mixed with cheers like thunder in the distance. I drew my sword and swung it twice, then walked towards the square circle of light that looked like it had been cut off.

The stepped auditoriums that surround the amphitheater are packed with people. In my opinion, at least more than 1,000 people. In the front row, Achill and Klein can be seen, shouting dangerous words such as "kill him" and "kill him".

I walked to the middle of the arena and stopped. Immediately after, a bright red figure appeared from the opposite lounge. The cheers from the audience became louder.

Heathcliff usually wears the uniform of the Blood Pact Knights with a white background and a red pattern, but now he wears the exact opposite of a short coat with a red background. Although he wore little armor like me, the large pure white cross shield held on his left hand was particularly eye-catching. It seems that the sword should be tucked away on the inside of the shield, because at the top of the shield, the hilt of the sword, which also has the shape of a cross, can be seen protruding.

He walked up to me with ease, looked at the audience around him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said:

"I'm sorry, Don. I didn't know how a good duel would turn out to be like this. ”

"I'm going to have to charge for the show. "I had a rare joke with the guy in front of me who seemed to me to be an old fox. After all, I'm still a member of KOB

"No...... You are a member of our guild. I would consider this matchup as one of the team's priorities. ”

Heathcliff retracted his smile as he finished speaking, and his brass-colored pupils gave in an overwhelming momentum. I couldn't help but feel timid and took a half step back. I knew in time that Heathcliff was actually just a helpless person, and the only conversation between the two of them was a digital archive, but even so, I could still really feel the other person's murderous aura now.

I switched my consciousness to combat mode, receiving Hizcliff's gaze from the front. The deafening cheers slowly faded away from me, and I wondered if the sensory organs had begun to speed up, and I even felt a subtle change in the colors around me.

Heathcliff took his eyes off me, stepped back about ten meters, and then raised his right hand, his eyes completely ignoring the window to manipulate the menu. In an instant, there was a showdown in front of me, and of course I chose to allow it. The setting is to choose the first-hit win-loss mode.

The countdown has begun. The cheers around him had diminished to the sound of small ocean waves.

Blood flow throughout the body gradually increases. With all my strength to suppress my urge to fight, and after the last bit of hesitation, I pulled out the sword of love on my back. I was up against an opponent who had to give it his all to have a chance to win from the start.

Heathcliff pulled his slender sword out of his shield and put it in a battle position.

His posture of facing the shield to this side, exposing only the upper half of his body, was quite relaxed and natural, and it seemed that he did not use any extra force at all. I knew that anticipating the enemy's first move would only add to my doubts, so I made up my mind to attack with all my might at the beginning.

Although neither of them looked at the window, they rushed out at the same time when the text "DUEL" appeared.