I finally slept for two days, but what was the feeling of dying this way?

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"Have you heard of Artoria?"

"Is that the pure white knight?"

"What, I think she can be called the Knight King!"

"That's right, her sword skills were too strong when she was attacking that day, I saw it with my own eyes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Eh, so you're a player in the Raiders team?"

"That's right."

"Wow, tell me what happened that day! I'm just listening to other people, too. ”

"What can I say.......... Fortunately, her sword broke after she let go of the skill, so it should be a super skill that can only be used once........."

"Eh, you still have such skills........

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In a bar on the twelfth floor, a group of players are gathering to discuss something.

"So it's pretty much the same as they say." Kirito drank the juice in front of him in one gulp and shrugged at Klein, who was sitting across from him.

“......... That Diabel........ Dead........ "It stands to reason that he should be happy, but Klein can't be happy anyway when a living person dies like this.

“........ It's also my fault for that," Kirito couldn't help but clench his fists at the thought of the scene that day. "If I hadn't come back in time, Diabel wouldn't have died, and Artoriya Sand wouldn't have .........."

"Won't it be anything?" Klein asked nervously.

“.......... Alas, she has been in the field since the raider, and she has never returned to the town, so it must have been three days. ”

-- Just like Asuna at that time.

"Shhh..........hhh

"Originally, I wanted to persuade her, but I think it might be more appropriate for you to go." Kirito smiled at Klein.

“........ Thank you. ”

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There was the sound of swords clashing in the open field.

-- This is the only way to the next boss, pale pavement, pale trees, only monsters and players who come here have color.

It is absolutely impossible for a normal person to stay here for too long, because he will be crazy with loneliness.

But a young girl stayed here for three days and three nights.

Artoria mechanically swung the heavy sword in her hand, which she couldn't see, and turned the monster in front of her into a pile of shards.

Numbness, only numbness. In the past, I always had a sense of excitement after killing a monster, but since that time, killing these monsters has only brought me the thrill of revenge.

-- But lately, I haven't even felt the thrill of revenge.

Maybe I've been here for a long time and I've seen too many monsters disappear, and now the girl's heart has no waves.

Mechanically raising the sword, swinging, killing, the delicate face does not have any emotional fluctuations.

Paired with the blue dress she changed into three days ago, such a girl unexpectedly gives people a sense of slaughter.

-- Killing machines are always more terrifying than ordinary killers.

Perhaps in another time and space, a girl with the same appearance slashed the enemies in front of her in this way, spilling their blood on the quest to defend Britain.

He is worthy of being a knight king.

........

"Artoria Sand......." Just as Artoria was about to step forward, a tired voice stopped her.

Klein saw the girl turn her head at his shout.

What kind of eyes are there, although she stares at you, but her unfocused eyes make people think that she doesn't see you at all.

"Artoriya Sand!" Ignoring the amount of red blood consumed by the monster because of his forced rush into the field, Klein rushed to Artoria in three or two steps.

"..........." The girl was still staring at where Klein had just been, and she didn't even lift her eyelids.

“.........”

The two fell silent.

What to say now?

Looking at Artoria like this, Klein frowned distressedly.

This is not the pure white knight Ji at all, and that raider has almost changed her from the inside out.

She's not as naïve as she used to be.

Klein suddenly raised his hands and wrapped the girl around him.

The girl did not resist either.

In the silence of the field, suddenly there was a girl's whimper.........

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