A shield.

A long iris shield rarely seen in the first few layers, with an iron skin fixed with rivets on the outside...... It's the unlucky one in the viscount's mansion, and every line is sad and urging......

A shield large enough to protect a muscular adult man's body, enough to hold a skinny girl.

Ye Chi took a lot of effort to put Miss Swordsman in the shield without violating the regulations on the protection of women.

…… It's not a body full of souls!

"Can you think of this way...... I'm kind of weird......"

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It doesn't matter what you think now.

Because, I will die here. Passing out in a labyrinth of ferocious monsters roaming around, it's impossible to be safe, let alone fall in front of brutal monsters.

Although there may be other players nearby, I don't have the luxury of expecting others to rescue others who have passed out because they are themselves in danger.

whereas

And they don't know how to help players who have fallen to the ground. In this world, the total weight that each player can carry is strictly regulated. At the bottom of the labyrinth, whoever should be able to reach it

With the maximum weight limit of medicine and reserve equipment, and should also carry the money and items from the battle, it is absolutely impossible to carry the whole other players on this basis.

- When I thought about it, I finally realized it.

A strong feeling of dizziness came up. As a reflection made at the moment before falling to the ground, this is inevitably too long, too comfortable. And the underside of the body should be a hard stone pavement, but there is a subtle soft touch coming from the back. Slowly, my body began to warm up, and at the same time, I felt a peaceful breeze on my cheeks......

As if making a sound, I opened my eyes.

This is no longer a labyrinth area isolated by thick stone walls. Rather, it was in a clearing in the middle of a forest, surrounded by ancient trees with golden moss and small flowers with thorns. In the center of this circular space, which is almost seven or eight meters long, he is fainting on this carpet-like grass...... No, it's sleeping on it.

But – what's going on here? Why should I have fallen at the bottom of the labyrinth area and moved to this remote area?

In the center of the girl's field of vision, a figure in a short gray-white cloak turned her back to him, her hands resting on her waist, and the hilt of a short knife.

On one side of the ground, a huge shield was held.

This outfit is obviously impressive, after all, in the fierce battle, the afterglow will also be memorable. I'm afraid that this man used some method to move his fallen self to the forest outside this labyrinth. Overlooking the surrounding scenery in the distance, more than 100 meters away from the left, there is a huge tower that reaches to the sky, where the first dark labyrinth area of Ain Grant is located.

The figure moved, its right hand clenched as if it was about to draw the knife, but quickly realized the situation, let go of the hand holding the knife, and turned its head.

The boy who looked a little older than her, although he still had the rounded lines of a young man between his eyebrows and eyes, already had the sharp edges and corners of a young man.

The four eyes met, and the boy didn't seem to wake up, his eyes were quite confused, but in a blink of an eye, they regained their depth and sharpness.

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Ye Chi was a little sleepy, but he quickly woke up, probably with the low air pressure that he had just woken up......

"Don't ...... Nosy ......" voice is tired and hoarse, but can hear the original beautiful voice.

Hearing this, Ye Chi's first reaction was "I'm going to get up with this bear child, it's very angry......"

Embarrassed......

Saving people is still not appreciated...... Also kneeling......

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Since being imprisoned in this world, Asuna has asked herself these words hundreds of times.

Why did you want to touch this new game console that didn't belong to you at that time? Why put it on your head, lie on a mesh bench, and read the command to start the game?

The one who bought this cursed fantasy VRinterface killing machine "NervGear" and the vast soul prison "SwordArtOnline" game disk was not Asuna but her brother Koichiro, who was much older than her. But for Koichiro, since he was a child, he has lived a life that has nothing to do with games and MMORPGs. The eldest son, who is the representative managing director of RECT, a large electronic machinery manufacturing factory, has received various education in order to become his father's heir, and at the same time has excluded many unnecessary things, why did he ...... NervGEAR? No, it's interested in SAO, and the reason for this is still unclear to Asuna.

Ironically, Koichiro didn't play the game he bought for the first time since he was born. Just on the day of the official launch, he went overseas on a business trip. The day before his departure, when he had dinner with Asukana, he made some joking complaints, and it seemed that he was really sorry.

Although not as good as Koichiro, but today when Assuna arrives in the third grade of junior high school, he has only been exposed to some free games on mobile terminals. Although I know about online games, because college tests are imminent, I should not have any interest in online games and no motivation to play.

So, one day a month ago, in the afternoon of November 6, 2022, I visited my brother's room, put the NervGear on the table on my head, and read "Link· Start" is here, but I don't know why.

In a word, everything changed on that day...... No, it's all over.

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In a room in the hotel on Initial Street, Asuna, who was blindly waiting for the end of the incident, did not receive any news from the real world after two weeks, and at this time she gave up the idea that the outside would rescue her. And then, though

However, the death toll of the player has exceeded 1,000, but the original maze has not been breached, and Asuna realizes that the idea of waiting to open the game from the inside is futile.

The only option left is "how to die".

I don't know how many months, no, how many years I have been in this safe street. Moreover, the rule that "monsters do not invade the streets" is not guaranteed that it will not last forever.

Rather than worrying about the future, it is better to get out of this street than to stay on your knees and hide in a dimly lit hut. Learn, exercise, fight as best you can. If you eventually exhaust your energy and fall, at least you won't regret your past rashness and regret the lost future.

Take action. Forge ahead. And then disappear. It's like a meteor that burns up in the atmosphere.

With this in mind, Asuna walked out of the hotel and stepped into the wilderness of an MMORPG world where she didn't know any terms. Relying only on the weapon of his choice and the only skill he learned, he came to the bottom of such an inaccessible labyrinth.

Now, it's just after 4 a.m. on Friday, December 2. I'm afraid it's because of the nervous reflex loss caused by the fatigue caused by this chaotic battle, and Asuna's path should be over. Located on the left side of the "Monument of Life" in the Black Iron Palace, the street of the Beginning, Asuna's name is drawn with a horizontal line, and everything ends as it should be, as it should be. That's how it should be.

However, this man changed all that.

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There was an awkward silence, and the girl seemed to realize that she was too rude......

Ye Chi first broke the embarrassing silence, "You...... How long have you been in it? ”

"Three or four days...... Right? ”

Ye Chi was really startled, what a warrior......

"And your supplies...... Repair equipment ...... What ......"

"If you don't get hurt, you don't need to repair your equipment, you brought enough bread and water, and you bought five of the same sword."

"Then you have to sleep, don't you?"

"It's ...... in the safe zone"

Ye Chi was shocked again...... It's one thing not to be afraid, but it's another thing to fall asleep surrounded by strong enemies.

"You're going to die like that!" Ye Chi's tone couldn't help but be a little harsh.

“………… Anyway, everyone is going to die. ”

The hoarse, cracking sound made the already cold early winter air even more harsh.

"After only a month, two thousand people died. And now, the first layer has not been broken through. It's impossible to get through this game. Nowadays, the only difference is where, how to die, and die early...... Or die late ............"

The Rapier uttered the longest and most emotive words to date.

It has been said that people are either busy surviving or rushing to die.

Obviously, the one who was rescued by Ye Chi was the one who was most concerned about the latter......

Ye Chi was a little irritated, just kidding, I finally fished you out......

"So, the guy who doesn't get in the oil and salt, go to the meeting, the first layer of the strategy meeting."

"This evening, in the 'Torbana [トールバーナ]' neighborhood closest to the labyrinth area, it seems that the first 'first floor boss strategy meeting' will be held."

"There's no point in wasting your life on ordinary monsters, at least...... Find a good opponent ......"

"Dying at the hands of the boss is also considered to be doing your best for the strategy, isn't it? It's a well-deserved death. ”

"Make yourself the bread for the great cause of success and freedom...... The moment your brain is boiled, flows from your eye sockets, from your nose, from your ears, and even bursts into your skull...... There will be a moment of ......"

"Satisfied...... Right? ”

The last sentence suddenly turned into a question, and when the accelerator looked up again, he saw only a faint shadow that had disappeared into the woods.

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"Really, and I talked a lot of ...... about myself."

"What a strange ......"

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The second more kills! What, no one spoke in the book review area...... I'll just change the week and believe it or not?