Chapter 23: The Truth
"Horizontal Quartet Slash!"
With a white sword light, the extremely fast horizontal quadruple combo added four new blood-red wounds to the wolf king's body. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
"Whew!"
The Wolf King let out a terrible howl, and at this time only the last of its health bars were glowing blood-red.
"Roar! Oh! β
The wolf king's body was shocked, and a strong air flow made Li Tong have to retreat. With the wolf king's howl, the dark cyan hard wolf fur on its whole body turned blood red. After these changes, the wolf king's eyes were furious, and he pounced fiercely on Li Tong.
"Is this the state of rage?" Feeling the power of the wolf king's sudden strength, Li Tong thought of the violent state that Agor had said.
Turning over to avoid the bite of the wolf king, Li Tong, who was on the side of the wolf king, found an opportunity.
"It's now! Vertical Quartet Slash! Li Tong picked the blade, and hit the waist exposed by the wolf king with four consecutive blows, and the powerful force made the wolf king unable to control and dump in the opposite direction, taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Tong launched a fatal attack on the waist of the wolf king's weakness.
"Nova ascends!"
"Hey! Ha! β¦β¦ Go to hell! At this moment, the ten consecutive attacks with strong attacks finally reduced the Wolf King's HP to 0.
"Roar!"
Leaving only a scream, the wolf king turned into a ball of blue shards in front of Li Tong!
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Two pillars of light rose from Li Tong's body in a row, and the experience of the wolf king made Li Tong directly upgrade two levels to level 7.
At this time, a dark blue settlement interface appeared where the wolf king disappeared.
Li Tong lightly clicked, and a long sword with a silver hilt in the shape of a wolf's tooth appeared in Li Tong's hand, and at the same time, 1000 Keer were put into Li Tong's backpack.
"Wolf King's Claw, Small Hook Claw, Attack 300-315"
I didn't care about this weapon, and I casually carried it into my backpack. Li Tong came to Agore, who was lying on the gravel floor with a sluggish face. At this time, she also enjoyed the experience of the wolf king's death because of the effect of teaming up, and was promoted to level 6.
Since the Guardian of Light has been unsealed by 7%, the recovery ability it possesses is naturally gradually appearing and increasing. Li Tong used the guardian of light in his hand to restore the remnant blood of Agor to full blood, then put away the guardian of light, and squatted down to look at Ago, who had not yet woken up from what Li Tong said.
"Hey, hey! Don't think about it, maybe what I'm saying isn't true! Looking at Agore's frightened expression, Li Tong comforted her with some distress.
"You...... You lie! The logout option you mentioned is really gone, and we're really stuck in the game. Agor wasn't a three-year-old child, and she didn't believe Li Tong's reassurance at all, although she hoped that what he said wasn't true.
"It's possible that it's a game bug!" Li Tong comforted again and said, seeing that Agor wanted to say something more, he pulled up Agor who was lying on the gravel floor, "Okay! Don't think about it, the wolf king has been killed by me, and the task is complete, so don't think about it so much. β
Li Tong regretted saying it so directly at that time, which caused Agor to be a little unacceptable now.
Agore wanted to say something, but he received an email from Li Tong, and when he clicked on it, he quieted down.
She looked at Li Tong with red eyes, and seeing Li Tong with a smile on his face, Agor blushed a little.
Just when Li Tong thought that Agor would cry and fall into his arms, he saw a sandbag-sized pink fist coming to his face.
"Oops! What are you doing? I'll give you weapons and Kel, why are you still beating people! It hurts! Li Tong covered his nose and said.
"Humph! Say you know what your intentions are? I took this wolf king's claw and 500 k'er, which is your compensation for me. Agor turned away, not looking at Li Tong. But the slightly reddened ears let Li Tong know that she was just tsundere.
"Yes! Be! Let's go back first! Li Tong rubbed his red nose, walked past Agor and walked in front of her.
"If you want you to say, if it weren't for me for this mission, even if you had that weapon against the sky, it would be useless!"
"Huh? Who is crying in fear on the sidelines? Oops! What are you doing by stepping on my feet? β
"Who told you to talk nonsense!"
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Is what he said true?
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At the beginning, he was waiting outside a tailor's shop when Agor came out of the shop with his head bowed. After they returned to the town, they came directly here to hand in the task and receive the task reward. But along the way, no matter how Li Tong asked, Agor just didn't tell Li Tong what the mission reward was.
Seeing Agore come out with his head down, Li Tong thought something was happening, and asked nervously, "Agore, what's wrong with you?" What are you doing with your head down? β
"......" Agor didn't reply, but pulled Li Tong to a corner.
"Huh? Do? What do you want to do, Agor? Why don't you speak. Li Tong was even more strange.
"......" Agor let go of Li Tong's hand, but still did not reply.
Just as Li Tong looked at her with a curious and worried expression, Agor suddenly raised his head.
"Wow!" In front of Li Tong was a face with a mischievous smile, and on the two faces, three things like animal whiskers were painted with makeup props. Combined with its short, golden-brown curls, it is always reminiscent of a rodent.
"......" This time it was Li Tong's turn to look at Agore speechlessly.
This made Agore, who was about to scare Li Tong, feel a little bored, and she looked at Li Tong dissatisfied: "Alas! How are you not intimidated! Isn't my appearance scary? β
I didn't feel any fluctuations in my heart, and I even wanted to laugh a little. Seeing Agor with his cute face and beard is the feeling of a rat that is nibbling on nuts. Li Tong's first reaction at this time was this, but when he saw Agore, who had been replaced with the claws of the wolf king, he still wisely chose to shut up.
"Why don't you speak?" Agore completely lost interest and glared at Li Tong, who was uncooperative.
"Are you trying to tell me that the only thing we're trying to accomplish is the beard on your face?" Li Tong couldn't help it, poked Ago's soft face, pointed to the beard on it and said.
"Take away your dirty hands!" Agor said with an unkind face, and Li Tong, who was watching, quickly withdrew his hand that was dead.
"Of course this can't be ......" Li Tong's face showed anticipation, "There are still 500 Keer!" Add the 500 kors you gave, and I have more than 1,000 kels, and I am a rich man! β
"It's my fault to expect from you!" Li Tong quickly complained, and then he was a little strange: "Obviously you look very cute!" Why dress up like this? β
"Bang!" Li Tong covered his nose and jumped again.
"Humph! Don't ask girls why they wear makeup! Agor shook his finger at Li Tong, who was jumping to his feet in pain, and then thought of Li Tong's first half of the words, and his face was a little ruddy: "Moreover, you are really a pervert!" β
At this time, Agor suddenly thought of something, and said to Li Tong, who had eased up, with some meaning: "Of course! If you give 100,000 yuan, I'll tell you!
"Who's going to ask this question with 100,000 yuan! You profiteer! Li Tong rolled his eyes, although he was indeed a little curious, but using 100,000 yuan to satisfy his curiosity, a fool would do it!
"Alas! Where do you live? Ago's sudden question made Li Tong stunned.
"Why are you asking that?"
"Nope! It's nothing! Just ask...... If you don't want to say it, forget it! Agor crossed his arms, turned around and left.
"Jingle bell!" Ago, who was leaving, suddenly received an e-mail - "Tokyo-Saitama Prefecture-Kawagoe City, come to me if you want to see me!" β
"Who wants to see you! Bastard! Ago's face turned around with a flushed face, and at this time, Li Tong already knew that Agor would react like this, and ran away early in the morning.
"Count yourself as a fast runner! Bastard! Agor looked at the position of Li Tong, who had disappeared, and his face was a little complicated: "If I pay off those people, if the logout option disappears is really just a BUG...... I mean, if I do, I'll probably come to you! Kirito ......"
And at this moment, the setting sun shrouded Aingrand.
The time in SAO has come to around 6 p.m., and because it is synchronized with the real time, most players at this time already have the idea of going offline for dinner.
At this time, a similar situation has arisen in several places. These are the cases where you find that the logout option is missing and you are complaining to the GM.
And in the vast grassland that spreads around the starting place, there is a blue boar's refresh ground, and the boars have been cleared at this time, and there is still some time before the refresh. There are two players here who are also discussing the disappearance of the logout option.
"What to do? The pizza I ordered has arrived! β
"Don't worry, if there is such a huge bug, the game company should react quickly, we just need to wait."
"But ......"
Suddenly, the world lost its original appearance forever.
Because the entire body of these two players is surrounded by blue pillars of light. Looking out through this blue membrane, I can only see the scenery of the grassland fading.
As the blue glow faded, they could see the scenery around them again. But they are no longer in the grassland under the sunset.
What you can see now is a large stone floor, surrounded by street trees, and a chic, medieval street. In the distance, there is also a huge palace that glows black.
This is undoubtedly the central plaza where the game begins, where it begins.
There are thousands of ...... It should be said that almost 10,000 people. All players in the game at the moment may be the same, and have been transferred to this square.
Seconds later, the crowd fell silent as they couldn't figure out what was going on, and then began to look at their surroundings in a panic.
Soon after, loud noises began to be heard from various places, and the volume gradually increased.
I kept hearing "What the hell is going on?" Can I log out then?" Hurry up and let me log out!" That's the case.
After a while, the noise of the crowd began to take on an agitated atmosphere, and "Stop kidding!" could be heard. GM come out for me!" Such a roaring voice.
Li Tong was also teleported to this square, located on the periphery of the square, at this time he was not as panicked as others, but looked around looking for something.
"Agor has been teleported here, too! Where is she? Due to the noise and surging of the crowd, it was difficult for Li Tong to find Agore, who was already petite.
As Li Tong walked, he suddenly saw a person who was almost exactly the same as his game appearance, he was with a man wearing a red turban at this time, without the panic of others, calmly waiting for the progress of things.
However, because he was in a hurry to find Agor, Li Tong didn't care about this strange person, and then he finally found Agor's figure at the edge of the square.
"Agoor!" Li Tong called her name, and was thinking about it, when everyone was attracted by the sudden change in the sky.
And Agor, who seemed to hear someone calling her, gave up her plan to find out who called her and looked at the sky.
Although he knew what was about to happen, Li Tong couldn't help but look at the sky.
Raising his gaze, a wonderful scene appeared in front of Li Tong's eyes.
One hundred meters above the sky, the bottom of the second layer, is dyed with a bright red checkerboard-like pattern.
If you look closely, you can see that the pattern is formed by the interaction of two English letters. As for the two words written in bright red fonts, they are GM.
Everyone in the square who saw this breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ahh
At this time, the noise in the square also subsided, and it felt like everyone was pricking up their ears to listen to the announcement.
But things didn't go the way everyone thought they would. The bright red lettering gradually turned into a blood-red giant in a cloak.
"Fellow players, welcome to my world. My name is Akihiko Kayaba. is the only one who can control the world now. β
"I think you've all noticed that the logout button disappears from the main menu. But that's not what's wrong with the game. I repeat it again. This is not a problem with the game, but the original version of SwordArtOnline. β
"From now on, you won't be able to log out of this game on your own until you reach the top of this castle."
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"Finally, let us show you that this world is the only reality for you. In your inventory, there's a gift I've prepared. That's the end of the game description for the official operation of "Sword Art Online". Ladies and gentlemen, good luck. β
With the appearance of Akihiko Kayaba's last words, the sky gradually returned to normal. But the nearly 10,000 players in the square were in a panic, and those pictures just now! Those materials! There are also the fact that 213 people died as a result of forcibly breaking away from NERvGear.
Some believe, some doubt, but in any case, everyone was shocked by what had just happened.
"The gift that Akihiko Kayaba said was ......"
With the voices of several people, everyone in the square opened their backpack slots, and there was a mirror in the inventory.
Everyone couldn't help but click, and for a while, the people in the square were shrouded in light. When the light dissipated, one by one there was a shocked sound.
Li Tong also regained his true appearance at this time, and he moved towards Agor's side, he was very worried about Agor.
And at this time, Li Tong felt strange people before. Suddenly, a rough male voice came: "What? Kiriko! You...... You're a girl! β
"I'm a girl! Although the original image was a little more neutral, it was to facilitate the battle......"
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After a period of confusion, both believing and not believing in it left the square. Some of them headed straight for Torbana, a town some distance from where it started. Unlike those aimless players, these people are very familiar with their identity as cheaters.
Some players find out about the salutation that comes out of their mouths.
One of them, the player named Kiriko, who was a man wearing a red turban, was refused permission to accompany him and left the place of origin alone to go to the nearest village.