On that day, Kirito and several others suffered the most unacceptable shock in their lives.

On that day, Xiangkong and Shenwufeng talked for a long time, and in the end, Xiangkong's personal will prevailed, and the plan to transfer the realization of the mechanized body ran aground.

On that day, Xiangkong and Argo sat on top of a pillar-shaped boulder in the wilderness, leaning against each other as they watched the moon set and sunrise, Yui dancing around them.

Xiangkong whispered about the bits and pieces after breaking away from SAO, and Argo put his cheek on Xiangkong's shoulder, listening quietly, from the moon rising to the edge of the sky, revealing a touch of fish belly white, Xiangkong finished all the experience.

"Why didn't you see me then?" Argo whispered.

An orange glow appeared on the horizon, and a ray of golden yellow was emerging.

Xiangkong looked at the clouds in the sky, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I was dying at that time. ”

"So what?" Argo pursed his lips.

Xiangkong was speechless for a moment...

So?

Because he is going to die, he thinks that he has no future, and a person without a future can only be alone, because he cannot give his loved one a future.

However...

Although he was still alive now, he also had no bright future, so at this moment, Argo sat next to him, and he could not answer the question.

"I'm sorry," Xiangkong said apologetically, maybe one day he would suddenly disappear, leaving Argo with nothing but sadness.

Argo didn't speak, but the hand that hugged Xiangkong's arm increased slightly, and she seemed to see everything.

……………

Time in the real world cannot be shaken, and no matter what happens, it will not affect the ever-flowing world. In ALO, players are becoming more and more powerful, the dragons found in various countries are gradually broken, and the time for the release of the [Dragon Remnant] mission is getting closer and closer, with the help of his parents, Xiangkong is no longer worried about whether he can complete this task, but is worried about where he will belong after completing this task, and he will stay here for the rest of his life...

Although this time is extremely happy, but everyone will not be satisfied, he wants the happy time to last, not forever, but he does not want to have a clear time limit set on it.

Today, after eight months of ALO's operation, it has finally ushered in a major transformation, the mission called [Dragon Remnant] has officially begun, and the new scene of the Netzheim Labyrinth has officially opened, and unknown evil monsters roam the dark underground world, waiting for players to challenge.

Regarding the new scene, Shoku is not interested at all, his mind is all on the task of [Dragon Remnant], as Yui said, the content of the mission is released for him.

Soon after the release of the Dragon Remnant Quest, players with a total of about 500 in each territory directly defected and broke away from neutral countries, but there was not much splash in today's growing player base.

These 500 players are members of the Shenwu Family, and will later help Xiangkong attack the World Tree.

While players are interested in a newly released mission, they don't know that someone is already preparing to end it.

All players are talking about the newly released mission, and the clues about the mission still need to be explored by the player step by step, so no player has yet realized that the goal of this mission is actually very simple, just a player who is several times stronger than them.

The subordinates arranged by the Shenwu family have defected to the neutral country and are ready, and it is time for Xiangkong to go to the neutral country, and it is still unclear what the future will be, and now he can only take one step at a time, and Kirito, Asuna, and Argo also plan to attack the World Tree with Xiangkong.

In the case of reducing the difficulty, it is not difficult to attack the World Tree, and when parting, Xiangkong came to the Emerald Capital and made an appointment to meet Shuoye.

As the only friend he knew at ALO, Xiangkong felt that he had to at least tell him.

Shuo Ye was quite surprised by Xiangkong's appointment, because she only learned about Xiangkong's appointment through an email sent by an unfamiliar ID.

"I'm leaving."

In the first sentence of the meeting, Xiangkong was not hypocritical, and directly explained his intentions.

Shuo Ye was slightly stunned, and subconsciously said, "Where are you going?" ”

Xiangkong smiled and said, "World Tree." ”

"World Tree?" The night was shocked.

Xiangkong nodded affirmatively and said, "Well, I'm going to attack the World Tree." ”

Shuo Ye did not doubt Xiangkong's words, but asked, "Are you alone?" ”

"Of course not, if I am alone, I will not be able to attack the World Tree."

"But..."Shuo Ye hesitated slightly, "Why do you suddenly want to attack the World Tree?" With the current player's strength, it can't be beaten at all. ”

Xiangkong didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "The target of the mission of the remnants of the dragon clan is me, and I need to attack the World Tree to kill the elf king Oberon." ”

The sudden increase in the amount of information made Shuo Ye's whole person stunned.

"W-What?"

Seeing Shuo Ye for the first time with such a look, the corners of Xiangkong's mouth were slightly raised, and he smiled: "I'm here to say goodbye to you today, maybe we may not be able to meet again in the future." ”

The words that seemed stunned were said in a mocking tone.

Shuoya couldn't understand what Xiangkong said for a while, but the words that she couldn't see each other again touched her heart.

"Are you getting out of here?"

Xiangkong's expression paused slightly, then he nodded slowly, and said, "Yes, I want to leave here, although I don't know where to go yet." ”

"Are you really leaving?" Shuo Ye asked unwillingly, she really wanted to ask for the reality information of Xiangkong, but the implicit rules that reality and games could not be connected finally made her unable to speak.

Xiangkong nodded affirmatively.

Shuoye couldn't help but sigh in frustration, and then, the heroic face turned serious.

"Let me help you..."