Speaking of the monster arena on the seventh floor, it is completely different from the ancient Roman arena on the seventy-fifth floor "Corinia" that has just arrived.

The overall appearance of the place is more spooky and eerie, and the strange monster head is used as a symbol of the town.

In the battle arena originally built to find excitement from the monsters' battles, there are now two human players engaged in a "duel" in it.

……

"Ahh Got it! There they are! ”

Soon after the battle began, anxious guidance sounded from the corner of the stands, and several familiar figures quickly ran out of the spectator tunnel.

After receiving the report from the rat merchant, Lanzi and the others rushed here as quickly as possible.

Seeing the two people in the center of the arena constantly swinging their swords and colliding together, the heart that had just let go of a little bit rose to his throat again.

"Brother——! Yuki ——! ”

With his hands to his mouth, Naoba shouted the names of the two.

Although she would love to rush down to stop them, this mode is forbidden for others to enter.

In the arena, Naoha's voice was suddenly heard, and both of them hesitated for a moment, and then temporarily stopped attacking.

“…… Tsk, Argonauts, doing superfluous things again. ”

Smacking his lips in dissatisfaction, Yuki, who was a little helpless, glanced up at his companions in the stands, and then withdrew his gaze.

She knew that she might not be able to hide her whereabouts from the sophisticated informant, so she went out of her way to 'warn' Argobe to 'betray' her.

Especially those girls in her guild, the reason why she came here non-stop was because she didn't want them to see this scene.

Returning his gaze to Kirito, the young swordsman also visibly hesitated, if he was willing to stop now, Yuki wouldn't mind.

But soon, the boy clenched his swords hard again.

（…… After all this, I still don't want to give up, it seems that Heathcliff's 'chips' are very big...... ）

(Maybe where is that guy looking right now?) It's really nasty fun. ）

(But...... ）

Raising the weapon of his right hand against the opponent's upper slash, the calm words accompanied by the sound of the sword appeared in the ears of the black-haired swordsman.

"Kirito, are you really serious about challenging me with such a sluggish sword?"

“——！”

Yes, Yuki's description is not wrong at all, it is sluggish.

Each attack seems to leave three points of leeway, and the "sword technique" launched is not aimed at the critical position determined by the system.

Don't talk about 'duel', it's not even a fight.

“…… Is it really that obvious. ”

For the first time, there was a look other than silence on his face, and Kirito, who had retreated again, smiled bitterly.

"Isn't that something to be taken for granted? Although 'Deathmatch' is indeed without the protection of the system, your timid appearance is really unsightly. ”

"If you want to achieve something, you can fight for it with the sword in your hand, this is the world you are fascinated by, isn't it?"

“……”

Although Kirito didn't say anything, Yuki could still see it from the hesitation in his sword.

Until now, this guy probably hasn't really made up his mind.

It is not known what exactly Heatscliff promised him......

(Really, now is not the time for counseling for underage students...... ）

From time to time, the girl's own system warns that her body in the outside world is getting closer and closer to its limit.

So then she must clear the game as soon as possible and find out "Kayaba Akihiko".

“…… Sorry, I see. ”

It seems to have been awakened by Yuki's words.,The boy who raised his head again seemed to have matured a lot in an instant.。

People always grow.

"That's what it means!"

Hearing the other party's answer, Yuki laughed happily.

After all, this may be the last battle 'their' in this world.

"If this is something you've already decided, go all out without regrets!" Kirito'! ”

“…… Yes! "Excellent"! ”

Shouting and rushing out at the same time, the single and double swords crossed together again.

Maybe that's how 'men' communicate with each other.

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"What to do! Sister Lan! Why did they start again? ”

Her face turned pale again, and Naoba originally thought that her call had an effect, but the two of them stopped for a while and started fighting again!

“……”

Only this time, Lanzi didn't make a sound.

With a strange look in her eyes, her sister with long hair quietly looked at the figure of the girl in the field.

“…… Do you always feel that something is a little different? ”

Asuna, who had also been watching the battle, seemed to see something on the fence.

There is no heaviness that I saw when I first came in, although the two are still fighting fiercely, but I can't see that it is a life-and-death struggle at all.

It's more like a contest of 'sword skills'?

Sure enough, they are too sensitive to 'deathmatch'......

……

"This is it, right? Hey——! Kirito, you guy! ”

With a deep roar, a somewhat restless samurai rushed out of the grandstand passage at the other end and shouted at the young man on the field.

"It's too loud! Mr. Klein! This will disturb Kirito-sama! ”

Covering his ears, the brown-haired young stickman grumbled.

Subsequently, many people followed behind the two one after another.

It seems that the rat-faced intelligence merchant didn't just inform Lanzi and them.

In order to prevent the duel between these two people, Argo also took great pains.

But it's no wonder, after all, the result this time is enough to affect the game strategy.

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At this time, although there are more and more 'spectators' in the stands, Kirito has no energy to be distracted.

Adjusting his somewhat chaotic breathing, the swordsman, who was fully engaged in the battle, focused all his attention on the girl in front of him.

Looking at the figure on the opposite side that didn't even reduce much, Kirito even had the illusion of facing 'that man'.

(With this strength, it's no wonder that it catches his attention...... ）

(But it's like a good ...... Yuki said, since it's been decided, I won't be willing to go all out once. ）

Since the conventional sword skills were completely surpassed by the other party, they had to use the 'unconventional' one.

Whether his sword can go in front of that man or not, he will use the next move to confirm!

Standing up straight, the young swordsman, who was silently reciting a skill, kicked into the ground and rushed forward.

(This is ...... ）

After receiving Kirito's first blow, Yuki found that the other party had abandoned all defenses this time, and waved the dual swords in his hand with a lonely momentum.

("Star Burst Stream"...... ）

A famous stunt of a second sword appeared in the heart of the sword girl.

"Drink, ah, ah, !!!"

However, as the ultra-high-speed sword light became faster and faster, the continuation of the sword technique seemed to have the expected deviation.

Subconsciously used the "Holy Chant of the Virgin" to resist, although the opponent is sixteen consecutive blows, but with her current strength, she can defend with this move.

(No, this should be ......?!) ）

Red sword marks appeared on his arms, and sword light struck from all directions like a storm, which also made Yuki rejudge the name of this "sword technique".

This move is the highest level skill of the second knife stream.

- The Eclipse.