The hillside is relatively steep, and this big insect boss runs very fast, if you run down the mountain, you will definitely be caught up by this big bug, but if you run towards the mountain, Chu Yue is still carrying Saxia, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the physical strength slot will be empty.

Therefore, Chu Yue was halfway up the mountainside and ran towards the other side.

Behind Chu Yue, the big bug was chasing after him, if it wasn't for Chu Yue using a speed crystal, the big bug would have been able to attack Chu Yue and Sasha a long time ago.

However, the time of the Speed Crystal is also limited, and the cooldown is relatively long, so it is impossible to reuse it indefinitely, so you must think of other ways before the BUFF time of the Speed Crystal is over!

And, now there's one more important thing!

The large bug has a child Morder's sword stuck in its tail, indicating that the children have fought the big bug. And the big bugs are climbing down from the top of the mountain, which means that those children are probably higher up the mountain!

Sasha also calmed down at this time, and understood that she had just done something bad, and now she had pushed Chu Yue and herself into a very dangerous situation.

"Mr. Chu Yue......" Sasha gritted her teeth and said, "You can put me down!" ”

"Why?" Chu Yue said as she ran.

"If it weren't for me, you'd have left this place long ago...... It's all because I ......."

"What a stupid thing!" Chu Yue interrupted Sasha's words, "You let me put down a girl and go alone?" What do you think of me! I'm a gentleman!! ”

"Gentleman, gentleman......" Sasha was stunned for a moment. She certainly didn't understand the intrinsic meaning of the word at all......

At this moment, the big insect seemed to be chasing angrily, and suddenly launched a skill, spitting out a mouthful of green liquid towards Chu Yue and Sasha!

Sasha heard the voice, looked back, and saw a puddle of green stuff covering her face, and immediately closed her eyes and screamed: "Ah-"

Fortunately, Chu Yue, who has been in a hundred battles, reacted extremely quickly, and when the big insect spit out the liquid, Chu Yue had already quickly added a one-time leaping skill to himself, and before the liquid touched the two of them, he jumped high and jumped high.

Still rising into the air, Chu Yue said to Sasha: "Hold me tight!" ”

Sasha was still screaming, and when she heard Chu Yue's voice, she finally opened her eyes.

In an instant, she saw that Chu Yue's feet had already left the ground, and on the ground was a black mountain forest, and the extremely conspicuous white insect. And he and Chu Yue were still rising into the air, although the speed was getting slower and slower.

"Dodge, dodge?!" Sasha said with some surprise.

"Hold me tight!!" Chu Yue said loudly again.

Sasha suddenly didn't think of anything, her arms hugged Chu Yue's neck, and her legs also stretched out behind Chu Yue from both sides to clamp Chu Yue's waist.

Because Chu Yue was a princess hugging Sasha before, Sasha was still in front of Chu Yue at this time......

This posture is, of course, indecent...... But in times of crisis, no one cares what to say.

The ascent finally stopped, and Sasha and Chu Yue began to fall to the ground.

It's slow at first, of course, but it's getting faster.

The big bug's skill was empty, but its own speed did not slow down, and the position where Chu Yue was about to fall was exactly on the body of the big bug.

Chu Yue had already drawn out his sword and launched a charged sword technique, with the speed brought by gravity, this sword technique may cause a terrifying damage!

Poof-

The sword plunged into the body of the big bug.

The blood bar on the top of the big bug's head suddenly dropped a lot.

However, what no one expected was that when Chu Yue's sword was inserted into the body of the big bug, the wound of the big bug instantly splattered out of the same liquid as the big bug's spit out!

I can't avoid the liquid that spilled out like this this time...... Chu Yue and Saxia were drenched in these liquids all at once......

"Yikes! It's disgusting! Chu Yue suddenly shouted, and at the same time hurried to look at the blood bar.

Sasha also felt the liquid and opened her eyes, but ...... The glasses were full of green liquid, and nothing could be seen.

After reading the blood bar, Chu Yue wondered: What's going on? There is no shortage of blood at all?

However, then, Chu Yue understood...... Because, the system sent a reminder that the durability of the armor is about to become zero!

Looking down again, whether it is his own or Sasha's, the clothes on his body have been corroded! That's right! That's the kind of corrosion!

"......" Chu Yue was speechless for a moment, but she didn't expect that it was a fellow practitioner who designed this monster......

However, according to the damage of the sword just now, Chu Yue also had a general understanding of the blood volume of this boss.

As long as Sasha stops making trouble, she can defeat this boss!

After the sword was inserted into the big insect, Chu Yue and Sasha also fell on the back of the big insect, moving quickly with the big insect.

"Miss Sasha." Chu Yue said to Sasha, "Next, I will attack the boss, and it will be dangerous for you to do anything else during this period, so please keep this position until I kill the boss." ”

Sasha blushed suddenly, she only blushed at this time, obviously not realizing that her clothes were corroded......

"Okay, okay......" Sasha replied with a blushing face. This blush is entirely due to the indecency and ambiguity of the pose......

Chu Yue no longer hesitated, picked up the sword, and slashed at the monster's head as she ran.

Every time the sword is slashed, the big insect will sputter green liquid on its body, because it has been sprayed, so Chu Yue simply doesn't bother to dodge, anyway, the attributes added by the armor are only defensive attributes, as long as the weapon is not corroded.

Under Chu Yue's rapid slash, the blood bar of the big insect slowly decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And the big bug was attacked by the enemy on his back, but he was helpless against the enemy on his back, so he could only keep making sharp turns, trying to throw Chu Yue and Sasha off his body.

However, Chu Yue's reaction was really fast, and every time before the big insect made a sharp turn, he inserted a sword into the big insect's body, and held the sword tightly as a mast.

It's just that the huge inertia makes Chu Yue and Sasha almost hang on the sword together, which causes Saxia to hug Chu Yue tighter every time the big bug turns sharply......

After tossing for a long time, the big bug finally decided that the net was broken, twisted his body, and rolled down the mountain!

It was still halfway up the mountain, and the fat body of the big insect began to roll sideways towards the bottom of the mountain, but it couldn't stop until it was at the bottom of the mountain.

However, Chu Yue and Sasha were originally on the big bug, and as soon as they rolled like this, the big bug pressed Chu Yue and Sasha and rolled down together.

Fortunately, Chu Yue was experienced in all kinds of dangerous situations, and after being crushed by a big insect once, he directly stuck his sword on the ground the second time.

The sword slashed down the hillside for a while before finally stopping. Chu Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

And the big insects, rolling faster and faster, finally disappeared from Chu Yue and Saxia's field of vision, and they could only see the trees that were constantly crushed by the big insects, all the way to the foot of the mountain.

After the big bug arrived at the foot of the mountain, Chu Yue received a system prompt and obtained the experience and money obtained from killing the boss.

It seems that the big bug died directly after rolling to the bottom of the mountain......

Chu Yue finally relaxed, and said to Sasha, who was still holding her tightly, "Sasha, it's okay, let's go quickly...... Belch...... Alas......"

Sasha didn't even know when she fainted!

Looking at the blood bar, Chu Yue didn't receive much damage, but Sasha's level was not high, and the HP limit was not high, and at this time, the blood bar had turned yellow, and it would turn red if there was a little more.

Feeling that Sasha had fainted and was still holding on to herself, Chu Yue called out a little helplessly: "Sasha, wake up!" Sasha! Hurry up! The kids found it! ”

"Where?!" Sasha was stimulated by Chu Yue's last sentence and suddenly sobered up.

"The big bug is dead, let's hurry up and find the children." Chu Yue said.

"What?! The bug, dead? Sasha said in surprise.

"Hmm......" Chu Yue put away his sword and stood up, "Thanking its vice, I have been promoted by one level, and you have been promoted by several levels." ”

"Hmm...... Chu Yue, your clothes? Sasha couldn't help but ask when she saw that Chu Yue's clothes were corroded and only some pieces of cloth remained.

"The effect of that big bug's skill." Chu Yue said, "It seems to dissolve the cloth, but it is ineffective against the material of the metal, and it will not cause harm." ”

As he spoke, Chu Yue opened the prop bar and changed his clothes, and the clothes full of erotic meaning just now instantly turned into a normal piece of equipment.

"Sasha, you...... Are there any clothes left? Chu Yue asked Sasha again.

Sasha was stunned for a moment, looked down, and finally found that her clothes had already been dissolved in large pieces, and now this rag clothes can't even cover her shame......

However, to Chu Yue's slight surprise, Sasha didn't scream this time, nor did she reprimand Chu Yue, she just curled up and blushed, and said to Chu Yue: "I, I don't have any other equipment......"

Chu Yue nodded, gave Sasha a piece of clothing, and asked Sasha to change the clothes on her body.

If you want to say that it is convenient to change clothes in SAO, you will change your clothes instantly if you change your equipment directly, and you don't have to worry about embarrassment.

"Wait......" Chu Yue said suddenly.

Doesn't the durability of clothes explode to pieces and disappear when the durability becomes 0? Why didn't these two clothes disappear?

Chu Yue took another look at the prop bar, and found that the durability of the clothes had indeed become zero, but it had not disappeared.

Chu Yue really wanted to study what the reason was, but it was more important to find the children as soon as possible.

"Let's go!" Sasha said to Chu Yue.

"Hmm!" Chu Yue nodded.

Sasha and Chu Yue began to climb towards the mountain again, still calling the children's names as they climbed the mountain.

Finally, when I was about to reach the top of the mountain, I heard the voice of a child.

Chu Yue and Sasha hurriedly followed the sound to find them, and in a small cave, they found these embarrassed children.

And after Sasha saw these children, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But......

"Where's Model?!" Sasha asked.

Several children looked at each other, but they did not dare to speak.

Chu Yue frowned, and then said, "Have you ever fought with a big bug?" ”

Finally, a girl told Chu Yue and Sasha: Moder was killed by the big bug while fighting the big bug.

……

The Town of Initiation.

When Sasha came back with the children and Chu Yue, it happened to be morning.

In a rented cottage, the children all fell asleep in the bedrooms. And Sasha and Chu Yue walked out together.

"What's next?" Chu Yue asked Sasha.

"That...... It's rude, but ......," Sasha said, "May I ask Mr. Chu Yue's name in reality?" ”

This is indeed rude, as it means revealing your real identity in this death game.

However, Chu Yue only smiled and replied, "My game is the same as the name in the display. ”

"Hmm......" Sasha paused, not seeming to believe Chu Yue's answer, but she didn't say anything, nodded and said, "Mr. Chu Yue, will you always be on the front line?" ”

"Well, not necessarily." Chu Yue said, "I actually enjoy this game very much. Whether it's fighting, or living. ”

Sasha was silent for a while, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Chu Yue just asked me, what are your plans, right?" ”

"Hmm." Chu Yue nodded.

"I want to, help the children." Sasha replied.

"Huh?"

"It's not just the kids." "In SAO, there are many children like Modell. I want to protect these children and I don't want to see another child happen to Moder......"

“…… What a great idea. Chu Yue said.

"No, not ideal!" Sasha immediately retorted to Chu Yue: "From today onwards, I will work hard for this!" ”

"Then, you just work hard!" After Chu Yue finished speaking, she looked at the sky: "Huh? It's already noon, we told Asuna yesterday that we were going to meet at the gate at noon today, right? ”

"Hmm......" When she heard Asuna, Sasha's eyes seemed to dim a little, and she said, "I, if I want to go back and see the children, I can't go." Chu Yue, thank you Miss Asuna for me. ”

"Okay." Chu Yue nodded, suddenly realizing something: "Huh? We...... When did you start calling each other by their first names? ”

"Hmm......" Sasha didn't realize this problem, but remembered that when she met Chu Yue yesterday, they still used each other's honorific titles.

"Forget it, it's good." Chu Yue said, "Then, I'll go to the gate of the town, bye-bye!" ”

"Well, goodbye......"

After watching Chu Yue leave, Sasha took a deep breath.

"Come on!" Sasha cheers herself up.

Chu Yue's side, when she arrived at the gate of the town, she found that Asuna was already there.

"Chu Yue? How are you alone? Or in town...... Did the children find it? As soon as Asuna saw Chu Yue, she immediately asked.

"Well, hard work." Chu Yue said, "I was lucky last night, and after finding the children, we came back together." ”

"So, what about the kids?" Asuna said, "Are you all right?" ”

"It's all right except for one person who died." Chu Yue said.

"Dead, dead a ......" Asuna looked hurt at once.

"That's their own fault." Chu Yue said.

"Chu Yue! How can you say that!! Asuna immediately wanted to reprimand Chu Yue again, but she was stunned for a moment.

Obviously, it was Chu Yue who came to help, if it weren't for Chu Yue herself, maybe she didn't know about this kind of thing at all, then why did Chu Yue say such things now?

Asuna looked at Chu Yue and felt that she couldn't understand this man.

"By the way, how many people have gone to the second floor now?" Chu Yue suddenly asked Asuna.

"It's everyone who killed the boss, why do you suddenly ask this?" Asuna asked.

"Well, sure enough......" Chu Yue nodded.

"What?" Asuna is strange.

"No one knows yet, right? Now the clearance of each layer is no longer exclusive to players, but for all players. Chu Yue said.

"You mean?" Asuna looked surprised.

"Now that the first layer has been cleared, all players can go to the second layer." Chu Yue said.

"Wouldn't it?!" Asuna couldn't believe this news, "Chu Yue, how do you know ......?"

However, Chu Yue didn't answer Asuna, waved her hand, and walked towards the teleportation area of the first layer and the second layer: "I still have something, goodbye!" ”

"Hey!" Asuna wanted to stop Chu Yue, but Chu Yue ignored Asuna and left directly.

A few days later, the next issue of Hope was published, which told players that as long as the first layer was cleared, all players could go to the second layer of information.

For a while, there was a wave of players flocking to the second layer.

Half a month later, December 23, 2022.

The day before Christmas Eve, there was exciting news from the front: the second floor had also been cleared. On this day, another wave of players poured into the third layer of Ayn Grant, among them, there was a man in a black trench coat and a man with long black hair.

One day later, December 24, 2022.

Christmas Eve, after today, it's Christmas.

In the game, it snows heavily in various places to celebrate, and the towns are automatically decorated with various Christmas-specific costumes.

The trees in the center of the town's square have been turned into Christmas trees, and a variety of Christmas-exclusive items have appeared in the NPC shop.

Anyone who knows the game knows it: Christmas is here.

It's been a month and a half since the game's open beta, which is the start of this game of death.

Players who are accustomed to the game have already started to enjoy the game life.

The first Christmas in this game is a feast for these players who enjoy the game.

The first floor, the Town of the Beginning.

Ever since she decided to take in the children, take care of them, and educate the underage children trapped in the SAO, Sasha has rarely rested.

And now, Sasha is called by the children: Sasha Sensei.

With the increase in children, Sasha felt the most helpless about the house.

A house is big enough to guarantee the children's life and learning, but now the rented house is too small.

However, today is Christmas Eve, and Sasha is now out shopping for Christmas holiday props and preparing to go back to celebrate Christmas with the children.

At this time, Sasha received a system prompt: You have received an email, please go to the messenger to pick it up.

Who sent the email on Christmas Eve?

Sasha is a little strange, she has been busy taking in and taking care of children, and she rarely knows anyone who needs to send an email to communicate.

However, the messenger is not far away, so let's take it with me and pick up the mail.

Picking up the mail from the messenger, Sasha opened it and walked back.

However, as soon as I opened the email, I received another system prompt: There is a prop that was mailed with the email, please check.

Click to check, the system is improved: get the [Church Key of the Town of Beginning]

Key?

Sasha was a little surprised, and took the key out of the inventory, it looked like a large key, and there was nothing to pay attention to in the item description.

Sasha looked at the email again, and there was only one line and a photo.

The words are: Thank you for all the children's families, Merry Christmas.

The photo shows the cathedral in the town of the beginning.

Without hesitation, Sasha turned and ran towards the church.

At the church door, Sasha uses the Church Key in the Town of Beginnings.

System Improvements: Congratulations, you have taken ownership of the church in the town of start, and you can use the church as you please.

Sasha was stunned, this Christmas gift was so expensive!

Who sent this anonymous email? Sasha recalled her acquaintances, but no one could afford such a cathedral.

Finally, Sasha thought of a man with long black hair.

Chu Yue!

Only he could afford such a cathedral!

However, they only got along for less than a day...... And it's been half a month, if it's really Chu Yue, why did he give himself such a valuable Christmas gift?

The third level of Ayn Grant, the Misty Forest.

Most of the players, at this time, have already stayed in the town, enjoying the pleasure of completely relaxing for the first time in a month and a half.

Christmas, even if you are trapped in SAO, should have a good time.

But......

In the snow of the Misty Forest, there is a lonely figure.

With each step, he would step on a footprint in the snow, though some of the footprints would be covered by the snow falling from the trees of the Misty Forest, making it impossible to see a trace.

The snow is still falling, but there is no wind, making the snow in this forest look particularly gentle.

Finally, Chu Yue walked over to a glowing white oval stone.

"Here we are." Chu Yue muttered to herself.

Chu Yue walked straight towards the stone, and then there was a fluctuation in front of Chu Yue, and Chu Yue entered a copy in the fluctuation.

Not long after leaving, Chu Yue saw a Christmas tree that emitted a blue-white glow.

At this time, the Christmas bells are ringing.

As the Christmas bell rang, a huge humanoid boss suddenly fell from the sky.

The giant humanoid boss is dressed in Santa Claus's clothes, but looks like a zombie, holding a huge axe in his hand and four blood bars on top of his head.

"The rewards for the Christmas event are pretty good." Chu Yue drew his sword and pointed it at this boss.

"Don't let me down, Akihiko Kayaba!" After Chu Yue finished speaking, she rushed towards this Santa Claus boss.

Santa Claus also raised his axe at the same time and slashed down at the little Chu Yue at his feet!