"Don't you understand?"

He Yuan paused and sat down opposite Xing.

"Luckily, what do you think of my strength?"

"Well, although I didn't see it in person, however, Kirito said that you are the strongest of all players, then, you are the strongest."

He Yuan smiled slightly.

Just because Kirito said that I was the strongest, did everyone believe that I was the strongest?

"Oh? It seems that Kirito's bond with you is stronger than I imagined. ”

"Then do you know that before, I was also as afraid of facing monsters and death as you were?"

"Huh?"

Xing opened his mouth wide in surprise: "Mr. He Yuan, will you be scared too?" ”

"Hehe, apart from madmen and psychopaths, who in this world is not afraid of death?"

"It's just that there are some things that make people feel that they are afraid, afraid, dying or something, but it's not a big deal."

"Fear, fear, and death, isn't that a big deal?"

Yuki muttered this sentence, as if he understood something, but he didn't seem to understand anything.

"It's so profound."

"Esoteric?" Shaking his head, He Yuan stood up and stretched.

"So, let me put it another way."

"Luckily, are you afraid of death?"

"Hmm."

"So, if one day, Kirito and you encounter a powerful monster, after a battle, Kirito and the monster will both lose."

"In the final blow, you have two options."

"One is that Kirito and the monster died together, and only you survived."

Hearing He Yuan's words, a "boom~~" explosion in Xing's mind emerged, and the picture He Yuan said emerged.

Will Kirito die?

No......

"The second is that your substitute Kirito resisted the monster's attack, Kirito can kill the monster and survive, and you will die because of being hit by the monster."

That's right, that's it, as long as that's the case, Kirito-kun will survive.

"Luckily, tell me, what is your choice?"

"I'll pick the second one."

Without the slightest hesitation, Yuki spoke out loud about his choice.

"Really?"

Hearing the expected answer, He Yuan blew the hair on his forehead with a "whew".

It's been more than half a year, and my hair has grown a lot.

"So fortunately, you are really dead this time, and you have successfully rescued Kirito."

"However, the next time Kirito is in danger again, who will come to save him?"

"Knock knock!"

"Knock knock!"

Yuki's pupils contracted suddenly, his heart pounded, and invisible fear spread.

If you die, Kirito, will you still die?

No......

I don't want that......

"He, Mr. He Yuan, please, save Kirito......!"

"Ugh."

Sighing, He Yuan looked at the girl kneeling in front of him and helped her up.

Perhaps, luck will be better than you imagined.

"It's not me who can save Kirito, it's you, luckily."

"Me? I'm so weak, can I really save Kirito? ”

"Then become stronger, strong enough to save Kiritto every time without dying, then, you can always save Kirito."

"It's so strong that you won't die every time you save Kirito, and it's so strong that you won't die every time you save Kirito......"

Xing muttered this sentence silently, his fists clenched in front of his chest, and his eyes instantly became much firmer.

"Yes, that's it."

Xing's changes, of course, couldn't escape He Yuan's eyes, and he smiled slightly, He Yuan's voice made Xing listen a little ethereal.

"Fortunately, this is the potential to become a strong man."

"Firm faith, and, beyond the consciousness of death."

……

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Since Asuna's departure, the two have been in frequent contact by email.

He Yuan didn't want to be like when he was on the twentieth floor, because there was no contact between the two sides, which led to an incident like Asuna going to the maze area to level up late at night and straying into the boss room.

Of course, from the email, He Yuan also knew a lot about the front line.

In the past ten days, the BOSS of the 24th floor was killed by the Blood Alliance Knights, which greatly increased the prestige of the Blood Alliance Knights again, and the official number of members increased to eighteen.

And as the deputy head of the Blood Alliance Knights, Asuna is at the top of the game in terms of strength, prestige, and appearance.

In order to prevent Asuna from having an accident, a man named Kladir proposed the idea of serving as Asuna's "escort", but Heathcliff did not object.

In addition, it is the people of the "Ayn Grant Liberation Army", most of whom have moved to the twenty-fifth floor, and it seems that they also want to learn from the Blood Alliance Knights to attack the boss of the first layer alone.

For these "army" people, He Yuan is also hehe.

Where do they think this is? Can the boss be conquered by a large number of people?

The higher the level, the greater the gap in equipment, and the more obvious the gap in strength.

Think about Kirito when he was level 79, standing still and letting five or six players around level 50 attack, the damage he received couldn't compare to his own recovery speed per second.

And the people in the "army", most of them are low-level players, whether it is level or equipment, they are all behind the boss, such a group of people, raiding the boss of the ordinary floor, not to mention the boss who has improved a lot every twenty-five floors.

After clicking "Send" on the written email and closing the system bar, He Yuan shifted his attention to Xing, who was fighting the skeleton warrior.

In the past 10 days, Xing's progress has not been insignificant.

From being frightened by the attack of the bumblebee to crying, to now facing the terrifying-looking skeleton warriors in the first layer of the maze area, their faces have not changed, and the growth of their mentality has obviously matured.

However, I don't know what's going on, He Yuan always feels that the battle of Xing is a little awkward.

I don't feel it when I'm defending, but when I attack, Yuki's body always trembles slightly.

After observing for a long time, He Yuan realized that every time he attacked, Xing's right body would appear outside the shield.

"Is there a problem with the sense of security?"

He Yuan touched his chin, this question, when facing these ordinary monsters, there is no problem.

However, once the opponent is a human or the boss of the floor, it will become a huge flaw.

So, what to do?

……

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Huh?"

He Yuan, who was in deep thought, was awakened by the continuous sound of collisions, and looked up, but saw that because he was deep in the labyrinth, he did not pay attention to the increase in the number of monsters, and was currently attacked by three skeleton warriors and fell into danger.

However, to He Yuan's surprise, when Xing's sword was shot down by the skeleton warriors, he faced the attacks of the three skeleton warriors, but fortunately he actually guarded it well, and every time the skeleton warriors attacked, they were resisted by the small round shield in his left hand.

"Shield? That's right! ”

Seeing this scene, He Yuan clenched his right hand into a fist and smashed it on the palm of his left hand.