The final labyrinth - the Ruby Palace.

It is not so much a leveling area full of monsters as a magnificent palace, the interior is extremely wide and without any decoration, but it inexplicably gives people a sense of grandeur, as if it existed forever, without any traces of artificial carving.

Looking up, there is no top of the staircase, only a red staircase winds upward, and at the end of the staircase, two bright red gates can be faintly seen.

"There...... It's the boss's room, right? ”

Kirito took a deep breath, his tone filled with strong emotional fluctuations, both the excitement and nervousness of facing the final boss and the shock of being in such a magnificent building, as he looked at the sky-high staircase without saying a word.

"This sense of oppression, this is really worthy of ......"

Asuna opened her mouth, but the following words were difficult to say, she subconsciously clenched the thin sword in her hand, and her pretty face showed a restless look.

"Let's go."

Xia Qianshi let out a breath and stepped on the stairs first, and Asuna and Kirito hurriedly followed one after the other.

Xia Qianshi didn't calculate how many steps there were on the ladder, but he only knew that it was very long......

As we all know, Al N'Grant is a huge floating city, and at the top of this floating city, there is something that rises upwards like a spike.

However, only players like Xia Qianshi, who have reached the hundredth floor, know how thick and magnificent this thing looks like a needle from a distance, and looks like it up close.

In short, it is part of the entire Ruby Palace.

Xia Qianshi guessed that they were now walking in this 'spike', and walked down the stairs to the top of the 'spike', which was the final boss room.

There weren't any monsters along the way, but it still took Xia Qianshi and them nearly an hour to reach the top of the ladder.

At the end of the stairs, there is a red platform, and from the stairs to the platform, a wave of water ripples spreads out on the soles of everyone's feet.

Then, two vermilion gates ten meters high appeared in front of everyone.

"The final boss is inside...... Kirito took a deep breath and clenched the dual swords in his hands.

"Yui......" Asuna murmured softly.

Xia Qianshi closed his eyes and was silent.

What he should have said had been said as early as yesterday, and in this world, he no longer has any regrets, nor does he have any confusion in his heart.

The rest, there is only-

"End it all today!"

Xia Qianshi opened his eyes suddenly, and a trace of sharp light flashed in his black pupils, and then, under the gaze of Asuna and Kirito, he stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and pressed it on the door-

"Boom!!"

It looked like a gate that required the combined efforts of hundreds of people to push, but under Xia Qianshi's gentle push, it made a trembling sound and opened to both sides.

"Mommy, Mommy, you're finally here! Yui has been waiting for you for a long time! ”

Before the door was fully opened, a very happy crisp voice came from inside.

- Immediately after, Xia Qianshi and Asuna only felt a huge suction force pulling them, causing their bodies to be sucked into the door without any control.

The next moment.

With a "boom", the door closed tightly, and Kirito, who was blown by the violent wind pressure, took two steps back, and the bangs on his forehead also flew up, revealing the face full of bewilderment below.

“……”

At this time, Kirito has a sentence in his heart that MMP wants to say.

After being stunned for seven or eight seconds, Kiritsu reacted and hurriedly rushed up to push the door.

But no matter how much effort he tried, the gate didn't move at all.

"Brother Qianshi!"

"Asuna!"

"Can you hear me?"

Kirito kept banging on the door and shouting, but no one answered him.

The voice echoed in the empty palace, with a faint ominous aura.

……

……

"This is ......"

Not to mention Kirito, who was at a loss outside, Xia Qianshi and Asuna, who entered the inside of the gate, were in shock.

A beautiful sea of flowers, treehouses built on giant trees, and familiar shops......

- The view in front of you is a miniature version of the 47th floor.

"In order to restore the appearance of the 47th floor, Yui took a lot of effort! After all, this is not Yui's specialty, I did it after consulting Akihiko Kayaba. ”

Yui, who appeared next to Xia Qianshi again, was still wearing that simple black dress, her small body was delicate and lovely, but the words that came out of her mouth shocked Xia Qianshi and the others.

"Akihiko Aoba?!"

"Isn't he dead?"

Both Xia Qianshi and Asuna had witnessed the dissipation of the particles of light that day, and the shock in their hearts could be imagined when they heard that he was still alive at this time.

But before they could ask questions, Yui took their hands and ran forward.

"Mom and Dad, I'll show you our home!"

Yui's small body had great strength, and Xia Qianshi and the two couldn't resist at all, so they were dragged into a tree house by her.

Naturally, this treehouse was exactly the same as the one they had used for their honeymoon.

Xia Qianshi dealt with Yui on the surface, and his mind turned sharply, thinking about what method to use to solve the current situation.

He and Asuna have simulated the scene of facing Yui countless times, and both agree that doing it is just the next step; Mouth cannon is the best policy.

After all, Yui, who is an administrator, is a symbol of invincibility in itself, and she doesn't seem to be so unkind.

To this end, they have also developed a number of programs.

Just when Xia Qianshi was thinking about which plan to use, a glimpse of the scenery out of the corner of his eye made him stunned.

"That's ...... Akihiko Kayaba?! ”

I saw that in a flower bed outside the window, there was a strange-shaped tree like a cross, and a person was tied to the tree—although the white researcher's costume made people feel a little unfamiliar, Xia Qianshi still recognized it.

He is the former Heathcliff, and now Akihiko Kayaba!

"It's Akihiko Kayaba!"

Yui had a harmless smile on her cute face, and said nonchalantly: "He's really amazing, if it weren't for the consciousness being retained in this game, I really wouldn't be able to catch him!" ”

"That's right, that's right!"

Yui suddenly remembered something and said happily, "Mom and Dad, I've found a way to keep us together forever!" ”

"-Kayaba Akihiko's body in reality is obviously dead, but his consciousness is still there, so I arrested him and asked, it turned out that he gave up his body and engraved his consciousness in the server!"

"That is—"

Xia Qianshi and Asuna gasped, and suddenly had a bad premonition in their hearts.

"In other words, even if your parents' bodies die in reality, I can make your consciousness live in this game forever, which is equivalent to eternal life!"

Yui still had an incomparably cute smile on her face, but the words she said made Xia Qianshi and Asuna cold.

"I've set the gate to be permanently closed, no one else can come in again, no more nasty guys will disturb us, and our family will live happily ever after here!"

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