"Humph!"

Seeing Lu Qing's pretending to be mysterious, Asuna rolled her eyes, glanced at Lu Qing angrily, and turned around to clean up the things in the forest house.

The banquet is over, and there's always a lot to pack up.

"Hey, hey!"

Seeing this, Lu Qing smiled and followed, saying as he walked:

"Don't worry, it's a fright, uh, it's a surprise, you'll find out in a while, and now that I've told you, wouldn't it be no surprise!"

"Surprise!?"

Hearing this, Asuna suddenly became a little curious, and instantly stopped and turned to look at Lu Qing.

If Lu Qing didn't say it was a surprise, the curiosity in Asuna's heart was not so heavy.

But now that Lu Qing said it was a surprise, Asuna's mind instantly stormed, thinking about what kind of surprise it was.

Thinking of the surprise that Lu Qing had prepared for herself before, Asuna couldn't help but look forward to it.

"Well, I hope you won't be shocked by then!"

Lu Qing nodded, looked at Asuna's eyes, smiled and said, and immediately changed the topic after speaking:

"Let's go, I'll go clean up with you, let's go around after packing up!"

"Hmm!"

Asuna nodded, turned and walked forward, her hands crossed behind her back, the corners of her mouth quietly raised, and her eyes glinted with a moving glint.

Being alone with Lu Qing is the happiest thing Asuna has felt recently!

Even if the two of them didn't do anything together and just sat on the grass and watched the scenery, Asuna felt a sense of peace and happiness in her heart.

Thinking of this, Asuna's walking steps couldn't help but become brisk.

"Whew!"

Standing in place and looking at Asuna's beautiful back, Lu Qing exhaled a long breath in his heart, shook his head and suppressed all the thoughts in his mind.

The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard!

…

Time flies

There was a news circulating in SAO recently, and as soon as the news circulated, it didn't take long for it to spread quickly throughout SAO.

Five days later, the Grim Reaper will face off with Heathcliff, the head of the Knights of the Blood Alliance, in a dueling arena in the center of the town of Corinia on the 75th floor, inviting all players to attend.

At the beginning of the news, the players who heard the news were first shocked and then confused, because this was not the news from the person concerned at all.

However, with the statements of Kirito, Tilberu, and Klein, this news finally has a lot of credibility.

is even more because after the 'Grim Reaper', one of the parties involved, personally confirmed, the entire wave was instantly detonated.

The news of the duel between the two swept through SAO like a huge tsunami.

Players who heard the news were dumbfounded.

And then after the stunned was the excitement, almost everyone was excited.

A super powerhouse known as the 'Grim Reaper of the Lord Boss'!

One is the first of the strongest guild leaders with unique skills and is known as the 'Strongest Man'!

It's hard to say who is stronger and who is weak!

Naturally, the supporters of the two are also conducting rational analysis when they support their respective idols.

Judging by the performance alone, there is no doubt that the Grim Reaper is stronger.

After all, the Grim Reaper is a strongman who single-handedly attacked several layers of lord bosses.

As for Heathcliff, although so far, his HP has never dropped to the yellow zone, and he even has his unique skill 'Holy Sword'.

Therefore, everyone is not sure who is more powerful.

But none of that matters, the important thing is that the two will have a duel in five days!

Who's more powerful, you'll know if you've beaten it!

Therefore, everyone did not dwell on this issue for a long time.

Everyone is looking forward to the day of the duel between the two, especially the frontline players.

There's nothing more exciting than watching a duel between the top masters!

As one of the parties involved, after Lu Qing confirmed this information, he stayed in the forest house for the rest of the day and did not go out.

The other party, Heathcliff, was stunned when he learned the news, and even had three consecutive questions in his head: "Who am I", "Where am I", and "What am I going to do?"

I'm going to fight a duel with death, how did I not know about it myself?

Could it be that there is another Heathcliff in the SAO?

Sitting in the headquarters of the Blood Alliance Knights, Hizcliff was puzzled, and even at first suspected that it was a rumor of whose nonsense it was.

But when he learned that the Grim Reaper himself came forward to confirm it, Heathcliff couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

What is this going on?

Why is it that you are suddenly going to duel with the Grim Reaper?

Although Heathcliff knew that there would be a battle between him and the Grim Reaper, it was not now.

The time and place he was looking forward to was when the SAO strategy reached the hundredth floor, and at that time, he would have another hearty duel with the Grim Reaper.

"Wait, all the party!"

Stunned, a picture suddenly flashed in Heathcliff's mind, and he instantly had a feeling of sudden realization, and suddenly understood what Lu Qing meant by what he said that day.

It turned out that Lu Qing had already planned silently!

But there is another question, which Heatscliff could not figure out.

That's why the Grim Reaper, who is so good, suddenly wants to duel with himself, and even tells the entire SAO so that everyone knows about it.

With such fanfare, what is the Grim Reaper trying to do?

Could it be that this duel was just because he invited him to join the Blood Alliance Knights again and again, so he was in a bad mood and wanted to defeat himself and tell himself that there was no way to do it?

No, no, no, the Grim Reaper can't be so boring!

Heathcliff sat in a chair in the room, puzzled, even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't figure out what the Grim Reaper was trying to do.

Twenty-two floors

Forest House

"Lu Jun, what the hell is going on!?"

Asuna rushed from the headquarters of the Blood Alliance Knights, and when she came to Lu Qing, she looked at Lu Qing a little nervously, and the distance between her face was less than ten centimeters.

At this time, Asuna's face was full of anxiety and incomprehension, and she didn't understand why the news that Lu Qing was going to duel with Heathcliff suddenly came out.

What made Asuna even more strange was that Lu Qing, who was the party concerned, actually stood up and admitted it!

So, Asuna knew something had to happen.

This time, Asuna didn't care about dealing with those documents, so she directly put them aside, immediately returned to the forest house, and immediately found Lu Qing to ask for clarification.

"What's wrong!"

Lu Qing sat on the sofa, looked at Asuna who looked anxious and puzzled, smiled slightly, and asked softly with a faint smile on her face.

Looking at Lu Qing's expression, it seems that everything that happens in the outside world has nothing to do with him, and even Lu Qing may not know it at all.

Because Lu Qing is so calm!

However, at this time, Asuna, who was full of anxiety and doubts, did not notice Lu Qing's abnormality, and when she saw Lu Qing's appearance as if she didn't know, she immediately said: "It's about the duel between you and the head of the regiment five days later!" ”