55th Floor, Iron, Grantham.

Today, in this steel city, players who are usually active on this floor noticed as soon as they went out that the atmosphere of Gransom today seemed to be a little different from usual.

They can't say exactly what the difference is, but the portal square of Grandsam is particularly lively today, on the platform, the teleportation flash will flash every few minutes, and then, one by one, players who know that the equipment is very advanced have come here one after another, and they are all going in one direction.

Among these people, some are in groups, some are alone, some are terrifying, and some are very low-key, but they can still give people a sense of not being simple at a glance, but these people all have the same characteristics, that is, the level equipment is very high.

Moreover, those who are interested also found that most of these players who come to Grumam are very famous, or once very famous, and rare top players in the past!

All of a sudden, on the main street area of Gransom, high-end players who were out of step with the ordinary players around them walked one after another, attracting the attention of all the players on the street, and many of them were even recognized by the onlookers in the process of walking, which shows that these people are definitely not ordinary.

Such a stark change that even the average player in the past could have noticed that something was wrong, let alone those who lived in Grumsum on a daily basis.

As a result, everyone realized that today's Grandsum may not be calm.

So much so that on the main street area of Grandsam, pedestrians began to consciously walk on the side, giving way to the middle avenue for those high-end players who came to Grandsam to walk, and the scene was just like the scene when emperors, dignitaries and nobles paraded through the streets in ancient times.

When many guilds, teams, and players walked through the streets, under the gaze of these ordinary players, they would involuntarily straighten their chests, make themselves look a little imposing, and walk over very arrogantly to show their extraordinary.

But there are also players who don't like this kind of high-profile treatment very much, and their faces are full of unnaturalness along the way.

"Look, there's another team of high-level players coming out."

"Famous top players are coming here one after another, is there any super rare item in Grang Samri?"

"Sa, who knows......"

"Hey, didn't you notice that they were all heading in the direction of the Blood Alliance Knights' headquarters......"

"It seems to be ......"

"Could it be that the purpose of their gathering is to attack the last 100 floors?"

I have to say that the audience's eyes are bright, with the current situation of SAO, and at the same time, there are so many famous players gathered together, as long as they have a little brain, they can guess the purpose of their coming here.

For the final strategy of the 100th floor of Ayngrant!

From this, they can see that the top players of the Blood Alliance Knights who have summoned SAO should want to work hard and attack the last 100 layers of the boss in one go!

As soon as I thought of this, I thought that I was about to leave this death game, and the players were excited, and at the same time, they couldn't help but pray that the 100th guard boss could be successfully attacked, such an unprecedented big battle, if you can't attack the 100th floor of the guard boss, it is equivalent to no hope of clearing this game!

And they have to continue to live in this world with fear!

……

At this time, in the conference room of the Blood Alliance Knights, desks were placed, close to each other, forming a circle, like a round table, which was full of famous players, guild presidents, team captains, and even the president of the Moonlit Night Black Cat Regiment, whose strength was already vaguely comparable to the four major guilds of the Raiders group, was also among them, and Heathcliff and the four high-level officials were naturally sitting in front of them as hosts, and next to them, Kirito, Klein, and Achill were also in the seats.

"It's almost time...... Heathcliff glanced around at the players, motioned for the guards to close the door to the conference room, and said slowly, "Everyone should have arrived, right?" So, let's start today's meeting, shall we? ”

"Uh...... What, I'm sorry, I'm late......"

However, as soon as Heathcliff finished speaking, the door that had just been closed was pushed open, and a beautiful neutral voice suddenly came from the door of the conference room.

When everyone heard the prestige, they were very curious, this was a meeting chaired by Heathcliff himself, and someone would be late, who was so disgraceful to Heathcliff?

"......" was watched by so many people, Luo Tianhuan felt super embarrassed in his heart.

Seeing that the person outside the door was Luo Tianfan, the players present were relieved, after all, he was the strongest player, and he was the only one who could not give Heathcliff face like this.

Kirito, Asuna, Klein, Keita, and Achill, who are familiar with Luo Tianfan, all sighed softly when they saw this scene, no wonder they always felt that someone was missing......

"Not yet, the meeting is just about to start, you came just in time, I'm glad you can be here too, Luo Jun, please hurry up and take a seat." Heathcliffe was not surprised at all by Luo Tianhuan's behavior of being almost late, and nodded at Luo Tianhuan with a smile.

Hearing this, Luo Tianhuan hurriedly looked for a seat, and saw that there was an empty seat next to Kirito, which should be vacant for him, so he hurriedly went over and sat down.

Suddenly, many players showed envy, jealousy and hatred towards Kirito.

Kirito was in the middle, and Asuna and Luo Tianhuan, who didn't look like a boy no matter how you looked at it, sat on both sides, so that the single dogs thought Kirito was hugging left and right, and they couldn't wait to find a torch to burn Kirito, the damn winner of life!

Noticing that the players looked eager to eat themselves, the corners of Kirito's mouth twitched, glanced at Luo Tianhuan next to him, and sighed silently, It's so troublesome, I didn't leave a place for him if I knew it......

"Kirito, Sanq, help me reserve a place." After taking his seat, Luo Tianhuan breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Kirito.

"It's nothing...... Kirito shrugged helplessly. Then again, you're so late? ”

"Didn't you have a good time last night, you slept late." Luo Tianhuan waved his hand and said.

"Hehe...... Kirito sneered twice. I thought you were already here, so I would have called you by the way and asked you to come with us. ”

"I don't want it!" Luo Tianhuan immediately refused with a serious face. "If I come with you and Asuna, you'll definitely let me eat all kinds of dog food along the way!"

"......" Kirito was speechless for a moment, although there is nothing wrong with him and Asuna being very affectionate, but it doesn't mean that you can show your affection and sprinkle dog food by the way regardless of the occasion! The skin is not so thick at all!

"Ahem......" Seeing that Luo Tianhuan whispered to Kirito as soon as he sat down, Heathcliff originally thought that they would pay attention to the occasion, but seeing that they seemed to be able to keep talking, he couldn't bear it anymore, and deliberately coughed twice to remind them.

Luo Tianhuan and Kirito stopped talking in an instant.

"Alright, everyone is here......" Glancing around at the players present again, Heathcliff saw that none of the seats were empty, and went straight to the point: "So, let's start the final boss strategy meeting......

As soon as Heathcliff finished speaking, all the players present were stunned by Heathcliff's astonishing statement, and then, an inevitable commotion instantly echoed throughout the room.

"The final boss strategy meeting?" Kirito was the first to raise his own questions. "I don't understand what you mean, Captain Heathcliff......"

Not to mention Kirito, basically none of the players present understood the meaning of Hizcliffe's words, and they all focused their eyes on him, even Luo Tianhuan and Asuna were no exception.

You know, in the previous strategy, after opening a new floor, players will first explore a variety of situations on the new floor, open up wasteland, explore the strength of monsters and general attack patterns, open portals between towns, and tentatively explore the maze area, etc., and launch a series of floor strategy meetings for this purpose, and finally after figuring out the situation of the new floor, they will go to the maze area on a large scale to find the room of the boss guarding the level, and then start the meeting of the boss of the strategy.

But now,Yesterday from the 99th floor of Ayn Grant that has just been cleared,The situation of the 100th floor is still being explored.,The specific new map、The level of the monster、Skills、Attack mode,These have not yet been determined.,At such a time,,Heathcliff held a final strategy meeting for the boss of the gate.,How can this not be surprising?

Kirito's question was the question in everyone's minds, and if it weren't for Heathcliff's expression that always seemed to be in control, they might have thought that this strategy meeting was a joke and fun for the other party.

As if anticipating the reaction, Heathcliff leaned forward slightly, crossed his fingers with his hands, and propped his chin with the back of his hand, like a doctor announcing the life and death of a patient, causing the players to close their mouths one by one.

"I know you have doubts about why I would say such a thing, but trust your own ears, you heard me right!" After the scene fell silent, Heathcliff recounted the reasons for the meeting in a calm tone.

"After clearing the 99th floor, the three guilds of the Blood Alliance Knights, Wind Forest Volcano, and Holy Dragon United of the Strategy Group sent an exploration force in the first time to go to the 100th floor to explore information, after all, it is the last floor, at this time, even our Raiders Group can't help but want to clear the customs early......"

In this regard, everyone present nodded in unison, expressing understanding, only Luo Tianhuan secretly sneered in his heart, and the last sentence could be said by anyone, but only when Heathcliff said it, it felt that it was not an ordinary disobedience.

However, seeing Heathcliff's serious explanation, Luo Tianhuan had some feelings, perhaps, the only one who can really like this world is Heathcliff, that is, the creator of Kayaba Jinghiko, looking at his current appearance, it is obvious that he has completely substituted himself into the role of "Heathcliff......

Perhaps, he took the form of Heathcliff not only to get a closer look at the current state of the players in the SAO, but also to enjoy the game he created......

And Heathcliff's next explanation also made the people present finally understand why Heathcliff had that opening sentence.

"Here's what the ......three guilds have responded to when they enter the 100th floor," Heathcliff said as he glanced around at the players, and said something that was very surprising.

"In the 100 floors of Ayn Grant, there are no wilderness, no monsters, no labyrinth areas, and in the entire 100 floors, there is only one city!"

"What...... What ......" Everyone was stunned on the spot, but those players whose heads turned a little more quickly instantly thought of a possibility.

The structure of Ayn Grant is like a pyramid, with the increase in the number of floors, the area of the floor is gradually decreasing, to the 99th floor there are only a few towns, although the monster has become dense because of the reduction of the floor area, but it can't resist the player's enthusiasm for the strategy, therefore, the wild area has also taken just one or two days to complete the wasteland, so there is only one city in the 100 floors smaller than the 99th floor, that is not incomprehensible.

However, there are no wilds, no monsters, and no maze areas on the 100th floor, which is too strange compared to the layout of other floors......

"Since there are no wilderness, no monsters, no labyrinth area, there is only one city......" Kirito frowned and looked at Heathcliff. So, where is the final boss of the gatekeeper? ”

Everyone present couldn't help but stop breathing at the same time, and Heathcliff glanced at Kirito lightly and said, "This is exactly what I want to say next......"

After the words fell, Heathcliff stood up and said slowly in front of everyone: "The entire 100 floors of Ayn Grant are a whole city, there are many NPCs living in the city, hotels, restaurants, buildings, and the structure of these towns is exactly the same as other floors, and in the heart of that city, there is a palace......"

After a pause, Heathcliff raised his head, a little inexplicable look flashed in his eyes, and then he confided word by word. "That's it...... Ruby Palace! ”

Everyone began to talk about it, and whispering voices sounded throughout the conference room, and Luo Tianhuan, who had been quietly listening to Heathcliff's words, suddenly spoke: "So, the final guard boss is in that Red Jade Palace, right?" ”

Heathcliff glanced at Luo Tianhuan deeply and nodded: "That's right, there is not a single monster on the entire 100th floor, and the only monster is in that red jade palace." In other words, our last enemy, only the final boss remains! ”

At this moment, everyone finally understood why Heatscliffe held a strategy meeting to guard the boss.

In the entire 100 floors of Al Grande, there is only one monster guarding the boss, and players don't need to go to the wild to open up the wasteland, nor do they need to trigger the quest again, and they don't need to go to the maze area to explore the unknown territory, they just need to go directly to the Ruby Palace and challenge the final boss!

Victory! They will be liberated!

Fail! They die! And all players will lose hope of beating the level!

A heavy atmosphere spread through the air, causing almost all of the players to bow their heads and look preoccupied.

Because, when they learned that their last enemy was only the real boss in the Ruby Palace, everyone was not half happy, but felt that their whole hearts were heavy.

The players here can almost be said to be the top existence in the entire SAO, once they go to challenge the final boss, it's okay to win, and getting liberated is what everyone dreams of, but if they fail, the consequences, no one can afford it!

Without their top group of players, I don't know when we will be able to train the next group of players who can have the combat power to challenge the final boss, and they will have to organize a stronger and larger team than here, so how long and how long will it take to achieve it?

Moreover, no one will be willing to sacrifice, but the consequence of failure is total destruction!

"But it's a pity that the investigation team didn't investigate the information of the boss guarding the pass, for the sake of safety, when the investigation team learned that the final boss was in the Ruby Palace, I asked them to withdraw back......"

In the moment of silence, Heathcliff knocked on the table, and his voice sounded as if it sounded in everyone's hearts, and he said in a heart-wrenching voice, "But, no matter what, we're going to challenge the final boss, aren't we?" Tomorrow will be the time for everyone to challenge the final boss, so please be prepared and meet at the portal plaza on the 100th floor before 10 o'clock in the morning. ”

"Of course, I won't force everyone here, if you don't want to, you can not participate in this raider, but, the day of liberation is just around the corner, no matter what kind of difficulties await us, we can't stop, but let go, for the sake of everyone who is still alive now, and for themselves, so, I hope everyone can show the last courage to challenge the final boss!"

Hey, it's the same as the truth, this kind of trickery is really a bad taste......

Luo Tianhuan pouted secretly, I have to say that Heathcliffe's tone ability is very good, and it has mobilized the morale and fighting spirit of the players, but tomorrow, Heathcliff will turn into the final boss, crushing the morale and fighting spirit of the players like scum, making the players collapse, so as to take down the players sitting in one fell swoop......

This guy is really a good plan......

Luo Tianhuan looked at Hitzcliff expressionlessly.

And it just so happened that after Heathcliff finished speaking, he shifted his gaze to Luo Tianhuan and Kirito, with a meaningful expression and an inexplicable smile on his face.

Kirito also noticed Heathcliff's gaze, but for some reason, he felt as if he was being targeted, and he was so uncomfortable that he also looked at Heathcliff and was puzzled.

"Alright, that's the end of this meeting, that's all for this meeting, and I hope to see you all sitting in the portal plaza on the 100th floor tomorrow."

Retracting his gaze, Heathcliff declared the meeting over, and then, after everyone had left the room, he sat alone in his chair with excitement in his eyes.

"The final battle is coming, Luo-kun, Kirito-kun, I don't know what kind of surprise you can bring me?"