"Wait!" Tsuiko stretched her whole body and said in a lazy tone, "The bones that have been resting recently are out of energy, let me stretch a little more!" I think Xiao Yi must have this kind of thought! ”

After Tsunako finished speaking, Asuna and Yuriel looked at each other and smiled. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info then Liel waved her left hand to call out the map, revealing a spot of light that represented Sinka's current location with her friend's mark. Because there is no map of this maze, the road to the point of light is blank, but it has already filled about 70% of the total distance.

"Sinka's location hasn't moved for a few days, so it's supposed to be in a safe area. As long as you can get there, you can only get out with crystals...... I'm sorry, but I'm going to ask you for a little more help. Yu Liye lowered her head, and Lin Yiyan hurriedly waved her hand, "No, no, I volunteered to help, and I got a very good prop!" ”

"Huh?" Asuna, who didn't participate in the battle, immediately asked curiously, "Did you get anything good?" ”

"Oh~! That's what you say! Lin Yiyan operated the window neatly, and red and black pieces of meat appeared on the surface with the sound of 'dong'. The strange texture made Asuna's face twitch, "This...... What is it? ”

"Frog meat! It is said to be as delicious as a special ingredient. Lin Yiyan said with a serious 'hehe' smile, "I'm thinking about whether to wait for this battle to end and make a special frog dish for everyone to taste, look at the evaluation introduction, it is said to be delicious!" ”

"Absolutely, yes, no, yes!" Looking at the disgusting line in front of her, which read, 'Rotting meat eats the flesh of a toad', Asuna threw the frog meat out of her hand without hesitation. At the same time, he retorted loudly, "I think this kind of thing, no matter how good Yi Yan's cooking skills are, I don't think anyone will be able to eat it!" ”

"Is that so?" Looking at the piece of frog meat thrown away by Asuna with a look of pity, Lin Yiyan looked at Yanzi with doubts and asked, "Yanzi ......" just didn't wait for Lin Yiyan to finish speaking, Yanzi instinctively stayed away from Lin Yiyan a few steps, and then continued to slash and kill the monster as if he didn't see it, as if he felt that it was a very embarrassing thing to know Lin Yiyan.

Seeing the interaction between the three of them, Yulier, who couldn't help it, hugged her stomach and laughed out loud. At this moment, Yui suddenly shouted happily, and her face was also full of smiles, "This is the first time you've laughed, sister!" ”

Seeing this scene, Asuna remembered something. Let's put it this way, the timing of Yui's symptoms yesterday was also after defeating the army and making the children laugh together. It seems that the girl seems to be particularly sensitive to the smiles around her. Is this the girl's innate personality, or is it because she has been having a hard time so far - thinking of this, Asuna can't help but pick up Yui and hug her tightly, while vowing inwardly that she will always be by the child's side with a smile.

"Come, move on!" Asuna said this, and the group stepped out and went deeper. When you first enter the labyrinth, the monster group, which is mainly water creatures, changes into zombies, ghosts, and other horror systems as the floor descends. Although Asuna was terrified by this, Lin Yiyan and Yanzi didn't mind using the weapons in their hands to continue to slaughter the enemies that appeared.

Often, it's rude for high-level players to make a fuss in a practice area that is lower than their own. But this time there was no one else, so there was no need to care. If time is sufficient, it is even possible to level up by Liel from the sidelines, but the highest priority for now is to rescue Sinka.

In the blink of an eye, two hours had passed. The group also closed the distance between the current location marked on the map and the safe area where Sinka was located at a steady pace. After countless black skeleton swordsmen Lin Yiyan's swords were smashed and flying, he finally saw the passage that flowed out of a warm light.

"Ah, it's safe!" At the same time as Asuna spoke, Lin Yiyan, who had completed the confirmation with the enemy-searching skill, also nodded and said, "There is a green player in it." ”

"Xinka!" As if she couldn't bear it anymore, Yuriel screamed, and ran out with steps that made the metal armor rattle. Lin Yiyan, who was holding a weapon in his hand, as well as Poison Island Tsuneko and Asuna, who was holding Yui, also hurriedly followed.

After running towards the light source for a few seconds on the passage that curved to the right, I finally saw a small room in front of the Grand Crossroads. The room was filled with a blinding light that blinded eyes accustomed to darkness, and a man stood at the entrance. Although he couldn't see his face clearly because of the backlight, he was waving his arms violently towards it.

"Yuriel ——!" The moment the person was confirmed, the man shouted his name. Yuriel also waved her left hand and increased the speed of her run.

"——! Sinka " As if to drown out the crying voice, the man shouted—

"You can't come——! ...... over there! Asuna was startled and immediately slowed down. But Yuriel didn't seem to listen anymore, and just ran straight to the room.

Then. A few meters in front of the room, a yellow arrow suddenly appeared in the dead corner on the right side of another road that crossed at right angles to the passage where the trio were running. Asuna quickly confirmed the name, displaying it as 'ThcFatal-scythe' - the definite article added before the proper noun translated as the Scythe of Destiny, as evidenced by the boss monster.

"No!! Come back quickly, Miss Julielle! Asuna shouted. The yellow arrow also quickly moved to the left, gradually approaching the intersection of the crossroads. If you continue like this, it will only take a few seconds to hit Yuriel at the intersection.

"Hmm!" Suddenly, the man who was running in front of Asuna's left seemed to disappear in an instant. In fact, it was running out at a very exaggerated speed, and the pound sound of the pound shook the surrounding walls slightly. Moving a distance of several meters with the momentum equivalent of teleportation, Tsuneko hugged Yuriyer's body from behind with her right hand, and stabbed the sword into the stone floor with her left hand, emitting a sharp metallic sound and a large number of sparks.

A huge black shadow rumbled the ground and sliced across the two men parked in front of the intersection with the emergency brakes that would scorch the air. The yellow arrow rushed into the passage on the left and moved about ten meters before stopping. The invisible monster slowly changed direction, and it felt like it was about to rush again.

Tsuneko let go of Yuriyer, drew the sword that pierced the ground, and ran into the left passage. Lin Yiyan and Asuna also hurriedly chased after them. However, Lin Yiyan rushed directly to help Yurier, while Asuna first picked up Yuriye, who fell to the ground in a daze, and pushed her to the other side of the intersection, and then put down the Yui in her arms and handed it to her to take care of, Asuna shouted briefly, "Please take this child and retreat to safety together!" ”

After confirming that Yuriel nodded palely, and picked up Yui and walked to the room, Asuna pulled out her thin sword and headed to the left, preparing to go to support Lin Yiyan and Poison Island Tsuneko. When the backs of Lin Yiyan and Yanzi stood still in Asuna's eyes, Asuna breathed a long sigh of relief.

At the same time, Asuna set her sights on the boss who suddenly appeared! Floating in the depths was a humanoid figure about two and a half meters tall and covered in tattered black robes. Deep in the hat and on the arms sticking out of the cuffs, all wrapped around the dense darkness swayed.

The eyes embedded in the dark face were covered with lifelike veins, and they were turning to look down on the two of them. In his right hand he held a long, large scythe, and drops of red viscous water continued to drip from the menacingly curved blade. Overall, it's what death looks like.

The Grim Reaper rolled his eyes and stared straight at Asuna. At this moment, Asuna's heart seemed to be gripped by a sense of pure fear, and the chill ran through her body.

'But in terms of rank, you shouldn't be afraid! When Asuna thought so and raised her thin sword, Lin Yiyan, who was standing in front of her, said in a hoarse voice, "Asuna, you immediately go to the safe area with Yanzi and take the other three people out with crystals. ”

"Huh?" Asuna looked at Lin Yiyan and the cautious Poison Island Tsuiko in confusion, and asked curiously, "Why?" ”

"This guy is pretty tricky. I can't even use my recognition skills to get the data, and the strength should be at the level of the ninetieth layer......" Lin Yiyan licked his dry lips with a dry smile, "It seems that I still underestimated Akihiko Kayaba, and actually designed the level of this boss so high, it seems that the background operating system behind it is very important to him!" ”

“！！！” Lin Yiyan's answer made Asuna gasp, and her whole body stiffened. At this time, the Grim Reaper also slowly moved in the air and leaned towards the two of them.

"Xiao Yi! What to do? Hearing Poison Island Tsuneko's whispered question, Lin Yiyan quickly replied, "We won't have much of a problem, but others can't, especially Asuna and a few of them!" Why don't you leave it to me here, and you can take Asuna and them away! ”

"I can't pretend I didn't hear that!" At this time, Asuna, who was holding a thin sword in her hand, stood on Lin Yiyan's right side, and said to Lin Yiyan with a smile, "I know that Vice President Yi Yan has a lot of secrets, and even death is nothing to you!" But! I can't back down in front of Yui, and I won't leave my guild mates and run away alone! You know, transferring crystals is sometimes not a panacea! ”

Indeed, as Asuna said, as a last resort to escape, transferring crystals is not a panacea. There is a delay of a few seconds between holding the crystal and specifying the transfer location until the teleport is actually activated. If you are attacked by a monster during this time, the transfer will also be canceled. This is the reason why when the team's command system collapses, if there is a random transfer, they will not be able to delay the time to initiate the transfer, resulting in death. (To be continued.) )