Under the blood-red moon, the man who closed his eyes turned pale with fright, and his limbs trembled as if they were shaking.

He slowly opened his eyes, which had been closed in fear, and the blade that landed in front of him was less than a centimeter from his forehead.

The blade glowing with a hint of divine light was completely incompatible with its bearer, and there was a strong sense of disobedience, like a combination of a demon and a god.

Don't dare to act rashly, nor dare to do anything, only wait for the other party's disposition.

Although SAO uses the 'sword skill' system to achieve a complete balance, the difference in player level will still slightly disrupt this balance, and only in this way can the role of level be reflected.

The higher the level, the higher the stats, and the STR strength, AGI agility, VIT physique, DEX dexterity, etc., will become stronger.

If a level 10 player needs a second to react to an attack, then a level 20 player will only need 0.5 seconds or faster.

Therefore, the spear pointed at by the sword makes it impossible to have a chance to turn defeat into victory, and the only way may be to beg for mercy.

Standing in front of him, Natsume moved the lake sword in his hand slightly, and the sharp blade moved slightly, which made the other party obviously become more panicked.

Hurriedly moved on the ground, then folded his hands and began to beg for mercy.

"Please, please, please don't kill me, give it all to you, my equipment and all the money, all to you, can I be spared?"

"When you ever killed someone, did you give those players a chance to survive?"

"Then, they brought it on themselves, they were discussing to rob other players, and I would kill them for this, isn't this a good deed??"

Natsume scoffed. This kind of lie sounds very lame.

"However, you killed the others before they could tie the knot, right?"

“…… Please let me go, I don't want to die yet, I'll give you whatever you want! As long as you can spare me! Let me kill someone was also ordered by the higher levels of the guild! I don't know anything! ”

Seeing him suddenly fall to his knees on the ground, such behavior only made Natsume even more disgusted.

Since you have made the act of killing, you should have the consciousness of being killed.

In particular, the initiator of the SAO's largest murder guild, the red guild [Smile Coffin], preached the fierce idea that "since it is a death game, then killing is a matter of course". It has led many criminal players who originally only grabbed money or items to go astray and kill people like crazy, which can be said to be the culprit that gave birth to red players.

It's just that Natsume doesn't have any information about him at all, and even if he investigates everywhere, he can't find any exact location, and every time he goes, he doesn't get any gains.

So far, a total of three red players have been killed. An orange player, and four orange players are released at the same time. The number is far from sufficient. That's a lot.

SAO's killer players gathered on different floors, especially the vast area on the first floor, and they wanted to investigate, but Natsume couldn't do it alone.

After all, his actions have already been passed on, and the orange icon on his head will turn red sooner or later, at that time. I'm afraid I won't get anyone's help.

So, speed up and find the guild that killed Sakurami, and the nearest target is the guild named [Undead].

The information of this guild was collected by Natsume from the intelligence house, and it took three days to earn money. I got all the information.

[Undead] is active in the bottom area most of the time, and uses bait to deceive ordinary players.

Because even in the orange guild, there are green players.

This is their usual trick, where the green members are responsible for picking targets on the street and blending into the target team, and then guiding the team into an ambush circle, where the red members threaten or kill.

Since the level of players at the bottom is generally not high, even if you get only one thing, it is enough to earn some money by committing a lot of crimes.

Taking a step forward, the approaching blade gently cut through the skin on the left corner of the opponent's forehead, which made him even more frightened.

"Enough! Bastard! Kill me! Why can't you kill people in this world! That game maker trapped us inside, trapped in this virtual world, doesn't anyone think it's a false and distorted reality?! ”

Somewhat hysterical, the spearman in front of Natsume's eyes glared.

I'll live," he said, with a look like a beast lurking in the dark.

"I'm not going to die here! I'm going to get stronger! Get out of this damn game world! Outside, there's my kids outside!!! ”

It's just to pass the time outside of work, but I encounter this kind of thing.

It's unfair, it's unfair, it's not fair.

As he spoke, the man with the spear raised his head again, and Natsume's resentful look made Natsume take a step back.

Seizing this opportunity, the spearman immediately stood up, the reason why he had just moved back was to grab the spear he had discarded.

The feeling of holding the weapon gave him courage, and he stood up and stabbed Natsume in the chest.

Judging the trajectory of the attack, Natsume, who stabilized his body with his right foot and turned sideways to avoid the attack, slashed with a knife, the cross-section was very smooth, and the right arm in charge of the power was easily cut off while holding the spear.

With wide eyes, the spearman took a step back.

His breathing was heavy, and tears began to flow from his pupils.

"I, I, I'm just trying to survive!"

Standing up, he pounced on Natsume with a somewhat shaky body, but was dodged again.

Seeing the man on the ground, Natsume closed his eyes.

"Apologize."

"Huh?"

Mixed with sobbing sounds, the man looked at Natsume, and he seemed to hear strange words.

"Come with me, go to the Black Iron Palace on the first floor, where the name of the deceased is recorded in the Monument of Life, and I will go there to apologize to the person you killed, and then go to the prison yourself."

"Do you want me to apologize?"

"If you want to see your children, those who have been killed, if they have the same desire as you, do you know what your hands have destroyed in the past?"

"I apologize, I apologize to them, I remember their names, and if I can live that way, I can do anything."

Natsume took out the crystal, he reached out and grabbed the man's chest tightly, put away his sword, and slammed his right fist into a fist in the face, sighing.

"So be it this time."

A bruise appeared, and the man did not overreact, but nodded.

The white light flashed, and it instantly teleported from the twenty-first layer to the Black Iron Palace on the first floor.

There was a huge stone tablet in front of him, and the surrounding players fled around after seeing the two of them, and the man did not resist because he was in the circle, but knelt in front of the stone tablet very obediently.

Clasp your hands together and pray towards the stone monument.

Then, the man stood up, and without Natsume's prompting, he walked towards the prison on his own.

Then, turn around.

"I maybe, I really did it wrong."

If you kill the desires of others for the sake of your own desires, you will only tarnish your own desires.

Natsume didn't answer and turned to leave.

Next to a billboard, the girl standing there looked helpless.

"It's still the same mess as always."

Asuna followed Natsume, who was ignoring her, as she spoke

"How many people are this? I think it's sixteen, you're really powerful in other ways. (To be continued......)