At the front of the team in the Raiders group, after a white figure broke away from the group, he began to rush forward alone.

The monster in front of him is just a lanky canine creature of level 80, and the only advantage is the cooperation generated by collective action, but under the fast and accurate slash, in the face of strong strength, the monsters that can't hold out for long are killed one after another. The sword light seemed to cut through the thick mist of the labyrinth in front of him, pointing the way forward, shining in the darkness.

Looking around, his gaze fell on several exits in the front, and the passages hidden in the darkness gave people a sense of oppression.

Reflexively wiping away the sweat with his hands, Natsume spat out a mixture of tiredness and some nervousness from his mouth, and with a wave of his left hand, the team members wearing the same uniform entered together, and the others also ran in, vigilant and scattered to ensure the safety of the surroundings, and acted in an orderly manner.

It's been a few days since he led a pair of Blood Alliance Knights to carry out the labyrinth, and they get along very well with Lizbet, but they haven't heard from Kirito and Asuna recently.

Due to the disappearance of the two, after the deputy head was taken away, Natsume naturally took on the role of the captain who led the strategy team to carry out the maze strategy.

In addition to the Blood Alliance Knights, there are other lone players and people from other guilds, but due to Natsume's identity and strength, they have no objections.

Of course, this is not absolute, Natsume, who doesn't want to adopt hegemonism, still taught a lesson to the guy who opposed his slow promotion of this security opinion, and cut off the other party's arm, as a dismount.

Some people belong to that radical group. Once the strategy is completed, think about defeating the boss of the next floor. This is a bit of a rush. It is easy to cause casualties.

None of the layers of Aingrant have different characteristics, and when the strategy team adapts to the monsters in this layer, if you switch to the next layer at once, players who are not adapted to the monster attack mode and the maze terrain will be very difficult.

You can't be too impatient to do things, only by mastering the characteristics of the maze area of the layer can you be able to tackle it more safely and effectively.

Everything has to pay attention to one step, if there are no steps, it will only be chaotic.

Natsume watched as the crowd streamed in from both sides of him. The members of the Raiders group are all quite high-level. Players who are keenly aware of something strange around them have set up their weapons and are ready to fight.

A member of the team approached from the side, and he asked, holding a marked map in his hand

"Captain, so the locations of the raid area have all been marked, and the maze area should still extend inward, what should we do next?"

"Abandon the original two-person team format and use a three-person squad, preferably two melee and one medium and long-range attacker, which can play a role in diversion and retreat. At the same time, the team in charge of scouting is exchanged, and the tired can get a break in the center of the team. Pick some people to lead with me and explore the future. ”

"Yes."

The team members who received the order immediately passed on the message. At this time, Natsume received two messages.

First of all, the first one is from Lizbet.

[Sirika made a lot of dishes! Are you coming back to eat today? I just tasted it, and it tastes good! By the way, you're going to accompany me to find materials in the afternoon! 】

In a simple reply, Natsume felt helpless about Lizbet and Sirika who had completely entered their lives, but they were a little happy.

It's not that he has special feelings for them, or that Natsume hates the slightly shy actions they sometimes make, but that he feels very happy with his life as 'someone and himself'.

It's something I haven't experienced for a long time, and this kind of 'happiness', even if it's mixed with small misfortunes, is acceptable.

After thinking about it, Natsume opened another communication, which was from the head of the Blood Alliance Knights, Hizcliff, and Akihiko Kayaba.

Nothing good happens at times like this, and I remember that I got a message from Heathcliff a few days ago, and I was given the task of going to the lower levels to exterminate a newly rising guild.

Extermination here means destroying it and sending all its members to prison.

Natsume actually doesn't hate this situation, after all, he can transform his identity as a 'killer player' into an identity of a 'killer player who hunts red players', which can be regarded as a more extreme whitewashing.

Therefore, Natsume went to the response site after agreeing and took several high-ranking members to encircle and suppress it, but the result was nothing.

Of course, this kind of thing is quite acceptable, but the place where the members go is actually the secret passage on that level, and the level of the monsters encountered is quite high, almost close to Natsume itself.

In the face of a monster with strong defense, he was not killed by it after he was at full power, so Natsume understood-

Heathcliff, the man who was born as Akihiko Kayaba, was deliberately putting himself in trouble.

Open the communication, this time it was a little different, not to let yourself go to the hunting area to fight, but to return to the headquarters of the Blood Alliance Knights to discuss important matters.

What a hassle.

Since the other party is his direct boss, if he disobeys, he will feel that the other party will continue to make trouble for him, so Natsume did not refuse, but planned to leave after turning it off.

Give the task to one of the team members and let him lead the team to leave after a certain distance without continuing the strategy.

After completing the order, Natsume took out the cloister crystal and teleported.

Coming to the headquarters of the Blood Alliance Knights, who had entered many times, I don't know if they were afraid of themselves, or if they had some authority, many members greeted Natsume along the way, and their eyes were mixed with all kinds of feelings.

With a nonchalant exhale, Natsume took a deep breath as he expelled the gas from his lungs.

Walking up the stairs and passing through the cloister, I saw the carved door.

The door was not closed, as if someone had just entered.

Natsume quickened her pace and walked sideways into the front.

The black and white figures stood in front of Heathcliff, Kirito and Asuna, whom they hadn't seen for a long time.

The two of them nodded to Natsume, who responded and stood next to them.

Seeing Natsume's arrival, the three of them did not stop what they were discussing just now.

"Won't it be a little longer?"

"Deputy Commander Asuna, after you are gone, our strategy team has lost a general, and after the lack of your combat power, I guess the captain of Natsume's first team also feels very troubled."

No, I don't have that kind of thought.

Wanted to say this, but before that, Natsume's words were interrupted by Heathcliff.

"So, this kind of application can't be approved."

"Isn't this compulsory?"

Kirito stepped forward and stared at Heathcliff, who was sitting in his seat.

"It's not mandatory, it's just necessary, I won't let a lone traveler take our important deputy head away, of course, if you have to-"

Heathcliff looked at the three in front of him with interest.

Natsume knew that what might be a duel between Heathcliff and Kirito was next-

But—

"You can take the deputy head with you, but only if you can, Kirito, you must defeat the captain of our team, Natsume, and if you don't win, you will also join the Blood Alliance Knights."

Natsume VS Kirito, an unexpected unfolding appeared. (To be continued......)