There will always be some bumps in the road ahead, and even if you look back on the past, you can't see anyone who can support you to move forward, so the only way to do this is to turn around, muster up the courage, and take the so-called first step.

The darkness in front of him is like a monster that can devour everything, and Natsume, who is naked, is thinking about the way forward.

Now, Natsume discovers that this place is probably not the boss's room, but an ordinary labyrinth.

If anything, it's that the boss's room doesn't need such a complex structure, just a large room can be used as a battlefield, but in this place in front of you, there are several passages alone, which are due north, north-west and north-east.

There wasn't any lighting here, but the space in front of me was bright because there were a few windows above the hallway that let in the moonlight.

After the optogens adapted to the environment, the system adjusted Natsume's resolution of the objects in front of the eye, and everything began to become clear.

Beneath your feet is a luxurious white marble floor, which has accumulated layers of dust due to its lack of use.

Each step stirs up a large amount of dust, and the dust floating in the air is refracted in the moonlight.

Is this not dust, but an iron object that has been pulverized?

Due to the lack of stamina, Natsume had no choice but to drag the sword of victory of the oath to action.

The blade dragging on the ground made a screeching grinding sound, and Natsume, who was worried about whether the worm monster would suddenly come out, sped up.

Now let's sort out the current situation.

The world changes, and he appears here, chained. Flee with the sword of victory of the oath. By the way, he was ignored by a huge monster on the way. Escaped.

So what is the reason why I didn't find out? This needs to be thought about carefully, and once you understand the reason, you may be able to freely shuttle through the monster maze.

As he thought as he moved forward, the sound of monotonous footsteps echoed in this silent space.

When he arrived at the moonlight projection, Natsume looked up and looked out, it was the night sky dotted with stars and a bright moon.

The fun of a completely stealth game is that you can feel the cool breeze blowing in from outside, as if you were there.

To be able to do this in the virtual world is enough to call it a miracle.

Retract your gaze from the distance. Natsume intends to move on.

He thought about escaping through the window, but in addition to the fact that the window was about five meters high from the ground, there was also a steel fence on top of it that looked very hard, and the current agility value, tendon value, and physical strength value were all in the initial state, and he couldn't force himself out of the window with the sword of victory of the oath.

Give that attack a try?

Natsume grasped the hilt of the Sword of Victory of the Oath with both hands, and raised it to the wall in front of him.

There were a few cracks in the wall, and as long as it could release the impact it just had, it should be able to shatter at will.

So, concentrate and think about converting mana into energy for output.

Suddenly. A box appears on the hilt of the Sword of Victory of the Oath, and the amount of energy filling on it begins to increase. Stopped when it reached five percent.

This...... Not at all.

The attack just now was probably the energy that the Sword of Victory of the Oath had stored inside, and after touching it, it was all out, destroying the ground under his body.

In this way, the weapon with a filling level of 95% made it impossible for Natsume to use the attack just now.

I had to give up.

Gliding across the ground with the golden sword in one hand, his left hand caressing the stone walls he passed along the way, expecting to encounter some hidden paths in the labyrinth.

Most of those places have rare treasures that can be used as support materials for future operations.

But his luck was not as lucky as he imagined, and when Natsume walked from the middle passage to the next fork, he still didn't find any secret passages.

It's better to say that the body becomes cold on the way.

Find something to cover your body.

Looking around, at the entrance to the passage on the left, there is a cloth towel hanging from the window that acts as a curtain, which feels like a thick carpet to the touch, and should be very warm.

Placing the Sword of Victory of the Oath aside, Natsume, who was slapping the cloth towel, coughed from the dust, and the sound echoed through the hallway into the dark passage.

After seeing that it was much cleaner, Natsume was about to cover it, but at that moment, the sound of something falling could be heard in the distance.

The ground beneath his feet shook, and a low voice like the cry of a cow roared, and the square jade disk formed by the moonlight in the distance began to disappear into the darkness.

No, not disappearing!

The reason why the moonlight wasn't there was because the windows that let the moonlight in had collapsed!

The momentum of the collapse did not stop, but spread towards Natsume's side.

This channel seems to be in a state of collapse.

There was no time to close the curtain, Natsume dragged the curtain with his left hand, and dragged the Sword of Victory of the Oath with his right hand and ran wildly.

Bang! Bang!

The rocks under his feet began to crumble, and the speed of collapse was much faster than Natsume's, and he was about to be caught up!

His own speed is dragged down by the Sword of Oath Victory, as long as he throws it away.

But no, this weapon can definitely be used as an ultra-rare armed longsword in SAO, and it would be a pity to lose it here.

Moreover, this is also the thing of that knight king.

Looking for a solution, Natsume turned his head and saw the light in front of him on the right.

The space in that place is a little distorted, slightly different from the surrounding scene.

Secret passage?

Either way, it's better to go into that place and try your luck than to continue to run along other paths.

Increasing his speed, Natsume, who was pulling two things, found that his physical strength was about to be exhausted, and if he continued, he would not be able to run!

He threw out the long sword in his right hand, and his body jumped into that space like a carp leaping over the dragon gate.

Bang!

The loud rumbling sound was completely cut off, and looking up, Natsume began to massively build up the space.

Warm air, glowing stones and the sound of running water.

Directly in front of him, there is a small fountain, the effect of the imaginary fountain is very realistic, and the generation of splashes and ripples may require a lot of calculations and system support, and on the high platform in the middle of the fountain, a book that looks very luxuriously decorated is placed.

It has gold-rimmed bones wrapped in new parchment, and the name of the book is "Severed Heroic Poem". (To be continued......)