The news of the success of the strategy came out, and within half an hour, countless players began to advance towards the twenty-first floor, looking for treasures and the strategy maze.

Exploring new areas is seen as the first step to becoming a strong player, and only unexplored areas have endless possibilities.

And the sooner you reach the upper floor, the faster you can find a good hunting location, not only ordinary players, but even the raider group or other advanced players will move to the upper floor as soon as they are raided.

Hearing a voice in their ears, the other players were talking about who the person who had conquered the twentieth floor boss was.

After all, many people know that almost all the members of the strategy group of the last raider have teleported back, and it is impossible for anyone to stay there.

Therefore, countless speculations began to change to resemble urban legends, such as "super high-level hidden players raid alone", "the leaders of large guilds join forces to kill", "crowd tactics", "there is no boss at all" or something, but the most speculation is that "the white swordsmen of the Blood Alliance Knights defeated hundreds of split bosses", as long as you don't mention yourself, you don't have to worry about those indifferent guesses.

And the last thought is probably accidentally said by the members of the other strategy groups, after all, in their eyes, the last person to stay must be Asuna.

Retracting his gaze, Natsume sighed in distress.

Originally, Natsume planned to use his own corridor crystal to teleport away, but because the bones in both arms were broken, no matter how strong his recovery power was, he couldn't repair it, so he couldn't take out the corridor crystal for teleportation.

Here, Natsume was helped by the other party.

At that time. Asuna, who runs in from the door of the boss's room, treats Natsume with healing drugs. Restore wounds all over the body. And returned to the twentieth floor with the cloister crystal that he had teleported through multiple people.

Try to choose the trail to go forward, it is dark all around, but there are many players on the main street, talking about the new level of hunting areas and the strength of the bosses.

Natsume walked slowly, the girl who was responsible for supporting him was muttering something dissatisfied.

"Any grievances? Miss Hero? ”

"Don't be sarcastic! It's all your fault, who told you to kill all those monsters, making it look like I killed the boss, but it's not me at all. ”

"Isn't that bad? It can both increase your own popularity. You can also strengthen your status in the guild and kill two birds with one stone. ”

But that's your work.

With that, Asuna let go of Natsume, and Natsume, who was shaking a little, struggled to stand firm, and when he turned around, he spread his hands.

"Thank you overall, both hands are able to move, and my body is almost better."

"That's what I should say. Don't you want to tell anyone about your boss attack? In this way, you can also get a good place to go, do you want to join the Knights of the Blood Alliance directly? ”

No need. No need.

Natsume hurriedly waved his hand in denial.

He didn't want to continue to be involved with Asuna.

With that said, Natsume had a question in mind. He continued to move his arms, and the question that had just come to his mind came out of his mouth.

"The leader of the Knights of the Blood Alliance, named Heathcliff?"

"Don't you know? Recently, the guild has been growing, and a lot of powerful newcomers and solo players have joined in. ”

"That's right, goodbye, no, I hope we don't see each other again."

"What's that tone of yours?"

I feel a little uncomfortable with Natsume's cold behavior, after all, I am a well-known figure in SAO.

The boss who once assisted the head of the regiment in attacking many layers, and it is not weak in terms of strength, but now it makes Asuna feel underestimated.

Natsume, who walked forward, found himself being pulled and turned back in confusion.

"How?"

"Before that, can you tell us about the skills you used before? That large-scale slash, in a world like SAO, which relies solely on 'sword skills', is very rare, right, how did you get the skill? Where is the task? Is it simple? ”

"Ask one by one, and don't lean over."

Asuna, who had her pupils glowing, pushed her eyes away, and Natsume pondered how to explain.

In the end, I can use that kind of skill, it is completely dependent on the relationship of the sword in the lake, if I lose the sword in the lake, I guess I can't use it.

At the same time, even if it can be used, Natsume thinks that the output of that kind of large energy is not something that ordinary sword blades can withstand.

At the same time as the output, the ordinary sword body will definitely break due to the impact of too much energy, resulting in the failure of use.

Therefore, Natsume thinks that such a trick is indeed very powerful, but it cannot be taught.

SAO's judgment of 'sword skills' will be output through system correction and assistance, but Natsume has no system assistance and interference when he uses the sword in the lake, all by his own feelings, so thinking about it, the sword in the lake is really a bug in SAO.

"How's that, do you think of anything?"

"Even if you say so."

Hearing Asuna's question again, Natsume decided to go back to the absolute side.

"Actually, I don't know the details, if you make it clear, it's similar to a unique sword technique, that is, it can't be taught and told."

"It's stingy."

"I'm just telling the truth, and you're good enough if you don't use that kind of trick, so why risk learning other skills?"

If you use a sword technique that you are not good at, you may be injured or interrupted in battle, and your life will be in danger.

Natsume believed that Asuna must know this.

"Yes, that's a risky one, but there are some things that you have to take a risk to do. In the past, I chose to wait because I was afraid of death, but now that I have the strength, I have to take action, attack this death game, and escape from here. ”

"Get out, huh?"

Natsume nodded, then shook her head again.

"I'm telling the truth, it's up to you to believe it or not, but ......"

Natsume continued.

He might be able to figure out what Asuna was thinking.

Like many players who have been trapped here, after a few months, it seems that this is the real world.

Whether it's life, death, or even making friends or sleeping, the subconscious mind is about to be swallowed up by the data of the stealth world.

That's why those who make up the Raiders team will keep fighting.

Only the top guilds will want to continue to attack the top.

Why?

Quite simply, they don't want to forget the real world they once lived in, turning the desire for the outside world into a motivation for strategy.

Moving forward, you can't stop.

Fight, only for the future.

Feeling this, Natsume said that.

"But you may be able to do things that others can't." (To be continued......)