As time passed, Saber's sword speed slowed down visibly, but Akihiko Kayaba's speed didn't change much.

"I have to admit that if this wasn't the world of Sword Art Online, and I was able to use the system's extreme assist function, I would have lost a long time ago."

Kayaba commented with great strength as she fended off Saber's attack.

In order to maintain a high level of sword speed, Saber needs to be highly nervous and concentrated, but Kayaba can maintain a fixed response speed for a long time with the help of the system, and at the same time, the error tolerance rate is also high. It is not good for Saber for a long time, as long as you survive the strongest period at the beginning of the opponent, there is no suspense about the outcome of this battle.

The blonde swordswoman's attacks were still swift, but the changes had already appeared, and although it seemed that Saber was still holding the opponent down, Akihiko Kayaba was not injured as many times as she had been at the beginning.

Another five minutes passed, and the situation took a turn for the worse.

Saber, who swings his sword more and more slowly, is also not as good as before in concentration, and is finally caught by the other party with a flaw.

Akihiko Kayaba skillfully raised her shield, the tip of the shield against the opponent's exposed armpit from swinging his sword.

One of the characteristics of the unique skill Holy Sword is that the shield also has the attack detection of weapons. In other words, Akihiko Kayaba, who has a sacred sword, is able to attack with a shield.

Saber, who was pressed against her armpit by the shield, was unable to swing her sword properly, and at the same time, the angled angle of the shield made her lower abdomen wide open.

Naturally, Kayaba Akihiko would not let go of this opportunity, and after a short period of accumulation, the one-handed sword in his hand stabbed out heavily.

Holy Sword, Single Attack Move, Powerful Piercing

Saber's HP was visibly missing, and even more lethally, her offensive rhythm was completely interrupted.

The battle begins to enter Akihiko Kayaba's grasp.

Although Saber is constantly changing his sword speed and attack trajectory in an attempt to attack the opponent's weak points, Akihiko Kayaba, who has adapted to the opponent's attack pattern, is very easy to deal with attacks that have been drastically reduced due to fatigue.

If the blonde girl is given a certain amount of time to recover, maybe she can really reorganize the offensive, the round of explosion just now has successfully consumed more than half of Kayaba Akihiko's HP, and she only needs another round of explosion to win this battle.

"Oh no, the chairman has entered a period of weakness, and this bastard Akihiko Kayaba is about to launch a counterattack!"

Klein said anxiously.

"No, there's still a chance." Kirito's face was solemn, but he did not lose hope: "The form has reversed, and now is the time for Kayaba Akihiko to attack, but Kayaba Akihiko's fighting style follows the mode of defending first and then counterattacking." Compared to his ability to find flaws and defend, Kizuhiko Kayaba's offensive ability is not outstanding.

Akihiko Kayaba's HP is around 40% now, while Saber's HP is still maintained at 70%, and the advantage is still on our side. On top of that, Saber has time to regain some of her strength and energy during the defensive process, and as long as she survives this period, Saber will be able to regroup her offensive momentum, and she is the strongest in the world when it comes to dodging attacks. And, if I'm not mistaken, saber she is the one she wants ......"

As Kirito had predicted, Akihiko Kayaba's attacks were repeatedly dodged or blocked by the blonde girl's uncanny pace and anticipation, and although some of the attacks still landed, the damage dealt was not more than she could bear.

Akihiko Kayaba, who had the initiative in battle, kept attacking, but she was never able to reduce Saber's HP to zero, and it took nearly 20 minutes of attack to reduce the opponent's HP to 30%.

At this time, Kirito, who had been paying close attention to the battle situation, showed a confident smile:

"Saber has the win."

"Nani? How do you see that? ”

Klein was puzzled.

"Since the beginning, Saber's movements have become more and more neat, and her expression is not as sluggish as before, it seems that she has recovered almost, although it is still inferior to the beginning of the battle, but Saber still has a hole card that has not been used......"

A unique and majestic aura swept out of the blonde girl's body, and the members of the Knights of the Round Table, who felt this momentum, couldn't help but suddenly:

"Leader!"

With the blessing of this skill, the blonde girl's attack power has been greatly increased, and this attack will be more fierce than the previous one!

The passively defensive Saber kicked his legs, once again close to the enemy's side.

The two-handed sword slashed horizontally, as fierce and sharp as before.

Victory is already within reach.

At this time, Akihiko Kayaba calmly spit out a sentence:

"I'm sorry, Miss Saber."

The solid shield, in the face of the opponent's antelope horns without a trace, but as if it had eyes, accurately blocked the attack trajectory of the blade.

"Bang-"

The sword in the hands of the blonde swordswoman was knocked out of the air, and after spinning in the air several times, it fell on the obsidian ground in the labyrinth area, colliding with a crisp sound.

With a set of neat combos, the blonde female swordsman's HP is instantly cleared.

The girl's body seemed to lose all strength in an instant, and she collapsed to the ground.

"I'm sorry, Miss Saber."

Akihiko Kayaba's words revealed a bit of regret, as if he wanted to make the respectable opponent in front of him understand the death and tell the whole story.

"Actually, I can't do anything about Miss Saber's swordsmanship. However, this is the game world that I designed, and I had anticipated that there might be players who would be able to fight without the combat system I designed, and I designed a program for this. ”

Akihiko Kayaba connects the dots in the air several times with her right hand, opening a special window and making it visible to everyone.

In the window, there are dense lines of code.

"According to the theory of machine learning, this program is able to automatically analyze your movements based on your movements and design ways to respond to them. In the battle just now, you used a total of 148 slashes on me, providing enough samples as a reference, and the machine algorithm has successfully analyzed your fighting habits and attack patterns.

So, theoretically, your swordsmanship is useless to me. Still, you're proud enough to push me to this extent. ”

Akihiko Kayaba's words were very pertinent, and there was no lack of admiration for Saber's exquisite skills. However, no one felt comforted, and silence and sadness formed a thick fog that clouded the hearts of the players.

Asuna buried her head, and two lines of tears welled up in her eyes.

Many male players also choked up.

"So, players, see you in the 100th floor of the Ruby Jade Palace."