"Hahaha!!"

A blow from Shiina, with a dagger glowing with blue light, exploded on the forehead of the blue-haired boar. The boar, which received a flash of light accompanied by a strong impact, was blown away, and it didn't take long for it to turn into a pale blue figure, blown into polygonal pieces. Chasing the battle situation, Shino retracted the dagger from its scabbard and took a breather.

After being commissioned by Shino for training, I went to the nostalgic 1st floor and started fighting the little fish pig there. When I started training, I felt nostalgic. Not long after I first started playing this game, I had Klein, a complete rookie, fight with a wild boar and teach how to fight. At that time, Klein would often walk around and get hit by a wild boar and make me laugh.

I think Shino must have thought the same way, so I asked her to go boar hunting, but I was stunned. Shino quickly dodged the boar's onslaught, took advantage of the gap to attack the boar's flank, and then performed a combo to perform sword skills.

As a result, Shino knocked down the boar unscathed. No, I didn't expect Shiina's movements and demeanor to be so good that Lilan and I couldn't get along.

"Wow, what a big move......"

"Is this a novice move? At least, this move seems to have accumulated real combat experience somewhere.

"Just as Lilan said." It's clearly a move that has accumulated combat experience somewhere. No, it may not be so, but if it isn't, it's the terrible motor nerves and dynamic vision. Perhaps Shino has an extraordinary dynamic vision and judgment.

"Why, I don't know what's going on in my head again."

Shiina's voice brought me back to my senses, and I waved my hand.

"Not really. Shino's movements were very powerful, and I was also fascinated. It's not like a beginner's move. ”

Shino pulled out the dagger and spun it in her hand.

"Was that the enemy on the first floor just now? He's slow, it's not something you can spot casually, and I didn't feel stronger when I beat him. ”

"Yes, the enemies here are relatively weak, and it is to get players used to their way of moving, and it may not be fun to fight."

Shino retracted the dagger from its scabbard and crossed her hands on her hips.

"Well, skip the floors a bit. Even if you go up for a while, you will only encounter similar enemies. ”

"yes. Even if you go up for a while, you will only encounter wild boars, bees, and people who really look like animals. If you want a higher level, you may need to go to the fifth tier. "The green lizardmen are."

"Then let's run to the fifth layer first, and if there are too many real enemies, I'll fight."

Looking into Shino's eyes, her eyes shone like a burning light. It was a flash of a motivated person. With so much motivation to continue cultivating at the first level, it can hardly be said to be a good plan. As Shino said, it doesn't seem like a problem to fly all the way to the fifth floor.

"No way. Staying on the first floor really won't end well. Let's jump all the way to the fifth floor. Or, in this case, we can really get there. "Chinese New Year's Eve to the 50th floor."

After muttering to myself, I took Shino and Lilan and began to walk back to the first floor of the city...... On the way to the initial city. However, along the way, Lilan suddenly stopped them.

"Hey, Kirito, I've been thinking about something."

Lilan's "Voice" reminds me of something very important. Anyway, I wanted to confirm Lilan's gender, and Shino said the same. But I'm also curious what Lilan is worried about.

"I've been thinking about you, too, but that's okay. Let me know first. ”

When I stopped and turned, Lilan lowered her head.

"What was the item you got from a Holy Dragon Alliance yesterday? It seems that something important. ”

"By the way, yesterday a member of the Holy Dragon Alliance, in order to apologize, handed me something." After defeating the Colossus, I found it in the boss room on the 50th floor, but I haven't heard of the items dropped from the boss room.

When I pulled up the item window and searched for the item that the alliance member had given me, I found that there was an item with a name that was unfamiliar. Its name is "The Arm of Hecatoncheir". Speaking of Hecatonkheire, it's a 50-story boss behemoth.

"Hecatoncheir's arm...... I don't remember ever having anything like this, so it might be this. ”

As I tried to materialize it by pressing it down with my finger, a mass of white light emerged from the window and slowly moved away from me. Then, about 1 meter away from us, it suddenly became huge, stopped at a place as large as Lilan's horn to the length of its tail, and fell to the ground with a heavy sound and impact. And when the light enveloped by that huge thing bursts, the identity of the thing wrapped in the light becomes clear, and we can't help but raise our voices in surprise.

The arms are made up of a hard, bronzed stone-like texture. It is indeed one of the weapons of the Lily King.

"It's the giant's arm!"

"Hey, what is this? Looks like an arm, but ......"

I noticed that Shino next to me was looking at me with a curious gaze. Shi Nai came here after defeating the giant, so he didn't know anything about the giant.

"It's part of the body of the fifty-story boss, and the fifty-story boss is a multi-armed giant.

"I can't find any use for it." No, it could be a material for the manufacture of weapons and armor. This kind of game is about crafting weapons and armor from materials from bosses and enemy monsters. This thing must be an important material for making weapons and armor......

"Kirito, can you give me this thing?"

"Huh? Here you go? ”

"It's the arm of a giant at the time, but at the same time it's a very sensible object. With this, I can become stronger. That's how I feel. ”

Suddenly, a flashback flashed through my mind, back to the first time I met Lilan.

That's right, Lilan is an evolutionary dragon, and even when I first met him, his appearance changed when he ate. If Lilan says so, is this Lilan's evolution item dropped by the boss? Of course, in such a game, it is not uncommon for monsters to appear that evolve by giving items.

"I understand, but can you eat this? It looks hard as a stone, and your teeth are likely to chip. ”

"Don't worry. Well, you deserve this item.

"Hehe, it's okay, if I can make you stronger, I won't stop you."

"Appreciation"

As she spoke, Lilan bit into Hecatonchel's arm. At first glance, it was hard, but when Lilan bit it, its stone-like arms turned into a soft, fleshy substance, and Lilan made a sound as if she was really eating meat, and her softened arms snapped. Stand up and start eating.

While we were looking at each other, Lilan finished eating, and the things given to him by the people of the Holy Dragon Guild became his nutrition, like resurrection items.

"Is it delicious?"

"Even if I asked, Lilan wouldn't answer." Just as I was thinking this, Lilan suddenly raised her head to the sky and let out a long roar, surrounded by bright light. Shino and I closed our eyes and covered our eyes with our hands because of the bright light. That's evolution. When Lilan evolves, it will change its appearance by wearing a bright light. The light of evolution is the same as it was then.

The evolutionary light that shrouded Lilan disappeared after about five seconds, and Shino and I immediately turned our attention to Lilan, but were taken aback.

Lilan's hair fell out all over her body, her legs, arms, hands, feet, and neck were covered in snow-white scales and shells, her white hair was still there, hair grew on the back of her thighs, and the horns that grew above her ears increased in size and length. Moreover, the shape of the wings has not changed, except that the outermost part has become a sharp blade. The tail also became a sharp weapon, as if attached to a sword.

The wolf-shaped dragon has not changed, but Lilan's appearance has changed from before.

"it...... You've changed......"

I glanced sideways at Shino, who was surprised by Lilan's evolution, and opened the status screen to confirm Lilan's status. Although it was still level 75, Lilan's attributes had improved significantly compared to before all the evolutions, which made me realize that this evolution had made him even stronger.

And if you look at the name, Lilan's name has changed from "Lilan _The_SwordDragon" to "Lilan _The_BladeDragon". I see, the current Lilan is the superior breed compared to the previous one. Well, if it's an evolved dragon, that's rightfully so.

Then I remembered the conversation with Shino and rolled my eyes. So, what is Lilan's gender? Lilan is definitely a gendered race, so if you search for it, you should be able to find out what gender it is. Thinking about it, I couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and then I stuck somewhere.

Underneath Lilan's name "Lilan" and Lilan's ethnicity "Lilan _The_BladeDragon", there are letters indicating gender. The word there is "female". "Female" means woman...... That is, women. As Shino and I thought, Lilan is a woman.

"Shino, I know Lilan's gender! It's a woman! ”