"This is the crystallization of the cloister that the man entrusted me bought with all his possessions, and the destination is set in the prison of the Black Iron Palace. I'm going to fly everybody to the prison. ”

Everyone around me huddled in a ball, and I looked at Rosalia with a calm expression on my face. And it's the smile of the bad guys.

"Black Swordsman, aren't you cunning? With that kind of ability, and with that kind of dragon. However, you must be aware of these cunning things. ”

"What?"

The moment he said this, there was a scream from behind, and Lilan and I looked back and couldn't help but be startled. Celica, who saw us fighting in the back, was strapped to a weapon by a man who looked like a companion of the Titan's Hand.

Sirika was strangled by the neck, and even more pointed at the neck with a short knife with a frightened expression. Behind him, the man smiled evilly.

Because the search skill was activated from the beginning, it is impossible for the player to approach without understanding why he didn't notice the man. Could it be that he has higher mountaineering skills than Rosaria......!?

"Don't move, what can this guy do?"

I didn't expect him to resort to such a method. I always thought that only the bad guys in cartoons and TV series would use this method.

I thought that as long as Lin and I were there, I would be able to protect Shirika to the end, but that was stupid. If we had known this, we should have let the silicon carica carry the transfer crystals. No, maybe there is, but it doesn't work now.......

"Kiri...... Mr. ......"

Sirika uttered my name in a faint voice, and the man pointed the knife at Sirika's neck.

"Husband, don't move, I'm going to cut off your head."

She saw a slight stab in the neck, and her body shrank out of fear, and tears slipped from her eyes. At the same time, my heart was filled with anger, like water was about to gush out, and I was about to attack the man who bound me, but I suddenly couldn't move.

I looked around and noticed that at some point two men had grabbed my arms.

"Mr. Black Swordsman, spit out everything on your body. It's impossible for you and Celica not to cherish Celica's life. If you don't want Cilica to die, hand over all the money you have. ”

Rosalia said calmly, and the man who grabbed Cilica also spoke.

"You too, you have to spit everything out, and if you do anything superfluous, I'll fire you on the spot."

Celica cried silently and trembled. I was also by such a despicable man, and I trembled as if I was going to be angry, but I held him down.

With my agility, I might be able to get Celica out right away, but I'm now bound by those men and must get rid of them. Then get rid of her and go to find Silica, who will probably have her head cut off - not to act rashly. That being said, if you sit back and wait, you will be robbed.

And these guys are crazy guys who don't know how to forgive, and feel the pleasure of attacking the player...... Will definitely kill Cilica after capturing the item. Regardless of anger, calm and immobile, Sirika will be killed.

(I have to find a way...... But how??)

I gritted my teeth and thought about a battle plan to break this situation, but regret for not being able to protect Celica first and then despise the Titan's hand crept through my mind.

Why is this happening?

Why do you think that divorcing me will solve the problem?

Isn't that exactly the same as it was back then.......

"Kirito, Sirika, patience!"

In the vortex of such thoughts, the "voice" of a half-aged woman suddenly sounded. I immediately turned my face to the source of the "sound", and the next moment, my demon wolf dragon opened its mouth and roared, and the sound didn't sound like a dragon's voice.

It's like a mixture of metallic sounds, loud mosquito sounds, wild beasts' shrill howls, and wolf howls, and a super-loud unpleasant sound that travels from the ears to the whole body and pierces the brain. That wave shook the flowers around us, spread to the entire hill of memory, and mercilessly entered our ears and brains.

Near the center of the sound, I felt my brain shake by the unpleasant sound of the super-loud voice, and I tried to cover my ears, only to find that my arms were free to move at some point. I put my hands over my ears.

I thought something had happened, and when the men who had taken me up, they all fell to the ground with their eyes blank, their bodies twitching slightly. From the signs that he tried to cover his ears, he must have been carried away by the sound.

He turned to look at Rosaria, who covered her ears with her palms and lowered her head. I'm afraid it was too loud for him to move. The men who attacked me covered their ears like Rosalia and couldn't move.

On the other hand, I turned my gaze to Celica, only to see that she had her eyes closed and her ears covered with her hard hands. - The man in the back stood and rolled his eyes, stiff. Because he had a knife in his hand and Celica tied to him, he couldn't cover his ears.

After hearing Ruilan's strange voice, and knowing that almost all members of the Titan's hand were powerless, Ruilan shouted and made a "sound" to me.

"Right now, stop shouting and scratch Celica away!!"

After Lilan's "voice" sounded in her head, her screaming stopped. In less than a frame after that, I ran out and reached Sirika almost instantly. He pulled the stiff man from Cerika, who was rolling his eyes, and ran away from the men.

Immediately after, Lilan suddenly ran out and bit the body of Rosalia, who couldn't move. Just like that, I put the lower half of Rosaria's body completely into my mouth, tightly bound her body, and ran to me with a plop.

I held Cilica in my arms, drew my sword with one hand and aimed at the thieves, Lilan still had Rosalia in her mouth, turned her head to look at the thieves, and the Rosalia in her mouth began to resist.

"You, you, what are you going to do, let go of me!!"

Rosalia picked up the crossshot in her hand and stabbed it in Lilan's face, but Lilan was unfazed. No matter how many times Rosalia stabbed her, Lilan's health counter decreased, and she healed repeatedly.

"I have given you your chief. If this guy isn't good anyway, don't bother and rush into the cell with cloister crystals. ”

Hearing Leland's voice, the rest of the thieves trembled. The anger of the group of thieves who had arrested Cilica and terrified him finally blurted out from his chest, to his throat, to his mouth.

"Don't run away, it can fire and attack. If you try to escape here, all of you will be burned. Of course, your leader will be the first to die!"

The thieves trembled with fear, and Rosalia was bitten by Lilan and began to retort.

"Wow, we've got greens in between! If you hit the green, you'll turn orange!?"

Lynn replied.

"You're going to kill me. I'm just Kirito's demons...... Even if I kill your Kirito's hands, it won't be stained with blood. Kirito is still what you call green!" So what to do, is it burned to death? Or do you want to jump into the cell?"

The thieves listened to Lilan without saying a word. It seems to realize that no amount of resistance is useless.

I put away my sword, raised the cloister crystal, and shouted.

"Corrido Open!"

With my command, the cloister crystals shattered, and a swirl of light appeared in the space in front of me. The destination is the prison area of the Black Iron Palace.

The people of the Titan's Hand, holding their fainted companions, rushed into the vortex of light without saying a word. Disappearing into the green players listening to our conversations, only Rosalia, who Lilan had imprisoned, remained.

"What, what, with such abilities, with such a dragon, aren't you really a hooligan!!"

"Slippery guy...... Tricksters? It's funny that people like you who take pleasure in being mean and playing tricks would say such things. ”

Lilan bit the arm-waving Rosaria, raised her head high, and swung it down hard towards the corridor. Immediately afterward, Rosaria, who was caught by Lilan's mouth, was released and disappeared into the vortex of light at a super-high speed like a spear. Immediately afterwards, the cloister itself disappeared.

The surroundings fell silent and there was no birdsong. Lilan's roar resounded throughout the labyrinth, and the animals and plants that received the sound fell silent. …… This is "silent". No, if you listen closely, you can still hear the sound of running water and the wind blowing the flowers, so it's not completely silent.

I looked at Sirika. Celica hugged me tightly and didn't move. …… It's so pathetic.

"I'm sorry...... You're scared, aren't you?"

Celica didn't say anything and nodded.

"It's all because of my negligence...... I'm really sorry that would happen like that, you know?"

Celica shook her head. At this point, he finally opened his tightly closed mouth.

"Thank you, Mr. Kirito, for saving me, thank you very much."

I couldn't help but hug Celica. Trembling slightly.

"But, I'm sorry...... I can't shake off my fear...... The body can't move as much as I want to...... I think back to it over and over again......"

That's for sure, if something like that happens, you'll be scared to move.

It's better not to move for the time being-just thinking about this, Lin suddenly walked around behind Silica and lowered his body suddenly.

"Leland?"

Lilan didn't answer, just opened her mouth slightly, and bit down on Cilica's collar lightly and shallowly with her front teeth.

I was taken aback and cried out.

"Y-What are you doing?"

Lilan didn't answer, and continued to bite Sirika's neck before letting go after a while. Just then, Sirika lunged at me, and I stopped. When I turned my head, I noticed that Celica had fallen asleep at some point. And it's a reassuring sleeping face.

"Huh? Sirika?"

At this time, Lilan's "voice" was finally heard.

“…… In your words, a 'spell' was cast. In this way, Celica will be fine. When she wakes up, she will no longer be tormented by fear. ”

"What does that mean?"

"Anyway, there's nothing going on here. Let's go back to the 35th-floor hotel. By the time she arrived at the hotel, Sirika should have woken up as well. ”

With incomprehensible feelings, I picked up Celica on my back and walked out into the street.

The man's commission was completed for the time being, and Sirika also successfully got the flowers from Punema. It's almost time to get to the front...... I think I should go back to Shino on the 22nd floor, but I seem to have forgotten something. I don't remember what it was, and walked forward with Celica on my back.