"When did you improve your stealth skill......"

"Lifted it up while you weren't looking. I think if I have the ability to dispel breath, maybe it will come in handy sometimes. In this game, sneak attacks will be very effective against monsters. ”

"Indeed, as long as you eliminate the existence of monsters, you can defeat them by surprise...... In other words, the general use of the Concealment Skill is to use monsters. ”

It's about escaping or being caught off guard.

"I see, you're well prepared. Of course, I guess the replay won't look for you so much, just be prepared. ”

"Then we'll go and catch it right away, we can't just wait, if we see signs of a repeat, we'll rush over."

I nodded and began to walk, remembering that I hadn't been on a field without Lilan in a long time.

"But what is Lilan really going to do?"

"Plus, this is Asuna."

After the strategy meeting, Asuna headed to the venue with a dejected face. Pushing away all his friends and other guild members, he left the village where the NPCs lived alone, looking for the wild boss to defeat, but along the way, Asuna's head was still clouded.

"What are those people?"

"Why do you say that NPCs have hearts?"

"NPCs are just a bunch of programs, and they can't have a heart." However, the group began to tell me not to treat the dragon just because it had a heart, and finally told me not to use it as just a tool to hunt the boss.

"With so much power, this game can end early." Get back to reality faster. That must be the last hope of this world, a tool for a quick return to reality.

"It was supposed to be like this, why didn't that group of people deny it and leave early?" There should be only lies in this world.

"Why...... Why are they all in my way......! ”

"It's always annoying." Although I was about to get into college, I was caught in a game of death, and I told you not to use tools for strategy. If you don't call it a nuisance or delay, what do you call it?

"Really, what's wrong, what's wrong......"

"No, it's not just the world that's getting in the way." What really gets in the way is what gets in the way......

Angered even more by the thought, Asuna began to want to vent with the monster, drew her sword, and looked around.

"Where are you, where are you, war boss!

As I shouted involuntarily, my voice echoed through the rocky mountains around me. I didn't get any particular reply. Well, no one but human players can really understand the language, so rightfully so. Still, the fact that there was no response made Asuna even more angry and impatient.

"What...... What what!! Come out!! ”

Just as I was shouting to squeeze the anger out of my body, I heard the sound of something big collapsing and something big hitting the ground not far away. As if guided by a voice, I turned my gaze in that direction, only to see a long horn growing out of its head, covered in blue-purple scales and carapace, about four times the size of the player. It is a giant, wingless dragon. Because it lacks wings, it can be easily mistaken for a lizard or crocodile, but it can be judged by the shape of the head and horns that it is a dragon.

Immediately after its appearance, the name "NM:Battle_Lizard" and three "HP bars" appeared on the top of the dragon's head. Attached to NM is a monster with a name.,That is, the wild boss.。 Asuna was surprised and glad that the person she was looking for had appeared.

"You've finally shown up ......"

The blue-purple dragon roared as if it were coming out of a giant mouth. Knowing that everything in this world was fake, Asuna raised her sword without feeling.

"Shut up"

I kicked off the ground with all my might, closing the distance between me and the blue-purple dragon, and stabbing it in the neck. Determined to return to reality as soon as possible and continue wielding the slender sword, the lightning-fast sword moves I received hit the blue-purple dragon's neck mercilessly.

The blue-purple dragon let out a scream of pain and retreated, but Asuna did not stop the sword from moving, but let the blue-gray light envelop in it and slammed into it. The 10-hit thrust sword technique "Stacking" shot out at lightning speed, and the blue purple dragon didn't even have a chance to scream, and the "blood bar" was greatly reduced.

"If this blue-purple dragon is the true Son of God, it may hesitate to make a move." However, the 3DCG model with built-in AI is nothing more than a large pile of data, and after defeating, it will only temporarily disappear from here and then reappear. Beat this amount of data without hesitation. No matter how outrageous your actions are, you will be forgiven in front of them.

"Take this, disappear!"

She continued to attack, and even the opportunity to attack the blue-purple dragon was robbed, and just as she was about to perform her final fencing move, the ground suddenly began to shake, and Asuna stopped her sword move.

This is the floating city of Ayn Grant, which should be far from the ground and unlikely to have an earthquake. So what exactly is this trembling? Thinking about it, the trembling became worse and worse, and I finally couldn't stand anymore.

If it was an earthquake, you should be able to hear the rumbling of the earth, and just as I was about to hear it, there was a strong buzzing sound in my ears, which blocked out the sound. Nausea came up from the depths of the stomach, and although I didn't vomit, I wanted to vomit. At that moment, Asuna finally realized that the cause of the shaking was not the earthquake, but herself.

(That...... ）

Although his gaze was looking ahead, it was moving in different directions: up, right, left, and right, and his vision became slightly darker. There was no power, and the sword fell from my fingertips to the ground. Even looking at the blue-purple dragon he was about to defeat, many of them seemed to be transforming, and they were still a little hazy.

"What is this ......?"

When the swaying hazy blue-purple dragon took on a roaring stance, the shaking suddenly stopped, and the buzzing in the ears disappeared. The next moment her consciousness became clear, Asuna saw the open dragon mouth in front of her, and her eyes couldn't help but widen.

Just as I was dazed, the blue-purple dragon was enraged and attacked me. The next moment, just as she was contemplating her next move, Asuna's body stiffened as if she had been targeted by a snake, and the breath of a blue-purple monitor lizard rushed to her face.

It's too late to fight back with a weapon.

DodgeEven if you dodge a mouth attack, you can't dodge the charge itself.

"An unprecedented crisis." Asuna reflexively closed her eyes, and what she had been trying to dodge finally bared its fangs and attacked her. Just as the artificial monitor lizard's teeth were about to hit the tip of her head, a violent sound and a violent wind struck, and Asuna flew upside down in one fell swoop.

After rolling on the ground several times before stopping, Asuna looked up in a state of confusion. Asuna there was even more surprised than when she was about to be attacked by the blue-purple dragon. When I looked away from it, a scene I had never seen before was unfolding.

A dragon-like monster with a wolf-like silhouette, wrapped in white fur and carapace, appeared out of nowhere and struck at the blue-purple dragon that was about to attack him. Moreover, the blue-purple dragon was burning with flames all over its body, and it was screaming in pain. The white dragon straddled it as if to hold it down, grabbed it firmly with his hands and feet, and bit down on the lower half of what humans say.

To date, most of the battles in SAO have been between humans and monsters. Now, what is happening before our eyes is a battle between extraordinary monsters. Asuna's head goes numb during the battle, just like in an old monster movie.

Just as Asuna stared at him with wide eyes, the blue-purple dragon, cornered, extinguished it with a wave of flames and bit the white dragon's foot. The sharp fangs bit into it, and the white dragon's legs were filled with a blood-spattered glow, and I thought the white dragon was fighting back with a blue-purple dragon when it made a dull sound. It bit me on the head.

The white dragon's fangs must be hot, and when bitten by it, it makes an unpleasant sound like burning flesh, and there is a small white smoke-like effect. The blue dragon roared again and let go of the white dragon's legs. Asuna involuntarily raised her voice: "Ah! ”

Immediately, the white dragon clamped the blue purple dragon's chin with both arms, lifted his body, and turned into a state of walking on two feet, spreading his wings and balancing his tail on the ground, suppressing the rampaging blue purple dragon. I put it on, forced it face up, and pried its mouth open.

At this moment, the white dragon took a deep breath, straightened his chest, and turned his face to the blue-purple dragon's mouth, and at this moment, a scorching pillar of light erupted from the white dragon's mouth, turning into a blue-purple light, leaping into the dragon's mouth, burrowing into its body, and penetrating it. The moment Asuna saw the blue-purple dragon dead, she covered her mouth with her palms.

Then, when the white dragon's attack ended, the blue-purple dragon's eyes flickered, hanging weakly, and finally turned into pale fragments, bursting open and disappearing. Immediately after, the white dragon regained its original four-legged posture.

"I have nothing to say because of the sight in front of me." I don't even know what's going on.

"What...?"

The white dragon's mouth moved slightly, and he turned his face to Asuna.

At that time, Asuna finally knew who the white dragon was.

A red-eyed dragon with a wolf-like silhouette and sword-like horns on its forehead. Sure enough, it was the family of the black swordsman.