I feel the same way, if it's a real online game, when he shows up as a boss and realizes his strength, I might throw the keyboard at him because of a management incongruity. But if he acts recklessly, the world will soon be swallowed up. Of course, we will soon be eaten by the rampaging Martell and die.

Crane and Egir were angry, but Alice replied in a calm voice as always.

"Even then, that's all I can do. If she turns into a monster, I'll have to defeat her, and if she reaches floor 100 and eats the final boss's AI, it's impossible to clear the level. "Now that the last boss, Miss Kayaba, is gone, I don't know who is doing the final boss of this castle."

If the game becomes unbeatable, it means that we will not be able to escape this world, and our two years of struggle, our way of life, and the meaning of our life will be reduced to nothingness. This was something that everyone present understood in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, everyone was silent.

"So we didn't choose not to stop Martel. It's a pity. ”

Godfrey, who had been silent, sat down and looked down.

"How can such a thing be defeated? I couldn't think of anything\"

Like Godfrey, I also planned to take down the boss as usual. However, he is a monster that the developers did not expect, not even Alice. Martell is the kind of thing that is overused with cheats and bugs to make it unique. I can't think of a way to take down such a thing with a direct attack. No matter how hard I tried to turn my head, no picture of strategy or victory came to my mind.

At that time he ignored the player, but if we did something that would make him hostile, that is, if we attacked, he would immediately start thinking about how to get out of the obstacle, and we players would be all over. They will attack. From that person's point of view, it's as simple and easy as smashing a bug in a capture group.

"You have no other way", "Give up, you can't win". It felt like the game itself was telling me that, my head was spinning. With such a body that the sword can't penetrate, strong physical strength, and can absorb a large number of monsters, it has the strength to rival the army of millions.

"Normally, if that thing was just a monster, I'd definitely ignore him and move on." However, he instinctively climbed up to Ayn Grant, ate the final boss, made it impossible for us to clear the level, and turned us into beings who trapped us in Aingrunte until we died. One way to stop it from happening is to defeat him.

"What should I do?"

Just as I scolded him?? At that time, the "voice" of my partner, who had been silent, sounded in my head.

"Do you think you lost this battle?"

Those who knew Lilan looked at him, and those who didn't know his characteristics looked around. I joined in and turned my attention to the wolf dragon cub perched on my shoulder.

"Still negative, don't take it. You guys don't fight in the first place\"

Crane said, holding his head.

"That's what I said about your fucking dragon, isn't that a loss before you fight?"

"Stupid people. We haven't been defeated yet. You just want to fight in the normal way.

"That's why we couldn't find a chance to win."

Shino frowned.

"Just in the usual way?"

"Left. I saw the monster too, but not through normal methods. Your sword may not even notice that you have been attacked. In this sense, he is not a normal being.

"So what should I do"

Hearing Filia's words, Lilan raised her head.

"In order to fight an unusual enemy, you have no choice but to borrow the power of unusual allies.

"There's only one abnormal corpse here, Kirito\"

"My eyes widened."

I always thought that SAo wouldn't fight like a monster movie.

Basically, SAo is a role-playing game where you can move your body and fight monsters with weapons like swords and spears, and you don't have to ride on the back of monsters to face and fight bigger monsters. SAo's promotional slogan "Move your body to play" is deceptive if you fight on a monster, and if that's the case, there's no need to dive with all your might.

The enemy monsters that appear in SAo are also designed to only appear up to 15m in size. If the monster becomes too large, most of the player's attacks will not work, and eventually they will have to fight using the weapons placed on the map.

In addition, if the opponent is too large, the player will take damage just by moving, and the player will be at an overwhelming disadvantage, creating an unbalanced situation.

This is a common occurrence in hunting action games, which are known for their online games, but since this game is a game of death, it should not be the case in a completely single-player game. Because if there was such a thing, it would be unreasonable.

However, I am now fighting the enemy in a state that subverts SAo's common sense. Location: 80th floor in the mountainous area. The green mountains are reminiscent of real-world mountains - eight-legged monsters and female bodies are huge like them, black holes that devour everything, and alien "enemies" with mixed appearances.

I rode on the back of my partner, the Holy Sword Wolf Dragon (Lilan), and fought the enemy.

"It's huge, it looks like a mountain is moving."

Its true identity is Martell, the first unit of the "Mental Health Healing Project", an ultra-high-performance AI created to heal the players of this world, which led to the rampage.

Martell was in a state of fragmentation due to the accumulation of repeated mistakes, on the verge of what we call death, but fortunately she was far from it.

According to developer Alice, she has a self-healing ability that can be used to repair herself when she takes damage.

He saved Martell, who was on the verge of death due to the impaired function, and helped him reappear. However, she could not appear in this world in that form.

Perhaps because of the accumulation of mistakes, Martell's self-healing ability was transformed into the ability to heal himself by absorbing something, and Martell used it to create boss monsters and domains with relatively high handling power, and it absorbed one monster after another, turning them into monsters. The material can repair itself.

As a result, Martell, who was supposed to be a heal for the player, turned out to be a "deformed naked woman" who grew from a huge black body with various monster characteristics to a female body.

"How did Martell become like this"

Moreover, Martel's anger is endless. Martell takes unprecedented actions, such as destroying areas that were not previously accessible to monsters, entering and preying on fleeing NPCs.

Martell, a monster that preys on any NPC and tries to put it inside itself. One of its prey targets is the presence of MHCP, MHHP, my daughter Yui and her sister Mechanical Birth. My partner Strea can't be, not included.

Alice theorizes that after Martell eats all the NPCs on floor 83, he will come and eat Yui, Strea, and Lilan.

Yui and Strea are mhcp, high-performance AI that other AIs can't match, and Lilan is also a high-performance AI comparable to it. Martell, who wanted to absorb high-performance AI, had no choice but to target these three people.

There are no bosses on the 77th to 83rd floors we climbed. Considering that this is Martell's job, it is inferred that Martell has the ability to move between layers and is seeking higher performance AI.

After that, we learned that Martell, who had eaten all the AI, would come to us to eat Yui, Strea, and Lilan, and we started panicking.

However, Alice then suggested, "If it's Yui, Streya, and Lilan, they'll probably target Lilan first." In order to prevent the city from being damaged, Yuichi's method is to move Lilan elsewhere. ”

The 83rd floor was torn apart by Martell's assault and suffered extensive damage.

I figured that such a tragedy could no longer be Lilan, so I listened to Alice and decided to head to the mountains of the 80th floor of the field, where there were fewer enemies and players.

"There aren't many players there, and it's far from the city, so even if you fight, the damage is very small." When I told everyone about it, everyone stopped me as if it was a matter of course.

However, perhaps sensing Martell's approach, I couldn't sit still when Lilan warned everyone, so I told everyone what I thought.

"Only Lilan, who has extraordinary strength, and me, who has it as a partner, can fight against a non-standard existence of that size."

But they didn't accept it, insisting that if I did, they would send a team of prisoners to fight, which surprised me. If all the clean-up teams were brought out and caught in Martell's attack, they would be annihilated. If all the capture groups died, no one would be able to capture the castle and the death game would not be over.

While they were arguing about whether they intended to do something like this in the battle with Martell, they were doomed anyway if they couldn't defeat Martell. I didn't hear him say that he couldn't be left alone to fight that kind of fight.

But instead of anger in my heart, I felt a sense of joy in my heart. Seeing such an enemy, everyone had to flee quickly, I thought it would be just me and Lilan when we fought, but everyone completely betrayed this, saying that they would fight too.

"Challenging such an enemy is tantamount to suicide, but everyone chooses to face it." It would be fine if it was just Shino, Asuna, and Klein, but since everyone said so, I can't argue anymore. No, maybe at that time, he probably already thought that he didn't want to object.

As a result, I, who usually do unreasonable things, ironically swallowed everyone's unreasonable things, and let Yui, Streya, and Jupiter escape to the first floor with Alice, and gathered all the clean-up teams as much as possible, and gathered a group of people. Large troops, team up to go to the 80th floor.

Then, a few minutes after we arrived in the mountains, Alice's prediction was correct, and Martell, who had turned into a "Freak Nude", climbed over the labyrinth tower and reached the 80th floor. Our all-out battle has begun.

\"I didn't expect the capture team to fight together, it's crazy\"

Shino, who was sitting on Lilan's back with me, said with a rare smile. \"

"I agree.

"Of course, we were going to do it from the beginning, but we didn't listen to everyone, so we ended up doing it."

Shino said to me in a majestic voice. The sound came firmly to my ears with the wind blowing.

"Because I won't be dependent on you anymore. We and I will fight firmly. ”

"This battle is obviously unreasonable." Martell became like this because he had eaten too many bosses, had 15 "health bars", and had the massive ability of over 100 million quantified health. I don't think so.

"Even so, in order to prevent me from going alone, we gathered all the captive regiments in this mountainous area and carried out a crusade against Martell."

"It takes a lot of courage to take on something like this."

"I can't let them die like this." Defend them from Martell's attacks and successfully complete the battle without causing any casualties.

Hopefully I'll do something to get Martel back to normal.

"Everyone, let's start fighting!!"

He took a deep breath and held it in his stomach, and the next moment, he shouted like an angry roar, and the countless captive brigades on the ground, with a fierce sound, began to charge.

The moment everyone's attack hit Martell's thigh, Martell's female body let out a scream. To my surprise, Martell actually heard the attack correctly, but I immediately stood up in my mind and gave instructions from the top of the replay.

It's about Martell, who has such a big body, it's a miracle that the attack succeeds, and now, without a doubt, Martell admits that we are enemies. The attack power unleashed by such a huge body was simply an instant kill for the elites gathered here.

I don't know how much I can take, but even a little bit will require the Defense Effect buff to withstand and the Recovery Skill to recover.

"Everyone, don't forget to add special effects! If your health decreases, use a recovery item or a recovery skill, and always make sure your health is fully restored! ”

My commands will reach everyone, regardless of the wind and grass, and everyone will use special effects at the same time to increase defense and attack.

"Actually, it's best to deploy a skill that makes you invincible for a certain period of time, and then attack with all your might, but no player, including myself, has improved his skill to such an extent. They can get it. "Martell's attacks can only be sustained by defending after stacking skills.

"Re-run, you can unleash the most powerful attack in the world. You'll know the rest. ”

"If that mutant is going to attack, I'm going to stop it from attacking. \"

"Yes, no matter how strong he is, he can't ignore your attacks. In that case, ignore us, get close with all your might, and launch a sword attack. ”

Lilan turned her face to us for a moment, but immediately turned back to face us. He's definitely worried about us, but if I have to, I'll jump off with Shino in my arms.

Although I thought that something like this would not happen a million times, the next moment Lilan opened her mouth and shot a series of fireballs, bombarding the upper body of Martell, who was crawling on the ground.

Although Lilan's attacks are extremely powerful, they are not designed to prevent accidental damage. When it's time to attack, I have to shout to everyone and get out.

"Woo woo woo woo !!"

The roar of the crowd reached my ears, and as I turned to face Martell, I saw the hordes of attackers gathering and attacking Martell's legs. Every time everyone slashed, I could confirm that a black light like blood was generated, and my spine felt a little cold.

Martell preyed on too many AIs, and even the red glow emitted when he was injured turned into a strange color.

Martell was still screaming, but now he was completely indifferent to the attack. If you look at HP, even the first one has not decreased. It looks like the attack was completely ineffective.

"Doesn't that work!?"

"You're so big, I didn't think your health would be reduced so easily, but if you play like this and don't move, you're going to start getting a little scared"

Although we skipped some boss fights, we never neglected to level up, so almost everyone reached level 100 or higher.

The attack power above level 100 should be so strong that any boss should be intimidated, but that "strange girl" was completely unmoved. The previous attack was effective, but why?

"Goo-wah-ahh

When I heard the roar turn into a scream, I snapped back to my senses and turned my head again. Martell's feet stomped on the ground beyond the giant tree, blowing away the hordes of attacks that had gathered on the hillside. When I cast the Search for Enemies skill there, I could confirm that the health of those who were attacked instantly turned red.

I thought it must have incredible attack power, but I didn't expect that even a captive group above level 100 could cause such a level of damage with a single blow.

Shino, who saw the same scene as me, blushed slightly.

"Can you do this with one blow!?"

"It was probably worse than the Skeleton Reaper, everyone was much stronger than then, but I could only take one blow"

This means that if Martell were to attack, he would have to let Lilan attack and somehow stop it.

Although they have the means of recovery, it is not unlimited, and it is likely that over time, the items will run out and cannot be restored in time. There is a delay in using the regeneration ability again, and there is no guarantee that you will not be attacked during this time.

"Start over, Martell's body moves, and he starts attacking, okay!?"

"There are people who hold mirrors, but they are not demons. It's not about shining a light on the devil, it's about creating the devil. \"

Instead of replying to me, Lilan spat out words that sounded like sentences. Sometimes, Lilan behaves like this, but I can't understand the general meaning.

"I don't remember teaching him, so I wonder if he remembered it from somewhere or from the beginning." This bothers me, but now is not the time to think about this.

\"Hey, Lilan, what's going on!?" \"

That is, a mirror is something that should be looked at, not something that should be looked at closely. \"

The next moment, Lilan suddenly opened her mouth and shot a fireball that hit Martell's body, causing a huge explosion. I realized that it wasn't like he couldn't hear what I was saying, he just wasn't responding, but even then, his brain wasn't connected to mine, so I didn't understand that much. No.

"Go back, if you're going to attack me, at least give me an answer!"

"Uh-huh, I'm sorry\"

Lilan's "voice" finally returned, but I couldn't help but feel it stuck in my throat.

Lilan looked at Martell and muttered something strange, but he didn't understand the meaning at all, and he couldn't seem to tell me how he felt when he saw Martell.

But now that I think about it, I'm sure I'm going to fall off Lilan's back, so I stopped thinking about it and decided to focus on defeating Martell.

"That being said, it looked like it was damaged just now, so why didn't you suddenly come in?"

Martell screams when he was attacked just now, but now, even when attacked, he moves his body. It's like I let my guard down just now, but after being attacked, I put on a fighting stance, otherwise I might get sick when the virus enters my body, but next time I can produce antibodies. It's like I'm not going to get sick because I'm there.

"Never!?"

Didn't he quickly develop antibodies against the attack as a means of defense after being attacked? Wouldn't it be ineffective to instantly produce antibody-like functions and spread throughout the body?

"What's wrong, Kirito? \"

"It's too clumsy. If my idea is correct, he makes an antibody to attack. ”

"Antibodies against attack?"

"Ah, like a defensive function."

His birth was the result of Martell's ability to learn and evolve himself. It is not surprising that immediately after an attack, lessons are learned and countermeasures are developed.

Hearing my guess, Shino let out a sound of surprise.

"You're saying the attack doesn't work anymore?"

"I don't want to think so, but I can only think so."

"So what should I do?

"What Shino said is true. "In fact, everyone in the cleanup team is now working together to attack Martell's body with impunity, but because Martell has created antibodies to resist the attack, and it spreads all over his body, his health does not move at all.

In general, an enemy who does such a thing upsets the balance, so it never appears, but Martell himself is an irregular creature, so common sense doesn't apply.

"That's right, Martell is someone who doesn't use the SAo common sense we've cultivated over the course of two years. "We are no longer dealing with monsters, but with the absurd and irrational themselves.

"Damn, it's really impossible for us to defeat Martell!?"

I gritted my teeth and ordered Lilan to launch a cannonball at Martell, and at the same time, Shino pulled her bowstring and fired an arrow at Martell.