The duel between the Emperor and his demons, Clover's most elite and still known as the Undefeated Beast Tamer, and I and Lilan has begun.

Just before the battle began, the emperor's "envoy demon" was only big enough to be placed on the emperor's shoulders, but its appearance suddenly changed, and now it is big enough to carry the emperor on his back to fight, turning into a white demon fox with a strange body. , with nine tails, shaped like a fox's head.

So far, the emperor doesn't seem to have carefully selected his own "dependent beasts", or constantly switched other "dependent beasts" to play.

The Emperor's 'Demon Messenger' is something I've never seen any other 'Beast Tamer' have, and it seems to be extremely powerful. Perhaps the emperor's "dependents" are also entities that have evolved and gained great power because they have been with the emperor for a long time.

The state of my "acquaintance" Lilan and "God of War Dragon Gagulaz" should not be much different, if you want to check the status, Lilan may be worse than me.

However, since I have come to this point, I can't afford to lose, and Lilan also seems to want to fight and win against the Emperor's 'demon', and everyone believes in my victory and sends me on my way.

If I lose here, I lose the meaning of moving forward, and I can't apologize to everyone. The next moment, when I took this sentence to heart, the white demon fox and Lilan's charge collided. Tower.

Accompanied by a roar, a strong tremor similar to an earthquake occurred, and a strong shock wave reached deep in my stomach. The white demon fox controlled by the emperor has a thinner body than Lilan, but its muscle strength seems to be on par with Lilan, and it can manipulate white-hot energy and gallop through the sky.

“！”

I felt a cold sweat break out on my back. Under normal circumstances, fighting boss monsters would be fun, but this white demon fox is a "messenger" controlled by the "beast tamer" named the emperor, and has higher intelligence, action and handling power than any boss Monster Islands

A white demon fox with attributes comparable to those of a regional leader, a handling ability and judgment that surpasses that of a regional leader, and a powerful "beast tamer" named Huang.

So far, I've fought what seems to be the strongest regional boss every time, but this white demon fox definitely surpasses them and is probably the strongest enemy in the Swart area. It's late, but I seem to have encountered an incredible enemy—thinking of this, Lilan quickly took a step back, and the weapon on the giant arm spewed out white-hot energy, distancing itself from the white demon fox.

I called out to Lilan when she landed and stopped moving.

"Lilan, how strong is he?"

"After all, it's the strongest 'Beast Tamer', much stronger than the Shamrock guy I faced yesterday, or even that Zexceed guy. "In some cases, it may even be stronger than me, but

"But what?"

It was then that the tone of the 'voice' echoing in my head changed. It's the voice of an old woman that I've been used to hearing since SAo, and the voice of a girl that I often hear when I'm at SAo, and of course when I'm at ALo.

"I don't want to lose and I'm not afraid. Because you're right there with me, fighting together. So I'm fine\"

Even though there might be an enemy monster in front of him that was stronger than himself, there was no trace of fear and fear in Lilan's tone, let alone a trace of uneasiness. Lilan is scared to fight the Emperor because he has experienced a battle before, and he finds that his powers are almost ineffective against the regional bosses. I was trembling and thinking that I couldn't win even if I fought.

However, this is not the case at all now, and most importantly, he has a great deal of trust in me. The Emperor's 'Demon Envoy' is certainly very strong, but if he fights Lilan, he will definitely win. Lilan felt the same way. Realizing this again, I felt the corners of my mouth curl up.

"That's right, I don't want to lose, and I'm not afraid of anything. Whatever I say, you're there for me. Let's fight together, let's win, partner Rilan! ”

"I understand! ...！？ \"

When Lilan's voice was about to end, his voice returned to its original tone, and we were strongly shocked. I gasped when I turned my gaze from Lilan and saw the white demon fox right in front of me.

A unique, reminiscent of a fox's head tail grew out of the white demon fox's buttocks, all of which stretched out and bit into Riran's body. They were supposed to be the tails of the White Demon Fox, but each one had their own brains and acted as if they were independent of the White Demon Fox.

It's not so much the tail biting me, it's a serpentine monster appearing out of thin air to bite me.

"Can this guy's tail still move like that!?"

"It's not just tails."

Suddenly, I heard a voice from above, and I looked up. The White Demon Fox's master, the Emperor, detached from the back of the 'Demon Messenger' and flew away with Wentina's unique pale blue wings on his back. In his hand, he held an ornately decorated long sword, longer and sharper than anything around him, and the emperor swung the long sword vigorously and flew towards him.

I immediately raised my sword and created a defense system, but I didn't expect the emperor to make such a move, and as a result, the defense system was weakened. My shield-thin defense blocked the Emperor's sword, but it couldn't counteract the impact, and I was blown backwards and dragged off Lilan.

It fell to the ground with a thud and rolled a few times before stopping. My hands were shaking, and I couldn't hold my sword properly. Until now, it had been able to withstand the swords and attacks of various monsters and swordsmen, but the sword wielded by the Emperor proved that it clearly surpassed them.

Maybe I'm fighting a surprisingly pitiful enemy - I opened my eyes and thought to myself, and when I looked up, I saw the emperor again. What's more, this time it was still joking, as if it was gathering strength and wanted to swing it off with all its might. It's like trying to throw a mask in kendo.

"Are you letting me do it!"

It didn't take long for the Emperor's sword to swing, but I quickly rolled on the ground to avoid it. Taking advantage of the moment when the tip of the Emperor's long sword pierced into the ground and stopped moving, he stood up, took a quick step back, and distanced himself from the Emperor.

He reached behind his back and pulled out another sword tucked away in its scabbard, ready to form the dual-wielding position he had been using since ALo. When I looked at my health bar, I saw that my health was decreasing, although this was just the beginning. It seems to have been weakened by the Emperor's previous blow.

It didn't go well, but I was able to protect myself. Despite this, from the point of view of health reduction, the emperor's attack power is quite high. Not only that, but the emperor immediately jumped down from the back of the white demon fox and attacked me, presumably its agility was also very high.

This game has a skill system with no ranks, and there are as many ways to improve skills and numbers as there are players. Although it can increase attack and muscle power, which in turn increases mana, and increases agility and defense, the development style and skill composition of the emperor are very balanced.

As I thought and prepared, my eyes met with the emperor holding his sword.

The emperor, known as the strongest clover, has a very calm face, and his eyes are shining with a calm but clear light, giving people the feeling that his whole body is full of calm.

He held his sword in a similar way to Crane's sword, but it looked much more solemn than Crane's. He is like a martial arts master, who continues to fight with only one sword and constantly improves his skills.

It is said that the emperor is the strongest "beast tamer", and he defeated other "beast tamers" one after another, proving that this story is not a lie. Because of this, the emperor's 'magic pet' is often said to be extremely powerful, but the emperor's own strength is even stronger than this.

The emperor did not neglect his own strengthening and cultivation, but only relied on the power of the "messenger" like Zeksde, who duel with him a few days ago. He continues to fight against a staggering number of monsters and players with his "dependents", continues to wield weapons himself, and continues to grow stronger physically and mentally. This may be why the Emperor is so powerful that he can even defeat General Eugene and become Clover's most elite and Seven's right-hand man.

The emperor can be called a model of "animal tamer".

Since this is a duel with the emperor, even if it is me, as long as I don't do it right, I will be easily defeated, and I can't let my guard down for a moment. However, even so, I did not feel the slightest anxiety, but only felt a feeling of pride rise in my chest.

It seemed that the emperor himself sensed this, and he kicked off the ground, quickly closing the distance between me and me. As if in response, I kicked to the ground and quickly approached the emperor. When I swung both swords at the same time, the emperor took a lower stance and swung the long sword from below.

Two swords and a long sword collided in front of them, and with a sharp metallic sound, orange sparks spread out in all directions, illuminating the faces of the two. Like the duel in SAo, it was a close fight, and I opened my mouth.

"You're strong after all, and I can see why there are such rumors among players."

"Are you lazy? I'm afraid you're not strong enough yet. Or have you always relied on 'acquaintances' and are not strong yourself? ”

I get it.

Why did she come down and knock me down by herself, even though she had such a strong "acquaintance" with her? The emperor knew my strength, and in order to fight me, he dragged me off Lilan.

It is said that the emperor has fought with many "beast tamers" so far, but many of them are only "acquaintances", and the strength of the players themselves is not so strong. Probably.

If you hear that they use a very strong 'Demon Pet', if you try to fight, you will find that the 'Demon Pet' is indeed strong, but the players themselves are weak and there is no point in talking about it. No matter how strong the "demon" is, the master is the weak, so it is a simple and clumsy duel in which the master is defeated and the powerful "demon" is killed instantly.

From the tone of the emperor's voice, I knew that he had experienced such a thing.

"I'm not that kind of person. I'm proud that I'm a player who can live up to your expectations. I'm here. ”

"Well, so our opponent is more than just an ordinary opponent?"

"I see, yo!!"

As I took a relaxed stride to the left, the Emperor's sword was released from the intimate contact and flew towards me, but I took another step to avoid it. Immediately after, the Emperor grabbed the hilt of the sword with all his strength and pursued me with a powerful spinning slash, but I dodged it with backflips and backward movements.

After completing the actions that were impossible in real life, but could do anything in a world where I could do anything as long as I had VRmmo status, I immediately turned to my "mana".

The wolf dragon in platinum armor that I was riding just now, and the demon fox covered in white and blue fur and nine snake-like tails that moved independently, disappointed me. The battle continues.

However, the location was not on the ground, but in the air, and the wolf dragon Lilan spewed bleached heat energy from her giant arm weapon and flew through the gray sky that dotted the rocky plains of Nizbeg, but he was facing a demon fox. It just wrapped itself in blue-black flames, didn't use anything else, just levitated in the air, running.

In addition to being able to fly in the sky like other monsters without needing to gain wings, it can also move like running in the air, which means that there is no longer a difference between heaven and earth, and this is the ability of the demon fox.

Although it had no wings, under the effect of the white heat energy emitted by the giant bowl, Lelan, who was flying in the sky, seemed to have a conflict with the white demon fox that was indistinguishable from heaven and earth, it approached gently, and his movements seemed to be at the mercy of the white demon fox's attack.

"Rerun!!"

"If it's me, well, leave it to me." Instead, I'll leave it to you! \"

Lilan's 'voice' echoed in my head, and I probably understood what I was talking about without looking at it, but then, the white demon fox's tail opposite me suddenly opened its mouth, and flames erupted from his mouth. The flame is made up of blue, purple, and black, which is the exact opposite of the normal fire color as you would expect. This flame can be called "ghost fire" or "fox fire" and is used as a bullet with a white demon fox continuous fire at its tail.

Lilan must have been able to foresee such an attack, altering its speed by weakening or increasing the weapon's bleaching heat output, allowing the Fox Fire Bomb to fly like an aerobatic fighter. He dodged the bullets, and when he dodged all of them, he spewed a hot breath of bleaching heat from his mouth, as if to retaliate.

However, although her intelligence was not as good as that of Lilan, the white demon fox must have also anticipated the destructive power of this blow and dodged it with her agile footsteps in the air. Immediately after, the white demon fox aimed the tip of its tail at Lilan, who had stopped moving due to the beam of light, and shot nine fox fire bombs in a row that were larger than before.

When the blue, black, and purple flame bullets flew straight towards him, Lilan opened her mouth without evacuation, and the white heat in her mouth instantly condensed, making the white hot bullet swell out like the tail of a white demon fox. Tower. The fox flame collided with the bleach hot bomb as if it had been inhaled, causing a huge explosion.

The explosive flames of white, black, blue, and purple engulfed them, hiding the two creatures, but Lilan and the White Demon Fox immediately jumped out as if slicing through the flames, attacking with lunges and breath. Start toying with each other.

The sky above the decisive arena where I fought with the emperor was the stage for the duel between Lilan and the White Demon Fox. It's no longer a place for humans to enter.

The White Wolf Dragon and the White Demon Fox. Battles between monsters with similar fur and based on real-life animals. Just as I was stunned by the sight of a battle that would make any monster movie or battle animation blank, I was pulled back to consciousness by a loud noise coming from ahead.

My battle mate, the pale blue-haired Swordsman Emperor, rushed at me again, brandishing his sword.

"Don't look anywhere else!"

"Don't do it!"

When the imperial sword swung straight down from above, I remembered the footwork of the sword, and I dodged sideways, and immediately heard the sound of the blade cutting through the air. The emperor, who had avoided the upper floor, immediately regained his posture and swung his sword horizontally. Sensing that I was about to be attacked, I immediately pressed my sword to my chest and joined the hilts together.

Hearing the sound of shaking, he immediately twisted his body and waved the sword in his hand, and the sword had turned into a double-edged sword, a double sword. The upper blade collided with the Emperor's sword, emitting a metallic sound and spark effect, and scattered in all directions. At that time, the emperor's face was there, and he looked a little surprised.

"You're using a fusion mechanic!"

"Ah, I was once taught that you should always have something that you can use right away. I'm glad I took full advantage of the features implemented in ALo! ”

As he spoke, he pushed the Emperor's sword away, swinging the double-edged sword like a naginata or spear, and the blade struck the Emperor in the abdomen, giving him a solid response. The Emperor took a step back, widened the distance between me, and snorted through gritted teeth. If you look closely at the "HP bar", you will see that your HP has decreased a lot.

At SAo, it was like something that belonged only to me, but a long time ago, in ALo, where dual-wielding became the norm, the ability to combine swords and customize transformations was added in the update. In fact, I did add the fusion mechanic under Lisbeth recently.

Even after the update implemented sword fusion and transformation, I just thought that my sword didn't need anything like this, but when I thought about what the fusion sword would look like, I imagined a certain action, and after that I couldn't do it but I thought maybe it could be achieved, so I decided to ask Liz Bes.

And, in order to achieve this, it was necessary to lengthen the handle and add a joint in the middle, so I had to ask for this as well, but I guess no one at the time would have made such a complex modification. Give me a very strange look.

But she completely customized it, lengthening the hilt of my sword and adding a joint in the middle. Since then, the two swords I carried on my back, both with long handles, have become two strange swords with broken middles, which have attracted the attention of many friends.

The Emperor snorted as I raised the double-edged sword, which was a combination of two swords.

"I thought he was using a very long sword, but I guess it's not just for decoration."

"That's it. Is this surprising? ”

"It's amazing. But now I understand. Kirito, you're such an interesting player. It's because you're such a great opponent that it's worth fighting! \"

I was taken aback when I saw the emperor's face, and he spoke in a slightly different tone than I had heard before. From the moment the duel began, the emperor maintained a solemn aura, as if he was faithfully doing what he had to do. Just like the fictional character Heathcliff used by Lilan and Akihiko Kayaba, the father of Jupiter and the creator of the SAo world.

However, now the smile of a player who is truly enjoying the moment and the duel that is unfolding appears on the emperor's face. No matter how the emperor exudes the aura of a martial arts master, he is also a player like me, and a person who can enjoy duels like me.

And I was able to have a duel that I found interesting with the Imperial Capital. My power has caught up with the Emperor, and it is beyond the Emperor's control. It made me happy and I felt the excitement in my chest even stronger.

"I'm also very happy to be able to fight against someone as strong as you, it's been a long time since I've had such a happy duel!!"

After making him roar, he kicked the ground and sprinted to close the distance between him and the Emperor. Most players would be surprised if he ran at this speed, but the emperor remained motionless and raised his sword and swung it down, the blade glowing red.

In the moment when I seemed to have misjudged the timing of its activation, the light wrapped in the Emperor's Sword turned into a huge crescent-shaped vacuum fluctuation, piercing the wind and the atmosphere, and flew towards me.

Swing it with all your strength and release a huge vacuum wave forward with a long-range attack sword technique "Miscellaneous Moon".

This is a sword technique that Crane, who also uses a sword, does not use, because it is more fun to slash him at close range, and the Emperor, who even seems to know every inch of the sword weapon, uses it all the time.

Based on that alone, it can be said that there is a difference between Crane and Emperor - realizing this, I kicked the ground harder, one heel on the other, and jumped into the sky. He narrowly avoided the flying vacuum wave, and after landing on the ground, he rushed towards the emperor.

When he slashed out with his naginata, the emperor was freed from the stiff state after launching his sword technique, and instantly swung the long sword away. The blades collided again, sparks flying and making a high-pitched metallic sound, but I quickly backed away, keeping my distance so I didn't get too close to each other. At this moment, he untied his two swords, resumed his dual wielding state, landed on the ground with both hands clenched his two swords, poured all his strength into his legs, and leaped forward.

Probably unexpectedly, he jumped in again, and he was surprised to see the movement of the palace, he lightly grasped the long sword in both hands and stabbed at the palace. When the dual-wielding sword technique 'Double Circle', which had existed since SAo, suddenly erupted, the emperor was knocked back in affirmative response.

However, the Emperor's strength was enough to defeat General Eugene, and he instantly turned in the air and landed on the ground. If you look closely, the Emperor's health has dropped to the point of yellow.

It seems that the blow I just received was quite effective, and I found that the Emperor was not an opponent I could not defeat, and that I had become very strong myself.

"I didn't expect you to use two swords so well"

"It seems that you have always fought with swords, and so have I, I have always fought with two swords, so it is like it is ingrained in my body."

"Well, it looks like you've dedicated your life to the game, and all I can say is that you're a dead player."

We were trapped in the world of SAo, we were there for two years, and we had to be stronger there. If I don't, I can't leave SAo. For those who don't know the power he gained at the time, this may seem like something that a bad player would get.

To say he's a bad gamer would have been a derogatory term, but from my point of view, it's the best compliment.

"I've been through a lot of situations, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do anything about it. I really understand the power of gamers! ”

The corners of the emperor's mouth rose slightly, and he began to run away. Sure enough, this guy enjoyed dueling with me. Even Clover is the most elite and proud "Beast Tamer", on the contrary, as a player named Emperor, he is excited about fighting me.

What an interesting duel, what an interesting opponent player. We are fighting each other for the same thing. When did combat become so much fun? The next moment, just as I was recalling that time and rejoicing in the duel in front of me, something suddenly exploded nearby. Luckily, I avoided the heat of the explosion, but with the dust kicked up by the roar, I couldn't see what was going on around me.

However, I saw something that looked like blue-black sparks mixed in the dust, and I immediately realized that it was caused by the fox fire bombs fired by the Emperor's "demon" White Demon Fox. When the dust cleared, I looked back, as if to confirm my suspicions, only to see a white demon fox descending from the sky, running at great speed.

"That man!!"

The white demon fox, which didn't need to flap its wings, descended on the vast plain in the blink of an eye, burned the grass with the fox fire that covered its legs, and ran towards me at an alarming speed. Although I was surprised by the suddenness, I immediately jumped to the left and dodged the attack of the White Demon Fox.

The White Demon Fox kept running, and finally came to its master, the Emperor, but the Emperor grabbed the body of the White Demon Fox, as if he was caught by something passing by, and ran towards this side. Step on it and return to the skies with the White Demon Fox.

Yes, I was so focused on the battle with the emperor that I almost forgot, but the emperor was an "animal tamer" who had a reliable "acquaintance", and that was the White Demon Fox.

The duel with the emperor is not only a battle with the emperor alone, but also a battle with the emperor's "demon" - the white demon fox. However, nothing can change the interesting fact of this duel. As I thought about it again, a voice rang out in my head.

\"Kirito!! \"

"Lilan!!"

When I looked back at the sky behind me again, I saw a wolf dragon coming towards me like a white comet. While I was fighting the Imperial Palace, my partner Zhilan separated the White Demon Fox from us and engaged in a fierce air battle.

The emperor and I are fighting. However, the emperor and I are not alone. Together with his trusted partner, a "messenger" with great power, he faces the battle.

This is a game that requires all your strength and the strength of your "family" to win. This must be the essence of this duel. That's why it's so exciting.

With this in mind, I immediately jumped up and gently lowered my body to higher ground. Then, in less than a second, my partner passed underneath me. I successfully crossed that section the moment it passed, and achieved the goal of becoming one with the dragon.

After confirming that I was on the boat, Lilan spat out white hot air from the mouth of the giant weapon and accelerated. It returned to the skies at a speed comparable to that of a jet plane, catching up with the fleeing white fox. The wolf dragon carrying me immediately accelerated and caught up with the white demon fox. Sensing the approach of the Platinum Wolf Dragon, the White Demon Fox, like me just now, kicked a somersault, escaped Lilan's pursuit, and flew into the sky above us.

In less than a second, the white demon fox's tail mouth was all opened, and the fox fire bomb was continuously fired. The fox fire below rained down on us. However, Lilan was not hit by such an attack, but after hearing the sound of the first shot, she violently spewed out white hot air and accelerated away from the white demon fox's line of fire.

"I won't let you escape!!"

“！？”

As soon as the emperor's words reached his ears, Rilan suddenly changed direction, and an explosion sounded nearby. After that, Lilan continued to fly, but instead of flying in a straight line, he flew in a zigzag pattern, and every time Lilan changed direction, an explosion sounded in my ears, and I couldn't help but gasp.

(You're serious!!) ）

Although the White Demon Fox's speed is also quite high, Lilan's output still exceeds it, so it is difficult for the White Demon Fox to hit Lilan with a ranged attack when flying at extreme speed.

That's why the Emperor and the White Demon Fox use 'Deviation Shot', that is, predict where Lilan will fly and launch a long-range attack. They try to target us with the tactics used in FpS and tpS, i.e. read the position where the opponent is moving, hard-to-hit and then attack at that position to get a successful attack.

I'm sure this is a strategy he learned as he got stronger in the ALo world, but I never thought he would do something like this here.

\"Does he know shooting games?? \"

"But you're faster! Change direction and use the Breath Attack! ”

When I gave the command close to Rilan's body, Rilan spewed out white heat, immediately changed direction, and while making eye contact with the white demon fox, opened her mouth and shot several white-hot bullets from it. His mouth. Loosen.

The White Demon Fox's fox fire bomb is also quite fast, but Lilan's white hot bomb is so fast that it can land at the same time as it is fired. No matter how fast the White Demon Fox is, it will definitely hit its target. While I was muttering, I heard a shot that was not Lilan, and a huge explosion occurred between the White Demon Fox and Lilan.

Lilan's movements stopped, the flames of the explosion obscuring his vision, and he began to hover in place. The albino heat bomb released by Lilan is white, as it has enough heat to fly all the colors away, and the explosion it causes is bound to be white.

But the flames spreading in front of him were white, black, blue, and purple, and the color was like a mixture of fox fire emitted by the white demon fox, and now it was obvious that the attack had exploded. Lilan, who was snorting, didn't seem to feel any reaction either.

I was supposed to be hit by a super-high-velocity albino heat bomb at such a close range, but I dodged it just as I was waiting for the flames to dissipate, when something suddenly cut through the swirling flames and jumped out, and just like that, he rushed towards us.

Of course, it was a white demon fox with the rival emperor we were fighting on its head - but I was speechless when I saw the emperor who was supposed to be riding on my head.

The emperor stood on the body of the white demon fox, holding a sword in his right hand that should have been held in both hands, as if he was about to cut down the front. In front of the emperor's right hand, a huge right hand composed of blue light appeared, holding a sword, and the posture was the same as that of the emperor.

I couldn't help but be stunned by the palace's unique posture that didn't seem like a magic or sword skill, and the huge right arm that appeared near the right hand. The demon fox came to us.

The emperor's face seemed to be a good opportunity, and the sword swept with all his strength to the left, and the blue light giant bowl that appeared in front of him in his right hand was also cut down. If it were to match, the blue light of the giant arm holding the sword flashed towards the two of us.

"Ahh

\"Goooo \"

Although I didn't feel any pain due to the analgesic mechanism, a similar discomfort spread from my chest all the way to my stomach, and Lilan, who was carrying me, was blown into the sky as if she had been blown away by a huge force. Wind.

I was flying through the air like a fighter plane hit by a missile, the world was spinning at high speed, and I felt like I was being pulled to the ground and wrapped around my entire body.

Is it really going to be such a collapse? Will it crash? Just as those thoughts and images of the fall began to come back to me, I heard a burst of sound from the weapon on Lilan's giant arm, and I felt the feeling of returning to the sky, and the world stopped spinning.

When I realized that Lilan had regained his balance, he was still in the air and began to circle. When I follow the light slightly?? When I shook and looked ahead, I noticed that the White Demon Fox and the Emperor had also stopped their movements and were glaring at me.

At the same time, when I looked at the "health bar" displayed on Lilan's status bar, I noticed that the remaining health was greatly reduced, and it had returned to the level before turning red. It didn't take long for him to realize that this was the result of an attack on the palace.

"What's this—What's that trick I've never seen before!? \"

"Naturally, I haven't seen it, this is my original sword technique."

\"If it's an original sword skill!? \"

This ALo is based on Norse mythology, where there was a god of war named Tyr. Originally considered the god of the sky and later the god of war, Tyr lost his left hand in the battle with Fenrir, but he continued to fight with only his right hand and was able to eradicate those who were hostile. to deal with him..

Because of this, the Emperor said, Tyr was feared as a one-armed god of war.

"I raised the life of Tyr, the one-armed god of war, to oSS. By wielding a two-handed sword with one hand, he unleashed a sword technique that combined the characteristics of a one-handed sword with the firepower of both hands. Sword that's my oSS, "Tyr's One Arm".

"I see, that's what you're doing now. Or rather, how strong are you? You call it 'familiarity', you call it oSS! ”

"That's all I have to do, and I have nothing more to hide."

Although the 'magic pets' he usually uses are very strong and have high combat effectiveness, I didn't expect him to use oSS. I heard that the emperor is a strong man, and I felt it in this battle, but I didn't expect him to be so strong. No, the reason why the emperor is famous in ALo is precisely because he has so many abilities, skills, and experience, and even mastered his "magic pet".

“！”

The Emperor unleashed the 'Tyr Arm', but this was undoubtedly the Emperor's most powerful move, and there was basically no room for defense. If I can eat his stuff with my current HP, that's the end of it. My failure will be decided.

If you look at the Emperor's health bar, although the color itself is yellow, it still has a lot more health than mine. It was a 50-50 battle just now, but now I've lost. However, if it were that big, it might be possible to cut it down if it was hit with high firepower. The emperor is also in such a state, if he is attacked by my high intensity, he will definitely be defeated at that time.

However, the white demon fox carrying the emperor still has a lot of life left, and in the event of an emergency, he will protect the emperor and fight. And my Lilan, who was hit by the Emperor's "Tyr's One Arm" before, lost a lot of health, and only had about the same amount of health as mine.

If you want to defeat the emperor and the white demon fox, the quickest way is to directly solve the emperor regardless of the white demon fox, but it is impossible for the white demon fox not to protect the emperor. If the White Demon Fox protects the Emperor, there is no chance of winning.

How can we get out of this situation? If he could at least stop the Emperor and the White Demon Fox from moving, even if it was only for a short while, he should be able to win this battle. Just as I gritted my teeth and thought, I noticed that I heard strange noises, and I immediately turned my attention downward.

Rilan breathed constantly, as if she was short of breath.

"Lilan!?"

"Hahaha, it's okay. Just a little short of breath and I'll be back soon.

\"You've come this far!? \"

''It's not a way to do it.'' His attacks were quite violent. There's no way I'm going to use my strength to deal with that person\"

I forgot about it after evolving.,But Lilan and his magic pet also have the concept of physical strength.,Physical strength is consumed through flying、Attack、Breathing, etc.,When it's exhausted, it's out of breath.,Can't move.,Disappear.。。

The current Lilan will not run out of strength so easily, but that white demon fox is probably a "demon", powerful enough to make the current Lilan breathless. If Lilan continued to move like this, he would have severe difficulty breathing and would be killed.

Once again, we realized that we were challenging an incredible opponent.

(Wait?) ）

The concept of "familiar" endurance. This is a concept that all 'familiarity' encompasses, and no 'familiarity' escapes this stamina. This is because they are balance breakers, such as the "demons" who go on a rampage with endless physical strength. That is why every "acquaintance" has stamina.

So, what about the white demon fox? Lilan's physical strength has been exhausted in the process of fighting the White Demon Fox, but I believe that the White Demon Fox is the same, and continuing to fight Lilan must have consumed a lot of physical strength.

No, if you think about it, the white demon fox was busy flying around the sky, fighting like it was constantly firing fox fire bullets, and it was almost constantly moving. Not only. The white demon fox had nine tails, each of which could move independently, as if it was in constant motion.

Because it will continue to move even in the standby state, the speed of physical recovery should be slow, once you run out of breath

After sorting out my thoughts in my head, I whispered into Lilan's ear.

Lilan asked him to activate it. And then he'll be"

\"Are you going to do something like that? "Can you win with this?"

"Oh, trust me. I know it's going to be a pain for you, but that's all you have. ”

"It's a game that's boring enough to die for. This kind of thing is not a big deal. \"I see. So, let's go!! \"

The moment Rui Ran nodded, the white demon foxes opened their tails in unison and shot a series of fox fire bombs, as if they were about to give the final blow. Nine fox heads continuously fire fox bullets, forming a barrage centered on the white demon fox. After regaining some stamina, Lilan flew through the barrage, eventually increasing her strength and speed to the fullest.

As it turned into a white comet streaked across the sky, it suddenly bent and flew towards the white demon fox and the palace. Immediately after, the white demon fox turned its gaze to us, and what shot out of its tail was not a fox fire bullet, but the fox fire itself—fox fire flame radiation.

The blue, black, and purple fox fire erupted from the Nine Tails, with an output similar to that of an extremely coarse laser beam, colliding with the white heat on Lilan's body. The white, blue, black, and purple heat collided with each other, and Lilan's speed equivalent to the speed of sound suddenly slowed down, and the original yellow health turned red, gradually decreasing.

Even so, I wouldn't instruct Lilan to stop. Lilan, who did not receive the order, did not stop charging, and continued to disobey the fox fire emitted by the white demon fox, and white heat emanated from the weapon. I tried to look ahead, but the hot wind and the sun hit me violently, and I couldn't see anything.

This close-quarters battle lasted for about two seconds, and Lilan finally overcame the output of the White Demon Fox Fox Fire, and gradually began to move forward, finally cutting off the flow of the White Demon Fox Fox Fire. As the people who were blocking were removed, Lilan regained her speed and tried to head towards the White Demon Fox and towards the palace

“！”

- At this moment, a giant blue arm holding a giant sword suddenly appeared in front of us and approached us. The world turned into slow motion, and I immediately looked at the emperor. The emperor stood up like a white demon fox, holding the long sword in his right hand, and assumed a slashing posture. That pose was undoubtedly the exact same movement of the Emperor's oSS, the one-armed warrior of Tyr.

（...!! ）

The emperor is reading it. No, I know. Lilan's strongest attack is the lunge attack. That's what I bringed.

Of course, Lilan and I are showing our strongest attacks in front of everyone. It wouldn't be strange if there was an emperor in the audience, in fact, if it was a person like the emperor, when he saw that move, he would think of a way to deal with it.

At this time, the emperor came up with an idea. When Lilan rushed in, the strategy was to find the right moment and cut it off with Tyr's one-arm. This is a feat that ordinary people can never do, but it can be done with the player's skill of the emperor. Lilan and I fell into this strategy.

Even if I tried to move my body, I couldn't move it, and I couldn't dodge it at all. As Lilan and Tyr got closer, I immediately closed my eyes and let out a scream in my heart.

(Shina)

The next moment, a blue lightsaber bit into Lilan's body. In an instant, Lilan's body was split in two from head to bottom, and finally when it came to her left leg, the blade was pulled out. With a flash of light, Lilan flew far behind the white demon fox and the palace, and caused a huge white explosion, presumably because his white fever organ was severed.

Then, unable to leave the topic of Lilan, I put the bracelet of my right hand on my forehead and was engulfed in the explosion.

"It's over, isn't it?"

After slashing the Flying Wolf Dragon with his proud oSS, the Emperor heard an explosion behind him, straightened up, and whispered something. As I slashed down that wolf dragon, I felt a strong reaction coming from the sword.

There is no doubt that this blow is enough to defeat the 'Black Dragon Swordsman' Kirito and his 'familiar' wolf dragon. I managed to snatch the victory.

The emperor sighed deeply and gently stroked his comrade-in-arms, the white fox, who was fighting side by side with him. The white fox must have exhausted his physical strength during the battle with the wolf dragon, and his breathing was severely short, and he was in a state of immobility. He unleashed the Nine-Tails, which were several times more fox fire than usual, and all of them hung down, panting.

The battle with Kirito was also a fierce battle for the white fox.

\"Kirito? \"

In retrospect, he was such a formidable opponent.

Although Kirito is shorter and younger than me, he has a sense of awe, vibe, and ability that makes it feel like he's been playing this VRmmo for years, or has been living in the world of VRmmo. ta。 So far, he has played against many different players, including Eugene, who is considered to be the strongest in ALo, but Kirito far surpasses them. Aside from Kirito, I'm afraid there is no other player like him.

Still, I defeated Kirito. That girl can win even Kirito who tries to stop Project Seven. Although Kirito and his party are already on their way, nothing will happen if they lose Kirito and his "dependents".

All obstacles on the Seven have now been cleared. That girl's experiments and plans will enter their final stages and will make a great contribution to the future of humanity. That girl, it's finally time to advance to such a realm. The Emperor let out a long sigh, a feeling of joy rising in his chest.

But then I realized something. If you win the duel, there will be some publicity and production to let you know that you won, but that won't happen. It was supposed to come at the moment after the duel, but that moment should have already come.

There will be no declaration of victory.

\"！？ \"

Didn't you kill him? That 'Black Dragon Swordsman' hasn't been defeated yet? I was sure I should have beaten "Familiar" together, but I never expected that. The emperor felt inexplicably impatient, and suddenly turned around and faced the place where Kirito's 'demon' exploded, leaving him speechless.

Somewhere in the gray sky, in the realm commonly known as hell, stood the figure of a teenager. Short black hair, black combat uniform like a coat. And in his hands, he also holds two long-handled swords. It was Kirito whom he had been fighting since some time ago.

"Kirito!? \"

I was sure I should have beaten him then. By then, the wolf dragon should have been defeated. No, do you think he'll be able to dodge Tyr's arm in that moment? The emperor's chest was filled with chaos that he had never seen before, and cold sweat broke out. The battle is not over. The emperor thought, and before he had made a decision, he immediately crouched down and shouted to his companions below.

"Hey, hey!!"

His fellow white fox didn't answer, just panting and motionless. The previous attack had completely exhausted his physical strength, and it would take a long time to recover. Even though Kirito is still alive.

“A！！”

Is that the purpose? Could it be that Kirito did such a thing and exhausted the white fox's physical strength, making it impossible for the dragon to fight, and making the white fox unable to move? Is everything going according to plan? The emperor was suddenly speechless and turned to face the sky.

Kirito holds a bow. He holds a bow made from the hilts of two swords joined together, bending the blades backwards and attaching a white glow made of magic to the tip of the blade, and in his hand a glowing white arrow that may have been made of magic. of it.

Create a bow and draw an arrow with sword and magic. Since there was no such system in the foundation of this game, it didn't take long for me to realize that this was Kirito's original sword technique.

And while Kirito was performing this original sword technique, his atmosphere also changed compared to just now. In the past, Kirito used the wolf's eyes that contained the power of blazing flames in his body to attack, but now, the eyes of Kirito guarding the bow are the eyes of a calm wildcat wrapped in the power of ice. It's a lot of things mixed together.

Passion and calm, fire and ice, heat and zero frozen beauty. I feel that Kirito is full of contradictions in his heart now.

\"Kirito, you!! \"

Kirito didn't say anything and continued to tighten the rope. That sword technique is probably very long, and it will take time, so if you release it immediately, the power will be halved. What all these things have in common is that they can't be moved while they're in storage.

If you jump out now, rush at Kirito, and deliver the final blow, this showdown is over. The emperor suddenly had an idea, gritted his teeth, clenched his sword, grew wings, kicked the white fox's head, and rushed towards Kirito.

Around the same time, Kirito loosened the rope and shot an arrow. The arrow of white light left its master's hand and headed straight for the palace, but it was just as the palace expected. No matter how fast an arrow is fired, it will only fly in a straight line. Therefore, if you are out of the line of fire at the moment of the release of fire, it will not hit you.

In order to make this idea a reality, the emperor immediately tried to dodge to the left. The shot arrow was instantly engulfed in white flames, turning into a fiery arrow. Not only that, but the white flaming arrows grew larger and changed shape in the blink of an eye, eventually forming a single shape.

It was a wolf, the prototype of Kirito's demon. A limbless wolf with only a head and torso and white flames burning all over its body was heading towards the palace.

"What"

A white flaming wolf suddenly appeared, mercilessly devouring the emperor's already numb torso, and continued to fly. It was supposed to be walking in the direction of Kirito, but instead, the sight of him moving away from himself unfolded before her eyes, and an uncomfortable feeling similar to burning and pain hit her, and she was pulled farther and farther forward. Ground.

The situation in front of him made it impossible for him to comprehend what was happening, but the emperor shouted at the young man in front of him who he could see.

\"Kirito, you, your lord!! \"

Just as this voice reached Kirito's ears, the emperor fell to the ground along with the fire wolf that had devoured his body. Almost at the same time, the White Flame Wolf's body exploded, and white flames spread out, enveloping the Emperor's limbs - burning all of his health into it.

Just before that, I felt like I saw a message that said "You lost" announcing that I had failed.

A duel between Kirito, the black dragon swordsman, and Shamrock's most elite swordsman, known as ALo's strongest swordsman. The battle ended in Kirito's victory.

As soon as the duel with the emperor is over, Kirito and the emperor will be teleported to the lobby of the "Dark World", and after the teleportation is completed, the "familiar" Lilan will appear next to Kirito in the form of a werewolf. Sitting on the floor, unable to move.

I looked down at the Emperor, his expression seemed to be in disbelief that he had lost, or rather extremely disappointed, and I saw Rilan standing next to me, clearly complaining, and he called me in a strange way.

"Kirito, don't push yourself too hard. Are you not good at using demonic animal tamers? \"

"No, no, no way. I had to do it in order to win this battle. Well, I did bad things to you, but\"

Kirito said with a wry smile, but Lilan just "snorted" and looked away. Kirito wondered if he had made a mistake, and just as he wanted to snuggle up to him, the emperor who was sitting on his lap shouted to him.

\"Kirito, why am I losing to you? I should have won. \"

Sure enough, Kirito thought. Of course, from the Emperor's point of view, he must have thought that his ultimate secret technique, 'Tyr One Arm', had exploded and killed him. In fact, it's not, but I can't believe it.

Just as the Emperor's final blow nearly cut him and Lilan in half, Kirito quickly turned at the last moment, avoiding the approaching blue light blade.

After that, he continued to cling to Lilan, who was cut in half, and was eventually enveloped in the white explosive flames that Lilan created when she was unable to fight, but Lilan's explosion engulfed his master, the Beast Tamer, and instead did no damage. I did it to Kirito.

Although Kirito was surprised by this, he hid behind the smoke curtain of the white explosion flames and used his original sword skills as the final blow to kill the emperor. When I explained everything, the emperor looked a little surprised.

"Is it an original sword technique? I heard you have something like this."

"I think so. I've only recently perfected the technique. The people of Shamrock don't know this, and neither do the others. ”

\"The only people who know are me and Shino. \"

Hearing Rilan's words, Kirito nodded embarrassedly and pulled out two swords from the scabbard on his back again, placing them on his chest, connecting the tips of the hilts to form a double-edged sword. Immediately afterward, Kirito firmly grasped the hilt of the knife and bent it so that the tips of both knives were facing backwards, and Kirito chanted a magic that he rarely performed.

The Emperor's eyes widened, and he stretched one end of the crescent-shaped double-edged sword and tied a rope made of light, turning the double-edged sword into a bow with a blade.

"Sword into Bow"

"I never thought I could do something like this with ALo, but that's my weapon for oSS."

"Are you a player who can even use a bow?"

It is not. So far, I have only used a sword, never a bow and arrow. So, under normal circumstances, he can't use such a sword technique, but if he uses a certain method, he can use it.

The way to do this is to tap into the memories of his beloved Shiina/Shino Aada, an archer who has been fighting with a bow and arrow from SAo to the present.

Shiina's memories were brought into her mind almost like an accident during SAo, including all sorts of things like that event, memories before the event, and memories from junior high school and high school. Also, as an archer Shino, the memories and skills gained by fighting with a bow and arrow.

Kirito discovers that Shino's memories as Shino are still alive, and he explores them in his mind while looking at Shino's amulet in his right hand, evoking those memories and feelings, and tracking them with his body. Use a bow and arrow - although his strength is inferior due to his proficiency.

Fold the sword and bend it into a crescent moon shape, create a line with magic and connect the ends to form a bow, also change the arrow created with magic, summon Shino's memories from your head and change your body. Sword skills that can be released by tracking. This is a unique skill created by the memory of Shino, a master archer who has been supporting the vanguard with long-range attacks since the conquest of SAo.

Ranged Attack Dual-wielding Original Sword Technique \ "Rush Sword Rush Sword Rush \".

Kirito still can't forget the look of surprise on their faces when he told Shino and Lelan about it. Realizing once again that this ALo possessed enough freedom to achieve such a primitive sword skill, Kirito approached the defeated warrior who gritted his teeth.

"Ah, I don't know why I can use a bow too. So I made a bow out of my sword and shot it. ALo is indeed a game with a high degree of freedom. ”

"Damn me, I'm ahead of you!"

Although the emperor said so, the duel just now was indeed imminent. If they make a mistake in judgment for a while, they will be exposed to the arson attack of the emperor and the white demon fox, and they will be destroyed in the blink of an eye, even if it is a protracted battle, they will be defeated. Kirito realized this during the battle, so he didn't know how many cold sweats he had, and his heart was beating violently.

This victory may well be the result of a series of coincidences and miracles.

"It's not true, my strength is lower than yours, in terms of basic strength, you are far superior to me, even if it is a 'demon race', it is stronger than any 'demon race' we have ever beaten. You are stronger than the boss monster, and you are the strongest warrior in ALo after all. ”

"Don't use that name anymore. I've been defeated by you. I'm no longer the strongest fighter in ALo. Now, Kirito, you're the one who deserves to be called by that name. \"

"I won't call you that."

So the Emperor stood up, turned and walked to the back of the room. Even in the darkness of Yggdrasil, the room is very large and seems to be designed to fight the boss, with an open door in the deepest part of the room that leads to the corridor leading to the next room.

"If you get over my obstacles, move on. Your friends are now coming their way to you, but before them, the executives of Seven and Clover are heading to the final boss area. ”

"What? Xiao Qi is also here? ”

Even the seven of the goddesses, Shamrock, who is called the goddess by the guild members she leads, basically never goes out, and most of the strategies are completed by the members of Clover.