"This is it!!"

It gathers light in the Clarifiers and Dark Repellents, and unleashes a continuous slash attack. With each swing of the sword, the static electricity crackled, slicing through Nephthys' pitch-black skin.

"Ambush", a dual-wielding sword technique, can attack 10 times in a row.

Next, Lilan used the sword skill "Double Revelation", which slashed continuously while charging, while Kem used the sword skill "Xinao", which created a slashing storm in front of him after the slash, causing serious damage to Nephthys. Give. Moreover, his companions all launched follow-up attacks with sword skills, which made Nephthys' damage even worse.

When the solid response returned, Nefertis's 'health' was less than half of what it was last time, turning red. At the same time, I noticed that the items at the bottom of my field of vision, such as the "HP bar", were dyed blue like the sea.

\"Kirito! \"

The werewolf form of the "Demon Messenger" Lilan seemed to sense that the time had come, and shouted loudly. She must have been waiting for a long time. You must be tempted to vent right now. Kirito turned to his "acquaintance" and nodded in response.

"Let's get started, Rylang!"

Without listening to Kirito's words, his companions, who had stiffened after using his sword skills, retreated one after another, and Nefertis also stood up. Kirito took a deep breath and stopped

"Lilan!"

It emits a loud sound similar to a roar. After receiving the order, the "familiar" Lilan's body was shrouded in white light, which suddenly became huge, and then the light spread like an explosion. By the time the noon-like light of the pitch-black space faded, Lilan's appearance had changed to that of a wolf dragon covered in white-gold fur and armor.

Kirito's true form of Lilan, Kirito, jumped on top of him, straddled him, and grabbed his mane so as not to be thrown off. Kirito realizes the human-dragon unity he has seen since SAo, capturing Nephthys and his "demons" into his sight. The height of my eyes suddenly increased, and I no longer needed to look up at Nephthys.

"It's time to fight back, Lilan."

\"You've kept me waiting so long. \"I'll try to let you vent.

"I guess so, hit me with all your might!"

When Lilan responded to the 'voice', he let out a powerful growl. It's a high-pitched roar that sounds like a musical instrument, which you can't see from its appearance. This is a sound that only a fictional creature called a dragon can make. Then, Nephthys was ready again, and black flashes began to flash in his mouth. I guess he's going to breathe in the beam again. Without Kirito saying anything, Lilan was ready, her mouth full of fire and heat. A heat stream forms around Liland, causing a hot mist.

At the same time, both of them began to radiate what they had stored in their mouths into breath. Nefertis emitted ominous black lightning, and Lilan emitted an orange-red flame and a condensation of heat, and the two collided.

Thunder and light, darkness and light, opposing energies collide with each other, and the battlefield is shrouded in a storm of wind and heat centered on both. Kirito was almost blown away by the torrent of energy, but he clung to Lilan's mane and held on.

The one who started to take control of this fierce battle was Lilan. Gradually, Lilan's light pushed Nephthys' light, and Nephthys's light became shorter and shorter.

"There are so many gaps!!"

At that moment, Nephthys' posture suddenly collapsed, and the beam stopped. Immediately, Lilan's Heat, named "Ilaha Salala", approached Nephthys and hit him directly. Nephthys' shoulder caused a huge explosion after burning the area in seconds.

What's going on? As I got closer to Nephthys, I saw Tia. When Nefertis stops moving due to the collision of his breath, he sees this as an opportunity to approach Nephthys and attack Nephthys by surprise. The explosion caused by Lilan's breath might have been in danger of being swept in, but he probably jumped in without fear.

Because of Tia's series of vexatious behaviors, Nefertis received Lilan's blessing. Because Tia's blow was also involved, the damage done was definitely enormous. There are only a few dots left on that 'hp bar'.

If I can deliver the final blow, it's over. Just then, I heard a voice.

"Tia, come here! Stop it!! \"

Her sister Lilan bowed her head. Kirito, who knew what he was going to do, also shouted to Tia.

"Tia, let's get it done!! \"

Tia nodded and ran towards me. On the way, I made a slight jump and landed on the tip of Lilan's nose, and Lilan pushed her head up vigorously. Tia has extraordinary strength, she leaps to her feet and flies through the air. Attracting everyone's attention, Tia brandished her greatsword and began to descend steeply towards Nephthys.

\"My Future, My Possibilities\"

Tia of the past speaks in the form of Nephthys. Tia replied as she fell.

"My future is a possibility - to be warm and happy with everyone!!"

Tia swung at Nephthys with all her strength in a high-pitched voice. The blow severed everything that had been created by the connection with the human being, splitting Nephthys' head in half. Nephthys, who was walking around and destroying all sorts of things, stopped completely, stiffening like a stone statue.

As soon as the dark blue space returned to silence, Nefertis's eerie black body turned into a pale blue figure, and then exploded with a loud explosion. Turned into countless shards of glass and disappeared.

This time, there was near-complete silence again, and Tia, who had caused all of this, took a deep breath and tucked the greatsword in her hand into the scabbard on her back. This act in itself announced the end of the battle to those around him, and his companions put away their weapons when they saw him, and Kirito also got off Lilan's back. Soon, Lilan's body returned to its werewolf form with the light.

Tia walked this way from where Nephthys was.

"Are you done, Tia?"

"yes, flowing?? That sense of sadness in me was gone. I'm finally able to cut off the possibilities that have been set for me. ”

Tia looked around at Kirito and the others. His expression was very calm.

"The reason why I have come this far is because you have come with me, because everyone who has been with me, I have been able to refuse this sad possibility, I really can't do it alone."

If there is still only one level, Nefertis will definitely win. Both Tia and Marie were deleted by management and died. The reason why this didn't happen was because Tia was willing to trust others.

"Thank you very much. Thank you for lending my hand."

Friends who finally heard Tia's words chuckled softly. I stopped Tia from feeling lonely and taught her the warmth and importance of interacting with people. Kirito thinks that she has finally completed her atonement for the crimes she committed. Meanwhile, Marie walked towards Tia.

"Tia is no longer alone, let's explore new possibilities together."

Tia nodded, then looked around at her friends.

"I used to refuse to support each other, but now I can accept it, your ability to care about others is very big and strong."

When the crowd heard this, they laughed again. Tia was able to become stronger than ever and was able to overcome this crisis. This must be because she has received support and care from others. Tier and Marie are both programs, but Kirito humans are no different. Kirito thought so again.

Immediately after, a loud bang rang out in the area. This is the beginning of the system announcement.

[We would like to inform all players to the management.] It's still early for emergency maintenance. Players who are currently logged in will be automatically logged out.

Kirito was startled by the mechanical voice. That's right, the reason why I rushed to crusade Nephthys was because I received a message that I needed urgent maintenance. After that I was engrossed in the fight, but apparently I did it before the emergency maintenance.

"Oh, yes. So are Marie and Tier alright? The singularity is ruined, isn't it? \"

\"Even if the anomalies are destroyed, Marie-chan and Tia-chan won't be erased, right?" \"

Lizbet and Sirika were in a hurry. Kirito is also worried about the girls. Indeed, they succeeded in destroying the anomaly that caused the anomaly, and were able to separate Marie from Tier. However, the two have already been in trouble before, so it is difficult to say that they are completely safe. When my friends saw this scene, they became more and more anxious.

"Tia and Plemir are hopeless", "It's come to this, but it's not!" Everyone expressed their concerns, but was suppressed by Yui.

"It's okay, Marie and Tier have completely detached themselves from the singularity and the system, and there will be work to fix and fix the singularity in the future, but they won't be involved."

"Maybe the logs will be checked, but Marie and Tier won't be directly involved. Don't worry. Marie and Tier won't have any problems now. ”

When Jupiter joined in the explanation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Yui and Jupiter are characterized by not lying, and the current situation is the result of a systematic instantaneous investigation. The danger to Marie and Tier has been eliminated.

"Marie, Tia"

The two responded to Kirito's voice. Everyone looked relieved.

\"We're fine, Kirito. Please go. \"

"I'll say goodbye to you for a while, but I'll wait for you. I'll be with Marie. ”

When the player exits, Lilan, Yui, and Strea will return to Kirito's Amusphere, while Jupiter will return to Asuna's Amusphere. I really feel sorry for the fact that only Marie and Tier are left in this world.

"I'll be back soon, be patient."

When the eldest daughter Lilan said this, the two younger sisters also nodded in response. They truly believe in us as human beings. They had such a gentle smile on their faces.

Now, it's time to quit –

At that time I was?? Think so.

"To all players, to all of you, to all of you, please let me know

Suddenly, the system announcement resumed. But these words are incorrect. There is a bug. This was what the system announcement said, and everyone, including Kirito, was taken aback and looked around.

"W-What!? \"

"What's wrong with the system announcement?"

Shino and Asuna looked impatient. The situation is pretty much the same for others. Further system announcements will follow.

"This is a great announcement for all players. In the event of an emergency"

The system announcement that has become a broken machine said. There is an emergency. That's the message I'm desperately trying to convey. But what is an emergency? Yui and Jupiter's voices reached Kirito's natural doubts.

"Something is wrong! It seems that SAo's system core program has been cracked! ”

"Is this an attack from the outside!? Someone or something is attacking the SAo server! Yes!? The system has been hijacked! ”

While everyone was surprised, Kirito was horrified. When it comes to cracking attacks from the outside, there are experts in this area. A cyber terrorist cracked everything, wreaked havoc on important institutions of society, and completely changed the situation of Japan as a nation.

It is worshipped as a god by some people online and in the real world, and its activities should be stopped. Is it starting to move again? If this is true

At that moment, my feet trembled vertically, as if they had been swept away. It's not like an earthquake, but a regular thump and thump sound. It was as if an extremely large monster was clinging to the cliffs and outer walls of this cylindrical battlefield, climbing upwards. However, I don't know what such a thing is.

A voice mingled with trembling and growling. I heard you right. The sound is definitely mixed. That's — incredible laughter. Although mixed with noise, it is definitely smiling. Something is laughing somewhere. But it never seems to be fun. He laughed like a madman.

Kirito recognized the laughter. But why are we only hearing it now? Just as I was thinking this, the tremors grew louder and louder. It seems that the culprit is getting closer.

"Hey everyone!!"

Tia screamed and turned her head away, as if drawn to the voice. Tia pointed to the depths of the battlefield. There is something black reflected in the landscape, which seems to be connected to another dimension. And, it looks like it's crawling up from underneath. Sure enough, something came from below the battlefield.

After recognizing his true identity, Kirito was speechless. Climbing up from below, it looks like a giant to the naked eye, with a pitch-black body, four arms that closely resemble humans, and an upper body that closely resembles humans.

However, its silhouette is a bit like a hybrid of the cat Kirito. The eyes and around the mouth of the human face were clearly visible, and Kirito recognized these traits - he couldn't believe it. The giant's eyes were light blue, and his left eye was crushed.

Its characteristics are nothing more than -

\"Maki Masa? \"

\"That Maki? \"

The face of the strange black giant was indeed somewhat similar. Although she has feline characteristics, she is the godmother of the black cats on a moonlit night, and the core of their power - the face of the young girl of Yukito, the sister that Kirito once determined to protect.

On closer inspection, its jet-black body bears a striking resemblance to that of a human female. It has a pair of giant arms on its shoulders and a giant arm on its back, which has the characteristic of grasping the edge of this battlefield, but the visible upper body is definitely a woman. Its structure is also very similar to that of the Marchi.

The Black Giant seems to be Maki, who was supposed to disappear from this world, but was forcibly reinstated, and due to the effects of side effects, it turned into a strange form that could barely keep its original form.

And the appearance of such a thing here is an incredible sight in itself, so that everyone can only look at the giant in amazement. Eventually, Spiegel, one of them, raised his voice.

"What, what's that!? \"

Kirito wanted to say the same thing. What's that, exactly? Just when they thought they had finally succeeded in stopping the Singularity and saving Pleimir and Tia, they suddenly received a message that the game had been cracked, and a strange black giant appeared in front of them. It all came so suddenly, I couldn't keep up.

A voice came out of the giant's mouth. That's laughter. It wouldn't be possible if it was incomprehensible because of the many noises mixed together, but it did resemble Maki/Makiri's voice. The broken smile was the same as the real one. Does that mean it's a machiri after all?

\"Marchiri!? I don't think there's going to be a way for Maqiri to come back into this world. \"

Asuna was confused and incredulous, and the feeling was spreading to everyone around her. Everyone is confused, no one can grasp the situation. No one knows what this is going on. Chaos and chaos are spreading like a virus around that giant. Kirito has been infected with that virus.

If it is really Makiri, then how did Makiri come back? At that time, Zhencheri's account will definitely be revoked, and she should not be able to come back.

And what's going on with that? Although it looks very similar to Machiriri, it is still too far away. The jet-black lion's mane that covered her neck, the golden-black armor that could be found everywhere on her upper body, and the ominous black horns above her eyes were all very similar to those of Sekhmet, who she was familiar with. Perhaps this is the final form of Sekhmet's continued evolution. However, the face resembles Sekhmet's, but her own face is mixed in, and her left eye is destroyed.

It's as if Sekhmet quickly evolved and absorbed the "animal tamer" Maqiri, or it was as if Maqiri absorbed the rapidly evolving Sekhmet and adapted it to itself. Either way, it's crazy and completely destroys the laws of this world. That's all I can say.

“... Oh, my God. It's been a while, guys.

A 'voice' different from that of the black strange giant came. I don't know where it came from, but the sound was clear. This incident echoed directly in my head. The principle is probably the same as that issued by Lilan in the form of a wolf dragon and Jupiter in the "familiar" form. The man's tone didn't match either of them.

The high-pitched, hoarse voice of an older man. Kirito knew who the voice was. That's why I can't believe it. I heard that voice.

"Is that [voice] you!?"

\"Well, it looks like you haven't forgotten yet. "It's nice to see you guys again, guys.

A commotion and commotion suddenly spread among the friends. The owner of this voice was not supposed to exist. Something that was supposed to be defeated and ended. That voice echoed in my head. A ghost whispered to me in my endless nightmares.

"Hannibal that's!?"

This is the name of the hero of ancient Carthage and the name of the person who posed the greatest threat to ancient Rome. It has the same name as Hannibal, suddenly appeared in this country, using its subordinate Mahabar to create the worst cyber terrorism in history again and again, disrupting the country and completely changing the social structure, and I successfully rewrote it.

And during his time at SAo, he constantly uses Mahabal, triggering various weird events and events that expose the player to the fear of death on several occasions. This "voice" is the same as that of Hannibal.

"Yes, it's me. \"I was worried that my voice would be heard by Yuichi, but I'm glad I was able to convey my message safely.

The owner of the "voice" did not deny it. He disappeared after clearing SAo, but when ALo's Svartyarfheim was done, he appeared in front of them and fought. At that time, Hannibal discovers a surprising fact: he does not have a physical body, but a living being living in the electron sea, but in the end, he is completely erased by Kirito and the other SAo survivors. His physical and cyber consciousness should have died. -Up to now.

"Why? Why are you still alive!? ”

"You must have been dead by then, right?"

As Crane and Lilan spoke upwards, a 'voice' came. His voice sounded happy, as if he had heard something he had always wanted to hear.

"On the surface, it seems to be more successful than I expected. That show \/looks\/is\"

"Performance/Appearance!?"

Hannibal continued to answer Lifa's question.

"You know more about my plan than you expected. If things continue like this, there's a chance they'll get into places you don't want them to be. So I decided to take action ahead of time. I've sent you a replacement. Then, I did the substitution bite to knock him down like a dog and make him look like dead.

So, you all thought I was dead and no longer went deep into my life. Thanks to you, I was able to continue my plans without your interference.

Everyone's eyes widened. Kirito is one of them, and his mind flashes the scene when he defeated Hannibal. In that battle, we gave it our all and won it. He believes he has defeated the culprit behind the tragedy of the SAo incident and the cause of social chaos.

However, all this was the stage for Hannibal to prepare. What they kill is a bait prepared in advance. I feel like I've beaten the bait and put an end to it.

(This is it...) ）

Isn't this the same as the police and the media arresting the hated cyberterrorist Mahbarr (aka the "Fugitive from Destruction"), without realizing that the truth is completely different and thinking that he is saving society? They continue to fool the police and the media in the same simple way.

Just like in SAo, he was just asked to dance on the palm of Hannibal's hand. Hannibal must have laughed as he watched.

"Instead, I used Mahabar or rather, I used "Destructive Fugitives". "Alberridge, you're all familiar with it, I think he's talking about Sugo. I took the data from the Nerve Gear he was wearing, recycled it, and turned him into his body. He also lived for over a year and created a copy of his personality data within Nerve Gear.

Alberich. Sugo Nobuyuki, whose real name is Sugo Shinyuki, is also behind the many tragedies that occurred in the SAo incident. However, his arrogant personality turned into a disaster, and he was tragically destroyed by the full attack of the captive regiment.

Sugo was Hannibal's subordinate, a "fugitive" who carried out terrorist activities at Hannibal's behest.

Eventually, Sugo dies after being put to good use by Hannibal, but Hannibal is not satisfied with this, apparently even using Sugo's Nerve Gear data. Sugo is an unforgivable villain, but he is still being used by Hannibal after his death, which makes me feel a little regretful.

Well, maybe that's the reward. As a reward for his terrible deeds, he continued to be exploited by Hannibal even after his death, which was a form of karmic retribution. - Kirito thought again.

"You're the one who cracked SAo. Why are you doing this now? ”

Kem was the one who bit it. Kirito feels the same way. Why did Hannibal come here and go to such lengths to contact me? Hannibal answered the reason.

"To fulfill this girl's wish, of course." Kirito, did you know that there is a thing called Makari's wish? It was a reward for her help to me. When I tried to hack it for this purpose, it was easily hijacked. I was completely stunned. ”

"If that's a reward?"

"Makili has worked for me from the beginning. When I told him I would tell him where Kirito was and what he was doing, he was happy to listen to what I said. "SAo" collected all sorts of available data and tested and experimented with what I developed. \"

Hannibal always used the game as a testing ground for some kind of evil behavior. This may be the case this time as well, but I can't find anything like it. What kind of experiment did Hannibal let Marchi do this time?

"No, she's not alone. You did it with another person. Well, since we didn't teach each other, I didn't realize until the end that we were my collaborators.

"Another person, an experiment, I can't believe you were the one at that time!?"

It was Tia who reacted. Hannibal replied in a proud voice.

"Yes. This is Genesis, Kirito's opponent, a swordsman by Tia's side. He is also my collaborator.

"Genesis, are you saying you're the one who runs that too?"

Yuki said incredulously. Others were equally surprised. Even the "Book of Genesis" has fallen into the hands of Hannibal. Unknowingly, they came into contact with Hannibal.

"He's using a digital drug called 'Evolution high,' right? That's what I gave him. He is the strongest person who is most in line with my "evolutionary high". He's actually strong, isn't he, guys? \"

Indeed, Genesis gained extraordinary power through evolutionary heights. At the time, I still remember that the sword was wielded by a humanoid beast. It was also Hannibal who turned Genesis into an insidious and evil beast.

"He's known as the 'God of Tricks' and the 'God of Mods', and that's why you contacted him?"

The voice answered Diaberu's question. I'm just saying that's true.

"Probably. He is full of potential. If he can participate in SAo, maybe he will become a hero like Kirito. He has heroic qualities. So I decided to work with him. The data condition is that you collect "evolutionary high" and provide improved techniques. He's very elusive, but he's doing a great job. The most important thing is Kirito and them, and the best part is that he also took the battle data with you.

The same is true of the book of Genesis. He is asked to dance on the invisible palm of a man named Hannibal. Although he knew, he probably didn't mean to, but ended up being forced to dance to the end. They didn't even realize that Hannibal was behind Genesis, so they showed all sorts of things.

"However, in the end, he still loses to you, and can only do things behind the scenes. So I decided to let Machiri take over his role until then. She happily accepted. Kirito, I just told you that I can see you again.

Marchiri attacks Kirito in order to avenge the moonlight black cat. However, until then, it was unclear how Kirito knew if he was in SAo, or if he was playing VRmmo. The answer is that Hannibal led him here.

Heartbroken, Machiri was forced by Hannibal to bring him here. Anger rose in Kirito's chest and asked Hannibal.

"Hannibal, are you the one who drives the Marches?"

"No, going to Kirito is really my own will. "I just wanted to help. She was actually very happy. I finally met the one who should be avenged, and I was finally able to kill the one who should be avenged. Isn't that so, Kirito? \"

I'm speechless. Indeed, Marchiri was both angry and happy. I was able to meet the man I wanted to avenge and was able to kill him. She seemed happy to be able to trample everything. In the end, the person who made her do this was none other than herself who destroyed the black cat on a moonlit night.

"But the real Cheri's account must have been frozen at the time!?"

Asuna said suspiciously. That's it. After that battle, Marchiri's account was frozen by management, and she should have been permanently expelled from this world. However, the machiri is here. It looks like a monster.

"This girl is a smart girl. I have two accounts, one named Machiri and the other called Versa. Nerve Gear and Amusphere use them separately. I was also amazed at the way it was done.

I can't help but be surprised by this confession. Machiri has multiple accounts by using two VR devices, Nerve Gear and Amusphere. Even if one of them is frozen, you can use the other one to return to the frozen world. The fact that he was imprisoned by SAo but survived and possessed the Nerve Gear made him Makieri's greatest ally.

''The current machiri is the real machiriri. With Nerve Gear, he was able to get more output than Amusphere. That's why she was able to adapt to the format I had prepared for her. The Nerve Gear is truly a device full of possibilities. How about you use this too? \"

Hannibal has been openly provoking us, but everyone's attention is not focused on this. The whole process is aimed at the real cherry who has become an atypical giant. The cute real man who once had cat ears, a face, and a body abandoned everything he once had and became a crazy monster. A black giant with a similar appearance to his envoy Sekmet.

No, this figure is most likely a recreation of Sekhmet, the god of destruction from ancient Egyptian mythology. Captured by the desire for revenge, the girl returns in the form of an incarnation of Sekhmet, the god of destruction. In mythology, Sekhmet came to earth with a heart full of joy and murder, which made the main god Ra regret it. She, who became the same person as Sekemet, plans to kill people in the future?

Just when I thought I heard the true voice of the black cat god, the wind suddenly blew. It came out of nowhere and headed towards the black cat god. There was something mixed in that that looked like pale blue shards. This is very similar to the effect of the monsters I've seen when they disappear. Fragments of pale blue glass fluttered in the wind and were sucked into the black cat god's body. I'm sure there's something going on, but I don't know what.

"This, this is too, too hard!! \"

It was Yui who shouted. He opened the window, as if to observe something, but his face turned pale.

\"What's wrong, Yui!? \"

"What flows into the machiri is the health of Angelet's NPCs! Maqiri is stealing the health of Angelet's NPCs! ”

All NPCs in SAo are test subjects. Due to its characteristics, HP is completely eliminated when it reaches zero. In other words, the characteristic of this NPC in SAo is that if the hp is zero, it will die in the true sense. That's why Kirito and his friends will do their best to protect the NPCs and keep them as far away from danger as possible.

The health of the NPCs they were supposed to protect was sucked out and sucked into the marchiri, which means that the marchiri was sucking the lives of the NPCs and collecting them.

"Why do you want to do this!? Uh, why do you want to do that!? \"

It was Hannibal who answered Philia's question.

"That's what I really want. "Machiri had to accept her sister's death. Marchiri, who had been running away from her sister's death, had moved on. Machiri hopes that her sister will be resurrected. That's why I reached out. I used the NPC's health as food and gave her a way to bring my sister back to life.

"What did you say?"

A girl named Yuki, who was once unable to protect her. That person is the sister I really love. Really trying to resurrect Sachi. Yuki is trying to resurrect. This sentence made Kirito can't help but accept it. Will that luck, the one who was supposed to die, be resurrected?

"I managed to boost Yuki's Nerve Gear stats, but it wasn't complete because it was full of flaws. In order for her to be complete, this flaw must be fixed. "SAo" NPCs are suitable for this purpose. I believe everyone understands the importance of NPCs better.

All NPCs in this world are constantly learning and evolving. Marie and Tier are equipped with the Heart Energy Box created by Alice, so the rate of evolution and growth is particularly fast, but no matter what, all NPCs in this world have the potential to become like them. If it's data-intensive, the NPCs here are likely to beat any game or any company-run AI. That's why NPCs have to bear the cost of losing their lives.

However, Kirito didn't care about that.

\"Will Ko be resurrected? \"

When I spoke to him in a weak voice, Hannibal replied.

"That's it. I'm sure you're hungry for it too, Kirito. The moment the resurrection appears before you.

That's right. If I could see Yuki again, if I could talk to Yuki again – I've been thinking about these things a lot since losing her. It's also a wish. A meaningless wish that will never be fulfilled.

This is about to become a reality. Despite being at the hands of Hannibal, Yuki was resurrected. My consciousness was completely taken away there. If this continues, Xing will really be resurrected.

"Yuki resurrected Yuki"

"The vitality of NPCs is gathering one after another. If we continue like this, that moment will come soon. Your wish will come true.

The image of Sachi came to my mind clearly. The girl I thought I'd never see or talk to again was about to show up here. It's like a dream. No, it's a world where dreams can come true. Therefore, it would not be surprising if Sachi was resurrected.

I was stunned when I thought about it. Zhencheri, who had become a black cat god, suddenly roared angrily, and four huge right hands waved desperately. Due to the suddenness of the incident, Kirito came back to his senses and immediately dodged to the right. It seems that his companions made similar dodging moves, but several failed to dodge, were injured, and fell to the ground.

"What, what is this!? \"

Celica was surprised. Others were equally surprised by the black cat god.

"Makiri doesn't seem to be happy with you. I guess he intends to wipe out all of you before resurrecting his precious sister. Or maybe they want your life force......

In other words, despite her sister's imminent resurrection, Machiri has no intention of stopping revenge on those who killed her in the past and those who sided with them. I intend to kill all those who deserve revenge and sacrifice them to my sister. I can read that intent.

"First of all, the NPCs of this world will die when their health is zero! Do you know what will happen to this world if these NPCs die en masse? ”

It was Jupiter who protested against this, who had learned the importance of life. Hannibal replied, as if he had understood his words.

"Of course, the world is heading for destruction." Management must also freeze and dispose of the world. However, these things are nothing compared to Yuki's life. That's right, Kirito.

Hannibal is talking to Kirito. Even if you try, you can't escape. Luckily he is about to be resurrected. Many NPCs in this world need to be sacrificed, but luckily they will be resurrected.

It was resurrected.

"Really, fortunately"

The image of Yuki flooded my mind, and my consciousness began to blur. I can finally see you. I can finally talk to you again.

"Kirito !!"

At that moment, a dry sound was heard, and a shock and discomfort similar to pain swept over my cheeks. The blow was so strong that everything in my head was blown away and turned white. When I regained my gaze, the person in front of me was Shino.

Her breath fell on her shoulder, like a slap in the face.

"Why are you lying to me! That's impossible!! ”

"Shino"

"You're not one who knows better than anyone that Yuki is dead. You are not the one to suffer because of this. You suffer because you know you can't bring him back to life. ”

I have never forgotten Yuki's death. I thought I had understood that it would never change. However, if Yuki can really be resurrected, Shino seems to understand this and continues.

Also, he will be happy to learn that he has been resurrected by sacrificing a lot of NPCs that can never be resurrected. Yuki is the kind of person who only thinks about his own life!? ”

I was taken aback by this question. You get the illusion that your feet are collapsing.

That's it. Even if I was lucky enough to be resurrected, it would be like living in Angeland. If Sachi found out that this was a ritual that required the sacrifice of countless NPCs, he would definitely not be happy. Grief, grief, hurt – maybe I'll try to die again.

He may try to return to death as compensation for sacrificing countless lives. Although I have only been with him for a short time, I can understand that Yuki is not the kind of person who would be happy if he sacrificed something for the sake of resurrection.

Kirito's originally chaotic thoughts and chaotic mind became clearer, and he looked up.

"It's not true. Fortunately, he is the kind of person who will not be happy even if he is resurrected at the expense of others. He would not be happy if he was resurrected. He will. "Maybe it's just sadness. ”

As I said this, I heard a real voice again.

\"Hahahahaha

He was like crazy, losing all his mind and just wanting to find his sister. The Black Cat God's true form is no longer a pure human, she only wants to resurrect her sister and take revenge on her killers.

Shino glanced at the girl who had lost her original form and ran wildly, and ran towards her, shouting loudly.

"What the hell are you talking about? You're going to tear the people you hate to shreds and crush them under your feet. ”

The black cat god's gaze turned to Shino. Shiina, though glared at by the madness in her eyes, showed no signs of hesitation.

\"Indeed, what is important to you was taken away, and it was indeed because of Kirito. Kirito may have taken away what is important to you, or he may have trampled on you. But that's not your excuse. "Take something important from Kirito. \"

The black cat god's pupils narrowed slowly. These are the eyes that cats use when they show hostility.

"Even Kirito, whom you hate, has lost something important over and over again. He's still suffering from killing your sister. There's no way he doesn't have to face it, so he can only keep facing it. No. "You have been suffering for a long time, and you were not the only one who had your valuables stolen there. ”

Shino clenched her hands into fists.

"But what exactly do you want to do? You think that the person who has nothing to do with you is your sister, and you torture and hurt Kirito even more, but in the end you do all the things you don't care about your sister You are just doing things that your sister doesn't want, and you become crazy. Because of what you want to do, your sister doesn't want you to come back alive.

You don't understand your sister at all, you just run away and don't even face important things, you're just a crazy vengeful monster! There's no way Kirito would lose to someone like you."

Shiina, looking down, raised her head and shouted.

"Kirito can't lose, so there's no way! \"

As if that cry was triggered, the black cat god let out an angry cry, crossed his hands above his head, and swung down. Just as he was attacking Shino with his fists, Kirito rushed over and grabbed Shino's hand. Soon, a huge fist swung down and smashed into the ground.

With a roar, the earth rolled up, and a wave of air exploded. He almost got hit directly, but his body was blown backwards by the explosion. At the same time, Kirito hugged Shino's body and covered her head with both hands. When the two came out of the dust, rolled around on the ground and stopped, their friends rushed towards them. Everyone had weapons ready. One of them, Marie, shouted to me.

\"Kirito, if it continues like this, I'm really going to do something that makes Yuki unhappy. We're going to stop it with our own hands! \"

Kirito Shino got up together and pulled out her twin swords from the scabbard on her back. At the same time, Shino also raised her spear and prepared for battle.

"Sorry guys, for dragging you to the end. Please lend me your power to stop Marcelli!! \"

The companions shouted "Leave it to me!" "I'll stop it!" Something like that, put on a fighting stance. Soon after, Hannibal's voice rang out. His people were laughing.

"Ah, I'm still going to do it. \"Well, I thought you would do that. Well, do it as usual. That machiri riri, though, is a high-quality item that I remade. It's not easy.

Then Hannibal said in a good mood.

\"Is this what I represented? Or were you raised by Ayn Grant? Enjoy, my dear monsters. Goodbye"

As soon as these words came out, it seemed that the final battle had begun. The decisive battle with Makiri, who has transformed into the "Black Cat God", has begun. Machiri's "demons" are the cat dragon of the same name as Sekhmet, the god of destruction in ancient Egyptian mythology, the god of death in charge of the plague, and the god of revenge against the plague. If you don't worship Ra, you are the real machiriri. It seems that he has turned into Sekhmet.

She destroys all common sense in the world, spares no effort to bring back her sister who should have died, and takes revenge on those who killed her. All this is absurd and grossly unreasonable. Even so, Makari only remembered his sister's resurrection and revenge, and attacked with a huge body.

He made an animalistic voice mixed with a real voice, and lowered his arms. When it hit the ground, the ground rolled up and countless pieces of rubble scattered all over the ground. If true, the battlefield would collapse with just a few strikes from Marcelly, and they would have plunged headlong into the darkness, not knowing where they were connected.

However, no matter how buggy it is, it is all under the cardinal system. No matter how Machiri slammed it with his arm, no matter how broken the ground was, it wouldn't collapse. Just like the top of the control tower in the Kurdish Desert, it will be a battlefield against field bosses. Don't worry about your feet, but it's even more difficult to deal with Makiri's attacks.

The size of Makiri, who should be called the "Black Cat God", easily surpassed the size of Lilan in the form of a wolf dragon and Jupiter in the form of a "familiar". I can't be sure because I can't see what his lower body looks like, but his upper body is about 20 meters long and each of his arms is about that long. The first wild boss, "Kobold Lord Wes", is huge and looks cute. It's bigger than any boss monster I've ever encountered in SAo.

"What can you do with this kind of thing!?"

"It's so big, I don't know where to attack!"

Philia and Lifa shouted in panic. So far, the boss monsters are all good because they have a clear size when their attacks are effective, but the Machiri in front of me deviates from that. I don't know where an attack is effective or what a weakness is.

"First of all, was this guy born to beat me? I can't see his health. ”

"I really don't know the name, maybe it doesn't have [HP bar]?"

Argo and Spiegel, who are adept at gathering intel on enemies in battle, squint at Machiri, but don't seem to find anything important. As the girls say, the real thing in front of them can't accept what should happen. is \"hp bar\". The HP bar, which was supposed to be set for all the monsters and NPCs in this world, was not found on the real body.

I guess it shouldn't have been a boss fight, and even though he flew onto Lilan in the form of a wolf dragon and approached Marchiri while attracting her attention, it seemed that Marchiri's "HP bar" didn't show up. I can't admit it. There is no such thing in the world as "hp bar" in Marchiri - so far, that's all I can think of.

Klein and Diabelu attack Machiri's left hand gripping the cliff. This is not a sword technique, but an ordinary attack using a weapon. Although the katana is different from the one-handed sword, the same slash attack deals damage to the real left hand. It does have a damage effect, but it doesn't seem to have any real effect. [hp bar] will not appear either.

In other words, the damage hasn't passed. It's as if common sense doesn't apply to the world. The common sense that injuries can be inflicted by cutting is only manifested in the case of coil cutting. There is only one person in the world who does not conform to common sense, "something similar to the black cat god." "That's what it really is.

"Yui, what's going on with him!? How can you stop him!? \"

Shiina asks who Yui is nearby. Yui is in the back, opening multiple windows, tapping on the holographic keyboard. He tries to expose Marchiri's condition in some way.

"It will take some time to analyze, but for now, it seems that the attack will not be effective against Machiri, at least."

I couldn't help but be shocked when I saw this report. Attacks now have no effect on Machiri. Such a monster has not yet been identified in "SAo". It bears little resemblance to ALo, but it is something that exists based on world setting and common sense. But the situation in Marchi is different. There is no doubt that it destroys all common sense in the world and exists as a perfect exception.

"How do I defeat something like this when the attack is no longer effective?"

Filia raised her voice in confusion. Next, Lilan raised her voice.

"My ambassador in ALo has that power, but it's not, right? What's going on?! ”

The chaotic voices spread further.

Now in reality, even if you are attacked, you can't be defeated - in other words, the attack itself is wrong. In previous games, when encountering such a situation, there was often such a pattern, where some kind of trap appeared in different locations, and by solving it, the boss monster was weakened and the attack could be passed.

If Makiri had a similar setting, he could have given up on this battle situation and fled, looking for a way to weaken Makiori, but this escape route has been cut off. In addition, Marchiri continues to suck and steal the life force of the inhabitants of this world, the NPCs.

When all NPCs are depleted, the world will end. To prevent this from happening, I have no choice but to kill Makiri here. However, I don't see any way to do this, and I don't even know what action I should take.

"Anyway, now I'm going to focus on stopping Makori as much as possible. "It should be better than doing nothing.

This sentence was said by Lilan. As she said, we can't do nothing. I know something about it. When he attacks Marcelli, while unable to deal damage, he seems to be able to inflict a shock.

In fact, when Crane and Diabel attacked, Machiri's movements had stopped. It must have been because of the shock when he was attacked, he couldn't move. Even if it doesn't deal damage, the attack makes sense.

Kirito jumped onto Lilan's back and straddled him, and the two of them turned to Marchiri together. The gaze level is raised, but lower than the gaze level of the real carry.

"Everyone, attack and stop the real Cheri's actions! That's all I can do now! \"

Asuna called out to Kirito. In front are Yui and Jupiter. Jupiter, who could fight in the form of "familiarity", is now in his usual boyish form and typing on a holographic keyboard.

\"Jupiter, Yui, do your best to analyze! At the same time, we want to stop the real Cheri! \"

The two nodded, continuing to tap on the holographic keyboard. Yui is considered a non-combat player, so she does not participate in battles. On the other hand, although Jupiter can fight, he decides to analyze the truth with Yui because he is good at advanced information processing.

If I could, I'd like to have Lilan and Strea do the same, but if they leave, they won't be able to stop Machiri, and they'll probably all be defeated. Now that Jupiter is missing, that's the best thing I can do, and I can't let him go anymore.

"At the moment, the analysis is going well, I will complete it as soon as possible, and I will hand it over to you!"

Everyone nodded as Jupiter asked, and at the same time prepared for the true nature of becoming the black cat god. The next moment, two arms grew from Marchi's shoulders, the ends of which were wrapped in white-purple flames. Sekhmet is good at miasma. Even in this form, he still seems to be regarded as Sekhmet.

\"Ah!! \"

Makiri swung off the two miasma-stained arms with all her might. Overweight objects collide at great speed, making roars and crashing sounds. No one was directly hit, but immediately after the collision, there was a huge explosion of white-purple flames. It was also quite wide, and the people who were supposed to avoid falling were completely swallowed up.

Friends who were unexpectedly double-attacked were blown backwards and were badly injured. What's more, his body has been poisoned by miasma, and additional damage is attacking him mercilessly.

Healers Asuna and Pleimir also seem to be panicked, rushing to their friends who are attacked by Makiri, Asuna activates and casts her health regeneration skill, and Marie activates and casts her status ailment recovery skill.

As soon as everyone's health returned to a safe level, Maqiri immediately launched a slam attack. What he does is simpler and simpler than when Sekhmet or Maqiri were human, but its size and weight give it incredible strength.

Lilan rushed to the arm of Makiri, who was approaching at high speed, and launched a high-speed spinning slash on the spot. He wanted to follow her to perform his sword skills, but perhaps because of the horizontal rotation technique, Kirito had to persevere.

And, at the same time, Lizbet, Ekir, and Tia also unleashed their respective sword skills and poured them on Marchi's arms. Makiri's arm, which was attacked by the foursome, moved away as if it had been bounced away, and he lost his position.

Originally, it was necessary to use different skills, but this is parrying, including attacking and knocking back attacks. Even so, it was possible for the anomaly to break through, but somehow he was able to stop it. Managed to stop the pursuit, Asuna and Plemir came to their senses in time, and their friends were safely on their feet.

But even so, he was unable to deal an effective blow to Marcelli. In the end, I was still buying time, waiting for Yui and Jupiter's analysis. In the long run, it makes no difference if the truth is not revealed.

"How could I possibly beat such a guy"

"Idiot sister, I don't even know what to say when I get this far. Ariki, even if I make a mistake, I don't want things to turn out like this. \"

When Kem repeats Yuki's nagging again, Yuki protests, "Ugh! ”。

"No! Or is Kem the stupid brother in my sister's eyes!? \"

"Don't call me an idiot! Even I know it's not right to think so! ”

Before Ariki and Kaiki knew it, they began to argue. If he had done something like that, it wouldn't have happened, but I couldn't stop him. No, I'm starting to think the same thing happened to Machiri and Sachi.

Lucky and Makiri. The sisters love each other like family. They are trapped in the tragic and extreme environment of SAo. It is unclear what he did before he was killed. However, when I saw them at SAo, I felt warm and made me smile. Makoto and Yuki must live together.,Always get along well.,Sometimes they quarrel.。

I had to stop Machiri, but I didn't know what to do. Of course. Before giving Makiri this state, they didn't know what kind of girl Makiri was, and they didn't know what kind of person she was in her daily life. So I don't know how to face the truth in front of me.

Marchiri, why are you here? "What kind of girl are you?" Kirito was eager to ask Makari this question in front of him.

However, Machiri no longer has ears. You probably don't understand anything. I just wanted to be with my sister, I wanted to see her, I just went from pure desire to delusion.

I would like to know what can fix the Machiri movement. What is it that can override a real idea and lead her in the right direction? I can't see anything. I couldn't see anything anymore, as if the darkness around me was swirling.

All he can do is attack Makiri who doesn't have an "HP bar" and continue to stop him. In fact, everyone is attacking the real with their own sword skills and their own weapons. However, there is no indication that anyone's attack is working. It looks like he's just repeating something that doesn't make sense.

\"

Machiri then waves her arms at her friends and knocks them down. White-purple flames erupted, engulfing Makiri's hand and blowing away the ground and his friends.

For Kirito, it's like revenge. Marchiri is hell-bent on revenge. It harbors a black flame of retribution on its chest, feeding on the negative energy it produces to attack. Black flames still burned in Marchi's chest. In order to kill the murderer of his sister and seniors, he really moved on. It looks like an old steam engine that has been forgotten.

For some reason, the Deadly Blade of Marchie is attacking his friend. The person who really wants to take revenge is herself, and no one else has anything to do with her. However, Machiri attacked and injured the others. And, as expected, he is sucking the lives of completely unrelated NPCs and trying to wipe out the inhabitants of this world.

What Machiri did had nothing to do with revenge. This made Kirito feel a certain anger.

\"Maki!! \"

Kirito jumps off Lilan's back and pounces on Machiri. Just as Lilan let out a surprised "sound", Kirito had already approached Makiri and swung his twin swords at his drooping arm.

The interpreter and the dark repellent are the two symbols of the SAo hero, the Black Dragon Swordsman Kirito. The two swords that Makiri must have hated sliced through Makiri's arms and made a sound of tearing flesh. The response was poor. I'm sure I've been cut, but it feels like I'm not doing any damage.

Even in the fight with Genesis, I feel a sense of satisfaction when I feel like I can't defeat him at all, when I cut him down, but Machiri doesn't feel that way. It's as if he's cutting anything or something inconsequential aimlessly.

Maqiri is here, but not here. It was Makiri's counterattack that kept me from feeling like I didn't even know if Makiri was really here. Marcelli opened the cat's and man's mouths, and white-purple flames erupted. Perhaps because of Mako's own reaction speed, the flames had already engulfed his whole body before Kirito could make any dodge moves.

Because there are pain absorbers to suppress pain, the pain and fever are not severe, but a similar discomfort hits the whole body. The anger she felt at the killing of her division commander and beloved sister had turned into flames. Combined with Sekhmet's venom, it becomes a catastrophic force that destroys and kills everything.

The flame of the machiri is a deadly poison that burns everything and dissolves everything. The current Maqiri is Sekhmet, a catastrophe that even the High Deity Ra could not prevent. I couldn't believe that she turned out to be such a smart, kind, and lovely girl.

\"Kirito! \"

It was Plemir who ran to Kirito, who fell to the ground and was engulfed in flames. Nearby, a white-purple flame burned, the remains of something Machiri had released, but he ignored it and ran towards it. Marie and Tia are inhabitants of this world, so they don't have pain suppression mechanisms or filters. In fact, when I approached the poison that Sekhmet had not yet assimilated with the machiri, I was immediately infected by the poisonous gas emanating from the flames.

Just like that time, Marie began to cough in pain. An icon appears next to the "HP bar" indicating the state of poison. I felt the same way, but her pain was incomparable to mine.

"Marie...!"

"Kirito, it's okay! \"

Mary's face turned pale and she raised her hand holding the rapier. A green light magic array centered on her unfolded on the ground, and the same green light erupted. The bodies of Kirito and Pleimir inside were instantly shrouded in light, the toxic state disappeared, and the 'health' began to recover.

This is the highest level of recovery skill that Primel and Asuna have. The reforge takes a long time and the activation point cost is too high, so it can't be fired repeatedly, but Marie uses it generously.

"Thank you Marie"

Either way, when I thanked him, Marie looked as if she was looking at something embarrassing.

"Kirito life is disappearing from the world."

"Huh!?"

Next, Tia, who had been blocking Machiri's attack, ran in front of her. His expression was almost the same as it had been at the premiere. Not because they're twins, but because they're in a like-minded situation.

"It seems that Truth is taking more and more lives from all over the world. If this continues, everyone will be sucked away."

The two turned to Machiri. When the black god Maqiri raised her head, shards of white and light blue glass flowed towards her body. Makiri let out an eerie laugh as she sucked. Glass shards are the life of the inhabitants of this world, and their number is gradually increasing.

Innocent inhabitants were unilaterally taken by the Grim Reaper Maqiri. The Grim Reaper harvests life for its legitimate meaning and purpose, so he innocently stole it. I'm not going to steal anything. Although there are imagery of killing and death, the extent of harvesting life has not yet reached this level.

But this is not the case with Machiririri. For his own selfish purposes, he tries to drain all life in the world. They try to chop everything down indiscriminately, suck it up, suck it up. It looks like he's happy to be able to fulfill a wish that should never have been fulfilled.

Maqiri is already the Grim Reaper who brought death to the world. Never before has there ever been a Grim Reaper on such a large scale in any mythology. He is an unqualified Grim Reaper who only exists in SAo, which is based on various myths around the world.

"Not after all, Key Boy! If you don't have a health bar, no matter how much you attack, it's in vain! ”

Even Argo, who had seen and analyzed all kinds of monsters, raised his voice to give up. Everyone else is about the same. Felia screamed inwardly.

"Even if I continue to attack like this, I won't be able to detect anything! What to do? ”

I totally understand this. I'm sure that even if we continue to attack like this, we won't be able to move forward. And there seems to be no solution. The so-called blockage occurred. No, since Yui and Jupiter have already analyzed it, it may not be a stalemate, but it may also be close to a stalemate.

"Yui!!"

"Jupiter!!"

I couldn't help but scream, Shino and Asuna's voices overlapping. Yui, Kirito's daughter, Shina's daughter, and Asuna's son, Jupiter, are busy typing on the holographic keyboard and nothing happens. You can see beads of sweat on his forehead. It seems that the analysis will take time.

Since it's about them, I'm sure they'll find a way to deal with the Marchiri, but I wonder if the world really has that much time left. In doing so, Maqiri is sucking the lives of the inhabitants of this world. Perhaps, when the real analysis is completed, it will be when the lives of the inhabitants have been exhausted. I even feel that way.

No, maybe that's what Hannibal was trying to impress Marchi. Hannibal is very good at grasping people's feelings, he can control cruel people like Sugo, Vashak Casals, Genesis, and Machiririri, who don't seem to listen to anyone. Moreover, they objectively judged their own strength, came to the conclusion that they could not win even a head-to-head confrontation, and issued a countermeasure.

It is impossible that Hannibal did not anticipate how hard they would work to overcome their difficulties and find a way to overcome them. Perhaps Hannibal is exploring every possibility, finding more ways to deal with it, and destroying it.

And they came to the conclusion that a completely immortal monster was made into Marcelli's body and made it move. As a way to cope with attempts to analyze the mhhp and mhcp of the machiri riri, we set a time limit and made the structure more complex. When the analysis is complete, the time is up. To ensure that whatever they do will be trapped, they must thoroughly and persistently resort to brutal and brutal measures.

Come to think of it, even if Su Gou does whatever he wants in SAo, he seems to be fully prepared. Since it was about that arrogant Sugo, it is likely that he took action against them without listening to Hannibal.

It is only natural that Hannibal was more cautious and well-prepared than Sugo before implementing his strategy. It's no different than we do at SAo, we gather all kinds of information, develop strategies, and prepare for emergencies in order to bring down the floor boSS.

In order not to be conquered by us, we over-observe and predict our own actions and methods and create more inappropriate obstacles. I'm sure that the strategy for launching the Machiri ri is similar to the strategy front of the former SAo strategy group. I was completely caught up in Hannibal's tactics.

I was trapped in a labyrinth with the exits completely blocked and the ceiling threatening to crush me. It is said that the thread in which Ariadne guided the minotaur out of the labyrinth is now missing. It existed, but it was cut off, and it no longer has any meaning.

"Maki Maki!"

When I called her name when we were very close, I really reacted. His only remaining right eye was quickly stained red with rage, and an angry roar erupted from his calf. I'm telling you not to call me by that name. For Makiri, the nickname "Maki" has turned into a curse.

"Woooooo!!oo \"

Immediately after, all four of Makiri's arms began to move at the same time, reaching out towards the sky. Soon, a white-purple flame erupted above Marchiri's head. It grew larger and larger, eventually evolving into a giant white-purple sphere. It gathers the flames in one place and condenses. Marchiri lifted it up with her four arms and hands.

"Hey, hey, Tamar, it's Tama!"

Klein panicked, as if he knew what was going to happen next. The size of the sphere is larger than the battlefield they are on now. If that happens to me, there's no escape from me. Of course, Machiri knows this and is planning to rain on us.

"Hey, everyone, take a defensive position!"

\"Defense!? Such a thing is simply impossible to defend against!! \"

"Ah, even we and our tanks can't do it!!"

I tried to say this, but Sirika and Streya immediately objected. Perhaps the huge fireball, like the breath released by Lilan and Sekhmet, was designed to explode when it hit the ground or wall. Once such a huge fireball explodes, even if we defend, the whole battlefield will be wiped out without a trace.

Marcelli is about to strike the final blow and blow up the entire battlefield and completely eliminate those who stand in her way. If that thing is released, it will be a bad ending. I have to somehow survive or stop it, but I still can't find anything to deal with it.

It's finally really going to end. The battle was a victory for Machiri and Hannibal, and the world came to an end. Even though I've been trying to get this far, it's all in vain. I thought all the weird things would end here, but in reality, the world would end. This is where it ends. Where it all ends.

The trigger will be pulled quickly. It's all over.

-No!! Maki!! ---

At the same time as a voice came from nowhere, Makiri's upper body exploded. It was an explosion of white light.

It must have been completely unexpected, and the white-purple flames that had been gathered really let out a miserable scream and fell to the ground. The shape of the fireball formed overhead melted and disappeared as if it had been blown by a strong wind. Kirito was stunned, not knowing what had just happened. It seems that something must have helped him, but what exactly helped him?

Immediately after, a black shadow jumped in front of him. It wasn't a human figure, it was the shadow of a monster. He was dressed in white armor, as if his clothes were adorned with gold and blue decorations, and a ring of shiny white energy floated above his head, and wings of the same white energy grew from his back. A cat dragon with its black fur peeking out from between the armor and the carapace.

"Hathor!!"

I couldn't help but shout out the name. In ancient Egyptian mythology, we have already experienced the appearance of a dragon with the same name as the cat god Hathor who rules life, and the complete opposite of Sekhmet.

This Hathor also tends to appear when Sekhmet attacks them in the direction of Machiri. At that time, he always tried to help and attack Sekhmet. It seems that he came to the aid of Sekhmet and attacked Sekhmet again. At least that's what Kirito thought.

And there was another person behind her. Among them was a somewhat familiar-looking female player, dressed in light clothes, with the lower half of her body like a skirt, and a large white poncho covering her face. There was an "animal tamer", who was the master of Hathor.

"You"

"At that time...!"

I said this almost at the same time as Shino.

One day, a mysterious female player suddenly proposes a mission to Shino and manipulates Hartor to fend off Sekhmet, who breaks into the mission. The figure I saw earlier matched the figure on Hathore's back. Together with Hathor, she saved me again.

"W-What!? What is that!? \"

"That man saved us back then"

Tia, who didn't know the situation, looked confused, while Plemir, who knew the situation, looked at the man on Hathor's back in surprise. Everyone present was captivated by Hathor and her master. Of course, that includes the real thing.

"Woohoo! \"

Shortly thereafter, Maqiri began to swing her arms to attack. He seemed angry because there were more people blocking his way. Or are they just as confused as we are? In any case, Machiri waved his arms recklessly, trying to attack Hathor.

However, unlike Lilan, Hathor flies with wings that don't require flapping, and dodges Maqiri's arms in a gravity-defying move. Incredibly, the owner behind her was also watching her movements. This scene made her feel like she didn't belong in this world.

Makiri waved her arms as if trying to knock down a noisy flying insect, and as if she was complaining. It looked like we would be caught up in it, but since Hathor was in the air, the attack didn't reach the ground.

Hathor continues to avoid Maqiri's arm, a move that is impossible in Lilan, but at some point, Machiri opens his mouth and releases a fire bomb. Hathor probably could not have anticipated the attack, which could be seen as a sudden decision, engulfed by the explosion of white-purple flames.

With a scream of "Ahh

"-Ahh

However, this is not the case with the owner behind it. When he let go of Hathor, he was thrown to the ground. This scene is where Hathor meets Lilan with her master. Kirito ran to Hathor's master, who was also thrown out.

Along the way, my legs became heavy. It became heavy, as if an invisible weight was attached to it, and then it stopped. The unbelievable scene unfolded before my eyes.

The owner of Hathor was surprisingly not shocked and quickly stood up. The cloak that covered the head had fallen off, revealing what was hidden.

The woman's hair is short and blue-black. It's a different hairstyle from the premiere, but it's a hairstyle I'll never forget. After seeing her, Kirito was completely speechless.

The woman must have sensed Kirito's surprise and turned around and showed him her face.

The pale blue eyes were full of love, and there was a certain light of will, albeit faint, in them. Nearby is a crying sunspot. All this should not be forgotten and cannot be forgotten.

No matter how hard I tried to reach out, I couldn't hold on. That's right in front of me.

Kirito barely uttered the name in a weak voice.

"Luck? \"