Several players who had not reacted at all for a moment watched the knight charge in murderous spirit in front of them, holding up their swords-

Then, swing it hard!

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

A violent scream came from behind. Although the swordsman in black looked unbearable, he did not slow down, but instead sprinted faster.

Sure enough, the rules of the security zone seem to have been broken, and there will be no more security zones. Monsters can not only enter towns, but also attack... and they also occupy the Portal Square.

What exactly do you want to do? Is Akihiko Kayaba planning to turn on the expansion pack?

Ain Grandet, second floor.

The atmosphere of the quiet and beautiful town was quickly completely broken, covered by various roars, screams, and angry roars... I never expected that such a thing would happen, and the players were caught off guard.

Even if there are strong people with superb skills coming out to turn the tide, the ending is often quite tragic.

Although the number of monsters called "Fireless Remaining Ash" is not large, and they seem to have low levels, each of them is awesome warriors who can skillfully use the weapons in their hands.

No matter how skilled the strong men among the players are, they often find it difficult to gain the upper hand in front of these terrifying Ai - as if they are just talented "players" who have worked hard in the peace years, and each of the other is a real "warrior" tempered by bloody battles on the battlefield.

Not to mention, there are people among the enemies who use "magic" powers that should not exist, and the fighting art that combines combat skills and spells is unimaginable and graceful and fatal.

The result is that after the players reacted, they clearly thought that the number of these monsters was not large for the time being and could work together to fight back the opponent...

However, the final outcome was that they suffered heavy casualties and retreated step by step.

In the end, the players were forced to all move away from the town, and then headed towards the third floor of Iron Grandet, because the first floor had long been occupied by those fire-free remains.

Not only the portal square of the town, but also the entire floor of the portal, no matter where it is distributed, is replaced by burning campfires.

After occupying the entire layer, the ashes marched to the second layer. At present, it was just the beginning... but even if it was just the beginning, it had already beaten the players to the point of bleeding and suffered heavy casualties.

Although there are not many players on the second level, twenty or thirty ashes drive two or three hundred players out of the town... This is simply a shame and humiliation.

Players are not only angry because of the opening of the expansion pack this time, but also fear the madness of Kayaba Akihiko's heartbrokenness - they actually designed such an AI program that does not give people a way out.

The AI ​​that used to be able to fight, observe, learn, and correct its own attack methods based on the battle, observation, and correction of its own attack methods was already very deadly, but the refreshed ashes are even more terrifying.

They no longer need to observe, learn, and then become more difficult, but they are extremely difficult from the beginning.

Perhaps only one adult among the players is an expert with rich combat experience, while all the ashes are basically combat experts or even combat masters...

Even if talented "players" can be one-on-one with these real "warriors", they can't compete with the number of people alone. Moreover, the Ashes are constantly continuing to march here through their teleportation facilities.

——And as they obtained more "fire firewood", the weak campfire began to burn, and more figures became solidified through the power of fire and came to this world...

That is an existence that has stronger power than Yu Hui, who has no fire, from the beginning.

They gained themselves again under the "apocalypse" and saw in their dreams the hope of restoring their world to its original light.

The fear of darkness and the desire to continue the Age of Fire all made them take action.

However, the players who did not know that the disaster was getting denser and denser, just decided that this was Kayaba Akihiko's conspiracy, and the purpose was to continue to persecute them.

From beginning to end, they all felt that this was part of the game—

Those so-called ashes are just data files controlled by AI programs.

...

...

The third floor of Iron Grandet, above the town square.

Players were constantly moving here in the blue light column, wrapped in their bodies, and then saw the crowded crowd of black people around them.

At first glance, I don’t know how many people there are, but it is very likely that all the players in the game are transferred directly to this square, just like them.

It is precisely because of this transfer instruction that seems to be from the system that these survivors can gather on the third floor in a short time and escape the hunting of ashes.

But the players were completely unhappy. The people who escaped from death cursed and believed that it was Kayaba's conspiracy and issued the most vicious curse.

There were still a few people who didn’t know anything, but they were also excited by the words of others, trying their best to denounce the damn kidnapper!

This is not giving them a way out at all. First, they created a scene of monster siege without warning, and then they were transferred to them when they were casualties... What are they trying to do? Are cats crying for mice?

In the noisy atmosphere, everything seemed to be like more than a month ago, and a wonderful scene suddenly appeared in the sky.

The red pattern covering the entire sky, its central part was like a very thick drop of blood, slowly dripping downwards. But the blood did not drip to the ground, but suddenly changed its shape in mid-air.

He became a giant who was nearly twenty meters tall and wearing a crimson cloak.

"Dear players, I believe I don't need to introduce myself this time..." The man's low and clear voice came from the far above. Compared to the last time's high spirits, only deep frustration and a hint of indescribable fear remained in his voice this time.

The emotions of the player group were like an explosive barrel, and were directly aroused at this moment. The sound of the blast seemed to be about to make a big splash.

"Everyone, I know your mood and understand it very much, but this time please listen to me first-" Kayaba Akihiko's voice increased, suppressing the noise of everyone, "The situation is very urgent! It has been out of control at present!"

"I will give you the permission to log out again... Yes, you can go back to the real world next. The previous conditions are invalid. I no longer need you to reach the 100th level to defeat the final devil..."

“…”

“…”

The scene suddenly became quiet, silent, everyone looked at each other, unable to believe what they had just heard.

After pausing for a moment, giving them a few seconds to digest, Kayaba Akihiko spoke again and said seriously:

"But not everyone present can get this opportunity... Don't quarrel! Listen to me first, I'm not trying to kill you, but just to prevent the situation from getting worse!"

The giant red cape seemed to be lowering his head seriously and glanced coldly at the people below.

"I hope you can provide information about other players you know, the more detailed the better. This will determine how long it will take for me to pass the review and reopen the permissions..."

"Don't you just want us to accuse each other of others and make us hostile to each other? Do you want to say that there are only half of the quota and only half of us can go out alive?" Some players stood up angrily and accused them.

Others also woke up from their dreams, and this kind of request is simply clear at a glance!

"Enough!!"

The giant red cape expanded his voice and let out a deafening roar, forcibly suppressing the crowd that was making noise again.

"I'm not interested in letting you kill each other. I just want to confirm who is the real player among you!!"

“…”

“…”

There was silence again, because everyone could not understand this sentence at all. What is a real player?

Could it be that this kidnapper intends to see who is the active game during this period? Those guys who chose the shrinking strategy are not "real players" and are going to be abandoned?

Some people breathed a sigh of relief, some people showed horror, and the voices of discussion started to rise again.

But because Kayaba Akihiko didn't say anything, he just stared at everyone coldly, the voice of discussion became smaller and smaller, and eventually turned into a silent silence.

In such an atmosphere, the red cape giant then made another sound:

"I know what you are thinking, but I can tell you that it's all wrong! Including the "Ash Invasion" incident that just happened, I didn't do it..."

"Yin Jing, listen to me... Although this kind of thing may be alarmist, what I said is true. The world has lost control. I don't know when this trend began!"

"It may be a virus, it may be that the main brain of this virtual world has developed self-awareness, or it may be for some other reason... Anyway, by the time I discovered it, I can no longer curb this change."

Speaking of this in one breath, Kayaba Akihiko seemed to stop, took a few breaths before continuing—

"I created this world for my dreams, not to hope that you all die here, so now, there is no reason to continue to maintain it, I will let you go..."

"But I have to confirm the true identity of each of you, because I have enough reason to doubt that something is hidden among you and wants to take this opportunity to enter the real world..."

“…”

“…”

The swordsman in black, standing among the crowd, raised his head in surprise and faintly understood. He found that this was not a joke and wanted to turn around and run away immediately and leave the crowd with monsters hiding around.

But he is not the only one who has the same feeling.

Countless people suddenly stiffened their bodies, and their indescribable fear enveloped them, making their throats seem to be strangled and they couldn't speak.

——What is this? Is this a horror game itself?
Chapter completed!