In February 2024 of this world, the lone swordsman Kirito returned to the 35th floor from the 50th floor of the Ain Grant World, and unexpectedly rescued a rare beast trainer (Dragon Envoy) player Celica in the dark night forest outside the suburbs. Then the two returned to the 35th floor town of Michi, preparing to stay here for one night.
In Michi's hotel "Windward Chicken Pavilion", in order to thank Kirito for his life-saving grace, Celica specially invited him to eat the best cheesecake here. Then, the two of them started chatting under the oil lamp.
"Are you okay?"
"Don't worry! With the 'Bina Heart', as long as you go to the 'Memories Hill' in the south of Floria on the 47th floor to obtain the prop Soul Flower, your demon-winged dragon will definitely be resurrected!"
"NPC-type partners are much easier to resurrect than players, and there is at least three days of easing period..."
Speaking of this, a trace of gloom flashed across Kirito's eyes, and then he lowered his head silently.
Because, he remembered the resurrection prop "The Holy Crystal of Resurrection" he obtained two months ago, and thought of the "ten seconds" resurrection request, which was the eternal pain in his heart!
Celica's devil Bina will be resurrected in just three days if she gets the prop "Soul Flower" but his companions will never come back.
"I'm fine, anyway, thank you Kirito-kun!"
"I've caused you trouble..."
Celica didn't feel the emotional change on her life-saving benefactor's face, but she lowered her head shyly and nervously and said thanks.
"Is it troublesome?"
"That's not the case. You may not believe it. I'm actually here to solve the problem this time..."
"Others, like that little girl, probably have begun to move to the area where the boss is located on the 56th floor, and people like me can only come to the 35th floor to do some small things."
After sighing, Kirito recovered quickly, and then sighed with self-deprecating emotion.
After hearing the message that Crystal left him with the lucky message, he actually figured it out that he must not give up on himself and must live bravely until the day he went back!
"Little girl?"
"Which little girl?"
"ah!"
"What you said, could it be... that amazing 'Her Majesty'?"
Celica was stunned for a moment, and then finally came back to her senses and knew who the person Kirito had just told her was.
“That’s right…”
"Now, who else can dare to easily guide the boss besides her?"
"She took all the first kills of the boss alone, and all the props and resources have been tilted towards her. When the equipment cannot keep up, those bosses are no longer something that ordinary people like us can deal with."
With a wry smile, Kirito didn't know what to say.
The little girl made great progress, defeated the defending bosses one by one, and directly hit the 56th floor, opening up more than half of the floors, which looked really good, but...
There are also problems and worries, that is:
The other party has too many top props and equipment, and the gap between other players and her is getting bigger and bigger. Once the other party makes a mistake and is destroyed by monsters, it will definitely be a disaster for those who are still in the world of Iron Grandet.
“Huh?”
"I didn't even pay attention..."
"Have she reached the 56th floor now?"
"I remember that on Christmas two months ago, she seemed to have just hit the forty-ninth floor... It's amazing. Now she's on the fifty-sixth floor, and I can't even beat the wild monsters on the thirty-fiveth floor..."
Before, he had been called "Dragon Envoy Silica" by those middle-level players, and Silica was still complacent about this.
But now look...
With the legendary little girl who fought against the boss with her own strength and went straight from the first floor to the 56th floor, she had not stopped until the 56th floor. It is said that when facing all the bosses, she was defeated with one blow, "Kill and Critical Kill" and her "Dragon Envoy" who even fought a few wild monsters and had to be protected by Bi Na to save her life, it seems that she is really not competent?
“Woo…”
As she thought about it, Celica became even more depressed, and her chin almost hit her small breast that was only slightly curved.
"Ahhh!"
"You also know that it happened two months ago, but now it's February 24 years..."
"It's already a bit slow to reach the 56th floor in more than two months. I guess the food on a certain floor must be too delicious."
It took two months to break through six floors, and one floor per day on average for ten days. Although this speed is not slow, Kirito knew that the little girl must have been lazy or stayed on a certain floor for too long. Otherwise, with her ability, one floor a day, and then liberating the entire Ain Grant world in two months will not be a big problem.
Of course, that was just Kirito's own personal thoughts. He couldn't force or ask the little girl to pass the level desperately like that.
"But!"
"Kigito-kun, how do you know so clearly? Do you know her?"
After being depressed, Celica soon became interested.
Kirito-kun in front of her is so powerful that she can easily destroy the gorillas in the dark forest alone, and is so familiar with what the "Her Majesty" is doing, so she felt that it is very likely that Kirito is the friend of the legendary little girl?
In her opinion, perhaps only a powerful swordsman like Kirito is qualified to make friends with those legendary figures, right?
"It's not considered a recognition..."
"I just met several times in total, mainly because her intelligence agent is still friends with me, so I can always know some of her general situation at the first time."
Thinking of the intelligence agent called "Rat" and the cat-faced girl Argo who claimed to be able to sell even the information about herself as long as the price is right, Kirito shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Argo's intelligence is indeed very accurate and timely, but the only disadvantage is that it is too expensive and it will always cost a lot every time he goes to find her.
For example, this time, I came to the 35th floor to investigate, but it took him a lot of money to get some specific clues from the other party about the murder guild.
"But, Celica, you probably don't know?"
"Although I am not her friend, I am a member of the 'Queen Guard' that spontaneously formed!"
"This time, I came here specifically to solve some worries for her. She is very busy and cannot leave everything to her. This is the meaning of our existence!"
Thinking of the murder guild and the guy who threatened to ambush the "Her Majesty the Queen", Kirito gradually sank his face.
To be honest, Kirito really doesn't know what kind of brain circuits of the murderer union madman are. The little girl worked hard (eating and drinking) to reach the fifty-sixth floor, and was working hard to open up the 100 floor as soon as possible and liberate the entire Ain Grant world as soon as possible. But those people are better. If they don't help, they are planning to drag their backs. They even want to ambush the other party, and then explode those massive first-kill props...
Anyway, he really didn't know what adjectives he should use to describe those villains.
"I really envy you, but I haven't seen her once..."
Of course, Celica has heard of the spontaneously formed "Queen Guard". It is said that the people inside are all the top players who can guide the boss?
Some people even said that if one day "Her Majesty the Queen" fails carelessly, then there is no doubt that "Queen Guard" will take over the burden of that "Her Majesty" and shoulder the responsibility of guiding the boss and opening up a hundred layers of responsibility?
The fact that Kirito in front of him fully demonstrates his strength is the ability of the "Queen Guard".
"By the way!"
"Is she really a little girl?"
After envying, Celica quickly focused on other aspects.
"Um!"
"She is indeed a child, she looks similar to you, she is as cute as she is, but... she may have to be shorter and smaller, because she is only eight or nine years old at most."
It was a blond girl who didn't take out her weapons when she was in the city, jumping around, and looked like an NPC wandering around.
However, Kirito didn't want to describe that kind of thing too clearly.
"Eight or nine years old..."
"She is so young and so powerful. She can defeat the terrible monster like the defending boss alone, but I can't even break through the thirty-fifth floor wild forest, and I still implicate Bi Na to protect me..."
"I really want to see her..."
After sighing about his uselessness, Celica suddenly had the idea of ​​meeting the little girl and then learning some game skills or methods from the other party.
Celika felt that she didn't even need to learn too much. Just learning one percent of the skills from the other party would probably make her unable to enjoy the team of middle-level players.
"That's simple!"
"Go to the places where you sell delicious food on the 56th floor, and you will always have the chance to meet her."
"Although you may not be able to recognize her?"
Thinking of the little girl who was elusive, had never shown her identity in public, and had always been alone, Kirito chuckled with a rare chuckle.
He thought that it was very likely that the little girl passed by, and Celica would not recognize it, because the guy's appearance was so confusing. As long as he had never seen it with his own eyes, it would be difficult to believe that a guy like that was actually a legendary existence.
?Dingdong!?
?Player ‘Anne Hasta’ defeated the 56th floor of the defending boss ‘Geo Crawler’, and the passage to the 57th floor of the Ain Grande World was opened...?
"ah!"
"Look at the system prompts, Celica, if you want to see her now, I'm afraid you should go to the 57th floor to find it..."
After clicking on the prompt to see the prompt to kill the boss and the opening of the 57th floor passage, Kirito was relieved first, and then laughed at the shocked Celika and joked.
He knew that the fifty-sixth layer of BOSS ‘Geo Crawler’ was a demon holding a big sword. He was wearing thick armor. Even if the big sword in his hand blocked, it would continue to lose blood. It was very difficult and could not be dealt with by ordinary people.
but……
Fortunately, that little girl is definitely not an ordinary person, so now the fifty-sixth floor guard boss ‘Geo Crawler’ has been defeated. I guess the big sword in the other party’s hand, the weapon that can ignore blocking and cause damage, must have fallen into the little girl’s hand.
"By the way!"
"Before I have time to ask, Kirito-kun, what exactly are you going to do on the 35th floor?"
Finally, Celica remembered the important thing that made her a little confused.
“Um…”
"The main purpose is to investigate the murder guild - the Hand of Titans!"
"Kill, killing guild?"
"How could there be such a terrible guild?!"
“Hmm?”
“Is Sword Art Online the first MMO game you played in Celica?”
“Yes, is there any problem?”
"No wonder..."
"You may not know yet? No matter what online game, there are always many players whose personality changes, and of course there are also those who wantonly release the dark side of their personality and play the role of bad people."
"Players like us, the arrows with attributes are usually green when looking at them, but after committing a crime, they will turn orange!"
"and……"
"Once a player who commits murder will turn red, that is the so-called red-name player!"
"When you meet someone like that, Celica, you'd better be careful because they really enjoy killing people, even if you know that players will be burned by 'NERvGear' after death!"
Kirito, who was clenched with his fist and sat at the table, said in a heavy tone.
This is the purpose of Kirito coming to the 35th floor. He wants to find those people, find that guild, and then, before they do more terrible things, throw them all into the Black Iron Palace, so that they can no longer come out to do such terrible things that are harmful to the world!
"How could it be..."
"Really, is there really someone like that?"
Covering his mouth, Celica still couldn't believe it.
"Anyway, be careful and you will never be wrong in protecting yourself!"
Kirito didn't plan to continue talking, because according to reliable information, the "Titan Hand" of the Killing Guild is currently entrenched on the 35th floor. He couldn't guarantee whether what he said would be heard by a member of the Killing Guild lurking around him.
"Um……"
"Thank you Kirito-kun, thank you for telling me so much."
I knew a lot of incredible things that I had never been exposed to, and I also got the other party's promise that I would take me to the 47th floor of "Memory Hill" tomorrow to obtain the prop "Soul Flower" and resurrect my winged dragon man Bena. Thinking that the other party cared and helped me so much, and so powerful, gradually, Celica's cheeks couldn't help but turn red.
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Chapter completed!