When Kirito arrived at his destination, there were only a few seconds left before the arrival of December 25.

In front of him, the huge fir tree stood quietly there, and he couldn't help but slow down.

This is a square block with almost no other trees, covered with snow and emits pure white light. It seems to be a plain where life is completely extinct. Only this giant tree with blue fluorescent light looks particularly special.

A few months ago, he found this curved giant tree while collecting materials on this floor. He carefully investigated because he thought that it might be the starting point of an unknown task, but found nothing at that time.

After that, something happened to [Moon Night's Black Cat Group], and he temporarily put the information behind his mind.

If he wanted to obtain the resurrection props, he couldn't even recall this.

Christmas - tonight, the special monster [Apostate Nikolas] should appear under the tree.

As the clock in the corner of his vision reached zero o'clock, a ringtone came from somewhere, and he immediately looked up at the top of the tree.

In the dark night sky, two lights continued to extend, but after careful staring, you will find that it seemed to be a huge sled that was dragged by some strange monster.

While arriving directly above the fir, a black shadow flew down from the sled and landed heavily in front of Kirito, causing a huge impact, and the snow on the ground also splashed.

Under this impact, Kirito couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Here you come!" He held the sword in his hand tightly.

Not far away, Lu Ming leaned against a big tree, quietly watching Kirito's look of waiting for the battle, and even made a comment: "This little thing looks so unique."

But in fact, this is a monster about three times the height of an ordinary person.

Although it is still a human appearance, the arms are extremely long and almost rubbed to the ground because of the forward bend of the body. The small red eyes shine under the shadow of the unusually protruding forehead. The lower half of the face is covered with gray beards, and the length is even close to the lower abdomen.

Weirdly, the monster was wearing a red and white top, a conical hat of the same color, holding an axe in his right hand and a large bag full of things in his left hand.

I don’t know what the players who designed this monster think. Is it a joke about Santa Claus in this way that I want to create pressure while making people funny?

However, Kirito was obviously in the mood at this time. To him, the appearance of the monster was not important. What was important was whether there were really resurrection props.

The monster's name and several HP values ​​emerged, and the battle was triggered.

With a roar, Kirito rushed up with his sword.

This may be the first time Kirito fought without any scruples. He didn't care whether his HP was on the safe line or whether he had the chance to escape, but devoted himself to this battle.

The sound of collision between weapons and the roars of monsters and Kirito resounded through the empty air. The snowflakes splashed from the battle flew outwards, and the invisible waves of air spread out layer by layer.

As expensive [Reply Crystals] continue to be consumed, the health of [Apostate Nikolas] is also decreasing.

Although Kirito can be said to be the highest-level player at present, it is still a bit difficult to fight a monster that is stronger than the defending boss at about 35th floors.

Even Lu Ming couldn't guarantee who would win and lose after this battle.

Ten minutes later, as the last bit of HP was cleared, the monster's body completely exploded and shattered.

only--

"I won?" A weak voice spit out from Kirito's mouth.

"Maybe, if you can survive after the HP value is cleared..."

"Is that true... Resurrection, please..."

A smile appeared, not knowing whether it was liberation or something. At the moment of blurting out the last word, Kirito fell down weakly and exploded in the air before he landed.

Only the bag left by the monster when it died was lying quietly on the snow.

There is no winner in this battle.

"Humans are really a strange creature?" Lu Ming walked slowly closer, "Even though he was afraid of death, he would choose to face it for various reasons."

As Lu Ming approached, the remaining bag also turned into light and disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, a window popped up in front of Lu Ming's eyes, and a line of small words appeared coldly on it: The player picked up the [Bornless Treasure Bag].

He opened the prop bar casually, and the items arranged in it were all kinds of ingredients, and the props from the treasure bag seemed particularly eye-catching.

A few seconds later, the thing Kirito was thinking about came into his eyes too simply.

Its name is [Resurrection Holy Crystal].

He chose to make it solid, a gem of an egg-sized ray of light appeared in front of him, looking very beautiful.

Lu Ming clicked lightly, and an explanation automatically popped up, showing a simple explanation marked in familiar fonts.

[Resurrection of the Holy Crystal: Choose to use it from the automatic menu of this prop, or hold it in your hand and shout "Resurrection: Player Name". As long as it is used within the period when the target player dies and the effect light completely disappears (about ten seconds), the target player can be resurrected.]

"Maybe it will be even more uncomfortable if he sees it!"

About ten seconds.

There is nothing more clear than this passage of words that seem to be deliberately added, and it is coldly announcing to Kirito that the death of luck will never come back.

"So, death is not the most terrifying thing. It is the ultimate terror to fall into despair when a person is full of hope." A plain voice came, and immediately afterwards, a man wearing the [Blood Alliance Knights] costume appeared not far away.

"Kaiba Shizuhiko, is that why you incarnated Hitzcliff? Lead everyone forward and then trample on everyone's hope at the end."

The expression of this legendary man has always been so stable, with a convincing power in his eyes, but it is the expression of the Creator God that is given to ordinary players from a distant high place...

"Maybe, but as a data creature, do you have to pity these ordinary people?"

"I do have powerful power, and maybe I face everything in front of me with a game attitude, but at least I won't take the lives of innocent people like this."

This is also the reason why he did not choose to kill the other party when facing the provocation of the Tooth King. Only those crazy members of the [Smile Coffin] did he kill people for the first time in this world.

The silence was filled with the whole of freezing.

The expression of Kayaba Akihiko's expression fluctuated for the first time, "Interesting, do you want to stand at the moral high point to judge me?"

"This is not a judgment, it's just doing what I want to do..."

The light bloomed from Lu Ming's body and quickly spread outward, completely covering the surroundings in an instant. When the light disappeared, there was no trace of people around the huge fir trees.

Heavy snow fell, and soon buried the traces of Kirito's previous battle.
Chapter completed!