Artoria wants to read people's hearts

Because of the cover of smoke and dust just now, they didn't see clearly the purple cursor above Heathcliff's head just now.

The appearance of the cursor was only a matter of a second or two, and then it automatically disappeared and hid itself.

Arturia didn't care about this, even if the blow just now didn't let everyone see the truth, it didn't matter, because as long as she could swing the sword well, she could still push it back with the next blow. come out.

Heathcliff's face changed slightly, he looked at the HP in his system which had been reduced to 50.00%, his face was gloomy and slightly distorted.

He knew better than anyone else that if it wasn't because [Immortal Object] would automatically turn on as long as the HP was below 50.00%, otherwise he would have been killed and returned to the west with just that one click.

Why is this happening? !

Why is pendragon attacking me all of a sudden? !

Zuo thought hard, and Heathcliff couldn't even figure out why the blond girl would act like this all of a sudden.

But what made him feel a little relieved was that the [Immortal Object] cursor above his head was not seen by everyone because of the smoke and dust, which was a great blessing.

However..........

Others might not have seen it, but it was impossible for the blond girl who was so close to him not to have seen it.

"........."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help biting his back molars, and clenched his hands involuntarily.

It can only be said that the luck of misfortune, and the misfortune of luck, were all encountered by him at this moment (Heathcliff had no idea that Artoria actually knew his true identity a long time ago).

His face was pale, and he was rapidly thinking about how to break the current situation in his mind.

But how could Artoria give him enough time to think.

At this moment, the players finally reacted.

"Miss Pendragon!! What are you doing..." A player hurriedly asked, but in the middle of the conversation, it stopped abruptly like a duck being choked.

Because the blond girl was not moved at all, only heard her snort coldly, exerted force on her wrist directly, and the long sword in her hand melted viciously towards Heathcliff's face from bottom to top.

Taking advantage of his illness to kill him, she wouldn't just stand still and do nothing, and then provide time for the enemy to react.

Just in the blink of an eye, Heathcliff hit a beam of extremely brilliant white light head-on, hitting his head directly.

"what!!"

He turned pale with fright, and wanted to hide, but it was too late to carry out the idea as soon as it arose.

He could only open his eyes wide unwillingly, watching himself being hit firmly on the spot by this sword.

"boom!!"

The sound was like chopping on a lump of iron ore, bursting out the sound of metal screaming.

Heathcliff, who was supposed to be killed by this blow, stood in place at this moment, safe and sound.

His complexion was ugly, black and purple like an eggplant leaf beaten by frost.

But compared to his face at the moment, everyone's attention is now attracted by the purple logo on his head.

[Immortal Object]! !

A purple message was quietly floating above his head.

This is something that would never appear on a normal player, but what is weird is that it actually appeared on the head of the Knights of the Blood Alliance.

A look of disbelief appeared on their faces, while anxiety was frozen on their faces. The combination of disbelief and anxiety seemed extraordinarily funny.

Arturia's sword seemed to have been cut on a colorless and transparent protective cover. At this moment, the cover was filled with waves, preventing her sword from getting an inch.

But it doesn't matter at all, after all, her goal is just to let him show his true colors in public, and now her goal has been achieved.

So she took two steps back in silence, and Artoria put her sword back into its sheath with her usual expression, her green eyes were cold and bright looking at the man with a dark expression in front of her.

That earth-shattering blow completely shattered his disguise and exposed his identity in full view.

Heathcliff hated Pendragon so much in his heart at this time, even if that blond girl was as glorious as a goddess in the sky, now he would like to pluck her skin and eat her raw flesh, but even so, the hatred in his heart could not be dispelled.

The atmosphere at this moment was extremely weird, Kirito looked around in the crowd of the strategy group, blinked his eyes, and then suddenly asked loudly.

"President Heathcliff, what is the cursor on your head?!"

He pretended to be excited, and his expression of astonishment perfectly interpreted what Oscar-level acting skills are.

But Heathcliff didn't even look at Kirito, he just stood against the expressionless Arturia, and asked in a low tone: "Why? Why did you attack me all of a sudden?"

He was really puzzled, that's why he wanted to get the truth from the other party.

"I'm sure I hid it well, just use it as a reference, tell me how you found it?"

"It's well hidden?" As if hearing some joke, Artoria couldn't help but chuckled softly.

It has to be said that this laughter does not hurt much, but it is extremely insulting.

Sure enough, Heathcliff's face darkened by two shades.

He had a dead face, his eyebrows stood up uncontrollably, and his face was bursting with blue veins, staring at Artoria like a cat jumping at a mouse. .

"To be honest, you have quite a lot of flaws." The blond-haired girl was very beautiful, she lowered her eyes, and looked at Heathcliff with an extremely cold and indifferent expression.

"For such a long time, I have never seen you leveling up by killing monsters in the wild, and I have never seen you running around because of a certain task......"

When she said this, she paused, then raised her eyes to look at him dispensably, and then moved her eyes to other places.

"......You always sit in the rear, and you can only see you fighting the boss, but when you are attacking the boss, you are always in command You don't grab heads, you don't care about experience, and you don't even care about the items dropped by the boss."

"Let me ask—" she chuckled again, "—do not level up, do not steal monsters, do not do missions, do not need props, how can you maintain the strongest position in the game "SAO"? What about the man's title?"

"Could it be that the experience and props you need to upgrade are all brought by the strong wind?"

The white light in Boss' room made her eyes extraordinarily bright, and the expression on her heroic and delicate face was inexplicable.

"Of course, the above are all speculations without real evidence." She sighed, and then said, "The reason why I didn't hesitate to attack you was just because I saw you with my own eyes when I was on the first floor. It's just the [Immortal Object] on top of your head."

What the other party said made Heathcliff feel like a fool, and his frustration made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

He couldn't help being silent, and sighed after a while, "Sure enough, you are the most unstable factor, and it was my mistake not to deal with your problem in time."

It seems that he remembered that he has a system as a cheat. At this moment, Heathcliff..., no... It should be said that it is Akihiko Kayaba. He finally regained his confidence as a villain .

"Originally, I planned to announce it around the fifth floor of No.90, but I didn't expect to be exposed by you on the second floor. If that's the case, then there's nothing I can do..."

He smiled and said, "Although I really don't want to abandon the Knights of the Blood Alliance that I have cultivated along the way, I also have reasons to believe that you will definitely come to me in the future, and I will wait for you in the Ruby Palace on the top floor. "

When he said this, his face seemed to be taken for granted, as if it was the glory of these players to do these things.

"President, how could this be..."

Some people in the Knights of the Blood Alliance still can't fully believe this fact.

"Heathcliff! How dare you... you fool our loyalty." One man seemed irritated by the truth.

The player's two black eyes were staring round, and his cheeks were sunken deeply, as if they had become two black hole mouths, which were moving slightly and breathing heavily.

Suddenly, he yelled angrily, picked up the sharp knife in his hand, and rushed towards Kayaba Akihiko.

Chapter 37 After all, are you out of your mind? (two in one)

The man swung the sword in his hand angrily, and rushed straight at Heathcliff.

There was an unstoppable roar in his mouth, and the blue light caused by the activation of the skill instantly covered the entire blade.

The sharp point of the knife was aimed at the man who had fooled his loyalty, and then the arm stabbed forward violently.

but...........

Heathcliff just looked at the man with pity, and stood there motionless, as if he didn't care about his actions at all.

"Clang!"

The scene was still reappearing, and the samurai sword's indomitable momentum suddenly stopped abruptly. The tip of the knife touched a layer of air shield, and it couldn't make an inch of it half a meter away from Heathcliff.

It was as if a knife had been slashed on a solid wall. The huge shock force made the man scream, and the weapon in his hand was dropped directly, spinning in the air and finally falling to the ground.

This is the fate of swords, not to mention the person who holds it.

As expected, the man took three steps back straight "da da da", and finally fell down on the ground uncontrollably.

At the same time, the HP bar above his head also dropped by a full third.

"!!!"

Seeing the tragic situation of the player in front of them, everyone finally came to their senses at this moment, and suddenly realized a very desperate thing.

Yes, why did they forget?

Even Miss Pendragon couldn't break through the protective shield on Akihiko Kayaba's body, let alone them?

It's like an extremely hard tortoise shell, protected by [Immortal Object], presumably none of their players can cause any damage to this bastard.

Thinking about this problem, even Kirito and Asuna's expressions turned a little ugly at the moment.

But what is different from other people's desperate expressions is that although their faces are pale, there is still light in their eyes.

Before this, they actually didn't know how far [Immortal Object] could protect, but they still agreed to Artoria's plan to expose Heathcliff.

It's just because they know that the opportunity is in front of them. If they don't do anything because they are afraid of the unknown, then the matter of liberating players is no longer eligible to be mentioned.

Of course, they also panicked in their hearts, unknowingly wondering if it was the right choice for them to do so.

However, during the discussion yesterday, Arturia, who seemed to have seen through their uneasiness, said something like this.

"What are you afraid of?" The blond girl asked them in this way.

After that, without waiting for their answer, she smiled to herself.

"There's nothing to be afraid of, is there? After all, when you choose not to do it, then you will never succeed."

"Then you don't think about failure?" The black-haired boy hesitated, his face showing confusion about the future, "If we fail, what should we do?"

"...Failed?" She froze for a moment, lowered her eyes and thought for a second or two, then raised her head and looked at the two of them seriously.

"I will not fail, because this is the victory."

The girl was very confident when she said this, as if it was true as she said, as long as she was there, everything would be fine.

Artoria always has a convincing charm. When she looks at you with such a serious expression, you can't help but choose to believe her.

But is this really good?

Kirito and Asuna looked at each other in dismay, forcing themselves to think about reality again.

"Pendragon, I know you are very powerful, but that guy has the system authority, if, if..."

He hesitated for a long time, but in the end he still didn't finish his sentence, he sighed softly, and Kirito looked deeply at the other party with those black eyes.

"........."

Arturia silently glanced at the young man, then turned to look at the young girl with the same worried expression.

She knew their uneasiness and worries, so it was precisely because of this that Artoria would try her best to comfort them at this moment.

"The situation in this world is complex and changeable, and people's hearts are even more difficult to figure out. If we are held back because of this kind of thing, we will miss many opportunities."

"Because in this world, aren't we also not [-]% sure when we do many things?"

Artoria smiled, her emerald green eyes filled with endless softness and encouragement.

"As long as we are always loyal to ourselves and strive hard towards our ideals and dreams, then even if we fail, we can still smile with relief that I have tried my best, right?"

"So don't be afraid. Before thinking about failure, I hope that we can become a crater of a volcano and burn everything once. Then we will fall into the glacier and freeze into dead ashes. We will only be enthusiastic in our lives." Burn once, and that's enough."

Finally, she stretched out both hands to pat Asuna's and Kirito's heads, and then rubbed them lightly.

"Although we don't know where the road will lead, we are on the way."

"Besides—" she said softly with a smile in her clear eyes like stars falling into the sky lake, "—we may not necessarily lose."

The memories ended here, Kirito and Asuna stood at two different corners, looking at the blonde girl with the same eager eyes.

At the end of their line of sight, the blond girl and the gray-haired man were facing each other.

Heathcliff looked at Artoria and said with a slightly surprised expression: "You don't seem surprised?"

"What's so surprising about that?"

She glanced at him from a distance, and a sneer curled up at the corner of her mouth.