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"what is this?"

Under her exclamation, a hill-like figure suddenly emerged from the ground and devoured the young pitcher plant. Its human-sized claws slammed on the ground, and a blue-backed giant The ape just appeared in front of her.

She had never seen anything like this before, but it was also one of the mechanics of SAO, where monsters would eat each other and compete for territory.

The situation at this time is far more desperate than just now.

The ones just now were just little monsters, and she could still struggle, but the one in front of her was an elite monster.

It's not something she can deal with at this level.

Although the world of SAO is a game close to realistic style, it is also an MMORPG game. Simply put, it is——

The value is too high.

"Roar--"

call--

The ear-shattering roar was mixed with the sound of breaking wind, and the giant ape waved its sharp claws that were comparable to the size of a human body, but Asuna narrowly dodged it.

But as soon as it landed on the ground, the system sound suddenly sounded.

Ding--

A window popped up in front of her that made her feel even more desperate.

"Mit...why?"

The words [Member Mitt has disbanded the team] were written on it, which made her feel unprecedented despair.

It's okay to face the situation of life and death, but now she is abandoned by her friends again.

Why?Why abandon me?

She couldn't understand, the despair in her heart had already made her brain numb, she couldn't think, and she couldn't even make any movements.

When the giant ape attacked again, she didn't even dodge.

Fortunately, it happened to hit the blade in her hand, which helped her block the final blow, and the whole person flew upside down and hit the ground hard.

But at the same time, there was only a trace of her blood left.

Only then did she fully realize that there was an elite monster in front of her.

But by the time I wanted to do anything else, it was already too late.

"Roar--"

The deafening roar echoed in her ears, and the suddenly opened bloody mouth was close at hand, so close that she could even clearly see the bright red tonsils in the mouth of the great ape.

The crystal saliva dripped on her clothes, and the bad breath mixed with it made her feel sick.

But more of it is fear.

boom--

The giant ape's bloody mouth fell down. I don't know if it was because the monster wanted to play with the prey or because it couldn't get the head right. It missed Asuna's body by only two centimeters.

But when the lips and teeth are closed, her body will still be bitten into two.

It was the first time that she was so close to death, and her eyes were completely soaked in despair.

Like a revolving lantern, the scenes of what happened in the past emerged in his mind-although the family was a little cold but safe, and the scenes of meeting Mitt all appeared in front of his eyes.

She is regretting, regretting why she came to play this game in the first place. If she didn't steal her brother's helmet to play this game, how could she encounter such a thing...

In the corner of his eyes, there was a tear of regret inadvertently.

"...I don't want to die, who will... who will save me!"

At the last moment, she screamed for help with all her strength.

[Ding, the mission has been accepted. 】

The strange yet familiar sound suddenly sounded in my head, just like when the so-called chat group suddenly popped up in front of me.

At the same time, the giant ape's body suddenly froze. Under her horrified gaze, the monster's body twisted for a while, and finally shattered into polygonal fragments and dissipated.

And among the fluorescent fragments, she saw a figure, wearing a pale silver chainmail, carrying a broad, dark black iron sword on his shoulder.

The man seemed to notice Asuna's gaze, turned around and asked with a smile, "Miss, you're still alive, right?"

PS: I suddenly found that I intercepted a lot of plots. I originally planned to use 3.5 words to finish it, but I ended up writing [-]K....

248. Boy, do you long for power?

"Miss, you are still alive, right?"

"...alive?"

For the strange person who suddenly appeared in front of her, Asuna felt that her head was not enough, and her whole body was in a state of panic, but she still nodded mechanically.

"Well, OK, the task was completed perfectly."

The faded man who carried the star-shattering sword smiled again at Asuna who looked dull.

He was very satisfied with this teleportation. There was no time shift or position shift. He teleported to the destination perfectly, and successfully killed the illegal buildings in front of him.

But Asuna still had a dazed expression on her face.

mission... what mission?

who is he?Why do you want to save me?

And just...what happened?

Countless doubts filled her heart, but due to the constant exhaustion of her physical strength, she didn't even have the strength to speak now.

However, even with physical strength, she couldn't ask the question at all, as if it was stuck in her throat.

It's just that the faded man didn't care about the girl's reaction, but turned his gaze to the dense forest on the other side.

"It's time to let the little mouse hiding there come out."

An inexplicable smile slowly appeared on his face, and he held his free hand slightly. The dragon feast imprint on his finger emitted a crimson light, and then the emblem of the ancient dragon's prayer appeared.

Furshanks' Thundergun!

The red dragon thunder suddenly appeared and slowly gathered in the palm of his hand, slowly forming a slender red thunder gun.

The extreme thunder light kept flickering, turning the open space bright red, and irregular polygons rose one after another on the ground swept by the scattered dragon thunder.

Afterwards, he raised the thunder gun high, and under the thunder that constantly tore apart everything around him, he looked like the god of thunder came in person.

Just as he was about to throw it over, a voice suddenly came from the other side.

"Don't do it, I'll come out right away."

Seemingly aware that the thunder gun in his hand was extremely dangerous, Kirito who was hiding in the woods chose to come out on his own initiative.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to peep, but I just rushed over when I noticed that there seemed to be movement here."

While apologizing, the boy looked at the man in front of him without any trace of his eyes.

The gorgeous armor of pale silver, the dark blue cloak covering the arms, the silver steel boots, and the black iron sword on the shoulder and the strange moves used before...

"Is it a hidden NPC? But there seems to be something wrong. I feel that the emotional system should be richer, almost completely close to human beings."

This conclusion can still be guessed after seeing a bit of disdain in the other party's eyes.

As for why you came to this conclusion?

The reason is simple, because the equipment worn by the opponent is simply not what the current layers and levels can possess.

Just that big sword, according to his estimation, is at least the magic sword level...

Now it is only the first floor, how could there be such exaggerated equipment.

There is also the red lightning, which is not a player's skill at first glance.

You know, SAO is a world called swords, and that skill can obviously be thrown.

Most importantly, he did not see the familiar green diamond mark on the head of the man in front of him.

As for cheating, he didn't believe that anyone could bypass Cardinal's detection.

It is not impossible to hide NPCs or something. After all, everything in Aincrad is controlled by Cardinal, and it is normal to randomly create NPCs that have never appeared during the beta test.

"Kayaba Akihiko, you really are a genius..."

I can't help but admire Kayaba Akihiko's masterpiece in my heart, even if it is said to be No. 1 across the ages, it is no exaggeration.

At the same time, the faded person is also slightly looking at the boy in front of him.

Well, the posture is good, and the observation skills are also very good, it seems to be a bit basic.

While making an evaluation in his heart, he nodded calmly, and finally set his eyes on the boy's face.

...just a little too young.

Thin black short hair, immature and neutral face with an unsuspecting look.

At first glance, it can be seen that the young eagle has not experienced any wind and rain, and has not yet spread its wings under the wings of its parents.

However, this appearance made him feel a little familiar, like Brother Daoguang in a certain game he played in his previous life?

He immediately turned his head to look at the shocked girl who was still sitting on the ground.

If her name is Asuna...

Then this boy should be Kirito, right?

His impression of Sword Art Online is quite deep. After all, he has also played with double swords in the borderlands. He once suffered from the second disease, blessed the dragon and thunder on the blade to imitate Kirito's sword light there, and also played with swords. magic.

It's just that for some reason, when he saw these two people, his heart didn't feel the slightest turmoil.

There was no such excitement as expected.

In the past, I might have been excited to see Mr. Ya, but now... seems to have lost that enthusiasm.

However, a new idea popped up in his mind——

I want to bring these two people to the border to train them.

If they are allowed to practice in the borderland, will they be able to confirm the titles of "Faith Sealer" and "Ghost of Raiders"?

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth could not help but raise a strange arc, then he turned his head and put on a serious look, and said mysteriously:

"Young man, do you desire power?"

"...??"

Hearing his words, Kirito was a little surprised.

Is this a hidden quest?

After a short thought, he nodded: "Accept the task."

Fader: ? ? ?

Is this kid sick from playing games?

He tilted his head involuntarily and explained: "This is not a mission, I just want to ask you, do you desire power? Do you want to be strong? Do you want to become stronger and beat this damn game?"

Isn't it the right way?

Kirito didn't pay attention to his words, but began to think.

It seems that this NPC is indeed different from others, it is a special NPC.

So, he changed the saying: "I long for power, I hope to become stronger."

But even if he said that, there was still no pop-up window to accept the task, and there were no new tasks in the task bar.

This made him a little puzzled.

However, Kirito's answer made the fader very satisfied.

"Yes, very imposing. So would you like to go to the border with me?"

Junction?Is it a hidden copy?

This NPC is really special.

After thinking for a few seconds, Kirito agreed.