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Anyone can recognize it, it is a ghost.

"Oh, don't worry about that one. There is no hostility. It's just that their unlucky master was assassinated, so they lingered here for a long time and refused to leave."

"... Gollum—"

Even if the other party said that, Asuna couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of terrified saliva.

Other things are okay, but she is the least resistant to ghosts.

However, the faded man didn't pay attention to the girl's fear at all. Instead, he dragged her a little towards the hillside, standing on the rock and looking into the distance.

When the sheep animals around them saw their arrival, they immediately shrank into a ball and rolled down the mountain.

"See that tall, slowly moving building over there?"

Following his gaze, Asuna indeed vaguely saw a tall building in the twilight, but due to the fog and the geographical location, she could barely see an incomplete outline, but it was true. It looks like it's moving.

"That's the Spirit Temple Wilderness. Remember, it's not a place you can go."

"Because there are a bunch of headless horsemen gathered under the spiritual temple over there, similar to the ghost at the door of the church. They all served the soulless demigod in the spiritual temple during their lifetime, and the bell you heard is also It came from over there."

After hearing his words, Asuna listened carefully again and found that the bell was indeed coming from that side.

At the same time, these taboos are also silently kept in mind.

After all, she came to become stronger, not to die.

"But why did Mr. Fade tell me this? Is he planning to leave?"

She shivered involuntarily at the thought of being left here alone.

Although staying in this kind of place can make her stronger, but in a short introduction, she has already fully understood——

The level of danger here is completely unmatched by Aincrad.

However, only in this way can she truly become stronger, truly maintain herself, or choose the way to die...

She was so sure in her heart.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention something, come with me."

He didn't seem to care about Asuna's feelings at all, and led her back to the inside of the church, pointing to the location of the statue in front of him.

"There are signs you use to distinguish day from night."

In front of them stood a statue nearly seven or eight meters high. The statue was a man with a bare upper body, a chain hanging from his waist, and his legs were tightly entwined by branches like tree roots.

And behind the statue, there are chains exuding dim golden light that criss-cross and weave into a large net.

But these are not the most important, the most important thing is that the huge existence behind the big net made her dumbfounded.

"That... is that a tree too?"

In a farther direction, a huge tree that almost covered the sky came into view, and she was so shocked that she almost couldn't even speak a complete sentence.

Especially the huge trunk, even from such a long distance, it can still be seen that it is so thick.

How long has this tree grown?

For thousands of years?Tens of thousands of years?

She didn't know, but the only thing she knew was that it was the first time in her life that she saw such a magnificent tree.

And it still shines brightly.

"That's right, that's also the golden tree. To be exact, it's the root of this narrow place, the center of all flow."

"After all life dies, it will turn into the nutrients of the golden tree, and then return to the big tree for reincarnation, but now due to some problems, the living cannot die in the correct way and can only be killed, so now also It can only be used to tell the time."

The faded person said in a very sad tone.

"When the big tree gathers its light, it is night; when it blooms, it is day. Remember this clearly."

"Also, no matter it is day or night, don't get close to the surrounding cemeteries easily. If you want to die, just pretend I didn't tell you."

After introducing all this, he slowly turned around and asked with an inexplicable smile on his face:

"Okay, I've already reminded me of everything that needs to be reminded. Now if you have any questions, you can ask them."

"Um......"

Asuna nodded gently after hearing this, and quickly adjusted from her shock. She raised her head slightly and looked at him seriously: "So, where is my weapon?"

Now she only wants to become stronger, or choose her own way of death.

Therefore, she doesn't care much about these things, except for those mentioned taboo areas.

"Oh, Ms. Asuna is really impatient... But forget about the weapon you originally wore, it's like a toy, it's useless."

While speaking, he took out the brand new long sword that Asuna put on in the labyrinth area, and played with it in his hand.

Slightly pinch the tip of the sword with the left hand, hold the hilt with the right hand, fold it lightly, and the long sword immediately becomes the shape of an arched bridge.

Then continue to apply more force, and only hear the click!With a sound, the sword she once had was broken into two pieces.

On the spot, he performed to the other party what is called a sword-folder - the fader.

However, it did not turn into familiar polygonal fragments, but was inserted on the wet soil alone.

This scene stunned the girl.

In these short few hours, she has been shocked countless times, but even so she still wants to say——

"Is this really something humans can do?"

But she didn't say that, she just laughed dryly, because the fader took out another rapier decorated with delicate decorations and handed it over.

"According to my observation, you should be good at stabbing, so I think this sword should be very suitable for you."

Asuna took the rapier he handed over and found that no matter the workmanship or forging precision, it was completely unmatched by the blade she had before, especially the ruby ​​inlaid on the gauntlet. It's worth a fortune.

Moreover, it is still a bit heavier than her long sword, but fortunately, it seems to be able to swing it.

While she was carefully holding the stabbing sword, the fader's voice came again:

"This sword once belonged to a friend of mine, and I don't like the slender blade very much, so let it be your weapon."

And this rapier is exactly the rapier that Roger gave him back then.

PS: push the book

[Your name is Yi Ran, and you are a heavenly friend of a rice wife who holds the God's Eye of the Wind Department. 】

[The power of your friends makes you decide to use modern people’s thinking to make money and die equally. 】

[You were hacked to death because of drinking. 】

......

[Having learned the lessons of the past, compared to Dao Wife, who has more nuclear waste water, this time you have become Liyue's wild fairy. 】

[When a group of immortals and demon gods are fighting fiercely, you are ready to fish, and then, one day, you are shot to death by zombies. 】

......

[Finally, you realized that you need a strong background to survive in this outrageous world, so you decided to hug the rock king Dijun's thigh. 】

[You were born before the Demon God War. You were born as a Demon God and you have a lovely sister. 】

[After hugging Morax’s lap, you and your sister both died in the Demon God War. 】

Looking at the content on the simulator, Yi Ran hesitated to speak. After hearing that he could get rewards for changing his fate, he decided——

"Stop posing! I'm going to wrap you up to death!"

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256. This is Gu Long's Lightning!

At dusk, we toured the hills in front of the church.

"Heh-!"

Uh-huh!With a bang, a silver flash flashed across the air, and the slender sword blade accurately plunged into the soldier in front of him who could not die because he lost the blessing of the golden tree.

Dark red blood flowed slowly from his chest.

But it's not over yet.

Next to him was a skinny soldier who looked like a pyroxene magician. With hands that were as dry as bark, he raised the pyroxene staff and shook it slightly, and a bright pyroxene meteor shot out.

puff-

Asuna pulled out the blade forcefully and at the same time dodged the magic with a roll, then raised the rapier again and turned around to aim at the magician, stabbing continuously from the middle to penetrate the enemy's body , the storm-like combo immediately caused blood to splatter everywhere, even a few drops were stained on her clean face.

But now she doesn't care about these blood stains at all, and puts all her attention on the combo.

Every thrust of the sword was made with all her strength, and those who didn't know thought they had some kind of blood feud.

Soon, Fang Fang couldn't bear this kind of stabbing anymore.

The moment the enemy fell, the girl immediately swung the rapier in her hand backwards, just cutting through the enemy who had just been stiffened by the stabbing, and immediately collapsed to the ground slowly like a puppet with broken strings.

In the blink of an eye, the two enemies had turned into tiny amounts of runes and merged into her body.

And she herself took a big breath of fresh air.

Now she fully understands that this place is really not like SAO. Everything here is real, whether it is the weight of the blade or the feel of stabbing the enemy.

She could even clearly feel the subtle barrier when the sword tip broke through the flesh and cut through the bones. The warmth splashing on her face and the fishy smell lingering at the tip of her nose made her heart beat wildly.

This extremely real feeling made her hands tremble slightly.

Originally, she just killed all of these as monsters in the game, but now it seems that is not the case.

Although they can't speak or talk to each other, they are all living beings.

"Clap clap-"

At this moment, the faded man sitting on the rock behind suddenly applauded.

"Not bad, very good."

The combination of the thrust and combo combat skills used by the opponent was simply perfect.

Swift yet elegant, as if blessed by a wind spirit.

However, I didn't expect Asuna to be able to learn it so quickly. He had already learned it after only demonstrating it twice.

And this decisiveness also made him feel a little unexpected.

I didn't see the heart-piercing cry for help when I was accidentally cut by a sword.

It seems to be because the power of Aincrad still remains on the girl?

This should be the case, because when the girl uses combat skills, neither the strength nor the speed can be possessed by ordinary people.

Asuna herself also received the compliment and smiled slightly.

But in the next second, the fader's words suddenly changed.

"However, Ms. Asuna, there is something wrong with the way you use your combos."

"If I read correctly, you will use your full strength for every thrust, right?"

While speaking, he also gestured at Asuna's stabbing action just now, as if confirming this point.

"In this case, there is no problem dealing with these slow-moving guys, but once you meet a strong one, you will die in an ugly way."

This is the disadvantage of the sword skill system in the SAO game world, especially in places like the border.

If you don't spare any effort, you may be defeated by your opponent at any time and counter-kill.

But his words also meant no mercy at all.

After all, he was also a teacher for the first time, so he could only imitate the tone of Sir Lian and Bernal who had taught him combat skills to tell all this frankly.

"Didn't Mr. Faded One use all his strength when instructing me?"

The girl retorted subconsciously.

The blunt words also made Asuna slightly frowned, and the good mood that had just risen suddenly disappeared.

This feeling is like seeing the mother when she reprimanded herself.