Chapter 55: What to Do After the Great Demon King Appears

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  Aingramt, 100th floor.

  The huge square in front of Hongyu Palace.

  On this day, almost all players coincidentally arrived here early in the morning.

  Those business players took out various props they used to sell for free and handed them over to the strategy group players who passed by, stuffing them into their hands.

  Whether it's Crystal Refund or various equipment.

  Everyone knows that if today's strategy goes smoothly, then everyone will be able to leave here thoroughly and return to the real world safely.

  If the strategy fails and the strategy group is heavily casualties, the hope of returning to reality will almost be completely extinguished.

  To those who have been fighting on the front lines of strategy groups, everyone holds high respect.

  When Yagami Mikoto appeared in the square with Asuna, it was already crowded.

  With Ba Yunmo's hand in hers, Yaxin appeared in public for the first time since her marriage, and her charm was undiminished from years ago.

  As the legendary "high school girl wife", Asuna, who possesses both the attributes of a maiden and a married woman, has a charm that no other girls can match, making all players dazed.

  Seeing Asuna and Yui, people who knew them gathered around.

  "Yakumo, you've finally arrived!"

  Kei, who came to Hachirou's side first, didn't look particularly well.

  "What's wrong? You look so terrible?"

  "Something's happened... the leader of the Blood Knights, Sir Zeliek, has lost contact..."

  Baiyun Mo nodded and raised his eyes to look at the majestic Hongyu Palace in the distance.

  "Missing...... is it?"

  "Whatever, we can still beat the final boss without him!"

  Finally, although the members of the Blood Oath Knights were a bit anxious because they couldn't get in touch with Hildebrand, under the comfort of Asuna and the current strategy leader Diavel, everyone still took the step to attack the Ruby Palace!

  The entire Hongyu Palace, under the illumination of sunlight, appears grand and majestic, but instead makes people feel somewhat gloomy.

  Seeing the palace with a completely red body, Yakumo Yukari suddenly thought of the Scarlet Devil Mansion in Gensokyo.

  Of course, although the name of the Red Devil Mansion has a red word, the main color of the entire castle is not red.

  So this association is completely unreasonable, but Yakumo Sukehiro just thought of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

  Step by step, climbing up the long staircase, a tall and grand gate stands before everyone.

  The players gazed at this gate which seemed to divide the world, their faces numb.

  "Come back to your senses!"

  Yayoi Mokuren noticed the behavior of the crowd and hummed a sentence in a cold voice.

  "A single palace has intimidated you, how can you conquer the final boss?"

  When the eight cloud ink was said, even the people in Tongren were stunned, closed their eyes and took a deep breath, and the players who tightly held their weapons in their hands opened their eyes again, with flames of fighting spirit already filling their eyes.

  He walked forward, raised his left hand and placed it on the gate, and Hachiguma Ink suddenly exerted force.

  Accompanied by a loud and heavy metallic scraping sound, the gate of Hongyu Palace was pushed open.

  Behind the door was a dark and endless corridor.

  As players progress, crystal lamps on both sides of the corridor begin to light up automatically, illuminating the path ahead.

  At the end of the corridor is a spacious and luxurious great hall.

  On the grand hall above, there was a huge throne, on which someone sat quietly.

  At the sight of that figure, everyone except Yakumo Suke uttered a disbelieving low cry.

  Xie Zikui!

  Seeing the various expressions of the players in the strategy group below, Shizuku Kiriya on the throne lightly smiled.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to... my palace!"

  Grasping the hand of Bayun Mo beside her, Asuna's trembling body leaned against him lightly.

  "Captain... why, why are you here?"

  "Why?"

  Hezekiah rose from his throne and stepped down from the dais.

  "Of course it's because... I'm the boss of this checkpoint!"

  "Whoa!" Kirito suddenly drew the long sword from his back and pointed it at Heathcliff, who had walked forward, gritting his teeth as he said: "You... you're the one they call Kayaba Akihiko?!"

  Kirito nodded in appreciation at Heathcliff.

  With arms outstretched as if embracing the entire world, Hitz Krief's eyes were filled with arrogance.

  "Not bad! I am the god who created this world! Mōba Akihiko!"

  He withdrew his arms, and with a finger pointed at the Eight Clouds' ink, Kirito said softly: "Originally, based on the beta test's situation, I thought that the person who would walk up to me like a brave warrior and defeat me, clearing this game, would be you, Kirigaya-kun..."

  "But I didn't expect that after the official opening, there would be a variable like Yiyun Pavilion..."

  "I'm very curious..."

  He walked up to Hachiko Me and ignored the vigilant Asuna, who had drawn her rapier beside him, saying to himself.

  "How did Bayun Pavilion manage to break through the system's restrictions? I have to say that even if it were me, I wouldn't be able to achieve this level without using my administrator privileges..."

  "Who knows?" Ba Yun Mo didn't explain.

  "Heh, what do you think? The former strongest guild leader and raid team representative has become the final boss. What are your thoughts?"

  "You this guy......"

  A member of the Blood Oath Knights drew his sword and leaped high into the air, striking down at Hissrich Cliff!

  "Are you happy with what you've done?! You're treating our loyalty as nothing!!!"

  Without raising his eyes to look at the player who was attacking him, Schicksal directly called out the system panel and set it up. The player who was still in mid-air suddenly stiffened, fell back to the ground, and couldn't move.

  His body, radiating a yellow aura, indicates that he is currently in a "paralyzed" state.

  One after another, the sound of weapons falling to the ground echoed out. In an instant, except for Yagumo Mukuro, all players were set to a paralyzed state by Hidzuki Kiri and fell to the ground.

  "What's this? What are you doing?"

  Seeing that he was the only one unaffected, Yakumo Suke spoke up.

  Slowly drawing out his own Knight's Longsword, Shizukiri said to Yakumo Mukuro: "Yakumo, before the final decisive battle, would you be willing to engage in a one-on-one duel with me? Of course, as I am the boss, my various attribute values will be adjusted to the boss standard."

  "If Yakumo wins, the game will end immediately..."

  "Of course, if I lose, Yagumo-san can still bring her strategy team to take me down..."

  Yasna, who had fallen to the ground, shouted: "Mo! Mo! Don't agree with him! Don't!"

  Turning back to look at Asuna, Yui gave a reassuring glance.

  Turning around, her face as beautiful as a snow lotus was filled with cold intent.

  Baiyun Mo drew out a folding fan, his fingers lightly dancing, and the folding fan transformed into a residual shadow spinning at his fingertips.

  "May I ask you for something before we engage in battle?"

  "What's wrong?"

  "I'll temporarily set everyone else in the room except for you and me to an indestructible state, that is, an invincible state. That way, I can cast it openly. You... dare?"

  Schicksal's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then his fingers flew across the keyboard. In an instant, a purple glow emanated from each of the players' bodies, and above their HP bars, a line of text appeared: "Indestructible".

  "How was it? I've done it now, can we start?"

  "As you wish!"

  The next moment, the two figures clashed together!