The Infinite World of Weapon Girls

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— [Oh no, this won't do! How can I allow this? ... I've noticed that after posting too many pictures of my daughter, she doesn't complain or say she likes them anymore. From now on, I'll just carefully select one picture at a time!]

[206 It's really difficult for a ranger like me to use area-of-effect attacks.]

The Black and White Twin Swords Legion, the Dark Nebula Legion, and even the legions of other Pure Color Kings, upon hearing the news of the "calamity," almost all mobilized their entire forces.

The major legions, including those that planned to search the entire Infinite Neutral Space to find the culprit, were also rushing back. Some notorious old monsters also came online one after another.

Hunting the scourge has become the top priority in the Accelerated World. Even if one has the self-awareness to choose not to compete, it would be a shame not to join in this once-in-a-millennium spectacle.

"Hey, Asuna... the opponent is Misting of the Black Sheep, should we really go?"

"I absolutely have to go!" Asuna pouted her rosy lips, exuding the majesty of a married woman towards Kirigaya Kazuto. "I'm really not convinced! At least I had Lv5 Luck in SAO, so why do I keep failing to upgrade my equipment in the Accel World? I don't care! Today, I'm going to get the ultimate success aura and upgrade my Lambent Light!"

Kirito knew exactly what Asuna was thinking, and rolled his eyes, saying, "What you're after is the special effect of the weapon sparkling when it's upgraded to the highest level, right?"

"Nonsense! If you know that, then why aren't you going?!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go, alright?" Kirito replied helplessly.

"Well, before that, let me find a helper..." Kirito pulled up his friends list and sent an invitation message to someone named "Ghost Bullets".

Almost simultaneously, the other party replied with a clean and concise "ok".

When Kirito looked up again, he saw a mocking smile in his eyes.

"Kirigaya Kazuto, you really do obey your husband like a dog... So you're henpecked?"

Lee Se-hyuk stood in front of Kirito, the black gun-sword in his hand transformed into an exaggeratedly long and thin sword cone by the outward release of his superpower.

"Last time I was at a disadvantage because of my level, and I barely lost. Now I'm already Lv7, although I'm still two levels away... but that should be enough."

Se-hyuk's behavior and actions clearly indicated that he was looking for trouble, but Kirito still smiled kindly and said, "I am always happy to accept Se-hyuk-kun's challenge, but not now... So, please leave for now."

“No, that doesn’t exist.” Lee Se-hyuk shook his head and said, “Let’s do it now, I’m free right now.”

At this moment, Kirito narrowed his eyes little by little, his voice slightly cold, and he bluntly said, "Se-Hek-kun, are you trying to stop me from hunting down the Calamity? The Calamity is a world-class public enemy. The reason why a public enemy is called a public enemy... is, as the name suggests, that it is an enemy of everyone."

"Is it because of...Mistin?" Asuna asked, frowning.

In fact, Asuna already knew that the tragic scene ahead was because Black Sheep's Mistin had single-handedly blocked everyone's path.

But after witnessing the terrifying power of the Calamity, they all unanimously believed that Mistin had been brainwashed by the Calamity to do this. They thought that if Mistin killed the Calamity, Mistin could also be saved.

"Yes, it's Xiaomi."

Se-hyuk sighed, still standing firmly in front of them. If a high-level fighter like Kirito were to join the battle, even with the unknown buffs, it would definitely be much more difficult for them.

"We just need to confirm that Xiaomi has not been bewitched. As for whether he wants to protect the public enemy or the scourge, let him be."

"Your reasons for being willful and reckless are truly incomprehensible. Mistin is still just a child, isn't he? A naive and easily bullied child who is going further and further down the wrong path. As his elders, you not only fail to guide him onto the right path, but you also indulge him in his foolishness. Ha...?"

Kirito shook his head slightly, his gaze fixed on Se-hyuk. Seeing no sign of retreat, he chuckled and simultaneously drew the Elucidator and the Dark Chaser from their sheaths.

—Kirito immediately unleashed his dual-wielding style, aiming for a swift victory.

Lee Se-hyuk smiled, his gaze gentle, yet his voice sharp as a sword: "On the contrary, Xiaomi is more decisive in her likes and dislikes than anyone else. It was Xiaomi who made us realize that this world has always been so beautiful... something even that training officer couldn't teach us!"

*Clang!*

In an instant, the two figures vanished from their original positions.

Only the piercing sound of something tearing through the void was deafening. The next instant, the clanging of swords and blades rang out at a point between the two, sparks and lightning flashing everywhere.

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Besides Lee Se-hyuk, there are also Violet, Nata, Yuri, Tina, and others who are also trying to stop the various Lv9s and the other seven pure-color kings.

Among them, the Green King, whose defensive capabilities are unparalleled in the entire Accel World, was stunned by Tina's stun grenade. The real Tina immediately rushed up and used five basic attacks with the "Nature's Hammer" effect to take down the Green King with terrifying true damage.

From that moment on, the Green King must have started to question his existence.

However, aside from the seven powerful individuals and other Lv9s, other overclockers could overwhelm Mistin with sheer numbers.

So, after single-handedly killing the Yellow King, Yuri also received good news from her other companions.

"Hmm... it seems like there's nothing for me to do?"

Holding onto the trunk, standing on a thick branch of a tall, ancient tree, Yuri gazed into the distance.

That was the direction of the central battlefield, still filled with the deafening roar of explosions. Terrifying shockwaves swept across ten miles, even slightly ruffling Yuri's hair that had fallen to her temples.

"Millet……"

Yuri silently prayed for something in her heart, her gaze fixed on the distance with a firm yet gentle expression, and murmured to herself, "...This is the first time I've put Xiaomi under this kind of pressure."

Yuri pursed her lips again, revealing a faint smile, and murmured, "But from now on, Xiaomi will be a proper man... although everyone will still treat Xiaomi like a girl and tease him as before."

"..."

Yuri stopped speaking because, in the team setting, she could observe Xiaomi's status at any time. She saw that a string of more than 50 buff icons below him were rapidly disappearing.

The health bar, which had been steadily above 80%, fluctuated wildly before quickly dropping below 50%.

Is Xiaomi finally nearing its limit...?

It was still too much of a stretch. Damn it, everyone was struggling right now, and I was the only one who could help... But I'm a ranger, not some magical girl like Lee Seul-yu. I'm not very good at AOE attacks!

The ranger possessed extremely high perception; she could sense a ghostly aura darting past from several hundred meters below, concealed yet radiating a chilling and desolate aura.

Although Yuri could sense people passing by and heading to the battlefield every second, only this aura made her feel slightly uneasy—it was at least Lv8, but even more daunting than some Lv9s!

The direction that aura was heading was the battlefield of that epic war that turned half the forest into scorched earth!

"A hidden formidable character, huh? Is she after Huo and Xiaomi again?... No way, she'll have to get past me, Yuri, first!"

Yuri's gaze turned cold, and the next second, the branches of the giant tree trembled and swayed wildly, and Yuri's figure transformed into a phantom that leaped and flashed through the ancient forest.

As Yuri kept her senses locked onto the blurry figure running below, she also paid attention to the battle in the distance and Xiaomi's status bar. Under the pressure and worry, almost every second, this hardworking older sister had her heart in her throat.

"Red Wolf's trainer... Uncle Wolf... come quick, come quick! If you come, everything will be solved."

While praying and silently reciting that hope, I focused my mind and picked up speed again, weaving and leaping through the crisscrossing branches of countless giant trees.

The massive tree branch, as thick as a water bucket, blocking her path would be cleaved in two by the dazzling light of the drawn sword, failing to hinder Yuri's speed in the slightest.

However, even with her incredible speed, Yuri eventually lost track of that aura.

This only proves that the latter had already discovered her.

"Where did they go... Damn it!"

Constantly watching Mistin's increasingly frail condition, and having lost track of the formidable enemy, Yuri was extremely worried. But soon, she decided to rush towards Mistin at full speed.

Behind the massive trunk of an ancient tree, a girl with short blue hair and blue eyes stepped out, carrying a light sniper rifle in her arms. Her gaze followed Yuri's figure until she disappeared from sight.

"Did they find... me?" he muttered to himself.

"I heard that a group of really strong newbies recently joined Accel World... Turns out... they're really that good..."

The girl named Asada Shino withdrew her gaze, sighed with lingering fear, then tossed the sniper rifle aside, slung it diagonally over her back, and headed off along another route a little further away.

"Is that guy completely immune to physical attacks?... Then the ghost bullets should be able to seriously injure her, right?"

As she left, Shino Asada whispered, her expression returning to the coldness befitting a sniper.

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The heart of the brutal battlefield.

The sky was completely obscured by the remaining colorful magical smoke, and looking up, it looked like a heavily made-up clown grinning menacingly.

The ancient, towering trees that had collapsed were torn to shreds by the relentless and terrifying storm, scattering into countless fragments.

Beneath their feet, the lush green grass and shrubs had vanished without a trace, leaving only the ever-deepening, exposed blue-green rock. There were sharp, ravaged cut marks, scorched black marks from flames, and frozen white marks from frost. All that could be seen was a desolate and ravaged land, filled with destruction.

On this land, there stands a circle made entirely of guns.

Twenty-eight ancient spears, each with a unique shape and color, all with their tips piercing the earth, exuding an aura of darkness, light, vastness like the sea, or destruction like thunder. They open up circular domains, which overlap to form an absolutely insurmountable forbidden zone.

The twenty-eightfold domain surrounded the Armor of Calamity and Mistin at its center, while outside the gun array, human players, as greedy as wolves, watched with covetous eyes.

By this point in the battle, the Holy Lance, having withstood a barrage of attacks, had dimmed its domain light to an extreme degree.

"Spear Burst—!!"

With a cold shout, the twenty-eight Holy Lance domains that had turned gray seemed to be ignited by a soul, and their light suddenly became intense and expanded violently in an instant!

'Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom————'

It burst forth with an intense white light so bright it was blinding, and a destructive torrent of light engulfed any enemies that tried to approach!

Finally, the light faded away.

With his life force exhausted, the light in Mistin's eyes almost vanished, and then his knees buckled, and he collapsed to the ground as if all his strength had been drained.

As if it were a side effect of using forbidden power, Mistin's beautiful brown hair grew by about fifteen centimeters, turning from shoulder-length short hair into long hair that went past her shoulders.

The brown hair that had originally covered her cheeks was now completely disheveled due to the battle. The long, messy brown hair was stained with some blood, which stained her beautiful hair. She looked like a desperate girl who finally knelt down before the desperate evil forces.

The next second, a cold temperature suddenly hugged him/her from behind, and a small sob could be heard in his/her ear.

Perhaps the sound was very loud? Xiao Mi didn't know, because from the middle of the battle onwards, he was dominated by an unknown force and almost completely lost his hearing.

If one can still hear crying even when one is almost completely deaf, then what kind of heart-wrenching sound must it be?

Nearly a thousand people have paid the price for their greed, and more than nine hundred of them were killed by Mistin.

However, the number of people who flocked to him because they wanted to kill the scourge only increased... After killing a thousand, two thousand, three thousand more came, and even now, he is still surrounded by an impenetrable encirclement of enemies.

At this moment, the light in these people's eyes was magnified out of control because of Xiaomi's downfall.

Even though this "calamity," which people call a "disaster," was crying like a little girl who had lost her brother (or sister?), it didn't move them at all.

The armor of calamity, which had also experienced this battle so lopsided and brutal as to be indescribable, attempted to rise once more.

Although the Armor of Calamity had no visible wounds, it ultimately collapsed like a broken-legged puppet because its consciousness, weakened by the calamity, could not sustain it. It could never stand up again.