I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

And Kayaba Akihiko also briefly cast his gaze towards his shield.

He deliberately took Asuna's attack just to test the extent of Asuna's attack at this moment.

However, judging from the current situation, with his current health, he is completely unable to withstand Asuna's attack.

A severe scratch was made on the cross shield, almost splitting it in half.

In addition to this, there was a deep puncture hole in the upper part of the shield, which almost completely broke through his cross shield. The attack power was so strong that it was even more excessive than cheating.

"Asuna, I'm actually regretting your suggestion now."

Kayaba Akihiko did not change the shield in his hand, standing there like a true paladin.

“Your attack became too strong under that force, and it is totally beyond the ability of ordinary equipment to withstand.

I now regret not adding artifact settings to the game."

After hearing what Kayaba Akihiko said, Asuna's expression remained cold, "Why, will the captain also have a moment of regret?"

"I can't help it. Compared to me, you are now more like a player with administrator privileges."

Kayaba Akihiko chuckled, then said, "But I want to know how long you can use that power now."

"Even if your will is strong enough, your real body will definitely not be able to bear it."

"So, just kill you quickly!!"

"boom!!!"

As Asuna finished her words, the collision between the two echoed again in the Ruby Palace.

The sound of metal colliding with each other was as dense as a rainstorm.

At this moment, Kayaba Akihiko was no longer just using his shield to block or his cross sword to attack, but was constantly switching between the two.

He blocked with the cross sword, then slammed into Asuna with the cross shield. With the current health of both of them, just one strike would decide the outcome in an instant.

The reason why he used the cross sword was because his shield could no longer withstand Asuna's damage. If he used a sword, he could offset part of the impact and minimize the damage caused by the rapier.

As for the Holy Sword, given his current equipment and condition, using it would be a sign of surrender.

Because in this way, Asuna can completely break her own broken cross shield at the moment when her skill is activated, thus causing her skill to fail.

In SAO, no matter what kind of weapon skill it is, you must have a matching weapon to use it.

[One-handed Sword] skill can only be used with a one-handed sword.

The [Two-handed Sword] skill can only be used with a greatsword using both hands.

Skills such as [Rapier], [Dagger], [Warhammer], and even [Physical Skills] all have their own usage requirements.

As their names suggest, you must equip the corresponding weapons if you want to use them.

As for [Physical Skills], you must use your bare hands.

Although it is different from other skills, the conditions for using [Unique Skills] are naturally the same as them.

For example, Kirito's [Dual Swords] skill requires equipping two swords at the same time to use it.

Kayaba Akihiko's [Holy Sword] skill can only be used when both the cross sword and the cross shield are equipped.

Now, facing Asuna's attack, the durability of Kayaba Akihiko's cross shield is rapidly decreasing. Even if he uses the cross sword instead of the cross shield to resist from time to time, the speed at which its durability decreases is still frightening to watch.

As a senior member of the Blood Alliance Knights and the vice-captain of the entire order, Asuna would naturally not give Kayaba Akihiko the opportunity to use his skills.

Apart from using a sword skill once at the beginning, Asuna has not used any combos set in the system so far.

He simply relied on his own fighting instinct to continuously stab with the sword in his hand and dodge the attacks from Kayaba Akihiko.

Although there was no way to get assistance from the system, relying on the perception that was accelerated to the limit at this moment, Asuna's arms continuously stabbed, swung, and slashed at a speed beyond the usual sword swinging speed.

Because of the fast attack speed, Asuna's beloved sword even left several afterimages in the air, giving people the feeling that "this is not just one sword dancing, but dozens of swords."

Countless sword lights and shadows began to oppress the surrounding space, and each slash brought up terrifying wind pressure, rushing in all directions.

Relying on such high-frequency attacks, Kayaba Akihiko was completely unable to free his hands to control the system panel and change his weapons.

Even if Kayaba Akihiko possessed administrator privileges, he could completely regenerate the armor, or even create the highest level armor in the world. At that time, even if he stood there and let Asuna attack him, he would not receive any damage at all.

However, in this situation, Kayaba Akihiko, who couldn't free his hands, naturally couldn't do these things.

After all, even a system administrator needs to call out the system panel to make corresponding operations.

If you can't even use your biggest golden finger, then the identity of the system administrator is completely useless.

Unless SAO's technology has advanced to the point where it can be controlled by mind, Kayaba Akihiko can only keep dodging and blocking Asuna's attacks, and always maintain a highly concentrated mental state, looking for opportunities to counterattack.

If Kayaba Akihiko really was desperate and a complete lunatic who just wanted to enjoy watching the player's descent into desperate madness, then this battle wouldn't even have to happen.

Because of his identity as a system administrator, he possesses rights that players cannot reach. As long as Kayaba Akihiko has an idea, he can use a single button to instantly clear all the information of players in SAO and instantly classify their status as "dead".

But Kayaba Akihiko would not do that.

If the ones fighting against Kayaba Akihiko at this moment were those [Laughing Coffins] who used this world as a stage to vent their own desires and madness, then Kayaba Akihiko would wipe them out without hesitation, because the existence of these people is completely a black sheep in his own world.

Although he saw different reactions from other players because of them, in Kayaba Akihiko's opinion, they were not qualified to stand opposite him and fight with him.

This is the final battle, a crucial battle that determines whether the players can escape from this world. Facing those players who are playing this game seriously, Kayaba Akihiko will never use his administrator privileges to tarnish this battle.

It's not that Kayaba Akihiko has too high a self-esteem, but it's something that has already been decided.

I will fight those players who come to this Ruby Palace to attack me in an open and level-headed manner.

Even if this battle happened earlier due to his own exposure, and the opponent was only Asuna, the final battle was the final battle. If the administrator privileges were used, then the reason why Kayaba Akihiko designed all this would no longer exist.

Although Asuna also "cheated", her power was completely her own. It was like she was a system administrator, but she still learned skills bit by bit. That was Asuna's own power.

Although this force was stronger than he expected, even if he regretted it now, it was too late.

Moreover, even if he used administrator privileges to cheat now, it seemed a little late.

Faced with Asuna's attack that was as violent as a storm, Kayaba Akihiko could not think of any way to resist, unless he reopened the system protection program and wrapped his own weapon in it. Otherwise, if his movements were a little slower, Asuna's rapier would most likely penetrate his defense and stab him.

At this moment, Kayaba Akihiko can only make one choice——

Avoid it!

This was the most irregular and humane battle among the countless battles he and Asuna had experienced so far.

As the chief and vice-chief of the Blood Alliance Knights, both of them were very familiar with fighting each other.

In addition, the opponent is a top player who is as strong as himself, so simple combos will definitely be discovered by the opponent the moment he uses them.

Well, as long as you don't use any skills and just rely on your fighting instincts and your own reaction speed to fight, it will actually produce better results.

Kayaba Akihiko kept blocking or dodging Asuna's attacks with astonishing accuracy.

Even if Asuna's attack was a little slower, causing a gap in the sword net formed by the seemingly omnipresent sword light, he would immediately launch a sharp counterattack against Asuna.

Even if your own equipment is about to break and disappear due to exhaustion of durability.

Even if one's own health is in the red zone, just one hit can determine the life or death of both parties.

Even though the current situation seemed to be at a stalemate, it was actually not in his favor. Kayaba Akihiko's brass eyes always remained as firm and calm as steel.

Like a robot that has no idea what emotions are, it just silently waits for Asuna's power to fade so that it can launch the most deadly attack.

Looking at the indifference in Kayaba Akihiko's eyes, Asuna suddenly felt a chill down her spine.

Leave

I drank too much, I can't stand it anymore, I sleep

dying

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End of Chapter 9

This guy, in the previous duel, had briefly shown some human emotions, which was curiosity towards Asuna.

However, in today's fierce fight, the emotion in his eyes seemed to have completely disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed from the beginning.

Asuna suddenly came back to her senses.

I am now facing a man who ruthlessly killed four thousand people!

Can any normal person do such a thing?

To be able to remain calm despite the heavy pressure of over 4,000 deaths and 4,000 people's resentment - or even calmly join players in the game and watch them do whatever they want, that can no longer be considered a human being, but a monster, right?!

If I lose this battle, how long will the remaining players be trapped here?

How long can their real bodies last? !

Thinking of this, Asuna couldn't help but feel more stressed.

But she knew that she couldn't panic now. Once a flaw was revealed, it would be the time for Kayaba Akihiko to counterattack.

"His cross shield won't hold out for long. Even if he uses the cross sword to temporarily block my attack, it won't hold out for long either."

The rain of swords released by Asuna did not decrease at all, leaving Kayaba Akihiko no chance to fight back.

Meanwhile, Kayaba Akihiko was also secretly calculating the time.

"Three minutes are almost up. Unfortunately, although my equipment is top-notch, it can't stop Asuna's attack. Otherwise, I could have collected more data."

Kayaba Akihiko's eyes flashed, and he sighed inwardly that Asuna's life was about to end in his hands, and he would lose a brand new experimental material.

Generally speaking, the human's burst time basically does not exceed three minutes.

Some people only have a burst of energy for one or two seconds, and then it takes a long time to recover.

Once the limit of "seconds" is exceeded, no matter how strong he is, he will not be able to exceed three minutes.

This is true for all giants of light, not to mention humans who can only move with their bodies and will.

So, Kayaba Akihiko looked very embarrassed at the moment, constantly dodging Asuna's attacks, but he was actually counting the time in his heart.

Although that time is not necessarily three minutes, it certainly cannot be used for a long time.

"Zheng~!"

However, at this moment, a familiar sword chant suddenly sounded in Kayaba Akihiko's ears.

The aurora-like light effect flashed from Asuna's rapier again, but that was not the light when the sword skill was activated.

You can tell from the blazing flames alone.

But why is there a sound effect of activating a skill when the flame is burning? !

I haven't designed that type of skill!!!

Kayaba Akihiko, who maintained the posture of raising his hands and shield to block, suddenly had his pupils shrink.

Asuna raised her beloved sword, which was burning with flames, high up, as if she could pierce Kayaba Akihiko's body in an instant.

She looked at Kayaba Akihiko, whose expression suddenly changed. There was no sadness or joy on her pretty face, but her eyes were a little complicated.

It seems to be saying:

"Goodbye, Captain."

Kayaba Akihiko's heart was filled with alarm, and the expression on his face fluctuated drastically for the first time.

Can’t avoid——!!!

Kayaba Akihiko's brass eyes were fixed on the aurora of fire that was blooming to its extreme. The next moment, the flame was released in an instant -

"call out--!!!!"

The sound of the air being pierced cleanly resounded throughout the Ruby Palace.

The flaming rapier without a trace of temperature hit Kayaba Akihiko directly and shot towards Kayaba Akihiko's chest.

Faced with this attack, Kayaba Akihiko had no intention of dodging, because for some reason, he felt that this was an attack that he could not dodge.

It's just like the [Must Hit] effect in the game. It is impossible to dodge it. You can only use items to resist it or use other skills to offset the attack.

"Aha--!"

Kayaba Akihiko could only rely on his fighting instinct and reflexively raised the cross shield in his hand and placed it in the path of the rapier.

"Zheng~!"