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

At the same time, a hint of determination and resoluteness appeared in Kayaba Akihiko's eyes, and the cross sword in his right hand and the cross shield in his left hand suddenly burst into skill light effects.

“Holy Sword——!”

As if he already knew his own ending in advance, Kayaba Akihiko immediately smiled after he placed the cross shield in front of himself.

It was a smile that showed a willingness to risk everything.

Immediately, Kayaba Akihiko raised his cross sword.

At this moment, even though Asuna saw through Kayaba Akihiko's intention, she did not stop her actions.

The cross shield was like a huge rock blocking a mountain torrent, blocking the path of the rapier, while the cross sword was like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, stabbing towards Asuna at an extremely tricky angle!

The next moment, a pure white flame aurora suddenly fell on the cross shield.

"boom--!"

With a crisp sound, the cross shield shattered.

It was smashed to pieces by the rapier burning with holy flames.

Then, Asuna's rapier landed directly on Kayaba Akihiko's shield-holding arm.

At the same time, Kayaba Akihiko resolutely stabbed Asuna's body with the cross sword in his hand.

"Pfft!"

With a tearing sound, the flaming sword pierced into the flesh, bringing up countless fragments of crystals that looked like blood and scattered into the air.

"Pfft!"

With a piercing sound, the cross sword pierced through the body of Asuna who was rushing over, stabbing into her chest fiercely and coming out from behind her.

An intense coldness invaded Asuna's entire body, and her physical senses gradually faded.

Asuna could clearly feel that a large number of command programs were moving in her body in order to decompose, cut, and erode her existence.

But for some reason, the process of the clone exploding, which should have been carried out in an instant, now feels quite slow.

It seemed as if something was resisting.

"You win, Asuna..."

Kayaba Akihiko murmured to himself in a self-deprecating tone, then closed his eyes and let his body freeze into a blue blur.

"boom!"

Amid the sound of shattering, Kayaba Akihiko, like the players who died before, exploded into countless polygonal fragments.

"It's over..."

"Danglang~"

He could no longer hold the rapier in his hand, and a chill crept up his neck and invaded his mind.

The feeling of her skin, her hearing, her vision, everything was gradually fading away from Asuna.

"boom!"

The entire body began to disintegrate - into countless polygonal fragments - and then flew everywhere.

In the Ruby Palace located at the top of the floating castle Aincrad, all movement finally stopped.

Only the dazzling polygonal fragments were flying continuously and drifting towards the distant place.

Chapter 10 Log out! The game is finally over

Aincrad, 75th floor.

In the Boss room at the top of the maze, the players belonging to the strategy group were still firmly pinned to the ground by the paralysis attribute of the system.

It was not lifted once the battle started as Kayaba Akihiko said.

However, thanks to this, the despair in some players' hearts was able to be restrained in their hearts instead of being released and infecting everyone present.

But even so, their eyes still revealed an extremely complicated look.

Hatred, despair, unwillingness, depression, panic, anxiety, worry, among the many indescribable expressions, there is only a tiny glimmer of hope hidden in the hearts of a few players.

As members of the strategy team, they certainly know the strength of Kayaba Akihiko who transformed into Heathcliff.

That's why most people here don't have hope for Asuna's battle with Kayaba Akihiko.

Moreover, even if Asuna really tried her best to defeat Kayaba Akihiko, would Kayaba Akihiko, as the system administrator, not use his authority?

They did not believe in Kayaba Akihiko's character, even though this guy had been disguising himself as a player all these years and even formed the strongest guild among players. As an undercover agent, Kayaba Akihiko was very good.

In less than three years, he had become an indispensable presence among the players. If he had not been uninterested in unifying other guilds and only wanted to cultivate players in the Blood Alliance Knights and the strategy group, he might have been able to use his leadership to make most players give up on strategy and peacefully treat this death game as a farming and retirement game, and then die one by one as their bodies decayed in reality.

That kind of slow death is the most terrifying. If this is the scene that Kayaba Akihiko wants to see, then it will undoubtedly be a huge disaster for those players.

Suddenly, when they were immersed in their inner emotions or struggling hard, such a voice suddenly penetrated all the floors and resounded.

"I am now sending an urgent notice to all players—"

It was a voice that was completely artificially synthesized by a mechanical voice.

Upon hearing this voice, all the players in the strategy group present, as well as those on other floors who were silently praying for their victory or busy with their own things, stopped what they were doing and opened their eyes wide.

Because this has never happened before.

The system voice spoke? The country finally figured out a way to rescue them?

Or has Kayaba Akihiko, who trapped them in this world, had enough and wants to delete and kill everything in the game?

This sudden incident left all the players at a loss, with their faces bewildered.

However, no matter how much their thoughts wandered, they still had to wait for the next notification from the system.

No matter what the outcome is, these players trapped in the game have no ability to resist and can only accept it silently.

The mechanical synthesized sound naturally did not understand the players' feelings and continued to resound.

"As of 11:7 PM, November 3, Aincrad Standard Time, the game walkthrough is complete."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The entire gaming world fell into deathly silence at this moment.

————Game walkthrough completed? ! ! !

When such a sentence reached the ears of the players, everyone's head was hit hard as if by a huge hammer, making their consciousness go blank in an instant.

On the 75th floor, in the boss room, all the players in the strategy group suddenly relaxed.

It seemed that with the end of the game, the paralysis effect on the body was also lifted.

However, even so, they did not get up from the ground, but just lay there stupidly.

Even Kirito, Klein, Agil, and the others were all shocked and unresponsive.

"A-Asuna succeeded?"

"Flash...won?!"

"As expected of you, Vice-Leader!!!"

“Hahahahahahahaha, we can go out now!!!”

"Very good!!"

"Woo woo woo, I can finally go back..."

However, apart from the players in the strategy group who knew the content, the psychological state of other players was basically like this:

what happened?

what is the problem?

Why did it end so suddenly?

No one can figure this out, and they don't want to pay attention to it now.

At this moment, there was only one sentence left in their minds.

"————Game guide completed!"

Including the players in the strategy group who survived the boss strategy battle on the 75th floor, everyone was overwhelmed by this sudden surprise.

Then, the next sentence made everyone realize that this was not just their dream talk or Kayaba Akihiko's bad taste.

"All players will be logged out of the game in order, please stay where you are and wait."

"I repeat, all players will be logged out of the game in order, please stay where you are and wait."

What did I hear?

Sign out?

Did I hear it wrong?

Sign out!

It's log out!

How could I have heard this wrong?

In the past two years, players who were waiting for rescue on the first level or those who were training hard on the upper levels were all looking forward to the appearance of these two words!

So, even though I don’t know what happened, and I don’t understand why this game ended so suddenly—

——However, everyone accepted and looked forward to the fact that they were about to log out.

"Hey, am I dreaming...?"

A player on a certain floor uttered these words in a trembling voice.

It also expressed the thoughts of all players.

This, couldn't be a dream?!

Then, what happened next told them that this thing was true.

"Zheng!"

"Zheng!"

"Zheng!"

With the familiar yet unfamiliar sound effects, one player after another began to glow with light, transformed into countless particles, and disappeared on the spot.

That was not the shattering sound made when the player died, nor was it the countless polygonal fragments that the player turned into when he died, but the appearance and sound of logging out after two years!

Seeing this scene, the remaining players finally believed the reality.

The next second, the cheers of countless players suddenly rang out, shaking the entire Aincrad!

At this moment, all SAO players cheered spontaneously.

No rehearsal or guidance is needed; the joy from their hearts is their greatest synchronizer!

Chapter 11 Life and Death

Thus, amid such cheers, players disappeared one after another.

"Ha ha……"

In the boss room on the 75th floor, several players also disappeared as that sound was heard.

Kirito completely relaxed, as if he understood something, and showed his most relaxed smile so far.

Maybe he thought Asuna had returned to reality after defeating Kayaba Akihiko, so he relaxed.

However, despite the relaxation, there was still a lingering sadness lingering in his heart.

But think about it.

Now that the game is over, there will definitely be no more players dying because of this!

"I never expected that Asuna..."