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

Things that seemed impossible to us when we were young gradually become possible as we grow older.

And the future will remain the same.

"This so-called world tree is not impossible for me."

Asuna's words exuded calmness and confidence.

After all, she had faced more dangerous things than this. (Although not much...)

Looking at Asuna like this, Leafa's eyes flickered, and the determination in her heart began to waver.

"Have you really decided yet?"

Leafa looked directly at Asuna.

"Yeah, of course."

Asuna nodded and said without hesitation.

"Then I..."

Leafa wanted to continue speaking, but was interrupted by Asuna.

"Just wait for me outside."

Asuna said without hesitation: "Although I still don't know how strong the Guardian Knights are, how many there are, and what kind of enemies they are, and whether I can deal with them with my current strength, but as you can see, I am very fast and agile, so even if I can't beat them, I can directly shake off all the enemies and rush to the top of the World Tree in one breath. If it comes to this, if you follow me, you will be thrown away instead."

In other words, Asuna is destined to conquer the World Tree alone this time.

In other words, it would be best for Asuna to do it alone.

If the enemy is too numerous and you cannot defeat them, then just shake off all the enemies and head straight to the goal. This is the most correct approach.

And if Leafa went in with him, it might distract Asuna and cause both of them to die in there.

Hearing Asuna say this, although Leafa was a little unwilling, she felt relieved after knowing that Asuna had a plan and it was not just an impulsive and reckless act as she thought.

The worst that can happen is that I die once and then rush over from Si Yiluban again.

When Asuna saw the bright smile on Leafa's face, she knew that her persuasion was successful.

"Let's go, Leafa."

Asuna stood up, took Leafa's hand, and said to her with a smile.

"Ok!"

……

……

The highest point in the central city of Arun.

The roots of the world tree that winds across the surface of the huge cone-shaped city of Arun gather here to form a trunk that looks like a curved wall.

On this wall, there are two huge statues, sitting right here.

Those are statues of two elven knights.

Between the statues, there is a gorgeously decorated stone gate.

Asuna and Leafa flew in from the horizon together, and then landed in front of the gate.

However, at the moment the two of them landed!

"————You ignorant elf, do you want to go to the royal city?"

When Asuna and Leafa stood in front of the gate, the statue on the right suddenly made a low sound and began to move.

Under the solemn helmet, the statue's eyes glowed blue-white, and it looked down at Asuna and Leafa, making a sound like a huge rock rolling down.

"Zheng!"

At the same time, a window popped up in front of Asuna, asking if she wanted to challenge the final mission, with two buttons below: [YES] and [NO].

Asuna pressed the [YES] button without hesitation.

Then the statue on the left made this sound:

"————Then you should display the wings behind you that are enough to soar into the sky."

As soon as he finished speaking, the gate in the middle of the two statues began to open slowly to the left and right, making a rumbling sound.

Asuna couldn't help but laugh at this scene.

"This reminds me of the situation when I was about to enter the Boss room of the defensive floor."

The similarity between the two is really high.

Asuna raised her feet and stepped inside.

"Asuna!"

Leafa's voice rang out from behind.

"Come on! I'll wait for you to come back!"

"Ah."

Hearing this, Asuna nodded and walked in without hesitation.

On this day, for the first time since its release, this game saw a lone player challenge the final mission alone.

86 Guardian Knight

"Boom..."

With a heavy roar, the door that had just been opened slammed shut, making everything around Asuna dark.

Asuna felt that her vision completely disappeared in an instant, but it returned immediately afterwards.

A dazzling light suddenly appeared, illuminating the entire space from top to bottom and driving away all the darkness.

And only then did Asuna have the opportunity to see her surroundings clearly.

This is a fairly wide circular dome space.

The interior of the dome is like the inside of the World Tree. The floor is made up of many objects that are tightly intertwined like thick vines. The outer part of the vines rises vertically, not only forming walls, but also slowly extending to the ceiling.

And on the ceiling, there are decorations similar to stained glass.

And the light shone from there, illuminating the entire dome-shaped space.

Asuna looked there.

There, at the highest point of the dome-shaped space, at the very center of the ceiling, there was a round door with exquisite decorations, which was divided into four cross-shaped stone slabs and was closed.

When Asuna saw this door, she remembered what the statue had just said.

"Should you show the wings behind you that are strong enough to soar into the sky...?"

"Sure enough, that's what you mean."

Obviously, the only way to climb to the top of the World Tree is through that door.

And you must spread your wings, fly there, and open the door. Only then can you pass the test of the World Tree, successfully complete this final mission, and obtain the qualification to reach the top of the World Tree.

However, the operator will never let players fly there so easily.

Asuna turned her gaze slightly and looked at the walls around her.

There, there were glass doors that looked like windows, neatly arranged.

Those light gates were like breeding tanks for wild animals. They looked pleasing to the eye, but gave people a chilling feeling.

Looking at this unresponsive space, Asuna seemed to understand something.

"I guess I'm waiting for myself to fly up."

The wings behind Asuna flashed out and quickly spread out, emitting a little phosphorescence.

"Then let's try it."

"lb!"

As the words fell, the air beneath Asuna's feet exploded, creating a huge wave of air.

The wings behind Asuna suddenly shook, making Asuna's body like a rocket taking off, stirring up countless strong winds and breaking through the atmosphere in front of her, turning Asuna's figure into a stream of light and flying towards the door on the ceiling.

At the moment Asuna flew up, a strange phenomenon suddenly occurred!

“————Zheng!”

I saw that among the light gates around, one of them suddenly lit up and emitted a faint light.

The light condensed in the air and turned into a human figure, appearing in this space.

Looking closely, it turned out to be a knight wearing silver armor, with four wings on his back, a face made up of a mirror-like mask, and holding a large sword like a clock hand in his hand.

"Is that the Guardian Knight?"

Asuna naturally would not miss the other party. She looked at the armored being and narrowed her eyes slightly.

As if noticing Asuna's gaze, the other party lowered his head and looked at Asuna soaring into the sky. A pair of eyes lit up in the mirror mask.

Then, the Guardian Knight grabbed the greatsword in his hand, and as if letting out a roar, he tensed his body and rushed down to meet Asuna.

The two sides met in mid-air.

And immediately launched a fierce attack.

"Uh-huh!!!"

The Guardian Knight raised the greatsword in his hand, swung it like a heavy club, and suddenly slashed it down, splitting the air in front of him.

"Qiang~!"

Asuna also suddenly drew out the rapier at her waist and stabbed the enemy in front of her with a fatal blow without mercy.

"Qiang!"

With a crisp sound, the rapier and the broadsword collided fiercely, making a crisp collision sound.

However, the two sides did not reach a stalemate.

With a burst of astonishing power, Asuna's rapier in her hand crushed the enemy with unstoppable force.

"Crack!!"

With a breaking sound, the rapier directly split the guardian knight's greatsword into two, and without hesitation, stabbed in the direction of the guardian knight.

"Pfft!"

With a sound like tearing cloth, the rapier pierced the guardian knight's neck and slashed to the side fiercely, cutting off his head. It fell like the apple on Newton's head, and finally exploded into polygonal fragments along with his powerless body.

Asuna's speed did not slow down at all, and she continued to soar upwards through the numerous polygonal fragments.

"So weak?"

Asuna herself looked a little stunned as she saw the guardian knight being killed by her own attack.

This final mission, which was able to stop the nine major races for a whole year and has not been conquered until now, must be very difficult.

Therefore, Asuna had already made preparations, and faced this battle with the mentality that she was about to defeat the boss guarding the floor alone. She was also mentally prepared that the strength of the guardian knights was high enough to overwhelm the boss guarding the high floors of Aincrad.

Who would have thought that the opponent would be so fragile.

With this kind of strength, it would be difficult to stop even a first-rate player, let alone the nine major races.

unless...

There is more than one opponent!

Asuna was certain of this in an instant.

And, the next moment, her guess was confirmed.

(There are too many worries at school. Leafa seemed to have said before that there are too many Guardian Knights. It’s a headache.)

"Zheng!"

"Zheng!"

"Zheng!"

"Zheng!"