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

"Zheng!"

Just as Asuna was about to reach the center of the dome, light gates on the surrounding walls lit up one after another.

Within these light gates, guardian knights appeared one after another, like a dense swarm of bees emerging from a hive, and their numbers instantly climbed to an astonishing level.

Some of them held greatswords, some held longbows, and some held lances, and in an instant they formed a terrifying legion.

"so much?"

Asuna's face suddenly showed a surprised expression.

The number of these newly emerged guardian knights is astonishing. Even if there are not tens of thousands, there are probably thousands!

At this moment, they appeared in an orderly manner, and came to the door on the ceiling in an orderly manner, forming a formation, facing the approaching Asuna, and completely protecting the door behind them.

Looking at the thousands of guardian knights, Asuna understood.

"No wonder they were able to hold off players from the nine major races for a year. So that's what's going on."

87 Unstoppable

Without experiencing it personally, it is really hard to imagine the despair faced by those tribes that attacked the World Tree.

With their fighting style of competing in damage and equipment instead of avoiding attacks, it would be a miracle if they could conquer the World Tree facing such a large number of Guardian Knights.

However, the Fire Elves seemed to have almost conquered the World Tree, which shows that their strength is indeed at the top of the entire ALO.

Well, at least in terms of personnel and equipment, they can indeed be called top-notch by crowdfunding group 4⑤⑥一②７９４０.

“But this makes it more interesting.”

Asuna swung the rapier in her hand violently and began to chant a spell.

"————??????★※?<=>?————"

"..."

As Asuna chanted, magic spells that could increase the character's ability were cast upon her.

A magic that can weaken both magical and physical damage.

A magic that increases agility and attack speed.

A magic that can add wind attributes to your attacks.

These magics are all elementary magics.

However, they did have an effect on Asuna.

Especially the last magic that could add wind attribute to one's attack was directly absorbed by the rapier in Asuna's hand, causing a whirlwind to roll up on the blade of the rapier.

Looking at the green gust of wind surrounding the rapier, Asuna thought of Ais.

That child is also good at wind magic.

However, Asuna's actions seemed to have stimulated the guardian knights.

They shook their bodies one by one, their eyes beneath their helmets glowed coldly, and they dived towards Asuna.

"Ha~!!"

Asuna shouted softly and suddenly thrust out the Wind Sword in her hand.

"boom----!!!"

In the dome-shaped space, a violent hurricane suddenly rolled up.

Covering the entire world!

"Boom--!"

As the storm swept through, the legion of guardian knights guarding in front of the gate were suddenly swept away by a whirlpool. All of them were caught in the storm and completely dispersed.

I'm afraid that there are not many people in ALO who can perform this level of attack.

Those guardian knights were like garbage sucked into a tornado. They were flying around in the storm without control and looked extremely miserable.

Asuna continued to soar upwards. Even though she was in the storm, she was still like a seagull in the wind and rain. She could see all the air currents and wind directions. She followed the air currents and wind directions, passed through the storm, and moved towards the door on the ceiling.

As for those guardian knights, they were of no use in stopping her now, so Asuna no longer paid any attention to them. She simply ignored them and rushed towards the door not far away with a determined goal.

Moreover, there are too many guardian knights here.

With Asuna's current proficiency in magic skills, it would be a waste of time to defeat thousands of guardian knights without magic that could attack a large area.

Not to mention, no one can guarantee that these are the only guardian knights.

Perhaps, the guardian knights here are endless.

Perhaps, even if they were conquered, they would quickly revive after a period of time and return to the battle.

As Asuna took off, light gates in the surrounding walls lit up one after another, allowing guardian knights to appear one after another and rush towards Asuna.

Speaking individually, the abilities of these guardian knights are not high, and ordinary players can easily defeat them.

However, their number is destined to be countless and will never decrease, but will only increase.

"No wonder no race can pass through here."

Faced with the sheer number of them, even if they were to block all the roads, they would be blocked, which would be enough to drive all the players to despair.

Perhaps, the fire elves used some large-scale magic to clear out the guardian knights in one go, and then let the players with fast flying speed move towards the door.

Asuna watched as guardian knights emerged one after another from the light gates all around, gradually filling the entire space, making the entire space seem like a locust nest, airtight and full of guardian knights. She couldn't help but feel speechless.

"You don't intend to let anyone pass, do you?"

The difficulty of this strategy is really too much.

The person who designed this quest probably didn't intend for anyone to pass through here.

"I don't know who designed this place to be like this. With such difficulty, it's impossible for the players in this game world to conquer it."

"But fortunately, for me, it's not that difficult."

Asuna suddenly accelerated, folded the wings behind her into a sharp angle, and like a fighter jet, she rose into the air at a high speed with a sharp sound of breaking through the air and rushed towards the direction of the gate.

The guardian knights tried to stop Asuna, but they were tossed around by the storm and couldn't get close.

Only the guardian knights who were far away from the storm zone were not greatly affected.

The guardian knights at the edge of the storm raised their longbows one by one and released needle-like arrows of light.

“Swish, swish, swish, swish————!!!”

Arrows of light came madly from all directions like a rainstorm falling from the sky, shooting towards Asuna.

The shooting was so dense that it was like a rain curtain, making it impossible to avoid it.

However, facing such an attack, Asuna dodged it in a strange posture.

Just as arrows of light were shooting from all directions, Asuna's figure suddenly accelerated, and her body seemed to turn into countless phantoms, flying in the air.

“Swish, swish, swish, swish————!!!”

Countless arrows of light attacked, but what was finally hit was only the phantom of Asuna left behind, and naturally, none of those arrows of light could hit Asuna.

Asuna was like the real elves in myths and legends. The wings behind her emitted beautiful phosphorescence, and her body turned into a phantom, moving like a phantom in the storm and the barrage of arrows of light.

In this situation, the guardian knights lost their target, the neat formation became loose, and there was a commotion in front and behind.

Even now, there are still many guardian knights coming from all directions, surrounding Asuna and trying to kill her, but what they hit is still only Asuna's illusion, not causing any damage at all.

"call out----!"

With a sound of breaking through the air, Asuna completely shook off all the guardian knights and flew upwards like a meteor rising into the sky, and no one could stop her.

88 Kayaba Akihiko Reappears

Following a flash of brilliant light, Asuna finally arrived in front of the gate.

"It seems that I won."

Looking at the gate in front of her, Asuna smiled faintly, then stretched out her hand and placed it on the gate.

However, Asuna did not realize that the moment her hand touched the door in front of her, a crystal in her warehouse suddenly burst into bright light.

Everything became silent.

……

……

When Asuna chose to touch the door, she thought she would be teleported to another place immediately, or something like a teleportation array would appear, allowing her to choose to step into it.

But Asuna was wrong.

After a burst of light, Asuna discovered that instead of entering the top of the so-called elf tree, there was no teleportation array in front of her. Instead, she entered a space that was as dark as a black hole, but with incredible starlight flashing.

"here it is……?"

Asuna looked around warily, holding the rapier tightly in her hand.

But soon, Asuna knew why she entered this space.

"Although I have many questions in my heart that I want to ask you, you will definitely not answer me now.

Such a voice seemed to come from a very far away place and reached Asuna's ears.

And Asuna's memory was suddenly awakened by this voice.

"However, since this is a rare opportunity, let's meet each other for the 'last time'."

The reason was simple, because Asuna was extremely familiar with this voice.

In the world of SAO, Asuna hears the other person's voice up close almost every day, and has heard it many times.

"Kayaba Akihiko..."

Asuna murmured softly, but she had already put away the rapier in her hand.

The owner of the voice was none other than Kayaba Akihiko.

"long time no see."

With these words, a figure in a white coat appeared in front of Asuna as if walking out of a dark space.

Who else could it be other than Kayaba Akihiko?

Asuna stared at Kayaba Akihiko in front of her and narrowed her eyes in confusion.

"you……"

Asuna couldn't understand why Kayaba Akihiko, who should have been dead long ago, appeared here. Moreover, the soul crystal left behind by the other party after his death had been kept in her own warehouse. Logically speaking, unless she took the initiative to release it, she should never see him again.

And now, Kayaba Akihiko really appeared before his eyes.

Asuna really didn't expect Kayaba Akihiko to appear here.

What Asuna didn't expect was that Kayaba Akihiko would actually contact her under such circumstances.

You know, he is just a simple soul now, and he doesn't have any other power.

Given his current state, it should be quite a blessing for him to appear in front of me and meet me.

"I have decided a long time ago that when SAO collapses, I will end my life."

Kayaba Jingyan said calmly.

"On that day in November of 2024, when the world called SAO collapsed, the being called 'Kayaba Akihiko' died."

Hearing this, Asuna's eyes narrowed slightly.

If that was the case, then what was going on with this Kayaba Akihiko in front of him? And what about the soul crystal in his warehouse?

"Although I chose to die, before I died, I used a machine made after modifying the full-dive system to perform an ultra-high-density scan on my brain, causing my entire brain to be burned and die, just like those players who died in SAO."

When saying this, Kayaba Akihiko's tone contained neither guilt nor remorse, but rather a matter-of-fact tone, as if he wanted to carry out the principle of "starting and ending" to the end.

The same method you use to kill the players participating in the death game is the same method you use to kill yourself.

Kayaba Akihiko just wanted to make this point.

The only difference is...