Villain in Comics

"Original version..."

Kayaba Akihiko's words made most people suspicious, but the next words made all the players standing there--

"From now on, until you reach the top of the castle, no one will be able to log out of themselves.... Also, it's up to someone outside to stop or disable NERvGear. If anyone tries to do so If so, the microwaves emitted by NERvGear's signaling unit will destroy your brains and stop your life activities."

The heavy words made many players sneer, and I still thought it was a special surprise from the game agent, but after getting the news that more than [-] players had been unfortunately 'killed', this attracted their attention. Panic spread across the square.

"Impossible! It's such a good game but—"

Klein looked sad and angry, and even Kirito looked bad.As for the deaths of these more than [-] players, Kayaba Akihiko didn't seem to care at all, and said in a calm tone: "Now the outside world has repeatedly reported the impact of this incident, and now, I believe it is enough. It has attracted the attention of players, and I believe that this kind of thing will never happen again..."

"I hope you can play the game with peace of mind, but I also hope that you can pay attention. In the future, all the resurrection methods in the game will be invalid, and the moment your HP becomes zero, your characters will disappear forever... everyone. Players can only escape from this world through the strategy game, and finally there is a gift from me in your storage column, please confirm~~~~~~”

The players mechanically took out a prop that looked like a mirror from the storage bar. Just when everyone was full of doubts, their bodies were suddenly wrapped in blue light again, and they finally appeared on the square to be the real self!

"What, what's going on!"

In the face of the real self who appears in the game, many players are peeking at each other, but more players are complaining about those teammates who deceived themselves......

Klein and Kirito also stared at each other for a long time before they recognized each other, and Long Xikey was easily recognized by the two of them in addition to covering up the fact that he had two-color pupils, not to mention that he was still carrying that A black sickle that pulls the wind to the extreme.

"I didn't expect Kirito to look so small... So does Xi Keyu, but he has two-color pupils? Could it be a mixed race?"

Seeing the real appearances of Kirito and Long Xikey, Klein was a little excited.Looking at Kirito's obviously tender cheeks, Long Xikey was also quite surprised.

I thought Kirito was a very mature and steady person before, but I didn't expect the real him to look like this. It seems that he may not be fifteen years old.

Long Xikey is looking at Kirito, and Kirito is also observing Long Xikey.What surprises Kirito is that there are people who enter the game without changing their appearance. The current Long Xikey is no different from the previous one, the only difference is the color of his eyes.

But the strangest thing for Kirito was that Long Xikey always gave him a strange feeling, but he couldn't tell the specifics.

"But why is this guy doing this?" Subconsciously touching his chin, Klein's question interrupted Kirito's thinking.

"I believe he will give us the answer..." Kirito pointed to the red giant suspended in the air.

Kayaba Akihiko did not live up to Kirito's expectations, and the esoteric words came from under the red cloak again:

"Everyone must be thinking why now. Why - Akihiko Kayaba, the developer of SAO and NERvGear, did this?"

"That's because for me, this situation is the ultimate goal. To create this world and to watch it, I invented NERvGear and created SAO for this purpose. And now, all my goals have been achieved."

After being silent for a while, Kayaba's voice that returned to inorganic quality rang out.

"...This is the end of the game description for the official operation of 'SwordArtOnline Sword Art Online'. Players - I wish you good luck."

In the end, the giant red cloak incarnated by Kayaba Akihiko disappeared from the sight of nearly [-] players. The cruel rules of the game before made them stunned, but the square that could accommodate tens of thousands of players looked dead and gloomy. The red giant turned into a trace of blood and merged into the picture above.

The eruption after silence is unprecedented, all emotions are reflected in this moment without revealing, anger, regret, daze, overwhelm and even the kind of despair that emerges from the bottom of my heart!

"Just, just now, what does that mean..."

Klein still stared blankly at the place where the red giant disappeared just now, but now the place has returned to its original appearance, and the afterglow of the setting sun is all over the sky, but the warm feeling of the past has disappeared.

"What do you mean...I believe you will know what he thinks in the next time."

Long Xikey's words made Klein and Kirito, who was in deep thought, turn their heads and look at him with puzzled and inquiring expressions.

"Don't you understand? This world was created by him, and it can even be said that this is another world! But this world is not so perfect..." Long Xikey smiled strangely. Watching these players lost in the world became happy in vain.

"Not so perfect..."

Kirito muttered these words in a low voice, as if he had caught something in his heart.

"Yes, this world is not so perfect, and Kayaba Akihiko's purpose is to restore the authenticity of the world!"

"Reality!? Could it be—death!"

Kirito, who knew the real purpose, looked at the sky with a complicated expression, his fingers became paler and paler because he clenched tightly...

Chapter [-] The night of separation

Night is coming soon.

The noise on the square continued, and only half of the oblique sunset shone in this empty alley.

"Huh—I really don't know why I came here..."

The panting Klein put one hand on the flat wall and looked at Kirito complaining.However, Long Xikey leaned on the side without saying a word, ignoring the faint coolness on the wall behind him.

"Listen, I'm leaving this town for the next village...you guys too!"

Although the slight pause was almost negligible, Long Xikey still found the brief hesitation in Kirito's words.

But in the end, Kirito invited Long Xikey.

"what.......?"

"If what that guy said is true, then in order to survive in this world, we have to strengthen ourselves as hard as possible. I think you should be well aware of this, online role-playing games are things like players. The resource scramble battle between the two. The more people who grab the limited money, props and experience points provided by the system will become stronger. Those who have the same idea as us... should be in the surrounding area of ​​this 'starting town'. Ground leveling, etc., the resources will be exhausted immediately. In the end, it will only become a place where everyone is constantly looking for the system, so it is the best choice to use the next village as a stronghold now. Go to the next village I know the path and the dangerous places very well, even if the current level is only 1, it can be reached safely.”

Both Long Xikey and Klein quietly waited for Kirito to finish speaking.After a few seconds, Klein said with a slightly bitter face: "But...but. I said it just now, I queued up all night to buy this game with my good friends from other games. Those guys I should have logged in as well, and I should have been in that square just now. I can't leave them alone..."

Klein's refusal suddenly suffocated the atmosphere, Kirito took a deep breath, and finally set his eyes on this Long Xikey who always gave people nothing.

"how about you."

"I'm casual~~~ However, since there are such good benefits, I won't miss it!"

Long Xikey under the afterglow showed a smile, and his relaxed words diluted the awkward atmosphere before.Although I don't know what's going on, since there are players in the beta test, Long Xiyao is very happy to hang out with him.Anyway, the purpose of his coming to this world is to entertain, and the development of things has long been unimportant in his eyes.

"Well, if that's the case, then let's separate here. No matter what, the two of you must live!"

Klein suddenly returned to his former cheerful personality, and patted Kirito's thin shoulder heavily.

"Hey, Klein, are you really not going with us?" Kirito asked again.

"Forget my words. After all, there are still friends waiting for me there."

The previous hesitation has completely disappeared. Although he is extremely reluctant, Klein can't just abandon those friends who used to fight side by side with him in the game.

"Alright then, Klein doesn't want to die." Seeing Kirito's gloomy face, Long Xikey patted Klein's shoulder casually.

"Cut, how could I simply die! It's you, you unscrupulous pastor, don't hang up first~~~~~" Although they have only been together for less than a day, Klein has already regarded the two as Be very good friends.

"Then let's break up here. Send me a message if you have anything...then let's go first, Klein."

"Ah."

The three of them became friends with each other, and finally, looking at Klein's leaving figure, Long Xikey said softly, "Is it really okay to do this, depending on how you look..."

"...No way, you heard it, we can't take care of so many people." Kirito said with difficulty, after all, Kirito abandoned the first friend he met in this game world .You can imagine how unwilling Kirito is now.

"Ah, let's not waste time on this issue, let's experience the world first."

Taking the pitch-black sickle from behind, Long Xikey chuckled lightly, showing that bloodthirsty look in his eyes.

Because Long Xikey was in the shadow of the wall, Kirito didn't notice that terrifying expression, but Long Xikey's bi-colored eyes still made Kirito shudder.

As night fell, the sky became darker and darker.

Although the road leading to the town and the town is a non-safe area, with Kirito, the person in the internal test, the two walked nearly half of the distance with almost no risk.

In addition, it is already nighttime, and there are very few nocturnal monsters in this area. At best, it is just a few bats and other monsters. However, under the relaxed reception of the two, they all turned into their experience. value.

"squeak--"

The last bat turned into bits of debris under the big floating swing of the scythe, and the experience value brought by the bat at this time was also great and sent the two to level 2.

"It's a really good bat, and it reached level 2 so quickly."

Habitually flicking the blood on the sickle, Long Xikey found that he had forgotten that this was the world of the game and would not leave any blood.

"Even if you fight, you won't leave any bloodstains." Kirito naturally saw Long Xikey's action just now.

"Hehe, I forgot, I thought it was in the real world."

'In the real world?Is this guy-'

Long Xikey's seemingly unintentional words directly hit Kirito's heart. Could it be that this guy has killed people in the real world?Impossible!He looks about the same age as me...

Ignoring Kirito who was cranky just because of his own words, Long Xikey counted the props he got during the battle, although only 'Bat's Teeth', 'Night Cat's Tail, Fur' and the like exploded along the way. materials, but these inconspicuous materials can still be exchanged for a good price......

Thinking that he will use these Coles in many places in the future, Long Xikey can't help but regret it. If he knew this, when Kayaba Akihiko made magic for himself, let him give me some Coles, and that's fine. It is not necessary to collect even these tiny materials.

Complaining was complaining, Long Xikey still sorted out those materials, and then his eyes fell on his own attributes again.

Since the level of killing the bat just now increased by one level, there are three more ability points on the screen of the character.

Strength, agility, endurance.

"Hey, Kirito, how are your ability points allocated?"

"Ah—ability points." Kirito came back to his senses and called out his character status, "My words are always 2 points of agility and 1 point of strength. After all, this is a death game, and sometimes speed can keep you. One life, after all, sometimes if the speed is not enough, you will die because you can't dodge the monster's attack."

"Oh, that's it..." Long Xiyao directly added all three points to his agility. For strength, he had a sickle that was enough...

After the ability points were allocated, Long Xiyue started to move again, and found that it was indeed a little faster than before.

And Kirito on the side looked at Long Xikey who came and went like the wind after the assignment, and said in amazement: "Should you add all of your agility?"

"Yeah, sometimes speed is still very important!"

"However, if you don't add power, you will have no attack power!" Kirito is even more puzzled. He has never encountered such a method of adding points. Although weapons can greatly improve the character's attack power, but The most basic attack power still depends on the character's own strength attributes.

"You don't need snacks at all. My weapon is unique." Long Xiyue shook the black sickle in his hand.

Under the night, the black sickle exudes a black luster, and Kirito also discovered that there is an extra blood-red color on the slender sickle blade!I didn't see it before, and it couldn't be the blood of the monster just now...

Just when Kirito was puzzled, Long Xikey came over, looked at the novice sword on Kirito's back and said, "When you go to the next town tomorrow, you should get a one-handed sword."

Kirito nodded mechanically, thinking in his heart that he really should get a handy weapon.Seeing the mysterious Long Xikey walking ahead, Kirito became more and more puzzled.

Is it good or bad to team up with him?

'This guy...what the hell is...'

Chapter [-] The team of three

The fight all the way made the two quickly reach the third level, and at the same time, they successfully reached the next scheduled town before dawn. After changing a suit of equipment in the town's equipment store, Kirito's money was almost used up. Although Long Xikey still had some leftovers, it was still a bit reluctant for two people to use it.

"Ah, those things can only be exchanged for so much Cole?"

Long Xiyue, who does not often touch online games, complained softly.

The materials that were exposed on the road before have only been replaced by less than 50 kels!

"No way, since it is sold to NPC, it is only worth the price. Although there is no danger of being cheated, the amount earned is basically fixed. In order to prevent inflation, the price over there is set to be higher than the price. The actual market is even lower.”

Kirito explained with a smile that although the Cole in exchange was pitiful, it was better than nothing... Kirito took a quest in the town, which was a must for a one-handed swordsman. After doing it, you will get a one-handed sword, which will undoubtedly allow Kirito to use the third floor.