Four Hundred and Twentieth Seventh Coming Early

?"Varied...!?"

At this moment, even Rozen's pupils shrank because of Heathcliff's confession.

However, Rozen understood what Heathcliff wanted to say.

Is that the case?

In this world called SAO, the 100th floor's defensive boss is none other than the developer who created the world itself——Akihiko Kayaba.

He created a character named Heathcliff in this world, and prepared to cultivate it, and finally stand in front of the finish line of all players when the players successfully climbed to the top.

If the game of the players is a complete guide to this world, then this is the game of Akihiko Kayaba.

A treacherous drama reversed at the last moment.

"Although according to the schedule, I should not announce my identity until after the 95th floor, and wait for everyone to arrive in the guarding boss room on the 100th floor—"Red Jade Palace", but since my identity has been found out in advance no way. "

Heathcliff's magnetic voice echoed clearly at this moment like a magic barrier.

"Let's advance this battle a little bit."

Start with a sentence like this...

"jingle..."

Under the pleasant sound effect, Heathcliff called out the main menu.

This time, Luo Zhen didn't read any more.

"Don't think about it!"

The sky blue crystal sword was finally pulled out violently by Luo Zhen, and with the dazzling light of the sword skill, it turned into a slash, and suddenly slashed towards Heathcliff.

Although he didn't know what Heathcliff was going to do, Rozen still learned one thing from Yui, that is, administrators exercise their authority in the same way as players, choosing from the main menu. The "Settings" option in the owner's menu is derived from this. Presumably Heathcliff also has this option in the main menu, right?

In other words, if you want to exercise administrator privileges, you must first call out the main menu.

Because of this, when dealing with Klatir, Heathcliff would call out his main menu on the spot, so as to show his feet in front of Rozen.

Now, Heathcliff called up the main menu again, definitely wanting to do something with administrator privileges.

If it really becomes like that, even Luo Zhen can't stop it, and can only watch the situation develop helplessly.

In this world, the man in front of him is a god.

This is an indisputable fact.

In that case, he must be interrupted.

Luo Zhen launched an attack decisively.

Unfortunately...

"Clang!"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of strikes, a purple barrier flashed in front of Heathcliff, blocking Rozen's powerful blow, causing the flash to burst.

"This is...!?"

Naturally, Luo Zhen would not be ignorant of this phenomenon.

This is the phenomenon that the system exhibits when protecting objects.

Now, Heathcliff is protected by the system.

"Sorry, I forgot to tell you."

Heathcliff's voice reached Rozen's ears.

"My body has always been protected by the system. Any attack that would cause my HP gauge to fall into the yellow warning zone will be blocked."

This is the truth that Heathcliff's HP gauge has never entered the yellow zone so far.

Thanks to this, Rozen still didn't stop Heathcliff's actions.

"Let the end come early."

After Heathcliff made such an announcement in a calm tone, he performed some operations on the main menu.

Luo Zhen's "Mind Eyes" noticed it instantly.

At this moment, the world begins to change again.

"Zheng!"

The blue light shone on Luo Zhen's body.

"Transfer...!?"

Luo Zhen instantly saw through Guanghui's body, but he couldn't resist.

"Rozen!"

Kirito, who was fighting the bone hunter, let out a cry of panic and anger.

"Rozen!"

"Rozen!"

Klein and Agil also cried out.

"President Luo Zhen!"

"President!"

One by one, the players in the strategy group showed shock one after another.

And the chestnut-colored rapier user no longer cared about the dangerous defensive boss behind him, and rushed over with an anxious and terrified expression.

"Rozen!"

Asuna let out a scream, and stretched out a hand as hard as she could while rushing this way.

"Asuna!"

Luo Zhen subconsciously stretched out his hand in the direction of Asuna.

The hands of the two moved closer to each other as the distance shortened.

But this distance is almost forever.

At the moment when the hands of the two were about to touch each other, the transfer phenomenon on Luo Zhen finally activated.

Under the blue light, Luo Zhen's body gradually disappeared, and there was nothing left.

.........

The familiar dizziness hit Luo Zhen's vision.

When the vision in front of him returned to normal, Luo Zhen had already set foot on a strange land and was transferred to another place.

"here it is...?"

Luo Zhen couldn't help being stunned.

What appeared in front of him was an extremely vast square.

The entire square is red, whether it is the floor, walls or pillars, it is a very conspicuous color.

It's just that this kind of red is not the beautiful bright red, but iron red like steel, which makes the whole square exude a solemn atmosphere like a battlefield.

Looking at this, Luo Zhen immediately remembered a name that Heathcliff just mentioned.

"Red Jade Palace..."

Located on the 100th floor of Aincrad, where the defensive boss is located -- "Red Jade Palace".

"That's right, this is the Ruby Palace."

When such a voice came, Luo Zhen was no longer surprised, but slowly turned his gaze to the source of the sound.

There, the man wearing the red knight uniform and the cross shield in his hand exuded a different sense of presence as if he had been there from the beginning.

"Congratulations, President Luo Zhen, you have become the first person to step into the top of Aincrad."

Heathcliff said those words with a smile.

What ushered in was a merciless attack.

"Clang!"

The sky-blue crystal sword stabbed heavily on the shield surface of the cross shield, rubbing fierce sparks.

Rozen rushed to Heathcliff at an astonishing speed, while unleashing a merciless attack, his sight was as sharp as a blade, piercing the face of Heathcliff who held up his shield to block.

Regarding this, Heathcliff's expression did not change, he just said so.

"What a surprise. I originally thought President Luo Zhen would judge the situation more calmly."

Heathcliff said these words as if he was discussing with someone, he didn't care about Luo Zhen's attack at all.

Rozen ignored Heathcliff's self-talk.

"What about everyone?"

"Still in the defending boss room on the 75th floor."

"Is it just me?"

"Because you are the only one who is qualified to arrive here."

"...Where's the Bone Hunter?"

"Of course it hasn't been crusaded yet. Not only has it not been crusaded, but its HP has also been restored to its full state. It can be said that the strategy has restarted."

"...why do you do that?"

"The reason? It's actually very simple, right? Isn't it too selfish for us to enjoy the fun of the final battle?"

So far, the conversation is over.

Luo Zhen finally understood.

Facing this man who was watching all the players struggling from a bird's-eye view, it was impossible to reason.

So...

"----Kill you!"

Luo Zhen finally liberated his killing intent.

"very good."

Heathcliff endured all this, and his expression became as indifferent as steel.

The fierce battle was triggered.