Chapter 397: 100th Floor ‘Ruby Palace’

Chapter 397 Floor 100 - 'Ruby Palace'

A month has passed, and it is May 15, Year 3 of the Alliance Calendar.

There are 34,000 SAO survivors, 4,300 trainers, and the 96th floor has been conquered.

What surprised all the players, including the team, was that after losing Madara and Izuna, their conquering speed did not slow down much.

The players are becoming more and more confident and faster as they fight. According to the plan of the team, they will conquer the 100th floor before the end of this month!

As the leader of the team and the acting president of Akatsuki, Lizbeth manages everything in an orderly manner. The 16-year-old girl has lost a lot of childishness in a month of training.

She now only shows her previous girlish attitude in front of a few of her besties, and in public, she has become like her master Madara.

Because she has no way out.

Half a month ago, on May 1, the day when the 'Labor Day event' was opened in the game, many people found something that made them feel unbelievable.

That is, in the [Friends List], the names of the two players, ‘Ban’ and ‘Quannai’, turned gray.

If it were in the past or in other games, this would simply mean that the player had gone offline.

But in this SAO, the meaning of a player going offline is only one.

Death.

For a moment, the strategy team was in chaos, and the original plan to attack the 92nd floor boss ‘Dragon of Destruction’ was forcibly terminated.

Many members of Akatsuki lost their fighting spirit and fighting spirit, like ants without a leader, not knowing what they should do, and even wandering around the town blindly.

But at the critical moment, Lizbeth, who was thought to be on the verge of collapse, stood up to encourage everyone.

Even Kirito at that time couldn't cheer up, just like Naruto who lost Jiraiya, but Lizbeth could.

And in SAO, Lizbeth didn't have another person like Iruka to comfort her except Jiraiya. She relied on her own strength to cheer herself up.

Lizbeth was indeed very sad, and even broke down and cried at night. The Makuhita didn't know what to do next.

But when she was outside, Lizbeth still remained strong.

She didn't want to let her master's efforts go to waste. She couldn't just give up.

Lizbeth had promised her master to bring everyone in Akatsuki back to the real world.

Kirito also regained his spirits with Asuna's comfort and returned to the forefront of the strategy team with her.

The news of Madara and Izuna's death was undoubtedly a huge blow to the strategy team.

But after the strategy team recovered from this blow, it was as if they had ushered in a new life. Everyone was full of energy and launched a hateful and angry attack on the wild monsters and bosses.

This was not only because of Madara and Izuna, but also because of the countless players who died in this game, and the depression and unwillingness of being trapped in this death game for nearly a year, all of which broke out in this final stage.

The first floor.

The place that was originally a small plain has now been transformed into another look by the players.

This place is called [Hero's Tomb].

This is the cemetery of the warriors who died on the front line.

Lizbeth thought that one day she would become a small mound here, but she never thought that she would come here to visit her most powerful master.

"Master, we are about to leave."

Lizbeth sat alone beside the tombstone, wearing the same armor as Madara.

"Huh, it's so tiring to lead everyone in battle. I have to take care of everyone. I am always worried that I will kill other members because of my carelessness."

"In the past, I just had to listen to the master's command. I never thought it would be so tiring. The pressure is really great."

"Master is really amazing~"

Lizbeth sat from the afternoon to the evening, talking about what happened in the past month.

She didn't know that Madara had always been paying attention to her, and her efforts and growth were all seen by Madara.

"Why didn't you take me with you a month ago?"

Lizbeth's slightly complaining words just came out, and she patted her head.

This question is really stupid.

A month is enough for her to figure it out.

A month ago at the tavern, Madara and Izuna had already guessed that they were going to go offline, so they went alone to complete such a task.

Because Lizbeth knew too well that her somewhat arrogant master would never let her face a situation where she was sure to die, no matter how strict he was with her.

Similarly, if such a task fell on her head.

She would definitely choose to complete it by herself and never let her master know about it.

"Speaking of which, if I can go to the 101st floor, I can see Caterpie."

Lizbeth stretched out a finger to her chin, then smiled, "I will visit him for you."

"Then let's stop here today and come to visit you in a few days."

. . .

Compared to Lizbeth, Kirito, who came to visit Izuna, didn't say so much.

He just sat cross-legged in front of Izuna's grave in a daze, and sat there for three or four hours.

When I came to my senses, I realized that it was already late. I knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and left.

The strategy battle continued, and the players had completely adapted to the battle without Madara and Izuna leading the team.

Lizbeth and Kirito have become excellent successors of Madara and Izuna.

The original 'fighting girl' has become a 'fighting princess', and the 'dual sword trainer' has become a 'dual sword master'.

In the next half month.

All SAO players are united. No matter how bad they were in the past, no one wants to be the one who drags their feet and loses the chain at this time.

All the currency, materials, and props that can be quickly obtained in Aincrad in a short period of time have been invested in the front-line strategy group, so that the middle and lower levels are full of players who are almost naked.

But even so, everyone's face is full of energy, full of expectations for the future and going home.

Layer after layer of oppressive big bosses stood in front of the players, but at this time they were already fearless.

SS-'Flame Devourer' Antuon, walkthrough.

97th floor [Destroyed City] Boss-'Seraph' Seraph, walkthrough.

98th floor [Azeroth] Boss-'Lich King' Arthas Menethil, walkthrough.

SS-'Pluto' Giratina, walkthrough.

On June 1, all 33,492 surviving SAO players gathered on the 100th floor.

[Ruby Palace].

On this last day, players sold all the useless things on hand and bought useful things.

The gloves in Lizbeth's hands are made of the material [Reversed Obsidian] dropped by the 99th floor Boss Giratina.

Kirito's left-hand sword is [Frostmourne] dropped by the 98th floor Boss Arthas.

The sickle in Zack's hand is [Seraph Wings] dropped by the 97th floor Boss Seraph.

The rapier in Asuna's hand was made of the material [Eternal Flame Shell] dropped by Antuon, the boss of the 96th floor.

The four strongest players in the strategy group have replaced the most powerful weapons in Aincrad, and all 2,500 players in the strategy group are heading to the Boss room of the 100th floor together.

The Boss room of the 100th floor is different from any previous floor.

In the past, the Boss room was in the deepest part of the maze area, and you had to push open the huge stone door to see it.

But there is no so-called maze area on the 100th floor.

In the center of the map, there is only a huge blood-red palace standing here.

This is the origin of the name of the 100th floor, the Ruby Palace. The bloody smell emanating from the palace made the players who came in aggressively swallow their saliva.

This sense of oppression is definitely not comparable to any previous floor. Although the Boss's Condor has not yet seen it, it seems to have stood in front of the Boss.

"Everyone, it is my honor to gather with you here today and lead you to fight bloody battles."

"Thank you all for your willingness to follow my master, and me for being useless."

"In this battle, I will still be the sharpest spear and rush to the front. Please believe me one last time."

"Don't think about tomorrow or the future. Today, we will liberate all SAO players and return to our world!"

Lizbeth stood in front of the gate of the Ruby Palace, turned around and said to the 2,500 players behind her, "No matter what is behind this door, this time, we must not fail."

"Oh oh oh!" xN

All the players, including Pokémon, let out a battle cry that soared into the sky.

The blood cloud surrounding the Ruby Palace was dispersed at this moment, and the warm and soft sunlight broke through the clouds and covered the heads of all the players.

"March!"

"Yes!"

Boom!

The gate was violently knocked open by the players, and the boss sitting on the throne at the innermost part came into view.

[Redius]

The strongest boss set by Kayaba Akihiko in Aincrad.

He also added the Wood Release mentioned by Madara on the basis of the original design. He originally wanted to add the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo mentioned by Izuna, but was stopped by Dark.

He was afraid that the players would die of old age in Aincrad.

Not only because of those messy abilities, but because this [Redius] is different from the previous AI bosses. This boss is controlled by a person.

And the operator is none other than the creator of Aincrad, Kayaba Akihiko!

"Go!"

Accompanied by Lisbeth's order, she and the Makuhiko rushed out suddenly.

Kirito, Asuna, Zack, Ura, and Heracross followed closely, and then the thousands of players and Pokémon of the strategy group.

Across from them, looking at the players who were as powerful as a rainbow, [Redius] smiled.

She raised her hands and clapped them in front of her.

"Wood Release: True Thousand Hands!"