Chapter 70

Watching the special atmosphere between Lisbeth and Sachi, the slow-to-react Kirito also understood that he was afraid he had fallen into the legendary shura field.

However, fortunately, when he was restless, his good friend Klein also appeared with his group of good friends "Fuurinkazan" and greeted Kirito and the others warmly.

"Kirito, you guys really came too; what on earth is that guy Shengzai thinking? Why would he suddenly want to duel the commander of the Knights of the Blood Oath?"

And as Klein appeared with the people of "Fuurinkazan," soon the "Holy Dragon Alliance" guild, the "Army," and the guild "Light of Hope" founded by Yōko and Diabel and other guilds appeared one after another.

Looking at the clearing group players who had always been fighting on the front line, almost all of them came this time.

Even ordinary players came quite a few, crowding the entire "Dragon's Nest" full, and Klein couldn't help but sigh: "As expected of the top duel between the two most famous players in SAO."

"This formation is much bigger than the previous clearing meetings; I guess except for those who don't have the ability to explore on the 55th floor, the rest of the other players probably all came to join the fun this time."

Listening to Klein's words, Kirito looked at Heathcliff, who was already standing on an ice pillar, arms crossed and eyes closed, waiting.

Then he also said: "This is not strange; after all, counting unique skills, Heathcliff and Shengzai should be the strongest solo combat players in the entire SAO."

"This duel almost established the position of the strongest player in SAO; it's not strange that they are curious about this."

Hearing Kirito's evaluation, Agil couldn't help but tease: "I remember there are three players who mastered unique skills; this hasn't even been fought yet, and you already feel inferior to them, Kirito?"

"Yeah, Kirito, you also have a unique skill, right? You and Shengzai were 50-50 in your duels before."

"So if you get serious, you shouldn't be much worse than those two, right?"

Klein's words made Asuna and the others curious; they only knew that Shengzai and Kirito had a good relationship, but they didn't know that the two had dueled.

"Being able to be 50-50 before was entirely taking advantage of Shengzai's unfamiliarity with game operations."

"Now two years have passed, and if I face him again now, I have no confidence at all."

"You don't understand Shengzai; that guy is a beast; from childhood to adulthood, whether it's learning ability or talent, it can only be described as a monster."

"Honestly, many people here probably think Heathcliff will win, but my intuition tells me that if Heathcliff doesn't have any special means, he will probably be beaten up in a while."

Hearing Kirito's high evaluation of Shengzai, Klein and the others were stunned for a moment.

But they also knew very well that Kirito's words were definitely not aimless; after all, if we talk about who knows Shengzai best, it must be Kirito, who grew up with him, and even Asuna couldn't compare to this point.

"By the way, the time for the duel is almost up, right? Why hasn't that guy Shengzai arrived yet? Don't you know, Asuna?"

Hearing Klein's inquiry, Asuna also suddenly felt a sense of unease, and then hurriedly opened the pop-up window, trying to send a message to Shengzai.

However, soon, when her message was sent, she was reminded that the area where the target was located could not receive any messages.

"Not good, something must have happened to Shengzai! He told me this morning that he had some things to deal with, but now he can't be contacted at all!"

Asuna's words made Kirito and the others show a look of worry.

After all, in the entire Aincrad, only a few areas had their information completely blocked, and these places were generally dangerous areas where teleportation was prohibited.

Now the duel time agreed upon by Shengzai and Heathcliff was imminent, but the person suddenly disappeared inexplicably; anyone would feel that there must be a problem.

Because she couldn't contact Shengzai, Asuna was somewhat restless at the moment.

Although she felt the possibility was not high, she still came to Heathcliff for the first time and asked: "Commander Heathcliff, may I ask where Shengzai is now!"

Heathcliff, who was originally closing his eyes and standing on the side to act cool, suddenly heard Asuna's inquiry, and at this moment, he was stunned on the spot.

No, you don't know where your own husband in the game went, and you ran over to ask me?

Where did Shengzai go? How would he, Heathcliff, know? He was just about to ask when the other party would arrive!

After all, he had been posing here for quite a while, which made him, as a GM, lose face.

"Shengzai suddenly disappeared, and now he can't be contacted at all, and all this happened after he agreed to your duel."

"Last night, he also hinted to me in his words that you are not a simple character, and I could even feel that he had the determination to bet his life on this duel."

"It was clearly just an ordinary PVP, wasn't it? Why would Shengzai have that kind of mentality? Now it seems..."

Listening to Asuna's wild imagination, Heathcliff was directly speechless.

Even now, he was wondering if he had been framed.

He was Kayaba Akihiko; if he really wanted to kill Aunt Wenren Shengzai, would he need to use such small tricks?

As for the other side, in the desert center of the "Hill of Memories" outside the circle on the south side of the 47th floor of Aincrad, a place called the "Hill of Death," several figures were standing in the wind and sand at this moment.

And if Asuna and the others were here, they would find that among the few people present, one of the figures was the Shengzai they couldn't contact.

As for the other people confronting him at the moment, one of them wearing the armor of the Knights of the Blood Oath was Kurethail, who followed Asuna yesterday.

As for the few people behind Kurethail, they were wearing black robes, and they all had coffin tattoos on the backs of their hands.

Originally, Shengzai wanted to go to the "Dragon's Nest" on the 55th floor to keep the appointment according to the agreement.

But just after he left the Aunt Wenren Chamber of Commerce, Kurethail, wearing the armor of the Knights of the Blood Oath, told him that the location of the duel had changed as a friend of Asuna, and brought him to this place.

Originally, the other party was a member of the Knights of the Blood Oath; if Shengzai were an ordinary person, he would probably have believed the other party's words and been tricked.

However, it was a pity that he was a transmigrator and had some impression of Kurethail, this guy who tried to eat young grass, so he followed the other party to this place outside the circle.

The other party wanted to kill him, and coincidentally, Shengzai also had such an idea.

If his duel with Heathcliff was won, maybe all this would be over, and they would return to reality.

And instead of leaving Kurethail and these scum as hidden dangers, it would be better to kill the other party here first!

(End of this chapter)