Chapter 74

After leaving the "Hill of Death," Shengzai checked the time and found that he seemed to be late.

But this really couldn't be blamed on him; it could only be said that Kurethail and the others were too good at choosing places.

The area of the "Hill of Death" was not small; after killing Kurethail and the others, Shengzai still needed to leave this area where teleportation was prohibited first and teleport to the 55th floor.

Then he rushed from the main city area of the 55th floor to the "Dragon's Nest," during which he wasted quite a bit of time again.

Kurethail was ultimately undoubtedly killed by Shengzai.

Even Kurethail himself couldn't understand until the moment before his death how Shengzai, a high school boy, could be so ruthless.

Honestly speaking, before today, he, Kurethail, and Shengzai should have had no personal grudges, and they were only meeting for the first time.

Although he, Kurethail, had thought about revenge in the future when begging for mercy, even if this revenge had to wait until the real world to be reported, he would not hesitate.

But that was just his own inner thought; why was it clearly the first time they met, but the other party seemed to know him very well and was determined to cut the weeds and remove the roots?

Undoubtedly, Kurethail died with his eyes wide open, and until the last moment of death, he was wondering if he had shown his feet somewhere.

As for the "Dragon's Nest" side, Heathcliff, who was previously suspected, was also hesitating whether to use the administrator's permission to find Shengzai's location, but Shengzai appeared late.

"Sorry, sorry, because I ran into some things temporarily, so I was late."

"But I didn't expect that so many people would come here; could it be that you all also noticed that something big was going to happen today, so you all ran over to join the fun?"

Seeing Shengzai appear, Asuna and Kirito and the others, who were worried about Shengzai's safety, undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief.

And looking at Shengzai still looking heartless, Asuna was also anxious and gave him a hand knife on his head.

Then she pulled Shengzai to Heathcliff and said: "Commander Heathcliff, I am very sorry; I shouldn't have guessed and doubted you randomly just now."

"It's all Shengzai's fault for having temporary things and not explaining in advance, making everyone worry about him and making you wait for a long time."

Shengzai didn't expect that Kurethail would suddenly want to mess with him. But it was a fact that he was late because of this and completely lost contact, making Asuna and Kirito and the others worry.

So at this moment, being pulled by Asuna to apologize everywhere, Shengzai didn't show a trace of impatience.

"Commander Heathcliff, I am very sorry for making you wait because of my lateness."

"It just so happens that I have a quite rare item here; consider it an apology gift for you."

Shengzai said while stuffing an item into Heathcliff's hand without saying a word, his attitude was simply enthusiastically outrageous.

At first, Heathcliff really wanted to refuse; after all, as a game GM of the SAO world, saying he was a god in this world might be a bit exaggerated, but for him to want some rare items or equipment was not a difficult thing.

The so-called "rare item" was enthusiastically stuffed into his hand by Shengzai; because of his instinctual reaction, Heathcliff also looked over.

And when he found that the item Shengzai stuffed into his hand was a very familiar mirror, and the mirror was blooming with light at this moment, Heathcliff knew he had been played!

Heathcliff naturally knew the so-called "rare item" in Shengzai's mouth, because this item itself was created by him, named "Mirror of Truth."

As for the effect of this item, it was very simple, which was to make the character reveal their original appearance.

This thing was a one-time item he gave to SAO players when he blocked the game, allowing them to reveal their true faces.

This item was one-time, and besides his own gift, there was no other way to obtain it in the game.

Logically speaking, when the game was closed by him, those "Mirrors of Truth" should have been accurately delivered to every player and activated.

Kayaba Akihiko never dreamed that Shengzai would still have such a thing in his hand, and he even gave this thing to himself!

"Wenren Shengzai, when did you discover me?"

When he looked at the "Mirror of Truth," this item had already been triggered; even a genius like Kayaba Akihiko couldn't write a new program in such a short time.

Looking at Heathcliff, whose body was completely shrouded in white light, Asuna and the many melon-eating masses on the side were also stunned.

They didn't know what item Shengzai gave Heathcliff, and why Heathcliff would suddenly say such words inexplicably at this moment.

"Commander Heathcliff, your words make me feel inexplicable; what discover or not discover."

"The item I gave you was a gift from Kayaba Akihiko to all players during the public beta, and other people's items were triggered and disappeared at that time, but mine was left behind."

"In terms of effect, my 'Mirror of Truth' might be a bit tasteless, but if we talk about rarity, my mirror should be unique in the entire SAO now, right?"

Hearing Shengzai's words, Kayaba Akihiko was stunned on the spot. Could it be that he guessed wrong just now, and Shengzai giving him the "Mirror of Truth" was really just a coincidence?

However, when Kayaba Akihiko just had this thought in his heart, he found that the corners of Shengzai's mouth raised at this moment were simply harder to suppress than an AK, and he instantly understood that he had been played again!

The white light gradually dissipated, and Heathcliff..., no, it should be said that Kayaba Akihiko's figure also slowly exposed to everyone's sight.

Although Kayaba Akihiko appeared in front of everyone in the posture of "Death" on the first day of the public beta, as the main developer of SAO, many players had seen Kayaba Akihiko's true face on relevant game forums.

It was also because of this that when Kayaba Akihiko, who revealed his true face, appeared in front of everyone, he was immediately recognized by many players and called by his name.

"Kayaba Akihiko! Heathcliff, the commander of the Knights of the Blood Oath, is actually Kayaba Akihiko!"

"That's right, I've seen this face on the news before; there's absolutely no way I could recognize it wrong!"

"This bastard trapped us in the game and put on a player identity to be the leader; is he playing with us like monkeys!"

Undoubtedly, the moment Kayaba Akihiko revealed his face, all the players present were instantly like water dripping into a frying pan, instantly boiling.

For these players trapped in the game, Kayaba Akihiko was undoubtedly the enemy they hated the most in these two years.

And now that the enemy was right in front of them, it was quite normal for them to be so indignant.

(End of this chapter)