Am I the only one streaming Sword Art Online on the entire internet?

Finally, one more thing to note: this thing isn't a biological boss. It has no weaknesses or aggro. Just attack the closest enemies. Everyone, remember to be careful. Yuna, gather all your buffs on the outer edge before entering the fray, understand?

Chapter 111: The Sword of Dragon Conquest & Fearless Armor (Bonus Chapter 13/75)

There's not much to say about this maze; the only monster you encounter is the [Maze Minotaur]. Although this monster does look like a Minotaur, its combat strength is not high at all. Thorin can easily take it down with a single combo of his skills.

"So is this really a shortcut?" Sorin was starting to have doubts, because he felt like he had already covered a huge distance in the maze. "Can anyone tell me why I spent so much time doing advanced math calculations earlier?"

"Because it's farther over there, and there are a lot of traps and environmental kills, making it much more troublesome than this maze." Kirito shrugged beside him. "But maybe the maze difficulty has increased after the official launch. At least during the closed beta, we didn't need to do such an insane puzzle to take a shortcut."

“I’m starting to suspect that Kayaba Akihiko thinks everyone in this game is a student, and a top-tier university at least.” After saying that, Sorin dodged another corner attack from a maze minotaur, then turned around and used a rapier thrust, a katana slash, and a spinning attack to take down the minotaur. “Okay, you guys say this is a shortcut, so be it. I thought Kirito could come up with a map or something.”

"...I've long forgotten, okay? Can you guarantee you can still navigate Undercity now?" Kirito retorted defiantly.

“Just kidding. I could navigate Undercity with my eyes closed. The moment I saw you ask this question, I knew you weren’t a true Horde player.” Sorin continued Kirito’s words, his tone tinged with disdain. “For a true Horde player, the map of Undercity is etched into their DNA.”

Why do you Homo people seem to have everything etched into your DNA?

Homo's DNA contains everything except the faces of his parents.

[Can someone spare some time to make up a story about the beast sage Sorin?]

Even though Sorin and Yuna have confirmed their relationship, one thing will never change: whenever Sorin and Kirito are together, they naturally use mysterious conversations to separate themselves from the ladies. At this moment, Yuna and Asuna are still walking together. Asuna's expression is quite dangerous, while Yuna can only look helpless.

"Okay, after listening to crosstalk all the way, we have arrived at the room of the second boss in the maze area."

Sorin emerged from the maze, examining the large hall at its end. The hall itself was circular, with a closed door at one end. At the left and right ends of the hall stood a longsword and a suit of armor, respectively. The sword was fine; the bloodstains on its blade testified to its many battles. The armor was also exceptionally sturdy, gleaming with a menacing, cold light.

Indeed, as Solin said, this boss doesn't have any unique mechanics; it's just a wooden stake like the first-floor boss—or rather, two wooden stakes. The only difficulty throughout the entire run lies in the unique characteristics of these two bosses: they have no aggro mechanic. However, this is not a problem for the experienced and battle-hardened members of the Edelweiss Guild, who have been to many Western countries.

"Teams A and B, attack with swords; Teams C, D, E, F, attack with armor. Charge in as soon as the countdown ends!" Solin marked the two countdown markers in different colors on the [Dragon-Conquering Sword] and the [Fearless Armor] respectively. "Pay attention to your positions! Three, two, one! Charge, brothers!"

He started with a one-handed sword and shield charge, striking the blade of the [Dragon Slayer Sword]. Then he switched to a katana and used Foresight Slash to block the damage the moment the greatsword made a slashing motion against him, before slashing back.

He didn't look at the armored vehicles; after all, judging from the name, their main characteristic was slightly higher defense, but a lack of offensive capabilities. Even so, under the combined attack of four teams, the [Fearless Armor]'s health was rapidly decreasing. When arranging the teams, he had specifically considered the possibility of his damage output exceeding the limit, so the four teams responsible for attacking the armor, CDEF, were all equipped with various DPS weapons, while the original six tanks and Yuna, who wouldn't be dealing damage for thirty or forty seconds, were fighting alongside Sorin's team using swords.

"This sword is designed like a two-handed greatsword common in the Middle Ages. Actually, if you ignore the color scheme, its design is similar to EX Excalibur."

While attacking the boss, Solin had the leisure to provide commentary. He switched between four weapons, rarely using normal attacks except for canceling the aftercast animation; his attacks were essentially a barrage of sword skills raining down on the Dragon Sword. These two bosses have a unique, hidden aggro mechanic: whoever is closest gets attacked. Since Solin consistently attacked at close range, the Dragon Sword didn't bother the other tanks.

However, three minutes into the battle, the Dragon-Conquering Sword suddenly stopped its bayonet fight with Sorin, who was right next to it, and instead abandoned him, hovering and floating to the center of the arena. It glanced over there and saw the Dauntless Armor, which had been engaged in a brutal hand-to-hand combat with the burly men around it, forcefully break through the encirclement and run swiftly to the Dragon-Conquering Sword's side.

The Dragon Slayer Sword flew up, spun several times in mid-air, and then landed hilt-down in the Dreadnought's right hand. At that moment, the Dreadnought seemed to suddenly regain its senses; it swung the Dragon Slayer Sword with force, the tip pointing straight at Sorin.

"Phase change! Phase change!" came shouts from the other side of the tanking team. Sorin snapped out of his daze and saw the Dragon Knight, who had already completed his fusion, charging towards him with his sword.

Seeing this, he quickly drew his katana and assumed a fighting stance for a powerful strike. However, the Dragon Knight's sword merely cleaved the ground in front of Sorin with force, triggering a violent earthquake.

The surrounding members were pushed away by the shockwave from underground, to the edge of the arena. At that moment, the arena underwent a dramatic change. Centered on the location where Sorin and the Iron Knight stood, a large ring of tall walls rose up, keeping everyone else outside.

"!"

Upon seeing this, Yuna immediately got up from the ground, turned around, and thrust at the wall, but was bounced back by the wall, and her health dropped significantly.

"Don't go over there! This wall will reflect sword damage!"

Seeing this, Yura quickly shouted a warning, and taking advantage of his tanky build, walked over and slammed his shield into the wall. This time, he didn't lose much health, but the knockback effect was just as strong, sending him flying back to the edge of the arena.

"Sorin! Sorin! Can you hear me?!" Yuna shouted loudly towards the other side of the wall.

"Give me some background music! This is Mars' ultimate!" A voice came from the other side of the wall. "Don't get close to the wall! The wall reflects damage!"

"I...I know."

Chapter 112: 100% Hit-Hit Lava Spirit Bomb! (Bonus Chapter 14/75)

Inside the circular wall, Sorin stood facing the Dragon Warrior, katana in hand. Neither made a move, instead circling the center of the arena, each searching for the other's weakness.

Suddenly, Solin heard two sounds, one after the other, of hitting the wall. The first sound was softer and crisper, while the second was a heavy, muffled thud.

"Sorin! Sorin! Can you hear me?" Yuna's anxious shouts came from outside the wall.

"Give me some background music! That's Mars' ultimate attack!" Sorin shouted towards the outside of the wall. "Don't get close to the wall, it reflects damage!"

This is what he heard or deduced from the two voices just now, after all, this skill is too obvious. Apart from the gun turning into a sword, this skill is almost no different from the ultimate skill of Mars, the new hero launched by DOTA2 in the winter of 2018 (9) (spring), [Hot-Blooded Arena], except that the wall itself has changed from Mars's warriors to special stones.

"I...I understand," Yuna replied from the other side of the wall, her voice soft but firm. "Good luck, Sorin!"

The melodious flute music once again echoed throughout the hall. Yuna considered that Sorin might need a more intense background music, and then she thought for a moment and used a classic and very appropriate piece of music at the moment—Fervent Duelist.

Friends in the mountains, friends in the trees, friends in the water!

[Friends on the rooftop, friends behind bars!]

[Friends in the drug rehabilitation center, friends in the fitting room!]

"Righteous Earthlings! Raise your hands! Lava Spirit Bomb, every shot hits!" Even in this predicament, Sorin couldn't resist cracking a joke, then looked at the Dragon Knight with even more aggressive eyes. "You're just a useless piece of trash. I heard you challenged me to a duel? You beast, come here!"

[You beast! Come here... my friend, stop for a second, let me play! Rua!]

The entire live stream room was suddenly filled with the flavor of the Qin Dynasty.

[Pong friends, stop right there, this isn't Da Qin's live stream]

Although it was a very embarrassing statement, the Dragon Knight seemed to understand it and strode towards Solin, raising the Dragon Sword high in his hand.

"Let me tell you, each of us from the Chicken Leg Cult could easily kill ten thousand of these giant swordsmen." Solin calmly raised his katana, aiming it at the Dragon Knight. "However, our chicken legs are a bit small, not suitable for dealing with this kind of enemy. We can still do a lesson in foresight here... Screw it, if I stand here waiting to use foresight against a humanoid monster, isn't that a bit cowardly? Real men are reckless, right? Do you understand the Five Elements of Interstellar Recklessness Overcomes Stealth?"

After saying that, he charged toward the Dragon Knight with his sword, and then nimbly rolled to the side to dodge the attack just as the Dragon Knight was about to strike.

"Here we used a roll to bait out a hit, then got up and performed a vertical slash followed by a thrust to cancel the recovery animation. We saw him raise his sword again... This scoundrel still wants to chop me down!"

Although Sorin spoke rapidly, the entire commentary lasted only about two seconds. The Dragon Knight's two-handed greatsword unleashed an attack speed comparable to Kirito's, while Sorin could only continue to slowly chip away at the enemy's health with basic attacks followed by rolls and then more basic attacks.

Although this would slowly whittle down the Dragon Knight's health, Solin was worried that it would go berserk or unleash other skills if too much time passed, so he decided to play more aggressively.

So after canceling the after-animation of another vertical slash followed by a thrust, he did not choose to continue using rolls to dodge the Dragon Knight's normal attacks. Instead, he put his katana back into his kaleidoscope, drew out the newly acquired battle staff [Azure Lightning Soul], and swung it back to detonate the mark that the katana had attached to the Dragon Knight.

"Chicken Leg Hero is here! You scoundrels!" After switching weapons, Solin instantly changed his offensive, and his rapid-fire attacks disrupted the Dragon Knight's rhythm. "Go all out! Fight until you're shitting your pants! I'm really strong this time!"

The sword skills of the War Stick already have a lot of small movement abilities. Although the output is not as high as his other weapons, these small movement abilities save Sorin the time he used to roll. Overall, the output is actually much higher than before.

However, after his rhythm was disrupted, the Dragon Knight recovered in just a moment. He stood still, withstanding a full combo from Sorin, and once again raised the Dragon Sword high, its surface shimmering with a blood-red light, clearly indicating that he was about to unleash a powerful attack.

"I don't really understand this kind of player who insists on using the Eight Maidens Formation against Choi Bounge. Of course, it's just an AI, so we can't expect too much." Solin naturally saw that this was the prelude to a powerful move, but he still had a backup plan. The Dragon Knight charged up for a moment, and then a powerful slash hit the ground directly, shaking the earth.

Before his greatsword hit the ground, Sorin used his war staff to propel himself into the air, dodging the large-scale AOE attack with a Z-axis detection of 0. This fighting style is generally called "helicopter" or "flying staff" in Monster Hunter World. Of course, there's no need to keep flying around for a boss that's obviously not rideable. Sorin was just flying to dodge a skill.

"Have you ever heard of a palm technique that descends from the sky... oh, I mean, a staff technique?" Solin suddenly said, then adjusted his stance in mid-air, raising his war staff straight at the Dragon Knight, "Splitting Mount Hua!"

So, just how many old movies has Mr. Solskjaer watched?

Before 2020, when Teacher Mo was practicing the Dragon Fate Set using MTGA, he watched an average of one movie a day. You'll get used to it.

[I saw it! It's the Dark Sword Technique! The twenty-second move!]

Why is that guy's speech full of gibberish?

After unleashing this skill, the Dragon Knight was rendered immobile, his hands hanging limply, his sword firmly planted in the ground. Facing this ground-hogging samurai, Sorin naturally planned to seize the opportunity to unleash his full power. First, he switched to dual daggers and cast a Demon Dance in place. Then, while rolling and slashing, he switched to his katana, Kesazhan, and spun behind him. Finally, he used his rapier to perform a Deceptive Charge followed by a normal attack, and then switched to his curved katana for another normal attack, breaking another mark.

After this combo of skills, including the damage from the four marked attacks, the Dragon Knight was practically crippled. He slowly stood up, his entire body erupting in red flames, then let out a sharp shriek and charged straight at Solin. The sword itself was also wreathed in bright flames, looking incredibly powerful—the kind that would kill with a single hit.

"So friends, don't rush in if you're low on health. If I had a two-handed greatsword, I could kill him with a single charged attack." Sorin calmly watched him charge, then switched to his war staff again, took off, and watched him crash into the wall. After landing, he switched to a one-handed sword and shield and charged in to finish off the last mark, also finishing off the Dragon Knight's last bit of health.

113. Cold dog food was slapped haphazardly on my face (Bonus Chapter 15/75)

As the Dragon Knight fell and transformed into a blue polygon, the high wall that separated the others from Sorin also collapsed, turning into data fragments and disappearing from the spot.

Solin turned around and saw a brown shadow flash by, lunging at him. He caught Yuna quickly, picked her up, and silenced her with a kiss before she could say anything.

This time was different from the time at the clothing store. Having already experienced it once, even in this rather bizarre position, it took Sorin a full half minute to put Yuna down.

【666666】

Even though I'd already seen it once, tears still streamed down my face.

【囍】*N

[Aliuzhe has gifted 10 Super Rockets to the elegant Mr. Solin]

Dokkaebi gifted 10 Super Rockets to the elegant Mr. Solin.

[Disdain for this decadence 38324 has donated 10 Super Rockets to the elegant Mr. Solin]

At this moment, a large group of members were stunned. Although Sorin had told Kirito and Yura that he and Yuna were already in a relationship, this was the first time they had seen such a public announcement.

"A mid-air kiss...that's pretty impressive."

Kirito sighed silently to himself. Suddenly, cheers and applause erupted from the crowd. Some even took out the remaining fireworks from the fifth floor and lit them directly inside the room, making the scene even more romantic with their dazzling displays.

"I'm sorry to have worried you, so this is to make up for it, Yuna." Sorin smiled and pulled Yuna into his arms, whispering in her ear, "How is it? Do you like it?"

"...I'm glad you like it. Actually, it's quite nice this way." Yuna's voice was barely audible. After all, she was being watched in her own consciousness this time, so she was still a little shy. "Is there any danger?"

"A passionate duelist song lasts for over a minute, what could possibly happen to me?" Sorin comforted her, ruffling Yuna's hair. "Although you guys outside probably felt the commotion was quite loud."

In fact, there's always that one rather unpleasant voice at times like these.

"Ahem... I'm sorry to bother you, but Guild Master, should we continue exploring or return to town?" Yura walked up to Sorin's side at some point and coughed twice. "There are still three hours until nightfall. We should have a chance to advance to the boss room."

"Yura, you son of a bitch, are you doing this on purpose?" Solin was so angry at the sudden voice that he almost choked. "Let's go back to town first. That boss has a lot of mechanics, and we need to change the team composition."

“Although I’m not one to stir up trouble, I wouldn’t stand for this if it were me.” Kirito walked up to Sorin and patted him on the shoulder, deliberately putting on an old-fashioned air. “But I’m still surprised. It seems you’re making good progress here.”

"Do you understand, 'When the water flows, the channel will naturally fall'?"

Sorin deliberately told a joke with a double entendre, but to his surprise, Kirito was completely confused when he said it to him, while Yuna in front of him blushed bright red.

"Alright, let's rest here for a bit, then pack up and retreat. Get up early tomorrow and get past the boss on this floor as soon as possible. I have something to tell you."

——————One hour later, in Zmford, the third level of the main city, at the 【Crescent Moon】restaurant——————

The furnishings were still the same: a few tables and dim lighting in cool tones. This was where Sorin and Yuna truly met. Of course, it was Yuna who suggested having dinner here; after all, a girl in love always has a lot of ideas.

"Hey, Sorin, it's almost New Year's Day." Yuna looked at Sorin expectantly. "But I heard that China doesn't celebrate New Year's Day."

"No, it's just a difference between having three days off for New Year's Day and seven days off for the first day of the Lunar New Year. We still have to celebrate them." Suolin shook his head helplessly and explained this misconception to Youna. "I thought so too before I returned to China, but I only realized the problem later."