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

“I’d almost forgotten why you were lurking in Stormwind, Prestor… or rather, Miss Onyxia.” Thorin said, casually tossing a short sword straight at her. “I was hoping you’d slip up a bit more, but it seems… keeping you around was really unnecessary.”

Upon seeing the paralysis debuff appear under Yuna's name in the teammate list, Sorin immediately had Ivyxin descend, then used his flail to shatter the skylight and jumped down. Ivyxin, however, had to use her double-pointed spear to clear away the surrounding glass before descending due to her enormous wings, making her slightly slower than Sorin.

“Interesting human… I’m more curious about how you knew my true identity?” Onyxia, still in Lady Prestor’s form, looked at Thorin with interest. “And it seems this little girl is quite important to you. I wonder what would happen if I were to plunge this dagger into you…”

“Unless you take a deep breath, we really don’t care.” Sorin said calmly, then suddenly turned into a bolt of lightning, striking Onyxia’s arm with a precise thrust. While she was in pain, he snatched Yuna back. “Now you don’t even have a hostage. You’d better hurry up and say that line, and then drop me a T2 set of components.”

"What lines?" Yuna, still somewhat shaken, had just emerged from the coercion. Sorin didn't answer, because the next moment they heard Onyxia's voice.

"How dare you challenge Deathwing's daughter!"

Chapter 160: The Cruel Angel's Action Plan (Bonus Chapter 42/75)

It was only then that Yuna understood why, even though both drinks were drugged and used to induce sleep, she was paralyzed after just one sip, while Presto was unaffected after drinking almost a whole cup.

At this moment, Onyxia had completely transformed into that renowned Rinpoche... I mean, the Black Dragon Princess. Her enormous size almost burst the entire Prestor Manor, and her elegant yet imposing figure proclaimed to the world her power as the offspring of the Earth's protectors.

"Solin, were you just trying to get information out of me by talking to this thing...?" She stared dumbfounded at the enormous creature before her, muttering to herself, "Is this really an enemy we can handle right now?"

"What's the panic? Back in the late 60s, everyone became a Rinpoche. You could solo it with your eyes closed, okay? Just listen to my commands." Sorin calmly comforted Yuna, while pulling her towards the door. "Drink this medicine first, it's for relieving paralysis. But we definitely can't fight in this cramped space. We need to find a bigger place."

The moment Lady Prestor appeared in Thorin's view as Onyxia, the viewers who would normally only spam "awsl" (a Chinese internet slang for "I'm dying") when other female characters appeared instantly became excited, flooding the entire live stream screen with the phrase, "You dare challenge Deathwing's daughter!" For a moment, Thorin couldn't even see the other comments. Moreover, when he saw this familiar Rinpoche, he was actually much more excited than his viewers.

He wielded the flail with one hand, forcefully breaking the bolt on the gate, then kicked it open and ran out. From the outside, the entire Prestor Manor was a scene of devastation, with a gaping hole large enough for Onyxia to fly through.

“I’ll try to speak quickly. Ivysain will be the solo tank, and I’ll deal damage. You need to prioritize getting your fire resistance buff up, and remember to always stand on the opposite side of Ivysain, which is behind Onyxia.” Sorin spoke rapidly, and Yuna tried her best to hear every word he said and remember them, but she quickly realized that this was unlikely. “That’s all. Remember to dodge her tail sweep. She will fly up when her health reaches 65%, and then listen to my instructions.”

“…I’ll try my best.” Yuna replied hastily. Seeing that Ivysin had already rushed towards Onyxia, she quickly drew her flute from her waist and put it to her lips to play another melody—the Cruel Angel’s Thesis of Action.

"I love this background music!" Thorin shouted excitedly, then raised his shield and moved behind Onyxia, starting to unleash a barrage of attacks on her rear. He switched weapons every two seconds on average, since Ivyshin, who was acting as the main tank opposite him, was dealing far more damage than him, so he didn't have to worry about over-aggroing even with such high output.

Onyxia's first-phase skills are actually quite simple; her basic attack and tail sweep are fairly ordinary skills. And since the current team only has three members, with one person slacking off, her Flame Breath skill, which was originally a minor team wipe, is no longer a problem.

"Dear friends, we have once again seen our familiar old friend in an unfamiliar place. This former formidable enemy, who later became Rinpoche, remains an unforgettable memory for all veteran World of Warcraft players. Here, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Kayaba Akihiko and offer my heartfelt blessing—you are the worst."

While delivering this long monologue, Thorin continued to unleash his attacks relentlessly. After Ivyxin steadily drew Onyxia's aggro with her high damage output, he was now attacking a wooden dummy as if he were doing the work. He only needed to dodge her tail sweep knockback from time to time, which greatly reduced the pressure on him.

"Avisin! Try not to let this thing turn her head! Hurry up, everyone! Send her to heaven first!"

"Yes, Dad!" Ivy's voice came from the other side, and her attacks became much fiercer as she clashed head-on with Onyxia using her double-pointed spear. As Yuna's buffs were replenished one after another, she saw that with each attack from Ivy landing on Onyxia, the latter's health bar dropped piece by piece, quickly falling to the 65% mark.

“Friends, I suddenly have a bold idea. We didn’t have this skill when we were farming Onyxia back then. Now I’m going to try it out.” Thorin suddenly said this, and before Onyxia could flap her wings that could almost blot out the sky and fly into the air, he cut his battle staff into pieces, stuck it into the ground, and leaped into the air, landing steadily on Onyxia’s back.

"Phase change! Phase change! Yuna, hide!" He shouted to Yuna below, then steadied himself on Onyxia's back, like one of those legendary dragon knights. "I'm so sorry about today!"

Sorry is fine.

[Great hero, please don't show yourself, I beg you!]

After seeing Onyxia take flight, Ivyshin flapped her wings and flew into the air as well.

"Ivysain, unleash a burst of damage! Don't let her take a deep breath!" Thorin tried his best to disrupt Onyxia's movements while urgently shouting, "Yuna, why don't you disengage and use Hearthstone? The two of us can handle it."

“…Then good luck, Thorin.” When Yuna heard Thorin say this, she was silent for a while, and then after saying this, she silently took out a blue crystal from her backpack and flew back to Stormwind City.

Now Sorin had no more worries. What he was worried about was that after he jumped onto Onyxia's back, Yuna would be the only target left on the ground.

With Yuna's full Agility stat and leather armor's defensive capabilities, taking a Deep Breath head-on would likely result in instant death. Even after countless runs of Onyxia, he couldn't guarantee that his team's damage output would be high enough to prevent Onyxia from even using Deep Breath once.

"Okay, here we successfully rode Deathwing's daughter once. Of course, there are no mounts in SAO, so we couldn't get her to give us a 310% movement speed boost." Thorin, seeing he had some free time, continued his commentary while stabbing a scale on Onyxia's neck with one of his twin daggers, forgetting he had just mentioned there were no mounts in SAO. "Avishin 666! Break the reins! Break the reins!"

I've followed the streamer who casually shouts "666" during his livestream.

[Wow, this little angel is amazing!]

[After all, she's a woman so powerful that even a five-cost pass leaves the opponent too afraid to make a move.]

While struggling, Onyxia also had to fend off a powerful attack from Ivyshin. After tumbling through the air for so long, she finally realized that even if she remained airborne, she couldn't escape the two attackers and had no choice but to fall to the ground. Of course, Thorin knew that if she survived Onyxia's flight, she would be close to death.

161. Oh my God, my little angel can actually shoot out light beams!

(Bonus chapter 43/75)

"Fantasy, I apologize! Heavenly Demon, kneel!" Thorin pressed Onyxia's neck, uttering lines that sounded like he was setting a flag, causing Onyxia to land on the ground as he instructed. Then, he drew his battle staff again, leaped high into the air, unleashed two basic attacks in mid-air, landed, and quickly ran to her rear.

"Quick! Ivyxin! Unleash a burst of damage and kill her instantly!" Solin suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something. Initially, he planned to have Yuna use the fear resistance buff at this moment to resist Onyxia's third phase of fear roar. However, he had just sent Yuna back to town, so he had no choice but to see if a burst of damage could kill Onyxia instantly.

Ivy also heard Thorin's anxious voice, but she didn't react much. Instead, she stood in front of Onyxia, closed her eyes, gripped her twin-pointed spear tightly, pointed it at her, and stood steadily on the ground with one foot in front of the other.

A sudden gust of wind swept outwards from her, the powerful pressure making it difficult for Thorin to even open his eyes. He quickly changed his angle to attack Onyxia, while simultaneously taking out the telescope-like device he had used earlier and standing aside to look at Ivyshin. He saw that her aura had suddenly increased by more than one level; energy, almost at the fusion level, was concentrated on her spear, making the red light at that spot extremely dazzling.

"Oh my God, my little angel can actually unleash a light cannon! This is truly unbelievable." Sorin was so shocked by the power of this ultimate move that he even spoke in a translator's voice. "Oh, can you imagine? A Judgment of Ivys that cost more than 20 mana to play is much scarier than Forbidden Flame."

[Look at this awful tone, it's unbelievable! Who came up with this stupid idea? My friend, perhaps we can put it another way.]

Hey, you bunch of people who use that jargon! Watch out, or I'll kick your asses with my boots! I swear I will!

[Friends, stop your awful translation style, it's unbearable. For God's sake, I think I'm about to throw up.]

"What...what is this?" Onyxia stared at Ivyshin in shock, her previous arrogant tone completely gone, replaced by disbelief. "This is impossible! No, this is impossible!"

"This is the judgment of the guardians of Innistra! Evil dragon!"

With a shout, Ivyshin unleashed the pent-up energy, striking Onyxia head-on and instantly depleting her health bar amidst Onyxia's furious roar. After completing this attack, Ivyshin's wings suddenly drooped, and she swayed weakly, nearly collapsing to the ground.

You have completed the mission objective: Investigate Ms. Presto.

[Quest Objective Updated: Report back to Varian with Onyxia's head]

"Avixin!" Suolin arrived at Avixin's side just in time, gently helped her up, and then took her small hand. "Thank you for your hard work. Are you alright?"

"Hmm... it's not too hard if I can help Daddy." Aiweixin said playfully, then looked at Suolin with expectant eyes, "Daddy, isn't Aiweixin amazing?"

"Mmm, my little Ivy is the best." Solin stroked Ivy's head affectionately and said softly, "We're going home now."

Of course, he didn't forget to send a message to Yuna to let her know he was safe, and also to check Onyxia's loot. Perhaps because it was the first kill of Onyxia, the rewards were quite generous. The first thing that caught his eye was naturally the head of the quest item [Onyxia]. However, Onyxia (the dragon?) was quite peculiar, like Dracula from the Castlevania series or Rugal, the eternal self-destructing man from King of Fighters. She could be resurrected quite easily, even if her head was cut off and hung on the city wall.

"I wonder if I'll ever have the chance to see three Onyxia heads hanging on a city gate in this game," Thorin thought maliciously, then turned his gaze to the next item.

It was a one-handed straight sword, entirely black, its unassuming design concealing a base damage output far exceeding that of any other weapon currently in use. This sword had a very interesting name: [The Elucidator].

"This name is interesting. I'll explain a principle to you, and if you don't listen, I'll chop you up." After making a sarcastic remark, Sorin looked at the weapon's attributes and continued, "This white stat is incredibly overpowered. No wonder it's made by the Black Dragon Princess. And look at the attributes below, the built-in short white sharpness is pretty impressive. The next one is [Set 1/2 Dark Chaser]? So there's another weapon that matches this?"

He thought about it and felt that this weapon looked a little strange. The name "Dark Chaser" should imply a sword that can banish darkness, so it should be white or a similar light color, which would be a perfect match for this sword.

"Why not just call it San Ye Dual Sword? The main thing is that Dual Sword usually ends up either becoming Heaven or becoming a clone. It's rare for people to equip both of these items at the same time."

Thorin gave a final explanation, then tossed the sword back into his backpack. The next item dropped was another one-handed sword wreathed in flames, its design clearly crafted by high elves, and its name evoked a sense of nostalgia.

"This must have been dropped by an 80-level Onyxia, right? The one just now was clearly a level 60 princess. She's so mysterious."

Thorin took out the one-handed sword called "Smooth Quel'Serrar," brandished it a couple of times, examined its design, and then placed it in the Kaleidoscope. Besides that, there were many other drops from the first kill, but none were particularly important, so Thorin just glanced at them and put them in his backpack. Then he picked up Ivyshin, who looked tired but was still insisting on walking, and headed towards Stormwind.

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“That was quite a commotion, Mr. Thorin,” Varian remarked, watching as Thorin tossed Onyxia’s head to the ground and pointed it out to Edwin and Varian. “So, the one who stirred up trouble between you was this black dragon disguised as Lady Prestor. She is Onyxia, the daughter of Deathwing.”

“I see…” Varian nodded in surprise, then looked at Sorin with gratitude. “Thanks to you for uncovering their plot, Mr. Sorin. You may choose one item from my treasury as your reward.”

When Sorin heard this, he subconsciously glanced at his team, and instead of rushing to the treasure vault, he called Yuna back first.

"Are you kidding? The Stormwind Kingdom's treasury—if one less person takes a share, wouldn't that be a huge loss..."

Chapter 162: The Siege of Miro (Bonus Chapter 44/75)

A month has passed since the Poros Guild broke through the forty-ninth floor and reached the fiftieth floor. The theme of the fiftieth floor is corrupted machinery and mechanical lifeforms. The people of the main city say that this floor used to be called Miroland, but after Miroland was completely corrupted (contaminated) by a substance called molten oil, it was given a new name—New Philexia.

Some of these creatures, corrupted by the molten oil, possess a unique ability—infection. Being attacked by a monster with this ability inflicts the "Infection" debuff, and when this debuff reaches one hundred stacks, the user dies instantly regardless of their current health. This ability initially tricked many players, but after a month, they all became accustomed to checking their Infection debuff status regularly.

"We suffered a loss on the 25th floor once, although it wasn't many, it served as a stark reminder. The boss on the 50th floor is likely to be quite challenging, so we must be extremely careful."

Yura leaned on the table and stood before the members of the Poros Order, scanning their surroundings. The expressions of those attending the strategy meeting varied, though those with tense and flustered expressions were far fewer than those radiating confidence.

"This level of the maze area is still in Raid mode. We need to defeat the five judges of New Philexia one by one, accompanied by two NPCs, Azpeteri and Vanser, and finally defeat and awaken the silver golem Cain located in the deepest part."

"OK, the opponent's first turn is tower, second turn is mine, third turn is power furnace, and then Karn explodes instantly. Next game, I get it." Sorin stood on the opposite side of Yura and said this.

“However, most of the time you can only use one Tornado and then get exiled,” Yura retorted sharply, then continued, “This labyrinth area saves progress, so we’ll try to advance one-fifth of the progress each time we attack and defeat a Demon Judge. That goal should be relatively easy, right?”

“Indeed, as long as we don’t attack Grand Monk Eleon right away, there shouldn’t be any problems,” Solin nodded, adding, “However, let me mention the characteristics of the five Demon Judges as I know them. All five Demon Judges have the ability to weaken the enemy and strengthen their own. Grand Monk Eleon can weaken the enemy’s attack and defense, while simultaneously adding the same amount to other friendly units. The Hidden One, Wabas, can probably slow down the enemy’s movement and attack speed. As for the rest… I’m not sure how that effect will work.”

“But Whisperer Theorell shouldn’t let us lose one person every now and then; that would be too much.” Yura thought for a moment and then added, “Anyway, be careful in everything. I hope there won’t be any casualties before we start the final boss fight. That’s all.”

"May the glory of the Order guide you forward. Now, all of you, set off! Destination: the Maze!"

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The maze area on the fiftieth floor has a similar shape to the sixth floor, divided into five different colored areas. Each monochrome area is guarded by a demon judge of the corresponding color, and the monsters in front of it are all subordinates of this demon judge.

Interestingly, there's a passageway on the outer edge of the entire maze that can accommodate many people, allowing players to choose which judge's area to start their raid from. Only when all five judges have fallen can players encounter the boss hidden deep within the New Philexia maze—the corrupted silver golem, Cain.

"So you can choose which one to choose? With this setup... how about we practice with something simple first?" Solin suggested from the side, then pointed to the blue area, "The judges here seem to be on par with my little angel on paper, so there shouldn't be any problem."

"Should we attack the core fortune teller, Jinjitasha, first? Good decision. Adjust our formation, with tanks positioned in alternating positions. Monsters in this area can appear among us at any time."

Yura nodded, adjusted the positions of the Poros Order members, and opened the gate to the blue zone. The blue zone was naturally blue, filled with cold, mechanical constructs. Sorin could see many single-eyed insects on the nearby walls, lurking in the shadows, occasionally twitching, their chaotic yellow eyes staring at them without blinking.

“Clear away the Gittasha spies on the road. I suspect they’ll cause us some trouble.” Sorin said, flicking a dart to take away an insect hanging on the wall in front of him. “Kirito, Nezuha, you two are in charge of clearing these things off the road with me.”

"What... are these?" Kirito picked up the Gitta Shark Spear that Sorin had just knocked down from the ground, examined it in his hand for a long time, and asked with some doubt.

"The eyes and ears of Jinjita. He'll use this to detect our movements and then have his hidden cult forces launch an attack," Sorin patiently explained to Kirito. "Haven't you farmed monsters in Jinjita's territory before?"

"No, and I don't usually do missions there." Kirito shook his head, then noticed another similar-looking monitoring bug in his field of vision, and quickly shot it down with a dart.

"Yuuna, activate all the buffs, there might be an encounter."

Sorin whispered a word of instruction, then silently shielded Yuna behind him. Yuna looked at Sorin's reassuring back, drew her rapier, and entered battle mode. Her rapier had now become a rather interesting weapon, or rather, a fusion of her flute and the rapier. This weapon, named "Sound of Revival," was comparable in attributes to Asuna's "Shining Light," but it possessed a special effect particularly important to Yuna: after every three attacks, the next offensive concerto would be shortened by one measure.

That's right, after the [Bard] skill is maxed out, Yuna gains several damage-dealing effects in addition to buffs and debuffs. This is a significant improvement for Yuna, who was originally only a support character, but Sorin generally still uses her as a pure support in battle.

Just then, five fully-formed creatures wielding wooden staffs and shrouded in cloaks suddenly appeared out of thin air in the center of the group: [Deceitful Overseers], more than ten wandering ronin with mechanical skeletons hanging from their backs: [Withered Spies], and two [Winged Fusionists] followed by golems. As soon as they appeared in the crowd, they were immediately grabbed and taunted by the well-coordinated tank players, and then the remaining players quickly dispatched the rest.

“Keep moving forward. Check your debuff bar. If you have too much poison, use an antidote to remove it. I guess we're not far from Jinjitaxia's territory, otherwise he wouldn't have suddenly sent so many people to attack us.” Solin pondered for a while and analyzed, “Take a look at all the enemies and mark a few paths.”