My avatar is the heroine

Of course, Kirito and the others below were also watching the battle.

Sachi was surprised: "Kirito, is this what support is?"

Kirito looked slightly bewildered: "Probably... I guess."

Chapter 328 Kayaba Akihiko

Just as the battle continued, a silver-haired girl with a single ponytail, who had been standing below and had not yet joined the fight, looked troubled.

Yuriel, a member of the army, is one of the veterans who have followed Sinka, the original founder. Due to the usurpation of power by the King of Fang, who forcibly seized the best volunteers and imposed strict control over the army, the army has long since deviated from its original purpose and become a complete tyrant.

Among the more than 2000 players on the first floor, even those unrelated to the military had no choice but to submit to the coercion of this force. Even children were asked to pay protection money; all of this was clearly laid bare before Yuriel's eyes.

"It's not that I don't want to change, it's that I have no way to."

For a considerable period (at least a year), there were hardly any high-level players on the first floor. When the army withdrew from the level 25 boss raid with the aim of strengthening its organization and took over the starting town, they became the most powerful group there.

Advanced players are all leveling up there; there's no way anyone could help her change anything.

This grand event, which brought together all the players, was easily achieved simply because a few members of the God of Games guild raised their arms and made a call to action.

This level of mobilization and individual combat power led Yuriel to believe that... they probably have the ability to change things.

But... how can I ask for help?

……

boom!

As yet another person was kicked away, none of the soldiers dared to step forward.

PK is risky, not to mention that fighting in the safe zone can also be painful. It's incredibly embarrassing for a large group of people to be unable to defeat a girl.

As a cheater who is far ahead of other players, Kirito takes this opportunity to challenge Kurome.

He knew that Kurome's strength far surpassed that of Mashiro and Sora. Although he was confident he could defeat the two of them using his dual-wielding style, he lacked confidence against Kurome. In fact, it was almost impossible for him to win.

That guy's fighting ability is practically at the limit of human capability.

Just as he was about to raise his weapon—the Explainer—an unexpected figure suddenly walked up from below the stage.

"So, are you interested in fighting me? Of course, I won't join you. I just want to see how powerful the famous God of Games guild really is."

A man dressed in the standard uniform of the Knights of the Blood Oath stepped forward, and many players present looked over in surprise.

"Who's that? He looks impressive."

"No way, you don't even know the leader of the Knights of the Blood Oath? A lot of people think he's the strongest in the game."

A heavy, the strongest shield in the entire game was held aloft in his hand, the sharp blade gleaming coldly. Upon seeing this guy, Qiong knew she couldn't defeat him in her current state. Because this guy was the GM, Kayaba Akihiko's alias in this game, and he was even preparing to act as the final boss on floor 100, personally stopping the players.

"Guild Master, challenging me like this is pointless," Kasugano Sora shook her head. "Cheating with an immortal cheat code, there's absolutely no fairness involved, is there?"

"What?" The commander's body stiffened, and he involuntarily stopped in his tracks.

Seen through?

That's impossible; I've never even had any contact with anyone from the God of Games guild.

However, he hadn't been idle during this time, gathering information about the guild. Of its members, only one, named Su Lin, occupied a player slot; the others were all of unknown origin, seemingly virtual characters generated by the system.

Despite this, no matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find any information about these characters in the entire game. And the only one—the mainframe occupied by Su Lin—was actually unoccupied and was now completely broken.

Therefore, Kayaba Akihiko, who had his own agenda, never took the initiative to show himself after learning that a ghost guild had appeared in the game, and did not even make any attempt to probe.

He merely observed from the shadows, and even resorted to some probing methods.

"You think I have some kind of immortal cheat?" The guild leader of the Blood Oath Knights had a strange smile on his face.

"It's not just my opinion, it's a fact. Why don't I conduct an experiment?"

After Qiong finished speaking, she turned her head and glanced at Hei Tong, who was standing about twenty meters away. Almost instantly, Hei Tong threw a sharp hidden weapon.

With a bang, the hidden weapon struck its target.

but……

A hexagonal light screen blocked the attack, displaying several red characters: This unit cannot be destroyed.

This means that something has been exposed.

Everyone stared at those words, hoping the Grand Master of the Knights of the Blood Oath could explain everything.

After a silence of about six or seven seconds, the guild leader suddenly laughed: "I didn't expect you guys to actually find out. I thought I had enough control over SAO from the beginning, but with your appearance, I realized I was wrong. I didn't expect so many players to appear who are beyond ordinary people."

"Hmm." Black Eyes remained noncommittal.

She neither liked nor disliked Kayaba Akihiko. This man dragged ten thousand people into the game, disregarding life—an unforgivable crime. Yet, he would make a tremendous contribution to all humanity in the future. From a historical and human perspective, he has merit; but from the perspective of the victims, he is truly unforgivable.

This villain is much more complex than the kind of ruthless killer, so Kurohime decided to ignore his existence for the time being.

Leave it to the plot, leave it to the will of this world.

“Then, I’ll remove the health protection and fight you.” Kayaba Akihiko opened the game panel in front of him and began to operate it.

“There’s no need. After observing for so long, you couldn’t possibly be unaware of my strength. I think it’s better to let the dual-wielding style fight you. I think you know better than I do why I’m giving this unique skill to Kirito.”

"As expected... I couldn't hide it from you."

Kayaba Akihiko chuckled lightly: "Then, I'll be waiting for you on the 100th floor. As long as you can defeat me... defeat the cheating me, I'll consider you to have cleared the game."

"what?"

Most players were stunned when they heard this sound.

Kurohime was also slightly surprised. After all, she had specifically reviewed the story two years ago, but the Kayaba in front of her was clearly a much more difficult version of the game.

"Then you won't have the chance. If I wanted to, I could go up there right away."

"We'll see." After saying that, Kayaba's body suddenly turned into a beam of light and teleported away.

……

In the quiet arena, Kihara Tsurugi, who was sitting leisurely with his legs crossed behind the ring, suddenly disappeared from his spot.

Chapter 329 The Queen with Starry Eyes

It blinks continuously, with each coordinate movement covering a distance of approximately 500 meters.

Kihara Ayaki's body moved rapidly in mid-air at an extremely high frequency. Although it was a very strenuous activity, she had indeed managed to do it.

Because Yukino has trained her willpower, she can easily overcome general discomfort.

Her figure traversed the entire SAO 100-floor area, layer by layer, heading towards the top BOSS room.

……

At that moment, Kayaba Akihiko stood in front of the room.

He knew the players wouldn't be able to get up so quickly, but this time he habitually positioned himself at this height. Then he took a good look at the exquisite details here.

"Perhaps it won't be long before we fight here," Kayaba Akihiko muttered to himself.

"Yes."

A girl's voice suddenly came from behind.

"what?"

He turned around abruptly and saw Jie Biao standing calmly behind him; his expression instantly turned serious.

The scantily clad and distinctive red-haired girl stood before me, a confident smile on her face.

"Aren't you wondering why I was able to suddenly log on? And why the SAO system would have players like us, whose origins are unknown and who are uncontrollable?"

"I do find it strange," Kayaba did not deny.

"Then I'll tell you, the system is useless to me."

Jie Biao stepped forward and stood beside Mao Chang.

“Your SAO is beautiful, and I can enjoy it and the past two years of my life. It’s an interesting world, and as an outsider, I don’t really care what your purpose is.”

"Who are you?" Kayaba felt things were getting out of control for the first time, and he tried to get more information from Kihara.

"I'm an outsider," Rikka Takanashi appeared a few meters away. "Look!"

A picture appeared in the sky, and she pointed to it, saying, "This picture is like a game world. We can see everything inside from the outside and modify it more easily."

The painting was enlarged, revealing that it depicted Kayaba Akihiko himself. And this Kayaba Akihiko was also gazing at an identical painting.

"A painting within a painting, where you gaze at what you perceive as a painting, unaware that behind you, another being observes everything you do."

Mao Ba suddenly felt a chill down his spine and quickly turned around, but he couldn't see anything.

"Oh, the people in the painting can't see reality because they're confined to a painting. Kayaba, stop studying those meaningless things and focus on your research. Of course, you need to find a way to live longer so you can know more truths. Otherwise, you won't even have the right to think."

Rikka raised her little hand and tapped a few times in mid-air. Then, the administrator privileges appeared in front of her.

"What exactly is your identity? Are you an alien, or represent a more technologically advanced organization?"

"Think what you want, goodbye. By the way, when the others are clearing floor 75, I suggest you release everyone out."

After saying that, she used the teleportation crystal to send herself to the first floor.

At this moment, Kirito seemed to have given up on the idea of ​​challenging Kurome.

They're all cheating, what's the point of the challenge?

This so-called new talent recruitment contest ended up failing to recruit a single person. Instead, a woman named Yuriel took the initiative to ask her for help.

"Deal with Ya Wang? Sure, but don't rush things. I need to verify whether Ya Wang's actions have resulted in the loss of innocent lives. If so, I'll kill him."

“Kill…killed? This is…” Yuriel was startled. She only hoped to use stronger forces to change the current army, but she never expected to kill people.

"This place has become a lawless zone. Nearly 4000 people have died. So far, I only know that less than 100 innocent people were actually killed by players. Most of them were killed by monsters. But... how many of the remaining people can be guaranteed not to have died because of other players? For some people who are more dangerous than monsters, I think eliminating them is the right thing to do. This is to keep you away from hell."

As Kuroko spoke, she suddenly reached out and patted the older sister's head.

Her face flushed red: "Why do I feel like I've become a child again?"

She was really embarrassed to be patted on the head by such a cute girl.

"Alright, I'll take care of the Ya Wang matter as a favor. You don't need to be in a hurry. Just be patient for a few more days."

Now Su Lin has one thing to do: find Yui.

Kirito and Asuna haven't developed feelings for each other yet (Asuna seems to still like Kirito and is jealous of him), and it's unknown whether Yui will take the initiative to contact them.

It will most likely appear in other places.

Therefore, the task of searching for Yui was left to me.

"Yes, at least we should back up Yui's data so we can take it with us when we go to other worlds."

That girl is so cute.

If Yui doesn't find true support in this world, then Su Lin has decided to take her away himself. With so many clones, how could he possibly fail to take good care of this girl?

"Start search."

The objective was clear: first, deploy a clone to focus on searching the area around Kirito. Kihara Ayaki began moving between different levels, once a day, scanning all areas and having Mashiro analyze the images she saw.

Two days later, the goal was achieved.

"Yui, I actually ran into Kirito and Sachi."

"Dad, Mom!" Seeing the girl created by the game system calling two people her parents, Her Majesty the Queen felt inexplicably annoyed.

Oh, I forgot, Her Majesty doesn't have eggs.

"Make a copy first, system."

Misaki Shokuhou's adorable, almost coquettish voice silenced the system for a few seconds.

No problem, but don't try to act cute in front of me.

The merciless mockery caused several black lines to appear on Misaki Shokuhou's forehead.

"Listen, I don't like to act cute with you; it's just the nature of some of my clones that influences me."

Her starry eyes twinkled a few times, and a gust of wind blew, causing Tokiwadai's school uniform skirt to flutter in the wind.

Yui, who was in the distance, saw her and opened her mouth slightly in confusion: "Eh?"

"What...wow, what a cute girl!" Sachi exclaimed.

My eyes are practically sparkling! How can there be such a girl? But her figure is really a bit too much; her breasts are practically the size of a cow's.