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Chapter 583 Appearance in front of others
The strategy team's progress has been stagnant recently, and everyone is actually quite anxious.

They were all madly leveling up on the 55th floor. It couldn't be said that there weren't any strategy team members who came here to play leisurely like Kirito, but there was definitely not even one.

Krillin was a little surprised to see Kirito.

"You actually have the leisure to come here for a date..."

Especially when it's with the opposite sex, and not just Asuna or Yuki.

You are also quite fickle.

Xiaolin raised an eyebrow at him.

Kirito seemed to understand what Xiaolin meant, and quickly explained: "It's not a date! Her name is Silica, and we just happened to meet in the 35th floor of the Lost Forest. Actually..."

Then he told her what happened to Silica.

"I see. That's why you help her."

He glanced at the timid little loli hiding behind Kirito.

Like Aqua, Silica is also a tamer, but the difference is that Silica's familiar is a Pteranodon, which is the same dragon species as Aqua's Pteranodon, but the two are different monster species and have completely different abilities.

"I didn't expect you to help others."

Kobayashi put his arm around Kirito's neck and teased, "You're not helping her because she looks like your sister, are you? Asuna, Xing, and now Silica has come along, and you have a sister outside, aren't you..."

"No, no! I don't..."

Kirito blushed and was speechless.

In fact, when he helped Silica, he did see the shadow of his sister in her, but if he said it now, it would always feel like he was quibbling. The only thing he was sure of was that he never had that kind of thought.

Seeing that the innocent boy closed his mouth and pretended not to understand, Xiaolin directly asked the little loli with twin ponytails:

"——Silica, do you like purple flowers?"

"Wait a moment!"

Kirito was immediately defeated.

Seeing him like this, Xiaolin burst into laughter.

"That's enough." Kirito regained his shy mood and said, "I really need that soul flower. If possible, please give it to me. You can decide the price."

"I really want to give it to you, but the item is currently in Aqua's hands, so..."

Xiaolin gestured to look to the other side.

At this time, Aqua was talking to Silica, but she seemed a little excited.

"Ms. Aqua, you are Miss Aqua! There is only one person in Aincrad who has such long blue hair!"

"Yes, I am Aqua, the goddess of wisdom!"

The stupid goddess puffed out her chest with pride, maybe she thought she was very handsome, but to Krillin and Kirito she was just being stupid, but Silica was very excited.

“It’s really Miss Aqua! I’m also a believer in Axis!”

"……Eh?"

"Maybe Miss Aqua has forgotten that you once enlightened me on the first floor. Your teachings cheered me up again. After hearing about your deeds, I also mustered up the courage to leave the safe zone, and then as fate would have it, I also got a familiar! But my familiar is now..."

Silica looked extremely lost.

It didn't matter what happened afterwards. When Aqua learned that Silica was an Axis cultist who worshipped her, and that her familiar had died for some reason and continued the Soul Flower, the stupid goddess didn't hesitate at all.

"Here! Use this!"

"Ms. Aqua?"

"You need this to revive your familiar, right? Although it can be easily revived with my divine power in the real world, in the game, I can only use props."

"But this thing is very valuable, I..."

"It's okay, it's okay. After all, you are my believer!"

A smile spread across the face of the stupid goddess.

It's silly, but very touching.

Silica couldn't help crying and hugged Aqua. Aqua, like a true goddess, gently comforted Silica, just like she had counseled her on the first floor.

On the other side, Krillin and Kirito looked at each other.

"It seems that we are not needed?"

"It seems so."

I don’t know if SAO is too depressing or Aqua is too charming, but I always feel that she is more like a succubus than a goddess. Why does everyone like her?
...The premise is that you don't know her true nature.

To outsiders, Aqua seems to be innocent, cute and good at guiding, but Krillin and others know that the stupid goddess is just a hopeless problem child.

After crying for a long time, Silica finally came to her senses.

The shy girl tangled her hands together, not knowing what to do. Seeing the strange expressions of Krillin and Kirito, she lowered her head. It was only after Aqua persuaded her that she calmed down.

"Okay, the next step is to go back."

The Soul Flower cannot be used in the wild, and if you want to revive Silica's familiar, you need to go to the town. Because of this, Aqua is no longer in the mood to drink.
The four of them left the Hill of Memories.

Fortunately, they encountered almost no monsters on the way back, and they reached the foot of the mountain at a speed of flying.

See you again soon, very soon.

Just as Silica was trying to suppress her inner impulse and preparing to cross the wooden bridge over the creek, several people jumped out from the bushes beside her.

They stared at Silica's soul flower with evil intent, just like the Big Bad Wolf meeting Little Red Riding Hood. But strangely, the arrows on their heads were green, which meant they were not criminals.

Kirito stopped and held Silica's shoulders, as if to hint her not to be afraid or nervous.

The same goes for Krillin and Aqua.

The girl with twin ponytails quickly came to her senses after a brief daze, and at the same time she discovered that at the other end of the short bridge was someone she knew.

His hair was as red as flames, his lips were equally red, he was wearing shiny black franc leather armor, and he held a thin cross spear in one hand.

"Ms. Rosalia? Why are you here?"

Silica asked dumbfoundedly.

Rosaria had no desire to answer such a stupid question. She raised one corner of her mouth and smiled at Kirito, "You can actually see through my invisibility. Your enemy-searching skill level is really high, Master Swordsman. I seem to have underestimated you."

Then she finally turned her gaze to Silica.

"From the looks of you, you must have successfully obtained the Soul Flower? Congratulations, Silica."

He said this, but there was no hint of congratulations in his words.

Silica couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, and subconsciously took a few steps back. She felt an indescribable sense of uneasiness. It wasn't until Aqua hugged her from behind that she gradually felt relieved. But the next sentence made her dumbfounded again.

Rosalia said, "Then you should hand over the flower quickly."

"Wha… Wh-what are you talking about?"

"I'm sorry, Miss Rosaria. No, I should call you the president of the criminal guild Titan's Hand."

The one who responded to her was Kirito.

After her identity was exposed, the smile on Rosalia's lips disappeared.

In SAO, if a player commits a system crime such as theft, injury, or murder, the arrow above his head will change from the usual green to orange.

Therefore, the criminals are called Orange Players, and their group is called the Orange Guild.

The green arrows above Rosaria and the others' heads were actually easy to deal with - just don't do it yourself, or hide in the wild for a day or two after it turns orange, and then it will turn green again after a while. If you have enough subordinates, you can even switch seamlessly. In fact, that's what they did.

"I didn't expect it to be exposed."

Rosalia lowered her eyes, and she looked like a fiery red poisonous snake.

"You're right. I just lured the team to the ambush site and then seized their items. Otherwise, why did I join that team for the past two weeks? Wasn't it just to evaluate the team's combat effectiveness?"

Her approach is simple.

First join a team, wait for them to earn a lot of money in the adventure, and then gather people to slaughter them after they become fat sheep.

And now, her target is Silica.

"But, my lord swordsman, you clearly know all these things, but you still accompany that child nonchalantly. Are you stupid? Or have you really been seduced by her body?"

"No, neither is right."

Kirito held down the ashamed and angry Silica and said coldly, "Ms. Rosaria, I'm actually looking for you too."

"How do you say this?"

"Ten days ago, you attacked a guild called Silver Banner on the 38th floor, right? Four members were killed, and only the president managed to escape."

"Ah, that poor team."

"The man who used to be the guild leader was at the frontline transfer gate square from morning till night every day, crying and looking for someone who could help him get revenge. However, that man did not ask me to kill you as a commissioned person. He only said that he hoped to put you in the prison of the Black Iron Palace. Can you understand his feelings?"

Kirito's voice was shrouded in a chilling chill, like a hard, sharpened ice knife that chopped everything it touched into pieces.

Hearing him say this, Xiaolin also remembered.

There is indeed such a person. He remembered that Sato Kazuma accepted the commission without asking for any compensation, but he didn't expect that he entrusted it to Kirito again?

By the way, Sato Kazuma wouldn't have forgotten, right?
"What are you doing!"

Rosalia said somewhat unhappy:
“Why are you taking it so seriously like an idiot? Even if you killed someone here, there’s no evidence that the person really died, so you can’t be treated as a criminal after returning to reality. What’s more, you don’t even know if you can go back. Don’t laugh at me for talking about justice and law. I hate people who bring weird theories into this world.”

There was a cruel gleam in her eyes.

This person is just like PoH, both of them have malicious intentions towards innocent people. No, in some ways she is not as good as PoH.

"So, you took the words of that undead president seriously and have been looking for us? You really have too much free time. I admit that I did fall for the bait you prepared, but... what do you think a mere four people can do? Not to mention, there are two incredibly stupid burdens among them."

"Wait a minute, who are you calling stupid?!"

Aqua suddenly became anxious.

Although no one was mentioned by name, the stupid goddess always felt that she was implicated, so she shouted angrily.

Rosalia did not respond, but instead, she portrayed a bloodthirsty smile on her lips and quickly waved her right finger twice in the air. Suddenly, the bushes on both sides of the road extending to the other side began to shake violently, and then one person after another ran out from the depths of the bushes.

Above the heads of these people, there are orange arrows indicating the identities of the criminals, and there are about ten of them.

The ten new thieves were all male players wearing silver jewelry or secondary equipment and dressed in gorgeous clothes. They all had malicious smiles on their faces, and Silica and Aqua cast sticky glances at them.

Hey, hey, hey, don’t you know that having sex with a fool is against the law?
...That being said, it's normal that killing people in SAO goes unpunished.

Silica hid behind Kirito in fear. Aqua, who had just been shouting, also hid in fear after seeing that the other side had more people and more forces.

"Kirito, you didn't do this on purpose, did you?"

"what?"

"Don't play dumb. You must have known it would turn out like this, so you brought Silica here to talk, right?"

"Well..."

Kirito did not deny it, and even had a smile on his face, which showed that he did it on purpose. He did not expect that this handsome boy would have such a treacherous mind, and he had calculated it.

"It's okay if you want me to do it myself."

"Forget it. I'm used to cleaning up the mess for problem kids."

Kobayashi decided to help Sato Kazuma clean up his mess.

While the two were talking, one of the thieves on the opposite side suddenly muttered to himself.

"Wait...Kirito?"

His smile disappeared and his brows were furrowed. His eyes wandered as if searching for his memory. Then, as if he had thought of something, his face turned extremely pale and he took a few steps back.

"That outfit... holding a one-handed sword but no shield... is he a black swordsman?! Miss Rosaria, no, this is bad! This guy... is a strategy team that has been playing all the way through the closed beta!"

After hearing the man's words, the expressions of the other members became stiff.

Although Kirito is not as notorious as in the original work, he is at least a member of the strategy team. Coupled with his iconic equipment, he is called the black swordsman.

“Don’t, don’t be afraid!”

Rosaria stuttered, "The talents of the strategy team, they won't hang around here! This guy must be an imitator who uses his name to scare others! Yes, he must be an imitator! Besides, even if he is a real black swordsman, it will be easy for us to deal with one person with our number. The other side has three burdens!"

I didn't expect that Xiaolin would also be considered a burden.

As if riding on the momentum of this speech, a tall axe user standing in front of the orange player shouted, "Yes, that's right! And the strategy team must have a lot of money and props! This is a very fat prey!"

With each of them shouting their approval, the thieves drew their weapons together, and countless pieces of metal flashed with a ferocious light.

"Kirito-san, let's run away!"

Silica was terribly frightened.

In her opinion, even if Kirito was a high-level member of the raiders, he would not be able to defeat a group of more than ten people.

"It's okay, Silica."

Aqua once again held the girl's head in her arms, preventing her from looking at those vicious thieves.

"Xiaolin will take care of them."

“Xiaolin…?”

Silica was stunned for a moment.

“Come to think of it, I haven’t introduced myself yet?” Xiaolin swiped his right hand down to open the equipment bar, took out the silk thread and chain: “Let me introduce myself. I’m Xiaolin, the deputy leader of the Axis Cult.”

"Xiao Xiao Xiao, Xiao Lin——!!!"

The man exclaimed again.

If the Black Swordsman is imitated by others, then Xiaolin is a unique existence in the whole Aincrad. Whether it is equipment, weapons or skills, they are all unique.

It's not that no one wants to imitate. After all, the scene of Kobayashi's prowess in the strategy group is deeply imprinted in the hearts of countless players. However, no one can replicate that gorgeous and superb silk thread technique, especially after they try it out, they can understand the huge difference. Therefore, silk thread has become Kobayashi's only exclusive symbol.

"It's over...it's ever-changing."

If only the black swordsman was there, they might be able to fight to the death, but with Thousand Bianhua present, they had no way to escape.

The shadow of despair hung over the thieves' heads.

Xiaolin didn't expect this either.

There would actually be a day when I would be able to show my power in front of others.

"You can resist, but I don't think the result will change. After all, your level is too low, and the damage you cause cannot keep up with the speed of recovery. Even if I stand still and let you attack us for several hours, you will never be able to defeat us."

Xiao Lin swung the silk thread and tied up everyone, then said to Rosalia, who looked as if she was dead:
"You are right. We are not JC or judges and we have no right to convict you. But as the old saying goes, only God can convict you. The only thing I can do is to send you to see God. And there happens to be a God here."

He tilted his head and asked, "Goddess, what should we do if someone maliciously harms the Axis believers?"

"guilty!"

Aqua’s answer was firm and decisive.

"That's it. You will spend the next few days in the Black Iron Palace."

Signaled Kirito to open the corridor crystal.

In order to prevent them from being unwilling, Xiaolin threw them in one by one while they were tied up. As for whether they would become orange-named players, he did not consider this at all. Who made the weapons not recognized by the system - the silk thread have no attack power and was not judged as an attack by the system?
(End of this chapter)