Dimensional Manifestation

'Clang~! '

The crisp sound echoed.

The scene fell silent instantly, and everyone looked at Kirito and Heathcliff dumbfounded. Because the situation changed too quickly, people's brains were overwhelmed for a while, and unfortunately they fell into a state of crash.

"Undead attribute? How is it possible!?"

In the end, it was Asuna's exclamation that awakened the stunned people, and at the same time, an unbelievable guess appeared in people's minds.

"I didn't expect it to be exposed here, Kirito-kun, when did you find out?"

After a brief astonishment, Heathcliff quickly accepted this reality, showing a psychological quality far beyond ordinary people. He looked at Kirito calmly and asked curiously.

"During the duel before, at the last moment, I felt a sense of disobedience from your movements. My sword should have been able to hit you at that time, but your movements suddenly accelerated to avoid it. against my attack."

Kirito slowly drew out his second sword, looked at Heathcliff seriously and said.

"Is it really that time?"

Heathcliff nodded knowingly, and then took the initiative to explain to everyone.

"In order to be able to closely observe the performance of players in this world, I chose to disguise myself as an ordinary player.

But I think everyone should be very clear about the dangers in this world. I am a scientific researcher, and fighting is not what I am good at, so in order to avoid accidents, I added some insurance measures to myself.

Before the duel with Kirito-kun, I learned more about Kirito-kun's attributes and fighting style through the backstage to ensure that I can really win. But I didn't expect that Kirito-kun made a breakthrough at the last moment. This unexpected situation caused me to take temporary countermeasures, and Kirito-kun discovered the abnormality.

How should I put it, the world is indeed impermanent, no matter how well prepared the work is, accidents will inevitably happen. "

"So are you upset now? Heathcliff... no, it's Akihiko Kayaba!"

"Annoyed? No, how could I be annoyed? Rather, I feel very happy. It is the existence of this uncertainty that makes this world more fascinating, don't you think so?"

Unexpectedly, Kayaba Akihiko showed a smile. He looked at the people present who were still immersed in shock, and said loudly:

"Originally, I planned to wait for you to conquer the 100th floor, then reveal my identity, and then meet the challenge from the 'braves' as the final boss. But since the identity was exposed in advance, then I will only Now we can go to the Ruby Palace on the 100th floor."

"Go to hell! Akihiko Kayaba!"

However, if Kayaba Akihiko wanted to leave, he had to ask the players present if they agreed.

I saw a player sneaking around behind Kayaba Akihiko while Kayaba Akihiko was speaking. At this moment, he broke out and slashed at the top of Kayaba Akihiko's head with a sword, trying to completely end the opponent's life here.

"I'm so impatient, this can't be done."

Facing the attack from behind, Kayaba Akihiko unhurriedly called out the system menu, and then simply operated twice. Afterwards, all the players fell down paralyzed, and that player's sneak attack naturally ended without a problem.

"What are you trying to do! Kill us all here!?"

As the only player present who was not paralyzed, Kirito first glanced worriedly at his companions not far behind, and then looked at Akihiko Kayaba warily.

"How is it possible, I will not do such a cruel thing. After all, everyone present is the most elite existence among the players, and I hope that you can reach the 100th floor as soon as possible.

Don't worry, Kirito-kun, I won't kill any player through this foul method, and of course I won't hurt your companions here. "

"Then why..."

"This is a reward, Kirito-kun, for exposing my identity.

Now, I can give you a chance to fight one-on-one with me. If you can defeat me, it will be considered as clearing the game, and all players will be liberated at that time.

And if you lose, I will kill you without mercy.

So, Kirito-kun, how do you choose? Will you challenge me alone now, or will you face me with everyone later?

By the way, I will remove the undead attribute, but correspondingly, I will also enable all auxiliary functions as a boss. In other words, like the acceleration system that was used last in the previous duel, this time I will turn it on from the beginning. "

After finishing speaking, Kayaba Akihiko looked at Kirito who stood there dumbfounded with great interest, anticipating what choice the other party would make.

"I said Akihiko Kayaba, you're a grown man, and it's inappropriate to bully a child like this."

Just when Kirito was struggling, suddenly, an untimely voice sounded, interrupting Kirito's thoughts, and at the same time attracted the attention of everyone present.

"President? Why do you..."

Yulier turned her head with great effort, and looked at Lin Tianya who was getting up from the ground in surprise.

If possible, she really hoped that the president of her family could restrain her unreliable temperament a little at this time, and lie down obediently. But obviously, it turned out that the ominous premonition that she had had since early this morning may soon reveal the true face of Mount Lu.

"It's really surprising. I should have added a paralysis attribute to Chairman Lin's body."

As he said that, Kayaba Akihiko also deliberately called up the attribute panels of all the players present, found the one belonging to Lin Tianya, and carefully checked the paralysis marks on it.

"So can we discuss it, you can get rid of this paralysis for me, this bleep, bleep, really hurts."

Lin Tianya grinned and moved his hands and feet, but from his movements without any sense of sluggishness, he couldn't see any discomfort at all.

"...Hehehe, you are indeed the only one among all the players who has acquired a special skill by himself. Chairman Lin, you are really an incredible existence."

After staring at Lin Tianya for a while, Akihiko Kayaba suddenly laughed.

"Special skills? Does President Lin also have special skills?"

As the holder of the special skill - [Double Blade Style], Kirito has never known how he acquired this skill, so he has always hoped to be able to communicate with players who also have special skills.

It's a pity that he and Heathcliff were not familiar with each other before, and he has never been able to find an opportunity to communicate with each other. And after the duel incident, he realized that Heathcliff had a problem, and it was even more impossible for him to communicate with him.

"The only one? Don't you and Kirito also have special skills?"

Asuna, who was also lying on the ground and could not move, keenly noticed the abnormality in Kayaba Akihiko's words.