"Qiang!"
When such a crisp, steel-like clash echoed in the air throughout the maze, dazzling sparks sputtered like flying stars, illuminating the entire space.
With superhuman speed, Asuna smoothly caught up with Tachibana's rapier user who was preparing for a sneak attack. When the opponent used his sword skill with a pink light effect, he struck directly at the other player's back. Asuna arrived last, letting the rapier in her hand also carry a pink luster, and like a meteor, it flew towards the player's back.
Of course, Asuna didn't do it to attack others.
The target of this female player is Tachibana's rapier user's weapon.
The sword skills used by both sides are all the initial basic skills of the rapier (Linear Attack).
However, there is a qualitative gap in the completion of sword skills between the two sides.
Although the "Linear Attack" of Tachibana's Rapier is also quite powerful, Asuna's "Linear Attack" is stunning, as fast as a flash of light and as bright as a shooting star.
Therefore, even though she was one step later than Tachibana's rapier user, and even one step later than her opponent in launching her sword skills, Asuna's rapier moved at a terrifying speed, arriving first and catching up with the straight sword in time. Take the weapon from another player's back.
The two rapiers just met behind the player. It was as if two rapier users rushed towards the player at the same time and launched attacks. As a result, the two weapons happened to meet together and collided. Let the sparks and strong winds rise.
"…!?"
Tachibana's rapier user was suddenly startled, never expecting to be stopped by someone else.
"What...what happened...!?"
"What happened!?"
The other players were even more startled and jumped away like frightened birds.
As for the player who was attacked, he seemed to be unable to react and stayed in a daze.
"Leave quickly!"
Asuna scolded unceremoniously.
Only then did the player react and quickly ran away to join his teammates.
The two rapier wielders then separated together and jumped to the side, creating a distance.
The air became so tight.
The eyes of the two rapier wielders met in mid-air, as if their sight sparked sparks.
"Tachibana...Tachibana's rapier user...!?"
"Tachibana's rapier user has appeared!"
"But...but why are there two of them!?"
"What happened!?"
Seeing the two rapier wielders confronting each other, the players present who were regarded as prey couldn't help but become confused.
Luo Zhen, who was chasing after him from behind, saw this scene and couldn't help but nodded secretly in his heart.
As long as someone witnesses two rapier users named Tachibana appearing at the same time and hostile to each other, they will definitely think that the rapier user named Tachibana who actually attacked the player and the beautiful female player who was rumored to accidentally injure others are probably not the same person. .
Although there will still be many people who doubt it, doubt is better than confirmation. This way at least there is room and possibility for relaxation.
"The only thing left is Asuna to take down the opponent."
Luo Zhen turned his eyes and looked at the battlefield ahead, looking at the two rapier users facing each other.
Then, he murmured something unknown.
"But, can she do it...?"
Luo Zhen looked on as if he already knew the outcome.
At the same time, the two rapier users also started a conversation.
"...Who are you?" Asuna was the first to break the silence and asked in a low voice: "Why are you attacking other players?"
This was the first question Asuna wanted to ask.
pity…
"… have a finger in the pie."
What the rapier user squeezed out from under his cloak was an extremely hoarse voice. Compared to Asuna, although not unpleasant, it seemed quite harsh.
That voice was not a female voice, but a male voice.
In other words, the rapier user Tachibana who attacked the player is a male.
The other party seemed to understand that he had been set up, so he released quite strong hostility, even... murderous intent!
In other words, the other party had murderous intentions towards Asuna.
This made Asuna's mood seem to fluctuate a little.
This girl must have never experienced such outright malice from others, right
However, this girl, who had behaved quite coldly and gloomily in front of Luo Zhen before, was surprisingly talkative at this moment.
"Aren't you going to give up?" Asuna pretended to be calm and said, "Then don't blame me for taking action."
As soon as these words came out of Asuna's mouth, they were immediately laughed at by the rapier user.
"Take action?" The rapier user stared at the rapier in Asuna's hand and said with great disdain, "Can you do it?"
Obviously, the other party saw through it.
Seeing through the fact that Asuna was just trying to show off her strength.
If you look carefully, you will find that Asuna, who just used the rapier sword skill with astonishing perfection, now has a slightly trembling hand holding the sword.
That's right.
Asuna's current mood is not as calm as it seems on the surface.
Perhaps, losing hope for the future and life will make this girl not care about her own life and death, but when faced with the life and death of others, it is different.
In the final analysis, Asuna is just an ordinary young girl, neither a magician nor a servant.
If even Mash would be afraid and hesitant about fighting, then Asuna would be even less frightened. Just thinking of her sword tearing apart her opponent's body, her vision seemed to be shrinking smaller and smaller, and her breathing was shaking. It started to become rapid, and even the floor on which her feet were stepping seemed to be gradually moving away from her, making Asuna feel dizzy.
This is not a game.
This is a fight.
Once your weapon crosses the opponent's body, the opponent's life will be threatened, and if the HP value returns to zero, he will die in reality.
How could Asuna remain calm when she thought about killing someone with her own hands
so…
"You can't do it, Miss."
The rapier wielder said these words sarcastically, and then raised the rapier in his hand.
"If you want to do it, you have to at least do this."
As soon as he finished speaking, the rapier made his whole body shoot out like a spring, rushing towards Asuna.
"…!?"
Asuna immediately had an overreaction, subconsciously stepped on the ground and retreated violently.
Obviously her sword skills and speed were superior to hers, so logically she shouldn't be afraid of being threatened, but Asuna's first reaction was to retreat.
This made the sarcasm at the corner of the rapier's mouth more obvious, and the rapier in his hand stabbed out mercilessly.
The target was Asuna's thigh.
"Pfft!"
With a tearing sound, the rapier sliced Asuna's thigh, leaving an effective scar on it.
Asuna's HP immediately dropped.
"Well…!"
Asuna let out a groan.
In SAO, players will not feel pain when they are injured, but the feeling when being attacked by a weapon will still remain.
Asuna felt that the skin of her thigh was scratched by something sharp, and the unpleasant feeling of the weapon piercing the flesh passed through her heart, causing her movements to stagnate slightly.
"This is called pk, young lady."
The rapier wielder took the opportunity to bully him, with a sarcastic smile and madness. The rapier in his hand turned into streaks of sword light and swept towards Asuna's body.
Asuna could only raise her weapon and start a futile attempt to resist.
The two rapier wielders fought in the maze, causing weapons to collide with each other.