"are you ready?" "There's nothing in here... wait!" "I'll be okay." "I'm not going in too far... we should find out what kind of boss we're dealing with." "How else are we going to figure out how to beat it?" "it's just... 80)}Mitometeta okubyou na kako" "1040)}The cowardly past that I'd acknowledged 80)}Wakaranai mama ni 80)}Kowagatteta ushiro no jibun ga Genjitsu wo ima ni utsusu scared Projecting reality onto today" "80)}Ikutsu mono sora wo egaita 1040)}I've drawn so many skies" "80)}Koko wa kitto hakanai kokoro 1040)}This must be my fleeting heart" "80)}Midashite 1040)}Out of control" "80)}Yume de takaku tonda karada wa this body soars so high" "80)}Donna fuan matotte mo furiharatteku 1040)}And it can brush away any fears that cling to me" "80)}Nemuru chiisana omoi hirogari dashite these budding feelings start to expand" "80)}Kizuku yowai watashi kimi ga ireba weak as I am..." "As long as I had you 80)}Kurai sekai tsuyoku ireta 1040)}I could stay strong in this dark world" "80)}Nagai yume miru kokoro wa sou eien de 1040)}My heart will dream a long dream forever" "I want to always be with you" "I'll give you everything I have..." "The Blue-Eyed Demon" "That one's gonna be tough to beat." "Uhn...you're right.. but I'm pretty sure it has got special attacks too." "We're gonna have to put tanks in the front row and keep switching out just to wear it down." "Yeah...it wouldn't hurt to have about 10 shield users." "huh?" "Wh-What?" "What's wrong?" "aren't you?" "What are you talking about?" "I just realized..." "The biggest advantage of using a one-handed sword is you can also use a shield." "But you know what?" "I don't I've ever seen you using one." "I don't use a shield because it'll slow down my rapier." "Others don't because they think it looks dumb..." "And how come you're not using the sword you commissioned from Liz?" "Very suspicious.... never mind!" "It's rude to ask people to justify their skills." "why not just have lunch here?" "Really?" "D-Did you make it yourself?" "Yep." "But you better your gloves off before you eat." "Uh...sure." "Here you go!" "This is good!" "But how'd you get it to taste so amazing?" "Chalk it up to a full year of training and study." "Aincrad has everything you need." "There's about 100 different seasonings." "I made everything just by calculating all the parameters inside the flavor-recreation engine." "Shugra leaf and Calim water." "It's mayonnaise... and Ulafish bone." "Th-That tastes exactly like..." "Soy sauce!" "I made the sauce for the sandwich out of that." "Amazing." "It's perfect!" "Have you thought about selling this?" "'Cause you'd make a fortune." "Y-You think it's that good?" "Uh...wait...you can't sell it." "But" " Why not?" "'Cause there wouldn't be any left for me." "you're so greedy..." "I could always make more..." "Kirito!" "buddy?" "huh?" "Gee...you're the same as ever..." "Wait..." "Whoa...you're a solo player." "What the heck you doing with a... girl?" "Uh-um..." "I'll introduce you." "of the Furin Kazan guild." "of the Knights of the Blood Oath." "c'mon." "Say something..." "What's wrong?" "You lagging?" "and looking for a girlf" "Boss!" "Whoa!" "Are you THAT Asuna!" "?" "it's cool." "These guys are okay." "I don't know about Klein." "What the hell?" "you weasel!" "K-Klein!" "What are you doing with that girl?" "Holding out on me?" "man?" "Spill it!" "well..." "Excuse me." "Kirito and I are together because we're sort of in a party." "Kirito!" "You son of a-!" "Wait!" "It's not what you think..." "Kirito!" "What the hell?" "..." "It's an Army?" "That's the big guild that runs floor one." "What are they doin' up here?" "They were almost slaughtered on floor 25." "they've been trying to build their numbers..." "I haven't seen them on the front lines in a while." "At ease!" "I'm with the Aincrad Liberation Army" " Lieutenant Colonel Corvatz." "I'm Kirito." "Solo." "Sure you are." "Have you cleared the area up ahead?" "Yeah." "We also got a map with directions to the boss room." "Right." "And hand over that map and we'll be on our way." "You want us to just give it to you?" "Do you know how much of a pain in the ass mapping is?" "We share our information and resources with civilian players all the time!" "And we don't charge a thing for it!" "We maintain order in the chaos of battle so that all players can leave this world as quickly as possible!" "it is your duty to cooperate with us!" "So hand over that map!" "you..." "Look bastard..." "Easy." "I was gonna go public with the map anyway." "It's cool." "now." "Wait..." "C'mon man." "You're being way too nice to him." "I don't care about making money off map data." "Thanks for cooperating." "I wouldn't recommend it." "That is my decision to make." "pal!" "And you can't beat that boss if your troops are half dead!" "Look at them!" "They're exhausted!" "Nonsense!" "My men are tougher than that!" "They won't quit 'til I say so!" "move!" "Oh man." "Are those guys gonna be okay?" "right?" "Maybe we should keep an eye on them anyway." "you or me?" "Asuna...." "I gotta favor to ask.... and he's a loner and addicted to combat... will ya?" "Okay!" "I promise!" "He's in good hands!" "That's the last one." "Only thing left is the boss's room." "Maybe those guys used some kind of teleportation thingy to go back?" "Asuna!" "Mm-hmm" "Hey!" "Idiots." "you guys okay?" "Don't just stand there!" "Use your teleport crystals!" "We can't!" "Look!" "The crystals aren't working!" "I've never heard of a trap like this being in a boss room before." "The Aincrad Liberation Army doesn't know the word "retreat"!" "C'mon!" "Keep fighting!" "They're insane..." "Hey...the hell's going on..." "They can't use teleportation crystals. but going in there's too risky..." "Isn't there something we can do?" "Ready..." "Charge!" "Don't do it!" "Hey..." "Corvatz!" "I can't believe this." "No..." "No." "I can't...no..." "No!" "Asuna!" "what the hell!" "Get out!" "Gotcha buddy." "Thanks." "This'll take forever..." "Get out of there!" "Kirito!" "The only way to end this is if I use it." "then... just use it already!" "Hey Klein!" "Asuna!" "..." "Listen!" "I need 10 seconds!" "Keep him off me!" "you got it!" "I'm ready!" "Switch out!" "here goes." "Starburst Stream!" "Wh-What the hell kind of skill is that?" "Faster..." "Gotta go faster!" "Is it... over?" "Kirito!" "Kirito!" "man..." "That was too close." "How long was I out?" "Just a few seconds." "You reckless...idiot!" "... don't hug me so hard." "I'll lose the last of my HP." "Corvatz and two of his men were the only ones who didn't make it." "We haven't lost a player in a boss fight since floor 67... that was suicide!" "Corvatz was a damn fool." "There's no point to anything if you die!" "You're not off the hook either." "What the hell'd you do just now?" "I don't think you want to know." "Oh come on!" "I've never seen anything like that before!" "It's an extra skill I picked up." "Dual-wielding." "are there prerequisites?" "I would've shared it by now." "It's not on the info broker's skill list." "you've got a unique skill!" "Kirito!" "How can you keep an awesome secret like this from your buddies?" "396)}One-handed Sword 678)}Dual-wielding" "906)}Thrown Sword 1030)}and it was just there..." "Dual-wielding." "426)}One-handed Sword 522)}Dual-wielding" "620)}Thrown Sword" "But...if anyone else found out I had a skill like this..." "They'd get pissed because you had something they didn't... but not me." "You're right though...people would definitely be jealous you had that." "And that.." "young man." "Easier said than done." "you comin'?" "I'll catch up with you later." "I need to rest for a bit..." "I hear that." "Have a safe trip back." "and..." "By the way..." "You know how you ran in there..." "to rescue those Army guys like you did?" "..." "Yeah?" "Well... you know..." "I'm glad you did." "Anyway...." "I'll see ya." "Asuna?" "I was so scared..." "I don't know what I'd do." "What are you talking about?" "remember?" "I'm taking a leave of absence from the guild." "sleep in all day?" "Did you forget already?" "I said I was teaming up with you." "Okay." "2024 Floor 50:" "Algade" "A blue demon that annihilated a big squad of Army guys..." "And a fifty-hit combo from a dual-wielder who took out the boss by himself." "I can't believe what a big deal they're making out of this thing." "it's blowing up right in my face." "A buttload of swordsmen and info brokers showed up at my place this morning." "Now I need a new pad 'cause they know where I live." "Yeah well...that's sorta kind your own fault." "but you went and blabbed it to everyone." "Kirito?" "We have ourselves a huge problem!" "2024 Floor 55:" "Grandzam Kirito." "there was that conference on floor 67." "We talked a little bit there." "110)}Commander Heathcliff wasn't it?" "too." "but we barely get by with the amount of troops we have." "trying to poach one of our best players." "I don't know what to say." "maybe you should do a better job picking her bodyguard." "You have my sincerest apologies for any trouble you might've had with Kuradeel." "But you must understand that we simply cannot allow our second-in-command to leave the guild just like that. you'll have to use your dual blades to take her from us." "you'll be free to take Asuna with you. you will join the Knights of the Blood Oath." "okay." "that's fine by me." "then." "80)}Tookuni kikoeta kane no ne ga sukoshi samishikute 1040)}The tolling of the faraway bells sounded a little lonely to me" "80)}Mou ichido tsuyoku kondo wa takaku kake nuketa all the way up" "80)}Tada kurikaesu genjitsu mo 1040)}Neither this reality that just keeps repeating itself" "80)}Hoshi no kazu no negai goto mo as numerous as the stars" "80)}Mezasu beki asu wo mitsuketa 1040)}Now that I've found the tomorrow I should strive for" "80)}Kono omoi ni wa katenai 1040)}None of them can overcome these feelings of mine" "80)}Me no mae ni hirakareta hate nai sekai opening up before my eyes" "80)}Tatoe yume demo ii 1040)}Even if it's no more than a dream" "80)}Mayoi tsuzukete mo mune no oku de tsuyoku it is strong" "80)}Zutto zutto hibiiteku 1040)}Echoing forever and ever" "80)}Sotto sotto hikatteru ever so softly" "850)}Next Time:" "Crimson Killing Intent"