Episode 8 "Memories of Killing"
It's short, but it's an important episode that will lead to GGO later
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I will touch on it a little later in the story.
*Added due to revision. Along with that, there is a bit of unforgiving cruelty portrayed by Ori.
Please be careful.
It's been two months since I visited Lisbeth Arms Shop...
I came to the Knights of the Blood Headquarters on the 55th floor alone.
"Ah! Kirito-kun, Fon-kun, you're already here!"
"Oh. Diavel, it's been a while."
"I'm glad you're doing well. After that, how about the guild?"
"Thanks to you, I'm doing well"
Diabel came from the other side and called out to us.
It's been a long time since I met Diavel... has it been since I consulted with you before?
“Diabel…Will the Liberation Group also participate in this subjugation battle?”
"Oh. There must be something we can do!"
That's right... the guild that used to call itself the Aincrad Liberation Army, commonly known as the 'Army', is now divided into two main guilds. Composed of Diavel and its leader, Thinker, and other members, the conscientious capture guild, Aincrad Liberation Group, commonly known as the ``Liberation Group''.
On the other hand, the hard-liners are known to call themselves the 'Army'. He was consulted by Diabel about this and cooperated in the establishment of the Liberation Group. Most players now belong to the liberation group, and fewer players belong to the army.
“Everyone, I want to do the final confirmation soon! Please be quiet!”
The man in the Blue Dragon Alliance armor said so and the place fell silent.
“…Thank you.
With that said, the strategy meeting began...
“……………………”
After finishing the strategy meeting, I headed to the field where the "Laughing Coffin" was said to be with the players.
Kirito, Asuna, and Klein all had nervous expressions on their faces.
(...I never thought I would end up fighting a player)
Perhaps I was nervous too, so I couldn't casually call out to him...and it was right after I arrived at the operation point...
"...!?"
"""!!!!!!!!"""
I suddenly felt a bloodlust and became wary of my surroundings. Several players noticed my movements and were surprised to see the sights around them. Because we were surrounded by the players of "Laughing Coffin".
“Kakareee ──────────────!!!”
"""Woooooo!!!"""
"I'm coming! Pick me up!"
With someone's shout, the Red Players attacked us all at once. And the war with the laughing coffin was cut off.
“With this!
"Oh!"
I destroyed the Orange player's weapon, neutralized it, and handed it over to nearby players.
It was time to move on to the next player.
"Hyaaaaaaa!"
"Kuh... you!?"
I blocked the dagger's surprise attack with my one-handed sword.
"Haha, you're a phantom war demon! You can't kill me easily!"
"Johnny Black! Don't say bad things, surrender!"
“You surrender…?
Maybe he got annoyed by my advice, he attacked me with a dagger.
According to the information I heard at the strategy meeting, this guy is definitely good at paralyzing poison.
I kept hitting one spot on his weapon, trying not to touch the dagger.
(Soon...)
I waited for the timing and deliberately created a gap.
"I got it!"
"Kuh...!"
I got hit by Johnny Black's dagger and got paralyzed.
The paralysis poison status was displayed next to the HP bar.
"Hyahaha! Hey, what happened to the momentum you had just now!
Well... die! ! ! ”
“……………………”
He laughed loudly and tried to stab me with a dagger...
Pakin……!
"Huh...?"
“…………”
His dagger had become a polygon and disappeared. My one-handed sword skill <Horizontal> broke his dagger.
"Wh-why...!?"
"Haaaaaaa!"
I hammered the one-handed sword skill <Snake Bite> into the guy who didn't know what had happened.
"W-why can you move...you!?"
“…I’m sorry. It's easy to detox
While reducing the durability of his dagger, I activated the battle skill 《Sacred Song》 at the same time. This skill takes time to reactivate and the effect time is short, but it can simultaneously grant status ailment resistance and shorten the time to recover from status ailments. On top of that, the extra skill, resistance to all bad statuses, was added.
While restraining Johnny Black who was unable to move due to my blow, I carefully explained.
"Let go! This... you, I will definitely kill you!!!"
I handed Johnny over to another player and returned to the battlefield.
(…………If things go on like this, can we go without incident?)
I wonder how long it's been since the battle started... I was thinking that while looking over the battle situation. So far, there have been no deaths here... Red Players were sent to prison one after another. It was at that time……
"Wow!"
"Huh!?"
The player's screams echoed in our capture group's ears...
I looked in the direction of the voice.
“Ahaha…………Hyahahahahahaha!!!”
The red player whose HP turned red was attacking the capture group player while laughing like crazy. The attack group was hesitant and unable to counterattack.
"Don't die! Don't die! Don't die! Hahahahahahaha!!!"
「Tsu……You guys!!!」
Something inside me snapped when I saw that...
I used the 《Rapid Remodel》 skill, clad in 『Blue Flame Recca』, wielded my self-made spear 『Oniden』, and activated my Sword Skill.
"Haaaaa!"
I pierced the red player and reduced his HP to zero...and then...
"Huh...?"
Palin…………!
Without understanding what happened, the player became a polygon and disappeared. But
"T-help me!?"
"Huh!!"
When I turned to the direction where I screamed again, a person who seemed to be a solo player was being attacked by Red Player. With a spear blow that increased speed due to the effect of "Illusion Sword", it cuts in between them.
"Escape now!"
"S-I'm sorry...!"
Saying that, the player stepped back to regain his balance.
Just like that, I was thinking about how to capture Red Player, while we were ramming our weapons against each other.
"No, stop it!?"
"Die! Die!!!"
"Stop them!"
"Kill! Kill everyone!"
The battlefield had turned into a picture of hell. Kill or be killed... Steal or be stolen... Kirito and Asuna were all swallowed by that atmosphere.
And me too...
"I'll kill you! You guys, everyone!"
"…………Really"
I felt my heart grow cold at the words of the Red Player in front of me, and something quietly broke inside me. From the tsuba competition, he suddenly loses his strength and breaks the red player's posture.
"Oh...!?"
"... sink"
As it is, cut off the head from behind. Red Player, who had his head cut off, turned into a polygon with a single blow, regardless of his HP.
My merciless attack was an abnormal behavior among the subjugation team aiming to capture.
However, on the chaotic battlefield, neither my enemies nor allies noticed my actions.
“……………………………………………………”
"This guy!"
"Kill him! Make him a bloodbath!"
The red player is approaching me as if it was hit by my fighting spirit. But...
"... go down... go to hell"
Dodging the attacks of the Red Players, cutting off their wrists as they passed each other,
As it is, it stabs the heart from behind at high speed. The attack transformed two players into polygons.
"... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
Switching my consciousness to the next, I stopped thinking along with a shout...
……………………
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I don't remember much from there onwards... While I was desperately swinging my weapon,
Before I knew it, the battle was over.
"Haa... Haa..."
I took a deep breath and looked around. Kirito and Asuna, Klein and Furinkazan, Agil-san, Diabel... all the familiar faces seem to be safe.
It was a moment of relief when I suddenly looked at my hands.
"Huh!?"
My hands were dyed red. Surprised, I accidentally dropped my weapon.
When I looked again, there was no blood on my hands. Apparently, he was hallucinating.
I picked up the dropped weapon and sheathed it. Just like that, I looked at my right hand again.
“…………………………”
His hands were normal. However, the feeling of killing a person still remained in my hands.
(I...how many people did I kill...?)
Was the hallucination just now proof of my sin?
Did I have the right to kill people? So what did you save?
One thing I can say for sure...
I can never forget this, I mustn't forget... so I thought.
How did you move on from there? I felt like Klein and Egil-san said something to me, but I had absolutely no time to worry about such things.
I gave up thinking, and before I knew it, I was staying at an inn on the 55th floor.
“……………………………………………………”
I received a message, but I didn't have the energy to read it...
Now... I didn't want to see anyone.
This incident and another incident lead to the fate of GGO.
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