"Bell!"

The collision, louder than any previous strike, turned into an echo and dispersed with the momentum of the impact.

Asuna's sword skills were swung by a one-handed sword that seemed to be very heavy, but it exuded a faint halo, and it immediately bounced away.

"Hmm..."

Asuna only felt a considerable force knock herself away, and the whole person staggered back.

It was only then that Asuna saw the full picture of the intervener.

Who else could it be besides Luo Zhen?

"Look clearly, Miss."

Luo Zhen pointed behind him in front of Asuna, without waiting for the other party to ask questions.

"If you really trigger a heart blow, then it's going to be troublesome, right?"

Hearing this, Asuna subconsciously followed the direction pointed by Luo Zhen and looked behind him.

There, Tachibana's Rapier has fallen.

"Whew!"

The rainbow butterfly didn't know when it flew to the head of the sword envoy, sprinkling layers of paralyzing powder, making the other party hum bitterly, and fell down, unable to stand up at all.

Of course, Luo Zhen was not referring to this Rapier, but to its HP slot.

I don't know if the damage he took during the battle with Luo Zhen didn't recover, or if he was counterattacked when attacking other players, the MP gauge of the rapier was actually yellow, which had been reduced by more than half.

"I guess I didn't have a recovery potion on my body, right? It's really damning to death. ”

Luo Zhen evaluated the other party's behavior in a fairly objective tone, but it made Asuna shudder a little.

If the sword skill he just made really hit, and he also triggered the Heart Strike, then this equipment is obviously not high-end, and its HP slot has lost more than half of the Rapier Envoy, what will happen?

The thought of this made Asuna feel a cramping pain in her abdomen, which made her want to retch.

Looking at Asuna like this, Luo Zhen didn't make a sound, just turned around and looked at the players who were still frozen there.

"People over there, do you have any reservations for the future?"

Luo Zhen's sudden inquiry made those players subconsciously respond.

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

"Because there are orange players, I was going to return to the circle early today..."

"It's... yes..."

One by one, the players replied one after another.

"Really?" Luo Zhen nodded, and said, "Then this orange player will be handed over to you to deal with, and take him to the town." ”

Once the orange player appears in the town, they will be immediately suppressed by the NPC's guards and locked up in the town's prison, where they can no longer move freely.

This is the best way to deal with the offender, right?

"Know... Got it. ”

Only then did the players of that name step forward one after another, and took the paralyzed Rapier Envoy into custody and took him away.

Presumably, when these players react, they must feel extremely ashamed, right?

Actually obediently obeying the orders of the selfish beta testers, it is so humiliating that it can't be embarrassed anymore.

However, that has nothing to do with Luo Zhen.

Of course, it had nothing to do with Asuna.

Asuna just stared at the Tachibana-named Rapier who had been escorted away, silent.

"Woohoo!"

The rainbow butterfly also flew back to Luo Zhen's shoulder and stopped on it.

Luo Zhen then withdrew his weapon, put the Sword of Fortitude +8 into the red scabbard, and turned to look at Asuna.

"It's a shame that the Tachibanachi Rapier didn't make it to kill you." Luo Zhen said as if nothing had happened: "But it shouldn't matter, then you can continue to return to the maze area and fight the monsters until you are exhausted and fall down?" ”

Luo Zhen, who said this, didn't want to stop Asuna at all, and looked at the look in Asuna's eyes as if he could peek into his heart, which made Asuna feel very uncomfortable.

If it was before, at this time, Asuna must have left without looking back, right?

But now, seeing the end of the Rapier, Asuna seemed to be completely confused, and her steps were so heavy that she could no longer move.

This made Asuna look at Rogen.

Seeing this one-handed swordsman who was imprisoned in this world as herself, but was not frustrated by it at all, but looked lazy and improper, Asuna had only one question.

"Why?"

Asuna asked involuntarily.

"Why are you still so laid-back?"

Isn't this person worried about not being able to go back at all?

Isn't this person afraid of dying at all?

That's what Asuna thought.

In this regard, Luo Zhen only has one sentence.

"What is this?"

Luo Zhen pursed his lips.

"Compared to what happened to me before, this is so gentle that it can't be gentle."

Hearing this, Asuna remembered.

"Yes..."

This person also said before that he was the same as his current self, he couldn't see hope, couldn't see the future, just tried his best to struggle, but he had already accepted the end of death.

In the end, he managed to survive only because......

"Miracles."

Luo Zhen preempted Asuna and said the answer.

And, so I spoke.

"If you still believe in it, then what you should do is not to rush forward until you are exhausted, but to think about how you can continue to live."

"As long as you can live, then, one day, you will definitely be able to get what you want."

"That's it."

Leaving such words, Luo Zhen turned around and walked towards the exit of the seventeenth floor of the maze area.

Seeing this, Asuna opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but she couldn't.

At this moment, Asuna was really completely confused, and she didn't know what to do next.

This is also Asuna's weakness.

This girl, who seems to be strong and cold, has been arranged by others in her previous life, and she herself has just followed the path arranged by her parents, and has not made her own decisions at all.

How could such a girl not feel lost?

Luckily, someone showed her the way.

"I almost forgot to tell you."

As if remembering something, Luo Zhen turned his head and said something to Asuna.

"Actually, in three days, a group of top players will have a meeting in the square of Torbana, and the content will be about the strategy of the first tier of the defending boss."

The strategy of the first layer of the defending boss... Meeting...!?

Asuna immediately looked up.

Looking at Asuna like this, Luo Zhen opened his mouth with a smile.

"There are still many people who have not given up hope and the future, so they are now gathering people everywhere, hoping to gather enough number and quality of players to take the first floor of Ayn Grant."

This is the information that Argo told Rozhen, and it is also the reason why he asked Rozhen to help find Asuna.

"It's up to you whether you want to go or not?"

After speaking, Luo Zhen waved his hand and left here directly.

Asuna was the only one left, standing still.

"Three days later..."

Asuna muttered, clenched her weapon, and finally picked up her steps and left.

It's just that this time, Asuna is no longer fighting until she is exhausted, but preparing to go back to rest for the strategy battle in three days.

By the way, before that, Asuna had been sneaking into the maze area for nearly two days.

During this time, Asuna never went back.