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"Regiment... Commander..."

Asuna and the members of the 'Knights of the Blood Alliance' gasped softly, looking at the red figure sitting on the throne, and still haven't recovered from the situation...

"You guy!"

Klein pointed at Heathcliff and screamed in rage. "Weishenme will be here? …”

"What about the final boss? A feeling of unhappiness came over Kirito's heart, making his face ugly for a while, staring at Heathcliff, seeking his explanation, but only a steady laugh was drawn, and listening to that laughter, Kirito's face became more and more ugly.

Heathcliff stood up from his throne, did not take his cross shield in his hand, and with his empty hands, he glanced around at all the people present, at their blank faces, and then at the expressionless speechless.

"Yanjun—" A smile tugged at the corner of Heathcliff's mouth, as if it was playful, and it seemed like something else. You don't seem to be surprised..."

"No, you're wrong—" Wordless smiled, shrugged his shoulders, ignoring the bewildered expressions of the players around him, and turned his gaze to Heathcliff.

"I was really surprised when I heard that you weren't there..."

"Oh? Heathcliff raised an eyebrow, his eyes narrowing. "But you don't look surprised at all..."

"It's okay...", wordlessly, turned sideways. Under Asuna's nervous gaze, she slowly stepped forward.

"After all, if even I am surprised, who will beat you..."

Hearing this, the faces of the surrounding players changed again, but Heathcliff smiled, laughed softly, and then laughed out loud. "Yanjun, you are really not an ordinary person!"

With that, Heathcliff reached out and grabbed his sword-bearing cross shield and stepped down from the throne. Walked towards the wordless who was also walking towards him. As he walked, he said, "From the first time I met you, I had a feeling..."

"Zuihou, to be able to come to this huge floating city, the Ruby Palace at the top of 'Ayn Grande'. Standing in front of me. It's definitely you! ”

"Oh? I didn't expect you to think so highly of me...", wordlessly, flicked the hem of his coat. He stopped five meters in front of Heathcliff and stared straight at the red figure.

"But my first impression of you wasn't that good..."

Heathcliff was noncommittal and looked away. He no longer looked speechless, but looked at the players who had not yet reacted, and said with a smile: "I haven't congratulated you yet, everyone, congratulations on climbing to the top!" ”

"Heathcliff!" Kirito stared at Heatscliff with an expression of unprecedented seriousness. "What the hell do you mean? What is it called 'Welcome to My Ruby Palace'! ”

"What? Is it hard to understand? "Indeed, the person who has been fighting side by side with him in the past suddenly appeared in front of me in this way, and you behaved as I imagined..."

"But, once again, trust your ears, you heard you right!" Heathcliff raised his head sharply, the expression on his face had lost the shallow smile he had before, but instead had an indescribable severity and evilness.

"The Ruby Palace is indeed mine, no, I can't say that, it should be said that the entire 'Ayn Grant' is mine, this shijie is also mine, and all of this, including your current imaginary body, is created by me based on the true image scanned by your 'NERvGear' helmet!"

In a word, the air present immediately froze, and every player, including Kirito, Asuna and others, had a change in their faces, and a trace of disbelief in their eyes quietly surfaced along with the changing faces, and some of the players began to stand unsteadily, stumbling and falling to the ground, with a sluggish face.

Heathcliff's words were already so obvious that I couldn't hear what he meant, but I didn't want to believe it from the bottom of my heart.

In 'SAO', is there anyone else who is qualified to say that the whole of 'Ayn Grant', and even the whole of shijie is his, including the people who can also be created by imaginary bodies? …

Even if you don't want to believe it anymore, but now, the Red Jade Palace, which was supposed to inhabit the final boss, is it Heathcliff who appears inside, isn't it enough to explain everything? …

Kirito gasped in the cold air, condensed, and said with a slight bitterness, "You are Akihiko Kayaba!" ”

Heathcliff smiled softly and shook his head, but before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a cruel sentence dispelled a little reverie in the hearts of all players.

"Kirito-kun, in 'SAO', it's forbidden to ask about the reality shijie, although I created this shijie, but I also want to follow the rules of this shijie, so, here, let's call me Heathcliff!"

"Captain—" Asuna covered her mouth and involuntarily took a step back. You really are..."

Heathcliff didn't answer anything more, but said, "Originally, in my script, I wanted to reveal my true identity when you reached the 95th floor, and then come here to wait for your arrival, but..."

Turning his head to look at Wuzhi, who had been silent, the light smile on Heathcliff's face was gone, and he said very solemnly: "Yanjun, your appearance made me dispel such an idea!" ”

"Oh? Could it be that our Creator would also be afraid of a player who is left to his devices? He looked at Heathcliff with a wordless smile, only to shake his head.

"I just want to get a closer look at you for a while—" Heathcliff's eyes began to freeze. After all, you're the only player I didn't expect! ”

"I've been thinking, weishenme, as a player, can you have a strength that far exceeds that of a player? Heathcliff shook his head again.

"In 'SAO', there is a limit to the player's development, and this limit, even if I don't go through a certain setting, there is no way to surpass it, so I designed a unique skill, which is the only existence that can make the player's strength exceed the scope of ordinary players!"

"I gave one of my unique skills, 'Holy Sword', and the other unique skill, 'Second Sword', to the player with the strongest reflexes, and appeared as a brave character who finally defeated the Demon King, which was my original script."

"I've always believed that only a player with another unique skill can be a countervailer!" Speaking of this, Heatscliff's tone suddenly became a little bitter. "But I was wrong, Yan Jun, you are an exception, an existence that I did not expect, you have the strength to confront me and even defeat me even in the ordinary state of not using the 'Second Sword Stream'!"

"You know what? Heathcliff set his gaze on Speechless. "I'm unwilling for the first time, I'm really unwilling, as a player with unique skills, I don't have the confidence to defeat you who don't use unique skills..."

"So, Mr. Yan—" Heatscliff glanced around and knocked the cross shield in his hand to the ground.

"Before the final battle, I want to duel with you, a one-on-one duel!"

"Wh Words..."

Wordless raised his hand, stopped Asuna's speech, looked at Hizcliffe, and smiled.

"Are you serious? Wordless, his eyes narrowed. "You don't seem to want to use administrator privileges to duel me as a player, do you think you'll win? …”

"Really, I don't think there's anyone else in the game who can match you!" Heathcliff said crisply: "So, although I don't plan to use administrator privileges, I won't use the identity of an ordinary player to duel with you, no matter what, I'm also the final boss, I will adjust my ability value to the value that a final boss should have!" ”

"How? Yanjun, do you have the confidence to face the guard boss alone again? (To be continued......)