Kirito didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pointed at the girl who appeared secretly and pointed at him. The "ninja-sama" in her mouth couldn't be referring to him, right?
As a result, the girl really nodded and said: "It's not safe here, we..."
Kirito remembered Fei's warning, looked at the direction she pointed before, and drew the sword on his back.
The man may have judged that he had been discovered, and immediately took action, throwing a glass bottle filled with suspicious liquid into the street and flying towards this direction. It was a man wearing a gas mask.
In other words, there may be volatile venom in the bottle.
But before it exploded, Fei sprayed out a puff of dragon flame and evaporated it.
However, SAO does not have the injury-free setting for teammates in some games, and the scorching dragon flames also hinder Kirito and Argo's actions to some extent.
But the next moment they were somewhat dumbfounded——
The girl turned around, pulled out a thin sword that looked to be of quite good quality from the simple scabbard on her waist, and rushed towards the gas masked man who was stunned by the dragon's flames at the same speed as Kirito and Argo.
The precise and beautiful stabbing sword skills are reminiscent of Asuna's level, but they are more flexible and versatile than her, and she has enough experience in fighting against people.
Continuously stab, time the stiffness and stiffness to deflect the opponent's prescription, and then change his attack to slash, completely taking him away and turning him into pieces in a smooth and flowing combo.
After she finished doing this, she hurried over and said, "Thank you for your help. It's troublesome to be called by the guards for questioning now. Let's talk somewhere else."
The girl hosted Kirito and his entourage to a simple home, and introduced herself so that Kirito's head almost split open: "My name is Mia, and you are the ninja masters and his companions hired by Lord Sairon that day. Sairon... it's me.
's father."
Fei said in a deliberately threatening tone: "Then, the reason why you are following us is -"
"I heard from the guards who escaped that he was killed by a thief... I also have to confirm whether you are related to the thief. I'm sorry for doing something rude. Do you have a key like this in your hands?" She showed it again.
String the keys hanging on your chest with a string.
Before Kirito could recover from the shock, Argo poked Kirito with his arm again and asked him, the one who took over the task, to continue the conversation: "I am Kirito, but I was the only one who was hired at that time, but
I am not the thief who killed your father."
"I know, the surviving guards all said that it was Mr. Kirito who killed those thieves."
Although it was strange for someone who was tricked by the lord to say this, Kirito looked at the girl who lost her father and couldn't help but said: "I'm really sorry that I couldn't save your father."
"Mr. Kirito, there is no need to apologize. I have heard everything. Not only did my father lie to you about the content of the commission, but he also poisoned you and wanted to lock you up to complete the mission on his behalf... No, it was atonement. What my father did.
, my mother told me, this may be the punishment given to my father by God Stacia. Even so, Kirito avenged his father and killed the thieves who had preyed on the people of the towns in this area for a month. Really
Thank you very much." Mia bowed her head deeply.
Kirito secretly said that when the group that robs wealthy NPCs and kills players for fun is now so famous, Argo saw the exclamation mark on Mia's head and said: "Well, Miss Mia is here to see us now.
, is it just to express my apology and gratitude on behalf of my father? There should be other things, right?"
"No, that's all. But, also, on the day Mr. Kirito accepted my father's employment, my mother, Siano, happened to be away from home. Someone invaded my house and stole the key related to the Magic Cube. Maybe it was sent by my father.
The one who came... was the person just now. Fortunately, it has been solved. After my mother found out about this, she stayed and told me about the magic cube and then left. In addition to the recent news that the curse of the puzzle game has spread to other cities, I miss her.
I definitely want to settle this matter. But after all, the incident is not over yet. I just want to remind Mr. Kirito and your companions that it is dangerous to continue holding the key, so..."
The girl seemed a little hesitant to persuade her to return, but Kirito also cared about things, such as the terrifying fighting power just now, and——
He took out the key he got from Cerrone, and there was some kind of pulling reaction with the key on Mia's chest.
He asked about the purpose of the key, but unfortunately Mia replied that her mother had not informed her about it, but had only given it to her for safekeeping.
"Miss Mia, Tongzi, can you bring the key and show it to me?" Argo asked.
Mia: "Uh-huh, uh-huh... okay."
Argo took the key and compared it, and said: "These are obviously two halves of the key. The serrations are aligned, so - eh?" She wanted to put the keys together, but was bounced open by a force.
.
"Is it magic... or a spell?" Kirito had learned it so he could feel it.
"Let me try." Fei took the two halves of the key and pressed them hard. In a burst of flashes and sounds that seemed to be shattering, the keys merged into one.
"Fei, are you forcing them together with brute force?" Kirito complained.
Fei shook the complete key and said: "Not exactly, it would be bad if the key was broken. You know I have the [Magic Resistance·Great] skill, so I thought maybe I could do it."
Then they started talking among themselves.
"Then, what does this key do?"
"...I don't know. Which lock should I open?"
"I don't think it's for use, otherwise my mother wouldn't have only taken half of the keys with her when she left my father."
"In the end, we still have to find Ms. Seiano and find out what happened."
"So, where is Ms. Seiano?"
"That goes without saying, just think about where the curse of puzzle games has spread now."
"Could it be that...we can catch up with mother?" Mia was a little unsure.
The transfer gates between cities are not necessarily completely connected, and transfer gates must not be used to transfer between different server areas. Passing through the wild in the middle will inevitably waste time by killing monsters, and Xiano's efficiency will definitely be higher.
Oh no, just when Kirito was about to comfort him, Mia spoke again——
"My mother asked me to practice swordsmanship since I was a child. I have been practicing swordsmanship for five years. In my impression, my mother would often go out early and come home late to fight monsters in the wild to become stronger."
"Wait a minute, I guess the purpose is not to train your strength with the goal of being able to challenge ridiculous blocks alone, right?"
The bad feeling rose, and in fact they had been delayed for several hours.
Although these few hours are short, if you don't need to break through the maze, a few hours are basically enough to defeat the boss many times.
They tried to contact Kureia, Akanali, Lan and Merida, who had failed in a ridiculous cube challenge, but received no response.
In this situation, if it's not in the maze area or some mandatory tasks, then it must have been a fight with the boss.