Ain Grandet 55th floor.

Grandsam.

Headquarters of the Knights of Blood Alliance.

Asuna, who was busy analyzing information, couldn't help but stretch. Although SAO was a digitized body, she would still feel "tired" after sitting and working for a long time.

Asuna stood up and looked out through the office window.

For a moment, the scenery outside the office building was all in sight.

The city of "Gransam", where the headquarters of the Knights of the Blood Alliance, is also known as the "Iron Capital".

Unlike most other towns, the main building of this town is a "huge spire", all made of steel that shines with black light.

Although many players settled here because of the prosperity of smelting and gold carving craftsmanship, there are no streets at all. In this season when autumn is getting stronger, people feel that the wind will be particularly cold.

This huge spire easily reminds of the floating castle "Ain Grande" itself, so Asuna didn't particularly like it.

But the leader Hitzcliff liked here. Many members of the Blood League Knights also felt that the Iron Capital was in line with the iron-blooded and resolute character of the Blood League Knights.

The minority obeys the majority, and Asuna has no choice.

Therefore, this place has also become the headquarters of the Blood Alliance Knights.

"It's been a year!"

Feeling a gust of autumn wind, Asuna couldn't help but feel sad about spring and autumn.

Although Asuna always uses her endless work to anesthetize herself, her longing for her hometown still fills up from time to time.

That's right.

It has been a year since the last time that the 25 layers of guarding waves were eliminated by the last time, Liberty Wings alone.

If we count the time spent before the 25th floor, she and many players have been trapped in this steel castle for almost a year and a half.

In a year and a half, it can really change too much.

Nowadays, Asuna has begun to get used to seeing a fantasy-style bedroom every morning when she opens her eyes.

I am also used to being able to make a meal that looks extremely exquisite by just a few orders, and I am also used to having a hearty meal alone.

As for what you think every day, how to guide the next floor as soon as possible.

Even some memories in the real world began to fade.

So much so that Asuna has the illusion of being born in the world of Ain Grandet!

I have to say that habits are really a very terrible force.

but.

Every time I dreamed of it at midnight, Asuna still couldn't help but miss her hometown.

In the real world, Asuna hates her mother very much, and she has to make trouble in every aspect of her life, and she even always introduces her to various "young talents".

This made Asuna feel that she was the puppet in her mother's hand and always thought about how to escape.

but.

It has been nearly a year and a half since I saw each other, and Asuna still couldn't help but miss her parents and brother.

After being trapped in this world for a year and a half, she could still know the progress of the game's strategy, and finally she had hope.

But how should parents in the real world suffer?

in addition.

In reality, what's going on with her body?

Asuna doesn't think that this game can continue.

If a person lies still and does not move for a long time, even if he has the best care conditions, he will still gradually become weak.

And this is just a chronic physical death!

What's even more terrifying is the chronic death in society.

If I had been sleepy for three or four years in this game, my peers in reality would have probably left them far behind.

It is said that every generation gap will be seen in three years, and every five years will be separated. If she continues to be trapped like this, her real life will probably be completely corrupt!

Whenever Asuna thinks of this, she can't help but tremble.

Sometimes I even feel anxious all night and can’t sleep!

but.

The progress of the strategy is really no longer possible!

During this year, the two major guilds of the Blood Alliance Knights and the Wings of Freedom were "fighting fiercely".

On the tenth day when the 25th floor of the defending wave ss was defeated by the Wings of Freedom, the Blood Alliance Knights, led by the leader of the regiment, defeated the 26th floor of the defending wave ss.

It’s really not too slow to guide one floor in ten days.

After all, life is only once, and if you lose it, you will never come back.

Following the Wings of Freedom, the Blood Alliance Knights showed their strengths and told all players that the Blood Alliance Knights can also be able to make a separate strategy.

The name of Hitzcliff, the mysterious leader of the Blood Alliance Knights, spread throughout SAO again.

But this is like playing the horn of war!

On the ninth day after the Blood Alliance Knights defeated the 26th layer of defense wave ss, Makino led the members of the Wings of Freedom to defeat the 27th layer of defense wave ss.

This feat once again shocked many people to the bottom of their chin.

When did the guardian wave ss be so easy to be guided?

But no matter what, this is exciting news for all trapped players.

Every floor is guided, which means it is closer to going home.

The Wings of Freedom go a step further, how could the Knights of the Blood Alliance fall behind?

Then, in less than 7 days, the Blood Alliance Knights gave the 29th layer of guard waves to a successful strategy.

This made other guilds unable to sit still!

The reason is that the Blood Alliance Knights and the Wings of Freedom fight each other, almost making the guardian waves on all floors wider and wider the gap between them and other guilds.

If the Blood Alliance Knights and the Wings of Freedom continue to sing this one-man show, there will probably be nothing else in the guild afterwards.

The first one to take action was the union of the three saint dragons in the ten thousand years. Not only that, the Liberation Force of Ain Grant, who was permanently stationed in the starting town of the first floor, set sail again, returned to the strategy group, and launched a charge to the 30th floor.

However, the cruel facts prove to everyone again that not every guild is the Wings of Freedom and the Knights of the Blood Alliance.

Not every leader is Makino and Hitzcliff!

The two leaders and the two guilds proved to everyone again that mortals do not understand the world of genius.

However, when the strategy floor reached 35, the strategy progress slowed down again.

Even the two strongest guilds of the Free Wings and the Blood Alliance Knights cannot independently attack the guardian waves on a single floor.

Regarding this.

The Knights of the Blood Alliance are to expand their scale!

The leader of the regiment, Hitzcliff, personally came forward to recruit all guilds of all sizes, and the size of the Blood Alliance Knights expanded dramatically.

All the guilds of the big and small groups of the strategy group were almost completely captured.

The current Blood Alliance Knights are not only elite, but also large in scale.

If we only look at the number, the Blood Alliance Knights must definitely surpass the Wings of Freedom, and it is definitely the largest SAO guild.

However, what followed was that the Blood Alliance Knights became somewhat of a mixed bag.

For example, the Blood Alliance Knights stipulate that each cadre is equipped with guards.

Asuna's guard is Krathir, which makes Asuna feel very troubled.

Of course, Asuna's biggest feeling is that the people in the strategy group and even the Blood Alliance Knights are no longer as enterprising as before.

This made Asuna feel terrible!

As for the Wings of Freedom, it did not expand as wildly as the Knights of the Blood Alliance.

The strategy of Wings of Freedom is still the absolute elite route.

However, the Wings of Freedom has established a close cooperative relationship with production players such as forgeators, trainers, tailors, pharmacists, and bards.

It is precisely because of this that every player of the Wings of Freedom is an absolute tycoon.

The equipment on his body is so luxurious.

As for all kinds of disposable consumables, every time I guide the floor, it is more like I don’t have any money to spread.

Not only that, the Wings of Freedom even extended their hands to intelligence sales, entertainment manufacturing, clothing and food production, etc.

For middle and lower-level players, the influence of the Wings of Freedom and the Knights of the Blood Alliance are not as good as those of the Knights.
To be continued...