The Orange Guild is a criminal guild that kills people for fun after the death of this game.
The "Laughing Coffin" that Yuuki is facing now has a reputation unmatched by other small and medium-sized orange guilds. Almost every member has taken the lives of more than ten players.
They are known for their madness and wantonness, and they also have the ability to make frontline attack teams fear them.
Its president, the black-robed player standing at the front, a man called "POH" constantly seduces weak-minded players into corruption, which can be said to be the main reason for the emergence of orange-named players.
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"You're done! The shame you brought to me at that time, I will return to you ten times! A hundred times!"
Standing among the men in black robes, Kibaou was shouting a little crazily. He tried his best to instigate the Orange Name Guild and collected information to design this situation. Wasn't it just for this moment?
This is his revenge!
Ignoring this man who was so stupid that he fell into the abyss, Yuuki glanced at the gradually shrinking encirclement and pulled out his weapon with an expressionless face.
(...About thirty? It seems that almost all of them are dispatched. They really look up to me.)
Having mobilized so many orange-named players for one person, I'm afraid she was the only one in Aincrad who had ever 'enjoyed' this kind of treatment.
"POH, that little girl is our target this time?"
"Isn't it too much of a fuss?"
After spitting, the red-eyed cadre said disdainfully.
This combat power can almost annihilate a medium-sized guild.
"Hey! Shasa! She is the top player in the strategy team. It is the stupidest behavior to judge an opponent's strength based on appearance."
Speaking in a strange accent, standing on the other side of POH, a hooded man who was probably a cadre reminded him, flipping the knife in his hand.
"...Haha, just like Johnny said."
With a sly smile, Poh did not continue, but took two steps forward and declared to Yuuki in a victor's tone.
"This should be our first meeting, right? The president of 'Arcadia'."
"How are you, are you satisfied with the gift my subordinates prepared for you?"
You know, if the target this time is just an ordinary player, poh will not be interested at all, let alone a little person like Kibaou who is easily bewitched by him.
But hunting for the strongest female player in SAO has a different meaning. Is there any more suitable 'activity' to establish their strongest orange guild?
"..."
"What a boring show."
Sighing, Yuuki, who looked 'disgusted', made her own evaluation of poh's 'gift'.
If she had just entered the game, she might have been a little 'surprised', but now, it is really just a trouble for her.
The kind of trouble that has to be solved.
"Ah."
In response to this answer, Poh shrugged and sneered indifferently, but actually admired Yuuki's attitude.
This calmness really doesn't match her appearance.
He obviously looks relatively young in reality, but he has a more mature and determined mind than ordinary people.
But the more this happens, the more valuable it is to ‘hunt’, right?
Licking his lower lips, the man showed a bloodthirsty smile.
It's just that here, Poh is showing the basic qualities of a villain boss, but a certain clown can't tolerate Yuuki's calmness.
In his script, what he saw now should be the girl's reaction of panic, fear, and being swallowed by despair.
So he spoke.
Just like a qualified miscellaneous fish turns on the protagonist's switch.
"...Humph, are you still pretending to be calm now?"
"You think my revenge ends like this?"
"It's not enough! After killing you, we will get rid of all your guilds and friends without leaving any one behind. This is the real way of playing this game! Hahahaha——"
Looking up and laughing, immersed in his own delusions, Kibaou then shouted to the people of the Orange Name Guild.
"Kill her!"
Dozens of black shadows could no longer hold back any longer and rushed toward Yuuki with strange screams, not noticing the girl's gloomy and terrifying expression after hearing Kibaou reveal his purpose.
The temperature dropped sharply and the air seemed to have stopped flowing.
Some 'data' begins to change.
"——!!!"
At the feet of the girl in the center of the circle, little particles like ice crystals gradually appeared and stained the grass.
More than half of her black hair has turned blonde, and her eyes have completely turned pink.
It is true that hair color can be changed in SAO, but the scene before them was beyond their understanding.
Facing the smiling coffin members who stopped in shock at her change, the girl lowered her head and lowered her voice.
"Is this the real way to play this game..."
"Then I don't have to hold back on you murderous hedonists, right?"
The words that seemed to be talking to herself fell, and Yuuki's figure disappeared from everyone's sight.
The next moment, a certain orange player lowered his head and stared blankly at the sword that passed through him.
"First."
These were the last words heard by the murderer who was bewitched by the Prince of Hell.
——The fifty-fifth floor of "Aincrad", the Iron City "Gransam".
The main district has a huge spire as the main building, and the headquarters of the "Knights of the Blood Alliance" is located here.
Just now, they received witness information from the lower branch that the Orange Name Guild was holding a large-scale operation.
"Captain! Is what you just reported true? The people from "Smiling Coffin" ambushed the president of "Arcadia" in the forest on the 22nd floor?!"
After hearing the information reported by the team members, the Ax Warrior with messy hairstyle excitedly slapped the table and stood up, confirming loudly to Heathcliff at the main seat.
"Calm down, Godlif."
Having become accustomed to the voice of his own cadre, Heathcliff pressed his right hand slightly and motioned for him to sit back.
"But, we finally found the clues about those bastards, and they are still attacking the main members on the front line. Shouldn't we go to encircle and rescue them immediately?!"
Although he sat down with his hands folded, Heathcliff's calmness still puzzled him.
"Kirito has already left for this matter."
"Deputy Head?!"
"This is the first time that kid didn't report to me. He only left a message of 'I still owe her a life' and hurried downstairs."
With a wry smile, Heathcliff added.
"And it's not just our deputy captain. Although I don't know who is helping to deliver the news, most of the frontline teams have already gone to the 22nd floor after knowing it."
Speaking of this, Heathcliff couldn't help but sigh that the eldest ladies of "Arcadia" are so popular.
"Haha, those guys move very fast, right? They are indeed members of our "Guards"!"
The slightly relieved man slapped his thigh and laughed broadly, completely unaware of what he seemed to have exposed.
"..."
"Mr. Godliff, please explain to me the matter of this 'Guards'."
"Forehead……"
(Haha, does she really need rescue...)
Putting his hands together, Heathcliff seemed to have a premonition of something amidst the squeaking sounds under his hands. (To be continued)