Honkai Impact: Travel Notes of the Tree and the Sea

Many times, most people feel that a good game should have an epic, evocative ending.

But in fact it is.

The battle on the 100th floor of Aincrad ended rather uneventfully.

Heathcliff does not have a huge body like those bosses, nor does Heathcliff have those outrageous attack skills with a wide range. With his [Indestructible] effect cancelled, apart from the various numerical bonuses from being a boss, he does not pose much of a threat to players.

In addition, Kiana and the others attracted almost all of Heathcliff's attention during the battle, allowing the other players to deal damage to Heathcliff without any resistance.

As a result, Heathcliff's health, which was more than ten times higher than that of the player, was only reflected in the fighting time, until an ordinary player in the strategy team inserted his sword into Heathcliff's chest. , emptied his last bit of blood.

"The game has been cleared..."

"The game has been cleared..."

. . . . . .

The inorganic game announcement sound sounded from the 100th floor to the ears of the players on the first floor [Novice Town]. Apart from the initial judgment that it was an auditory hallucination, many players couldn't say how excited they were. They just let out a long sigh and closed their eyes in anticipation like wanderers who haven't returned home for a long time.

"Finally I can go back..."

The players in the strategy team stood in twos and threes on the edge of the Ruby Palace, watching Aincrad gradually shatter and collapse under their feet. The cage that had trapped them for two years, two months and fifteen days was finally destroyed by their own hands. It was broken through.

"A'an?" Alicia first celebrated with the players and then returned to Tian'an. In the final battle, Tian Na almost never faced Heathcliff head-on except at the beginning.

He, who has been watching from the outside with a cane, is the last guarantee for the players, but it is a pity that this layer of guarantee was not used until the end of the final battle.

"What?" Tian'an turned his head and looked at the pink girl beside him.

"Should we go back?"

"Yes. The game has been cleared, and we should talk about it the next day."

After saying that, Tian'an greeted Kiana and the others who were still immersed in the atmosphere of celebration.

"Let's go, it's time to go out."

Tian Na waved his hand and led the girls. Before anyone could react, he turned into a pure white data stream and disappeared on the 100th floor.

……

"Tell me, you didn't call me here specifically to say goodbye..."

Standing on a platform far away in the sky, Tian Na looked at Aincrad that was constantly collapsing under his feet, and then turned to look at the man in white next to him.

"...Mr. Kayaba Akihiko."

"Of course not." The man shook his head.

"As the most special person among the players, I just want to talk to you."

"After I learned about the development of the fully stealth environment system - no, it should be said from earlier, I lived to create that city, that world that transcended all the frameworks and regulations of the real world. Then at the last moment I , I saw something that could transcend the laws of the world I created..."

The breeze simulated by the data blew up the hem of Kayaba Akihiko's clothes. Most of the floating castle below had collapsed, while Tenana was leaning on his cane and looking at the sunset in the distance.

Heathcliff, or Kayaba Akihiko... He continued:

"We have been having many dreams since childhood, right? I also forgot how old I was, and I have been obsessed with the fantasy of this floating castle in the sky... No matter how many times I have passed by, that fantasy situation Time remains vivid in my mind. As I grow older, the image becomes more and more real and expanded. Flying from the ground and going directly to that castle... it has been my only one for a long time. Mr. Tian'an... to be honest, I still believe... that there really is a castle in a certain world..."

"Really..." Tian Na shook his head noncommittally. Kayaba Akihiko's words were indeed true, just the sight of Tenana in front of him could make his wish come true...

"Mr. Tian'an... can you tell me. At that time, I clearly turned on the system protection. How did you break through my protection?"

"Who knows? It's probably a program bug."

Hearing Tenana's obviously perfunctory answer, Kayaba Akihiko knew that he probably wouldn't be able to wait for the answer from him.

So he waved his hand...

"Congratulations on passing the customs...Mr. Tian'an. Then I'll leave first..."

A single-family villa in Japan.

The villa that had been quiet for more than two years finally heard the sounds of play again.

"Wow~ It turns out that after sleeping for so long, my body feels rusty."

"Idiot Tian'an, don't you feel sore after lying in bed for so long?"

"It's normal for dragons to sleep for hundreds or thousands of years."

"Ah An? When faced with a beautiful girl who is sore all over, shouldn't you take the initiative to help massage her?"

While squeezing her shoulders, Alicia looked at Tian Na, who seemed to be fine, with a "slightly dissatisfied" expression.

Hmm...well, considering that it was Tian'an's fault, there was a high probability that he was really fine.

""Aries". "

Tian'an shook his head helplessly, and picked up the pure white staff for the first time in a long time, letting the warm light relieve the physical discomfort of the girl present.

"Bunny?"

"I'm here."

Echoing Bronya's call, Xiaotu's figure appeared in front of everyone again.

“What’s going on with players quitting?”

"Everything is going smoothly..."

Xiaotu waved his hand, and a translucent panel appeared in front of them. On it, one familiar ID after another showed the words "Exit Successfully".

"Ok?"

"what happened?"

"Wait a minute... The system shows that 300 people failed to log out successfully. Their IP addresses seem to have been transferred to another server."

"Wait a moment, I can manually intervene to make those 300-plus players exit."

"Not in a hurry."

What was unexpected was that Tian Na stretched out his hand to interrupt Xiaotu's movements.

"This is a "side chapter" left for them. Someone will naturally do it. We can just watch from the sidelines. "

Although what Tian'an said sounded a bit confusing, after spending so much time with Tian'an, I could more or less understand the meaning behind his words.

Since Tian Na said so, Xiaotu also stopped what he was doing. After ensuring that everyone except those 300 people had completed their exit, Xiaotu left.

"Tiannan, what are we going to do next?"

Kiana flipped through the "Not Exited" list left by Xiaotu, and Tian Na also caught a glimpse of a familiar ID on it.

"Let's wait in this world for now. As players of the death game, we have to visit other players."

"Besides, I still have to fulfill my promise."