Infinite Trial from the Giant

"Still can't find summer..."

Ever since Xia Tian was labeled as a murderer, the situation of Loki, Kirito and Asuna has not been good. After all, Xia Tian has always been in a team with the three of them. Now that the situation has become like this, some players will naturally transfer their dissatisfaction to the three of them. What's worse, some players directly regard the three of them as accomplices of the murderer. Although it has not reached the point of killing them with one blow, they are still extremely unpopular.

"What on earth was he thinking? Did he really kill so many people..."

"That information is well-documented, and Argo has also conducted relevant investigations. It shouldn't be false."

After learning that Xia Tian had killed so many people, Kirito and Asuna's attitudes changed slightly. Thinking about being with someone who had killed so many people and acted as if nothing had happened, a gap naturally developed in their hearts.

Killing people?

Loki recalled the scene in the forest elf camp when Xia Tian drew his sword against the red-named Sandavel without hesitation.

"Even if we kill people, we should kill people who deserve to die."

Perhaps he was influenced by what Xia Tian said, or perhaps it was his intuition after getting to know him. Unlike Kirito and Asuna, Loki himself did not have such a strong aversion to Xia Tian's killing.

"You won't forget about Sandavelle in the forest elf camp, right? If it wasn't for Xia Tian, ​​who among the three of us could have done it?"

"Even if the opponent is a murderer, we can't kill him. Xia Tian must know this, so he took the initiative to ask him to deal with Sandavier instead of letting us bear the pressure of killing."

Listening to Loki's words, Kirito and Asuna looked at each other, both showing a trace of struggle on their faces. Then Kirito hesitated for a moment and said, "I haven't forgotten this, but..."

Loki waved his hand to interrupt him: "But last time we only killed one person, but this time we know more than one person, right?"

"Loki, that's not a monster, that's more than a dozen lives."

"We are also living beings. If someone wants to kill you, will you let them kill you without any resistance?"

Loki stared at the two of them, then slowly stood up.

"Xia Tian is right. We should be aware of this. I regret not chasing him that day. He must be hiding something. You guys just stay here, or you can join another guild. As long as you have this intention, I believe there will be someone willing to accept you. I'm going to find Xia Tian."

You saved me. I wouldn't be here without you.

I will definitely find out what you really think and help you, just like I always do.

And the moment Loki stepped out of the door, a voice spread throughout the main street area on the twelfth floor.

"The murderer Xia Tian will be tried on this twelfth floor!"

……

In the center of the twelfth floor of Aincrad, there is a huge antenna tower guarded by the territory boss.

After the player defeats the boss of this territory, the antenna tower will start to operate. When the antenna tower starts to operate, the boss room of the twelfth-floor maze area will be covered by the signal, and all situations in the boss room will be transmitted in real time to the huge screen in the central square of the main street area on the twelfth floor.

Just a few hours before Loki and the other two were discussing matters related to Xia Tian, ​​Heathcliff once again took the initiative to approach Xia Tian and informed him of the relevant information about the antenna tower.

"Just tell me, what do you want to do?"

"Let's make a deal. You and I will have a one-on-one duel in the boss room on the twelfth floor." Heathcliff said calmly with a confident smile on his face, "If you win, I will tell you the biggest secret of this game. This secret may even allow you, or all the players, to escape from this game safely. How about it?"

In Heathcliff's view, safely leaving the game and returning to the real world is definitely a huge temptation that no player can refuse. As long as this point is thrown out, coupled with his performance in the strategy all along, Xia Tian must have great confidence in his own strength. With these two conditions added together, Xia Tian is bound to be unable to refuse the proposal for a duel.

"Okay."

Sure enough, Xia Tian smiled and nodded in agreement, but Heathcliff didn't know that the reason Xia Tian agreed was not for the two reasons he expected, but that he had been waiting for the day when Heathcliff would come to him.

Heathcliff swiped open the menu bar and operated on it for a few times, and a light red crystal stone appeared in his hand. Then he reached out and handed the stone to Xia Tian.

"I have already dealt with the boss on the twelfth floor. This is a teleportation crystal. After using it, it can directly teleport you to the boss room on the twelfth floor. Use it when you are ready. I will wait for you in the boss room."

After saying this, Heathcliff left Xia Tian's place directly. In the corner of the room where he couldn't see, the mini Aincrad that originally emitted a faint glow had already dimmed as if it had lost its life.

……

The sound that spread throughout the main street area on the twelfth floor quickly attracted a large number of players to the central square, including Loki, Kirito, Asuna, and Zhao Chen.

At this point, no matter how stupid Zhao Chen was, he could probably guess that he was fooled by Xia Tian. When he was still unsure before, he had deliberately spent time to threaten Asuna, hoping to force Xia Tian out, but he didn't get any feedback at all. This made Zhao Chen realize that Xia Tian was lying, he didn't take Asuna seriously at all, and everything he did was just to fool him.

Damn bastard.

Looking at the figures of Xia Tian and Heathcliff appearing on the screen in the central square, Zhao Chen felt his eyes tear up.

When did you come into contact with Kayaba? Do you really want to die? What's wrong with living in this world forever!

go to hell!

Go to hell!

Kayaba Akihiko, kill him now!

Although he was extremely angry, Zhao Chen also knew that Xia Tian, ​​who had the ability to return at any time, was basically impossible to be killed. His only hope now was that Xia Tian could not win, so that his plan could still go on.

"You don't mind what I just said, right?"

On the screen, Heathcliff turned to Xia Tian and spoke.

Shaking his head, Xia Tian drew out his Lord's Blade: "It doesn't matter, it's over after this battle anyway, isn't it?"

"You are right, let me see what you can do." Heathcliff also drew out his long sword hidden in the cross shield.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, the two men pointed their swords at each other.