[Comprehensive] Light and Shadow

SwordArtOnlineAugust 2024, 8

[Thank you, goodbye. 】

fortunate……

When he heard the girl's gentle and weak voice, Kirito's eyes suddenly tightened, and the boy suddenly turned around to follow the voice.The girl's movements paused in the air, with a faint smile on her face.

Kirito's voice was stuck in his throat, and he stretched out his hand to the girl in an instant, but before he grabbed his hand, the girl was hacked to death by the monster's sharp blade, and everything was shattered.

【Kirito! 】

Kirito's hands trembled, and he eagerly turned his head to look again. The other members of the Moonlight Black Cat Group were calling their names loudly.Kirito wanted to shout, to roar, to clenched the hilt of the sword in his hand to kill all the enemies.

But his body stopped there after all, and the deaths of those members reappeared in front of him again.In the face of death, all obstacles seemed insignificant, and the eyes of those partners paused at the moment when the fear was revealed, and even the last despair and regret were not revealed before they died in pieces.

【You cheater is not qualified to have anything to do with us! 】

The scene changed, and at the periphery of Aincrad, the man with short red hair was roaring at him angrily, and then the despair and sadness in his eyes made Kirito feel the extreme pain again.

Qitai stood on the periphery, staring blankly at the boundless sea of ​​clouds.Kirito didn't know what he was yelling, he was yelling something hoarsely, as if he was trying his best to save his life, he rushed towards Qitai, but for some reason during that short distance, Kirito ran farther and farther.

Until—seeing Kaita again, he jumped off the perimeter.

The scene changed again. He was clearly in the icy sea water, but his eyes were red, explosions and screams were heard endlessly, and the flaming crude oil spread like a snake on the sea.Tongren panted heavily, looking around for the figure in the black robe, until he finally saw the drenched young man, with a pale face heaving in the sea, tremblingly reaching out to him.

A flame on the sea passed between him and the young man, and the burning flame reflected the pale complexion of the young man even more, and the purple pupils showed a faint look different from a godless and empty look.

The boy looked blankly at the flame, then at Kirito.

Finally, as if he understood something, he slowly retracted the outstretched hand.

His gaze finally fixed on the boy's calm purple eyes that were slowly closed to despair, and the black shadow was swallowed heavily in the water like that.

Kirito's body trembled, he opened his eyes abruptly, patted his hands on the hard ground and sat up, panting heavily.There was unquenchable panic and fear in his chest, and Kirito looked blankly at his hands, which clearly held the sharp blade powerfully, but in the end they couldn't grasp anything.From the dull pain in the bottom of my heart to the numbness and pain between each root, even so, the heart in the chest cavity seemed to be soaked in ice water as if it was freezing to the extreme pain.

He tried hard to catch again and again, but looked lost again and again.Those painful memories came scooping up like waves, every drop of blood and every cell screamed something, but in the end only fragmented memories remained.

Kirito suddenly thought of something, tried to calm his breathing, suppressed the trembling of his body and looked around eagerly.In the empty dark cave, only the sound of his own quiet panting was heard, as if the world only had himself and the overflowing gloom and darkness.

i caught...

Kirito was thinking silently in his heart, recalling it over and over again.

I caught him, finally, I must have caught him!Why, why not here?

Kirito stood up staggeringly, looking around desperately, trying to find clues that the boy had stayed here.But there was nothing to see but the dark depths of emptiness and the silence of death.

Is it time for me to lose consciousness, let go?

Kirito lowered his head and looked at his hands in disbelief. He had a lot of questions that he hadn't asked yet, why did the boy know his name, why the boy was so tender and cherished to him, why the boy could speak but didn't speak...

He didn't even know the boy's name yet.

Suddenly thought of something, Kirito quickly swiped his right hand in the air, and quickly found the item bar in the menu that appeared.

But, gone.

[TROHS Mystery Shop Ticket] Missing...

Obviously, this entry ticket should have existed until the task was completed, but it disappeared.

What does this represent?

Kirito's body lost all strength in an instant and slowly knelt down. His hands trembled and he finally clenched his fists and slammed it to the ground. Looking at the black fingerless gloves that the young man put on carefully for him, he felt his eyes were a little wet.

The people he valued lost their lives again and again because of him, but he could only look at each other helplessly from a distance.The exquisite and cruel pain, directed at the sharpness of the core, made Kirito's body tremble, and finally curled up as if he couldn't find a sense of security, and he could only find himself in this way.

The sound of soft footsteps came from the ear, but Kirito did not raise his head.

At that moment, Kirito's heart was filled with a kind of depression, whether it was a human or a monster, if you want to kill me, you have to die.A despicable cheater like me not only killed his guildmates, but also killed others with his own hands. Now even that boy has disappeared because of himself.

If they were killed together in the trap of the maze back then, it wouldn't be as painful as it is now.

When the footsteps came to him, it stopped abruptly.

Kirito looked at the pair of black boots in confusion, as if he had seen them somewhere before.

Slowly raising his head, he saw the purple-haired boy standing in front of him, his face was still as pale as paper, but those clean purple eyes finally stared at him, but they were stained with a complex color.

Kirito's eyes widened in an instant, and his body's movements were reflected faster than his brain. He stood up and immediately hugged the boy tightly. The excessive force made the boy's body stagger a few steps, but even so, Kirito's strength Without taking it off at all, he hugged the boy tremblingly and buried his head on the boy's shoulder.

Obviously, he had been crying until just now, but at this moment, Kirito's tears finally came out of his eyes.

The joy of regaining something lost is probably like this at best.

The young man was hugged stiffly, his eyes trembling slightly, and finally raised his hands stiffly, and patted Kirito's back lightly.

This silence didn't last too long, the boy stretched out his hand and pushed Kirito away, then turned around and walked slowly towards the darkness of the cave.Kirito was stunned and realized what he had just done, hugging the boy and crying, isn't that embarrassing.Even so, the corner of Kirito's mouth slightly raised, he reached out and took out the sword behind his back, and immediately chased after the boy to explore the way with a protector's attitude.

"You, do you know this place?" After walking for a while, Kirito suddenly remembered to ask the boy behind him.

However, only the boy shook his head.

There is no concept of time here, and Kirito also found that in his menu settings, as long as the settings related to the outside world are prohibited, even the time and date cannot be seen.

I was too nervous before and didn't notice it, but now that I have settled down, I can understand that this matter must have been planned long ago.It's just, who would go to such lengths to plan this kind of thing? Kirito paused, then frowned slightly, looked back at the young man who had always been calm, and finally continued to move forward with an unclear expression.

No matter what happens, there must be a purpose, as long as you keep going, you will know why such a thing happened.

After walking for a while, Kirito didn't know if it was an illusion, it seemed that the boy's pace was getting slower and slower, so he had stopped.

"What's wrong?" Kirito looked suspiciously, but the boy didn't speak.

"Are you tired?" Kirito asked hesitantly, but the boy paused for a while but nodded his head.

At that moment, Kirito had some subtle thoughts in his heart, he squatted down helplessly and turned his head to give the boy a look.It seemed that he was really acquainted once, and the boy climbed up faster this time than last time.

After Kirito carried the boy on his back, his walking speed was indeed much faster than before.Although it is said to be a dark cave, it is not to the point where the route cannot be seen clearly, and there is only one passage from the beginning to the end, so Kirito can only go down one way.

I don't know how long it took, but I finally saw the end of the road. The distant light made my eyes hurt a little, but I got used to it after seeing it for a long time, and then I walked out of the cave unexpectedly—a piece of land. forest.

Kirito stood in the cave, hesitated for a while, and took a step.After stepping on the green field, the exit of the cave behind him suddenly disappeared. Sure enough, such an idea was not wrong, he was just deliberately led to this place.

Here, probably in the depths of the forest, the surroundings are quiet.

The surrounding trees are lush and lush.Looking up, only mottled and sparse sunlight shines in through the lush branches and leaves, but despite this, the clear and transparent light makes people feel comfortable and warm.

A gust of wind blows, the leaves rustle, and from time to time, fallen leaves fall with the wind.I heard the sound of birds fluttering and hiding in the canopy of the trees, the sound of running water in the distant stream, and the sound of wild animals popping out from time to time.Looking from a distance, this forest seems to have spread all the way to the sky. The wind blows, and the green eyes seem to be undulating.

The whole world fell into a soft green like this.

Although the surrounding scenery is calm and quiet, Kirito feels more and more a sense of disobedience.All the landscapes in this world are very beautiful, but from Kirito's point of view, Akihiko Kayaba, who created this world, prefers to use colorful colors to depict a gorgeous and extreme landscape, rather than just a single piece of green.

The more I walked deeper with the boy on my back, the feeling of disobedience became stronger and stronger, until I saw a small wooden house in my field of vision.

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" suddenly heard a huge roar, Kirito's body trembled and then hid behind a tree with the boy on his back, poking his head out secretly to follow the sound.

It was a huge monster with a wolf face and a human body, with a pair of scarlet blood eyes under the ferocious face, the sharp teeth were terrifying and frightening, it seemed that just being bitten would be enough to splatter blood and flesh, and the wolf head was looking around. Roaring loudly, the sound seemed to be enough to shatter the chest and lungs in fear.

The werewolf's body was dressed in exaggerated cloth clothes, layered on top of each other, covering the huge body in a messy manner, but the exposed skin was covered with thick black wolf hair.The werewolf held a huge ax in his left hand and a dagger in his right, looking for prey menacingly.

Kirito narrowed his eyes slightly, and clearly saw the words next to the monster - [Hunter Buck Ole], and the long green blood bar was also clearly visible, and what made Kirito even more flustered was that the monster was obviously Aware of his position, he was rushing towards him roaring at a frightening speed.

Kirito's first reaction was to flee from this place with the boy on his back, but when he wanted to escape, the escape route in front of his body was suddenly blocked.As if deep in a cage that was completely monitored, forced to follow an unknown plan step by step, Kirito frowned angrily, but quickly put the boy safely behind the big tree.

"You stay here." Kirito said softly and quickly, and then immediately pulled out the black sword Interpreter and turned around, and at the same time took out another white sword Chaser Darkness from the props.If you can't escape, you can only fight with your blade.

The purple-haired boy stood there quietly, the black shadow suddenly rose into the sky in the boy's purple eyes, and Kirito stepped on the air with his toes, waving his swords and ran towards the monster fearlessly, the black shadow The shadow seems to penetrate the depths of thinking unshakably in this way.

The moves of the two swords style and the sword did not stop at all, and the agile and flexible body shuttled flexibly in front of the huge werewolf.Swinging his arm at a speed that is hard to distinguish with the naked eye, the light of the sharp blade makes people's eyes a little blurred. One stroke of the sharp blade drew deep bloodstains on the werewolf's body. The momentum of cutting the blade through the air and space makes People are unconsciously shocked.

The moves did not stop at all, and the roar of the werewolf was endless.Kirito's face was serious and tense, but every time he swung the blade with both hands, he seemed to be doing his best, and his eyes were fixed on the werewolf's declining health.When the werewolf's blood bar bottomed out, Kirito stepped on the werewolf's shoulders and rose into the air, aiming at the werewolf's head for the last time with all his strength.

At that moment, as the last desperate roar of the werewolf turned into the last fragments, the entire forest fell silent again.

Kirito panted heavily, seeing how little blood he had left, he couldn't help but sweat, but he just paused for a while and ran anxiously to the boy's hiding place, not paying attention to the words [Congratulation] behind him.

The boy just sat quietly under the tree, looking at the ground blankly, as if he didn't care much about Kirito's battle just now, and didn't take a second look.Kirito finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the boy was safe and sound, and then he paid attention to the reward just now.

[Defeat the forest hunter Buck Ole, the reward is a princess suit. 】

Kirito's body trembled, and he looked at the reward that appeared on the interface in disbelief, but before he could react, his body emitted a shining blue light. When he came back to his senses again, the black midnight coat on his body had been replaced.

The soft light yellow long skirt reached the floor, and the blue blouse completely revealed her white arms.Kirito was still holding a bright red bowknot headband in his hand, and Kirito immediately threw the headband on the ground in fright.

Kirito didn't know what he looked like now, but it was rare for that boy to pay attention to his appearance carefully, so he knew that he must be strange now.

"What the hell is going on here!" Kirito tried his best to tear the long skirt apart, but the skirt was very solid.

The purple-haired boy lowered his head, picked up the red headband from the ground, and then the boy stood up slowly.

"You, eh? Wait, wait..." Kirito watched in amazement as the boy picked up the headband, and then raised his hands as if to help him put it on.Kirito immediately panicked and wanted to back away, but seeing the boy's smiling purple eyes, Kirito stopped there in surprise, and the blocking voice fell silent instantly.

It was the first time I saw the smiling purple eyes of the boy, which were transparent under the sun, blending with the clear and warm light.And the boy helped Kirito put on the bright red headband with both hands, and then took a few steps back.

That boy looked at Kirito's princess outfit seriously.

Immediately, the corner of the mouth raised a brilliant arc, and the eyes were filled with a layer of unpenetrable warm light.

Kirito was startled, and finally pulled the corner of his skirt unnaturally, but also laughed.

What, so you can laugh too.