If PoH really confirmed that the Clearers, including Red Wings, had gone to the various floors to fight the Orange Guilds and weren't in town, then Rozen's current situation could be said to be extremely urgent.
Since he was in the labyrinth, he couldn't send a message. Even if he wanted Red Wings and the Clearers to come to his aid, they couldn't.
Moreover, he couldn't track his friend's location in the labyrinth, and the others certainly didn't know that Rozen was attacked here.
Right now, Rozen was indeed alone, and it was difficult for him to do anything.
That's why PoH said that Rozen was too smart for his own good. He thought that PoH wouldn't be fooled and lured out of the labyrinth alone. Otherwise, Rozen would never put himself in such a dangerous situation.
"It's useless even if you deny it. The fact that you're here alone proves that I'm right."
PoH lifted the cleaver in his hand, glanced at Rozen, and chuckled in a low voice.
"Or do you think you can deal with the three of us by yourself?"
From this sentence, it could be seen that the criminal named PoH was extremely confident in his party's strength.
In fact, including PoH, the three strongest cadres were extremely powerful.
Take PoH, the leader of the Red Name Assassin Guild, for example, Rozen thought he knew a lot about him.
He was an extremely powerful shortsword wielder. The shortsword in his hand was like an extension of his arm. Even without the help of the system, his blade could cut through monsters and even players. If Asuna was a genius in the field of rapiers, then PoH was a genius in the field of shortswords that did not pale in comparison to Asuna's talent in the swordsmanship field.
In the past, this genius short sword user had relied on the short sword in his hand to take the lives of who knew how many players.
After that, this genius shortsword wielder obtained a large shortsword dropped from a Boss monster, Cutting Friend's Cleaver.
The performance of this large shortsword, which looked like a cleaver, had surpassed the current highest level Blacksmiths could forge, reaching the level of "Magic Sword."
Even Rozen had only seen one sword that could rival this weapon, and that was the one-handed sword Kirito obtained from the 50th Floor Boss, Elucidator.
In terms of weapon performance, even Rozen's strongest main weapon was no match for this cleaver.
That cleaver had the ability to pierce through full-body armor. If he was hit, there was a high chance that Rozen's hp would instantly drop to the yellow zone. If he was hit several times in a row, he would definitely die.
Therefore, PoH's current strength was enough to strike fear into the hearts of any Clearers. In Rozen's opinion, there were no more than five Players in the Clearers who could rival him.
Under such circumstances, PoH wasn't the only one present. There were also two other Laughing Coffin's members, Black with Poison Knife and Shan-sa with Rapier.
Both of them were strong enough to rival the strongest Clearers in the Clearers.
Even Yasna might not be able to gain the upper hand against them.
If even Yasna could do that, then the rest of the Clearers would definitely be the same.
Of course, Heathcliff wasn't one of them.
Heathcliff, who had a unique skill, was on another level.
No matter how strong a Player was, they would be powerless in front of Holy Sword.
However, this also proved one thing.
Rozen, who was able to tie with Heathcliff before he completely learned Eye of the Mind, now also had the strength of another level.
Moreover …
"One versus three?"
Rozen seemed to be amused, and he teased her.
"That's not right, right?"
What's wrong?
"It should be four versus three, right?"
Rozen took out a piece of crystal.
"Shhnnnnn!"
A dazzling light shone from the crystal, and two beautiful Swallowtail Butterflies flew out of it.
"Goo!"
"Woo!"
Saichou and Hanachou finally appeared again, flying above Rozen's shoulder.
"— — —!"
Witnessing this scene with their own eyes, the three Assassin guild members, led by PoH, tightened their grip on their weapons.
The rest of the Clearers could only stare blankly at this scene.
Especially Celica, seeing Saichou and Hanachou's appearance, she finally confirmed it.
"So Rozen -san is really …"
Celica was both excited and in a trance.
If there was a possibility that Rozen's identity was fake or there was some kind of misunderstanding, there was no way he could hide it anymore.
After all, all the Players in SAO knew that there was only one person who could have two rainbow-like Swallowtail Butterflies as his Tamed Monster, and that was The Magician himself.
The moment Saichou and Hanachou appeared, Rozen's identity was finally confirmed.
He was the leader of the Clearers, the leader of the strongest guild, and the most promising Player to liberate this game.
Only such an existence could make the three Laughing Coffin's Top Operatives act together, and even launch a fatal sneak attack.
That was also because PoH knew that was the most likely way to kill Rozen.
If they couldn't kill Rozen, they would have to confront Rozen. Not only would they have to face Rozen, but they would also have to face his two Tamed Monsters.
Two Tamed Monsters that could even control a Floor Boss.
However …
"Even if you count those two Tamed Monsters, it's only three versus three. Where's this" four "?"
That was all PoH said.
And this question, someone answered him.
"It's here."
Such a voice came from the other side of the forest.
Everyone was shocked and immediately looked for the source of the voice.
The next moment, everyone saw it.
In the depths of the forest, a Player slowly walked out.
He was wearing a black leather coat.
He was holding a pitch-black one-handed sword.
Who else could it be other than Kirito?
"Sorry, I'm late."
Kirito looked at PoH's group of three and said to Rozen.
"It's okay, you're not too late."
Rozen responded as if nothing happened.
The two brothers surrounded PoH and the other two from the front and back.
"Black Swordsman …"
PoH called out Kirito's nickname in a low voice.
Kirito responded with a smile.
"You didn't expect me to be here, did you?" Kirito smiled leisurely and said: "You've confirmed Red Wings' whereabouts, but you didn't notice that I'm the only one missing, right?"
In other words …
"From the very beginning, I didn't go to crusade against the Orange Guild. Instead, I used Concealment to hide behind Rozen."
Kirito stared at PoH's face hidden under the raincoat and said so.
"You said Rozen's cleverness got the better of him, didn't you?"
"The one who got the better of him is actually you."
“PoH。”
PoH thought Rozen guessed that he wouldn't be lured by Red Wings, which was why he came here alone.
But in fact, that was also Rozen's plan.
"In order to lure you out, Rozan Can sent all the Clearers, including Red Wings, to the Orange Guild, putting himself in danger, but it's not like he didn't have a backup plan."
Kirito laughed as if he was suppressing his opponent.
"And I'm that backup plan."
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