The 47th Floor, Floria.
When Rozen returned to Red Wings' base, almost all the guild members were already gathered in the hall. They were sitting around the round tables in the hall, chatting as if they were at a cocktail party, and there was a lot of noise coming from the hall.
However, the expressions of the members were solemn and grave, and the content of their conversation revealed a sense of tragedy. It gave people the feeling that rather than a cocktail party, it was better to say that it was a memorial service.
Rozen's arrival made everyone look at the door almost reflexively, and then they all felt refreshed.
"Guild Leader!"
"Guild Leader!"
"Guild Leader!"
One by one, the guild members suddenly stood up.
It was as if he had found his backbone.
Seeing this, Rozen couldn't help but smile.
"Yo, long time no see, everyone."
His tone was as relaxed and lazy as ever, dispelling the tense atmosphere in the hall. The guild members all showed a helpless expression as if they were exhausted.
"Guild Leader is still the same …"
"I really don't know if I should be angry or envious …"
"Really …"
One by one, the guild members complained one after another.
Rozen, however, turned a blind eye to them and walked directly in the direction of a person.
That person was sitting in the corner, silently looking at Rozen, a wry smile appeared on his face.
"Long time no see."
The black-clothed Swordsman greeted Rozen weakly.
Looking at Kirito's reaction, Rozen couldn't help but tease him.
"I haven't seen you for a while, and you've become even more listless than me. Could it be that you've already met Liz, and the matter of you being a playboy has been exposed?"
Hearing this, the powerlessness on Kirito's face became slightly stiff, and then became unnatural.
This surprised Rozen.
"No way?" Rozen quickly said, "Is it really exposed?"
Although he seemed anxious, he couldn't hide the curiosity and interest in his tone.
This made Kirito hurriedly speak.
"No … It's not like that! Although we've met before … but … but fortunately, you get along well with Liz … I think …? "
Towards the end, Kirito's tone became a little unconfident.
When he came back to his senses, Kirito put on a stern face.
"By the way, what do you mean by fickle? I'm not a playboy! Kazuko and Liz are very … "
Kirito retorted but was interrupted by Rozen impatiently.
"Yes, yes, yes. You guys have a very pure and friendly relationship, okay?"
Rozen didn't take it seriously and said something that was against his will.
"You …"
Kirito suddenly felt helpless.
However, the powerlessness and slight bitterness on Kirito's face had already disappeared.
This allowed Rozen to confirm that he had achieved his goal, and he smiled.
"That's more like it. A mere Kirito should be toyed with. It's too early to worry about things that he shouldn't be responsible for."
Rozen curled his lips and said such words.
Kirito finally understood why Rozen teased him the moment he arrived.
So, this was all to comfort him?
This thought was confirmed in the next second.
"The victim has appeared, right?" Rozen looked at Kirito and said, "But that's not your responsibility. It's something that I, the leader of the Clearers, should worry about. Now, report the situation to me."
At this point, Rozen's tone had changed to that of a guild leader and the leader of the Clearers.
This made Kirito take a deep breath and regain his calm.
"This is already yesterday."
With such a sentence as an opening, Kirito began his report.
Specifically, it was the strategy after Rozen left.
As expected, the 75th floor was a lot more difficult than the 74th floor. Even collecting the map files of the labyrinth area took a lot of time, but in the end, there were no casualties.
With the current size of the Clearers, even without Rozen leading them, it wouldn't be too difficult to deal with the Skill Field and Labyrinth Area. The only obstacle was the Skill Field Boss, but with the help of Kirito's unique skill, the Clearers were able to successfully defeat it and enter the Labyrinth Tower.
And just like that, after spending two weeks to clear the Labyrinth Tower, the Clearers finally found the Floor Boss room on the 75th Floor.
"According to tradition, before we start the strategy meeting, we'll first send out a scouting party to investigate the Boss. Considering the difficulty of the 75th floor, the Boss is probably as powerful as the ones on the 25th and 50th floors. So, the scouting party will be made up of members from five large guilds. There's a total of 24 players in total, and they'll form half of a joint force."
In terms of reconnaissance alone, this kind of scale was unprecedented.
In the past, the reconnaissance team would at most send out a small team of six people. After all, the mission was just to investigate, not to attack. Naturally, there was no need to go through too much trouble.
But considering the difficulty of the 75th Floor, it was reasonable to form a reconnaissance team of this size.
"The reconnaissance was carried out in a very cautious manner. There were two squads of twelve members as the rear guard, waiting at the entrance of the room, while the other two squads of twelve members entered the room first."
Kirito's tone became gloomy.
"However, at that moment, the entrance door suddenly closed, and no one could open the door, no matter if they had the Lockpick skill or attacked it directly."
Rozen raised his eyebrow when he heard that.
This really reminded him of Klatyr framing him and Yasna.
But this time, it was obviously not the case.
If it was a trap, then there was no reason that the people inside the room couldn't open the door, but there was no reason that the people outside couldn't open the door.
Perhaps, this time, it would truly be …
"It's a trap."
This was Rozen's conclusion.
This was the game's trap. Once a Player entered the room, they would be blocked.
Kirito naturally thought so too.
"When the door opens again, only a few minutes will have passed." Kirito said in a low voice: "But there was nothing in the room, whether it was the two squads of Players or the Floor Boss."
It was self-evident what this meant.
"In order to confirm this, we also sent someone to the Black Iron Palace to confirm the death list on the Tablet of Life, and finally confirmed that the names of the twelve squads were crossed out."
Kirito's expression once again became powerless.
There was no other way.
Since the victims appeared, it proved that …
"They didn't use the Teleportation Crystal." Kirito raised his eyes and looked at Rozen: "You said before that the Floor Boss' room on the 74th Floor is a crystal-free zone, right?"
Obviously, the Floor Boss on the 75th Floor was also the same.
This was definitely not a coincidence.
Perhaps all the Floor Boss' rooms would become crystal-free zones in the future, right?
In addition, there was also a trap that would cut off their escape route.
Not to mention that the Floor Boss on the 75th Floor was as powerful as the one on the 25th and 50th Floor …
"I see, no wonder your expression is so ugly, and everyone looks like they didn't sleep well."
Rozen calmly accepted the report, then turned around and faced everyone.
"Now, gather the Clearers."
Rozen calmly ordered.
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