So, what should he do now?
Rozen didn't turn his head to look at Heathcliff, but he knew that Heathcliff was walking beside him.
To be honest, Rozen was a little surprised to meet Heathcliff at the Teleportation Portal, and Heathcliff was acting alone.
Not only Rozen, but Heathcliff should also be extremely surprised, right?
It was indeed ironic that they met under such circumstances, especially for Rozen.
However, in the face of Rozen's reaction, Heathcliff, who was in front of the Teleportation Gate, regained his composure after a while and said such words.
"Long time no see, President Rozen." Heathcliff said indifferently: "Did you have a good vacation?"
"… It was okay." Rozen squinted his eyes at Heathcliff, then said in a casual tone: "Thanks to Leader Heathcliff for sending your vice-leader here, otherwise, I might have starved to death in the wild."
"Is that so?" Heathcliff nodded, ignoring Rozen's words, and said indifferently: "That's great."
The conversation between the two was interrupted.
The members of Red Wings could only watch from the sidelines while whispering to each other. They couldn't intervene at all.
On the contrary, Kirito seemed to be glanced at by Heathcliff, which made him tense up.
After that, Heathcliff made such a proposal.
"Let's go together."
Hearing that, Rozen naturally had only one answer.
"It's an honor."
So, Rozen let the members of Red Wings go first, while he and Heathcliff slowly walked toward the direction of the arena.
In the process, the two didn't have any conversation.
Rozen just walked lazily.
Heathcliff was expressionless, looking straight ahead. Only when Saichou and Hanachou made a sound would he look in that direction, and there was a rare emotion in his eyes.
Because of that, Rozen and Heathcliff walked side by side into the arena.
Under everyone's gaze, Rozen and Heathcliff's expression didn't waver at all. One was as lazy as ever, and the other was as calm as ever.
Then, Heathcliff turned around without saying a word and went to where Knights of the Blood was.
"Leader."
Yasna quickly saluted Heathcliff.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Heathcliff said the words that he always used to comfort his subordinates. He then walked to the front of the Knights of the Blood and sat down in front of the Knights of the Blood.
Looking at Heathcliff like this, for some reason, Yasna felt a little strange.
(Somehow, he's different from the previous leader …)
That was Yasna's most direct feeling.
In the past, Heathcliff was just like Kirito. He never talked much or chatted with others. He would only explain when others needed his knowledge, and he was indifferent to everything else. He didn't even care about the Floor Walkthrough. Instead, he was interested in powerful Players like Rozen and Kirito, which was why he took the initiative to approach Rozen and even challenged him to a duel.
So, logically speaking, there was nothing strange about Heathcliff's behavior. He was the same as before.
However, for some reason, Yasna felt that Heathcliff's mood seemed to be different from before.
(Is this the reason why leader disappeared these days? Is it really because of Klatyr?)
Yasna could only think so.
However, soon, Yasna's attention returned to Rozen who entered the arena.
She saw that Rozen was still the same as before. He did not have any awareness of being late at all. He was waving at Klein and Aikir in the audience seat. In return, Klein glared at him and Aikir smiled bitterly.
Of course, the former's glare was because of envy, jealousy, and hatred, while the latter simply did not know whether to laugh or cry at Rozen's situation.
(Really, if he was a little serious, he would be very handsome …)
Although Yasna complained, a smile unconsciously appeared on her face.
Walking into the arena, Rozen naturally glanced at where Yasna was. Looking at the rapier user who lived with him like a husband and wife for two whole weeks, standing majestically in front of a group of knights, the corner of his mouth unconsciously curved slightly.
Immediately, Rozen came in front of everyone.
All the players were sitting in the audience seat.
Rozen stood alone in the arena, attracting the attention of all the players.
However, even though Rozen was the only one in the arena, no one felt that he was weak and small. Instead, they felt that Rozen had occupied the entire arena, with two rainbow-like butterflies hovering above his head.
So Rozen looked around and finally began to speak.
"Very good, it seems that everyone is here."
Although his voice was not loud, it spread throughout the arena and into the ears of all the players.
"I've heard about it." Rozen said in a calm tone: "A trap that blocked the path of retreat, a crystal nullified zone, a situation where the Floor Boss's true identity is unknown, and there were even twelve sacrifices. I really don't know whether to say that this is unexpected or reasonable."
The unexpected was naturally the appearance of the sacrifices.
The reasonable was that the difficulty of this floor was really high.
The Clearers who understood Rozen's meaning fell silent.
Rozen continued to speak.
"The current situation is indeed very grim. We don't have any information about the Floor Boss. Logically speaking, we should send out a scouting team, but as soon as someone enters the Floor Boss' room, the door will close, and they can't use the crystal to leave. They can only fight. In this case, sending a scouting team is no different from sending people to their deaths."
Rozen pointed out a reality.
"In other words, if we want to clear this Floor Boss, we'll have to gather all our forces and charge in without knowing anything. We'll have to defeat the Floor Boss in one fell swoop."
This was the only way to clear the Floor Boss.
"In summary, the Clearers will need to mobilize everyone for this time's raid."
Rozen's voice resounded throughout the arena.
"All 737 players must participate in the raid and clear the final obstacle before reaching the 100th floor."
Rozen's words stunned the players at first, but they soon realized what was going on.
Indeed.
If he could clear the 75th floor, he should be able to reach the top of Aincrad unimpeded in the following floors.
According to the situation where the difficulty would increase by a large margin every 25 floors, after the 75th floor, only the 100th floor would increase the difficulty by a large margin again.
This level was the last hurdle before reaching the 100th level.
That was what Rozen wanted to tell them.
"We're not far from completing the raid."
Rozen was lazy, but it was as if his fighting spirit had been ignited. He let his voice spread.
"Everyone, give it your all."
This simple sentence ignited the fighting spirit of the players present.
"Oh oh oh oh oh — —!"
The Clearers roared in unison.
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