"Wh …!?"
At that moment, even Rozen's pupils shrank because of Heathcliff's confession.
However, Rozen still understood what Heathcliff wanted to say.
It's not that big of a deal, right?
In this world named SAO, the Floor Boss of the 100th floor was none other than the creator of this world – Kayaba Akihiko.
He created a character named Heathcliff in this world and trained him to stand in the players' way when they successfully reached the top.
If the players' game was the complete strategy of this world, then this was Kayaba Akihiko's game.
A traitor drama that turned around at the last moment.
"Although according to the plan, I should only reveal my identity after the 95th floor and wait for everyone in the Floor Boss' room on the 100th floor – Red Jade Palace – but since my identity has already been exposed, there's nothing I can do."
Heathcliff's magnetic voice reverberated clearly like a magic barrier at this moment.
"Let's bring forward this battle."
With such a sentence as the beginning …
"Ding Ling …"
Under the pleasant sound effect, Heathcliff summoned the main menu.
This time, Rozen didn't continue looking.
"Don't even think about it!"
The sky-blue crystal sword was finally pulled out by Rozen. With a dazzling sword skill effect, it turned into a slash and slashed at Heathcliff.
Although he didn't know what Heathcliff was going to do, Rozen still learned one thing from Kuri. The administrator's method of exercising authority was the same as the players, which was to choose from the main menu. Kuri's "Settings" option in the main menu was derived from this. Presumably, Heathcliff's main menu also had this option, right?
In other words, in order to exercise the administrator's authority, the main menu must be summoned first.
Because of this, when dealing with Klatyr, Heathcliff would call out his main menu on the spot, thus giving himself away in front of Rozen.
Now, Heathcliff once again called up the main menu, he must be thinking of using the administrator authority to do something.
If that really happened, not even Rozen could stop it. He could only watch as the situation developed.
In this world, the man in front of her was God.
This was an undeniable fact.
Since that was the case, he had to be interrupted.
So Rozen decisively launched an attack.
Unfortunately …
Clang!
Accompanied by the crisp sound of collision, a purple barrier flashed in front of Heathcliff, blocking Rozen's powerful attack, causing the flash to explode.
"This is …!?"
Rozen naturally recognized this phenomenon.
This was a phenomenon that occurred when the system was protecting the target.
Now, Heathcliff was protected by the system.
"Sorry, I forgot to tell you."
Heathcliff's voice came to Rozen's ears.
"I've always been protected by the system. As long as it will make my hp bar fall into the yellow alert area, it will be blocked."
This was the truth that Heathcliff's hp bar had never entered the yellow alert area so far.
Thanks to this, Rozen still did not stop Heathcliff's action.
"Let the end come ahead of time."
After Heathcliff made such an announcement in a calm tone, he did something on the main menu.
Rozen's Eye of the Mind instantly noticed it.
At this moment, the world began to change again.
Clang!
Blue light shone on Rozen's body.
"Transfer …!?"
Rozen instantly saw through the light, but he couldn't resist it.
"Rozen!"
Kirito, who was fighting the Bone Hunter, shouted in anger.
"Rozen!"
"Rozen!"
Klein and Aikir also shouted.
"Guild leader Rozen!"
"Guild leader!"
One by one, the clearers were shocked.
The chestnut-colored rapier user no longer cared about the Floor Boss behind her. With an anxious and frightened expression, she rushed forward without a care for her own safety.
"Rozen!"
Asuna let out a sorrowful cry as she rushed towards Rozen while stretching out her hand with all her might.
"Yasna!"
Rozen subconsciously stretched out his hand toward Yasna's direction.
As the distance between them shortened, the two's hands approached each other.
However, this distance seemed to have become an eternity.
Just when the two's hands were about to touch each other, Rozen's transfer phenomenon finally activated.
Under the blue light, Rozen's body gradually disappeared, and there was nothing left.
.....
The familiar dizziness hit Rozen's vision.
When his vision returned to normal, Rozen had already set foot on a strange land and was transferred to another place.
"This is …?"
Rozen couldn't help but be startled.
What appeared in front of him was an extremely vast square.
The square was red, whether it was the floor, the walls, or the pillars, they were all very conspicuous.
However, this kind of red was not the beautiful kind of bright red. Instead, it was a steel-like red, causing the entire square to emit a solemn atmosphere like that of a battlefield.
Looking at this place, Rozen immediately remembered a name mentioned by Heathcliff.
"Red Jade Palace …"
Located on the 100th floor of Aincrad, the location of the Floor Boss – "Red Jade Palace".
"That's right, this is the Red Jade Palace."
When such a voice came, Rozen was no longer surprised, but he slowly turned his gaze and looked at the source of the voice.
There, a man wearing a red knight uniform, equipped with a cross shield in his hand, exuded a strange sense of existence.
"Congratulations, President Rozen, you have become the first person to step into the top of Aincrad."
Heathcliff said such words with a smile.
What greeted him was a merciless attack.
"Clang!"
The sky blue crystal sword heavily stabbed the surface of the cross shield, the friction created fierce sparks.
So Rozen dashed in front of Heathcliff at an amazing speed, releasing a merciless attack while his gaze was as sharp as a blade, stabbing at the face of Heathcliff who raised the shield to block.
In response, Heathcliff's expression did not change, he just said so.
"What a surprise, I thought President Rozen would be more calm in judging the situation."
Heathcliff spoke as if he was having a discussion with someone else. He did not care about Rozen's attack at all.
Rozen didn't pay attention to Heathcliff's self-talk.
"What about everyone?"
"He's still in the 75th floor's Floor Boss room."
"Am I the only one here?"
"Because you're the only one who's qualified to reach this place."
"… Where's the Bone Hunter?"
"Of course, it hasn't been defeated yet. Not only has it not been defeated, but its HP has also been restored to its full state. It can be said that the strategy has been restarted."
"… Why did you do that?"
"Reason? It was actually very simple, right? Wouldn't it be selfish of us to be the only ones enjoying the Final Battle? "
At this point, the conversation ended.
Rozen finally understood.
In the face of this man who was looking down on all the struggling players, logic wouldn't work.
Then …
Rozen finally released his killing intent.
"Very good."
Heathcliff endured all of this, and his expression became as cold and emotionless as steel.
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