"— — — — —"
On the bright red battlefield, all the sounds disappeared, leaving only silence.
Heathcliff, who was bathed in the polygonal fragments, raised his hands in front of him as if he was reflexively blocking Rozen's attack. There was still a look of shock on his face as he watched Rozen explode in front of him.
"Clang!"
At this time, Heathcliff's crossguard sword fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
Heathcliff finally realized what was going on and fell speechless.
His hp was still dropping because of Rozen's last attack.
In the end, it dropped to the bottom.
Obviously, Rozen's last attack was enough to exhaust Heathcliff's remaining hp.
However, looking at the declining trend, Rozen immediately judged that his hp would be exhausted in advance, so he desperately launched an attack, ready to kill Heathcliff directly with Fatal Blow.
Unfortunately, he didn't make it in time.
Just like the first duel, Rozen's last attack failed to land on Heathcliff due to time constraints.
This result …
"How ironic …"
Heathcliff muttered self-deprecatingly, then closed his eyes, letting his body freeze blue.
"Boom!"
With a shattering sound, Heathcliff turned into polygon fragments just like Rozen before.
In the Red Jade Palace located at the top of Aincrad, there was finally no movement.
Only the polygonal fragments continued to dance in the air, drifting into the distance.
.....
"— — — —"
Dead. "
When such a window appeared in front of Rozen in the darkness, Rozen knew that he still didn't make it in time.
It was not the first time Rozen saw such a window.
During the closed beta, whenever Rozen died, he would fall into darkness, and then he would see this window.
If it was during the closed beta, he would automatically appear in the Black Iron Palace on the first floor and resurrect.
Although players would lose a portion of their EXP and might even lose some items or equipment, at the very least, they could still resurrect in this world.
But now, such a right was taken away.
After the world named SAO became a real death game, every Player will lose this right. Once such a window appears in front of them, their brains in the real world will be burned to ashes after a few seconds.
"How ironic …"
Under such circumstances, Rozen had the same thought as Heathcliff.
"I couldn't make it in time for the first duel."
"This time, I can't make it in time for my hp bar to be exhausted."
"Is my final blow destined to miss Kayaba Akihiko?"
Rozen smiled bitterly.
In fact, in this duel, Rozen's winning rate was very high.
With Eye of the Mind, he could see through all the enemy's attacks, and he could make up for his own weaknesses. Even if his opponent was a player with a unique skill, he should have a good chance of winning.
The proof was that Rozen had always had a higher winning rate against Kirito.
And even if Heathcliff was stronger than Kirito, it was not by much. Now that Eye of the Mind was more accurate and powerful, Rozen had at least an 80% chance of winning against Heathcliff.
But this time, it was the last 20% that appeared.
There were many reasons.
For example, Rozen's Eye of the Mind saw through Heathcliff's movements, but Rozen misjudged Heathcliff's tactics. He thought Heathcliff wanted to stretch out his hand to use Body Technique, but the result was that Heathcliff grabbed his weapon with his bare hand.
For example, in the case where his weapon was grabbed, Rozen knew that Heathcliff was going to attack him. He should have pulled back, but Heathcliff dragged Rozen to him first, causing him to lose his balance. Even if Eye of the Mind saw Heathcliff's attack, he still couldn't avoid the blow that pierced through his body.
Another example, if Heathcliff's sword did not pierce Rozen's body from the back, after Rozen punched him, he could have pulled out the crossguard sword and stopped his hp from dropping.
In that case, Heathcliff's hp would be depleted, and Rozen would be able to hold on and win.
Due to these reasons, Rozen failed to give Heathcliff the final blow.
It was not Rozen's carelessness, it was just a battle that could change at any time, and the result could be overturned at any time. There was no such thing as an unshakable victory.
Rozen was just unlucky.
Moreover, he was unlucky both times.
Was he unwilling?
Of course he was.
But now was not the time to think about it.
"Let's think about how to escape this time."
In the few seconds left, Rozen's brain was thinking fast.
Although he lost, it did not mean that Rozen would wait for death.
Admittedly, if this continued, Rozen's body in the real world would definitely die, and his brain would be burned.
But on the other hand …
"As long as it's not burned, it won't die."
Was there such a way?
Yes.
"Miracle."
The ring that was worn in Rozen's body in the real world was the only way to get Rozen out of this situation.
Its effect was to open the door between worlds.
Moreover, the "world" here not only included the other world, but also the soul, the human body, and even the spirit.
Of course, the virtual game world was also included.
In other words, Rozen could actually rely on the power of Miracle to open the door to the world of SAO, so that his spirit imprisoned in SAO could escape and return to the real world.
Although Rozen's spirit had been isolated from his body in the real world, even if he did anything here, his body in the real world would not respond, but Miracle was an exception.
Didn't Roman say that before?
"Perhaps Miracle is a symbiotic existence with your soul, so it can't be taken off, lost, or destroyed."
That was right.
Because Miracle was a symbiotic existence with Rozen's soul, therefore, even if Rozen was in this world, he could also use Miracle's power with his consciousness.
As long as Rozen wanted to, he could even leave this world and return to the real world at any time.
The problem was that only Rozen could do that, Kirito had to stay in this world, and Rozen also had a purpose in SAO, so Rozan Can didn't use Miracle's power to leave this world.
Not to mention, Kayaba Akihiko also said that once the external power was cut off for more than ten minutes, the network was disconnected for more than two hours, and the user's brain would be destroyed if they tried to destroy NERvGear's body or unlock the lock.
Under such circumstances, even if Rozen left this world and returned to the real world, his brain would be burned immediately when the connection was cut off.
It was the same now. Even if Rozen used Miracle's power to return to the real world, he would still die.
However, what if Rozen didn't use Miracle's power to return to the real world, but let his real body pass through the door and go to another world?
At that time, without Rozen's permission, the game helmet would naturally fall off instantly, and it wouldn't harm Rozen.
That was the only way to save himself.
It was just …
"Yasna … Kurumi … and Kirito …"
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