The maze area located on the fifty-fifth floor is a barren valley without green vegetation and appears to be very dry.

"Hey, do these monsters really need to be trained?"

After Su Chen killed the monster named [Fragile Rock Lizard] in front of him with a sword, he looked helplessly at Kirito.

The latter also looked annoyed.

After crossing several terrains, the maze area finally appeared in front of us.

"Okay, let's take a rest here!"

Godfrey suddenly spoke up.

"..."

If he wasn't in the same group, Su Chen would have had the urge to beat him up. What the hell is this training? I've never seen such a boring inspection. Fortunately, this guy still looked serious, which made Su Chen a little confused.

mad.

"Well, let's start giving out food."

After Godfrey finished speaking, he threw the three small packages to Kirito, Su Chen, and Kradir respectively.

"Oh~ It's a pity that it's not the delicious sandwich made by the apprentice, but the cheap brown bread that I haven't eaten in a long time. It's so annoying."

Su Chen helplessly glanced at the contents of the package and complained, it wasn't that he couldn't make it himself, but that he was too lazy to do it. After all, when he stayed with Asuna, he almost always prepared the food thoughtfully, unlike now.

...

Kirito and I looked at each other and realized that we both had the same idea. Tsk, maybe Asuna's cooking has made her stomach irritated.

In short, Su Chen looked at the black bread in front of him without any appetite, while Kirito took a sip of water.

"Farewell Lingxiao..."

With a hurried cry, the water bottle in Kirito's hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

Su Chen paused for a moment before putting down the water bottle he raised.

After giving Kirito a no-nonsense look, Su Chen looked at Kradir who was a few meters away with a sarcastic smile.

"Hee... hee hee... I got hit."

Kradir, who was sitting on the rock, began to laugh crazily, and his whole body began to twist with excitement.

"What...what's going on? Kradir, you..."

Godfrey looked at the unfamiliar guy in front of him with a surprised look. That crazy and ferocious laughter was definitely not the Kradir he knew.

"Idiot, use the detoxification crystal quickly!"

Kirito shouted to Godfrey.

"Bang..."

However, before Godfrey could use the crystal, he was kicked away by Kradir and struck him with a sword.

"...!"

Godfrey opened his eyes wide and looked at Kradir who had struck him in fear, speechless.

"Well, although I have something to say to you idiot, there is no need to waste any more time..."

Kradir raised the sword in his hand and made another vertical slash. At this time, the cursor on his head also turned orange, which was the color of the criminal.

"Wait, wait...what on earth are you talking about? Ahhh!! Don't..."

Godfrey began to beg for mercy, but what he faced was a series of chops, and his blood volume was rapidly declining.

"I was attacked by criminal players in the wilderness. After a heroic counterattack, three people died. Although I was the only one left, I still managed to repel the criminals and survived safely. Hahahaha, are you satisfied with this script?

Everyone!"

Kradir stared at Godfrey whose HP had dropped to the red zone with a smile, and said sullenly.

"Go to hell, you idiot!"

Kradir held the two-handed giant sword behind his back, raised the sword, and prepared to strike Godfrey with a heavy blow.

"Bang..."

A ray of blue light instantly hit Kradir's sword, knocking him staggering, and the sword in his hand also hit the rock beside him.

"I'm sorry, your script is so bad, I won't admit it!"

A voice rang out, shaking the bodies of everyone present, and a strong light of hope appeared in Godfrey's eyes.

"Is it you? No, this is impossible! There is no time..."

Kradir looked at Su Chen who had stood up and screamed.

"Hey, I thought you could use some special means to retaliate, but I didn't expect it to be such a dirty trick. I've been waiting for it for so long in vain."

Su Chen looked at Kradir with an unhappy expression.

"You...did you know it from the beginning?"

Kradir looked at Su Chen in disbelief.

"No, I just think there is something wrong with you. But looking at it now, there are some unexpected shipments and this poisoning method. Well, it seems that you have fallen, the new member of Smiling Coffin!"

Su Chen looked at Kradir who was twitching at the corner of his mouth and said calmly, but his heart kept screaming for danger. Fortunately, he drank a bottle of antidote potion in advance, otherwise he would have really been infected.

"What...this guy is..."

Godfrey now roughly understood the situation in front of him.

"Hahahaha, yes, I am the one from Smiling Coffin. Ling Xiao, you are indeed that person's priority target. It's a pity that I didn't listen to him..."

Kradir looked at Su Chen regretfully.

"Poh? This guy..."

Su Chen's eyes were a little solemn.

"Ahhhhhh..."

Kradir took advantage of Su Chen's daze, raised the sword that had returned to his hand, screamed strangely, and swung it towards Su Chen's head.

"Ling Xiao!"

"don't want!"

Godfrey and Kirito shouted together.

"Ka Cang..." The blue-white long sword was unsheathed and blocked Kradir's full-strength slash.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah... You guys are really stubborn! They have obviously decided to let you go. Tsk, since you insist on doing so, there is nothing you can do about it."

Su Chen looked at the ferocious-looking Kradir in front of him and sighed, with a hint of murderous intention emerging.

"Master!...Kirito!..."

Following a hurried shout, a red and white figure broke into the scene.

"I caught up... It was so close... I caught up, God..."

Asuna said intermittently with a trembling voice, and immediately used the detoxification crystal, her eyes full of panic and remorse.

"Well, he's still alive..."

Kirito touched Asuna's head and comforted her.

"Asuna...Asuna-sama, save...save me!! I...I don't want to die..."

There was a tearing cry, but with a bang, Kradir turned into irregular debris and flew away.

"Oh~ Asuna-chan..."

Asuna looked at the familiar face that turned its head and felt a little strange. She even felt a chill on her back. Is this really the master? Such a decisive and unhesitating act of killing.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We can't just watch Godfrey die, even though he's a bit unpleasant."

Su Chen glanced at the dull Godfrey and explained to Asuna helplessly that he didn't want to leave any psychological shadow on his apprentice because of this incident.

Of course, the main reason why Su Chen killed him was not because of this, but because he felt that the soul of the guy in front of him had deteriorated and could not be saved.

Things had reached this point, so the investigation trip of several people was stopped and they returned to the main city.

【Grantham】

"I know the whole story. Let me explain it to the members."

After facing the whole incident, Heathcliff was silent for a moment and came to a conclusion.

“The other thing is that we have to apply to temporarily withdraw from the group!”

Asuna looked at Kirito and nodded, then said firmly.

"What's the reason?"

"We have some doubts about the current situation of the Blood Alliance Knights..."

"I see."
To be continued...