"I'm sorry, I have something urgent to go to somewhere. I don't have time to explain now. I may not come back again! The rest of the way...Ziye, please accompany them!"

When she returned to the game, Leafa faced Su Chen and the other three with an apologetic look on her face and said, although her tone was low, she was very firm and she had to go.

The scene returns to the cell phone chat between Suguha and Nagata.

When she heard about Sigurt's rebellion, Suguha was actually quite shocked. After all, this guy was considered a candidate for lord in the wind elf clan, and his status was comparable to that of ordinary players. Although he later failed in the election and became an assistant, he still couldn't.

She had gained some control over the territory, and now such a person was a spy. She could not believe this truth.

"I...can you confirm this? The fact that Sigurt rebelled."

Suguha asked in a serious tone.

"I also want to confirm this matter, so I didn't go to Arun with you today, and I have been using transparent magic to follow the whereabouts of Sigrut and his group."

"Huh? You are really boring~!"

Suguha complained unceremoniously about Nagata's idiotic behavior of following him.

"Well, after all, I also want to find out what Sigroot wants to do." Nagata said a little embarrassed on the other side of the phone.

"After that, I continued to follow them into a small alley. Although they disappeared with transparent cloaks, how could I, Regan, be deceived by their little trick? Finally, I found it at a certain passage in the underground waterway.

He discovered his secret." Nagata paused as he spoke, "It's the fire elf! This guy is talking to the fire elf about following you."

"What happened to you later, Ragen?" Suguha asked in confusion.

"Hey, I was accidentally discovered, and they killed me before I could finish sending you a message..."

"..."

Suguha was a little speechless, this guy really wasn't very reliable.

"Is that why you called me in the real world?"

"No, it's not just that. When I was exposed, I vaguely heard that they were going to attack the alliance agreement ceremony between Lord Sakuya and the cat demon clan. All the previous actions against us were all foreshadowing this plan!

"

"What...what? Why didn't you say...this kind of thing earlier!!"

Suguha's heart suddenly beat suddenly, and an indescribable depression surged into her heart. Although she had already made the decision to break into ALO ​​before, Sakuya was like her sister, how could she just sit idly by and ignore such a thing.

"How much time is left?"

"What?"

"I mean, how long is it until the meeting where they talk about forming an alliance!"

The more Suguha thought about it, the more anxious she became.

"Well, Lord Sakuya's meeting is at one o'clock in the afternoon, so now there are only forty minutes left! What to do! Suguha-chan..."

"Where do they align?"

"Butterfly Valley, but the detailed address is not clear..."

"Butterfly Valley? I hope I can catch up! Okay, I'm dead."

Suguha roughly estimated the distance between her and Butterfly Valley in her heart, and hung up the phone without any explanation. Every second from now on was important.

...

"Hey! Kirito, why do you always like to make some weird things to eat?"

Su Chen stared at the grilled reptile skewers in Kirito's hand and said with a look of disgust.

"Hehe, this thing is a special delicacy here. It is said that it can also increase your luck! Do you want to try it?"

Kirito raised the strange food in his hand and said with a smile.

"Huh! I won't lie to you! I won't eat it even if you kill me."

"It's true. There is a one-in-a-thousand chance that there will be a buff that doubles the explosion rate!"

Yui explained to Su Chen seriously.

"...Um, is this thing still for sale? Ahem, give it a try and experience life."

Ziye couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh when she saw how funny the two of them were. She had never thought that her brother actually had such an interesting side.

"I have to rush there right away!"

An urgent voice suddenly sounded around them, and it turned out that Leafa had returned to the game.

"Welcome back!" Although the three of them didn't know what special situation happened at Leafa, they still said hello first.

"Well... well, I'm sorry, Kirito Lingxiao and Ziye, I may leave the team next and I probably won't come back."

Leafa said regretfully to Kirito and Su Chen.

"Uh, what's going on?"

Kirito and Su Chen were confused.

"Lefa, what did Ragen say to make you so anxious?"

Zi Ye looked at Leafa and asked worriedly.

"Yes, let's talk as we go, we can't stay any longer!"

Leafa looked at the time on the interface and said anxiously.

"I understand! Let's talk while we walk!"

The three of them nodded in unison. After all, all three of them now saw that Leafa's state was somewhat unusual.

The four of them jogged all the way through the bustling streets, and then sped straight towards the gate in the direction of Alun. The sound of their shoes clacking could be heard from the bridge outside the Lugulu Corridor. Fortunately, there is no so-called fatigue value in this world.

, no matter how much I run, I don’t get out of breath.

As Leafa told Su Chen and the others the truth sentence by sentence, the three of them also learned the seriousness of the situation.

"......I see."

At this moment, Su Chen finally learned the truth about the attack on them. Sure enough, the bad roots of human nature always exist, no matter which world they are in.

"Then what's the benefit of the fire elves attacking you and the lord of the cat demon clan?"

Kirito suddenly tilted his head and asked.

"Of course, the first step is to stop the alliance. After all, the single race is definitely the most powerful fire elves. But if other races unite, the status of the fire elves will be threatened. Of course they don't want this to happen. Moreover, this

This attack will cause the relationship between the wind elves and the cat demon clan to become relatively tense. After all, this is the whereabouts of the wind elves leaked! The fire elves may wantonly frame them up. If it goes well, they can stand still and take advantage of the situation.

benefit."

"The second thing is that if you kill the lord, there will be many rich rewards, you can even get 30% of the funds saved in the lord's hall, you can occupy the town for ten days, you can even levy taxes at will, etc."

"That's quite serious!" Kirito smacked his lips.

"Yes...and Kirito."

Leafa said and slowly slowed down.

"This is the problem of our wind elves. There is no reason for you to get involved. This trip is likely to be disastrous, and you may even have to start from Suilu again. It is really not worth it."

Leafa lowered her head and said silently. After all, she had confidently promised to take them to the Arun World Tree at the beginning, but now she broke her promise. She felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. Maybe Kirito and Su Chen were accusing her now.

, she can accept it.

"Lefa, I'll go with you!" Zi Ye looked at Leafa and then looked back at Su Chen with a firm look in her eyes.

"But......"

"It's nothing to worry about. Sister Sakuye has also helped me a lot. If I don't go to her now that she's in trouble, how can I be so complacent? Besides, I won't watch you die."

"..."

Su Chen wanted to complain about the current situation, but he still didn't know where to start, so he could only look at the current situation speechlessly.

"Kirito, actually you should help the fire elves. After all, if their trip is successful, I think they will have enough resources to challenge the ultimate mission of World Tree. They might hire you, a powerful player, to assist them.

,So, even if you kill me now, I will not complain."

"Hey! What are you talking about?"

Su Chen couldn't stand it anymore. What do you mean by killing me? I won't complain. Are they the kind of people who even abandon their principles when playing games?

"It's a game anyway. Fighting and plundering are natural, right? I've seen a lot of players who say this." Kirito said quietly, "Although on the one hand, this is the most efficient and easiest to get what you want.

Even I have thought about it."

"But that's not actually the case. Because this is a virtual world, we should abide by the bottom line and protect what we think is right. My most important person once taught me this."

"Once you are blinded by desire in this world, you will be affected by it even when you return to the real world. The player and the game character are one. I cannot kill my friends for profit, even if it costs me my life.

Won't."

Kirito said in a gentle yet firm tone.

"That's it. Although it's fine to play the game casually, it's not an excuse to cross the bottom line. If I have to kill you to make the fire elves trust you and gain the qualification to challenge the World Tree, then you don't have to play this game!"

Su Chen took over Kirito's words and spoke softly in an unmistakable voice.
To be continued...