Sword Art Online: Unital Ring IV, Vol. 25 by Reki Kawahara and abec

Author:Reki Kawahara and abec [Reki Kawahara and abec]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2022-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

“Good grief,” he exclaimed, from the darkness of his hood. “Listen, Kirito. I’m not denying your right to pursue your heroic ideals, but we’re doing our best to beat this game here. Is this really the place for pushing your standards on others?”

His voice was deep and soft, like a teacher’s, but his words were sharp. Yes, everyone had a right to play an MMORPG in their own way, and you couldn’t lecture others on how they should follow your own moral superiority. In fact, it wasn’t just his voice and tone—even his point sounded teacherly…

Suddenly, it struck me:

This was “Sensei.” He was the mystery person who taught Mocri’s party how to fight other players—and possibly instigated Schulz’s group into making their attack. If so, then even this unnecessary conversation was probably masking some strategic purpose of his.

Mutasina had already achieved her goal of casting the Noose on us; all she had to do was activate the effect to bend all of us to her will. All she had to do was bang the butt of her staff against the ground, so why wasn’t she doing it?

Can she not do it yet? Is she in some place where she can’t?

Maybe it was a place without solid ground. Like the river. Or…

“The sky!”

I pushed forward with my sword for all I was worth and looked at the sky.

Although there was no moon, the stars were out. By opening my eyes for all they were worth, my Night Vision effect kicked in, brightening the details a little. Against the dark-gray sky was a black shape, circling silently. It was a huge bird with a wingspan of at least ten feet. I couldn’t see from the ground, but most likely Mutasina was on its back. Perhaps it was circling because it was looking for a safe place to land in the forest.

Once she landed, that would be checkmate. We had to do something while she was still airborne. But I couldn’t reach her with a sword skill, and the only ranged attacks we had were Yui’s fire magic, my decay magic, and Sinon’s Hecate. With the sniper rifle’s aim fixed in place, that was out; and the Flame Arrow starting spell wasn’t going to be strong enough to take down that giant bird. My Rotten Shot spell wouldn’t be much more than a nasty prank.

I briefly glanced upstream, where the enemy forces swept up in the flash flood were starting to recover. Once they recognized the situation, they would follow their initial orders and attack us. It wasn’t clear if the lieutenants would stop them, but we couldn’t just let things play out like this.

About the only option left was to pick up a rock and throw it. I started thinking frantically in that direction when a ferocious roar erupted from behind me.

“Groaaaahh!”

Standing on two legs on the riverbank was Misha the thornspike cave bear, both paws extended to their full length. The zigzagging white pattern on its chest glowed in the faint starlight.

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