Just as Celica tried to suppress her inner impulse and was about to cross the bridge on the river.

Zhang Yu, who was walking behind, suddenly put his hand on her shoulder. Celica turned her head in surprise and saw Zhang Yu looking at the lush bushes on both sides of the road at the other end of the bridge with a calm expression. He spoke in a low voice:

"There are people there, and they are one of my purposes for coming here."

“Huh………?”

Celica stared at the bushes in panic, but could not see any figure.

"One of the purposes?"

After a few seconds of urgency, the leaves of the bushes suddenly moved. The arrow showing the player jumped out. The color was green, not the criminal.

The one who appeared on the other end of the short bridge—surprisingly, was someone Celica knew.

The big red hair color, the same bright red lips, the shiny black enamel leather armor, and the thin cross gun was held in one hand.

"Miss Rosalia...? Why are you here..."

Celica, who asked a question in a daze without answering a dumbfounded question, raised her unilateral lips and smiled.

"You can actually see through my invisibility. Your enemy search skill level is really high. Swordsman. I seem to underestimate the enemy too much?"

Only then did she finally turn her gaze on Celica.

"Looking at how you look, you should have successfully obtained the [Flower of Soul]. Congratulations, Celica."

Unable to grasp Rosalia's original intention, Celica took a few steps back. She had an indescribable premonition, but her intuition was not lost. A second later, Rosalia said something that shocked Celica.

"Then, you can hand over that flower quickly."

“…?You…what are you talking about…”

At this time, Zhang Yu, with a expressionless face, walked up and said:

"Rosalia, the president of the Murder Guild [Titan Hand]."

Rosalia raised her eyebrows and the smile hanging on her lips disappeared.

In SAO, if a player commits a system of crimes such as theft, injury, or murder, it means that the arrow will change from the usual green to the red. Therefore, the criminal is called the Red Name Player, and the group is called the Red Guild - Cialika certainly knows this basic knowledge, but she has never had any experience in actually reading it.

However, no matter how you look at it, the HP arrows appearing on Rosalia's head in front of her are all green. Celica looked at Zhang Yu beside her in a daze and asked in a hoarse voice:

"Huh...but...because...Miss Rosalia is green..."

"Cialika, that's because you're too naive. Even in the Killing Guild, there are many people who are not Red Names. Green Name members are responsible for selecting targets on the street and marching into the team, and then induced the team to the ambush. They have been paying attention to your situation, so they are ambushing here."

"How...how can it be..."

Celica looked at Rosalia's eyelid in shock.

"This... so, the purpose of your joining that team in the past two weeks..."

Rosalia once again responded with a seemingly toxic smile:

"You're right. I'm evaluating the combat power of that team, and waiting for the opportunity for them to gain a lot of money in the adventure to become a fat sheep. I was originally scheduled to do a big vote today-"

She stared at Celica's face and licked her lips with her tongue.

"Because the prey I look forward to the most is that you ran away, I was still wondering what to do, but I didn't expect you to get rare props. [Flowers of Soul] are so popular now, and the market is very high. It is indeed very important to collect information."

He paused for a moment, shifted his gaze to Zhang Yu and shrugged.

"But, Lord Swordsman, you know these things, but you still carelessly accompany the child. Are you a fool? Or are you really tempted by her body?"

Rosalia's insult made Celica feel that her vision was almost dyed with red anger. Just as she moved her arm and was about to pull out the dagger, her shoulder was grabbed with force.

"It's wrong, it's not."

Zhang Yu's voice was still calm, but it contained the chill that could freeze people.

"Rosalia, actually, my goal is you."

"How do you say this?"

"Ten days ago, you designed an ambush [Silver Flag] guild on the 38th floor, right? Four members were killed, and only the president successfully escaped."

“…ahhh, that poor team.”

Rosalia nodded and responded without moving her eyebrows.

"The man who was once the president was in the transfer gate square on the front line from morning to night every day, crying to find someone who could help him revenge. It's a coincidence that I accepted his commission."

Zhang Yu's voice was covered with a creepy cold air, like a hard skate that had been worn, chopping up everything he touched.

"However, strangely, that man did not ask that I would kill you if I accepted the commission, but said that I hope you could be put in the prison of the Black Iron Palace - can you understand that guy's mood?"

"How could it be possible to understand?"

Rosalia answered in a troublesome way.

"What, why are you as serious as a fool! Even if you kill someone here, there is no evidence that that person will die like this. Therefore, it is impossible to be regarded as a crime after returning to reality, let alone not even know whether you can go back. Justice, law, etc., don't laugh at others' big teeth. I hate this guy the most, the guy who brings strange truths into this world."

Her eyes were brutal.

"So, you took what the president who was not dead seriously and kept looking for us? You are so idle. I admit that I did hook up because of the bait you prepared... But, what would you do if you think there would be a solution for just two people...?"

The lips portrayed a cruel smile. The raised right finger swung twice in the air.

Suddenly, the groves on both sides of the road that extended to the opposite bank began to shake violently, and then figures ran out one after another. Several arrows appeared in Celica's vision, and they were almost all hateful red, with a total of - ten. If you didn't find an ambush and cross the bridge directly, you would definitely be completely surrounded.

The ten newly emerging thieves were all male players wearing silver or secondary equipment and gorgeously dressed in appearance. They had malicious smiles on their faces and cast a sticky look at Celica's body.

Celika, who felt extremely disgusted, hid behind Zhang Yu and whispered:

"Yu, Brother Yu...there are too many people, if you don't escape..."

"It's okay. Before I ask you to escape, you just need to prepare the crystal to watch it."

When Zhang Yu heard that Celica finally stopped calling Uncle Yu, she smiled and touched her head. She walked towards the bridge. Celica stood there. She thought to herself that this would be too messy no matter what, so she shouted loudly again:

"Brother Yu..."

The moment this roar echoed throughout the practice area—

"Jade……?"

One of the thieves suddenly muttered to himself. His smile disappeared, his eyebrows were locked, and his eyes wandered like they were searching for memories.

"——That dress...the swordsman with a one-handed sword but no shield...the blue and white windbreaker...?"

The man's face turned pale in an instant and he took a few steps back.

"Miss Rosalia, no, no, it's not good. This guy... is a guide ghost who came from the bottom of the road... [Flash Jade] Guild [Jade Swordsman]..."

After hearing the man's words, the other members' expressions became stiff. Celica was also shocked. She stared at Zhang Yu's not-so-tall back standing in front of her.

Although it can be inferred from the battles so far, Zhang Yu is a player of quite high level. But Celica never dreamed that he would be the "strategy group" that constantly challenged the front line, defeating the boss monsters one after another, and one of the true top swordsmen. He clearly heard that they bet on the strategy SAO and almost never went down to the middle floor.

After a few seconds of speechlessness, Rosalia shouted loudly as if she had come to her senses:

"The talent in the attack, the strategy team cannot be idle in such a place! This guy must be just an imitator who uses his name to scare others! What's more, even if he is a real [Jade Swordsman], it's not easy to deal with a person with our number!"

It was like taking advantage of the momentum of this passage, a tall axe standing in front of the red player followed and shouted:

"No, that's right! And the strategy team must have a lot of money and props! This is a very fat prey!"

With their own consent, the thieves drew out their weapons together. Countless metals shone with ferocious light. They had no idea the difference between top players and middle players, and they approached Zhang Yu like a desperate person.

"Brother Yu, it's impossible. Let's run away quickly!"

Celika held the crystal tightly and shouted desperately. As Rosalia said, no matter how strong Zhang Yu was, she had no chance of winning against this large number of opponents. However, Zhang Yu didn't move, and she didn't even plan to pull out her weapon.

To interpret Zhang Yu's appearance as giving up, all ten men except Rosalia raised their weapons, showed hideous smiles, and rushed to run one after another. They stepped on the short bridge and ran past it with a slight slight sound.

"Oh ah ah ah!"

"Go to die--!"

After surrounding Zhang Yu, who was standing in the same place, he slashed his body with his swords and spears one after another. At the same time, he was hit by nine slashes, but Zhang Yu still kept his body motionless.

"Stop it!"

Celica yelled with her hands covering her face:

"Please! Stop it! Brother Yu will... die!"

However, the men turned a deaf ear.

They were all intoxicated by violence, some laughed loudly, some cursed constantly, and at the same time they kept chopping Zhang Yu with weapons. Rosalia, who was standing near the center of the bridge, had an undepressed expression of pleasure on her face, and she licked her right finger and watched the tragedy intoxicatedly.

Celica wiped away her tears and held the hilt of the dagger in her hand. She knew that even if she rushed over, she couldn't help, but she just couldn't continue to watch. Just as she took a step towards Zhang Yu's direction, she stopped when she discovered something.

Zhang Yu's HP strip has not decreased at all.

No, correctly, although it gradually decreases bit by bit due to constant attacks, it quickly returns to the far right after a few seconds.

Soon, the group of men noticed that the swordsman in front of him showed no sign of falling down at all, and a confused expression appeared.

"What are you doing? Kill him quickly!"

Under Rosalia's impatient command, the slash that fell like rain lasted for a few seconds, but the situation still did not change.

"Hey...hey, what's going on with this guy!"
To be continued...