novelonline Chapter 592: Kirito is broken and is coming for me
Chapter 592: Kirito is broken and is coming for me
Chapter 592 Kirito: It’s broken, it’s coming for me
In the spectator seats earlier.
Sachi and Silica, together with Klein and others from the Moonlit Black Cats and Fuuinzan, are cheering for Kirito who is about to participate in the semi-finals.
When they saw that their top four opponent was not Alice, they were obviously relieved.
After all, as members of the Clearing Team and the reserves, they often get together with the Axis Cult members, and they know very well how strong Alice is.
So when I found out that my opponent was the spear user who looked listless and sickly, I immediately thought in my heart, it’s safe, I can easily enter the finals.
But I never expected it.
The situation turned out to be like this!
The two people on the stage gave up on defense and attacked frantically, which was very disadvantageous for the spear user, but that's what happened.
I thought Kirito could use the powerful attack power of the one-handed sword to lower his opponent's health and win, but who would have thought that the spear user had a trick up his sleeve and switched weapons at the last moment!
The blood-red spear came at him with great speed. He thought the speed just now was fast enough, but he didn't expect that this hidden killing move was even faster. In the blink of an eye, it pierced Kirito's heart and made him feel cold and scared.
"Kirito!"
"Mr. Kirito!"
"Kirito-nii!"
Several people stood up and looked anxiously at Kirito who was careless and didn't dodge in the arena. Their eyes were always fixed on his health value which was constantly decreasing. From light green to dark yellow and then to red, their hearts gradually lifted.
And then, Kirito suddenly realized.
The man in front of him used a spear with low attack power in order to accurately lower his health, so that his health value would drop without being judged as a loser because it fell below half.
The purpose of doing this is for the final killing move.
Catharsis!
——Concentrate all the attack power into eight consecutive hits, forcibly reduce his health points to zero, and thus create a scene of legal killing!
He is very familiar with this method of killing!
That was a year ago, when he was on the fifth level, someone took advantage of a loophole in the system's rules to challenge him to a half-loss duel, attempting to kill him by force.
I didn’t expect to see it here again today, and the person who was hurt was me!
Kirito gritted his teeth and looked at the man opposite him.
Suddenly, he saw a pattern.
Because he was a head shorter than the spearman in front of him, he could see from his collar that the man's chest had a special emblem tattooed on it, and a twisted smiling face was carved on the black wooden coffin!
That is...the Smiling Coffin!
Smellu?
Smile?
Yes, isn’t that what a smile means!
A chill ran down his spine, perhaps because of the spear piercing his heart. Kirito felt a chill running down his spine, and his brain felt like it was trapped in an ice cellar, unable to think.
It’s the Smiling Coffin, it’s the Murder Guild!
This man is a PK player!
Kirito could clearly see the man in front of him, with that triumphant and vicious smile on his face, and he could also clearly feel the bloodthirsty malice in his heart after he pierced his heart.
Then--
You Win
A blue light screen appeared above Kirito's head.
At this moment, Kirito's health points, which had been falling continuously, stopped at a bright red point with only one tenth left.
"Tsk."
The spear user was shocked without any concealment, as if he was unhappy about not being able to kill Kirito. Looking at the top-grade armor on Kirito's chest, he seemed to be mocking Kirito's good luck.
He pulled out the spear without any hesitation, without leaving any blood or even any fragments.
Because it was the judgment period after the duel, everyone's health was locked, so Kirito did not suffer any secondary damage.
After drawing his spear, Bimailu didn't stop at all. He put away the bloody spear and turned to leave the arena.
After seeing this, Asuna, Yuki, and Silica relaxed and quickly ran to check on Kirito's condition.
"Kirito, are you okay?"
"Ah, ah..."
Kirito gasped.
Just a little bit, just a little bit close!
"That person is a PK player of Smiling Coffin."
"what?!"
After hearing what Kirito said, Asuna stood up and tried to find someone to stop Smail who was leaving in a hurry, but Kirito grabbed the corner of her clothes.
"Don't go. Forget it."
"never mind?!"
Asuna's voice was a little excited, but Kirito still held her sleeve tightly. Asuna quickly calmed down and remained silent again.
The audience was confused and had no idea what was going on.
The same goes for Sato Kazuma.
"What happened? Why did the winner suddenly come out? Kirito obviously had lower HP, so why did he win? President Diabel, do you know why?"
"I think... it should be the system's judgment."
"System judgment?"
"That's right. Players may not know that the system's judgment is very fast, and it can be judged as successful in about 0.1 seconds. As for Kirito, I guess he should have reduced Smailo's health to less than half before his health dropped rapidly, so that Kirito could win the duel."
"Oh, I see."
After Diabel's explanation, the audience suddenly understood.
In general, Kirito's attack was faster, and he was the first to reduce Smailu's health to less than half, and then the system determined that Kirito won.
"But what's strange is that Kirito's health dropped so much, could it be that..."
Diabel muttered to himself.
He found something unusual.
This is natural. After all, he is one of the presidents of a large guild. He knows very well how to reasonably reduce the opponent's health to zero in the half-loss win-lose mode.
There is something wrong with that Smailou player!
"He's the Smiling Coffin guy."
In the players' lounge, Kirito talked with Asuna and the others: "I saw the emblem of the Smiling Coffin on his chest."
"Laughing Coffin?"
When everyone heard this name, their expressions looked unhappy.
In Aincrad, the Laughing Coffin represents chaos and the source of all evil. No matter what kind of dirty water, you can throw it at the Laughing Coffin, and it is usually not wrong. They are so notorious.
But at the same time, it also represents their bad behavior and their ability to kill people without restraint, and this alone is enough to make players tremble in fear.
"Let's arrest him now!"
"No, you can't do that!"
"why?"
"Because the method of killing people in the half-loss mode has not been spread, once other players know this method of killing other players without any scruples, what will happen?"
"Varied----!"
Kirito's words left Asuna speechless.
"Yes, Kirito did the right thing."
Another voice came from behind.
Everyone turned their heads.
"Xiao Lin?"
"Mr. Kobayashi!"
"Xiao Lin, you're here!"
Xiaolin greeted them and said, "Kirito's idea is right. If everyone knew this method, someone would definitely take advantage of the system loopholes to force other players to duel and then kill them. Unfortunately, the murderer will not be marked as a red name, and we normal players cannot punish the murderer. We can only let the murderer get away with it."
"how come……"
Asuna was a little shaken.
But she was not the naive little girl she was at the beginning. After she understood the seriousness of the matter, she stopped worrying about it. On the contrary, it was Xing and Silica who complained about letting Smail go. So you two are not the first wives. Learn more from Asuna.
Xiaolin nodded at their heads.
"But you are really lucky, Kirito."
"Yeah. If I hadn't gotten this breastplate after clearing the 55th floor, I might have died."
Kirito was also slightly relieved.
The spearman was able to cause so much damage, he must have increased the sharpness of his weapon by at least +50, otherwise he would not have been able to break his +30 increased defense attribute.
"Hey, wait."
Asuna asked curiously, "Normally, the half-loss win-lose mode of the system is based on who gets their health below half first. Since Kirito won, doesn't that mean he got his opponent's health below half first? In this case, Kirito should win, so why did he lose his health after being hit by the spearman's attack?"
"Because of the system's judgment time."
Kobayashi said.
The system's judgment time is 0.1 seconds, and Smaillu was aiming at this gap, so he deliberately accumulated more power to increase the attack, and then attacked without restraint.
"Could it be that his original goal was not to win, but to reduce Kirito-san's health to zero?"
"That's it."
"how come……!"
Despite Silica's incredulous expression, this was actually the real reason. The Laughing Coffins didn't care about the outcome of the duel. Their goal was to kill people in public.
Yuki frowned slightly and asked, "Are they targeting Kirito on purpose?"
"No, I think it's a coincidence."
Kobayashi handed them a list with all of Smaili's opponents from the qualifiers to the knockout rounds, quarterfinals and semifinals.
“You see, his opponents are all small-time unknowns, and in the knockout rounds, they are all insignificant guys.
It may not be until the quarterfinals begin and everyone's eyes are focused here that he will really take action.
It’s a pity that his opponent in the quarterfinals is Darkness. Even if Darkness doesn’t defend, her health points will never be reduced to zero with her tank skills.
The opponent in the top four is Kirito.
Generally speaking, the biggest commotion is caused by reducing someone's health to zero in the finals.
But his opponent in the semifinals was Kirito, and Kirito's strength was well known. No matter if he showed his true strength or not, he would probably be defeated by Kirito, so he simply gave up and set his sights on Kirito in the semifinals. "
“Is that so?”
Everyone curled their lips.
Should we say it is lucky or unfortunate that the one who got hurt in the end was the powerful Kirito.
Kirito almost couldn't hold it back.
Who could have imagined that I would be targeted just because I was strong? How can I justify this?
"But I didn't expect that after more than a year, PoH is still using the same tricks. It didn't bring me much surprise at all."
Xiao Lin suddenly shook his head, spread his hands and sighed.
That disappointed expression made Kirito, Asuna and the others speechless. It seemed that this person in front of them was hoping that something unexpected would happen in this situation.
Asuna said worriedly, "But in this case, won't Laughing Coffin take advantage of this loophole to murder other players?"
"Hmm... most likely not." Kirito touched his chin.
"Why do you say that?"
“Because it’s too inefficient.”
It was Xiaolin who answered her: "The half-loss win-lose mode requires the consent of both parties, and it forcibly returns the health value to zero when it is almost halfway. PoH will not use such harsh conditions because it is too inefficient."
"What... Just because of inefficiency or something... But someone will be forced to PK and die because of it."
"Although you may not believe it, this is the truth."
Kobayashi shrugged.
The purpose of PoH is to kill people and create panic, but he is too lazy to kill them one by one and under such harsh conditions.
Instead of spending this much time, it would be much faster to encourage other players to fight each other.
Xiaolin could guess that PoH let Smailu participate in this world's number one martial arts tournament with the purpose of killing a well-known player in the tournament to create panic, and it would be best if it happened in the finals that everyone was paying close attention to.
Unexpectedly, Smailo first met Darkness in the quarterfinals and then met Kirito in the semifinals.
Knowing how strong Kirito's skills are - perhaps the best in Aincrad - and Kirito also attracts a lot of audience attention, PoH decisively changed his target to Kirito.
Unfortunately, he did not succeed.
"Besides, it goes without saying that in the wild, if we are surrounded, there is no way to escape, but inside the circle is a safe area. If he doesn't agree to a duel, then he will be helpless, right?"
"Uh...yeah, it can be done this way!"
Asuna and the others suddenly realized.
"Also, don't worry. After this world's No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament is over, our major guilds will issue a notice to all players, asking them not to participate in PK for the time being, and not even agree to the first attack win-lose mode. This should prevent the Smiling Coffin from causing trouble behind the scenes."
"Really? That makes me feel relieved."
Asuna let out a breath.
Kobayashi then said to Kirito, who was still a little shocked, "You may not be able to recover from what happened just now, but I'm sorry, the finals will not be postponed to tomorrow. You should know the reason, right?"
"In order not to cause more commotion? Wait, isn't that why you're here?"
"That's right. Kirito, you really understand everything."
Xiaolin said with a smile.
"I understand." Kirito exhaled: "I can't help it. Who told me that the competition system is like this? As a contestant, I don't have the right to refuse, right?"
“Hahaha, that’s it.”
Even before the competition started, the rule was that the finals would start after the semi-finals and directly determine the winner.
This cannot be changed.
Even if Alice met Smaillu in the semi-finals and her health dropped below half, or even her mentality was affected, Kobayashi would not postpone the final to tomorrow.
Kirito also understood this.
He just lamented that he was unlucky.
"I'm sorry, but Kirito, you better do your best in the finals... Looks like you don't need me to comfort you, I'm leaving now."
Looking at Kirito being surrounded by Asuna, Sachi, and Silica, Krillin waved his hand and quickly left the lounge. It would be better for him not to get involved in such a Shura scene.
...No, with Asuna as their wife around, they shouldn't be able to quarrel, right?
Xiaolin nodded secretly, agreeing with it.
(End of this chapter)