As the blue light gradually faded, the few of them could see the surrounding scenery again, but the three of them were no longer in the grassland under the setting sun.
What could be seen now was a vast slate floor, surrounded by trees, and a street with a medieval style. In the distance ahead, there was a huge palace emitting black light. There was no doubt that this was the central square of the " starting town " where the game started.
Kirito and Klein looked at each other with their mouths agape. Then, the two of them looked back and forth at the crowded crowd, while Stripey quietly looked at the sky.
Looking at the group of handsome men and women, as well as their various equipment and hair colors, it was obvious that they were all SAO players. There seemed to be thousands of them-or more accurately, nearly ten thousand of them.
At present, all the players in the game might have been transferred to this square like the three of them. In a few seconds, the crowd fell silent because they did not understand the situation. Then, they began to look around in panic.
Not long after, noisy sounds began to spread from various places, and the volume gradually increased. He kept hearing,"What's going on?」[Can I log out now?] [Hurry up and let me log out!] In this case…
After a while, the noise of the crowd began to have an anxious atmosphere, and one could also hear the words,"Stop joking!"」[GM, come out!] Such an angry roar.
Suddenly…
Someone's voice drowned out the noise." Ah…look up!”
Everyone looked up reflexively. Then, he saw a strange scene. A hundred meters above, which was the bottom of the second layer, was dyed with a layer of bright red chessboard pattern. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the pattern was formed by two English words arranged in an alternating manner.
As for the two words written in bright red font, they were Warning and System Announcement.
The red pattern covered the entire sky. Its central part was like a thick drop of blood that slowly dripped down. However, the blood did not fall to the ground. Instead, it suddenly changed shape in midair.
A giant, nearly 20 meters tall, wearing a dark red cloak, appeared. No, that was a bit incorrect, because everyone was looking up from below, so they should be able to see the face under the hat that was pulled very low. However, there was no face in that part, and the whole place was empty. They could even clearly see the inside of the hat and the stitches at the edge. There was also only a faint darkness under the long hem of the dress.
Kirito had seen such a cloak before. It was the uniform that the GMs of ARGUS would wear during the closed test. However, at that time, the male GMs would definitely be old men with long beards who looked like magicians. If it was a female, then there would definitely be a bespectacled female character under the cloak. Perhaps there was something wrong with creating a character, so the cloak appeared first. However, there was nothing under the dark red cloak, which made Kirito feel an indescribable sense of unease.
At this moment, the right sleeve of the cloak suddenly moved. From the expanded sleeve, one could see a pure white glove. However, the sleeve and glove were clearly separated from each other, and no physical part could be seen at all. Then, the left sleeve was slowly raised.
On the heads of the 10,000 players, the empty white gloves were opened to the left and right. It felt like a faceless man was opening his mouth. Then, a man's deep and clear voice came from afar.
"Players, welcome to my world! My name is Hayaba Akihiko. " He's the only person who can control this world now. Perhaps you've already noticed that there's no exit option in the system menu..." Hayaba started to play tricks... He explained the rules of this game to the players. If they died, they would really die. If someone forcefully turned off the game, their brain would be damaged by strong electromagnetic waves. Even if they turned off the game, their brain would be paralyzed and they would die... If they wanted to go out... He had to defeat all the bosses on the 100th floor to clear the game and leave the game.
Kazuhiko Hayaba's words triggered a strong fear in everyone present. They all wanted to escape from this " game of death ", but they still failed." Now, the system will regenerate the character according to your face shape..."
As a result…many beautiful girls became weird uncles wearing girls 'clothes…making the other boys puke…
"You are…Klein!" Kirito recognized Klein.
"Are you Kirito?" Klein and Kirito, these two good friends, got together again…
"Cough cough!" Ban hurriedly coughed twice to show his presence.
"Big brother Ban? I didn't expect you to play the game in your original form!”Kirito exclaimed as he looked at Ban, who hadn't changed at all.
"Nonsense, the great Lord Ban doesn't need to change his appearance! Alright, I'm going to farm monsters!”After saying that, Ban walked towards the town exit.
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