The Moment That Would Decide Everything!...

At the very start, every player present was stunned by Heathcliff's startling declaration. Then, an inevitable uproar erupted throughout the meeting room.

"The final floor strategy meeting?" Kirito was the first to voice his question. "I don't understand what you mean, Commander Heathcliff..."

It was not just Kirito. Almost none of the players present understood what Heathcliff meant. Their gazes all turned toward him, including Wu Yan and Asuna. Only Keita and Klein seemed to know exactly what Heathcliff meant. Their expressions did not change in the slightest as they sat quietly in their seats.

Clearing a floor was not as simple as heading to the labyrinth, finding the Floor Boss's room, and killing the Floor Boss. There were many issues that had to be considered before challenging a Floor Boss and clearing a floor.

For instance, opening up the town on that floor, mapping the route between the town and the labyrinth, and completing certain quests before players were permitted to enter some labyrinths and challenge them. There were also unexplored areas to map out, and so on. All of these were issues that had to be resolved when clearing a floor! Therefore, generally speaking, even the slightest progress on a floor required gathering all the Assault Team members for serious discussion. That was what was known as a strategy meeting...

Because of this, even relatively easy floors required no fewer than ten strategy meetings before the Floor Boss strategy meeting could finally be held!

But now, among the final two floors of Aincrad, Floor 99 had only been cleared a day or two ago. The situation on Floor 100 was still being investigated. The details of the new map, the monsters' levels, skills, and attack patterns had yet to be confirmed, yet Heathcliff had called this the "final