After leaving Death Hill, Seiya checked the time and realized that he seemed to be late.
But this really was not his fault. Claude and the others had simply been too good at picking locations.
Death Hill covered quite a large area. After taking care of Claude and the others, Seiya first had to leave the no-teleport zone before teleporting to Floor 55.
Then he had to travel from Floor 55's main city district to Dragon's Nest, wasting quite a bit more time along the way.
Naturally, Claude was ultimately killed by Seiya without question.
Even at the moment of his death, Claude could not understand how Seiya, a high school boy, could be so ruthless.
To be fair, before today, Claude and Seiya should not have had any personal grudge against each other. This had also been their first meeting.
Although Claude had indeed considered taking revenge someday while begging for mercy, even if he had to wait until the Real World to do it.
But that had only been his own inner thought. Why did the other party seem to know him so well despite this being their first meeting, and why was he so determined to eliminate him completely?
Without a doubt, Claude died with his eyes wide open. Even in his final moments, he had been wondering whether he had slipped up somewhere.
As for Dragon's Nest, Heathcliff, who had previously been suspected, was hesitating over whether to use his administrator privileges to locate Seiya when Seiya finally arrived late.
"Sorry, sorry. I ran into something unexpected, so I was late.
"But I really didn't expect so many people to be here. Did everyone else sense that something big was going to happen today, so you came to watch the excitement too?"
Seeing Seiya appear, Asuna,