"Boom—!"
Amid the thunderous explosion, a warehouse in Warehouse District, south of Abandoned City, suddenly blew apart. The blast wave surged out like a tide, sweeping in all directions and sending gusts whipping everywhere.
Black smoke rose in wisps.
Waves of fire spread again and again.
The astonishingly powerful bomb burst the entire warehouse like a balloon, leaving the flames burning relentlessly. Even the air temperature rose several times over, shaking the surrounding warehouses, while the asphalt road became scorching hot as though it were being roasted.
"It exploded!"
"It exploded!"
"How is it? What happened?"
"Are those two dead?"
The many VRMMO players who had clearly witnessed the scene cried out one after another.
"Guildmaster!"
"Guildmaster!"
In ALO, inside the guild bar on the twentieth floor of Aincrad, quite a few members of the "Red Wings" stood up as well, shouting in alarm.
"Luo Zhen...!"
Everyone, including Asuna and the others, stood up in shock.
During the BoB Tournament, although the competition venue was broadcast live, the sound was not transmitted. Thus, many people had no idea what Luo Zhen and Sinon had said, or what had caused things to develop into the current situation, with Sinon being taken hostage and Luo Zhen coming to rescue her.
However, in the few seconds before the bomb exploded, Luo Zhen and Sinon had indeed been inside the warehouse. Everyone had seen that much.
Immediately afterward, the image switched to outside the warehouse. Everyone saw the warehouse explode, but had no idea how Luo Zhen and Sinon were doing.
This made everyone's hearts leap into their throats.
Under such circumstances, no one saw...
"Cough, cough...!"
Outside the exploding warehouse, Sinon lay sprawled on the ground, coughing incessantly.
"Did we make it?"
Luo Zhen was lying on the ground as well—indeed, on top