Have You Seen Through It All?
The Fire Elf leader and the guild alliance he belonged to had actually set their sights on Yuuki—or rather, on the "Sleeping Knights"—long ago.
There was no helping it.
Before Yuuki had transformed into the "Sword God" and challenged every player on the server with her eleven-hit OSS on the sightseeing island of the 24th Floor, the "Sleeping Knights" under her leadership had already challenged and fought the floor bosses of both the 25th and 26th Floors.
Although Yuuki and the others had ultimately suffered defeat, as a famous large-scale guild that had been relentlessly clearing the Labyrinth Area of Aincrad since the 23rd Floor, the guild and alliance led by the Fire Elf leader had long since noticed the astonishing strength of the "Sleeping Knights."
"Leaving aside that rule-breaking 25th Floor, let's talk about the 26th Floor. The 'Sleeping Knights' were indeed wiped out in the end, but that was because they ran out of healing items. Otherwise, they might not necessarily have lost to the 26th Floor's floor boss."
That was what the Fire Elf leader said.
"There may not be many members in this guild, but every one of them is astonishingly strong. If they can force the floor boss to the brink of being defeated like before, that will absolutely be a good thing for us."
Why?
The reason was simple.
"To definitively defeat a floor boss, we have to gather all its information and analyze its attack patterns and weaknesses. Only then can we avoid being wiped out."
Just like during the SAO period, when tackling a floor boss, the Strategy Group also had to dispatch a specialized scouting party to collect all the floor boss's information, then devise a strategy to guarantee victory and prevent any casualties.
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