Carry Back

Floor 28.

The former assault team headquarters, now serving as the Knights of the Blood's temporary headquarters.

In the original story, their headquarters had been on Floor 55, but they had only cleared a little over thirty floors so far. Since they had not reached it yet, they had temporarily chosen Floor 28 as their base.

Heathcliff sat in his office, sorting through the documents in his hands and tapping them against the desk to straighten them.

The Knights of the Blood now had over three hundred members in total.

There had only been ten thousand players in the entire game to begin with.

Excluding the three hundred or so who had committed suicide at the start, along with those who had met with accidents or been killed by monsters over this period, roughly six hundred players had died in total.

Around 9,400 people remained now.

For Heathcliff to recruit more than three hundred people was already quite impressive.

They were more or less the largest faction in the game.

Heathcliff had just been screening for useful talent.

In other words, selecting only elites...

He had finally found over fifty people worth using.

Heathcliff rose from his luxurious chair and looked through the window at the beautiful scenery of the world he had created.

"What a beautiful place! Aincrad..."

This place embodied his wishes, his ambitions, and his wildest dreams.

Heathcliff—Kayaba Akihiko—intended to make a name for himself in this game world.

And the first person he intended to challenge...

Was Tiger King...

Heathcliff's grin was impossible to suppress, gradually curling into a meaningful smile.

"Prime Minister Akasaka, don't disappoint me~"

"I have always looked forward to competing with you..."

"Otherwise, I would never have let you enter this world..."

"Please make this game world even more exciting!"

Heathcliff swung