S-Rank Ingredient: The Stir Caused by the Ragout Rabbit

Kirito had been targeted ever since he was still part of the raiding group.

More accurately, everyone had been jealous of him.

Because he always claimed the first kill on every boss.

That had also made Kirito's level much higher than everyone else's.

As a result, the people in the raiding group couldn't tolerate him.

Who knew whether it was the protagonist's halo at work, but even after Kirito left the raiding group and ventured out on his own, his level had not fallen behind by much.

Aside from Heathcliff, Akasaka, Asuna, and Usagisawa Misumi, he was the highest-level player.

Luckily, Kirito had left the raiding group early. Otherwise, he inevitably would have been driven out by the Knights of the Blood, which would have been rather embarrassing.

Though Kirito himself wouldn't have cared.

Incidentally, players everywhere now knew that the flow of time in Aincrad had been slowed by a factor of two hundred.

Heathcliff had mainly announced it publicly under the identity of Kayaba Akihiko.

He said it was the reward Tiger King had earned for defeating him.

Although no one knew when Tiger King had fought Kayaba Akihiko, it was undoubtedly a good thing for the players.

At the very least, it stopped some players from doing something foolish and taking their own lives, while also giving them hope.

Because time had been slowed by a factor of two hundred, the burden on their bodies in the outside world had been greatly reduced, increasing their chances of survival.

For example, the players' real-world bodies were currently being kept alive with nutrient solutions.

Over time, their bodies naturally wouldn't be able to endure it. They might die within two or three years.

In the original story, everyone only escaped Aincrad, this death game, after around two and a