Floor 56.
Inside the conference room.
Gathered here were members of various guilds besides the Knights of the Blood.
Even Akasaka, Asuna, and Usagisawa Misumi were standing here.
They had gathered to discuss how to defeat the Floor 56 boss.
This time, the situation was rather unusual.
The number of bosses on each floor could be either one or two.
In other words... it was not fixed at one.
Originally, Akasaka's side and the Knights of the Blood had agreed that each side would take one floor, but some floors had two bosses, making the division unclear.
After discussion between both sides, they decided to share the extra bosses with everyone and summon all players to fight them together.
Even those who were not members of the Knights of the Blood could participate.
That was why members of other guilds had gathered here.
Originally, Akasaka's side and the Knights of the Blood monopolizing the resources had not sat well with everyone.
After all, if the two sides took all the bosses for themselves, what were the people behind them supposed to do?
They had to leave people at least a little soup, right?
That was why they had yielded these bosses.
Even Kirito, the solo player, was here, leaning against the wall in a corner with his arms folded, his eyes closed in thought.
He was also taking part in this boss raid.
Otherwise, how could he have obtained his black sword, Elucidator?
It had been dropped by the Floor 50 boss.
If he had not participated in boss raids, he would never have been able to obtain that weapon.
Heathcliff, the captain of the Knights of the Blood, had also sent over their newly appointed vice-captain—a nameless nobody, or rather, his capable assistant—to help.
As for why Heathcliff had