"Please~, I'll cook you something delicious when we get back, okay?" Asuna began acting cute and coquettish.
"Fine..." Akasaka had no choice but to go pick a fight for the sake of a good meal.
After all, in this game world, only those with the Chef class could cook.
No matter how good one's cooking skills were in the real world, they couldn't make anything tasty in this game.
So Akasaka's appetite depended entirely on Asuna's cooking skill. She had him completely wrapped around her finger.
Akasaka stepped forward and faced Kirito head-on.
Kirito...
[Seriously??? I have to fight you again?]
Honestly, Kirito was a little intimidated, but he had no choice but to go fight him.
The two agreed to meet in an open area out in the wilderness.
Before the eyes of more than a hundred players, the second round of their duel officially began.
This time, Akasaka did not deliberately take Kirito's Starburst Stream out of curiosity.
Instead, he used Chisato Nishikigi's ability to evade every strike.
Once Kirito had finished Starburst Stream, there was an opening—the instant his body entered a stiffened state.
Akasaka suddenly unleashed Storm Cloud Crack, driving it straight into Kirito's kidney.
Kirito let out a twisted scream before being launched into the air and crashing heavily onto the ground.
Any man would have a hard time after getting forked in the kidney by Storm Cloud Crack.
Though Akasaka had held back and had not intended to take his life, the pain was very real.
Every player had a brief moment of stiffness after unleashing a major skill—a delay.
It generally lasted around 0.5 to 1 second.
The higher one's level, the shorter that time became.
At its shortest, it could be reduced to 0.2 seconds.
But no matter how much it was