Portal

After listening to Kirito's explanation, she learned that her teammate had taken down the floor boss alone. Though she did not know what that meant, she could still tell that this teammate was incredibly strong.

After all, they had gathered dozens of people just to defeat this floor boss. That alone showed how troublesome the boss had been.

The group that still knew nothing nervously pushed open the door and entered, only to freeze in shock the next second.

The room was completely empty. Where was the monster?

"Where's the monster?"

"The chair's empty!"

"Hey, isn't that guy the one who came in through the door? How is he still alive?"

Confused voices rose from the crowd.

Takuya could not be bothered with them. He waved at Kirito, who stood behind the crowd, signaling for them to come over.

"Let's go," Kirito said quietly.

With that, Kirito ran toward Takuya, who was standing beside the portal. Although Asuna had known them for less than a day, they were at least acquainted by now.

The three of them stepped into the faintly glowing portal without hesitation and vanished. Among the crowd, those beta testers who had been watching Takuya from the moment they entered saw the big shot lead two people into the portal. They did not waste any time either, rushing over and diving into it.

"Hey, where are you going?"

Some people who had never played the game did not know what the portal was. But seeing everyone who ran into it disappear, even the dumbest among them could guess that it was a passage to the second floor.

"Could that brat have already taken down the floor boss?"

That sentence suddenly came from within the crowd.

Diabel swallowed. Though he could not quite make sense of the situation,