I shouted a reply from behind Asuna, and hurriedly ran down to the spot below where the man in the air was dangling. ——However. As I ran halfway through, the eyes peeking from the bottom of the large helmet worn by the man suddenly widened and stared at a certain spot in the air. I immediately sensed that he was looking at something. It was his own HP bar. Or more accurately, the moment it turned to zero. Mingled into the shouts and screams of the crowd in the plaza, the man seemed to have yelled out something. And then —— a flash of light dyed the night sky blue together alongside the sound of countless glass breaking. I could only look up blankly at the polygon fragments that scattered. The rope that lost the object it was holding slammed against the wall. A second later, the black short spear that fell —— or the weapon —— let out a heavy metallic sound as it stabbed into the stone floor on the ground. The screams let out by countless players overwhelmed even the peaceful sounding BGM that filled the town. I was thoroughly shocked, but I still tried to widen my eyes and tore through the wide space around the church with my vision. It should be around —— what I was searching for was something that would definitely appear. In other words, «The declaration message of the winner in a duel».