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"This... This is...?"

Seeing Sugo Nobuyuki get hit squarely by Rozen's Fairy Sword, crashing into the fence with a pitiful cry, Asuna froze in place.

"Gu!"

"Gu!"

Both Saichou and Hanachou seemed equally stunned, emitting strange sounds and unable to snap out of their daze for a while.

As for Yui, seeing Rozen shatter Sugo Nobuyuki's administrator rights with a single phrase and send him flying, she exclaimed in surprise.

"Is... Is that a higher administrative authority than the Fairy King Oberon?"

Yes.

At this moment, the power Rozen demonstrated was indeed a higher administrator's authority than Sugo Nobuyuki's.

That's why Rozen could command the system to revoke Sugo Nobuyuki's administrator rights with just a word, rendering all his system commands ineffective.

The ground became solid again, the swamp disappeared, and the golden birdcage returned to its original form. The only difference was that the windows in front of Sugo Nobuyuki had disappeared, while one by one, windows began to appear in front of Rozen.

This confirmed Yuuki's earlier statement.

Rozen indeed possessed a higher administrator authority than Sugo Nobuyuki.

"This... This is impossible...!"

Sugo Nobuyuki was completely stunned, and once he came to his senses, he looked panic-stricken.

"How could there be someone with higher administrator rights than mine...!?"

No, to be precise, there was someone—Kayaba Akihiko, who had held the highest administrative authority.

But, to clarify, aside from Kayaba Akihiko, no one else had higher administrator rights than Sugo Nobuyuki.

And Kayaba Akihiko wasn't even in this world.

Therefore, Sugo Nobuyuki should have been the true ruler of this world.

"What is going on? What is happening!?"

Sugo Nobuyuki was in complete chaos.

To this...

"You probably don't know, do you?" Rozen looked at Sugo Nobuyuki and said calmly. "Actually, the immortal object attribute on Asuna is something I gave her."

"Y-You...?" Sugo Nobuyuki was stunned.

"Yes," Rozen confirmed without hesitation. "Back in SAO, I once accessed the system's control panel and logged in using an administrator account, thus obtaining administrative rights."

It was during that time that Rozen had bestowed the immortal object attribute on Asuna, allowing her to carry it into this world.

Thanks to that, Asuna was spared from Sugo Nobuyuki's torment, though she was still imprisoned.

Of course, at that time, the administrator account wasn't that powerful. Compared to Kayaba Akihiko's account, or even Sugo Nobuyuki's, it was far inferior.

However, after SAO was cleared, Kayaba Akihiko used his own administrator authority to upgrade Asuna's immortal object attribute to its highest level, keeping her safe from harm.

But that immortal object attribute had originally been granted through Rozen's administrator account.

Because of this, Kayaba Akihiko had indirectly elevated the administrator rights of the account Rozen had used, raising Asuna's immortal attribute to its highest level.

Even though it had been over a hundred years since that account was used, Rozen, through the operation of his Mind's Eye, was able to see both the future and the past, remembering that time.

Thanks to this, Rozen was able to log into that account and use the administrator rights that had been raised to the highest level by Kayaba Akihiko to break the golden birdcage that was previously deemed unbreakable.

In other words...

"This is the only account with higher rights than yours, besides Kayaba Akihiko."

Rozen smirked.

"Since that's the case, isn't it normal for me to change your commands with my administrator rights?"

In the imagined world, the higher the administrator rights, the more things one could do, and one's commands would take priority over those with lower administrator rights.

By logging into this account with administrative powers, Rozen naturally had the ability to change Sugo Nobuyuki's rights and invalidate his commands.

Upon hearing this, Asuna and Yuuki were both ecstatic, and Saichou and Hanachou cheered as well.

Everyone knew, this time, Rozen would win.

"No! Impossible! How could this happen...!?"

Sugo Nobuyuki refused to believe what was happening and began to frantically wave his hands.

"Come out! Command Window! My administrator rights are the highest! No one can change my rights! This garbage game! This garbage world! Come out!!!!"

Sugo Nobuyuki had completely lost his composure, no longer the polite, composed man he once was, now consumed by fear and anger.

Because only in this way could he somewhat hide the terror in his heart.

Sadly, from the moment Rozen returned to this world, Sugo Nobuyuki's tragic end was sealed.

"You're really making a fool of yourself." Rozen observed coldly, "Out of all the enemies I've met, you're the most pathetic and the ugliest. You've stolen this world and acted arrogantly for quite some time, but since that's the case, you should at least be satisfied, right?"

Saying that, Rozen walked toward Sugo Nobuyuki.

"Y-You... What are you going to do...!? Don't come near me!"

Sugo Nobuyuki was terrified, shaking his head and retreating, his eyes nearly tearing up.

This validated Rozen's earlier remark. Truly, it was a pathetic sight.

And the more pathetic Sugo Nobuyuki became, the more Rozen grew to despise him.

"Thinking I wasted two days just to find this place and had to deal with trash like you... I really should just despise myself for becoming so useless."

Rozen reached out and grabbed Sugo Nobuyuki by the hair, dragging him forward.

"System command, set pain reduction to level 0."

Rozen used his administrator rights to issue a new command.

"Ahhh! It hurts, it hurts! Let go of me!"

Sugo Nobuyuki immediately screamed, clutching his hair that Rozen had grabbed, tears and snot flowing down his face.

Rozen had set the pain reduction to zero, making the in-game damage feel all too real.

And if the pain reduction was lowered to below level 3, even logging out would cause shock symptoms. At level 0, the pain was fully felt, and in this world, taking serious damage would even affect the physical body in the real world, possibly causing severe consequences.

But that was exactly what Rozen wanted.

"System command, lock the HP of ID 'Oberon,' remove the logout option."

Rozen ordered coldly.

"Transfer operation, move ID 'Oberon' to the giant egg at the base of the World Tree."

Upon hearing this, Sugo Nobuyuki finally understood what Rozen was about to do.

Rozen planned to throw him into the giant egg at the base of the World Tree, where thousands of guardian knights would attack him, but his HP wouldn't decrease. Instead, he would continuously endure pain without the ability to log out, left to suffer endlessly.

"Designing unsolvable levels and taking pleasure in watching others struggle—this is the gift I offer you. Hope you enjoy your own design."

With that, Rozen executed the command.

"Stop! Stop! Aaaaahhh!"

Sugo Nobuyuki screamed in agony.

But the next moment, Sugo Nobuyuki was transferred, vanishing from the scene.

"Ahhhhhh..."

The silent, mournful screams echoed throughout the base of the World Tree, never stopping.