After being defeated by the boss, the knights let out a small amount of complaints. Asuna then realizes that the group from earlier used them to gather information on the boss so that the larger clearing guild could beat it. Not wanting to have to wait for the next floor Asuna rouses the guild to go at the boss again. When they return they find a larger group waiting in front of the boss room, and a gnome warrior denies them access, and then tells them that if they want to complain they should head to their guild headquarters. Seeing that the guild is determined to block them Asuna and the Sleeping Knights prepare to attack only for another person to join in, Kirito wall-runs along the edge of the room, to appear between the two sides, and makes a declaration to the clearing guild, the way is blocked off. The Salamander leader orders the mages to attack and to everyone's disbelief Kirito cuts through them using an outside system skill called Spell Blast, which stuns everyone. He then holds up three fingers to Asuna telling her he will stall them for three minutes. The seven Sleeping Knights break through the 20 guild members blocking the way while Klein and Kirito hold off the 30 reinforcements in the back. They make their way to boss room, Kirito and Klein health falls into the red zone and as high level magic spells begin to fall upon Kirito and Klein, Kirito throws up a victory sign and the boss door closes,