Prologue
The girl stood in fear under the giant hunk of armor that loomed above her.
The Executioner, it read—a level 45 floor boss of the 28th floor.
It carried a halberd—a 14 feet long axe-spear that seemed to penetrate the stone ceiling.
It was the first time anyone had ever faced this boss before, which was natural because she was with the front liners.
However, all those fabled "amazing, courageous, highly-skilled" players of the front line had all been hit by a massive stun attack delivered from the butt of the boss's halberd.
Only Yumari was able to dodge it, a casual player that had never been with a floor boss conquering party before, as well as being a celestial mystic—one of the strongest healing roles in the game, on top of having the lowest defense scaling of any classes.
Even the famous Beater—the rumoured highest-skilled player in Sword Art Online, Kirito—had been hit trying to protect one of his friends.
And so this left Yumari—the only player in the room that could be one-shot by the boss—in the direct strike range of The Executioner—completely vulnerable without any assistance for a solid three seconds.
Why was she in this situation again?
Well, it all started when she met a couple of players from the small guild called Fuurinkazan.
Filled with a bunch of shut-ins and ugly dudes, they were the perfect group to party with because they were strong enough to boost Yumari in experience and gold and naive enough to believe that she was actually interested in them.
As one of the prettiest girls in the game, she only needed to rely on others, and she preferred to use nerds like these to get her to places.
Why not use any of the hot men that were constantly private-messaging her to gift her rare items and gold?
Well, let's just say that even though your body might change, your heart won't.
You see, when Kayaba Akihiko had gathered all of the players in the town of beginnings and announced the start of a death game, everyone was given a mirror.
And when they looked through their mirrors, they reverted back to their forms in the real world.
However, Yumari was not given a mirror.
She did not revert back to her original form.
For some odd reason, he remained his girl avatar.
So when Kotonashi Takeru asked the Fuurinkazan guild to take him somewhere he could get the rarest items, he idiotically agreed to join them on a floor boss quest.
What he failed to tell them was that he was quite under-leveled for the boss, at only level 26.
Well, I guess this is my punishment for abusing this "glitch"...
Takeru braced for impact as the halberd went down, and a loud pang! resounded through the room.
So, this is just the prologue, but I'm planning on making this an ongoing
thing. I'm also drawing the cover art for the story which will feature
Yumari and Takeru separated by a thin wall.