Futuristic Swordsman Ch.3

Congratulations

You found Excalibur and Durendal!

Kirito looked in shock at the legendary weapons that he found. But what are these two swords doing hidden on level 1. It should have been hidden somewhere in the high levels like 80 or 90. A notification appeared.

Accept / Decline Items: Excalibur and Durendal

He quickly pressed accept and the swords disappeared from the wall and into his inventory. He opened up his inventory and click on Excalibur.

Excalibur

Rarity: Legendary

Effects: Able to destroy undead or dark mobs instantly. Cannot be affected by Holy Sword's effect

Ability: Cause Double Damage on second successful strike. Third Successful strike will not miss but will not have double damage.

Requirements: Level 80 and 800 Strength and Endurance. Must have title Hero of Legends to use this. Must have a finishing strike on a boss. Must have maxed out all skills.

Kirito nodded at the Level 80 and 800 stats requirement. That would make a lot more sense. He clicked on Durendal.

Durendal

Rarity: Legendary

Effects: Steals Life Force and drains Strength from the Enemy.

Ability: Can change into different weapon forms such as Broadsword, Shortsword, Dagger, and Rapier.

Requirements: Level 80 and 800 Agility and Dexterity. Must have maxed out all weapons skills. Kill a boss with a finishing strike. Must have green player icon. Must be in a guild.

"Well I guess that would take people a long time to reach up to." Kirito thought to himself as he walked back through the aisle. He left through the aisle and headed back to where the hole he fell through was. When he reached there he found a ladder already placed there ready for him to climb up. He went up the ladder and out of the hole before the hole disappeared. He looked at the system time and saw that it was 6:30 already. "Wow time sure has passed" Kirito thought surprised before he headed for town.

He got back to the inn and went up to Asuna's room. He reached her door at 7 exactly and knocked on her door. "Come on Asuna. Time for breakfast" Kirito called out. The door opened and Asuna was at the door ready to go. "How do you know my name?" She asked him. "Hmm. Its next to your health bar on the party list. Mine should be there as well" Kirito told her. She seemed to be looking in one direction before muttering out something. "Ki...ri...to.. Kirito!" Asuna exclaimed. "Good job here is a cookie" Kirito said tossing an imaginary cookie. Asuna's head bowed in embarrassment before Kirito tapped her head causing her to look up.

"Come on, lets eat breakfast" Kirito exclaimed as he led her to the cafe in the hotel. He ordered a cup of coffee to get him to wake up and some lightly glazed chocolate donuts. Asuna ordered some Orange juice and a some pancakes. They ate in silence until Diabel rushed into the hotel announcing that the group is going to head on into the dungeon.

They paid for their meal and made their way to the group who was ready in a line. The group marched in a line for 15 minutes before they entered the dungeon they made their way through the discovered parts of the dungeon before making their way to a door that was never opened before. "I have one thing to say people… Let's Win!" Diabel called out before he opened up the door. As soon as everyone walked in the doors shut by itself and 3 kobold sentinels landed on the floor and rushed at them with the Kobold Sentinel following them.

The players gave a war cry before rushing to meet the sentinals. Kirito and Asuna ran through the crowds and Kirito struck a sentinel causing it's guard to open up. "Switch" Kirito called out and twisted as Asuna shot past him before stabbing the sentinel. The Sentinel exploded in blue showers before everyone went to help the other squads and destroyed the other sentinels quickly. They launched themselves at the boss whacking, stabbing, slicing, and bashing at the boss with their shields, daggers, swords, and maces respectively. The boss's health bar went down to the red bar before Diabel called everyone back.

"Step back people, I'll handle this." Diabel told them as he readied his sword with a basic charging strike skill. "Wait thats weird. Why is he attacking by himself. I thought all of us were going to attack it until it drops." Kirito thought wondering at what Diabel was doing. Kirito watched as the players made a way for Diabel to pass and Diabel ran through the center straight forward for the boss. When he got out of the players path Diabel made a small smirk that signaled Kirito something.

"No way he's going for the…" Kirito thought before his thoughts were drawn to the boss's last weapon. The boss drew slowly so Diabel did not see it. But Kirito and his eyes went wide. "STOP. JUMP BACK AS FAR AS YOU CAN. THAT IS NOT A TALWAR. IT IS A NO-DAICHI" Kirito yelled catching Diabel's attention. But the boss drew the No-Daichi out quickly before ricocheting of the pillars that were surrounding Diabel before rocketing down at Diabel.

The No-Daichi tore through Diabel's body and the boss swung once more and Diabel's body was launched to the side with two line running from both shoulders to the opposite waist. Diabel landed a few feet away from Kirito rushed to Diabel with a health potion ready. When Kirito was right next to Diabel's body trying to give him a potion, Diabel held Kirito's hand at at bay. "You are a beta-tester as well aren't you. You know what I was trying to do" Diabel croaked out.

"Yes. You were going for the last hit bonus reward." Kirito told him. Diabel coughed and smiled weakly. "Please defeat the boss, for everyone!" Diabel asked Kirito before his body broke into pixels. Kirito kneeled their shocked for a second before putting his health potion in his inventory. Asuna skidd next to him and Kirito stood up. "Asuna. Let's do the twisting snake formation" Kirito told her. "Hai" Asuna replied as they both dashed at the boss who fending off the other players. The boss took notice of them once the other players were knocked back and raised it's Talwar at Kirito.

Kirito and Asuna started switching sides causing the boss to flick it's head back and forth to watch Kirito. The Hobold lord swung it's weapon sideways to eliminate the switching but the both of them jumped on the axe and leaped toward the Kobold Lord's head. Asuna's cloak caught on the No-Daichi revealing a beautiful girl with honey brown hair. "Snake Style: Piercing Strike" Kirito and Asuna yelled out as their Kirito's sword and Asuna's rapier activated the skill pierced the through the kobold's head. The Kobold Lord glowed blue for a few seconds growing brighter for a few seconds before it exploded into a shower of pixels. The boss vanished and a window that said "Kobold Lord defeated" popped up in the area where the Kobold Lord was defeated. Everyone received a boss reward screen and started cheering.

Me and Asuna's window popped up late with an additional window.

Congratulations on defeating Kobold Lord

Col gained: 20,000

EXP gained: 25,000

Party Skill Increase: 9,000 EXP gained: Lv. 3: 3,000 / 8,000

Level Up: Lv. 12: 4,000 / 12,000

Final Hit Bonus:

Choice of Three:

Mastery of (1) Skill

Cloak of Midnight

Anneal Blade Lv. 10

Kirito looked at his window before glancing at Asuna's. She also had received a Final Hit Bonus. He looked through his choices again and picked the Max out skill reward. His windows closed and a skill list popped up.

Choose 1 Skill to Master:

Staff Skill: Level 1: 50 / 2,000

Dagger Skill: Level 8: 40,000 / 256,000

Hammer Skill: Level 5: 20,000 / 32,000

Rapier Skill: Level 2: 4,000 / 8,000

Axe Skill: Level 6: 24,000 / 64,000

Spear Skill: Level 1: 20 / 2,000

Polearm Skill: Level 1: 1,500 / 2,000

Shield Skill: Level 4: 8,000 / 16,000

Trap Setting: Level 9: 290,000 / 512,000

Technology Skill: Level 9: 480,000 / 512,000

Trade Skill: Level 5: 28,000 / 32,000

Taming Skill: Level 3: 1,800 / 8,000

Hunting Skill: Level 7: 40,000 / 128,000

Fishing Skill: Level 9: 500,000 / 512,000

Party Skill: Level 0 / 2,000

Kirito instantly brought his hand to the technology skill. that skill was the most useful to him as of now and it was a pain to bring it up since he had to buy expensive books to increase it.

Skill Technology: Lv. 10: MAX

Kirito had a megawatt grin on his face and saw Asuna equipping the Anneal Rapier which was much more rarer than the Anneal sword and much more powerful. "That was splendid move you two pulled back there" Egil commented. Both Kirito and Asuna nodded in thanks. Everyone cheered at them until Kibaou opened his mouth. "Why, Why did you let Diabel die?" Kibaou yelled at Kirito. The cheering stopped and an uncomfortable silence overtook them. "Let him die?" Kirito repeated confused. "You knew that technique the boss used! If you'd told us about that up front, he wouldn't have died!" Kibaou yelled again.

"He must be a beta tester. That's how he knew all the boss's attack patterns. He knew but he didn't tell us. Other beta tester are here, too, right? Come out!" One random player called out pointing at Kirito. "This is bad… at this rate…" Kirito thought before Egil's voice interrupted them. "Hey settle down people." Egil yelled and everyone started yelling.

The yelling stop once they heard Kirito started laughing. "A beta tester? I wish you wouldn't compare me to those newbies. Most of the thousand beta testers were beginners who didn't even know how to level up. You guys are better than they are. But I'm not like them. I made it higher than anyone else during the beta test. The reason I knew the boss's skills is because I fought monsters with katana skills on floors far above us. I know a lot more. Way more than any information broker." Kirito told them.

"W-What. That's way worse than a beta tester! You're are cheating. Yeah, a cheater! A beater." Kibaou yelled at him. Kirito smiled as he opened up his inventory. "Beater huh. I like it. From now on don't confuse me with the other testers." Kirito told him before he scrolled down to the Halo Spartan Armor Mjolnir Mark 1.

Halo Spartan Armor Mjolnir Mark 1- Requirements met. Equip?

Kirito pressed the equip button and his height went from 5'5 to 6'7. A green armor overtook his body and he was looking through the visor. His armor showed a health bar and another bar that he didn't know on the upper right corner of the visor. He found a motion and heat tracker on a scanner on the bottom left of the visor which showed lots of green dots in front of him and two next to him. On the upper left corner of the visor. He saw is Anneal Blade +9 with the damage next to it and the durability under it. When he brought his down to stare at the crowd everyone took a step back.

"Well this is a cool armor. Let's get the sword out" Kirito thought as he scrolled down his inventory and equipped the Energy sword. His Anneal Blade +9 disappeared from his back and visor before a glowing blue blade appeared on his back. Kirito turned and headed for the door that leads to the 2nd floor before he saw Asuna's signature follow him. "What are you doing Asuna?" Kirito's voice came through the helmet clearly. "I'm coming with you. I thought we were in a party?" Asuna asked him. Kirito tsked himself and opened up the party window. He was about to press the leave party button before he thought about something.

He pressed the gift button on the party window and scrolled down his inventory as he talked to Asuna. "I'm a solo player Asuna. I never do well in groups except for today. But I think you have the potential to be a great player in this game. You'll be strong. So if someone you trust ever invites you to join a guild, don't turn them down. There's a big limit to what you can do as a solo player." Kirito tells her before he sends her the gift and leaves the party. He opens the door and walked through it. Asuna received a gift notification which she opened up to see.

Gift from Kirito

You have been given:

Durendal

Rarity: Legendary

Effects: Steals Life Force and drains Strength from the Enemy.

Ability: Can change into different weapon forms such as Broadsword, Shortsword, Dagger, and Rapier.

Requirements: Level 80 and 800 Agility and Dexterity. Must have maxed out all weapons skills. Kill a boss with a finishing strike. Must have green player icon. Must be in a guild.

Asuna was astounded at the gift and smiled at finding someone that she can trust. Someone she can call a friend.