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Tank ― player whose job is to take large amount of damage from the monsters while party members attack

DPS ― Damage Per Second. Refers to the actual damage a character or weapon can deal per second. Also can be referred to classes with high damage such Assassins.

Cool down ― the minimum length of time a player or monster (boss) needs to wait after using a skill before able to use it again.

Chapter 4

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The next day, Kaijou, Seirin and the Miracles headed back to Kise's house, bright and early in the morning. They didn't want to miss the blond's progress, not a single detail. Still, it was a relief to see the blond fine, but they hoped that they would be able to pick out something that may be useful in getting the players out. Although they knew that the police were watching, there were possibilities that the authorities could miss something.

By the time it was mid-morning, everyone had completely assembled in Kise's room, including the boy's father. Seirin and the Miracles were a bit stiff around him unlike Kaijou who behaved natural.

Soon the game appeared and everyone's eyes were glued to the monitors.

Kise slept soundly in his bed, occasionally shuffling here and there. His room was rather normal ―a bed in the middle, a desk and chair to the corner and a bedside table with what seemed to be a lamp rested on the top. Then, he sat upright and yawned as he stretched. His hair was a mess, his eyes drooped indicating that he was still a bit sleepy. Lazily, he got up and headed to his shower and started to strip.

"Oi! Don't look at my son stripping! You lechers!" Ryouhei screeched frantically and grabbed a sheet to throw it over the monitors. "You're invading his privacy!"

"Ki-Ki-Kise-san! We don't want to see that!" Moriyama said quickly to save their hides. "After all, Kise is a male, not a beautiful young woman!"

"Nor does he have big breasts like Satsuki." Aomine joined in with a drawl.

With an intimidating gaze, Ryouhei removed the sheets, and sat back in his chair and continued to watch. "If I so spot any of you with lecherous gazes, I'll gouge out your eyes." he snapped.

Seirin shivered at what the man just said. It was too close to home, especially when they faced Rakuzan in the Winter Cup. Still, they got an idea of how loved the blond boy was. For his father to be threatening to gouge their eyes out, must mean that they had a strong familial bond.

Kise was now brushing his teeth, the lower half of his body wrapped in a white towel. Soon, he was done and exited the bathroom to get dressed. However, he only put on his pants and boots, and strapped on his katanas to his hip. The rest of his clothes were sprawled out on his bed. He sauntered his way across the room to a desk and chair and pulled out a paper from one of the drawers and started to scribble using a feather and ink.

"Man, I should let someone create pens here," Kise murmured. "This is annoying."

"What's he writing?" Riko mumbled, but it was loud enough for everyone to hear. "This game nearly made us see the boy naked but it won't let us see what he's writing? How stupid."

The others nodded in agreement and refocused to the scenes.

As time went by, the sun peeked through Kise's window, signalling the start of a brand new day in this world. There were loud clatters, footsteps, chatter which told the blond that people were starting to wake up. There was a part of him that was excited, but when he looked at the paper before him, he let out a whine.

Getting up, Kise headed over to his bed and finished getting dressed. Exiting his room, he saw players leisurely walking about, some were coming from the showers while the rest queued up. The females were the ones who showered first, and given that there weren't much, after the first batch all that were left were the males.

Kise smiled and hummed to himself, glad that he decided to build the bathroom as he did. There were two separate rooms, one had seven shower stalls and the other had seven bathroom stalls.

Navigating his way downstairs, Kise relaxed in the social area until everyone arrived. But although he tried to relax, upstairs was quite noisy. He wondered what they were doing, as there were hurried shuffling, loud clattering and such. But, he decided to ignore. As long as they weren't being attacked, he figured that he shouldn't care.

Later, everyone assembled in the social area, Kise chatted with everyone present. It was his nature, chatting with those who seemed sociable. But then again, he remembered the look of fear within everyone's eyes when he took down the three players the other day. Because of that, Kise thought that maybe he needed change their opinions about him.

"Do you think I'm scary?" Kise asked King Aiza.

The Swashbuckler choked on his spit. "Are you serious?" he asked. "You're hella scary! Almost like some dungeon boss or something."

Kise blanched. "Dungeon boss? I'm not that scary!"

"Then explain how you took down those three guys who pissed you off in such a merciless manner? Plus that aura that seeped out of you when you were done." King Aiza shivered. "If that's not scary, then I don't know what is."

Kise paused. "I just have violent reflexes! And I was...I was..."

"Violent is right," Another joined in. He was an Archer, with the name "His Majesty: The King", however, given how everyone has their faces and bodies from the real world, he told Kise to use his given name which was Tomohito. "I won't forget those slashes the Knight received. Like, I swore you were going to turn him into mince-meat."

"Well..." Kise started but couldn't finished. It was his intention but he didn't know what would have happened if they died, although they still ended up as such after his "Holy Reprisal".

Back in his room, Ryouhei and the teams were roaring with laughter. While Ryouhei never saw Kise's fight, the others did. And looking at the blond's wounded expression, it was refreshing for Kaijou.

"He looks like when he's kicked by Kasamatsu for being stupid!" Nakamura howled out. The rest of Kaijou were bursting with laughter. The Miracles found this amusing as well, but were relieved to see Kise being his usual self. Refocusing on the monitors, they saw Gold Digger standing on a table, seeming to be making an announcement.

"Alright! It's breakfast time! What do you want?!"

"Just cook!" everyone screeched at him. Kise roared with laughter, reminding him of the earlier days.

xx

Breakfast turned out to be fun, but mostly, the players were stunned that they were eating food from the real world, with such deliciousness no less. At the same time, Kise found out that there were some seriously heavy eaters present. He made a mental note to work them to death, as they seem to be eating for the entire guild or something (of course that was an exaggeration). When Kise was done, he stood on a table like Gold Digger and started to speak,

"Alright, now that everyone has been fed, let's get down to business." The players gave their undivided attention to Kise, not only because he was the Guild Leader, but some were envying him for his good looks. "I started this Guild because I wanted to make money." Kise wasn't beating around the bush, plus, he had things to do so he had to hurry. "As you all saw prior, you were able to eat curry. For those who are Chefs, you're well aware that the dish isn't a part of the game commands, right?"

"Now that you mention it, that's right." One player gave out. Chatter rose up but Kise quickly silenced them.

"We have discovered that the Artisan classes are able to produce things separate on a part from those in the game commands. If given the appropriate raw materials, then you know what that means, right?" Kise smirked evilly here.

"We'll be able to make different things!"

"And with that comes…?"

"Money!" they cheered out.

Kise couldn't contain himself. And as such, he made a splendid laugh. "I love how you catch on quick." Runic Night and co. were rubbing their hands in delight, as it seemed that the players were all for it.

Kise continued, "However, we're not all about making money. I'm well aware that there are players from the Fighter and Healer classes like myself. And as such, everyone level 20 and below stand on my left."

Hearing that command, the players shuffled about, and Kise nearly let out a groan when he saw the amount of players that moved. He felt a headache coming on, and he hadn't even begun what he intended for the day.

"Alright, form parties of four, one healer should be present. If not, there's no need to worry, I'll substitute."

"We're going to be levelling up, right?" The Archer ―Tomohito asked.

Kise nodded. "As you can tell, this is a lawless world, there are savage players out there who prey on those weaker than them for all sorts of sick reasons. But given our situation, player kills may be the cause of frustration and other violent emotions. So, I'll at least want you all to be able to defend yourselves. Who knows? You may encounter players of a higher level than you are, but I'd like if you reach a level where you can wear down your opponent and use an opportunity to flee."

"And God knows what happens to a player when they die." Spring Breeze added.

"So are you all fine with that?" Kise asked. No one objected. What the blond said had made sense, and deep down, they were glad that he was so considerate of them. Just then, Kise perked up again, "So, where are my Artisan classes? Stand on my right."

A good amount of players moved to the right, while some who were already standing on the left raised their hands to indicate that they had an Artisan subclass. When everything was settled, Kise then said:

"Okay, Alchemists, your leader is Silver, and I want you guys to get creative. Make things that will be of use to the Guild both physically and financially. And also, don't be afraid to make chemicals from the real world as well. Silver will guide those who can't right?"

"Of course." the man grinned. He was glad that he was getting the chance to let loose, as back in the real world, there were rules regarding experiments. Who knows? Maybe they'll be able to create something phenomenal while in the game. There were about four Alchemists present, with one being a player in the Fighter class group.

"Chefs...You'll choose your leader. I don't care how you'll do it, be it the person with the highest level or the one who's oldest. The leader is temporary until you're all familiar with each other anyway." Kise said. "You'll be cooking and baking, and of course, you'll be making money. When the players of this town realize that they can get good food and snacks and whatever, believe me, we'll be rich. So feel free to let loose in the kitchens, but don't poison us off."

The Chefs, six in all, cheered at the sound of the word "rich". Human beings liked to eat, and when the food is good, they'll continue to eat and spend their money. Luckily for Kise, the only Chef that's apart of the Fighter Class group is Gold Digger.

"Weaponsmiths, feel free elect one for the time being. Just like the others, we'll get you the raw materials, and you make useful weapons that aren't already in the game and feel free to do some cool upgrades." Kise continued, "Craftsmen, choose your leader, and unlike the other guys, I think you'll be working with the other classes, like Alchemists may want some petri dishes, goggles and test tubes, the Chefs may want some bento boxes to sell food "on the go" but as I keep saying, feel free to get creative." Kise smiled, dropping his million-dollar grin that can put the sun to shame.

The players all let out cheers and screams, simply because they were having free reign to do what they want as long they made money at the end of the day. Also, Kise seemed like a nice Guild Leader, and as long as he's not pissed, he's quite approachable.

"Any questions?" Kise asked, he just loved how happy they were.

"Yeah," one player rose her hand. She was an Assassin. "Why are you bent on making money?" she asked but quickly said, "I'm not against it, just curious."

Kise smiled. "One ―to feed you all. I'm sure you don't run on air. Two ―to get supplies for the Artisan classes to make money. Three ―Bribery. In this world, there may come a time or many times, when we'll need to bribe our asses out of deep shit. As the saying goes, "money talks, bullshit walks". I'm sure it can be applied here as well. Four ―in case we'll need to remodel or something." he then mumbled, "I'm not spending 1.5 million gold coins again." he continued, "Five ―we're all trapped here. I'm sure you'll need a reason to live so to speak. Grinding and going to dungeons all day long will eventually get monotonous. You'll need something to look forward to, to keep you all busy."

The players gawked at Kise in awe and shock. The reasons were legitimate, but they never expected him to come out with "bribery" as well. This was a game world, and many of them were realizing that they had been talking their situation far too lightly.

"Is that it?" Kise asked once again. For the first time, his mouth was tired from all the talking. Since no one had any more questions for the time being, Kise sent off the Artisan players to choose their rooms and start planning on what they were going to do. However, in that time, he, Gold Digger, Spring Breeze and Runic Night, took some of the Fighter and Healer class players and headed to dungeons for some levelling. Spring Breeze and Gold Digger took the Archer and Mage class (with a couple Melee classes) while Kise and Runic Night took the remainder, which consisted of mostly Melee and Healer classes.

The other players who had reasonable levels were left to do what they wanted, until their time for levelling came around.

The groups had split up and headed to two different dungeons, Spring Breeze and Gold Digger's group went to "Munabu Graveyard" which was a level 27 dungeon, armed with Holy Grenades and Water courtesy of Runic Night. Kise and Runic Night's group went to the "Silk Cavern" which was a level 24 dungeon, as the people in his group ranged from a low of level 10 to a high of level 16.

"Umm, couldn't we have gone to a lower levelled dungeon?" A member of the group asked. He was a Swordsman, who wore a coloured shirt with dark pants tucked into black knee high boots. Unlike Kise, he had only one Katana, which was tucked away at his hip. Kise remembered his name ―"Bronze Legend" and also remembered that he was the only level 10 member in the guild. It wasn't that bad, given that he started playing the game a month ago.

"You'll be just fine." Kise said with a smile. "It's not like you'll die under my watch."

"Plus, this dungeon is pretty good for players with your levels." Runic Night joined in. "If you gain enough experience and skill, we can move on from this dungeon unto the next."

"Eh? Why?" Bronze Legend asked. "I'm just at level 10!"

Kise smirked. "By the time we're done with you..." he intentionally trailed off to let the boy's mind wander. "But also, we can't come to this dungeon forever. Rune and I are almost at the entry limit."

"Oh."

Before they entered the dungeon, they further split into smaller groups, as with such a large group it in such a small space, it would be difficult to keep track of everyone. Runic Night took charge of one group ―two Warriors, a Bishop, an Assassin and a Swashbuckler while Kise took the others ―a Bishop, a Swordsman, two Summoners, and a Knight.

Kise's grouped entered the dungeon first, and the players (minus Kise) looked at the scenery in fear. They entered a dark cave with spider webs strewn here and there. Embedded in the walls were skulls and lying below on the ground were the rest of the skeletal remains. Add to that, the eerie music wasn't helping either.

"So, what's the formation?" Kise asked. He was at the back of the group, with a Bishop beside him.

"Eh?" they all gave out.

Kise face palmed and sighed. "I'm pretty sure that you're all familiar with the "Holy Trinity" of RPG right?" They nodded. "Good. There are six of us here, someone, besides me, should work out a formation that won't have us all dead by the time we encounter a monster."

"Well, I'll do it." One of the Summoners said, walking up to Kise. The Summoner was a tall youth with what seemed to be dyed red hair with black ends and dark eyes. He wore a closed cloak and carried an awkwardly shaped staff. His in-game name was "Venom Assault" but his given name was Kakeru. "I think that Bishop and Raiden should remain in the back, Knight should be our tank, and we ―the two Summoners and Swordsman should be the DPS."

"My name is Azuma." Bishop snapped. He had curly black hair and black eyes.

"And I'm Junsaku." the Knight replied. He had spiked brown hair and green eyes.

"Itsuya." the other Summoner piped in. He was a bleached blond with brown eyes.

"Akiteru." Bronze Legend said.

"Kakeru."

Kise clapped his hands together to get back their attention to the matter at hand. "It's great that you now know each other's names, but remember that we don't have all day."

"Hai!"

The group headed further into the cavern, shivering as they did so. There was a gloomy aura about the place, and if Kise hadn't been present, they had seriously thought about turning back. Just as they rounded a corner, Itsuya's eyes caught a shadow moving along the walls.

"Guys..." he started, but trailed off as a massive spider pounced on them. Due to them scattering quickly, it missed its target and landed on the cavern floor. Rocks jutted upwards as it formed a crater, the players having an idea of its strength.

The spider scanned around for the players but luckily, they were out of its area of attack.

"Junsaku! Aggro!" Kakeru shouted. "Azuma get into a preferred position, Itsuya, Akiteru come with me. We'll be attacking."

The players dashed off, Itsuya and Kakeru summoning their numerous familiars to attack the spider creature, while Junsaku had already run on to tank. The Knight had successfully grabbed its attention and was now facing the creature. Azuma stayed somewhat hidden, and continuously healed Junsaku since he was taking all the damage.

Itsuya had about five water summons around him, all spraying the spider with their magic. Kakeru and Bronze Legend had used that opportunity and rushed up, brandishing their weapons ―a rapier and a katana respectively. Reaching up close to it, the two madly slashed at the spider. Kakeru had a Swashbuckler subclass.

Their strikes landed in rapid succession, and on their final blow, the spider was sent flying away from them, landing on his back before disappearing into pixelated fragments.

"We did it!" they cheered in glee.

Kise made a face and ruined their moment, "Well, it was just one spider and it's level wasn't all that frightening. Let's go."

The players looked at him and thought, You have no say in this!

They continued on, navigating their way through the dungeon. The deeper they went, the more spiders appeared, and ultimately, they had even forgotten that Kise was there. The blond was glad for that, so that he could watch how they operated together. Azuma had never done so much healing and buffing before, Junsaku felt like he was a punching bag, Itsuya conjured as much familiars as he could, Kakeru and Bronze Legend hacking and slashing away like idiots.

At long last, they had reached into a large room, where the boss was. However, since they hadn't yet run this dungeon, they didn't know that. And Kise wasn't going to tell them. Soon, about eighty spiders crawled out, sending disgusted shivers down their spines. Kakeru looked at Junsaku and he knew that there was no way he'd be able to aggro all those spiders.

"Azuma, stay out of their area of attack." he then said to the Bishop. Azuma nodded. Kakeru then turned to Itsuya, "Stay close to Azuma but send out your familiars to aid us."

"Roger that." the Summoner smirked.

"Junsaku, you and I will get aggro as much spiders as we can. If you feel they're too much, run in my direction and we'll fight them off together." Junsaku nodded his understanding. "Akiteru, you'll back us up, kill all the excess spiders that come out of our way."

"Hai!"

Hearing their plans, Kise let out a sigh and stopped them. "You can't do that."

"Huh? Why?"

"Do you even know what kind of spider they are?" Kise asked with folded arms. "The first thing you should do is scout them out. Itsuya, why haven't you mentioned that you have a Mage subclass?"

"Oh." he said sheepishly. "I was caught up and forgot."

Kise wanted to laugh but he kept his straight face. "Hears what you'll do," he began, "Itsuya, you'll get the aggro by using your magic or your familiars on them. However, stay at a reasonable distance. Akiteru, you'll provide back up to prevent any stray attack from reaching him." he then looked to Kakeru, "Have your familiars on stand-by, ready to help Itsuya and Akiteru with a speedy escape."

"Yes Sir."

"With Itsuya blasting them with magic, you'll be able to see what type of spiders they are. As such, Itsuya you'll return, and I'll leave to rest to Kakeru."

"Yes Sir!" they chorused.

And following Kise's orders, Itsuya used his magic to provoke the spiders. About four spiders rushed up and spat out webs, while Itsuya managed to block some, Bronze Legend sliced through the rest. The webs came in a barrage, but they soon met something else. The spiders on the far end, spat out something dark in colour, but sadly for Bronze Legend, he didn't see it coming. It caught him on his arms, and his body was slowing down. His HP was rapidly draining, and Kise sat back and watched. He then looked to Azuma and wondered what the boy was doing.

Luckily, Azuma came to his senses and recovered Bronze Legend's stats, buffed him while he was at it. Seeing that there were only web shooting and poisonous spiders, Kakeru had the two retreat out of the zone.

"Okay, so Itsuya, you'll be using your magic and familiars to attack the spiders from a distance. If you can pinpoint the poisonous ones then that'll be great."

"I think they have a green-ish colour in their eyes." he said, tapping his chin.

"Alright, then you'll target the poison ones. Akiteru, and I will be taking the others, Junsaku, can your shield withstand the poison?"

"I suppose."

"Good, then you'll aggro the poison ones, so that Itsuya can have a good shot."

"Right."

Kakeru then looked to Azuma, "Keep us healthy."

The Bishop nodded. With that, they dashed off once again, Kise drifting beside Azuma. The two healers watched the fight with focused eyes, Kise looked over at where Bronze Legend was. He was doing a good job in defending himself against the spiders, but occasionally, he got caught within their webs.

Kakeru was a bit better, he wielded his rapier with skill. Along with that, he summoned his familiars to use a sort of shield against the spiders, while he continues to hack away.

Kise's eyes then wandered to Junsaku and Itsuya, and a smile graced his face. They were actually eliminating the spiders in a much more efficient way ―Junsaku carefully aggroed the spiders with the green eyes and then using crowd control, he rounded them up in one spot, enabling Itsuya to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Beside Kise, Azuma healed and buff where needed, but apart from that, he didn't do anything else. Kise shook his head and made a mental note.

After some minutes, the spiders were cleared out, and the party heaved a sigh of relief. Kise laughed at their naïvety and said,

"Look ahead of you."

In that moment, they heard a threatening hiss, scurrying and scraping sounds of something crawling on the rocks. The players got an ominous feeling, and huddled together in fright.

The System then announced, « You have entered the Web of The Poisonous Silk Spinner. »

Just then, the wall before them crumbled and out came a gigantic spider. Unlike the other spiders which were black in colour, this spider had a lighter colour, seeming like mauve. Its eyes were a deep purple, and immediately the players had a sinking feeling about this one.

"O-okay guys, let's do this." Kakeru began. Once again, Kise sat on a rock and looked at them in pity.

"Couldn't we all attack that thing?" Junsaku asked. "Like, me, Akiteru and Kakeru will head to it, while Itsuya could use his magic and familiars to wear it down or find a weakness."

"I agree. That could work." Itsuya said. "Any other ideas?"

The others shook their heads. Kise let out a sigh and shook his head, they never learn.

And as such, the three boys charged head on to the Boss, with Itsuya lagging behind and prepared to cast his magic and summon his familiars. However, in that instant, a dense green cloud shot out from the direction of the spider towards the players. But because they were so close to the creature, Kakeru, Junsaku, and Bronze Legend got hit squarely, Itsuya managed to escape before it got fatal for him.

Still, the moment he stepped backwards, webs shot up and out of the ground wrapping themselves around him, hanging him from the ceiling.

Azuma paled.

He looked across to his poisoned teammates to Itsuya who was dangling from the ceiling. He didn't know who to heal, and he was starting to panic. He didn't want them to die since no one knows what happens if they should die.

Seeing how flustered Azuma was getting, Kise decided to take action. Using "Aura of the Swift" he darted across the floor and avoided the webs that threatened to have him hanging like Itsuya. Reaching directly below the Summoner, Kise buffed his legs and jumped upwards. With a twist, Kise cut him loose and recovered his stats.

Landing in a crack on the wall, Kise swung his hands outwards to heal the three who were lying on the floor in the midst of the poison cloud.

"Itsuya, can you use wind magic?" he asked.

"Yes,"

"Blow away that mist." he said as he jumped down from their hiding place. "Azuma! As soon as the mist clears up, recover!"

The Spider's attention was set on Kise, but the blond was unperturbed. Threads of silk rushed at the Cleric, but using the skill "Tornado Strike", Kise held his katanas inversely and spun around so fast that he seemed to be reminiscent of a tornado. The Silk threads coming towards him didn't stand a chance, and were cut before they could take effect.

Reaching onto the spider's back, Kise stabbed his katanas into the spider and sprinted along its hide all the while dragging his weapons. The creature hissed and shrieked in agony, thrashing wildly about as its back was being ripped open.

By this time, Bronze Legend, Junsaku and Kakeru were already recovered by Azuma and had moved out of the line of fire. Itsuya had reunited with the group and watched Kise with awe.

Stabbing, slashing, cutting, slicing...Kise was absolutely merciless and the players were glad that they weren't on his bad side.

"Is he a butcher?" Kakeru asked in shock. "He's a butcher isn't he?!"

The others nodded in agreement.

"What I want to know is his weapon level. Like, look at that massive freak of a boss! When I attacked it with my rapier, it didn't even tremble! But Raiden is able to slice it open with ease!"

Then, a leg flew in their direction and they had to scatter. The Silk Spinner's leg was chopped off by Kise and he didn't even care that it nearly hit his recruits. The Spider awkwardly scurried along the wall to escape Kise, but the blond chased after it without hitch. Raising its head, it spit out a thick fog, aimed at Kise but the blond had already slipped away, ending up behind the creature. He sheathed his katanas, opened up his grimoire and pulled out his sceptre.

With a devastating swing, a blast of Holy Energy emerged out of the orb on the sceptre, and sent the spider flying all the way to the other side of the cavern. It fell onto its broken back squirming until it stopped and disappeared into pixelated fragments.

"Well, you failed at the boss miserably." Kise sighed as he placed his sceptre into the grimoire. He walked over to the gawking players. "Let's get out of this dungeon after we claim our loot."

Upon exiting, Runic Night's group entered, leaving Kise to discuss with his group.

"First, Azuma." Kise said, the Bishop stiffened. "You know, you don't need to be limited to only healing and buffing."

"What? But that's what Bishops do!"

Kise laughed. "You could aid your party members in other ways. When fighting a boss, you could watch its cool down time, and relay this information. Or you could notice that one member struck somewhere on its body and it shook, while another member struck elsewhere and it didn't even budge. That way, you could come to two conjectures, either one spot is its weakness, or it is weak to a certain class or attack."

"That's right..." Azuma said in realization. "I never thought about that."

Kise then looked to Junsaku, "You need a subclass. Being a Knight has its perks, strong defence and such, but against certain enemies, you're a sitting duck. So either you get a subclass like a Mage or Summoner which enables you to cast defence fields or long ranged attacks."

The Knight nodded.

"You..." Kise started, looking at Bronze Legend. "...are not bad. You need to level up more though. And like Junsaku, hurry and get a subclass."

"Hai!"

"Itsuya, get a grip. You're a Summoner with a Mage subclass. That's a pretty good combination you have. But you're wasting it. Put your familiars to good use, like getting aggro and scouting. You have wind magic too, use it blow away debuffs and displace monsters. Knock-ups will be good for monsters whose weaknesses are their underbellies."

"Yes Sir."

"Kakeru. Nice try with making a formation. You're not too bad when fighting but you're still unpolished. Like Itsuya, put your familiars to good use and not just as a meat shield."

"Right."

"But, throughout the dungeon you all did pretty well. I'm proud of you."

"Yay!"

"However..." his voice destroyed their mood completely. "Next time, share your skills, equipment and subclass with each other before tackling a dungeon. That way, you won't be so lost."

The five players let out a sigh. They felt like they were being scolded or something.

...

When the groups returned to the guild, Kise noticed the Artisan classes were still in discussion with each other. As such, he took the time to stop by each of them. The first group he talked with were the Alchemists, since they had occupied the second room on the hallway.

"Ah, hello," Kise greeted as he opened the door. He didn't even knock.

"Hello." everyone greeted.

Kise strode in and headed towards the group with his opened grimoire which a paper rested on. In his hand was a feather and ink, used to write.

"Do you guys have a minute?" he asked.

"Yeah, sure," they nodded.

"What are the equipment that you need?"

Silver tapped his chin. "Well, Alchemists are chemists, so ―"

Kise gasped in shock, "You actually use test tubes and petri dishes?!" Earlier on, he had been joking. The others in the room roared with laughter at Kise's ignorance. The blond was not amused.

"Well," Kise huffed, "Excuse me for being a Cleric with a Swordsman subclass."

"Okay, okay," Silver said to ease the laughter. He turned to Kise, "No, we don't use petri dishes or test tubes. Let me write them down because I'd have to spell them out anyway."

The others gathered around them and pitched in as well, when everything was done, Kise's face was laced with confusion, but he said nothing. After that, Kise left and headed to the next room where the Craftsmen were. He repeated the same process he did with the Alchemists, and like prior, they had all gathered around and held nothing back. They made a list of the things of they needed, both furniture wise and materials, and for once Kise wasn't so lost and confused like he was earlier.

He continued with this action, asking the players with Artisan classes about their equipment. At first, they were puzzled as to why he needed this information, but afterwards, they decided to leave it at that. There must be a reason, and after seeing him render three opponents the other day to nothing, no one wanted to get on Kise's bad side. Within a couple minutes, Kise had all the information he needed.

When he returned to his room, he looked at the paper and let out a sigh. He looked up at his clock and saw that they had some time to spare before evening. Too lazy to get up, he sent a message to Silver, Thunder of the Meek (Craftsmen Leader), Bluemane (Chef Leader), Yahiko (Leader of the Weaponsmiths).

Within a minute they were all assembled in his room, and he began,

"We're going shopping." he said as he held up their lists.

…

When Kise and the others left, the rest of the players were confused as to where they were going but didn't question it. This gave birth to a questions and answer session, Runic Night, Spring Breeze and Gold Digger being the ones to answer (when they could).

"How did you meet Raiden?" Tomohito asked.

"He's a usual customer of mine." Runic Night said with a smirk. "Not for upgrades, but for weapons like Holy Grenades and such."

"We met him because of Rune. We needed a Healer to do some levelling, and we had entered Rune's shop and asked him if he knew anyone who would be willing." Spring Breeze said with a shrug.

"Is he nice?" one Archer asked. "He seems like it, but I wonder if he's putting up a show."

"Don't worry, he's pretty cool. He's loud, exuberant, whiny, annoying, and has his dimwitty moments, but he's really a nice guy. You'll get to know what I'm talking about sooner or later."

"Whiny?"

"Annoying?"

"Dimwitty?"

"That murderous Cleric?!" They screeched in shock. Hearing that their Guild Leader has this side to him was beyond shocking. Given how he was when he took down those who pissed him off, he seemed to be the type that was ruthless.

"Yes, that very same Cleric." Runic Night nodded with all-knowing smile. "He's only like that when he's pissed off or really into something. Apart from that, he's pretty harmless."

"Harmless?!" Came the next screech. "Liar!"

"You guys should have seen him in the dungeon today!" Bronze Legend screeched. "He butchered the Spider boss!"

"Wait, you mean the Silk Spinner?!" another player asked. Bronze Legend nodded. "You know, it took everyone to even to crack open the back of that massive beast! Raiden took it down, by himself?"

"Yes he did." Azuma said. "Everyone else had gotten trapped and I was useless. So he went in to save them and slayed."

"Oh shit."

Runic Night chuckled at their expressions, but he really wasn't lying. He's known "Raiden" for months and he's seen what he's like in a dungeon or on a raid, he's seen how he behaves otherwise. But, he's decided to let them experience Kise's harmless ways for themselves. He laughed on the inside. They might even attempt to kill him when they find out how irritating he can be. He almost did, many times.

"And he has a tendency for looting, setting records and raiding." Gold Digger added. "That's how we set the record at Munabu Graveyard dungeon."

"Eh?! You guys are "Demolition Regiment"?!"

"Yes we are," Spring Breeze said, rubbing his ears. "And could you guys stop the screeching? It's deafening."

"So, is he single?" a female Swordsman asked. Everyone's eyebrows rose. While she was pretty, her attire made her look extremely deadly. Her in-game name was "Awesome Singularity". "What?" she asked.

Spring Breeze and Gold Digger looked to Runic Night for an answer since he was the only one who knew Kise the longest.

"I...uh," he began. "I don't know, probably." he then shrugged. "He's always talking about his team and his cute "Kurokocchi". Maybe she's his girlfriend."

"I wonder what this "Kurokocchi" looks like. She must be pretty." Gold Digger said.

"Kurokocchi? What the hell?" Spring Breeze asked in confusion.

"He has a tendency to add -cchi to people's name." Runic Night shuddered in disgust. "He's called me "Runecchi" many times. Of course, I butchered his ass for it."

"Oh." they all came out with.

"Damn, why is it that all good-looking guys are taken?" Awesome Singularity mumbled.

They continued their chatter, spanning different topics. They left off Kise's private life and his personality and talked about other things to get to know each other better. Before they realized, time passed and Kise along with the other leaders entered.

Seeing the joyous mood, Kise asked, "What's going on here?"

"We're just casually chatting, that's all." Spring Breeze grinned. "By the way, do you have a girlfriend?"

"No, I don't." Kise deadpanned. I wish, he thought.

Awesome Singularity perked up. "And you don't have anyone you like?!"

"No I don't." he repeated. I wish someone would come my way, though.

"Then who is your "cute Kurokocchi"?!" Runic Night asked. "Who is she?"

Kise laughed out loud. "Kurokocchi is a male! He was my teammate back in middle school and mentor! You dogs! You thought Kurokocchi was my girlfriend?!" Kise couldn't contain himself. He roared with laughter and clutched his abdomen along with it.

"Then, why do you say he's cute?!"

"Because he is. He's baby-faced. If I had my phone I'd show you."

"Oh."

"Yeah, call me when dinner's ready!" Kise chirped and skipped off upstairs.

...

After dinner and more planning by the Artisan classes, everyone headed to bed.

Silver sat on his bed and looked through the window, Yahiko was lying on his bed, Runic Night, Spring Breeze and Gold Digger were chattering about the dungeon levelling they did earlier today with the new players. Silver's distant mood drifted over to everyone else, and soon the other four boys were looking at him in worry.

"Silver-san, is there anything..." Yahiko started, unable to finish his sentence.

"Oh, no." Silver said, waving his hand in dismissal. "I was just thinking on how everyone in this guild seemed alive."

"Alive?"

"On the first day when everyone found out that we were trapped here, I remember the faces of horror, despondency, sadness, you name it." he replied. "But now, Raiden-kun seemed to have turned this hopeless situation into something we can look forward to."

Yahiko rose up and nodded in agreement. "Yeah, to be honest, I was scared shitless when I saw that the log out button was gone. But when Seiya and Naoki came to me and told me Raiden schemes, I thought to myself "at least there's something to occupy my time". I don't know what I would've done. As a matter of fact, I would have never thought of using raw materials to make something not in the game commands."

"On that note, where did you guys go today?" Gold Digger asked.

"We went shopping." Yahiko replied. "He bought us stuff that we'll need. Although some of us can just what we have in our stores, its mostly for the other players who don't have anything."

"Oh."

Runic Night chuckled. "I wonder what he has in store for us tomorrow. I can't wait to start making more money though." he said as he rubbed his hands together.

"His light is still on. You could go ask him." Spring Breeze piped in. "He doesn't go to sleep early like the rest of us, you know?"

"Or if he does, he gets up earlier than everyone else. This morning when I was heading to the bathroom, I saw his light on and when I went to look, I saw him scribbling speedily." Gold Digger said.

Then a silence hung in the room. The four boys looked to each other before Runic Night said,

"And he argued about not wanting to be Guild Leader. He's doing such a good job."

"I know right. I doubt that I would've been able to do what he's doing. Or even think of half of things that he did." Spring Breeze nodded.

"Yeah, we know you're a terrible leader, Sei." Gold Digger snickered.

"Like you're any better, Nao." Spring Breeze quipped.

"I hate to cut into your lovers' quarrel, but it's your bedtime." Silver said sternly. "I'm turning off the lights."

"Hai." they drawled out, with Spring Breeze and Gold Digger mumbling that they weren't having a lover's quarrel but a friendly dispute.

A couple minutes, the guild fell into silence, the players gone to sleep.

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