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Chapter 3: ninjas , scammers and the King' knightsword
Date 4 December 2022 Time: 3PM
-A few hours after the death of the first floor boss-Dredd POV
After we entered the 2nd floor, we all split up, kirito went into the forest while Sera and her group went to explore the town, while I am in the fields eating an apple while checking my new stuff from the 2nd last hit glitch.
I got quite a lot of cool and overpowered loot thanks the glitch and my power over the system, currently lvl 22 and got about 600,000 col.
Shadow dragon emperor armor: increase defenses by 45% and increase One Handed Sword, Blade Throwing, Parry, Battle Healing, Forging by 30%, adds Meditation, Tool Appraisal, Extended Weight Limit, can be combined with Dragon hunter's armor (adds more holsters ) to increase concealment by 30%.
"Hmm good, looks like i got some control on the system *smirks*, being able to upgrade and combine armors, haha i just love when everything comes full circle (milhouse)."
Cloak of shadows: Increases sneak, Tracking, Listening, Detection, Searching, Picking, by 25%, adds Acrobatics, Night Vision, X-Ray Vision, and Picking, has the ability to turn the user invisibility but at the cost of 1 sec of invisibility is 1 hp.
"Thankfully my HP is 5,065…" Dredd said as he smirks as he continue to check his equipment
Demonic dragon slayer: looks like a black version of Dante's Rebellion with red mysterious marking on the blade and the hilt, has a strong burn effect, deals 150% bonus damage against dragon type enemies, special feature if dual wielded with Dragonbane, it can use the unique sword skill of dual blades.(SUPER OP!)
"*smirks* hmm…..looks like kirito isn't the only one with dual blades now…better start that martial art quest now…*sigh*" Dredd said as he dawns his new equipment and start making his way to the quest.
-Few minutes later-Third person POV(normal POV)
As Dredd approach the area of the quest, he detects 4 players and 1 mini boss mob, he then see 2 'ninjas' running away from a Trembling Ox, Dredd then decide to jump at the Ox with his new sword.
"Vertical slash!" Dredd said as he kills the mob as turns to look at the running ninjas that are not paying attention to him.
Dredd then proceed to walk to the quest location when he sees kirito and Argo talking together and something about «Kiriemon» (Kirito + Doraemon) as Argo just laughs uncontrollably.
"Hey kirito sup." Dredd said as he moves out of the shadow as kirito gives him a wave while Argo is still rolling on the ground laughing
"I think you broke her." Dredd said as he move closer to them as Argo finally realized his presence
"O so your Dredd, I heard so much about you*looks at his equipment* how did you get your equipment?" Argo ask with a suspicious tone
"Secret dungeon and glitches." Dredd said with no hesitation as both Argo and kirito raise their eyebrows
"What do you mean Secret dungeon and glitches? And I thought you had a little sister?" kirito ask Dredd as he sighs
"There was a secret dungeon that only solo lvl 1 player can try but it was extremely hard and was not mention within the guide as this is now a death game and respawn is out of the question, while the glitch is I threw a single throwing pick into the eye of Ilfang and got a 2nd last hit bonus, as for my sister I'm power leveling to protect her when I go to train her." Dredd said with no hesitation as Argo looks at him even more suspiciously
"How would you know all of that?" Argo ask as Dredd just smirks
"Cause I am the 'mysterious admin' that sent that message in starting city." Dredd said as he crosses his arms at a shocked Argo and a not so surprised kirito
"You're our 'mysterious savior'!?" Argo shouted with shocked look
"Yep *pulls out holographic keyboard*, hmm…. Kirito good news looks like you have the highest reaction rate of any players so you have a high chance of getting Dual Blades." Dredd said with a smile as he starts walking to the direction of the martial arts quest
"By the way Argo, I don't mind if you let people know who I am and if you need to confirm info check with me, even though I don't have a lot of access to SAO internal systems I can still check and make a few things." Dredd said with a smile as he and kirito walk to the Location of the Quest
-A few days later-
It's been about 1 and a half days since I completed the marital arts quest, kirito sent me a message saying he completed it a day ago, currently I am upgrading my gear with all the loot I have collected.
'Wow, thankfully I used the system to make the upgrade success percentage to 100%, if not I would have failed about 30% of the time…' Dredd thought as he finishes upgrading all his gear
"Well now that done, better go check up on the others…." Dredd said as he leaves the town as he sprints to Sera and her group location
-15 minutes later-
After about 15 minutes of sprinting, slashing mobs on the way he reached their location as they currently slaughtering a meadow of Trembling Ox and Trembling Cow.
"Hey need any help? Dredd said as he watches them continue to kill the animals' only realizing Dredd presence after killing all of them
"Hey Dredd what are you doing here?" Sera said as she and Felicia decide to rest next to him
"Ah that was tiring…. " Felicia said as she lay next to Dredd
"You guys were grinding the meat and the ingredient for the Trembling shortcake, am I right?" Dredd ask as the others decide it is time to rest
"Yep we tasted that cake and it was so tasty, but it was quite expensive so we decided to get the milk and then get give it to the NPC and get the cake, some col and EXP for free." Felicia said as she lick her lips
"Well It is, tasted great…..*mobs respawned*…well looks like they respawned, may i?" Dredd said to the group as he looks at the mobs in the field.
"Sure go crazy." Sera said as everyone else took a break while Dredd pulls out his swords and ran straight into the field
-1 minutes later-
After painting the fields red with the blood of the mobs, Dredd decide to say goodbye to Sera and her group while returning back to the town.
Only to find kirito and Asuna at a blacksmith trying to upgrade her rapier, but at the last moment the rapier broke into a thousand polygons, then Kirito asks the blacksmith what happened.
He explains that when the game was released a new penalty was added, Weapon Disappearance.
Of course there was no 'weapon disappearance' so Dredd immediately went in and said
"I recommend you return her rapier back, you low life scammer." Dredd said with a demanding tone as the player named Nezha asked
"What are you talking about?" he said trying to act dumb
"You really wanna act dumb well fine." Dredd open up a holographic keyboard and type a few things while nezha looked at him nervously, Asuna give Dredd a weird looks while kirito just smiles.
When Dredd finish typing he turns the screen to show what he had just type, the screen appears as the Developer console and the text typed out is "Wipe all stats, equipment and Col of player: Nezha"
The look on his face was drained of colour when he finished reading the text , he look like when Makoto Itō was about died (school days) after all at his current level and items, if he lost them all it would be a death sentence.
"Hey wait a minute! Don't I will give her rapier back just don't!" nezha said as he gives Asuna her rapier back
"Good now if you do something like this again, all I need to do is just click this button and everything you have will be wiped." Dredd said as he, kirito and Asuna leave the area
-A few minutes after they left the area-
"Thanks Dredd." Asuna said as Dredd finish upgrading her rapier
"No problem Asuna." Dredd said as he hands her rapier back to Asuna
Dredd then gathers up his gear and give a handshake to both Asuna and kirito before saying
"Well this is goodbye for now see you guys later!" Dredd shouted as he leaves for the2nd floor boss
-6 days later-Dredd POV (Them SAO time skips) Date: 12 December 2022 Time: 1310 [Changing them timelines!]
It's been 3 days since I single handedly killed Nato The Kernel Taurus» ,«Baran the General Taurus» and «Asterios The Taurus King» (2nd floor mid bosses and floor boss respectively [wikia info]), I think Argo or nezha told the other players my identity or at least they know that I am a player. me, kirito and Asuna completed the 'Concerto of Black and White' quest (at this time no info about that story can be found so I can't write about it [want to stay true to the orginal Sao timeline as much as possible]), kirito got the queen's knightsword while I got the king's knightsword, Asuna melted her her Wind Fleuret into Argentium Ingot, then uses it to make her new rapier, the Chivalric Rapier.
I currently in a secluded, sound proofed safe zone having a video conference with maya, Lilith, Grim and Strea on, I am talking with maya and Lilith on what is happening in the real world while Grim and Strea tell me on how the plan is proceeding.
"So… Argus has disbanded and RECTO Progress Inc. takes over SAO server management….well that was faster than expected…." Dredd said as he eats an apple (like an asshole/bad ass)
"Yes big brother, thanks to our info Argus has disbanded faster than expected but thankfully our company has getting a lot of its resources and more in this short time, with our resources, our many projects are proceeding swimmingly." Lilith said with a smile as maya continued
"*Sigh* do we have to deliver all the death notes by ourselves? There are just too many for just 2 little girls…." Maya said with a pout
"O come on you 2 are the only ones I can trust with all of our plans, remember our promise girls." Dredd said with a smile as the girls gave him a huge grin
"Ok big brother!" the girls said in unisons
"Anyone know where kayaba currently is?" Dredd said as he checks the status of the virus
"Yes, he is currently being taken cares of by mother, Koujiro Rinko at his hidden mountain cottage, as for his SAO position, we have no info on it as big sister seraph is protecting him." Maya said as she continues to check the data flow of SAO
"Well I know that he programmed Seraph to protect him at all cost so until we free her we don't wouldn't know his location, as for Koujiro Rinko…..i guess she is technically all of your mother but kayaba was alone when he created me." Dredd said as he looks at image of Koujiro Rinko
"We still love you big brother, no matter what happen." Maya said with a smile
"Thank you maya…." Dredd said with a sad-ish expression
"Big brother, we are getting reports that the 3rd floor has been cleared." Strea said while smiling
"And there been reports of orange players…..well if we get reports of PKer then I can finally come into play." Grim said with a smile
"And then I can become a vigilante because of the death of my 'little sister'….." Dredd said as he begins to close everything
"If that was to really happen to one of us what would you do big brother?" Strea ask as maya, Lilith and Grim listen
"The same thing my 'character' going to do, hunt the prey and mutilate them." Dredd said as he ends the call and leaves the area
End of chapter 3
