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It was now 7 am and I could see the sun rising. We arrived at this village at around 10 pm yesterday and started this quest at level 4. 9 hours and 5 levels later Kirito and I both lay there on the ground on the very fields that tried to kill us both too tired to move. Heathcliff was the only one still able to stand without falling over but he now showed a little bit of tiredness on his eyes. Coper the kid who tried to kill us was sitting down next to us. I was finally able to get a good look at him. He looked young man about 14 years old with slightly long brown hair and had an average height. He was wearing light leather armor and buckler and had a small sword next to him.
During the massacre of the Nepents Heathcliff had somehow spotted a few flower Nepents. He had a total of 5 ovules the quest item. Don't ask me how he was still able to find them in the mist of the battle. He kept one for himself and gave the rest to Kirito and me.
"So what are we going to do with him" Kirito asked looking over Coper.
Coper seem to tense up. Probably afraid we'd do something to him.
"Are you going to use that extra ovule" I asked
"No why" He said
"Can I have it" I asked getting up from the ground even though my body protested against it.
"Sure what are you going to do with it." He asked handing it over to me.
I stood up feeling a bit woozy. I took the ovule and walked towards Coper. I looked at him. He looked scared he had his eyes shut probably waiting for me to attack him or something. I struck out my hand offering him the ovule. He opened his eyes and looked shocked.
"Why are you giving it to me" He asked
"Because I don't want you to MPK anybody else. You can only have it if you promise you won't MPK anybody else" I said
He took the ovule "I promise"
"Good now get out of here and I better not hear about any MPK deaths" I said
with a nod he got up and left.
"Do you really trust him not to MPK anyone else." Heathcliff asked in his normal monotone voice.
"He learned his lesson when he almost died and if we just killed him we would be no better than him or any other PK'ers" I said
I could see Kirito stand up and walk over to us.
"So mind me asking what level we all are now" I asked
"Level 9" Heathcliff said
"Same here" Kirito replied
"Well I guess that makes us the three highest level players." I said
I opened my menu distributed my points and sent a friend request to both Kirito and Heathcliff.
"Just in case you never know" I said
"Very well I guess this is where we go our separate ways then I'm sure we'll see each other in the future" Heathcliff said as he took his leave.
"I'm going to turn in that quest you" Kirito asked
"I'm heading back to the inn. I have to check on my little sister and maybe get some rest" I replied
"Okay I guess I'll see you later" he said and with that we both went our separate ways.
I start to walk back to the inn feeling very tired. All I thought about on the way back to the inn was finally getting to rest. When I finally arrived at the inn I went straight up to my room. on my way I noticed that people are now just starting to arrive at the village. I opened my door to Sarah's and my room. I noticed she was still asleep. At least now I can sleep before she wakes up. I land face first on my bed. Man what a long first day it has been. I thought of the day's events. Then I remember I never read that message I had when Kayaba gave us our hand mirrors. I sit up on my bed and open my menu and look for the message. I find it and found out it was from Kayaba.
Dear Jake I am truly sorry that I have trapped you and your little sister into this death game after all the tragedy you have been through. I was hoping that you or your sister would not log onto the game but alas you have. So as compensation I will let you in on a secrete. I know you have chosen duel blades as one of your skills and that you are an excellent archer in real life. There are two blades that I think you might be interested in. they are called the Twin Fang blades they level up with the player as well as a bow that also levels up with the user. But what's interesting is the blades. they have a special ability that I don't want to spoil. There is also the best armor you can find in the game with the blades and bow. These all can be obtained by defeating three dragons in a certain order. The first is on floor 9 the second is on floor 15 then the last on floor 13. You must defeat them in that order to find the entrance to the area were these Items are held. Be careful the three dragons are very powerful and are to be dealt with extreme caution. There is also a guardian guarding the entrance to the location of these items. I wish you look at protecting you little sister. Sincerely Kayaba.
So Kayaba decided to help me out. Although I'm still angry at him I'm glad he gave me some useful information. Oh well I'll deal with that later now I guess it's time for some sleep as I closed my menu and laid back down on my bed. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
I open my eyes and looked back at an unfamiliar ceiling. Then the events of the previous day and night come back to me. I try to get up but I felt a small figure laying next to me. I look over and see that Sarah had climbed onto my bed and fell asleep next to me. I sit up careful not to wake her up and check the time. 3 AM. Well at least I didn't sleep through the entire day. I looked down at the sleeping girl in my bed and noticed she began to wake up.
"Morning sleepy head" I said jokingly
She looked a bit tired still but look okay otherwise.
"So it wasn't a dream we really are stuck in here" She said quietly
I frowned "Don't worry we'll get out I'll protect you don't be so down" I said
"But It's my fault If I hadn't dragged you into the game w-"
"First off you didn't drag me in here I came here willingly and second it's not your fault never think it's your fault okay" I said as I hugged her tying my best to comfort her.
"Thanks Big brother, you know exactly what to say to make me feel better" She said as she returned the hug and a smile appeared on her face. We stopped hugging and I looked at her.
"Good with that settled let's start leveling you up" I said getting up from the bed.
"I know of a mission that can get you a great blade and I can take that quest as well and give you my blade as well since I use a bow. But the quest is hard and dangerous." She said
"Is it the one where I have to get an Ovule from a Nepent" I asked
"Yea how'd you know" She asked
I took out one of the ovule from my inventory and showed it to her.
"Where'd you get one" she asked shocked
"Kazuto is in here as well he was a beta tester and him and another man named Heathcliff were up all last night trying to get this thing" I explained
"How long did it take you to get it" she asked.
"9 hours" I said
"9 hours I beat you leveled up a good bit what level are you now 6, 7" She asked
"Close 9" I said
"9 you probably had to fight more than 100 of them" She said shocked
"You can say that any whys lets go turn in that quest I have an extra one for you so you don't have to worry about getting it." I said
"Okay" was all she said as we left the inn to the small house that held the quest.
on the way their she asked
"So Kazuto's here to is Suguha here too"
'No just Kazuto but he rather be called by his in game name Kirito" I said
"Okay" was all she said as we headed to the house.
We arrived at the small little house and turned in the quest. We both received the Anneal blade. This blade can be enchanted 8 times.
Enchanting is giving your weapon to a player or NPC blacksmith and have them upgrade it for you if you have the right material. You can chose between sharpness, durability, heaviness, accuracy and quickness. You chose which one of these you want to upgrade and then hand it over to the blacksmith. So somebody could have a sword with 1 accuracy and 2 sharpness or 1A2S for short. Each weapon has a different amount of times you can enchant it but it is possible to fail an enchantment. The more materials you use the higher a chance of success there is.
Once we received our new blades Sarah gave me hers since she felt more comfortable with a blade. I found that strange since she is in kendo and I would have thought she would have been better off with a sword then a bow. Never the less I accepted the blade and now I had two blades so I could now use my duel blade skill. With my new blades we set off into the world to level up and search for items needed to enchant my blades.
2 and a half weeks have passed since this death game has started and nobody's found the boss room. During the beta it took a week to find the first boss room. I guess this just shows how scared people are of dying. Although people were reluctant to head out and search for the boss there was still a high death count. Over one thousand people had commit suicide. All of them unable to come to terms that this was now reality. I remember watching a poor basterd jump off the edge yelling out that if the reach the bottom the system will no longer register them in the game and would forcefully eject them from the game. He and a 5 others jumped believing him. We all looked over the edge till we couldn't see him. Every one raced to the Monument of life, a big stone wall that had the names of all 10,000 players. When a player dies their name is crossed out and next to it is written how when and where they died. We looked for the guys name and found it crossed out and next to it read "suicide". It sent chills through everyone nobody dared tried to jump off the edge afraid that the man's theory was false. That was over a week ago. Suicides have started to stop and more people started to except this world as reality. Although morale was low that people haven't found the boss room yet considering how fast in the beta the players found it. But a meeting has been called today to discuss about the boss room. Although word was getting around about the meeting I was told by Kirito about it. He said the meeting was being held by a small area near the bank of a lake.
I had a feeling that whoever was hosting this meeting found the boss room and wanted to discuss strategy. Sarah and I have been preparing for the boss battle ever since the first day. Sarah was now level 10 and I was around level 15. I had decided to pick archery for the extra skill slot and Sarah decided to leave her extra skill slot open unable to decide what she wanted. Besides our level our weapons are stronger than before. I now had both anneal blades with 3S4D or 3 sharpness and 4 durability. Sarah had found a hunters bow which was merely an upgraded version of the regular bow that had 6 enchantments. We were able to enchant it 4 times 2A2D or 2 accuracy and 2 durability. We enchanted them from an NPC blacksmith which is more likely to fail then a player. We were lucky he didn't fail once.
As we neared the meeting location I could see a good bit of people had showed up to the meeting. Although I believed most of these players are under leveled they just didn't want to be left behind on the news. There was only one tree standing in front of the lake and several stone slabs that people were sitting on. Sarah and I stood in the back away from the crowed but close enough to hear whoever was going to be speaking. Finally after waiting for awhile it seemed that no more people were going to join the meeting somebody spoke. I wasn't surprised at who was holding the meeting
"Good evening let the boss meeting start my name is Kirito" Kirito said
People stopped chatting amongst themselves and looked at Kirito
"The first floor boss has been found a-"
Before Kirito could finish his sentence a man with spiky cactus hair interrupted him.
"Just hold on a sec who the heck are you and why should we believe a small brat like you found the boss room" he asked stepping up forward
"I'm a former beta tester" was all Kirito replied coldly.
"So why should we believe the words of a beta tester. All you beta players left us to fend for ourselves and took all the good quest and hunting grounds huh. I saw you give us everything you've got and let us handle the boss fight" he replied with a smirk
I was starting to get annoyed with this guy. I was just about ready to go up there and knock the guy out on his ass when a tall African man stood up.
"My I say something mister-"
"Kibaou"
"Mister Kibaou my name is Agil and you must have been living under a rock for awhile" Agil said
"Is that so and why's that" Kibaou asked with a frown on his face.
"You seem to have missed this guide book. It's located all over the first floor shops for free." Agil said
"So what does that have to do with this" he asked
"The author of the book is Argo -the rat- a former beta tester. In the book their is information on everything from field bosses to types of weapons you can find on this floor and it's all made up from beta testers." Agil said
Kibaou looked angry as the crowed seem to side with Agil
" You also have to realize that the beta players are stuck here to. Even with the knowledge from the beta many still died and there are also some who stayed behind to help some of the players. And even at that some of the beta players still died even with the knowledge from the beta many still died." I said from the spot I was standing from
"And who the hell are you" he yelled out
"Nobody you have to worry about cactus head" I said
Now he definitely looked angry as he stormed back to his seat. I look over to Kirito and he nods at me I nod back. I look over to Agil and surprised to see Andrew. Huh who knew he played video games.
"Know that we have that settled with. If any one does not have a guide book please step forward and I'll give you one" Kirito said.
About half the players went up to get a book.
"Great now that everyone has one lets go to the chapter about the boss." He said
"Illfang the Kobold lord is the first boss. He is over 2 meters tall, muscular, and covered in blue grey fur with golden red eyes. He uses a large bone axe and leather shield to attack. He has four Hp bars. When he reaches 1/3 of his health he will toss his weapon away in favor for the Talwar attached to his back. He has three Ruin Kobold Sentinels protecting him when we enter the room and three more spawn in every time he loses a health bar making a total of 12 to deal with. Although many things have changed since the beta it might be safe to say Kayaba might have changed it so we'll take it on carefully. I want two party's to take on the sentinels the rest will be fighting the boss in shifts okay" Kirito explained
Nobody made any objections
"Good now I suggest you all form parties and prepare for battle tomorrow." Was the last thing he said as mostly everyone left.
I looked over at Kirito and saw he had his hands full with 4 girls lucky. Sarah and I headed over to Agil who stayed behind.
" Uncle Andy I didn't know you played video games" Sarah said running up and hugging Andrew.
"Hay squirt I didn't know you were stuck here to. How you holding up" he said
"We 're doing fine for now I was surprised to see you in here" I said walking up to him
"Jake so this was why you wanted the day off" he said
"You caught me I wanted to play this game with my sister." I said half telling the truth.
"We'll I'm glad Sarah has someone looking out for her." He said.
"Yea well anyway I was wondering if you're going to fight this boss battle." I asked
"Course I am why'd you think I showed up and you" he said
"I was going to go over to talk to Kirito if we could handle the sentinels I really don't want to put her in danger fighting the boss but she insisted we help" I said
"You are always the protective brother" he said
We said our goodbyes and we headed over to Kirito who was still talking to the girls and 2 other guys. I recognized both of them. One was Heathcliff and the other was the man I meet before we left to the next village I think his name was Klein were now speaking with him as well.
"Wow I didn't know you were so popular" I said teasingly
All heads turn over to me and Sarah
"Man make one comment and suddenly I am the center of attention" I said jokingly
Kirito smiles "So you participating in the boss battle." He asked
"Actually that's why I came here to talk to you about. In privet." I said he nods
"Artemis why don't you go and introduce yourself to Kirito's friends while I talk with him" I said
"Sure" was all she said as we walked off a good distance from anyone's hearing range or listening skill.
"I guess you don't want anyone to hear what we're about to talk about with the listening skill as well." Kirito guessed
"I kind of figured that Argo would have a high listening skill she would tell Sarah what I'm going to tell you."
I said
"So what is it" he asked
"I don't want Sarah to fight in the boss battles but she insist that she wants to help"
"But you being an over protective brother you don't want her to fight right" he guessed
"Yes but she insists so I was hoping that you would let us just handle the sentinels with whatever team your making to handle them." I said
"Well I personally with my party were going to handle the sentinels while I have Heathcliff handle the boss itself but I guess we could use two extra pair of hands to help." He said
"Great lets go meet my new teammates for this battle" I said walking back towards the group of girls that we're huddled around Sarah laughing and talking. I guess Heathcliff and Klein got tired of waiting for us
"I guess the girls took a liking to her" I said as we walked back up to them.
"So I take it you've all introduced yourselves" I said as the girls turned to look at me.
"Yea I just finished introducing myself " Sarah said.
"Good because you guys will be working together" I said standing in front of them
"The seven of us will be handling the sentinels okay" Kirito said
"Alright but I wanted to fight the boss" Sarah sighed.
"We'll I guess I have to introduce myself as well" I said
"The names Apollo I'm Artemis older brother its nice to meet you girls" I said . One by one each one of the girls introduced themselves.
Sicilia the second youngest girl, at around 12, in this group. She had light brown hair tied in two pony tails by two small ribbons and brown eyes. She also was a beast tamer taming a feathery dragon that sits on top of her head. She had a sword and shield as her weapon choice.
Asuna she had long orange-brownish chestnut hair and hazel eyes. She was the fastest in the group and has tended to overkill her enemy's from what Kirito told me. She used a ripper as her weapon
Lisbeth had pink hair and dark pink eyes. She was a blacksmith and what I was told was she had never failed an enchantment once so far. She held a giant war hammer as her weapon of choice.
Argo-the rat- she had dark brown hair and eyes. She had 3 whiskers marks painted on her face. Why I don't know. She always wore a cloak that covered her face. She was an information broker and the best one at that. She could find anything out that you needed information on for a price though. If you were swimming in coal them you might be able to afforded her ridicules prices.
After introductions were done and over with I let Sarah hang out ewith the girls to have fun while Kirito and I made sure we had everything ready for tomorrow. I was hoping she would make friends with them and they could get along so that I could trust them to watch over her if I was not there for her. So far I could tell they were getting along. With the girls gone Kirito and I went to the fields to do some last minute leveling.
"So mind I asking what level you are" I asked
"15 you" he replied
"Same here so we fight the boss tomorrow" I said
"Yea" was all he said
"You worried" I asked
"No not really why you're worried or what" he asked
"Somewhat I have a gut feeling something bad is gonna happen tomorrow and my guts never been wrong" I said a bit worried
"All we can do now is hope that we're strong enough to overcome any challenge we face tomorrow" he said
"I hope your right" I said
We had gone to the fields to do what little leveling we could do. Surprisingly we both leveled up once making us level 16. We headed back to the town and to the little restaurant that was there. When we got there I saw the 5 girls sitting and laughing at something. At what I don't know.
"Well I'm glad you guys are getting along" I said walking up to the table
"Oh hi brother when you get here" Sarah asked
"Just now don't worry Kirito and I won't bother you girls we'll be siting over there if you need us" I said pointing to one of the empty tables in the corner of the room
"Okay" was all I got from her as they went back to discussing what ever they were talking about earlier.
Kirito and I both went to the small table and sat down. An NPC waitress came over asking for our order.
"I'll have a Shirley Templar" I said
"A simple soda is all" Kirito said
The waitress left and brought back our drinks. With our drinks in hand we began to discuss on who and how we would be taking on the sentinels. After a good bit of discussion we came to a concussion. Argo, Lisbeth and Sicilia would handle one sentinel. Kirito and Asuna would take on one themselves and Sarah and I would take on one as well. With who was working with who and a small plan for tomorrow we just started to have a normal conversation like what we've been doing over the last time we seen each other. Time had passed by quick and it was getting late. We went over to the girls and I told Sarah that it was time to head back to our rooms at the inn to sleep for tomorrow's battle.
Tomorrow was the first boss and we would need all the energy we have to take it on. Tomorrow we will win if not we won't ever stand a chance at escaping this game.
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