The Enforcers 7
Chapter 7
Grinning he entered the second floor 'starter town' and saw a steady stream of players leaving the teleportation gate, his guild having been told about the battle just before it began so they could get ready to teleport to the new floor. "There's so many players." Asuna said in awe as the newest councilwoman stared at all of the Enforcer members that were streaming out of the teleportation gate.
"Kirito!" a familiar voice called out as he looked over to see a grinning Klein walking over "Good to see you man! Listen, the other Council Members are situated at the tavern so we can begin to go over the plan for how to handle the new floor. I'm guessing this is our newest member?".
"Yeah." He said with a nod, "Asuna, meet Klein, he's the head of our Scouting Division. Klein, this is Asuna who's accepted the role of being the head of our Medic group.".
"Hi." Asuna said awkwardly at his confident Councilman…or she may have simply been somewhat blinded by Klein's bright ass red armor.
"Hi yourself," Klein said with a small wave "now come on. We need to get there soon if we don't want Tazuna to drink all the Sake…again.".
"Tazuna?" Asuna asked as Klein led them to a nearby building where he saw the rest of his Council sitting at a large table in the center, each of them with a meal and drink in front of them.
"This here is Tazuna," he said as he clapped the man on the shoulder "the head of our Construction division and the certified old drunk of the group.".
"Well someone has to do it so why not me?" Tazuna asked before taking a gulp from a large bottle of Sake with a contented sigh, "At least in here I can't get a hangover.".
"Moving on!" he said quickly as he walked over to the next person, "This here is Lizbeth, or as I like to call her, Lizzy. She's the head of our Blacksmith Division and made the red sword you saw me use in the boss fight. You tell her what kind of weapon you need and, if she has the materials, she can make you something that would put a boss drop to shame.".
"You say the sweetest things Kirito." Lizbeth said with a grin as the girl looked up from a journal where she was sketching out several new weapon designs, "Unfortunately for you I'm already taken.".
"I still have no idea how that happened," he said with a chuckle before turning to Asuna "she's dating Klein who's also our group's resident Pervert.".
"And proud of it!" the red armored man said with a grin, plopping himself down in the seat next to Lizbeth.
"Here we have Sasha," he said as he got to the woman who stood up to give him a warm hug "she's the head of the Recreational division and has become a mother figure for myself and most of the guild. Her food is simply to die for.".
"I'm honestly just glad that I can be helpful," Sasha admitted with a blush as the rest of his council who had tasted her food quickly supported his statement "and be able to look after the children trapped here.".
"Then we have Little Silica," he said as the little girl jumped up with a laugh and gave him a flying hug which he happily returned "she's become like a little sister to most of us and her dragon Pina is a major help when we need a quick healing out in the field. She's the head of our Tamer division and is a Dragon Tamer. We normally would have chosen someone a little older to be the Councilwoman but she was more than stubborn enough to get the job.".
"And don't you forget it Kirito!" Silica said with a wide grin "Honorary brother or not I can still sick Pina on you!". Laughing happily he ruffled her hair and shooed her back to her seat as Asuna, Sinon, and Argo giggled at the girl's statement.
"Finally we have Keita," he said as he got to the last of the Council members Asuna hadn't met yet "he's the leader of our quest completing group, the Rare Hunters. He originally came to me to ask how to start a guild of his own and, after explaining how, I offered to let him join the Enforcers and install him as a Councilman. He took a couple days to think about it but he was more than willing to try it out and his party, the Moonlit Black Cats, have been with us ever since.".
"And as you already know Ki-buo is the head of the Frontline Fighters, Sinon the ranged fighters, and I'm the head of the info brokers." Argo finished happily as he held out chairs for the girls.
"So what info do we have so far?" he asked as the mood became, slightly, more serious while the discussed business.
"Well this floor has several forests for harvesting as well as some quarries and other areas." Agil Klein explained, pressing a few buttons on a menu as they all got the information that was gathered "Argo's second in command went out with a few of my scouts as well as a couple of the speed specialists to scour different areas and found a lumber town and a quarry village very close to here. An NPC there told them about how there were several other Lumber mills and Quarries on this floor of Aincrad.".
"Are they purchasable?" he demanded as he glanced at Agil and Tazuna "If we managed to own even just one of each then we would have a great deal of extra resources for our construction crews, maybe even find some good metal ores for Lizzy and her minions.".
"Must you call them that?" 'Lizzy' asked in exasperation while he grinned widely, "Never mind." She sighed when she saw his grin.
"Anyway," he continued "there's a good chance that this floor is mostly lumber mills, quarries, and other resources but in each of those villages there's bound to be several useful quests so I want everyone to keep an eye out so we can get the materials and items we need.".
"So what now?" Asuna asked as everyone sent out a few messages to their Division members, the girl looking rather awkward as she wasn't sure what to do.
"Well later I'll introduce you to the rest of your division," he explained "that way you can get to know them and can begin working on improving the right skills to go with the build you already have. But in the meantime…WE FEAST!".
"Hazzah!" Klein, Agil, and Tazuna exclaimed happily as they went over to the waitress NPC and ordered a good deal of food and drink.
"You're…different than I was expecting." Asuna said awkwardly as the group returned to their laid back and rather happy go lucky atmosphere they had when he had first entered.
"You expected us to be all 'hard core' moody military bastards?" he asked with a raised eyebrow as Asuna blushed brightly and nodded.
"You should have seen him during the BETA," Argo laughed as his short friend leaned over and ruffled his hair like he was a kid "this guy was the moodiest loner you could ever meet. He only became friends with me and Agil because we forced him too out of sheer stubbornness. But he's got a good heart and refused to abandon the other players when he knew he could make a difference and save lives.".
"Spending as much time as he did with other people really helped to open him up," Sinon picked up as she leaned over and pecked his cheek before jerking her thumb over at Klein, Agil, and Tazuna who were still getting food "people like the three stooges over there especially.".
"Yeah, yeah," he grumbled good naturedly "laugh it up Argo.". The rest of the night was spent with laughter and merriment as they celebrated the destruction of the first boss, several of their Guild Members taking initiative and, with permission, going out and purchasing the nearby lumber mill and Quarry and even began setting up a work schedule for the construction players.
The next morning though he found himself with the rest of his Council, once again at their 'meeting table' in the tavern. "Alright," he said as he looked about "I'm keeping Argo and Sinon with me but I'm also planning on keeping Asuna as well, at least until she fully learns the ropes of being a council member and then she can choose to either join a different party or stick with this one.".
"Three beautiful women all to yourself Kirito?" Asked with a suggestive smirk as the giant man wiggled his eyebrows, "Are you sure you don't have any…ulterior motives to this set up?".
"Do I look like Klein to you?" he shot back as his ginger friend let out an indignant 'Oi!' which was ignored "I don't do thing for perverted reasons. I can't really speak for Asuna but I know that if I did try to do so that Argo and Sinon would definitely kill me.".
"We've trained you well," Argo said with a grin as she linked her arm with his left, Sinon doing the same on his right as they both smirked happily "I guess you can be taught.". The happy event was ended though when the tavern door burst open and he turned around to see the guy who had tried leading the boss raid which he had…usurped.
"You!" the blue haired man, Diabal if he remembered right, growled "What the hell is your problem?!".
