A/N: Time for the introduction of the new OC. Hope everyone likes it. Please feel free to comment and review.
I decided to head out into the field of floor 58. There had to be some girls out here. I'll I needed was to find one in trouble and save the day. It would double as training also.
I fought against monsters solo for about an hour. I had begun to get low on healing items. I figured I mine as well head back and restock. As I was about to walk off though, a voice came into earshot.
"Healing crystals! Get your healing crystals right here people!"
I looked over towards where I heard the voice. I was surprised at what I saw. It was a market stand. A female player was standing in the booth with a cheerful smile.
"Get your healing crystals here! One for only 5,000 col, or five for 15,000 col."
I walked up towards the booth. The girl running it looked about 18. She had long red hair tied up in a ponytail. Her eyes were a light blue. She wore a red cloak with a gold trim, along with fortified leather armor. She had black pants with armor on her knees and fingerless gloves. Her boots were metal and she carried a backpack.
"Why are these prices so high?!" one player yelled. "I could get crystals for half that price in town."
"Yes but then you'd have to either waste time walking back, or use a teleport crystal." the merchant smirked. "This saves you from doing either of those. Now unless you're going to buy something, please leave so my paying customers can get their items."
"Why you?!" the player glared. He prepared to take out a sword, but before he could even touch the handle, she already had her sword inches from his neck.
"Careful tough guy. Prices aren't the only thing I cut in half." she smiled innocently.
The player tripped over and fell back.
"Y-You're crazy! I'm out of here!" he cried, running away.
The merchant skillfully spun her sword in the air and sheathed it.
"Sorry about that everyone." she cheerfully said. "Now, is anyone interested in buying something?"
Most players were speechless from her action against the last person. I was a little shocked, but I also liked her style.
"I'll take some." I spoke up.
"Good! How many do you want?" she replied.
"It's five crystals for 15,000 col right?" I asked.
"Yep!"
"Ok. I'll take five."
She opened up a trade window and we each selected what we were trading. I confirmed the trade and the window disappeared. I saw her name from the window before it disappeared.
Dagger. Even her name sounded dangerous.
"Thank you for your patronage!" she smiled.
Suddenly, we were interrupted by a loud roar. We looked towards the field and saw a player running from a large minotaur monster. They were both headed this way.
"What are you doing?! Don't bring it here!" Dagger exclaimed.
The players at the shop ran away. Dagger and I ran towards the side. The monster trampled over the shop and destroyed it.
"Nooooooo! My shop! That cost me 10,000 col!" Dagger screamed. Her face lit up with rage.
"Damn you! You're gonna pay!" Dagger charged at the monster and drew her sword.
"Wait! You can't just..." I started to call out to her, but she had already begun attacking the monster. I drew my battle axe and ran in after her.
The minotaur knocked her back with its powerful axe. Before it could follow up, I slashed it with my own weapon.
The monster turned towards me and roared loudly. We attacked each other with our weapons clashing furiously. One of my skills eventually knocked its axe up in the air. I ran at it and hit it with a horizontal slash. I was about to finish it, but Dagger ran in and attacked with a barrage of slashes. The monster lost the rest of its hp and shattered.
"Phew. That was unexpected." I sighed. I turned my gaze towards Dagger. "Are you ok?" I asked.
"No I'm not ok! That stand cost me 10,000 col, and this bastard only forked over a measly 250!" she cried. She sighed after calming down a little. "Sorry about that. Thanks for helping me."
"No problem. So will you be ok?"
"Actually, there's one thing I want to sell you." she said.
"Look I already gave you 15,000 col. I can't give you much more." I said.
"This one's on the house." she smiled. Dagger then followed up with a kiss. Our lips stayed locked for a few more seconds.
"How did you like the merchandise." Dagger said.
"Do you have a 2 for 1 special?" I asked.
"Anything for a valued customer." Dagger laughed. Once again, we kissed.
"I guess I should introduce myself. The name's Dagger." she said. "And this..." she started, throwing her sword in the air and catching it "is my blade, Rip-off."
"Rip-off? As in a bad deal?"
"As in ripping off someone's head."
Forget a date to beat Riku. I just found my dream girl. Her sword was just as impressive as her. It was much smaller than a regular sword. The length of the blade was about 2 feet. However, one side was jagged.
"So do you do this to tons of guys to make profits?" I asked.
"God no! The one thing I care about as much as money is love. Also, most of the guys that would buy a girl in this game are either sick in the head or really ugly."
"Well its a good thing I'm neither. Although I do know a hooded guy that falls under both categories."
The two of us walked back to town. We spent the rest of the day getting to know each other better. Dagger was a merchant that sold exclusively on the front lines because of the big business here. I told Dagger about Ren, Alice, and the rest of Wyvern Inferno.
At 10pm, I met up with Riku at the scheduled meeting place. To nobody's surprise, he didn't have a date with him.
"So where's you're girlfriend Romeo?" I joked.
"Shut up." Riku muttered. "At least I'll be sharing the bill with Mai. There's no way she could of got a date."
"Oh is that so?" a voice spoke up. We turned our heads to see Mai standing next to a guy. They were holding hands.
"Oh come on!" Riku complained.
"Poor Riku. So naive and so unloved." Mai laughed. "I'll send you the bill after my date."
Riku sighed in despair and walked away in defeat.
"And here you go." Mai said to the guy next to her, giving him a bag of col.
"Thanks. Pleasure doing business with you." the guy said, walking away.
"Wait a second. You paid a guy to be your date?!" I gasped.
"Of course. There's no way I'd let Riku beat me. I'd never live it down." Mai smirked. "Besides, the money I paid him will come back when Riku pays for my meal."
"I like how this girl thinks." Dagger grinned.
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The next day...
Ren POV:
"Wait. You want me to do what?" I asked in shock.
"Let her join the guild. Come on, she'd be a big help." Helios said.
When I had woken up the next day, I got a message from Helios. He asked me to meet him at the town on floor 58. When I arrived, he had a girl with him. She introduced herself as a merchant named Dagger.
"Why does a merchant want to join Wyvern Inferno?"
"For the profits of course!" Dagger smiled. "The front line guilds have all kinds of fans on the lower floors. I could sell stuff saying it was used by you guys, and make a fortune. All I'm asking for is fifty percent of the profits."
"Fifty percent!"
"Trust me. She can get us a ton of cash with her business skills." Helios assured me.
Usually I would turn down this deal immediately. But I trusted Helios's judgement.
"Alright." I gave in. "Just make sure she doesn't screw us over."
"You got it!" Dagger smiled cheerfully.
A/N: I hope everyone likes the addition of Dagger. New chapter will be up in a week. Look forward to it.
