Drifter Chapter 10, a manhua/chinese comics/漫画 fanfic

Drifter Ch. 10-Special!

A/N: As a celebration of reaching the tenth chapter, I will post character introductions, plot bunnies, and things that have nothing to do with the story!

Just kidding.

Drifter Ch. 10-Subtle Hints

Real A/N: Okay, I realize the China thing was sudden. There's a really good reason for that, I promise.

^Tower of God ultra reference, FTW~! Tangsooyuk-Fried meat in sweet and sour sauce.

* Apparently 7 and 14 are also unlucky numbers in China. If you didn't know, well, Wikipedia is your best friend.

Also, shortening the stats thing to the essential parts-Name, gender, level, race, class, health, and mana.

Gotta catch all the names (minus the generic ones)!

Nope, not mine. Never was, never will be.

"Okay. I know this is sudden, but...Willow, are you ready for this?" I placed my hands on Willow's shoulders and stared at him.

He stared back, his gaze unwavering and resolute. "Yes. I've decided to this, no matter the consequences. Gale, stop stalling." He sighed. "We'll be fine without your protection. Now, hurry up and get our team number and our first opponent. Stop being so lazy!"

I was just worried, okay? I put the cloak on, ran to the number drawing table, and drew a number for our team. "The seventh division...Number 1414."

I stared at it. "...Yes!"

"Hey! What's the number?" Arachne's voice echoed over the PM system.

"Seventh division, 1414. Hey, it's all sevens!"

"...Nightie, no offense, but what's wrong with your luck*?" Night Angel sighed. "Anyways, we're here. Seventh division, 1414-Blue Moon. Our opponent is a team called Tangsooyuk^."

"What's wrong with sevens?"

"Oh? Really? Tangsooyuk is really, really good~ Let's go buy some after we win!" Ice Storm was exuberant. I found the team pretty easily and settled down.

"Aren't you being a little too excited?" I was a little sarcastic.

He laughed, uncaring. "Of course I am! This is so cool!"

Dream, who was at his side, was looking a little pale. "Uh, I don't feel so good..."

Willow patted her back. "It's okay, just follow my instructions during the matches."

Arachne was too busy looking around to comment. I tapped her on the back and she jumped. "Eh! Oh, what?"

"Why are you looking around?"

"There aren't any handsome guys around..."

Willow sighed. "Your boyfriend is right here, you know."

I looked at our sighing, excited, sarcastic, pale, comforting, and bishie-crazed team (Dream: I take offense from that. I am nothing like Arachne).

"Let's do this!"

"Hello, everyone! I am your commentator Xiao Lee, and this match is between the much acclaimed Team Tangsooyuk and little-known Blue Moon. Coming in from the northern entrance is Team Tangsooyuk, and their team is made up of an angel priest, human archer, beastman warrior, human summoner, angel mage, and elven thief!"

The angel priest at the front was flawlessly pretty. Her hair flashed brightly in the sun, and her eyes gleamed. "We will win this competition and claim Second Life's most famous spot!"

I stopped in my tracks as I saw her face. My teammates behind me stopped too, confused.

"Did Gale fall in love at first sight?" Dream, I'll get you for that one later.

"Eh, why aren't we destroying them?"

Damn. YOU! Why are so freaking feminine? You're practically clinging onto the beastman's arm! You are a disgrace to independent women everywhere! You...you...you...

Actually, I think I'm only mad because she has something I never will have-a chest! Goddammit! I'm so FREAKING angry!

I turned around, and I could see that my teammate's faces went extremely pale.

"W-we were only joking!"

"You're radiating a killer aura, Gale...That's a little scary..."

I pointed to Willow, our strategist. "Hey. What's the fastest way to take down that priest?"

"Killing the archer and thief first, taking out the warrior, taking out the mage, taking out the summoner, and then killing the priest."

"Can't we kill her off first?!"

"No..."

"Let's kill her off first."

"...Okay, but do exactly as I say."

The commentator was still ranting on. "Blue Moon is made of an angel Dancer, demon Slayer, spirit priest, elven mage, human archer and human summoner. As the Dancer class is a special class, the Slayer is not a widely known class, and the spirit race is extremely rare, this is just too much of an unpredictable team!"

I walked into the arena, my extremely pissed off face showing, thanks to the lack of a cloak.

"...Good lord..."

Just then, the rest of my extremely good looking team entered as well.

"Oh my GOD! Look at that guy in the front, he's so pretty!"

"Is that a girl? I think that's a girl..."

"Never mind that, look at the really cute elf! He's adorable!"

And, as expected, we attracted attention again... I focused on the priest in front. She was sort of in a daze, and staring lewdly at Ice Storm. And, not as expected, the priest is a person attracted to shotas. No comment.

"Hey, cutie. Wanna come to my team after the contest?" The priest giggled and winked at Ice Storm.

Dream's temper started to flare. "So, she's after my man, is she? Hee hee, I'm gonna get to her before Nightingale does..." Only the team could hear her whispering over the team channel, but everyone could hear her sharpening her arrowheads and knife. Scary! Scary!

Willow started to analyze instantly. "Gale, you want the priest to die first?"

"My ire has slightly lessened, mainly due to the fact I don't think Dream will let the priest die an easy death..."

Willow took a look at Dream, and concurred, "Good point. Anyways, both you and Night Angel are speed based attackers, so Night Angel, take down the thief first. Gale, stall the warrior. Arachne should try to kill off the summoner. Dream can take her revenge, I guess..." Willow looked back again, and gulped. "Ice Storm, aid Arachne."

"Got it. Hey, Dream," I called. Dream turned to me, her eyes full of wrath and destruction.

"Don't kill her before I'm finished, okay?"

"No promises."

"Fair enough, I guess." I nodded to the referee, and he announced, "Start!"

"Heaven that fills the sky, hell that fills the earth, burn with the fire of life. I summon, Fire Golem!" Arachne brought out a fire-elemental, and had it set up a barrier.

"Stone Will! Fury Ignition! Windstep!" Willow slammed his staff on the ground, and released the buffs.

System: Blue Moon team has defense increased by 10%. Blue moon team has attack increased by 10%. Speed increased by 5.

I cried, "Jumpstart!" and immediately took off, flying close to the ground to attack the warrior. I had the upper hand, since he was stunned by the sudden fight.

Night Angel dashed forward to intercept the thief, and Arachne started to direct the Fire Golem.

The announcer exhaled loudly. "This certainly is a powerful team. Nightingale, the Dancer, has already started to clash with the beastman's mace. The beastman, surprised, is being forced back gradually! Many wounds are appearing on his body. Night Angel is attacking furiously with the whip, but the thief is just as fast. The Fire Golem is making quick work of the skeletons with the aid of the Blue Moon mage. And-whoa, whoa, whoa! The Blue Moon archer is launching a practical barrage of arrows! And they're all aimed at the priest of the Tangsooyuk team."

Looks like my team's doing fine... I refocused on the battle as the mace hit my stomach.

"Ooph!" I skid backwards, lost my grip on Black Swan, and had to jump to my feet. That actually hurt!

System: Player Nightingale has lost the added affects of the Swan set. Changes take place immediately.

This damn system...I refocused and started to strike with both hands on White Swan. What I lost in versatility, I'll make up in steadiness. As expected, my attacks started to push the beastman warrior's HP towards the red zone.

As the priest started to chant a healing spell, I yelled at Dream, "Hey! Are you sleeping or something? Wake up!"

"Shut up!" Dream sent three arrows towards the priest, and fired a fourth. "Sharp Rain." The three arrows immediately went through the the priest's vital points, and the fourth through her head. With the healing spell stopped, I began to renew the attacks, upping the pace faster and faster.

"Hyah! Uuwah!" The last blow hit the beastman's neck, and he became a pillar of light. I ran back to rejoin Dream and Willow. "Dream!"

She shrugged, not looking the least bit ashamed. "So?"

Willow sighed. "Nightingale, take out the summoner and archer from the other team. Dream, support Night Angel. Night Angel, go for the mage after the thief dies."

"Got it!" I picked up Black Swan from the ground, and charged. Dream hefted her greatbow again, and fired like a person on fire. Sorry, bad pun. (Willow: That doesn't even count as a pun.)

All this sprinting is wearing me out... "Dragon Dance!" The mage quickly fell, and Arachne's Fire Golem made it even easier. The summoner pulled back his skeletons and directed them at me. "Che!"

"Ice Storm!" I dashed to the side and went immediately for the summoner. Meanwhile, you could hear Ice Storm chanting a really, really, really long incantation.

"Blue Moon's really destroying this team now! Nightingale, who has already taken down the beastman warrior is continuously attacking the summoner. Blue Moon's archer is supporting Night Angel with a steady river of arrows-ah! The Tangsooyuk thief has already been turned into a pillar of white light! The Blue Moon mage released a powerful spell that killed off the summoner, and now the only ones left are the mage and archer, which are both extremely physique-lacking classes."

Psh, I can't let Night Angel beat me in this one! "Heaven's Sky!" A streak of slashes hit the archer right on, and she vomited blood. The final pierce went right through her stomach, and her health decreased dramatically. Viola jumped on her head and started scratching.

Night Angel was also attacking furiously. "Demon Lash!" His whip turned into an extremely dark, pulsating lash, and left some nasty burns.

We performed our final attacks at the same time.

"Piercing Wind!"

"Final Thorn!"

The archer died a little bit before the mage, so I smiled smugly at Night Angel. "Ha. Beat that!"

"Nonsense, you started before I did."

"Not true!"

"Winner, Blue Moon!" The referee announced.

We won battle after battle. We became famous to an extent for our fighting abilities, but even more so for our...

You guessed it! Appearance. Even Dream got molested. In the end, we became so sick of it that we slaughtered anyone who started getting too touchy with us. The system didn't even mark us as criminals since they were "attacking" us. In the end, they left us alone, but I heard a strange rumor. Apparently we were all beautiful, sadistic people who enjoyed beating people up with a smile on our faces.

Let me clear that up! I only smiled when killing our molesters because I was getting sick of it.

I also heard another rumor that Dream and Arachne were into each other, since they were completely unaffected by such pretty boys.

Arachne into girls? The sky will fall before that happens. I think Willow would commit suicide...And I would die of laughter.

Finally, I heard that Viola was actually the seventh member of our party, and was from the cat race.

What bull is that? Viola's a cat. You're not even allowed to participate in the tournament if you have less or more than six members. Come to think of it, is there even a cat race?

In the end, we were celebrating over bowls of udon. "Woo! We made it to the finals!" I clinked a mug of lemonade with Arachne. "Cheers!"

Dream was still pessimistic. "I dunno, now that we got into the finals, it's going to be quite a mess. I mean, they're all going to be insanely powerful."

Ice Storm grabbed her hands, shocking both of us. Well, I was shocked. Dream looked like she had a very enjoyable heart attack.

"We are powerful as well. We've got a transvestite dancer, feminine slayer, super girly priest, one perverted summoner, a deadly archer, and the only person that looks like a guy here. Of course we'll scare off all the competition."

The feminine slayer and girly priest immediately started to beat up the only person that looked like a guy. "You're not joining in?" asked Dream seriously.

"Why should I?"

"He insulted you."

"I tend to not take insults from high school brats all too seriously."

"Point taken."

Arachne, Dream, and I watched leisurely as Ice Storm was beaten to a pulp.

Have you heard about that beautiful team that's just leisurely clearing the tournament? They have an amazing team composition. -phoenixrules

I was reading online about Second Life when I came across this and spewed tea.

Yeah! The lead attacker has a special class, which is supposed to be SUPER rare to get. And he's so cute! -perfectprincesschan

I heard that he was a sadistic guy who enjoyed beating up all his followers. Gotta respect that. -demonkingofblood

He's not the only hottie on the team. -homestucktroll

Wait a minute, the dancer's a guy? Could have sworn that was a girl. -kuikicksbutt

Speaking of which, is that priest a guy? -ascendantdragoons

He's a guy. I hope. He's so hot! -ishiplikefedex

Plus, there's that cutie Ice Storm. Looks like one of those child actors. -percabeth

The archer is impressive! She always knows exactly where to hit and at exactly the right moment. That kind of thing is pure instinct, not training. -icefox

Summoner has some pretty good monsters. Took me forever to catch a golem. Wonder how long it took her. -dandan888

But that weird slayer looks really girly. -we_are_legion

Yeah. Looks super lame. -fenglan1004

Gotta agree. You can sort of tell he's a guy, but the fact that he first looked like a girl sort of freaked me out... -kayaille

Silently, I took a screenshot of the conversation, and then added my own reply.

Wonder what they look like in real life? -swandance

A/N: I hope you had as much fun with the names as I did. homestucktroll, ishiplikefedex, percabeth, we_are_legion, and kayaille are all references to awesome things (well, except maybe the last one).

Reccomendation! Read Legendary Moonlight Sculptor. Read it. Read it nao! You won't regret it.

Peace out!