Chapter 10 Online

I awoke slowly, as usual and smiled as I felt a feeling I had grown accustomed to, Sienna's body pressed against mine. Her arm was draped over me and I very slowly and carefully got out of the bed, not wanting to wake her. As I got up I noticed the ring that was on her left hand. I smiled as I remembered that we weren't just a couple any more, but husband and wife, of course once we returned to the real world our marriage in the game would mean nothing, but our love for each other would still be real. I left the room, trying to not make too much noise as I opened my bedroom door, closed it, walked down the stairs and to the front door and left through it. I walked to the edge of the cliff that the house over looked and I sat down on very edge so my legs were dangling. I guess today we were going to the 56th floor...but what should we expect when we get there? There was no way to know..unless... I opened my menu and started a message.

Shiba

I trust you did as I requested of you yesterday and went to the 56th floor and activated the teleporter so we get there quickly. I want to know the name of the floor and anything that may be of use to know about it. I await your response.

Dark

Once the message was sent I laid back and looked at the sky awaiting for the others to awake so we could head to the next floor. After 10 minutes had passed I heard the door open and I heard more then one pair of footsteps coming towards me.

"Good morning Lea and Rocky." I say looking over my shoulder to confirm my guess."

"How did you know it was us?" She asked coming beside me.

"I heard both of your footsteps."

"Oh, I thought you guessed."

"Nope, I knew this time."

"Are we allowed to call you Alex?" She asked

"I don't mind as long no one else is nearby. Wouldn't want the wrong person to hear the name and come after me once we escape this game. Once we'll out I want to put it all behind me...except for the friends I have met." I said giving her a small smile, which she returned.

"That's one good thing that came from this whole situation. We got to meet new friends."

"Yeah, but we were pulled from our families. That's another reason I want to get you all out of here. I don't your families to suffer over a lost family member."

"Why are you suddenly talking about escaping the game...again?"

I thought back and realized I did it a lot "Well the closer we get to the end the harder it is to not think about it. I want to see my family again...it's been more then a year now."

"I understand that. I think we all feel the same about wanting to escape this game."

I smile "I bet you're right and not just any of us in the party. I'm sure everyone that is stuck in this game wants to get out and reunite with their loved ones again."

"Also, Alex. My true name is Lyra."

"Lyra. That's a nice name."

She smiled "Thanks." She got onto Rocky's back "Should we go and wake the others now?"

"I guess so. We should get moving soon." I get up and Rocky bolts right for the front door. Once we get to the guild I have to give the order to teleport to the 56th floor and- wait...I have to tell everyone the group that will be hunting for information for Laughing Coffin. Why do I attract Pking guilds? Demise was a constant annoyance since the very 1st floor and still attacked me after their hideout was destroyed and their leader dead. Now Laughing Coffin is hunting me down because I am the Leader Of The Knights Of The Blood Oath. Well as long as I get out alive. I enter into the house and see Lea sitting on the couch and Doran coming down the stairs.

"You beat Sienna down here today." I told him.

She grinned "That's better then before. One time I will defeat you one day."

"Maybe. But until you beat me it's your job to wake up Angelica." I said with a mocking smile.

"Oh great." He said rolling his eyes, as he walked to the stairs. I beat him to them and headed up and to my room. I opened the door and found Sienna still asleep on her back, blanket pulled up.

"That's a first." I say as I walked over to her and shook her lightly "Sienna, time to wake up." She groaned and opened her eyes before pulling you down and kissing me deeply. After a moment she broke the kiss ,and sat up, revealing she was dressed in her battle clothes.

"You were already up weren't you?" I asked her.

She smiled "Yup. Just wanted to surprise you."

"Well you managed. I didn't expect that. Anyway, Doran should have awakened Angelica by now we should go down." I turned to go and she grabbed my hand pulling me back.

"Remember yesterday before you proposed to me, the question I asked you?"

"About if I would toss you aside once we escaped?"

"Yeah...I'm sorry I asked that...it was really rude of me to even think that of you."

"Don't worry about it Sienna."

She nodded and stood up, kissing me yet again "Just so you know I'm not going to do that to you either. I may never let you go and we meet in the real world." She told me smiling.

"I wasn't worried about it." I said as she took my hand. As soon as I opened my bedroom door to leave, a message appeared "Shiba." I said as I tapped it.

Dark

I did as you wanted me to and I checked around the floor. There is a barrier all around the town that I appeared in so the boss must be in the town. I also did a little scouting and no monsters spawned. I think the whole floor is a safe zone, and also the town is smaller then the ones on most floors so finding the boss should be much easier then before. The floor is called 'Twilight Town' and it is always twilight here. I will see you at the guild later.

Shiba

"What was that about?" Sienna asked.

"Information about the 56th floor I requested from Shiba. It's smaller then most floors and it is called Twilight Town."

"So we may pass it quickly?"

"I hope so, but the boss could be a lot harder to locate even if the floor is smaller."

"What if it was meant so we would find the boss quickly? What if that floor was meant to be easier then others?"

"If it is then that's a reason to be worried. Why would the 56th floor be easier to find the boss then any of the other 55th floors below it? If what you suspect is true it may mean the boss is almost impossible to defeat..."

"Or maybe we are catching a break?"

"Catching a break where we are never safe from other players or monsters that want to eat us, or just kill us? Slim chance of that."

"I'm trying to be Optimistic about this Alex..."

"Well I am a pessimistic person. Didn't I tell you that before?" I say with a smile. Once we get to the stairs I see Angelica is up and ready to go, but don't comment on it or she most likely would have kicked me like she usually does when I bug her.

"Everyone ready?" Lea nodded

"Yeah." Doran said.

"About time! Let's hurry and go to the 56th floor!" Angelica shouted.

"We need to go to the HQ first."

She sighed "Fine, but let's make it quick."

Once we entered the HQ every Knight (Which I'm pretty sure was all of them) turned to see me and I walked past them to resume my spot on the platform, my party right behind me. I started right away.

"The 56th floor teleporter has been activated and we will head to it today. The information we have of it is this. The name of the floor is Twilight Town, the floor is much smaller and takes place in the one town, no monsters are known to spawn there at this moment and it may be a lot easier to find the boss, but I have a feeling that the boss will be much stronger then others if it is easy to find. We need to be ready for anything." I paused a moment to catch my breath "That's all we know about the floor so before we head there I need to announce the group that is going to hunt for any information relating to Laughing Coffin. The members are as follows: Zyra, Shiba, Eren, Yi and the leader will be someone that can be absolutely trusted, Asuna." Three females stepped forward, Zyra, Shiba and Asuna and two males, Eren and Yi came up beside the "This job is of utmost importance. Laughing Coffin poses a serious threat against me and therefore threatens the whole guild of losing another leader. I am trusting you 5 to do all you can to locate their HQ so we can wipe them out. This job is dangerous, but I trust in your skills." They all nodded "If you 5 understand you can start your search and if anything is found you are to message me immediately." the five Knights left and I started again, taking a teleport crystal out "The rest of us will head to the 56th floor." I activated the crystal "Twilight Town!"

We arrived in the town and I looked around as the other players started to appear. It looked like an old style town. Beside me stood a bell tower and straight ahead of me was a well. Behind us there was a stable, nothing living inside of it. As the last of the Knights appeared I turned to them.

"We are going to split into 3 groups. One led by me and Sienna, one lead by Lea and Angelica and one led by Doran." I pause and look at my party directly "If you think you have found the boss door you are to message the other leaders of the group. Do not enter alone. You are to split yourselves up."

It took about 20 minutes until the Knights had separated into groups and me and Sienna were leading the largest group while Lea and Angelica had the smallest, which may have been for the best.

"My group will go north, Lea and Angelica you go west, Doran you go east. If nothing is found we will meet in the south part of town." I say as I start to walk, Sienna's hand in mine. I kept my eyes open, making sure I didn't miss anything that may have led us to the boss. After a while I realized something and turned to the Knights under my command.

"Spilt up in this selection of the town and search inside of the buildings. We may find what we are searching for in one of the buildings." the Knights did as I told them but I had idea if we would find anything many of the buildings were to large to search every inch of it. I thought of what sienna has said before and smiled.

"Sienna, you said maybe this floor was mean to be easier then the others, right?"

"I said it was possible."

"Well I may have an idea then." I looked around and saw a building with a tall tower coming from the top. It was a church and the tower had a bell that rung when the worshipping of gods would begin "Come on Sienna." I said leading her into the building.

"What are you thinking?" She asked, knowing I had an idea.

"I'll tell you in a minute. I found stairs leading up and as I got into the bell tower, that no longer had a bell, I looked out the window "I'm trying to find the tallest building. If this floor was meant to be easier then the boss door would be in the tallest building."

Sienna let go of my hand and looked out a window on the other side of the room and giggled slightly after a moment "Alex, I think we are in the tallest building."

I walked over to the other window and looked out "I think you're right." I said, looking over the other side of the town "Let's see if we can find the boss door in here then." I said, going down the stairs quickly, Sienna following behind. I went into the place where the worshipping would usually take place and looked around "Now where could the door be?" I asked myself as I walked around "It would most likely be in plain sight and not making us tear the place apart."

After about half an hours passes I give up.

"Maybe I was wrong. It may not have been in the tallest building." I tell Sienna.

"Well we will find it at some point."

I nod "Yeah." I go in front of the desk where the leader of worship would usually stand and then I walked behind it and as soon as I put my weight on the plank wood floor behind it it broke and I fell into through the ground and down a flight of stairs it seemed like forever until I finally stopped rolling down stairs.

"Alex, you okay?" I heard Sienna call out, her voice sounding fall away.

"I'll live." I call back up. I stand up and turn around finding a door made of a mix of diamonds and brass "Sienna, message Doran and Lea. Tell them We may have found the boss door."

It didn't take long before me and Sienna had gathered our group together again and the other two groups joined as in the worshipping room. I stood in front of them.

"We have found, what we believe to be the boss door. It was harder then I expected to find, but the boss may still be harder to take down then the bosses we have fought before, but as long as we are prepared we can defeat it." I walk to the entrance to the stair well "If anyone feels they are not ready speak up now." I say waiting to see if anyone says anything. When no one does I continue "All right. Then we shall continue." I lead the way, my party directly behind me and the knights behind them. We reach the door after moment and I place my hand on it, pushing it open and entering. I enter very bright and warm room, and the radiant light feels somewhat, welcoming. There are small orbs of light dancing through the air as if they were living things. In the middle of the room there is a young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, dressed in a white skirt that falls just above her knees, and she seems to be enjoying the sight of the dancing lights. I walk a little closer and her piercing blue gaze meets my eyes and a name appears above her head, Naomi, The Last Light.

"Why have you come here?"

A feeling of dread enters my body as I realize she is this floor's boss. She tilts her head after I don't answer, like she is expecting an answer, like any kid would. Can I really bring myself to kill her...she may be an npc, but she's only a young girl.

Chapter 10 Offline

Fast paced...forgive me for the fast paced chapter, but I will make it up to you all in the next chapter, which I am very excited about writing.