Chapter 12
A duel in this game is quite simple. You fight someone and the one who has his or her health bar go into the yellow area then they lose the fight. I accept it saying, "If you win you can kill me but if I win one of your subjects have to kill you." She smiles and says, "I like that since I am going to win." The ten-second countdown starts then and we get in our starting pose. 10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…0. When it reach the zero a giant start flashes between us and we begin the battle that decides who is going to die.
She is a good opponent when it comes to sword fighting. I almost broke a sweat with her. She tried her best to land a blow on me but I was too fast for her when she lunges for me I disappear from that spot and appear behind her startling her as I land the blow that put her in the yellow part of her health bar. She gets on her knees and starts to cry. I never met an orange cursor player that would cry but this one is. Which means I was not surprised that she tried to do a surprised lunge on me but I dodged it and looked at her companions and I say, "Hurry up and kill her or I will kill her myself and kill all of you." With that a strong man that looks like he could be the second command in this operation. He pulls out his sword and with a flick of his wrist he cuts the head off of her. When he finishes the deed I whistle a brief tone. A couple of seconds later the Army comes out from their hiding place. I did not want to kill her but they said that the only way they would help me with this mission was if she was dead.
When the Army and Sara's companions are gone I turn to Akio. I had braced myself for a look of fear on his face but I was surprised to see what his expression was. He was smiling at me like he was proud of me for what I did. I manage to ask him, "Why are you not scared of me or even mad at me for using you to lure them out." He shakes his head and replies, "I was for a minute but you did it for a good reason and plus it's not like I lost anything instead I gained something. I gained a friend that cares about the welfare of others." With that we start the trip back to the floor we met.
It took another day to get to the town but we did and we went through the portal to floor 30. When we came through the portal we walked to the hotel that he says him and his friends live at. When we enter the hotel his friends attack him with hugs. They were worried about him and when we told them the story of our adventures they look at Akio with a newfound respect for being able to fight monsters that were over his level. He did not take all of the credit though. He told them about how I helped him on the trip. When I left the 30th floor a couple of hours I had a new group of friends but I did not stay with them because they need someone in the front lines to fight for them since they cannot do it themselves.
