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Separating the World Tree from any of the territories of the elves, was a ring of mountains. We couldn't go over them, because our wings had a height limit, so we had to go through the maze of tunnels, and hope we don't get lost. Or PKed. Liz took point, in her heavy armor. She wielded a mace, just like in SAO. Silica was in between me and Argo, with the Cat/Rat in back. Traversing through these tunnels was long work. I couldn't run ahead and ditch them, or else they might get lost, or attacked. Just as I was thinking this, I saw flickers of light up ahead. Liz looked at me, and I nodded. She extinguished our torch, and we pressed against the wall as a group of Salamanders with a few Spriggans walked by. The Spriggan leader stopped right in front of us. Gladly, before they had rounded the corner, Argo had taught me a concealing spell, so we were invisible…. unless his detection skill….. he grabbed me, and threw me on the ground, pressing a boot against my neck. I moaned in pain, and heard the girls shout my name. After sounds of a struggle, a rough hand picked me up by my collar. "Well well well! What do we have here!" He was a mountain of a man. He radiated Str type."A Shit Sylph traveling with two Cait Sith, and a Leprechaun? This is odd indeed!" Craned my neck, looking at them. There were four Spriggan and seven Salamanders, all of which looked big, and powerful, and the girls were tied up together. Well, time to try something.
"How about we have some fun? How do you want to die, Sylph?" The mountain asked. I am guessing he is the leader of this band. Hmmm….
I laughed maniacally. This caught everyone, even my friends by surprise.
"What's so funny, Sylph?" The man-mountain asked.
"Oh, the fact you think you can kill me!" He scowled.
"You smart ass!" He threw me against the wall, winding me. My health dropped a quarter. Quickly, I did a more thorough examination of my surroundings. Not as much room as I would like, but enough. I stood, and kept laughing. He scowled deeper, and punched…. he blinked in surprise as his prey vanished. "What the…" I tapped his shoulder from behind.
"Hey, Dumbass. Missed" he sung his arm in a wide arc, trying to catch the side of my head. I backed away, laughing the whole time.
"Finally! I can figure out just how good Liz's smithing is in this game. You made a huge mistake not disarming me!" I drew my foot long knife, backhanding it. I took a different stance than before, left foot forward, right hand almost fully extended behind me. I grinned. "Bring it, Dumbass"
"Stop playing with him, we need to go and meet with our main forces, to attack the Sylph-Cait Sith-Undine conference!" Said one of the Spriggan. My eyebrows raised. This is interesting news. I glanced at Argo, and saw she caught the significance.
The Salamander drew a huge broadsword, a weapon made for open spaces, not the confines of a cave. This will be too easy.
"I will bet you any amount of anything that I will kill you within five seconds of our fight starting." I said calmly, my Maugham grandson fit stopping.
"Cocky bastard, huh? I will take that bet! Ten thousand Yrd!" He said, and then charged. I leaped over the tall man, now behind him, facing away, I spun to face his back, slashing repeatedly. Let see how he fares against [Shining Sword]! My sword skill had imported from SAO, so, I was just as over-powered as ever. After I hit five or six times, he exploded into blue light. Less than one second. Hrmph, I am getting slow. Another man, almost as large as the Mountain I just slew, stepped forward. He wore heavy armor. Shit, a def type. He laughed, "Fight me, Sylph Scum!" I gritted my teeth as he swung downwards. I dodged out of the way, but he was fast enough to change his [Vertical] into a [Horizontal] that sent me into a wall. My health in the red, he stepped up to finish his handy work. I closed my eyes, waiting for him to deal the next blow when… I heard shattering glass. I opened my eyes, and saw Sir Lancelot in front of me, fighting all of the enemies, and keeping the, at bay… barely.
"Sir Tryth, would thy please assist me in defeating thyne foes?" He asked, as someone's blade raked across his chest, but did barely any damage, considering the knight armor.
"Thought you would never ask, Lance!" Four dead Spriggan and six dead Salamanders later, we stood panting. "Good job, Lance!" I said to the npc.
"Why, thank you sir." He said humbly, sheathing his blade. I untied my friends, and they thanked me, and told me how awesome I looked. "Don't feed his ego too much! Or I will never hear the end of it!" Scolded my Argo.
"Oh, my Cat, I wouldn't do that to you! Maybe…. not" I mused.
"Whatever!" She yelled, elbowing me, and cutting what was left of my HP in half. "We need to go to the conference! The Sylph, Cait Sith, and Undine leaders are about to be killed!" She said. "They are renegotiating the treaty they signed, allying against the Spriggan-Salamander-Gnome alliance, there will be almost no guards!" I sighed.
"And why do I care about that?" I asked, "How will helping these people help me save Angelica faster?"
"If your leader is killed, they can claim the Sylphlands, and your wings won't work, and anyone can kill you anywhere, slowing your progress."
"Fuck you, Alfheim Online!" I yelled, along with a lot more obscene cursing. I started at a brisk pace, wanting to get the hell out of this cave, and annihilating some Salamanders. Argo was deep in thought as we walked, thinking 'would he care as much if I was the one stuck up there, and not Angelica? He seems to not care about anything but saving her… does he love her and not me?' We emerged from the caves, light making me blink violently.
When my eyes focused, I saw some people on a plateau, not too far away. I spread my wings, and raced to them, not even noticing the dark cloud coming.
I landed on the raised area, and sprinted the rest of the way. The rulers of the three fairy kingdoms looked a annoyed that I was here, but I didn't give them a chance to speak, "Salamanders are preparing to attack here!" I said, not panting at all. Go Agi stat!
"What are you talking about?" Asked one of them, I am guessing the Sylph leader, judging by the green eyes and clothes. "Our scouts would warn us, now, leave. We are on important business."
"Nah," said Alicia Rue, the Cait Sith I met earlier, "He's cool. He can stay. I believe him. If he says Salamanders are attacking, then they are attacking."
That was when my friends made a fortunate appearance.
"Argo the Rat reporting" said my kitty, panting. "Salamander forces we captured were talking about rallying with a larger group, and attacking this conference." She said.
"Now then!" Continued Alicia, "If Argo says it's true, there is no denying it!"
"No matter, we were about to postpone this meeting, looks as though a rainstorm in approaching." Said the Undine leader. I realized all three of these leaders were girls, and all three were checking me out. I blushed, but Argo saved me from further embarrassment.
"That isn't a rain cloud. It's too late to run" she said solemnly. I looked at it and saw what she meant. She was right, it wasn't a cloud. It was hundreds of players from the three kingdoms allied against this meeting. Three figures detached from the main force, and flew to us. They were representatives of their kingdoms. The three landed, and the Salamander stepped forward. "Surrender now, and there won't have to be a bloodbath!"
"Ok, now I am pissed!" I shouted at the sky, "First, you take my best friend, then you kill almost everyone that I care about! Then, you dangle my not dead friend in front of me, like a dong and a bone! Fuck you!" Everyone present was taken aback by ,y sudden outburst.
"What is a noob like you doing at this conference?" Asked the Spriggan.
"Sir Tryth, might thou be as kind as to explain as to what is happening?" Asked my knight. I turned and saw that he had large silver wings that were dissolving.
"What is happening, is a Spriggan, Salamander, and Gnome head are about to roll." He nodded, "Would you care for my assistance, my lord?" He asked. I shook my head.
"No, Lance, thanks though." He bowed.
"You think you can take us? The best fighters from our lands?" Asked the gnome.
I sighed. When will people take me seriously?