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We stood in the shadow of the trees, obscured from what we were watching. There was a Viking galley, with about ten of the invaders aboard. 'How did they get so many people here?' I thought to myself. 'That is a small ship for thirty people!' I turned in the darkness towards my companions. "Okay, Sinon, we need your sniping skills right here. Silica, Liz, protect her from any threats, Angelica, Yuuki, and I will go and raid these things." Everyone nodded, except the pink haired smith.

"Why do you two get the fun job? Besides, you don't need to worry about us, we will respawn when we die, so, we should all just run up, and slaughter them!" 'I have to admit, her argument is very logical.'. I sighed, and nodded, relenting.

"But I go first, I have a Stealth Skill, and high speed, so I can cause a distraction aboard the ship, and keep them from going out to sea before you guys get there."

"Damn, I hate it when you're smarter than me!" She said, pouting. I stood, and activated my skill, and dashed out of cover, hoping they had little to no observing skills, or anything like that. I ran up to the hull, and up the ropes along the side. Once up, I deactivated my Stealth.

I tried English, "Hey, you furry bastards! I am sure your mothers look just like you!" I shouted, hoping I got their attention. I learned from an American movie that you should never insult their mothers, as they will get really really mad. And when warriors were angry, they made mistakes…. which meant that I could possibly single handedly take on this whole crew. They all turned and faced me.

"You insulted mommy!" One shouted, and ran to a barrel placed on the other side of the ship, grabbing a claymore sword. "You will die!" He started running at me. As he ran, I drew the new sword, and felt its weight. At the last second, I sidestepped his thrust, and used a [Slant] on his face, and spinning behind him, finishing him with a [Horizontal] skill, making him burst into polygons.

"You killed Jeff!" One shouted, "let's get 'em!" They all got swords, and encircled me. I smiled. 'Come at me' I thought, with a smirk. They were closing in slowly. I jumped high, backflipping, and right when I landed, shoving my black sword into the planks. The skill is called [Lightning Fall]. When my sword touched the planks, lightning shot in all directions, shoving them back. I stood up, watching the smoking Vikings roll over, grunting in pain. I walked up to each one, and finished him with an easy skill, like [Vertical]. Then, my friends came up the ramp, gawking.

"Holy shit" said Liz. "How did you do that?" She demanded.

"Yeah!" Said Yuuki. "How did you do that?!" I was going to answer them, but I saw movement out the corner of my eye, and I looked to it, seeing about thirty players, lead by Argo.

"Little late!" I said, jumping off the galley onto the soft sand. "What took you so long?"

"Nobody believed me when I told them that the Vikings invaded." Said ,y cloaked wife, walking up to me, "Besides, it looks like you got it done alone". I hugged her, and she returned the embrace.

"Well, here" I said, at a loss for an explanation, I let go of her, and drew my black sword, called [Shadow Reaper], which I really liked, and held it up for her to see. She reached for it, but I pulled it away an inch, causing her to stop. "Yuuki, Liz, and Angelica tried to carry it, but they couldn't. Somehow, this sword has increased my raw attack, speed, and pretty much all of my stats at least tenfold." She nodded, understanding. "People, I took on the Viking raiding party. We will have smiths analyzing the galley, and trying to build one so we can raid their lands!" They looked dumbfounded.

"How can you have taken them?" Someone demanded, stepping forward. He had light chain mail armour, a hard set jaw, and dirty blonde hair. "I a, the best fighter in the game, and I can barely take on one of them! We met a few on our way up here, so, how can you take on the whole party?" At his waist, he had a standard steel longsword, and a small iron plated shield on his back.

I sighed, drawing my black sword. I held it out for Argo to grasp. "I give you permission to hold this" I said, and she grabbed it… and didn't fall over. 'So I have to give them permission…. okay….' I stored that info in the back of my mind for later. "Hey, Argo. Can I borrow a knife?" I asked the cloaked figure at my side. She nodded.

"Of course." She took a knife out of a sheath on her leg, and handed it to me. "You said no one else could carry this, how can I? Ooooohhhh, they need permission… okay, never mind." She got it quickly. Thankfully, she didn't say this that loud, so only I could hear her. I stood, about fifty feet from the man who spoke earlier. The people behind him stood uneasily, as though very few of them wanted a pvp fight.

"Which of you were from Sword Art Online" I said to the mob.

"Don't you dare ignore me!" Said the blonde.

A few hands raised. I ignored him further. "Before I kick this guy's ass, you should know… I am Tryth the Shadow Reaper." The crowd gasped.

"What the hell kind of name is that?" The blonde demanded. "'Shadow Reaper'? Don't make me-"

"Shut the hell up now" I commanded in a booming voice.

"Make me" he growled. I sighed. Opening my menu, I sent a duel request. Down to the last health point, but no further. He grinned. "Now you are speaking my language! How quickly do you want me to wup you?" He said.

"You are all talk and no bite." I directed the next part to the crowd. "I will put five thousand… no, five million gold on my wining with one sword skill" the crowd gasped.

"I will take that bet!"

"Dumbass! That is the Shadow Reaper! He took on Kayaba and survived!"

"I heard he used one skill to take out Kayaba"

"I heard that Kayaba surrendered before the fight began"

People kept moving the date of my victory back until someone said that I fought the God of Aincrad on the first day of SAO Death Game, and beat him then, but was forced for a rematch later. I stood facing him.

"You have a deal!" He said, and then he charged at me. At the last second, to guarantee that he would be unable to react, I moved around him, and behind him, and then used a sword skill with a knife. I activated [Vorpal Strike], and stabbed the back of his neck with my now glowing yellow blade, bringing his health down to one point. He stumbled from the force of the attack, and fell over. I landed gracefully on my feet.

I walked over to Argo, and gave her back the knife, as she handed me my sword. I sheathed the large blade on my back with a flourish, and started walking away. "I won't even collect my five mil" I said over my shoulder. My friends followed without a word. We exchanged promises to meet the next day, and most of them logged out.

Now it was just me and Yuuki. We both wearily walked up to the room I paid for earlier, and plopped on our own beds.

"How could Argo carry the sword while I couldn't?" Asked the girl.

"I are to verbally say that you are allowed to" I replied. I unequipped my sword and placed it in my inventory.

"How did you take him out with just [Vorpal Strike]?"

"Because the my new sword has the ability to severely up my stats, and I was testing to see if I needed the blade equipped to use that ability, and I learned that I don't." I heard her shift.

I then felt her sit in my bed, and curled up next to me, pressed against me. I gave a warning grunt. "Don't tempt me to cheat on Argo" I said.

"I'm not, you...are...just…...so….warm" and next, she was snoring. I moved my head and looked at the peacefully sleeping figure. I was assailed by a sudden wave of depression, knowing that she would not live too long. 'Holy shit, she is in love with me too' I suddenly thought. 'Damn, and if I lead her on, then she will be heartbroken, if I just cold shoulder her, we will both lose each other as a friend. This will be tough.' I sighed aloud. 'Well, I have something to do.' I thought. I sat up carefully, not disturbing her prone figure, and opened my PM window. I saw only one name I did not recognize in my contacts, and I sent it a message.

To: Kazuto Kirigaya

Message: This is Tryn, Argo's husband. I was wondering if you could write a program that enabled me to duplicate a unique skill

I sent the message, and layed back down, and fell asleep thinking about how I could save my dying friend.

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