Sorry I didn't post yesterday, I was really ill. I tried slowing the story down, tell me what you think!
It is now Friday. Yuuki and I were both level seventeen, and were currently outside, at the beach where we found the Viking galley after the raid. There were about seventy players behind me, and they were all staring at the same thing, not the Viking galley, but the perfect replica beside it. It was three hundred feet long, and thirty abreast at its widest. It had one sail upon a mast in the center, and many oars on each side. Liz and about ten other smiths stood, admiring their handiwork. This one was the same height, of about fifteen feet tall, allowing for a storage hold beneath the deck. Overall, using both ships, we could sail all the people who showed up to see the ship, and then some easily. We still have no idea how over sixty Vikings made it across in one vessel, but, forty per boat should be okay. The smell of sea salt filled the air as the group marveled at the boat the smiths made. The marveling was interrupted by the guy whose ass I wiped a few days ago.
"Wow, took you long enough" he said, strutting forward. "I am sure any of us could have built that thing quicker!"
"Shut up Brian!" Someone shouted from the crowd.
"No, I have a right to speak!" He said, a cocky smile on his face.
I grumbled in my mind. "There is no need to be hating on the people trying to help out" I said calmly.
"Oh, it's you" he said, with a sneer. I resisted the urge to pound his face in. "You should be on my side!"
"No. I should be on their side" I gestured to Liz. "And if you insult them again-"
"You will do what?" He said, wagging a finger in the air. "PK me?"
"Yes. Yes I will" I said with a straight face.
His smirk deepened. "Oh look, your champion had no problem killing one of his own!" He laughed aloud.
"No, you see, Liz is one of my own. So is Yuuki, and Angelica. You, you are not one of my own, in fact I seriously doubt you are even human." I turned away from him. "By the way, next time you decide to speak out, don't sound like a total dumbass in the first process, okay?" I was about to speak to Liz, but I heard a yelling sound behind me, and the sound of feet running. I smiled. 'So that is how it is'. I backflipped… right over the man named Brian. I then, as he tried to stop running, and turn to face me, I planted my foot firmly on his backside, pushing him to the ground. The mob laughed at this, me knocking him over without the need of a weapon.
"That is why I love being an Agi type" I said, walking over him. "So Liz, can we set sail today?" I asked her.
The pink haired smith blinked several times before realizing that I spoke. "Oh, umm, yeah we can, but, is everyone ready….?" She asked.
I turned, and addressed the crowd. "People! You have one hour to upgrade your weapons, repair them, grind, whatever you want!" I checked my HUD, seeing it was one pm, "At two, we will set sail for the Nordic lands! I strongly recommend Liz as your Smith by the way, best I have ever seen!" I looked at her, and saw her face red from the public praise.
"Who gave you the right to boss us around?" Demanded the stubborn Brian.
"Anyone who is okay with Tryth being leader, raise your hand!" Shouted Yuuki. One by one, hands went up until it was unanimous. "It seems we give him that right!" She said to Brian.
"What did I miss?" Asked Argo running up. She gawked at the ship. "Did you build that?" She asked Liz.
"Yes, well, we did" she gestured to the other ten smiths.
"Yeah, we are leaving at two pm. Glad you could come." I said, hugging her. Then I noticed her companion. He was medium height, with black hair and eyes, and matching clothes. His screen name was Kirito. "Who is this?" I asked.
"This is my programming friend, Kazuto. He is going to fiddle with your menu and try and copy your skill" she replied. I held out my hand, and shook his outstretched one.
"Hello, Kirito. My real name is-" I started, but he interrupted.
"Oh, yes. I have heard about you Tryn. 'Tryn, the wonder boyfriend', 'Tryn the magnificent Husband' and so on. I can't name a meeting with Argo where she hasn't said your name." I blushed slightly.
"Well, I am just… a guy trying to survive, nothing special" I said.
"And that is what makes you special, but, more of that later. Let me see your Skill".
"Like, using it or my menu?" I asked.
"Menu" he confirmed, and I opened it, and turned it for him to look. He swiped a few times, tapped a few times, and eventually grunted. "It will be hard, it I think I can do it". I nodded to him.
"I would greatly appreciate it." I turned back towards my friends, "So, we have an hour to kill, what should we do?"
They mused for a second. Then Angelica brightened up, "How about you and I fight, to finally see who is better?!"
I grimaced. "Well…. I wouldn't recommend that…."
"Oh come on!" Said Liz. "She is always talking smack about you behind your back, just kick her ass and be done with it!" She gestured for me to continue.
"Yeah" said the normally timid Silica, "She is always saying that she is so much better than you and that the only reason Kayaba beat her was a lucky hit! Please beat her, it is so annoying!"
I blinked. "Wow, I almost forgot you were here, sorry Silica." Then I faced Angelica. "If Silica is annoyed, then I guess I better help her out"
"Well, first off, I do not brag about how much better I am-"
"Bullshit" said Liz.
"Bull-crap" said Silica at the same time.
"Whatever!" Angelica finished. "Can we go back to picking on Tryth?!".
"Nope, Tryth-kun is off limits"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Please stop calling me kun!" I said to Liz.
"Nope" was her reply. "I am surprised that I am the only one who does though…."
"Let's get to the ass kicking!" Said Yuuki. "Ten million on Tryth!" She then came over to me and whispered, "If you lose, I am going to need ten million gold." I laughed as she backed away.
"I won't lose" I said looking over my shoulder to her.
Angelica nad I stood about fifty feet away from each other. She drew both of her longswords, and me my Shadow Reaper. "No [Shining Blade] she said.
"No dual wield" I countered.
"Okay, fine, you can use that damned skill" was her reply.
I sent her the duel request, and she accepted. It was first to one health point. We circled each other, crouched low. We stared at each other's sword, then face, then hands, then body, then legs as we searched for some sign that the opponent was going to make the first move.
"Just so you know, you letting me use my unique skill was the worst thing you could have done" I said.
"Why would that be?" She said, concentration not broken.
"Because I have a lot of really awesome sub skills that will destroy your swords, so I either recommend using different blades, or be really, really good at dodging."
She got a little annoyed at my taunt. "No need, I will take you out with one skill!" She rushed at me.
Her blades glowed blue. She yelled as she ran, and I blocked with [Shining Blade] activated. She swung, and I blocked, and she swung, and I blocked. She attacked a total of sixteen times.
"...how….in…..the….hell?" She said, panting slightly.
"My turn" I said. I lunged, and she dodged...barely. I sliced at her, and she used her dual wielding [Cross Block] skill to keep from taking damage. I smirked. Sure, my Str was mediocre, but my blade upped everything, so, it probably felt like a horse just ran into her swords. I then backflipped out of her range, so she couldn't counter attack.
"Damn, that wasn't too shabby" she said. "Eat this!" She ran at me, and did a series of one handed sword skills, each of which I dodged without trouble. Before she got out of my range, she suffered a [Horizontal] to the side, taking her health down by about a sixth. She then then got out of the way. "Wow, that was strong for a basic skill"
"How about I end this in one hit" I said. 'Please be as simple as I hope' I thought to myself. 'Please, oh god, I hope changing what my swords farm is is simple, I cannot live with her bragging that she beat me in a fight'.
"Good luck" she prepared to brace.
"Item command!" I stated, "Item ID, Shadow Reaper! Command, Morph, new form, rapier!" Just as I hoped, my blade started changing… into a black rapier. The hand guard was a dragon with ruby eyes, and the blade only an inch at its widest, and nearly five and a half feet long. I grinned. 'Awesome!' Then, I turned around away from Angelica, and ran about two hundred feet.
"What are you doing?" She yelled.
"Just wait!" I said. I stood, and breathed in deeply, preparing for this. 'I haven't used this skill before…. but, my [Shining Blade] should make it easier.' I thought. I exhaled. I faced her. I ran towards her, putting on the speed as much as I could. I dashed towards her, and then raised my rapier, pointed right at her crossed swords, glowing with her blocking skill. Then, I lept forward, still about a hundred feet from her, and then… I felt it. I felt myself accelerating at breakneck speed, and my body went level. Normally, my sword would be glowing blue with [Flashing Penetrator], but my unique skill sucked up its abilities, and refined it. I rocketed forward, towards her. She knew that the [Flashing Penetrator] couldn't hurt her, but this isn't [Flashing Penetrator]. The tip of my blade touched hers… and her first sword shattered. Her eyes opened wide as I kept going, life was in slow motion. My rapier touched her other longsword, and it too exploded in blue polygons. I kept going. My sword touched the center of her chest, and I stopped moving, and she was rocketed back, life at one point.
I put my feet on the ground, sheathed the rapier on my side, and walked over to her body laying on the ground. Her eyes were still wide open, in shock. "How in the hell…" she started.
"Basically, I can destroy anyone's sword I cross" I said, and reached my hand out to help her up.
