Chapter 11: Raging Flames
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Eric walked into his house. "Asada?" Eric called out. "I guess she is not here yet." Eric said to himself. Eric checked the clock. 'Right now it's 5:42, and with how tired I am I can take a nap till about 8:00ish then fix dinner and eat. And still be in ALO by 9:00.' Eric thought. Eric grabbed his phone and went to YouTube. Eric grabbed his earbuds and put them in his ears, he selected a nightcore music playlist and set it to max volume. Eric looked at the couch then the stairs. "Freak it, I don't wanna go upstairs." Eric said to himself as he laid on the couch. He closed his eyes and fell asleep. After about 30 minutes Sinon walked into the house and saw Eric on the couch.
"I can hear his music from here." Sinon whispered to herself. Sinon walked over to Eric. 'How can he sleep on the couch and have that music jamming so loud?' Sinon thought. Sinon laid on the couch beside Eric and took out one his earbuds and put it in her ear. 'Well the couch is comfy, and even with the music way to loud… it is relaxing.' Sinon thought as she yawned. Sinon closed her eyes. 'I should get up so I can go do stuff…but I can close my eyes for a second.' Sinon thought before she passed out. A while later Eric started waking up.
'Man that was some good sleep, wait why am I only hearing music in one ear?' Eric thought as he opened his eyes. Eric saw Sinon asleep right in front of him. 'Well that explains it, she took one of my earbuds…. So cute.' Eric thought with a smile. 'Wait what time is it?! Well I'm not gonna wake her up so if it's 9:00 I'm sorry Kirito.' Eric thought.
"Eric?" Sinon asked in a sleepy voice.
"huh?" Eric asked as he realized he was staring off into space. Eric looked at Sinon. "Hey sleepy head." Eric said with a grin. Sinon just mumbled and buried her head into Eric's chest. Eric's face turned red and he sighed. "Well I was gonna fix some food but." Eric said.
"Food later." Sinon said in a muffled voice.
'But I'm hungry…. Ah it can wait.' Eric thought with a smile. After a few minutes Sinon moved and looked at Eric.
"What were you gonna fix?" Sinon asked.
"Maybe chicken tenders." Eric replied. Sinon yawned and got off the couch, Eric sat up. "So I take it you want me to fix food now?" Eric asked with a smile. Sinon nodded. Eric got up and went into the kitchen. After Eric fixed chicken tenders him and Sinon ate and got ready for ALO. "Alright it's 8:50 now so should we go ahead and log in?" Eric asked.
"Yeah." Sinon answered. Eric and Sinon each went into their room and laid down and put on the Amuspheres.
"Link Start!" They yelled in sync. The world of ALO loaded in around them. Eric saw that there was lots of people around getting ready, but no one they knew was on. Eric got up and yawned.
"I'm still tired." Eric said as he stretched.
"You slept for a while, how are you still tired?" Sinon asked as she started going through her equipment.
"I dunno." Eric replied as he equipped his orange bladed sword. 'I plan on using both swords in this fight.' Eric thought.
"Hey, glad to see ya'll on." Kirito said as he stood up.
"Hey Kirito." Eric said.
"Hi." Sinon said still looking at her equipment.
"I hope ya'll are ready for a long battle." Kirito said.
"Well we had a nap and ate so I think we're good, right?" Eric asked as he looked at Sinon.
"Yeah, we should be just fine." Sinon replied as she looked at Eric.
"I wish I had took a nap." Kirito said with a sigh.
"You should've, I was so tired I went to sleep on my couch." Eric said with a laugh.
"That couldn't have been comfy." Kirito presumed.
"Actually it was not so bad." Sinon said.
"oh, well couches are good to sit on so I guess taking a nap on one ain't bad." Kirito said. Hunter and Silica logged in, Eric and Sinon walked over to them. "Wait a minute." Kirito said as he realized what happened. 'I was talking to Eric about the couch and said it must have been uncomfortable, then Sinon jumped in and said it wasn't that bad.' Kirito thought. 'And Eric said he was sleeping on the couch, but if Sinon knew it was comfy to lay on… then…' Kirito thought. "Oh I'm so gonna mess with Eric using this." Kirito said with a laugh.
"Using what?" Asuna asked from behind Kirito.
"Oh Asuna, glad to see you're on." Kirito said. Kirito whispered what he was thinking into Asuna's ear.
"Well maybe, but they could have both slept on the couch at one point before which is why they both know it ain't bad." Asuna said.
"Yeah, but I can't mess with Eric using that." Kirito said.
"Is it a sport for you, messing with him?" Asuna asked with a laugh.
"Well I'm just trying to get him to do something, it's obvious that they like each other. Eric and Asada are just slow and if someone doesn't help them it will take forever for them to do anything." Kirito replied.
"I guess that's one way of looking at it." Asuna said nodding her head.
"And I just like to mess with Eric." Kirito said.
"That's what I thought." Asuna said. Eric, Hunter, Sinon, and Silica walked over to Kirito and Asuna. After a few minutes Klein, Lisbeth, and Leafa logged in and walked over to the others.
"Well looks like everyone who can make it is here, so let's get this thing started." Kirito said. Every player there walked over to the giant doors leading to the roof. Everyone stepped onto the roof. There was a sudden burst of flames in the sky and a boss fell out the fire and landed on the ground. He was the size of a player, red skin, black armor covering his whole body, and a white sword.
"I am Faiadrodo, the fire lord." Faiadrodo said. "I see everything." Faiadrodo said with a laugh. Hunter ran at Faiadrodo, Hunter jumped and poked Faiadrodo in the eyes.
"How about now?" Hunter asked with a laugh. Everyone but Eric had a shocked look on their face.
"Damn you!" Faiadrodo yelled.
"Language!" Hunter yelled as he jumped back to the other players.
"That would have hurt if it wasn't for the fact that I am a god." Faiadrodo said with a smug voice.
"Does this hurt?" Eric asked from behind Faiadrodo.
"Wait how'd he get over there?" Everyone asked. Eric bit Faiadrodo on the arm where he had no armor.
"You are the most stupid players ever!" Faiadrodo yelled as he tossed Eric towards the other players. Eric laughed. "Enough games! Time to die!" Faiadrodo yelled as his 6 boss bars loaded in.
"6 huh? Let's go!" Kirito yelled. Eric and Kirito was the first ones to charge at Faiadrodo.
"So ya'll wanna die first then? That can be done." Faiadrodo said as he unsheathed his sword and ran at Eric and Kirito. Eric and Kirito jumped out the way in time for over 100 arrows to fly past them towards Faiadrodo. Faiadrodo used his sword and destroyed every arrow. Eric and Kirito moved to both sides of Faiadrodo. Eric swung at Faiadrodo's head, Faiadrodo blocked with his sword.
"I got 2 blades!" Eric yelled as he thrusted his demon blood towards Faiadrodo's chest.
"Weak." Faiadrodo said as he stopped Eric's sword with his hand.
"Now you can't block me!" Kirito yelled as he slashed in a X shape on Faiadrodo's back. Faiadrodo laughed and grabbed Eric by the throat and spun around and did the same to Kirito.
"Let me give ya'll a tip, my first 2 bars can only be dropped by arrows, my next 2 can only be dropped with magic, then my last bars can only be dropped by blades." Faiadrodo said as he slammed Eric and Kirito into the ground. Eric grinned. "Why are you smiling?" Faiadrodo asked.
"Because… I know an archer who can take you out fast." Eric said as he grabbed Faiadrodo's arm, Kirito grabbed Faiadrodo's other arm keeping him in place. Faiadrodo growled as he felt the tip of an arrow get pressed against his head. Sinon shot the arrow point blank, the arrow hardly scratched Faiadrodo's helmet. Faiadrodo flung his arms into the air and slammed them back into the ground making Eric and Kirito let go, he then turned around and faced Sinon. Many more arrows hit him from behind thanks to the other archers, Sinon already had her next shot ready.
"Burn!" Faiadrodo shouted as he pointed his sword at Sinon, fire shot out from the tip of the blade.
'I'm too close to dodge!' Sinon thought as the flames drew near. Suddenly Eric jumped in front of Sinon, Eric slashed the air with such speed and force that the flames disappeared.
"I'm not done with you yet!" Eric yelled with rage.
"I told you it's useless! You can't hurt me with your swords!" Faiadrodo yelled as he ran at Eric. Eric tossed his Demon blood sword over to Kirito.
"Hold onto that for me dude." Eric said as Kirito caught it. "Sinon! Give me an arrow!" Eric yelled. Sinon tossed Eric an arrow, he caught it and unequipped his orange sword. Faiadrodo slashed at Eric, Eric let the sword cut into his arm. "You can't dodge this!" Eric shouted as he plunged the arrow into Faiadrodo's chest. Faiadrodo's hp dropped a little, Eric smirked as he ripped out the arrow. Faiadrodo jumped into the air and dodged the arrows from other players.
"Here!" Sinon shouted as she tossed Eric a second arrow. Eric caught it and smiled. Sinon started firing arrow after arrow at Faiadrodo while he was in the air. Faiadrodo was running in the air dodging.
"Get down here and fight!" Eric yelled.
"You have wings don't you?" Faiadrodo asked.
"Stop firing, load your arrows but wait!" Eric yelled at everyone as he activated his wings and took to the sky.
"Yes boy, come to me." Faiadrodo said as his sword got lit on fire. Faiadrodo slashed at Eric, Eric blocked using an arrow, but the fire from the blade hit Eric and dealt damage.
"Ahhhhh!" Eric yelled as he stabbed Faiadrodo's arm with the other arrow. Faiadrodo backed up and Eric removed the arrow from Faiadrodo's arm. Eric's hp was already yellow while Faiadrodo was still on the first bar. Suddenly Kirito flew behind Faiadrodo and stabbed him in the back with two arrows, Kirito ripped them out and flew over to Eric.
"You're not the only one who can use arrows instead of swords." Kirito said. Eric grinned.
"Then let's knock him down a few pegs." Eric said.
"You got it." Kirito said. Faiadrodo ripped the fire off his sword and using the flames made a copy of his sword, he was now using two pure white swords. Eric and Kirito yelled as they flew full speed at Faiadrodo. The three of them battled in the sky for several minutes before Eric and Kirito's wings started to go out.
"The time on ya'lls wings is almost out, and I'm just now on my 2 bar." Faiadrodo said with a laugh as Eric and Kirito charged him.
"Kirito I have a plan, hit him with everything you got in this one attack!" Eric yelled. Eric said a Spriggan magic spell before flying in front of Kirito. Eric activated his death skill on the arrow. "Fear the skull! For the bones symbolize death! The Reaper's Slash!" Eric yelled as the arrow turned pure black. Eric thrust the arrow at Faiadrodo.
"Nice try kid!" Faiadrodo yelled as he slashed the arrow with his sword and kept pushing his sword down towards Eric. Eric didn't even try to dodge he let the sword cut into his arm again.
"I'm a Spriggan, I can make Illusion magic!" Eric yelled as he swung the other arrow at Faiadrodo. Eric's spell made it look like he activated the skill on his left arrow when in fact he did it to his right arrow. The arrow plunged deep inside of Faiadrodo's chest. And before Faiadrodo had time to attack Eric, Kirito came out from behind Eric and stabbed Faiadrodo in the face with both his arrows and then grabbed Eric as their wings timed out. They started falling towards the ground. "Fire now!" Eric yelled to the players as the grim reaper appeared and started attacking Faiadrodo. He was so busy blocking the reaper and dealing with the pain that he didn't see the 100 arrows flying at him, they all hit him right as the reaper disappeared. Time Eric and Kirito hit the ground Asuna healed them both back to full health. Eric was huffing and puffing.
"You are one crazy dude." Kirito said as him and Eric looked up at Faiadrodo.
"I know." Eric said with a smirk as he watched Faiadrodo's hp drop to it's 3 bar.
"All magic attacks go all out now!" Kirito yelled as Faiadrodo landed on the ground. Lots of players used long distance energy shots to attack Faiadrodo, so many were fired that there was a huge cloud of smoke covering the roof. All the players stopped firing.
"No! keep Fi-" Eric was cut off by Faiadrodo burying both his swords in Eric's chest. Faiadrodo healed all outside damage, his health stayed the same it just looked like he was back to normal.
"Eric!" Sinon yelled as she shot an arrow at Faiadrodo. Faiadrodo's fire copy sword disappeared and he caught the arrow in his free hand.
"Arrow's don't work anymore." Faiadrodo said.
"Þeír hræða nótt dýpt, renn helvegr" Eric used a spell.
"Huh?" Faiadrodo asked. Eric's body burst into flames. The flames disappeared and Eric stood there with his head down.
"Why didn't he transform?" Kirito asked. Eric looked up, he had a white mask with red markings on it.
"I did transform, just not into the skull reaper." Eric said in a much deeper voice.
"Ha! How's that supposed to scare me?" Faiadrodo asked.
"Like this!" Eric yelled out in a psychopathic tone. Eric grabbed Faiadrodo's sword and ripped it out his chest and started slashing at Faiadrodo. Faiadrodo kept dodging.
"That can't hurt me you know!" Faiadrodo shouted.
"Then why are you dodging?!" Eric shouted as he started moving faster and faster. "Unless your sword has constant magic on it making it a magic and sword attack." Eric said as he cut into Faiadrodo's arm, Faiadrodo's hp dropped a little. Eric started laughing like a mad man. "Let's Go!" Eric yelled as lots of other players activated magic attacks and sword skills and charged Faiadrodo.
"You leave me no choice…" Faiadrodo said as he watched Eric run at him. Eric laughed as he jumped into the air. "Eternal Black flames of Hell!" Faiadrodo yelled as black fire shot from his hand towards Eric.