Magicus Ensis Art Online
Magic Sword Art Online
HP/SAO x-over
Asuna/Kirito HP/?

It had been a month since the Death Game started. In that month some two thousand players had died and no-one had a clue of where the Boss Room was.

Hari and Kirito had swiftly rose through the ranks to become level 15-16 and the Reaper blade and Anneal blade had been updated to its maximum capabilities of 8

Reaper Blade

Sharpness: 2 Durability: 3 Accuracy:4

After upgrades S: 7; D: 5 and Accuracy: 5

Anneal Blade; Sharpness: 4; Accuracy: 3 and Durability: 4

After upgrades

Sharpness: 6; Accuracy: 7 Durability: 7

Hari looked up as Kirito's gift window appeared and in it contained rations, several thousand col that Kirito split 50/50 with him after their gambling stints. Hari's eyes widened as Kirito handed him the 'Morning Star'.

Morning Star (Mace)

Sharpness: 6, Durability: 10 , Accuracy: 7

+6 upgrades

Said mace looked something suspiciously like a miniature version of the Flail device the 'Witch King of Angmar' wielded in Lord of the Rings which in Hari's opinion was a masterpiece of classical writing, oh how he enjoyed the classics.

"Like?" asked Kirito with a smirk it had taken some heavy risks to get the weapon from the underbelly of this particular town as Hari rested from a nasty concussion from a 'sleep duel' he had been involved in and been saved from by Kirito returning from said mission.

The duo made their way to the auditorium where several dozen players had gathered and down the front stood a young man in Hari's opinion not much older than he was and evidently a beta tester "Hey everyone! Thanks for coming to this meeting, my name is Diabel and in this game I'd be playing the role of the knight!" this statement elicited snickers from some first wave players, once the snickers had quietened down Diabel carried on.

"Myself and a few others have located the bosses room. So it is now possible for us to now win this game! A solo group will not have a chance so if you can all group up into teams of six and multiple groups of us will be able to beat this boss!" cheers erupted around the arena.

"WAIT A SECOND! I HAVE SOME THING TO SAY!" A loud voice shouted and Harry noticed Kiabou the same insignificant shitstain that tried to mug him earlier arrive.

Thankfully a massive player by the name of Agil had managed to deflect the ginger idiots temper tantrum.l again Diabel called the players attention "Now the first boss is called Kobald the Ruin Lord, He has three bars of health, a buckler and shield which are discarded when the third health bar reaches red then they are disguarded and he switches to a talwar."

With that the meeting was disbanded, Harry notices a cloaked figure and he quickly added her to his and Kirito's party. "We need to follow her and get to know her."

Tracking her was an easy task but talking to her was a different matter all together, Harry grinned; Kirito had it bad for the player and he prayed the character was a female. 'I have a Mace to upgrade.'

Said mace was quickly upgraded fully

Sharpness: 6, Durability: 10 , Accuracy: 7 after the upgrades

Sharpness: 9

Durability: 13

Accuracy: 7

Harry smirked he couldn't help it but he was to fall in love with this mace. He joined Kirito at the inn with his mace wrapped around his chest with head dangling near his thigh.

Kirito's alarm went off at three in the morning and he woke up to find Harry already awake and meditating on the table in the room "Nightmares?"

"The final duel between me and Voldemort." Harry had come clean with Kazuto about being a wizard, the teen had sworn he wouldnt tell anyone about Harry's skills as a wizard and he hadn't so far.

"Quick bit of grinding? Get us accustomed to the Witch King?" Soon enough the pair were doing a last second quest which involved bandit killing.

Harry had discovered 'Slam', 'Whip', 'Wrap' and 'Crush'. All of the attacks revolved around using the chain links and finishing with with the evil looking head.

The pair had now reached level 18 with Harry being closer to level 19 than Kirito. The duo met up with their third comrade and at ten o'clock the party departed to attack the Lord of Ruin and his Kobald Ruin Sentinels and Warriors.

Kirito and Harry realised that their new team mate new nothing about playing video games or the technique 'switch'.

The advance party assembled outside the boss chamber with an extremely healthy respect for Hari's wide swinging wrecking ball of a Morning Star soon enough Diabel addressed the group "Everyone we have our jobs and now LET'S BEAT THIS GAME!"

The doors swung open, the chamber was illuminated as the players charged in. Illfang roared, jumped into the room snarling furiously wielding his axe and buckler as Ruin Kobold Sentinels appeared in pillars of light.

Harry, Kirito and Asuna were supposed to be working in Group E to prevent the Sentinels absorbing precious sword skills aimed for the Boss but Harry got caught up in the charge towards the boss himself.

"GIVE ME SOME ROOM!" Harry screamed as he equipped his massive Morningstar and he began to spin it. The players saw the Morningstar and peeled back as the wielder began to spin it with one hand near the head and slowly retracted his grip giving more momentum for the inevitable attack. Suddenly the Morningstar began to glow a bright emerald green and with a roar Harry unleashed the secret technique of 'Wrecking Line'. The attack should it hit any unarmoured or lightly armoured monster it was guaranteed almost instadeath; however to medium armours and shields if it connected it may not kill you but you'll know about it. In fact regardless of the armour and you were hit by 'wrecking line' you'd know about it. The special effect of the 'wrecking line' was the fact it had the chance to give the effect of 'lodged'.

Depending on the equipment and size of the opponent 'lodged' was either a very good thing or bad thing. In this case it was a very good thing in deed. The attack punched into and through Illfang's buckler and arm and stuck fast, Illfang roared in defiance and flailed the arm madly but four of the twelve or so designated 'tanks' in the frontal group grabbed hold of the lodged weapon to prevent Harry from being thrown like a ragdoll. "On three, we pull." Ordered Harry as he shifted his weight, directly behind him Agil; the big guy with an impressive halberd who had shut Kiabou down the previous day grunted.

"THREE!" Harry screamed and as one they pulled with all their might. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. In this case Illfang went down heavy with a crash upon the floor.

Harry snarled and he pulled the Morningstar Free

Sharpness: 15; Durability: 8; Accuracy: 6 Harry's eyes widened the attack must have taken more out of the weapon than he had anticipated, if the weapons durability hit 0 then it would be deselected.

Illfang roared and twelve Ruin Sentinels appeared as he got to his clawed feet, three quarters of the first health bar gone along with his buckler. "DO IT AGAIN!" Shouted Diabel excitedly as he rushed forwards with two of the newer Sentienels dissolving as he rushed forwards.

Kirito and Asuna had discovered that they made a good team "SWITCH!" Kirito shouted as he cut one in half; Asuna flickered past him her rapier flashing teal and with four quick 'linears' another sentinel dissolved.

Harry flung the Morningstar out again this time gaining a glancing hit on the boss's tail causing an insignificant 'bleed' effect. Illfang snarled as he turned his attention on the flail wielder "OI! ILLFANG STAY AWAY FROM THE WITCH KING! HE'S OURS!" Screamed Agil as he lead his team into Illfang's back. The monster turned with speed that was DEFINITELY not in the game, that was how you could solo the boss. You kept hitting him with one or two hit strikes, run around and do it again; time consuming yes but it was effective.

Harry lashed out with the tradational sword techniques only for them to miss terribly. Durability: 4; Sharpness: 19; Accuracy: 6. "SHIT! I need to make this last one count, I'm going to have to put everything into this Line." Agil's eyes widened he had been working on his identification skill set and he realised the drawback to 'wrecking line' the weapon gained sharpness at the cost of durability but it appeared more durability was lost on a hit than on a miss. He didn't get a glimpse of the original durability but he knew NO weapon on the 1st floor should a sharpness of 19 without it being a PM Weapon or Player Made. "DON'T WAIST YOUR WEAPON ON THIS GUY!"

Harry grinned as he heard Agil's comment "Who says I don't have a back up?" He replied as he let fly with the wrecking line as Illfang raised his axe into a colossal downward crunch. A player was yanked backwards as macehead appeared in Illfang's stomach and the sign 'lodged' above the boss. The chain went limp in Harry's hands when suddenly he was whipped around from the rear of the Boss his weapon dissolving as he was unceremoniously hurled across the arena and into the wall. Harry hit the wall with a deafening boom, peeled off and landed with a face plant on the floor. His life bar rapidly plummeted from green into yellow and finally halting on a colour that bore resemblence to a 'blood orange' or orange tinged with red.

Kirito risked a glance at his party health and was filled with rage as Harry's life bar hit the borderline between orange and red. One hit reduced his best friend to near termination at the cost of two and a bit bars of health. The only good thing so far about the boss was that it still fought on with its axe despite its buckler being destroyed.

The third health bar depleted the mace had long since vanished. Agil had ran over to where he saw Harry hit the floor "Here, take this. It's a healing crystal." He rumbled applying it whilst letting out a sigh of relief to see the health bar jump back to solid yellow.

At that moment Harry fixed his eyes on the boss, he knew something was off. Nothing major but definitely things were off, the boss was just that little bit quicker, less cool down, spawned more minions per bar of health and "Odachi! He's got a complete and utter different sword set."

Agil looked at his patient as he tried to discern the teens evidently concussed ramblings. Only to look himself at the boss "THE BOOK IS WRONG! THE BOOK IS WRONG!" The warnings came to late as the last health bar hit half way and the Odachi was pulled free.

Diabel grinned this was his moment, he would rush in and grab the last attack bonus "DIABEL! THAT'S AN ODACHI! NOT A TALWAR!" Shouted Kirito but it was too little to late. Diabels sword began to glow a bright yellow as he went to drive it home but the Boss bounced up off the floor and towards the ceiling. It plummeted down Odachi gleaming with a sword skill equipped and with a colossal swipe sent Diabel flying.

Everyone stared which proved almost fatal as the Ruin Lord was amongst them like an enraged cat. Claw; paw; tail and sword were flying as player after player were unceremoniously hurled across the arena. Harry struggled to his feet summoning his reaper blade which looked like the Witch King's sword "KIRITO! ASUNA-CHAN! WE CAN FINISH HIM!"

Squad G struck with the strength of a storm. Asuna's cloak came away revealing a very pretty girl in Harry's opinion, a much more refined version of his sister figure. The last he had heard she and Neville were dating. It was useful that she along with Andromeda Black were both of his emergency contacts.

"We are all going to hell as we return to turbo island woah." Sang Harry as he rushed forward a 'linear' charged. Kirito smirked as he heard his friend sing Turbo Island by the Dreadnoughts, he wasn't fan of their songs but the rhythm was pretty good.

The blades slashed, sliced, pricked and lacerated the boss. The health bar dropped as Asuna switched for Harry, who in turn was switched with Kirito with Harry landing the final attack in their effective combination attack. Kirito and Harry launched the final attack they hit the final attack as team, Kirito hit it with a vertical slash as Harry hit it with 'decapitation' a crude technique in itself but effective.

Cheers erupted around the battered, bruised and oddly happy survivors. Everyone began to glow as they levelled up, Harry and Kirito quickly stashed their points on vitality, durability, strength, speed and sword skills. They bumped fists when they saw they had the last attack bonus and drops they were the Coat of Midnight added +50 to masking stats and +100 to tracking and stealth.

The other drop made Harry grin, the way he had wielded the recently destroyed Morningstar had given him the name 'Witchking' and the drop was 'Full Ridged Plate of Terror' it gave him +250 vitality, +350 for strength and defence and -200 for agility and speed. "What you get?" Asked Kirito curiously showing his Coat notice.

Harry smirked "No man can kill me."

Kirito's eyes widened "No...Kayaba can't be that generous."

Harry shrugged "Maybe he favours those who enjoy the classics...Damn, should have asked him to add 'horse taming' as a skill."

"STOP CHEERING!" Kiabou shouted and the cheering stopped and he turned on Asuna pointing his blade at her chest.

"Why did you let Diabel die! Couldn't you see that he was trying to help us win."

Asuna snorted "I saw him lingering back and charging forward for the Last Attack Bonus which grants equipment floors above the one we are currently on."

"How did you know about that? No-one knows about that! YOU'RE ONE OF THE BETA'S!"

"Shut your damn mouth Kibaou...I've listened to you preach and bitch about Beta's being cheats, Beta's not helping the new players. Those players who died A fifth of them were beta's who got too arrogant for their boots. Idiots everyone knows the beta testers play the game to check it runs smoothly and notify of any bugs and glitches. Asuna isn't a beta, she was in a party of three with two beta's. Two beta's who for a fact got higher and further than any other beta. Plus one of those beta's ME, beta's for a living...We gave you the information because we thought it would help. But evidently in this case it didn't the informations says Boss X has Y and Z equipment but they were altered!" Snarled Harry pulling out the reaper blade.

"The other players were those who missed the tutorial or committed suicide...The fact that you lot are here proves you're much better than most of the beta's save for three or four whose names we ain't gonna disclose for their safety. Most didn't know how to level up." Finished Kirito.

"We could make you." Said one of Kibaou's team mates which made Harry cackle.

"Awe does the wittle newbie fink he can take us? I've been tortured in real life kid their is nothing you can say to me that will phase me." Mocked Harry equipping his Ridge Plate leggings.

"What about me having your mother?"

Harry vanished and dragged the kid away from the crowd "Kirito hold the fucker down." Harry snarled pulling out the Reaper blade. The ebony black blade was crossed by the glowing green Anneal.

"Harry, calm down. You don't want to do this. You're easily the second strongest guy in this game. There will be plenty of others for you to punch out but for now cool it you don't want to become red because of anger." Kirito pointed out feeling the slightest bit afraid of his best friends colossal temper.

"THE PAIR OF THEM ARE BETA'S! THEY ARE CHEATERS!"

"BEATERS!"

Harry sheathed his blade and placed his helmet on his head "Beaters? Yeah we like it. Now excuse us we have a game to beat."

In the crowd a hooded teen wielding a scythe grunted "Good luck." He whispered following them at a distance.

Asuna took off at a brisk run after them "Wait up...I'm coming with you."

Harry turned to her "No...You're not. We are going to be bearing the hatred of beta testers. You don't need it and quite frankly Asuna...Look at the three health bars in your party our names are there...No offence you're a brilliant lass and incredible with a rapier but I don't think you'll be able to stab it with us. Some advice master a few techniques and when you're offered to join a guild accept it. Accept it and message me oh accept this."

Asuna looked "A friend request?"

Harry nodded "So you can keep track on us and message us if you need to...Once again I genuinely wish you all the best in this game."

With that the trio dissolved their group and the Witchking and Midnight Teen ascended to Level Two.