Chapter 02: Wandering Forest
A few months have passed, and the frontline guilds recently cleared the boss on floor 39. I was in a forest called "Wandering Forest" on floor 35. Since the day i became a red player i had three more encounters with people who tried to kill me. I don't want to say i got used to it, but the last one didn't do as much damadge to my mental health as the first time i killed.
While i was randomly killing some stray monsters that probably fled when fighting against a group, i found and item that removes the red crystal above a red player's head and replaces it with a green one.
I just wanted to drink the potion when i felt someone approaching. I felt bloodlust and a mourderus intent, so as soon as they jumped onto me i pulled out my sword that i stole, and killed them with a single strike.
The next thing i know was that i heard a scream. It was a little girl. She just came out of the treelines when she saw me decapitating the other player and started screaming. Because i felt some other presences before, i dashed to her and shout her mouth and told her "Scream now, and i'll kill you"
Suprisingly enough, when i stopped shuting her moth off with my hand, she remained silent so i started to explain why i did this. I told her that i was just wandering thorugh the forest when he dashed at me, trying to kill me, so i reacted and killed him first. She said that she understood, but i could feel that she didn't believe me at all, and is just scarred of me.
Of course i did understand that. I mean, who wouldn't be scarred if someone killed someone right in front of you, even if it's in a game?
She left, but i could still feel another presence, so i guessed it was someone who wanted to kill me, and acted like i didn't sense it. But when i went the other way, i could feel the presence dissapearing. I was worried that something might happen to the girl, but i didn't feel any bloodlust or mourderus inten from the other player, so i just left.
When i went out of supplies a few days later, i decided to try out the potion, and suprisingly enough, when i entered the city, noone noticed that i was a red player.
I was relieved when i saw that, and decided to take a normal walk once in a while when i stumbled over the same presence i felt a few days ago. I tried to walk the other way, but i could hear someone behinde me call out "Hey! You there, in the black clothes."
I really thought i was doomed, but the person led me to an inn and introduced themself as Kirito. He asked me why i'm acting like i wasn't a red player and how i even changed the colour of my crystal.
"I never wanted to become a red player in the first place. I got attacked on floor ten and had do defend myslefe, so i killed them. Since then i've been wandering around outside. When i found that item i decided to try it out and came here" was what i said. It took some time, but i explained, and convinced him to belive me.
He told me that he was there because he needed the help to catch some real murderes from this girl, and from there on we talked some more until morning came. I saw that the duration of the potion was almost over and we decided to part ways, and meet each other again sometimes.
I returned with the supplies i bought and went back to the forest where i searched for more potions. Sadly, i only found one more, so i decided to keep it until i really need it again.
I also decided to give the sword Kirito gave me a try, and i really liked the sword. It was fast but did a lot of damadge. Sadly the colour didn't match the clolour of my clothes, but i still decided to use it for some time.
