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Ch. 8

The giant snake slithered closer and closer until we had no choice but to attack it with everything we had. The skeletons from our previous fight had made me level up way faster than those stupid boars. So I was now level 20 with all of the combined skeleton's exp. It wasn't much but it gave me a tiny chance of surviving at least.

"I will try to distract it in the front! While I'm doing that, everyone attack its sides!"

Yelled Kirito. We all nodded and the Snake had finally reached its target. Kirito ran at it and began slashing it quickly. The rest of us ran to the snake's sides and began cutting away at its reptile flesh. I brought my sword down on the monster but something pushed me back, making me tumble backwards. I stood up and looked at what pushed me back. There were little tiny clones of the big snake coming out of it and attacking us. That meant we had to kill these little bastards and then try to kill the main one. I aimed my blazing sword at the snakes and shot three fireballs at the viper. It burst into flames and I grinned, gaining exp. every time I killed one. I looked to see if Leafa and the others were okay. They seemed to be having no problem with the monsters and it all looked good so far. Kirito continued to slash and dodge at the basilisk. It screeched in pain as its life slowly decreased every second.

"Keep it up guys!"

I yelled as we took care of most of the tiny snakes. The little monsters carried giant amounts of exp. for their difficulty. I had leveled up to level 25 and I wasn't complaining! I shot my final fireball at the snake and it burst into flames, just like all of the others. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I grinned, knowing who it was.

"Good job, Thorn! You're getting better!"

I nodded happily at her and looked at the remaining monster. Kirito had expertly decreased its health by half and it was now shooting venom from its fangs. Kirito got hit once and Asuna came to his rescue. She seemed as good as him and helped him back to his feet. It seemed like they had been fighting with each other forever.

"Come on, let's go help them!"

Leafa said with a battle cry. I followed close behind her and we joined the battle. The Snake shot its venom in a rhythm. It shot right first, then left, then left again, then repeat. I got hit by the acid a couple of times and it hurt like shit. But Leafa came to my aid like she had always done and healed me. I thanked her with a smile, only she knew, and attacked the snake once more. Its health had now been decreased to less than one fourth. But something was off by the way it acted. It started twisting its head back and forth, but not attacking us. The basilisk's eyes glowed a dark red and it seemed like it was shedding its skin. The snake's skin shriveled up into ash and all that was left was the monster's final form.

It roared a venomous screech and started moving backwards, as if it was running away. It slithered up the dark wall and everything went quiet. All you could hear was the group's hard breathing from combat. We stared at the ceiling for a second before we saw the snake's gigantic body slam into the ground. We all jumped out of the way and the snake's weight broke right through the floor. A second later, it came bursting up from the ground right in front of Leafa. My eyes went wide and my voice became dry.

"Leafa! Look out!"

"I got it!"

She yelled as she jumped a few feet back, barely missing contact with the monster. But the snake twisted at a blinding speed and its tail swung right into Leafa. She creamed in pain and flew back into the wall behind us. My heart nearly stopped as I watched her cry out in pain. My blood started pumping through my veins and heated up like my sword. My eyes turned from a defense expression to an expression of pure anger. Something had come over me like a wave of the ocean. It was the first time I actually felt I had to protect someone that I loved. But my anger was interrupted by a game message.

Congratulations!

You have achieved the skill

"Meteor Raid!"

Meteor Raid? I stared at the appearing message for a moment before I realized what I had to do. The skill was added to my skill set and I somehow instantly knew how to do it. I sprinted at the snake with all of my heart.

"This is for Leafa! Meteor Raid!"

Eight duplicates of my blaze sword appeared around me as the words came out of my mouth. They glowed like the sun in the summer and shot thousands of fireballs at the snake. I reached my target and connected my sword to the snake with all of the strength I could muster. The swords rotating around me imitated my attacks and increased my attacks by eight-fold. The snake had nowhere to run and no way to defend itself against my never ending attack of fiery revenge. The others just stared in amazement at my sudden badassness. I twirled with my sword and was set on making the final blow. I screamed my battle cry and swung my sword at the snake's eye, making it burst into blue pieces. My rotating swords disappeared in a ball of fire and I collapsed on the ground. I looked above me to see the huge message,

Congratulations!

You have gotten the last blow and have won a

Rare item. Due to the monster's abilities,

The item is an ultimate upgrade of your current

weapon. The "Flame Blade Blaster" is now

"The Volcanic Skeletal Sabre!"

I watched as my Sword lifted from my hand and started to spin, faster and faster. It began to grow in size and turn black and red. It began to glow and the handle grew a sturdy bone. The bones twisted around the sabre like a strand of DNA and then the whole sword was engulfed in flames. The sabre lowered back to my hands and I was surprised that the flames didn't hurt me. I turned around to see the whole group staring at me with their mouth's wide open and their eyes wide, except Kirito. He was smiling a huge grin and put his black sword back into his sheath. I did the same with mine and looked to where Leafa was it. Her health was dangerously low and she seemed to be having trouble just getting up. I ran over to her and hugged her tight. She moaned in my chest and I whispered in her ear.

"I am…..so sorry, Leafa….."

She looked up at me and shook her head.

"Nah…..it wasn't you fault. I should've got out of the way. And besides, I'll be fine."

I smiled at her and hugged her a little tighter. I wanted to squeeze more but I would've hurt her and her health would've gone down. She pulled away and looked into my brown eyes. She stared at me for a second before gasping at me.

"What!? What's wrong!?"

She slowly pointed her finger at me.

"Your…level…..is…70…..what the fuck happened while I was out!?"

I looked at my menu and it said level 70. I gasped as well and looked at the others for an answer. I had about 50 unanswered messages and I'm guessing they all said I leveled up. Asuna, Lisbeth, and Klein couldn't come up with anything on how I had leveled up so quickly. Kirito stood up from his position and smiled,

"Since it was a high level monster and you got the last blow, you got all of the exp. So I'm guessing it was one of those things where the monster also had an exp. boost attached to it. But hey! You're about our level now, Thorn! Totally kick-ass!"

I just laughed nervously and scratched the back of my head. Leafa stood up and giggled.

"Well finally! Now I don't have to save your ass anymore."

I gave her a look and she just laughed some more. We both heard footsteps from our right and we looked to see who it was. I felt a fist punch me in the side of my cheek and I hit the ground. I grunted and started to rub the spot that hurt.

"Dumbass, you took all of the exp.!"

It was Lisbeth. My eyes filled with fear and I looked to Leafa for hope. She just looked away from my gaze and I'm pretty sure I saw the corner of her mouth turn upward. I waved my hands in front of me at Lisbeth.

"It wasn't my fault! Don't take it out on me! Please!"

She stared at me with a glaring stare of fear and bloodshed before finally huffing and walking away. I stood up and mumbled under my breath.

"So that's why you're the bitch…."

She turned around as if she knew I was gonna say something.

"What was that!?"

"Nothing! You're imagining things! Really!"

We walked out of the room, one at a time, me rubbing the pain stricken bump on my head. Leafa followed close behind me, trying to comfort me. I'm not gonna lie. That beating from Lisbeth hurt more than the fucking snake. All Lisbeth did was laugh as Leafa healed my bruises. At least I had someone to take care of me.

"If I was you, I would say….At least I have a lover and you lost to Asuna, haha."

I tilted my head at Leafa and she gave me a look that meant 'I'll tell you later.' We both laughed quietly, trying not to destroy the unnatural quietness of the dungeon. We both looked on to see a ray of light and we recognized it as the exit. We wiped the sweat drop from our faces and made it outside. As soon as we did, a huge message appeared in front of us.

Congratulations!

You have cleared the floor 8 dungeon! You will

Get 100,000 Yrd and exp. each! Don't give up!

Go forward for floor 9!

We all got a message that said that we had leveled up. I had leveled up to 75 and the others about twice. We all grinned and walked back to the bar in the city. I was relieved. To be honest, I was exhausted and I don't think I can ever do that skill again. Just because I have to be so mad my heart will explode. But I'm just happy I got to finally kiss Leafa. I can still taste the sweet honey of her lips on my tongue and I look forward to getting used to the taste. She looked at me as, we flew back to Alfheim.

"What are you thinking about?"

I smirked and wrapped myself around her, giving her a long kiss.

"Honey, hehe."

And that is the end of the chapter. I think I will work on my attack on titan chapter next so I should be really busy with writing and crap lol. But please review the story and I hope you have liked the story so far! But it's not over yet! Far from over! Again, plz review the story and read my other stories. Thanks for reading!