Chapter 3: The Legend of the Beater … and the Playa?
(12/2/14 | 6:45 a.m. | Sword Art Online Let's Play Part 28)
The shadow obscures everything on the screen before opening up slowly to reveal a nice landscape of grassy fields and small forests, probably from the vantage point of a hill or cliff. But, a voice so deep from the pits of the diaphragm and vocal chords rumbled out its narration.
"There was a legend of a legendary warrior," it began, "whose legendary skills were the stuff of legend."
The sight shifted to an opened book showing a figure in several stances before posing in different forms of attack. Apparently, two hands came into view to hold it in one and the other rapidly flipping to the next pages. Potions, crystals, monsters, and all sorts of things flickered in and out to the viewer before being snapped shut and pocketed away. The voice continued instead in a more normal but still serious tone.
"'Sup, viewers. I'm VarlancerTheRanger, and today I present to you a special episode of the Sword Art Online Let's Play. Today we take one more step to freedom. Remove another obstacle in our way. Boot the first door down to breach and stick some bullets on some people's faces in slow-mo to complete the mission, COD-style. I and some thirty more or less players will take on the first boss monster of the prison that is Aincrad. As told by the Cactus He – the player Kibaou, around 2000 players are currently dead. So after this battle, we begin to pave the way to escape this world," wait, that got me thinking, and now I sounded a little childishly stupid saying this but, "Wait. Can you be an escapist in a fantasy virtual world? Does that even make sense? Like having dreams of "escaping" a fake world to the real world, when being an escapist you "escape" (by dreaming/daydreaming/fantasizing) from the real world? Dammit, I overthought stuff again. Oh well, there's some food for thought on the PhilosoVar Lancer Talk Show on Shit That He Randomly Asks."
I stood up from my spot on the hill and sprinted for the town.
(10 minutes later …)
Seeing all of the players assembled in the square, I began searching for the rest of my party who happened to be standing by talking a little amongst themselves in their own spot. Waving my hand and rushing in like a madman surely broke up their small talk. Both looked up at me and gave me a stoic 'What the heck?' look. I know that the girl has a hood over her face, but I can just tell. Trust me.
Giving off a final wave, "Ohayo, minna."
Kirito nodded at me.
And the girl, 'Asuna' apparently according to the HUD, gave a small "hello."
Silence that is awkward. One … Two … …. …Thirteen … Fourteen … Fifteen … Oh screw it. I wanna talk.
"Aiiii … You guys got ready for the boss? Did anything last night that I should know?" (Yeah Kirito, like seeing what's under the cloak, or under the armor. Eh? Eeeeh? JK! I'm not that big of a perv. … Hold the phone. I'm the author. I'm pretty much GOD in this story! I can have him do whatever I fuckin' want! … Eh, I'm too lazy anyways.)
Kirito shrugged, "Just some grinding and practicing some skills and tactics and so on."
"We also had some bread with cream for dinner and a hot sh-shower …" Asuna added pretty much in an uncommitted manner, but did I hear some embarrassment too? (Damn, Kirito-kun. You work fast.)
I turned to face the black-haired teen, "You work fast wit' dem, eh, Kirito?" remembering the first time I saw his real form. The statement still remains. Lucky bastards, yet unlucky ones sometimes.
He immediately became flustered at the comment, "Wait, what do you mean? If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, I did not do anything like that!"
Couldn't help but laugh, "HAHAHAHAHA! (wipes a tear) I was just jokin', man. Take a chill pill and chug some water. You look a little sick. HAHAHAH!" Sigh. It does feel good making others laugh, well it's only me laughing, but screw others sometimes, right. I will like almost all of my jokes, and I normally don't give a damn if others don't.
"Baka boys," the girl muttered just loud enough for both of us to hear. Instantly settling our differences, us guys united to glare at our new unknown foe, the other gender.
After that little moment, the familiar voice of Diabel called us out with a teleport crystal in hand, "Okay everyone. This crystal will teleport us somewhere in the dungeon leading at least near to the boss room. Wish us luck everyone and let's beat this boss!"
I snuck in some of my commentary, "You got that right, people out there. Wish us luck, and let's beat us some boss monster."
We all stepped through the portal and began to journey off to battle.
(15 minutes of traveling and several dungeon monsters getting wrecked)
With my newer and larger buckler, I blocked the incoming blow of a lizard man behind me, and being pissed at said lizard man I swung my sword knocking him back. Then, with a good boot to the chest effectively putting him on the ground, the finishing and oh-so-cliché downward stab shattered it to shards. The small victory only lasted for too short of a time however, plunging the reversed grip of my sword backwards. The strangled scream and another shatter already got me to looking for my next target. Thankfully (and a bit sadly), there were none to be found. Other players were catching their breaths and taking some potions to heal up, but otherwise we're good.
"Man, these guys are just really annoying now. But anyways, the boss is hopefully not too bad, but then again what can be worse than hordes of pigs?" I shuddered at the memory, but hey I have more appreciation for shields now.
I took a glance to my side, and the rest of my party were relatively just freakin' dandy. Kirito and Asuna were standing right where they are. The teamwork does pay off apparently. Oh crikey. He's looking at me in a not so nice way.
Walking up to me, he asked, "What the heck are you doing?"
Yeah, this whole time I didn't do any team stuff with those two here, so yeah, "Uuuuh … Monster-hunting?"
With a roll of his eyes, "Yeah, thanks for pointing out the obvious, but you do know that you can get yourself killed if you're not careful?"
"Well hey, I'm working to be unkillable no matter how many bad scrapes I get into. This dungeon is just a little test of that. Sorry, but I haven't been in a party since the WoW expansion pack 4 years ago. So yeah, I might be a little outdated on party tactics. But besides, check my stats," scrolling down my menu before flipping the screen revealing my stats to him. Wow, I can see the detail in his irises. Hell, I didn't even know that his eyes could be THAT big.
Level: 16
Stats:
Health: 735/735
Strength: 154
Defense: 267
Agility: 139
Dexterity: 102
Luck: 2
(Yeah, I fucking know and if anyone saw this coming, damn right Kayaba's still playing this joke on me. And for some reason I can't add Stat Points to this crap. Natural progression, my armored ass!)
Abilities:
One-Handed Sword (Lvl. 9): 2591/9000
Two-Handed Sword (Lvl. 3): 2786/3000
One-Handed Battle Axe (Lvl. 8): 5469/8000
Two-Handed Battle Axe (Lvl. 3): 1335/3000
One-Handed Assault Spear (Lvl. 6): 4805/6000
Two-Handed Assault Spear (Lvl. 3): 1012/3000
One-Handed Dagger (Lvl.7): 6973/7000
One-Handed War Hammer (Lvl. 4): 87/4000
Slant (Lvl. Max): 10000/10000
Vertical (Lvl. Max): 10000/10000
Vertical Square: 32/1000
Horizontal (Lvl. 9): 6623/9000
Whirlwind: 369/1000
Parry (Lvl. 6): 4538/6000
Block (Lvl. 10): 1284/10000
Blade Throwing: 421/1000
Searching (Lvl. 10): 111/10000
Straining (Lvl. 9): 8976/9000
Hiding (Lvl. 2): 146/2000
Acrobatics (Lvl. 9): 72/9000
Sprint (Lvl. 10): 509/10000
Extended Weight Capacity (Lvl. 9): 7981/9000
Stat Points: 3
Exp: 1924/6250
Kirito does have a very loose jaw, apparently; but seriously pick it up, man. It's kinda freaky. Like an anime-coming-to-life freaky.
After blinking a couple times, his head bowed down with a shadow over his eyes, and his mouth contorted into a very – uuuhh – toothy grin, "Hey, Var?"
"Y-Yeah, man?"
In a flash he grabbed my collar pulling me to his cold, calculating glare with a newly formed scowl, "How in the hell did you level up this quickly?!"
"Aiiii … How the hell should I know?" I whispered the next part, "Argo said you were a beta tester. Shouldn't you be telling me?"
His voice rose to an even harsher tone, like he was thinking of digging a grave, "How the HELL should I know that YOU don't know how the hell you don't know what you don't in the hell KNOW!? AND HELL NO!" I wonder whose grave he's going to dig.
My face started heating up and sweating nervously. Geezus, I'm so screwed. Seventh time this month. Dammit Valkyria Chronicles, why that number? But, I was saved by the bell, or a guy with blue hair in this case. Damn do', where did he get dat shit?
Diabel stood in front of two giant doors with intricate designs carved into them, "Okay people, organize your parties according to the formations we discussed. Tanks and Vanguards take the front and prepare to switch out with other ones. Healers will take the back and prepare potions. And …" However, some of the designs managed to piss me a bit off.
"Hey guys (the viewers this time), doesn't that look like an eye and a very familiar one at that? Stupid doom mountain. Oh, and is that a symbol/rune thing from Myth if I remember correctly? And OH MY GOD, he pretty much stole every magic circle from anime! Damn you, Kayaba. And over there …" My continued ramblings then earned me with the feeling of a sizzling brand labeled "INSANE AS FUCK" on the back of my head. Turning around I saw the collective sweatdrop, so I nervously rubbed my hair.
With a scratch on my head, "Sorry everyone, I'll just shut up now. Aaaaand, go inside and kill the boss. See ya," so I kicked down the doors and rushed in. Love the Strength stat, people. The others gave each other looks then shrugged before following me in with their battle cries.
[BOSS BATTLE! KAISHIN!]
We all scanned the room warily before spotting the boss at the back of the room. It leaped up before crashing down in front of us drawing its axe and shield, and we all tentatively took a step back. Readying a defensive stance, I checked it out: 4 health bars, jackal-like head, red fur with cyan design on the belly (I'm going with the anime version, so if you read the light novel, then you have to deal with this.), bone axe and leather shield, incredibly fat …
"Man, don't 'dis doggy look a bit too ugly for the show, ain't it," I joked, "Hey bitch! Are you pregnant with triplets, or are you really that fat? If the damn latter, then yo' mama so fat that when she got to one of dem digital weight scales, it said on the screen 'REMOVE WHALE'S ASS FROM THE MACHINE'!"
Everyone who was previously staring in fear and nervousness now cracked up a little or began to grin with blood – uhh red-pixel thirsty looks, "You know what? He's right! / Yeah you goin' down, bitch! / We're definitely kicking yo' bitch ass!"
Clearly pissed off, Illfang roared summoning 3 figures. Then what seemed like fully-covered, armored mini-versions of it, Ruin Kobold Sentinels, came charging with halberds and maces. With a single mighty battle cry, the players charged to counter, and the battle had begun with a mighty clash of virtual steel.
[Some time later in the battle when Illfang's to half HP on second bar...]
Engaging with another Sentinel, I crossed my sword and shield to repel the halberd swing, and I yelled, "Attack now!"
The two party members behind me rushed forward with Sword Skills effectively ending it with a shatter. With that done with, we all turned towards the boss engagement.
The flurry of swords, axes, and spears hacked away at the boss, chipping its health bars little by little. Diabel stood behind them giving orders, and parties switched in and out bringing in the pain for the boss.
"Damn, that guy sure knows how to lead a company. Wonder how he's done it before, but either way he's pretty frickin' good."
"True, but come on Var. Focus on our battle," and the black-haired swordsman pointed to another Sentinel about to crash in.
"Aye. Yokai." Another round of monster bashing comin' right up, and oooh! Shield bash to the face again, bitch! Suck it!
[More not-so-badass fighting stuff later …]
Man, these guys take more punishment than they look like they should. I parried the Horizontal with my Vertical knocking the last Sentinel's weapon arm upwards which I took the opportunity uppercut with my shield sending it flying. I crouched down raising my shield over my head with a shout.
"Switch!"
With a leap, the cloaked fencer hopped on before we pushed forward sending her rushing to the falling Sentinel. Finishing it off with a Linear, Asuna gracefully broke her fall with a tuck and roll. Glancing towards Kirito behind me, I noticed him staring at the boss. When I turned to look at that, …
With a commentary, "Okay guys, this is it. Illfang's down to the last bits of health, and a lot of us are still standing. We'll take down this bastard now. And after this, we'll open the doors to the next floor and hopefully get something to eat. I am in the mood for Chinese, apparently. That bigass dog over there really needs to diet, though."
Kirito turned towards me and Asuna, "Guys, let's go help them. Stay back and support when needed. Let's go!"
The two of us nodded, and the party dashed off towards the mob of players surrounding the nearly finished boss. Once we got there, they were preparing to give the finishing attack, but a shout halted them in their tracks.
"Stay back, everyone. I got this!" and Diabel, the leader, charges in with a Sword Skill. Why the hell is he doing that? Clearly not logical. I mean screw glory man, just get everyone to kill the damn thing.
But something worse got my attention. Illfang dropped his primary weapons and then drew the blade from the wrapped sheath on his back. I don't know what on heaven, earth, and hell is a Talwar, but unless I didn't play enough Total War: Shogun and ninja+samurai games, that's a …
Kirito after a look of realization tried to reach out to the leader, "Diabel, no!" as The Kobold Lord drew a long, rectangular blade with no hilt before jumping straight up to the roof avoiding the attack.
I slowly realized as well, "What the? Oh, son of a …"
… FUCKING NO-DACHI! GET YOUR WEAPONS RIGHT, KAYABA! WHY THE HELL DOES THIS BITCH HAVE A NO-DACHI WHEN EVERYONE ELSE SAID IT'S A GOD-KNOWS-WHAT TALWAR!
After it met the roof, the fatass jumped off it right back down to the frozen Diabel still on cooldown. The blue leader was knocked up flying, and with as spin the kobold slashed thrice to send him crashing to the wall. Dammit, it's good. Kirito dashed to the fallen knight's aid with a potion in hand while the others retreated slowly at the defeat of their leader. I watched Kirito trying to give the pony, but after what seemed like a few words from the fallen, everyone's "knight" had shattered to code joining the souls he sought to avenge. With a turning of my head to glare at the monster that killed the valiant warrior …
"You motherfucker," I clenched the handles a bit more tightly then relaxing, "DON'T FUCK WITH US LIKE YOU DID TO YOUR WHALE'S ASS OF A MOTHER, YOU BITCH OF A BITCH!"
Walking towards us with his face shadowed by his bangs, "Let's go, everyone." My and Asuna's face were shadowed over as well. Well, mine by the angle of the light and hers by her hood, but you know what I meant.
Charging with swords poised for attack, we rushed Illfang to finish what Diabel started … for only a couple seconds, but come on be serious. (Actually, he did technically start the meeting to discuss the boss battle, does that count? But didn't we mean 'the whole finishing off the bastard' not the entire fight? … You know what? I don't even know. … Damn, it's weird being in a stalemate with yourself.)
Kirito gave his orders, "Asuna! Var! Same thing we did with the sentinels! Var knocks up the blade then we switch!"
"Hai!"
With me on the vanguard, I caught the no-dachi swing with my shield before knocking it up with a Vertical.
"Switch."
The two one-handed sword-users began the counterattack with their Sword Skills, slowly sapping the last drops of health from the fucker. Oh God, her cloak came off, and I gotta say she's beautiful. May not be my type, but still a beauty.
'She's beautiful,' Kirito thought.
Take that, and that, and that, and that, and … "Oooh! Slashed at the throat, buddy. A couple more slices for $3.99 a piece!" ah, best hero ever – or should I say anti-hero? – Eh? Illfang's got something up his sleeve, and it's gonna pull it off, "Shit."
I rushed forward in time to intercept the slash. With my chest, and the other two got slashed as well. Goddammit, not fast enough. As we skidded against the ground, I noticed the finishing blow coming for us. Warily, I braced my shield waiting for the pain, but luckily Agil came to the rescue, swiping away with his two-handed battle axe.
"You kids okay?" Asuna came to her senses as well and nodded; I shrugged a bit, "Okay then, let the men handle this!" Oh wait, got an idea.
"Hey Agil, right?" said man nodded, "Can you get those two over there to surround the boss with you?" I pointed to the other two-handed axe-wielders.
"Yeah, but why?"
"I'll be there with you. Just surround him and prep a Whirlwind, okay? Wait for the signal."
"Okay." And the big man called out to the other two and began surrounding the boss engaging with the rest of the battle group. With an AoE attack, they were all knocked back.
I swiftly scrolled down the menu and equipped my battle-axe, hurrying to my position poised for the Sword Skill. I looked at the four of us axemen, and reassured I gave the signal, "YOSH, LEEEEEET IIIIIT RIIIIIPPP!"
The 4 of us spun towards the vulnerable boss on cooldown, munching it up in a kill box of spinning axes.
"SPIN 2 WIN FOR THE WIN!" A little to into the battlelust, I cackled madly at the pure insanity of the wrecking we're dishing out. Once we're finished, I used the momentum to swing my axe one final time to STICK IT UP ITS ASS, blowing it away to the other side of the room. Tossing away my weapon and myself with it, I landed right in front of the mortally wounded monster with just slivers of health now. Equipping the first thing I could, which was my shield, I prepared a final smash. But a scream of rage cried out behind me, which was Kirito. First, you get a girl with you, now you're going to KS. Oh hell no.
With my shield reared back powering up in a green glow (Wait what?) and Kirito leaping with his Vertical Arc, "AMMMURRRRICAAAAAAAAA! / RAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" (You guess who said what.) And with those mighty finishing blows, Illfang had finally fallen in virtual shards.
The screens popped up in front of us, "Congratulations! You have defeated Illfang, the Kobold Lord!" then "You got the Last Attack Bonus!"
Oh goodie. Bonus shit. Taking a peek at my fellow boss-slayer, Kirito got a new outfit, a Coat of Midnight. By the name, it sounds pretty badass. What did I get?
"You have received Uchumisen, The Universal Guitar!" A guitar! Score! I didn't even know you get to play music here.
"Oh yeah. Kirito?"
"Ah?"
"Don't steal my kills."
"I only did it to avenge Diabel. He was a great person."
"Hmm, I can tell you're right. But seriously, it was my kill, man."
"You don't need the Experience."
"Still my kill."
"Your NerveGear was hacked."
"Oh, now you're just being jealous."
"Whatever."
"No KSing in my house."
Agil walked towards us slapping our backs, and Asuna giving a well-meaning nod and smile while the rest of the crowd cheered. Well, the rest of them except for one asshole.
"Why did you do it?" the Orange Blabbermouth Full of Shit sobbed (my breech-covered ass.), "Why did you let Diabel die?"
Oh yeah, Kirito couldn't save Diabel. Well, what's this Cactus Head going on about now? Kirito just couldn't stop it enough. Kirito stood passively, waiting for what else Kibaou had to say.
"You knew that the boss's techniques, but you didn't save Diabel from it. You … You are … YOU'RE A DAMN BETA TESTER, AREN'T YOU?" What the fuck, man? None of us knew that the boss got updated with a new weapon and fighting pattern. You should a) know that what a no-dachi is b) know that its weapon did not look like a CURVED weapon like a talwar and c) fuck off.
The commotion got the others talkin', "A beta tester! / Are there more? / Come! Show yourselves!"
I gritted my teeth at all of the bullshit in front of me, but before I say anything, a demented laugh echoed through the room.
With a dark and sinister look, (Dang, I need to learn how to do that face.) Kirito stated firmly, "Haha. How dare you put me with those wimps? You know those beta testers didn't even know how to use Sword Skills. Hell, you guys were better than them. But I, I cleared the most floors than any other tester and know more information than any broker! Hah!"
"You're not just a damn beta tester. You're a cheater! / Cheater / Beta Tester! / B-b-beater!"
At the last word, Kirito looked inspired for a second before quickly changing to a dangerous smirk, "Ha, Beater. I like it. From now on," he scrolled down his menu and equipped his new cloak. Damn, it looks so badass. You freaking legend. "… know that whoever wears this cloak is the Beater. Don't even think about lowering me to those lowly beta testers!" and he walked off to the stairs. Hmm, attention on him. Entirely on a class of his own. Seems like a bad guy. Oh, I see what he's doing … maybe.
Agil and Asuna were about to defend him, but I gave a look to both of them. I shook my head slightly. With that message sent, Asuna decided to chased after Kirito, and I followed slowly. When she reached him, they exchanged some words until the fencer had a small smile on her face and the Beater had a devilish grin. As she ran down the steps, a glance between us and a nod of a sort of understanding passed. I just walked behind Kirito silently. When he opened the doors, we walked through to see the next floor through a dirt path.
"Why are you coming with me?"
"Oh? Nah, I'm not following you. I'm just hungry from the fight, and some new food than my usual would be nice."
"Hmm. Shouldn't you go with friends?"
"Ah, got none. Well, unless you count Argo, but not really."
"I'm the Beater, now. You'll be thrown under the bus with me."
"First of all, I could just say that I wanted to explore the floor before the nasty Beater gets his dirty paws on the good quests and hunting grounds, but I'm not up for explaining. Two, does it look like I care? I've been this way for a couple years, nothing too new."
"Hah, you a lone wolf."
"No, a lone, lonely loner with differing philosophy and social awkwardness."
A window popped up, "You can play any song with Uchumisen from any skill level. Will you play a song? Y/N"
Equipping my new guitar with the strap over my shoulder, I pressed yes.
"Wanna hear a song?"
"Sure."
Now the music began with a drums, guitars, and a flute in the background along with my new guitar:
A few disembodied voices sang all around, Ooooh! Ooooh! Ooooh! (Guitar riff).
I started singing:
Daijoubu ore ga nanmankai mo sakende yaru
Kimi no ashita ga subete kagayaite iru to shinjiteru
Yume o kanaeta subete no hito ni kasanariau kyoutsuten
Akiramenakatatte koto sore dake sa makennayo
Mukai kaze ni nagasare kujikesouna toki wa
Kono te nigire TRY TO TAKE A CHANCE mou
Kimi wa hitori nanka janai ze
Unknown to the two of us, this way going worldwide. Heads were turning up looking for the source of the song.
Motto motto mae e mae e kimi no ikashita yume akiramenaide
Sou naitenai de susume MY WAY ima
Kimi o terashitenda hikari
Akirame nanka zenbu sutete
Tsuyosa to hikikae ni mata kizutsuite
Demo kimi no massugu na hitomi ni wa
Ima mieru darou hikari
I and Kirito look towards the rising spires, following our gazes to the top. Looks like there's still hope.
YOU CAN DO, DON'T GIVE UP. YO, WAKE UP!
Akeru subete no asa ga so THAT'S FOR YOUR LIFE
Ame no hi, hare no hi, inochi no hi
Moeru honoo wa CHANCE to onaji i
NOBODY KNOWS TRUTH AND FUTURE sou sa
Kotae wa koko ni aru, ALWAYS IN YOUR HEART!
Asu o shiranu kono sekai sa moyase kokoro o BELIEVE YOUR HEART!
Agil and Asuna look up to the sky as well
'Well, we're on our way home. I will see you again, my wife.'
'One step closer to beating this game. I will finish this and survive to go back to my old life.'
Ima wa kitto naite CRY DAY bokura tsuyoku wa naishi yowasa daite
Demo karasanaide ame ni saita hana
Kimi o tsutsumikonda sekai
Kanashimi nanka itsuka kieru
Namida to hikikae ni mata yasashiku naru kara
Kimi no massugu na hitomi ni wa
Ima mieru darou hikari
Somewhere, Klein and his friends were staring up with his friends while Argo was leaning on an alley looking up like everyone else.
'Hah. We'll finish this.'
'Heheh. Looks like things are making progress here."
Ookina kaze ni fukarete yureta
boku no kokoro no oku no chiisana yume
Michibata no hana ni jibun kasanete
Tobenu sora o miagete hitori de naita
Ah! Hane wa naikedo
Mou bokura hitori janai
Boku ni tarinai mono wa kimi ga
Kimi ni tarinai mono wa boku ga
Kasanari awaserya mugendai
Ano hiroi sora ni mo te ga todoku ze!
A party of six were wondering on where the hell the song came from, except for one. The blue-haired girl clutched her shield a little tighter. And a short-haired brunette with a chestnut-haired girl with twin ponytails on the sides gazed at the sky with new determined eyes.
'I hope we make it out just fine.'
'We're coming up.'
'Let's do this and get back.'
Motto motto mae e mae e kimi no ikashita yume akiramenaide
Sou naitenai de susume MY WAY ima
Kimi o terashitenda hikari
Akirame nanka zenbu sutete
Tsuyosa to hikikae ni mata kizutsuite
Demo kimi no massugu na hitomi ni wa
Ima mieru darou mirai!
Ooooh! Ooooh! Ooooh!
Finished off with my guitar riff and last drumbeats, the song had me sighing in relief at the good time I had. Kirito applauded warmheartedly at the performance.
"You're a pro? And what song is that?"
Slinging it on my back, I replied, "Not really, I've been taking lessons for 5 and a half years. But, add to the fact I love Rock Band. And the song is from 15 to 20 years ago. It's from an anime, actually. 'ft.' by Funkist."
"Well, that was great."
"Why, thank you."
The sun is starting to go down apparently. With the impression I was just talking to myself, Kirito waved off the commentary for my viewers.
"Well guys, if you ever seen that opening, you should know why I put that song up. But today we killed our first boss. Kirito's now cast out from everyone else because he's a Beater." I heard a short derisive snort behind me, "But it doesn't matter. I think he's a freaking legend. Now then, we're here on the second floor. So, I'll show you more next time. Have a jolly good time!" Video end.
"Kirito, wanna friend?"
"Huh?"
"Add each other to our lists. Loners don't have to stick each other, but at least we see which one of us didn't die yet."
"Yeah. You know what? Sure." Kirito pressed 'yes' on the request I gave him.
A fatass killed. A black Beater rises. A lovely redhead can shank with a long rapier. An awesome axe-wielder can spin to win. And I have not died yet and still in the early yellow, I think I'm doing good on the tanky motherfucker department so far. Oh my god, noodles!
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Yello there, and here's another chapter for the Let's Play. Not the best humor as I would like, and not the best action if I say so myself, but this is the longest chapter I've ever written. 4956 words. But either way, like Var said, if you saw the anime opening with the song above, then you should see why I picked it for this part of the story. Epic as fuck and it describes rising to the top. Watch and/or listen to it, if you have never heard this. If you know which anime (it's really well-known), just post it on the reviews for a nice bowl of cookie noodle soup right on your desk.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sword Art Online nor Funkist and "ft."
Anyways, some replies to the reviews:
Skyar Triv: I would think that an Avengers/SAO idea would be pretty cool. And thank you for the compliment. I really loved writing that part. Just wondering though, ever heard of DC Universe Online? Look it up. It would be interesting for a crossover between SAO and that.
Bardy (guest): Thank you, and the subtitles were mainly meant to close the language gap between Var, an American who's only knowledge of Japan is through National Geograpic and anime/manga, and the rest of the players who speak Japanese, except for maybe Agil. But yeah, I know that the menu was all in English, but some signs were in Japanese if I remember correctly, so yeah. But it's not complete nonsense. It was a nice joke. Either way, I like that you find this a favorite. Hope you like this chapter.
Now, back to me. This is gonna be my last chapter of 2014 because, like I said last time, I'm going to Canada for winter break. So until next year will I get back on track. Don't forget to comment, subscribe, and like. Happy Holidays. And a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you lot! Till I update again, this is GrimRangerLock3001. Hohoho.