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Finding Yourself
Kazuto sighed and sat back against the truck.
"Are you sure there's no other way?" Asuna asked looking to Yui.
"There isn't," Yui stated. "The device is in the chester of the city. The only way there without taking the streets is the sewer, but the sewer is currently filled with even more monsters than the streets."
"Yes, but the Gleam Eyes and Skull Reaper aren't in the Sewer," Kazuto stated. "Neither is the Geocrawler."
"We should take a vote," Klein said. "All in favor of risking the sewers?"
Kazuto, Klein, Asuna, and Agil raised their hands.
"All in favor of the streets?" Klein asked, knowing the result.
Eugene, Shinichi, Suguha, Shino, Rika, Silica, and Yui all raised their hands. Kazuto sighed.
"Alright," Kazuto sighed. "Street it is. Yui, find us the safeest path you can. Try to stick to the roads. That way we can use the truck."
Yui closed her eyes for a moment then opened them and nodded, turning into her pixie form and burrying herself in Kazuto's pocket. Everyone piled onto the truck and Agil drove back toward the city.
"This is suicide," Kazuto sighed. "Especially with only a handful of close range weapons. Especially with the Gleam Eyes and the Skull Reaper in there."
"We'll be fine," Rika said. "We just need to get to the gun."
Kirito passed Yui into the cab of the truck so she could tell Agil where to go then picked up his sword as the street behind them flooded with lizardmen. One jumped onto the back of the truck and Kazuto killed it instantly. When the next landed on it, Rika kicked it back off and it tripped up the others, which were instantly killed by the Geocrawler as it tried to catch up to the truck.
"Geocrawler!" Kazuto shouted.
A moment later, there were dragons and dragonflies chasing them too. Agil swerved and dodged through the streets, avoiding debris as much as mosters. After nearly ten minutes, they got within a mile, when the Geocrawler returned, smashing into the front of the truck, sending it crashing into a building, the hole where the truck entered collapsing, keeping the monsters out.
Kazuto groaned, opening his eyes and looking around. He was lying against the wall with Asuna sitting beside him. The others were around the room, either nursing an injury or trying to find a weapon.
"How long was I out?" Kazuto asked, pushing himself up.
"Maybe ten minutes," Asuna stated. "They're trying to get in."
"That doesn't surprise me," Kazuto said pushing himself up and looking around. "Where's my sword?"
"Our best guess is you dropped it when we were hit," Asuna stated.
He sighed and nodded, looking around then out through the window. Most of the city was demolished by the Geocrawler, but there were a few buildings that still stood. In addition, there were several entrances to the subway system where monsters were flooding out.
"I'm almost glad we didn't take the sewer," Kazuto sighed. "I can see the building. It's about a mile away."
"We won't be able to make it," Agil stated. "The Geocrawler could be anywhere. We can't outrun it. Plus, the AI wouldn't leave the device unguarded. It could be almost anything guarding it."
"If nothing else, at least the military finally found a foothold," Yui stated. "The monsters haven't been able to spread out to the last quarter of the city."
"Good," Kazuto sighed. "But we need to worry about getting to the device. Whatever's there we'll deal with when we get there."
He picked up a lead pipe and the others that weren't armed all grabbed something. Then, they left the building through the back door, sprinting from building to building. In the third one, they found the front door open and three lizards walking in. They hissed, charging at the humans and Kazuto used the pipe to block one sword then shoved it away and broke its arm. He took its sword then removed its head. Then, he spun, blocking both of the other swords before Eugen killed both, their swords falling to the ground. Asuna picked one up and Suguha the other. Then, they stepped out into the street and groaned. The building was surrounded by dragonflies. There was no way they were getting away. They would be forced to fight through it. They turned ack to the building as the Geocrawler burst out of the ring of monsters, destroying the building and heading toward the device.
"Follow it!" Kazuto shouted.
They chased after the Geocrawler, the dragonflies behind them closing up and chasing them. Finally, they left the sea of monsters, the Geocrawler disappearing into a wall of buildings. They continued to run, seeing the building they were looking for in the distance. Just as they were about to enter it, a massive yellow minotaur crashed to the ground, slamming its axe down in the middle of their group, forcing them all to jump away. Kazuto swore.
"It would be you," Kazuto stated. "We need to get past this thing. We can't kill it without our avatars' powers."
Eugene sprinted forward, slashing the creature's leg and it roared in pain, hopping away.
"I'll hold it off," Eugene stated. "Get you powers then come back so I can get mine."
Kazuto nodded and sprinted inside with the others. They ran to the stairs and began to sprint up them, climbing higher and higher. Then, just as they reached the floor with the device, the building shook. Kazuto looked down through a window to see a cloud of dust. When it settled, Eugene was leaning on his sword and barely that. The minotaur roared, raising its axe. Kazuto looked awa but heard the axe hit the ground. Heard the strangle cry of pain. Then the triumphant roar.
"We have to hurry," Kazuto growled.
They sprinted through the door and found themselves in a large round room with the gun hooked up to a laptop in the center. Yui grew to full size and began to tap on the computer. Then, she pulled up Kazuto's ALfheim Online profile.
"Step in front of the lense Daddy," Yui said just as the building shook again. "Hurry, he's inside!"
Kazuto sprinted over to stand in front of the gun and it began to shine. Then, it flashed and Kazuto's vision flared white.
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