Chapter 3 Onslaught
Today is the day.
That was all I could think of when we approached the huge doors that led to the boss room. I couldn't help but shake nervously at the
size of the doors. How big was the boss if this was the door? "Listen up!" Diable's voice pierced through the murmurs of the crowd.
"This is the day we clear the very first floor, together!" At this everyone cheered, and Diable turned and pushed the door open.
As it swung open, we stepped inside.
It was dark and gloomy, but then vibrant colors appeared and illuminated the boss. It jumped, and landed a few feet in front of us.
As it pulled out it's weapons, minions appeared on both sides.
I edged back in nervousness, my ponytail rubbing the back of my clothes. Kirito noticed, and put his hand on my back to reassure me.
"It's alright. We can do this." As always, his voice comforted me. I gave a slight nod, drew a breath, and with the rest of the players,
charged at the boss.
"Squads D,E,F! Hold off the Sentinels!" Diable continued to shout orders as we circled the boss, trying to lower it's HP.
Kirito ran past me, slashed the sword of a Sentinel into the air, and watched as Asuna charged in and stabbed it's chest.
"Good job!" Kirito was shouting over the noise now. Hearing this, I bashed my buckler into another Sentinel's head.
"Switch!" As soon as I yelled this, Asuna came in and finished it. "Squad B! Switch with F!" I felt a wave of fear as we joined the front
line against the Kobold King.
We continued to attack it, until it threw it's weapons onto the ground and reached for it's next one.
I heard Kirito gasp and shout at the others, "Don't! That's not in the plan!"
But it was too late.
The slash of the huge sword threw half of us off balance, including me. I barely registered the blow when I saw the next one was
aimed at me. This is it, I thought. That was the only thing I could think of, when the blade arced into me.