Currently at the main city on the second floor Kirito and Rain were having a massive argument. If anyone were to see this they would assume one of them had punched the other's grandmother by how violently they were arguing. But that was not the case as the two of them were arguing over a rather trivial thing.
"You do it!" Kirito exclaimed to the Rain.
"No way you do it!" Rain replied.
"I am not turning on that teleport gate so you do it!" He said as his tone almost went into a pleading one. If he could he would not activate it at all but the only way to make quests, buildings, and shops available on a floor was to turn it on.
"Why do you not want to do it?" She asked. The only reason she refused to do it was because he was. She assumed that something bad would happen if that gate was activated so she wanted him to do it.
"The second Illfang died a message should have been sent out to the other players meaning they are either at the warp gate on the first floor or coming through the boss dungeon as we speak." He told her. She gave him a look that basically said 'is this really why you refuse to turn it on?'
"You're telling me that you are scared of the chance of someone being at the first floor's teleport gate already?" She questioned him.
"Oh I know it isn't a possibility" He said in a serious tone.
"And how do you know that?" Rain asked confused as she was pretty sure she was the only other player he had associated with.
"Last week I saw a familiar face in town and as I started to turn away they got a look at my face." He said as if he was ashamed at being caught.
"You mean it was another beta player?" Rain asked.
"Indeed and while there are no negative feelings between us my mental state will decline if I am to associate with them. But since they saw me and actually know me they know I was at that boss fight." He said nervously. This made Rain wonder just who could make Kirito this nervous. A evil smile formed on her face as an equally evil idea formed in her head. She quickly got rid of the smile before Kirito could see it and replaced it with a gentle one.
"Alright I'll activate it so just go hide in a restaurant or something." Kirito thought he misheard her at first but after making sure what he heard was true he quickly ran into the nearest building fearing that Rain would change her mind. When he was out of sight the evil smile quickly formed on Rain's face as she walked towards the gate. While she did not really want to talk with others she figured if they could make Kirito act like this it might be worth it to know them. She stopped walking as she arrived at the gate and with no hesitation began to turn it on.
A light blue glow appeared around the gate as it hummed to life and as soon as it activated a darker but still light blue light appeared signifying an incoming teleport. Rain was actually surprised that the other player had reacted so fast but stood still as the person formed in front of her. A person wearing a cloak appeared and was wearing the cloak to where you could't see their face but their figure told Rain that the other was indeed a girl. Before Rain could wonder why their face was covered the other person took a look at her before taking a step back.
"You're not Kirito." The cloaked person said. At this Rain smiled as she began her plan.
"Who's Kirito?" She said loud enough for him to hear. She then mouthed to the girl "He's hiding over there." And pointed to his location. Even though she couldn't see the others face she could feel the grin emitting from her.
"You're telling me you fought the boss?" The cloaked girl said as she walked slowly towards Kirito who was currently sitting against a wall with his head just below the window.
"Yeah and I gotta say he was pretty ugly." Rain said as she watched the girl get closer and closer to Kirito.
"I gotta say I'm impressed." The other girl was just outside the building Kirito was hiding in.
"Impressed by what?" Rain asked truly confused. The girl didn't answer at first and flipped down her hood to reveal her curly auburn hair but due to her front facing the other way Rain could not see her face.
"I am impressed by the fact that Kirito thinks he can hide from me." Rain started to grin madly as her plan had worked. She was sure that if she could see Kirito and vice versa that he would be giving her a death glare. "I know you're in there Kirito now come on out." Minutes passed as Rain began to wonder if Kirito was going to hold up in there and just as the other girl was about to go in there the door opened to reveal Kirito.
As he walked out he sent a death glare towards Rain who in turned gave him a smile and a double thumbs up. "Hey Argo it has been a while huh?" He said nervously as his eyes darted around in search of an escape route.
"Since we last spoke it has but you saw me last week and didn't even say hello." The auburn hair girl chastised him as she put her hands on her hips.
"Well I was rather busy." He said as he looked at rain and mouthed the words "Help me!" Rain was surprised he was asking this after she had betrayed him but just stuck her tongue out in response.
"I can see since you killed Illfang. Originally I had come up her to chastise you about fighting that boss solo but I know know you had a partner." The girl turned around revealing her face to Rain. She had soft brown eyes that had the look of trickery in them and on her face was a set of cat whiskers.
"Thanks for telling me he was here by the way." The girl said to Rain.
"No problem." Rain replied trying her hardest not to ask what the whiskers were about.
"I'm Argo nice to meet you." The girl said as she walked up to Rain and held her hand out.
"Rain." Rain said as she looked over at Kirito who was currently bolting down the street.
Catching the direction in Rain's eyes Argo asked, "He's running away isn't he?"
"Yes he is, shall we chase him?" Rain asked with a evil smile.
"Let the hunt being." Argo replied dawning a similar smile as the two of them started to chase after the fleeting male.
It had been a couple of hours since Kirito had escaped from the two girls and he was currently leaning against a tree as he caught his breath. He hating dealing with people and had ran away at the first chance he got. While he had spoken to Argo before the girl had teased him relentlessly causing him to want nothing to do with her as he remarks decreased his sanity. Truthful he didn't want to be near Rain either and had only stayed with her because she insisted and that the fact she was a blacksmith. He knew if he wanted weapons he would have to return to her but at the moment he didn't want to as he was a little irritated at being sold out by her.
He was brought out of his thoughts as he heard the sounds of leaves rustling. He immediately reacted and drew his weapon but cursed as he remembered how deteriorated the dagger was due to his fight with Illfang. He was about to switch the small weapon out for one of his one-handed swords but was forced to jump to his right as a giant red bull charged out of the nearby foliage. As he landed and turned to face the bull Kirito cursed as he realized the mob in front of him was basically the Dire Wold of the second floor.
The Enraged Heifer while it had poor directional movement due to its charge had an absurd amount of attack and health making it annoying and dangerous to fight. Kirito remained calm however it was only one of them but that changed as the sound of rustling once again reached his air. Knowing what was more than likely coming he jumped away just in time to dodge a group of Enraged Heifer's. Kirito nearly had to double take when he saw that there was now five of them.
He knew that this was a fight he would have difficulty winning due to their numbers and level which was nearly twenty above his. But he still remained calm as he readied his dagger and tried to formulate a plan. He couldn't kill them with outright force due to their health because if he tried to kill one the others would attack so that left him with only one other option.
For the next couple of minutes he dodge their attacks until they had formed a pentagon around him with him in the center. Kirito readied his dagger as he readied himself to start his plan. The first bull charged at him and instead of jumping away Kirito landed a sword skill on its horn causing it to stumble mid-charge causing it to go off coarse and ram into another bull. Kirito smiled with satisfaction as he watched the bull that was hit lose half of its health.
He repeated this process until all the bulls but one had died and just as Kirito was about to kill the last one something strange happened. The bull careened its neck and let out a cry like the bull version of a wolf howl. That cry was soon answered by multiple other cries and Kirito knew what had happened. The final bull had just called in reinforcements and from the sound of it there was a lot of them. He knew he had to act fast so he rush forwards and launched a barrage of sword skills killing the final boar just in time for him to notice the arrival of others.
Kirito turned around to see how many new arrivals had showed up and nearly paled at the sight before him. There were enough bulls for the whole area to be filled to the brim with them and Kirito could hear the cries of the others further back. Knowing that not even one of his plans would save him this time Kirito did the only thing he could and that was run.
Running from such a large horde of those bulls was nothing short of terrifying. As Kirito rain he could feel their breath and the tips of their horns making him run faster. He had no idea how long he had been running but he was beginning to tire out and the bulls showed so signs of stopped. Kirito ran through another treeline and quickly panicked when he noticed the lack of land in front of him but due to his momentum he couldn't stop and he ran off a cliff. Luckily for him he spotted a lake at the bottom of the cliff but he wasn't sure whether or not the bulls had followed him. With their momentum he wouldn't have been surprised so as he fell he managed to equip his sword seconds before he landed in the water.
After regaining he awareness Kirito swam out of the water onto dry land to witness the sight of a few bulls falling from the cliff and landing in the water. But luckily for him it seemed they couldn't swim as once they entered the water they never left it. As Kirito watched the occasional falling bull he once again heard the sound of rustling leaves and cursed his luck not believing how he had somehow attracted one of the rarest mobs on the floor. As he readied his stance but that quickly faltered when he saw something scarier come out of the foliage.
"Argo..." He said as the whiskered girl came out of the foliage with Rain not far behind.
"So is this where you were hiding Kirito?" The auburn haired girl said stretching out each syllable in his name.
"Um well you see-" He began to answer but was luckily saved as a final random bull fell from the cliff gaining the attention of the three players.
"Do I even want to know what happened?" Argo asked as she looked at the spot where the bull landed.
"No you don't." Kirito said as he walked passed the two girls and started making his way back to town.
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