Cat: Naruto X SAO X RWBY
Title: Elemental Remnant Online
Rating: M
Pairing: Naruto X Ruby/Yang/Weiss/Liza, Kirito X Asuna/Leafa/Sinnon, Blake X OMC, OMC X Rosalia.
Summary: 16 year old Uzumaki Naruto is a loser at school and consistently gets into trouble because he fights a lot and because he is one of the top 9 students in school. But in the world of games he is a legend. Simply known as Kyubi of 9. 15 Ruby Rose is a prodigy of mechanics and a brilliant young girl. Shy and a bit withdrawn. In the world of games however she is the legendary Crescent Rose. What happens when these two end up in up in ERO and can't escape?
"Let's get this started!" Speech
"I won't die here!" thought/Linked Communication
"You will not leave here!" Floor boss/Attack/items/Menu
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Sword Art online, Or RWBY. They are owned by their Respective creators and companies.
Here's Chapter 5 for you guys. I hope you guys have been enjoying this story. It such a tough story. I can see why some people have problems writing this type of crossover. Also I made a mistake when I wrote Aris name in the last chapter. I went looking around and Aris/Ares were the most common variants that showed up. It's Aris from this point forward.
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Chapter 5: Raid! The Boss of Floor 1!
Location: Town of Next Steps
Place: Open Air theater
time: 1150 March 16, 2020 a month after Launch Event!
Naruto, Yang, and Ruby were sitting in the middle of the players who had gathered in the theater/ A player by the Name of Daibel had called in every player at level 15 or over to attend the meeting. Considering that the strongest player there was level 18 was a testament that many people were reaching the limits of what the first floor could offer in terms of power.
"I can't believe how many big name players have appeared here here," said Ruby looking around with her Analyzer eye on and looking at people's levels.
"Don't be intimidated by their levels Rubes. They're still players in the same games as we are. They're not as good as you think," said Yang knowing that a lot of people thought that the sword ruled in this place.
"They were good enough to survive the Month until this meeting," said Naruto looking around at those assembled.
"The guy on the first row is Baron Von Danger and his inner circle," said Yang pointing to the man on the lower level.
Baron Von Danger. A man who easily stood at 6' even, blonde hair, he wore the strongest. Floor 1 armor Stone skin, stone skin pants, and a Golem Slayer Broad sword. He was a member of the Knight class, but his title of lord was only a formal title within his guild. He was Lord of the most powerful Guild. The Elite Crest. A guild made of 80 players. The only requirement was that you had to be level 15 and have a +6 level Armor and weapon.
A clapping could be heard. Standing in the center of the Theater was a Young man with shoulder length blue hair, brown eyes, wearing a sky blue outfit. He was a Knight that utilized the Shield/Sword Combo.
"Alright let's get started people," said the man looking around. "My name is Diabel and I'm a Knight of the people,"
Everyone had a good laugh considering there was no one who would claim something so ludicrous. As the Laughter died down Diabel grew serious. Something everyone took note of and decided to listen to what the man had to say.
"Today a scouting party under my command found the Boss Room at the top of the Tower," said Diabel.
Yang and Naruto looked between each other as they heard this as muttered whispers broke out among everyone. Finding the boss room was a huge step beyond what most people realized. People were starting to become on edge thanks to being stuck on the first floor for over a month. Most talented people had cleared every quest within 3 week and were stuck with grinding/Farming in the areas they liked the best. Naruto had even went into the Tower alone and come back with ¼ of it mapped out. He would have stayed longer had he not run out of healing items.
Once the muttering died down Diabel went on. "We need to defeat the Boss to advance to the Second Floor, and tell everyone waiting in the Town of First steps, that it is indeed possible to beat this game," said Diabel.
"He's wrong," said Naruto as Ruby looked at him as he went on.
"What do you mean?" asked the Reaper.
"This stopped being a game when we became trapped thanks to Aris. If you think of it as only a game... Your going to die," said Naruto.
"... vide into parties of six," said Diabel.
Yang, Ruby, and Naruto were already in a party and it looked like most people came expecting something like this. Naruto spotted Others they knew. He saw Chaos, Havoc, Blake, and Weiss already speaking. In their party was another Youth. She was quite the looker and easy stood at 5'4" with a body that screamed modal with C-cup breasts, Long brown hair, full plump pink lips, wearing a pink Kimono with a white sash, a black choker, and blue sandals. She had no visible weapon marking her as a mage, support, or summoner. However it wasn't unheard of for Mage's to be able to use weapons, but normally light weapons like rapiers.
"Hey Kiritio! Asuna! Join us!" yelled Ruby catching both Kirito and a clock girls attention, but also their other friends.
Both walked over while Kirito greeted everyone, before turning to Asuna. "So you were left out as well?" asked Kirito smiling at the girl.
"I wasn't left out," said Asuna. "Everyone else already seemed to know each other, so I stayed out," said Asuna
"Solo player huh?" asked Chaos joining them with his group.
"Most solo players I know are information brokers who'd stay as far away from combat as possible," said Blake since she herself use to be an information Broker in a former RPG she loved.
"This is a bit different though," said Weiss. "We're not strong enough to Solo this Boss with a single party. This requires a Raid level Group,"
"Our group already has 5 members. If we take either Kirito or Asuna we run the risk of loop siding one of our parties. So both of you should Join up with Naruto's party," said Chaos crossing his arms.
Both Asuna and Kirito quickly joined up with Naruto's party as everyone quickly settled down. Once the Parties were formed, Diabel took the stage again. Just as he was getting started a orange haired man joined him on the stage. He wasn't very impressive-at least to our heroines- standing maybe 5'7 or 8", spiky orange hair and a gotee. He looked to be in his mid to late 20's, modded plate Armor over leather armor. Leather gauntlets, and armored chaps, on his back was a sword. This was a clear sign that he focused all his points on power and defense.
"My name's Kibaou, I got something to say before we take on the boss! Some of you here need to apologize!" yelled the Orange haired male.
"What the hell is is idiot talking about?" asked Chaos narrowing his eyes.
"Easy big guy. Sounds like he's just blowing fire out of his ass right now," said Yang putting a hand on the man's shoulder to calm him down.
Over the last two weeks Yang and Chaos had formed a best Friend type bond. They enjoyed flirting, but didn't want to take it anywhere. Mostly due to the fact that 'They weren't each others type. Ruby had known her sister long enough to know that while she was a flirt and a cock tease, she was honest with her feelings. Havoc was on the same page and knew the two of them would never go anywhere with their flirting.
"Apologize?" asked Baron leaning forward.
"That's right Baron. Some people need to apologize to the 2000 people who have lost their lives!" yelled Kibaou.
"Kibaou-san are you referring to the Beta-testers?" asked Baron.
"Of course I am! On day one this crap started they ditched us beginners and disappeared. They took all the good hunting spots and easy quests, so they could get stronger. Then they ignored the rest of us!" yelled Kibaou with passion in his voice, before glaring into the crowd. "I'm sure some of you are Beta testers!"
"I see." said Baron closing his eyes. "Your not wrong, but your, not right,"
Havoc narrowed his eyes at this. "This fools logic isn't sound proof... However sheep will still be sheep," said the younger of the Mayhem brothers.
"Truer words have never been spoken," said Blake narrowing her eyes at Kibaou.
"They should get down here, on their hands and knees to beg for our forgiveness! After that they can give up all the Items and money they've horded! Otherwise we can't trust them to protect us as party members.
Naruto narrowed his eyes at the dumb ass. Sure he was a beta tester, but he didn't to give up everything. In fact there were a grand total of 7 missions that ranked as hard on the first floor and if you were rocking a level 12 then you could hold even a Boss one-v-one. Naruto shifted his eyes to Kirito and saw him struggling. This was proof that he and ruby weren't the only Beta-tester in attendance.
"What kind of shit are you trying to pull!" yelled Havoc jumping up and making his way to the floor.
Kibaou looked at Havoc with something of a smug look. "So your a beta-tester? Are you here to grovel and beg for Mercy?" asked Kibaou crossing his arms.
"You got a few things wrong pal so allow me to clear the air, before I put your teeth down your throat. One: The only being I bow to is God, and last I checked you ain't God. Two: I'm not a Beta-tester. I'm just good at gaming unlike you. Three: If you intend to set all regular players against another set of players because they have a slight advantage, then your just a punk waiting to catch these hands son!" said Havoc getting in Kibaou's face.
Kibaou growled and balled up his fist. "What did you say you trash!?" yelled Kibaou.
"I don't know where you from, but were we come from those words get people stomped out man. I'd watch who you call trash!" yelled Chaos standing up. "My brother is a grown man and can fight his own battles, but he's still my little brother so watch what you say to him or your going to find out how we tear shit apart!"
The next few moments were tense, at least until another man stepped up. He was taller then both Chaos and Havoc, standing around 6'4" and chocolate colored skin, and well muscled, a bald head, but a black beard and no mustache, brown eyes, and a shiny dome. He wore tan armor over a black muscle shirt, leather chaps over white pants, and an Axe on his back, marking him as a warrior.
"My name is Egil. Kibaou-san, tell me if I have this right. Your saying that because the bata-testers didn't take care of them many beginners died? That they should take responsibility, apologize, and provide compensation to those still living? Correct?" asked the Large black male.
Kibaou swallowed a lump in his throat. "Y-yeah," said Kibaou.
Egil reached into his pocket. Most likely his auto-attachments, and pulled out a small brown book. "You have this guide book, don't you? It was provided for free at the item shop of all towns," said Egil.
"Sure I did. Every player got one," said the orange haired male. "Why?"
"It was compiled from the information given by the beta-testers," said Egil.
Everyone was shocked by this revelation. Kibaou from the look on his face didn't like where this was going.
Egil turned to everyone. "Listen, everyone had equal access to this information. And even still, many players died. I thought that the topic of discussion was what we could learn from their deaths, and how that can help us defeat the boss?" said Egil.
Kibaou gritted his teeth, before taking his seat. He know that he couldn't say anything to the larger male since he was right on the money about the information. The rest of the meeting was about the Boss Illfang the Kobold Lord. His weapons, abilities, minions, and Formations as well as what happens to Items. The Following day was the day that the teams would meet up. All teams would assemble in the town Square at 1130. As everyone else was gathering around Diabel to speak and praise him, Teams Naruto and Mayhem were already leaving the area.
"So what's your plan?" asked Naruto looking at Chaos.
"We be running drills for the next few hours. While the Strongest monster here is a Field Boss at level 14, we can still learn quite a bit from defeating it," said Chaos looking at Naruto.
"By the way Chaos-san who's the chick?" asked Kirito.
The girl smiled. "This Chick can answer for herself. My Screen name is Yuuki-onna, My true name is Haku. I'm a mage, but I'm also adapt at using a light swords," Said Haku bowing.
"She agreed to join our team and I for one and glad to have someone else to help cover ranged attack and healing," said Blake.
"1 ranged attacked, 2 magic users, a support/speed striker, and a Tank. Your formation is lacking my friend," said Naruto with a smirk.
"Let me see," said Havoc. "4 attacks, and one support Magic user. Your group is overly stacked with to many attacks and not enough support,"
Asuna's head shot up and even though they couldn't see her eyes they knew that she was looking at them.
"How did you know I was a mage?" asked Asuna.
"I used a Rare ability. Ability: Information Trade," said Chaos. "I traded Data with Naruto so we could make sure of our rolls in the coming battle. With us knowing each other's team data we can organize ourselves better. Think of us as one team devided into two parts,"
"Then shouldn't you share this skills with Diabel?" asked Ruby since she wasn't aware of her friend having this ability.
"I agree this information could help us all," said Blake turning to her friend.
"No. Kibaou got chummy with Diabel quick. Anything I tell Diabel might get to the little chiken shit. He's a fairly strong player, but his motives are foolish. Besides it will only work with limited numbers. There are going to be 58 of us in the room. Eight teams of six and two teams of five. Diabel will be leading the charge, but also the Central Strike Force. The main group if you will. They're going to deal the least damage to Illfang, but attack at the last moments," said Chaos.
"Why would he do something like that?" asked Weiss.
"He's Looking for glory. Information was leaked during the Beta about 'Last Hit Bonuses on Floor bosses for Ultra Rare Items," said Kirito. "It's not that hard to believe that he came upon this information before the launch. Aside from that he's looking to control the best people to form a guild of hero's,"
"We let him run things his way," said Naruto getting everyone attention. "We do our own thing. We stick together, but also watch out for the others,"
The two groups nodded as they made their way to a field and went to train.
Location: Floor 1
Place: Outside Boss Room
Time 1159 March 3, 2020
Diabel stood before everyone with his sword in the ground. "I only have one thing to say to everyone. Let's Win!" said the Blue haired Knight clutching his fist.
Everyone nodded, as he pushed the door open. The Room behind the doors was massive in scope. Nearly 100 yards long, with massive pillars every 10 meters, at the back of the room was a mass of red that stood nearly 15 feet tall, a 8 foot long red tail. A shield and axr in his hands. The handle of a weapon could be seen across his lower back. The monster let out a roar as the dark room lit up showering it in a rainbow of colors.
Illfang The Kobold Lord, Lv 15 (Raid Boss) (1)
Hp: 8000/8000
MP: 300/300
Three smaller versions appeared in front of him. All three wore full armor with War maces.
Kobold Sentinals, Lv: 10 (Party)
HP: 1000/1000
Mp 100/100
Illfang and the Sentinels began their charge, ready to end the foolish players who dared to challenge them! Diabel signaled the attack with a raise of his sword, as people started to attack! Groups A-D were attack groups, E and F groups were Support Groups, G and H groups were bombardment and healing, While Teams Mayhem and Naruto were Mob clean up. Diabel was already issuing orders to everyone and his strategy was working for the most part.
Naruto blocked an overhead strike from the Sentinel his group was fighting, before jumping back as Kirito and Asuna did a Cross Slash into it's Body dropping it's health. Yang ran forward, before sliding and kicking it into the air! Once in the air Ruby vanished and sliced it into pieces. Landing on the ground she turned to Naruto who nodded as they charged into the fray to help weaken Illfang. Ruby jumped into the air as Naruto followed after her.
"Skill Combination: Cross Cut!" yelled Naruto and Ruby as they fell past Illfang and cut into his Shoulders making his roar in rage, before dropping his second health bar by well over 300 points.
Havoc, Weiss, and Haku provided backup as Chaos and Blake took on the last one. While not strong enough to posse a threat to the Elder mayhem brother, it was better safe then sorry. Chaos blocked a strike with a Strike as Blake slid between it's legs and cut one off. Both jumped back as Haku activated her spell.
"Skill activate: 1000 needles of death!" yelled Haku launching needles into the Sentinel, Staggering it badly!
The Sentinel was impaled by several of these needles. Havoc ran up and did a rapid fire of his revolver into the things face, before it pixelated. As the final minion fell Illfang growled before throwing it's axe and shield away in fury! This shocked everyone as his health was still close to full on the last bar. Illfang began to glow red as his mana was building up!
Naruto's eyes widened. "EVERYONE HE'S GOING FOR AN AREA ATTACK! GUARD NOW!" yelled Naruto crossing his arms, at his words Kibaou focused on Naruto with a look of surprise.
Everyone did as told and not a second to soon Illfang exploded into a Aura of red bladed beams flying! This sent those closet to it flying, and dropped their health by well over half. Since the closet to it were Groups A and B, they took the biggest hits. Groups C and D were stunned by the attack!
"Bastard!" yelled Chaos before turning to issue orders. "Support group E, move in and help Groups A and B escape! Bombardment groups hit him with spells that will slow him! Everyone else Recover health! Prepare for the next attack and keep your guard up!"
Diabel looked at Chaos as everyone followed his commands. He knew the man was a sergeant in the U.S. Army, but he had no idea he could be so effective in battle. As Everyone recovered Illfang stood there with a Massive No-dachi in his hand.
"Everyone stand back. I got this!" yelled Diabel as he charge in his sword overflowing with yellow Mana.
Once in position he slashed at Illfang unleashing a Shockwave. Illfang unleashed a counter Shockwave that not only obliterated Diabel's own, but sent him into the air!Illfang Saw his change and began to hop along the pillars, before hitting the roof and flying at Diabel and slashed him across his chest! Yelling in pain he landed at the back of the Group. Weiss and Haku quickly went to the man and began to heal him, barely saving his life with 5 percent of his health. This effectively taking him out of the fight. Everyone roared a challenge, as Illfang renewed his attack with added strength and Aggression, effectively keeping people at bay!
Yang charged in and Throw out a smash punch into Illfang's stomach! Illfang turned to Yang, before grabbing her and throwing her into the wall! Yang gasped in pain, as the Floor 1 Boss charged at her with his blade ready to impale her. Just feet away from her Egil stepped in and batted the blade away as sparks flow! Kibaou charged in and managed to knock Illfang back with a sword swing of his own, before the two men were sent flying away!(2)
"Damn that thing!" yelled Yang as she pulled herself from the wall, falling to her knees. Lucky for the blonde brawler, her Auto Skill Battle Lust had kicked in and added a Defense, Critical, and Attack Bonus to her arsenal.
"That thing is tearing us apart!" yelled Weiss drinking a bottle of elixir.
"He has to have a moment were he's not attacking! That's our best chance to strike" yelled Kirito holding his sword at the ready.
"When he launched the Shock-wave!" yelled Ruby. "Just after he released it he was recovering!
"Remember what happened to Diabel! You'd have to either be crazy or a tank to handle that. And even still, that follow up launch after the Shock-wave almost sure kill," said Blake.
"99.9 percent sure, but even if there's a 00.1 chance at Victory we have to take it," said Chaos.
"What's on your mind Chris?" asked Havoc looking at his brother
"Something stupid. Kirito, Asuna, Naruto, Ruby! I'm going to take the attack head on! Once you see an opening take it!" said Chaos as he switched to a pair of Arm shields with blades on them that could fuse to make a bigger shield without his weapon.
"Are you sure that's wise Chaos-san?" asked Asuna her cape having been destroyed revealing a young woman with long strawberry blonde hair with a braided crown tied off in a small ponytail at the back, honey brown eyes, wearing a long sleeve white shirt, red vest and skirt. The only thing off about her was her pointed ears, marking her as a member of the High Elf race.
Chaos gritted his teeth. "No, but it';s our best shot! Weiss coordinate the attack down to the second! Blake... be ready to pull me out! This is gonna be a close ride.," said Chaos.
"Try not to die Chris. We still have to places to go after we leave this game," said Havoc smirking at his brother as he took his long rifle out.
"I got this Nick, just make sure you got my back. You ready Blake?" asked Chaos getting his shields ready.
Blake smiled. "On it boss," said Blake preparing to activate her own skill.
"We only got one chance at this people. lets not fuck it up!" yelled Havoc.
"GO!" yelled Weiss signaling their final attack.
Chaos was in front Of Illfang and unleashed a punch that was powered by Mana! While the Arm-shields were mostly for defense, they gave a +2 attack bounes to weaponless attacks. Illfang growled at what it considered a cheap shot, before charging his nodachi and unleashed a shockwave attack. Chaos quickly put the two weapons together and activated what had become his signature skill!
"Skill Activate: Iron Defense!" yelled Chaos focusing as much mana into the Shield as possible to stop the attack
The Shockwave hit the shields, but because of the buff Iron Defense his health was holding out on the attack. His health bar dropped into the yellow Zone when Illfang went for his finishing move, After hopping around on the Pillars he charged at Chaos! Just as Chaos was within range of his blade Chaos vanished and in his place was Blake her katana glowing knocking IllFang's blade away.
"NOW!" yelled Blake as she skidded to a halt.
Naruto, Ruby, Asuna, and Kirito were upon Illfang within seconds with slashes, blade-thrusts, and stabs! Naruto grabbed Ruby's arm and whipped her into the air at Illfang, once she reached her apex she began to spin like a top, before catching Illfang's neck and cutting into it deeply! This stunned the Boss! His health was very low now!
"ASUNA! KIRITO! DO IT!" yelled Naruto.
Asuna and Kirito began to switch between themselves as they slashed into it! Finally the duo slashed into Illfang, dropping his health to zero before he pixilized and vanished. Once the color of the room returned to dark blue walls, as small fire illuminated the Room.
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE CLEARED THE 1st FLOOR.
Everyone cheered as Levels went up and items were given out. Overall everyone was excited! This was proof that the game could be beaten!
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" yelled Kibaou drawing everyone attention as he pointed to Naruto. "You knew his attack pattern and didn't warn us! You must be a fucking Beta-tester! Diabel-san Almost died because of you!"
"How dare you accuse him without proof!" yelled Blake as her eyes became more animal like.
"Don't defend his actions girl!" yelled one of Kibaou's friends. "He's probably a beta-tester!"
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Yeah i'm a beta-tester, but that had nothing to do with Illfangs skill change. That's something that often happens in games," said Naruto.
"Your making a something out of nothing! We won, lets just head to the Second floor!" yelled Yang.
"Besides it was Diabel's own fault for charging at Illfang on his own. We had no way of knowing about what would happen!" growled out Chaos.
"He's not the only one that we need to address!" said Diabel slowly rising to his feet and glaring at Chaos. "You broke formation when you issued orders. It could have been disastrous!" (4)
Chaos walked up to Diabel and put a knife-hand in his face. "Don't go there with me son! I made a command choice in the moment! If you keep thinking of this as a game instead of your life, then you will die! The choices I made were the right ones!"
Kirito saw how things were getting out of hand and made a Choice that would forever label him a Solo player!
"heheheheheheh!" came Kirito's creepy laughter making everyone turn to him. He stood up. "Beta-testers... What noobs! Most of them couldn't even figure out the redesigned quests let alone the New Design of Illfang, but me on the other hand... I took on monsters with Katana skills on much higher floors,"
Everyone looked at him as hushed whispers went around. Diabel glared at Kirito. "Then your more then a Beta-tester! Your a cheater!" yelled Diabel pointing at Kirito.
Soon words began to get thrown around, until one word stuck out. Beater.
"Beater? Beater? I like the way that rolls off the tongue. That's what you can call me from now on. The Solo Beater!" yelled Kirito equipping the Coat of Midnight. "Sayonara everyone," said Kirito as Asuna followed after him.
Naruto grit his teeth in anger, before punching Diabel in the face and sending him flying. Several people ran to Diabel's defense weapons at the ready as Chaos, Havoc, Yang, Ruby, Blake, Haku, Weiss, and Egil got before Naruto. The two sides were ready to square off in a battle.
"If we gonna do this, then you best be ready for an to die," said Havoc.
"ENOUGH!" yelled Baron as he and his people got between the two groups. "There has been enough fighting today! We have just had a major victory and you plan to spoil it by fighting among yourselves!? It's best if we all proceed into the Second Floor and Cool ourselves off. I've already sent my people to alert the others of what has transpired here. Soon other player will venture past this empty chamber and know that the strongest players are working to clean the floors! The Front Group can not be so weak as to be divided on the Outside,"
Naruto sheathed his kodachi. "Fine... We'll work together with the other members of the front group, but if you think for one second I'll ally myself with a bunch of dumb asses you got another thing coming!" yelled Naruto.
"Agreed!" said Diabel glaring at Naruto. "And here I was going to offer you all spots in my New Guild that I was going to form after beating the first floor,"
Naruto turned and began to make his way out. "What!? an Outsider like me joining an idoit like you? Your crazier then I thought," said Naruto as his friends followed him out.
Ruby stopped and turned to the other players before sticking her tongue out at them before catching up to her people.
March 3rd 2020
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Fifty-eight players proved that it was possible to defeat the game. The only thing it cost them was trust in each other. Now the Front Ranks are Divided, between those who still think of it as a simple game, those who see the truth, and the one who chose to take the hate of all betas on himself. With 99 floors to go, tt has been reinforced that this was no longer a game. This was a fight for their lives
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And that's g game. This was a long write, nearly 2 days. This pretty much wraps up the Floor 1 Arc. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I know Haku came out of left field and she's not the only one. Two more people from Naruto are going to make an appearance. I won't say who, i'll leave that up in the air until they are revealed.
Leave lots of nice reviews.
A/N
1: Do not let the level Fool you. You could be a level 20 and if a Raid Boss is Lv 13 it could still probably wreak you. Raid Bosses are normally programmed to be able to wreak Solo players, even if their level is high. Rule of thumb if your going to Solo a Boss-Kirito- then at least be 20 levels higher.
2: Smash is a cross between uppercut and a Hook. Getting hit with one of those hurts.
3: It's possible to change between weapons during battle. if Kirito's Little demo against Gleam eyes was anything to go off of.
4: Diabel isn't a Beta-tester in this story. Besides that he was stupid and over confident in his own skill. Kirito said that he 'cared' about everyone. I call Bullshit. If he cared he would have told people he was a beta-tester instead of hiding it.