Chapter 11

Dec. 31, 2022, 4:37pm, Floor 7 dungeon

"Saya look at the end of the hall. Do u see it?" I point to the giant doors in the distance.

"Looks like we found the boss room my lady." She replies.

"Wanna take a peek at the boss Saya?" I ask. She Nods and we run toward the doors . We push the doors open and look inside. The room lights up and we see the boss. He looks just like a desert bandit. I read his name, Judar ruler of the desert.

"Saya use your teleport crystal. Let's get out of here and tell everyone we found the boss room. " I teleport back to town and to the message boards."Saya meet me back here in a few hours." I say.

"Ok my lady, see ya later." She walks off. Players have started using message board to report when the boss room is located. Well the nice players anyway, some are greedy. Like the guy who found the boss for floors 5-6. He sold the information to the info brokers. As a walk through the town town I hear crying. l look over, and see a girl sitting on a bench.

"Excuse me miss, but why are you crying?" She look up at me then buries her head in her hands. "I'm sorry, I just hate it when people are crying." I sit down on the bench next to her. She looks up again and speaks as she wipes her tears.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry you saw that. I'm just really, really depressed right now." She looks back down.

"If you don't mind me asking. What has you so depressed?"

She tears up again and says. "I lost the only friend I ever had to this damn game. Oh and my name is Sakura. " This girl had it kinda rough.

"Well Sakura, If you wanna talk about it I'm here."

She looks at me. "Wait, I know you, aren't you Mizore the reaper. Your my inspiration to keep fighting. So, I will tell you what happened. It was about 5 days after the start of this death game. We were in the fields out side of the town near the boss tower. We were fighting the the enemies that were around the dungeon entrance. She got hit by one and it knocked her down. I quickly killed it and ran to her side. She looked up at me and said." I'm sorry Sakura, my hp is going down fast. I just wanna tell you, I will miss you. After gone you must live on. Also I let the monster hit me I can't take the pressure of this game. But I know you can, you were always better with things like this. Promise me you will live on." She shattered in to pieces before I could reply. So I'm living on cuase it was Hana's dying wish."

Wow this girl had been though hell. I could not help but feel sorry for her. But at the same time I wanted to help her. "Is there anything, I can do to help you?"

She looks up at me, and smiles. "You have helped me out alot, just by listening to me. I thank you for that, Shinigami Mizore." I couldn't just leave her like this. I think more then anything, this girl feels like she is alone.

" Sakura, what do you say to joining my guild?" I ask.

"huh? I thank you for that offer but, I'm not good enough to join a top guild." She replies.

"Hey you must be better then you think. I mean you are still alive, right? And I Wouldn't have asked you to join, if I didn't want you in my guild." she seemed a little shocked.

"Hmm, you make a convincing argument. Okay I will join you I guess."I get a look at Sakura as she stands up, she is really, really pretty. Slightly tanned skin, big blue eyes and snow white hair . She wears mostly white and pink clothes. A sleeveless martial art top, a skirt that went to her knees. Armor on her arms and legs And a head band. She also had a dagger on her back of her belt.

I pull up my menu and message Saya."Wait a moment, I just called my second."

After a moment Saya appears. "Yes my lady, how can help?" She asks.

"This is Sakura, she just agreed to join our guild. I want you take her and let her meet everyone." I reply. "Yes, my lady"

I'm gald I found Sakura. She has been through alot, and I think the guild would be good for her. I Follow Sakura and Saya to the inn. When we get there we make all the introductions. "Everyone this is our new guild mate, her name is Sakura. She has had really hard time in this game. We need to show her some love, she needs it. She uses a dagger to fight."

I look toward the direction of Akito." Akito since you use a dagger, I'm putting you in charge of training her"

Akito simply bows to me. " Yes master, it shall be done."

I look over at my newest family member. "Sakura I want you learn from Akito, listen to all he has to say. He is a great fighter and will make a fine teacher for you. She walks over and shakes Akito's hand.

"It's very nice to meet you, Akito Sensei."

He smiles and replies." Yes it's very nice to meet you, Sakura."

I look at Death, who was sitting on my shoulder." Yes girl, that sounds like a wonderful idea. Everyone, Death says that Sakura and Akito should have a duel. I think it will be a good way to test her abilities. "

Floor 4 Field outside Tsurihausu town, 7:32 pm

We all came down to floor 4. We were now in the field where we had capture the flag match. It seemed like the appropriate place to go, seeing as it has been where we have been training our PvP abilities since then. " listen up you two, when one of your health bars is below 25% the fight is over. Do I make myself clear?"

Akito and Sakura both nod. "Yes mistress" they say in almost perfect unison.

Akito pulls up is menu and after a moment, the duel request box pops up in front of Sakura. She accepts the duel and the duel time starts at 60 seconds. Akito takes that time to switch his dagger out for a different one. Sakura just kinda stands there waiting. I think after this battle, I'm gonna check her weapons and armor. When the duel starts, Sakura charges at Akito. He side steps and effectively dodges her attack. I'm guessing he must've seen that attack coming. He quickly turns pivoting on his left foot, and slices her in the back. The attack deals around like 100 damage. Sakura spins around and swings here dagger. Akito simply ducks to avoid the attack. Sakura quickly flips her dagger, and stabs downward hitting Akito in the back. He sweep kicks her and she falls to the ground. She quickly gets up by doing a dodge like flip and charges at Akito again . She activates as sword skill as she charges at him. Her dagger starts to glow as she moves close. He tires to dodge but is not fast enough, and gets hit. He quickly catches her off guard and stabs her in the stomach. He gets a critical strike and, her health drop down to about 60%. She actives another sword skill at close range and stabs him. Akito take the opening the she left from her attac. He shifts his weight and knocks her dagger from her hand. He sweep kicks her to the ground and pins her down, dagger to her neck.

"Looks like I win Sakura, though you're pretty good . I have to admit I didn't expect that some of thoses attacks. I can tell that you will be very valuable to the guild."

I turn to Saya. "Saya, I want you to take the others to the inn. I'm gonna talk to Sakura a bit."

I look towards Akito. " Akito as her teacher, I need you to stay with me."

Saya nods and walks off. The others follow close behind her. " Akito I need you here so u can can help me assess her armor and weapons."

Akito look at at her. "well let's see, her look is pretty cool to be honest. Those armor pieces on ur legs and arms a set, I think. Correct me if I'm wrong, though."

She nods " They are but, when I found the set. I thought the rest of it looked kinda weird . So I only used arm and leg guards. The rest of it is pieces from a few different sets."

Akito nods as she says all this." I see, well my I make a suggestion? I say talk to an armor crafter and get a custom made armor set. It just so happens that Nagi makes armor, so talk to him. I'm sure he can make you one similar to that look."

He pulls up his menu and goes into his inventory. He pulls out a dagger and hands it to her. "Here take this dagger, it's better then the one your useing now

." I box pops up in my interface. I look at it and see it's a message from Saya. I open it and start reading. "Excuse me for bothering my lady but it looks like the raids groups are gathering. I think is time to take on the boss." I look up Akito and say. "Akito, I need you to hep get Sakura set up with a room at our inn. I'm gonna go take out the boss with Saya."