Sefia: Heyo! So we're back with chapter 2!

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"Hey.. What are you doing alone?" Vargas called to the girl. There was no response. "Do you want to join me in a party?"

"You already have one, don't you?" She replied quietly, averting her eyes.

"W-well…" He glanced at Lance and Eze, who were going together and then the other three together, then he smiled. "We're splitting up for this."

"Fine then." She muttered. "... Thanks."

"Alright, everyone! Let's go, for the sake of everyone!" Sodis roared, and everyone charged into the dungeon.

At first, there was nothing. Everyone braced themselves for the incoming of the monster. For a few seconds, everything was quiet. Then, a huge growl came from nowhere, and the boss came. Ridiculously huge, it was the size of around ten players.

Instantly, everyone charged towards it, both excited and frightened. Each managed to slash it at least once, before its health dropped to half. It grabbed its sword and slashed it onto the floor twice. An 'x' appeared on the floor, and any player near it was blown away. Those unfortunately standing on it were cut, causing around eight deaths.

Those alive were staring blankly and shocked beyond words. Vargas glanced at his friends, who were all not injured, but had debuffs on them as they were smashed against the walls of the dungeon from the force of the wind. He and Lava were one of the fortunate few who managed to stay away from the Death X. However, some who developed flying skills, that was very expensive, like Kanon were unharmed as they took off into the air. Usually players would level their attack, defence, recovery, health, speed, stamina and other basic skills, but some decided to use their points to gain skills that needed rare scrolls and items to unlock.

With high speed, Falma dashed forward, slicing the boss faster than it can respond but he soon tired out and used his last bit of strength to run away for recovery before the boss could attack him. Then, Eze and Lance charged up, double-teaming with the highest accuracy and strength, defending and attacking for each other. Atro backed them up and Magress shielded everyone with his nearly invincible shield. Selena attacked the boss with grace and Vargas pierced his sword into the boss, the sword bursting into flames and making the monster scream in pain. Lava pierced at the boss's eyes, temporarily blinding it, before everyone withdrew and were replaced with another wave while they rested. Just at this moment, the boss's health hit 25%. With a loud roar, it slashed everyone and more people died. Luckily, Vargas and team managed to dodge.

Since Lava and Vargas are of the same element, they decided that if they attack together, it would boost the attack power greatly. They put their swords together, side by side. Chanting something, flames enveloped them and their swords. They charged towards the boss, while everyone else looked at them in awe. Eze nudged Lance and chucked, "Don't they make a great couple?"

Smacking Eze in the face, Lance told him to shut up with a straight face, then turned back to watch Vargas and Lava fight. With just a slash, Vargas and Lava burst the boss into flames, until the boss was 10%.

The boss instantly threw down its weapon again, and waved out a katana. The six friends who cleared this floor before gasped. The boss was different from the betaed one! Only high-levelled bosses wielded katanas!

"I'll finish it off!" Sodis shouted, only to cut into half by the boss's sudden wave of its extended weapon.

"Wha-" Lava gasped as her cloak was torn away from her body, though she was unharmed. Instantly, everyone charged forward and slashed the boss together, resulting in around two more casualties. Soon, the boss exploded and sparkles rained down.

Everyone stood there, and in a few seconds burst into loud cheers and celebration. A screen popped out in front of everyone, with the banner "CONGRATULATIONS!" and the xp gained, as well as the drops. Selena was more than happy that she received a high-quality dungeon weapon drop, Lexida.

Just when everyone was celebrating, Grybe shouted across the dungeon, "Hey! I bet you knew the boss's attack patterns! How did you get away from fighting with perfection? Now you cost Sodis' life! How are you going to pay us for his loss, BETA TESTER?"

Shocked, Vargas and team turned. Grybe continued, "Admit it, beta tester! You knew everything, yet you wanted to watch us die!"

Lava gasped and glanced at Vargas, who was clearly more than angry, as he was radiating flames. Suddenly, he burst into a sick laughter and gripped his sword tightly.

"A beta tester?" Vargas laughed and swung his sword to defend himself against Grybe's attack, breaking his canon. "Don't put me in the same category as those newbies. Majority of the 1000 beta players in SAO did not even know how to level up. Unlike us, We six have covered almost all of the levels in SAO, so we have more information than any sane information broker."

Grybe just gasped as the impact of the flames made him fall down hard. Standing up, Grybe swung his other canon at Vargas, only to be blocked by Selena.

"Don't try your luck when you can't even win against a girl." she growled, grabbing him by his collar. "Just to let you know, if you do not want to die here, back off." she then stood beside Vargas with Eze, Lance, Atro and Magress.

Everyone else gasped and whispered among themselves, and turned towards him, looking at them with disgust. Lava however, just stood there, her emotion impossible to read.

"...Let's go, guys." Vargas muttered to the other five. They then proceeded to put on their armour, walking past everyone. Lava ran towards Vargas, but he just smiled at her and said, "You're good. If a guild comes to invite you, don't deny their invite." With that, he walked off, his friends closely behind him.