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4v100
Michael pushed the dungeon's door open and they sprinted into it, both grinning from ear to ear. Strea gave them directions as they ran and soon, they found themselves running down a long tunnel with a mass of at least a hundred players at the far end. As the players ran, one player in black, a spriggan if Kirito was right, sprinted onto the wall, speeding past the group he was following, and landed in front of them, stopping them. Michael grinned, speeding up and sprinting up one side of the wall, cheering as he passed over the group. Unfortunately, he hadn't noticed that the tunnel ended before the door, and just as he reached the opposite wall, his foot fell into open air and he groaned, crashing into the ground and rolling along until he stopped just past Kirito.
"Smooth," Kirito grinned as everyone else stared at him.
"Ah shut up," Michael grumbled, pushing himself up. "I just didn't want to show you up."
Kirito laughed once as Sinon leapt off the wall, flipping over and landing on top of Michael's head.
"Remind me again why I date you?" Sinon asked.
"Because I saved your life," Michael stated.
Sinon smirked, dropping to the ground behind him.
"Oh, that's right," Sinon smirked.
"Hey geniuses," the apparent leader of the guild spoke up. "You don't really think you three alone can defeat all of us, do you? There's more than a hundred of us."
"Honestly I don't know," Kirito grinned. "I've never tried something like this."
"Should be fun to find out though," Michael grinned, resting his sword on his shoulder.
"No matter how it turns out," Sinon agreed.
"Told you I could make her think like me," Michael grinned.
"I stand corrected," Kirito grinned. "You're both crazy."
"If you're chatting, let's see about that fun," the guild leader growled. "Mage corps! Blast them!"
Three mages in the back began to chant a spell and Michael grinned at Kirito.
"All you," Michael grinned.
Kirito grinned then looked back at Asuna and smiled as he rested his sword on his shoulders, the blade beginning to glow blue. Then, the mages fired three high-speed spells. Three purple spheres, three glowing blue arrows, and a single glowing white lance all shot toward them, nearly as fast as a bullet in GGO. Almost. The lance was first and Kirito easily slashed it, canceling it. Then, the three arrows and Kirito slashed all three as he did a back flip. Then, the spheres arrived and Kirito slashed all three of them as well as he landed, causing purple smoke to envelop them. It blew away after a moment and everyone stared in shock.
"Did he, slice their spells?" one of Yuuki's guild mates asked.
"He can really hit something moving that fast?" another asked.
"What was that?" the enemy guild leader asked.
"Any high-speed spell is still slower than a bullet from an anti-material rifle, you know," Kirito stated.
"G-Get into battle formation!" the guild leader shouted.
Several Salamanders moved to the front of the guild and Michael chuckled as Kirito opened his inventory.
"We'll handle these guys," Kirito said. "You guys go to the boss room."
As he finished speaking, Excalibur appeared on his back. Michael rolled his eyes as Kirito drew the legendary sword and the players in front of them shrank back at the sight of it.
"Stand your ground!" the leader shouted. "There's only three of them!"
"Four!" a familiar voice shouted from behind the guild as sparks began to fly skyward. "Although, you can't see me!"
"You're late," Kirito called out.
"Sorry," Klein shouted. "I got lost!"
Michael rolled his eyes and turned to the twenty blocking Yuuki's group from the boss door.
"Zekken, Berserk Healer," Michael called out, addressing Asuna and Yuuki by title in order to warn the twenty who they'd have to fight. "don't worry about those twenty. We'll take them too."
"Z...Zekken?" one of the twenty asked and Yuuki waved.
"Berserk...Healer?" another said and Asuna bowed.
"You could always be smart and let them through then fight us instead," Sinon reminded them. "It'd be more fun that way."
The twenty all exchanged worried looks before parting and allowing Yuuki's guild and Asuna through. Once they were inside, Michael laughed.
"And now, you fight the Black Swordsman and myself," Michael grinned. "Kinda wish I had a popular nickname."
"You could always use hacker," Kirito grinned.
"Hell no," Michael laughed. "Then no one would fight me."
Kirito chuckled as the twenty raised their weapons, watching Michael.
"You and Klein take the big group," Michael said. "Me and Sinon will handle these guys before coming to help you mop up the rest."
Kirito nodded and sprinted forward, the massive guild moving to meet them. Michael turned back around, sprinting toward the group. Three male Gnomes sprinted forward, one bearing a black battleaxe with an eye design between the two blades, one with a massive brown tower shield and a plain-looking arming sword, and one with a pair of morning stars. Michael laughed, ducking under a morning star and slashing the player before pivoting and blocking a slash from the one with the sword. He glanced back as the one with the axe swung at him and grinned, leaping into the air, allowing the axe to burry itself in the other gnome who staggered back, shouting in pain. Michael grinned, turning and splitting the axe-wielder up the front, killing him before catching the morning star wielder's left arm and throwing him into the sword-and-shield gnome. Then, he darted forward, sword enveloped in flames. He stabbed them both and an explosion enveloped the three, killing the gnomes. Michael rested his sword on his shoulder, turning to the other players who all stared at him.
"He's...he's the...Knights of the Blood Oath...second-in-command!" one of the players gasped.
"I heard he was really strong!" one of them shouted.
"He can't be that strong," another said. "We just have to swarm him!"
"I wouldn't suggest that," Michael grinned. "Actually, why don't you introduce yourself Sinon."
Sinon grinned pulling her bow back and aiming into the air, releasing an arrow.
"I'm Sinon," Sinon said. "Co-winner of the third BoB tournament in GGO."
The players watched the arrow as it arched down toward them and separated into dozens of arrows.
"Look out!" a player thought to shout, numerous shields going up.
Then, the arrows began to rain down, exploding and killing all but four of the players, who only barely survived.
"So strong!" one of the four gaped. "Who are you?"
"I'm Michael," Michael grinned. "And you, are my next four targets."
The four of them turned to run just as Michael's shadow shot out from under him, rising as his doppelganger on the opposite side of them. They all skidded to a stop as it began to walk forward and they looked to Michael who was leaning on his sword.
"Better pay attention," Michael warned.
The players turned back around as the doppelganger sprinted forward. It slashed two, killing them before the third blocked its sword and the forth attacked. The doppelganger spun around the blade, splitting the fourth before stabbing the third. Then, it returned to Michael and he and Sinon turned back to the rest of the guild, finding Kirito and Klein easily wiping it out, thanks to their skill and the very large power gap between them and the guild.
"This is almost boring," Michael sighed.
He sprinted into the fray, slashing any player he could reach and glowing arrows killed anyone he passed. After a few minutes, he cut his way into a circle that had formed around Kirito in time to see Excalibur smash through a player's sword and kill the player before Kirito spun, slashing at Michael, mistaking him for an enemy. Michael blocked it, his elucidator showing no sign of being damaged by Excalibur and Kirito raised an eyebrow.
"Sorry about that," Kirito grinned before spinning and slashing an attacker just as Klein entered the circle and Sinon flipped over the ring of players, landing in the middle of the three. "Looks like we're surrounded."
"Shame," Michael grinned. "I was hoping for a challenge. Klein, Sinon, please refrain from simply wiping them out using area of effects."
"Alright," Klein sighed. "It's more fun this way anyway."
Kirito grinned as Sinon stuck her tongue out at him. Then, she drew her dagger and grinned. Michael sprinted forward, slashing two characters and blocking a lance, then glanced sideways to see Sinon catch a sword in her bow, as the boss they had gotten the bow from had done to Michael, and pulled the player onto her dagger, killing him. Michael grinned, ducking under a slash and stood, splitting the character before his sword began to glow blue.
"This might be fun after all," Michael grinned.
He slashed three players then spun, slashing a sword to block it and slashed the owner. Then, he jumped, flipping over the players and removing two heads before landing and spinning, slashing two more players before a sword slashed him across the back. He spun, slashing the character then freezing for a moment. A lance sprouted from his chest and he spun, knocking the player into another before stepping off the spear and spinning, grabbing it and flipping the player over his head, slamming him down on another player as the player tried to attack. Then, he released the spear and stepped aside, allowing another player to impale himself on it as he tried to slash Michael from behind. Michael spun, slashing a row of them before spinning, blocking the guild leader's sword.
"You seem to be very good at mob battles," the guild leader said. "You redirect opponents attacks into each other. But let's see your one on one skills."
"You remind me of someone I knew," Michael grinned as he narrowed his eyes. "And I hated him more than anything in existence."
And with that, he shoved the sword aside, grabbing the guild leader and hurling him into the other players before slashing him, ice exploding out of the leader's back and killing several players behind him before the ice shattered and the leader followed suit. Kirito landed beside him a moment later, blocking a pair of swords and grinning.
"You kill the leader?" Kirito asked.
"He reminded me too much of Archon," Michael shrugged. "Count?"
"Lost track," Kirito said.
"Same," Michael grinned. "Bet I'm winning though."
Kirito laughed, shoving the swords away and slashing the players then stepping aside from a stab. Michael caught the spear under his arm and kicked backward, hitting the spear's wielder then flipped the spear into the air. He slashed two players who were trying to fight him together before catching the spear and smashing it into the side of a third player's head, flipping the player over other then hurling the spear, impaling him. Then, Michael spun, he and Kirito trading places in time for both to avoid a slash then kill the other's attacker. Both held their swords to their opposite side as they began to glow orange, then spun around each other, sending out a wave of flames in a circle that killed more than a dozen players. They stopped looking around. Klein, thanks to his swords special ability, was mowing down lines of players, and Sinon was expertly switching back and forth between slashing players, beating them with her bow, throwing her knife, and shooting players, retrieving her knife any time she passed it, which she was careful to always do.
The last ten players all stopped, backing away from the three and Michael grinned.
"So," Michael grinned. "Which should we hit them with?"
"You're the one who wants a title right?" Kirito asked. "You hit him with your strongest."
"Happily," Michael grinned.
His doppelganger rose in front of him and Michael stepped up beside it, both raising their swords.
"W...What is that?" one of the players gaped.
"It's a doppelganger," Michael grinned. "Just watch."
Michael sprinted forward with his doppelganger, each slashing a player across the chest. Then, they stabbed the next player. Two stepped forward stabbing at Michael and his doppelganger, one with a sword and one with a morning star. Michael and his doppelganger leapt over the players and split up the back as they flipped. Then, they landed on their feet, Michael's sword glowing white. He darted forward and slashed at one of the last four but his doppelganger remained where it was. The character Michael slashed died, followed by the next. Then, Michael stabbed his sword into the ground, leaning on it. He glanced at his doppelganger and the other two looked just as the doppelganger blasted through both and flipped, landing on the other side before returning to Michael.
"That was fun," Michael grinned. "Think they cleared the boss yet?"
"Not yet," Kirito smirked. "It'll let us know, remember?"
Michael smirked and rolled his eyes just as an announcement stated that the twenty seventh floor boss was defeated. They all walked to the door, pushing it open to see Yuuki's guild and Asuna cheering in the middle of the room.
"Hi guys!" Asuna shouted. "Come on! We're leaving!"
They all hurried over and went up the stairs to the next floor, stepping out into a large green field.
"Wow," Yuuki breathed looking around. "It's massive."
"We should head to the nearest city to save," Michael stated. "It's this way."
He flew into the air and the others followed him to the city. Once inside, they all saved their progress and Yuuki's guild and Asuna all teleported back to a lower floor to celebrate.
"I'm glad things worked out," Sinon said. "So, now what?"
"Now, I think I'm going to have to log out," Michael said. "I'm probably getting hungry by now."
Sinon nodded and Michael logged out.
Read and review. I want a title for Michael but I can't think of anything. please leave some ideas in reviews.