It was a calm day at our little hunting guild. There weren't any new places to explore and they weren't feeling going out to fight or scavenge. These were the days that they liked to sit back and play video games, watch anime and train inside the OASIS. They liked to talk about old times at their school where it was an entire class rather than just a couple of boys sitting in a longue. They were missing a lot of people from their class but it didn't really bother them. Wesley had just went and bought a SFC or Sentucky Fried Chicken which was a restaurant based on the Devil Is A Part Timer Anime because the real KFC didn't exist anymore due to IOI influence and the poverty problem. After eating some SFC, Danny and Wesley were inside the training dojo just taking out a bunch of robots. Wesley needed to work on his close combat fighting anyways and Danny didn't really utilize magic despite having speed and a massive polearm. Wesley practiced parrying and dodging and was minding his own business before the entire room as hit with a shockwave which he was guessed came from Danny. He had done an attack from Avengers 2 where Thor hit his hammer on Captain America's shield that created a massive impact taking out all the Ultron Bots.

"So that's why he chose a hammer and shield huh?" Wesley lightly chuckled to himself.

He walked over to Danny and said:
"That moves great but it takes too long to charge and can be easily countered. You need to use real magic. For example, remember when I did Dark Magic: Wave of Darkness? You need a move that either does a lot of damage but has a small blast radius sort of like a sniper rifle or an attack that can cover a lot of space but does less damage. You can't have both because their system only lets you choose the type of magic. You can do Direct, Blast, Defensive or Stun. You already have quite a lot of direct attacks and I see you want to create Blast attacks, but you have speed and can move up to Mach 20. You could easily defeat anyone in your path at that speed. You could probably do so in Mach 5."

"Oh okay, you're a magic expert. What do you recommend?"
"Well, when you were attacking Nidhogg at Mach 20, he was able to attack you. Shouldn't have seen you or stopped you at that speed but he was a mythical beast after all. You don't have any sort of defence, sure you got speed to dodge but your enemy can predict your movement. I think creating an afterimage move like Koro-Sensei or Goku does. You create fake versions of yourself that will bait your enemy into attacking and then you can quickly take them out with some sort of powerful move."

"I guess I could call it…"

"Ah, Don't worry about name now. Let's get to practicing the move."

Danny agreed as he prepared Orthos in his hand and stood in a fighting stance.

"Now I'll summon a robot that will attack your afterimage and you quickly counterattack."

The Robot charged at Danny as he created an afterimage clone. The robot's fist went right through the clone as it disappeared. He appeared right behind the robot in terrifying speed and grabbed his blade and pierced through his abdomen.

"That was great Danny, but the moves are too predictable. Keep practicing and adding to this attack. It definitely has lots of potential to create an instant kill opportunity."

The door suddenly shot open as Emile and Jonathan appeared. Wesley and Danny invited them over. Jimmy just logged in a few seconds after and joined right in.

"What are you guys doing?" asked Jonathan.

"Well, I was just helping Danny create a move to counter against attacks." replied Wesley.

Danny offered to show them as Wesley spawned another robot with the system controls. It charged at Danny and hit the afterimage as expected. This time though Danny didn't appear behind him rather than on top of the robot before disappearing again. He was nowhere to be found. Suddenly, four Danny's all charged at the robot which tried to defend but for some reason couldn't move. Surprisingly, all of them were fakes and the real Danny dropped from the ceiling and sliced the robot into two.
"Woah… That was certainly a change from the first time. Not only do you create four afterimages that seem real. You also somehow paralyse them."
"Oh, it was nothing. I just ran fast and sent an electric current through the robot that paralysed it. It wouldn't work on living beings."

"That was a pretty awesome move. What's it called?" asked Jimmy.

"Oh, how about Afterimage: Orthos Charge." replied Danny.

Everyone agreed on the name as it sounded okay for now. Not too shabby to say the least. Now that techniques came to mind, Wesley was pretty sure Emile and Jonathan didn't have any sort of magic techniques either. He knew Jonathan wasn't really a magic user but he knew Jonathan could attack with it. Emile, however, he wasn't quite sure.

He inquired: "Say, Emile. Can you use magic?"

Emile replied: "Yeah. Very little though. I only have about two hundred mana. I'm more of a sharpshooter, and that takes away all my concentration. I can use magic bullets that enhance the speed and distance of the bullet, but that's about it."

"I can help you and Jonathan create one. It'll only take about two hours and this is a rest day anyways. You can't slack off forever. We've had days to rest and recover in the OASIS and in the real world." I offered.

They both agreed, nodding their heads at the same time simultaneously.

I thought to myself: 'They're great with guns and melee. It's just magic that their lacking. Perhaps Tracing Bullets for Jonathan and Full Penetration Shot for Emile.'

I told them my ideas on techniques and they seemed pretty happy with my suggestions.

Jonathan seemed to get the hang of the technique relatively fast. He concentrated on each of the bullets and connected them to his mind before looking at the target he wanted to hit guided them with ease. At first he needed quite a lot of focusing, but with enough practice it'd be like stealing candy from a baby. Easy. As for Emile. He took slightly longer to understand the concept. It was hard at first, but he had something. He needed to focus on the gun and the bullet. He summoned up his mana and aimed through the scope. In front of him were about thirteen robots. Each standing still in a line. He aimed and held his breath. Once he felt his mana and rifle were one he held down the trigger. Instead of firing like usual. It created five circles of light in the air. A loud bang released and the bullet fired with such force that Emile's gun ended up pointing to the ceiling. The recoil on this thing sure was high, but that wasn't the focus. All thirteen robots had been cleanly penetrated with a massive hole in each of their chests. Emile was amazed at the technique he had just unleashed. Wesley ended up leaving Jonathan and Emile to practice on their own. Wesley was tired from teaching so he logged out of the OASIS and decided to play some video games in the real world. He was on this Assassination Game and was raging at this one level he couldn't complete. He decided to quit and went to take a shower after eating some fruit. Jimmy was gaming as usual. Emile and Jonathan were probably still training in the OASIS and Danny was yet again working on his cardio inside our virtual gym. He decided to watch some anime as he was tired and was bored. He finished a couple episodes of Soul Eater before deciding to sleep. Until he heard a ringing on the house phone. It was impossible… No… No one could have accessed this phone as it didn't have a number. Jimmy had tinkered with the phone for days after days, adding different firewalls and passwords to our network so no one from outside without our consent could call us. Somehow this mysterious person managed to bypass all of those firewalls with some sort of pro skill he had. Wesley didn't want to make anyone in the house right now freak out so he answered the phone.

The Voice laughed maniacally and spoke: "It's been a while hasn't it… friend?"
"Who in the world are you?" Wesley stuttered in fear of how we were located.

This was not good. We were found. We might need to relocate. Could it be IOI? No, that wouldn't be possible. They all vanished when Parzival collected the golden egg and when gunters began to hunt them down for the sake of revenge. The phone stopped… All that was left was the buzzing sound of our house phone… Should he tell them? Maybe tomorrow. They probably don't want to be bothered and some of them was in the real world sleeping. He shook his head before deciding to go to bed.

*Inside Dream*

"Hello…. It's been a while hasn't it… friend?."

"Who are you… Oh god.. Not you. The random guy on the phone…. I don't know you. How are you in my dream?"

The mysterious figure laughed like a crazy maniac. The same one that would haunt me forever. He was about my height which was pretty tall. Maybe slightly shorter. Perhaps slightly taller. He wore casual clothing that consisted of a shirt, jacket and some sports pants. He had a pair of sneakers. Which seemed pretty normal, but that wasn't what scared me. He had a mask and I mean a very scary mask. It was cracked but only on the mouth slightly and on the right eye. It had a glowing red eye shining. Scratch that. It wasn't glowing, just a red eye pupil. With the mouth exposed, you could see the figures teeth that seemed almost decayed like a zombie that just rose from the dead. He wasn't human. Or at least he was being controlled somehow. Like Bardock was in the lore of Dragon Ball Z. Forcing him to be the Mask Saiyan. Or it could be just decoration but I highly doubt it.

"You'll meet me eventually Wesley, again."

*Dream ends*

Wesley gasped as his friends around him surrounded him.

"What happened" He asked.

"You were just spazzing out on your bed. You went to take a nap after helping us practice our techniques and then we hear you screaming shaking and sweating. Are you okay?" asked Emile.

"Yeah. I'm fine. I just got a call from the House Phone. Which shouldn't happen."
"What House Phone?" asked Jimmy.

"Wait what? I guess the dark magic might just be getting to my head for some reason. I'm sure I'll be fine. I just had a nightmare about this guy with a mask sort of like Bardock who said I was his friend. I'm so confused. Who could that have been?"

"Don't get too worried. Danny had a dream and the villain was real but we destroyed him. Why wouldn't take out our new enemy?" Jonathan reassured.

"I guess you're right." He said, sounding calmer now.