Chapter 3- Sniper training
In this chapter Mikael takes on the Untouchable game as well as receives something that make him more determined to find Retribution and save Sinon. While Kirito logs onto Gun Gale Online to find the mess it had become as well as we learn abit about the man who is leading the players of GGO on a manhunt for Retribution and Mikael.
The Hunter- Mikael POV
It felt strange just how different Gun Gale Online was to that of Alfhiem Online but that was to be expected since Gun Gale Online was a shooter game while Alfhiem was a fantasy game. Yet still it felt strange since when I transfer from Sword Art Online to Alfhiem it was so familiar to me but this game had taken me out of my comfort zone. We continued to walk through the street of SBC Glocken until we eventually reached a large shop which had a sign that said 'General Gun Shop'. 'Well it seems the creators weren't that creative with the name of shop but this will make it a lot easier to get about and I could avoid another incident like back in Sword Art Online after all who name a blacksmith shop Red Rose' I thought to myself. "Here we are the general gun shop where you will be able to get any weapon you need at a good price" Strea told me. "Hey Sliver how much do you have on you after all you are a beginner so you probably haven't taken part in a match yet" Philia asked me. I opened up my menu to take a look and saw that I had over 1 mil credits but knew I couldn't tell them that otherwise they would I was a hacker who just stole another player account. "That much only 1000 credit" I told them, knowing that was the starting amount from when Sinon tried to convince me to start playing this game. "Well that enough to get you a weapon but not a good one which you will need in the situation we are in now especially with the threat of death looming over you" Philia told me.
"So how exactly do I get enough credits to buy a good gun" I asked her. "Well most players would simply log off and transfer money in the real world through the conversion system which you can still do since we can still log off as the guy said that he we die in the game we die for real but he didn't say we couldn't log out" Strea told me. I knew I couldn't do that since how was I going to explain how I transfer so much into my account without revealing who I was. "That is out of the question since I'm guessing you don't have that much to transfer" Philia said to me. "Your right I don't have much to transfer to this account as I have been saving up for an engagement ring for my girlfriend" I told them, not exactly lying I was planning on proposing to Sinon sometime in the future. "Oh did you hear that Philia he was going to propose to his girlfriend" Strea said as we entered the gun shop attracting the attention of the player in there before they went back to what they were doing. "Okay if you were going to propose to your girlfriend then why did you enter this death game then" Philia asked me. "Because my girlfriend was participating in the Bullet of Bullets before this happened" I told her. "Oh what was her player name maybe we have heard of her" Strea asked me excited. "Her name is Sinon" I told her causing the two of them to look at me in complete surprise. I notice that a player had turned his attention towards me. He was wearing yellow cowboy hat. His face was rough and he had a mustache.
He stood out due to the fact he wore brown boots and gauntlets, a red scarf, a yellow coat and brown pants. He stood up from where he was sat and began to make his way towards us but stop before he was too close. "Wait your telling me that Sinon the Ice sniper is your girlfriend" Philia asked me. "Yep we met in another virtual game then we met in the real world after a while we just met with one another and it weren't long before I asked her out. She knew about me and I knew about her. Then this happened and here I am" I told them while the man continued to eavesdrop on our conversation. "Wow that surprising to hear. Anyway back to getting you a weapon there may be a way if you can beat the untouchable game you could earn enough credits to pay one" Strea told me. "But Strea no beginner has ever beaten that game. Not even venture players been able to beat it" Philia said to her. "I know but it the quickest way to make money without going out into the field beside may he can beat it after that was that beginner had done it before" Strea told her. "Okay let do it" I responded to them. They both looked at me before nodding. As they walked on ahead the player who had been watching us inventive between us as he said to me "I know who you are." He said it so quietly so it was like a whisper. Both Strea and Philia stopped and noticed that he was stopping me from moving forward.
"Is something wrong here" Philia asked him. "Nothing wrong I just need to speak with your friend here for a minute. You two go on ahead this will only take a minute" he told her. "It okay Philia, Strea I will be fine" I told them as they then walked away, leaving me alone with the player. "Okay now that we are alone let get introduction under way. My name is Dyne. I'm guessing that you are Mikael, the player everyone is hunting" he told me in a whisper so no other player heard. "How did you know that" I asked him. "I am a friend of Sinon's and she told me about you. I was with her before this incident. So maybe you can shed so light on this situation and I might be able to provide you with information that could help you find her" he said to me. "Alright as far as I know this player is holding a grudge against me so he targeted Sinon to get at me but I don't know why he turned Gun Gale Online into what it is now" I told him. "Okay I believe you. Sino was taking part in the Bullet of Bullets before she disappeared. The Bullet of Bullets is held on a map called ISL Ragnarok. According to rumours there is a way to access that map located somewhere. When the Bullet of Bullets transmission was cut me and my team went to the south west area to look for the only player who knew where it was called Crimson but a player called Mammoth stopped us with duel Gatling guns. However, I was able to get a hold of this before he appears" he told me before opening up a trade menu.
I opened mine up and saw that he was trading a weapon to me. The weapon was called PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II. "What is this" I asked him. "This is Sinon's sniper rifle. She must have dropped when that guy kidnapped her and then he put near where Crimson was as a way of telling you that this you are on the right track. I can't use the weapon so I'm giving it to you in hopes you can use it but I want you to promise me something" he said to me. "What is it" I asked him. "When you find Sinon keep her safe no matter what" he replied to me. "Don't worry I will" I told him before re-joining Philia and Strea. "What was that about" Philia asked me. "Someone who had some information about where my girlfriend might be" I told her. "Okay but be careful that information might led you into a trap" Strea replied. "Anyway the Untouchable game is right this way" Philia told me. We approached a small building that was surrounded by a fence with a run way that was 30 meters long. Standing at the building was an NPC dressed to look like a cowboy. A player was stood 30 metre away from the NPC as a countdown began. "It seem a player is trying to take in on" Strea said. "This is a god thing it will allow Sliver here to see how this game works" Philia told me.
"How does this game work" I asked her. "It's simple a player tries to run toward the NPC while he is shooting at them. If you are able to reach the NPC and touch him, you will earn all the money that it says up there" Philia told me while pointing at the Untouchable sign. Underneath the sign it said '3,259,100.' "However you are not allowing to get shot once if you do you lose. If you make it 10 meters you earn 1,000 credits and if you make it 15 meters you earn 2,000 credits" Philia explained as the countdown reached zero. The player made it only 10 meters before he was hit right in the head. "Such ashame he was doing really well to begin with" Strea said. "Oh well anyway it your turn" Philia told me as I enter through the gate. A screen popped up saying 'Are you willing to play Untouchable? Cost: 500 credits YES/NO.' I clicked the yes button as the countdown appeared. "Wow look at that a newbie going to try" I heard a group of players say. 'Come on I can do this I just need to focus. I need to be fast' I thought knowing that would trigger my ascension. Once the countdown reached zero I ran as fast as a gust of wind. Then the bullet came at me. It was thanks to what was known as the Bullet prediction line which told where the bullet was coming from. I was able to dodge each bullet he fired with ease.
I soon passed the 15 meters' mark. "Wow he already passed the half mark" I heard Strea say. It was after I passed that the bullet became more rapid make it slightly more difficult. I notice that the gun he was using was a revolver and knew from a previous game that gun could only fire five or six shots before it would run out however he had already fired 12 shot which meant he was reloading quickly so if I had a chance to win then I would need to touch him while he is reloading. I was only about five meters away when he switched from using bullets to using plasma which was much more difficult to dodge but not impossible. As I was just about to reach him, I boosted myself off the fence to jump right over him as he went into rapid fire mode. Once I landed behind him, I reacted quickly and touched his back ending the game. Everyone was completely stunned as the NPC screamed out "NO." "He did it, he beat the game" Philia said surprised that I had did so. I saw the number below the title drop down to zero in a matter of seconds. I then began to walk away from the game as Philia and Strea re-joined me. "How on earth did you do that Sliver" Philia asked me. "Well it was just natural since in a previous game I played I had to dodge thing a similar size to bullet and plus I was able to see where the bullet was coming due to the bullet prediction line" I explained to her. "Well that makes sense since if you have experience then it would be easy" Strea said to me. "Anyway let get some equipment then we should follow that information you receive as that is our only led" Philia told me as she began to lend me back to the weapons section of the store. "So what weapon would you like" Philia asked me. "Well I want a weapon that won't weight me down to much as I rely on my speed as well as I want a weapon that's good at close range since it will cover this weapon" I told her. I then showed her the weapon I had received form Dyne. "Where did you get this" Philia asked me. "Well that player who gave me the information gave me this saying that it belongs to my girlfriend" I replied to Philia. "Hang on can I just check that one minute" Strea asked me before clicking on it. After about a minute Strea the said "Okay it should be fine to use." "What did you just do" I asked Strea. "She just checked your weapon for a tracker or virus since there are some players in this game that will do that" Philia explained to me.
"Okay so weapon do you suggest then Philia" I asked Philia. "Let see the lightest weapons in this game are assault rifle and a handgun. There are also the plasma swords which do well in close range combat. Wait this game you played previously" Philia responded. "It was a fantasy medieval game" I lied to them. "Well in that case the Plasma blade would suit you better than an assault rifle or hand gun" Philia told me as we walked towards the blades. I saw that they had selection of five blades so I chose the one called Kagemitsu G4 as it had the most power to it. I clicked on it and then something popped up on my screen saying: Bonus blade- Plasma Sabre(Black). A robot then came over to us and stopped in front of me before asking for my handprint. I placed my hand on the screen as it scanned it before the two handle appeared. I picked the two of blades and activated them. "Wow" I said as the blades appeared. There wasn't that much difference between the two blades except the colours as the Kagemitsu was blue and the Plasma Sabre was black as well as the Sabre had a hand guard made from the same thing as the blade. "Wow those are amazing" Strea said as I swung them about to get a feel of them. "Well let get some armour then" Philia on told me.
A few minutes later
We were finally done shopping for armour as equipped my new long coat that had armour on my shoulders and I wore armour my shirt. Philia was wearing hr new armour as well which was a blue coat and an outfit that showed off most of her legs and arms as well as her breast which I tried not to pay attention to. Strea changed into her new clothes which was a lilac colour, strapless dress with a black piece of fabric going across the breasts and down to her stomach, below an intricate coat. This coat is made up of violet and plum shaded components, reaching as far down as the hem of her dress but also leaving some area open which expose the dress below. Above that she wears a collar of the same violet of hr coat, outlined in lavender with a red jewel securing the collar in place. It appears that components that go over her detached black sleeves are connected to this collar. These components that go over the black sleeves appear to cover them completely except for at the wrist and hand where it joins her finger. She wears plum stocking, which have, much like the rest of her outfit, whoris erched on. They go up under the dress and are connected by something triangular. I tried not to stare at them since they were wearing revealing outfits. We each equipped our weapons as I put the Hecate on my back and my two blade to my side while Strea place her two desert eagles at her side and Philia strapped her plasma rifle to her back and placed a photon blade at her side. We then paid for the motorcycles that where nearby before we headed off.
The Prey- Retribution POV
"It seem that everything is going as plan" I said while watched the feed from the video cam of the little speech that was made in town. "Oh how foolish you players are, you call yourselves pros but me and Mikael are in league even you can't reach" I said to myself as I got out of my chair and walked to the prison cells. I stood in front of the cell that held Sinon. I pressed the button to the side of the cell which caused her to be teleported somewhere else. "Don't worry Sinon we will meet again when this death game come to an end" I said as I walked back to my throne room. I noticed that the video feed had change to recording of a player taking on some sort of game. "Oh what do we have here" I said as I saw the player at speed that were beyond the system. "Pause it right their" I shouted as the feed was paused and I got a good look at the player face. I recognised it instantly as this was the one player who could be a threat to me. "So you are finally here Mikael. You may look different to when we last met but I still can recognise me. Now is the time can you find me or will you fall to a death game" I said as I walked toward the window and out onto the wind deck. "It will be difficult for everyone else to find me but not you Mikael you are determined to find me. After all they believe I will be in the tower while in reality I will be in the sky on my ship the Drakon" I said as a gust of wind hit me. I smiled at how fun this was going to be.
The Legend- Kirito POV
It didn't take me long to reach the hospital that I was in during the Death Gun Incident. I was still deciding whether it was a good idea or not for me to return to Gun Gale Online after what had happened last time but I decide to do it when I knew what was on the line as it wasn't only my life on the line but also Mikael's and Sinon's and every other player who was logged onto Gun Gale Online. I entered the hospital and made my way to the room that I was in back during the Death Gun Incident. "Well I'm surprised to see you again, Kazuto" Aki said to me. "Yeah it surprised me as well to be back, Aki" I responded to her. "So let get this under way" Aki told me. I took my shirt off and laid down on the hospital bead as the equipment was set up. "Okay everything is ready to go" Aki told me. "Okay, Link Start" I said as I put the Amusphere on. I was soon logged back onto Gun Gale Online. I found myself at the first I spawned when I first logged onto GGO except this time there wasn't any players around. 'Strange you would thing so player would stay in town where it is safe' I thought. I then heard the sound of a bunch of motorcycle engines. I walked over to where the sound was coming and saw a group of players all on motorcycle zoom past. "Come on we need to find this guy as soon as possible" one of the player shout. The other then cheered in response. 'I guess this s what has become of Gun Gale Online when it was declared a death game' I thought to mysel walked through the city. I soon saw this group of people getting on motorcycles and saw that one of them was quite similar to Mikael. I tried to run to them but they were off before I got close. I the paid for a motorcycle and decided to follow them to find out if that was Mikael I saw.
The Judge- Arita POV
Me and my squad had been walking through the desert soon after my little speech in town. I wanted to believe that this other guy we were hunting was innocent but the fact that this guy who captured the Bullet of Bullets participate name him and told us that if we want to free them then we would need to find him plus even if I did believe he was innocent there was no way my squad would stop hunting him after what I said in town. For the time being I knew that we needed to find a way into the map known as ISL Ragnarok since it was the map the Bullet of Bullets was held on so it was mostly like the place where this guy would be hiding. I knew that this player who caused this was guilty and must be brought to justice. 'God I caused player to hate one individual without good reason. I have become my brother' I thought as we continued to make our way through the desert.
The end of chapter 3, I apologise for the wait but I was writing this along with two other fan fiction that will be uploaded next week. This chapter was interesting as I wanted to mainly focus on Mikael and him getting used to Gun Gale Online but I also wanted to set up where Retribution was and him sending Sinon away as well as Kirito joining Gun Gale Online and the character known as Arita. In this story Mikael, Sinon, Arita and Retribution are the main focus but I want to show how everyone else is affected. In the next chapter, Mikael and his squad enter their first gun fight as Kirito catches up with them while we learn where Sinon has gone, Arita learns something about the man he is hunting and the Rest of the Black Knights decide to help their commander. Also look forward to the fanfiction of Bleach- Lost Shinigami and SAO: Blood Knight.