Chapter 14- Ragnorak: Beginning
This is the long awaited final chapter of SAO: Hunter & Prey as well as the start of SAO: Ragnorak. I apologise for how long it took to write this chapter and I will explain at the end just why it took so long for me.
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Sword Art Online. I do however own Mikael and all other OC in this story
The end of a virtual world something I never encountered until Sword Art Online. It was also something I never wanted to see after that since seeing such destruction of a beautiful world but yet little did I know at the time that I would be faced which such a sight once again. The day it started was just like any other day in Alfhiem Online the only difference was it my day off of running the Black Knights as I decided that the Black Knights should take one day off to rest themselves. During my time off I decided to spend time with Sinon and our daughter Kasai. It seemed that Kirito and Asuna had the same idea as they brought Yui over to Black HQ. We all were sat in the living quarters of the building as we watched Kasai and Yui play together. My attention was taking away from the scene by a sudden knock at the door. "Was anyone excepting someone" I asked Sinon, Kirito and Asuna. "Nope" they all responded. I then got up from where I was and walked over to the door. I looked through the peep-hole to see a familiar set of cat ears and blonde hair. "It's Argo" I said to Kirito. (I put Argo in this story after playing the game Sword Art Online: Lost Song since I couldn't find her in the anime after the Aincrad Arc) "I wonder what she wants" Kirito responded. I thought for a minute before in then hit as to why she was here. "Oh I remember now I asked Argo if she could any information on the new abilities and boss from the update" I told them. "Wait Mikael I thought your company was updating the game since you got the server from it previous company" Asuna said to me. "Yeah they do but I didn't want to cheat at this game so I told them to run thing like bosses and abilities by Amano to make sure their alright" I replied before opening the door to let Argo.
I then went back over to the coach as Argo came in. "Hey Argo how are you" I asked her. "I'm good Mikel, I got the info you asked for" she told me. (Yeah Argo doesn't say Mikael right since well if she can't Kirito name right then want the harm of have her do it for someone else). I then opened up the trade menu to transfer the menu to her. "There you go there is the amount we agreed on" I told her as she transferred the information to me. "Yep pleasure doing business with you" she replied . "Though I did learn something interesting while gather the information" she told me. "Oh and what that's" I asked her, curious as to what was interesting. "Well according to what players have been saying it would appear you have a rival gulid since a new guild has appeared and gaining members quickly due to their leader" she told me. "Who is their leader then" I asked. "Apparently it being lead by that idol named Seven. It's called Shamrock" she responded. "Seven why does that name sound familiar. Oh that right that the username of Dr Rainbow"I responded.(I apologise if she a professor instead of a doctor it just that when I play Lost Song that what she called as well as I apologise if her name isn't Rainbow but with the English subbed game she just referred to as Rainbow.)
"It sound like your familiar with her Mikel, could you be a fan by chance" Argo said trying to tease me. "Nope I not a fan of her it just I find her research into the virtual world interesting" I told her. "Also it seems that there is two interesting player in her guild. There's her bodyguard Sumergai who apparently has a OSS as well as was capable of beating Eugene earning him the title of Fourth strongest in the game. There is also her sister Rain who is a dual wielder and process a OSS called Thousand Rain" she told me. "Hmph that interesting. Wait you said Sumeragi is the fourth strongest so does that mean someone made a list of the strongest players" I asked her curious as to who was on the list. "Yeah I started to make a list after I noticed that a few player were really strong started popping up" she told us. "Oh so who is on the list then" I asked her. "Here the list so far see for yourself" she told me handing me a scroll. I opened it up and read:
Top Players in ALO
Mikael, Alias- Black Blade or Inferno Blade. Race- Salamander/Alf. Known skills- Dual Wielding, Unique Skill Guardian Slayer, Advance Fire, Lighting,Darkness and Light Magic. Gain top spot after beating previous holding Yuuki as well as claimed to have duel the Spriggan Kirito to a draw though truth is unknown. Leader of the Guild- The Black Knights
Kirito, Alias- Black Swordsman, The Spriggan Kirito. Race- Spriggan. Known skills- Dual Wielding, Advance Illusion magic. Gained the second spot after a duel with Mikael. Did hold top spot before being beaten by Yuuki twice. Known to have cleared the game SAO with help from Mikael and Asuna. Member of the Black Knights
Yuuki, Alias- Zekken. Race- Imp. Known skills- Original Sword Skill Absolute Sword. Gained Third spot due to losing the top spot to Mikael. Former member of the Sleeping Knights before disbanding and joined the Black Knights and being named as Second in command with Asuna.
Sumeragi. Race- Undine. Known skills- OSS One Handed Tyr. Gained Fourth spot after several witness said that he had beaten Eugene in a one on one battle.
Eugene. Race- Salamander. Weapon- Demonic Sword Gram. Gained Fifth spot after being beaten by Mikael, Kirito and Sumeragi but still remained the leader of the Salamander after his brother was forced to quit by the combined forces of the Cait Sith and Sylph.
After reading the scroll I passed it back to Argo and opened up the information about the update. "So it's seems you place me, kirito and Yuuki. Why exactly did you do that" I asked Argo. "Come on Mikel we all known the three of you are the strongest in this entire game. With Kirito having beaten Sword Art Online, Yuuki with her overpowered sword skill and you with your unknown skills and the fact your one of the most overpowered players I have ever met. It made sense to put you at the top" she responded. "Yeah it make sense but you are aware now that cause me and Kirito to get unwanted attention since now other players are going to look for us in order to challenge us to a duel" I replied. "So what I'm sure you and Kibo can handle anyone that comes at you" Argo told me. It was then that I knew that this argument was going to end. "Fair enough just next time you decide to do something like that just check that it okay" I told her. "Sure thing" she replied before she left the building. Once she left I decide to read what had come with the update. It read:
Alfhiem Online Update 3.5
To fellow players of our game we are sending this out to info you about are recent update to the game. We have decide to update the game in order to offer new content to both players who have been with us since the start of Alfhiem Online and those who are joining us now.
Now the first brand new content is what we have added to the races. While we have kept the original races we have added two new races to go along with the Alf races. These two races are referred to as the Fallen and the Chromes. These two races are similar to the Alf except for two things which are the wing colour and the spells. The Fallen have Black wings and use darkness magic while the Chromes have Sliver wings and use metal magic. Along with the two races we added something news to the races that are currently in the game and that it transformation. Each of this transformation will cause the avatar to gain a set of armour which will be the colour of the race as well as will increase the users magic capabilities by 20% however unlocking this transformation requires that players complete the quest 'Next Evolution.'
Along with this new transformation, each race will get brand new spells. These new spells go as : Salamander- Fire Breath, Lava Blade, Dragon Fire Fist and Scared Fire Beam. Sylph- Spiraling Wind, Almighty Wind, Levitation and Giant Wind Shrunken. Undine- Full Revival, Water Blast, Boiling Water Whip and Summon Kraken. Cait Sith- Lion Claws, Cheetah Step, Tiger Summon and Oculus Vision. Spriggan- Clones, Shadow Clone, Element Illusion and Field Advantage. Alf- Lighting Blade, Blinding Light, Guardian Summon and Holy Light Beam. (Right I am just going to skip to the weapons since if I keep going then this chapter will never end.)
Weapons updates: To combat the new bosses we have update the weapon system so that there are new skills which includes moves such as Galaxy Burst Stream(39 hit combo made up of fire and lighting strike), Moonlight Slash(A scared light Slash capable of paralysing bosses). The weapons have been changed to include weapon that are seen as legendary or scared as these weapon have special effect as well as are able to transform into a even more powerful weapon. We have also include a weapon to combat the Excalibur which is called Abaslon, a sliver blade capable of cutting down any opponent as well as is the only blade that will be able to finish off the final boss in the story mission.
Story Mission/Land Update: With this update we decided to launch a story mission for a play to complete since the grand quest has been beating already. This story is activated by beating the boss 'Mangi.' Also with this story mission comes brand new location which are Tartarus, Asgard, Acadia,Eden, Hel, Purgatory and Nelfhel. Each of these location will be opened up as you go through the story.
We Hope you enjoy the update and good luck with the story mission.
Once I was finished reading it I decide I would head out and check out the boss that was mentioned. "Well I going out then" I told everyone. "Where are you going Mikael" Sinon asked me. "Well I just read the update and apparently there is now a story mission so I am going to check the first boss of it out and see if I could beat" I told her. "Hang Mikael I come with you to help out" Kirito said. "Are you sure Kirito after all we don't know what this boss is like. I know that I may be able to beat it due to my abilities" I asked him. "Yeah i'm sure after all it better to have two skilled player then one" he replied. "Okay then, Hey zeon can you teleport us to the dungeon of the boss Mangi" I asked. "Sure thing sir, hold one minute" he told me. "Okay we are good to go" he said to me. "Okay let go" I replied.
(Time skip to the end of the battle)
The battle with Mangi was one of the hardest battle I had ever fought as after every quarter of health he would spawn a new weapon for us to combat but with a synced attack me and kirito were finally able to finish the boss. It was was the boss exploded that kirito began to collapse. "Wow I've got you" I said as caught him. "Thanks bro" he said. "Hey it seem we both got an item from the boss" I told him as I noticed a screen pop up saying I had received something called 'Scared Blade Calibur.' "Huh I would what next in the story mission" I asked. Suddenly the whole turned black as a being of light appear. The being said to us "Thank you brave warriors, due to you Mangi is free and allowed to return to us. However this is not the end as we need you help. The being name Ragnorak has awoke and is planning to destroy everything as we know it. The god which to stop him we are unable to as both Thor and Odin have falling ill due to being poison by one of Ragnorak minion disguised as a servant in order to stop us from stopping his master revival. So I ask of you brave warriors stop Ragnoak before he is back at full power in three months time. To do this you must defeat each of general, find the sword Abaslon, enter Tartarus and kill him once and for all." Once that was said and done the being disappeared. "Well this is just great" I said realise what had just happened.
End of the final chapter, Now on to why this chapter took so long to write well I just had lot on my plate as I just got the news that a family member has been diagonised with lung cancer and I have trying to get a job as well as every time I tried to write I had writers block but don't worry I am now back at writing and will be doing the chapter as fast as I can but they will take time to write. Any way we are now onto the fourth story which SAO: Ragnorak. If there is anything you wish to know anything about the story then please leave a review saying what you would like to know. Also I have notice I haven't being do disclaimers so now I will be doing those as I don't to get sued. Also I got rid of chapter 14 since that chapter isn't important but will pop up in SAO: Reality. Until next time.