Don't Own anything.
'thought'
"Speech"
"Tvs, Radios, and Text via book or newspaper... when those are around..."
A black-haired teen frowns as he slowly heads towards the meeting place one of his old friends told him to come to.
According to the friend list they should be riiiight.
He spies a blonde-haired girl waving at him. "Yo Ki-bou!"
She turns on a dime, darting into an alleyway suddenly.
The black-haired swordsman frowns as he quietly walks after her.
He comes to a dark alleyway, there are numerous crates stacked in almost a wall, the blonde in question sitting atop the stack with a smug grin.
"So... Argo. Did you figure out how she did it?"
"Sure did, Ki-bou~" she hums as she rolls backwards, falling behind the crates and assumedly landing on her feet, not that the black-haired swordsman can see.
He slowly follows her around the wooden half-wall, seeing her leaned up against the brick wall of one of the buildings forming this alley. "Do you got my dagger?"
"I do." Kirito nods slowly.
"Oh. Good. Here's how she did it, then." Argo smirks as she reaches a hand down to her side and grabs onto... nothing?
The brick wall rips outwards as a door is brought to the surface, causing Kirito's eyebrows to shoot up.
A secret shop?
"Here it is Ki-bou. Fortune's Favors."
"Hrn. I see." He mutters, looking over the door with intrigue, only for a small arm to be held out in front of him as he tries to walk towards it.
"Forgetting something?" Argo prods.
"Hm? Oh. Right." He mutters as he quickly sends the girl a trade request.
He places the dagger he got from the quest in the trade window and wordlessly hits accept.
"Thank you kindly." The girl smirks as she accepts the trade. "Noooow. I'm going to go level up. If you walk in there and close the door, you'll get an extra skill when you leave. See ya~ I'm going to go upsell the hell out of an item I bought. Buh bye~ Also. Maybe don't tell people about this place. I took so much care in piling up the boxes to act as a barrier. I'll give you a full rundown later on why we shouldn't."
The blonde girl turns and walks away, causing the wall to creep back around the door.
Kirito walks forwards slowly and places a hand on the invisible door handle, then opens the door itself.
On the other side is a black haired teen with red eyes.
"Welcome to Fortune's Favors. An interdimensional shop connecting my Japan to your death game. My name is Argo. I am the shopkeeper."
His eyes glance up towards the black haired swordsman's nametag. "So. Kirito. What can I get for you. Oh, and mind the door. If it closes, you'll get a bad headache as you adjust to this place."
"What do you sell?" He quietly asks.
"Anything you can easily get in a Japanese supermarket." The shopkeeper answers with a small shrug as he yawns and wipes his eye.
Kirito closes the door and pauses under a horde of alerts and warnings, clutching the sides of his head.
After a moment of migrane-like pain. He's fine.
"Chocolate?" He asks slowly.
Cacao pods were an excruciatingly rare drop from some of the plant monsters on floor eight, like, one in ten thousand... The beta ended before a chef could figure out how to turn them into chocolate, but technically speaking, Chocolate would be a floor eight item, right?
A candy bar is pulled out from under the countertop.
Chocolate Bar:
Sweet and succulent milk chocolate. A rich and extremely rare snack for any adventurer.
Reduces 'Hunger' by 10
Increases 'Luck' by 5 for 5 Minutes.
Increases the Cor mobs drop by 5%
Increases Cor dropped by five percent?!
That is... huge.
Mainly because of one thing...
The system rounds up to the nearest 'Cor'.
All the mobs on floor one drop like... anywhere from one Cor for the mobs closest to the town of beginnings, to ten Cor for some of the 'rarer' harder mobs.
To make back his money, all he needs to do is kill twenty-five Frenzy boar in five minutes.
And for someone like him? That's easily doable.
The higher luck means drop rates will increase.
The issue is that Frenzy Boars don't drop any items- Until someone gains the Tailor or cooking skill... one of which is now in the game.
With this guy, they could kickstart most crafting professions.
He already gave them cooking... with the Frenzy boar dropping both leather scraps and meat, he could sell those to an NPC and make even more money.
His eyes slowly stray up. "I'll give fifty Cor per."
He doesn't notice the surprised stare the shopkeeper gives him. "Done. How many do you want?"
"How many do you have?"
"Ten." He answers.
"I'll take them all." A single gold coin appears on the table, spoils from completing that hidden quest twice.
"Alright, thank you for your business." The shopkeep hums as he places nine more candy bars on the table
"Can I custom order something?" Kirito questions.
"Sure, I'll let you know if I can get it or not." Argo blandly announces.
"Sewing kits." The swordsman announces.
"Those will be expensive, I hope you know." The red eyed shopkeeper frowns. "How many do you want?"
"Five." He answers.
"I'll get back to you on the price." Argo lowly mutters as he pulls out a notepad and scratches something out and writes something down.
"Anything else?"
"Anvil?"
"Do you think I could walk into a supermarket and find just a random ass anvil to buy?"
"Huh..." I lowly hum as I look down at a box sitting on the floor of this hardware store.
"Blacksmith Anvil 60 KG"
"Well. I'll be damned."
"Argo-Fem." I hum as I lazily sip a soda, my feet kicked up on a couple boxes as I sit in the office chair I replaced the simple wooden stool with.
"Guy-Argo." The blonde girl replies. "You got the sewing kits I asked for?"
"I did. Also."
I point down at my feet, causing the girl to blink slowly and lean over the countertop, she tilts her head to read the words on the side of the box.
"YOU FOUND AN ANVIL?!"
I nod once.
"'Oh, Argo, I'll never find an anvil in the Japanese supermarket. That's ridiculous." The girl scoffs with a small smirk and an eye roll.
"Well, I didn't find it in the Japanese supermarket. I found it in the Japanese hardware store."
"Hardware store?" The girl echoes, a look of intrigue on her face.
"Yeah, I was looking to see if I could get some power tools that use batteries.
She lets out a low hum and tilts her head. "Those would be pretty useless until people start being able to own property."
"I also bought a bike." I announce blandly.
The girl freezes, seemingly never having considered that as an option. "Show me."
I rise to my feet point at the door which can't really open due to all the shit I have behind the countertop.
I slowly drag my finger to the side, causing the door to slide along the wall and pause beside me.
I open it, walk into my hallway-like room, and return with a red bicycle.
Her eyes skim the text of the bike, widening as she apparently finds something she likes.
"I want it." She demands. "How much?"
"Bikes are actually extremely expensive I've come to realize." I explain briefly. "I actually paid more for it than I did the anvil over there. I'd say... three thousand cor?"
She sharply inhales through her teeth. "That's steep. Really steep. Borderline impossible to get on floor one without scamming a lot of people."
I shrug quietly. "I could probably be convinced to part with it for five hundred and a future favor?"
The girl frowns slightly. "What kind of future favor."
"Something like 'oh, one of my customers is a farmer from this place. Can you find me a good 'unique' seed for him to grow that isn't a thing in the real world'." I announce as I sit the bike down.
"Ah. So in the far future, you want me to basically go out and grab an item you want from the higher floors. Alright Guy-Argo. I can do that."
She winces again. "But jeez, man. Five hundred. That's basically all I've got. Ah well. Deal."
"I've also got the fishing stuff, a single rod that comes with some lures, weights, lines, and all that jazz, then I've got the sewing kits you asked for."
"Oh? All ten?"
"Yep." I nod slowly. "I'll give you three for free if you promise to look out for any 'magical' things for me in that world. Keep in mind that this is a pawn and trade as well, so if you don't want to spend money, I'll take something like 'Mystical Divine Dragon Ore' or 'the tears of heaven' crafting material, in exchange."
"Alright, I really only need one to get mobs to start dropping leather scraps. Then I need to find someone to become a tailor."
Her eyes stray to the anvil as I sit three small zipper bags on the table. "And a blacksmith."
"I've already got someone in mind for a blacksmith." I admit as I sit back down,
"Lisbeth?" Argo asks.
"…" I don't say anything, a little surprised at how quickly she guessed.
"What? I've watched over this store for a little while now, she's the only person who comes here other than myself and Ki-bou."
"Well, yes, I was planning on asking Lisbeth to become a blacksmith. The last time she was here she expressed interest in becoming one, so I thought 'eh, it'll probably allow you people to survive better if you got a blacksmith early. I'll cut a deal with her to make me a sword from top class materials on certain floors, like one from floor twenty five materials, one from floor fifty, etcetera. "
"Having an early blacksmith would increase survivability. Drastically. Having our weapons and armor get to even plus one would be excruciatingly useful for the boss." The blonde agrees.
She falls deep into thought for a moment. "I need to see if there are any rentable spots in the town of beginnings for Lizbeth to set up for a while. I'm fairly certain there's at least a couple. It'll probably need to be made of stone, so it doesn't catch fire, and then after that, she'd probably need a lot of customers in order to pay for the daily store rent. So, someone would need to get the news out."
She looks up with a grin. "Alright. I'll sponsor her as well. Pretty devious. You'll be creating a blacksmithing monopoly; I hope you know."
She cups her chin. "Maybe I should do the same with a tailor."
"If you do, can you get me a deal for some armor? I'd imagine that a Floor eighty silk shirt protects far better than, like, bullet proof vests, and I am a super squishy little human in a world of supernatural creatures. Stat increasing items are also welcome."
"I got you, Guy-Argo." The girl smirks with a small thumbs up. "I'll get something made for you sometime... so at the very least you don't get got going to grab some milk from the store."
"I'm mildly worried as that sort of durability typically requires magic, which supernatural creatures can sense more often than not, but I've heard that the devils overseeing the town I am in are fairly chill, so it won't be a problem, I hope." I admit.
"So, just the five hundo for the bike and three sewing kits?"
"Yeah, plus the future favor and the agreement to be on the lookout for things I might be interested in." I nod slowly.
"Done and done!" The girl grins as she waves her hand, creating a gold coin.
I take the money and let out a long sigh of relief. "Oh thank god. I was reaching bankruptcy with my recent purchases. It's one hundred Cor per for the remaining tailor kits, then for the blacksmith thing, I've got a melting forge to go with the anvil, some charcoal, and a pair of bellows to heat the charcoal. Regretfully I won't be charging Lizbeth for it... so I should probably ask her for a good weapon sometime soon."
"Almost bankrupt?" Girl-Argo blinks.
"I started this business with ten thousand yen, and through the past couple of days or so, I've brought it up to one hundred thousand! At least until I bought the anvil and all this other shit. So. No new custom orders until I sell all the things you asked me to get."
"Gotcha. I'll be back for the fishing stuff and the sewing kits. I've just gotta make some money really fast. It should be pretty easy when I sell each of these kits for like two hundred Cor."
"Hey, as long as I get my own ridiculously overpriced upcharge, you can have your own." I shrug.
A sly smile crosses the girl's face. "I like the way you think, Guy-me. Anyways, stay safe from the werewolves~"
"You've got an anvil?! What?! I though you said it was impossible!"
"I mean, I don't go outside much. I thought to myself 'there's no fucking way that they just have an anvil sitting around in an arts and crafts store'. Turns out I'm both wrong, and an idiot." I grin with a small shrug as I boredly flip through the manga I bought.
Turns out that sitting in a shop with nothing to do... is really boring.
"Anyways, you said that you wanted to be a blacksmith? Very well. I'll make you one."
"H-Huh? But I definitely don't have enough Cor to-"
"Don't worry about the Cor, Lisbeth." I wave off. "I'm giving it to you as... let's call it an investment."
"An investment?" She repeats.
"I will give you this now, making you the sole blacksmith in Aincrad, in exchange for weapons in the future. I want one sword crafted from floor 5 materials when you make it to floor five, one at from floor twenty five materials on floor twenty-five, one at fifty, one at seventy-five, and one at ninty nine."
"So... anvil and the ability to get ahead of everyone else... in exchange for five future swords." The girl lowly notes. "Alright! I can do that!"
"Now, you are probably going to get contacted by another person who comes to my shop often sometime in the newar future, her name is also Argo, she said that she'll help you out. She's a Beta Tester, so she definitely knows more about the game than most.
"Alright..." The girl slowly nods.
The door behind her creaks open, causing her to stiffen and glance behind her.
"Heeeyo Argo-two." The blonde girl calls out as she steps inside, her eyes lighting up upon seeing Lisbeth. "Oh good! It's you. I heard this guy wanted to make you a blacksmith and using my vast knowledge of the game I'm going to help you out some!"
"O...kay?" The brown-haired girl whispers.
Argo does an 'Ok' symbol with her hand. "And we're going to make so much money. Then Guy-go here can actually afford some cool stuff. Like a gun!"
"I know for a fact I can't get a gun in Japan without making contact with the devils of my town... or like the Yakuza." I deadpan suddenly. "And I don't exactly want to make them privy to the nature of my shop quite yet."
"Smart, Smart." The blonde who shares my name nods slowly with her eyes closed. "Damn, there goes my plans of blasting away enemies from a safe distance. Anyways, I'm here to pick up the fishing stuff."
"Two hundred Cor."
"Yeesh. Nhhh you're such a bloodsucker Argo." The girl pouts at me.
"Remember. Floor twenty. This is legitimately such a steal for you."
She lets out a long dramatic sigh. "Fine. Ki-bou said he wanted to look into fishing, so I'll pawn it off on him for a future favor. Anyways, Lissy~ why don't you go and take that Anvil of yours and-" she pauses mid-sentence. "you did get her a mallet, right?"
"I did."
"Good. You'll gain the blacksmithing skill by hammering your Anvil ten times with nothing on it. Then copper ore will begin spawning on floor one, AND you can start upgrading weapons with crafting materials!"
A black-haired swordsman lets out a grunt as his sword glows blue, with an arcing slash he dashes past a large blue skinned boar, its red eyes glinting menacingly, a line of red is traced along its flank as the swordsman continues running, his dominant hand twisting slightly, as he comes to another boar his arm swings upwards, completing the two hit combo of the skill and cleaving the boar completely in half.
*Ping*
4 Cor Acquired.
1 Leather Scraps Acquired.
The swordsman turns, his feet merely just a blur as he moves to his next target, slashing it across its neck and moving on.
These boars can be killed with a simple slash if they are hit in a vital area. Sword Skills on the other hand just make it so much easier.
Two more boars fall as his ability comes off cooldown.
*Ping*
6 Cor Acquired.
1 Leather Scraps Acquired.
2 Boar Meat Acquired
With a simple slash, the final boar of the pack has been killed.
*Attention* Field Boss Spawning Nearby *Attention*
The swordsman barely ducks out of the way, avoiding the charge of a huge boar, about twice the size of the earlier ones, its fur a light white color and its glowing red eyes a deeper shade.
Ravenous Boar - Lv 2
Kirito cautiously raises a sword towards the boar.
Normally he wouldn't risk fighting a field boss on his own, but the Ravenous Boar's attack patterns are simple and easy to dodge.
With a squeal it rushes forwards attempting to trample the black haired swordsman.
Kirito sidesteps the charge and slashes it across the ribs, causing its health to dip slightly, by about two percent.
He only has like two minutes left on his buff so he should probably speed this along.
He watches the boar turn around and charge towards him yet again, as he sidesteps it yet again, he hits it with a four-hit combo, following after it and continuing to slash its haunches.
After around four more seconds of slashing he stops, the boar traveling just a little bit further before coming to a halt and turning around.
Its health has taken a noticeable dip dropping from ninety-eight percent all the way down to about seventy-five.
He darts to the side after another charge, sword igniting with a blue glow as he slashes the boar's side once, a blaring red line is carved along its flank as he remains static for a brief moment.
Mobility returns to his body as the skill cooldown expires.
Horizontal did about five percent... in that case, Horizontal Arc would do about eight.
Good to know.
He crouches waiting for the beast to turn around, hand tightly gripping his blade.
Another flurry of slashes hits its flank dipping its health below fifty percent.
He waits once more for it to return.
*CLANG*
His sword strikes its tusk, causing the boar to stagger to the side, its charge stopping completely and utterly.
His sword flashes across the hide of the beast as he circles it, making use of its brief window of stun to deal some nice damage to it.
Forty. Thirty five. Thirty.
The boar gains a slight red tinge as it lets out a snarl.
Kirito leaps once, avoiding the boar's tusk stab as it thrashes around, he slashes it across the back as he flips over it, his sword skill enhancing his maneuverability.
He manages to just barely parry the next headbutt after coming off cooldown, ducking to the side as he lands a light blow to the top of the boar's head.
Twenty five.
Twenty.
Fifteen.
Ten.
With a small flourish, his sword glows a deep blue, he slashes downwards, carving through the hog's snout, with a small twist, his blade is slashed upwards, cleaving through the entire head of the boar.
It glows briefly before shattering into motes of light.
*Level up!*
*Ping*
32 Cor Acquired.
Boar Cloak Acquired
x1 Boar Tusk Acquired
Kirito wipes his brow and slowly nods. That's level three.
This early in the game, Boar's Cloak is still a pretty rare drop, he should be able to get a reasonable amount from it at the auction.
In which case he can use it to buy some more stuff from Argo's store.
System Notice: A Player has unlocked Blacksmithing. Ore Spawns are now enabled.
"…"
*Ping*
His instant messages open.
11-8-2022
Argo {14:22}:
"Heeeeey Ki-bou~"
The swordsman lets out a quiet sigh and sends a message.
Kirito {14:22}:
"Was this you?"
"Was the tailor thing you as well?"
Argo {14:22}:
"Mmmmmmaybe! Hey, can you get some ore going. I'm going to sponsor the HELL out of this new blacksmith. The higher we get her smithing skill, the more we might not die."
"ALSO, I got my hands on a fishing pole, remember in the beta when you wanted so desperately to become a fisherman~ get me some ore and we'll call it even."
Kirito {14:22}:
"K. I have a route. Where should I drop it off?"
Argo {14:23}:
"Undecided. I'll ping a location soon enough. Stay safe, Ki-bou."
Well, it appears he is going to be grinding ore. Swell.
A muscular man with steel grey hair frowns slightly. Gazing over a message that he had just received.
System Notice: A Player has unlocked Blacksmithing. Ore Spawns are now enabled.
First Cooking. Then Tailoring. Now blacksmithing?
From his spot at the edge of a cliff, he gazes across the mostly empty city, Npcs of all sort slowly meander around on pre-programmed routes.
Floor two's main city, Urbus.
Being the creator of the game has some perks.
Such as being able to play on floor two while the rest are all on floor one.
The floor that blacksmithing, tailoring and cooking originally should have become available on.
Did the system decide that this situation was too dire?
five hundred people have already died. Most to Suicide.
Some to mobs, and... there was even a murder...
Some psychopath has already started killing people. In only a couple of days.
It takes all sorts, and a person's true personality comes out in dire situations.
Not that he can say anything considering that everyone is in this situation because of him in the first place.
Cooking, Tailoring, and Blacksmithing opening a floor early is no cause for concern. In fact, it might extend this little game of his.
He is willing to accept that. This wouldn't be fun if everyone died on the first couple of floors.
Immortal Object
Immortal Object
Immortal Object
He turns his attention back to the large hunched cows bashing their heads into his back, not so much as moving him an inch.
His sword glows a deep scarlet red as he slashes once, catching all three animals.
All three glow brightly and explode into motes of light.
He has done basically all of the quest he wants to do on the second floor. Now all he needs to do is wait for the others to reach this floor, then pretend that he is a relatively new player.
Heathcliff - Lv 7
Potentially difficult, considering his current level, but alas, him sitting away somewhere for a week or so won't be that boring. He could explain away his reason for not being at the floor one raid by endlessly grinding in a faraway corner of floor one.
Yes. That will do.
"Come on Ki-bou! You've got this! Don't be a bitch and break the line again! If I have to go get more line and hooks, I'll be PISSED!" A blonde girl exclaims from beside a fishing teen with black hair, a sole longsword on his back.
"it's harder than it looks, Argo." A black haired teen scoffs as he slowly reels back on the fishing rod, taking deep breaths, his feet planted in the dirt so he doesn't get yanked into the lake in front of him.
A small group has surrounded the two, not many that the blonde knows.
Some dude named 'Klein' and his friends, plus a few others that saw the group and decided to spectate.
"Almost..." The girl whispers as she peers into the dark waters, spying the object that slipped through their fingers four times now. "Allllmooooost."
A chest is tugged from the water, coming to rest on the dock the two beta testers are stood upon, causing cheers to echo out from the spectators.
"Soooo what have we got in here?" Argo questions.
"Let's see." Kirito mutters.
The two are partied up right now, every time Kirito successfully lands something, they get a shit ton of experience points.
The spectators come in close, watching the swordsman as he opens the chest.
*Level up!*
*Ping*
+500 Cor
"We've got... boots?"
Captain's Waterlogged Boots:
Someone tossed these fine boots into the watery depths ages ago. Mother nature hasn't exactly been too kind to them. Maybe an experienced tailor could fix them?
Durability: 102/102
Attributes:
Defense +46
+10% Swimming Speed
Requirements:
STR: 15
VIT: 15
AGI: 10
Dex: 10
"Damn. The stat requirements are wild." Kirito sighs. "The minimum level you can use these is-"
He does some quick math.
"Level fifteen."
He looks at his own boots.
Leather Boots +1:
A pair of leather boots made by the huntsmen at Horunka Village, they fit well enough and have been enhanced by a tailor.
Durability: 45/56
Attributes:
Defence +4* (+5)
Requirements:
None
Not a good comparison.
Leather Chest piece +1:
Some leather armor that all players spawn with, it provides ample protection for most weak attacks. This item has been enhanced by a tailor.
Durability: 31/50
Attributes:
Defense +10* (+12)
Requirements:
None
"Well, I mean, the defense they give do outweigh my current chest piece by like... four times, so I mean. Probably fairly reasonable."
He slowly stands and looks to the friend he called to help out.
"Here." He states as he sends a trade request. "This can be your payment for helping out."
"Thanks, Kiri-bro." The guy grins as he accepts the quest.
"Go see Ashley later. She'd probably like to see those boots. Besides the flavor text implies that they are broken in some way." He suggests as he brushes off his pants.
"Gotcha." Klein nods.
Kirito hefts his fishing rod again.
This is the third time he has leveled up while doing this.
This blows any form of level grinding he was originally doing out of the water.
If he keeps up this leveling pace, he could have used those boots himself.
He casts his line into the water yet again and waits.
After about three minutes, the bobber dips down into the water and the fishing rod begins to get tugged downwards.
Kirito pulls back ever so slightly and begins reeling in.
*Fishing Proficiency Leveled up*
Argo peers into the water as Kirito struggles against the thing on the other side of the line.
Suddenly Argo flinches back.
"IT'S A MOB!" She screeches as she slashes Kirito's fishing line with a black knife that has a golden crossguard, she turns, rushing away as the line slips into the water, Kirito following behind her.
Everyone nearby rapidly backs away from the pool of water as a large brown form crawls onto the bank. Its name is a blaring red with a skull beside it.
Titan Mudskipper - Level 28
"LEVEL TWENTY-EIGHT?!" Kirito hears one of the spectators shriek as they all begin to run in every direction.
Kirito looks back to see it...
Slowly shambling towards him?
Like, not that it's a surprise, considering how Aggro works, but... he is genuinely surprised how sluggish it is moving.
It's a large brown fish, dragging itself across the floor on its two front flippers, it has large bulbous eyes and a maw full of sharp teeth, it's roughly the size of a small building.
Argo stops running, her eyes glowing.
"YO! IT'S GOT A DEBUFF! WE CAN KILL IT WITH THROWING PICKS!" She screams.
Kirito shoots the girl a confused look, then scans it with his own analysis skill.
Titan Mudskipper - Level 28
Weary:
The Giant Mudskipper sees no worthy opponents; Its movement speed and attack speed are reduced by 95%. Special Abilities are disabled.
Others slowly look back, now a considerable distance away from the fish.
An anti-trolling countermeasure.
The system seems to have made sure that on floor one at the very least, these monsters are no threat to the new players.
Sure, it'll still one shot anyone who gets too close, but...
They can kill this...
They'll get so much exp from this.
Argo holds her hands out and takes a snapshot of the mob, rapidly typing out a message.
"How many throwing weapons do you have?" She asks suddenly.
"Like... thirty?"
"I've just asked Lisbeth to make a ton, soooo..."
With a simple trade request he is sent fifty more.
"You kite. I'll go collect my order." The girl grins as with a flash... she gets on a bike?! Where the fuck did she get a- oh. Right. Shop Argo.
Red Bike:
An almost otherworldly creation, the peak of technological advancement in Aincrad combined into one simple to use device.
Durability: 501/504
Movement Speed: +500%
Stamina Used while running: -25%
Has a small annoying bell that taunts all nearby mobs in a small radius when rung.
He places his fishing rod back in his inventory and slowly draws a throwing pick as she bikes off, covering CONSIDERABLE ground in a matter of moments.
At that pace, she'll reach town in a couple of minutes. Ridiculous.
He enters a throwing stance, briefly pausing as the pick begins to glow, as the weapon leaves his fingers, it sinks into the flesh of the large fish.
It doesn't even react to the blow as it continues shambling forwards.
Titan Mudskipper - Level 28
Health: 99.9%
'wait... it'll die in only one thousand hits?'
He strikes it again with another knife.
Health: 99.9%
Oh.
It didn't go down that time.
It's rounding its health down to the lowest tenth on the bar when in actuality its health is anywhere from ninety-nine point nine, to ninety-nine point nine-nine-nine-nine etcetera.
A quest has been generated:
Difficulty: INSANE.
Mud Skipper Terror:
A titanic mud skipper has been fished up from the lake of beginnings! Without someone putting an end to it, it'll terrorize this floor for the next few weeks! Someone HAS to stop it!
Objective:
Defeat 'The Terror of the First Floor' Titan Mudskipper: [ ]
Rewards: 15,000 Exp, 1000 Cor, ?, ?.
Kirito lets out a long slow breath, a small smirk appearing on his face.
Fifteen thousand exp...
That's enough to level him up two times in one go. Then there's the exp the level twenty-eight will drop on its own... plus the two hidden rewards.
'Terror of the First Floor' Titan Mudskipper - Level 28
Health: 99.9%
That title worries him slightly, but according to the quest, it won't despawn now.
The black-haired swordsman cracks his neck and readies another throwing spike. "Let's get this over with."
Well, here we are with another chapter! The Argos are scheming, the Kirito is grinding, and the Lisbeth is becoming an even better blacksmith than she did in canon due to being sponsored by not only one Argo, but two!
Then Kirito summoned a fish god.
This is going to be like the Adamantoise from FF15, isn't it?
Guest 001: Yep, no Saiyan this time. Nor DBZ in general until FAR later. Sadly, that means no Kaioken Rias, but oh well.
Tula Oh: I mean, he can't just NOT go to a hidden shop selling op items. He's too much of a power gamer and a min-maxer.
C McPherson: If the muse blesses me.
Ya boi: "Oi! You little shits! Stop dropping nukes on my house! Don't make me come out there!" (Under Breath) "PleaseDon'tMakeMeComeOutThere."
TabascoSlacks: I'm going to try and lean into 1 with maybe some 2, and with 3 happening regardless.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I'll see you later!