15 Chapter 14 - Entering the Knights of Blood
After some useless filler like Lisbeth and Silica, the 74th's floor opens.
*****
'A rabbit,' taking out a small needle, I launch it at it. Walking up, I see that there was another projectile on it.
'A pincer?' Suddenly hearing ruffling, I see Kirito coming out of a bush.
"..."
"..."
"Do you want to share?"
"Ok."
*****
"Kirito I didn't expect to see you in this forest."
"Umm, sorry. I was hunting some other mobs until I saw this S-rated rabbit."
"Nah it's fine, we can share. This meat needs a high cooking skill. Do you have the cooking skill?"
"...I can't cook."
"*sighs* So do I. Guess we have to ask someone. Do you know anyone that cooks well?
"Maybe my friend Agil."
*****
After a while
"Agil's cooking skill isn't high enough, but apparently he knows someone who can do it."
"Who is it?" I give a suspicious look.
"*sigh* it's Asuna."
'That bitch who gave me the title!'
"Can you contact her?"
"Yeah, I have her in my friends list."
"Cool so call her."
"Wait a second." Looking at his status, Kirito goes to his friend tab and messages her, "How high is your cooking skill?" Immediately, she answers she maxed it out.
"Kirito, ask her how much will her services cost?"
Typing, he asked and Asuna messaged with what material is she working with and if she could take part of it.
"..." both men paused.
"Hey, my cooking skill is almost high enough-"
"Hey Kirito!" Interrupted Asuna.
"Did you guys get a special ingredient? Let me take part of it!"
Both men looking at each other's eye, they took a deep breath and sighed.
*****
After eating the stew, Asuna invited us two to sleep in her house. I was sent to the guest room while Kirito got ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). Next day.
"Kirito, I challenge you into a duel!"
And in the most boring duel ever, Kirito obviously dominates the match and sends Kuradeel away. And fast foward to them fighting in a dungeon and eating lunch.
'I hate her, but her food's too good.'
Secretly in pain, the three of us map out the entire dungeon until we meet the ALS. They will probably demand the map to fight and come back stronger in the front lines.
"Kirito, don't give them the map. You're sending them to their deaths," I said.
"We should give them the map. What they are trying to do is commendable," says Asuna.
And Asuna wins because he completely fell for her. And I after a while, I waited for the scream.
"Did you hear that!"
"Let's go!"
Feeling annoyed, I follow them from a distance and Klein later joins in. We see the boss room door opened and them fighting with weak gear and levels.
"Use your teleportation device!" Kirito shouts
"It doesn't work!"
And seeing them die one bye one, Asuna rushed up Gleam Eyes with Quadra Stab.
"Asuna!" Kirito rushes to save her.
"Guess we don't have a choice," both me and Klein chuckle to support Kirito. However, Gleam Eyes was too overpowered and defeated all of us instantly.
"Klein, Asuna, Zhong Yuan! Just give me ten seconds!" And Kirito took his time readying up his duel wield skill and Dark Repulser.
'God fucking damn it.'
"Gear Switch!" And Shigemura replaced my ordinary sword and a bunch of poisonous twisted daggers appeared from my belt. Throwing these daggers, they inflicted the paralyzed and bleeding debuff. Klein, Asuna, and Kirito are shocked by the gear I wear.
"Kirito! Is this enough time?"
"It's plenty! Thank you Zhong Yuan and leave it up to me!"
Kirito rushed up to Gleam Eyes to started his special skill Starburst Stream. Getting his blades in a reverse grip, light coursed through his blade as he slashed his way. In the worst moment, it grabbed Kirito's Elucidator and attacked with his Zanbato. And quickly, Kirito pierced his stomach, making the boss explode into shards.
"A 16-hit combo!" exclaimed Klein. Everyone was excited in Kirito's duel except one person.
'Can my Taisha-Ryu compare to this?' I was wondering if my original skill could compared to the system's hero skill.
'I will one day surpass all of them...'
*****
Fast forward to the duel of Heathcliff and Kirito-
"If you lose this match Kirito, you're entering the Knights of Blood"
"And if I win, I get to take Asuna, right?"
"Yes, but however, I'm sorry Kirito. I didn't realize this would be such a big deal."
"I received a percentage of the fees."
"No. After the fight, you'll be a member of the guild. I'll treat this as a mission."
Heathcliff sends a duel challenge to Kirito and he accepts. Counting down from 60 seconds, the duel started with Kirito rushing. He slashes unpredictably, but Healthcliff accepts all of it.
"Is this all you can muster?"
"Shut up!"
Getting hit various times from Heathcliff's attacks, Kirito charges up his ultimate skill The Eclipse.
'Faster and faster!' With this is mind, Kirito manages to push away Heathcliff's shield and strikes down on his head. However, Heathcliff dodges with incredible speed and put Kirito's health to yellow, ending the duel. Cheers come from the audience, but Zhong Yuan watched with disgust.
'That fucking cheater.'
And then, Heathcliff made another announcement.
"The duel was pretty short-lived so I want to make a duel with another great solo player, Endless Prick Zhong Yuan.
'That cheater called me a prick!'
Entering the arena, I accepted the duel and waited for it to start. He told me the private rules that if I were to lose, I would enter his guild and if I were to win, I could stop Kirito from entering. I agreed and let the countdown start. Once it finished, I jumped back, throwing all the needles to him. Heathcliff, of course, just defended against it by using his shield.
"Gear Switch!" Shigemura and my arsenal of needles were finally shown to the public.
Rushing to him with my katana, I use my strongest move.
'Unyou: Speed of Death!' Slashing five times under a second, Heathcliff's shield is knocked back like what Kirito did.
'Eight Pricks of Emotion!' Putting my katana instantly in my scabbard, my belt positioned my strongest eight pricks I had and I threw them directly into different parts of his body so that even god couldn't avoid getting hit once. And then, I suddenly froze for a second and he covered his body with his huge shield.
'I got you!' I smiled and all the pricks landed on his shield, breaking his shield's durability.
***
What I did before the fight was infusing my emotion of feeling weak and guilty into these pricks.
[Trauma Prick]
[Needle/Throwing Weapon]
- Range: Long
- Type: Pierce
- Attack: 300-1200
- Durability: None
- Special Effect: Weakens equipment by 15%.
- Requirements: Zhong Yuan
***
*smash* *crack*
"I got you now!"
"Unyou: Slice!"
My sword sliced right through his abdominal muscles to his shoulder. And when I saw his health dropping, I forgot the fact that he still had a weapon. He used a normal one-handed weapon skill Slant and immediately chipped my health faster than his, causing me to lose.
'I lost?'
"Welcome to the team."
*****
'A rabbit,' taking out a small needle, I launch it at it. Walking up, I see that there was another projectile on it.
'A pincer?' Suddenly hearing ruffling, I see Kirito coming out of a bush.
"..."
"..."
"Do you want to share?"
"Ok."
*****
"Kirito I didn't expect to see you in this forest."
"Umm, sorry. I was hunting some other mobs until I saw this S-rated rabbit."
"Nah it's fine, we can share. This meat needs a high cooking skill. Do you have the cooking skill?"
"...I can't cook."
"*sighs* So do I. Guess we have to ask someone. Do you know anyone that cooks well?
"Maybe my friend Agil."
*****
After a while
"Agil's cooking skill isn't high enough, but apparently he knows someone who can do it."
"Who is it?" I give a suspicious look.
"*sigh* it's Asuna."
'That bitch who gave me the title!'
"Can you contact her?"
"Yeah, I have her in my friends list."
"Cool so call her."
"Wait a second." Looking at his status, Kirito goes to his friend tab and messages her, "How high is your cooking skill?" Immediately, she answers she maxed it out.
"Kirito, ask her how much will her services cost?"
Typing, he asked and Asuna messaged with what material is she working with and if she could take part of it.
"..." both men paused.
"Hey, my cooking skill is almost high enough-"
"Hey Kirito!" Interrupted Asuna.
"Did you guys get a special ingredient? Let me take part of it!"
Both men looking at each other's eye, they took a deep breath and sighed.
*****
After eating the stew, Asuna invited us two to sleep in her house. I was sent to the guest room while Kirito got ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). Next day.
"Kirito, I challenge you into a duel!"
And in the most boring duel ever, Kirito obviously dominates the match and sends Kuradeel away. And fast foward to them fighting in a dungeon and eating lunch.
'I hate her, but her food's too good.'
Secretly in pain, the three of us map out the entire dungeon until we meet the ALS. They will probably demand the map to fight and come back stronger in the front lines.
"Kirito, don't give them the map. You're sending them to their deaths," I said.
"We should give them the map. What they are trying to do is commendable," says Asuna.
And Asuna wins because he completely fell for her. And I after a while, I waited for the scream.
"Did you hear that!"
"Let's go!"
Feeling annoyed, I follow them from a distance and Klein later joins in. We see the boss room door opened and them fighting with weak gear and levels.
"Use your teleportation device!" Kirito shouts
"It doesn't work!"
And seeing them die one bye one, Asuna rushed up Gleam Eyes with Quadra Stab.
"Asuna!" Kirito rushes to save her.
"Guess we don't have a choice," both me and Klein chuckle to support Kirito. However, Gleam Eyes was too overpowered and defeated all of us instantly.
"Klein, Asuna, Zhong Yuan! Just give me ten seconds!" And Kirito took his time readying up his duel wield skill and Dark Repulser.
'God fucking damn it.'
"Gear Switch!" And Shigemura replaced my ordinary sword and a bunch of poisonous twisted daggers appeared from my belt. Throwing these daggers, they inflicted the paralyzed and bleeding debuff. Klein, Asuna, and Kirito are shocked by the gear I wear.
"Kirito! Is this enough time?"
"It's plenty! Thank you Zhong Yuan and leave it up to me!"
Kirito rushed up to Gleam Eyes to started his special skill Starburst Stream. Getting his blades in a reverse grip, light coursed through his blade as he slashed his way. In the worst moment, it grabbed Kirito's Elucidator and attacked with his Zanbato. And quickly, Kirito pierced his stomach, making the boss explode into shards.
"A 16-hit combo!" exclaimed Klein. Everyone was excited in Kirito's duel except one person.
'Can my Taisha-Ryu compare to this?' I was wondering if my original skill could compared to the system's hero skill.
'I will one day surpass all of them...'
*****
Fast forward to the duel of Heathcliff and Kirito-
"If you lose this match Kirito, you're entering the Knights of Blood"
"And if I win, I get to take Asuna, right?"
"Yes, but however, I'm sorry Kirito. I didn't realize this would be such a big deal."
"I received a percentage of the fees."
"No. After the fight, you'll be a member of the guild. I'll treat this as a mission."
Heathcliff sends a duel challenge to Kirito and he accepts. Counting down from 60 seconds, the duel started with Kirito rushing. He slashes unpredictably, but Healthcliff accepts all of it.
"Is this all you can muster?"
"Shut up!"
Getting hit various times from Heathcliff's attacks, Kirito charges up his ultimate skill The Eclipse.
'Faster and faster!' With this is mind, Kirito manages to push away Heathcliff's shield and strikes down on his head. However, Heathcliff dodges with incredible speed and put Kirito's health to yellow, ending the duel. Cheers come from the audience, but Zhong Yuan watched with disgust.
'That fucking cheater.'
And then, Heathcliff made another announcement.
"The duel was pretty short-lived so I want to make a duel with another great solo player, Endless Prick Zhong Yuan.
'That cheater called me a prick!'
Entering the arena, I accepted the duel and waited for it to start. He told me the private rules that if I were to lose, I would enter his guild and if I were to win, I could stop Kirito from entering. I agreed and let the countdown start. Once it finished, I jumped back, throwing all the needles to him. Heathcliff, of course, just defended against it by using his shield.
"Gear Switch!" Shigemura and my arsenal of needles were finally shown to the public.
Rushing to him with my katana, I use my strongest move.
'Unyou: Speed of Death!' Slashing five times under a second, Heathcliff's shield is knocked back like what Kirito did.
'Eight Pricks of Emotion!' Putting my katana instantly in my scabbard, my belt positioned my strongest eight pricks I had and I threw them directly into different parts of his body so that even god couldn't avoid getting hit once. And then, I suddenly froze for a second and he covered his body with his huge shield.
'I got you!' I smiled and all the pricks landed on his shield, breaking his shield's durability.
***
What I did before the fight was infusing my emotion of feeling weak and guilty into these pricks.
[Trauma Prick]
[Needle/Throwing Weapon]
- Range: Long
- Type: Pierce
- Attack: 300-1200
- Durability: None
- Special Effect: Weakens equipment by 15%.
- Requirements: Zhong Yuan
***
*smash* *crack*
"I got you now!"
"Unyou: Slice!"
My sword sliced right through his abdominal muscles to his shoulder. And when I saw his health dropping, I forgot the fact that he still had a weapon. He used a normal one-handed weapon skill Slant and immediately chipped my health faster than his, causing me to lose.
'I lost?'
"Welcome to the team."