"Tsk. Just how high is its defense?!"
An orange-haired girl complained as she thrusted her dagger to its skull once more. She's not alone in this endeavor since Kuroneko did the same just now.
Not long after, they got off the Skull Reaper, all the while avoiding its tail that was aimed at them.
"I see that you're still the same, heh." Kuroneko taunted the girl with a smirk on her face.
"The same goes to you. Who dresses like that in a boss battle?!" The girl retorted as she saw Kuroneko's gothic outfit.
Due to her Completed (Maxed Level) , she could now integrate the light armor on her normal outfit. Though it might look like her usual gothic dress, there are thin metal plates on it. It feels as if it wasn't there, but it'll definitely block a Level 90's attack with ease.
Swooosh-!
The bone tail did a clean sweep, in which they avoided it by leaping.
"Anyways... Will you two be free after this?"
"Why?"
Smiling, she said, "I found another treasure trove."
This girl, Philia, is one of the unique players in Sword Art Online. While others played for combat, she sought out treasures instead. Together with her good luck, she always winds up finding one in an average of 2~3 days.
Funnily enough, that's also the reason why she met Shiro and Kuroneko.
Once they entered the final place for a Hidden Quest, they were surprised that others came in. It led to a competition on whom will have the treasure first.
Since she fought against Shiro's massive EX Rank Luck, she lost. That time, it's as if the treasures came straight at his hands! In less than 5 minutes, he found it. Considering the maze that they have to get through, his luck shone brightly at that time.
Philia and Shiro encountered each other for a few more times until they decided quits and search for treasures together whenever they meet. Fighting every time they see each other is tiring, after all.
Her blue eyes scanned the boss room swiftly before seeing Shiro messing around with the Skull Reaper's tail.
Slash-! Slash-!
While the others annoyed it from the front, Shiro and another group annoyed it in the back.
Philia squinted her eyes upon seeing a single thing.
"." Shiro said loudly.
"Hai!"
Another girl switched into his place before thrusting her two-handed spear on the back of its tail. Then, a series of heavy thrusts followed when she used , something part of her Unique Skill .
Bam-! Bam-! Bam-!
Since Shinji used a two-handed spear instead of a two-handed lance, it belonged to her.
Gusts of winds originated from those strikes as it pushed the Skull Reaper back slightly and made it cry in pain. This moment was further used by the ones in the front to deal more damage.
[HP: 59,330/168,450]
"Why do I feel... something wrong with her?"
"Her? You mean, Sachi?"
"You know her?"
"Looks like you don't." Kuroneko replied with a smug aura. Before Philia retorted once again, she decided to answer this good friend of hers. "Shiro taught her guild before. That's how they knew proper martial arts instead of the shabby auto-corrects in this game."
"I see..." She muttered before giving up thinking about it for now. She saw something on her that she couldn't put her finger on, but she doesn't know what that is.
"Let's talk more later. Defeating this boss comes first." Kuroneko said with a strange tone. Though, it went unnoticed as they rejoined the siege once again.
*****
[HP: 0/168,450]
The moment the Skull Reaper had turned into countless blue fragments, almost everyone fell down due to exhaustion. Though, they were very elated due to their victory, making the room full of cheers once they saw the [CONGRATULATIONS!] prompt in the center of it.
"Yatta!"
"We did it! No casualties..!"
"Pfft! If not for Shino-san and Kuroneko-san throwing daggers at your backs, we'd become goners!"
"I-I know! That's why... I'm joining Kuroneko's fan club once we get out of here!"
"Same!"
"But you're already a part of Kouzuki-sensei's fan club?"
"What? A traitor!"
While the others messed around, Schmitt quickly approached Shiro. Bowing, he said, "Thank you for the help, Shiro-san."
"No problem!" He nonchalantly replied.
After that, he looked straight at the Chat Group members before they all nodded. They have two choices at this point, and based on Kirito's reaction, one would be chosen.
Only, even they don't know what they'll end up with.
Meanwhile, Kirito let out a smile as he thought about them becoming closer into clearing this game.
'25 floors left. After that...' He held Asuna's hand while he continued thinking, 'We'll spend more time together.'
However, he soon noticed something out of place - Heathcliff's HP bar. Being with him for a dozen times, he can confirm that his HP bar had never gone down to the yellow zone.
This gave Heathcliff the title .
'Weird. Wait a minute...'
His eyes.
He saw many players in the eyes, and most of them has a clear desire of beating this game. Then there's Shiro who expresses clear interest from his eyes whenever Kirito does something in accordance to the light novel.
As for Heathcliff...
He's akin to a god watching over mere mortals.
Kirito recalled something from their Duel before.
Shiro and he fought a couple of times before, thus he really got used to the former's reaction speed to the point that he overlooked one important thing!
'His maneuver at that time!'
If Kirito had learned something during their regular spars, it would be martial arts. Since he has a kendo background, he knew about the importance of balance.
At that time, Kirito pushed back Heathcliff. The latter is supposed to be defenseless when Kirito realized that his sure-hit strike got blocked by his shield. He never thought much about it before, but it's different now that he paid more attention to it.
'There's simply not enough time to react at that time. His balance went off, too.'
Simply put, something impossible had been done by Heathcliff.
There's also his surprised expression at that time, but it isn't one out of fear.
Chills ran down his spine, because if his conjecture is right...
"Kirito-kun?"
If he turns out wrong, then he's sorry. If not...
Wordlessly, Kirito stood up and used before charging straight at him. A trail of yellow light appeared before he aimed straight at the defenseless Heathcliff.
Nevertheless, the latter managed to react and used his shield in a hurry.
Clang-!
Unsurprisingly, his thrust was blocked. His actions weren't fruitless, however, as a single window popped up on top of Heathcliff's head.
[Immortal Object]
In an instant, everyone went silent. It's as if time froze at that exact moment, as the players couldn't react at what they've just seen.
Asuna muttered absentmindedly, "System-granted... Immortality?"
Meanwhile, Kirito saw the NEXUS members. He became slightly confused when they didn't show any looks of surprise, but he soon thought of something.
'If they weren't surprised, then it seems that they suspected Heathcliff early on.'
To be honest, he also did. But with the lack of evidence, he could only forget about it.
"Ever since I got stuck here, I couldn't understand one thing. Where is the creator of this game watching us?" He paused for a while before looking straight at Heathcliff's eyes. He continued, "There's nothing more boring than watching someone else play a game."
He thought of what Shiro had said when he asked him about this exact thing. His answer turned out to be the same as Heathcliff's intentions!
"Don't you think so, Kayaba Akihiko?"
*****
A/N: The Unique Skill is supposed to be , but I opted to use another skill since it wouldn't make any sense. First of all, is acquired after completing your Skill (based on the wiki). Secondly, its kanji form is 無限槍 (Mugen Yari). 槍 (Yari) can mean both spear and lance, thus the official translation being . Lastly, the info on the wiki might be incorrect since Reki phrased it as "Infinite Spear. It gets very very long. Spear completion". Thus, the unique skill on lances and spears will be (oc) and , respectively.
That's all, enjoy the fun fact of the day~!
Fact #38: Did you know that in Sword Art Online, there's a huge difference as to how Kirito found out about Kayaba's identity in the anime and light novel. In the former, all Kirito had is the flashback during their duel and realizing the sketchy move that Kayaba did to block his sword. Meanwhile, the latter has an entire page detailing Kirito's suspicions, from the way Kayaba looked at others to the fight that they had. It's also said there that the reason why he attacked Kayaba is to confirm his guesses; that he'll be sorry if he got it wrong. Then there's their fight scene, whereas Kirito became more desperate when he saw Kayaba blocking all his attacks easily.
PS: This is all in Volume One.
"Tsk. Just how high is its defense?!"
An orange-haired girl complained as she thrusted her dagger to its skull once more. She's not alone in this endeavor since Kuroneko did the same just now.
Not long after, they got off the Skull Reaper, all the while avoiding its tail that was aimed at them.
"I see that you're still the same, heh." Kuroneko taunted the girl with a smirk on her face.
"The same goes to you. Who dresses like that in a boss battle?!" The girl retorted as she saw Kuroneko's gothic outfit.
Due to her Completed (Maxed Level) , she could now integrate the light armor on her normal outfit. Though it might look like her usual gothic dress, there are thin metal plates on it. It feels as if it wasn't there, but it'll definitely block a Level 90's attack with ease.
Swooosh-!
The bone tail did a clean sweep, in which they avoided it by leaping.
"Anyways... Will you two be free after this?"
"Why?"
Smiling, she said, "I found another treasure trove."
This girl, Philia, is one of the unique players in Sword Art Online. While others played for combat, she sought out treasures instead. Together with her good luck, she always winds up finding one in an average of 2~3 days.
Funnily enough, that's also the reason why she met Shiro and Kuroneko.
Once they entered the final place for a Hidden Quest, they were surprised that others came in. It led to a competition on whom will have the treasure first.
Since she fought against Shiro's massive EX Rank Luck, she lost. That time, it's as if the treasures came straight at his hands! In less than 5 minutes, he found it. Considering the maze that they have to get through, his luck shone brightly at that time.
Philia and Shiro encountered each other for a few more times until they decided quits and search for treasures together whenever they meet. Fighting every time they see each other is tiring, after all.
Her blue eyes scanned the boss room swiftly before seeing Shiro messing around with the Skull Reaper's tail.
Slash-! Slash-!
While the others annoyed it from the front, Shiro and another group annoyed it in the back.
Philia squinted her eyes upon seeing a single thing.
"." Shiro said loudly.
"Hai!"
Another girl switched into his place before thrusting her two-handed spear on the back of its tail. Then, a series of heavy thrusts followed when she used , something part of her Unique Skill .
Bam-! Bam-! Bam-!
Since Shinji used a two-handed spear instead of a two-handed lance, it belonged to her.
Gusts of winds originated from those strikes as it pushed the Skull Reaper back slightly and made it cry in pain. This moment was further used by the ones in the front to deal more damage.
[HP: 59,330/168,450]
"Why do I feel... something wrong with her?"
"Her? You mean, Sachi?"
"You know her?"
"Looks like you don't." Kuroneko replied with a smug aura. Before Philia retorted once again, she decided to answer this good friend of hers. "Shiro taught her guild before. That's how they knew proper martial arts instead of the shabby auto-corrects in this game."
"I see..." She muttered before giving up thinking about it for now. She saw something on her that she couldn't put her finger on, but she doesn't know what that is.
"Let's talk more later. Defeating this boss comes first." Kuroneko said with a strange tone. Though, it went unnoticed as they rejoined the siege once again.
*****
[HP: 0/168,450]
The moment the Skull Reaper had turned into countless blue fragments, almost everyone fell down due to exhaustion. Though, they were very elated due to their victory, making the room full of cheers once they saw the [CONGRATULATIONS!] prompt in the center of it.
"Yatta!"
"We did it! No casualties..!"
"Pfft! If not for Shino-san and Kuroneko-san throwing daggers at your backs, we'd become goners!"
"I-I know! That's why... I'm joining Kuroneko's fan club once we get out of here!"
"Same!"
"But you're already a part of Kouzuki-sensei's fan club?"
"What? A traitor!"
While the others messed around, Schmitt quickly approached Shiro. Bowing, he said, "Thank you for the help, Shiro-san."
"No problem!" He nonchalantly replied.
After that, he looked straight at the Chat Group members before they all nodded. They have two choices at this point, and based on Kirito's reaction, one would be chosen.
Only, even they don't know what they'll end up with.
Meanwhile, Kirito let out a smile as he thought about them becoming closer into clearing this game.
'25 floors left. After that...' He held Asuna's hand while he continued thinking, 'We'll spend more time together.'
However, he soon noticed something out of place - Heathcliff's HP bar. Being with him for a dozen times, he can confirm that his HP bar had never gone down to the yellow zone.
This gave Heathcliff the title .
'Weird. Wait a minute...'
His eyes.
He saw many players in the eyes, and most of them has a clear desire of beating this game. Then there's Shiro who expresses clear interest from his eyes whenever Kirito does something in accordance to the light novel.
As for Heathcliff...
He's akin to a god watching over mere mortals.
Kirito recalled something from their Duel before.
Shiro and he fought a couple of times before, thus he really got used to the former's reaction speed to the point that he overlooked one important thing!
'His maneuver at that time!'
If Kirito had learned something during their regular spars, it would be martial arts. Since he has a kendo background, he knew about the importance of balance.
At that time, Kirito pushed back Heathcliff. The latter is supposed to be defenseless when Kirito realized that his sure-hit strike got blocked by his shield. He never thought much about it before, but it's different now that he paid more attention to it.
'There's simply not enough time to react at that time. His balance went off, too.'
Simply put, something impossible had been done by Heathcliff.
There's also his surprised expression at that time, but it isn't one out of fear.
Chills ran down his spine, because if his conjecture is right...
"Kirito-kun?"
If he turns out wrong, then he's sorry. If not...
Wordlessly, Kirito stood up and used before charging straight at him. A trail of yellow light appeared before he aimed straight at the defenseless Heathcliff.
Nevertheless, the latter managed to react and used his shield in a hurry.
Clang-!
Unsurprisingly, his thrust was blocked. His actions weren't fruitless, however, as a single window popped up on top of Heathcliff's head.
[Immortal Object]
In an instant, everyone went silent. It's as if time froze at that exact moment, as the players couldn't react at what they've just seen.
Asuna muttered absentmindedly, "System-granted... Immortality?"
Meanwhile, Kirito saw the NEXUS members. He became slightly confused when they didn't show any looks of surprise, but he soon thought of something.
'If they weren't surprised, then it seems that they suspected Heathcliff early on.'
To be honest, he also did. But with the lack of evidence, he could only forget about it.
"Ever since I got stuck here, I couldn't understand one thing. Where is the creator of this game watching us?" He paused for a while before looking straight at Heathcliff's eyes. He continued, "There's nothing more boring than watching someone else play a game."
He thought of what Shiro had said when he asked him about this exact thing. His answer turned out to be the same as Heathcliff's intentions!
"Don't you think so, Kayaba Akihiko?"
*****
A/N: The Unique Skill is supposed to be , but I opted to use another skill since it wouldn't make any sense. First of all, is acquired after completing your Skill (based on the wiki). Secondly, its kanji form is 無限槍 (Mugen Yari). 槍 (Yari) can mean both spear and lance, thus the official translation being . Lastly, the info on the wiki might be incorrect since Reki phrased it as "Infinite Spear. It gets very very long. Spear completion". Thus, the unique skill on lances and spears will be (oc) and , respectively.
That's all, enjoy the fun fact of the day~!
Fact #38: Did you know that in Sword Art Online, there's a huge difference as to how Kirito found out about Kayaba's identity in the anime and light novel. In the former, all Kirito had is the flashback during their duel and realizing the sketchy move that Kayaba did to block his sword. Meanwhile, the latter has an entire page detailing Kirito's suspicions, from the way Kayaba looked at others to the fight that they had. It's also said there that the reason why he attacked Kayaba is to confirm his guesses; that he'll be sorry if he got it wrong. Then there's their fight scene, whereas Kirito became more desperate when he saw Kayaba blocking all his attacks easily.
PS: This is all in Volume One.
