"Hey Kirito, do you think we are ever going to escape this game? We have been on the frontlines for what felt like forever and everyone are slowly losing hope of ever escaping. If i'm being honest, so am I..."
Silence....
"Of course we'll escape, I'...
"As the leftover team, our target is the <Ruin Kobold Sentinels>, the boss's entourage."
"I know" I say a bit annoyed at Kirito explaining it for the fifth time today alone. 'It isn't that hard to understand, sword skill, switch and bamm, dead'
"You will use a sword skill to knock their poleaxes up. And the second you do, we switch and jump in".
"Switch?" Asuna asks confused.
"Don't tell me... Is this the first time you've ever been in a party?" I ask a bit scared, both on her and our own behalf.
" Yes" Asuna answers dryly.
And I sign.
"Kirito I'll leave this to you" I say letting out another big sign.
And Kirito just gives me a death glare, knowing I dumped the responsibility on him because I was too lazy to do it.
"Okay, so basically a switch is when you and a party member switch row, so if you are at the back while I attack in the front and I say switch either you or Rai-Rae switch with me, moving to the front to attack the monster and we'll keep doing this to keep the momentum going and optimize the attacking power."
(I'm not sure if this is correct, as I'm not that into playing Co-op games so I guessed based on what is shown and how it's used in the anime)
"Does that make sense?" Kirito asks turning toward Asuna.
"Yeah, I think so. So when you say switch either me or Rai-Rae change with you to attack right?"
"Exactly, I think you'll do just fine." I say, the hope slowly coming back to me.
1st Floor - Labyrinth: In front of the Boss Champers
We got though the dungeon fairly easily and are now standing in front of the doors of the boss room. I look at the doors while Diabel gives a final speech.
"Listen up, everyone. I only have one thing to say." He pauses, looking around at all of us. "Let's win!" he shouts, his voice filled with excitement and determination.
"Let's go" he says, pushing the doors open to the boss room.
"Here we go" I say, stepping forward, followed by Kirito and Asuna.
The door opens, revealing a dark room behind it. But the room isn't dark for long because the moment we step inside, the room brightens, revealing the Floor Boss jumping at us from above. As he roars, the name >>Illfang the Kobold Lord<< appears above the boss's head.
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The next thing that spawns is the minions. They are protected from head to toe in full body armor. They start to launch at us, but we are prepared.
"Commence attack" Diabel shouts, and everyone runs in to slash swords with the monsters. Diabel continues to shout orders.
"Squad A! Sinking water guild! Switch!"
"Here it comes! Crimson guild, block!"
"Sinking water guild, keep guarding and prepare to switch."
"Now"
"As you fall back, prepare to attack from the side!"
He then turns toward Kirito, Asuna, and me. "Squad D, E and F, keep the sentinels off us!"
"Rodger!" Kirito answers, rushing into battle. Raising his sword, he slashes the first sentinel that rushes his way, shouting, "Switch!"
Before I can move, Asuna steps in, her sword movement so fast I can barely follow even the end of her cape as she moves, shattering the monsters into blue pixels as she strikes it with her sword skill.
"ya go girly! Maybe you aren't as useless as I thought you were!" I shout to behind me while rushing towards the next sentinel. I could only hear a low grumble sound coming from the distance, but I intentionally ignored it.
As the blue pixels surround me, the boss releases a big roar, making the whole place vibrate. It indicates that the boss is on its last bit of HP, about to draw out the weapon that will be its final trick 'everything is going smoothly so far.'
But I might have said that too soon, because just then Diabel suddenly rushed in, saying "stand back, I'll go!".
'What happened to the plan to surround it with the entire group?' I think confused.
I look over and see Diabel preparing his stand. His sword skill charges, turning into a bright yellow, almost like wings forming from the tip of his blade. It looks like e phoenix ready to strike and bring the Kobold Lord down to his knees.
But instead of the usual Talwar, the boss draws a different weapon, one different from the beta test, and totally different from the one I designed. Because what he instead pulls out is a No-Dachi. 'How could a weapon meant for the upper floors be here?!' But I hurryingly cast the thought aside for now, because all I could worry about is the life of Diabel, who is still unaware of the danger coming his way.
"STOP!" both Kirito and I yell in unison. "It's no good! Get out of there! Jump back as fast as you can!" Kirito tries, but it's too late. The boss uses one of the nearby stone columns as a jumping platform, launching himself off. He catches another one and descends mercilessly upon Diabel, making a large slash diagonally across his body and throwing him across the room. Kirito quickly rushes over to his lifeless body, and I follow closely behind.
'Please... please let him be okay!'
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What do you think about my story so far?
I have finally reached 10 chapters and I can't believe I'm still going strong :D I usually get bored of things really quickly, so I didn't think I'd make it this far, it kinda surprised me tbh.
If you have any thoughts, comments, or suggestions, please share them, as I will be open to all of them, so fire away!
