⌜Chapter 17⌟
I have a purpose for going back, and that purpose was to motivate the players, but it's not a positive motivation, of course, I don't want to be a hero that would help them, actually, ever since I received a reward, my plans have greatly changed.
Death's in the novel or anime, is much lower because I was here, though about a thousand players still died, it was not so much as the original but now that I have more path to go, staying here will only slow me down.
The blessing, Unrivaled, gives me a lot of freedom, I actually read its full description and according to it, the maximum floor I could cross freely without fighting boss monsters was the 80th floor, the floor where the players of this game were able to climb.
Yes, I plan to climb up to the highest floor and level up there on my own, I'm not overestimating myself, but I already fought Fatal Scythe which has the strength of the 90th floor, and fighting powerful enemies will also hone my fighting skills.
What I want to fight is the boss of the 100th floor, if it is Kayaba, then I will beat the shit out of him then make him take out the real boss of the 100th floor, but if it was Tanaka guy, then I will also beat the shit out of him, then ask some questions, simple plan.
But anyway, the players I have been waiting for have arrived, all of them moving in a group, and almost all of them are front liners, I could also see some familiar faces, such as Kirito, Klein, Agil, Asuna and some girls who appeared on the anime.
Then as I saw a lot of these players, an idea came into my mind, I could not help but smile under my mask.
Everyone seemed excited but also cautious to enter the second floor, but they all stopped their tracks as they finally noticed me sitting on the stairs seemingly blocking the path to the second floor,
Everyone seemed to become excited as they saw me as if they saw their idol but unfortunately for them.
"None of you can proceed beyond this point"
My words echoed on their ears, all of them were dumbfounded by what I had said, it was silent for a while, but I didn't say anything and waited for them.
"None of us can proceed? What?"
"What do you mean?"
"Hey don't joke around! you may have cleared the first boss but don't be cocky!"
"You are just a beta tester! you took everything good for yourself!
There are two sides of groups that came into this place that I immediately noticed, one is the confused group which doesn't know what I meant and was thinking hard for it, the other was an angry and cocky group, they seemed to be angry for no reason and acting as if they are some important guys, I hate this kind of people.
"Silence"
I said in a low voice but was enough to be heard by everyone, the confused group immediately became quiet while the other group became more aggressive, well, whatever.
*Swoosh!
Everyone stepped back a bit as they saw stood up, not because I was intimidating but because I also took out my scythe which surprised them, I immediately noticed that Kirito and some front liners immediately noticed something and also put their hands onto their weapons.
"..."
(Kirito POV)
"You cannot proceed"
The man who cleared the boss said to us, I am very confused, what is he thinking? why is he doing this? I have many questions and wanted to know the answers, I couldn't tell his expression due to the mask, but I could only wait for him to speak.
"Are you done yapping?"
He finally spoke, which enraged the other players more, I don't get why are they angry, he sounds arrogant I know but that isn't enough to be angry at him, I mean he had already proved himself by clearing the first floor, it was not unusual to meet players who have a personality like this.
"Hey don't joke around! you may have cleared the first boss but don't be cocky!"
I heard someone shout.
"What makes you think you are above me? while I am fighting the boss monster? where were you? hiding in the corner sucking your thumb?"
He turned his head towards the guy that insulted him, the guy was very enraged as he heard that and shouted at him.
"Don't act high and mighty! you are a beta tester! you have better things than us! do you think we need your help to fight the boss!?"
I could not help but shake my head as I heard the guy, I have watched how the player in front of us fought the boss, I am not confident to fight that boss by myself, no, I could not win, especially when I saw its movement, it was very different from the beta test.
"Ho? well then, if you are so confident, then let's make it like this, if you want to proceed, you must fight me first, as long as you can hit me once, I will let you pass"
His words rang inside my head, and I immediately felt something dangerous coming from him, it was as if I was standing in front of a boss monster, without further ado, I immediately pulled out my sword, not just me but the others also pulled out their weapons.
(SAO - Boss Background Music Plays)
I started breathing heavily as I looked at his figure, he was just standing there, but I felt my senses giving me the warning to run away from this place, it was not just me, I noticed that some other players even fell to their knees, I don't know what is happening but this intense pressure that I feel, it's not just my imagination.
"Don't back out now, and give your all, or you may lose your life"
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Yes! rest tomorrow!
Quotes:
[The book of lies]
[Chapter 1]
[....I love you]