The Will To Get Stronger

[You have leveled up!]

As you can guess, those "dungeons" summoned into the real world would spawn monsters if it was left alone.

Information regarding the dungeons are being stated in the system's general info.

It said that the dungeon would go on an outbreak and monsters would come out if you leave it alone for too long.

What a mess.

But I won't give up on anything.

I need to first clear the first floor, then go home.

The system said that the requirement to get out of the castle was to clear the first floor.

In other words, I would need to kill the boss.

*Slice*

I have been working non-stop since that day.

This appearance is undoubtedly my own face, when I was summoned, everyone was already panicking at the fact that their faces reverted back to their original state.

The monsters... They bleed.

Their body remains as a corpse rather than white particles if you don't press the "loot" button that shows up after they died.

After I clicked that Loot button...

*DING*

[Looting has been completed]

[You received:

• 2× dire wolf's fur

• 2× dire wolf's fang

• 1× wolf meat]

Soon after, the corpse turns to white particles.

It was interesting... But something has been bothering me for quite a while now...

I looked back at the corpses of dire wolves behind me.

I still could stab them, touch and even smell the fresh blood, whether it was on theirs or my own.

Then what if...

*Slash*

*DING*

[You received:

• 1× wolf meat (legs)]

The dire wolf's legs that I butchered are on my hands, dripping cold blood.

I could obtain the meat like this?

So the auto loot button is useless...

Oh well,

*Slash*

I guess we'll be here for a while.

Name: BallsDeep69

Yes, I watched the abridged version, and I love it.

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(A/N: refers to SAO Abridged)

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Lv24

COL: 50912

EXP: 1590/2110

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Agility: 116

Strength: 50

Blacksmithing: 1

Stamina: 50

Cooking: 1

Straight Sword: 91

2–Handed Blade: 1

Katana: 30

Rapier: 1

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Unlike the game, we don't have a player icon floating above our heads.

So if anything, it's impossible to know if you're a red player (player killer) or not.

Well, I've been at death's door before too... A dire wolf almost bit my arms off, but thankfully I killed it.

Some stats are separated from others, for example... The HP bar is permanently around the corner of my sight along with stamina points.

The Vitality and Luck stat is a stat that can only be increased by equipment.

*Zing*

The sword in my hand lights up in orange light. The skills in Sword Art Online seemed to change from the beta.

The sword skill that I use quite frequently was named 『Meteor Break』.

The same sword skill the main character of SAO used in the early game.

As for the other skills... I have no clue what to do with them. I mean I never tried to clear a floor in the beta since I thought I would never come back here, but now that that's the case, I should use my knowledge to become stronger.

WHICH IS NONE!

THE ANIME NEVER EXACTLY EXPLAINED TO US WHAT THE F*** HAPPENED WITH THE SKILLS AND STATS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Sword skills along with a few others are the only thing I know despite watching the anime.

WTF DO YOU MEAN BY BLACKSMITHING STAT???

SHOULDN'T IT BE A SKILL INSTEAD?

WHY ARE YOU A STAT IN THE FIRST PLACE!?

Katana??? Rapier??? Seriously!??

Now that you have the "Katana" as a stat, WHY DO YOU HAVE A UNIQUE SKILL CALLED 『Katana』!??

KAYABA, YOU MAKE NO SENSE-!!!!

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-Please standby-

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Okay, let's calm ourselves.

As you can see...

It's useless.

F*** it.

Upgrade anything you can, and don't follow other people.

At least I am grateful for one thing.

Yes, this "one thing" is something I realized upon looking at my stats.

The reason I was level 20 even on the first day was that this stats and name is my account that was created by the beta.

I tried asking some newbies in the town to ask their levels and skills, as well as telling them a few pointers with sword skills.

I even went and asked if they were beta testers.

Surprise surprise... I found a few of them were beta testers.

And of course, they had to start from level one, even though some of them reached level 8 already.

I was the only one with level 24.

The avatar from the beta was not deleted for some reason...

This is good.

I'm not talking about my levels.

Back in the beta, I was fooling around too much.

I haven't tried to clear the floor since I just wanted to have fun.

I'm the type who completes all of the side quests before killing the last boss, you see?

I end up enjoying the story with many bugs in it rather than fighting the floor boss.

*COUGH* I am casual, you're free to judge.

And that's when I met an interesting NPC...

I don't know who designed him but...

As soon as I approached him he attacked me.

After I defeated him he screamed...

"I just want everything! Why can't I have it... Everything! Everything should've been mine!!!"

Excuse me, wtf--- was my reaction to such an event.

I can't find that NPC anymore on this floor... But the rewards that I received through defeating him were still in my possession.

『Swordman's Greed』 - the player converts the stats and experience points of any enemies they killed. Levels and Stats no longer will no longer have a limit. In return, new skills provided by the system cannot be acquired asides from leveling up skills prior to receiving Swordman's Greed.

This Skill was the exact reason why I leveled up from level 20 to 24 only with a few weak monsters like dire wolves and boars.

What a blessing and... What a mess.

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Um? What's that? The main character?

Oh yeah! I met him.

Black hair, baby-faced, slaying a dire wolf in one slash...

Yeah, I met him.

*Stupid Flashbacks sound effect*

"You're..." He looks at me after slaying a dire wolf that went his way before.

The blood on his blade is still dripping freshly as he looks at me who is standing on top of the corpse mountain of dire wolves.

"I- I'm sorry, I don't know if this is your hunting ground---"

I stopped him from saying any further.

"Hey there! Are you a beta tester?" Ah... It looks like I'm being a bit straightforward... Smile... Smile...

"...No."

Bravo, Akihito, you're sus.

"Don't worry, I am also a Beater. Here, how about a friend request?"

*Ding*

The white screen appeared in front of him.

"... BallsDeep69?"

F*** me.

"Uh, yeah... My name! Haha... Nice to meet you. Are you going to level up here? Or going to the next village?"

I know he was going to go to the next village.

"If you're hunting I'll leave you be. Don't wanna take your Exps..."

"Ah, no! I mean... Yes but... It's fine. Excuse me but earlier you called yourself a 'beater'??"

That made me flinch a little.

"...we're Beta Testers, aren't we? Then we shall be the ones who beat the game. Either we clear that 100th floor, or come down to earth to protect our loved ones."

I smiled brightly, "That's why we're the 'Beaters'!"

"...y-yeah..." he reacted wryly.

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"Are you going to stare at that friend request forever?" I asked the Main character who was looking at his screen with the Yes or No option for 5 seconds.

"A- right!"

*DING*

He accepted my friend request. Probably because I was too pushy.

Good, now finally I can call him by his username...

"Well, Kirito-Kun..."

I inserted my blade back into its scabbard.

"Nice to meet you"

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To be continued.