⌜Chapter 10⌟

*Huff! *Huff!

I panted heavily as I finally defeated the Fatal Scythe, fighting the fatal scythe was very simple, it was after all just a game, its patterns are the same, all of its attack sequences, it doesn't think but moves depending on how it was coded.

Though even if I say it was simple, this win was a very close one, but what could I say, I'm the best! now then, time to pick up the quest item I was looking for and do my own thing.

"... It's not here!? what? wait, here it i- what the F*ck? a fragment? and it's 1 of 12?"

I almost fainted as I saw it, now I know why it was actually an EX-rank quest, not because I have to defeat the Fatal Scythe but because I have to clear this dungeon many times, my quest is to collect the complete core of the Fatal Scythe.

And to get that I need to collect 12 fragments to complete the core, damn, I was very hasty, I shouldn't have accepted the quest immediately, with that, I laid on the ground pondering about life.

This quest is much hardcore than Dark souls, sighing, I stood up and picked up the item drops, huh? a dark metal? I noticed one of the items I picked was a very dark metal, it was a kind of material that I have never seen before.

"Inspect material"

[Adamantium]

My eyes widened in shock as I saw the name of the material, Adamantium! a thing that wasn't supposed to exist in this world, Adamantium is a virtually indestructible man-made steel alloy that does not occur in nature and whose exact chemical composition is a United States government classified secret.

And it's from the MCU, not SAO, I couldn't help but scratch my head as I saw this, it was said that Adamantium is a metal that is even stronger than Vibranium, the material that was used in creating Black Phanters suit.

I forgot which guy used the Adamantium but adamantium was an indestructible material, I don't know what is this thing doing here but this is a chance for me, I could use this to upgrade my scythe in the future.

Now I have a better reason to clear this dungeon many times, with that, I started my grinding, the drop rates of the items were very low, the fragments were hard to come by and Adamantium was even rarer.

In the end, it took me 1 and a half months, but I was sure that if the times I died were added then it would probably have taken a decade.

Ugh... I feel so tired not physically but mentally, I want to sleep and take a rest for at least a day...

Finally coming out of that hell hole, I met the sun again after a long time, to be honest, I could have rested but I didn't want to waste any time and did it all in one go without resting and leaving.

I'm also tired of eating crayfish and frog meat, I already got sick of eating those things, anyway, I have completed gathering all of the fragments and finally formed the Fatal Scythe core, I also got 3 pieces of adamantium.

Yes, only that much after hunting the fatal scythe a long time, also I was stupid for my first tries since I could take an item with me when I die, I could have killed myself after I killed the Fatal Scythe but my stupid ass went back to the entrance and cleared it from there.

I want to smack myself that time, so yeah, that was one of the reasons why it took me a long time to finish my missions, well whatever, at least I was able to finish it.

Anyway, smelling the fresh air once again, I felt energized, looking around, I could see a lot of players walking around the streets of the town of beginnings, speaking of which, did the players find the boss room? that was what I'm interested in.

From what I remember in the anime, it took them two months to find the boss room, if not then I would be lucky, if they already found it, I could only join them, I'm sure they haven't cleared it yet because there will be an announcement if they cleared the first floor.

Anyway, since they haven't found the boss yet, I needed to be fast, I immediately went towards where I found the NPC and gave him the quest item.

[Oh, so you got it]

I didn't need to reply because he won't care.

[I didn't expect much from you actually but seeing you got it, I will give you the reward]

As the NPC finished speaking, he suddenly raised his hand and the Fatal Scythe core started glowing on his hands, then.

*Swoosh! *Stab!

The NPC stabbed the core into my heart, I wasn't able to react and was caught in surprise, I would have never thought that an NPC would actually attack me! I wanted to react but I could not move my body, it was like my whole body was locked by something.

Then I saw the NPC suddenly smile, NPC's are not supposed to show any emotions, I felt something was different from this NPC, it was like he is not an Artificial Intelligence but a real human.

My mind started thinking of many scenarios, is this Kayaba in his disguise and found my cheat? if so then will he erase me? or it was an admin who was undercover and found me? Just as I was thinking about these things, I felt my sight turn into pure white as if it was a flashbang.

But it was not that uncomfortable, instead, after the white flash, I felt I could move my body once again, I immediately became alert and looked around me, it was pure white empty space.

"Where am I?"

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Quotes:

As a child, I was afraid of the dark and the monsters on the outside.

As a man, I run away from the light, afraid to show the monsters within.