8 ⌜Chapter 7⌟

It's been a few weeks ever since I came into this death game, I now have arrived in a village called Horunka which was but a small village but it has an inn, blacksmith, and some other things, I sighed, the days have been rough on me.

I never found the best quests in the game due to lack of information, heck, I don't even know where the boss of the first floor was located except that it was at the end, it was really rough.

But hey, I hunted monsters at a very fast rate, I leveled up like crazy, though I died a few times, it was worth it since I have improved, I also decided to learn the Flame Breathing and Thunder breathing, yes, two different breathings, Flame Breathing makes my attacks destructive and powerful, for the thunder breathing except for the first form, I'm still learning the remaining forms.

What I loved about that technique is that it boosts my speed and makes my attacks deadlier than ever, with this skill, I started hunting monsters with higher levels than me, I know it was dangerous because I was always on the verge of dying.

But I don't fear death, I just return back to time while carrying the pain they gave me, I already got used to it, anyway, I am now preparing to venture to explore the first floor to find the floor boss dungeon.

If possible, I want to fight it on my own, I have about 1 month before the other players catch up to me, I don't consider myself a hero but if I clear the first floor on my own then a few players will die in the future.

It was already noon when I arrived in the village so before I went to rest, I went to the blacksmith first and maintenance my weapon, I now use a Scythe that I crafted, and yes, I learned blacksmithing, actually not blacksmithing but also others such as enhancement.

Yes, it's a very rare skill that I found in a stroke of luck, it helps me sharpen my weapon, increase its durability, and etc, though, enhancing a weapon was very what to say... expensive, the materials needed are rare and even hard to find.

Right now my weapon only has +1 enhancement, but it was already the best weapon on the whole floor, I could even go toe to toe with dwarven weapons if I find one... okay, fine, there is no such thing as classes in SAO, but its called Weapon Crafting System that you could choose in the Production Option.

As for the Enhancement, well, it's a rare skill I found in an old book anyway, being a production class lowered my stats a little bit when in battle but that is okay, I can always take it back.

Anyway, arriving at the workshop, I met an old man who was crafting a sword, after a simple greeting and introducing myself, though I received no reply I let myself inside, I don't have a portable workshop nor does it exist, I have to borrow a workshop from an NPC so I could start my maintenance.

Now then, I waved my hand and pulled out my weapon from my inventory, a black scythe with chains at its butt, it was taller than by 1 meter, I could not help but admire it, even though it was made of low-class materials, for now, once I climb higher floors, I will upgrade this little baby, with that, I started doing maintenance on my weapon.

Yes, I know that I have a very unusual weapon, something like a scythe was never heard in the game before, actually, at first, I wanted a katana but halfway through the process of crafting this weapon, I received a system notification that I pulled the 0000000.1% chance weapon upgrade, yes it sounded bullsh*t but it happened, though I don't remember it happening in the cannon, maybe because it's rare?

I could not help but exclaim at that time and curse out in happiness, and here, the scythe became my weapon, it was difficult to use at first but I remembered some scythe wielders from my past life and imitated them on how they use it.

Basically, wielding the scythe is like dancing and going with the flow, it was very destructive that could hurt everything around you coupled with the Flame Breath, its like a calamity, even though I haven't mastered using it, for now, I have plenty of time.

After I finished with the maintenance, I went to an inn and rested.

The next day, about noon, I arrived at my destination, the town of beginnings, yes, I went back to the first town, looking around I could see a lot of people loitering around, some have lifeless eyes and some were carrying the burden of clearing the game.

But I could feel the atmosphere became a little lighter than the one when Kayaba first announced the death game, as I walk looking around, I saw a familiar figure.

'Asuna?'

Yes, a long, orange-brownish chestnut hair and hazel eyes, she wore a dark red leather tunic with a lightweight copper breastplate and leather pants with boots up to the knees, beside her was a purple-haired woman that I do not recognize.

Man, she really is beautiful, should I take her away from Kirito? but she had too many problems, maybe just make friends with her? for preferences I like Sinon more, well, I'll just make friends with her another time.

As much as I want to go and talk to her, I have a more important job right now, and so I continued my way towards the Black Iron Palace, yes, my mission before I go find the boss was to defeat the boss monster on the hidden dungeon just beneath the Black iron Palace.

A monster at the power level of Floor 90th, it's going to be a long and difficult battle for me.

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