Lots of events.

56th floor. City of Pani. 12:23

The main thing is a cool appearance. Maybe kick the doors? Although no, corny. And there are no doors...

"We need to lure the Boss to the village!" I already have ideas about the screamer.

"What are you going to do with the locals?!" I recognize this voice everywhere. Kirito seems to be unhappy about something.

"They're just the thing. While the Boss is busy with the NPCs, we will attack and finish him off." Wow… Radically, but I like it!

"They are not some objects like rocks and trees!" Well, if he is so set up, then you need to help your friend in his business.

"Yes! They are not objects! Oh yes. Ohayo, Oni-chan!" I loudly entered the room and then addressed Kirito. Everyone stared at me and waited for the continuation, but I was silent.

"Who else are you?" Asuna glared at me.

"Already forgot ... It's a shame! But I opened the Second Floor for you, and the Third, and the Fourth, and the Fifth, and the Sixth… I think you already understood." I feigned resentment and even let out a couple of tears. Everyone looked at me with surprised eyes. Well, I've officially decided to introduce myself to them. Because I'm tired of looking for Bosses, and with them everything will be much easier.

"What are you doing here?!" Kirito had already started screaming.

"Can't I just visit a friend?" I said innocently.

"I don't even know your name! And you wouldn't just come to visit me!" He didn't believe me.

"My name is Azel. And you are a true friend! You are such a good friend that you immediately saw through my plan! Why do you even need this Boss?" As if casually, I asked. You also need to look away and whistle to make it seem more convincing. It didn't seem to work... But I've been training.

"It has been preventing normal levelling in the forest for the second day already." Asuna answered anyway.

"Why didn't I hear about it…? And what kind of forest?" Again, I casually asked.

"Trelis." Suspicious eyes were already looking at me.

"Oh thanks! Consider the problem with the Boss already solved!" I need to run, but before that… "Oni-chan! See you at the same place!" How not to spoil your friend.

"What else is this place?" This poor guy stared at me in bewilderment, who does not understand what awaits him in the near future, while everyone else was looking at him.

A couple of guys ran after me, but I quickly pulled away.

*2 hours later*

And here is the forest. I need to quickly find the Boss.

*1 hour later*

Where is he! I already managed to stumble upon those guys who went looking for me a couple of times, but not the Boss.

*1 hour later*

Is he avoiding me on purpose? 5 more minutes... And I will destroy... This whole forest...

*4 minutes 58 seconds later*

*Dum* *Dum* *Dum*

Is it just me or am I hearing footsteps behind me? I slowly turned around and saw the Big Wolf… It looks like the Boss… Hehehehehehe…

"Bastard! I've been looking for you for a long time! Just a little more and I, in all seriousness, began to cut down the forest! I will kill you for a long time and will not give you a chance to attack!" I immediately used Intimidate and started shredding Wolf Cub.

*After 2 long (for some) hours*

{Congratulations}

Oh you are a creature! I haven't finished... Okay. What fell from him...?

{Necklace of Dornuas

+40 Stealth, +35 Damage, Can make wearer invisible for 7 seconds}

Now I understand why this creature did not catch my eye, he was very cagy. Why didn't he attack me? Okay, time to get back. Looks like canon events are about to start. I want to beat the Cloakers again, I haven't seen them for a long time. After the Boss, the hands still itch.

*2 hours later*

Um... The first thing I see in the city... This is how they hung a guy with a sword in his body.

"Hey dude, come on down. Suicide is not an option. Although… At least in this situation." Instructed on the true path of this individual. He began to squirm and make strange noises. "Fu Fu Fu. Boy, stop pretending." And he broke into pieces. And why is everyone around me looking at me with judgmental eyes. I did try to help.

"Are you completely crazy?!" Oh, and here is Kirito.

"Well, since birth like this." He explained everything in a calm voice.

"Get up here!" Asuna called from above.

"Okay~"

Kirito and I went upstairs and started talking to Asuna.

"And where did you run off to this afternoon?" She immediately started asking me questions.

"Look for the boss, why?"

"Just because you single-handedly killed the First Floor Boss doesn't mean you're invincible. Good thing it didn't find you." Oh how cute. She worries about me.

"Actually, I also killed all the other Bosses whom you did not have time to pick up. And yes, I blew this one too. Look. Cool necklace, huh?" I will never get tired of that feeling of being looked at in surprise. "Also, that guy didn't die. I even know how he did it all. But I think it's worth waiting and finding out the reason for all this performance."

"And how did he do it?"

"When the armor breaks, the same particles fly out as when the player dies. He waited for the moment of destruction of the armor and teleported with the help of a stone somewhere else. Everything is simple." True, if I did not initially know about it, I would have been guessing about it for a long time.

"That… Explains everything… But how did you figure it out before?" Asuna looked startled.

"I experimented a lot with the Safe Zone to be ready for anything." Never have I done that. I only go there once a week to find out the news, and then I go on to levelling.

Then everything went according to the canon, but Kirito and Asuna already had an idea of ​​what happened. I was just an outside observer until they showed up. Namely CCB, a.k.a Crazy Cloak Brothers. I immediately hit one of them and left his HP in the red zone, the second too, and the third had to be messed with ... 10 seconds. They are pretty weak. I won't kill them because I don't want to be blacklisted by Asuna and Kirito.

"Hey, I dealt with them. They are weak." I complained.

"You're just too strong…" Kirito replied with a twitchy eyelid.

"What's true is true." Now I'm at level 97. Further more and more difficult to levelling. But I'm already very far from the rest. The average level of a player in one of the best guilds is about 75. Only in terms of level I surpass everyone by a head, not to mention equipment.

"Well… My help is no longer needed here, so I'm off. I'm going to move on with the game. Oh yes, before I forget. Do you know where the Boss's quarters is?"

"No!/No!" And they do know for sure. They just don't speak out. But okay, I'll find it myself later.

"OK then. Good luck~ I need to get stronger."

*An amount of time unknown even to the author*

Eh... I'm already on the 74th Floor. In my entire career, I managed to kill 62 Floor Bosses and all third-party Bosses. I'm already level 128, and other players don't even seem to have reached 100. Now I'm looking for Gleamy. I also understood the reason why the Bosses of the area avoid me. I got the Passive Skill.

{Kara

+15% damage, you feel dangerous and are avoided by monsters}

The condition for obtaining... I'm not sure, but it seems that I just killed a lot of mobs and I was given this skill. Why is he to me? I don't know, but so be it. Eh ... We must continue the search. Also, I've been sighing a lot lately.

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

And who is it? Are those the knights that took the card from Kirito in canon? Jackpot! They look tired, but seem determined. Looks like they already got the map, we need to follow them.

*5 minutes later*

They entered the chambers of the Boss and were quickly scattered there. They also couldn't use Teleportation Crystals because they don't work from this floor in the Boss's Quarters. I was about to come in and help when Asuna suddenly ran in… Without Kirito… Where is he? She started to fight the Boss alone, but it was clear that she was losing. At one point, Gleamy pushed Asuna away and was already raising his hand for the second blow, but such a beautiful me appeared on the stage and began to bombard him with all my skills. I carried everyone out of the Chambers, so that later I could kill him myself, and I closed the doors behind us, after all, we are cultured people.

"Are you okay?" I asked them what they nodded to, and Asuna walked over to me.

"Thank you for helping. I owe you!" She bowed and continued to thank me.

"Everything is fine. However, there is one thing that interests me. Why are you here alone?" She is the Deputy Head of the Knights of the Blood after all.

"I usually levelling by myself, and I found the Boss's Chamber, the location of which I later passed on to them." She answered. Ugum... So she didn't meet Kirito.

"How long has it been since we left the Chambers?" I asked a strange question.

"Three minutes, what? Just… Don't tell me you want to go there alone?"

"Exactly! Well, it looks like the Boss has recovered, but I have to go play the game!"

"I will go with you!"

"No."

"I'll go anyway!" Why is she so stubborn?

"Maybe you don't know, but I killed almost all the bosses in the game. Alone. Also, if you kill the Boss alone, then you are given additional experience. I'm at level 128 right now. Gleamy is nothing to me." I opened almost all the cards.

"N-Now I-I understand why you are always a-alone. But… G-Gl… Gleamy… Pff… Hahahaha…" And she laughs sweetly. So, what are we talking about. Uh…

"I'm walking alone" I said in a firm voice.

"Okay, but I will wait for you here." She didn't argue.

"Do what you want." And I went back to the Chambers.

"I'm sorry, man. We then had to take a break, but now no one will interfere with us." Somehow it sounded strange, but that's not the point.

I quickly approached him and hit him in the belly, and then dodged a horizontal blow with my broadsword. He's good with it, but I'm much faster.

*Intimidation* *Double cut*

It seems that from the 74th Floor, not only the teleportation conditions have changed, but also the amount of HP. Perhaps the strength has increased, but I have not yet checked, and I am not going to do it.

*Clunk*

Crap. Just distracted, as the blow arrived. I blocked it, but I still took damage. The blow took away about a tenth of my HP. What will happen if he strikes directly... Okay, I need to focus... Using new skills. I will finally check them out.

{Ebony Rise

A slashing blow is applied. Damage increase +75%. Critical Chance 75%.

In a combo with Ivory Fall

You need two swords. A cross strike is inflicted. Damage increase +250%. Critical Chance 99%. Removes 25% of the owner's original HP}

{Ivory Fall

A horizontal strike is applied. Damage increase +75%. Critical Chance 75%.

In a combo with Ebony Rice

You need two swords. A cross strike is inflicted. Damage increase +250%. Critical Chance 99%. Removes 25% of the owner's original HP}

These are just amazing skills. I first got Ebony Rice when I killed 50 Area Bosses. Later I got Ivory Fall by killing 50 Floor Bosses. As soon as I got the second skill, I learned about their compatibility and combos. I basically had no reason to use them, so I limited myself to my basic skills. The HP loss limit didn't really bother me, and I continued my fight.

*Ebony Rise/Ivory Fall* *Critical Damage*

I hit with two swords in the form of a cross, and along with the critical damage, I immediately killed the Boss. (Explanation of the damage stack. Let's assume the initial damage is 100. Increase +250%. 100+250=350. Critical damage increases the damage itself by 150%. 350+525=875. With the passive skills of the game and the skills of the System, the damage increases in monstrous amounts. Therefore Gleamy died so quickly.

{HP:12743/19500} (0.25*19500=4875. 0.1*19500=1950. 19500-4875-1950+...=12947. During this time, HP recovered slightly.)

I walked out of the chamber and saw a slightly worried Asuna, who became even more concerned when she saw my HP.

"What happened? You are already in the yellow zone!" She elicited answers and burned a hole in me with her sight.

"I tried a new skill that eats up my HP. And it just so happened that I got hit when I was distracted by something." No lies.

"And what could you be distracted by since you were alone there?" She looked at me suspiciously.

"Your cute laugh turned my head and I couldn't think properly." I started teasing her, but I didn't expect such a strong reaction.

"R-really…" She blushed cutely, turned away and clutched her face. So… We need to change the subject a bit.

"Ah.. Yes… Do you know what Kirito is doing right now?" Why is she blushing even more...?

"Oh he… chooses the house in which he will live with Lis. S-she is my blacksmith and I recommended her forge to him. They went to get some metal and somewhere stuck together for the night. They have everything turned around there so that now they are ch-choosing a house in which they will live together ... " Apparently this topic is too embarrassing for her. But how is it that Kirito's partner is not Asuna, but Lis... It looks like they never formed a party because I single-handedly killed the Kobold. And perhaps in the city, when we were dealing with a "murder" in a safe zone, we met by chance.

"Why don't I know anything?! He didn't tell his best friend anything… I'm offended…" I really feel offended. We're real friends, aren't we?

"Well, I found out about it from Lis, maybe he didn't tell because he was very embarrassed." But you can say this to your best friend... No?

"I understand you… I won't tell him anything either if I have a girlfriend." At this point, Asuna felt a little embarrassed. Does she… Noo… "What are you going to do next?" I asked her.

"I'm going to go back home and take some rest. Aren't you?" she asked.

"Well… I don't have a home, I fight dungeons or do quests all the time, and I sleep in a sleeping bag." For clarity, I pulled it out of inventory. I don't need to sleep unless I'm damn tired or someone knocks me out. I can fall asleep at will, which I sometimes do, because such rest is relaxing.

"What?! You fought such a dangerous Boss alone, and even in the yellow zone now!"

"I have a potion…" She didn't let me finish.

"You are coming with me!" She dragged me along. Can't you just use the Teleportation Crystal?

"But shouldn't we go kill the monsters on the next floor? The experience gain buff from killing monsters on the next floor only lasts for three hours." I warned her.

"What a buff?" Does she really not know?

"Well… When the Floor Boss dies, there is a hidden experience gain from killing mobs on the next floor, but it only lasts for 3 hours. Didn't you know?" I looked at her in bewilderment.

"No… Nobody knew about it. When we killed Bosses, we usually rested after the fights and dispersed. Some went further, but they usually did not encounter hostile mobs." She told me.

"And I immediately ran headlong and noticed this hidden effect. And I ran far enough to take only the most useful monsters in the experience area." I explained.

"It explains everything. But were you really all the time levelling and killing Bosses alone? Isn't there a group of Clearers that you belong to?" With concern, she began to examine me.

"There is no such group. Believe already. As for your concern... No, it's not difficult for me. And it's more profitable to levelling alone." I dotted all the dots.

"Okay! Let's raise the level on the next floor first. But then we will have to go to my house!"

"Good mood! Now let's run!" I rushed to the stairs and ran on. But a little later, I was a little disappointed, because Lightning is not as fast as it seemed. And I had an idea… Hehe. I paused and let Asuna step forward. And I abruptly ran after her, and then grabbed her legs with one hand, and held her back with the other. I carried she in Legendary Princess style. It remains only to find the dragon behind...

*Roar*

Just remember the Devil ... Damn, I am Devil.

"Put me down. We must fight!" Asuna called out to me.

"Nah, I'll deal with him like this." And I just pulled out the sword with the hand that was supporting Asuna's legs and jumped on the dragon while holding Asuna. A few hits and he went down. I ran on until I noticed a cluster of monsters. Then I already lowered her to the ground, and together we began to humiliate the poor mobs.

*3 hours later*

"I went up 2 levels! What an amazing effect!" She jumped on me and started hugging me.

"Yes Yes. True, I upgraded on Gleamy and now I'm not even close to the next level.

{Nickname: Azel

Level: 129

HP: 18403/19500

Skills: Ebony Rise, Ivory Fall, Double Slash, Explosive Lunge, Eagle Eye, Intimidate, Resilience, Cooking, Smite, Sprint…}

Too many skills. It's good that almost all are useful.

"Don't you want to eat? I always have sandwiches with me to share." She suggested.

"I will not refuse." She handed me one of the sandwiches and... What can I say? It looked and tasted amazing! Almost comparable to my Magic Cooking. But she's not a magician, and we're in the game, and magic doesn't work here. "Yummy~ You'll have to make me some more!" I said in an important tone.

"Hee-hee, okay." She blushed and smiled. And she is really cute.

"Sooooo. Since we had a bite, we can return." I got up off the grass with her and we used the Teleportation Crystals to go to the 61st Floor in Salemburg. Where her mansion is.

*10 minutes later*

"Fuh… And you have a cozy… house…" I looked around the huge mansion on a separate island.

"As the Deputy Head of the Blood Knights, I have to maintain my image… I didn't want such a big mansion myself, but the others insisted on it. It cost me 5 million." She answered me with a slightly tired look.

"5 million? I have about 130 million in my account. Should I buy myself a mansion next door too? I basically have nowhere to put them." I thought aloud.

"How?! You can dress a hundred people in good equipment! Not to mention, you have dozens of Boss items!" It looks like a really big amount.

"I just don't spend much. Maximum Crystals and Potions, I don't need to Repair equipment, because I have a lot of it, and I rarely get hit."

"Even though you killed a lot of Bosses, but they all could have a maximum of 80 million. You made 50 million from ordinary monsters?! You yourself are a monster!"

"I have never been so insulted. Even though "monster" sounds cool~" I didn't even complain.

"Ugh… sorry. I'm just surprised that you seem to be just running dungeons." She muttered with concern.

"Nothing, nothing! I even like this alignment of things!" Well, yes, get free Legendary swords by fighting the weak Bosses of the game. Who wouldn't like it? But then one thing caught my eye that I did not expect to see ... "Um ... Are there guitars in the game?" Yes, there was a guitar in the living room.

"Ah, this. I myself was surprised when I saw it on the counter in one store. I really don't know how to play, heh. I bought it for the interior."

"Can I play? I just know a little about music." I asked.

"Oh? Of course! I will be very happy!" Apparently she really wants to hear me play the guitar. But what to play? Hmm ... It's night outside the window, and here we were crucifying about loneliness ... I think I know what I'll play

"The song is called Alone. It suits our situation." True, there is some romantic overtones that she can perceive in her own way, but for some reason I don't care about that.

(Find any Alan Walker guitar cover of Alone if you like.)

~~~~~

Lost in your mind

I wanna know

Am I losing my mind?

Never let me go

At this point, she blushed a little, but did not look away, but only began to look at me more intently.

If this night is not forever

At least we are together

I know I'm not alone

I know I'm not alone

She understood what I meant when I said that it suits our situation and looked at me with glint in her eyes.

Anywhere, whenever

Apart, but still together

I know I'm not alone

I know I'm not alone

I know I'm not alone

I know I'm not alone

Unconscious mind

I'm wide open

Wanna feel one last time

Take my pain away

She came up to me and hugged me from behind, as if telling me not to worry. I won't say that I'm fine. I wouldn't be okay if I didn't want to be hugged like that.

If this night is not forever

At least we are together

I know I'm not alone

I know I'm not alone

Anywhere, whenever

Apart, but still together

I know I'm not alone

I know I'm not alone

I know I'm not alone

I know I'm not alone

I'm not alone

I'm not alone

I'm not alone

I'm not alone

I'm not alone

I'm not alone

~~~~~

I played the last notes and closed my eyes, and we did not break this silence for about 5 minutes.

"Did you write it yourself?" She mumbled those words into my ear.

"Yes." And I stopped talking. Thanks for this song, Alan. I'm sorry that I represent this song under my own name.

Asuna continued to hug me for a while, but then fell asleep. I took her to her room and laid her on the bed. I myself went to the next room that Asuna herself showed me earlier. I lay down for a while, thought about all the events of today and fell asleep.