⌜Chapter 29⌟

A few months have passed ever since the 50th floor has been cleared, and for the upcoming days, a series of floors have been cleared at a very fast speed which baffled all of the players.

This was supposed to be impossible but here they were, they now have reached floor 70, in just 2 months of time, and what is much more unbelievable is that it was cleared by a single player.

This proved how powerful this player was compared to the players who call themselves the front liners who were in charge of clearing this game, though, they can't really blame them just compared to that player, they were nothing side characters.

Yes, it was Madara, the player who gave fear to everyone, no matter if they are, those who were called the strongest last year, normal players and red players, they all get scared when they hear his name.

(A/N: Red players are those who kills other players, Green is for normal players, Yellow is for those who attacks other players, then red players for those who kills, red players aren't allowed to enter towns as they will be killed by NPC's and if Green Players were to hunt them down, the green players will receive rewards, Tanaka received yellow when he fought the players on the first floor and another when he fought the player who was blocking him on the 50th-floor boss room)

The person who was said to be feared by all is now walking on the streets leisurely on the 69th floor, Erectus City, which was the biggest city on the 69th floor, it was also the most popular among players right now as a new powerful guild has emerged from this place.

Tanaka walked around with a smile on his face, he was not walking as Madara right now but as Iceinmyveins, the guild leader of the new powerful guild, Iceforge Guild, a guild that is meant for noncombat players, but it also has powerful fighters among it, but it was not just powerful, this guild is filthy rich.

[Guild Name: Iceforge]

[Guild Leader: Iceinmyveins]

[Members: 396]

[Banner: Sheeeesh~]

Well, don't mind the banner as Tanaka made it for fun, but anyway, the guild grew because of the fact that it was rich, Tanaka did not poach any players from other guilds but he took all of the famous noncombat players who focuses on lifestyle jobs, they were easy to poach as being a lifestyle player is not easy, they need a ton of money.

And with Tanaka's offer, they immediately joined without saying anything, they were promised to be provided with materials needed for their works, financial source, and also a workshop of their own, the 69th floor has become a commercial city because of this.

It can be said that it was now solely owned by the Iceforge guild, and also because of the famous blacksmiths, etc, many combatant players also have joined, and of course, Tanaka won't neglect them even if it was a guild made for lifestyle players, so Tanaka became in charge of their training.

He also poured a lot of money to them, now with these fighters in, they were in charge of collecting materials for the lifestyle players.

With that, in a few months, Iceforge rose to be one of the most powerful guilds in the Aincrad, said to be only second in terms of power to the strongest guild which was the guild of Kayaba, which is the Knights of the Blood.

Certainly, these two guilds became rivals with each other and whenever the two opposite members of these guilds meet, a spark of the fight will appear.

Now for the most important part, how did Tanaka change his game name to Iceinmyveins? of course, it was the blessing he received from the Tanaka guy which made him unbound to the system, he could change his name anytime he wanted.

Anyway, the second most important thing is the image of Iceinmyveins, Madara is a cold aloof, powerful, and Lonewolf-type personality, he was that kind of guy that looks down on everyone.

Iceinmyveins is different, he is a sunny type of a guy that is approachable by everyone, he was calm and had a coming of a king, which made everyone who was under him respect him, he was also known to be strong as an individual.

A new entertainment came for everyone, it was the monthly tournament, sponsored by Madara and guilds that 'willingly' joined after a 'peaceful' talk has emerged, it became the most popular for the players.

Iceinmyveins is the two-time champion and has an all-win no-lose record which made him popular, Iceinmyveins was now rumored to be on par with Heathcliff, which is Kayaba, though, if compared to Madara, these two are trash.

But anyway, that was all for the few months that happened in Aincrad, Tanaka is now on his way towards the guild headquarters, but just on his way, he heard the sound of music, it was the sound of a guitar with a girl singing along with it.

Following where the voice came from, Tanaka reached the plaza which has a lot of people, there in the middle, he saw a girl, she wore a white hood with a plain, deep-red tunic. However, her main apparel was a vivid royal-blue one-piece dress with golden frills and buckles, indicating the rarity and high defense value of her cloth armor. Her outfit was supplemented with a pure white cape and lute, a pure white feathered hat on her head, and a dagger on her right waist, giving her the image of a troubadour.

It was Tanaka's first time seeing this girl, curiously, he joined and listened to her sing, she had a very angelic voice and Tanaka was sure, she would be an idol if she was in the outside world.

'Hmm, I guess I will invite her, I want to learn how to play music too'

Tanaka thought, he waited for the song to finish before the crowd started to disperse, then went forward to talk to her.

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Time to talk with the side characters, sorry for not updating yesterday, I was thinking of continuing my original novels, but I'm kinda redoing the plot so... if you are interested it is God to Machine and Alter Online, check it out if you have time.

Anyway, that is all thank you :D

Quotes:

I wish I could forget her like how I forgot everything I studied right before exams.