⌜Chapter 18⌟

-1st floor, 20th level, boss room-

Thousands of players were shocked as they heard what the man said in front of them, a single man dared to challenge all of them.

He was a very mysterious figure, wearing a mask and a cape that covered almost all of his body, his weapon was an unsual which is a scythe and he defeated the boss monster of the first floor.

"You are getting cocky just because you defeated the boss!? how shameless of you!"

"Do you think we are scared of you? there are thousands of us here!"

But there are some clueless people who still thinks they were above everything, but the man ignored them,

"So none of you are going to move?"

The man spoke as his gaze scanned all of them.

"Then I shall"

The moment he said that, all of them shuddered, immediately the ones with skills went in front.

"Those who doesn't fight! go back immediately!"

Diavel was the first to react and immedaitely shouted to everyone, he may not know the man in front of him, but he understood that the man meant what he said, because he already saw one of his party members being on the verge of dying.

'This man named, Madara, is dangerous'

That is what he had in mind.

(Since his game name is Madara, I will call him Madara for now)

Madara didn't charge immediately and waited as the players who were not part of the mainforce were backing away, but he doesn't care about those people, he curiously looked at the players in front, he recognized some of them.

Agil, Kirito, Asuna, Klein, and more, one guy that particularly caught his attention was a middle aged guy wearing little armor but his items were still above the norm, his items are almost comparable to Madara's.

'So Kayaba huh?'

Madara thought, he looked around and saw the nonfighters has already backed away, but in front of him, there were still about a thousand of them.

Madara didn't say anything and moved forward.

"He is coming everyone be careful! Tanks! block him!"

Diavel was commanding the group of players, he seemed experienced with these things everyone followed his words, and players who were carrying shields stepped in front.

There is no such thing as classes in SAO but players still made one so that they could properly make strategies and formations, the ones who carry shields were tanks, swords are attackers and at the rear were the backup.

"I applaud for you to think of this kind of formation"

Madara spoke but he still moved forward.

"But its nothing but puny tricks"

*Swoosh!

Madara bent his body and charged towards them with the scythe in his hands, he wasn't even fazed by how he will face thousands of players in front of him, when Madara reached the tanks in front, he intended to jump over them but he noticed they had laid an ambush just behind the tanks.

But he immediately stopped himself from jumping over them and instead swung his scythe towards the tanks in front.

*Boom!

Madara collided with the tanks and a huge force came from his scythe that the burly tanks in front were pushed back from his attack, Madara clicked his tongue as he saw this, even though he had the highest level and best items in the game right now.

He was only above 7 levels from the highest leveled player, only his items were above the norms, he was kind of disappointed that he wasn't able to blow away the tanks with his attack.

But it didn't really affect him that much, with his attack, he was able to create a gap from the formations of the tanks, he immediately broke through their formation and reached the swordsmen hiding behind.

*Slash! *Slash!

Madara danced on the battlefield with his scythe, the players around him will have slash marks appearing on their chests lowering their Hitpoints.

Hitting the last player near him, Madara stopped.

"Is this all you got? if you are all only this strong then you might as well let your family treat you as good as dead and don't let them wait for your return"

His words struck the heart of all the players near him, it was the harsh painful truth for them but they couldn't accept it, they will leave this game and go back to their families!

*Swoosh!

Two players charged towards Madara at a fast speed, it was Kirito and Asuna, both seemed to be acquainted already, Kirito swung his sword towards Madara with anger clearly seen on his face.

Madara easily blocked it with his scythe but Asuna was left open and she immediately stabbed her rapier towards Madara aiming for his weak points.

*Clang!

Madara pushed Kirito away and spun the scythe on his hand just in time to block all of the attacks on Asuna.

'She is much dangerous than Kirito'

Madara thought as he looked at Asuna, he always thought that Kirito was stronger because he was the main protagonist in the anime but he remembered that Asuna was also the main protagonist.

After he blocked Asuna Krito charged once again but Madara kicked him on the stomach sending him flying away, then came Asuna, she was very problematic enemy as she aims for the weak points of Madara.

Madara immediately made an attack and slammed his staff towards Asuna who was sent flying but after she flew away, the other players also started charging, Madara immediately swung his spear around but it was immediately stopped.

*Clang!

'Kayaba...'

Madara looked at the man who stopped his attack with the shield, and looking at the no damage he dealt with him, Madara was sure that Kayaba used his cheat against him, but that made him happier.

"Interesting!"

Madara laughed out loud as he swung he sent a barrage of attacks towards Kayaba, their collision was so intense that the players nearby couldn't even get close, Madara looked at the measly damage he dealt with Kayaba.

"Then let's see if you can take this!"

"Breath of Death! First form! Death Dance!"

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No sleep.

Quotes:

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