*Boom!
With a loud explosion coupled with a golden light that exploded along with it, everyone at the same time heard the server announcement of the SAO system.
[Announcement: the 50th-floor boss has been defeated]
[Announcement: Floor 51 is now open]
This announcement was heard by every trapped player in the game, and they all have shocked expressions on their faces.
-Outside the boss room of the 50th floor-
The front-liners who were waiting outside had the most shocked expressions, they just couldn't believe it.
"He actually defeated it in under a minute!? What the f-"
"Language!"
"I know but, how can I express how shocked I am? it hasn't been a minute since Madara entered inside! what kind of monster is he?"
"Was the boss weak?"
"Weak? you saw the freaking live stream! you call that weak!?"
Everyone didn't know how to explain how they were feeling right now, even though they feared Madara, but it was a year ago, He also disappeared and didn't show himself for a long time, now, the players have thought that they were at the same strength as him.
But what wishful thinking they had, Madara is still far above them, he was still the same guy they have watched a year ago, the man who solo killed the first-floor boss.
Just as they were thinking about things, the door of the boss room opened and from inside they heard a voice that gave them deep fear inside.
"Enter"
It was but a single word but no one dared to defy it, the players who were outside felt like their own bodies were moving on their own, and they also have the same feeling, the thing that happened a year ago.
The man against thousands.
When they entered inside, they saw a man sitting on the stairs towards the 51st floor, he was just sitting there, mena-
Ahem... he was sitting there as if waiting for them, but what they found confusing was that instead of his usual scythe weapon, beside Madara was a black sword, everyone was confused about what is happening.
"Now that all of you are here, let's play a game, the prize is this sword that I got from defeating the boss"
Swordsmen who heard what Madara said immediately got interested, they all turned towards the sword and looked at its attributes,
[Elucidator]
Long Sword / One Hand
Range: Short
Type: Slash[4]
Attack: 700-710
Durability: 1350
Weight: 170
Requires: 61
Equip +50
Agility +28
Strength +48
Elucidator is a pitch-black sword with trims of gray. It has a black hilt connected to a handguard that drops down on the right side. Attached to this elongated area of the hand-guard is part of the Elucidator's blade, so as to better aid the user in retaining their grip on the sword when it is being used. The blade is completely black like the rest of the sword and the said blade is outlined in a light gray.
The moment the swordsmen saw this, they couldn't help but drool, its stats were off the charts and were much more powerful than most of the weapons available in the game owned by players, if they have something that is more powerful than it then it ould probably y be the scythe Madara has.
Seeing that Tanaka has caught the interest of every swordsman in the group, he also saw that Kirito was among the players,l he doesn't really have any purpose of doing these things, he just wanted to have some fun.
Defeating the floor boss of the 50th floor was no easy task, it took Tanaka about 69 tries to finally defeat it, he also had to upgrade his scythe just to achieve this, it took a lot of his materials just to do that.
Also noting that Tanaka can already defeat the floor 74 monsters easily but still struggled to defeat this one shows how powerful the boss monsters really are.
So Tanaka wanted to have entertainment while resting, and to do that, he will hold a semi tournament and the prize was the weapon, Tanaka really has no need for it, he could sell it but, he was already rich as f*ck.
The only reason why he opened a shop is so that he could throw the things he got from grinding all the time, anyway, this semi tournament is very simple, the ones who wanted to join just have to write their names on a paper, and once they were sorted out to 4 divisions A, B, C, D.
Players will have to duel with each other, this is the same as the martial arts tournament that has brackets, the winner is the last one standing, hearing the game, every swordsman immediately got excited.
Not would they only receive a good sword when they win, they will also prove themselves who is the most powerful swordsmen in this game, they immediately joined and the game started.
The dueling system is fairly simple, the player who has their Hp drop to 1% will be the loser, with the time limit of 2 minutes, if it doesn't end in 2 minutes, the player who has the lowest health will be the loser.
With that explained, the game started, since there are a lot of players who joined, the matches were done in one go, it was very entertaining to watch as the players who prided themselves as front liners fought each other, many of the players who didn't join also watched in interest.
It was not every day they see powerful players fight each other, the 1 vs 1 matches lasted 3 rounds until finally there are only 6 players left, these players were, Kirito, Agil, Thinker, Nautilus which was the guy who wanted to join the frontlines, well, Tanaka is not interested with the rest but there is also another player that caught his eye.
Golden hair, blue eyes, and wearing knight's armor, his name is Erucio, Tanaka felt that he had seen this guy on the Sao Alicia-whatever that is a trailer, Tanaka wasn't able to watch that anime due to being busy.
Well, whatever.
"This time, you all will be going to fight each other at the same time, think of it as battle royale, now, let the game start!"
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Sorry for not posting for a while, been busy with school like hell, I want to burn my school work, anyway, I have decided to rush Aincrad Arc and maybe reach until GGO, I can't go Alicization since I haven't watched it and I don't have time to watch it.
Also, my next works will be Slow Life in nine Fantasy World and One Piece: Path of a King, I don't know which to write first tho? what do you guys think?
That is all, Hope you guys have a wonderful day!
Quotes:
Everything will be okay in the end, if it's not okay, it's not the end.