Snippet #2270917

[c]A name unheard of continues his lone search for the First Boss. Can he survive alone?[/c]

The black haired swordsman awoke from his slumber, dark blue eyes blinking as they stared at the tent canopy. He got up sleepily and proceeded to pack up his things. After several good minutes, the tent was taken down and Shineda was greeted by the biting cold of the <<Frozen Plains>>.

It's been almost 4 months into the game and Shineda continued his lone crusade to defeat this Death Game. During this entire 4 months, he had seen the terrified faces of other players and their deaths, causing his anger to lessen. His anger now was towards those who didn't seem to care about the fact that this was a Death Game, and even began to do despicable things to survive. A lone traveler, Shineda had roamed far and wide, with no one to hold him back, a privilege that only solo players had. And at the same time, he assisted those that required his help. A rarity in times like this, Shineda was like an angel assisting the weak. He saw now that the other players were suffering just as he had been. They wanted to return to reality. This was their wake-up call. They were fighting hard for it. For their survival. And he was dedicated to finishing this game, not just so he could return, but so that others could to. This became his new drive and he fought harder than before, risking his life over and over again in his quest to become stronger.

Now, Shineda was on a dungeon quest, solo. He had traveled almost any part of the most dangerous areas that had monsters that were at least 5-10 levels higher than he was, but places like that were starting to get less. He was on the search for the First Major Boss. He was even the first to travel to <<Frozen Plains>> and <<Tornado Desert>> in his search, a place considered to be quite fatal to the unprepared and consisting of powerful monsters. It had to be around somewhere.

"I'll find you." he muttered, then swung the weapon he forged at the group of <<Icicle Armadillos>>.

"I pierce through all armor with mighty strength! Piercing UP!" he read out the magic spell, causing runes to run along 「Air Blade」, circling it all the way to the tip. He drove the weapon through the first line of enemies, causing the one in front to completely shatter and receive the maximum force of the attack. Shineda continued to drive his sword to the mob, destroying a majority of them. The stronger their armor, the weaker they were inside. As long as the armor was removed, they stood no chance against him. Their numbers threatened to overwhelm him, but Shineda held his ground and kept his sword horizontally to the side. His HP bar slowly dropped as he was attacked, but his sword began to glow. A <<Sword Skill>>.

As the glow slowly grew brighter and brighter until it seemed that the light was dancing, he released, swinging his sword all the way to the other side. Like baseballs, each of the <<Icicle Armadillos>> curled up after being launched into the air and shattered into data.

"Home run." he mused, swinging his sword around then twirling it in front of him before putting it back into it's sheathe on his back, imitating a famous game character from a long time ago.

Further onwards, he finally found his target. The <<Frozen Emperor>>. A large humanoid, about 2 times the size of the average <<Player>>, frozen yet mobile. The ice was translucent and incredibly hard, meaning that one could not see what was underneath all the ice. But it seemed that the <<Frozen Emperor>> also wore armor, reinforcing it's already high defense. It wielded a two-handed Greatsword that seemed to be producing frost. Shineda quickly moved into a fighting stance but the frozen mound didn't seem to be moving. Humanoids were the hardest type of monsters to fight, since they resemble humans and can move around like humans. And the <<Frozen Emperor>> seemed to be stronger than most <<Field Bosses>>, possibly on par with a <<Major Boss>> but Shineda doubted it. No matter how strong a <<Field Boss>> was, a <<Major Boss>> would always be stronger than it.

A solid 5 minutes passed by and the mound showed no signs of moving, so Shineda lowered his weapon and walked towards it cautiously. Still, there was no movement.

"Odd..." he thought, holding his weapon at the ready. Still, a few more minutes went by and there was no response from the <<Boss>>. Just as Shineda lowered his guard with a sigh...

The <<Frozen Emperor>> swung it's greatsword at Shineda, sending him flying into the air and reducing his HP significantly.

"Uaaaaaaaagh!!" Shineda collapsed onto the frozen floor and got up, feeling heavy. What... then he looked at his HP bar, only to see a <<Frostbite>> symbol above it. That greatsword caused <<Frostbite>> status? Shineda had to make sure he dodged the weapon, or else he would be moving at an incredibly slow pace!

The <<Frozen Emperor's>> eyes finally flashed green, showing that it was now awakened and ready to do battle with it's adversary. What a surprise attack! The AI seemed to be getting smarter and smarter. The <<Boss>> held it's greatsword aloft and swung it down, Shineda blocked the attack with his weapon, causing sparks to fly from the clash. Another large swing brought Shineda flying into a wall painfully. His HP bar dropped again.

"Damn...The first hit decides everything when it comes to <<Frostbite>>...I'm so damn slow!" he cursed and stood up with his sword ready, narrowing getting himself stabbed by the weapon by part parrying and part dodging. This <<Boss>> wasn't going to be easy.

'Could be my last fight, if anything.' he thought darkly to himself.