Sword Art Online Version Vongola

Level 5: Adventure Time

"Switch!" rang out Natsu's cry as he jumped away from the oncoming attack of the enemy mob, catching Basil's almost silent grunt as he stopped the charge with his shield.

The blind cavern wolf was one of the strongest mobs on the 5th floor, usually spawning in groups of three, a vicious foe that most of the cleaners tended to avoid. It was a large wolf, matching Ken's height, who was tall for his age, with thick gray fur that had a black stripe running along its spine and milky white eyes. It also had fangs quite capable of tearing through a player's arm and health bar. When he first encountered it, Natsu hid behind Agil with a frightened yelp.

It's been a few weeks since Basil joined their little family and a lot of things happened. They faced the boss of the second floor, now prepared for any deviations from the beta. Thanks to that they weren't caught off-guard when the bull boss' starting pattern was different than what they knew. The veterans of the previous boss fight were able to keep the raid party together and defeat the boss.

The frontline stayed on the third floor for only four days before the boss was found and consequently defeated. Nobody was in the mood for Christmas, so instead of spending time with their family and preparing for the new year, team Natsu and other groups explored the fourth floor and farmed. Because of this, after almost a week, the fourth boss fell under the combined might of the clearers.

That was two weeks ago, but the 5th floor is proving to be quite a challenge. Deviating from the large open areas of previous floors, this floor was a giant maze of intersecting tunnels and large caves. They weren't in total darkness, but the dim lights provided by the system limited their field of vision, causing the players to move and fight with even more caution.

Progress was slow and frustrating, so Natsu, along with Ken and Basil took a day off and went to farm for materials. Cavern wolf fang was the ingredient they needed to raise Ken's Windcutter to +4, so while Agil was at a lower level bantering with other merchants and Buzz was meeting with a few cleaners, they went hunting wolves.

As he came to a halt, Natsu observed their surroundings. They were in a larger cave, where they found another group of blind cavern wolves. While Basil held back the wolf that charged him, Ken was swiftly dodging the swipes of a second wolf. Thankfully the third enemy had been already defeated thanks to their initial attack.

When Basil was able to repel the wolf's charge, with a cry of "Switch!" they once again traded places. Raising his sword high, with a blue glow Natsu activated the one-hit charge type sword skill, Sonic leap. With a yell he charged forward, guided by the system toward the wolf that was frozen by its own cooldown. Reaching his target he let louse a vertical slash, sending the wolf's hp into the red zone.

But it was not enough to end the beast. Now it was Natsu who was caught in the cool down and was open to any counterattack. The wolf seemed to smirk at him as it opened his mouth and prepared to bite him. That moment was broken when a sword skill caught its side and eliminated its remaining health points.

Natsu instantly recognized the red glow of the curved sword skill, Heavy Slash. As the wolf burst into polygons with a final cry, he caught the eyes of a grinning Ken who stood there nonchalantly with his sword resting on his shoulder. It seemed that while he charged wolf A, Ken and Basil traded places against wolf B.

"Thanks for the save." said the brown-haired boy with a small smile.

"no problem." came the cheery response.

The growl of the last blind cavern wolf reminded them the fight was far from over. Pulling themselves together, the two raced towards it, ready to assist Basil.