The Exploiter (A Sword Art Online Fanfic)

Chapter 11:Escape

My arm fell to the floor and exploded into a swarm of polygons as I bit my tongue to keep myself from screaming again.This was the forty fifth....no the forty seventh time he had taken my arm.My eyelids were starting to feel heavy,and my breathing was getting more ragged.

The final boss of the torturers stood before me,and he didn't seem too happy that I was not saying anything or screaming my face off.

The more time passsed,the more he seemed to resent me.His cold,calculating personality turned into that of a bratty child,constantly screaming and demaning that I break.

I spit the blood out from my mouth and smiled as he looked at me with anger in his eyes."I have never failed to obtain a confession from someone.NEVER.Stop resisting me,RIGHT NOW!"

I smiled,and tried to speak through my blood stained mouth."You sound like a kid losing a game for the first time."

The ringmaster turned toward me,and I could see the murderous intent in his eyes.He threw his fist at me and I felt my nose break.I keep smiling,determined to piss him off.
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He finally left me after closing the door,and despite my brain fogging over,I could still hear the sounds of hushed conversation.

"What do we do with him?His trial is tommorow,and we still don't have a confession."I could hear the deep voice of gerald say.

"How about working on him for a few more days?I'm sure you could break him with more time."This time it was the woman who spoke.

"Shut up,both of you!"I could hear the sound of a fist slamming into my door.Someone was very angry.

"We don't have more time.And you know what heathcliff will do to us if we fail!The only reason we're still here is because of kurdeel.I can't let anyone know about this.Now listen closely."

"My friends from laughing coffin are taking a job in town tomorrow.We could just kill him and blame his death on them.I'll leave my old guild dagger near the crime scene to convince everyone,and you two can give me an excuse to leave the convoy with the kid.Understood?"

I could hear the muted sounds of agreement,and then the sounds of footsteps as all of htem left to their respective chambers for the night.

I lay limp for a few moments,trying to soak in all the new knowledge I had acquired.Then I began to strain my bonds,determined to escape from this hellhole.

All items in SAO had durability.However,only things like swords and food had durability that decreased at a constant rate.All other items that were considered unimportant,like books or ropes,had a fixed number of hits they could withstand instead.So if I strained the rope enough times,it might just break.
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It had been two hours since I had overhear my death verdict,and I was still straining the rope.I sighed in frustration.While I had expected the rope to have an insane amount of resistance,I still hadn't expected it to last this long.Just as I began to give up hope,the rope disintegrated.

I rubbed my wrists before opening my inventory using the hand symbols.While my captors had taken everything of value from my inventory while I was drugged including my armour and weapons,I still had most of my junk items.

I took out a piece of wire and turned it into a lockpick.

It was time to escape.