The Exploiter (A Sword Art Online Fanfic)

Chapter 13:Revenge-Part II

I found the master's room sooner that I had expected.I pushed the door open,and moved into the room.

And what a room it was.

Moonlight streamed into the room though large windows,shining onto a carpet of the purest red.

A large circular mirror greeted me as I entered the room,and I looked at his bed.

It was like something out of a novel,being larger than anyone would need.Curtains of silk hid the the mattress, and the posters had little roses carved into the wood.

I slowly made my way to the bed and pulled out the dagger charlotte had given me.

I drew back the curtains to reveal....nothing.

I ducked just in time to keep my head as a sword slashed though the air.

I jumped back and raised my dagger,just to have it knocked out of my hands by the longer weapon.

"It was a good thing I wanted to greet charlotte.I knew that girl was weak."

I backed away,trying to act more confident than I felt."Weak?More like sane."

"Really,kid."The man sighed,before placing his hand on his head."You can't even die right!You could have waited a day for me to kill you.But nooooo,you just had to annoy me till your dying breath!!!!"

"They'll ask me so many questions.More than I want to answer.But because there aren't any witnesses,I can make up any story I want."

He then rushed toward me,charging up a sword skill.
I ducked the first blow,and the next.

However,he had already started a combo,and I couldn't dodge all of his strikes.

I wasn't wearing any armour,and so my health went down rapidly.Just as I thought my miserable life was coming to a close,I remembered something.
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"How do you move like that?"I asked kirito,after watching him kill another boar.

"What do you mean?"He asked,sheathing his sword.

"You just seem....so graceful."I waved my arms around."Even Klein moves better than I do."

"Hey!!!!"Klein protested.

"Well,that's probably because I practice kendo in real life."Kirito rubbed the back of his head."And klein moves well because he's adjusted faster to the game."

"How about you use the system assist?"

"The what?"

Kirito pulled up a guide and showed it to me."Get into any stance you know.The game will recognize this,and help you move."

"Stance?Like the ones in samurai movies?"

Kirito laughed."It doesn't have to be a sword stance.It can be a martial arts stance too."

"Thanks man.I'll keep it in my mind.But for now,I'll stick to what I know."
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Back in the present,I was out of options.The sword strikes had become faster,and I had lost most of my health.

Out of desperation,I racked my brain for a stance.Then it hit me.

I placed one of my legs in front of the other,angled my body to the right and put my arms up.

I was in the traditional boxing stance.

As soon as I took the stance,I felt my body become lighter as the system began to help me.

I weaved and bobbed out of the sword blows,and if the master was surprised,he didn't show it.Instead he moved even faster.But he couldn't touch me.

Finally,the moment I had been waiting for came.The combo came to an end,and the game had forced him to freeze.

I quickly seized the opportunity with a jab,and followed it up with a martial arts skill.

The sword clattered out of his hand as he hit the wall.

I slowly moved towards him,my hand raised.

"What are you going to do?"He asked me,his voice trembling with fear."You aren't going to kill me,right?You don't have the guts!You're a coward,just like-"

I cut his sentence short by plunging my hand through where his heart was supposed to be.I looked into his eyes just as I finished the skill.

A multitude of emotions flashed within them.Fear and anger,pain and spite.And then he was no more.

He faded away into a shower of red as his health finally hit zero.

I looked at the mirror as the cursor above my head slowly became a deep shade of red.I was what I despised above all else.A murderer.