Aincrad's Sun

3

It's been a while since I left the party on floor 1. Since then many floors have been cleared. As I was walking through the forest on Floor 22 looking for a mountain with a special ore on it, I heard screaming and darted towards the sound. As I arrived, I saw a player burst into polygons and another on the ground about to be killed. I rush forward and block the attack of the creature trying to kill them. It was a humanoid creature with a feral look in its slitted eyes. It had sharp claws and a horn protruding from its head. I push it back and say, "Breath of the Sun, First Form: Dance." It then gets slashed and decapitated. As its body falls to the ground, it starts to disintegrate. I then take a look at the player behind me and see a young man with blond hair with red tips on the bangs, yellow and red eyes, and big eyebrows.

Next to him was a basic katana on the ground. I helped him up and gave him a health potion and he said, "Thank you if you hadn't arrived, I would have died." I smile and say, "You're welcome. I try to save as many as I can. Now, may I ask how many of you were there?" "There were five of us, we were all around lvl. 25, but every time we would injure it, it healed within seconds." Hearing this I cursed under my breath and said, "This is bad, it seems that Kayaba went looking into the legends I told him about when he upgrade the combat system. Long story short, there are demons that can only be killed by sunlight or weapons made of a certain metal." He looked at me in shock before asking, "Wait, do you mean the legends about the demon slayers and demons?" I nod and say, "You know them?" He nods. "Yes, my family has passed them down for generations. They say it's because remembering our ancestors is important. They even make everyone learn the forms of Flame Breathing from the legends." Hearing this I chuckle and say, "Well, at least I know I'm not the only one that has a family like that. Mine makes us learn the forms of Sun Breathing from the legends. Want to stick together and help as many people as we can?" He smiles and says, "I believe that is a wonderful idea, but first I need to get a sword that can kill them." I nod and send him a party invite. When his health bar appears it says his name is Kyojuro. "It's a good thing I was on my way to find the mountain with the special ore on it then. It should be around here somewhere." We then search for the mountain and as the sun is setting, we found it. We went and collected some ore and we got a pop-up saying that this ore could only be forged by the blacksmith NPCs on Floor 20. We then went to town and rented a room for the night. Once we entered our room, we sat at the table and talked about where we should start looking for the blacksmiths tomorrow. After a few minutes of discussion, Kyojuro asked, "Yoriichi, I was meant to ask you earlier, but may I know your level?" I smile and say, "You may, my level is around lvl. 60." He nods and we decided to turn in for the night. The next day, we made our way to Floor 20 and started searching for the blacksmith village. After a few hours of searching, we found the village. As it turns out, with the amount of ore we got, we were able to get Kyojuro a sword and his own demon slayer uniform. His sword had a white handle and sheath. It had a tsuba that looked like fire and when he drew the sword the blade turned red.