"What are you talking about?" Clarisse stands in our path smirking.
"Remember 10 days ago? You attacked a guild call the Silver Flags. The leader survived, 4 didn't." I say.
"Oh... the loser's with no money." She smiles twirling her hair around her finger.
"Their leader when back and forth, from the warp point to the front lines, morning till night. With tears in his eyes, he begged anyone he meet to avenge his dead friends. But he didn't want you killed, no... He wanted you to go to prison." I stare at her. "Do you have any idea how he felt?" my blood temperature starting to rise.
"Can't say I do." She smirks. "Only idiots take this seriously, so what if we kill someone here. There is no proof dying here means you die IRL. Anyway... it's time you worry about yourselves." She snaps her fingers. Seven men hiding behind trees walk out, all of them with wicked smiles and all red players.
"Percy, there's to many, we should get out of here!" Hestia says. I pat her head softly.
"No, it's ok." I say with a smile. "You'll be safe if you stay here, keep the crystal handy till I say so, ok?" she nods and says ok. I turn the face of the red players and Clarisse and start to walk to them along the bridge.
"PERCY!" Hestia yells.
The gang of men stager and gasp. "Percy!? Dressed in black, one-handed sword, no shield... holy crap... it's the Black swordsman!" one of them say as I keep walking to them, unsheathing my sword from my back.
"Clarisse, that guy! He's the beater who plays solo on the front lines! He's with the assault team!" A guy next to her says.
"Why would someone from the assault team be all the way down here?" Clarisse says smugly. "Go on, take him out, and take everything he owns!"
All of her lackeys weapons start glowing from activated sword skills, "DIE!" one shouts as they charge at me.
I stop in the middle of the bridge, my sword pointed down to the ground. They reach me and all take turns slashing me as hard as they can. I don't react, or protect myself. They surround me, attacking me from all angles. Eventually they get winded and stop, still having their weapons ready to kill me.
"What the hell you idiots, kill him already!" Clarisse yells.
"Four hundred and ten seconds, give or take... that's about the total damage the seven of you can inflict on me." I say still standing in the middle of them. "I'm level 78. I have fourteen thousand five hundred Hp, my battle healing skill auto regens, six hundred points every ten seconds. We can stand here all day and you'd never get anywhere."
"That's not possible!" One of the guys says behind me, I turn to face him.
"Wanna bet." I glare at him. "If your numbers are high enough, you're invincible. MMO's that use leveling systems are unfair that way." I hold out a large reangled crystal. "My client spent ever cent he had on this warp crystal, it's been set to the coordinates to the prison. And I'm sending all of you bastards there!"
"Well, I'm green... and if you hurt me you'll go orange!" Clarisse yells pointing her spear at me. Before she could blink I flash to her, my sword along her neck. Her eyes flutter in shock.
"I'm a solo player, got it?" I glare at her, the blade of my sword resting along her neck. "I don't care if I have to play as orange for a couple of days."
She slowly drops her spear, and it clatters to the ground.
"I'm really sorry Hestia." I say, as we sit on the bed back in the inn. "This whole time I was using you as bait to catch them. I thought you'd be scared if I told you the truth." She shakes her head.
"I can never be scared of you, I know you're a good person." Her head drops a little. "Do you really have to go?"
"Yeah, I've been away from the front lines for 5 days. I need to get back." I say.
"I- I think it's cool your with the assault team. I could try for a hundred years and never make it." she says.
"You know, level's are just numbers. And a persons strength in this world is just an illusion. Sure, it's cool and all, but there more important things than that." I turn to her. "We should meet up in the real world, that would be cool. I like have you as a friend."
"Ok, we will. I promise!" she smiles.
"Well, ready to revive Pina?" I stand up.
"Yeah!" she hops up and starts looking though her inventory. The feather pops out and she lays it gently on the table. She pulls out the flower we got and holds it gently with both hands. She looks up at me and I nod telling her to go on. She tilts the flower, and a small drop of dew slowly slide off dripping onto the feather. It shines brightly, and a small blue dragon appears on the table. It spreads it's wings and flies a few circles around us and lands in Hestia's arms.
