Cursed Blade Online

Chapter 5: Accusation

"What's happening?" Ian asks, who is playing CBO. The ex-Mandalorian is currently inside the house he and Heather bought to live in several weeks ago. Heather is peeking out the window with Jackie and Darcie beside her.

"They don't seem happy." Darcie points out. "Thanks for the update, Ms. Obvious." Jackie sarcastically says, who is looking at a mob of players who are shouting rude things. "They wouldn't be acting like this if they knew what we went through." Heather says, followed by a long and sad sigh. "True. True." Darcie says.

"I said, what's going on!?" Ian asks louder after clearing his throat. Heather turns away from the window and faces Ian. "These players know our in game schedules and have been stalking us for a while. They finally grouped up and are accusing you of cheating or hacking. I can't believe those guys." Heather says with a shake of her head. Ian places his right hand in his wife's left shoulder. "Hey. It'll be alright. I promise." Ian says in a calm and normal tone. He gives Heather a small smile to convince her of what he said. "I guess so...." Heather softly murmurs, but she's not convinced. Ian chuckles and kisses Heather on the forehead. "Just trust me." Ian says as he walks towards the door. Heather grabs ahold of Ian's left hand first. "Where do you think you're going?" She asks in a firm and worried tone.
        

"To talk to people that are annoying us." Ian says as he yanks his hand free and opens the door, which leads to his porch. He sees around a hundred players or so crowed outside his lawn. The reason they can't enter is porch or lawn is because of the protector barrier Ian set up, which allows only friended players access. "Cheater!" Ian heard someone yell at him. The rest of the crowd yells at Ian and demand him to leave CBO or give them some rare items. Ian sighs and sits down on his rocking chair that is on his porch.

       "What a nice day." He says as he watches the players get angrier. "Man, must be tough accusing a player of all the hard work they've done. What would that mean to you if you acquired a legendary item and was accused of cheating." Ian says, rocking to and fro on his wooden chair. All he hears are the angry shouts of players.
"Loser!"
"You're weak!"
"We can take you out easily!"
"What a wimp!"

"Alright. How about you 1v1 me then. Let's see how that goes." Ian says as he gets up from his chair and walks out of his porch. Once Ian is in front of the mob, he spreads his black angel wings, which are naturally wider and bigger than any normal fairy wings. Ian smirks as the mob takes a step back in fear. They've never encountered a player with black angel wings, or as Ian calls them, "Jet Gliders." 

"So. Who wants to fight me?" Ian asks, looking at the players in front of him. In mere seconds, a man walks up to Ian, with a battle invitation ready to be sent. "I'll battle you," the man says, and if Ian remembers correctly, he looks like one of the Pro players the game has, "and prove that you are a cheater." Ian can only chuckle lightly before accepting the duel invite.

"Duel!" The AI announcer says, and the two players charge at each other. Ian scans his opponent, looking for a weak spot he can potentially take. He smirks when he finds a fatal flaw the enemy made. Ian blocks a powerful vertical swing to his head, which would've reduced his health down to mid green. The black Venator, as he's called throughout the game, punches the man in the stomach with his left fist, which was an unprotected area due to the kind of attack the man tried to use. The pro player stumbled backwards, quickly losing his posture and is even quicker to lose his confidence. Ian starts thinking about something else, most likely about what Aaron told him a couple days ago. He knows how dangerous this new full dive technology really is, for he was a victim of it. If only Aaron could've been more blunt on the topic, he could've simply told Ian to go get shot, and he'd still do it. Not for Aaron, but for the protection of others. Ian has learned quite a lot from Fusion Online, and he carries his experience with him wherever he goes.

      Before long, Ian's opponent lies on the floor with his health entering the red zone. Ian looks at his health. He's only lost one health point. 'Should've stayed focus.' Ian thinks to himself. He turns his attention to the defeated player. Now, most players would make fun of their defeated opponents. Ian, however, doesn't. "Nice duel. Next time, don't start with a vertical swing. It leaves to many areas exposed." Ian criticizes the fighting style the opponent has. The player stays silent in shock. How can Ian even think about helping him out. The giant mob murmur and whisper to each other about Ian's helpful attitude. Can a player be that nice to an opponent? Ian can only shake his head and help his enemy up to his feet.

The opponent walks towards the crowd and hides himself as deep as he can go in the crowd. Ian walks back to his front porch and sits back down. "You see? I am not a cheater," he tells the people, "I can even take on the tournament without a teammate if that helps me prove myself innocent." Ian says this in a sarcastic way, but the other players don't seem to have taken it as lightly as Ian said it. 

"Oh yea!! Well then do it! If you think you're so strong, why not show the to us in the tournament!" A player from the crowd shouts aloud. Ian suddenly looks at the crowd with a more serious tone. The other players in the crowd can only agree, and start shouting things to aggravate Ian. The black Venator sighs and stands up from his rocking chair.
"Alright," Ian says, and begins to announce his tournament entry, "I will fight in the tournament by myself with no team, and win myself the title The Ace Of Spade. Then will you see I am not a cheater?" He asks the crowd while standing up.
"I guess that's fair."

"Don't see why not."

"Fair enough."

These responds please Ian. The mob nod and looked at Ian. "If you don't show up, however, means that you are a cheater, because a cheater wouldn't want to lose in a public event, ESPECIALLY if the cheater knows everything about the game!" A player shouts. Ian nods and sits back down. "Alright. I will show up and win."

And with that, the news spreads like a wildfire. It takes merely a minute before the Game Creators get the news about Ian and his promise
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