Alfenheims Warlords (a SAO fanfic)

Chapter 33

Kirito was sitting in his throne with a grim look on his face because he was a bit in a odd spot.

His recent defeat had set the Alfs back, which was only the case since they had lost a decent amount of units to the ever still powerful Prince of Darkness during the recent battle some were calling the "Bloody Road".

Although nothing had come to attack them in the recent time since, it was becoming increasingly difficult for Kirito to try and keep training units up while trying to upgrade his kingdom so they could field more or better units on the field. And then there was the problem that he had come so close to Sinon and Lisbeth yet it was a far goal that was still out of reach.

He looked up as he watched Klein walk in, keeping to the samurai-look as he walked with his legendary blade at his hip, when Klein gave a slight bow before saying, "Kirito, can I have a word?"

"Speak openly, Klein... I'm just mulling over what to do.." Said Kirito.

"Well, the good news is that we've found a Hel Settlement."

Kirito looked up with a curious look. "Who found it and how?"

"While we were away on our expedition, a small guild went out and stumbled across a walled village in Hel in the east direction, bearing the green colors for the Prince of Plague. It has a relatively small garrison form what they said but they didn't stick around for long in case the Prince came with an army."

"So your saying we have a target to go to for our next move?" Asked Kirito.

"From what I'm seeing on both forums and in the few taverns around, the Lords will be gearing up for an attack on it to hopefully nab it from the Prince..." Said Klein. "And since they are, several Guilds are trying to team up to nab some other small villages nearby from this small village."

Kirito nodded and when he got up, Klein asked, "But the best news so far is that since there are some deposits near the Portal, we've been able to gather some Blood Iron from deposits to use to upgrade our infantry."

Kirito nodded and then Klein said, "If your worried about Sinon and Lisbeth, don't worry about them as much... I'm sure they're doing fine and trying to get back to us as best as they can."

Kirito looked at one of his most loyal friends he'd met since SAO before he then stood up and said, "Alright then, Klein.... so let's get to work on those new units."

Kommando293 was exhausted and about to fall asleep in his throne even if he was trying to keep himself awake for a bit longer. He was going to have a Night Terror, likely triggered by the blood from the battle against the alfs coating the road. He was fighting the urge to fall asleep in VR, because even if it somewhat counts in real life, he knew that he would rather prefer real sleep to virtual.

But then slowly, ever slowly, his heavy eye lids were forced down by sleep and he was soon out cold on the throne in a semi-comfortable position.

Sinon was walking through the lower floor halls as she had just gotten a little snack from the kitchen when she entered the throne room and as she looked around, she then saw something that surprised her as she saw the Prince of Darkness snoring away on his throne, slightly curled up on the throne.

I wonder what made this NPC go to sleep? Is something gonna happens that I need to trigger? Sinon had had a few of these smaller events trigger when you did something to an NPC like touch them or speak to them or something and it was 50/50 on how the outcome was either good or bad.

And so, with this in mind, she slowly walked over down towards the throne but it didn't take long before she heard whimpering. It was coming, strangely to her, from the Prince as he began to shift and turn on the throne and while she came closer, she began to notice that he was visibly shaking in his throne while he whimpered.