Chapter 20 - Duel

With Mint walking through the dungeon was easy as he could always swarm his enemies with lower leveled fiends and if not with numbers then he could just summon a higher level fiend which is higher level then even the elite mobs in the dungeon, plus considering his level and current strength he could kill anything on the current floor with relative ease...

When they found the boss room Mint waited outside saying "I can guess what your reaction would be after seeing the boss", after seeing Kirito and Asuna run away Mint laughed loudly and then said "Anyways, it's time for a lunch break", they both agreed and sat down... After a couple of seconds of silence, Kirito asked: "Why aren't you sitting down...?" Mint just replied, "I don't need to eat yet so after resting for a minute I'll kill monsters on my own." Kirito just nodded as it may be a special characteristic of being the Fiend God...

Mint has missed the fight against the boss with the boss at the end and all that [The chapter has Mint fighting the boss fairly and with OP if you want], Mint arrived right after Asuna finally got off Kirito... so after the day Kirito told everyone he had such a skill Mint messaged that he too has a unique skill called so he won't feel too unusual when interacting with Mint...

When Asuna ran to Kirito saying, Heathcliff denies her leave for a couple of days. When Kirito said he'll deal with Heathcliff Mint chimed in, "I want to see what your commander is made out of outside battle so Ill tag along", they both, of course, agreed as Mint is the guild master of The Fiends so he has a right to know the personality of his comrades in arms, plus he's Kirito's brother so no one will object to him being there...

After Heathcliff challenged Kirito to a duel he told to the observing Mint "How about you, Mint? I'm quite interested in your strength and abilities so let us have a friendly duel..." Mint just nodded with a smile as it would be a good opportunity to reveal the skill...

After Mint gave some encouraging words to Kirito he observed the fight... After the fight finished Mint has started walking inside the arena giving a hand for Kirito to stand up, he then said "Don't worry Kirito, I'll avenge you!" in a joking manner, Kirito rubbed the back of his head and nodded, after Kirito left Mint said, "A break of about 20 minutes will suffice for you I'm guessing..." Heathcliff nodded and rested.

After those 20 minutes, Mint activated the skill making 4 arms attached to his body appear while saying "You know you 2 aren't the only ones with unique skills right?" after the arms appeared he equipped 2 warhammers, 2 Katanas, 1 scythe, and 1 Greataxe in all his hands...

Everyone was shocked including Heathcliff and Kirito asking themselves "Isn't that skill too overpowered!?", Heathcliff because Mint put that skill behind his back and Kirito because he knows how well Mint controls his body and attacks. Heathcliff snapped out of it when Mint sent a duel request and accepted it...

After the timer finished Mint charged at Heathcliff with both Warhammers raised, Heathcliff took a block stance but when the warhammers hit his shield he was forced back, Mint then used his momentum to hit Heathcliff's shield further with his Greataxe, Heathcliff wanted to slash Mint with his sword while he flew back but it was easily parried by a Katana, after Mint parried it he slashed with his other Katana at Heathcliff's chest, but time seemed to stop as Heathcliff hastened his character to block the blow with his shield, but suddenly Mint showed a gigantic crystalized scythe behind him while roaring out the skills with a sadistic smile: ", " after he activated the second skill the Crystalized scythe transformed, even more, the scythe got bigger and sharped as it took the shape of a black serrated crystalized tooth-like scythe, the scythe was faster than the hastened Heathcliff... Right when the scythe was about to hit Heathcliff, Heathcliff released his sword and shield and said "I surrender" as he doesn't want his immortal status to try and protect him, the scythe stopped immediately even with all the momentum it carried, in the duel screen you could clearly see Mint's profile as the winner and Heathcliff as the loser.

After Kirito joined the Knights of The Blood Mint said "Well then, Kirito... I will need to grind a bit as my level is still not enough so let's meet again after about... a week lets say, but be sure to message me if there's an event, after all my training isn't that important" after hearing Mint Kirito nodded and went for a brotherly hug... After that interaction, he went with Maou to grind mobs.

Mint saw Kirito's status to married about 2 days after when he checked...

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In Lisbeth's workshop, it's time to close for today... When suddenly while sitting down while eating Baator casually asked Lisbeth "When will our marriage status appear?", when he asked that it took a few moments for her to process his question while saying "Sorry but I didn't hear that clearly, can you say that again?", Baator asked the same thing again while saying at the end "That was a proposal between"... Lisbeth started tearing up as she didn't think it would happen this soon but she nodded her head and agreed to the proposal...

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While that happened Silica finally confessed her feelings to Satan, he looked surprised and embarrassed as he too confessed, he again used his the familiar to block his face from embarrassment, so they became a couple [They are about 14 for fuck's sake so no "Lovers" status for them yet! I have standards guys!]

This happened with Yuna to Anthraxus as when he visits then he momentarily stops the time distortion so it feels to her like he visits a lot so they got closer and closer until Yuna finally revealed her feelings to him...

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When Kirito finally told Mint that he got married to Asuna in the Emperors group chat [for convenience Mint created groups for himself, the Emperors and Kirito] all the other emperors said they furthered their relationship with their partners and when it was Baator's turn he said: "We now have another thing in common, Kirito." Kirito almost fell from where he sat as the news was quite surprising and Lisbeth was still too embarrassed to tell Asuna about it...

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Mint had stopped grinding seriously and he went to his home base at the 22nd floor [Yuna and Eiji stay in a specific area] mountain fortress, when he entered it he said loudly "AllLife Shiro activate, start protocol 'Emotion Bug'." after he said this a monotone sweet voice sounded near him saying "Activating the protocol, changing tone of voice to 'little sister'... tone changed successfully" she said the last sentence with energy, Mint nodded and said "Teleport to my destination and the protocol shall start", after a couple of seconds you could see a figure similar to Shiro from No Game No Life standing with closed eyes, a few moments after she opened her eyes and immediately went for a hug from Mint while saying "Big brother!", Mint nodded and said, "Hello there, what is your name?" she replied happily after thinking "It's Shiro!", Mint showed a kind smile and said "Well then, Shiro. Shall I cook you a meal?" as he heard her stomach growl, Shiro nodded her head vigorously while smiling, Mint's smile widened as he mumbled to himself "I am quite magnificent creating an AI with full emotions and personality, after about a day she would gain full sentience I'm guessing.", after mumbling that he summoned for himself a Divine Ademantium Duck [As he can control respawn rates and luck inside the game] and made a full course meal for them both, after they ate Shiro hugged Mint and said, "Brother's cooking is the best!", Mint was all smiles that day...