Chapter 29 - Strike

Haze won three matches of in a row before he finally faced a tough challenger. He was up against [Stalling Shadow] and had going first.

In normal rather than there was an assist button. In the last three matches verses [Pay Night[ and [Silent Thing], he'd used Waxing to assist Zack in the beginning as the match was loading, so he could put on the without it being too obvious.

This time, across from him there a girl that appeared with a red shotgun in her hand named [Jail Fire]. The only thing was the gun appeared a second after she spawned.

"Damn it! Zack, he's using the same tactic as me!"

Haze look backed at Zack as he closed his eyes and nodded his head. "No worries, my sword won't lose to a shotgun."

"You can't lose this match," Rail tapped Zack on the shoulders, "If you lose, Haze's strategy is going to be revealed to everyone..."

"I got this," Haze walked towards [Jail Fire] as he pulled out his sword with the gloves on. She stepped down on her right foot and seemed to accelerate to a foot in front of him with a smile on her face.

"Heh, try and dodge this, business man!"

"You're efforts are a waste of time," Zack replied as she pulled the trigger. He quickly stepped down on his foot and turned to the side before a harpoon shot past him.

He slashed forward and sent out a blade crescent slash as she accelerated to the left and fired three more times. A smile crept up on her face as she traced the harpoon circling in the air.

"Behind you, Zack,"

"She's already lost," Rail pointed at Zack on screen as he stepped off his back foot, "She's using a skill called . Zack's just taking his time for some reason,"

"I'm trying to learn a new move, I feel one coming on," Zack pushed off his back foot and appeared in front of [Jail Fire]. He slashed forward with his blade and cut her in half before she fell to the ground.

"Damn it, no new move yet," Zack said next to Haze by his chair as he looked at his character on screen, "Did she surrender yet?"

"Nope, she's just getting started," Rail opened up and started looking at the options, "However, we have 6 god credits now. You might want to upgrade Zack soon,"

"Her new character is like me," Zack pointed at the screen as a girl with samurai armor and a large katana appeared in front of them named [Savage Sword]. "However, I like my name [Lotion] better. It seems more soft."

"Don't go easy on her!" Haze said as she held up her sword and started to gather energy into it. "That doesn't look normal! Attack quickly!"

"That's an energy storing skill... Very useful, but impractical," Rail said as she crossed her arms, ""If she can gather energy for ten seconds, that will probably be a C- skill."

"She's already dead," Haze heard Zack say as he charged forward in mode and stabbed at her chest. "She can't possibly..."

Zack turned to his side on the large platform and saw a harpoon coming for him. He stepped back and dodged to the side before [Savage Sword] stepped forward on her right foot.

A large beam of light came out of her sword that cut through the tough concrete platform as Zack sighed and slashed at the large sword attack. Three sword crescents clashed with the large beam of sword energy before a cloud of dust shot into the air.

"I'm still fine," Zack said as he pointed at the screen, "I'm going to kick that shotgun out of bounds. I should've seen that coming..."

"I noticed," Rail said as she leaned her head on Haze's leg, "Anyways, good news, she surrendered..."

"Why? Why would she surrender? She had a shot?!" Haze heard a beep on his computer and leaned down to open chat. "Zack, what happened?"

"You can't see it on the screen, but I kicked the shotgun out of bounds... I need a break." Zack turned to the side and turned on the television, "I'll fight again after the next episode of Burn that Witch,"

Haze tried to remain calm, but slightly fumed as he looked at the message from [Jail Fire].

[Chat Window]

Jail Fire: I hate cheaters like you. Using a ten second window to use an assist... I'm going to tell everyone if you don't let me join your guild..

Haze: You're threatening me? How would you even tell them?

Jail Fire: The [God Smith Board] part of the application... Did you click on it yet?"

Haze: I haven't even seen that? Where is it?

Jail Fire: It's not worth joining your guild if you don't know that yet... I'll post it today unless you send me a god credit...

Haze turned furious and looked at Rail as she sighed and shook her head. "Things like this are bound to happen. Just ignore him. He can't post stuff about you without getting a strike. You can only get three stirkes on the board.

"Ugh, what if he wastes a strike on me?" Haze slammed his down on the table as Mace walked in the room with the on, and some food she got from Lapis, "There is nothing I can do?"

"The best you can do is get used to it," Rail sighed and closed her eyes as she leaned back on his chest. "Anyways, going to take a nap. Maybe I'll grow up overnight."

"Damn it!" Haze opened up the chat again, and tried to think of what to say as he began to sweat.

[Chat Window]

Haze: I won't give you anything! If you post anything about me, I'll just change my tactics!

Jail Fire: I already posted it. One strike to piss you off is worth it.

[Jail Fire has left the chat]

Haze got up and took a deep breathe before he walked over to the computer again and opened up the [God Smith Board]. He scrolled down and saw the new chat by [Jail Fire]. It had a line through it with a timer of 1 minute next to the link. The only problem was there was one hundred views on it already!

He clicked on it and opened the message.

[Everyone,

I just lost my first match against t some guy named Haze. If he changes his name, you'll recognize a cruddy looking business man with a black suit and tie.

He's using an assist to summon a glove in the first match.

First one to kill him gets two got credits from me!]

"You... you're kidding? All because I beat him?!"

"People have all different types of personalities," Waxing said as Mace activated the on Haze's body, "He probably is just mad you beat him. However, don't worry, only the elites hire people to watch the [God Smith Board].

"Ugh, screw it... Why am I surprised? Let's go catch that ghost controller. Maybe when we get back, all the people who saw the forum will be gone.

[This striken post has been closed.]

[1,500 people have seen this post.]

[Jail Fire has gotten a reward of 5 god credits!]

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention people can send you reward for certain posts..." Rail sighed as she put on a long sleeve pink shirt. "However, Haze, where you going? You forgot your cellphone to be able to find the ghost controller."

"Damn it! This is so annoying," Haze grabbed the small cellphone from his bed as the angel came out of it and pointed down the stairs with her bow, "Let's go guys... Bring the laptop so I can upgrade you on the way..."

"Stop worrying," Zack said as he patted Haze on the shoulder, "You can replace me in 18 hours with someone better. Just get me some food on the way so I can eat away the depression."