16:00pm
floor 22
forest house k4
kirito and asuna had arrived at their house as they see yui flying to them and alice got out of her room as asuna hug yui kirito notice something was wrong before realizing blesi wasn't there "where blesi ?"
alice didn't know as she was in her room while yui didn't know because she was with alice, as kirito look around he see that there is something on the table
it was a letter with a letter with the phone number to blesi himself, though he had left a single bolt from his crossbow there, as a souvenir, kirito look to the content of the letter as follow :
"dear kirito & asuna,
if you read this letter, that meant that i had left, it's been fun living these past few days, from the first unwelcome look you all look at me to treating me as one of your friends, it reminded me of my times in the soldiers, the brotherhood and friends i made, to tell you the truth, i actually have been hiding a secret, i have other reason for you all to cross through the other door back there, other than to let you challenge yourself, it is so the salamander soldiers don't see you, especially the supporters of the general himself
i had expected myself to meet some danger after i had captured the general, consider his reputation, i believe there are some that might sent to capture me, these few days i saw how happy the family you have made, it would be cruel for me to bring you into this danger, living a life of fear and worries doesn't fit well with this family, let alone one who have experience so much, so, i have decided, as a man who never been in experience like you all are, i think it's best to let them focus on me
oh, don't worry i will be out of alo for sometime, after the judgement have completed, i will try it out on ggo, don't you need to fear, i have experience there before, and also this time i wont be playing all by myself
- the inferno,
blesi"
kirito look at the letter as simply chuckle "look like we're not so different after all." before looking at the bolt as he decided to add him to the direct message
meanwhile
the judgement of nine
the nine lords sat on top of the room, as they look down on the guilty, as sakuya was one of the lords, looking down she see blesi and some guards brough the guilty in front of them as the audience remain silent, to blesi ragnar was what he most feared as he had his sword around his neck at all times
"blesi, may i ask why the general was here ?" the lord of the salamander, mortimer asked "my lord, i have report to you that this man, general ragnar himself, is the perpretrator of the recent attack" blesi said pointing his sword at him as sakuya began to ask "blesi, do you have any idea how serious this is ?"
"yes, lady sakuya, i know, because the general didn't have the permission from the my lord, as he commit these attack in secret, letting his suborbinates do the crime while he kept himself in the dark" blesi said as the lord of cait sith, alicia rue asked "are there proofs that the general is the one who do it ?"
"yes, as a matter of fact, he is one of the member who commited the crime himself, he is enough proof that the general is the one ordered the attack in secret" mortimer hear this as it caught his interest "oh, who could this be ?"
"jakul, or as many call him, the sword" blesi was push out of the line of the others, he simply had the chain on his hand as she walk to the center facing the lords themselves "you are one who follow the generals order ?" mortimer asked
"yes, my lord" jakul replied " are you the undine fairy that the soldier had mentioned ?" sakuya asked looking at him with menacing eyes "yes, my lord, the black sword they saw, it was mine"
"do you remember who are you with at those time ?" alicia asked waving her tail in curiosity "the guillotine ivar, and the shield tate" hearing this alicia look to these two seeing in dissapointment as tate was a fellow cait sith like her, blesi seeing the lords still have a bit of a hard time believing this he quickly think of an idea as he said "my lords, may i request some identification from the victims, maybe they can let you convince"
hearing this sakuya ordered two of the guards as jakul look at them, with the two realize it was himas they about to pull out their weapons only to be stopped by the guards, jakul seeing them as ivar simply laught at the reaction "well, well, well, absolutely pathetic."
"i'm pretty sure that is enough proof that jakul here is trustable" blesi said as sakuya and the other lord began to look at jakul "so, the general was the one ordered the attack ?"
"yes, my lord, he gave me the order while i and the other organize the plan" jakul replied as blesi look at the lord made their choice "bring up general ragnar" the general was brought by blesi as he continue to put his sword on his neck while the general look at blesi before to the lord themself "general, would you explain what motivates you to make this attack ?" the general look at the other before seing mortimer judge on his action in dissapointment "you just don't get it do you, all for the same goal you all wanted, one word, peace"
"peace, blesi, what did he mean by all this ?" sakuya asked just to be sure she didn't misheard it but also to get the truth "the answer is simple, my lord, he try to achieve peace by causing a war, a war of all races, and unite every races as one"
"creating a war, RAGNAR, do you have any idea the amount of casualities will result in this !?" mortimer yelled as he can't belive this is what the general had planned
"i do, my lord, but think about it, no longer will we have the reason to fight, we all can live as one, we no longer need to se each other as friends or foe, i did all this, for the sake of peace itself" mortimer was furious at this but he couldn't say a word as blesi quickly said "your goal is a goal worth respect, general, but the way you choose to get it, it is corrupted"
the general remain silent as the nine lords had decided as they had their banned button prepare as they had set it to permanent, the general didn't felt guilt as he accepted his faith with everyone had pressed the accept button, with mortimer being the last as he look to the general seeing him being this helpless for the first time, but he had no choice, as he press the accept button, with the general seeing a message as he had been permanently banned from the game
and soon his body glow before he was gone forever, blesi can only sigh as the lord set up the banned button on deciding how long they will be banned as tate received permanent, ivar received permanent, xuanji received a year, with them all dissapeared leaving only jakul who remained silent, blesi seeing they are going for banned him, blesi quickly step out as he said "my lord, may i have a word" the lord stops as jakul see blesi stopping them
"speak, blesi" mortimer said as blesi said "i request a cut from the ban" the other were suprised at this request before sakuya asked "is there a reason why, you willing to help this criminal"
"he had help me in the aid of fighting the general, if it weren't for him, i wouldn't be able to capture the general, so please, with this i requested to lighten up his punishment" blesi bow down as he can hear the lord began to discuss before he heard sakuya voice "blesi"
he look up to lady sakuya who said "we may not able to prevent him from being banned, but due to his redemption, we can lighten up his punishment" blesi hear this got curious as he asked "for how long, my lord ?"
"six, six months, after an hour he will be banned, for six months he won't be able to login to this game, do you accept, blesi, jakul ?" sakuya explained thinking this is the best way to go as blesi and jakul accept the offer with the lord pressed the button jakul see the message as he simply smiled accepting his faith "courts over" sakuya said as the lord had got out of their seats while blesi quickly brought him out of the court
"thanks for that" jakul said as blesi brought him with him unlocking his chains "don't mention it, you wanna see solmani one last time ?" blesi suggest as jakul replied "it's best to say some goodbye to her"
"say, what are you going to do in the mean time" blesi asked curiously "i'll guess i'll play ggo, remember to give some advice there" jakul replied which suprises blesi "oh, didn't expect you to play games with guns" blesi can imagine he use sword on one hand and guns in the other "i won't use gun, just a photon sword is enough" blesi chuckle as he heard this as it is what jakul would do before they began to go to solmani place
16:15pm
dragon valley
solmani was making her favourite soup the scarbarough chicken soup, she do it as usual with adding some extra rosemary, but also some sages in it as well just like how she used to do it, she quickly finished the soup before hearing sounds of blesi calling her name "solmani" she quickly stop blowing on the flame as she look out, she see jakul with blesi behind him, she was suprised to see this wondering if it was the desert playing tricks with her, that is until blesi got close as he quickly enters the room smelling the soups aroma
"c-come in, jakul" solmani said as she had prepared few bowls for the two brothers "tell me, how did it goes ?" solmani asked as she see jakul was able to came here in peace wondering if the lord change their mind, with jakul sigh simply said "i only have an hour left before i was banned"
"how long ?" solmani asked "six months..." jakul replied looking to see solmani had kept his sword "is that ?"
"yes, it will be here when you returned, and when that day come, i want you to see how strong i got" solmani said as skoll and jakul felt proud of her as jakul said "when that day comes, i will come and see" before solmani give him a pinky finger "promise ?" jakul see this as he made his own said "promise"
16:45pm
the sun began to set with they all drink the soup as skoll came out to have some talk with jakul, as jakul simply said "skoll, i do hope you can take good care of her while i'm gone" skoll simply put her feet the bench as she chuckled said "you know that i will, in fact, i wanted you to fight me when your back, jakul"
"seems like you still cling on the duel we still haven't set ?" jakul said jokingly "hey, it was a draw so there no way i'm gonna lose to you next time" skoll said this as she reminded jakul and blesi of their teacher in one way or another "well in that case, we'll see how much you growth after that, the one who mocks"
"alright then, jack little frost, we'll see when we met, and i'll prove that i, the one and most powerful of them all, skoll, will kick your butt with ease" skoll said challenge him as she awaits for his return
16:58pm
the sunset had turned into the time of twilight as blesi decided to leave the two some alone time, by explore around the nearby city, leaving jakul and solmani alone as they look at the twilight time, as solmani look at the time she suddenly felt jakul had put something in his hand, she look to see a small jade amulet
"do you like it ?" jakul asked as solmani blushed but she lift up the courage and said "yes, would you like to help me wear them ?" jakul hear this as he quickly got behind solmani in helping her wear this, jakul and solmani see the time it was 16:59pm, as jakul finish putting on the amulet, solmani quickly hugged him hoping to embrace him one last time "goodbye...jakul"
"goodbye, solmani" as the time had reach 17:00pm jakul see the notification before his body glow, solmani hug tighter but she soon feel nothing as he is gone dissapear leaving nothing nothing behind
she knelt down looking at the amulet as tears fell down from her eyes, as she whispers "i love you, jakul..."
a month later
GGO
iron bridge
a man wore in red were rode in motorcycle as he was on a mission before a face cam came, he see it was from kirito, he quickly tapped the button as he said "hello ?"
"yo, blesi, how's your situation around there ?" kirito asked as blesi see he is all alone"so far so good, how's yours ?"
"well, sinon hearing you joining the BoB tournament so she wanted to challenge you in it" kirito explained
"oh, wonder where she be ?" blesi wonder as he look around the tower, but luckily he was currently on the bridge, not saying he is completely save though
"probably in some tower fighting another players, whether she be friendly or foe is up for debate" kirito explained "is that so, well then, i guess we can only wait and see, hope she didn't lose mid round that all" blesi said jokingly "knowing her the risk are small, but not impossible though" blesi chuckle hearing this "i'll kept that in mind"
"so, did the people who support the general bother you recently ?" kirito asked as blesi see the topic getting serious "not much, other than simple trolling and some guerilla tactics, i'm more suprised how the general influence could go as far as this game, to be honest"
"so, do you need help in this ?" kirito asked hearing the way they attack "no, no need, these small minions are just that minions, minions who support such corrupted ideas like the general, i wouldn't mind fighting them, if they were to harm me, it's wouldn't put much mind in it, if they went to harm others, that is where they took it too far"
"so do you plan to stop them again ?" kirito asked once again wonder if he gonna fight them like how he dealth with the laughing coffins "yes, even if they are out of ALO, they can still login to other games like jakul did, it's hard to say what's their next step, whether they changed or not, but i will try to stop them, eventhough i can't help the rest they put their hands on, but if there is one i encounter, i will do it no matter what"
"all i can say about that was good luck, in case you ever need help, call me" kirito said appreciate the way he act "thanks, kirito, i appreciate it" blesi said before noticing there are some men preparing guns at him as he simply said "now, i'll stop the call for now, help me say hi to yui, asuna and alice" before click off
he look to see they had their guns ready as he quickly pump the speed before he jump off the motorcycle, hands still holding onto the grip, as he swung it before throw it to them with the wheels still spinning hit the two, he slowly walk close seeing the two player having hp reaching zero, he was about to simply continued his ride, but guns were pointing him from all sides
as he look to see there were around six people surrounding him, with their guns ready, though he wasn't worried as he simply smiled before quickly raised his hand pointing at the sky said "it's time to rock" and quickly pressed the music button on his motorcycle, but it was all silent, feeling awkward he continued to click before giving up (shouldn't have yeeted like that)
as the all approaches he quickly pushed another button before raising his hand up as if he had surrender, the gunmen look to one another before one of them get close while the other still had their guns pointing at blesi, blesi chuckled when a blue sword was suddenly thrown to one of them killing him instantly as it contiue to spin to the other in front of blesi
blesi quickly pull out a pair of guns as he shoot repeatedly at the two from his back as they were distracted by the spinning sword, soon their hp dropped quickly, he quickly put back his gun as he look up seeing the sword spinning back to its owner
it was none other than jakul who wore an all white clothes as he does a leap of faith only to land silently to the ground, he walk toward blesi, with blesi chuckled quickly putting his gun back before the a sound coming from his mottorcycle appeared as a sword was suddenly shoot out spinning toward blesi, blesi simply raised his hand before gripping onto the scabbard with jakul simply said "finally"
"now they're gone, shall we determine our fight ?" jakul said as he see blesi had his weapon lay on his shoulder "you only come to this game about a month, why should i fear about it" blesi replied thinking just how much growth can jakul made in only a month
"you know i'm the type to use light armor, which allow me to catch up to the skill i had back in alo fairly quickly" jskul explained "i see, not a bad move, brother, that deserves a praise" pointing his sword at him "why dont we give it a test, brother"jakul smiled as he pulled out his sword revealing the blue blade with a black edge in the ready
as blesi about to prepare jakul throw his spinning sword at him as he quickly parry back to see jakul had already ran and grabbing onto the sword as he made his attack, blesi block and parry them before able to unleash an attack with blesi see jakul attempt to block as he smile before slicing down realizing jakul let the sword fell on purpose creating a spark when the sword sliding down, with jakul now had the upper hand making a slash
as the two suddenly hear gunshot from back and front as jakul slash the bulllet on the back while blesi slash it from the front, they see more soldier again surrounding them "your back, i'm front ?" jakul chuckle replied "sure" before the two charge to the other with jakul quickly throw his sword at them while dodging the bullet with ease, blesi quickly pulled out his gun as he aim at the soldiers, he was able to deflect some of the bullets with the gun of his own but he mostly target the soldier itself, while using his body to dodge the incoming bullet as he ran to them
some of the soldier quickly changed to knifes and a gun as blesi decided to use his sword, with them stab as he slice off their hand before grabbing to the knife and throw at the shotgun users, while continue to hack and slash at the enemy, with him using one of his gun to shoot at jakul while grapple to one of the last soldier and end it with a slice on his neck as he quickly unleash another shot saying "bullseye"
the bullets flying toward jakul as he simply deflect it to hit another soldier, before dealing a final blow at him "dont you get tired of that ?" as he quickly charge to blesi while dodging the bullet as it hit to one of the enemy behind him "nope" as blesi charge to jakul as well with the two sword ready the two made their cut on one another as they stop looking to their own hp
jakul see he still have 99% hp on him, while blesi see the same number "you go easy on me, did you ?" blesi asked smiling "yes" jakul said putting his sword back "but so are you" jakul said knowing blesi attack would have dealth more than that, as blesi chuckled said "gotta keep you alive till BoB, that is where the real fight began" as he put back his sword and walking to the motorcycle
jakul see him got up to the motorcycle jakul simply decided to walk opposite to where blesi was heading seeing the big city in front of him