It's been a few weeks in aincrad maybe 4 or 5 I've reached level 14 and gained a few new traits including an endurance stat which has been catching up to strength stat
Stats:
5 agility
8 strength
6 endurance
I'm currently in the wild of the first floor searching for mobs to hunt as by now most of the hunting spots have been cleared out and are full of players trying to level, I've been alone most of time running into a few players here and there I met my first beta testers too his name was kirito he seemed cool I thought about having him tag along with me bur he seemed like someone who like to be alone so I let him be after hunting together for a some hours
The fields have been boring honestly just a rince and repea - huh?
"Weird" I muttered to myself in the distance seemed to be an abandoned shack a dark aura around it
I decided to go check it out, when I reached it I opened the door with caution my shield raised.. "What the fuck?" There was a body seemed to be of a soldier the moment I stepped to close the body rose of the floor and brought out the axe behind it
It rushed at me swinging for my legs as those were my weakest points I reacted in time though and lifted and jumped up drop kicked it launching it back into the wall
I stood back up waited for it's next attack it again rushed at me but fainted an attack to my right spinning around and slashing my left then charging an attack at my head which I parried to the left in that time I spun charging power swing and cutting off the head of the corpse then kicking it away
To my shock the corpse stood back up and was faster then before this time faster than I could react it slashing my legs again if this was real life my leg would have been sent flying off but only a red Slash appeared
My health was getting to the yellow zone so I decided to shield bash then transition into power swing this time I cut the corpse in half as I expected it wasn't dead yet
Dark tendrils came out of the two half's and reattached themselves like puppets and it stood back up, I looked at it annoyed then I realized
"There must be something bringing this thing back to life!" Some sort of necromancer I looked around and spotted something it looked like a rotten old man but before I could make a move the corpse launched itself at me with no regards and spun through the air like some cyclone heading towards me I put my shield up but even that couldn't stop it as it broke my gaurd and sent me back towards the door nearly throwing me out, but I regained my focus and deflected the Slash coming at me by sending a Slash of my own causing vibration through the axe making a humming sound
At this point my health was at the low end of yellow but I had no time to drink a health potion as the corpse sent relentless attacks my way Luckily I was able to over power most of them stopping them from reaching me, at that moment I connected the dots and realized what I need to do
Behind the corpse was the old man,i ran at the foe with my axe down low nearly dragging against the floor,as if the the corpse knew what I was planning it rushed at me at the same time but instead of lifting my axe to meet the attack I used shield bash while getting lower to the ground then I pushed upwards with all the power my kegs could muster flipping the corpse behind me, I then twisted my body to face behind me while bringing my axe up
"RAHHHH" I roared as I brought the axe down onto the corpse's neck then dragging my axe back in my direction splitting the body in half vertically and before the dark tendrils could come up I turned around and threw my axe at the old man my axe engraving itself in his head
Then finally both the corpse and the old man shattered into blue shards and the dark mist surrounding the shack faded away
Congratulations Escanor!
2 levels!
Lvl14 New item!!! I looked at my inventory and found I had acquired a new weapon, a double bladed axe the handle was long enough for both my hands and was made of strong metal i assumef it was silver, the head of the axe was a black i didnt exactly know what it was made of but I equipped it and it was the axe that the corpse used, it was significantly better than my current one also giving a +3 defense buff The Vile Axe[ The story of this axe is said to be a somber one.. Once when family of 3, a father, mother, and son lived happily in a cabin when a pack of wolves had came and eaten the mother and killed the son tearing him limb from limb but the father lived and in an act of rage seeked out the most vile methods of resurrecting his family.. His son is what was left of his failed attempts as he forever deemed his son to protect his body even after death] Such a earie story on the first floor but what could I expect this was I death game,i took a health potion and then decided to make my way back to the town of beginnings as I heard about their being some sort of meeting for those willing to fight