Back in KoB's headquarters, we were all sitting in a "round table", though it just consisted of a wide white room with three red sofas in the center lined up in a "U" format, the middle chair faced the exit. Asuna and I sat together in the right sofa, Klein and Egil sat in the left and finally Gin and the mysterious bow user in the center.
After PoH realized he was confronting three «Unique Skills», he had no choice but to back off. Also, he had the opportunity to teleport out at any time, thus it was unproductive to incite a battle. To be honest, I was suspicious of why would PoH attack us like that fully knowing that we could teleport out of the way, he is not the kind of not thinking straight. In the contrary, I could describe him as an evil mastermind. If I were to make a guess, he was giving out a clue for one of his plans, or he was provoking a conflict.
"Hello, my name is Hurstwic, a pleasure to meet you «Black Swordsman» Kirito" Said the mysterious redhead. Looking closely, she is certainly one of the rare beauties in Aincrad. Her hair was as long as Asuna's, though it radiated a bright red color that seemed to be in fire. Her facial complexion made it hard to believe that it was designed by virtual calibration.
"Nice meeting you too Hurstwic" I replied.
"About what happened in the forest..." Gin brought into topic the events in «Sky Forest» as he scratch the back of his head with his right hand, nonchalant as ever. "Laughing Coffin has been tailing Hurstwic for a long time without us knowing. After I left you in the forest, I went to see Hurstwic in her personal training ground, though I was instantly notified by someone's presence by my «Tracking» skill. I soon found out one of the greatest eavesdroppers and information gatherer was tailing her as she trained. Taking action, I persuade him with a large quantity of coil to break all information about his mission. He told me he had found out about the «Unique Skills» gathering, the invitation to allow Hurstwic to join the clearing team and the meeting point. He told me his contract was immediately terminated after his dealer found out about the meeting in «Sky Forest»."
"And the dealer was PoH." I replied with a serious expression.
"Exactly."
"But how is it possible to find out about such specific information? I thought you were sending private messages."
"When reading private messages, a screen appears that can only be read by the receiver, and is blurred to any other intruder, correct?"
"Yes, that is one of the unwritten rules to Aincrad"
"The eavesdropper seemed to have found a cheat to bypass this rule."
"Ehh? How is that possible?" Klein suddenly interrupted with a dumbfounded expression.
"He used a mirror to read the messages. I don't fully understand the characteristics behind it, but when an image is reflected from the mirror, the image is at its one hundred percent, without any blur not defect"
"That is incredibly simple, but at the same time ingenious, why hasn't the Cardinal System fixed up this issue?"
"It seems is not easy to fully copy the characteristics of a real mirror"
"I see... but anyways, why did you chose to met in the middle of «Sky Forest»?" Asuna quickly changed topics, probably as her interest in some minor flaw of the system was completely irrelevant to the case of having a bow user in the room.
"I... wanted to show the extend of my abilities without too many viewers, also, I don't like crowded places"
"How did you exactly met Gin?" I changed the topic in a hurry. I completely understood Hurstwic's point and did not want to pressure her any longer. As a player with a «Unique Skill», it is extremely important to be cautious to whom and where will you show your ability. If I had the choice of showing «Dual Blades» to Asuna before the incident in Floor 74, I probably would have made a similar choice of place as her.
"The story is a little cheesy, not of your tastes Kirito-San" Gin replied, waving his hand side to side giving the hint to change the topic. It seemed to be a very embarrassing or long story. Curious, as I am, I wanted to know more.
"BAKA! He asked me, not you" Hurstwic replied to him as she hit him in the left arm. Though only some sense discomfort was sensed instead of pain, the hit seemed to have caused some kind of "psychological pain" in Gin, as he sobbed his arm with his hand. Horstwic immediately turned around to face me, showing a smile. "Well, Gin and I met in the tenth floor. My dream in SAO was to become the most famous archer, though for my luck there were no bows in SAO. Gin wished to be the fastest, slowly increasing his speed"
"So how come both of you achieved «Unique Skills»?" Egil asked, wanting to get involved in the conversation.
"Gin, saw me training in the forest with throwing darts, and offered me his help as a moving target. His speed impressed me at first, but I was quickly able to pick up with his speed. His speed though, also increased, which made the training much more harder. One day, I obtained a new skill called «Maximus Scope», to my surprise, after activating it, a bow materialized in my hands. Though I thought it was a skill any one would obtain after training in «Throwing Weapons», it seemed it was not the case, I was the only exception. I don't know much of the requirements needed though."
"What about Gin-San, when did he obtained his skill"
"As he always carried a sword around that way, I'm not entirely sure when he obtained" All of us then immediately shifted our eyes toward Gin, who was lazily sitting in the sofa. After sensing the pressure, he replied.
"Oi Oi, I don't know the requirements for «Saya» either, but it was a while after I achieved the maximum speed"
"MAXIMUM SPEED?" All of us replied to such astounding accomplish. To achieve something such as maximum speed, someone would have to invest most or in even all of his points in basic stats such as Strength, Dexterity, Agility and others. He must have invested a lot in agility and dexterity, and use the spare points for strength and others. From deductions, I would say he is at least a level 80 or more, which means he would actually be three times faster than me, but his "damage per second" (DPS) was Asuna's or even lower, but contrary to her, he may not be able to achieve godly consecutive strikes as Asuna.
"I know what you are thinking Kirito-San, the danger of the speed. The are some tricks to it though, which is what has help me survive until now"
"I trust you" What did I say? I don't know, but this man seem to be sure of his own abilities, is up to me to believe him, and I do.
"Well..." Gin stands up, stretching. "It's about time"
"Time for what?"
"For what else? Challenge the boss in Floor 76th of course"
"WAHHH"
After PoH realized he was confronting three «Unique Skills», he had no choice but to back off. Also, he had the opportunity to teleport out at any time, thus it was unproductive to incite a battle. To be honest, I was suspicious of why would PoH attack us like that fully knowing that we could teleport out of the way, he is not the kind of not thinking straight. In the contrary, I could describe him as an evil mastermind. If I were to make a guess, he was giving out a clue for one of his plans, or he was provoking a conflict.
"Hello, my name is Hurstwic, a pleasure to meet you «Black Swordsman» Kirito" Said the mysterious redhead. Looking closely, she is certainly one of the rare beauties in Aincrad. Her hair was as long as Asuna's, though it radiated a bright red color that seemed to be in fire. Her facial complexion made it hard to believe that it was designed by virtual calibration.
"Nice meeting you too Hurstwic" I replied.
"About what happened in the forest..." Gin brought into topic the events in «Sky Forest» as he scratch the back of his head with his right hand, nonchalant as ever. "Laughing Coffin has been tailing Hurstwic for a long time without us knowing. After I left you in the forest, I went to see Hurstwic in her personal training ground, though I was instantly notified by someone's presence by my «Tracking» skill. I soon found out one of the greatest eavesdroppers and information gatherer was tailing her as she trained. Taking action, I persuade him with a large quantity of coil to break all information about his mission. He told me he had found out about the «Unique Skills» gathering, the invitation to allow Hurstwic to join the clearing team and the meeting point. He told me his contract was immediately terminated after his dealer found out about the meeting in «Sky Forest»."
"And the dealer was PoH." I replied with a serious expression.
"Exactly."
"But how is it possible to find out about such specific information? I thought you were sending private messages."
"When reading private messages, a screen appears that can only be read by the receiver, and is blurred to any other intruder, correct?"
"Yes, that is one of the unwritten rules to Aincrad"
"The eavesdropper seemed to have found a cheat to bypass this rule."
"Ehh? How is that possible?" Klein suddenly interrupted with a dumbfounded expression.
"He used a mirror to read the messages. I don't fully understand the characteristics behind it, but when an image is reflected from the mirror, the image is at its one hundred percent, without any blur not defect"
"That is incredibly simple, but at the same time ingenious, why hasn't the Cardinal System fixed up this issue?"
"It seems is not easy to fully copy the characteristics of a real mirror"
"I see... but anyways, why did you chose to met in the middle of «Sky Forest»?" Asuna quickly changed topics, probably as her interest in some minor flaw of the system was completely irrelevant to the case of having a bow user in the room.
"I... wanted to show the extend of my abilities without too many viewers, also, I don't like crowded places"
"How did you exactly met Gin?" I changed the topic in a hurry. I completely understood Hurstwic's point and did not want to pressure her any longer. As a player with a «Unique Skill», it is extremely important to be cautious to whom and where will you show your ability. If I had the choice of showing «Dual Blades» to Asuna before the incident in Floor 74, I probably would have made a similar choice of place as her.
"The story is a little cheesy, not of your tastes Kirito-San" Gin replied, waving his hand side to side giving the hint to change the topic. It seemed to be a very embarrassing or long story. Curious, as I am, I wanted to know more.
"BAKA! He asked me, not you" Hurstwic replied to him as she hit him in the left arm. Though only some sense discomfort was sensed instead of pain, the hit seemed to have caused some kind of "psychological pain" in Gin, as he sobbed his arm with his hand. Horstwic immediately turned around to face me, showing a smile. "Well, Gin and I met in the tenth floor. My dream in SAO was to become the most famous archer, though for my luck there were no bows in SAO. Gin wished to be the fastest, slowly increasing his speed"
"So how come both of you achieved «Unique Skills»?" Egil asked, wanting to get involved in the conversation.
"Gin, saw me training in the forest with throwing darts, and offered me his help as a moving target. His speed impressed me at first, but I was quickly able to pick up with his speed. His speed though, also increased, which made the training much more harder. One day, I obtained a new skill called «Maximus Scope», to my surprise, after activating it, a bow materialized in my hands. Though I thought it was a skill any one would obtain after training in «Throwing Weapons», it seemed it was not the case, I was the only exception. I don't know much of the requirements needed though."
"What about Gin-San, when did he obtained his skill"
"As he always carried a sword around that way, I'm not entirely sure when he obtained" All of us then immediately shifted our eyes toward Gin, who was lazily sitting in the sofa. After sensing the pressure, he replied.
"Oi Oi, I don't know the requirements for «Saya» either, but it was a while after I achieved the maximum speed"
"MAXIMUM SPEED?" All of us replied to such astounding accomplish. To achieve something such as maximum speed, someone would have to invest most or in even all of his points in basic stats such as Strength, Dexterity, Agility and others. He must have invested a lot in agility and dexterity, and use the spare points for strength and others. From deductions, I would say he is at least a level 80 or more, which means he would actually be three times faster than me, but his "damage per second" (DPS) was Asuna's or even lower, but contrary to her, he may not be able to achieve godly consecutive strikes as Asuna.
"I know what you are thinking Kirito-San, the danger of the speed. The are some tricks to it though, which is what has help me survive until now"
"I trust you" What did I say? I don't know, but this man seem to be sure of his own abilities, is up to me to believe him, and I do.
"Well..." Gin stands up, stretching. "It's about time"
"Time for what?"
"For what else? Challenge the boss in Floor 76th of course"
"WAHHH"
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