SAO:PoA - Chapter Eighteen

Floor 22nd, January 17th, 2024

“This was a great honeymoon.”

“Unfortunate all good thing come to an end.”

Galant continued seated still while grabbing his one of his boots and placing it on his left foot. Guinevere wrapped her arms around his neck and pressing herself to my back. They remained silent for a couple of seconds

“Hey. We shall be back, one day. For now, we should focus on clearing this game.”

Galant grabs one of her hands

“I would stay here forever with you.”

Galant grabs Avalon’s coat and puts it on.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“I love that new coat of yours.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Really? Thanks. It was the rewards for killing Cerdic.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Yes I noticed.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant finished warping his weapons and grabbing all the left items from the house.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Let’s go.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">They got out of the small house at the south west of floor 22, and began travelling towards the teleport plaza.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“You are to we shall be back, we are needed on the Frontlines. In this two weeks a lot has happened.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Like?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Floor 51st was just arrived. And a new Red guild has appeared.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Which is its name?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Laughing Coffin.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“I thought we had enough with the Guardians of Darkness and all the other player killer guilds.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“So do I. Pendragon Court members will be busy. I hope the sisters are alright.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Yes. Let’s hope they are alright, and remain that way. Besides what are we doing once we arrive to the HQ. what is our today’s mission.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Thought floor 51st is already free to play. Yet, we will not go there today.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> “Why?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“I heard about a quest, in floor 50th.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“What quest?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“It is called Maximus Quest. It’s prize, is a sword.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“A sword?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Yeah. But not just a common sword.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Something more I should know?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“I want to leave it as a surprise, once we get back to our base.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“ah. Come on tell it to me!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Sorry but no Guinevere, surprises are surprises. That’s it.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Okay.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">They arrived to the teleport plaza, and teleported to their HQ at floor 50th. The place was named “Algade” It was a large city, that held a grat part of the players and clearers of the game. It was also the place where they had recently established their new HQ. Gawn Bors and Percival took care of the matter, while the couple was at their honeymoon days. They also rested while they were on this vacation.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Defeating Cerdic was a long and hard task. Some rest was needed by all of them. In the meantime, they had bought their final HQ.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere and Galant arrived to the place, named Camelot after the camp they left at the previous floor. It was exactly the same as their previous home at floor 7th, but it had been made much bigger.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Once they arrived, they noticed there was no one at the place. Gawn Percival and Bors where gone, and they had no idea from where they were. But still they went to their room and placed their things and ordered all. Few minutes after they finished, they heard the sound of the closing door. Galant went down to see who was, they were the guys, obviously.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “Hey Guys.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “Uh! You have arrived! Welcome! We thought you would arrive latter.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “Most surprises me that you were here on our arrival. Where have you been?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “The new arena.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “The arena? Have you been watching this new system of Gladiators?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “yeah. It was much more amazing that we thought. Is it not?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “I do not know. I have never seen the games.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant walked a few steps and sat down on the table, while the others did the same.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “Really? You should come.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “I have no interest in battle for non-sense.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “It is not non-sense battle.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “There are two types of Games: Execution, and a duel between gladiators?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “which is the difference?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “In execution, a player that has committed crimes is sentenced to execution. It faces one gladiator, whose purpose is to kill the criminal.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “Wait a moment. If this player kills the gladiator, would he die?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “I would explain to you if you would not interrupt me. No, in Gladiators Games, the Gladiator, instead of HP; have GHP, Gladiator Health Points. Once it reaches 0, you disappear in polygons and re-appear inside the arena, in the place where Gladiators normally are, while they are not fighting.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “then just the criminal can be killed.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “Yes. Yet, if the criminal defeats the gladiator, he could gain the favor of the crowd, and be so forgiven, thought the final decision is taken by the editor of the games. If the criminal succeeds, he begins training as a gladiator.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “who is the editor?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “this system is implemented by the Army generally, and its leader Thinker. Thought the editor is someone with enough coin to pay for this.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “And what is a duel?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “The same as an Execution, but instead, two gladiators fight. One the GHP is over of one of the two, the one left, is the winner. Those fights are mostly for entertainment rather of a judgment, like the Execution. There are different types of Gladiators, and due the different levels of player, they all held special equipment for the arena, depending of the weapon or weapons they use.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “So this means that all the Gladiators are criminals, trying to “redeem”.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “yeah, sort of.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “Non-sense.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “really?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “You cannot fight to redeem yourself of the crimes you committed you must pay the punishment.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “aw, come on! I have just won A bet from this two.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “No. That is final.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “That is because you have not seen it in person. Watching the players fighting and hearing the roar of the crowd. Is unique.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “whatever. I will never be inside those games, watching them. Do not try to convince me.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “You do not know what you are missing, Gal. In some moths, some gladiator will earn the title: “The Champion of Aincrad”, the best gladiator in all of Aincrad.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “And who is the favorite for now?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “Some guy called Arkadios. Fights with a square shield and a straight sword.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere arrived to the gathering of the friends at the dining room.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “hi, what is all this about.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “nothing, just speaking about the Gladiator Games. They have gone to the games. ”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “Really! How is it?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “Amazing.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “you will not convince me.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “someday I will go.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “really?!?!?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “what is wrong?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “no nothing. Forget it. Well to other matters. What are we doing today…”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “we should join the frontlines. Floor 52nd awaits.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “not yet.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “what?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “I have heard about a dungeon here, at floor 50th labyrinth. There is a quest named Maximus Quest, which consist of defeating three hordes of monsters. At its end, there is a sword stuck to a rock. It is named Maximus Caliburn.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “why interested on a single sword?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “this is not just any sword, it is indestructible, and also, it has a unique skill.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “So that is what you did not what to tell me.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “Yes. We need more strength. If we grasp that weapon, we shall be one of the most powerful guilds in Aincrad.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “how do you know it was not taken by other players?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “have you heard about a guild with a player with a sword that has a unique skill?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “no.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “well there is my point. We should go there. Today.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “haven’t you considered also joining another Guild, like KoB for example?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “yes. I did. Yet I do not wish the same fate as what we did with the Army.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “But he is true. If we grasp that weapon we will have much more strength.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “Who is with me?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “We are all with you as always. Yet, we should consider joining another Guild, once we are back.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “Okay. We are going on 10 minutes. Get ready.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">---

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The Demonic Servant slashes downwards, Galant blocks but is then hit hard by the shield and forced to fall back. Guinevere switches with him, chains several of her fast attacks, which the monster responds with a horizontal slash, yet Guinevere lowered his legs, hitting several times the monster on the legs. The Servant tried then a downwards slash once again, the Violet Knight span on the ground and switched with her husband who deal rapid blows to the monster and finished it dividing the monster in two with Crescent Stardust Slasher, ending the first wave of monsters.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “These monsters are unlike the rest on this level.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “The rumors were true.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “What?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “The monsters are from higher floors”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “Higher floors!?!?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “still these monsters are not as difficult as I thought.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “so either we are in a good level, or Kayaba made these monsters weaker.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “why would he do that?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “I do not belive that.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “why?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “The sword is really unique. He wanted someone worthy to wield it. Not just anyone.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “holds sense, but what will we do?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “there stands no more option than a defense formation.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “Okay. Still, why you did not tell us? That this quest has the most powerful monsters we have ever faced?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “I did not believe it true.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “Bors is true. You should have told us.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “well. You are true. I am sorry. If you so wish to get out, I will accept it.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">They all look at each other while in a circle discussing whether to continue or not.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “I will stay with you, Galant.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “We have gone too far, right? It will be a waste of time to not continue.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “yeah.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “so do I.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “okay. As I said, defense formation, Percival and myself at the front. We shall switch constantly. Let us advance, and see this done.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">They advanced, for their surprise; the hordes of monsters did not appear until several meters. Many Demonic Servants and Lizardman Lords, both of this monsters appeared.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The Demonic Servant looked the appearance of a skeletal swordsman, over two meters tall and surrounded by an eerie blue light. It carried around a huge straight sword in its right hand and a round metal shield in its left.

<p class="MsoNormal">The second group, <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">a humanoid lizard with bluish skin, a long tail, and glowing red eyes. They wore set of armor consisting of a helmet and breast plate. They carried a scimitar on its right hand and a round shield on its left.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant and Percival placed themselves at the front lines, while the others remained at the back. One of the skeletons rushed to Galant, but the player could notice it before, and span on the ground, avoiding the attack, and kicked on the back the monster, it felt to the ground and was smashed by Bors hammer.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">A lizard approached Percival, who managed to defend with Ambrosius, and casted a kit to the monsters side. Still, the monster attacked once again, as other also approached, Gawn intercepted it, and dual casted an huge attack with both weapons thought leaving his back opened for an attack,  The other Lizard managed to slashed his back, yet Percival managed to kill it before it continued attacking. One of the skeletons passed by the brief gap there was in their defense, ad attacked Guinevere, who jumped on the air, and kicked back the monster. Yet tis do not stop it, it managed to smash Guinevere at the chest, but Bors appeared, and smashed them monster with Thunder Pile. But still this did not to stop, Guinevere slashed it once again, and when it was distracted, Bors finished it, with both hammer at the same time, killing it.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant blocked several of the attacks of a skeleton and a lizard at the same time; he then managed to slice the leg. Of the skeleton, making it fall, Galant then hit hard the lizardman on the face with his shield, but the lizardman the attack with Fell Crescent, yet Galant countered with Vertical Square, and then jumped back when the monster was ready to attack him and finished the monster with Crescent Stardust Slasher directly to the body, piercing it two, the attack even continued and sliced other two monsters on its continuation. Galant fell to the ground and crushed by the fall the skeleton without the leg.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “SHIELD!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant placed himself at his knees with his shield above his head. Gawn ran, jumped at the shield, and throw himself to the monsters. He grabbed two tomahawks from his back and then the towards a lizarmand lord, Thought the two of them were blocked, the Knight managed to get to the back of the monster, and smashed its head with a single hit of his mace. He looked to other two coming to him, but with one of his feet forced up the tomahawk at the floor and threw it to them casting a hard  hit to the chest, but this did not stopped the monster. When it got hearer Gawn, a spear pierced the skull of the monster, and tucked in to the wall.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors then also advanced to the front lines changing his weapons to the Knuckle Dusters. As a skull servant got near him, he easily eluded the move then parried other, and started casting of fast and strong hits to the monster, killing it in seconds. Guinevere got near him and attacks one that was getting Bors, Guinevere jumped back of the monster and stabbed it throw the jaw, then other wet to her back But Galant slashed it two times with Stardust Slasher. Killing it.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant advances to the last monster, he tries horizontal move, but was parried by the shield, then the monster tried to attack Galant, but his shield also parried. Galant took distance between him and the monster, the monster used this moment to try and stab Galant ,yet, Galant eluded it and placed the  monster sword between his shield and Balmung, he span, disarming the monster, and the beheaded it with Stardust Slasher, finishing the second wave of monsters.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “are you all alright?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “yeah.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bors: “we are.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “there is something strange.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “what are you talking about?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “the quantity of monsters was the same than in the previous wave.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant it that moment noticed it. Something was strange about this quest.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “yeah. Still we should continue there is just one more wave and we can have that sword.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">They all agreed on this. The continued walking deeper inside the cavern, continuing on the way of the quest. They suddenly arrived to a place where the cavern was made bigger, the place was surrounded in part of darkness, yet part of it was illuminated by crystals that came out of the sides of the cavern. That the end of the cavern, there was a golden and silver sword with details in black and red, stuck to a stone, this had some markings that read: “Only the player that values friends and love more than his life can possess this sword”.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “That must be it. Maximus Caliburn.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “it is ours. Percival ran to grab the sword, as the other followed them, yet Galant did not move. It held no sense. According to what he had herd about the quest, the hordes they had to defeat were three, and each of them, more powerful than the previous one.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “hey, what happens?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Suddenly Percival felt to the ground and could not move. Gawn, Bors, Guinevere and Galant felt the same. Galant was surprised al looked around, but he did not find anyone. Then something struck to Galant‘s coat in the chest, a knife. He could also not move also felt to the ground.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Oh these were very easy to capture...”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“What should we do now?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“What we were born for,  Xaxa, killing.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The hearts of all the Knights started beating faster. Shadows came out of the shadows of the cavern. Galant forced himself to look up. Several players came out of them, all of them wearing robes, covering most of their faces. Galant noticed why there was missing one of the waves of monsters, because they had had arrived moments before them, and the monsters did not re-appear very fast, and so, it was easier for them to arrive to the place. He also noticed who they were.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “the rumors were true. The red guild, Laughing Coffin.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">One of the players got near Galant and grabbed his hair forcing him to look up.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“uh, it seems that this doggy has heard of us.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “Everybody has.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Shut up.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He forced Galant face to the ground hitting it with the soil, and then got up and placed his feet up of Galant head, pressing it further against the floor.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “leave him!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“SHUT UP! OR YOU SHALL END WORSE THAN HIM! PoH, can we have them fight between them, and the one that kills is the victor is set free?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Those words made the players even more afraid than they were in that moment.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“No we will latter do that. Not with this group.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“What should we do then, PoH?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PoH: “Let the new ones have fun with them. See if they are worthy of being member of our organization.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Xaxa: “Selene, Whipper, Shang and Annie, kill them. But leave the one near the entrance, the leader, alive.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“I am sorry, can I wait to other guild to appear?” spoke a Silver-haired girl.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Xaxa: “what? It is an order, kill th…”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PoH: “let her. She shall prove worthy soon. Kamui, you want one of them.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Kamui: “no. I do not wish to kill worthless insects. Ley you guild kill all of them. I shall witness what all of you are capable of do. Just a truly worthy opponent is that I wish to kill.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant recognized in that moment the leader of the guild that was the biggest enemy of Pendragon Court: Kamui, leader of the Guardian of Darkness.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PoH: “Then you, Strefen.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Xaxa: “whipper, you start.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The player opened both hands and two long silver metal whips came out of them. He then Started slashing several times Gawn at the back.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “STOOOOOOOOOOOOP!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Just shut up.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The assassin next to Galant started stepping on his head several times.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “stop this! Please!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The player known as “Strefen” got near Guinevere and gagged her mouth with a piece of cloth.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Strefen: “this bitch is mine.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He grabbed Guinevere, and sat on the floor, and placed the girl, between his arms, like hugging her, while Guinevere could not stop looking to Galant and he did the same, and tire to extend his hand to grab hers.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Whipper continued to slash constantly Gawn, slowly taking out his HP with pain. Gawn took out his band across his head, and managed to enter his menu. His HP was arriving red.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Whipper: “do not try a crystal, it will be useless, and you will suffer much more.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn smiled to the player.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “it’s just a message, you asshole.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The Whipper seemed pissed with his comment, and slashed strongly to Gawn ,taking almost what was left of his HP. Gawn still managed to create a message, in which he sent his headband. He then looked to Galant.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “give it to her, would you?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “Taichi…”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gawn: “bye”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Whipper slashed downwards his both of his whips, slashing one last time Gawn at the back. Gawn continued to look at Galant, and he shattered into polygons.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere began crying as his best friend was killed.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Strefen: “Do not cry sweetie, you shall join him soon.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PoH: “Annie, you are next.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">They blonde short girl got near Bors. She was much shorter than him, she grabbed him from his neck and got him up at force, yet he did not managed to maintain himself up. Due this the Girl once again grabbed Bors from his neck, and threw him up to the ceiling. As he was falling, she changed to a strange guard could just covering her just her face, and once he had almost fallen to the ground, she began casting lots of punches and kicks directly to the body and face of Bors. Her speed and ability at Hand-to-Hand was incredible, even overpassing Bors.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “Stop you bitch!"

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PoH stepped strongly on Percival’s face.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PoH: “Black, this one is yours.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Black got his leg of Galant and got near Percival, she did this circle several times, when Bors had almost lost his consciousness, she grabbed him and threw him up the air, she grabbed the knifes at her legs, and sliced Bors upwards, thought the body, The cut off Bors, legs, and arms and as Bors screamed in pain, she sliced his throat, killing him.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “Yamato! No!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “YOU PIECE OF SHIT!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Kamui: “He was named Yamato. Uh. Glad he is dead!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “You Kamui, piece of black hooded shit, just wait until Pendragon Court or KoB get you!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Kamui unsheathed a long black pitch sword and got near Galant, ready to hold him.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PoH: “Hold. Such a death would be far too quick. He needs to watch this first.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Kamui nodded to his ally, sheathed back his sword and went back to his place.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Kamui: “You are true. I will be sure to kill every single one of your friends at that guild. Even those two girls.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “No. Leave them alone!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PoH: “Black. Your turn.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Black got near Percival and grabbed Gungir from his back.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Black: “You got some nice spear.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “fuck yourself.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Black: “and very bad manners. Let us see if I can teach you some.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He placed the blade Gungir in front of his mouth

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Now, say ahhhh.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Percival: “Fuck yourself.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">It the moment he opened his mouth, he managed to place the blade between his teeth.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Black: “that works still.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Black extended Gungir the two meters it could be, and pierced out of Percival’s left leg. It a couple of second he was dead.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “IKUTO! FUCK! I WILL KILL YOU ALL I SWEAR!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Xaxa: “Shut up. So this you can do. The Slayer of Cerdic. The one that killed the King of Monsters? This is how you have made yourself a legend in Aincrad? Pathetic.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Strefen: “my turn is, right?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PoH:  “do it.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “not her, leave her alone! I beg of you. Take my life, in exchange for hers!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Strefen: “why?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Strefen looked to Galant left hand and noticed a golden ring on his finger. He then grabbed Guinevere’s hand, and noticed the same.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“I understand now. You two are married.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant did not like that he had noticed that.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The red player removed the gag of her mouth and spoke, while the two lovers could not tear eyes from each other. Strefen then grabbed Guinevere’s breast and started to take advantage of the situation. Guinevere was notably in pain. While Galant face but showed anger wrath desperation and will to kill everyone. He had never felt hate, before not even to Cerdic, yet now, he knew what it felt like, to desire to se a person just in one possible way: dead.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“You have fucked her, right? I bet you stick it to this girl day and night, am I right.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere: “GALANT!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “I WILL KILL YOU! I SWEAR I WILL!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PoH: “Stop, we are not here to rape the girl. Neither have we time to watch you while you do it.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Strefen: “I am not, and will not. I just was having fun.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He looked back at Galant.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“After all look at her. You have luck to have a girl as hot as her.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The player, which as for Galant was just a monster, then began to touch the rest of the body of Guinevere. As she screamed in pain Galant still tried to get up with all his strength, but no avail, he was stuck on the ground, left without hope, not willing something, yet incapable of doing anything at that state.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Well enough of this!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">She turned and placed Guinevere on the ground. He took out a knife from his back, and stabbed Guinevere right on the chest, piercing what would be her heart. Slowly, it did it several more times in the same place, making the girl feel even more pain. He then began to kiss by the Violet Knight and trying to lick her face, as she tried to gate his face out of hers and cried.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Her HP got down second by second, as it was almost reaching red.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Tell me Galant. What does it feel like?! To see your own girlfriend, the person you most love, at the hands of another man. TELL ME! WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE?!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant managed to grab Balmung it the place it had felt.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant: “It feels…anger.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant jumped on the ground at high sliced his sword on the air, and ended next to Guinevere. The next second the head of Strefen felt to the ground, and exploded into polygons alongside its body.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">All the members of Laughing Coffin were ready to attack Galant, but PoH raised it hand and stopped them

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant grabbed Guinevere’s head, and got it back up; he also took out the knife inserted on her chest, as red data flew out of her body. While she was bleary conscious.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Just endure the pain, Sakura; I will see you from this.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Guinevere shook her head.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Please do not tell me that anyone but you. SAKURA!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“This time you cannot save me.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant began to cry, while Guinevere Placed her right hand on his left cheek.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> “You will survive! You must remain at my side. Who will protect the then?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“You are as strong… to protect yourself.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“No I am weak I could not save you. I gave you my word I would.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“You tried…Kiss me.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Galant kissed her.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“I did not wish to die with his taste on my lips.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">They continued to stare at each other. Between his tear, Galant spoke.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“I love you Sakura. I will always love you.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“And I love you, Y…”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The words coming out of her mouth stopped, and her eyes closed, and smiled to him. Her feet began to shatter into polygons, turning in to stardust, dissolving into the ground.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“I am here.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">She ended shattering into polygons, leaving just her sword. Galant’s hands ended at the floor locking towards it. The purple ribbon he had place on her hair months ago fell to his right hand.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“''Sakura, Shun, Taichi, Daisuke, Yamato, Ikuto, Takeru, Izumi, Ryuko. My friends, you have left me alone. It is my entire fault. Your deaths. There are no wards to express how sorry I feel.one day, one day, one day I will see you repaid. I swear I will.” ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Heavaltica","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“The one that should have been our leader, WAS NOT ME!” ''