August 15th, 2023
Floor 29

"Right flank forward! Back flank proceed!" The guild leader yelled.

As the guild separated into their respectful flanks to target their own areas on the boss.

The players with bows fired from behind the line of safety as the players with close combat weapons fought head on.

So far, the Blood Oath Knights had lost four people. Four more people than they had wanted to lose. The boss, that closely resembled a caterpillar, had less than half of it's health bar down.

"Archers!" The leader yelled. "Aim!" The archers from the back lines aimed three arrows each at the boss. "Fire!"

The arrows flew across the room as the warriors backed off so the archers could shoot in a clear arch. But the arrows did nothing but irritate the oversized caterpillar even more.

"How do it not work?!" Someone from the front lines yelled. Soon after, the caterpillar swung and the person yelled no more.

Suddenly, a blue hooded figure ran through the hoards of archers and warriors. They looked around as two swords, one blue and one black, hung on their back.

The person looked around as they distracted the monster by running around it in circles. The person suddenly found what they were looking for as they nodded and ran ten feet away from the monstrous boss.

Players stood still a they wondered hat the person was doing. They were obviously female, but could a female truly take on a boss of that size? In the world of SAO, it was certainly possible, but who would risk their life to do it?

Suddenly, they all looked towards one player who had a sword in hand as she watched the blue hooded figure. Asuna. Asuna had saved all of their lives in various dungeons. Of course a female could take on this boss, but which player's skill could amount to Asuna and the famed Beater?

As the blue figure jumped high in the air and back down as she grabbed her swords from her back, they charged at the caterpillar that had slowly gained health while the person had circled it.

At the same time, Asuna charged the boss and threw a poison potion at the caterpillar. She jumped on the head and stuck her sword in it's eye. Asuna ripped he sword out and jumped of the caterpillar as the blue figure slashed their swords at the monster.

The blue figure slashed their swords straight through as they held a potion in their teeth. They jumped up and put the black sword on their back while takin the potion from their teeth and throwing it towards the boss.

The potion was a mix of magenta and light blue as it made contact with the boss. The boss's health bar went from yellow to pixels in an instant.

The blue figure had jumped off the boss at the last second as it disappeared into pixels. A whit bar that said CONGRATULATIONS popped up on front of the player, along with a bonus.

The player looked towards the leader of the Blood Oath Knights. "Do you want this bonus?" The player was definitely female. They had been better that Asuna and the Beater with their skills.

Everyone looked towards the leader. "You obviously defeated the boss." He said. "It's yours."

The player clicked Accept, they had obviously gotten something extraordinary. The Blood Oath Knights had worked with the player before, but they had never spoken before. And it had never been obvious that they had been female.

The player suddenly disappeared into pixels. An obvious sign of teleportation.

After a few moments of silence, someone called out. "Can we call her 'Blue Savior'?"

"Please, it's be much easier than calling them 'Hooded Figure'." Another called out.

Soon the cavern, that once held war, was resounding the name Blue Savior. But some players had other plans as they mourned the fifteen players they had lost in the fight.

Friends had been lost without knowing each other's real names.