CHAPTER 10.2 - Elf's

Asuna started to undress while Kirito was on the back of the tree guarding the whole place. When Asuna was totally naked she jumped to the water "Ahhh! This is weird it supposes to be cold-water right? But it's warm like a hot spring" Asuna said and Kirito who was seated at the back of the tree spoke

"The reason behind that is because of the elf's leaving here, this is their territory" Kirito shouted

"Elf? You mean a small often mischievous fairy?" Asuna asks in amazement

"Uhm kind off, I will show you what kind of looks they have when we encounter one of them-" Kirito didn't finish his word when he heard Asuna's scream

"AHHHHHH!" Someone fell from the sky into Asuna's place so she quickly came out of the water and run towards Kirito

"Asuna!- Asuna?" Kirito came out of his hiding place to check Asuna's condition and he saw her running toward him "A-Asu-na.." Kirito eyes widened at Asuna who was currently running naked. Asuna stopped when she saw Kirito was stunned while looking at her, and then she noticed that she was totally naked in front of him

"Baka!! Stop looking at me!" Asuna equipped her Kunai and throw it to Kirito while her other hand was trying to cover her naked body

"AH! I didn't see anything! I promise!" Kirito avoided the dagger and turned his gaze on the ground. Asuna quickly equipped her clothes.

Suddenly a woman came up out of the water. She has light-blue hair which is almost white, she also has a calm deep-blue eye shining radiantly beneath her drooping eyelashes, a long nose, lustrous lips, and surprisingly slender body, and elf ears. She wore a white and navy-blue robe, a hat which poofs out like a cake, and she carries a sword in her right hand. The girl Elf was looking at the sky so that Asuna and Kirito turned their gaze to the sky, but a winged elf man descended from the sky and swiftly attacked the female elf. Kirito quickly pulled Asuna to hide

"Are they the Elf that you are talking about earlier?" Asuna said. They are now watching the two elves fighting each other

"Yeah, look above their head," Kirito said and Asuna followed him

"A symbol quest!" The NPC cursor '!' is color gold that visible

"Bingo! And the quest they give us isn't someone-off like the last one" Kirito was referring to the Martial arts quest "It's a lengthy campaign quest, and it spans the first few floors. Actually, it doesn't end until the ninth floor of the aincrad and if you fail along the way, there is no do-over. No switching to the other faction, all you can do is make your choice and stick with it until the end" Kirito explains

"What do you mean by the 'Other faction?"

"So there are two Elf knights here. You pick which one to aid the battle" Kirito explain "I did this one already in the Beta test, so you can choose this time, Asuna" Asuna look at them "The man is a forest elf while the woman was a dark elf. So which do you prefer?"

"I choose the dark elf lady"

"It's all well and good to side with the dark elf, but keep in mind, those two are elite mobs, similar to those you'd find on the seventh floor," Kirito said "So the thing is we can't defeat the forest elf. So don't attack him just focus on guarding. Got it?"

"We.. We can't win!?" Asuna said in shock "What? I don't want to die!" She is now talking hysterically

"No, we're fine. When our Hp goes down to half the elf we're helping will play its trump card"

"Trump card?"

"They will make a suicide attack that will blow them both up" Kirito explain

"I don't like that one bit" Asuna was looking at the elf woman, she doesn't like the idea of sacrifices

"Yeah I know, I felt the same way. But we're going to see a lot of NPC's die over the course of this game, you got to be rational" Kirito said "This is still a VRRMO, it's a game designed by people, not real life"

"Okay, I get it" Asuna sight "You're saying as long as we're strong enough we can save the one we choose?" Asuna gripped her fleuret

"Huh?" Asuna sprints towards them but she stopped

"What is humankind doing in this wood?!" The long hair elf forest man said

"Do not interfere! Begone from this place!" The Girl from the dark elf shouted to Asuna

"If you antagonize the forest elf here and point your sword at him, the quest starts" Kirito pointed his arms to the forest elf as if he was pointing his sword

"Ah, okay wills it's nothing personal" Asuna pointed the tip of his rapier to the forest elf and the cursor in the top of his head become black "I'm sorry about this"

"You fool! You side with the dark elf" The forest elf said

"I have come to take back that which you have stolen from my people!"

"Very well, then all three of you shall die my sword red with your blood!" The forest elf raised his sword

"Okay, here he comes, remember Asuna defense" Kirito reminded Asuna "See? Tough right? That's why I'm saying, just focus o defense"

The forest elf attack Asuna but she quickly avoided it "Prepare yourself" Asuna pointed to her fleuret ang about to attack the forest elf, she was about to make a linear attack but the forest elf used its shield and attack. The shield hit the stomach of Asuna

"See don't push it" Kirito helps Asuna to stand up "I just haven't faced a shield user before," Asuna thought away. She equipped her Kunai and dash towards the forest elf and throws a single shot as what she was expecting the elf used his shield to block the dagger, Asuna took advantage of that she dashes at the back of the elf and attack him. The elf forest was shocked he did not expect that so his Hp level decrease

"Grrrr.." The forest elf said, he was about to attack Asuna so Kirito prepared but the dark elf comes and attack the forest elf

"Okay fine I'll get it, you want to beat him? Let's beat him!" Kirito sprints and attack the forest elf making a vertical attack. After several hits the forest elf becomes fragments. After they got the secret key they look at the dark elf woman

"Thank you for your help" The women smiled at them

"Hey! Kirito-Kun what is it?" Asuna asks Kirito pointing the secret key

"Oh, that? That's a secret key, it's a literal 'key item' that pertains to the whole campaign. The dark elves have to keep possession of it to protect the holy sanctuary" Kirito explains

"So you're saying it originally belonged to the dark elves? Is that right?" Asuna said

"Huh? Oh yeah" Kirito said

"I must thank you again, warriors, of humankind" The elf smiled "The commander will wish you to reward you for your help" Kirito and Asuna looked at her "Will you come with me to our base camp?" Kirito looked at the girl's head he saw a cursor '?' meaning the quest is still functioning properly

"Hey, Kirito-Kun. You're not going to try to back out now, are you?" Asuna faced Kirito "Of course we can't turn back now" Kirito can be seen in Asuna's face that she was please, that she was trying to convince him to not back out

"Ah, yeah.." Kirito scratched his head

"I will accept your offer," Asuna said

"The base camp is through the woods to the south" The woman started to walk away "Come and follows me" The woman smiled