CHAPTER 13.1 - Duel

"I've never been revealed before with such a high hide rate" The man walks toward Kirito

While Asuna was hiding he saw the familiar man come out "The man earlier.." she whispered

"What are you doing here?" Kirito ask for him the man was suspicious

"Me? Just regular security on the scout camp- Wait! You're Kirito-San!" He faced Kirito and holds his hand in excitement "You're Kirito-San right?! The Beta Tester who proudly announced himself to the public. The one and only Beater!? No way! I can't believe I just run into the greatest swordsman in aincrad! This is just a best!"

"Huh?" Kirito confused looking at him

"Wait, aren't you with your rumored super-hot girlfriend today?" The man seems excited "I got to say though; I can tell you're the real deal. There weren't many players who knew about this infiltration point even in Beta.." The man smiled with rumors

"Oh, you're also?.."

"Yep, former tester here" The man wiggled his ass "I couldn't hold a candle to you, of course," Kirito faced palm, 'This man is the weirdest among the weird players' in his thought "I'm hiding my history and working hard to earn points for my guild through. Gosh, I'm embarrassed to have to keep it a secret"

"Uh, it's fine I don't blame you. This puts us at impasse thought" Kirito said "I'm guessing that if I told you I'm doing the Infiltration quest you wouldn't be considerate enough to let me pass, would you?"

Infiltration is chapter six of a quest that involves stealing a scroll of orders from the forest elf camp and delivering it to the dark elf commander. Kirito was about to do this quest alone he knows that if Asuna is with him she will be in danger knowing that the forest elf was stronger

"Who? Me? I don't mind, but it's not fun just letting you stroll past right?" The man sends an invitation to Kirito "So what do you say? Want to uphold the old Beta tradition and settle this with duel?" The man sends a request for a duel, it's is a half-strength finished the duel will be over when either player's Hp reaches 50% "Doesn't that get your blood pumping?"

"I like it" Kirito smiled and accept the duel "the fact that, unlike in Beta, we can't choose a fully finished model is a bit disappointing though Morte' He saw the man's name when he received the duel invitation

"Well said! Well said!" The man smiled wickedly

"Let's move locations before we start the count" Kirito started to walk away "If we raise a fuss right here" Morte followed him. While Asuna heard everything she decided to follow them too using her hiding skill.

When they got to their chosen place, Morte spoke "I will tell you a secrete later that you will go crazy HAHA" The duel count starts "So shall we begin?.."

4.. 3.. 2..1.. Start!

Kirito and Morte sprint towards each other and attack, The first and second attack of Kirito with a sonic leap but was blocked by Morte however because of the speed of Kirito the third attack was very difficult for Morte but he manages to block it too however Kirito used his martial arts skills and give Morte a moon kick but Morte manages to avoid it "Not bad, you should attend the next battle" Kirito compliment him

"Hehe it's my honor to receive the praise from Kirito-San" Morte smiled "The accuracy of swords skills, proficiency, and boost technique. I can say as expected from the greatest damage dealer of the attack group but compared to a normal person, let's see, there won't be any of expectation our Beta star Kirito-San with this standard honestly thinking" Morte smiled wickedly "It's just strange, the moment I want to see at the first floor a solo player avoid everyone else and continue his steps alone definitely not like this.. The reason is because of that girl right?" Morte referring to Asuna "A sword will be blunted when it's used to protect something just because of the shame thing?" After Asuna heard that she leaves the place and decided to go in Forest elf

"To satisfy real life in this game it's hard, isn't it? Well, the inverse words about her if just look a little bit, she is a good girl but she takes advantage and joins with a top player like Kirito-San. Right now, isn't she being treated like a princess by the attack group? The demand of a rare female player has made her become a spotlight, I'm right?" Kirito tightens his grip on his anneal blade "Maybe if you teach her how to work in this game she will pay back a happy reward after all?" Morte emphasizes' the word 'happy' "Nice will you share with me some of the happy rewards? Hey! Just a little bit okay? Kirito-San" Morte laughs like insane. Kirito looks at him fury "Oh? I guess it no?"

Kirito dash toward him and Morte makes it shock, Kirito punch him in the stomach his Hp level decrease and Kirito attack him with his sword when Morte block it Kirito used his martial arts skills moon kick combo with his swords this is the thing that defeated the second floor Boss. Morte didn't avoid the attack combo from Kirito he landed on the ground

"So strong, as expected from the group attack group's, No.." Morte laughs "From strongest SAO player. I gave up! Kirito-San's seriousness more than I expected and deeply over-expectation" Morte Hp level was 55 percent, just five percent and he will lose "That girl I just dissed her a little bit but you have angered like this. How much she means to you?" Morge was act like he was thinking "I wonder what will happen when you don't or nobody knows about that day in the future when she dies? HAHA" Kirito imagining Asuna become fragments make his blood boil and attack Morte but his attack is blocked by its shield, Kirito forgot that Morte was an expert in using the combination of shield and one handed-ax

"I was long-awaited for you to go serious" Morte provokes Kirito so he can be serious "Let's get serious then." Morte sprints towards Kirito and attacks him making a double cleave using his ax but Kirito blocks it using his anneal blade but a surprise attack comes from Morte's shield and another double cleave that hit Kirito. Having Kirito hit points reduced to just slightly above the halfway mark with Morte's double cleave Kirito realized that Morte might have intentionally controlled his damage in an attempt to kill him without becoming an orange player by abusing the duel system "This is not good, just one hit and I will not only lose, but I will also die"

There are nine colors for the cursor that can be seen at the top of the head and one of them was the orange cursor can be seen in the players that have committed a crime.

"I need to be more careful, Pk player without turning an orange cursor" With this in mind, Kirito used a surprise attack Senda it is consist of a basic thrust with the user's hand, which projects out in a straight line, dealing and uppercut to disarm Morte of his shield and used sharp nail it is a 3- hit combo to even the difference in their hit point.

"Ahhh!" Morte fell on the ground; their Hp level now is the same 51 percent just 1 hit for both of them. Morte stood up and was about to launch another attack, but suddenly stopped "Ahh! I don't have a time, sad to say as of now this duel was draw however in the future I will make sure that you will lose HAHA" Morte collected his gear, he knows that if he continues the duel there is a chance that he will lose the fact that Kirito has a lot of skills.