ch2 Floor boss of Asterios part 1

"hmm…one of them names sounds familiar…does this girl carry an axe?"

Does Aki like Axe? Nobu tried searching for any recollection of the weapon his sister used during the beta. 

"I can't say either yes or no." Argo kept her curious, wide grin.

"Well that's all right.~ It's my specialty to gather information so finding one or two people are nothing~" And then walked away leaving Nobu in the plaza, standing and watching her leave.

Nobu's first action was to find out more about the sword he got from Primo.

The 'Crimson Night' blade glowed red and the blade was red while the handle was black. It also had glyphs written on it and it took me some time to read it, it looked like moon glyphs Nobu had seen when wandering in the library of the school.

Dark was a trident with three more spread-out lines and two small circles on each side in the middle. Yet its status still needed to be activated.

"...guess its time to move to floor 2…the Grotto plains."

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[System Loading]

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Data check…please standby…

small blue particles emit from my body, increasing to cover my whole body. when I closed my eyes and slowly opened them up, I found myself on the next floor.

"This reminds me of the west…well…the countryside feel I mean…"

Nobu walked around the floor hunting mobs level up and slowly took his time to buy the highest weapons he could on this floor.

2 days passed and nothing seemed to happen really… until…

Argo found him resting under some shade from the sun and as always held her smiley-up face today as well.

"So remember the deal we made?~" She crossed her arms and widely grinned. "Yeah…I want to use them now~"

"..."

Nobu silently stared, got up after wiping some sweat from his forehead, and approached her, towering a good enough height as she stood almost to his stomach.

"I did say that…what do you want me to do…"

"It's nothing much, but I fill you in with some information first~. Firstly I made connection to a good friend of mine which I met just few hours ago, and guess what? She is an aspiring Blacksmith and if you can help gather materials, it would help so much."

"..."

"Tell her I meet her at the spawn location…"

Nobu walked, continued his stride to the place, and sat quietly waiting for who he presumed was Elizabeth. He waited for round minutes before she decided to show up. and she brought with her, her aura. 

"Hey! I'm so grateful you wanted to help. Argo probably told you about me right? Wow, She didn't say I would meet with a hottie~" 

She was all cherry, her excitement was a bit too much for Nobu, but it was bearable compared to Aki.

"your Elizabeth right..?"

"It's Lizbeth, silly!~"

"my bad…"

"It's fine! So~Ready to hunt!"

"...I expected Blacksmith don't usually partake in fights…"

"Well…your certainly right…but if I want to stay alive I need to be stronger, and I have a dream too. Its to open a blacksmith shop someday!~"

"that's sounds nice…maybe I stick around and visit for some repairs…"

"well, your certainly welcomed!~"

"your weapon of choice..?"

"Its my Mace!~"

"Why?"

"...Well…Since I'm not really familiar with swords and swinging techniques…I think the mace is perfect for me who use physical stats as I need the power in forging and it also provides some safety if I get attack…"

"...That a good thinking, Liz…"

Liz shily rubbed the back of her head and made a wide smile. "Thanks!~"

And so, Liz and Nobu spent their time grinding materials and had so many leftovers Nobu got some half and sold some to people who just came on the floor and got some profit.

"It really is nice of you to give it those, I bet they aren't as well equip as they were in floor 1."

"...it was leftovers from our hunt, beside, I made profit, win-win scenario in my case."

Liz let out a cheerful war shout. "Oh Man!~" sending her fist into the air and her Mace along as she felt really good but sweaty and a bit sore.

"well…you got your materials, but was it just that?"

"hmmmm….yeah, I think I have every-!" She suddenly got quiet. "I almost forgot! Hey can I add you as a friend?!~"

If Nobu hadn't taken into consideration friend tracking in this game, he would not have been bothered by it as much, since he likes to have his location be a secret like incognito mode.

"...As much as I love to…I can't…"

"w-what…?"

"but it doesn't mean to be friends, just…not yet…but you can still find me trough Argo."

Lisbeth was a bit shocked and down, upset but returned to smile. "I understand~But in the future…perhaps..?"

"...Yeah…just…not right now."

She felt a bit reassured but didn't want to push it. "Now you really can't die~ Since you promise." And intensively stare into Nobu's eyes. Nobu wanted to look away not meeting her eyes, but if he did, she would think he wouldn't promise to do anything reckless and die.

"Fine…but I also can't die becuase of my reasons, I'm looking for someone…"

Lisbeth almost gasped.

"Oh? Really? Who?"

"...." Nobu decided to put a bit of trust, and decided to tell her, tell her his stupid sister Aki with the fake name AKI♠️Viola was also trapped here and as far, still hadn't found her.

"well…I be on the look out for your sister, then. hehe…Aki-spade-Viola?"

"don't…question it…"