101 Avatars
39. Kindness and Shedding

Unexpectedly, Thief is intercepted by Crusader.

“Why did you know I was here?”  Thief told Crusader, but from the beginning, Crusader no longer intended to speak.  He immediately swung his sword at the Thief.

We go back to a few days ago when Zenri found Riri transformed into a monster.  From the beginning, this was not a coincidence.  It was the Thief who had activated the power of his fault senses to the people around then to deceive the people that an earthquake had occurred.

There was no earthquake at that time.   Everything was just a Thief trick.  Then, Thief also with the strength of his guide sense that brought Zenri to watch Riri change without Zenri himself realizing that his movement had been guided by something.

Yes, Thief is an avatar who is very skilled at manipulating the senses which makes him quite dangerous.  However, it was certainly not a problem for Crusader, the knight of light who was immune to illusions.  But why did he ask Kaiser for help in defeating the Thief?

A sword fight and a chain of kunai ensued between Crusader and Thief who were both avatars numbered twenty-series weapons experts.

The thief floated his chain of firefly, but was elegantly repelled by Crusader's radiant sword.  Until finally, when Thief's weapon was dropped by Crusader to the ground, Crusader immediately went forward and slashed Thief's chest.

Thief who felt unable to win the fight against Crusader, then tried to escape with the strength of his thousand steps, then, the power that was able to make it at a distance of 1000 steps from where it stood now from a straight line in an instant.

It was this power that Crusader anticipated that he asked Kaiser for help.

Kaiser who activated his Fast avatar side immediately stood in front of the Thief, then later,

“Slash!”

Thief's kunai chain weapon once again managed to be dropped to the ground.  But this time, Enigma's power was activated, absorbing the kunai chain's energy and then being transferred into HP's form to increase the sword's durability.  In the blink of an eye, the kunai chain disappeared into data grains.

Seeing the cruelty of the man standing before him, Thief's whole body trembled.  From behind her helmet, Kaiser gave a derogatory look to Thief saying,

“What pathetic!  Without weapons, your avatar monster is no stronger than the avatar of fifty-something.”

Then, the Thief watched as Kaiser's gaze shot up as if he was looking at something behind him.  Kaiser continued to say,

“Do it, Crusader!”

The trembling thief finally felt the fierceness of the Crusader sword of light.  Then in an instant, his form also disappeared into details of data.

***

At the same time, Adrian who did not have a morning course, then spent his time in the training room.  This time, she fights against a simulated player Ranker Freeze, who is none other than the remnants of the battle data left behind by her own brother in the main Hoho server game.

AI5203 finally decided not to treat Adrian again as a child and really train him in earnest after hearing what Kaiser said to him.

Moments later, Professor Melisa also entered the virtual training room.  After the last round of fighting ended, Adrian finally found Professor Melisa's figure in that place.  Adrian then stopped his training session to greet Professor Melisa.

***

With a gentle look, I saw Professor Melisa looking at me.  That's where Professor Melisa says,

“I heard, you fought last night with Kaiser, Adrian?”

“It...Not so.  I was just upset by his attitude of treating me like a child.  Though I seriously want to train to be his equal partner.  But that guy instead insulted the effort I've been doing all this time.”  I tried to answer the question honestly according to how I felt.

Professor Melisa then smiled gently at me while saying, Back,

“I understand that sometimes Kaiser looks cold, but actually, he does all that for you.  He has brought you into the fight, but you are the only remaining relative of Syifa.  That's why he really wants to protect you as a form of responsibility.  So Adrian, don't be too blameworthy for Kaiser.” Nak

“But that person has absolutely no respect for my efforts..”.

“It...”

“Why not try to talk about it well once again with a cool head on Nak Kaiser?”

I was also down.  That's right Professor Melisa said.  This could have been due to my mere misunderstanding as a result of unknowingly having this sense of inferiority on Kaiser Sister.  I have to talk to him once again about this.

The night came and Kaiser finally returned to the base.  At that time, I approached him while trying to apologize and discuss the cause of our quarrel yesterday in a good way.

I see, Kaiser smiled as he said, Brother Kaiser,

“I'm sorry too, Adrian.  I didn't understand your feelings at all before.  But yeah, just so you know, I don't mean what you think.  I just want to say that rather than Freeze, an avatar like Void should be more of a concern to you because that kind of avatar is better suited to be defeated by your type of avatar than my Bomber.  But I was wrong because it does not mean your time is wasted by training against Freeze.”

Kaiser's brother fell silent for a moment and then I saw him scratching his temples.  A moment later, Kaiser continued, saying,

“How about you see me fighting Freeze, Adrian?  I'll show you how best to beat Freeze with Avatar Arjuna.”

“Emang Freeze can lose to Arjuna, Kak?”  I also said unconsciously because I was surprised by Kak Kaiser's statement that seemed unreasonable.

It was possible to defeat Freeze with my Arjuna Avatar who had been equipped with Sly Dark and Hard's side avatar.  However, can Avatar Arjuna alone who is the third weakest defeat Freeze, the strongest avatar in the game Hoho?

Then Kaiser sister entered the virtual training room.  He chose to use Avatar Arjuna and as opposed to Freeze with his Ranker game data which is none other than my brother Faridh.

As soon as the game starts, Kaiser immediately uses almost half his MP to shoot a rain of fire arrows upwards.  This then makes Freeze unable to activate the castle of ice and choose shelter using an ice shield.

After that, Kaiser's sister ran over towards Freeze.  That made Freeze shocked and then issued a needle of ice.

“Heh.  As expected, how to play your brother Faridh, very predictable yes, Adrian.”  Said Kaiser, who made my forehead shrivel with annoyance.

Then at close range, just as Freeze fired the needle of ice, Kaiser fired an electric arrow through the narrow unprotected gap of ice as Freeze fired his weapon.

“Bzzzzzzzzzt.”  Freeze was electrocuted and was in a state where he could not move for a while.

At that time, Kaiser changed his weapon to spear mode and then swiftly slashed Freeze who was already in a helpless condition.  The match ends in a remarkable manner in which the third weakest avatar, Avatar Arjuna, manages to defeat the strongest avatar, Avatar Freeze.

As expected, Kaiser sister can indeed be everything.  That's what probably caused this sense of inferiority in my heart.  I know it's wrong.  I should have been relieved to have such a strong companion by my side.  Why do I feel like my chest hurts?

Kaiser came out of the virtual training room and said, “More or less so, Adrian, the basics of beating Freeze with Arjuna.  Of course you are free to develop the method according to your own fighting style and also must remember that Avatar Freeze has evolved stronger than what is in the game.”

“Iya Kak.”  I answered briefly with a smile, trying to hide this rottenness of my heart which was consumed by a sense of inferiority towards my own mentor.

“Oh yes, Adrian, as my request for our previous misunderstanding, I would like to present you this as your third avatar side.”  Said Kaiser as he took out the strange cage that this time had contained a beautiful woman in her twenties in it.  She's a figure I know because that woman is Rina, no, I mean Crusader.

But what the fuck is this?  Instead of being happy, I felt my heart grow stinging.  Oh, I just realized this feeling.  Why I feel pain is because Kaiser's sister always bribes me to develop.  Come to think of it, only the Sly Dark side avatar I obtained with my own hands.

Kaiser's brother also provided Hard's side avatar for me and this time, he also provided Crusader.  In fact, Kaiser sister also gave Arjuna's changing bracelet to me.

No, I must not be angry because of this sense of inferiority because I know that it was done by Kaiser with good intentions.  He was too lousy in understanding the feelings of others that he himself did not realize his actions would hurt one's self-esteem.

I must realize that this figure in front of me is not the same as Brother Faridh.  Kaiser's sister is Kaiser's sister in her own way.  As a partner, I must understand that nature.

Therefore, I only responded to the heart-rending kindness of Kaiser with words, Kaiser,

“Thank you, Brother Kaiser.”  I said while trying to smile.