Railgun Online Book 4: Alicization Beginning

The Journey to Find Alice

"Let me try." said Kirito taking the blade. "Okay.. this is an SAO move.. called Horizontal.."

"SAO? " said Eugeo. "Erm.. you mean it's a move from your Sword Style? Every swordsman has his own custom style you know.. when the style is perfected, it becomes blessed by the goddess Stacia, and then the moves become Sacred Sword Arts.."

"Or they become integrated into the system and become Sword Skills.." Kirito muttered. "That would explain why my moves from Aincrad worked.. wait a minute.. that's it.."

Kirito grinned. "Uhh.. I misspoke.. It's called Aincrad Style.. yeah.."

"Aincrad Style." said Eugeo. "Has a nice ring to it."

Kirito readied his blade, and he let out a side slash which glowed with bright light.. in a powerful swinging slash.. the blade sliced a tremendously deep cut into the large tree.

"That's.. incredible!!" Eugeo exclaimed. "With that kind of power, we'll be able to take the tree down in no time!! Hey.. Kirito-kun.. say, maybe you could teach me Aincrad Style? U-uh.. I'm not a strong swordsman.. I'm not really good at fighting at all.. but.. I want to learn.. if I become stronger, maybe I can find Alice! Please Kirito, teach me!"

"Sure!" said Kirito, giving Eugeo the Blue Rose Sword. "Here.. uuhh.. I'll use this twig here, and you imitate my movements. Let's start with something simple.. this is called the Vorpal Strike. It takes a while to charge, but it does colossal damage. "

And so they spent the next two hours practicing various sword moves and one handed combos.

Eugeo was a fast learner, mastering Sonic Leap and Vorpal Strike, along with Horizantal Slant to an acceptable skill level.

"I think I can start practicing on the Tree now." said Eugeo after he worked up a sweat. "Maybe these moves will take down that tree faster-"

"SLASH SLASH SLASH!!!" A repeated let of white flashes slid across the tree, and the giant tree fell to the ground before Eugeo and Kirito could even blink.

Behind the tree, stood Mikoto who was resting her hand on the Master Sword which was drawn and resting it's tip on the ground.

"Hey boys." said Mikoto. "Isn't it great? My sword feels all balanced again! Well, I'm going to head back and start cleaning before Yuniko gets on to me.."

As Mikoto left, swinging her Master Sword from left to right while humming a merry tune, both Kirito and Eugeo stared after her with open jaws.

"She.. is.. a GODDESS!!!" Eugeo exclaimed.

"You have no idea." Kirito muttered.

Later that night, a celebration was held to celebrate the fall of the Gigas Cedar. Finally, the Sacred Task had been completed, and now everyone could move on to the new fresh farmlands beyond, and move the village to a new era of prosperity.

The celebration was held outside, with picnic tables laden with food and drink.

"Now that your task is done." said Gasupht. "Eugeo.. you are free to choose yourself a new Sacred Task.."

"I-I don't feel I'm deserving sir!" said Eugeo. "It was Misaka-chan who really-"

"Oh just shut up and choose a task!" Mikoto called out from a table where she was cutting some meat for Yuniko.

Everyone laughed at Mikoto's comment, and Eugeo grinned with happy embarrassment.  "Well, after a while, I thought long and hard about what I wanted to do. And I realize.. that if I'm going to find Alice.. then I have to find the Integrity Knight that took her.. I want to learn to be strong. I've decided I'm going to be a Swordsman."