Thread: The Player(Sumi)

It was pretty obvious that she was followed all this time. Or at least, that she was watched all this time. After all, it wasn't big news that some people kept an eye on her, and mostly because of one troublesome item she possessed. That one valuable item was her sword, The Red Thorn, the only one sword existent with this unique ability to increase the attack damage by doubling it. Thus, the higher level of the player, the more powerful it would be. Though, nobody else aside from her really knew the details about it and the bad sides of this miraculous sword. Reika, also known as simply Rei inside the game, was given the sword by a friend who already passed away some weeks ago. And just as soon as the friend was gone and she was left with the sword, the problems raised. The rumors spread around somehow and before she knew it, everyone was tracking her to get The Red Thorn. In the first couple of weeks, she managed quite well, given that most of them had no idea the sword could be taken by someone else only, and only if the initial possessor would die. It was an item that couldn't be gifted, traded or stolen, maybe just lost in the worst case. Now, imagine what happened the next second everyone found out the sword could be taken if she would be killed. That's right. Everyone plotted to murder her. But what was she to do? She was stuck with this sword, and neither did she want to leave it somewhere else and abandon it, because it was a symbolic gift from her friend and it did help her a lot in fighting the tougher monsters. Another bad thing about The Red Thorn, however, was the illogical break time of attack. With every level up, she was bound to have more frequent break times, her sword deciding to stop working in simple terms every time she would reach a number of hits. Sure, it wouldn't be such a big problem, but when she would have to fight more than one monster or person, in this case, she would be in disadvantage. It was one thing to avoid attacks from one, but too many it would be too much for her to handle. Having an useless item for a couple of moments every now and then was certainly annoying. And there she was now, heading to nowhere and hoping that she would somehow lose the men who followed her. They had to be completely stupid to follow her as a group, since it would be easier to notice them. That, and she couldn't understand how would they 'share' the sword if they actually managed to kill her and get it from them. Wouldn't it only start another fight until just one would be alive? Idiots. Then again, she had to admit she did find herself in a shitty situation. There were no Teleport Crystals left in her inventory and she couldn't just run now. Not without dealing with some damage with her back unprotected. Once she reached the bridge, the bastards showed up, and of course, the leader had to talk first. Rei couldn't help but roll her eyes at the fact that they didn't quite understand how things worked. Seemed like these ones didn't hear the rumors yet. If I could give you this, I really would, because lately it's giving me too much trouble. But, unfortunately for you, I can't. Sorry that you didn't hear the news, but the sword can't be given away. The Red Thorn will stay in my possession whether I want it or not, until I die. she briefly explained, before she tucked a long blonde strand of hair behind her ear and then her hand swiftly moved to her side, taking the well-known and wanted sword out of its red ribbon sheath. So, I guess I'll have to die first, before you can get your dirty hands on it. she replied in the end, taking no more time to waste around, dashing forward to strike first, and only to be parried by her opponent for a short moment. Even so, once she got the hang of it, she finally caught a moment of carelessness from his part to deal some heavy damage. For a short period she was quite optimistic about the outcome seeing as how the others seemed to wait instead of attacking as well, probably to avoid killing each other by mistake in the process, else she couldn't explain it. But everything good had a limit, and just as she was about to strike another couple of blows towards another, the sword decided to act up on her once again. The one she had her sword pointed to, was now confused when he noticed the HP wasn't going any lower in spite of the hit. At that, she quickly attempted to retreat only to bump into someone else's sword, the sharp tip of it digging slightly into her back as a warning. Last chance. Hand over the sword. Rei could've sworn these guys were idiots. What part of 'the sword can't be handed' was hard to understand?