Arriving near the platform of the giant double doors, Kitsune and his party climbed down Tonky and approaches the giant doors.

Once they do, Sachi notices a small frown on her daughter's face as she sat upon Kitsune's shoulder.

Sachi: Yui? What's wrong?

Yui turns her face towards Sachi.

Yui: Mama, can I tell something?

Sachi: Yes, you can, Yui.

Kitsune: Do you have something on your mind, Yui?

Sachi and Kitsune looked towards their daughter with a smile as Yui looked at both of them before she ascended and stood in front of everyone else.

Yui: Well, this is just a hypothesis... But in one respect, ALfheim Online differs greatly from the other The Seed Project VRMMOs.

The Cardinal System operating the game is not a stripped-down version. It's a copy of the full-spec version used in the former Sword Art Online.

Kirito: Full Specs?

Yui: The original Cardinal System had a function for an auto-generation system for quests. By its networks, it gathered traditions and legends from all over the world and used or rearranged terms and story patterns from them to generate infinite quests.

Kitsune: auto-generated quests that the Cardinal System creates?

Yui: Yes, Papa. From the way that NPC was acting, it is likely.

Kitsune: What does this mean, Yui-chan?

Yui: What it means is, depending on how the story plays out, it could go all the way to the myth's end.

Kirito: To that extent...?

Yui: According to the data in my archives, this quest and ALO itself are based on Norse mythology, which culminates in a so-called
'Final war.'

Kitsune: Ragnarok...

Everyone looked at Yui shocked at this news of the event.

Yui: Not only will the frost giants invade from Niflheim or Jotunheimr but flame giants from an even lower level, Muspelheim, will appear and burn down the entire World Tree...

Yuna: Ragnarok, the Twilight of the gods.

Leafa: No way. There's no way a game system would destroy its entire map.

Leafa mutters in disbelief as Yui shakes her head.

Yui: An original Cardinal System has the access level necessary to destroy an entire map. Because the original Cardinal System's last task was to destroy the floating castle, Aincrad.

As Yui finishes, everyone begins wearing frowns.

Leafa: No way.

Lizbeth: My shop...

Klein: I haven't met my soul person that I'm fated for yet.

Sinon: Even if this Ragnarok occurs, wouldn't it be possible to restore the system to an earlier state via backup?

Yui: If they use the Cardinal System's auto-backups, they'll only be able to roll back player data, not field data.

Yui said frowning as everyone looked down saddened until Klein broke the silence.

Klein: I know!

Everyone then looked at Klein as he opening up his menu before the redhead sighed in defeat out of the blue.

Klein: No good..

Lizbeth: What skit you were doing?

Klein: I was going to call a GM, and see if they knew this was going on. But it's outside their support hours.

Kirito: It is Sunday morning and nearly New Year's.

Leafa: Onii-chan... Kitsune...

The two of them turned at her as she showed them the pendant that they got from Urd and the pendant is darkened.

Leafa: There isn't much time left.

Kitsune: You're right. Let's rush up and finish this dungeon!!

Everyone: Yeah!

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After making their way through the dungeon, Kitsune and his party started to take down the monsters easily due to they only encounter some minions and half of the floor's sub-bosses as most frost giants had left to participate in the battles outside also due to Kitsune being more stronger than them.

However, for Kitsune and his group to reach lower floors, they needed to defeat three bosses guarding the stairs to the lower floors.
And currently, the group facing the second-floor boss, Black, and Golden Minotaurus after defeating the first-floor boss, Cyclops.

Currently, Kitsune, Klein, Kirito along Leafa stood in the front lines against the Golden Minotaurus while Silica, Lizbeth are standing in the back row. Behind the two were Sinon, Yuna, Sachi, and Asuna watching the battle.

As they in the front lines keep attacking the Golden Minotaurus, the Black Minotaurus keep healing the Golden from behind.

Kirito: Damn it!

Sinon then went to shoot an arrow at the black one in the back, but the golden one caught her arrow with his palm and destroyed it.

Leafa: This is bad, Kitsune! Oni-chan! The yellow one's physical resistance is too high!

Leafa said while pointing her katana at the Golden Minotaurus.

Kitsune: Yeah.

Klein: Damn it. If only we had a mage in our party who could use attack spells..

Liz: Did you of all people just say that?

Leafa: That aside, the black one with high magic resistance would just switch places and absorb it anyway.

Liz: This sure is a real pain.

The golden minotaurs then lifting their axe which sparks with yellow lightning.

Yui: Shock wave attack coming up in two seconds! One! ...Zero!

As Yui counted zero, the golden minotaurs slammed their axe into the ground as everyone then jumped out of the way to dodge the attack and the attack hit the wall behind them.

The attack created a gust of wind and lighting on the ground at the place the attack comes.
Asuna, Yuna, Sachi then notice everyone's HP was in the red and they started to canted a healing spell for all of them and extra buffs.

Asuna, Yuna, Sachi: Peir fylla heilagr austr, brott svalr bani.

Once the incarnations of the spells were completed, Kitsune and the others were engulfed in the water and their HP went back up.

The golden bull then went to attack Asuna, Yuna and Sachi but Kitsune and Kirito both blocked it each with their swords.

Asuna: Kitsune At this rate, I and Sachi will run out of MP in two and a half minutes.

Kitsune: yeah I see it.

Leafa: Kitsune, seventy percent of the medallion's light has already faded. If we die here, we run out of time.

Kirito: I-I see.

Kitsune: Everyone! Listen up, We've got only one option left! It'll leave us open to attack, but with magic-type Sword Skills, we might be able to actually damage the yellow one!

Kitsune and Kirito broke the sword class with the yellow minotaurs.

Kirito: We'll have to take the chance, and concentrate all our Sword Skills on the yellow one, to defeat it.

Klein: Okay! I've been waiting for either one of you to say that!

Everyone then gets ready with their weapons as Kirito summoned his second sword and Kitsune's sword, Rebellion got engulfed in lightning magic.

Kitsune: Silica, do the bubble attack when my count hits zero.

The golden minotaurs roared and prepare their attack by pulling his arm to swing the axe.

Kitsune: Three... Two... One... Now!

Silica: Pina, Bubble Breath!

Pina then uses < <Bubble Breath>> initiates many bubbles from its mouth. The bubbles went ahead towards the Golden Minotaurus and begin popping, immediately confusing the enemy.

Kitsune: Go!

Kitsune and the others then charged at the stunning Minotaurus as they charged their magic skills.

Klein initiated the first attack by jumping and slashing the center of the body Minotaurus with his flaming sword before Leafa follow-up by striking her blade which was enveloped with the wind.

Lizbeth attacks the enemy's leg with her mace bursting with sparks of lightning. Behind the enemy's back, Silica strikes down the monster with a stab of her dagger enveloped in water.

Standing behind the whole party, Sinon shoots forth an arrow, hitting the nose of the Golden Minotaurus.

Kitsune then uses his original sword skill <<Thunderslam>> and stabbed the ground, the lightning of the blade travels to the Golden Minotaurus, stunning it in the process giving Kirito a chance to attack.

Kitsune: Switch!

Kirito: ARGHH!!!

Kirito then uses sword skill <<Howling
Octave>> and stabs the enemy with his left sword encased in flames and jumps, dragging his blade across its chest before spinning and landing back down to the ground.

It was only at this moment that the Golden Minotaurus started focusing as the confusion wear off.

Klein: Kitsune! Kirito!

Everyone went to move, but couldn't due to the post-motion penalty for using Magic skills except Kitsune and Kirito who both looked at the Golden Minotaurus.

Kitsune: Kirito, follow after me.

Kirito: Roger!

Kirito's first sword then stopped glowing, as his second sword glowing blue and Kitsune switches Rebellion to Yamato and everyone looked at them shocked as they could still move even after post motion.

Kirito then uses Sword Skill <<Savage
Fulcrum>> and swings his sword horizontally to the left at the Golden Minotaurus.

He then twisted his grip on the sword and push the sword deeper, creating an iceblock at Golden Minotaurus's backside. Kirito then performs a vertical slash from top to bottom creating a burst of iceblock.

Kirito: Kitsune, switch!

Kirito said reached his limit as Kitsune running past him with his sword enveloped in black and blue aura.

Kitsune then uses another of his Sword Skill <<Judgement Cut End>> as he generates powerful. Rather than instantly appearing around the opponent, the Judgement Cut travels and homes in on the target, tracing a visible line on the floor when performed on the ground.

Just on time, Klein and the others that stunned can move again as they start to run to provide back up for Kitsune and Kirito.

Kirito's sword then glowing fire as he turned around and used the Sword Skill <<Horizontal Square>> at the Golden Minotaurus by swinging his sword four times, hit it at the torso, and creating a square of light that expands outward.

Klein then slices the Golden Minotaurus across as he stood behind it and sheathes his katana with a click and flame burst out of the wound of the Golden Minotaurus.

After that, Leafa raises her sword enveloped in the wind, and started swinging a couple of times down on the Golden Minotaurus.

Kitsune then comes from behind Leafa as she activated his skill <<Stinger>> as he is surrounded by wind and in the instance, Kitsune swings Rebellion and got behind the Golden Minotaurus. Suddenly, the Golden Minotaurus's right hand dropped to the ground, as it got cut from Kitsune attack.

Then, Silica sprinted past Kitsune and begin running up the Golden Minotaurus's chest, slashing as she goes.

As the Golden Minotaurus was bombarded and wounded, it looks up as Lizbeth could be seen above and striking down her mace over its head, shooting sparks of lightning.

When everyone backs away, Sinon sprinted past and bounces up the leg of the Golden Minotaurus before bouncing up to his arm and lastly his shoulder to shoot her arrow through the back of its head.

Flipping back onto the ground, Sinon retreated with the rest of everyone before they were frozen in place as the Golden Minotaurus HP slowly dropped but it stopped on 1 shocking everyone.

Unfortunately, the Golden Minotaurus had raised its axe high up in the air to strike them down, but Asuna jumped in front of them with her rapier and hit the bull with her Sword skill <<Quadruple Pain>> and killing it by thrust her rapier four times.

After seeing his friend get attacked, the Black Minotaurus stood up from its meditation position and looked at everyone but as he stepped forward, the Golden Minotaurus exploded into polygons, leaving the Black Minotaurus alone.

As it looked forward at the group, they just smirked at the poor Black Minotaurus.

Klein: Aw, what's wrong? Hope you're ready for a beatdown!

Everyone then used their Sword skills on the Black Minotaurus and it explodes into polygon as it gets killed easily due to being outnumbered.

Congratulations!!

Everyone stares at the window displaying the words before they cheered in unison.

Everyone: We did it!

They all sheathed their weapon as the group walked towards Kitsune and Kirito who stood in front of the group.

Klein: Anyway, what the hell did you two just do?

Kitsune: Do we really have to explain this?

Klein: Of course! I've never seen anything like that!

Kirito: It's a Non-System Skill that Kistune made, a Skill Connect.

Klein: Skill Connect?

Kirito: Yeah. Remember how the last update brought Sword skills into ALO? But that didn't include Unique skills like Dual Wielding and the Divine Blade.

Klein: Didn't you Kirito use both swords for the attack?

Kirito: That wasn't Dual Wielding, though.

Klein: Yeah.

Kirito: I used one-handed Sword skills, in succession, with each hand. You can only do them without lag three or four times if you're through.

Kitsune: switching for each swing so one attack then the next and people would think it's Duel Wielding.

Klein: but what about you, that attack wasn't in the game.

Kitsune: that is called Judgement Cut End. I would have to charge my power to use it and slice all enemies in the room but risking getting attacked if I was charging.

Kirito nodded in agreement as everyone looked at the two of them in surprise except Asuna and Sachi as they hold their head with their hand.

Sachi: I'm getting some major deja vu.

Asuna: Yeah. Those two really like thinking about reckless things.

Kitsune: You're imagining it.

He said patting Sachi and Asuna on the head as both girls smile and nodding. Kitsune then looked at everyone.

Kitsune: Anyway, we need to get a move on. Leafa, how much time do we have left?

Leafa then checked on the pendant.

Leafa: Look like about an hour, at this rate.

Kitsune: I see. Yui, this dungeon has four floors, right?

Yui: That's right. The third floor is seventy percent the size of the second, the fourth is just a boss room.

Kitsune: If it takes thirty minutes to beat the last boss, we've got only thirty minutes left to get him.

Liz: I guess... Our only choice is to track down the King of Giants or whatever he's called and kick his butt!

Liz put her arm around Kitsune as he rubbed her head and she smiled gleefully.

Kitsune: Good idea, Liz. Okay, once everyone's recovered all their HP and MP, let's clear the third floor.

Everyone: Yeah!

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After leaving the current room, Kitsune and the others went to the third floor of the dungeon and currently facing the centipede-like giant monster on this floor.

Kitsune, Kirito, Klein, Leafa, and Aiz then jumped back as the boss attacked them but then suddenly, Pina flying around the boss.
As the boss distracted by Pina, Silica then cut his leg off, making it scream in pain.

Taking this chance, Kitsune then jumped up in the air and uses his Almighty Skill <<Freikugel>> by charges magical power in front of his face, before launching deadly beams from his eyes at a single enemy.
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As the Kitsune's magic attack hit the boss, it HP then dropped to zero and it exploded into polygons, defeated.

Kitsune: Thanks, Silica for distracting the monster.

He said walking toward Silica and patted her on the head as she smiles and blushed.
Kitsune then turns to looks at everyone.

Kitsune: Okay, all that's left is the last boss!

Then, everyone continues sprinting through the corridor towards the fourth floor, and Kitsune, Kirito, and Klein who were running ahead of the party stumbled upon an ice cage ahead. They then stopped by the sight of a female elf that being captured inside an ice cage.

Her skin as white as powdery snow and she had long flowed, deep brown-gold/tea-gold hair and pupils of the same color. Amongst all that, she had had a beautiful face that was sublimed with western European beauty, and she wore a white dress.

Renji: awww here comes BallsDeep69's comeback-OOF!!

Klein: Haaiii!

He said struck by the beauty in front of him and just on time, the rest of the party arrives at the scene and sees the blonde elf woman trapped within the ice.

???: Please... Get me out of here.

Hearing the pleading woman, Klein slowly walking toward the elf woman but Kitsune and Kirito grab the end of his bandana, preventing him from walking forward.

Kirito: it's a trap.

Lizbeth: For sure.

Sinon: Definitely a trap.

Klein: Y-Yeah... it's got to be a trap, right? Or, is it...?

Kitsune: Well, Yui?

He said glancing at Yui who sitting on top of his head.

Yui: She's an NPC. She's connected to the language engine module, just like Urd-san was. But unlike Urd-san, she has an HP gauge.

Kitsune: Maybe that means we have to fight her.

Asuna: Definitely was a trap.

Sachi: Totally a trap.

Silica: It has to be, right?

Leafa: Yeah, I think it's a trap.

Yuna: No doubt about it.

Kirito: I mean, maybe it's not a trap but we don't have time to waste. We have to get to Thrym as soon as possible.

He then unsheathed his katana and charges toward the ice cage and slices it with his katana. As the ice bars shattered into polygons, Klein kneels in front of the elf woman who is lying on her stomach.

???: Thank you, fairy swordsman.

Klein: Can you stand? Are you hurt?

Klein extended his hand towards the elf woman with a glittering smile as Kirito and others behind them, look at Klein with a deadpanned look while Kitsune sweatdrops.

???: Thanks, I am fine.

The Elf woman attempted to stand up before falling back down but Klein had his arms around her shoulders, preventing her from falling.

Klein: It's a bit of a way to the exit... Think you can manage on your own?

???: I cannot simply flee from the castle. Not until I retrieve my family's treasure, which was stolen by Thrym, King of the Giants.

Klein: Um...

Meanwhile, Sachi and the others heard their conversation and suspicious of the elf girl hiding something.

Asuna: Pretty fishy, huh?

Sachi: I agree with you.

Klein: Hey, Kitsune..

Klein look at Kitsune with a pleading look as
Kitsune nodded

Kitsune: Alright. She can come with us. All we're doing is following this path to the end anyway. Besides, we're still not one hundred percent certain it's a trap.

Klein then smile at this and turned back at the elf woman.

Klein: All right! Just leave it to us! It must be fate that brought us together. Let's go beat up that ierk Thrym!

???: Thank you, Mister Swordsman.

The elf girl then hugged Klein and pushing her breasts against his chest, making him blushing and making the pervert smile.

But he felt an dark aura coming from Kitsune

Kitsune: Cool it. Stop giving Yui funny ideas, or I will reject of her bring to the party and you won't like it when I'm like this.

Klein: y-yeah sure buddy!!

An NPC would like to join your part do you agree?

A notification window appeared in front of Kitsune as he then tapped the 'Yes' button, accepted the request. Klein then helped the elf woman to stand up on her feet and walking.

Klein: My name is Klein.

???: Freyja...

Klein: What a lovely name.

Kitsune then notices the woman's HP and
MP gauge appeared below everyone's gauge.

Kitsune: Freyja... Her MP is really high. A mage type? this quest is based on mythology, Freyja and Thrym...The Theft of Thor's Hammer. So my theory is correct, then, Freyja is... oh fuck it could NTR...shit.

Kitsune just smirked inside but then shakes his head and focuses on the current quest. He then looked at everyone.

Kitsune: Given the layout of the dungeon, the stairs should lead right into the last boss's room. He's probably even stronger than the other bosses, so let's stick to the basics and nail him with our best moves. Let's start off defending until we figure his pattern. I'll signal when to go on the offensive. The boss attack patterns will change when his HP gauge turns yellow, and again when it's red, so watch out.

Everyone nodded of understanding.

Kitsune: This is the last battle, tet's give it everything we've got!

Everyone: Yeah!

Everyone then walked down the stairs and stand in front of the huge doors of the fourth floor. The door slowly opened as a gust of cold wind blew out from the room.

Kitsune: Asuna... Sachi...Yuna...

Asuna, Yuna and Sachi nodded at Kitsune in understanding and they began the incantation.

Asuna, Yuna and Sachi: Seã firra sukina haguru, hoggu maguru iruto.

As they finished, an orange glow appears on everyone before it fades. Then, another incantation came from none other than Freyja who raises her arms at the party.

Freyja: Osu naza foru reign, tinada varindo yotsun.

As Freyja finishes, a green glow enveloped the party and everyone sees their HP gauge rises exponentially as they are amazed at Freyja.

Yuna: I've never seen a buff that boosts your max HP!

Kitsune then nodded at Leafa as they walked into the room. When they entered the room, it was a dark lit corridor but they could still see the shining glow of gold treasures littered through the corridor which caused Kitsune to smirk.

Liz: How many Yrd would all this be worth?

???: A fly is buzzing about.

A booming voice echoed through the corridor as the group looked where the source of the voice comes from.

???: I certainly hear its incessant buzzing. Let me see.

???: So Urd has sent the little flies from
Alfheim all the way to my domain? I'll offer this, puny maggots: Tell me where she is, and I'II let you take as much gold from this room as you can carry.

Kitsine already knew the thing that stands in front of them. It was Thrym, the King of Giants. Thrym is a humanoid giant who is at least fifteen meters tall, has dull-blue skin like lead.

The giant had brown fur coiling around his arms and legs and wears plate armor, a single piece of which is the size of a small boat, on his waist. The upper part of his body is bare, revealing prosperous muscle that looks as if it could repel any weapons directed at it.

The giant also has a blue beard that reaches his chest, has a long mustache, blue and bleak
eyes, and wears a gold crown on his forehead.

Klein: You think samurai are swayed by threats and bribes? No way I'm taking you up on that kind of garbage.

Klein then unsheathed his katana and everyone else followed his and draw their weapons and got ready to fight Thrym. Thrym then looked down at them until his eyes land on Freyja who is standing behind Sinon and Asuna.

Thrym: Oh, if it isn't Freyja. If you've left your cage, does that mean you've decided to become my wife?

Klein then surprises at this as he turned his head halfway, looking at Freyja.

Klein: Wife?!

Thrym: Of course. She came here to marry me. But the night before the wedding feast, I caught her sneaking around my treasure vaults. As punishment, I locked her in a cage of ice.

Leafa then gets near Kitsune and whispering at him.

Leafa: *whisper* Hey, Kitsune... I think I read about this in a book. Something about Thrym and Freyja, stolen treasure, and um... I think..

Kitsune then closes Leafa's mouth with his hand, as he just smiled at her.

Kitsune:*whisper* the smile said let BallsDeep69 suffer...

Freyja: I refuse your hand in marriage!
Together with these brave warriors, I shall defeat you and recover what is rightfully mine.

Thrym: Fighting words, I see. It's no wonder the legends of your beauty and bravery are known in every corner of the world. That said, the nobler the floor, the more fun it is to pluck. After I've crashed these flies, I'll shower you with my full attention.

Thrym said before laughing and that makes everyone sent a glared at him as Klein gritted his teeth in anger.

Klein: You bastard! You'll do none of that! I won't let you lay a finger on Freyja-san!

Thrym: Hehehe... Is that more of buzzing I hear? To commemorate this day, when all of Jotunheimr becomes mine, I will crush every last one of you!

The boss room then started to glow up and Thrym then had 3 HP bars appear near his name.

Kitsune: so three bars? Because I have brought back up that will give off the fireworks.

A summoning circle appears and Kitsune shots out.

Kitsune: rise and show them you power!!!

A bright light they heard voices.

????: it's about dam time!! I was getting bored!!

????: please calm down, I agree with you.

????: Kitsune thanks for summoning us.

Kitsune: no problem you guys.

(P.s this guys are New Game Plus versions I forgot)

Silica: no way!! You summon more than one!? How!?

Kitsune: I don't know but these guys are strong!!

Thrym: how strong boy?

Kitsune: stronger that they can defeat a god!! We're all going to defeat you right here, right now!!! Heads up! Follow Yui's instructions, and try to dodge as best as you can!

Everyone: Yeah!

Everyone then gets on their fighting stance with their weapon as Thrym steps forward and pulls back his right fist and punches towards them.

Kitsune: let's get this party started!!

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