MINUS ZERO

Fight for Black eyes Ruby

The moment it was about to land in the center of the men, a sudden hard push interrupted its landing and threw far. "Look Silver" pointed Cecil at the left side "there's another party...over there" a group was standing and watching down at the valley, "I am thinking if a party should be of seven members then, why we two only are accepted"

"I registered a request" answered Sliver "So a party isn't required for such thing"

"I see" nodded Cecil "So how do you think we should attack here to get the ruby. It won't be that simple"

"Let's follow that party first" suggested his friend "we will see how they do"

The party of seven members slides down after checking the moon, appearing from behind the clouds. There walked in in the plane heading towards the spot. A stone moved in a minute hundred of monsters ambushed them from all sides.

All had level 4 and were good at attacking the front.

The leader Red cape ordered, "Attack them all normally without any skills" his men stood in a firm of the circle and begin to attack all sides. They strike horizontal, stabbed and cut vertically, dodged cross ad pushed the enemies back.

While they stood strong, suddenly hands broke out of the ground and caught Golden leaf's feet. He was about to move, swiftly Red Cape sliced off the hands as and said, "Keep your position, Young soldier. The real battle hasn't begun"

"Yes, sir" replied the soldier and returned back to his battle.

More monsters were heading to them when suddenly, two stopped looking back and roar. Few others follow them behind.

"Why are those retreating?" asked Selden Sea.

"There are two other members in the valley" replied the leader "Pay no attention to them. Our main task is to get that ruby." Taking a step further, "March on and stay on the same formation. We must make a more on!"

As the hungry monsters rushed towards the other two, lightings strike them destroying 15 to 16 of them. Cecil swiped his glowing hand-throwing a weave of the circuit at them and rushing to attack. Silver pulled out a long Javelin and started the fight.

The characters were fighting as the player's fingers ordered fast on the keyboard. They used the left side for attack keys for attack with dodges. The arrow keys for direction movements, volume disc for camera view, and the mouse to form action moves with attacks. Taking a fixed control on the board is what the players enjoyed. Their hand moved from keyboard to mouse again on the key then mouse. The catch was firm good.

But, Juray has some problems in catching his mouse, sometimes let it slip sometimes it would get hit and slide in distances, and often it is missed. Due to this, some HP dropped and he kept trying.

With a large strike, Cecil killed three monsters and was alarmed, "Only a few left!"

The party rushed front and two members attacked with slashes, killing 20 to 30 without any effort. When they stopped, suddenly a huge tower of flame raised from the central high.

"IT WORKED, SIR," exclaimed I golden leaf standing in the side. Red Cape nodded, looking at it as they stood in their position around.

Due to the circle formation, the tower didn't hit anyone ad they were lucky, not to get burned in it.

Another tower raised high beside Cecil and he ran aside dodging the heat. As the ground quaked four-tower surrounded Silver when he killed s monster and he stood there watching.

"SLIVER!" yelled Cecil worried, "If you move you might lose half of your HP. Stay calm."

"Sir, Look," said white wind looking back at him "he's surrounded like a dump head."

Red Cape wasn't an idiot. Looking at the fighter's calmness while being surrounded he begins to guess his action however, he asked himself, "It won't be easy but, why would he take this move?. Is he training for something?"

What he guessed was at its point.

Silver swipe his weapon with full force dividing the fire making a small gap and passed through it, dodging himself. Cecil got startled to see this and ran to check out as the fighter dropped to his knees.

"He didn't lose half of his HP" surprised Juray getting a sight from the glass of his partner's status "It's just above it. He managed to save it but, why is he risking it?"

"Are you out of your mind?!" argued Cecil, "You could have burned to death."

"Before trying something you need to exam your self" was his reply as he happed small fire off his shoulder, "if you are worth it".

Cecil got a hit of his words and said, " I think I am starting to get you. Well, anyway" he looked up at the moon "it's time."

The full dark cat was sitting beside its ball watching and swinging its tail.

A boss: HP: 194/194.

Mp: 180/180.

Level: 10.

Element: Dark awake.

When the moon got covered with clouds and it grew dark, its yellow eyes flashed and it jumped high from its nest. The fire tower got cleared and the party stood poised. Red cape jumped towards it and strikes its sword at its rushing claws blocking its attack on the air.

The player typed to his members to stay in their position.

The full dark cat strike slashes with all its long claws at the leader in madness from all sides but, the leader dodged all the attacks expertly not even missing one, the weapon hit each other causing Sparks by the sharpness crushing by. While the wild beast kept attacking, the claws turned red and it slowed down.

Taking the chance, Red cape strikes a long slash, cut open its chest, and bleeding it.

"WELL DONE, SIR!" said his men.

"Your turn, men" ordered the man by taking a tight hold of the tail, "finish it off" it rotated the monster and threw it at them. All stood strong with their weapons firm to attack.

"WHAT!" exclaimed all seven members with Cecil.

The monster, crushed on the floor away, and Silver flipped straight, sliding in great speed on his feet, and stopped himself in the path. He stood and glared at Red cape, leaving the full dark cat to run back to its nest and curled itself around the ball.

Why did he let it run and heal itself?. what was going in? Confounded filled in all the players.

"How dare you?!" shouted Red Cape in rage at Silver, "You interfered in our plan!. Do you have any idea what you have done?"

Sliver was still standing.

"It was bleeding you fool" shouted Blue sky accompanying his leader's anger, "There was no chance of failing."

"Even cooking down wasn't possible," said Brown town, another member "its claws were all burning up. You let it escape. Are you on our side of the monsters?"

Cecil with Juray didn't understand why did he do this. Sliver checked the moon and spoke, calmly as though nothing happened or he heard anything, "You know, some cats are tricky at night. They pretend their position and then grab the chance. Suppose it's burning up, Will it stand or rush around?"

Everyone was confused but then Cecil answered, "It will run around like a mad beast" getting his point.

"Exactly" explained the fighter, "it was watching us the whole time. It's tricky. It let you all fall into its paws.

Turning it by your own hands into a wild cat, it let you all burn its claws and would slow down so the chances of getting closer to the weak once would get widen and they get beheaded the moment it lands in the center."

Blue sky took a hold of his neck and swallowed up his throat.

However, the Red cape couldn't trust him. He knew that the guy was new but, getting his comrades recused from the end of the line get by a single move, was more than enough to lose their trust from him. He didn't pay much attention to the plan which could cause a great loss in his team. He also knew his trust in them was at its edge and one more mistake would drop him all. He stood in silence.

"So, what do you suggest?" asked Cecil, as the moon was reappearing with its light brightening the valley.

"I say" he answered with a sharp smile and a cold look "We should drop that beast's MP."

"But, it will burn the battle," said Red Cape grumpily and the ground begin to quake.

"That's the fun" replied Silverback as the ground cracked, "What's the fun in a battle if you don't design it with flames."

Clenched and shivering fist Red Cape glared at the cold expression.

Hundreds to two hundred monsters rushed out of the ground towards the fighters.

Before Red Cape could open a breathe, "Scatter around" ordered Silver swiping his Javelin, "All nine, four moves to the left, two in the center, and we three to the right. Each of you will defeat 15 monsters." All rushed with their might.

Each member was attacking, striking, healing themselves, and dodging. They attacked from all sides, striking one, killing the other, and slicing the nearby.

All the player's fingers were moving faster than they could feel. They felt their fingers get swollen but, didn't leave the keyboard. Each of them was carefully counting their targets.

The screen showed 135 monsters killed.

"Change your position!" directed Silver running front. A mail got all saying them how to stand:

Left ones move at the right, center also to the right, and right jump to the left.

Due to the hot range of the battle, nobody knew why they were willing to follow a person who had just interrupted the end of their strong formation. Maybe because he saved them. But, the players ordered their characters carefully as in structure.

"USE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE GOT!" finally ordered aloud Red Cape "Forget about the plan move out!"

The fighters released powers to each one of them, using their skills. "Weave water!" used Seldom sea, washing away all the monsters ahead of them.

"Golden wind!" said golden leaf, lots of leaves flew with the wind, taking with it the monster ahead of him and turning them golden to death.

The whole valley got filled with energy releasing, weaves of force, and countless skills were used. Out of 135, 65 were heading towards Red cape. He glowed his hand and swipe high releasing huge flames and burning all in an instead.

"All 200 monsters - cleared" showed the screen.

The characters were surprised and happy to fight this many monsters without any loss. As the moon got covered, Silver said, "Get yourself prepared, Cape" and turned to Cecil saying, "You are a mage try to make more brightest in the area."

"I have level 1 skills. It should be having something to darken the area" said Cecil standing straight.

As the darkness appeared. the full dark cat was now fully recovered, it jumped straight with heating claws at Red Cape but, interrupt the way Silver by jumping to it, whose Javelin was glowing from head to end. Red Cape retreated back and ordered his crew to form a formation.

"Level 1 glow light," said Silver holding the cat's attack "Absorber".

The absorber was a skill that stole the MP of the opponent no matter how many times it hit the glowing weapon. When they pushed on each other their strength, the beast kept its legs on Silver's hands and bounced back, throwing him away. It flipped and threw a huge fireball at him.

The Javelin rotated around, it destroyed all the fireballs and he jumped to it. When he got near, he strikes twice hitting its claws, rotating his weapon, and stabbing thrice, all he did swiftly. He attacked vertically, all crushed at one point on its chest.

The beast roar charging and released a huge weave but, Silver stopped it while getting pushed to the wall, he flexed his legs and jumped backflip, struck by rotating, stabbed once, and begin slashing Swifty from all sides.

All the characters were frozen in their feet, seeing how he attacked in the air without losing his balance or landing.

" Is he a bird?" asked a member.

"Look, he's not losing any balance meant and keeps acrobatics in the air."

"He's so expert," said Red cape in stunned "he attacks are so skilled. He's fast."

Juray was surprised to see the battle on the screen, the boss HP was dropping but more than that MP was rushing to the end.

"He's the same level as Cecil," thought Juray surprisedly, looking at the bar dropping "199....then how is he that good?"

The screen showed 160% AMP.

"NO WAY!" exclaimed Juray in shock ness, "That fast!"

The members were shocked looking with their mouths opened wide, "Sir, what should we do?"

"Wait for a while" replied Red cape in a tight fist of anger.

The beast roared and got a jolt on its face, throwing it far down like a rocket. Red Cape saw it coming to them and ordered aloud, "NOW!"

Seven swords raised high, the cat opened its eyes and saw the moon appearing. The moment it tried to make a move but, got blocked when a sheet of light covered the sky blocking him move muscle.

"Level 1 skill," said Cecil raising his three beams rays of light, lighting ward "light layer!" It blocked the darkness blighting the whole valley like the day.

The seven swords shone, creating a large gate and released a huge blue powerful weave, raising high in the sky, taking the whole boss in and it cried aloud crushing away.

The gate disappeared and swords lay down.

"YES!" roared the warriors punching the air in happiness.

"Three treasures obtained.

10,000 EXP to each player

1500 credits

Stage clear"

The EXP points received with the party on a stage were more than what a single player can receive. A single-player would get 150EXP whereas, a party all separate would get 10,000 points. A treasure for one who gets leveled up and a rewards badge for being together.

As all were busy celebrating their victory and congrats to each other for some level, Cecil ran to the nest and found the Ruby.

He picked it up, high, and called out, "Silver!! we have it." Sliver turned back and got shocked at the sight.

He shouted, "CECIL LOOK OUT!"

A dark figure suddenly, appeared from behind him, ready to slice him apart. The moment Cecil turned in startled, Blood splashed on the air, shocking every character and player on the ground...