Watching Suki laugh, he couldn't help but smile. "Hey, you make it sound like I forced you to be a damsel. Blame the system on that one." he jested. Even if it wasn't for the system making this quest, he believes this would of happened anyway. They then went to restock. His inventory was stocked with five potions, three healing crystals, an antidote crystal and two teleport crystals. It was quite expensive, but he had a good drop from the Large Nepent that had a flower, and some of the other Large Nepents too. Since they did not appear often, and their drops were considered rare, they sold for quite a bit. Although he wasn't sure how rare they were, he knew he probably didn't need the drops, they were roots and things. They probably were for either a quest or alchemy. [i]Suki probably had some already if they were from Alchemy from the fight too[/i] he thought. He was left with just over 3k col. His last enhancement would require about 5k col. He would need a buffer amount before he made it. Well his Anneal blade was already 7 enhancements. Almost no-one else had one, so his should be considered powerful. Plus a lot of the people who were leveling fast seemed to have slowed significantly at around 6, at least the publicly known ones. He had reached 7 with a couple of hundred exp over. It would seem he was quite ahead of the other players.

Approaching the front of Horunka Village, they met Yumi. But Light and Haname were not in sight. It would seem they weren't coming, as it reached 16:12. 
[quote=Suki]
She shrugged to Umichi and Yumi, saying "well, shall we head out?"
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"I guess, let's leave them a message saying good bye and to meet again at some time. Also the best of luck to them." He replied, sending both Light and Haname the message. He decided not to remove them from the party just yet. And to wait to see if they message back at some point in time. With that they set off, leaving them behind. 
[quote=Suki]
"I don't think we should all be close, the game might send us a lot of monsters. If we space out, we can just fight whatever strays come are way each" she said bright, as yet started to walk. "Umichi can be in the middle, since he seems the best. That way, if either of us get in trouble, he can help us" 
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"I don't think the game will do that, but let's do it in case." he agreed, at least for now. Umichi then turned to look at Suki to check up on her, she seemed to be blushing. He didn't know why, and wondered about it, watching her kill a boar. With nothing else to do, he decided to try throw out a [b]Single Shot[/b] to a Frenzied Boar that was way off in the distance, testing the range of the shot. It seems that he could target it, but the skill wouldn't activate due to the range. [i]Maybe if I was a higher level[/i] he thought. There wasn't much to do with the monsters that did attack, the two girls could handle themselves with the one or two that they would encounter along the way, nothing much happening. 

He had the guidebook out, reading up on some things. The name from before, "Yami". It was the person who had gotten the Anneal Blade before, the supposed current highest level player. It seems to mention his name in a number of the articles about certain quests and some that just popped up. About a thousand of the remaining approximate 9718 had moved to Horunka. There was still a good 8000 people in the Town of Beginnings. Some trying to take what little resources were available, others not doing much at all. While reading they reached Gonike, the third town of the first floor of SAO. Suddenly, Umichi was pulled by Suki, being dragged into a restaurant it seems. Umichi wanted to pay, but Suki already did, ordering the food. It was cheap it seemed, and pretty good. 

They then went to secure a room each at the inn. It was 19:30 about. Suki spoke up when she suggested to get a drink, talking about giving everyone hope. A quest then manifested. 
[hider= Fireworks] Fire works

Activation: Visit the inn in Tolbana with two or more members in a party. Talk with the NPC bar tender, and be overhead talking about doing something to cheer everyone up. The NPC mentions that it is his daughters birthday, and wishes to give her an amazing experience. He recently heard about the "Fire Works", which sounds like a good idea to him.

prerequisites
two or more people
level three and above
One member be an Alchemist

requirements
Hunt a rare multi-coloured Nepent, slay it, and receive the rare "Nepent Power", which can be used to make fire works. Return to the Bar Tender.

rewards
Alchemist can make fireworks
150 col
50 exp[/hider]
"Well, it's not that late yet, why not? We can quickly do this and then head back to sleep." he suggested, getting up, and starting to head out of town.