Eld had followed along mostly remaining quite for a while now, scouting for potential targets in the field to go up against.
Suddenly spotting a few wolves roaming about he was just about to give the call when he heard Link calling upon that stronger guy from a few days ago.
While a little annoyed Eld felt some of his weighty thoughts sliding off his self inflicted burden, Atleast I know that he is alright now, less of a concern for me. and he was truly reliefed to see him well, yet it also raised a flag, Mikael was going to have to work harder in order to gain in on Keisuke a frontliner of this SAO VRMMORPG, even if Keisuke had been targeted by LC meaning he was an attractive target for them, it would have to take more skill and levels in order to lure more of the LC out... Tsk...
"Ey, Link..." Eld had a concerned face upon himself, it was probably going to lead to a question but at that moment Eld couldn't muster his own suspicions.
No matter how he twisted and turned the possabilities behind Keisuke, it was hard to eliminate him from suspicion, atleast according to Eld's mind.
But in cases like this Mikael rarely hesitated, so why did he do so now... Why? The question could be mauled over and over, why?
Well, in all honesty, if Mikael was completely honest with himself, Keisuke is way stronger than Eld by alot too, Eld didn't like being in the frontlines by mind and by mind only.
Thus, the likely hood of his own jellousy clouding his rational judgement was way off the charts. It sucked to be weak, he had been or rather felt weak most of the times growing up. Complexed by weakness yet good and modest, now adays being a top student and popular to a fair degree Mikael finds it hard to acknowledge that he himself is not the strongest among all, that his own ordeal was not unique or a singular road for a chosen hero. Friends, intelligence and strenght was not enough, especially here in the world of VR. So much more mattered, more entusiasm, dedication and personal will. Rocking top tier was more than armor and levels, but it is the start of it all...
Biting it together, forcing his concerns and questionable suspicions away from his head he broke into a smile. "You see Silver, that guy is the dude that Link saved from the LC in all those rumors you have heard about." Eld said and turned towards Silver with a grin, forced but some what believable.