They were going for the 「Secret Medicine of the Forest」quest next town. The reward was the best sword you could find on first floor and the ovule normally doesn't appear immediately. They would have the opportunity to grind.

Kirito looked relieved the moment they parted way with Klein and maybe a bit self conscious with his look.

Alice despaired when her new boobs disappear but quickly recovered.

Eugeo was just glad to have some semblance of normal.

And that normalcy disappeared.

ANOTHER guy happened to go the same way. "Hey, I'm Coper. Are you going for aneal blade?" He asked.

Kirito looked absolutely horrified.

Eugeo wasn't sure how he survived beta testing.

"Can i go with you? You have to fight hordes of little nepenthes before the ovule appears. There's safety in number, right?"

Kirito looked even more horrified.

Alice gave him a look that said she didn't trust the guy.

Looked like they wanted Eugeo to make a decision.

Kirito's androphobia couldn't be held accountable in a death game.

Alice never trust any guy again since 'the incident' so...

"Sure."

Kirito looked even more horrified.

Alice looked murderous.

Eugeo didn't care much.

After all ,considering that time in 6th grade, he knew what happened to guy who betrayed Alice's trust :).

Coper had taken their advice to stay away from Kirito seriously.

He felt pity but it was necessary. He and Alice were noobs at VR. Kirito couldn't protect them both. A helping hand untill they got the hang of it would be appreciated.

So,he gave Kirito a piggy back ride and let him cling as much as he wanted.

Kirito came down when they got to the forest. He made sure there was as much distance between him and Coper as possible and Eugeo was between them at all time.

Alice encouraged it.

Everything was going smoothly. Kirito killed little nepenthes quick and efficient when he didn't have Coper in his line of sight.

Coper had combat experience and help them killed nepenthes faster.

Alice slaughtered everything in her path.

Maybe,They wouldn't need a team up like this anymore if she was this good.

Eugeo was doing mediocre ,but since he could kill mobs without dying ,he figured that was a job well done.

Oh, something appear in his inventory.

"Hey guys, is this the ovule you're looking for?"

"Hey guys, sorry about this."

Coper stabbed fruit on one of little nepenthes' head.

Eugeo stared,eye wide.

"It's a pity Kirito-chan and Alice-chan are such a pretty girls too."

Kirito stared at him in horror.

And all hell broke loose.

Tons of little nepenthes spawned around them.

"You fucker!!" Alice threw her sword at Coper which stabbed him in the middle.

She then proceeded to pin him to the ground.

"How the fuck dare you!?"

She bashed his head in repeatedly.

Kirito's eyes were wide in panic and he quickly slashed little nepenthes before they could attack him.

Eugeo saw red.

He kicked and stabbed them all down,As well as,using pure strength to bashed them against the ground.

How dare he not only betrayed them but insulted his friends so blatantly? Eventhough they were weird and he still wondered to this day why they were friend, Alice was a strong women who deserved respect and upsetting Kirito was a crime worthy of murder.

He kicked up, slashed two little nepenthes in one go and grabbed the other by its vine then threw it at other mobs like a glorified whip. He Basically slaughtered them. Alice called dibs at that traitor so he would have to settle for this.

Most little nepenthes quickly disappeared,

only few are left.

Good for them.

They found their way to Alice who was still bashing Coper's head in.

"You thought you can get away with it? You thought you can trick your royal highness princess Alice!?" She used her sword to pinned him against a tree.

Eugeo was reminded of the good old day in primary school.

Kirito looked horrified at skewered Coper.

Eugeo patted his head. Poor Kirito, his androphobia acted up again. Probably because Coper was such a disgusting male.

"How could you betrayed us like this? We were going to help you find one too." Eugeo expressed his disappointment. A little nepenthe came near. He stabbed its gut and shook it off his sword.

Coper looked scared.

Eugeo wasn't sure why they obliterated almost all the nepenthes. Few that were left were too far away to be aggro-ed.

"L-listen we can talk this out." Coper said.

"Like hell, you fucker." Alice said.

"Yeah, I should've know you're red flag when you said your friend is feminist."

And how dare that guy minimize kirito's phobia.

Eugeo punched him.

Alice took her sword out.

That bastard ran away screaming.

"What a coward." Eugeo tsked.

"Guys are crazy scary." Kirito said a bit shaken. "And I was mistaken for a girl. Again."

"Yeah,guys are filthy and stupid. Except for Eugeo,he's a virgin."

Eugeo asked himself again why he was friend with Alice?

"So,we got one ovule now,is it enough?" He asked.

"Enough for you but not for us." Kirito explained. "It's one ovule per sword. We need one each."

Back to killing little nepenthes then.

"We're going to killed all the little nepenthes in this forest. Alice said with determination.

What?

His face must had said it because Alice turn to looked at him like he was stupid and elaborated on her plan.

"Listen, the anneal blade is the absolute best sword we can find on first floor and this floor's not gonna be cleared anytime soon. Everyone is gunning for it. If we monopolise it than it will help our plan for world domination!"

Kirito looked at Alice like what she spouted was absolute wisdom.

Eugeo wondered why they were friend.

"It'll spawn again. We can't just stay here all the time." He voiced his opinion.

"We can just kill the ovule one then. Work on searching skill Eugeo!"

Fuck you Alice.