The blade of Artemis' short sword glowed with a blue color so bright it seemed almost white as it descended in a diagonal arc and struck the wolf that was attacking her.  A glowing red gash appeared where her sword had slashed the creature, then it suddenly burst into fragments that billowed upwards for a brief moment before disappearing.<br/><br/>"Looks like that's the last of them," Artemis called out to her companion, a tall, slender, impossibly beautiful girl with medium length black hair.  Of course that wasn't what the girl looked like in real life.  But then in real life, "Artemis" was a tall, busty, blue-eyed blonde girl from Canada named Sara McMillan.  Here in Aincrad, she was considerably smaller and less busty, partly because she didn't want to stand out too much and partly because she'd always found her large breasts a bit annoying when she had to engage in physical activity.  She still had the blue eyes and blond hair, but the hair was worn in a shorter, braided hairstyle.  She'd also replicated the trademark blue ribbon that she wore in her hair in real life.  It did a nice job of complimenting the blue and white outfit her character wore.<br/><br/>With the battle over, Artemis sheathed her blade and reached over her shoulder to count the number of arrows that remained for the bow she still carried in her left hand.  When she was done, she strode over to talk to her companion.<br/><br/>"So do you want to head back to town?" she enquired.  "Or do you want to just call it for today?  It's getting pretty late."<br/><br/>As much as she would like to continue playing Artemis in the stunning virtual world of Aincrad, a part of Sara's brain was telling her it was now time to be assume the role of Sara McMillan, the foreign exchange student who needed to get some studying done.