4.kötet

Preview

"......It's not like this is a date."

Fifty two days have passed since ten thousand players were trapped in a death game, «Sword Art Online», where the death of one's avatar would lead to a real death. The only way to escape this game - to defeat the boss on the top 100th floor of the giant castle «Aincrad», the stage of the game.

The current date is December 28, 2022. A little less than two months have passed since the log in when Kirito and Asuna, members of the clearer's foremost line, arrived at the fifth floor. Differently from the fourth floor, which was greatly changed from the beta test and became a «waterway area», a «ruins area» that Kirito was already familiar with extended in front of them on the fifth floor.

In this area with maze-like streets and barely any natural objects like forests and rivers, Kirito and Asuna proceeded with the best «relic hunt» in the game, and continued earing items and cor. After temporarily returning to the fourth floor and receiving a «quest reward» from Yofilis, the lord of the dark elf castle, Kirito suggested clearing a small-scale «quest» generated in an underground cemetery below the town. Asuna agreed with the idea, but that is where her misfortune began. That is because monsters that the strong rapier-wielder Asuna is extremely bad at appear in this quest.

Adaption Notes

• The last section of the volume, starting from the New Year countdown, were not part of the web version.