Sword Art Online Version Vongola

Level 6 The birth of a swordsman

We almost ended at 10k words again...and when I started I thought that around 3-4k words per chapter would be challenging enough. I guess this is a good sign.

Thank you, everyone, for the continued support, hope you continue to enjoy the story.

This chapter is somewhat of a milestone for me because this is the end of the prologue or the start of the journey arc of the story as I call it in my mind. The next chapter will be a filler of sort with a time skip, then we will start on the first half of the main arc of the two years spent in the game. You guys probably know what and who will be involved, I wasn't even trying to be subtle.

And I found a nickname for Natsu, which I think is honestly ridiculous so it suits him well. I hope you like it along with the official guild name.

"I feel so nervous."

Natsu was adjusting the sword on his back for the ninth time since they arrived in Dokut. The relatively small city was full of various players, unlike the last time they were here. But the atmosphere was far from light. Everyone wore grim expressions, some looked nervous, some eager, but everyone was in full fighting gear. They were the best of the ten thousand players, those who risked every day at the front lines. The Assault Team.

The five of them walking through the city with purpose, Buzz leading them on the crowded streets. Natsu was a few steps behind him, with Ken and Basil, Agil taking the position of the rear guard. For a strange moment, Natsu thought it looked ed like he was some kind of royalty surrounded by guards.

"Why? It isn't the first time you take part in the boss meeting.." asked Buzz from the front, his lazy demeanor was quite a contrast to Natsu's nerves.

"It's different. This is the first time we come as a guild, the first battle as the Keepers of the Seven Rings." he insisted stubbornly.

After a long while, they were able to choose a suitable name thanks to Basil. He remembered a tale from Natsu's dad, and it still threw the boy for a loop that Basil knew his father much more than him, about an ancestor of his who formed a vigilante group in Italy. He was said to have seven special rings that identified him and his friends who formed the core of the group. Hence, they were named the Keepers of the Seven Rings, especially because Agil talked with Biggs and Wedge who also decided to join the new guild, thus making their group a full seven.

As much as it meant to them to have a guild, Natsu also was right in that it would alter their perceptions in the eyes of the other members of the assault team. With the need to organized and the human need of forming groups, the guilds garnered more and more importance especially with the steadily increasing number of players who wanted to take part. Solo players or small groups not in a guild were given less and less voice on the decisions as they slowly but surely fell behind the players in guilds. The obvious exception being the infamous black swordsman.

Already, there were three guilds that taken a center position. One was the MMO today, led by the writer of the news programmer of the same name. They had a large collection of veteran players who also took care of a lot of lower-level players who wanted to join the frontlines.

The second was the Aincrad Liberation Force, led by that jerk Kibaou. He still harbored a grudge against the beta players, especially Kirito and unfortunately he got quite a crowd to listen to his idiocy. Buzz said not to worry about him, if all the idiots gather to him, at least they would be easier to keep track of. Natsu didn't really understand that, but if nothing else it could be said about Kibaou's guild that it consisted of an impressive fighting force. Of course, they jealously guarded information and farming spots, much like what Kibaou accused the former beta testers of doing.