Sword Art Online DLC

Chapter 10: Sign of the Dragon Champion

November 6th, 2028, Floor 100, 6am game time. The server admin, the figure in the green cloak opened the doors to the ruby palace. He slowly walked through the halls of the mighty fortress before taking a seat at the throne at the end of the main hallway.

"I did it... This world is mine to command..." The figure sighed as he sat on his throne. "This palace feels a little less fitting for me now that it isn't the top floor... Oh well, vacating to floor 120 shouldn't be a problem." He swiped two of his right hand fingers down and the player menu appeared, his one looked different though. He selected an option that brought up the system commands. When he did, the game's status was displayed. "Run check, search player ID: Kirito." When he said this the cardinal system searched through it's player database and eventually locked in on Kirito. "There you are, I knew you'd come here Kazuto Kirigaya." He smiled. "This time, I'll be the one who is victorious. Run check, show all player stats." With this command a list of all the players in the game was brought up in order of highest level to lowest. The hooded figure sat at the top with his level being 'N/A'. He smiled more maliciously this time then started laughing. "It's too perfect! I am unstoppable! even if you reach the highest possible player level you will never defeat me! Run check, show full system status!" a large screen appeared in front of him and everything in the game was displayed. "It's all... under my control..." Then he paused and his smile faded as he notice something that was different from everything else, an asset called 'Dragon_Blades' was highlighted in red. "It seems that weapon is still around. Even though I banished it to a place that no player could reach, it's file still exists in the game. That, and the thing it's containing..." The figure scowled at the screen as he looked at the asset file. "How dare something I coded defy me. I won't let you loose you hear me, you damn virus." The asset flicked with red particles as he said this.

March 28th, 2029, Floor 25, 10:30pm game time. Jyenka was out in the training grounds practicing with his doubled-bladed sword.

"Nraaagh!" he slashed at the air as one of his blades turned a bright shade of blue, the blade flew through the air so cleanly that it seemed to almost cut the air around him. Jyenka stood there panting. He checked his HP bar, it was at fifty percent. "Auugh..." Jyenka sighed and fell over onto his back, he looked up at the stars in the sky of floor 25. It had a canyon like landscape with a massive temple that could be seen far off in the distance. The stars in the sky would sometimes be eclipsed by a moon that would float over them. Jyenka sat up and looked down at his blade. "Why can't I do it?" he said while still panting.

"Maybe your approaching it the wrong way." ThirtySix said, he now stood behind Jyenka. Jyenka was startled and jumped straight onto his feet.

"ThirtySix! You scared the shit outa me.." he said while turning around to face him.

"Sorry, but I've spotted you staying out like this multiple times. You ever heard of the definition for insanity?" He asked. Jyenka rolled his eyes.

"Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Trust me, I heard that enough from my teachers back at school." Jyenka sighed.

"Well clearly you weren't a good listener." ThirtySix replied. Jyenka chuckled.

"Yeah, I guess so. Do you want me to give it up and focus on resting?" Jyenka asked. ThirtySix shook his head.

"I want you to stop doing this, and start trying new methods." ThirtySix said. Jyenka gave him a confused look.

"Like what?" he asked.

"What do you think of when you use your weapon?" ThirtySix said. Jyenka hesitated for a moment.

"I don't know..." He mumbled. ThirtySix sighed.