A huge castle made of stone and steel floating in an endless sky.
That was all this world was.
It took a vagarious group of craftsmen one month to survey the place;
the diameter of the base floor was about 10 kilometers — large
enough to fit the entirety of Setagaya-ku within. Above, there were
100 floors stacking straight upwards; its sheer size was unbelievable.
It was impossible to even guess how much data it consisted of.
Inside, there were a couple of large cities along with countless small
scale towns and villages, forests and plains, and even lakes. Only one
stairway linked each floor to another, and the stairways existed in
dungeons where large numbers of monsters roamed; so discovering
and getting through was no easy matter. However, once someone
made a breakthrough and arrived at a city of the upper floor, the
«Teleport Gates» there and of every cities in the lower floors would
be connected making it possible for anyone to move freely through
these levels.
With these conditions, the huge castle had been steadily conquered for
a long time.
The name of the castle was «Aincrad», a world of battles with swords
that continued floating and had engulfed approximately six thousand
people. Otherwise known as...
«Sword Art Online»
The Black Swordsman (Aincrad 35th Floor, February
2024)
"Please......Don't leave me alone......Pina......"
Two lines of tears streamed down Scilica's cheeks, as scattered grains
of light burst from the big feather on the ground.
That pale blue feather was the remains of the her sole friend and
partner for a long time, the familiar «Pina». Just a few minutes ago,
Pina died protecting Scilica. Given a mortal wound by the monster's
weapon, it gave out a cry in a sad voice before shattering like ice.
Leaving only its long tail feather which had always waved happily
whenever its name was called――
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