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Sword Art Online Volume 4 – Fairy Dance

Prologue

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Prologue

Looking up, there were many lights shining beyond the dim sky.

Those were not stars. They were countless icicles that hung from

the vast ceiling and emitted a faint phosphorescence contained inside

them. In other words, this was the bottom of a cave, and its size was

the problem.

The distance to the faraway towering cliffs was, in real world

distance, probably 30 kilometers. The lowest height till the ceiling was

500 meters. A countless number of carved cliffs and ravines, frozenwhite

lakes and snowy mountains, and fortress and castle-like

structures could be seen at its bottom.

With that, the scale of the cave was unbelievable. This

underground space, no, it should be called the «Underworld».

Actually, it was just that. This was another field that filled the

undergrounds of the fairy world, Alfheim, a dark world of ice and snow,

ruled by dreadful evil-god-class monsters. Its name is ——

«Jötunheimr».

Sword Art Online Volume 4 – Fairy Dance

Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

“Achoo!”

Lyfa, a swordswoman of the Sylph race, quickly covered her

mouth with both hands after letting out an explosive, unladylike

sneeze.

She stared out toward the entrance of the shrine, afraid that the

evil-god had heard her and would poke its huge face in.

Fortunately, the only thing that floated in was the falling snow. As

the snow neared the fire burning on the floor of the shrine, it turned

into a puff of steam and disappeared.

Lyfa crouched down by the back wall while scratching the thick

fur collar of her mantle.

“Haa...”

Sighing, Lyfa began to warm herself at the nearby fire. She felt

more comfortable and soon found herself nodding off to sleep.

The small stone shrine they were in was about four meters in

length, width and height. The walls and ceiling were decorated with

reliefs of eerie monsters that seemed to move in the firelight; it wasn’t

the most comfortable interior. As her gaze turned to the side, Lyfa

caught sight of her companion reclining against the wall, beginning to

doze off, his peaceful—or foolish—face nodding up and down like a

ship bobbing in the harbor.