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Prologue
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 two years. The current front line is the 74th floor.
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»
Sword Art Online Volume 2 – Aincrad
The Black Swordsman
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The Black Swordsman
Sword Art Online Volume 2 – Aincrad
The Black Swordsman
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“Please......Don’t leave me alone......Pina......”
Two lines of tears streamed down Silica’s cheeks, as scattered
grains of light burst from the big feather on the ground.
That pale blue feather was the remains of her sole friend and
partner for a long time, the familiar «Pina». Just a few minutes ago,
Pina died protecting Silica. 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——
Sword Art Online Volume 2 – Aincrad
The Black Swordsman
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Chapter 1
Silica was one of the rare «Beast Tamers» in SAO, or perhaps it
was more accurate to say ‘was once’. Her familiar, the symbol of a beast
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