Sword Art Online Part 1 (Kirito x C/n)

Chapter 2

(Kirito Pov)
I bet that you guys didn't see that coming hehe~

As the blue light faded, my surroundings became clear again. However, this wasn't the sunset-lit plain anymore.

A large road paved with stone. Medieval streets surrounded by street-lamps and the huge palace radiating a dark light a fair distance away up ahead.

This was the starting point, the central plaza of the 'Starting City'.

I looked at Klein who had his mouth wide open next to me. Then at the bustling crowd of people that surrounded the two of us.

Looking at the bunch of stunningly beautiful people with a variety of equipment and different hair colors, they were no doubt other players like me. There were about a few thousand—ten thousand people here. It was likely that everyone who was logged on right now had been forcefully transported to the central plaza.

For a few seconds, everyone just looked around without speaking.Then a few mumbles and mutters could be heard here and there; it started to get louder.

“What's happening?”

“Can we log out now?”

“Can't they take care of it quickly?”

Comments like these could be heard from time to time.As the players started to get more annoyed, shouts like “Is this a joke?” and “Get the hell out here, GMs!” could be heard.

Then suddenly...Somebody raised his voice above all these comments and shouted.
“Ah... look up!”

Klein and I almost automatically turned our eyes upward. There, a strange sight greeted us.The bottom of the second floor, one hundred meters above us, was checkered in red.When I looked closely, I could see that the pattern was made up of two phrases crisscrossing each other: the words [ Warning ] and [ System Announcement ] written in red.
I was surprised for a moment but then thought, “Oh, the operator is going to begin informing us now,” and the tension in my shoulders eased a bit.

The chatter died down in the plaza and you could feel everyone waiting to hear what was going to be said.However, what happened next wasn't what I had expected.

From the middle of the pattern, a liquid that looked like blood started oozing down slowly. It came down at a rate that almost emphasized how viscous it was, but it didn't fall all the way down; instead, it started congealing into a shape.

What appeared was a twenty-meter tall figure with a hooded robe draped around it.

I'd seen that robe before. It was the same clothing that the Argus employees who worked as GMs during the beta test had always worn. But back then, the male GMs had a face like an old sorcerer with a long beard and the females had an avatar of a bespectacled girl. They might have used the robe because they lacked time to prepare a proper avatar, but the empty space inside the hood gave me an unexplainable feeling of anxiety.

The countless players around me must have felt the same.
There were a lot of whispers from the people.

Then the tall figure began to speak."Players, I welcome you all to my world."he said.
I couldn't understand it right away.
'My world'? If that red robe was a GM, it certainly had godlike powers in this world enabling him to change the world at will, but why was he pointing that out now?

Klein and I looked at each other, dumbfounded. The anonymous red robe lowered its arms and continued talking."My name is Kayaba Akihiko. Right now, I am the only person who can control this world."he said."What...!?"i said with shock.

(C/n Pov)

"He...he is Kayaba Akihiko...." i said with disbelive. 'But why he said this is his world' i thought as i confused.

Hey guys we meet again!!!😁😁😁.Sorry the C/n pov is too short....but i wanted kirito longer😙 lol. But the next chapter i will make the both of them pov longer(if i can😅😅😅...)so let's meet again in the next chapter♡ ciao~.