It's a game, but it's not a joke. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info -- SAO Sword Art Online Designer Akihiko Kayaba

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I have to say that Artoria is worthy of being a former knight king, although she has no foundation in swordsmanship, but she seems to have inherited Saber's talent, and even the extremely demanding swordsmanship teacher is full of praise for her progress.

As Artoria sweats in her indoor dojo every day, November 06, 2022, the official open beta of SAO, known as the Game of Death, is getting closer and closer.

"Is this nervgear," he said, looking at the sleek black helmet in his hand, which was definitely not very pretty. "I really can't see that it took so many lives."

"Miss," the old but not weak voice diverted Artoria's attention from nervgear. "The game you want is already loaded into this machine, and it looks like it will be ready for tomorrow."

"Tomorrow is the open test day..."The girl looked at the old man in front of her, who was already full of gray hair but still had a straight figure, and bowed heartily. Thank you, old butler. ‘’

"No, miss, it's my duty to serve you." The old butler smiled kindly. "Madame and Lord must want to see you come out of the shadows, too."

After half a year of contact, Artoria has completely regarded the old butler as her own family. A girl whose parents are dead and has no ability to take care of herself has an eye-catching wealth, which is an irresistible temptation for many people, but the old housekeeper did not take away the money at his fingertips, but still took care of everything in the family. This sense of responsibility is something that Artoria admires.

"Then I won't bother you, Miss, except for some problems with the stock of the old man's company, I need to check it." The old butler bowed as he spoke, and turned to leave.

”....... Butler Grandpa," Artoria exclaimed, looking at the fading back in front of her.

The butler turned. "Is there anything else you need to command? Miss. ”

”....... If something happens to me, don't worry, I'll be back safely. “

"Of course," said the old butler, though he did not know what the girl was talking about. "The world has always belonged to you young people."

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Tonight, some people slept as usual, some were still queuing up at the brick-and-mortar store in anticipation of the last SAO, and some were excited that they were about to witness the birth of a cross-century game, but none of them knew that a terrible death spiral awaited them......

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Sunday, November 6, 2022.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the ready-to-use [swordartonline] officially began to operate. The 10,000 "lucky people" scattered all over the country brought their own nervgear at this moment.

【linkstart！ 】

10,000 pieces of data form a flood of information, all poured into the world called Ayn Grand.

【touch--ok，sight--ok】

【hearing--ok，taste--ok，smell--ok】

【language--japanese】

【Login】

[Welcome, Arrotria, no character was detected, please create]

【....... Created successfully, coming soon】

After the blue flame-like effect, along with the other players, the other players appeared in the starting town with a terrifying two-meter-tall white man, whose bulging muscles and golden head made people think that he was an active soldier of the United States Marine Corps.

That's right, this is our Artoria.

Although she knew that she would still change back next, out of Zhou Yong's residual male consciousness, Artoria changed her character to this manly appearance, and the height of two meters? Of course, it was subconsciously Saber's obsession with his pee-like figure.

If you think about it carefully, Zhou Yong and Saber are really sympathetic.

"Then let's start leveling up." Ignoring the players around her who were scared by her appearance, Artoria ran straight into town.

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"What about a mistake....... "The gray-faced strong man leaned against the wall." How stupid am I to just hone my sword skills without knowing how to play MMORPG in advance......"

Artoria excitedly searches for cheap weapons shops in the original book in the original town, and is then decisively overwhelmed by the complex streets.

In a way, it's really stupid.

"System, do you know where the weapons store is?"

[Know, but won't tell you]

"......" received the expected answer, and the strong man was silent.

"Hey! The little guy over there! At that moment, someone shouted from the corner to Artoria's right.

"Me?" Another slightly effeminate male voice rang out.

"Look at how you run without hesitation, you're a closed beta player."

"Sort of......."

"I'm playing for the first time today, will you teach me how to get started?"

This is!!!!! Artoria's eyes lit up, and she ran quickly in the direction where the voice came from. Turning around the corner, she saw a slender red-haired man stop a weaker dark-haired boy.

Sure enough, it's them!

Artoria quickened her pace.

"Okay then......" Faced with Klein's cheekiness, Kirito reluctantly accepted his request. At this time, a tall figure blocked the sunlight of the game simulation.

"If you don't dislike it, take me with you." Kirito heard a deep bass speak......

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