"One month has passed since the game began." "2022 1st Floor • Tolbana 2022 1st Floor • Tolbana two thousand people have died." "Yet not a single person has managed to clear the 1st Floor." "I still haven't found the boss room." "we're finally holding a meeting on how to defeat the 1st Floor's boss." "530)\bord3.5\blur3\3cH000000\3aH11}Beater 530)\bord1.9\1cHFFFFFF\blur1.2}Beater" "530)\1cHE9E692}Beater 530)\1cHE7E38E}Beater" "530)\1cHE6E18A}Beater 530)\1cHE5DF86}Beater" "530)\1cHE4DD82}Beater 530)\1cHE2DB7E}Beater" "530)\1cHE1D87B}Beater 530)\1cHE0D677}Beater" "530)\1cHDFD473}Beater 530)\1cHDDD26F}Beater" "530)\1cHDCD06B}Beater 530)\1cHDBCD68}Beater" "530)\1cHDACB64}Beater 530)\1cHD9C960}Beater" "530)\1cHD7C75C}Beater 530)\1cHD6C558}Beater" "530)\1cHD5C254}Beater 530)\1cHD4C050}Beater" "530)\1cHD3BE4C}Beater 530)\1cHD1BC47}Beater" "530)\1cHD0BA43}Beater 530)\1cHCFB83F}Beater" "530)\1cHCEB53A}Beater 530)\1cHCDB336}Beater" "530)\1cHCCB131}Beater 530)\1cHCBAF2D}Beater" "530)\1cHC9AD29}Beater 530)\1cHC8AA24}Beater" "530)\1cHC7A820}Beater 530)\1cHC6A61B}Beater" "530)\1cHC5A417}Beater 530)\1cHC4A213}Beater" "530)\1cHC4A213}Beater" "Okay!" "Let's get this meeting started!" "Thank you for coming today at my behest." "My name is Diabel." "I like to think of myself as a knight." "There's no job system in this game!" "A knight?" "You should take this seriously!" "Is this whole meeting a joke too?" "our party found the boss room at the top of the tower." "Really? and tell everyone waiting in the Town of Beginnings that it's possible to beat this game." "That is the duty of everyone here today!" "Don't you all agree?" "!" "let's start working this out." "divide up into parties of six." "A single party has no chance against a Floor Boss.{i think we capitalized Floor Boss in ep1} of course." "I'll be the leader." "We need to form a raid group composed of multiple parties." "339)\1aH99}Create 378)}Invite" "419)}Disband 339)\1aH99\1cHFFFFFF}Create" "339)\1aH99}Create 378)}Invite" "{\an8\cHD0DEF7\3cH012150}Let's do this." "289)}Accept invitation to join party?" "289)}Accept invitation to join party?" "Nobody wanted to party with you either?" "That's not the case." "I just stayed out of it because everyone seemed to know each other already." "So you're a solo player." "Do you want to form a party with me?" "He said we can't beat the boss on our own." "We can party just for this fight." "473)}Accept invitation to join party?" "473)\clip(m 1109 469 b 1130 436 1179 426 1190 467 I 1220 467 1219 413 895 418 892 483)}Accept invitation to join party?" "473)}Accept invitation to join party?" "473)}Accept invitation to join party?" "has everyone formed their parties?" "Then—" "Hold on a moment!" "My name's Kibaou." "I wanna say something before we take on the boss." "Some of you here need to apologize to the two thousand people who've died!" "could you perhaps be referring to the beta testers?" "Obviously!" "The beta guys ditched us beginners and disappeared the day this stupid game started!" "so only they could get stronger." "They couldn't care less about the rest of us." "I'm damn sure some of you were in the beta!" "and give up all the items and money they've hoarded!" "and they shouldn't trust us!" "May I speak?" "My name is Agil." "let me get this straight. and provide compensation." "Is that it?" "Y-Yeah." "didn't you?" "The item shop was giving them away." "yeah." "So what?" "It was compiled from data provided by the beta testers." "Really?" "Listen up." "Everyone had equal access to this information." "many players died." "I thought we would be discussing what we could learn from their deaths and how that can help us defeat the boss." "All right." "then." "and it contains information on the boss." "the boss's name is Illfang the Kobold Lord." "He is guarded by underlings known as Ruin Kobold Sentinels." "He is armed with an axe and a buckler. he switches to a curved sword-type weapon called a talwar." "His attack pattern changes as well." "Wow..." "Amazing." "This concludes the briefing. and whoever receives an item gets to keep it." "Any objections?" "we leave at ten in the morning tomorrow." "Dismissed!" "isn't it?" "Can I sit here?" "Do you really think it's tasty?" "Of course." "I've had at least one of these every day since I came to this town." "though." "Change it up?" "Trying putting some of this on the bread." "Cream?" "It's the reward for a quest called "The Heifer Strikes Back" at the village before this town." "I can get you started." "Good food isn't the reason I came to this town." "then?" "So I can still be me." "I'd rather remain myself until the very end than sit and rot away at some inn in the first town." "I don't want to lose to this game—to this world." "No matter what." "I wouldn't want a party member to die on me." "at the very least." "2022 1st Floor • Forest Field 2022 1st Floor • Forest Field" "Let's go over the plan again." "the Ruin Kobold Sentinels." "I know." "I'll use sword skills to knock away their poleaxes." "switch in." "Switch?" "Is this the first time you've ever been in a party?" "Yes." "everybody." "I have but one thing to say." "Let's win this!" "Let's go!" "Commence the attack!" "Squads A and C!" "Switch!" "Here it comes!" "block!" "keep guarding and prepare to switch on my mark." "Now!" "Draw back and flank it! keep those sentinels away from us!" "Roger!" "Switch!" "The third one!" "but she's really skilled." "She's so fast that I can't even follow her blade." "Good job." "Looks like that guidebook was right on the money." "Stand back." "I'll finish him!" "But this is where the whole group is supposed to hem the boss in." "That's not a talwar!" "It's a nodachi!" "It's different from what it was in the beta test!" "Stop!" "Retreat as fast as you can!" "Diabel!" "Diabel!" "Why did you face it alone?" "You'd know why... right?" "You wanted the rare item from the last attack bonus." "You were a beta tester too?" "Please..." "Defeat..." "Defeat the boss." "For everyone's sake..." "I had only been thinking about my own survival." "Klein. you never abandoned the other players." "You led everyone and fought brilliantly." "1073)}You tried to do what I couldn't." "I'll go too." "Thanks." "We'll do it just like we did with the sentinels." "Got it." "Switch!" "Asuna!" "He's coming back!" "Crap—" "Go!" "We'll hold him off until you recover!" "You're..." "Watch out!" "I'll get you first!" "Asuna!" "We'll execute the last attack together!" "Got it!" "We..." "We did it!" "336)}COAT OF MIDNIGHT" "Good work." "That was splendid swordsmanship." "Congratulations." "We owe this victory to you." 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"!" "Why..." "Why did you let Diabel die?" "!" "Let him die?" "That's right!" "You knew the techniques that the boss used!" "Diabel wouldn't have died!" "He must've been a beta tester!" "That's how he knew all the boss's attack patterns." "but he didn't tell us!" "right?" "!" "Show yourselves!" "This is bad." "At this rate..." "For everyone's sake... come on... you said?" "I'd rather you didn't compare me to those newbies." "Wh-What?" "!" "Most of the thousand SAO beta testers were beginners who didn't even know how to level up." "You guys are better than they are." "But I'm not like them." "I made it further up than anyone else during the beta test." "I only knew about the boss's katana skills because I fought katana-wielding monsters on floors far above here." "I know a lot more than that." "Way more than any information broker." "Wh-What?" "That's way worse than a beta tester!" "You're cheating!" "You're a cheater!" "a cheater!" "A beta tester and a cheater..." "He's a beater!" "A beater..." "I like the sound of that." "That's right." "I'm a beater." "don't put me with those other testers." "70)\cH58565B\blur0.7}LEATHER COAT 207.438)\clip(m 630 238 b 634 227 625 213 616 205 I 678 181 b 674 196 689 229 698 222 l 738 234 731 196 b 730 185 722 171 713 164 l 778 135 b 765 169 784 189 803 187)}COAT OF MIDNIGHT" "301)}LEATHER SHIRT 413)}LEATHER BAND" "516)}LEATHER ANKLES 301)\clip(m 812 223 l 750 280 642 320 606 288)}LEATHER SHIRT" "301)\clip(m 653 270 b 655 290 680 314 698 313 l 642 322 606 290)}LEATHER SHIRT 207.438)\clip(m 666 181 l 672 146 818 125 842 163 b 807 166 796 188 703 176)}COAT OF MIDNIGHT" "301)\clip(m 748 263 l 785 275 642 322 606 290)}LEATHER SHIRT 516)\clip(m 804 519 b 786 450 833 435 869 468 I 920 449 899 396 697 503 727 554)}LEATHER ANKLES" "207.438)\clip(m 612 209 l 672 145 818 125 842 163 802 176 b 766 161 734 182 708 207 l 623 236)}COAT OF MIDNIGHT 301)\clip(m 648 272 b 682 293 708 303 785 275 l 642 322 606 290)}LEATHER SHIRT" "516)}LEATHER ANKLES 207.438)}COAT OF MIDNIGHT" "301)\clip(m 670 264 b 691 303 708 303 785 275 l 642 322 606 290)}LEATHER SHIRT 301)\clip(m 698 259 b 698 303 728 307 786 305 l 650 351 606 290)}LEATHER SHIRT" "Wait." "You called out my name when we were fighting." "Sorry I referred to you so impolitely." "Or did I mess up the pronunciation?" "How did you know it?" "right?" "Don't you see something written next to it?" "Ki-ri-to..." "Kirito?" "Is that your name?" "Yeah." "so it was there the whole time!" "You'll soon become really powerful." "don't turn them down." "There's a big limit to what you can do as a solo player." "But what about you?" "108.1)}Disband 108)}Create" "210)\clip(m 753 214 b 733 213 723 191 725 167 l 613 204 645 245)}Disband 108)}Invite" "210)\clip(m 737 207 b 726 205 717 180 724 168 l 598 206 634 227)}Create 313)\clip(m 789 285 l 795 253 633 293 646 343)}Disband" "108)}Create 210)\clip(m 770 216 b 739 170 765 157 790 171 l 806 137 598 206 634 227)}Disband" "313)\clip(m 833 283 l 779 239 633 293 646 343)}Invite 108)}Invite" "210)\clip(m 770 216 b 739 170 765 157 790 171 l 806 137 598 206 634 227)}Create 313)\clip(m 833 283 l 779 239 633 293 646 343)}Disband" "108)}Invite 210)}Create" "313)\clip(m 833 283 l 779 239 737 261 750 311)}Disband 108)}Invite" "210)}Create 313)\clip(m 833 283 l 779 239 737 261 750 311)}Disband" "313)\clip(m 833 283 l 779 239 684 275 728 299 754 297 767 310)}Disband 313)\clip(m 833 283 l 779 239 657 287 b 677 298 705 302 721 304 l 750 314 767 310)}Disband" "313)}Disband 108)}Create" "210)}Disband 313)}Invite" "108)}Create 313)}Invite" "108)}Create 313)}Invite" "108)}Create 313)}Invite" "210)\clip(m 651 218 l 821 159 807 116 613 184)}Disband 340)}Disband the party?" "340)\4cHF0EDEE}Disband the party?" "210)\clip(m 683 247 l 659 133 775 110 814 212)}Disband 210)}Disband"