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:''This article is about the original Progressive light novel volume. You may be looking for the [[Sword Art Online - Progressive Volume 01|manga adaptation]].''

:''This article is about the original Progressive light novel volume. You may be looking for the [[Sword Art Online - Progressive Volume 01|manga adaptation]].''

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==Chapters==

==Chapters==

===Aria of a Starless Night===

===Aria of a Starless Night===



Set in one
month
's time
since the imprisonment of the players in [[Sword Art Online]] (SAO),
with
2,000 players already
dead
and the 1<sup>st</sup> Floor yet to be cleared.

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One
month since the imprisonment of the players in [[Sword Art Online]] (SAO), 2,000 players
had
already
died
and the 1<sup>st</sup> Floor
was
yet to be cleared.



The

story

begins
in the «First Floor Labyrinth»
on the 2<sup>nd</sup> of December. With
Kirito
witnessing
a female [[Solo Player]]
named Asuna
overkilling a
level 6 armed beast-man monster:
«[[Ruin Kobold Trooper]]» with continuous use of «[[Linear]]». After watching the monster disperse into fragments; Kirito
approaches
the girl to ask about her risky battle style. Learning that it was her first time playing a MMO game, Kirito soon felt the need to teach her and answer her questions on some common knowledge in the SAO game. Afterwards,
Asuna
decided to end the conversation with Kirito as the monsters were going to re-spawn soon.
Asuna
was soon overwhelmed by fatigue and almost collapsed on the dungeon floor, however Kirito quickly
intervenes
and
transports
her outside the dungeon from harm’s way. After Asuna had finally rested on the grassy field, she
wakes up
and
notices
Kirito who saved her; she responded to him by stating that saving her was an
"Unnecessary

Effort"
.

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On

December

2<sup>nd</sup>, 2024,
in the «First Floor Labyrinth»
,
Kirito
witnessed
a female [[Solo Player]] overkilling a «[[Ruin Kobold Trooper]]» with continuous use of «[[Linear]]». After watching the monster disperse into fragments; Kirito
approached
the girl to ask about her risky battle style. Learning that it was her first time playing a MMO game, Kirito soon felt the need to teach her and answer her questions on some common knowledge in the SAO game. Afterwards,
the female player
decided to end the conversation with Kirito as the monsters were going to re-spawn soon.
She
was soon overwhelmed by fatigue and almost collapsed on the dungeon floor, however Kirito quickly
intervened
and
transported
her outside the dungeon from harm’s way. After
the rapier user, whose name was revealed to be
Asuna
,
had finally rested on the grassy field, she
awakened
and
noticed
Kirito who saved her; she responded to him by stating that saving her was an
unnecessary

effort
.



After Asuna reminisced about how her old ordinary life changes when she borrowed the «[[NerveGear]]» from her older brother
:
[[Yuuki Kouichirou]]. Kirito
notifies
Asuna about the upcoming meeting for the boss raid at
the town called
«[[Tolbana]]». Arriving at Tolbana’s northern gate, Kirito momentarily
part
ways from Asuna after telling her the time and place of the meeting. Kirito soon met up with «[[Argo|Argo the Rat]]»; Aincrad's first informant and recognised by the painted whiskers on her face. Within
the 2
hours of the meeting, Kirito learns from Argo that the buyer of his «[[Anneal Blade]]+6» had raised his price to 29,800 «[[Cor]]»; however, Kirito again
refuses
the offer and wonders why the Argo's client was so persistent.

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After Asuna reminisced about how her old ordinary life changes when she borrowed the «[[NerveGear]]» from her older brother
,
[[Yuuki Kouichirou]]. Kirito
notified
Asuna about the upcoming meeting for the boss raid at «[[Tolbana]]». Arriving at Tolbana’s northern gate, Kirito momentarily
parted
ways from Asuna after telling her the time and place of the meeting. Kirito soon met up with «[[Argo|Argo the Rat]]»; Aincrad's first informant and recognised by the painted whiskers on her face. Within
two
hours of the meeting, Kirito learns from Argo that the buyer of his «[[Anneal Blade]]+6» had raised his price to 29,800 «[[Cor]]»; however, Kirito again
refused
the offer and wonders why the Argo's client was so persistent.



Once Argo had left, there was still time before the meeting began. So Kirito met up with Asuna as she was having lunch by the fountains at the town centre. When the meeting for the boss raid had finally began,
44
players including Kirito and Asuna had gathered by the fountain. A self-
claimed
knight, called [[Diavel]], appears amongst the crowd, and announced that the boss’s room in the dungeon have been located. During his speech about the slow advance of the game, a young man named [[Kibaou]]
interrupts
the crowds’ cheer. He
demands
an apology from the unknown [[Beta-tester|Beta Testers]], however a tall man named [[Agil]]
approaches
him and
shows
that the Beta players should not be fully blamed as they had also helped by distributing knowledge in the game. When the commotion had ended, Diavel finally
finishes
his encouraging speech about everyone working together.

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Once Argo had left, there was still time before the meeting began. So Kirito met up with Asuna as she was having lunch by the fountains at the town centre. When the meeting for the boss raid had finally began,
forty-four
players including Kirito and Asuna had gathered by the fountain. A self-
proclaimed
knight, called [[Diavel]], appears amongst the crowd, and announced that the boss’s room in the dungeon have been located. During his speech about the slow advance of the game, a young man named [[Kibaou]]
interrupted
the crowds’ cheer. He
demanded
an apology from the unknown [[Beta-tester|Beta Testers]], however a tall man named [[Agil]]
approached
him and
showed
that the Beta players should not be fully blamed as they had also helped by distributing knowledge in the game. When the commotion had ended, Diavel finally
finished
his encouraging speech about everyone working together.



Due to the efforts of Diavel’s [[Clearer|clearing group]], the boss had been revealed as «[[Ilfang the Kobold Lord]]» along with his re-spawning minions
:
«[[Ruin Kobold Sentinel]]s». As the boss raiding party later
receives
the free information from the NPC shop of «Argo's Strategy Guide: First Floor Boss Edition». There were soon seven parties with different purposes:
2
Heavy-Armor Tank parties,
3
High-movement attacker parties,
2
Long-Weapon Support parties. Whereas the left behind players; Kirito forms a partnership with Asuna and were assigned to rear guarding in the support group (E group).

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Due to the efforts of Diavel’s [[Clearer|clearing group]], the boss had been revealed as «[[Ilfang the Kobold Lord]]» along with his re-spawning minions
, the
«[[Ruin Kobold Sentinel]]s». As the boss raiding party later
received
the free information from the NPC shop of «Argo's Strategy Guide: First Floor Boss Edition». There were soon seven parties with different purposes:
two
Heavy-Armor Tank parties,
three
High-movement attacker parties,
two
Long-Weapon Support parties. Whereas the left behind players; Kirito forms a partnership with Asuna and were assigned to rear guarding in the support group (E group).

After the meeting has disbanded, Asuna stayed over at Kirito’s rented room at the 1<sup>st</sup> Floor farm to use the bath. Soon afterwards, Kirito was visited by Argo and paid the fee to learn that the client was Kibaou, who once again raised his price for Kirito’s sword to 39,800 Cor. While Kirito was wondering if his reputation as a beta player was exposed, Argo went to use the bathroom and unfortunately for Kirito, she met Asuna.

After the meeting has disbanded, Asuna stayed over at Kirito’s rented room at the 1<sup>st</sup> Floor farm to use the bath. Soon afterwards, Kirito was visited by Argo and paid the fee to learn that the client was Kibaou, who once again raised his price for Kirito’s sword to 39,800 Cor. While Kirito was wondering if his reputation as a beta player was exposed, Argo went to use the bathroom and unfortunately for Kirito, she met Asuna.



The boss raid finally
commences
on December 4<sup>th</sup> and during the fierce battle, Diavel received a deadly 3-hit combo from the boss and dies in front of Kirito. In Diavel’s last moments, Kirito finally realized that the self-
claim
knight was also a Beta Player and also the true client who was trying the hinder him by purchasing his «Anneal Blade»; his motive was to prevent Kirito from performing another [[Last Attack]] move against the bosses like he did from the Beta version. Diavel wanted to perform the last attack and obtain its bonuses for his own survival, and he thought that Kirito also wanted the «Last attack bonus». After Diavel’s body shatters into the blue fragments, Kirito
performs
Diavel’s last wish in dealing the Last Attack against the boss; with Asuna and everyone’s cooperation; he succeeded and thus obtaining the rare boss item.

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The boss raid finally
commenced
on December 4<sup>th</sup> and during the fierce battle, Diavel received a deadly 3-hit combo from the boss and dies in front of Kirito. In Diavel’s last moments, Kirito finally realized that the self-
proclaimed
knight was also a Beta Player and also the true client who was trying the hinder him by purchasing his «Anneal Blade»; his motive was to prevent Kirito from performing another [[Last Attack]] move against the bosses like he did from the Beta version. Diavel wanted to perform the last attack and obtain its bonuses for his own survival, and he thought that Kirito also wanted the «Last attack bonus». After Diavel’s body shatters into the blue fragments, Kirito
performed
Diavel’s last wish in dealing the Last Attack against the boss; with Asuna and everyone’s cooperation; he succeeded and thus obtaining the rare boss item.

Everyone was celebrating as the first floor was finally cleared, however the atmosphere soon changed when Diavel's party member, the scimitar user [[Lind]], reminded everyone that their leader Diavel had died. To deal with growing anger against the Beta Players, Kirito made the bold decision to direct all the anger onto him by announcing himself belonging to a new category known as «[[Beater]]s» (Beta Tester + Cheater); a player who uses future knowledge to benefit himself in the SAO game from its previous version.

Everyone was celebrating as the first floor was finally cleared, however the atmosphere soon changed when Diavel's party member, the scimitar user [[Lind]], reminded everyone that their leader Diavel had died. To deal with growing anger against the Beta Players, Kirito made the bold decision to direct all the anger onto him by announcing himself belonging to a new category known as «[[Beater]]s» (Beta Tester + Cheater); a player who uses future knowledge to benefit himself in the SAO game from its previous version.



After flashing the victorious boss item
:
«[[Coat of Midnight]]» to everyone, Kirito left them all behind in their discontent, with only Asuna and Agil understanding what he did, and
passes
through the gate of the 1<sup>st</sup> Floor as the first known «Beater» in SAO's history. Kirito was soon followed by Asuna, who met up with him to show her gratitude, as well as to relay
2
worded messages from Agil and Kibaou. After parting with Asuna once again, he later received a message from Argo about his infamous speech and tries to compensate him for the trouble she caused; by allowing a onetime free offer of any information, Kirito mischievously replied by asking for the meaning of her painted whiskers. Afterwards, he
approaches
the main city of the 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor: «[[Urbus]]».

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After flashing the victorious boss item
, the
«[[Coat of Midnight]]»
,
to everyone, Kirito left them all behind in their discontent, with only Asuna and Agil understanding what he did, and
passed
through the gate of the 1<sup>st</sup> Floor as the first known «Beater» in SAO's history. Kirito was soon followed by Asuna, who met up with him to show her gratitude, as well as to relay
two
worded messages from Agil and Kibaou. After parting with Asuna once again, he later received a message from Argo about his infamous speech and tries to compensate him for the trouble she caused; by allowing a onetime free offer of any information, Kirito mischievously replied by asking for the meaning of her painted whiskers. Afterwards, he
approached
the main city of the 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor: «[[Urbus]]».

===Intermission - The Reason for the Whiskers===

===Intermission - The Reason for the Whiskers===

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