His World~

Note: I will be editing some chapters so feel free to point out my mistakes and I will try to fix them later on nyaa~ I am aiming to improve my writing skills so any help will be much-appreciated nyaa~

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All of the players were summoned back to the town, looking at their expressions I can see that they are surprised by this sudden event. Everyone was curious as to what was going on while there are others that are scared. Especially the girls or some who are pretending to be girls.

A Warning sign can be seen at the sky dyed blood red.

Then followed by a System Announcement sign which was also dyed blood red.

And the next moment, the whole sky was covered with either a Warning sign or a System Announcement sign. Blood was seen sipping out of the gap between each sign and it started to form a silhouette.

It was a red-robed figure or a GM but his face was hidden.

"A GM?"

"Why's he hiding his face?"

"Is this an event?"

Hearing the other players saying that it was an event, I sneered at them. An event? Sure, it's an event, an event where your life is on the line that is. Klein was feeling uncomfortable but I'm not his father to comfort him so I just leave him be.

"Attention, players."

The red-robed figure talked, his voice resounded through the whole plaza and everyone can hear his voice loud and clear.

"Welcome to my world"

When they heard the words "my world" they immediately thought of Kayaba Akihiko and surely enough their thoughts were proven right after the red-robed figure confirmed their thoughts.

"My name is Kayaba Akihiko"

"I am currently the one and only person who can control this world."

This name was not new to them as this name was pretty well known. Kayaba Akihiko was the development director and GM (Game Master) of «Sword Art Online». He was also the designer of the NerveGear.

But everyone was very confused now, why would Kayaba appear in the game himself, is there an important event? Is it really necessary to invest this time on a game even when it is already doing good? And what does he mean by in control?

"I'm sure that you've all already noticed that the log out button from the main menu has been removed."

As he said that he swiped his right index finger and showed to the players that the log out button was totally removed while he continued to speak, "However, this is by no means a mistake."

Silence!

The earlier noisy players who keep on blabbering are now silenced having no idea what to say.

"This is not a mistake, but a feature of the true Sword Art Online."

Everyone began to consider his words as they think about it in a positive way.

I know that this would happen so I did not really pay much attention to it, I scanned around me as I looked for a certain someone. I knew that she would be just around here somewhere but because there are a lot of players currently here it will be very hard to find her.

Because I knew that in SAO, Asuna secluded herself inside of her rented room in the Town of Beginnings for two weeks before resolving to take her fate into her own hands. Which lead her to kill monsters at an incredible rate and level up in a quick fashion, even risking her life in the process

"You are all unable to log out of Sword Art Online, and nobody in the real world can remove the NerveGear or interrupt its operation."

The players frowned when they heard this, being unable to log out was already very bad, but if the outside world will still not able to help them then it will be a big problem.

"Should it be attempted, a powerful burst of microwave tradition emitted from a transmitter in the NerveGear will destroy your brain, thus ending your life."

At this point, I knew that there might have been still other people that forcibly removed the NerveGear despite the warnings I installed in it.

"He's just joking right?"

"Come, I've had enough"

Some players who were not able to accept the truth all started to leave but sadly there was an invisible wall blocking their paths. They were all startled by this as they began on hitting it with their weapons.

*Clang*

*Ting*

But no matter how hard they tried to hit, it was pointless as their attacks were not even able to leave a scratch.

"Unfortunately, it's certainly possible that a player's family and friends would ignore this warning and attempt to forcibly remove the NerveGear. As proof of this, 213 players have retired from both this world and the real one."

There were others that are bound to not believe what he says even though it was the truth, humans have this nature that 'to see is to believe'.

"213?!"

"No way … "

"I don't believe it"

As if everything was already planned by him, a series of interfaces appeared showing the news about today's incidents. And the hot topic was about the deaths of 213 players after their family removed their NerveGear.

"As you can see, news of my warning and the numerous victims are being spread worldwide. Thus, it should be safe to say that the danger of removal attempts has become minimal. I hope you will all be at ease and focus on completing the game. But I'd like you all to keep this in mind."

"From this point on, all methods of revival in the game will no longer function. If your HP hits zero, your avatar will perish for eternity, and at that moment…

… the NerveGear will destroy your brain."

At this point on, everyone was listening quietly as Kayaba told them what their fate will be in this game. Everyone was feeling the same.

Anxiety

Fear

Disbelief

Hopelessness

"There is only one condition you must meet to be set free: the completion of this game. You are all currently on the first floor, the lowest point in Aincrad. If you conquer a floor's dungeon and defeat the Floor Boss, you may continue up to the next one. Assuming you manage to defeat the final boss on the 100th floor, the game will be considered cleared."

Aincrad is an iron-and-stone made a floating castle that has about ten kilometers floor base diameter and consists of a hundred floors stacking straight upwards, meaning that each floor's diameter is a bit smaller than the previous one.

On each floor, there are a couple of large cities along with countless small scale towns and villages, forests, plains, and even lakes. Only one stairway links each floor to another, and the stairways exist beyond the boss room of each Labyrinth. The <Teleport Gates> of every unlocked city are connected to one another.

"Clear?"

"What's he saying?"

"Y-You got to be kidding me."

"Clear all 100 floors?"

"How the hell can we do that?!"

"The beta testers couldn't make it anywhere near that high!"

Everyone began to sound their complaints as clearing the 100 floors was next to impossible with their current progress from now. And even if they are able to defeat the Floor Boss on the First floor who can say that the Floor Boss on the Second floor is inferior to the First Boss. Moreover, as they start going higher, the monsters will also get stronger and it will make it more difficult for them to continue moving forward.

"And lastly, I've prepared a present for all of you in your item storages. Take a look."

They all hurriedly opened their item storage hoping that it was something that might help them in the game like a sword, an armor or even a potion. But they were all shocked when they all saw what the item was - A mirror.

But at the next moment, some players are starting to glow blue, it surprised another player which made them yell like they are going to die. They all ended up shaming themselves as it was not painful at the beginning but they were all confused as to what that glow for. And at the next moment, the purpose of the mirror was revealed.

Everyone was shocked to look at their partners changed the face, there was even a girl who changed into a fat man after the glow disappeared. But any fool can discern what just happen by just looking at the scene, it was not that their faces were changed, it's just that it returned to normal.

Everyone aside from me changes their appearance. Klein also had his appearance changed though, as he looked at me in disbelief.

His faces were saying like, 'That's your real face?' then his face expressed envy but he can't do anything cause I am transmigrated to be handsome.

"Right now, you're probably all wondering, 'Why?', 'Why would I, Kayaba Akihiko, the creator of Sword Art Online and the NerveGear, do such a thing?'. I have already achieved my goal. I created the world of Sword Art Online solely for my personal enjoyment. And now, the preparations are complete.

These conclude the tutorial for the official launch of Sword Art Online. Players, I wish you the best luck."

After that, his silhouette started to disperse and the sky started to return to normal. But the scene from earlier was still deeply engraved in their minds.

AHHHHH

A shout that seems to come out of nowhere, a shout that contained the emotion they all felt. Like a catalyst in a chemical reaction, after that shout everyone seems to come back to their senses as the first they thought of was to hunt for monsters. It was already 5:40 and it will be dangerous if they hunt at night so they all started making parties with each other as they all move out of the city.

I calmly walked towards an alley with Klein following behind me with a pale expression, it is now time for the real part of my plan to happen.