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Aincrad: Ascendance

A huge castle made of stone and steel floating in an endless sky. That was all this world was. It took a vagarious group of craftsmen one month to survey the place; the diameter of the base floor was about 10 kilometers — large enough to fit the entirety of Setagaya-ku within. Above, there were 100 floors stacking straight upwards; its sheer size was unbelievable. It was impossible to even guess how much data it consisted of. Inside, there were a couple of large cities along with countless small-scale towns and villages, forests and plains, and even lakes. Only one stairway linked each floor to another, and the stairways existed in dungeons where large numbers of monsters roamed; so discovering and getting through was no easy matter. However, once someone made a breakthrough and arrived at a city on the upper floor, the «Teleport Gates» there and of every city on the lower floors would be connected making it possible for anyone to move freely through these levels. With these conditions, the huge castle had been steadily conquered for two years. The current front line is the 74th floor. The name of the castle was «Aincrad», a world of battles with swords that continued floating and had engulfed approximately six thousand people. Otherwise known as… «Sword Art Online» -*-*--*-*-*- Updates are from monday to friday, so total of 5 chapters a week, extra chapter every 200 stones. Source of this fanfic is from the Novel, and I also added some elements from different worlds just to add some twist. I dont own the cover or any character from SAO, this is a fanfic I made for fun dont take it seriously.

LazyTanaka · ゲーム
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87 Chs

⌜Chapter 11⌟

There was nothing but an empty space, but strangely, it didn't feel uncomfortable in my eyes, curiously looking around looking if I could find any way to leave this place.

But it was a fruitless endeavor, I found nothing after looking around for a while, I could also not kill myself because I can't access my inventory nor I could use anything to kill myself.

But I have been feeling someone was looking at me for a while now, I can't use skills nor anything but I have developed my senses enough for me not to rely on my skills too much.

"You have been watching me for a while now, why don't you come out? seeing you have the power to bring me into this dimension, are you possibly Kayaba Akihiko?"

[I am not Kayaba, but someone who worked alongside him]

*Bzzzz!

The space in front of me started to distort and a swirl started to appear in the space, a few moments later, a figure came out, he wore the same lab coat as Kayaba Akihiko in the anime and he was a handsome middle-aged man that I don't recognize at all.

I don't recognize him from any anime, maybe I could find something if I know his name.

"Who are you?"

[It's nice to meet you, I go by the name Tanaka]

"Tanaka? I've never seen a Tanaka like you before"

[That is because like you, I am not from this world,]

I was dumbfounded as I heard that he knew I came from another world, and I was also shocked that there was another that came from another world.

"Are you the one who brought me here?"

[I don't have such ability, in your case, let's just say it was an accident, you occupied one of the players who died when the death game started, I don't how it happened but I only found you just now when you came out from the black iron palace.]

"Then do you know of my cheat ability?"

[Yes, I know, and I'm not the one who gave that to you but Kayaba was supposed to give that to me but I gave it to you]

"Then what is going to happen to me? what is your purpose for bringing me here?"

[I have only one purpose before I leave, and that is to meet someone like me and I have found you, it was now considered done, I don't have anything to ask you but since I took a little of your time, I will give you a reward of my own]

After he finished speaking he waved his hand and my body was suddenly enveloped by white light, it was very comfortable as if I was basking in front of the sun.

[This is one of my abilities when I came into this world, I call it bestowment, it allows me to give someone a random blessing of my own, I can't choose what to give though, but I hope you get a good one]

It lasted for a long time but I don't how long it was.

[I guess we don't have enough time anymore, it was nice meeting you, let's meet each other again if fates allow us, you can also go back and get your reward from the NPC, hmm I still don't know your name, let's see... what an interesting name you chose for yourself I guess you are his fan too, well then good luck in clearing this game, Madara]

With those final words, I was back in the game once again, the light that enveloped me earlier was gone, it's like it never happened, I looked around me and I was still in front of the NPC who stabbed me earlier except this time he was really an NPC, I could not help but remember the guy from earlier his voice still inside my head, yes, I chose Madara as my IGN just cuz I think its fun, but one thing for sure, my name is also Tanaka.

Full name is Tanaka Ryuuji, that is what I remember from my past life., but whatever, I have many questions inside my mind but seeing he was nowhere anymore, maybe, I could see him on the 100th floor just like how Kayaba planned to appear on that floor as the final boss.

Taking a deep breath, I looked at the changes that happened to me but nothing really changed in the outer appearance, I checked my profile and could not help but exclaim as I saw I have two buffs.

First was a buff called [Luck is no Excuse] and the second was [Unrivaled]

I decided to check the Luck is no excuse first.

[God Of Luck Blessing: Luck is No Excuse](Passive)

[A passive buff that could activate anytime, it affects stats, item drops, etc]

(Explanation: So here this buff, is kind of tricky to explain and I could not put it into words so I will just give a good explanation: Luck is no excuse is a luck-based ability, it could be a gacha, but he couldn't control it, anyway, it is a random chance ability that could trigger anytime, it was either in a battle or when he was cooking or when he was making a weapon, or even when he was sleeping, as for what it really does, you will be able to see it in the future chapters)

I didn't understand what this ability does but it seemed good, then I checked the other buff.

[Unrivaled]

[Restriction from the system has been removed]

My heart skipped a beat as I saw the description, of course, I am, in games what limits a player's power? It's the system of the game to keep the fairness of the game, now what happens if it was removed?

It's no different from cheating, he could level up as much as he could, I could even enter the 2nd floor without defeating the boss though I'm still not sure about that, this buff meant so many things.

I could not help but get excited, getting the reward from the NPC, I immediately went out, I need to upgrade my weapon first then find the boss of the first floor!

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Just going to clear up something, updates are supposed to be 5 chaps a week but I feel good today so yeah :)

Facts:

Girls have a higher chance of getting pregnant than boys.