Chapter 74: Chapter 74 - Bizarre Adventure Of The Black Swordsman & Invitation To Maihama
Kirito or Kirigaya Kazuto. One of the latest members of the Isekai Chat Group and is nothing more than an ordinary human trapped in an online game.
Unlike others, he lacks power. His strength was subpar from the start unlike others. Thus, the moment he entered the Elder Tale. He had been doing nothing but getting stronger in the hope that he could gain enough strength without the fear of death in order to survive the death game that is Sword Art Online where he and many others were trapped.
"Haah… I guess trying to compare my progress with the others is nothing but foolish." Kirito looked at his level which sat on Lv 24 while Kazuma in his friend list had reached Lv 37.
But not willing to give up, Kirito didn't let his low progress affect him and continued his solo dungeon raid. But then suddenly, he accidentally stepped on a pressure plate that made an audible *click* sound before one of the walls opens up.
Feeling relieved it wasn't a trap, he inspected the open path from outside.
"Didn't look like a trap. Could it be a secret chamber?" Intent to check it out, he entered the secret pathway and soon encountered a room with ancient murals. But those didn't interest him. Instead, his eyes were glued to the two blades enshrined in this secret chamber.
One is a pitch black sword and another is a rose themed blue frost sword. Just looking at them invokes a deep sense of nostalgia and also familiarity. As if they were blades that he had used his entire lifetime.
Kirito unconsciously approaches the blades and grabs them. The unknown feeling intensified along with the mural in the room becoming alive and drowning the entire room with blinding light and a deafening explosion.
"I feel like these are tailored made for me…" Kirito whispered with a confused but satisfied look as he gazed at the swords. "Night Sky and Blue Rose. I will definitely not disappoint you two as your wielder." Both swords vibrate and hum as if alive and acknowledging Kirito's vow.
There, Kirito embarks on his path of sword cultivation. Women will only slow the speed of drawing his sword. Thus, he only needs his swords as his swords need him.
This was the moment which the legend of the Black Swordsman was born. Kirito will be reborn as the strongest Blade Dancer of the Era and went down in the annals of history as The Maidenless Blade Dancer of Thousand Slashes.
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While Kirito is away, making his fruitful encounter which was rigged there by Ray. The Messenger from Maihama arrived and invited the Round Table and Morgan to a conference in Maihama city.
"Do we even need to participate?" One of them asked as the Round Table Council members gathered to discuss.
"Not really. The demerits of doing so outweigh the merit of participating in the conference." Shiroe mutters as everyone turns their attention to him and beckons him to explain what he meant. Shiroe, looking like deer caught in the headlight, coughed awkwardly for blurting out his thoughts before he explains. "What I meant is we only need information from them as we all confirmed that the information from Elder Tale is no longer reliable. However, doing so will involve us in their political games. Which is the last thing we need right now as we are stumbling around trying to improve our situation."
"Besides, we are officially the vassals of the Fairy Queen Morgan. We only need to wait and follow her order." Shiroe shrugs and lays back feeling relieved since not being the leader means he will not be the one making major decisions and suffer its consequences.
Although, not everyone can sit still with the fact that officially, they are basically subordinates of someone else. Even if Ray promised their freedom will not be restricted after becoming the vassal. They still feel uneasy to let others decide their fates. But they still agreed because of the same opinion as Shiroe. Having a big tree to rely on in this foreign yet familiar world is reassuring.
Moments later, the messenger from the Fae Court arrived with Morgan's decision. Shiroe accepted the letter and read it before announcing it to the conference room.
"Well, it looks like we are going." Shiroe sighed deflated and hoped he isn't included but he somehow is and along with one representative from Battle Guild and Craftsman Guild.
Krusty from D.D.D. and Michitaka from Marine Organization are selected to be representative.
"Since the participants had been decided. We will depart tomorrow along with the Fairy Queen, Morgan." Shiroe declared before ending this meeting session.
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While Ray and Ainz are still in their secret lair, working hard to finish their project as soon as possible, a magical door opens up behind Ray which makes him pause and look at it.
"What's wrong, Senpai?" Ainz asked when Ray suddenly stopped.
Ray turns his head back to his front and looks at Ainz. "It was no—" He couldn't finish his words when tentacles shot forth and caught him before dragging him away.
Seeing how Ray was kidnapped by the tentacles, normally a person will be panicking but Ainz just shrugs and figures he has to pull an all-nighter to complete this project on time on his own.
"Maybe I can ask Rimuru for help? His Great Sage can achieve similar precision as senpai…" Ainz rubbed his bony pointed chin before he nodded and informed PM Rimuru to recruit his help.
Meanwhile with Ray, the moment he emerged through the otherside of the gate, several pairs of hungry eyes staring straight at him.
"Welcome, daddy."
"Sirin?" Ray looks at the pair of golden eyes glowing with intense hunger and obsession.
Ray tried to struggle free but he felt his body turn sluggish and his mind turn dull.
"Ah. You must be wondering why you can't muster your power. Hmn. That's a s.e.c.r.e.t.~" She said with a finger placed before her mouth. "Otherwise we can't make daddy listen to us anymore in the future."
Looking away from Sirin, he looks at Sakura, hoping for help but this Sakura has a weird red tattoo on her body and smiles mischievously while another Sakura next to her is blushed and turning her head away to avoid his gaze.
His final hope was Abby. But when he looked at her, she was blushing too like Sakura but not averting her gaze away and instead just apologized and looked eager for what was about to come next.
Then his consciousness went black. Even the usual awareness on his avatar body is not responding and he felt incredibly tired as he fell asleep.
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