Walking Ahead of Everyone!...

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed...

Over those three days, the Assault Team had begun tackling the 99th floor. Players gradually arrived on the 99th floor and formed several teams larger than ever before, pushing through the wilderness toward the labyrinth...

During the battle against the 98th floor Floor Boss, the Assault Team had lost fifteen players. For the current SAO, that was already a terrifying number of casualties. The Assault Team had even been dispirited for a while because of it, but their progress efforts had not fallen behind in the slightest!

No matter how great the casualties, they still could not extinguish the Assault Team players' determination to clear the game. On the contrary, they threw themselves into the effort even more. The heavy losses had not discouraged them; instead, they had strengthened their resolve to clear the game completely!

Because they did not know whether, if this continued, they themselves would be the next ones to die...

With the hope of a complete clear right before their eyes, they only had two more floors to conquer before they could return to the real world. How could they possibly give up now?... Still, perhaps because the deaths of fifteen people had shaken them, the tense atmosphere that had once hung over the Assault Team had improved considerably lately. Whether they had been frightened into it or not, those players who had been hotheadedly charging into the labyrinth and Floor Boss rooms all day gradually calmed down and began accepting orders.

Of course, some had been driven to calm down, while others had been driven even madder. Those people had all been relieved of the duties they were supposed to carry out within the Assault Team and sent home to cool their heads...

The chaos