[Asuna: I'm the only one who didn't change]
[Dream Open has passed away]
[Fuck, it really is a death game]
Chaos erupted all around them.
"You're actually a guy?!"
"You said you were seventeen, but it was all a lie!"
A handsome guy nearby had turned into a fat man, while a beautiful girl had turned into a boy.
[Image: It gets funnier every time I see it]
"I hereby announce—" Kayaba Akihiko's voice rang out once more. "The operation of Sword Art Online: The Lands Between has now come to a complete end. From this moment onward, what will be presented before you all—will be my world!"
"Now, my objective has been achieved. I wish all players good luck—"
Kayaba Akihiko vanished.
"Kayaba Akihiko's ghost..."
"This is... revenge from beyond the grave...!"
Someone screamed.
Someone wailed in grief.
"No, no way, right?!" Klein still could not believe it.
"What... what am I going to do about mock exams...?"
Asuna stared blankly around her.
"Ah—I still have to—eat dinner—"
However, there was no time left to think.
The figures around them began to fade away.
Everyone returned to where they had originally been.
The gray world returned to normal.
"What kind of joke is this?!"
"Let me out already!"
"How can this be?!"
After returning to the starting village, voices rose up all around them.
Then, quite a few girls collapsed to the ground and broke down crying.
"How can this be?! How did this happen?!"
People shouted.
Kiriko turned to look at Klein beside her.
"Klein, we should hurry to the Church of Elleh. No one is there yet, and I know a route that can avoid the Tree Sentinel—"
While rushing ahead was not as important as it had been in the "original story," the advantage of moving