Transmigrating Together, Sharing Abilities!

"Actually, besides apologizing, there's one more thing.

I was wondering whether the two of you have any interest in joining a guild?"

Asuna: "(_? What's that?"

Kirito: "A guild is... simply put, it's probably like a school club—a group of like-minded people gathering together to act.

Mr. Diabel, are you planning to establish a game guild?"

Kirito first explained the meaning of a game guild to Asuna, who was new to games, then turned to Diabel and asked.

"Yes, I do have such intentions. I think you both saw it through this raid.

With organized action, the difficulty and casualty rate of clearing a floor can be greatly reduced, while the chances of success can be raised considerably.

Both of you are quite skilled and capable, so in order for everyone to clear this game completely as soon as possible, I'd like to invite you two to join my guild. That way, we can raid Floor Bosses like we did today in the future."

Although he had failed to obtain the special reward this time, Diabel did not care too much. After all, there would be other opportunities.

Moreover, this operation had allowed Diabel to see Kirito and Asuna's considerable strength.

Seiya did not seem like someone easy to recruit, so he would start with Kirito and Asuna first.

Asuna had both looks and strength. If she were willing to join him, his guild would have its poster girl, and more and more people would surely join.

As for Kirito, setting aside his own formidable strength, he also seemed to be Seiya's good friend.

As long as Kirito joined them, Seiya might agree to follow as well.

With Saint's reputation and wealth, their guild might even grow rapidly in a short time.

It had to be said that Diabel's calculations were so obvious that the beads of his abacus were practically about to smack Kirito and Asuna in the face.

However, in response to Diabel's sincere invitation, one wrapped in "righteousness," Kirito and Asuna answered...

Kirito: "Sorry, but I'm used to being on my own. Right now, even Seiya doesn't act with me anymore.

And I don't like being constrained. Still, if there's a raid like today's, call me and I probably won't refuse."

Asuna: "My situation is pretty much the same as his, so I'm sorry."

Asuna had actually lied. Compared to Kirito, she was not particularly opposed to joining a so-called guild.

But how should she put it? Although she had indeed forgiven Diabel for what he had done earlier...

She still could not bring herself to trust someone like him enough to act alongside him.

If she really had to team up with someone, she would rather choose people like Seiya and Kirito.

As a gaming nerd, Kirito was just as easy to understand on the inside as he looked on the outside.

As for Seiya... he looked sunny on the outside, but seemed rather gloomy within. He was mature and clever, and she had just learned that he had a sharp tongue hidden beneath it all.

How should she put it? Compared to Kirito, Asuna could not see through Seiya at all. She had no idea what kind of person he truly was, but there was one thing she knew very clearly.

Seiya was definitely not a bad person. Don't ask why—women's intuition, that was why!

Perhaps, just as Seiya had said, she and Kirito were simply two innocent, foolish high school students.

But it did not matter if they could not understand the dangers of society. That guy Seiya understood them, didn't he?

In short, if even Seiya could not be bothered to interact with Diabel, then that meant Diabel was not someone worthy of trust.

Meanwhile, Seiya, who had already stepped onto the Second Floor, naturally had no idea that Diabel had extended an olive branch to Kirito and Asuna, only to be turned down.

Because the moment he entered the Second Floor, the system, which had been silent for so long, suddenly informed him that his system activation mission had been completed and told him to quickly find a safe place to enter the "Mind Dream Space."

After entering the Second Floor, Seiya found an NPC inn as quickly as possible and rented a room to avoid being attacked.

Then, he swiftly entered the so-called Mind Dream Space.

The so-called Mind Dream Space was actually an incomparably vast pure white space. Within that endless expanse of white stood countless unopened doors.

Seiya had arrived here after walking down an extremely long corridor and finally pushing open a door.

He soon realized that the door he had emerged from was merely one among the many doors here.

Click—!

Not long after he entered the Pure White Space, a door not far from him was opened as well.

The moment Seiya saw the person who entered through it, he froze completely.

Other than the black school uniform the newcomer wore, which differed from his own clothes, the two of them were nearly identical in every other way.

When they first saw each other, both Seiyas were instantly dumbfounded. But after their brief shock, they quickly accepted the situation.

It could not be helped. Being a Transmigrator was already an absurd enough thing.

With that as a foundation, any other supernatural occurrence no longer seemed impossible to accept.

"So, you're actually me too? You just transmigrated into the world of Prince of Tennis?"

After a brief exchange, the two Seiyas present finally understood what the system had meant by their true cheat ability.

After making physical contact, Sword Art Online Seiya discovered that a great number of memories and abilities had suddenly appeared within him.

Those memories and abilities felt as though they had always belonged to him.

Perhaps because they were both Seiya, there was not the slightest bit of rejection during the fusion of their memories and abilities. It felt as though he had possessed them from the very beginning.

Prince of Tennis Seiya was the same. As a student in the Prince of Tennis world, he naturally played tennis as well.

After all, in that world, if you did not learn to play tennis, it was difficult to make a name for yourself.

Because of that, Prince of Tennis Seiya had developed excellent physical fitness and dynamic vision from a young age.

Though they were both middle school students who had trained, there was still an enormous gap between their physical abilities and those of adults.

But after sharing their abilities, Sword Art Online Seiya and Prince of Tennis Seiya discovered that, with their physical abilities stacked together, they were now in no way inferior to adults—and might even be stronger!

And aside from the improvement in physical fitness, both of them could feel that their other abilities had received enormous boosts through the addition of each other's strengths.

Sword Art Online Seiya gained Prince of Tennis Seiya's outstanding dynamic vision and endurance.

Meanwhile, Prince of Tennis Seiya gained Sword Art Online Seiya's swordsmanship, reflexes, and explosive power.