Just as Kirito rode his beloved little motorcycle toward Seiya's home to kill him, Sun Yue, who had returned to town from Rabitts, received a message from his gaming frenemy, Panshilgon.
Panshilgon was actually a hugely popular model in real life named Amane Towa.
Because she, Sun Yue, and Katsuo had once shared a twisted history in another game, the three had remained frenemies ever since.
Though they often screwed each other over, Panshilgon recognized Sun Yue and Katsuo's abilities.
By chance, while browsing the forums one day, Panshilgon saw a post containing photos someone had taken of Sun Yue with Emil. That was how she learned that Sun Yue was also playing Shangri-La Frontier.
In Shangri-La Frontier, Panshilgon was the second-in-command of the PK guild Asura Guild.
Originally, Panshilgon had only enjoyed being a PK player. But one day, she and the members of Asura Guild discovered an NPC named Setsuna. Perhaps because of the name, or perhaps because she resonated with her, Panshilgon wanted to help this NPC, whose fate resembled her own, find release.
But to free Setsuna, they had to defeat a monster called Gravekeeper Vezavimon.
As an elite player, Panshilgon could kill ordinary monsters, elite monsters, and even Area BOSSES, thereby freeing Setsuna.
But the key issue was that Gravekeeper Vezavimon was no ordinary monster. It was one of Shangri-La Frontier's Seven Supreme Species!
Originally, she had planned to have the members of Asura Guild raid Gravekeeper Vezavimon with her.
But Panshilgon later realized that the people in Asura Guild were all cowards who only bullied the weak and feared the strong.
Even with information on a Supreme Species monster in their hands, they had no intention of raiding it. They only planned to exploit its mechanics to level up.
That made Panshilgon conclude that