Begin Joining Forces

"Roar——!"

"Awooo——!"

"Caw——!"

When the monsters' roars rang throughout Meccha City and spread to every corner of the city, a terrifying army gradually appeared within a gigantic Magic Circle one kilometer in diameter.

These monsters were far from uniform. They came in all shapes and sizes.

Some were wild boars covered from head to toe in purple fur.

Some were lizards covered in hard scales.

Some were pure beasts.

Some had forms that could only appear in stories.

For example, there were sturdy Minotaurs.

For example, there were Skeleton Soldiers wielding weapons.

For example, there were apemen clutching clubs.

And then there were samurai clad in armor and holding katanas.

They were monsters that appeared on the various floors of the floating castle known as Aincrad.

Some were minor monsters in the wilderness training areas. Some were elites in the Labyrinth Tower areas. Some were mini-bosses that appeared in certain regions. Some were training-area bosses that occupied the roads leading to the Labyrinth Area. Others were Floor Bosses that had once stopped countless SAO players. Standing among the monster hordes, they appeared so mighty and powerful, like leaders commanding their respective armies, roaring toward the heavens.

And the one leading this army of monsters was a demon.

That was right.

A demon.

It had a lower body like a goat, an upper body like a human, and the head of a demon. It gripped a Greatsword in its hands, while its eyes were filled with savagery and shone with a vicious light.

It was none other than the Floor Boss of the 74th Floor that Luo Zhen had once defeated—the Shining Demon Eye.

"Uwooooooooooooooooo——!"

The demon known as the Shining Demon Eye roared loudly, causing all the monsters to roar in unison once more and shake the entire atmosphere.

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