Sword Art Online: The Chronicles of John Smith

by Thrashertags

The game Sword Art Online has finally been released, and it comes with a special rule: all players must complete all 100 levels to exit the game. The story follows John Smith, Slasher as he's known in the game and the group he brings together. What will happen? Who lives and who dies?

1. Prologue

Prologue

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"Link Start"

Those two words started a new chapter in my life that day. From then on, for over two years, I had dropped the name John Smith, and became the katana wielder "Slasher."

I should start from the beginning, I had moved to Japan in early 2022 to work for the Japanese branch of a construction company I had worked for back home. They told me that it was a fairly new branch, so there wouldn't be much competition for job placement for a while.

With a guaranteed spot for transfer, I decided to take it. After arriving, I was listening to a popular stream online called MMO Stream. It had been out for a while, but this was the first time I got interested about this product. The "Nerve Gear." When I heard of the new VRMMORPG, that was to be released in October of this year, I immediately went out and bought the Nerve Gear so I could get myself used to being in the "Full Dive" state.

Waiting three days outside the gaming store was nothing, it was the anxiety that I wouldn't be able to get the game that had me shaking. But the long days had passed, and finally, I had gotten my copy of Sword Art Online (SAO). I had asked for a week off from work just to play this game for a few days before getting back to work. Little did I know, that one week would suddenly become two years...

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Alright, hey guys. I know this story's been done for over a year now, but I felt (after reading it) that it needed to be rewritten. So instead of updating the chapters on the old story, I figured I'd completely upload it as a whole different story altogether. So yeah, the story's being rewritten, some events will take place differently to the old story and hopefully the writing is much better in this version. Until next time you guys!

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Slasher: Well hey, I didn't think you would completely rewrite this story Mr. Author.

Well, you know, I figured I might as well. It didn't help that I was brought to the attention of a writing competition for fanfictions, I may not make the deadline, but I'll be working on this story as it's my first complete one and it's the closest to the word count.

Slasher: Well, hopefully you'll be ready for the next one, but for now, I think we should wrap this up yeah?

Sure, I'll be uploading one more chapter after this. Until next time you guys.