Leo sat on the edge of his bed, staring at the case of the new MMO he had just bought.
"Sword Art Online...This'll be the first day that the servers are going to be up. I should log in, don't want to be behind everyone else." Leo spoke aloud, but in a soft tone as he reached for his Nerve Gear and placed it on his head. As it started up, he laid on the bed and closed his eyes.
"Link. Start!" He recited as he lost all connection to his body and dived into the virtual world of SAO.
Materializing in a white room, Leo's looks was the same as his in real life. Meaning he didn't create a character yet. A list a questions popped up and info and such. It seems he had a variety of classes he could choose from. His base was Fighter. From Fighter, you can advance into other classes. Like Warrior, Slayer, Assassin, and much more. I believe Slayer intrigued him most. The gear he was given was pretty weak, but still gave him a unique style in looks. He wore a black jacket that stopped mid-way down his shirt. The shirt he wore under it was grey and had a black skull imprinted on it. Belts formed an 'X' around his waist and his jeans were black. The ends of his jeans overlapped the top part of his grey shoes. A strapped, holding his sheathed blade, was harnessed across the chest of his jacket. His blade was named 'Evalin', decent weight to Leo but heavy to most. She was black and long with red engravings along it. Leo's character had cream colored skin. His hair was long with spikes that were wild, but seemed to flow downward rather than every other direction. The left side of his hair was trimmed and a bit short, whereas his right was untouched, spiky and long. The right side also covered his right eye and formed a point a bit past the right side of his chin. His eyes were a sky blue, a satisfying color to Leo. Once finalizing his decision, he named this character, "Zero."
Dematerializing only to materialize again, Zero took his first steps on SAO's ground. In the upper corner, he read the tutorials that taught him how to open his inventory and such he should know. He swiped his hand and navigated through the menu to open his map.
"Town of Beginnings.." he whispered as he looked around. Seems thousands of people were here and ready to start. Sword Art Online must be pretty popular. Strolling around town, he stumbled across an NPC with a quest.
"Please retrieve stardust from the boars just outside of town. I need it for a sword Im crafting. Do this and Ill reward you handsomely." the woman smiled.
"Alright." Zero replied. He figured something like this would be easy enough for him. So he took route towards the Black Iron Castle. On his way, he noticed a field full of Boars and other players. This must be where he practice fighting and getting a better understanding of questing.
Facing a boar, he took hold of Evalin with one hand and formed a steady stance. People stood and watched in wonder.
"Why is he soloing?" Some whispered. Zero dashed forward with intense speed, slashing up and down the boars vulnerable body. its health rapidly decreased before it retaliated, knocking Zero on his back. Staggering back to his feet, he readied his blade as the boar came charging at him. A swift slap to the boar's face caused it to swerve and trip over its own feet. Time for the final blow. Zero took notice of the distance and launched his blade in the air, watching it somersault upward. Several seconds later, the somersaulting sword came crashing down and finally impaled the boar. Zero watched the boar disperse into oblivion data shards and he walked to retrieve Evalin as well as his quest item.
"I did it!" Zero thrusted his blade high in the air, victoriously. He held onto the stardust, walking back to town to turn it in.