Sword Art Online Alicization: World Of Underworld

Dark Territory

*Let's Continue Where We Left Off*

"Gabriel. Gabriel."

"Unlike humans, insects don't have brains."

"Then where do they think?"

"In an insect's case, all of the nerves throughout its body act as the brian. That's why, even if they lose their head, they can still live for a while."

A little later...

"If it's still alive even after it loses its head, then where is the mantis' soul?"

"Gabe!"

Gabriel turn's and noticed a girl waving at him.

"Gabe!"

"Alicia!"

"Gabe, let's play!"

"Okay!"

A little later, the two were readying a book.

"I wonder where Alicia's soul is? Unlike insects, humans can't live if they lose their head. So the human soul must be in the head. It must be somewhere in the brain. Deep Alicia's skin, skull, and brian matter... her soul is hidden."

*Dark Territory Obsidia Palace*

The two logged inside the Underworld. As Gabriel woke up, he noticed that he was wearing armor.

"Yo! Is that you, bro?"

"Are you Vassago?"

"Yeah. That's right. Looks like we were able to log in as planned."

"Those are artifical Fluctlights? You're telling me they're all humans with souls?"

Someone where in the Dark Territory, an army of Goblins were running

"Hurry! We flatland gobluns will be the first to reach His Majesty, the Emperor! We're not getting beat by a bunch of flatland slug eaters! No one's getting the honor of the first kill but us mountain goblins!"

Then, Giants started appearing as well. As well as Wolfs.

"Whatever you do, don't fall behind the other tribes!" Iskahn said

The crowd cheered.

"Let's go!"

Underneath the Dark Territory. A group of people were standing there as they were prepared. After all the guilds arrived, they were all waiting for Gabriel to say something.

"I am the head of the commerce guild My name is Rengil Gila Scobo."

"I'm chief of the orcs, Lilpilin!"

"I'm the chancellor of the dark mages guild, Deep Eye Ell. My 3,000 mages, as well my heart and body, all belong to you, Your Majesty."

"I am the commander of the dark knights brigade, Vixur ul Shasta. Before I offer you my sword, I have a question for you, Emperor. Now that you've returned to your throne, what is that you seek?"

"Blood and terror. Flames and destruction. Death and screams. The western lands are full of the power of the gods who expelled me from the heavens. The great gate that protects it is about to crumble, even as we speak. I have returned to make my authority known far and wide across the land. The moment the great gate falls, the Human Empire will belong to the people of darkness! I desire only one thing. The Priestess of Light, who appeared at the same time in that land, and nothing else! I hereby grant you permission to kill and size and other human! Soldiers of the dark empire! The time you have lomg awaited is nigh!"

"I'll kill them! I'll kill every last onf of those White lums!"

"Battle! Battle!"

"Battle! Battle!"

Everyone started to cheer."

*Night Time*

"I'm suprised you had that kind of talent, Bro. You should've bome an actor instead."

"I just did what was necessary. You really should learn how to deliver that kind of speech yourself. Since you're a level higher than those guys."

"Forget giving orders to speeches, I'd rather lesd the charge into battle. Since we've dived into this mind-blowing VR world. This wine and this bottle seem like the real thing to me."

"But in exchange, if you get cut, It'll hurt and bleed. Since a pain absorber won't work here."

"That's what makes it great."

Gabriel walk's up to the computer and accepts a call from the real world.

"Is that you, Captain?"

"Yeah."

"We've just returned to the Main Control Room after watching you and Vassago dive."

"I see. It's already the night of first day here. I already knew about it, but time acceleration still feels odd. For now, everything's proceeding as planned. We'll be done preparing the units in a day or two, and commence our assault on the Human Empire two days from now."

"Wonderful! Don't forget, all right? Once you've taken Alice into custody, transport her there, and execute the command from the menu to eject her into the Main Control Room. Then ALICE's LightCube will be ours. Oh, one more thing. I want to drill this into that idiot Vassago's head."

"Huh?"

"Since you can't do anything that requies administartor privileges, it won't be possible to reset your account, either. In other words, if you and Vassago die over there, you can never use those superuser accounts again. So the next time you log in, it will be as grunts."

"Right, I understand. What's the JSDF doing?"

"Nothing at the moment. It doesn't seem like they realized you dove in yet."

"Good. All right, I'm signing off. Let's hope the next communication will be after we've captured ALICE."

"Roger. I'm counting on you."

Critter end's the call.

"That bastard Critter. Listen, Bro, would it be okay if I swing by downtown to... No, I guess not."

"Just hold back for a while. Once the operation's over, I'll let you have a whole night."

"Roger that, So no murder and women for now, huh? In that case, I'm just going to hit the sack."

Vassago leave's the area and Gabriel enter's in his room where Lipia was waiting for him.

"I shall be keeping you company tonight, sir."

"On whose order?"

"No. This is my duty."

"I see."

Gabriel lay's down on the bed.

"Pardon me."

Lipia sit's on the bed and was removing her clothes but all she took out was knife and swing's it at Gabriel. He manages to grab her arm tackle's her on the bed.

"Who ordered you to do this?"

"This is also my choice."

"Then who's your commanding officer?"

"I don't have one."

"Why did you try to kill me? Were you offered money? Were you promised status?"

"It's for the greater good! If war breaks out now, it will set history back one hundred... no, two hundred years! We cannot revert to an era of oppression for the powerless!"

Gabriel choke's Lipia harder until eventually broke her neck.

"This is... just like what happened that day!"

*Flashback*

A young Gabriel stabbed Alicia in the ear with a screwdriver. Alicia had tears rolling down her face while twitching.

"Right now, I'm looking at Alicia's soul. And I'm also seeing what Alicia's soul is seeing."

"This soul... I want to see more of the vision that this soul is showing me!"

*Present*

Lipia's soul enterted inside his mouth and obtains her soul.

"I love you. My lord."

"Magnificent. What a magnificent experience!"

"The Lightcube housing this woman's Fluctlighy is connected to my own Fluctlighy through my STL. Did a fragment of the quantum data reverse course through its circuits? No, who cares about that? Ever since Alicia, I've experimented with so many people, but just now, I was finally able to experience that phenomenon again. Even a woman like this yeilded that much. Meaning that the perfected version, ALICE, will surely..."

"ALICE, your soul... will be so sweet!

*November 2, 380 HE*

Another meeting with all the guilds has started.

"Your Majesty, preparations for battle are complete. Just give the order, and we can launch the aasault anytime."

*Flashback*

"The life of the Eastern Gate, which has divded the Human Empire and the land of darkness since the time of creation, is not about to expire."

"The fove tribes of the forces of darkness are all excited about a major incursion into the Human Empire."

"But the order of the Integrity Knights protecting the Human Empire ars all formidable. If we try to push thorugh with superior numbers, we'll be worn down eventually, but by the time that last unit falls, I can't imagine how much damage we'll have suffered."

"And that will lead to a power imbalance among the five tribes."

"The Council of Ten will be powerless, and our eqaul treaty among the five tribes will have no meaning. If that happens, it will be the Age of Iron and Blood all over again. We must avoid that at all costs. We must make peace.

*End Of Flashback*

"Integrity Knight Commander Bercouli. That man, if no one else, will surely agree to our request for peace. Therefore, I must kill Emperor Vecta, who seeks war."

"By the way, there was an intuder in my sleeping quarters last night. Who had a dagger hidden in their hair. I don't intend to condemn the person who sent that assassin. There's nothing wrong with using your power to gain even greater power. Should you want to take my head, feel free to attack me from, behind any time. Of course, that's only if you understand that you'll pay the appropriate price for such a gamble. For example, such as this..."

A girl came inside the room and placed a box in front of Gabriel. He took the blanket off to reveal Lipia's frozen head inside a ice cube.

"Li... pia..."

"We must make peace. Although thinking this way is hardly admirable for a resident of the land of darkness."

"You may be right. But I admire you for it. That's why I fell in love with you."

Lipia's lord got really pissed as a aura surrounded him and took out his sword. Soon, he's get stabbed in the chest.

"You were just injected with a poison so potent, it can kill even a colossal land dragon with a life of over 30,000 in an hour. With your stamina and total life, I'd say it'll be another two or two minutes."

He then fell down on the ground.

"Lipia. I won't let you stop me!"

A big torando appeared as Lipia's lord started to transform. Once transforming, he charges at Gabriel and throw's a powerful at him. Everything then turned white as Lipia's lord was floating in space.

"Nothing. There's nothing here. Does this man... not know life? A man who knows nothing of the radiance of life, of the soul, or of love. That's why he seeks other's souls. The man cannot be killed with a murderous sword. Because this man's soul is alive, and yet dead at the same time. I'm sorry, Lipia."

Soon, Lipia's lord disappered.

"The troops who lost their general are to be immediately taken over by the next in command. We will begin our assault as planned, one hour from now."

No one said a single word.

"All hail His Majesty, the Emperor!"

But soon, everyone cheered for him. Hidden in plain sight, a drone was recording the whole thing go down from a safe distance.

"Time for a little upgrade for you, Sonic." A voice inside the drone said

The drone then flew outside the castle and head's out to find Sonic.

*Novmeber 2, 380 HE The Eastern Gate*

Alice, Sonic, and Kirito all made it to the Eastern Gate.

"We finally made it, Alice." Sonic said

"So that's... Eastern Gate. Stop, Amayori."

Amayori and Sonic stop and noticed words that read. "Destroyed At The Last Stage."

"Destroyed... at the last... stage?"

The gate started to crack. Alice and Sonic looked at each other and flew upwards to see what's happening in the other side. They saw an army heading towards the gate. Alice then turned around and flew away from the gate.

"We're out of time!"

Sonic was about to follow Alice but someone called his name.

"Sonic!"

Sonic turn's and notices a drone heading toward's him.

"It's me, Sonic!"

"T-Tails?"

To Be Continue...

"Next Time: The Night Before Battle." Alice and Sonic as narrators