Even after accomplishing the impossible and escaping the deadly online game Sword Art Online, Kirito doesn’t find happiness. His beloved, like the other 300 people, still hasn’t awakened from the virtual captivity of the neuro-helm. Despairing of waiting and helplessness, he grabs at a sudden lifeline and, chasing a blurred image of his beloved, plunges into the next-generation online game—Alfheim Online. In this new world, where fairies fly through the skies and fight one another, he must once again perform the impossible.