"Sword Art Online" is the world's first VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game). Two years have passed since 10,000 Players were imprisoned inside this game. Now, only 6,000 Players remain alive in this deadly game where "Game Over" literally means death. Kirito, a teenaged solo Player, has grown stronger during this time. But when he meets Asuna, a girl belonging to the Knights of the Blood guild, their lives are changed forever... This is the final volume of "Aincrad", the very beginning of the Sword Art Online saga! What fate awaits the youths who have put their lives on the line in order to return to the real world?!