# Sword Art Online Progressive, Vol. 1 (Novel)

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- Authors: [Reki Kawahara](https://www.bookquiver.com/reki-kawahara)
- Publisher: yen_press
- ISBN: 978-03-1625-936-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2015-03-24
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

One month after Akihiko Kayaba's game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out the first-floor boss battle, Kirito, a solo player who vows to fight alone to get stronger, runs into a rare, high-level female player. She gracefully dispatches powerful monsters with a single rapier that flashes like a shooting star in the night... This volume contains three stories, including " Aria of a Starless Night," which details how Kirito came to be called the Black Swordsman, and " Rondo of a Fragile Blade," the tragic tale of a young blacksmith that takes place before the second-floor boss fight.