Calibur SS

Caliber SS (キャリバー SS編) is an alternate ending for the Caliber side-story. It answers what would the outcome of the adventure have been if Klein had not saved Freyja.

Plot
The quest to retrieve «Excaliber» from the base of Jötunheimr was revealed to the public. It was not the way Kirito and Suguha saw, but another mission which is to slaughter all beast type evil-gods. This quest was a lie, as killing all of the beast type evil-gods would allow the humanoid type evil-gods to invade Alfheim. Kirito and his party of seven enter the floating castle of the frost giants. They are given a quest by «The Queen of the Lake», Urðr. She tells them of a once beautiful Jötunheimr where the roots of the Yggdrasil touched the floor and the endless void in the center of the land was filled with water of the purest quality. The Frost Giants had used the sword «Excaliber» to cut off the roots of the great tree and turned Jötunheimr into a frozen wasteland. The party enters the upside-down pyramid to clear its four floors and obtain Excaliber.

Klein exclaims after seeing Kirito perform his outside system skill, Skill Connect, to what Kirito doesn't pay too much attention. Then Leafa informs that they have almost one hour before the quest ends in failure, so they start running towards the next floor. They encounter a NPC asking for help, but because it could be a trap they leave her and continue their way to the other floors.

They pass the third floor in just eighteen minutes using Yui's help to guide them through the corridors and solve puzzles. They defeat the local boss and head to the last floor, finally arriving at the Boss room. Asuna casts buff spells as they prepare for battle.

They fight bravely with all they had, but then time runs out while half of the boss's life was still remaining. Þrym laughs at them as he ejects them from the Þrymheimr castle and makes his castle ascend to the surface, triggering the Ragnarök event and destroying Alne, along with the players' houses and items. As Kirito and the others watch the mass destruction, Yui informs that the items were refunded in money and others were stored in its owner storage. Suddenly, a GM, called Marinca, who is happy to know that the items were saved appears and explains to them that this chaos is mostly her fault.

After talking with Marinca, they decide to try to stop Þrym again, but they'll wait one and a half hours to rest and try again. Kazuto wakes in his bed and starts thinking, Suguha enters his room and they lie in the bed, and Kirito tells her that everything will be fine, then he starts thinking and notices that they committed an error in leaving Freyja, and because of it, they failed the quest.

Trivia

 * Caliber SS is completely identical to Caliber except the part of Klein saving Freyja, all references to her and the outcome of the boss battle.

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