Sword Art Online Light Novel Volume 16

Alicization Exploding (アリシゼーション・エクスプローディング) is the 16th book in the Sword Art Online Light Novel series, published on August 8, 2015. It is the second volume in the War of the Underworld sub-arc of the Alicization arc.

Part 1
As the East Gate fell and the attacking army from the Dark Territory began their assault, the Integrity Knights were conflicted by not only the massive army, but their own struggles as well. Meanwhile, Ronye and Tiese struggled to find safety and to care for Kirito's broken state.

Part 7
From a portable terminal that Asuna brought to the Ocean Turtle with her, Yui intercepted Critter's cover website and transferred herself back to Japan after failing to notify Asuna. She called several people at the same time. The first was Asada Shino, who is woken up while it is still dark outside, and jerked out of bed by Yui's alarmed voice. Next is Kazuto's sister, Suguha, who sneaked out of the house to hitch a taxi to the RATH Roppongi branch.

Back in the Ocean Turtle, ten hours have passed since Asuna dived in. Ten hours remained before the Aegis destroyer Nagato stormed the megafloat. A telephone call came, and Kikuoka picked up, only to discover that it was a technician from the RATH Roppongi branch. The tech informed Kikuoka that two high school girls - Shino and Suguha - showed up at their site. They passed a message to Kikuoka: "confirm the Underworld FLA rate now", which he did, and discovered that it was decreased to 1.00 without anyone's knowledge.

Yui traveled into ALfheim Online, where she gathered the rest of the gang: Silica, Lisbeth, Klein, and Agil. She informed them of Kirito and Asuna's situation, and the American attackers. In her effort to convince them, she began weeping involuntarily, despite the fact that she is a Top-Down AI with no emotions. They agreed to help, and began brainstorming solutions to obstacles such as time and strength difference, but fail to come up with anything substantial. Yui broke the silence by revealing a final means that carried a great sacrifice: convert their, along with many VRMMO players', existing accounts into the Underworld.

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