They are forced to work together despite hating one another. Either they learn to work together or the invaders kill and eat them.
Sword Art Online The dead world
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If you want peace, then you must prepare for war.
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A brief flash of light that was followed by sounds of metal being hit by stone echoed through the darkness.
Sparks could be seen for miles as golems and men worked for hours as they tried to repair what they could. Sometimes they would be forced to replace a massive pillar, while other times they would have to destroy it.
The endless halls of the maze that had become their home were full of danger, there was no telling what was waiting for them around every corner.
Perhaps it was one of the many creatures that once called the castle home, or perhaps it was an insane machine or mutant that was native to this place no one knew.
Every new turn either led to another endless path or a dead end.
It wasn't all bad, there were machines so old but so advanced that it was hard for anyone to figure out what they did.
It didn't take long for everyone to figure out that it was better to send golems that carried lights on them into the new areas, just in case something was waiting in the darkness.
Then a flash of light spread through the endless hallways before it vanished again, then it happened again and before anyone knew it the light had come back to the first floor.
The endless hallways that hadn't seen light in countless years were once again feeling the presence of the light and the creatures that had never known it ran from the thing that they had never known.
Maybe it was all of the open room or maybe it was the environment but for some reason, the creatures of Aincrda began to breed like crazy, and again before everyone could even realize what was going the floor had changed again.
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On the surface of the world, another story was happening one filled with heroes and legends.
Had there been anyone who cared to record it they would have written of brave men and women who fought even as their last breaths left their bodies.
They would have written of the Angels that arrived to help the dying world and the creatures that invaded it.
They would have spoken of the many machines and apocalyptic weapons that were used against the invaders and how all of it was useless in the end.
They would have written of how those who were lucky enough were able to escape the doomed world in ships that carried them into the stars and of those who were left behind.
It was the latter who were forced to run deeper into the Hive cities into the areas where no sane man would ever dare to enter.
Perhaps it had been the Emperor who had heard his servant's pleas for help or perhaps it had been something else, but these people soon found a tiny star that led them through the darkness and to a place that they never thought possible.
Even as they traveled the survivors felt the eyes of the invaders and the roars of the beasts as they fought one another, but they soon realized something that filled them with fear.
The invaders were being attacked by something, and it was that very thing that was keeping them alive.
They were forced to leave behind those who were too weak or injured at the mercy of the beast, but after days of travel, they found automatons repairing the Hive city.
It didn't take long for the automatons to encounter the invaders and it was only because of the machine spirits' purity that the automatons defended them from their pursuers.
After months of running the survivors found themselves at the entrance of paradise, a place where green things grew everywhere.
Life grew out of the hive city instead of just existing in it, but their life was shattered when the invaders arrived.
Yet their fear was brushed away when creatures that they had never seen before fought the Tyranids and even forced them back to the higher floors.
What remained of the priests and sisters began to say their praises to the emperor thanking him for his mercy, little did they know that their presence had caught the attention of the players the true rulers of the world.
Sparks could be seen for miles as golems and men worked for hours as they tried to repair what they could. Sometimes they would be forced to replace a massive pillar, while other times they would have to destroy it.
The endless halls of the maze that had become their home were full of danger, there was no telling what was waiting for them around every corner.
Perhaps it was one of the many creatures that once called the castle home, or perhaps it was an insane machine or mutant that was native to this place no one knew.
Every new turn either led to another endless path or a dead end.
It wasn't all bad, there were machines so old but so advanced that it was hard for anyone to figure out what they did.
It didn't take long for everyone to figure out that it was better to send golems that carried lights on them into the new areas, just in case something was waiting in the darkness.
Then a flash of light spread through the endless hallways before it vanished again, then it happened again and before anyone knew it the light had come back to the first floor.
The endless hallways that hadn't seen light in countless years were once again feeling the presence of the light and the creatures that had never known it ran from the thing that they had never known.
Maybe it was all of the open room or maybe it was the environment but for some reason, the creatures of Aincrda began to breed like crazy, and again before everyone could even realize what was going the floor had changed again.
][][
On the surface of the world, another story was happening one filled with heroes and legends.
Had there been anyone who cared to record it they would have written of brave men and women who fought even as their last breaths left their bodies.
They would have written of the Angels that arrived to help the dying world and the creatures that invaded it.
They would have spoken of the many machines and apocalyptic weapons that were used against the invaders and how all of it was useless in the end.
They would have written of how those who were lucky enough were able to escape the doomed world in ships that carried them into the stars and of those who were left behind.
It was the latter who were forced to run deeper into the Hive cities into the areas where no sane man would ever dare to enter.
Perhaps it had been the Emperor who had heard his servant's pleas for help or perhaps it had been something else, but these people soon found a tiny star that led them through the darkness and to a place that they never thought possible.
Even as they traveled the survivors felt the eyes of the invaders and the roars of the beasts as they fought one another, but they soon realized something that filled them with fear.
The invaders were being attacked by something, and it was that very thing that was keeping them alive.
They were forced to leave behind those who were too weak or injured at the mercy of the beast, but after days of travel, they found automatons repairing the Hive city.
It didn't take long for the automatons to encounter the invaders and it was only because of the machine spirits' purity that the automatons defended them from their pursuers.
After months of running the survivors found themselves at the entrance of paradise, a place where green things grew everywhere.
Life grew out of the hive city instead of just existing in it, but their life was shattered when the invaders arrived.
Yet their fear was brushed away when creatures that they had never seen before fought the Tyranids and even forced them back to the higher floors.
What remained of the priests and sisters began to say their praises to the emperor thanking him for his mercy, little did they know that their presence had caught the attention of the players the true rulers of the world.
blueayes
If you want peace, then you must prepare for war.
- Location
- austin
Heathcliff couldn't say anything the weight of the situation hit every guild leader like a truck, the flesh towers and seas of blood that were reaching into space sent chills down his spine.
He couldn't help but tremble at the thought of the endless hoards of mutated creatures that covered the plant.
The thought that every worm, lant, and microbes were working together for a single purpose made him more excited than he thought possible.
Among the players he alone knew that the only reason that the world outside even had power and was full of life again was because Aincrad had spread its forcefields and made the Hive Cities a part of it.
The invasive creatures explained why the monsters had left the castle and how new beasts that he never designed or approved of were showing up.
Aincrad had become aware of the threat and was doing its best to deal with it, but the castle knew that it couldn't defeat the aliens alone so it allowed the survivors to reach the players.
He looked at his help screen and the information that was on it.
None of it made any sense, but the translation program something else that he hadn't made was already changing the language into something that he could understand.
Several locations had been marked either because they held a weapon or generator that Aincrad believed that it needed if it was going to keep the aliens from reaching them.
The world that they were on was a Hive World meaning that everything on the surface had died long ago because of the pollution and wars that the natives fought against each other and the various aliens that infested the universe.
It was strange knowing that Aincrad had entire floors that could easily pass as worlds on their own and that it was something common in this realety.
Perhaps not every world had something like it, but every major empire had something similar.
He looked at the screen in front of him, while the hive cities still existed they were far from what they were before.
The thick walls that separated the inside of the cities from the outside were covered with some sort of slime that was dissolving them. There were parts of the upper hives that had already fallen apart because they couldn't resist whatever was being done to them.
He had grown used to seeing the mutilated bodies of people that had been forced into being some kind of machine, but no matter where he looked there weren't any signs of those things anymore.
The cameras or those that were still working showed rivers of blood and mist that were made out of the gas that decomposing bodies make filling entire floors.
He would have vomited had he not been so excited.
The possibilities were endless, the strange machines that these people used, and all of their technology was still working ready for him to take it and make it better than it already was.
If he could get his hands on the data, he forced himself to stay calm.
The aliens were still trying to reach them, but like any conqueror, they believed that they had already won and they were taking everything they wanted and needed.
"It seems like we have a common enemy." he says to the white-haired woman who bowled at him.
"I'll be blunt the only reason that we are helping you is because if we don't those things will kill us."
"Unfortunately for you, we aren't idiots, we know that you will kill us the moment that you get the chance, and if you don't there are those among you who will." he says to the woman who glares at him but lets out a breath and nods at him.
"What are the chances that your people will come and help us?" he asks The woman just shakes her head at him and closes her eyes.
"So it's us versus an endless hoard of monsters that have no end to them." Asuna says to herself but Heathcliff can see the smile she has.
"If we die then that's it no more coming back."Thinker adds.
"And we have to fight those things alongside a bunch of people that will either kill us or turn us into something that makes dead something that we all want." Kirito says from behind the door.
"So nothing changed." all of the guild leaders say, before standing up and and walking out of the building.
The woman looked like she was about to say something but stopped when her datapad began to beep as the information that Aincrad had gained appeared in front of her.
"Oh and before we forget."
"This place belongs to us, not you and your Imperium. Feel free to eat as much as you and your people need, but mark my words none of it belongs to your empire.
He didn't say anything after that he just waited for her to point her weapon at him, the woman's hand shook but she somehow stopped herself from pointing her gun at him.
The woman just silently nodded and followed them out of the building.
He couldn't help but tremble at the thought of the endless hoards of mutated creatures that covered the plant.
The thought that every worm, lant, and microbes were working together for a single purpose made him more excited than he thought possible.
Among the players he alone knew that the only reason that the world outside even had power and was full of life again was because Aincrad had spread its forcefields and made the Hive Cities a part of it.
The invasive creatures explained why the monsters had left the castle and how new beasts that he never designed or approved of were showing up.
Aincrad had become aware of the threat and was doing its best to deal with it, but the castle knew that it couldn't defeat the aliens alone so it allowed the survivors to reach the players.
He looked at his help screen and the information that was on it.
None of it made any sense, but the translation program something else that he hadn't made was already changing the language into something that he could understand.
Several locations had been marked either because they held a weapon or generator that Aincrad believed that it needed if it was going to keep the aliens from reaching them.
The world that they were on was a Hive World meaning that everything on the surface had died long ago because of the pollution and wars that the natives fought against each other and the various aliens that infested the universe.
It was strange knowing that Aincrad had entire floors that could easily pass as worlds on their own and that it was something common in this realety.
Perhaps not every world had something like it, but every major empire had something similar.
He looked at the screen in front of him, while the hive cities still existed they were far from what they were before.
The thick walls that separated the inside of the cities from the outside were covered with some sort of slime that was dissolving them. There were parts of the upper hives that had already fallen apart because they couldn't resist whatever was being done to them.
He had grown used to seeing the mutilated bodies of people that had been forced into being some kind of machine, but no matter where he looked there weren't any signs of those things anymore.
The cameras or those that were still working showed rivers of blood and mist that were made out of the gas that decomposing bodies make filling entire floors.
He would have vomited had he not been so excited.
The possibilities were endless, the strange machines that these people used, and all of their technology was still working ready for him to take it and make it better than it already was.
If he could get his hands on the data, he forced himself to stay calm.
The aliens were still trying to reach them, but like any conqueror, they believed that they had already won and they were taking everything they wanted and needed.
"It seems like we have a common enemy." he says to the white-haired woman who bowled at him.
"I'll be blunt the only reason that we are helping you is because if we don't those things will kill us."
"Unfortunately for you, we aren't idiots, we know that you will kill us the moment that you get the chance, and if you don't there are those among you who will." he says to the woman who glares at him but lets out a breath and nods at him.
"What are the chances that your people will come and help us?" he asks The woman just shakes her head at him and closes her eyes.
"So it's us versus an endless hoard of monsters that have no end to them." Asuna says to herself but Heathcliff can see the smile she has.
"If we die then that's it no more coming back."Thinker adds.
"And we have to fight those things alongside a bunch of people that will either kill us or turn us into something that makes dead something that we all want." Kirito says from behind the door.
"So nothing changed." all of the guild leaders say, before standing up and and walking out of the building.
The woman looked like she was about to say something but stopped when her datapad began to beep as the information that Aincrad had gained appeared in front of her.
"Oh and before we forget."
"This place belongs to us, not you and your Imperium. Feel free to eat as much as you and your people need, but mark my words none of it belongs to your empire.
He didn't say anything after that he just waited for her to point her weapon at him, the woman's hand shook but she somehow stopped herself from pointing her gun at him.
The woman just silently nodded and followed them out of the building.