Nightmare Walkthrough | Echoes of Aincrad ( SAO EoA )

Nightmare Summary

Zash figures out that you're all beta testers. He's not angry with any of you but you're not quite sure what the party will be doing next.

You head back to town when suddenly, the world is hit with an earthquake. You and Iori get a vision of Aincrad in ruins. When you wake up from your dream, you get a mysterious quest called the "Swordsman of Salvation" that you cannot cancel.

You're all frazzled by the turn of events when you receive a message from Saayu that Clark is dead...

Nightmare Walkthrough

[1] Discuss the situation with your friends.

Zash figures out from your reactions that you are all beta test players.

Kirito happens to hear your conversation and hopes that Zash won't treat you as harshly as the others have him.

Zash doesn't seem to have a negative view of your party but does say he thinks that if he sticks with you guys, people will start thinking he's a beta tester too. He thinks you should get out of the labyrinth before the other players find out. For now, let's head back to Tolbana.

On the way back, the team seems to explain to Zash a bit more. He's not angry since you didn't seem to use any of your knowledge for anything bad. He asks what you guys plan to do now.

Head back to the inn in town.

On the way, an earthquake happens. Your head starts to throb and you get a sudden vision of...a toy rabbit?

[2] Escape the darkness.

You see a figure with red shining eyes and then find yourself submerged again in darkness.

Start walking forward towards the light. Either defeat the monsters or run away from them. Just don't let your HP drop to 0. While you're making your way to the light, you hear the voice of a girl telling you that Aincrad will be in ruin if you don't find the legendary weapons...you get even more visions of what they describe and of your friends dead.

You hear the fading voice of the girl in despair as you walk into the light.

[3] Explain the vision to the others.

You and Iori are both left in a trance. It seems like you're not the only one who experienced that nightmare...

Iori tries to describe the others, obviously scared by what she had seen. Then, a pop-up appears for both of you. A quest? What is this?

It seems to be connected to the brooches you acquired back in the Teardrop Cave. The name has now changed...what is happening...

The quest sounds like bad news. Iori tries to cancel the quest but fails to. You fail to as well. Wyzeman gets more and more befuzzled by the situation.

He tries to contact Clark to ask whether or not he and Saayu got the quest as well. Instead, Saayu messages him that Clark is dead and she is in total panic mode.

Wyzeman is shocked by the message. Zash says they should go find her now. They determine where Saayu is and split up to find her.

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