The second day of the FinalStress Test rages on. Having defeated Sinon and Leafa--even with the added mightof their godly super-accounts--Gabriel drives Alice into a corner. Meanwhile, inanother corner of the battlefield, Asuna is pushed to her limits as she defendsKirito from the army of Darkness. But just when all seems lost, a voice criesout in Kirito's heart, urging him back into the world. Grabbing hold of thatlight in the darkness, the black swordsman awakens...