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Aces of Phaethon by Midland_2541
Fandoms: Zenless Zone Zero (Video Game), Ace Combat (Video Games)
08 Jun 2026
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1999.
The year that the world fell into the abyss.
Humanity had pinned its hopes on superweapons such as Stonehenge and Chandelier, and those hopes fell short with delays.
The Ulysses asteroid devastated Erusea, and fragments would impact most of the world - but the resulting humanitarian crisis was just the beginning of humanity's woes.
In the days and months following the impact, a new element would be detected in the Earth's atmosphere; a new and volatile element known colloquially as Ether.
Large ether concentrations in the atmosphere would condense, clumping together to form... things known as Hollows.
The world had survived one catastrophe, if only barely, but it wasn't ready for the Hollows, and large portions of the Earth would be engulfed in Hollows by 2005.
A hundred years later, Earth is recovering, and the Hollows have retreated from large parts of Osea and Yuktobania, allowing for the gradual rebuilding of civilization outside the city state of New Eridu...
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ACES Online by Midland_2541
Fandoms: Ace Combat (Video Games), Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga)
19 May 2026
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In October 2022, the Japanese company Argus released what was expected to be one of the killer apps on the NerveGear - ACES Online. A true multiplayer online experience, and a campaign set in the world of Strangereal during a Cold War...
What players weren't expecting, was for ACES Online to become a death game, trapping the players inside...
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- Part 1 of ACES
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A year since the end of the death game, and life is relatively quiet for the members of The Concord.
Or it was, until Koharu's 21st birthday, and the group are thrown back in at the deep end - into a web of intrigue in GGO.
A web they intend to unravel with the help of some old allies, and some new friends...
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- Part 2 of An Englishman
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An Englishman in Castle Aincrad by Midland_2541
Fandoms: Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), Sword Art Online: Integral Factor (Video Game)
21 Aug 2025
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Escaping his new life in Japan, the last thing Michael Edmondson expected was to be trapped in the game Sword Art Online, alongside nearly ten thousand others, fighting for their lives and freedom... funny how things work out, really.
Based loosely off Integral Factor at first, with elements of Progressive and the Gameverse, alongside original story elements.
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- Part 1 of An Englishman
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It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere...
Or at least, that's Kirito's opinion of space. Four million light years away from Earth, and drifting aimlessly, his time in Space Adventurers Online could charitably be described as a bust. Still, at least he has the skeleton crew of the ESS Centoria to keep him sane...
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An Englishman by Midland_2541
Fandom Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), Sword Art Online: Integral Factor (Video Game)
02 Oct 2025
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After escaping the death game that was Sword Art Online and rescuing their remaining comrades from the clutches of Nobuyuki Sugou in Alfheim Online, Kirito and Kizmel finally have some time to get settled back into their lives...only to realize that they're now faced with an entirely new battlefield as they and the rest of the SAO Survivors struggle to navigate the real world.
Family, game expansions, and other adventures lay ahead - but so does darkness lurking in the shadows. As ALO looks towards its first major expansion since YMIR's takeover, more games pop up after the release of the Seed, a masked killer rampages in GGO and somewhere in the world, a certain Imp and her friends look to leave their mark before passing on - all the while, Kirito, Kizmel, and their friends and family must deal with what the secrets they carry even while Agent Kikuoka works to bring his vision to fruition.
Note: This is a sequel to both Symphony of Sword and Steel and Fairy Suite.
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- Part 3 of Sword Art: Anthology
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10 Apr 2024
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The Death Game is no more. Finally free of Kayaba's virtual prison, Kirito and his friends find themselves in a world that has changed in their absence. Unfortunately, not all returned as expected.
To escape the Death Game, the Resolute Renegades had to be unyielding.
To bring everyone home, they'll need to be something more.
Relentless.
(Sequel to Unyielding.)
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- Part 2 of The Unyielding Chronicles
Bookmarked by Midland_2541
01 Dec 2023
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After the brutal 25th Floor Boss Raid, Asuna has left Kirito's side to join the Knights of Blood. With his partner gone, Kirito resigns himself to returning to the life of a solo player-until a familiar face from the lower floors unexpectedly reenters his life. The strangely-human NPC Kizmel, despite her quest being over, has returned to his side...
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Bookmarked by Midland_2541
16 Aug 2023
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When Kirito and Kizmel defeated Heathcliff and ended the death game that was Sword Art Online, the Black Swordsman came face to face with possibly the most daunting loss of his life: that of his beloved wife. Through a miracle, she transcended SAO's destruction, and together they find themselves having to navigate the real world along with the ramifications of her existence in a place that is far different from the Aincrad she knows.
Thankfully, there is a place where they can be together, a place that is both familiar and comfortable: the world of fairies, Alfheim Online. But before they can enjoy their well-deserved rest and adjust to their new lives, they discover that not everyone made it back safely. Some of their old friends and comrades are still missing, and they are the only ones that can find them.
To save their friends, they'll dive head-first back into the virtual world. To finish what they started, they'll return to face their unfinished business, the spectre of Akihiko Kayaba, and the death game of Sword Art Online.
Together they embark on a new adventure spanning two worlds.
Note: This story is a sequel to Symphony of Sword and Steel.
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- Part 2 of Sword Art: Anthology
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- English
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- 279,397
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- 12/12
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Bookmarked by Midland_2541
08 Dec 2022
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Kirigaya "Kirito" Kazuto had every intention of playing Sword Art Online as a solo player. When he unexpectedly makes friends on launch day, the resulting bonds and friendships will forever change the fate of Aincrad. In as unforgiving an environment as Sword Art Online, they'll need to band together if they hope to make it to the end. Aincrad pulls no punches, and their mettle will be tested again and again before the deed is done.
To survive and escape the Death Game, Kirito and his friends will need to be unbreakable.
Steadfast.
Unyielding.
(We have a TV Tropes page! https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Unyielding)
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- Part 1 of The Unyielding Chronicles
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- 100/100
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Bookmarked by Midland_2541
05 May 2022