Episode Title:
Forest House.
Episode Description:
While Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and Asuna Yuuki reminisces about their time in Aincrad, Andrew Gill "Agil" Mills informs them about the third update in ALO, which has unlocked the 21st through the 30th Floors on New Aincrad. With the help of their friends, Kirito and Asuna manage to defeat the boss of the 21st Floor, allowing them to enter the 22nd Floor, where they are able to purchase their old honeymoon log cabin again. At night, Asuna is told about an unbeatable player named Zekken (or Absolute Sword), who challenged and defeated many players at an island on the 24th Floor. Rika "Lisbeth" Shinozaki, Keiko "Silica" Ayano and Suguha "Leafa" Kirigaya share information about what they have learned about Zekken, noting that even Kirito was defeated by Zekken in the past. Lisbeth tells Asuna that Zekken cannot be a survivor of SAO, because Kirito would have lost his dual wielding technique to Zekken if that was the case.
