Michael Black and his brothers moved to Kyoto with their parents and in order to appease their unrest, they were all given Nerve Gears. All they wanted to do was play the new Sword Art Online that was about to be released. What they didn't know was that when they entered SAO, they would be entering a death game and would become known as the Reapers of Aincrad. Let the game begin.

After the seemingly senseless death of his mentor, Vox Zephyr must go against his mentor's ideals and use his unique alchemy to become a State Alchemist. As he begins to uncover the secrets behind his mentor's past, he discovers terrible secrets of the military itself. In order to find the truth of both his mentor and himself, he must fight the very military he is a part of.