The Age of Fire has ended, yet the Fire does not fade. The Champion of Ash has taken it, wrested the First Flame from its perch and struck the Soul of Cinder low, starting the Age of Man. With the strength of all who bore the Linking of Fire; the new Lord of Londor now sees a coming tide of war. The Deep rises; and Londor is not ready.

Something was wrong... something wasn't right. There had never been a Hunt like this one, a Hunt where the Moon never moved; a Hunt where dead Scourge-drenched monsters rose just countless hours later. The last Hunters of Yharnam have their work cut out for them, traversing through an ever-changing city and an eldritch mist to find the secrets on why the Beasts won't die.

(A Self Insert-Cooler story heavily inspired by "That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha" and "Budokai Tenkaichi 3"'s Sim Dragon.) I expected many things in life. Not a single one of them was waking up in Cooler's body, fighting against a Cell-wannabe that wanted to eat me, or falling in love with my reincarnated partner. But, hey, who said life was simple?

Legends change, the Fire wanes, the Dark Sun falls; yet the First Darkmoon still remembers when the Sun shined on Anor Londo. Now, with the usurper Sulyvahn claiming the title of Pontiff, the First Darkmoon finds himself the last of his kind. This shall not stand; the Darkmoon will rebuild the Darkmoon Knights, drive low the high sorcerer, and restore the Gods to their thrones!

When Sword Art Online was still in Closed Beta, Kazuto Kirigaya had no idea how much one woman would change his life. Written for KiriArgo Week 2021 (October 31 to November 06).