Asuna lernt die Gilde "Sleeping Knights" kennen, welche sie um Hilfe bei einem Bosskampf bittet.
Yuuki takes Asuna to an inn in Ronbaru and introduces her to the other members of the Sleeping Knights: Jun, Nori, Siune, Talken and Tecchi. Yuuki then reveals that the guild wanted Asuna's help in defeating the next Floor Boss with just one party. Siune explains that the group wanted to defeat the boss in order to etch their names on the Monument of Swordsmen, as they would not be able to adventure together after winter. After some thinking, Asuna agrees to help. Sometime later, while she is walking to the Teleport Gate plaza, Asuna is suddenly disconnected from the game by an unsatisfied Kyouko. After an unpleasant conversation with her mother, Asuna heads to a park in another residential area. There, she considers calling Kazuto, but decides that she did not want to expose her weakness to him. The next day, she meets up with the Sleeping Knights and they easily manage to reach the boss room, but Asuna detects several other players hiding near there. Though the players claim they are waiting for their friends, Asuna realizes they were actually spying on their battle to study the boss without sacrificing their own men. After the Sleeping Knights and Asuna are defeated and re-spawn in Ronbaru, Asuna tells the others what she discovered and they decide to rush to the boss room again before the guild had enough time to gather a raid group. At the boss room, they find a large amount of players gathered at the door. As the guild rejects the request of the Sleeping Knights to let them try again, Yuuki declares that they would fight it out and attacks the raid group's leader. At that point, the rest of the raid party arrives, but Kirito appears, having followed them, and blocks their path.
Asuna est amenée par l'Epée absolue, de son nom Yuuki, dans le repaire de sa guilde, les Sleeping Knights. Ils lui demandent une faveur : les aider à vaincre un boss de palier. Mais alors que les combats de boss se font normalement à plusieurs équipes réunies jusqu'à 49 personnes, Yuuki et les autres veulent y parvenir en une seule équipe de sept joueurs...
Dopo averci pensato per un po', Asuna finalmente si unisce ad un gruppo chiamato Sleeping Knights. Con loro partecipa a diverse avventure, anche se ne mondo reale, sua madre non sarà contenta del tempo che trascorre in quello virtuale.
アスナは、ユウキがリーダーを務めるギルド《スリーピング・ナイツ》への協力を頼まれる。《スリーピング・ナイツ》は、メンバー同士の事情で近く解散することを決めており、解散前の思い出作りとして、自分たちのパーティーだけでのボス攻略に挑んでいた。しかし、通常は複数パーティー合同の49人で挑むボス敵を、《スリーピング・ナイツ》＋アスナの7人のみで倒すのは極めて困難。勝算の薄さから、返事をためらうアスナだが……。
아스나는 슬리핑 나이츠 멤버들과 함께 27층 보스를 공략하기로 한다. 하지만 들뜬 마음에 저녁식사 시간을 어기게 되고 또다시 엄마와 다투게 되는데... 무거운 마음으로 던전을 공략하던 중, 보스방 앞에서 이상한 기척을 느낀다.
Após duelar contra a Asuna, Yuuki tem um pedido: que Asuna ajude a sua aliança de seis membros a vencer o Chefão do andar. Por que uma aliança tão pequena tem uma ambição tão grande?
Luego de meditar durante un buen rato, Asuna finalmente se integra a un grupo llamado Los Caballeros Durmientes. Junto a los demás sera partícipe de diferentes enfrentamientos. Sin embargo, en el mundo real, su madre no estará nada contenta.
亞絲娜受到絕劍的邀請,答應幫助"沉睡騎士"公會,達成以單一隊伍擊倒樓層Boss,在黑鐵宮裡的劍士之碑上,留下全部成員的名字。在第一次挑戰失敗之後,亞絲娜發現沉睡公會的成員,被其它公會利用做為Boss情報蒐集的棋子。當他們再次回到Boss房間門口時,果不其然遭到了該公會的阻撓,正準備開打時,該公會的援兵也從後面追上......
