Location from Sword Art Online by Reki Kawahara
The floor where Kirito revealed Dual Blades to save his friends from The Gleam Eyes — the moment the solo player couldn't stay solo anymore.
Floor 74 is significant not for its terrain but for what happened there. The Gleam Eyes — the floor boss — was encountered prematurely by a combined party that wasn't strong enough. When the raid was failing and players were about to die, Kirito activated his hidden Unique Skill: Dual Blades. He fought the boss solo in a desperate burst of power that revealed to everyone that he'd been hiding a game-breaking ability. The aftermath changed the game's politics: Kirito was no longer just a strong solo player — he was the player with a Unique Skill, which made him valuable, suspicious, and famous in equal measure. It also forced him to accept that he couldn't protect people by staying away from them.
A dimly lit floor of cavernous dungeons and massive stone chambers. The labyrinth here is darker and more oppressive than lower floors — high ceilings lost in shadow, echoing corridors, and the constant ambient sound of something large moving just out of sight.
Also known as: Floor 74, The Gleam Eyes Floor