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System Call. Generate Luminous Element.

Amazing... it's all weapons and armor?

Let's go. We have to find our swords.

Here they are!

Are you going to spend all day admiring it?

I couldn't help it.

Hey, Kirito.

Do you think the Church is planning to form its own army someday?

You'd think the Integrity Knights would be enough.

It's the other way around. They're not building an army.

The Church gathered all of this to make creating one impossible.

What do you mean?

I'm saying the person who has the least faith in the Church's authority might be the pontifex herself.

Come on, we don't have much time.

Let's get out of here.

Yeah. You're right.

What do you think, Kirito? Should we borrow some armor, too?

Well, we've never worn armor before.

We should stick to what we know.

Let's help ourselves to those clothes over there.

ka

re

na

i

tsu

yo

i

o

mo

i

ka

I have pride that shines with an undying passion

de

ka

ga

ya

re

ku

PU

RA

I

DO

na

i

tsu

yo

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o

mo

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de

ka

ga

ya

ku

PU

RA

I

DO

un

mei

ni

a

ra

ga

t

te

yu

ke

un

And I'll resist fate until the end

mei

ni

a

ra

ga

t

te

yu

ke

ki

mi

no

ko

e

ga

to

do

ka

na

ki

In a place where your voice can't reach me

i

ba

sho

de

wa

mi

no

ko

e

ga

to

do

ka

na

i

ba

sho

de

wa

da

re

mo

o

shi

e

te

ku

re

na

da

I encounter an intolerable rule no one had taught me

ka

tta

yu

re

gan

da

RUU

mo

RU

o

shi

e

te

ku

re

na

ka

tta

yu

gan

da

RUU

RU

o

sa

na

i

ko

ro

ni

tsu

yo

ku

o

When you were young, you had dreams you wished for with all your heart

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ga

t

ta

sa

na

i

ko

ro

ni

tsu

yo

ku

ne

ga

t

ta

yu

me

no

a

ri

ka

wo

sa

ga

su

yu

The journey to find where they are has only just begun

ta

bi

wa

ha

me

ji

ma

t

no

ta

ba

ka

ri

a

ri

ka

wo

sa

ga

su

ta

bi

wa

ha

ji

ma

t

ta

ba

ka

ri

na

ge

i

ta

ji

kan

wa

mou

i

ra

na

I don't need to waste any more time lamenting fate

nai

ge

i

ta

ji

kan

wa

mou

i

ra

nai

gen

ka

i

no

ka

be

wo

i

ma

su

gen

It's time to break though my limits right now

gu

ko

wa

shi

te

ka

i

no

ka

be

wo

i

ma

su

gu

ko

wa

shi

te

ka

re

na

i

tsu

yo

i

o

mo

i

ka

I have pride that shines with an intense, undying passion

de

ka

ga

ya

re

ku

PU

RA

I

DO

na

i

tsu

yo

i

o

mo

i

de

ka

ga

ya

ku

PU

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I

DO

do

n

na

i

ta

mi

ni

fu

re

ta

do

No matter how much I grasp at this pain, my memories won't change

to

shi

te

mo

n

ka

wa

ra

na

na

i

ki

i

o

ku

ta

mi

ni

fu

re

ta

to

shi

te

mo

ka

wa

ra

na

i

ki

o

ku

shi

ka

i

wo

hi

ro

ge

te

mi

tsu

shi

I embrace the oath I found when I opened my mind

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ta

chi

ka

i

wo

da

i

te

ka

i

wo

hi

ro

ge

te

mi

tsu

ke

ta

chi

ka

i

wo

da

i

te

ku

mo

ri

na

ki

me

de

e

ra

n

ku

Because the path I chose with unclouded vision leads to you

da

mi

chi

mo

wo

ki

mi

ni

ri

tsu

na

gu

na

ka

ra

ki

me

de

e

ra

n

da

mi

chi

wo

ki

mi

ni

tsu

na

gu

ka

ra

ko

e

wo

hi

bi

ka

se

te

u

n

ko

Make your voice heard and resist fate until the end

me

i

ni

a

ra

ga

tte

yu

ke

e

wo

hi

bi

ka

se

te

u

n

me

i

ni

a

ra

ga

tte

yu

ke

PROUD

OF

MYSELF

PROUD

OF

MYSELF

The Crimson Knight

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Burst Element!

Straight ahead!

A pathetic trick.

Kirito! You okay?

L-Looks like

I was lucky this time.

Let's go.

System Call.

This is bad. That's not an elemental command. It's the Perfect Weapon Control art!

Enhance Armament.

That's amazing. I wonder what that bow's original form was.

This is no time to be impressed!

It's been two years since I was last engulfed by the Conflagration Bow.

I see.

You criminals did indeed have the skills to exchange blows with Sir Eldrie Thirty-One.

But that makes it all the more unforgivable.

Instead of fighting as a proper knight should,

you resorted to the vile dark arts to lead Thirty-One astray!

D-Dark arts?

Y-You're wrong! We just talked about Eldrie-san's life before he became an Integrity Knight!

Before he became a knight?

None of us has a past.

From the moment we were summoned here from the heavens,

we have always been noble Integrity Knights!

I have been ordered to capture you alive, so I won't reduce you to cinders.

But now that I've unleashed the Conflagration Bow, prepare for at least one of your arms to be burned off.

It doesn't matter if he's out of arrows or his bowstring's broken, huh?

Any ideas?

I've got a hunch that he can't fire rapidly.

I'll stop his attacks somehow, and you go in for the finisher!

You've got a hunch?

Got it!

System Call! Generate Cryogenic Element!

Discharge!

Laughable!

Kirito!

Keep going, Eugeo!

Who do you think I am, boy?

What now?

In this world, the important thing is what you infuse your sword with.

What can I possibly put into my sword, though?

You'll have to figure that out for yourself, I guess.

Right. That's all that matters.

This time for sure, I'll rescue Alice. So...

Please, Blue Rose Sword!

Lend me your strength!

I have to push forward!

You...

Ever since the world's creation,

you were forged by bitter cold blizzards at the top of the End Mountains.

You won't be defeated

by some pathetic flame!

You're not getting away!

Boy, what's the name of that first secret technique you used?

The Aincrad-style two-hit sword technique, Vertical Arc.

A two-strike attack...

And you?

What technique did you use?

Kirito! Are you hurt?

I'm okay.

I already took care of the worst burns.

Knight-san, that was the Aincrad-style defensive skill, Spinning Shield.

From one end of the realm of humanity to the other... I've seen all of it, and even beyond.

But in this world, there are still styles I've never seen and techniques I've never encountered, eh?

Your skills were suffused with years of earnest training.

I accused you of using vile arts to lead Sir Eldrie astray, but I was mistaken.

Please tell me your names.

Eugeo the Swordsman. No family name.

I'm Kirito the Swordsman.

On the 50th floor of the cathedral,

in the Great Hall of Ghostly Light, there are several Integrity Knights awaiting you.

They've been ordered not to take you alive, but to erase you.

If you charge them head-on like you just did,

your lives will be snuffed out in an instant.

H-Hey, old man. Are you sure you should be telling us that?

As I've failed to carry out Administrator-sama's order,

I will be stripped of my armor and Divine Object—the proof of my knighthood—

and will be frozen indefinitely as punishment.

So before I submit to such shame, I want you two

to take my life.

No need to hesitate.

After all, it was your splendid swordwork that defeated this knight.

Me... Integrity Knight Deusolbert Synthesis Seven.

Deusol... bert?

Eugeo?

So back then...

It was you.

You're telling me to take your life?

You say it was a splendid duel?

She was just...

She was just an eleven-year-old girl, and you bound her with chains!

You suspended her from your dragon and took her away.

So don't talk like that after everything you've done!

Why are you stopping me, Kirito?

This old man has given up the fight.

You can't raise your sword against someone like that.

But he... he's the one who took Alice away!

I doubt he even remembers taking your Alice away from Rulid.

It hasn't just slipped his mind. His memory's been erased.

It's as the black-haired boy says.

I apprehended a young girl and took her away on my dragon?

I have no recollection of doing anything like that.

You don't remember?

It was only eight years ago.

Old man... I mean, Sir Deusolbert.

You were the Integrity Knight in charge of guarding the northern border of Norlangarth.

Isn't that right?

Indeed. I oversaw Norlangarth's northern border in District Seven.

Yes... until eight years ago.

At that time, as a reward for a great feat,

I was given this armor, along with the duty of guarding the Central Cathedral.

Do you remember what that feat was?

I'll tell you what it was.

Your feat was discovering Integrity Knight Alice Synthesis Thirty.

Administrator gave you credit for bringing Alice to this tower,

but she also had to erase your memories of that incident.

Integrity Knights have no past.

That's because they've been summoned from the heavens.

Or so you said.

The pontifex must've told you that right as you awoke as a knight

to convince you that was why you couldn't remember anything from before you became an Integrity Knight.

But to get you to accept that story,

she has to erase not just your memories as a human, but also your memories of any other knight's creation.

There'd be chaos if a sinner you brought here showed up the next day as a fellow knight.

I don't remember anything.

Your precious memories were extracted by Administrator and replaced with fealty to the Church.

That's how you were made an Integrity Knight.

You're a human, just like us.

Me? A resident of the realm of humanity like yourselves?

My memories, manipulated? Unbelievable.

It is unthinkable that the pontifex would cast such a spell on me.

But it's the truth.

There has to be something still in your mind.

A precious memory no art can completely erase.

Ever since I descended to the realm of humanity, I've had a recurring dream.

A small hand shaking me awake,

and a silver ring on its finger.

But when I wake up, no one is there.

Administrator stole your memory of the owner of that hand and ring.

You decide what you're going to do next.

Go back to Administrator and accept your punishment,

heal your wounds and come after us,

or perhaps...

We've been climbing for a while. How far up are we now?

The next floor is the 29th.

Another half hour of climbing and I think we'll reach the dreaded 50th.

Are we going to charge straight in?

Good question.

Where'd those come from?

Based on the battle with that old knight, they're not used to combo moves.

More to the point, they're generally inexperienced.

I'd like to think we have a chance if we can get into close combat, one-on-one.

But not only are we up against multiple enemies, they're also waiting for us fully prepared.

Then should we look for another route instead of attacking head-on?

I don't know about that.

Cardinal made it clear that these stairs were the only way.

And even if we did find a shortcut, we could get caught in a pincer attack later on.

I'd rather take out the knights on the 50th floor, even if we have to use the ace up our sleeve.

Right. The Perfect Weapon Control art.

Yeah. Maybe the instant we charge onto the 50th floor,

we can strike first with Perfect Weapon Control and neutralize as many knights as we can.

Uh, about that...

My Perfect Weapon Control art isn't a powerful direct attack like the one we just faced.

R-Really?

Well, it was Cardinal-san who wrote my command.

Though I suppose it was me who actually envisioned the thing...

Well, let me take a look at the command.

O-Okay.

I see. I agree that it's not exactly offense-oriented,

but it'll come in handy, as long as we use it right.

And it seems like it'll be compatible with my Perfect Weapon Control art.

Really? What's your skill like?

You'll have to wait and see.

Okay, should we...

You two... who are you?

Th-They're kids?

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So this is me, a man whose armor has dragged him to the dirt

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ru

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A cowardly hero so encumbered that he can't even walk

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ke

na

ku

na

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The sword that I swung because I wanted to protect and be loved

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sa

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ku

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Stabbed the hand that reached out to me and won't come out

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n

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shi

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y

o

da

sa

re

ta

te

ni

sa

sa

tte

nu

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L

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s

And without saying what needs to be said, life goes on

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o

n

da

i

e

nai

ma

ma

Life

goes

on

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And my life makes its way past the horizon

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no

chi

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ka

na

ta

wo

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Dragging the sins and the pain that hurt me with it

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tsu

ke

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tsu

mi

to

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mi

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everything

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to

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When I'm returned to the earth,

ta

k

i

o

re

te

tsu

chi

ni

ka

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ru

to

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ki

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All I pray is that a small flower

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me

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ha

na

ga

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ho

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Blooms from me

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ki

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forget-me-not

Next time

Next time

Next time

Next time

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