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I have pride that shines with an undying passion

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And I'll resist fate until the end

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In a place where your voice can't reach me

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I encounter an intolerable rule no one had taught me

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

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The journey to find where they are has only just begun

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

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It's time to break though my limits right now

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I have pride that shines with an intense, undying passion

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

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I embrace the oath I found when I opened my mind

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Because the path I chose with unclouded vision leads to you

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Make your voice heard and resist fate until the end

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The Legendary Hero

Hey. Sorry to keep you waiting.

Now then, before we get started, would you mind telling me one thing?

What's that?

Did the... you know...

Is the vice commander... Is Fanatio dead?

She's alive.

She should be receiving treatment right now.

Is that so?

Then in return, I'll lay off before you stop breathing.

I can't say I like that.

What's that, youngster?

The fact that you're so near the top of this tower

suggests that you're the leader of the Integrity Knights.

Yeah. That's right.

Then Fanatio-san isn't your only subordinate, is she?

There's Eldrie-san, the Four Whirling Blades, and to top it off...

Don't you care at all whether Alice is alive or dead?

Oh, is that what this is about?

How should I put this...

Eldrie is Alice's apprentice,

but the Four Whirling Blades— Dakira, Jayce, Hoveren and Geero—

they're Fanatio's apprentices.

And then Fanatio's my apprentice.

I'm not one to carry my personal grudges onto the battlefield,

but if someone kills my apprentice, I do feel obliged to at least avenge her.

That's all there is to it, really.

Well, it's possible that Alice thinks of me as something like a mentor,

but frankly, if that young lady and I were to get in a real fight, I don't know who'd be stronger these days.

If it were six years ago, when she first became a knight, it would be a different story.

Well, I figure there's no chance I'll lose to you,

so I also suppose you must not have defeated her, since she's as powerful as me.

According to the prime senator, you have a partner, right?

Since he's not here, that must mean he's off dueling her somewhere right now.

You're not far off.

By the way,

after I've cut you down, who will show up to avenge you?

Don't worry. I don't have a mentor.

The Norkia-style technique, Lightning Slash!

No, it's similar, but not quite it.

Holding his sword straight up like that would make him reposition before activating the skill.

In that case, I'll strike first with the Aincrad-style technique, Sonic Leap.

I haven't seen that stance before, youngster.

You wouldn't be a continuous blade user, would you?

What does it matter if I can use continuous attacks or not?

It's just that some of the dark knights from the Dark Territory also used techniques with consecutive attacks.

I fought them a couple of times, and it didn't exactly leave pleasant memories.

After all, I couldn't pull off those fancy, flowing techniques if my life depended on it.

In other words, you're telling me to fight using conventional moves, like an Integrity Knight would?

Oh, no. You can come at me with your continuous blade or anything else. I don't mind.

And don't take this as retaliation, but I'll be using my trump card from the very beginning, all right?

If that sword is already under Perfect Weapon Control,

then my only chance will be to unleash Sonic Leap while he's activating his skill.

Integrity Knight Commander Bercouli Synthesis One.

Here I come!

Bercouli?!

His swing slashed through that spot a moment ago.

That was a bit too close, wasn't it?

I didn't expect you to come charging in so ferociously.

Sorry about that. I almost killed you.

What was that move just now?

Didn't I just tell you that I'd use my trump card?

I didn't just slash at the air there, you know.

I guess you could say I cut a little ways into the future.

You cut... the future?

The first time I saw those dark knights' continuous attacks,

I'd only just started as an Integrity Knight.

The sword techniques ingrained in my body were all about unleashing the force of a single strike,

while the continuous blade style focused on how to handle incoming strikes and land your own.

It's obvious which is more practical.

You can bet I was beaten senseless at first.

So I started wracking my brain over how I could get my sword to make contact.

And the answer was this guy.

Originally, this sword was part of a Divine Object called a "clock"

that was installed on a wall of the Central Cathedral.

It had existed since the world was first created, apparently.

The pontifex called it the "System Clock," or something strange like that.

Alice's Osmanthus Blade slices through the horizontal axis of space,

while this one cuts the vertical axis of time.

It's called the Time-Splitting Sword, the blade that pierces time.

The force from that sword's strike stays in the spot it passed through.

Which means I don't stand a chance in close combat,

so long-range combat is my only option!

System Call. Connect Armament.

Search Archived Memory. Extra Core. Image convert.

"In that case, I'd better attack from a distance." That's what you're thinking, right?

Everyone who's seen my move does.

Including Fanatio and Alice, the Integrity Knights summoned after me

tended to pick a long-range Perfect Weapon Control art because they saw my move... though I could be mistaken.

Those guys may not look it, but they're a pretty competitive bunch.

But lemme warn you. I've never lost to any of them in a match.

Then again, I can see myself getting taken down by Alice one of these days.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to this.

I get the chance to see the skills you used to fend off one knight after another.

You seem pretty relaxed.

Are you going to approach me, youngster?

Be forewarned that I won't go easy on you twice.

Enhance Armament!

That's when...

Lend me your strength,

Blue Rose Sword!

Release Recollection!

Listen. There are two phases to the Perfect Weapon Control art.

Enhancing and Release.

Enhancing and...

...Release?

Enhancing awakens individual parts of your weapon's memories,

causing them to manifest as new offensive skills.

And Release, as the name implies, awakens all of your weapon's memories,

unleashing its savage power.

Ah, I get it.

Eldrie was able to extend the range of his Frostscale Whip and cause it to split by enhancing it.

And the whip transforming into a snake— that was the Release, huh?

That's correct. However, it's still too soon for you two to use the Release art.

Why is that?

You heard me say "savage power," didn't you?

The offensive power generated by the release of memories can't possibly be controlled by a swordsman who's only just learned the art.

All the more so when it's a high-level Divine Object.

You could get dragged into danger along with your opponent.

One wrong move, and you could lose your life.

I never thought I'd see a swordsman throw away his sword right in front of an opponent.

Did you come up with that way of fighting yourself?

No, my partner taught it to me.

He told me everything on the battlefield can be used as a weapon or a trap.

I see. Taking advantage of your surroundings, huh?

I gotta admit, you got one over on me.

But I'm not going down like this!

The Blue Rose Sword contains two sleeping memories, eternal ice and the rose.

Eternal ice has the ability to freeze everything.

And the rose's ability is...

Bloom! Blue Roses!

Wh-What did you do?

These roses are blooming because they're absorbing our life.

You... little brat...

Don't tell me you intended to take us both out from the start?

You've got it wrong.

There's only one area where I might be superior to you,

and that's in my total amount of life.

Based on your appearance, you must've been over 40 when you became an Integrity Knight.

So your maximum life had decreased for sure.

My life, however, is near its maximum.

Even though I took a blow from your sword, my total amount should still be higher.

That's what I bet on.

What did you just say?

I became an Integrity Knight?

You talk as if you know all about our past lives.

That's exactly what I can't forgive about you people.

You've forgotten who you were.

You've dedicated your swords to the Axiom Church, without knowing what it really is,

and act like you're the sole guardians of justice and the law!

You're not a divine knight summoned from the heavens by the pontifex.

Your mother gave birth to you, and you were given the name Bercouli.

You're a human like me!

Bercouli, you're the hero from all the stories we were told growing up in my village.

What are you talking about?

You have to remember something about the sword I'm holding.

I do feel like I've seen it before...

Right, that day...

When I killed the guardian dragon of the north, there was a sword like this in its lair.

Did you say you killed it?

Those dragon bones...

That was your doing?

Did you kill the dragon that appears in your own story?

Have you really forgotten all of it, Bercouli?

In Rulid, the village where I was born,

you're a hero known by everyone, young and old.

The pontifex abducted you, sealed away your memories,

and turned you into the first Integrity Knight.

And it wasn't just you.

Fanatio-san, Eldrie-san, even Alice...

It happened to all of them.

Before you were turned into Integrity Knights, you were humans just like us.

Sealed away my memories, you say?

I can't bring myself to believe your story just like that.

But the story about me being a divine knight summoned from the heavens...

For some reason, I couldn't accept it for a long time.

Now this is a beautiful sight, just beautiful!

This won't do. This won't do at all, Knight Commander-dono.

You aren't planning on dying on me now, are you?

That would be blatant treason against Her Eminence, the lovely pontifex.

When she awakens, she's sure to be livid!

Prime Senator Chudelkin,

a boor like you has no business meddling in a battle between swordsmen.

How can you say such a thing after going so easy on this vile traitor?

Knight Commander-dono, you neglected to use the other side of your Time-Splitting Sword, did you not?

You could've slaughtered that loathsome brat before he even said a word, if you'd had a mind to!

That's what I mean by treason against the pontifex!

Shut up.

I fought with everything I had.

Besides, I know you deceived me, you snake.

This kid isn't an assassin from the Dark Territory.

Compared to an ugly lump of meat like you, he's far—

You shut up!

Or I'll tear your head off!

We wouldn't be in this mess in the first place if you damned knights weren't so utterly useless!

Seriously, when Her Eminence awakens, every one of you knights—

or at least, you and the vice commander will be reprocessed.

What did you say, you bastard?

System Call! Deep Freeze!

Integrator Unit, ID 001!

The fact is, we don't need has-beens like you anymore, Number One.

I've discovered a pawn who's looking much more useful, after all.

Kirito...

Alice...

Eugeo?

What's the matter?

U-Uh, it's nothing. Never mind.

I think we can continue climbing the wall once the moon rises.

It's not like it's particularly hard so long as we can make the wedges, after all.

And it doesn't seem like there are any more minions stationed above us.

The only problem, aside from the matter of sacred resources,

is that I'm so hungry that just thinking about how many more mels we need to climb makes me dizzy.

You're wearing your lack of discipline on your sleeve.

So you missed a meal or two. Are you really such a child that you cannot function at all?

Yeah, yeah. I'm just a child.

I mean, I'm still barely a growing teen.

Unlike you Integrity Knights, I have to eat or my life will plummet.

I'll have you know that Integrity Knights get hungry too,

and unless we eat, our life is depleted.

Hey, hold on! Sorry! Of course you're right!

Integrity Knights are just as alive as anyone else, so of course they get hungry.

Um, come to think of it, back at Cardinal's...

Hey, a gift from the heavens!

Feast your eyes! I found something good.

Why would you keep something like that in your pocket?

Tap my pocket and find two steamed buns.

But these won't taste good as-is, right?

System Call. Generate Thermal Element.

Burst ele—

Are you an idiot?

If you do that, they'll be burned to a crisp in an instant!

Right...

Generate Thermal Element.

Aqueous Element.

Aerial Element.

Vortex Shape.

Burst.

G-Gimme one, quick!

I'm joking.

I see.

I didn't think you could steam buns without tools, using elements alone.

I'd expect no less from Selka's older sister. She was a great cook, too.

What did you just say?

I said you have a younger sister.

Younger sister?

I'll tell you about it.

I don't know if you'll accept it or not,

but I'll tell you everything I believe to be true.

Speak.

However...

If I determine that your words are meant to deceive me,

I will slay you on the spot.

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Next time

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Recollection

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Next time: Recollection.