E12 - The Sage of the Library
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[00:03] NTP
Eldrie?
[00:04] NTP
I've heard that name...
[00:06] NTP
Eugeo.
[00:08] NTP
We're going to fight him.
I'll face him first,
[00:11] NTP
and you wait for my signal.
[00:13] NTP
All right.
[00:16] NTP
You're going to use those chains
as your weapons?
[00:19] NTP
Then let me fight not with my sword,
but with this instead.
[00:24] NTP
System Call! Enhance Armament!
[00:29] NTP
Don't worry.
[00:30] NTP
If it's a whip, as long as
we keep an eye on the distance...
[00:34] NTP
...it can't possib—
[00:37] NTP
It extended?
[00:42] NTP
Ah, so you managed to withstand a blow
from my Divine Object, the Frostscale Whip at first sight?
[00:47] NTP
Kirito!
[00:49] NTP
These class-38 chains...
[00:51] NTP
Eugeo. I'll find a way to stop his whip,
so you strike him.
[00:58] NTP
Are you done discussing, prisoners?
[01:01] NTP
Now then... try to keep me
at least somewhat entertained!
[02:36] NTP
The Sage of the Library
[02:44] NTP
System Call!
[02:46] NTP
Generate Thermal Element!
[02:49] NTP
Generate Cryogenic Element.
[02:54] NTP
Form Element, Arrow Shape!
[02:57] NTP
Form Element, Bird Shape.
[03:00] NTP
Counter Thermal Object.
[03:04] NTP
Discharge!
[03:06] NTP
Discharge.
[03:30] NTP
Did I overestimate you after all?
[03:32] NTP
Allow me to show you some mercy.
[03:35] NTP
I'll knock you unconsciousness quickly.
[03:49] NTP
Not done yet!
[03:54] NTP
Perhaps I should take back what I said
about underestimating you?
[03:58] NTP
To think you could inflict such a wound on me!
[04:02] NTP
Thanks, I guess.
[04:04] NTP
Still, that move... that combat style...
Strangely enough, it seems familiar to me...
[04:11] NTP
Oh yeah? Then maybe you've fought a swordsman
of the Serlut style before.
[04:17] NTP
That's not possible, prisoner.
[04:20] NTP
I was summoned to the human realm
as an Integrity Knight only one month ago.
[04:25] NTP
This summoning...
[04:28] NTP
It sounds like somebody ordered you
to come to this human realm.
[04:47] NTP
Release Recollection.
[05:03] NTP
No wonder Lady Alice was cautious of you.
[05:06] NTP
That attack has no form or anything,
but that's why it exceeded my expectations.
[05:11] NTP
To think that you made me use
my secret skill, Memory Release!
[05:16] NTP
Now I remember.
[05:18] NTP
From the start, I knew I'd heard that name before.
[05:22] NTP
You were this year's Norlangarth North Empire
top representative swordsman,
[05:26] NTP
and the winner
of the Four-Empire Unification Tournament...
[05:31] NTP
Eldrie Woolsburg.
[05:33] NTP
Me, the North Empire representative swordsman?
[05:37] NTP
Eldrie Woolsburg...
[05:40] NTP
That's right.
[05:41] NTP
If I remember correctly, you won every match
with a single point using your graceful sword skills.
[05:46] NTP
What are you talking about?
[05:48] NTP
I'm the Integrity Knight
Eldrie Synthesis Thirty-One!
[05:52] NTP
I've never heard it! The name Woolsburg!
[05:55] NTP
But...
[05:56] NTP
Never heard of it!
I... I've never heard of it.
[06:00] NTP
I... was invited by the pontifex, Administrator
[06:05] NTP
to descend upon this land from the heavens
as an Integrity Knight!
[06:24] NTP
Wh-What just...
[06:29] NTP
Did Alice lose her memories
and change personalities because of that?
[06:35] NTP
Eldrie!
[06:36] NTP
Eldrie Woolsburg!
[06:40] NTP
Eugeo, do you know anything else?
[06:42] NTP
It can be anything.
You have to revive more of his memories!
[06:46] NTP
Eldrie!
[06:48] NTP
You're the son of the general
of the Imperial Knight Order, Eschdor Woolsburg!
[06:52] NTP
Your mother's name is... I think... Almera?
[06:56] NTP
Right, it's Almera!
[06:58] NTP
Al... me... ra.
[07:05] NTP
Mo... ther.
[07:09] NTP
That's right, remember...
[07:11] NTP
...everything!
[07:14] NTP
Kirito!
[07:28] NTP
Kirito!
[07:29] NTP
You criminals. Step away from Knight Thirty-One!
[07:33] NTP
You won't be forgiven for the sin of tempting
a brilliant Integrity Knight to fall from grace.
[07:39] NTP
After piercing all four of your limbs,
I shall throw you back into your cell!
[07:44] NTP
Run!
[07:52] NTP
A fork in the road.
[07:54] NTP
Go right!
[07:56] NTP
Eugeo, go right!
[08:05] NTP
Kirito! Up ahead!
[08:07] NTP
It's a dead end!
[08:09] NTP
Hey!
[08:10] NTP
This way!
[08:12] NTP
Dive!
[08:30] NTP
Ouch!
[08:34] NTP
Where are we?
[08:38] NTP
We've been detected.
Can't use this back door anymore.
[08:54] NTP
Um, thank you for rescuing us. Uh...
[08:58] NTP
It's nice to meet you. I'm Eugeo.
[09:00] NTP
H-Hey!
[09:01] NTP
And this is Kirito.
[09:08] NTP
Thanks. You saved us.
[09:10] NTP
Um, do you live here?
[09:13] NTP
Of course not.
[09:16] NTP
Come with me.
[09:21] NTP
Is this inside the Central Cathedral now?
[09:25] NTP
You could say that it is.
You could also say that it isn't.
[09:28] NTP
As I've deleted the regular door,
although this place exists inside the cathedral,
[09:34] NTP
no one is able to enter.
[09:38] NTP
Unless it's at my invitation.
[09:53] NTP
A great... library?
[09:55] NTP
Indeed.
[09:56] NTP
The records of all history,
[09:59] NTP
and the structural formulae of all things under the heavens
since this world was created,
[10:03] NTP
as well as every system command,
or what you call the sacred arts, are stored here.
[10:09] NTP
Wh-Who are you, exactly?
[10:12] NTP
My name is Cardinal.
[10:15] NTP
I was once the regulator of the world,
[10:17] NTP
now I am the sole librarian of this great library.
[10:23] NTP
All history?
[10:24] NTP
Yes. Even the creation account
from when the gods Stacia and Vecta
[10:28] NTP
divided the world into the realm of humanity
and the realm of darkness are recorded here.
[10:34] NTP
You may read them if you wish.
[10:37] NTP
But first, both of you hold out your right hands.
[10:45] NTP
There.
[10:52] NTP
Are you okay, Eugeo?
[10:53] NTP
Yeah.
[10:58] NTP
Looks like you need to warm yourself up.
[11:02] NTP
It's not spacious, but beyond that corridor,
there's a bathroom. Go on now.
[11:06] NTP
Thank you.
I'll gladly accept your kind offer.
[11:10] NTP
Also, Ms. Cardinal...
[11:13] NTP
Um, well...
[11:17] NTP
Beyond those stairs is the history gallery.
[11:20] NTP
I'll get you something to eat after you bathe.
[11:23] NTP
Thank you very much!
[11:25] NTP
Please excuse me for a bit.
[11:33] NTP
Although the records here were, unfortunately,
fabricated by the pontifex of the Axiom Church.
[11:40] NTP
So no gods exist in this world, then?
[11:44] NTP
None.
[11:46] NTP
The myths that
the Underworld people believe in
[11:49] NTP
are merely the propaganda spun by the church
to cement its rule.
[11:54] NTP
Although the names of the gods have been registered
as super accounts for emergencies,
[11:59] NTP
no human from the outside world
has logged in through that.
[12:04] NTP
So you're not a resident of the Underworld.
[12:08] NTP
You're an existence close to the system supervisors
from the outside world!
[12:13] NTP
Indeed. And you're the same as well, right?
[12:17] NTP
Unregistered resident Kirito.
[12:20] NTP
Yeah, that's right.
[12:22] NTP
The name of the people
who created the Underworld is Rath. Am I right?
[12:27] NTP
Indeed.
[12:28] NTP
And you're the Cardinal System.
[12:31] NTP
An autonomous program
to control the virtual world.
[12:34] NTP
Oh? So you know about that?
[12:37] NTP
Have you contacted my counterparts
on the other side?
[12:41] NTP
Well, yeah.
[12:43] NTP
But as far I know, the Cardinal System never had
an anthropomorphic interface built in.
[12:51] NTP
So what kind of an existence are you?
[12:53] NTP
What are you doing here?
[12:58] NTP
Let me be as succinct as possible.
[13:02] NTP
First, eat.
[13:07] NTP
Since I've cast a spell on it,
those wounds will heal soon, too.
[13:11] NTP
Wow, no wonder you're the supervisor.
[13:14] NTP
I'm not the supervisor.
[13:16] NTP
I can only manipulate the objects in this library.
[13:21] NTP
Oh, can you get in contact with the real world?
[13:25] NTP
Idiot! If I could, I wouldn't be confined
inside a dusty place like this for centuries.
[13:31] NTP
Unfortunately, the only one
who has the means to do that is the pontifex.
[13:35] NTP
I-Is that right?
[13:37] NTP
There!
[13:44] NTP
A moment ago,
I told you that no gods exist in this world.
[13:48] NTP
But when this world was created
some 450 years ago,
[13:53] NTP
something similar did exist.
[13:56] NTP
Back when the capital city, Centoria,
was no more than a tiny village, there were four Gods.
[14:02] NTP
I bet they were humans,
the Rath staff who built this world, right?
[14:07] NTP
It's as you say.
[14:08] NTP
Four people from the outside world
descended upon this land,
[14:11] NTP
and raised eight "children" each on two farms.
[14:15] NTP
From reading and writing,
[14:17] NTP
and how to raise crops,
[14:19] NTP
from how to raise livestock...
[14:21] NTP
Until they arrived at what would become the basis
for the Taboo Index, the ethics of morality.
[14:26] NTP
From the way the "Original Four" fulfilled
the difficult mission they were given splendidly,
[14:31] NTP
it's obvious that as humans,
they had intelligence of the highest order.
[14:36] NTP
But...
[14:37] NTP
There was just one among them who,
though highly intelligent, was unethical.
[14:42] NTP
And the children of this person inherited selfish desires,
such as the thirst to possess and rule.
[14:49] NTP
And it was those children
who became the ancestors.
[14:51] NTP
Of the nobles, and of the high ministers
of the Axiom Church.
[14:57] NTP
And reigning over them all
is a single woman, the pontifex of the Axiom Church,
[15:02] NTP
who is now the system supervisor as well.
[15:07] NTP
She calls herself "Administrator,"
the most arrogant name imaginable.
[15:11] NTP
That name...
[15:13] NTP
The Integrity Knight Eldrie said that name, too.
[15:16] NTP
I think he said something like,
"I was summoned by the pontifex Administrator."
[15:21] NTP
That's exactly who I've been talking about.
[15:25] NTP
And though it's disgusting,
this Administrator is my elder twin sister, so to speak.
[15:32] NTP
Wh-What do you mean by that?
[15:33] NTP
I'll tell you the story in order.
[15:35] NTP
Several decades after the "Original Four"'
had logged out,
[15:38] NTP
the first political marriage
between two families of lords was orchestrated,
[15:44] NTP
and a baby girl was born from that union.
[15:50] NTP
Her name was Quinella.
[15:54] NTP
My daughter, Quinella.
[15:56] NTP
I grant you the Calling, "sacred arts research."
[16:00] NTP
I gratefully accept, Father.
[16:06] NTP
System Call.
[16:08] NTP
No one else realizes it,
but sacred words each have their own meaning.
[16:13] NTP
"Call" means to summon.
[16:15] NTP
"Generate" means to produce.
[16:21] NTP
Over here!
[16:33] NTP
System Call. Generate Thermal Element.
[16:37] NTP
Form Element, Arrow Shape. Fly Straight.
[16:41] NTP
Discharge!
[17:00] NTP
Lady Quinella, I beg you to heal his legs!
[17:04] NTP
Very well.
[17:07] NTP
System Call. Generate Luminous Element.
[17:11] NTP
Form Element, Liquid Shape.
[17:20] NTP
She's a child of God!
[17:22] NTP
Surely, Lady Quinella
is the holy child of the god Stacia!
[17:25] NTP
Lady Quinella!
[17:28] NTP
Even as a gentle smile was on her face,
[17:31] NTP
Quinella knew that the time had come
for her to fully sate her endless thirst to rule.
[17:41] NTP
Soon, we will have a place to pray to the gods.
[17:53] NTP
In order to rule over the ever-growing masses,
I will need a written law.
[17:59] NTP
First, to ensure that no one with a higher
authority level than mine will ever appear,
[18:03] NTP
I must make hunting taboo.
[18:06] NTP
As well as murder.
[18:14] NTP
Lady Quinella, you wanted to see me?
[18:16] NTP
This is a holy book,
a compilation of the god Stacia's oracle.
[18:21] NTP
It is called the Taboo Index.
[18:23] NTP
Replicate it, distribute it to every town and village,
and have the people obey it.
[18:29] NTP
Yes, ma'am.
[19:01] NTP
System Call.
[19:04] NTP
Open List.
[19:06] NTP
System Call.
[19:09] NTP
Read List.
[19:23] NTP
System Call.
[19:26] NTP
Inspect List.
[19:31] NTP
And then, Quinella opened it at last.
[19:36] NTP
The Forbidden Door, that is.
[19:41] NTP
Either by way of an impossible coincidence,
[19:44] NTP
or perhaps with a little help
from someone from the outside world...
[19:49] NTP
Let me show you.
[19:51] NTP
System Call!
[19:52] NTP
Inspect Entire Command List!
[19:57] NTP
This is...
[19:59] NTP
Yes. Displayed in this window
is the entire catalogue of system commands.
[20:05] NTP
Quinella's first action was to completely
restore her life, and halt its natural decline.
[20:11] NTP
And then restore her looks.
[20:15] NTP
She regained the dazzling beauty
of her late teens.
[20:25] NTP
She should've been satisfied at that point.
[20:28] NTP
But...
[20:30] NTP
For Quinella, there could be no one else
who had authority equal to hers...
[20:35] NTP
She couldn't even tolerate the existence
of the Cardinal System.
[20:39] NTP
Plotting to seize
the Cardinal System's authority level,
[20:43] NTP
she composed a lengthy sacred art command
and recited it.
[20:47] NTP
As a result...
[20:50] NTP
She burned the fundamental command
assigned to the Cardinal System
[20:54] NTP
onto her own Fluctlight
as a non-editable behavioral principle.
[20:59] NTP
Her intent was to steal its authority level,
but she ended up fusing her soul with the Cardinal System.
[21:07] NTP
Preservation of Order.
[21:09] NTP
That is the basic command of the Cardinal System,
and reason of existing.
[21:13] NTP
As someone who spent time in a world controlled
by the same system, you should understand.
[21:19] NTP
Constantly observing
the actions of you, "the players,"
[21:22] NTP
and deal with anything that skews the balance
as soon as its detected, mercilessly.
[21:33] NTP
Quinella had lost consciousness,
and awakened after she slept for an entire day.
[21:38] NTP
By that time, she'd ceased to be human
in any sense of the word.
[21:44] NTP
No longer aging,
drinking no water, eating no bread...
[21:47] NTP
Her only desire was to preserve this human realm
that she ruled, as it currently was, forever.
[21:54] NTP
I am both ruler and supervisor...
[21:57] NTP
As of today, I am the pontifex of the Axiom Church...
[22:02] NTP
I am Administrator.
[23:36] NTP
Next time: Ruler and Mediator.