E16 - The Osmanthus Knight

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[00:02] Kirito
    Enhance Armament!
[00:58] Eugeo
    Kirito!
[00:59] Eugeo
    Kirito!
[01:01] Eugeo
    Are you all right? Kirito!
SIGN    The Osmanthus Knight
[02:37] Eugeo
    Kirito!
[02:38] Eugeo
    Kirito!
[02:45] Eugeo
    System Call. Generate Luminous Element!
[02:57] Eugeo
    System Call.
    Transfer Human Unit Durability, Self to Left!
[03:08] Eugeo
    Kirito.
[03:10] Kirito
    Thanks, Eugeo.
[03:13] Kirito
    I'll be okay now.
[03:15] Eugeo
    Hey, don't overdo it.
[03:16] Eugeo
    After all that,
    you probably have internal wounds we can't see.
[03:21] Kirito
    It's not as bad as what the goblins did.
[03:25] Kirito
    Anyway, I'm more worried about her.
[03:27] Eugeo
    But she...
[03:29] Eugeo
    But she tried to kill you.
[03:34] Eugeo
    You just said that
    you can't defeat someone with hatred.
[03:38] Eugeo
    True, I don't think that Integrity Knight was driven
    by any personal grudges or hate. But...
[03:47] Eugeo
    But I... just can't bring myself
    to forgive the Church or the Integrity Knights!
[03:52] Eugeo
    Not just their devastating power,
    but also what they aspire to.
[03:56] Eugeo
    If they really have the desire
    to protect the Human Empire,
[03:59] Eugeo
    why wouldn't they use that power for more...
[04:03] Kirito
    I'm sure those knights are struggling
    with their own conflicts.
[04:07] Kirito
    I think we'll learn more about that
    if we meet up with their commander.
[04:14] Kirito
    Eugeo, your Perfect Weapon Control art
    was incredible.
[04:18] Kirito
    You're the one who defeated those knights.
[04:21] Kirito
    So now...
[04:23] Kirito
    you have no reason to hate Fanatio as a human
    or the Four Whirling Blades anymore.
[04:30] Eugeo
    Human. Yeah, I guess so.
[04:34] Eugeo
    That's the one thing I sensed during our battle.
[04:37] Eugeo
    She was human.
[04:39] Eugeo
    That's why she was so powerful.
[04:41] Kirito
    That's exactly right.
    They see themselves as absolute good,
[04:46] Kirito
    but to you they must've been absolute evil,
[04:50] Kirito
    but you, me and those Integrity Knights
    are all human.
[04:54] Kirito
    There's no way humans can determine
    absolute good or evil.
[05:00] Kirito
    Oh, I almost forgot.
[05:03] Kirito
    Use that to counteract the poison in the kids.
[05:07] Kirito
    Before you give it to them,
    break the poisoned swords
[05:09] Kirito
    and make sure
    they don't have anything else suspicious.
[05:13] Eugeo
    Kirito.
[05:14] Eugeo
    Can you feel the same way,
    even towards the pontifex, Administrator?
[05:33] Kirito
    System Call! Generate Luminous Element!
[05:42] Eugeo
    Kirito!
[05:43] Kirito
    Help me! I can't stop the bleeding!
[05:46] Eugeo
    All right.
[05:51] Eugeo
    It's useless, Kirito. She's lost too much blood.
[05:55] Kirito
    But... if she dies, she'll be erased.
[05:59] Kirito
    After living for a hundred years,
    wavering, falling in love, suffering...
[06:04] Kirito
    I can't erase a soul like that!
[06:07] Kirito
    Can you hear me? Anyone at all!
[06:10] Kirito
    I know there are more of you Integrity Knights!
[06:12] Kirito
    Come save your companion!
[06:15] Kirito
    A monk or priest! Somebody come help!
[06:20] Kirito
    I'm begging you,
    if you're watching, come help us!
[06:28] Kirito
    That's right!
[06:30] Eugeo
    You can't, Kirito!
    You're supposed to use it on Administrator!
[06:34] Kirito
    I know that!
[06:36] Kirito
    But I can save her if I use this.
[06:38] Kirito
    I can't have a way to save her and not use it!
SIGN    Jeez, you really are something else.
[07:00] Kirito
    Cardinal, is that you?
[07:03] Kirito
    I'm sorry. I just...
SIGN    There's no point in apologizing now. I understand the situation.
SIGN    I agree to undertake the treatment
    of Fanatio Synthesis Two.
SIGN    However, since a full recovery will take some time,
    I'll take her body into my care.
SIGN    As far as I can tell, it's highly likely that Administrator is still in her unawakened state.
SIGN    If you can make it to the top floor before she awakens,
SIGN    you can still eliminate her without using the dagger.
SIGN    Hurry. There are only a few more Integrity Knights left.
[07:42] Kirito
    Sorry I lost control, Eugeo.
[07:45] Eugeo
    No, there's nothing to apologize for.
[07:56] Kirito
    Now that I think of it,
    Cardinal said something strange.
[08:00] Kirito
    Something about Administrator's
    unawakened state...
[08:04] Eugeo
    Did she mean she's asleep?
[08:08] Kirito
    Cardinal told me Administrator and the Integrity Knights
    have to strain their resources in various ways
[08:13] Kirito
    in order to be able to live for centuries.
[08:16] Kirito
    Administrator especially
    spends most of the day sleeping, it seems.
[08:21] Kirito
    Well, I guess we'll find out
    when we get up there.
[08:41] Kirito
    What's this?
[08:51] Kirito
    Hey, something's coming!
[09:17] Operator
    Thank you for your patience.
    Which floor would you like to visit?
[09:21] Eugeo
    Did you say which floor?
[09:23] Eugeo
    Does that mean you're going to take us
    to the higher floors?
[09:30] Kirito
    Um, we're fugitives who broke into the Cathedral.
[09:35] Kirito
    You sure that eleva— uh, not that...
[09:38] Kirito
    You sure it's okay
    to let us ride that floating platform?
[09:40] Operator
    My job is only to operate this floating platform.
[09:45] Operator
    I've received no other orders.
[09:48] Kirito
    Is that so? Then we'll accept your offer.
[09:53] Eugeo
    Hey!
[09:55] Eugeo
    Are you sure it's okay?
[09:57] Kirito
    There doesn't seem to be
    any other way up.
[10:00] Eugeo
    That's... You have a point, but...
[10:03] Kirito
    Okay then, can you take us
    as high as you're able?
[10:07] Operator
    Understood.
[10:11] Operator
    System Call. Generate Aerial Element.
[10:19] Operator
    Burst Element.
[10:31] Eugeo
    How long have you been doing this?
[10:36] Operator
    This year marks the one-hundred-and-seventh year
    since I received this Calling.
[10:41] Eugeo
    O-One hundred and seven years?
[10:43] Eugeo
    And you've been operating this floating platform
    that entire time?
[10:46] Operator
    Not the entire time.
[10:49] Operator
    I am granted a lunch break at noon,
[10:52] Operator
    and I sleep at night, of course.
[10:55] Eugeo
    No, that's not what I meant.
[10:57] Kirito
    What's your name?
[11:00] Operator
    My name is...
[11:02] Operator
    I've forgotten it.
[11:05] Operator
    Everyone calls me the Operator.
[11:12] Eugeo
    Um... So, we're on our way to defeat
    an important person in the Axiom Church.
[11:18] Eugeo
    The one who assigned you this Calling.
[11:21] Operator
    Is that so?
[11:23] Eugeo
    If the Church ceases to exist and you're released
    from this Calling, what would you do?
[11:30] Operator
    Released?
[11:33] Operator
    I have no knowledge of the world
    other than this shaft.
[11:38] Operator
    Therefore, I cannot say
    what new Calling I would choose.
[11:44] Operator
    But if you mean what I wish to try, then...
[11:52] Operator
    I would like to fly freely through the sky
    on this floating platform.
[12:08] Operator
    Thank you for your patience.
[12:10] Operator
    This is the eightieth floor, the Cloudtop Garden.
[12:15] Eugeo
    I used to think that nothing could be
    more endless then my previous Calling.
[12:22] Eugeo
    But it was a gift
    to be able to retire when I got old.
[12:25] Eugeo
    Compared to that girl's Calling...
[12:28] Kirito
    Cardinal said that even if you freeze
    the natural degradation of life with a spell,
[12:33] Kirito
    you can't stop the soul from aging.
[12:35] Kirito
    The memory is affected bit by bit,
[12:38] Kirito
    until it's destroyed in the end.
[12:41] Kirito
    What the Axiom Church is doing is wrong.
[12:46] Kirito
    That's why you and I came all this way
    to defeat Administrator.
[12:50] Kirito
    But...
[12:51] Kirito
    But that doesn't mean
    things will end there, Eugeo.
[12:55] Kirito
    The real challenge is still ahead.
[12:59] Eugeo
    As long as we defeat Administrator,
    can't we let Cardinal handle the rest?
[13:07] Kirito
    No. I'll explain after we get Alice back.
[13:11] Eugeo
    Kirito?
[13:33] Eugeo
    This is...
[14:05] Eugeo
    Alice.
[14:09] Alice
    Please wait a little longer.
[14:12] Alice
    Since the weather's so nice,
[14:14] Alice
    I want to give it ample time
    to bask in the sunlight.
[14:21] Kirito
    Don't fight, Eugeo.
[14:24] Kirito
    Just focus on piercing Alice with Cardinal's dagger,
    no matter what.
[14:29] Kirito
    I'll block her attacks,
    even if it means risking my life.
[14:34] Eugeo
    But...
[14:34] Kirito
    There's no other way.
[14:36] Kirito
    I'll take Alice's first strike intentionally
    and then restrain her,
[14:40] Kirito
    so use that dagger immediately. Got that?
[14:43] Eugeo
    Sorry.
[14:44] Kirito
    No need to apologize.
[14:45] Kirito
    You're paying me back double
    as soon as I can make you!
[14:49] Kirito
    She doesn't seem to have her sword.
[14:52] Kirito
    If we attack now, she won't have time
    to recite the Perfect Weapon Control command.
[14:57] Kirito
    To be honest,
    it'd be best if we didn't have to use it.
[15:01] Eugeo
    I guess you're right.
[15:03] Eugeo
    Even though I think I can use
    my Perfect Weapon Control art two more times
[15:07] Eugeo
    without restoring its life
    using the scabbard.
[15:09] Kirito
    That will help. I can only use mine once more.
[15:13] Kirito
    And after Alice, we'll still have to deal
    with the knights' commander.
[15:17] Kirito
    All right, let's go.
[15:21] Alice
    I see you've climbed all the way to these heights.
[15:26] Alice
    Even if you did manage
    to escape the underground prison,
[15:29] Alice
    I expected Eldrie to be able
    to deal with you on his own.
[15:33] Alice
    Yet you two overcame him, Sir Deusolbert,
    and even cut down Sir Fanatio,
[15:41] Alice
    before setting foot in the Cloudtop Garden.
[15:43] Alice
    What is imbuing you with such power?
[15:48] Alice
    Why are you disrupting the order
    of the Human Empire?
[15:54] Alice
    As I thought,
    I can only ask you with my sword.
[16:01] Kirito
    Don't tell me...
[16:09] Kirito
    Don't tell me that sword...
[16:11] Kirito
    is already under Perfect Weapon Control?
[16:45] Alice
    Could it be you're mocking me?
[16:48] Alice
    To run towards me
    without drawing your swords...
[16:50] Alice
    I held back on that attack as a warning.
[16:54] Alice
    But with my next attack,
    I shall erase all of your life.
[16:58] Alice
    Show me the full extent of your power,
[17:01] Alice
    for the sake of the knights you've defeated, as well.
[17:07] Eugeo
    System Call.
[17:09] Kirito
    We apologize for showing such disrespect
    to an honorable Integrity Knight.
[17:16] Kirito
    I, Disciple Kirito, formally challenge you,
    Knight Alice, to a fair duel.
[17:24] Alice
    Very well.
[17:26] Alice
    I shall test the limits of your evil designs
    through your swordsmanship.
[17:41] Kirito
    Tell me one thing.
[17:43] Kirito
    I assume the tree we saw on top of the hill earlier
    was your Divine Object's ancient form.
[17:50] Kirito
    How can such a small tree wield so much power?
[17:54] Alice
    In ancient times,
    the spot where the Central Cathedral now stands
[18:00] Alice
    was the Place of Beginning bestowed upon humans
    by Stacia, the Goddess of Creation.
[18:05] Alice
    A beautiful spring gushed
    in the center of a tiny village,
[18:10] Alice
    and on its banks grew a single Osmanthus tree.
[18:14] Alice
    That tree was the original form of my Divine Object,
    the Osmanthus Blade.
[18:19] Alice
    The reincarnated form of a tree
    created by God.
[18:23] Alice
    It is the oldest existence in creation.
[18:27] Alice
    Its attribute is "everlasting eternity."
[18:30] Alice
    Even a single fluttering petal can split rock
    or pierce the ground it touches.
[18:36] Kirito
    I see. So it's the first indestructible object
    installed by God.
[18:42] Kirito
    Not that I can afford to be amazed.
[18:46] Kirito
    Now then, Integrity Knight Alice.
    Once again, I challenge you!
[19:23] Alice
    You're the second person
    to have withstood my attacks this long.
[19:27] Alice
    You must've climbed this tower
    with such resolve and conviction.
[19:31] Alice
    But it's not nearly enough to sway the Church.
[19:35] Alice
    I cannot allow you two to disturb the peace
    of the Human Empire.
[19:41] Alice
    Now then... prepare yourself.
[19:57] Eugeo
    Enhance Armament!
[20:42] Alice
    That was rather entertaining,
[20:44] Alice
    but you have no hope of stopping my flowers
    with mere ice.
[20:48] Alice
    I'll fight you next,
    so stay there and wait your turn.
[20:54] Kirito
    Enhance Armament!
[21:04] Alice
    He aimed for the sword?
[21:06] Kirito
    Eugeo!
[21:35] Eugeo
    Kirito?
[21:38] Eugeo
    Alice?
[21:59] Eugeo
    Kirito!
[22:02] Eugeo
    Alice!
[23:36] Kirito
    Next time: Truce.