E18 - The Legendary Hero
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SIGN The Legendary Hero
[01:51] Bercouli
Hey. Sorry to keep you waiting.
[01:56] Bercouli
All right, before we get started,
would you mind telling me one thing?
[02:02] Eugeo
What's that?
[02:03] Bercouli
Uh... you know...
[02:06] Bercouli
Is the vice commander... Is Fanatio dead?
[02:10] Eugeo
She's alive.
[02:12] Eugeo
She should be receiving treatment now.
[02:16] Bercouli
Is that so?
Then I won't go so far as to take your life.
[02:23] Eugeo
I don't like it.
[02:27] Bercouli
What's that, youngster?
[02:29] Eugeo
Since you're on a floor this high up,
[02:31] Eugeo
does that mean you're the leader
of the Integrity Knights?
[02:35] Bercouli
Yeah. That's right.
[02:38] Eugeo
Then Fanatio isn't your only subordinate, is she?
[02:41] Eugeo
Eldrie and the Four Whirling Blades,
not to mention...
[02:46] Eugeo
do you care at all
whether Alice is alive or dead?
[02:49] Bercouli
Oh, is that what this is about?
[02:52] Bercouli
How should I put this...
[02:54] Bercouli
Eldrie is young lady Alice's apprentice,
[02:57] Bercouli
while the Four Whirling Blades,
Dakira, Jayce, Hoveren and Geero,
[03:01] Bercouli
they're Fanatio's apprentices.
[03:03] Bercouli
And Fanatio happens to be my apprentice.
[03:07] Bercouli
I'm not one to carry my personal grudges
onto the battlefield,
[03:11] Bercouli
but if someone kills my apprentice,
[03:14] Bercouli
I do feel obliged to at least avenge her...
that's all there is to it.
[03:20] Bercouli
Well, it's possible that
little Alice looks up to me as her mentor,
[03:26] Bercouli
but frankly, if we were to fight seriously,
I don't know who'd be stronger at this point.
[03:32] Bercouli
If it were six years ago, when she first became a knight,
it would be a different story.
[03:38] Bercouli
Well, I have no intention of losing to you,
[03:41] Bercouli
nor do I think you defeated her,
since she's as powerful as me.
[03:47] Bercouli
According to the prime senator,
you have a partner, right?
[03:53] Bercouli
Since he's not here, that must mean
he's dueling the young lady somewhere right now.
[03:59] Eugeo
Well, something like that.
[04:02] Eugeo
By the way,
[04:04] Eugeo
after I've slashed you,
who will show up to avenge you?
[04:10] Bercouli
Don't worry. I don't have a mentor.
[04:24] Eugeo
The Norkia style secret skill, Lightning Slash!
No, it's similar, but not quite it.
[04:29] Eugeo
Holding his sword straight up like that
would require extra motion before activating the skill.
[04:35] Eugeo
In that case, I'll strike first with the Aincrad style
secret skill, Sonic Leap.
[04:42] Bercouli
I haven't seen that stance before, youngster.
[04:44] Bercouli
By any chance, are you a continuous attack wielder?
[04:49] Eugeo
What does it matter
if I can use continuous attacks or not?
[04:53] Bercouli
Oh, it's just that some of the dark knights
from the Dark Territory also used continuous attacks,
[04:59] Bercouli
and I fought them a couple of times,
but they're not really pleasant memories.
[05:05] Bercouli
After all, I couldn't pull off those spastic, dexterous skills
if my life depended on it.
[05:10] Eugeo
In other words, you're telling me to fight
using conventional moves, like an Integrity Knight?
[05:16] Eugeo
Oh, no. Continuous attack or whatever...
go ahead and use it as much as you want.
[05:23] Bercouli
And don't take this as retaliation,
but I'm going to use my trump card early on, all right?
[05:32] Eugeo
If that sword is already
under Perfect Weapon Control,
[05:36] Eugeo
then my only chance will be to unleash Sonic Leap
while he's activating his skill.
[05:42] Bercouli
Integrity Knight Commander
Bercouli Synthesis One...
[05:48] Bercouli
...is coming!
[05:49] Eugeo
Bercouli!
[06:03] Eugeo
His swing slashed through that spot a moment ago.
[06:25] Bercouli
That was a bit too close, wasn't it?
[06:28] Bercouli
I didn't expect you
to charge at me that ferociously.
[06:32] Bercouli
Sorry. I almost killed you.
[06:37] Eugeo
What was that move just now?
[06:40] Bercouli
Didn't I just tell you that I'd use my trump card?
[06:44] Bercouli
It's not like I simply sliced the air
with that swing.
[06:48] Bercouli
What I did, so to speak,
was to slice the future a bit.
[06:52] Eugeo
Slice... the future?
[06:55] Bercouli
The first time I saw those dark knights'
continuous attacks,
[06:59] Bercouli
I'd only just started as an Integrity Knight.
[07:02] Bercouli
The sword techniques ingrained in my body
were all about unleashing the force of a single strike,
[07:09] Bercouli
while the continuous attacks focused on
how to handle incoming strikes and land your own.
[07:17] Bercouli
It's obvious which is more practical.
[07:21] Bercouli
You can bet I was beaten senseless at first.
[07:25] Bercouli
Then I thought about
how my sword could hit my opponent.
[07:31] Bercouli
And the answer was this here.
[07:34] Bercouli
Originally, this sword was part
of a Divine Object called a "clock"
[07:39] Bercouli
that was installed on a wall
of the Central Cathedral.
[07:42] Bercouli
I'm told this clock had existed
since the world was first created.
[07:48] Bercouli
The pontifex called it the "System Clock,"
or something strange like that.
[07:54] Bercouli
Little Alice's Osmanthus Blade
slices through the horizontal axis of space,
[08:00] Bercouli
while this one pierces the vertical axis of time.
[08:05] Bercouli
It's called the Time-Splitting Sword,
the blade that pierces time.
[08:10] Eugeo
The force from that sword's strike
stays in the spot it passed through.
[08:14] Eugeo
Which means I don't stand a chance
in close combat,
[08:18] Eugeo
so long-range combat is my only option!
[08:20] Eugeo
System Call. Connect Armament.
Search Archived Memory. Extra Core. Image convert.
[08:23] Bercouli
"In that case, I'd better attack from a distance..."
that's what you're thinking, right?
[08:28] Bercouli
Everyone who's seen my move does.
[08:31] Bercouli
Including Fanatio and Alice,
the Integrity Knights summoned after me
[08:36] Bercouli
tend to pick a long-range
Perfect Weapon Control art
[08:40] Bercouli
because they saw my move...
or maybe I'm mistaken.
[08:45] Bercouli
Those guys may not look it,
but they're a pretty competitive bunch.
[08:49] Bercouli
However, let me warn you,
I've never lost to any of them in a match.
[08:57] Bercouli
Well, I can see myself being beaten
by little Alice one of these days.
[09:03] Bercouli
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this.
[09:05] Bercouli
The chance to see the skills you used
to repulse one knight after another.
[09:11] Eugeo
You're so confident.
[09:16] Bercouli
Are you going to approach me, youngster?
[09:18] Bercouli
Let me say, I won't hold back this time.
[09:27] Eugeo
Enhance Armament!
[10:16] Eugeo
That's when...
[10:21] Eugeo
Lend me your strength,
[10:23] Eugeo
Blue Rose Sword!
[10:25] Eugeo
Release Recollection!
SIGN Listen. There are two phases to the Perfect Weapon Control art.
SIGN Enhancing and Release.
[10:41] Kirito
Enhancing and...
[10:42] Eugeo
Release?
SIGN Enhancing awakens your weapon's memory by sections,
SIGN causing it to manifest as a new offensive skill.
SIGN And Release, as the name implies, awakens all of your weapon's memories,
SIGN unleashing its savage power.
[11:00] Kirito
Ah, I get it.
[11:07] Kirito
Eldrie was able to extend the range of his Frostscale Whip
and cause it to split by enhancing it.
[11:18] Eugeo
And the whip transforming into a snake,
that was the Release, huh?
SIGN That's correct. However, it's still too soon for you two to use the Release art.
[11:28] Eugeo
Wh-Why is that?
SIGN You heard me say "savage power," didn't you?
SIGN The offensive power generated by the release of memories
SIGN cannot possibly be controlled by a swordsman who's only just learned the art.
SIGN All the more so when it's a high-level Divine Object.
SIGN You could get dragged in along with your opponent, so one wrong move,
SIGN and you could lose your life.
[12:00] Bercouli
I never thought I'd see a swordsman
throw away his sword while facing an opponent.
[12:04] Bercouli
Did you come up with
that way of fighting yourself?
[12:07] Eugeo
No, my partner taught it to me.
[12:10] Eugeo
He told me everything on a battlefield
can be used as a weapon or a trap.
[12:16] Bercouli
I see. Taking advantage
of your surroundings, huh?
[12:20] Bercouli
Well, I admit that you won this round,
[12:23] Bercouli
but I won't concede defeat like this!
[12:40] Eugeo
The Blue Rose Sword contains two sleeping memories,
eternal ice and the rose.
[12:46] Eugeo
Eternal ice has the ability to freeze everything.
[12:50] Eugeo
And the rose's ability is...
[12:55] Eugeo
Bloom! Blue Roses!
[13:02] Bercouki
Wh-What did you do?
[13:03] Eugeo
These roses are blooming
because they're absorbing our life.
[13:09] Bercouli
You brat. You...
[13:12] Bercouli
Don't tell me you intended
to take us both out from the start?
[13:15] Eugeo
Please don't get the wrong idea.
[13:18] Eugeo
I might be superior to you in just one area,
[13:22] Eugeo
and that's in my total amount of life.
[13:25] Eugeo
Based on your appearance, you must've been over forty
when you became an Integrity Knight.
[13:30] Eugeo
Needless to say,
your maximum life has decreased.
[13:34] Eugeo
My life, however, is nearing its maximum.
[13:38] Eugeo
Even though I received a blow from your sword,
my total amount should still be higher.
[13:43] Eugeo
That's what I bet on.
[13:45] Bercouli
What did you just say?
[13:48] Bercouli
I became an Integrity Knight?
[13:52] Bercouli
You talk as if you know all about our past lives.
[13:56] Eugeo
That's exactly what I can't forgive about you people.
[13:59] Eugeo
You've forgotten who you were.
[14:02] Eugeo
You've dedicated your swords to the Axiom Church,
without knowing what it really is,
[14:06] Eugeo
and act like you're the sole guardians
of justice and the law!
[14:11] Eugeo
You're not a divine knight
summoned from the heavens by the pontifex.
[14:16] Eugeo
Your mother gave birth to you,
and you were given the name Bercouli...
[14:20] Eugeo
you're a human like me!
[14:24] Eugeo
Bercouli, you're the protagonist
of a fairy tale in my village.
[14:31] Bercouli
What are you saying?
[14:34] Eugeo
You should recognize my sword.
[14:40] Bercouli
That's true... from somewhere...
[14:43] Bercouli
Right, that day...
[14:46] Bercouli
when I killed the guardian dragon of the north,
there was a sword like that in its lair.
[14:51] Eugeo
Did you say you killed it?
[14:54] Eugeo
Those dragon bones...
[14:57] Eugeo
...that was your doing?
[15:01] Eugeo
Did you kill the dragon
that appears in your own story?
[15:08] Eugeo
Have you really forgotten all of it, Bercouli?
[15:14] Eugeo
In Rulid, the village where I was born,
[15:18] Eugeo
you're a hero known by everyone,
young and old.
[15:22] Eugeo
The pontifex abducted you,
sealed away your memories,
[15:25] Eugeo
and turned you into the first Integrity Knight.
[15:29] Eugeo
And it wasn't just you.
[15:31] Eugeo
Fanatio, Eldrie, even Alice,
[15:36] Eugeo
it happened to all of them.
[15:38] Eugeo
Before they were turned into Integrity Knights,
they were humans just like us.
[15:45] Bercouli
Sealed away my memories, you say?
[15:49] Bercouli
I can't bring myself to believe your story
just like that.
[15:54] Bercouli
But the story about me being a divine knight
summoned from the heavens...
[16:01] Bercouli
For some reason,
I couldn't accept it for a long time.
[16:24] Chudelkin
Now this is a beautiful sight!
[16:34] Chudelkin
This won't do. This won't do at all,
Knight Commander.
[16:39] Chudelkin
Surely you don't intend to drop dead now, do you?
[16:44] Chudelkin
That would clearly be treason
against Her Eminence, the lovely pontifex.
[16:49] Chudelkin
When she awakens, she's sure to be livid!
[16:54] Bercouli
Prime Senator Chudelkin,
[16:56] Bercouli
a snob like you has no business
meddling in a battle between swordsmen.
[17:05] Chudelkin
How could you say such a thing,
after going so easy on this vile traitor!
[17:11] Chudelkin
Knight Commander, you neglected to use the other side
of that Time-Splitting Sword, did you not?
[17:17] Chudelkin
You could've slaughtered that loathsome brat
before he even said a word, if you'd had a mind to!
[17:22] Chudelkin
That's what I mean
by treason against the pontifex!
[17:27] Bercouli
Shut up.
[17:29] Bercouli
I fought with everything I had.
[17:34] Bercouli
Besides, I know you deceived me.
[17:40] Bercouli
This kid isn't an assassin
from the Dark Territory.
[17:46] Bercouli
Compared to an ugly lump of meat like you,
he's way—
[17:49] Chudelkin
You shut up!
[17:51] Chudelkin
Or I'll tear your head off!
[17:55] Chudelkin
We wouldn't have this hassle in the first place
if you damned knights weren't so utterly useless!
[18:02] Chudelkin
Seriously, when Her Eminence awakens,
every one of you knights...
[18:07] Chudelkin
well, at the least, you and the vice commander
will be reprocessed.
[18:12] Bercouli
What did you say, you bastard?
[18:17] Chudelkin
System Call! Deep Freeze!
[18:21] Chudelkin
Integrator Unit, ID 001!
[18:40] Chudelkin
The fact is, we don't need
a geezer like you anymore, Number One.
[18:45] Chudelkin
I've discovered a pawn
who could be much more useful, haven't I?
[18:50] Eugeo
Kirito.
[18:51] Eugeo
Alice.
[18:55] Kirito
Eugeo?
[18:56] Alice
What's the matter?
[18:58] Kirito
U-Uh, no, it's nothing.
[19:01] Kirito
I think we can continue climbing the wall
once the moon rises.
[19:05] Kirito
If we can just create wedges,
it shouldn't be too tough.
[19:09] Kirito
And it doesn't seem like
there are any more minions stationed above us.
[19:13] Kirito
It's just that,
aside from the matter of resources,
[19:17] Kirito
I'm so hungry, just thinking about how many more mels
we need to climb makes me dizzy.
[19:25] Alice
That's why I find you to be so unserious.
[19:29] Alice
What's so devastating about missing a meal or two?
It's not like you're a child.
[19:33] Kirito
Yeah, yeah. I'm just a child.
[19:36] Kirito
I mean, I'm still barely a growing teen.
[19:41] Kirito
Unlike you Integrity Knights,
I have to eat or my life will plummet.
[19:45] Alice
I'll have you know
that even Integrity Knights get hungry too,
[19:48] Alice
and unless we eat, our life is depleted.
[19:56] Kirito
Hey, hold on! Sorry! Of course you're right!
[19:59] Kirito
Sure, if they're alive,
even Integrity Knights get hungry.
[20:02] Kirito
Um, come to think of it, back at Cardinal's...
[20:09] Kirito
Hey, a gift from the heavens!
[20:10] Kirito
See, I found something good.
[20:14] Alice
Why would you keep something like that
in your pocket?
[20:18] Kirito
Tap my pocket and find two steamed buns.
[20:21] Kirito
But these won't taste good as-is, right?
[20:27] Kirito
System Call. Generate Thermal Element.
[20:31] Kirito / Alice
- Burs—
- Are you an idiot?
[20:34] Alice
If you do that,
they'll be burned to a crisp in an instant!
[20:37] Kirito
Right...
[20:39] Kirito
Wha—
[20:43] Alice
Generate Thermal Element.
[20:45] Alice
Aqueous Element.
[20:47] Alice
Aerial Element.
[20:51] Alice
Vortex Shape.
[20:52] Alice
Burst.
[20:58] Kirito
H-Hurry, give me one!
[21:03] Alice
I'm joking.
[21:11] Kirito
I see.
[21:13] Kirito
I didn't think you could steam buns
without any tools, just elements.
[21:18] Kirito
As expected of Selka's older sister,
since she's such a great cook.
[21:23] Alice
What did you just say?
[21:28] Kirito
I said you have a younger sister.
[21:32] Alice
Younger sister?
[21:40] Kirito
I'll tell you about it.
[21:42] Kirito
I don't know if you'll accept it or not,
[21:46] Kirito
but I'll tell you everything I believe to be true.
[21:52] Alice
Speak. However,
if there's any trace of deceit in your words,
[22:00] Alice
I will slay you on the spot.
[23:36] Kirito
Next time: Recollection.