E19 - The Lugru Corridor

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[00:12] L
    It got brighter!
[00:14] L
    Night vision magic?
SIGN    ALfheim, Neutral Territory, The Lugru Corridor,
    January 21, 2025
[00:16] L
    I guess Spriggans are good for something.
[00:19] K
    Put that way, it kind of hurts.
[00:23] L
    But you should memorize
    any magic you can use.
[00:26] L
    Of course, the only magic you're
    good at is illusion magic.
[00:28] K
    Illusion?
[00:29] L
    You can use it to trick people.
[00:31] L
    It's not that useful in combat, though.
[00:34] L
    Well, even the lame Spriggan magic
[00:36] ---
    might save our lives someday.
[00:41] K
    That hurt even more.
SIGN    The Lugru Corridor
[02:23] L
    Don't try to memorize them as sounds.
[02:25] L
    Learn the words of power's meanings.
[02:27] L
    Then memorize the spells,
    based on their effects.
[02:32] K
    I never thought I'd have to do something
    like memorizing English in a game.
[02:37] L
    Just so you know, the higher-ranked
    spells have around twenty words.
[02:42] K
    I'm just gonna stick to fighting...
[02:44] L
    No complaints!
[02:47] L
    I have a message.
[02:49] ---
    Hold on a second.
[02:51] K
    Sure.
[02:52] L
    Recon again?
[02:54] L
    I'm sure it's nothing, but...
[02:57] L
    "I was right. Be careful. S."
[03:02] L
    What's this?
[03:03] L
    "S"?
[03:04] L
    Sa... Shi... Su?
[03:08] K
    What's wrong?
[03:09] L
    Oh, well...
[03:10] Y
    Daddy, something's getting closer.
[03:13] K
    Monsters?
[03:14] Y
    No, players.
[03:16] Y
    Lots of them.
[03:17] Y
    Twelve.
[03:19] L
    Twelve?!
[03:21] L
    I've got a bad feeling.
[03:23] ---
    Let's hide and wait for them to pass.
[03:25] K
    But where?
[03:27] L
    Just leave that to me.
[03:31] K
    H-Hey...
[03:42] L
    Make sure you whisper
    as quietly as you can.
[03:45] L
    If you're too loud, it'll break the spell.
[03:48] K
    Roger.
[03:49] L
    We'll be able to see them soon.
[03:55] K
    What is that?
[03:57] L
    We can't see them yet?
[03:59] K
    It isn't a player.
[04:01] K
    A bat?
[04:02] K
    It's red and small.
[04:14] K
    H-Hey, what's wrong?
[04:16] L
    That's a high-level tracing searcher.
[04:19] L
    We have to destroy it!
[04:30] L
    Run, Kirito-kun!
[04:32] K
    Can't we just hide again?
[04:34] L
    The enemy knows we blew up their tracer.
[04:38] L
    We won't be able to fool them.
[04:39] L
    And that was a fire element familiar.
[04:43] L
    Which means that the approaching party...
[04:45] K
    Salamanders?
[04:50] L
    But what is a group of
    Salamanders doing here?
[04:54] K
    It's a lake...
[05:02] K
    Looks like we're going to make it.
[05:04] L
    Don't lower your guard and fall in.
[05:10] L
    Crap.
[05:18] L
    That won't work.
[05:19] K
    You should've said something sooner.
[05:22] L
    You're in too big a hurry.
[05:25] L
    This is an earth magic barrier.
[05:27] L
    Physical attacks won't break it.
[05:29] K
    Can we jump in the lake?
[05:31] L
    Nope.
[05:32] L
    Supposedly, there are extremely
    high-level monsters in the water.
[05:36] L
    Fighting without an Undine backing
    you up would be suicide.
[05:41] K
    Then we have to fight?
[05:44] L
    Yeah, but it might not be too easy.
[05:48] L
    If the Salamanders can use
    high-level earth magic,
[05:51] ---
    they have a powerful mage.
[05:56] K
    Leafa...
[05:57] K
    It isn't that I don't trust your
    skills as a swordsman.
[06:00] K
    But could you handle support from here?
[06:04] K
    I want you to stay in the back and heal me.
[06:07] K
    That way, I can fight harder.
[06:35] L
    They're focusing on taking him out.
[06:50] L
    Kirito-kun!
[07:28] L
    He'll run out of HP at this rate...
[07:32] L
    That's enough Kirito-kun.
[07:33] ---
    If we lose, we'll just have
    to fly a few more hours!
[07:36] L
    Let's give up!
[07:39] K
    No way.
[07:41] K
    While I'm alive, I won't let
    any party members die.
[07:45] K
    I will never let that happen!
[08:04] Man
    What the hell?
[08:05] Man
    What's he doing?
[08:08] Y
    This is your only chance!
[08:10] L
    Chance?
[08:11] Y
    Use all the mana you have left
[08:13] Y
    to block the next magic attack!
[08:17] L
    B-But that won't help.
[08:51] K
    Daddy, now!
[08:57] L
    That's illusion magic.
[09:00] L
    But it only makes you
    look like a big monster.
[09:20] L
    Is that you, Kirito-kun?
[09:38] Guy
    Idiot!
[09:39] Guy
    Don't break formation!
[09:40] Guy
    It just looks scary and has long reach.
[09:42] Guy
    If we stick to the plan and stay in formation,
[09:44] Guy
    the damage won't get through!
[10:00] Guy
    E-Explosion magic!
[10:30] Guy
    R-Retreat!
[10:31] Guy
    Retreat!
[10:57] Guy
    Stop!
[11:01] L
    Kirito-kun, let him live!
[11:08] Y
    That was amazing, wasn't it?
[11:10] Y
    Ow...
[11:12] L
    Now, why don't you explain
    who sent you here?
[11:17] Guy
    K-Kill me if you want!
[11:19] L
    Why, you...
[11:20] K
    Oh, that was fun...
[11:27] K
    Hey, nice fight.
[11:29] K
    That was a good plan.
[11:31] K
    If I'd been alone, I wouldn't
    have lasted a minute.
[11:34] L
    W-Wait, Kirito-kun!
[11:36] K
    Give me a second.
[11:38] K
    So, I have an offer for you.
[11:41] K
    These are the items and Yuld
    I won in the last battle.
[11:45] K
    If you answer my questions,
    maybe you can have them!
[11:52] Guy
    Seriously?
[11:53] K
    Totally.
[11:58] L
    Men.
[12:00] Y
    He's pretty blunt about it.
[12:04] Guy
    It was earlier this evening
    when G-Takusu-san...
[12:07] Guy
    The leader of the mage squad, I mean...
[12:11] Guy
    He messaged me on my cell to meet here.
[12:14] Guy
    And when I arrived,
[12:15] ---
    he said twelve of us were going
    to go hunting for two people.
[12:18] Guy
    I thought it was overkill, but...
[12:21] Guy
    He said you were the ones who
    took out Kagemune-san,
[12:23] Guy
    so it made sense.
[12:24] K
    Kagemune? Who's that?
[12:26] G
    The leader of the lancer squad.
[12:28] G
    He's famous for hunting Sylphs.
[12:31] G
    But yesterday, he got wiped
    out in battle, and ran back.
[12:34] G
    That was you, right?
[12:37] L
    But why did this G-Takusu
    guy come after us?
[12:42] G
    Looks like it was someone higher up...
[12:44] G
    Something about you interfering with the plan.
[12:46] K
    Plan?
[12:48] G
    They wouldn't tell someone at the
    bottom of the totem pole like me.
[12:51] G
    But it looks like they're
    planning something big...
[12:54] G
    When I logged in today,
[12:56] G
    I saw a huge number heading north.
[13:00] L
    They must be...
[13:01] L
    going for the World Tree.
[13:04] G
    No way.
[13:05] G
    We figured the whole army would need at
    least ancient weapon-class equipment.
[13:09] G
    So we're saving money for that.
[13:13] G
    That's all I know.
[13:16] G
    You weren't lying about what
    you said earlier, were you?
[13:18] K
    No,
[13:19] K
    I'd never lie about a trade.
[13:23] L
    Hey, that monster I just saw...
[13:27] L
    That was you, right?
[13:28] K
    I think so...
[13:31] L
    You think so?
[13:32] K
    That happens to me sometimes...
[13:35] K
    I just snap in battle,
    and start forgetting things.
[13:39] L
    Scary.
[13:40] K
    Though I do mostly remember this recent one.
[13:43] K
    I used the spell Yui suggested.
[13:45] Y
    Now!
[13:47] L
    And then I got huge...
[13:50] L
    I lost my sword too, so I just
    started grabbing people.
[13:54] Y
    You were chomping on them, too.
[13:57] K
    Come to think of it, yeah...
[13:59] K
    I got to feel like a monster.
    It was lots of fun!
[14:03] L
    Did they taste like anything?
[14:06] K
    A texture like yakiniku just before it's burnt.
[14:09] L
    Actually, never mind.
[14:11] L
    Don't say it.
[14:28] L
    So this is Lugru?
[14:32] Y
    That one was your fault.
[14:34] L
    Seriously!
[14:35] K
    It was a hilarious joke to
    lighten up a tense vibe.
[14:40] L
    Next time you do that, I slice you in half.
[14:43] K
    Okay...
[14:51] K
    That's right...
[14:53] K
    Didn't you get a message before
    those Salamanders attacked us?
[14:57] ---
    Yeah...
[14:58] L
    I forgot.
[15:00] L
    What's with Recon?
[15:02] L
    Did he fall asleep?
[15:04] K
    Want to log out and try to reach him?
[15:08] L
    Then, I'll log out for a second
    and check with him.
[15:11] L
    You wait.
[15:13] L
    Take care of my body, Yui-chan.
[15:16] ---
    Okay.
[15:17] L
    Make sure your dad doesn't
    do anything to it.
[15:20] Y
    Roger!
[15:22] K
    Seriously...
SIGN    Are you sure you want to log out?
SIGN    Nagata Shin'ichi Missed Call
[15:51] K
    Hello? Nagata-kun?
[15:53] K
    What's going on?!
[15:54] R
    You finally picked up!
[15:56] R
    You're late, Suguha-chan!
[15:59] L
    I was having some in-game problems.
[16:01] R
    B-Big trouble!
[16:03] R
    Sigurd is coming after us.
[16:05] R
    A-And not just that...
[16:07] R
    They sold out Sakuya-san,
    the Sylph leader!
[16:09] L
    Sold her out?
[16:11] ---
    What do you mean?
[16:13] L
    Go back to the beginning and explain.
[16:14] R
    There's no time...
[16:17] R
    You remember
[16:18] ---
    when the Salamanders attacked
    us in the Ancient Forest?
[16:21] R
    Didn't that strike you as odd?
[16:25] L
    Odd?
[16:26] L
    Did something happen?
[16:27] R
    Sigurd said he'd be a decoy,
[16:30] ---
    and he drew off three of them, right?
[16:32] L
    Oh, right...
[16:33] R
    It wasn't like him.
[16:36] R
    Normally, wouldn't he make
    someone else do it?
[16:39] L
    That's true.
[16:42] L
    But what does that mean?
[16:47] R
    What I'm getting at is...
[16:48] R
    He's been working with the Salamanders.
[16:51] R
    Probably for a while now!
[16:54] L
    Do you have any proof?
[16:57] R
    I thought something was weird,
[17:00] ---
    so I spent the whole day invisible,
    and I followed Sigurd.
[17:05] R
    And I saw them...
[17:07] ---
    They were putting on invisibility
    cloaks in a back alley, too.
[17:10] R
    I thought something was strange.
[17:14] R
    Down deep in the sewers,
[17:17] ---
    there were two weird guys
    waiting for them...
[17:20] R
    And they were Salamanders!
[17:24] R
    I knew something was up,
    so I went to listen in.
[17:27] ---
    And they said they put a tracer on you.
[17:41] L
    Then what happened to you?
[17:43] R
    I'm still in the sewers,
    paralyzed from the poison arrow.
[17:46] R
    And the Salamanders have me.
[17:49] L
    That's why you called me IRL...
[17:53] R
    It's more than that!
[17:55] R
    Sakuya-san is supposed to form an
    alliance with the Cait Sith today.
[17:59] R
    So she's secretly heading
    to neutral territory.
[18:03] R
    Sigurd's going to attack the signing ceremony
[18:06] ---
    with a huge group of Salamanders!
[18:14] L
    We have to hurry!
[18:16] K
    Welcome back, Leafa.
[18:17] Y
    Welcome back.
[18:18] L
    Kirito-kun, I'm sorry.
[18:22] L
    I have to take care of something now.
[18:25] L
    It seems I don't have time to explain.
[18:29] L
    And I may not be able to return here...
[18:33] K
    Then you can explain on the way.
[18:37] K
    We have to walk out of
    here anyway, right?
[18:42] L
    Got it.
[18:51] L
    So, in forty minutes, past the
    Valley of the Butterflies,
[18:55] ---
    a discussion will begin between
    the Sylphs and the Cait Sith.
[18:58] K
    I see.
[18:59] K
    Can I ask some questions?
[19:00] L
    Go ahead.
[19:01] K
    How do the Salamanders
    benefit from attacking
[19:04] ---
    the Sylphs and the Cait Sith?
[19:07] L
    First, they can stop the alliance.
[19:10] L
    If an information leak on the
    Sylph side kills their leader,
[19:13] ---
    wouldn't the Cait Sith be very upset?
[19:15] K
    Yeah.
[19:17] L
    It's also possible there could be war
[19:19] ---
    between the Cait Sith and the Sylphs.
[19:21] L
    And if you take out a territory leader,
[19:23] ---
    you get thirty percent of the territory's money,
[19:26] ---
    and you can invade its town for ten days
    and levy whatever tax you want.
[19:30] K
    You can do that?
[19:33] L
    So, Kirito-kun,
[19:35] ---
    this is a Sylph problem.
[19:38] L
    There's no reason you need to help.
[19:42] L
    If we go to the meeting,
    we probably won't get out alive.
[19:45] L
    We'll have to start at Sylvein again.
[19:49] L
    No, it's even possible...
[19:52] L
    That if you want to reach the
    top of the World Tree,
[19:54] ---
    you'd be better off working
    with the Salamanders.
[20:00] L
    If they pull this off,
[20:02] ---
    they'll be perfectly positioned to make
    an attempt up the World Tree.
[20:06] L
    Since you're a Spriggan,
[20:07] ---
    they might hire you as a mercenary.
[20:10] L
    So even if you kill me here,
[20:14] L
    I won't complain.
[20:18] K
    In the end,
[20:19] K
    it's just a game, so do what you want.
[20:22] K
    If you want to kill someone, kill them.
[20:24] K
    If you want to steal, you steal.
[20:28] K
    I've met more people who think
    that way than I'd want.
[20:31] K
    In a way, it's true.
[20:34] K
    I used to think the same way.
[20:38] K
    But it's not true...
[20:40] K
    There are things you have to protect
[20:42] ---
    especially because it's a virtual world.
[20:44] K
    I learned that from someone important.
[20:48] K
    If you give in to your impulses in this world,
[20:51] K
    the price is that it changes your
    personality in the real world.
[20:54] K
    The player and the character
    are one and the same.
[20:58] K
    I like you, Leafa.
[21:01] K
    I want to be your friend.
[21:03] K
    I'd never attack someone like that
[21:10] K
    just for my own benefit.
[21:15] L
    Kirito-kun...
[21:23] L
    Thank you.
[21:25] K
    Sorry, that sounded really arrogant, right?
[21:27] K
    It's a bad habit...
[21:29] L
    No, I was happy.
[21:32] K
    Crap...
[21:33] K
    We're wasting time, aren't we?
[21:35] K
    Yui, we're going to run.
    Lead the way.
[21:38] Y
    Roger!
[21:39] K
    Let me borrow your hand...
[21:41] ---
    U-Uh...
[21:42] K
    Let's go!
[21:50] L
    U-Uh, m-monsters!
[21:58] K
    The exit!
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