# E19 - The Lugru Corridor
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRK5K5546/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!
***SIGN*** Next Time: General of the Blazing Flame
***SIGN***