E22 - Titan of the Sword

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    And now... and now, I...
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    My fighting spirit's been amplified!
    I'm overflowing with energy!
[00:08] ---
    To be more specific...
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    I am invincible!
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    System... Call!
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    Generate...Thermal... Element!
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    Titan of the Sword
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    I had no idea he was capable of such an art.
[02:44] ---
    Unfortunately, I can't destroy
    that intangible flame giant with my flowers.
[02:50] ---
    If I were to focus on defense,
    I couldn't hold it off for long.
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    Meaning we'll have to attack the real Chudelkin
    in that time, huh?
[02:58] ---
    Exactly.
    I'll find a way to avert him for ten seconds.
[03:02] ---
    Kirito, Eugeo, please take that opportunity
    to attack Chudelkin.
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    But remember not to get too close.
    Or else the pontifex will target you.
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    - Ten...
    - ...seconds.
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    Spin, my flowers!
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    His eyes.
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    Got it.
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    System Call.
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    Discharge!
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    Your Eminence!
[04:19] ---
    Please watch out!
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    This is...
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    M-My... My...
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    Eminence...
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    Kirito.
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    Well, that was a boring show,
[05:29] ---
    but at least I was able
    to gather some useful data.
[05:34] ---
    What an eyesore.
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    How could you?
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    Irregular boy.
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    At first,
    I thought I couldn't view your properties
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    because you're an unregistered unit
    from an unofficial marriage,
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    but that's not why, is it?
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    You came from over there, didn't you?
    A human from the other side...
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    Isn't that right?
[06:03] ---
    That's right.
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    Even so, I've been granted the same
    Authority Level as the people of this world,
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    so I'm nowhere near your level in that respect,
    Administrator... or rather, Ms. Quinella.
[06:23] ---
    So the little brat filled your head
    with all her silly stories!
[06:27] ---
    Well, then?
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    Tell me, boy, what was your reason
    for stumbling into my world?
[06:33] ---
    Ms. Quinella, in the near future,
    you're going to destroy your own world.
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    I will? I'm going to destroy it?
[06:44] ---
    That's right.
[06:45] ---
    Your mistake was creating
    the order of Integrity Knights
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    to counter a massive invasion
    from the Dark Territory.
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    That's the reason.
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    That definitely sounds like
    something that little brat would say.
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    So pitiful...
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    Both her, for being so desperate to expel me,
    and you for taking the bait!
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    If I may, Lady Pontifex.
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    Those who were concerned
    with the current order of Integrity Knights
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    having no hope of fending off
    the coming invasion of the forces of darkness
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    were Knight Commander Bercouli
    and Vice Commander Fanatio.
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    I share those concerns, too.
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    Lady Pontifex, do you have means to protect
    the people if the order of the knights fall?
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    That is not all I want to ask you.
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    You've forcefully taken us from our parents,
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    from our wives and husbands,
    from our brothers and sisters,
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    and sealed away our memories
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    to plant false memories of being summoned
    from a non-existent heavenly realm!
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    Why couldn't you at least trust
    in our loyalty and respect for you?
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    Why would you subject our souls to such a tainted ritual
    to force us to submit to your control?
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    I'm offended. I trusted you very much.
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    The Piety Modules I gifted you
    are the proof of my love.
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    They freed you from any trifling worries or pain,
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    so you could remain beautiful dolls for all time.
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    You think that Uncle...
    His Excellency Knight Commander Bercouli,
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    throughout his long 300-year tenure
    as an Integrity Knight,
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    never had any worries or suffered at all?
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    Is that what you think, Lady Pontifex?
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    This man,
    who's shown you the deepest loyalty of us all,
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    and you knew nothing
    of the pain he's been carrying in his heart.
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    Is that what you're saying?
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    Of course I knew.
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    This isn't the first time
    Bercouli brooded over such worthless issues.
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    You see, he brought up the same things
    about a century ago.
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    So I fixed him.
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    And it wasn't just him...
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    it's all of the knights
    who've been around for over a hundred years.
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    I made them forget every one
    of their painful memories.
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    Don't worry, Alice,
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    I'm going to erase the memories
    causing you such grief.
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    I'm going to turn you back into a doll
    that has no need to think.
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    I admit that, right now, I'm feeling enough pain
    and sorrow to rip my heart to shreds.
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    But this pain...
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    I don't wish to erase these feelings
    I've never felt before.
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    Because this pain is precisely what tells me
    I'm not a puppet knight, but a human being.
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    Lady Pontifex, I don't want your love.
    I don't need you to fix me.
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    Sadly, it doesn't matter how you feel about it.
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    Once I synthesize you again,
    every one of your emotions will be erased.
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    Like how you did to yourself, Ms. Quinella?
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    Hey, boy, didn't I tell you not to bring up the past?
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    If I stop, will that erase the truth?
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    Even for you,
    you can't alter the past as you please.
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    The fact that you were born and grew up
    as a human being can't ever be erased.
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    Am I wrong?
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    And what if it can't, boy from the other side?
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    As long as you're a human,
    you can't possibly be a perfect entity, that's what.
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    Humans are creatures that make mistakes.
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    And the mistake you've committed
    is beyond repair by now.
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    With the partial collapse
    of the order of Integrity Knights,
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    if the Dark Territory's invasion starts now,
    it'll wipe out the Human Empire.
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    But it was you who annihilated my knights.
    Quite awful.
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    If you're the sole survivor,
    then you can start over with a clean slate.
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    That might be your intention.
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    But, unfortunately,
    that's not what's going to happen.
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    Because on the other side, there are people
    who truly hold absolute authority over this world.
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    They'll probably think,
    "Well, that was a complete failure. Let's start over."
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    And then a button will be pressed,
    and everything will vanish.
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    The mountains. The rivers.
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    The towns.
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    And all of the people here, including you,
    will be erased in the blink of an eye.
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    Then what about you people
    on the other side?
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    Are you constantly aware
    that your world was created by a higher power,
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    and strive to do only what would please those
    higher authorities, so they won't reset your world?
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    Of course you don't.
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    After all, they would create a world,
    and life, for fun,
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    and then erase it all
    when they have no more use for them.
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    What gives a boy from a world like that
    the right to criticize my choices?
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    Well, I refuse.
[12:45] ---
    I won't pander to those
    who fancy themselves gods of creation,
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    or reduce myself to groveling
    so they'll allow me to continue to exist.
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    The only proof of my existence
    is the control I exert.
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    That desire is the one thing that motivates me
    and gives me life!
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    These legs of mine
    are meant only to trample over others.
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    They are not for bending at the knees!
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    Then...
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    Then does that mean
    you're going to let the Human Empire be overrun,
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    and wait for annihilation, alone, on a nominal throne
    as the ruler of a nation with no civilians?
[13:23] ---
    I have no intention
    of allowing them to reset the Underworld,
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    or of accepting the final load test.
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    I've already perfected a command
    to counter that.
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    You should be happy.
    I'm going to show it to you all before anyone else.
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    Command?
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    To be honest, the knights were just a stopgap.
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    The military might I truly seek
    has no need for the ability to think,
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    much less memories or emotions.
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    They just need
    to relentlessly massacre the enemies before them.
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    In other words, it doesn't need to be human.
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    Now, awaken, my faithful servant!
    My soulless slaughterer!
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    Release Recollection!
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    I-Is this...
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    It can't be!
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    Discharge!
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    Impossible. Multiple weapons at the same time?
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    Not only that, but using Perfect Weapon Control art
    of this magnitude on thirty weapons...
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    It violates the fundamental rules of the arts!
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    This is the power I've sought.
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    Pure offense that will continue to fight forever.
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    Its name is... let's see...
[15:43] ---
    Why don't I call it Sword Golem?
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    A sword automaton!
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    Each of its swords has the Priority Level
    of a Divine Object.
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    Do you think you can defeat this Sword Golem,
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    the ultimate weapon I've created by stretching
    my precious memory capacity to the limit?
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    Now then, fight, Golem.
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    Annihilate your enemies!
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    Eu-Eugeo...
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    Use your dagger, Eugeo!
[17:44] ---
    Stab the floating platform in the floor!
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    I'll buy you some time! Hurry!
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    Thank goodness. He made it in time.
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    I'm happy...
    that I got to fight with you at the... end...
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    Kirito.
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    Who is she?
[19:59] ---
    Cardinal.
[20:01] ---
    She fought Administrator 200 hundred years ago
    and was banished. She's another pontifex.
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    Don't worry, she's on our side.
[20:09] ---
    She's the one who rescued Eugeo and me
    and guided us here.
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    She loves this world with all her heart,
    and also mourns for it.
[20:17] ---
    Very well. Since she healed my wounds,
    I shall trust in the warmth of her power.
[20:37] ---
    You're so stubborn!
[20:39] ---
    Didn't I release you from duty,
    thank you for your hard work,
[20:44] ---
    and order you to live as you pleased
    in the corner of your favorite bookshelf?
[20:48] ---
    Did Charlotte have a Fluctlight, too?
[20:51] ---
    No. To use a phrase from your world,
    she was the same as an NPC.
[20:57] ---
    B-But... But then...
[21:01] ---
    She saved me. She sacrificed herself for me.
[21:06] ---
    How... how can that be?
[21:09] ---
    This child had already lived for 200 years.
[21:13] ---
    During that time, she spoke to me constantly
    and watched over numerous people.
[21:20] ---
    It's already been two years
    since she attached herself to you.
[21:23] ---
    Even if you have no Fluctlight
    if you've spent that much time with another...
[21:30] ---
    Even if her intelligence was nothing more
    than accumulated input and output data,
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    it's possible for a true heart to reside there.
[21:39] ---
    Yes, even love, in some cases.
[21:44] ---
    Not that you'll ever understand that
    as long as you live...
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    Administrator, you hollow fool!
[23:36] ---
    Next time: Administrator.