E22 - Titan of the Sword
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[00:00] NTP---
And now... and now, I...
[00:05] NTP---
My fighting spirit's been amplified!
I'm overflowing with energy!
[00:08] NTP---
To be more specific...
[00:09] NTP---
I am invincible!
[00:13] NTP---
System... Call!
[00:18] NTP---
Generate...Thermal... Element!
[02:20] NTP---
Titan of the Sword
[02:39] NTP---
I had no idea he was capable of such an art.
[02:44] NTP---
Unfortunately, I can't destroy
that intangible flame giant with my flowers.
[02:50] NTP---
If I were to focus on defense,
I couldn't hold it off for long.
[02:53] NTP---
Meaning we'll have to attack the real Chudelkin
in that time, huh?
[02:58] NTP---
Exactly.
I'll find a way to avert him for ten seconds.
[03:02] NTP---
Kirito, Eugeo, please take that opportunity
to attack Chudelkin.
[03:07] NTP---
But remember not to get too close.
Or else the pontifex will target you.
[03:12] NTP---
- Ten...
- ...seconds.
[03:30] NTP---
Spin, my flowers!
[04:09] NTP---
His eyes.
[04:11] NTP---
Got it.
[04:12] NTP---
System Call.
[04:14] NTP---
Discharge!
[04:18] NTP---
Your Eminence!
[04:19] NTP---
Please watch out!
[04:26] NTP---
This is...
[04:56] NTP---
M-My... My...
[05:02] NTP---
Eminence...
[05:18] NTP---
Kirito.
[05:25] NTP---
Well, that was a boring show,
[05:29] NTP---
but at least I was able
to gather some useful data.
[05:34] NTP---
What an eyesore.
[05:39] NTP---
How could you?
[05:41] NTP---
Irregular boy.
[05:43] NTP---
At first,
I thought I couldn't view your properties
[05:46] NTP---
because you're an unregistered unit
from an unofficial marriage,
[05:53] NTP---
but that's not why, is it?
[05:55] NTP---
You came from over there, didn't you?
A human from the other side...
[06:01] NTP---
Isn't that right?
[06:03] NTP---
That's right.
[06:07] NTP---
Even so, I've been granted the same
Authority Level as the people of this world,
[06:14] NTP---
so I'm nowhere near your level in that respect,
Administrator... or rather, Ms. Quinella.
[06:23] NTP---
So the little brat filled your head
with all her silly stories!
[06:27] NTP---
Well, then?
[06:28] NTP---
Tell me, boy, what was your reason
for stumbling into my world?
[06:33] NTP---
Ms. Quinella, in the near future,
you're going to destroy your own world.
[06:40] NTP---
I will? I'm going to destroy it?
[06:44] NTP---
That's right.
[06:45] NTP---
Your mistake was creating
the order of Integrity Knights
[06:50] NTP---
to counter a massive invasion
from the Dark Territory.
[06:53] NTP---
That's the reason.
[06:55] NTP---
That definitely sounds like
something that little brat would say.
[06:59] NTP---
So pitiful...
[07:00] NTP---
Both her, for being so desperate to expel me,
and you for taking the bait!
[07:06] NTP---
If I may, Lady Pontifex.
[07:09] NTP---
Those who were concerned
with the current order of Integrity Knights
[07:12] NTP---
having no hope of fending off
the coming invasion of the forces of darkness
[07:16] NTP---
were Knight Commander Bercouli
and Vice Commander Fanatio.
[07:21] NTP---
I share those concerns, too.
[07:24] NTP---
Lady Pontifex, do you have means to protect
the people if the order of the knights fall?
[07:30] NTP---
That is not all I want to ask you.
[07:33] NTP---
You've forcefully taken us from our parents,
[07:35] NTP---
from our wives and husbands,
from our brothers and sisters,
[07:40] NTP---
and sealed away our memories
[07:42] NTP---
to plant false memories of being summoned
from a non-existent heavenly realm!
[07:48] NTP---
Why couldn't you at least trust
in our loyalty and respect for you?
[07:54] NTP---
Why would you subject our souls to such a tainted ritual
to force us to submit to your control?
[08:06] NTP---
I'm offended. I trusted you very much.
[08:10] NTP---
The Piety Modules I gifted you
are the proof of my love.
[08:16] NTP---
They freed you from any trifling worries or pain,
[08:21] NTP---
so you could remain beautiful dolls for all time.
[08:26] NTP---
You think that Uncle...
His Excellency Knight Commander Bercouli,
[08:30] NTP---
throughout his long 300-year tenure
as an Integrity Knight,
[08:34] NTP---
never had any worries or suffered at all?
[08:37] NTP---
Is that what you think, Lady Pontifex?
[08:41] NTP---
This man,
who's shown you the deepest loyalty of us all,
[08:44] NTP---
and you knew nothing
of the pain he's been carrying in his heart.
[08:47] NTP---
Is that what you're saying?
[08:52] NTP---
Of course I knew.
[08:55] NTP---
This isn't the first time
Bercouli brooded over such worthless issues.
[09:01] NTP---
You see, he brought up the same things
about a century ago.
[09:08] NTP---
So I fixed him.
[09:13] NTP---
And it wasn't just him...
[09:15] NTP---
it's all of the knights
who've been around for over a hundred years.
[09:18] NTP---
I made them forget every one
of their painful memories.
[09:23] NTP---
Don't worry, Alice,
[09:25] NTP---
I'm going to erase the memories
causing you such grief.
[09:31] NTP---
I'm going to turn you back into a doll
that has no need to think.
[09:39] NTP---
I admit that, right now, I'm feeling enough pain
and sorrow to rip my heart to shreds.
[09:45] NTP---
But this pain...
[09:49] NTP---
I don't wish to erase these feelings
I've never felt before.
[09:53] NTP---
Because this pain is precisely what tells me
I'm not a puppet knight, but a human being.
[10:02] NTP---
Lady Pontifex, I don't want your love.
I don't need you to fix me.
[10:09] NTP---
Sadly, it doesn't matter how you feel about it.
[10:14] NTP---
Once I synthesize you again,
every one of your emotions will be erased.
[10:21] NTP---
Like how you did to yourself, Ms. Quinella?
[10:27] NTP---
Hey, boy, didn't I tell you not to bring up the past?
[10:32] NTP---
If I stop, will that erase the truth?
[10:35] NTP---
Even for you,
you can't alter the past as you please.
[10:39] NTP---
The fact that you were born and grew up
as a human being can't ever be erased.
[10:46] NTP---
Am I wrong?
[10:47] NTP---
And what if it can't, boy from the other side?
[10:52] NTP---
As long as you're a human,
you can't possibly be a perfect entity, that's what.
[10:58] NTP---
Humans are creatures that make mistakes.
[11:01] NTP---
And the mistake you've committed
is beyond repair by now.
[11:06] NTP---
With the partial collapse
of the order of Integrity Knights,
[11:09] NTP---
if the Dark Territory's invasion starts now,
it'll wipe out the Human Empire.
[11:14] NTP---
But it was you who annihilated my knights.
Quite awful.
[11:19] NTP---
If you're the sole survivor,
then you can start over with a clean slate.
[11:24] NTP---
That might be your intention.
[11:26] NTP---
But, unfortunately,
that's not what's going to happen.
[11:30] NTP---
Because on the other side, there are people
who truly hold absolute authority over this world.
[11:36] NTP---
They'll probably think,
"Well, that was a complete failure. Let's start over."
[11:42] NTP---
And then a button will be pressed,
and everything will vanish.
[11:47] NTP---
The mountains. The rivers.
[11:51] NTP---
The towns.
[11:55] NTP---
And all of the people here, including you,
will be erased in the blink of an eye.
[12:04] NTP---
Then what about you people
on the other side?
[12:09] NTP---
Are you constantly aware
that your world was created by a higher power,
[12:16] NTP---
and strive to do only what would please those
higher authorities, so they won't reset your world?
[12:25] NTP---
Of course you don't.
[12:28] NTP---
After all, they would create a world,
and life, for fun,
[12:32] NTP---
and then erase it all
when they have no more use for them.
[12:36] NTP---
What gives a boy from a world like that
the right to criticize my choices?
[12:43] NTP---
Well, I refuse.
[12:45] NTP---
I won't pander to those
who fancy themselves gods of creation,
[12:48] NTP---
or reduce myself to groveling
so they'll allow me to continue to exist.
[12:53] NTP---
The only proof of my existence
is the control I exert.
[12:58] NTP---
That desire is the one thing that motivates me
and gives me life!
[13:03] NTP---
These legs of mine
are meant only to trample over others.
[13:06] NTP---
They are not for bending at the knees!
[13:11] NTP---
Then...
[13:13] NTP---
Then does that mean
you're going to let the Human Empire be overrun,
[13:17] NTP---
and wait for annihilation, alone, on a nominal throne
as the ruler of a nation with no civilians?
[13:23] NTP---
I have no intention
of allowing them to reset the Underworld,
[13:29] NTP---
or of accepting the final load test.
[13:33] NTP---
I've already perfected a command
to counter that.
[13:37] NTP---
You should be happy.
I'm going to show it to you all before anyone else.
[13:43] NTP---
Command?
[13:45] NTP---
To be honest, the knights were just a stopgap.
[13:50] NTP---
The military might I truly seek
has no need for the ability to think,
[13:55] NTP---
much less memories or emotions.
[13:58] NTP---
They just need
to relentlessly massacre the enemies before them.
[14:04] NTP---
In other words, it doesn't need to be human.
[14:09] NTP---
Now, awaken, my faithful servant!
My soulless slaughterer!
[14:17] NTP---
Release Recollection!
[14:21] NTP---
I-Is this...
[14:23] NTP---
It can't be!
[14:40] NTP---
Discharge!
[15:15] NTP---
Impossible. Multiple weapons at the same time?
[15:20] NTP---
Not only that, but using Perfect Weapon Control art
of this magnitude on thirty weapons...
[15:26] NTP---
It violates the fundamental rules of the arts!
[15:32] NTP---
This is the power I've sought.
[15:35] NTP---
Pure offense that will continue to fight forever.
[15:40] NTP---
Its name is... let's see...
[15:43] NTP---
Why don't I call it Sword Golem?
[15:49] NTP---
A sword automaton!
[15:59] NTP---
Each of its swords has the Priority Level
of a Divine Object.
[16:03] NTP---
Do you think you can defeat this Sword Golem,
[16:05] NTP---
the ultimate weapon I've created by stretching
my precious memory capacity to the limit?
[16:17] NTP---
Now then, fight, Golem.
[16:21] NTP---
Annihilate your enemies!
[17:37] NTP---
Eu-Eugeo...
[17:40] NTP---
Use your dagger, Eugeo!
[17:44] NTP---
Stab the floating platform in the floor!
[17:47] NTP---
I'll buy you some time! Hurry!
[18:36] NTP---
Thank goodness. He made it in time.
[18:43] NTP---
I'm happy...
that I got to fight with you at the... end...
[19:55] NTP---
Kirito.
[19:57] NTP---
Who is she?
[19:59] NTP---
Cardinal.
[20:01] NTP---
She fought Administrator 200 hundred years ago
and was banished. She's another pontifex.
[20:07] NTP---
Don't worry, she's on our side.
[20:09] NTP---
She's the one who rescued Eugeo and me
and guided us here.
[20:13] NTP---
She loves this world with all her heart,
and also mourns for it.
[20:17] NTP---
Very well. Since she healed my wounds,
I shall trust in the warmth of her power.
[20:37] NTP---
You're so stubborn!
[20:39] NTP---
Didn't I release you from duty,
thank you for your hard work,
[20:44] NTP---
and order you to live as you pleased
in the corner of your favorite bookshelf?
[20:48] NTP---
Did Charlotte have a Fluctlight, too?
[20:51] NTP---
No. To use a phrase from your world,
she was the same as an NPC.
[20:57] NTP---
B-But... But then...
[21:01] NTP---
She saved me. She sacrificed herself for me.
[21:06] NTP---
How... how can that be?
[21:09] NTP---
This child had already lived for 200 years.
[21:13] NTP---
During that time, she spoke to me constantly
and watched over numerous people.
[21:20] NTP---
It's already been two years
since she attached herself to you.
[21:23] NTP---
Even if you have no Fluctlight
if you've spent that much time with another...
[21:30] NTP---
Even if her intelligence was nothing more
than accumulated input and output data,
[21:36] NTP---
it's possible for a true heart to reside there.
[21:39] NTP---
Yes, even love, in some cases.
[21:44] NTP---
Not that you'll ever understand that
as long as you live...
[21:48] NTP---
Administrator, you hollow fool!
[23:36] NTP---
Next time: Administrator.