# E9 - Sword and Fist
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**[00:04] Alice**
My name is Alice!
Integrity Knight Alice Synthesis Thirty!
**[00:10] Alice**
Proxy of the three gods who protect the Human Empire,
the Priestess of Light!
**[00:15] Alice**
All those who stand before me,
brace for my holy authority
**[00:18] Alice**
to vanquish every last one of you!
**[00:23] Gabriel**
Alice.
**[00:27] Gabriel**
Alicia.
**[00:31] Gabriel**
*This time... This time I have to capture her!*
**[00:36] Gabriel**
*I have to seize the Lightcube
where that girl's Fluctlight is stored,*
**[00:41] Gabriel**
*and savor it to my heart's content.*
**[00:45] Vecta**
All troops, prepare to move!
**[00:48] Vecta**
With the pugilists guild in the lead, followed by
the dark mages guild and the supply corps, head south!
**[00:55] Vecta**
Capture that knight,
the Priestess of Light, unscathed!
***SIGN*** Sword and Fist
**[02:55] Bercouli**
The Dark God Vecta sure seems obsessed with you.
**[03:01] Bercouli**
He's planning to come after you
with his entire army.
**[03:04] Alice**
I suppose we should be happy about that.
**[03:07] Alice**
It's better than being ignored, at least.
**[03:11] Bercouli**
So about our strategy going forward.
**[03:13] Bercouli**
The raid unit and I will keep leading the enemy away,
and reduce their force's numbers.
**[03:18] Bercouli**
Does that sound right?
**[03:20] Alice**
Yes. We've already annihilated half
of the invading forces,
**[03:24] Alice**
which leaves only the enemy's main force
of the dark knights and the pugilists.
**[03:27] Alice**
We'll wear them down to a certain point,
and if we can defeat the Dark God Vecta,
**[03:32] Alice**
it's highly likely that the remaining enemies
will be open to a truce.
**[03:37] Bercouli**
The problem is, who will be leading the enemy
when that happens?
**[03:43] Bercouli**
If only that Shasta brat were alive.
**[03:46] Alice**
Uncle, you think the dark general is already dead?
**[03:50] Bercouli**
Yeah. I can't detect him in the main enemy force.
**[03:54] Bercouli**
I did have a feeling that maybe...
**[04:02] Renly**
Allow me to report, my lord Knight Commander.
**[04:05] Renly**
There'll be no problem using the designated spot
in the south for our ambush.
**[04:08] Bercouli**
All right. Thanks for checking.
**[04:10] Bercouli**
Have the units prepare to move out.
**[04:14] Bercouli**
Your dragon must be exhausted.
**[04:17] Bercouli**
Be sure to give it plenty of food and water.
**[04:20] Renly**
Yes, sir!
**[04:25] Alice**
Uncle?
**[04:27] Bercouli**
Oh, it's just that...
**[04:28] Bercouli**
Robbing people of their memories,
and freezing their life to create Integrity Knights...
**[04:33] Bercouli**
I agree the Synthesis Ritual shouldn't be allowed.
**[04:38] Bercouli**
But it'll be a shame not to have young fellows like him
joining the order anymore, you know?
**[04:45] Alice**
I don't believe that
having your memory altered and your life frozen
**[04:51] Alice**
is the only way
to become an Integrity Knight, Uncle.
**[04:56] Alice**
Even if none of us are left standing, our souls...
**[05:01] Alice**
our purpose will be inherited
by those who come after us.
**[05:05] Alice**
That's what I believe.
**[05:20] Alice**
Something's coming.
**[05:25] Bercouli**
That has to be the pugilists.
**[05:28] Bercouli**
They're going to be a handful.
**[05:30] Bercouli**
They'll gladly take injuries from a bare fist,
but they absolutely refuse to be slashed with a sword.
**[05:37] Alice**
What? Refuse?
**[05:38] Bercouli**
The more training those pugilists undergo,
**[05:42] Bercouli**
the more they're convinced
"a blade is nothing to be afraid of."
**[05:45] Bercouli**
That becomes their willpower,
**[05:47] Bercouli**
and they literally harden their physical bodies
to deflect any blade.
**[05:52] Bercouli**
Either way, we'll need to prepare ourselves
to defend against them.
**[05:59] Sheyta**
I shall go.
**[06:17] Iskahn**
*Pretty soon, I'll get to fight an Integrity Knight...
someone powerful!*
**[06:31] Iskahn**
Who the hell are you? What are you doing there?
**[06:40] Sheyta**
I'm here... to keep you from advancing.
**[06:46] Iskahn**
You couldn't even stop one brat.
**[06:49] Iskahn**
Or wait... are you a knight
who can only cast arts?
**[06:55] Sheyta**
I'm not skilled in the formal arts.
**[06:59] Iskahn**
Whatever.
**[07:01] Iskahn**
Yotte, fight her.
**[07:02] Yotte**
You got it!
**[07:09] Sheyta**
Only one?
**[07:10] Yotte**
That's what I'm saying, you beanpole!
**[07:13] Yotte**
Shut up and draw your sword!
**[07:24] Iskahn**
What the hell is that?
**[07:29] Yotte**
Don't mess with me!
**[07:53] Administrator**
I'm told that you always keep to yourself.
**[07:57] Administrator**
Why is that?
**[08:01] Administrator**
You don't care for other people? Or...
**[08:05] Administrator**
are you afraid that you'll end up slashing them?
**[08:10] Administrator**
Your desire to slash is written all over your face.
**[08:14] Administrator**
You'd like to slash everything in sight.
**[08:18] Administrator**
It's like you're cursed with a murderous impulse.
**[08:22] Administrator**
Oh, not that I'm scolding you.
**[08:26] Administrator**
And besides, I'm sure this is quite good news for you.
**[08:32] Administrator**
You brought this back from your last
reconnaissance mission of the Dark Territory.
**[08:39] Administrator**
This flower has absorbed massive amounts
of the spatial resources generated on the battlefield.
**[08:44] Administrator**
I'm going to turn it into your Divine Object.
**[08:47] Administrator**
A sword with the highest priority
that can slash anything.
**[09:04] Administrator**
This sword is a manifestation
of the curse carved into your soul.
**[09:10] Administrator**
A curse known as "murderous impulse," created by
the distortion of your inherited characteristic parameters.
**[09:17] Administrator**
Slash... slash... slash on and on.
**[09:20] Administrator**
Only at the end of that blood-smeared path
will you find the key to breaking your curse.
**[09:26] Administrator**
At least, you might.
**[09:44] Alice**
What a savage style of fighting.
**[09:47] Alice**
That said, for how violent her attacks are,
I'm not detecting a murderous impulse from Lady Sheyta.
**[09:53] Alice**
Not even hostility.
**[09:55] Bercouli**
Don't think about it.
**[09:57] Bercouli**
I've known her for over a hundred years,
and I still have no idea what she's thinking.
**[10:02] Bercouli**
Not a clue.
**[10:03] Bercouli**
It's fine if we leave this to her.
**[10:06] Bercouli**
The enemy's main force will catch up soon.
**[10:10] Bercouli**
We have to get ready for their attack.
**[10:14] Alice**
Yes, sir.
**[10:27] Messenger**
The units are in position.
**[10:29] Renly**
Okay.
**[10:31] Renly**
*According to the knight commander,
the pugilists are vulnerable to the sacred arts.*
**[10:36] Renly**
*There might not be enough spatial resources
on the empty grasslands,*
**[10:40] Renly**
*but since there's some growth here,*
**[10:43] Renly**
*the monks should have enough sacred power
to launch a concerted attack.*
**[10:47] Renly**
*And then if we can use our five dragons
to burn the confused enemy forces...*
**[10:55] Renly**
That reminds me, where's the Supply Corps?
**[10:56] Messenger**
Sir.
**[10:58] Messenger**
They're standing by at a distance from the front lines,
so as not to get caught in the battle.
**[11:02] Renly**
Got it. Thank you.
***SIGN*** Dark Territory Shrubland Human Army Supply Corps
***SIGN*** 1 hour before the raid unit advanced
**[11:29] Vassago**
Hey, bro!
**[11:30] Vassago**
Isn't it about time we stop delegating
and wreak a little havoc ourselves?
**[11:35] Vecta**
Then you go and wreak some havoc first.
**[11:39] Vecta**
Let's see...
**[11:43] Vecta**
Stand by in these woods.
**[11:45] Vassago**
So if I stay there, something fun will happen?
**[11:49] Vecta**
Go and have fun. PK-ing, that is.
**[12:00] Vassago**
Five down.
**[12:14] Iskahn**
Don't get so...
**[12:18] Iskahn**
...full of yourself, dammit!
**[12:26] Iskahn**
To my fists...
**[12:28] Iskahn**
your armor is like paper!
**[13:01] Iskahn**
Damn you, woman,
your appearance is totally misleading, huh?
**[13:06] Sheyta**
I'm... older than you.
**[13:11] Iskahn**
Well, of course you are.
**[13:13] Iskahn**
You Integrity Knights are monsters
that don't age for decades, right?
**[13:18] Iskahn**
So should I call you grandma instead?
**[13:23] Sheyta**
I'll allow it.
**[13:25] Sheyta**
Because you're remarkably hard.
**[13:28] Sheyta**
I can barely find any places to slash.
**[13:32] Iskahn**
What are you talking about?
**[13:33] Iskahn**
Still, I guess all those rumors about the Integrity Knights
being crazy powerful like demons were true.
**[13:39] Iskahn**
Just look what you did to my comrades.
**[13:49] Iskahn**
Damn you, you're holding back, aren't you?
**[13:53] Iskahn**
Treating us like we're your training dummies...
That's unforgivable.
**[14:00] Iskahn**
No matter what, I'm going to crush you!
**[14:28] Iskahn**
Here I come!
**[14:42] Iskahn**
Don't think that the only move
a pugilist has is punching!
**[14:49] Iskahn**
Take that!
**[15:09] Iskahn**
You're starting to look like a real fighter now.
**[15:13] Iskahn**
But you don't have nearly enough muscles.
**[15:16] Iskahn**
Eat and train more, woman.
**[15:21] Sheyta**
You, too. Just now, you became a bit softer.
**[15:27] Iskahn**
What the hell did you say?
I'm not going easy on you anymore.
**[15:31] Iskahn**
I'm going to show you what's it like
when I go all-out!
**[15:34] Iskahn**
So you go all-out, too!
**[15:37] Iskahn**
And would you stop looking so sleepy?
**[15:46] Sheyta**
Well, that's the spirit... then.
**[15:50] Iskahn**
Yeah, that's the spirit.
**[16:27] Iskahn**
*I've never fought anyone like her before.*
**[16:29] Iskahn**
*Seriously, she's getting me fired up!*
**[16:45] Sheyta**
*I wonder why I'm doing this?*
**[16:49] Sheyta**
*This pugilist's attack...*
**[16:52] Sheyta**
*I was startled to see him display willpower
worthy of an elite knight,*
**[16:55] Sheyta**
*but he seemed soft everywhere
except his arms.*
**[16:58] Sheyta**
*Just cut off his head and finish it.
That's what I should do. But...*
**[17:04] Sheyta**
*It's unbelievably hard. Will I be able to slash it?*
**[17:08] Sheyta**
*This is fun.*
**[17:12] Iskahn**
*What the hell? You couldn't look more frail,
and you're a well-bred lady from the Human Empire.*
**[17:17] Iskahn**
*But you're the same as me after all!*
**[17:20] Iskahn**
*No good, huh?
I'm getting overpowered here, too?*
**[17:24] Iskahn**
*Nothing I can do.*
**[17:25] Iskahn**
*Well, this isn't a bad way to die.*
**[17:37] Iskahn**
Dampa! What the hell are you doing?
**[17:40] Dampa**
Time's up, Champion.
The main force has caught up to us.
**[17:47] Iskahn**
Woman! Don't think this means you've won!
**[17:53] Sheyta**
Calling me "woman"...
**[17:56] Sheyta**
I want you to stop.
**[17:57] Iskahn**
Listen!
**[17:58] Iskahn**
First of all, how are you going to
get out of a situation like thi—
**[18:08] Iskahn**
You little...
**[18:10] Iskahn**
Hey! At least tell me your name
before you run off!
**[18:14] Sheyta**
I'm not running off. I am...
**[18:19] Sheyta**
Sheyta Synthesis Twelve.
**[18:41] Vassago**
That's right. Keep coming straight this way.
**[18:56] Vassago**
Hey, baby. How'd you spot me?
**[18:59] Ronie**
My senpai taught me not to rely on my eyes,
but to sense everything.
**[19:04] Vassago**
S-Senpai, did you say?
**[19:08] Ronie**
Enemy attack! Enemy attack!
**[19:22] Vassago**
You guys... time to work!
**[19:34] Renly**
The enemy's behind us?
**[19:36] Renly**
Dozens of them?
**[19:38] Renly**
*This is bad! If they burn our supplies,
it would immobilize the whole army.*
**[19:42] Renly**
*Not to mention, those three are behind us.*
**[19:45] Renly**
*I should call for backup. But if we move the raid unit now,
it'll give away our strategy to the enemy.*
**[19:50] Renly**
*No, our ambush has already
been compromised, right?*
**[19:53] Renly**
*Then we should send the entire force south—*
**[19:55] Bercouli**
Who would've thought they figured out
our plan to head south, and placed soldiers here.
**[20:02] Renly**
My lord Knight Commander!
**[20:05] Bercouli**
Renly.
**[20:06] Bercouli**
Give the order to retreat.
**[20:08] Bercouli**
Little one, rush over and help the Supply Corps.
**[20:12] Bercouli**
I'll hold off the enemy coming from the north.
**[20:14] Renly**
Yes, sir!
**[20:16] Alice**
You say you'll hold them off...
**[20:17] Alice**
but Uncle, the enemy pugilist guild
numbers close to 5,000.
**[20:22] Bercouli**
Well, I'll find a way. Now get going!
**[20:26] Alice**
Uncle. Good luck.
**[20:40] Tiese**
Ronie!
**[20:45] Vassago**
This is it! This feeling!
**[20:48] Vassago**
The pleasure from playing with someone's life,
their bonds, with the tip of your sword!
**[20:53] Vassago**
No wonder I can't give up player killing!
**[21:08] Ronie**
Lady... Stacia.
**[21:22] Scout**
Wh-What's going on? The ground!
**[21:47] Vassago**
Are you kidding me? Hey, are you kidding me?
**[21:50] Vassago**
That face. That hair. That presence.
**[21:55] Vassago**
That has to be the KoB's... "Lightning Flash"!
**[23:36] Asuna**
Next time: Stacia, the Goddess of Creation.