# E9 - The Blue-Eyed Demon
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRVNMNW0Y/the-blue-eyed-demon)
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**[00:03] K**
Ready?
**[00:04] K**
I'm going to open it.
**[00:16] K**
There's nothing in here...
**[00:19] A**
Wait.
**[00:21] K**
It's okay.
**[00:22] K**
I won't go in too far.
**[00:23] K**
And we need to at least see the boss,
**[00:26] ---**
or we won't know how to beat it.
**[00:28] A**
Yeah, but...
***SIGN*** The Blue-Eyed Demon
**[02:33] A**
That one's gonna be tough.
**[02:35] K**
Yeah...
**[02:36] K**
The only weapon I saw
was that big sword,
**[02:39] K**
but I'm sure it has special attacks.
**[02:41] A**
We'll have to put tanks in the front row
**[02:44] ---**
and keep switching.
**[02:46] K**
Around ten shield users, I'd say.
**[02:49] A**
Shield users, huh?
**[02:51] K**
Wh-What?
**[02:53] A**
You're hiding something, aren't you?
**[02:56] K**
What are you talking about?
**[02:57] A**
It makes no sense.
**[02:59] A**
The biggest advantage of
a one-handed sword
**[03:02] ---**
is that you can use a shield.
**[03:03] A**
But I've never seen you with one.
**[03:07] A**
I don't use them because
they slow my rapier.
**[03:11] A**
And others don't because they
dislike how they look.
**[03:15] A**
You aren't using the sword you
commissioned from Liz, either.
**[03:19] A**
It's suspicious...
**[03:29] A**
Well, it doesn't matter!
**[03:31] A**
It's impolite to ask about people's skills.
**[03:36] A**
Anyway, it's later than
I'd hoped, but let's eat.
**[03:39] K**
What?
**[03:40] ---**
D-Did you make it yourself?
**[03:42] A**
Yes.
**[03:44] A**
Remove your gloves before you eat.
**[03:46] K**
R-Right.
**[03:48] A**
Here you go!
**[03:56] K**
This is good!
**[03:59] K**
But how did you get this taste?
**[04:02] A**
A year of training and study.
**[04:06] A**
Aincrad has around one
hundred seasonings.
**[04:07] A**
To make it,
**[04:09] ---**
I calculated all the parameters the
flavor-recreation engine uses.
**[04:14] A**
This uses grogua seed, shugra leaf,
**[04:17] A**
and calim water.
**[04:20] K**
It's mayonnaise...
**[04:21] A**
This uses abilba seed,
sag leaves, and ulafish bone.
**[04:28] K**
I-I know this taste...
**[04:31] K**
It's soy sauce!
**[04:36] A**
I made the sauce for the
sandwich with these.
**[04:38] K**
Wow.
**[04:39] K**
It's perfect!
**[04:40] K**
If you sold these, you'd make a fortune.
**[04:43] A**
W-Would I?
**[04:45] K**
N-No, you can't.
**[04:48] A**
Wh-Why?
**[04:51] K**
I want to keep this all for myself.
**[04:56] A**
You're so greedy...
**[04:59] A**
If I ever feel like it,
I'll make you another one.
**[05:14] Kl**
Oh, Kirito!
**[05:16] Kl**
It's been a while!
**[05:20] K**
You're still alive, Klein.
**[05:22] Kl**
You're always such a downer!
**[05:26] Kl**
Wait...
**[05:27] Kl**
Aren't you always solo?
**[05:29] ---**
Why do you have a girl with you?
**[05:33] K**
Um...
**[05:34] K**
I'm sure you've met him
during boss fights.
**[05:36] K**
But I'll introduce you anyway.
**[05:38] K**
This is Klein, of the guild FurinKazan.
**[05:41] K**
And this is Asuna, of the
Knights of the Blood Oath.
**[05:46] K**
Say something...
**[05:48] K**
You lagging?
**[05:53] Kl**
H-Hello, my name is K-Klein!
**[05:55] ---**
I'm 24, single, and looking for a girlfr—
**[06:02] Guild**
Leader!
**[06:10] Guild**
Th-That's Asuna-san!
**[06:16] K**
W-Well, they're not really bad...
**[06:19] K**
The leader's face aside.
**[06:23] K**
Hey!
**[06:25] Kl**
Got you back.
**[06:27] K**
K-Klein!
**[06:28] Kl**
What are you doing here with a girl?
**[06:34] Kl**
What's going on, Kirito?
**[06:36] K**
Uh, well...
**[06:38] A**
Hello, there.
**[06:39] A**
I'll be partying with him for a while.
**[06:41] A**
Nice to meet you.
**[06:43] Kl**
Kirito! Why, you...
**[06:45] K**
Wait!
**[06:49] A**
Kirito-kun!
**[06:53] K**
Is that...
**[06:54] K**
the Army?
**[06:57] Kl**
That's the big guild that
runs the first floor.
**[06:59] ---**
What are they doing up here?
**[07:01] A**
They took heavy damage clearing the
25th floor, so they've been focused
**[07:05] ---**
on strengthening their guild
rather than clearing levels.
**[07:08] A**
They stopped showing up
on the front lines.
**[07:13] Soldier**
At ease!
**[07:21] C**
I am Lieutenant Colonel Corvatz
of the Aincrad Liberation Army.
**[07:26] K**
Kirito. I'm solo.
**[07:28] C**
Have you cleared the area up ahead?
**[07:31] K**
Yes.
**[07:32] K**
We have a map up to the boss room.
**[07:36] C**
Then I'd like you to give us that map data.
**[07:41] Kl**
For free?
**[07:43] Kl**
Do know how much of a
pain in the ass mapping is?
**[07:47] C**
We share information and resources equally
**[07:51] ---**
with civilian players!
**[07:53] C**
And we maintain order in battle
**[07:56] ---**
to liberate all players from this
game as quickly as possible!
**[08:00] C**
Thus, you have a duty to help us!
**[08:06] A**
Listen...
**[08:07] Kl**
You little...
**[08:08] K**
Stop it.
**[08:09] K**
I planned on sharing the data with
everyone when I returned to town.
**[08:13] K**
I don't mind.
**[08:14] ---**
Come on...
**[08:15] Kl**
That's being way too nice, Kirito.
**[08:18] Kl**
I won't make money off map data.
**[08:25] C**
Thank you for your cooperation.
**[08:29] K**
If you plan to pick a fight with the
boss, I'd recommend against it.
**[08:33] C**
That is my decision to make.
**[08:36] K**
I just looked in the room.
**[08:38] K**
You won't get anywhere
with only a few people!
**[08:42] K**
And your party's exhausted...
**[08:45] C**
My men aren't so weak as
to give in this easily!
**[08:50] C**
Stand up, men!
**[09:00] Kl**
Are they gonna be okay?
**[09:04] A**
I don't think they'd be foolish
enough to rush the boss.
**[09:10] K**
Still, let's at least go and
keep an eye on them.
**[09:18] K**
I don't know who's being nicer.
**[09:26] Kl**
Um, well, Asuna-san...
**[09:30] Kl**
You see...
**[09:33] Kl**
He's a gloomy fool,
**[09:34] ---**
unsociable, and he's addicted to combat.
**[09:38] Kl**
But take care of Kirito for me!
**[09:46] A**
Okay!
**[09:48] ---**
I will.
**[10:00] Kl**
The only thing ahead is the boss room...
**[10:03] Kl**
Maybe they used an item to go back?
**[10:12] K**
Asuna!
**[10:13] A**
Right!
**[10:14] ---**
Hey!
**[10:21] A**
Idiots.
**[10:25] K**
Hey, are you okay?!
**[10:39] K**
What are you doing?
**[10:40] K**
Use your teleport crystals!
**[10:42] Soldier**
We can't...
**[10:43] Soldier**
The c-crystals won't work!
**[10:47] A**
There hasn't been a boss room
with a trap like this before.
**[10:53] C**
The Liberation Army never retreats!
**[10:56] C**
Fight! Fight!
**[10:59] K**
You fools...
**[11:01] Kl**
What's going on?
**[11:03] K**
They can't use teleportation crystals here.
**[11:06] K**
If we go in,
**[11:07] ---**
we might be able to get them out, but...
**[11:10] Kl**
Can't we do anything?
**[11:18] C**
Charge!
**[11:22] K**
Don't!
**[11:43] ---**
Hey...
**[11:44] K**
Hang on!
**[11:54] C**
Impossible.
**[12:01] A**
No...
**[12:12] A**
No.
**[12:14] A**
I can't...
**[12:21] A**
No!
**[12:24] K**
Asuna!
**[12:27] Kl**
Guess I have no choice!
**[12:51] K**
Get back!
**[12:54] Kl**
You okay?
**[12:56] Soldiers**
Thanks.
**[13:12] K**
*At this rate...*
**[13:19] A**
Kirito-kun!
**[13:20] Kl**
Kirito!
**[13:27] K**
*Do I absolutely have to use it?*
**[13:30] K**
*But...*
**[13:50] K**
* Damn it, this isn't the*
* time for uncertainty!*
**[13:53] K**
Asuna, Klein...
**[13:55] K**
I need you to hold him
off for ten seconds!
**[13:59] Kl**
Got it!
**[14:12] K**
Okay, ready!
**[14:15] K**
Switch!
**[14:41] K**
*Starburst Stream!*
**[14:52] Kl**
Wh-What is that skill?
**[14:55] K**
*Faster...*
**[15:06] K**
*Even Faster!*
**[15:35] K**
Is it...
**[15:38] ---**
over?
**[16:07] A**
Kirito-kun!
**[16:08] A**
Kirito-kun!
**[16:19] ---**
Ow...
**[16:27] K**
How long was I out?
**[16:30] A**
Just a few seconds.
**[16:33] A**
Dummy!
**[16:34] A**
That was crazy.
**[16:38] K**
Hold me too tightly,
**[16:40] K**
and I'll lose my last few HP.
**[16:45] Kl**
Corvatz and two others died.
**[16:50] K**
We haven't lost anyone to a
boss fight since floor 67.
**[16:55] Kl**
Corvatz was a dumbass,
**[16:58] Kl**
thinking he could take that thing.
**[17:01] Kl**
There's no point if you die.
**[17:10] Kl**
Anyway, what was that?
**[17:14] K**
Do I have to say?
**[17:16] Kl**
Of course!
**[17:18] Kl**
I've never seen that before.
**[17:21] K**
An extra skill.
**[17:24] K**
Dual-wielding.
**[17:26] Kl**
Wh-What's the prerequisite?
**[17:28] K**
If I knew, I'd have shared it.
**[17:31] Kl**
It isn't on the information broker's skill list.
**[17:34] Kl**
So you're the only one who has it.
**[17:36] Kl**
It's a unique skill?
**[17:38] Kl**
I can't believe you never told me
**[17:41] Kl**
you had a skill like that.
***SIGN*** One-handed Sword
Dual-wielding
Thrown Sword
**[17:44] K**
I was looking at my skill window
**[17:47] ---**
about six months ago,
and I just found it there.
**[17:52] K**
But if people knew I had
a skill like this...
**[17:55] Kl**
MMO gamers are the jealous type...
**[17:58] Kl**
I'm too good a guy to care,
**[18:01] Kl**
but lots of people would
be really envious.
**[18:04] Kl**
Especially because...
**[18:08] Kl**
Well, suffering builds
character, young man.
**[18:15] K**
You could help a little...
**[18:19] Kl**
I'm going to trigger the warp gate.
**[18:21] Kl**
You gonna come?
**[18:22] K**
No, I'll leave it to you.
**[18:25] K**
I'm exhausted...
**[18:27] Kl**
Got it.
**[18:28] Kl**
Be careful on your way back.
**[18:34] Kl**
And, well...
**[18:35] Kl**
Kirito...
**[18:37] Kl**
When you ran in to rescue
those Army guys...
**[18:42] K**
What?
**[18:45] Kl**
Well...
**[18:47] Kl**
I was glad.
**[18:49] Kl**
That's all.
**[18:50] Kl**
See you around.
**[18:59] K**
Hey, Asuna?
**[19:01] A**
I was so scared...
**[19:03] A**
I didn't know what I'd do if you died.
**[19:07] K**
What?
**[19:09] K**
You're the one who jumped in first.
**[19:14] A**
I'm going to take a leave of
absence from the guild.
**[19:17] K**
A-And do what?
**[19:19] A**
I said I'd party up with you...
**[19:22] A**
Did you already forget?
***SIGN*** Asuna invites you to join her party.
**[19:54] K**
All right.
***SIGN*** October 19, 2024 Floor 50: Algade
**[20:08] E**
"A blue demon that annihilated
a large Army squad."
**[20:12] E**
"And a fifty-hit combo from a
dual-wielder who took it out himself."
**[20:17] E**
They're making a really
big deal out of it.
**[20:22] K**
None of that actually happened.
**[20:24] K**
And because of that,
**[20:26] ---**
so many swordsmen and
information brokers
**[20:28] ---**
come to my place, I can't stay there.
**[20:31] Liz**
Isn't that your own fault?
**[20:34] Liz**
You said it was just our secret,
and you let everyone in on it.
**[20:47] A**
What are we going to do, Kirito-kun?
**[20:50] A**
We have a big problem!
***SIGN*** October 19, 2024 Floor 55 Grandzam
**[20:53] H**
Kirito-kun, outside of boss fights,
**[20:56] H**
I believe we've never met.
**[20:58] K**
No.
**[20:59] K**
We spoke shortly at a conference
on the 67th floor,
**[21:04] K**
Guild Commander Heathcliff.
**[21:06] H**
That was a difficult battle.
**[21:09] H**
We almost lost members, as well.
**[21:12] H**
Even a top guild never has sufficient
members for the front lines.
**[21:17] H**
And now,
**[21:19] H**
you are taking one of our
most important players.
**[21:24] K**
If she's that important,
**[21:25] ---**
you should do a better job
of picking her bodyguard.
**[21:28] H**
I apologize for the trouble
you had with Kuradeel.
**[21:33] H**
But we simply cannot allow our
second-in-command to leave.
**[21:40] H**
Kirito-kun,
**[21:42] H**
if you want her, take her with
your blade, your two blades.
**[21:45] H**
If you can defeat me in combat,
you may take Asuna-kun.
**[21:49] H**
But if you lose,
**[21:51] ---**
you will join the Knights
of the Blood Oath.
**[21:58] K**
Very well.
**[21:59] ---**
If you'd rather settle this with
swords, that's fine with me.
**[22:02] K**
Let's settle it with a duel.
***SIGN*** Next Time: Crimson Killing Intent