Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld

My name is Alice! Integrity Knight Alice Synthesis Thirty!

Proxy of the three gods who protect the Human Empire, the Priestess of Light!

All those who stand before me, brace for my holy authority

to vanquish every last one of you!

Alice.

Alicia.

This time... This time I have to capture her!

I have to seize the Lightcube where that girl's Fluctlight is stored,

and savor it to my heart's content.

All troops, prepare to move!

With the pugilists guild in the lead, followed by the dark mages guild and the supply corps, head south!

Capture that knight, the Priestess of Light, unscathed!

Sword and Fist

The Dark God Vecta sure seems obsessed with you.

He's planning to come after you with his entire army.

I suppose we should be happy about that.

It's better than being ignored, at least.

So about our strategy going forward.

The raid unit and I will keep leading the enemy away, and reduce their force's numbers.

Does that sound right?

Yes. We've already annihilated half of the invading forces,

which leaves only the enemy's main force of the dark knights and the pugilists.

We'll wear them down to a certain point, and if we can defeat the Dark God Vecta,

it's highly likely that the remaining enemies will be open to a truce.

The problem is, who will be leading the enemy when that happens?

If only that Shasta brat were alive.

Uncle, you think the dark general is already dead?

Yeah. I can't detect him in the main enemy force.

I did have a feeling that maybe...

Allow me to report, my lord Knight Commander.

There'll be no problem using the designated spot in the south for our ambush.

All right. Thanks for checking.

Have the units prepare to move out.

Your dragon must be exhausted.

Be sure to give it plenty of food and water.

Yes, sir!

Uncle?

Oh, it's just that...

Robbing people of their memories, and freezing their life to create Integrity Knights...

I agree the Synthesis Ritual shouldn't be allowed.

But it'll be a shame not to have young fellows like him joining the order anymore, you know?

I don't believe that having your memory altered and your life frozen

is the only way to become an Integrity Knight, Uncle.

Even if none of us are left standing, our souls...

our purpose will be inherited by those who come after us.

That's what I believe.

Something's coming.

That has to be the pugilists.

They're going to be a handful.

They'll gladly take injuries from a bare fist, but they absolutely refuse to be slashed with a sword.

What? Refuse?

The more training those pugilists undergo,

the more they're convinced "a blade is nothing to be afraid of."

That becomes their willpower,

and they literally harden their physical bodies to deflect any blade.

Either way, we'll need to prepare ourselves to defend against them.

I shall go.

Pretty soon, I'll get to fight an Integrity Knight... someone powerful!

Who the hell are you? What are you doing there?

I'm here... to keep you from advancing.

You couldn't even stop one brat.

Or wait... are you a knight who can only cast arts?

I'm not skilled in the formal arts.

Whatever.

Yotte, fight her.

You got it!

Only one?

That's what I'm saying, you beanpole!

Shut up and draw your sword!

What the hell is that?

Don't mess with me!

I'm told that you always keep to yourself.

Why is that?

You don't care for other people? Or...

are you afraid that you'll end up slashing them?

Your desire to slash is written all over your face.

You'd like to slash everything in sight.

It's like you're cursed with a murderous impulse.

Oh, not that I'm scolding you.

And besides, I'm sure this is quite good news for you.

You brought this back from your last reconnaissance mission of the Dark Territory.

This flower has absorbed massive amounts of the spatial resources generated on the battlefield.

I'm going to turn it into your Divine Object.

A sword with the highest priority that can slash anything.

This sword is a manifestation of the curse carved into your soul.

A curse known as "murderous impulse," created by the distortion of your inherited characteristic parameters.

Slash... slash... slash on and on.

Only at the end of that blood-smeared path will you find the key to breaking your curse.

At least, you might.

What a savage style of fighting.

That said, for how violent her attacks are, I'm not detecting a murderous impulse from Lady Sheyta.

Not even hostility.

Don't think about it.

I've known her for over a hundred years, and I still have no idea what she's thinking.

Not a clue.

It's fine if we leave this to her.

The enemy's main force will catch up soon.

We have to get ready for their attack.

Yes, sir.

The units are in position.

Okay.

According to the knight commander, the pugilists are vulnerable to the sacred arts.

There might not be enough spatial resources on the empty grasslands,

but since there's some growth here,

the monks should have enough sacred power to launch a concerted attack.