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Chapter 199 - Chapter 197: Alice

Arifureta World

Hajime suddenly felt that the gun in his hand wasn't as appealing anymore.

This sword made from a plant could unleash such immense power!

What if he also became a swordsman?

"Yue, how does it feel to use this sword?"

"It's fantastic! I never expected you to create such a masterpiece!" Yue gently stroked the sword Hajime had given her. It far exceeded her imagination—both light and sharp. When she swung it, she felt as if her body and the sword were one!.....

Inuyasha World

Totosai searched for materials that could be used to reforge weapons.

"Blue Rose... Demon Tree... Golden Osmanthus... Truly incredible forging techniques..."

He always thought using the fangs of a great demon was the limit.

But now, seeing that weaponsmiths in the world of swords could forge swords from trees made him feel he could embark on a new path!

Perhaps he could forge a divine weapon surpassing Tessaiga, or even So'unga!

As long as he could forge one, his sword-forging career would finally be complete....

Sword Art Online World

"Kirito!"

Eugeo watched as the two were sucked out through the wall, his face pale with fear!

If they fell from this height, they wouldn't survive!

"At this height, I can't die now!"

Kirito wiped the sweat from his forehead and pretended to be calm. He just hoped he could grow wings; otherwise, falling at such speed would definitely turn him into paste....

"Roar!!!"

At that moment, Alice fell from the sky and landed in front of them, looking very worried.

Kirito and Eugeo were delighted to see Alice. They never expected her to be here!

"Why did you two come here?"

"Don't you know the Highest Priest is sending people to look for you now?"

"Come with me!"

Ignoring their reactions, Alice quickly pulled them onto the back of her dragon, and they vanished into the sky.

This time, the three of them were going to storm the Central Cathedral together!...

[Screen continues]

[Outside the tower, the two were hanging high up...]

[Kirito plunged his sword into the wall, suspending himself and pulling Alice, thus preventing both from falling to their deaths....]

["Let go of me! You great sinner!"]

[Alice kept struggling, trying to break free from Kirito's grip. Even if she died, she didn't want to be saved by a sinner!]

[Kirito grew nervous, gripping the sword hilt, and yelled at her several times—how could she give up her life so easily!]

[Alice's cheeks flushed red with anger; no one had ever spoken to her like that before!]

[After being lectured by Kirito several times, she gave up the idea of seeking death and agreed to work together to escape....].....

In SAO

"This Alice seems to have exactly the same attitude towards Kirito as Asuna!"

"If you're not careful, you won't escape the grasp of the Black Swordsman..."

When the players saw this scene, they felt a sense of déjà vu and were extremely envious. This is what's called living life to the fullest.

At Agil's Shop

"Asuna! If you have something to say, put the knife down first!"

Kirito now had the word "DANGER" written all over him. This was so unfair—he hadn't done anything yet!

"Hmph! If anything happens, you know the consequences!"

Asuna stabbed the knife into the table and glared at him with an extremely 'kind' expression!

Kirito shivered in fright and silently yelled, 'Kayaba, where are you? Hurry up and release the logout button!'

If his future self did anything outrageous, he wouldn't have a peaceful night!....

[On Screen]

[The two worked together, climbing continuously. As long as they reached the lookout, they would be saved....]

[The sun gradually set until evening...]

[At that moment, Kirito saw a group of monsters resembling human hearts outside the tower....]

[But before he could react, those monsters were released from their petrified state, revealing themselves as Dark Spirits!]

["Creatures from the Dark Territory!?"]

[Alice was horrified. Why were creatures from the Dark Territory on the Axiom Church's tower?]

["Roar!!!"]

[The gargoyle flew into the air, shocking her even more...]

[According to the Highest Priest's rules, flight shouldn't be possible here. Why could they fly?]

[Kirito drew his Black Sword and stood ready. These monsters were definitely not comparable to goblins!]

["Alice! Draw your sword quickly!"]

[Alice was so scared she could barely stand and almost slipped....]

[Roar!!!]

[Several gargoyles attacked the two, but the space was extremely limited, so Kirito could only defend passively!]

["Hurry up!!!"]

[Kirito saw the platform above and prepared to swing her up; otherwise, they'd both fall sooner or later!]

["Ahhhhhh!!!"]

[Kirito threw her upward. Alice, terrified, quickly grabbed onto the wall. Just as she felt relieved, she felt a pull!]

[THUD!!!]

[Alice hurriedly steadied herself, and her strong arm strength directly flung Kirito up, slamming him against the wall....]

["Damn it..."]

[Kirito was dazed from the impact. Before he could react, the gargoyle attacked again, swooping down from the sky at high speed!]

["Here they come!"]

[Alice swung her sword, instantly slicing the two gargoyles to pieces!]

[The monsters were successfully defeated by the two, and their blood stuck to Kirito's face....]

[Just as he was about to wipe it with his hands, Alice stopped him, took out a handkerchief from her side, and handed it to Kirito....]

["Remember to wash it off!"]

[Alice turned away proudly and stopped looking at him...].....

"This is my familiar from the Dark Territory!"

"Why is it in the Axiom Church of the human world!"

"Could it be..."

The people of the Dark Territory looked at this scene in disbelief—their familiar had become the opponent's guardian familiar.

The Dark Knights also found it incredible. Could the Highest Priest's influence have reached into the Dark Territory?

"This should be a familiar created by the Highest Priest herself!"

"This might also be set up by outsiders to assist her..."

The Dark Knight Commander had now accepted his identity.

Although they were created worlds, they all possessed souls and were no different from living beings.

Even if he were told now that he was from the human world, he would still believe it...

[On Screen]

[At night, Kirito told her everything he knew....]

[Alice believed what he said. After all, she had always harbored doubts about the Highest Priest, and the dreams she usually had were no coincidence!]

[Alice stood on a high platform, overlooking the entire Central Capital. She swore to protect the creatures of the human world and abandoned her mission as an Integrity Knight!]

[Instantly, her right eye turned into a bloody red error code...]

[Her entire eye felt like it was burning, the eyeball bulging outward....]

["I have my own will too! I want to protect the inhabitants of this world! Protect everything in this world!"]

[This will to resist, this struggle against the system's restraints, could no longer suppress her!]

[The severe pain caused Alice to throw herself into Kirito's arms....]

["Kirito... Please hold me down..."]

[Kirito stared solemnly at the girl and hugged her tightly with his arms!]

[As she screamed, her right eye exploded, blood splattering everywhere!].....

"Just some cheap tricks!"

"Even if you break the shackles, so what? You're definitely no match for me!"

The Highest Priest looked at Alice with disdain. Even if she resisted, it would be futile!

Sooner or later, the world would be completely under her control. When she emerged, the real world would bow at her feet!

On the Plains

Alice was also determined to endure the pain, no matter how severe!

The same went for those who wanted to resist the Highest Priest!

"Well... I don't know how things will turn out..."

The strongest Integrity Knight sighed deeply. He did not resist the Highest Priest.....

On the Turtle Ship

Kikuoka and the others were pleasantly surprised. This was Alice, the final subject of their experiment.

"This Eugeo seems pretty good too..."

They thought Alice would become the perfect bottom-up AI, but it seemed Eugeo was the same now!

"Higa, have those restrictions been removed?"

"No... not yet..."

Higa shook his head. The traitor was too well-hidden. It would take at least a day to find him.

What they didn't know was that a submarine not from their island nation had appeared beneath these waters.....

[On Screen]

[Kirito carried the unconscious Alice on his back and continued climbing upward...]

[The two finally reached the lookout. Kirito set Alice down and went to find Eugeo....]

[But what he saw in the room was Bercouli, who had been turned to stone by the Blue Rose Sword....]

[And this Sacred Art of turning people to stone was the elder's move!]...

"Was I defeated by that young man?"

Bercouli was a little surprised. He never expected to be trapped by the Blue Rose Sword. The boy's growth rate was simply astonishing. The scale of this freeze surpassed even when Fanatio had been trapped!

And this had just happened. What a genius—perhaps even better than Alice!

"Lord Bercouli was defeated!?"

Fanatio couldn't believe it. The strongest Integrity Knight had been defeated and turned to stone by the elder!

At that moment, her inner rage could no longer be suppressed. She wished she could burn that clown to nothingness with the sun's brilliance!.....

[On Screen]

[Kirito saw the frozen Blue Rose Sword, broke the ice, took it out, and held it in his hand...]

[At that moment, he once again wielded two swords, as if the Dual Wielding Swordsman had returned!]

["The drunken, dual-wielding swordsman..."]

[Alice looked at Kirito like this and felt an inexplicable power, as if he had been holding back before....]

[The two ventured deeper and saw countless sealed experimental devices in a space filled with white faces appearing in the sky....]

[These were all elders captured from various places by the Highest Priest, skilled in Sacred Arts, transformed into these!].....

"Demon! The Highest Priest is a devil!"

"My child was taken by her. I thought it was an honor, but I never expected it to turn out like this!"

The residents of the human world stared in horror at this scene. They never imagined the Highest Priest was conducting human modification experiments!

And there were so many of them, their freedom restricted, working like machines every day!

Dr. Gero: "In terms of human modification, I think no one can surpass the Highest Priest!"

Dr. Vegapunk: "Hey!... Crazier than me! This is like treating them as livestock!"

Dr. Senbei: "Humans aren't machines, but to actually modify them into this form—Arale is going to blow up the world with one punch!"

Genos: "This kind of demon requires heroes like me to defeat it!"

Demiurge: "I've never restricted their freedom. I never expected the Highest Priest's methods to be better than mine. How splendid! She could serve Lord Ainz!" Demiurge greatly admired the Highest Priest. Such talent was even rarer than the Golden Princess. He truly wanted to bring her to Lord Ainz!

Ainz Ooal Gown: "Damn it, I'm not that crazy!""...

[On Screen]

[Desperate screams in the distance drew their attention...]

[At the end of the room, they encountered the Elder Chudelkin....]

[The elder asked Alice why she hadn't killed the great sinner yet. How dare they, mere puppets, resist!]

[Alice, expressionless, rewarded it with a heart-piercing stab....]

[But the imagined blood didn't flow. Instead, its body kept expanding and exploded like a balloon!]

[BOOM!!!]

[Red smoke filled the entire room, and the elders quickly escaped from there....]

[They hurriedly gave chase...]

[And waiting ahead of them was Integrity Knight Eugeo, who had been assimilated by the Highest Priest!]

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