(May 25, 380 HE)

We see a closer look on the tower to see four people hanging on from Yami's Rebellion. Kirito was holding on Yami's arm while Alice was holding on Kirito's hand and Eydis holding on Alice's arm.

Eydis: enough!! Let go of Alice's hand!!

Alice: I don't intend to live with the shame of being saved by a sinner like you two!!

Then she tried to pull them down but Kirito was gripping her arm more.

Kirito: stay still, you idiot!!

Yami: if the two of you are Integrity Knights, the goddam realize that despair will not going get you anywhere idiots!!

Eydis: y-you insulted us yet again!! Take that back, criminal!!

Kirito: shut up!! He called you idiots!! Because you two are idiots, idiots, idiots!! If you fall to your deaths now, Eugeo, who's still inside the tower, will go to where the pontifex is!!

Yami: isn't it your jobs to stop that?

No words came out of Alice or Eydis.

Yami: so you'd think your top priority as Integrity Knights would be to survive no matter what!!

Kirito: you two are idiots who are to dumb to understand, so we're calling you two idiots!!

Alice: that's eight times you spoke of us that way. I see. What you're saying does make sense. And yet, if that's true, then why won't you let go of my hand?

Eydis: can you prove that we wont find the reason to be less tolerable than death?

Kirito: I...

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Yami: Kirito, Eugeo and I didn't climb thing high in the Cathedral to destroy the Axiom Church. We so want to protect the Human Empire from the Dark Territory's invasion.

Kirito: that's why we can't let you two, one of the more powerful Integrity Knights, die now. Because you're a valuable asset.

Eydis: then why did you wield your sword against another and cause bloodshed, violating the gravest taboo of all!?

Kirito: The reason Yami slashed Raios and Humbert was because the rules of the Axiom Church are flawed. Don't you understand this deep down as well!!

A bitter memory resurfaces in Yami's mind. This memory showed two girls with tears in their eyes, having to experience the ultimate shame. Yami's anger reaches its boiling point as he lets his heart form his next words. This even caused bits of his energy to leak out and damaging the walls permanently.

Yami: Should girls like Ronye and Tieze have to become playthings!! Just to satisfy the selfish desires of nobles! Should they have to carry an unbearable weight on their shoulders, because of somebody else's greed! Well! Answer me Integrity Knight Alice!! THE LAWS ARE BROKEN!!

Yami, who was remembering similar occurrences with his friends, was speaking from the depths of his soul, causing him to let out a few drops of tears. This emotion, one that couldn't be faked so easily, resonated in Alice, causing her to widen her eyes.

Yami: if this happened again....I would kill those bastards in cold blood. I don't give a dam of I'm called criminal because of that...I'll fight for what is wrong. I don't care if the world is against me. If I did a sin like that where are the gods not striking me down with that divine punishment!? Burning me!? Law is law, crime is a crime? Who's in control? Quinella or the gods!?

Then Rebellion start to slowly slip away as dust were blown into the wind. He uses his tentacles to hold Kirito, Alice and Eydis up.

Yami: crap!! Kirito use your sword to stab on the wall, same with you Alice and Eydis!!

They all take out their swords and stabbed the wall. Then Rebellion slips away and Yami falls.

Kirito: Yami!!

Yami: oh no!! I got this!!

He slams the air to give him an extra jump boost to their level and slams his hand on the walls to create a small platform and made more platforms for the the rest.

Alice: how did you do that?

Yami: I've learned it on my own. That one I created it since I already learned the sacred arts at the academy.

Eydis: you created your own scared art?

Yami: yep, thought it would be taking a lot of my energy so I have to rest for a while.

Kirito: well at least we got platforms that we can sit on.

Alice: letting you a reminder our duel is not over.

Yami: Right... so I guess were even now.

Deciding to push his luck, Kirito makes sure to hurriedly rush out a proposal.

Kirito: Its clear that it will take some effort to get back inside the Central Cathedral, so that being the case, I propose a truce.

Eydis. A truce? What does that entail exactly?

Eydis asks, wary of Kirito's suggestion.

Kirito: Exactly what it sounds like. We should hold off on any form of confrontation in order to get back inside. Being more specific, if one of us starts to fall, we help each other out, sound good? Actually, regarding that, it would help if we had a rope or something.

Alice and Eydis processes this information and then...

Alice: Its a reasonable proposal, however.

She gives Yami and Kirito a throrough glare.

Alice: The moment we step inside I will cut you down, understand?

Yami: yeah sure whatever. Got a rope?

Alice: hold on. Form Object: Change Shape.

Her gauntlet glows up and changed it's shape into a gold chain. Eydis did the same with her gauntlet and turned into silver-ish chain.

Yami: perfect, thanks Alice, Eydis.

The four chained each other as Yami looked at the sky and the distance.

Yami: you can't summon your dragon?

Alice: sadly my dragon can't go above the 30th floor even uncle-Commander can't do it. It's some sort of special command that the dragons can't fly up here.

Yami: leaving three options but the two are more risky.

Kirito: any other floors?

Eydis: there's a place called the Morning Star Lookout, which has pillars on all four sides and it's open to the air. If we can make it there, we should be able to reenter easily.

Yami: okay. System Call: Generate Metallic Element: Wedge Shape.

A orb appears and forms a staff with a sharp end. He stabs the wall and did a flip landing on and did again. Kirito did the same as the platform vanished

Alice: are you okay?

Yami: I'm fine.

Kirito: okay we just need you two did the same?

Alice: that's impossible.

Kirito: huh? What was that?

Alice: I said it's impossible!!

Yami: it's not that hard to do!!

Alice: that's not what I meant!! This is the first time the both of us are in this situation.

She blushes in embarrassment as Yami was internally screaming.

Yami: WHY IS SHE SO GODDAM CUTE!?

(Meanwhile)

At the Ocean Turtle, Rinko who was buttering up a bread as she sees Sachi and Asuna looking at the distance of the sea.

Rinko: Ms.Sachi? Ms.Asuna

Sachi and Asuna: Huh?

Rink: do you think they caught this fish from the Ocean Turtle?

Sachi: W-we're not so sure.

Asuna: I see something over there.

Both females looked at the distance to see something.

Rinko: doesn't look like a fishing boat. It has a high array of antennas.

Sachi: a warship?

????: that's a Japanese ship. There are no warships in Japan. Good morning, Dr.Kojiro, Ms.Yuuki and Ms.Sachi.

Sachi: Good morning!

Rinko: Good morning, Mr. Nakanishi. If it's not a warship, then it's an SDF vessel?

Nakanishi: close. The MSDF vessels are called escort ships. And that vessel is a five-ton general-purpose escort ship, the DD119 Asahi. It's the lead ship of the second-generation Asahi-type escort ships, the second vessel being the Shiranui.

Asuna: Huh? Isn't the ship moving away?

He stopped and check as the ship was moving away.

Nakanishi: excuse me.

He walked away as he spoke with Kikuoka.

Nakanishi: Lt. Colonel Kikuoka. Nakanshi here. I just observed the Asahi changing course to the west. If I'm not mistaken, wasn't it supposed to escort us until 1200 hours day after tomorrow? Yes sir I'll be there. Excuse I must leave.

He bows down and walks away.

Rinko: I wonder what's going on.

Sachi looks at the boat and sighs as she uses her fork to squeeze the tomato.

(Underworld)

Kirito who hits the wall as the other two were below him and Yami being above him.

Kirito: System Call: Generate Metallic Element.

Then Eydis looks at the setting sun.

Eydis: the sun...

The sacred arts didn't work as Kirito sighs.

Alice: Generating containers does significantly deplete spatial resources. Once Solus sets, we might be lucky to create one every hour.

Yami: fuck this.

He unclip himself on his belt as he fall down as his friends screamed at him.

Kirito: What are you doing!?

Alice: you giving up!?

Eydis: why!?

Yami: Transform!!

A bright light covers him as they closed their eyes and the light vanished as they saw a giant robot.

Kirito: what the!?

Eydis: what is that?

Alice: a monster?

Then Yami spoke.

Yami: really?

Kirito: Yami!? How!?

Yami: how should I know!? But this helpful, get on my hand.

They pulled out their swords and landed on his hand as he starts to fly upwards to the 95th floor. A portal was opened as a girl short, crimson red hair and green eyes with short, thick eyebrows. She is often seen wearing crimson red armor with white and gold-colored patterns. She also has a narrow cape hanging behind her back and gloves with wide wrists on her hands in the same colour. Below the short skirt of her overalls, black, thigh-high boots with the same crimson, white and golden patterns accompany her outfit.

????: master Yami!!

Yami: huh!? Medina!? What are you doing here!?

The girl name Medina lands on Yami's hand as she spoke up.

Medina: I was sent by your sister to help you just like Merope.

Yamis I see.

Alice: Yami what are you? Do you know this girl!?

Yami: I don't know who am I but I gotta make sure nobody dies on my watch. That's not how a DJ rolls kids. Also I just know her name like the top of my head

He sees the status moving until he blast them away.

Yami: not going to happened punks.

But more of the monster from the Dark Territory were moving as they tried to attack Yami but he keeps dodging them.

Yami: you need to do some more cardo, your god is right here!! And he's fresh out of mercy!!

He blasted more and more until there were none left.

Alice: is he like this?

Kirito: well sometimes he becomes more bloodthirsty but I've gotten used to it.

Eydis:*gulps*

Medina: master does that in battle many people are scared of him.

Meanwhile Eugeo who was walking on the stairs to defeat the Administrator.

Eugeo: come to think of it, since we met each other two years ago, Kirito and Yami always been by my side. This might be the first time I've ever been on my own.

He looks around to see anybody were on the floor but more stairs were seen.

Eugeo: Kirito, Yami...no they should already be...I'm sure they'd started climbing the tower outside. And Alice and Eydis too.

He stops to see a large door which was the 90th floor.

Eugeo: the 90th floor, huh? There has to be an Integrity Knight inside. Here I go.

He opens it and walks in as steam was covering his vision. He walks towards a pool of water and feels it.

Eugeo: a bath?

He looks around to see a man taking a bath as he ready up his sword.

????: sorry, but would you wait a little longer. I only just arrived in the capital and my whole body is stiff from riding on that dragon for so long.

The man spoke about it as he got up while Eugeo was on pressure and the man looks back and gave him a grin.

(Back with Yami)

Yami: so now that we're done dealing with those monster.

Kirito: yeah thanks to your robot transformation.

Yami: sure thanks man.

Then a portal opened as pulls Yami to the portal.

Yami: not again!!

Alice: what's going on!?

Yami: just continue climbing the tower I'll meet you guys again!!!

Then he was gone as the portal closes.

Eydis: what was that!?

Medina: a portal that send him to another universe.

Them: ANOTHER UNIVERSE!?

End of volume