Sword Art Online II Episode 10

Death Chaser (死の追撃者) is the tenth episode of the Sword Art Online II anime adaptation, as well as the tenth episode in the Phantom Bullet Arc. It aired on September 6, 2014.

Plot
As Sterben (Death Gun) was about to shoot Sinon, he was interrupted by Kirito, who shot him with a sniper and then threw a smoke grenade, which forced Sterben to retreat. Kirito then grabbed the petrified Sinon and her sniper and ran for a nearby buggy and horse rental point. He put down Sinon in the only working buggy and then told Sinon to shoot the only functional mechanical horse to make it unusable. However, Sinon's shock prevented her from exerting force on the trigger and they were caught up to by Sterben, who then took the mechanical horse to chase them. During the chase, Kirito drove up a ramp to help Sinon pull the trigger and at that moment, Sinon realised that Kirito's strength came from attempting to do his best. Though Sinon missed Sterben, she hit the fuel tank of a truck which then exploded next to Sterben, forcing him to abandon his horse and thus allowing Kirito and Sinon to escape.

The two then drove into the desert, where they found a cave that they could hide in and avoid the next satellite scan. Kirito explained to Sinon that he knew she was in trouble after confronting Jūshi X, discovering that the player was actually a woman, whose name was supposed to be read as Musketeer X, and thus not Death Gun whom they had assumed her to be. After defeating Musketeer X, he found Sinon lying on the ground. Kirito then planned to leave to fight Death Gun alone, wanting to protect Sinon and the other players from being killed, but she refused as she could not stand living in fear. Kirito argued that it would not be worth dying alone and that if she died, the part of her in Kirito would also die, but she insisted on dying alone as people saw her as nothing but a murderer, causing Sinon to break down. After calming down, Sinon leaned on Kirito and they both revealed to each other about having killed someone in the past.

New Characters

 * Musketeer X (cameo)

Inventory

 * Sterben
 * Accuracy International L115A3
 * Type 54 "Black Star"


 * Sinon
 * PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II
 * Glock 18C with an extended magazine.


 * Musketeer X
 * «M14EBR» (Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle)


 * Kirito
 * Kagemitsu G4
 * FN Five-Seven
 * Smoke Grenade (taken from Musketeer X)
 * «M14EBR» (taken from Musketeer X)

Locations

 * ISL Ragnarok
 * Lost City
 * Stadium
 * Desert
 * A cave

Adaptation Notes

 * Adapted from Volume 6 Chapter 12


 * The scene where Kirito used a first-aid kit to heal up in the cave was omitted.
 * The part mentioning the road obstacles that was slowing the buggy down and Death Gun getting closer was omitted.

Trivia

 * In the novel, the scene where Sterben was riding the mechanical horse was later referenced in the A Murder Case in the Area story where XaXa (Sterben) told Kirito that he would one day use a horse to hunt him down. This reference was omitted in episode 6 of the first season of the anime.
 * Although the novel had a furigana reading for the kanji part of Metamaterial Optical Distortion Camouflage (メタマテリアル光歪曲迷彩) as Optical Camo (オプチカル・カモ), in the anime, the term was read without accounting for the furigana.

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