Sword Art Online Light Novel Volume 14

Alicization Uniting (アリシゼーション・ユナイティング) is the 14th book in the Sword Art Online Light Novel series, published on April 10, 2014.

Part 1
Kirito and Eugeo attacked each other with «Sonic Leap», although Kirito used some tricks to make his move faster and stronger, Eugeo managed to match him, making Kirito realize all the extra hours of training Eugeo had. Kirito tried to talk with Eugeo, but he remained silent, while Kirito decided to fight seriously, he also thought about which memories had been stolen from Eugeo.

Both skills ended at the same time, and after the rebound, both swordsmen used the same moves. During the clash, the blades got entwined again, and Kirito exposed his thought about fighting Eugeo seriously during their trip to Centoria. After a while, Kirito fell backwards and, although Alice thought he had lost, Kirito was actually activating the Martial Arts skill «Crescent Moon», aiming to kick Eugeo on his jaw, but the latter decided to use his sword's pomel to misdirect Kirito's attack. Kirito slowed down his kick and instead, kicked Eugeo's hand and sent the Blue Rose Sword flying, ending up stabbed into the ceiling.

After Eugeo burst five aerial elements to get some distance from Kirito and be able to retrieve his sword with an incarnation arm, they engaged in another scuffle, during which Kirito managed to make Eugeo remember who he was once again, but because of the Piety Module, Eugeo could only apologize to Kirito and Alice before releasing the recollection of the Blue Rose Sword unwillingly.

Part 2
After temporarily binding Kirito and Alice in ice, Eugeo went to the Administrator's room alone. There he first managed to send Chudelkin to the now frozen in place Kirito and Alice with a lie, and decided to face Administrator alone. After Eugeo met Administrator, she confirmed that the Piety Module inserted into Eugeo was unstable and tried to reinsert it properly while paralyzing Eugeo. When instructed to repeat the «remove core protection» art though, Eugeo instead forced his arm to break free from the paralysis and he attempted to stab Cardinal's dagger into Administrator. However, Administrator had a Sacred Art protecting her body from metal objects, thus this attempt ended up in causing an explosion that pushed Eugeo away. Eugeo then attempted to stab her with the Blue Rose Sword. After a surprising phenomenon between the Blue Rose Sword and the barrier breaking, Administrator hurriedly pushed Eugeo against the wall with a Sacred Art. Eugeo then went into a defensive stance, just when Chudelkin ran into the room, tailed by a now thawed Kirito and Alice.

Chudelkin ran towards Administrator and blamed Eugeo for not killing or at least weakening Kirito and Alice more. Eugeo, managing to walk around, then stood beside Kirito and Alice. Administrator told Chudelkin to attack them and he flipped his body and used his head as support, while his hands and feet remained in the air. He then proceeded to summon 10 cryogenic elements and threw 5 of them at the trio in the form of icicles, but Alice interceped them. Then he launched the last five after transforming them into a huge ice cube, but once again Alice stopped the attack by using her Fragrant Olive Sword's armament full control art.

Part 1
Administrator ordered Chudelkin to freeze Kirito, Eugeo, and Alice using his Sacred Arts while keeping them alive, and Kirito noted that the room they’re in is rather large and intricate; the walls were made of untainted glass while a canopy embedded with crystals was supported by pillars covered with decorative swords. Chudelkin generated 20 cryogenic elements on his hands and feet and attacked, but was stopped by Alice’s Armament Full Control art. Administrator scolded Chudelkin for his incompetence, to which he offered a trade: should he defeat the trio he will get one night to do as he wishes with her. Administrator dishonestly agreed to this deal and Chudelkin generated 22 thermal elements and released them to create a five-meter tall flaming demon resembling himself. Alice told Kirito and Eugeo that she would only be able to hold off the flaming clown for about 10 seconds and that they must win in that time, to which Kirito decided that the only way to fight him is with Incarnation. Eugeo launched a cryogenic element at Administrator as a feint to distract Chudelkin, prompting Kirito to unleash a «Vorpal Strike» sword skill using all of his strength and causing his clothes to transform.

Part 2
Eugeo watched in awe as Kirito was engulfed in light and transformed into the «Black Swordsman» from SAO. Chudelkin, having refocused his attention on the trio, and Eugeo watched in shock as Kirito’s «Vorpal Strike» skill, powered by Incarnation, extended the 15 mel and pierced directly through Chudelkin’s torso. The giant flaming clown disappeared and Chudelkin stopped moving, followed by Kirito returning to his usual form and Administrator pushing Chudelkin aside. After a discussion about Kirito’s home world, the future of the Human Empire, and the purpose of the Order of Integrity Knights, Administrator unleased the «Release Recollection» art on the thirty swords decorating the room’s pillars. The swords assembled into a large humanoid mass and Administrator placed the «Piety Module» extracted from Eugeo into its center. Administrator ordered the sword golem to attack and Alice fought back; the golem easily deflected her attack and impaled her. Kirito, having circled around the golem, unleased a «Vertical» skill but also had his attack deflected and was hit by one of the golem's legs, sending him crashing into the wall. Charlotte appeared on Kirito’s shoulder and told Eugeo to stab Cardinal’s dagger into the floor to create a passage, then charged at the sword golem.

Part 3
Growing to almost half the size of the sword golem, Charlotte attacked. After a short struggle Charlotte had four of her legs destroyed, then was stabbed through the torso and died, returning to her normal size. At the same time a large flash of light and a door appeared, and the sword golem was struck by lightning arts in rapid succession, the third strike knocking it backwards with ease. Cardinal stepped through the door, looked around, and healed Alice and Kirito with her Sacred Arts. Administrator used Sacred Arts to disconnect the top floor of the Central Cathedral from the rest of the Underworld, preventing anyone there from escaping. The sword golem, having fully regenerated, stood up and began advancing while Kirito thought about how such an object could regenerate so quickly. Administrator had transformed 300 people into the 30 swords that made up the golem, and had planned to use another 40,000 for more golems to defend against the Dark Territory and invade them instead. Questioned about how she could use «Release Recollection» on so many swords at once, Administrator noted that the crystals in the ceiling, the «memory fragments» stolen from the Integrity Knights, were used to create and control the swords. Realizing that they were humans, Cardinal knew that she could not destroy the golem and offered her life in exchange for the safety of Kirito, Eugeo, and Alice. Agreeing to Cardinal's terms, Administrator stopped the golem, summoned her «Silvery Eternity» divine instrument, a silver rapier, and used it to attack Cardinal with lightning arts. Her Life near zero, Cardinal said her final goodbyes to the trio.

Part 4
Eugeo questioned why he was so powerless, his desire to save Alice Schuberg was the reason for Kirito, Knight Alice, Cardinal, Charlotte, and his fight against Administrator yet he didn't believe himself to have been helpful more than he was a hindrance. After resolving himself to stop Administrator with his Blue Rose Sword, which was half ice and could break through Administrator's metal-protection barrier, Eugeo looked up and found Alice Schuberg's «memory fragment» on the ceiling, finally understanding the mission entrusted to him.

Part 5
Alice defended against Administrator's attacks and lost consciousness as Cardinal, at his request, fused Eugeo with the Blue Rose Sword. Alice's «memory fragment» also fused with the pair and Cardinal used the «Release Recollection» art on the sword before finally dying. The newly formed white greatsword flew forward and destroyed the sword golem's piety module, sending the thirty swords that composed it flying in all directions. Kirito noted that Alice's «memory fragment» was not linked to a sword because the love sealed within was too great for Administrator to transmute, thus the Blue Rose Sword fused with Eugeo and Alice shone so beautifully. The white greatsword then charged at Administrator, who used lightning arts from her Silvery Eternity to fight back. When the two swords met, the rapier shattered while the greatsword snapped in two, slicing off Administrator's right arm. The greatsword transformed back into a human, the bladed part becoming Eugeo's lower body and the half with the crossed guard becoming his upper body which clutched a crystal prism, and blood gushed from both parts of his body. The Blue Rose Sword appeared in the puddle of blood and the bottom half of the blade shattered. Administrator used her severed arm to create a new sword and attacked Kirito but was blocked by Alice, and Kirito picked up his sword and fought as Alice lost consciousness again. Kirito used Incarnation to transform into the «Black Swordsman» again and defended against numerous styles of sword skill from Administrator, who transformed her new sword into several different types. Kirito took heavy damage and was launched backwards, landing next to Eugeo in a pool of his blood. Eugeo used Incarnation to reforge the broken Blue Rose Sword, which turned into the crimson «Red Rose Sword», and handed it to Kirito. Kirito fought against Administrator, who lost their right and left arms respectively. Kirito then used a «Vorpal Strike» skill to stab the Red Rose Sword through Administrator and was blown away by an explosion, the Red Rose Sword returning to its original, broken Blue Rose Sword form. Administrator ran to a system console on one of the pillars and used it to attempt to escape to the real world but Chudelkin, likely using Incarnation to set himself ablaze, grabbed onto her and extinguished what remained of her Life with the flame. Kirito ran to Eugeo, who was on the verge of death, and memories of their past returned to Kirito as he touched Alice's «memory fragment». Eugeo suggested «Night Sky Sword» as the name for Kirito's sword, then closed his eyes.

Part 6
A young Eugeo and Alice Schuberg stood in a dark corridor, holding hands. They decided to leave the future of the Underworld to Kirito and Knight Alice, and walked towards a white light at the end of the corridor. Two souls, those belonging to Eugeo and Alice Schuberg, were then permanently deallocated from their Light Cubes.

Part 7
Eugeo's body and Alice's «memory fragment» disappeared, then Kirito carried Alice over to the system console Administrator had used. After searching through the options, mainly in English, Kirito used the terminal's External Observer Call operation to call Rath. Hearing the sounds of gunfire and yelling, Kirito believed the Ocean Turtle to be under some sort of attack. Kikuoka then spoke, telling Kirito to find a girl named Alice and to take her to the «World End Altar» located directly south after exiting the Great Eastern Gate. Higa then warned Kikuoka that the Ocean Turtle was in danger of losing power and in turn frying Kirito's Fluctlight, and Kikuoka told him to get Koujiro and Asuna to safety. Kirito, now aware of Asuna's presence on the Ocean Turtle, then had his soul destroyed as the power to was cut. A nostalgic voice called out to Kirito, one with a ring so dear it made him want to cry, but Kirito was unable to remember who the voice belonged to.

Adaptation Notes

 * Chapter 12 part 1 was not part of the web novel.

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