Sword Art Online Volume 16 – Alicization Exploding Chapter 18 – War of the Underworld 46 It would not even take ten seconds before that gigantic iron hammer swings down upon her. She had to stand up and fix her sword stance at once. If she could intercept it with a slash, the Heaven Piercing Sword, a distinguished divine instrument, would never lose to that coarse iron hammer on Sigrosig. Despite that, she could not stand. Unseen shackles bound Fanatio and the giant chief, a dark red gleam seething in his two eyes, approached before her eyes— “Humankilldeldelde——— Spouting a scream that sounded no longer intelligible as his iron hammer roared down. ——Your Excellency. Fanatio quietly muttered with her immobilized mouth. Dakira Synthesis Twenty-two, a low ranking knight, had offered everything to a sole person ever since awakening as a knight.. Not to the ruler, the highest minister, Administrator. Neither was it to the leader of the knight order, Bercouli. It was to Deputy Commander Fanatio and no one else. Dakira was strongly drawn by her relentless intensity and the anguish she concealed. That emotion could be no other than love, going by the Human Empire’s standards. However, Dakira sealed all emotions away due to a variety of reasons and served as a faceless and nameless member of the unit directly under Fanatio, the «Four Oscillation Blades». Being by her side alone made Dakira feel more fortunate than ever hoped for. The Four Oscillation Blades were, by no means, some elite unit among the low ranking knights.