Sword Art Online Volume 17 – Alicization Awakening Chapter 20 - Each of their Battles 23 — Even after all of their suffering, he had still underestimated just how cruel Vector really was. The instant that the five hundred Dark Territory soldiers, the Human Empire soldiers, and the summoned Dark Legion met — Countless swords, countless battleaxes, and countless spears reflected the sunlight — Then, with bloodthirsty howls, they were swung at the Fist Fighters, who were supposed to be their comrades. *** “Those guys… Why?!” It was Asuna’s first time hearing such a shocked yell from Knight Commander Bercouli, but words failed her. The 30,000 soldiers who suddenly descended… no, dived to the east of the battlefield, had undoubtedly been summoned by Emperor Vector. But where on earth did he get so many people? Did he directly create system-controlled monster-type characters? But the central console was already locked, and this type of administrator-privileged operation was impossible; the only way to introduce new fighters was to create a character in the real world, then dive in like Asuna had, but the attackers only had two STLs. Asuna sank into the chaos of the moment — Her bewilderment was shattered by the roars of the red troops that had already approached within a few hundred meters. “Charge ahead!!” “Give ‘em hell!!” — English!