Sword Art Online Volume 16 – Alicization Exploding Chapter 18 – War of the Underworld 27 Advancing to Central Capital Centoria at the young age of thirteen, he brilliantly achieved victory in the Four Empires Unity Tournament the following year and was promoted to an integrity knight. Even after losing all of his memories until then due to the «Synthesis Ritual» and awakening as a knight, he displayed awe- inspiring talent with the sword. Climbing up the ranks to become a high ranking knight at an exceptional speed, he was personally granted a divine instrument by the highest minister. The treasured divine instruments in the Central Cathedral were not bestowed by the highest minister’s or the knights’ whims. It was, in fact, the opposite, with the divine instrument choosing its user. Via a certain sort of resonance between the knight’s soul and the divine instrument’s memories. The resonance between Renri and his divine instrument, a pair of throwing knives, the «Twin Edged Wings», was strong indeed. However, unbelievably, he had never invoked it. He had never invoked the proof of the high ranking knights, the armament full control art, even once. That was sufficient for the highest minister to lose her interest in Renri. With Alice Synthesis Thirty becoming an integrity knight after him, his meaning of existence was pushed further into obscuration in light of her overwhelming talent. It would have been unfair to lay that blame on Renri. After all, Alice’s talent propelled her straight up to the third position in the knight order and was worthy of the strongest and oldest divine instrument, the «Fragrant Olive Sword». Still, Renri was branded as a failure in reality and forced into a long slumber. The moment he was turned into an ice sculpture by the chief elder’s «deep freeze» art, what came into his mind was a crushing sense of lacking. He lacked something important to himself… that was why he could not control the Twin Edged Wings despite their resonance.