Sword Art Online 012 – Alicization Rising Chapter 7 – The Two Supervisors 15 Aside from the general purpose AI; the Cardinal System, all of the supervisors for the various existing VRMMOs would probably wish for their game worlds to continue on. They would regulate the balance between the currency, as well as the item and monster spawns, in a bid to preserve regularity. However, there was a single factor even supervisors possessing godlike power could not control. Players. Could that not be said to apply to this Underworld as well...? And, as if she saw through my thoughts, Cardinal gave a slight nod and resumed her explanation. "Formerly, what the Cardinal System controlled were animals, vegetation, terrain, and weather; that is objects and effects... in other words, it acted as a foundation for the world, with no interference in the actions of its inhabitants, the artificial fluct lights. ...However, Quinella was different. She even thought about restraining the humans' lives for all of eternity." "Restraining... in other words, making everybody repeat the same routine day after day without anything new... was that what you meant...?" "Nn... well, that is essentially it. Allow me to continue... fused with the Cardinal System, Quinella first amended her own name. To the... highest minister of the Axiom Church, Administrator." I cut in once again the instant I heard that. "H-He said that name too. That Integrity Knight Eldrie Synthesis... erm..." "Thirty-one, I'm sure." "Right, that's it. I believe he said he received an invitation from the highest minister, Administrator-sama, and then came down to the land from the Celestial World or something like that. ...I see, so