Sword Art Online 012 – Alicization Rising Chapter 7 – The Two Supervisors 35 My body abruptly shuddered upon imagining that skirmish between gods. My knowledge of offensive sacred arts was limited to the extremely rudimentary ones that change the shapes of elements, like those used in the battle against Knight Eldrie. Their offensive abilities were far from reaching a single sword strike, struggling to even act as restraints or distractions, hardly able to take away the Life of anyone around...... "—Huh, wait a moment. You said that even Administrator wasn't capable of killing somebody, didn't you? Then shouldn't that restriction apply to you as well, as a copy? Why were both of you able to attack each other?" Cardinal slightly pouted at her story getting interrupted at the good part, as she nodded and replied. "Mgh... that was a good question. True, it is as you've said, even Administrator, unbound by the Taboo Index as she was, could not break the prohibition on murder given to her when she was young, as Quinella, by her parents. I have still yet to elucidate the origin behind the phenomenon why we artificial fluct lights are unable to disobey all orders without exception even after many long years of deliberation... however, this phenomenon is not as absolute as you might think." "...Which means...?" "To show an example..." Cardinal moved her right hand that held the tea cup above the table. For some reason though, she was not lowering the cup onto the saucer but onto the right, an empty space—her arm came to a precise stop immediately before its bottom touched the table cloth. "I am unable to lower this cup any further." "Hah?"