Sword Art Online 012 – Alicization Rising Chapter 7 – The Two Supervisors 56 Normally, even the nobles and imperial families have no chance to see the integrity knights, let alone the rest of the populace. ...One could say that a distance was formed between them, however..." "Hmm... Ah, but does that mean that the majority of the thirty knights are at the mountain range at the edge?" I asked with a hint of anticipation, but Cardinal readily shook her head. "I wouldn't say it's the majority. The number of knights awake within the cathedral right now should be, at the very least, twelve or thirteen. If you and Eugeo intend to complete your respective goals, you would generally have no choice but to break through them to reach the cathedral's top floor." "Even if you say that... we have no choice..." Sliding on the chair as I sank into depression, I let out a deep sigh. To put it into RPG-ish terms, I'm feeling like I had just plunged into the last dungeon with absolutely none of the necessary equipment and levels. True, I made the far, far journey to the central capital so that I could struggle to the cathedral's top floor and contact someone in the real world, but I feel like I could honestly even say that the disparity in combat ability between the integrity knights and us was beyond hope. I dropped my gaze to my chest in silence. Thanks to the magical meat bun I had gotten from Cardinal, the wound I had received from Integrity Knight Eldrie's «armament full control art» had completely healed, but traces still remained in that spot, a stinging pain. There would hardly be any chance of clearing it through frontal attacks alone if the knights appearing from now onwards were to be stronger than Eldrie... thinking about that, I recalled the