Sword Art Online Volume 17 – Alicization Awakening Chapter 20 - Each of their Battles 20 The first red line that jabbed into the cracked earth became a small pile and shook — It took only a few seconds to turn into a human form. *** What he saw made Fist Fighter Chief Iskahn forget the rage coursing through his body, even if it was just for a split second. — What are those? On the other side of the great valley, the five hundred Dark Land soldiers who had successfully crossed the rope bridge were about to fearlessly engage the five Integrity Knights. Yet their movements had suddenly stopped, and all had turned their astonished eyes outside of the battlefield. Iskahn’s face, as though pulled along by this scene, unconsciously swiveled in the same direction. There, he saw a torrential crimson rain, falling two kilol to their east. With a odd thundering, countless red lines tumbled from the heavens. They swelled up upon touching the ground, and rapidly molded into human shapes. Warriors appeared before them, their bodies secured completely in crimson armor, equipped with long swords, battleaxes, and spears. Although its color was different, the shape of their armor was very similar to that of the Dark Knight Order. At a glance, they seemed to be Emperor Vector’s divinely summoned reinforcements. Then, Iskahn distinctly felt that something was ineffably queer. These red infantrymen were standing without any sense of discipline or regulation. It was completely unlike the Knights trained under Dark General Shasta, who was now deceased. Some were chatting casually with swagger, some sat on the ground, and some even drew their weapons and waved them around without waiting for orders.