Sword Art Online (2012–…): Season 4, Episode 12 - Ray of Light - full transcript

Wh-Who are you?

Charge!

Kick their ass!

Wh-What are you...

You aren't on our side?

Who is that group of soldiers?

That's...

Ray of Light

Dude, that's awesome!

That's gross!

I can't collapse now.

Alice?

Don't overdo it, Asuna. Leave
the rest to us, the Integrity Knights.

But those red soldiers
are from the real world.

They're enemies who came from my world.

Even so, if they're merely a bloodthirsty
lot, haphazardly flailing their swords,

there's nothing to fear
even if there are thousands of them.

Exactly!

How about sharing
a little bit of the glory?

Everyone. Thank you.

All right!

All troops, form a phalanx! We're
going for a single-point breakthrough!

I-I have to inform the emperor
that we're aborting the mission.

Ch-Champion!

Ch-Champ...

The emperor didn't give us any orders
regarding those red soldiers.

Isn't that right?

Yes, that's correct, but...

Then if we were to slaughter them, it
would have nothing to do with the emperor.

Champion.

Listen. Once a bridge goes up over
the valley, charge in with the entire army.

Whatever it takes, you have to
rescue our people on the other side!

Huh? Bridge? How...

It's obvious.

Ask someone who can do it.

If I can't cross the ropes,

then I'll just have to jump it myself!

Champion!

Damn it!

Stop.

Stop.

Stop!

Take this!

They're all weak.

A person from the Dark Territory?

Amazing.

Let's make a deal.

Deal?

Yes. You're the one who made those fissures
and that giant chasm, right?

Yes.

Listen. Put a bridge across the crack behind
me. It can be narrow, as long as it's sturdy.

Do that, and my 4,000 pugilists will fight with you
until we annihilate every one of those red soldiers.

The Dark Territory Army will fight with us?

I don't think this man would lie.

All right.

I'll build a bridge over the chasm.

They're...

anomalies!

Move.

Move!

System Call.

Discharge!

I'll incinerate them
all at once from the top of that hill!

Move!

Little one, don't run off by...

Little one!

Enhance Arma...

You bastard!
What are you doing to my apprentice?

Get out of the way!

Release Recollection!

Knight Commander, please go!

Sorry! I'll leave the rest to you!

Go!

Amazing.

Being impressed isn't going to cut it.

If we do make it south,
what are we going to do then?

Defeating that many enemies
might be difficult, even for us.

When you break through the enemy lines
and make it south,

keep advancing,
and distance yourselves from the enemy.

I'll create another fissure
and isolate the enemy.

A message! A message!

Integrity Knight Alice has been carried
away by the enemy commander on his dragon!

The dragon seems to
have flown to the south.

Wh...

Did you say the emperor flew away?

So he wasn't just looking on
as a spectator earlier?

Hey, woman!

Alice is the Priestess of Light, isn't she?

Why does the emperor want her so badly?

What's going to happen if the
emperor captures the Priestess of Light?

This world will be destroyed.

When the Dark God Vecta seizes Alice,
the Priestess of Light,

and reaches the World End's Altar,

this world, both the Human Empire
and the Dark Territory,

will be returned to nothingness.

Dragons can't fly forever.

The most they can fly
without a break is half a day.

Then it looks like you'll have to put
your spirit into it and give chase, right?

"Give chase"? But you...

Aren't you with the Dark Territory Army?
Why would you say that?

Emperor Vecta told us, the council of ten,
in so many words,

that all he was after
was the Priestess of Light.

The moment he flew away with the priestess,
the emperor's goal was achieved.

In other words,

whatever we do now,

even if it's helping the Human Empire Army
steal back the priestess from the emperor,

it's our choice.

Isn't that right?

I... We... can't defy the emperor directly.

If the emperor gives us another order
to fight all of you,

we have to obey.

So we, the pugilists guild,
will stop the red soldiers here.

I want you and the Human Empire Army
to go after the emperor.

And then tell the
emperor... that bastard...

Let that bastard know!

That we're not his damned puppets!

All right!

Everyone! Hold that breach!

And you two get out of here.
We can only hold out for so long.

Thank you.

I will remain here, too.

Understood. Please
take care of the rearguard.

Are you sure about this, woman?

I already told you my name.

Are you sure about this, Sheyta? There's
no guarantee that you'll live through this.

I'll be the one to slash you.

They can't have you.

Whatever!

All right! Come on, everyone,
show me some fire!

Circular formation!

All-around defense!

Any morons that come near us,
give them hell!

You're fired up, huh, Champion?

Yeah!

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 6:01 AM Ocean Turtle

Oh, hey! You're awake, huh?

I figured your brain cells got fried up.

Shut up.

That's right.

I fell into a bottomless hole, and...

How exactly did you die over there?

You've been out for eight hours!

E-Eight hours?

Don't be so surprised.

Don't worry. At the time of your death in
there, the acceleration rate went down to 1:1.

D-Did you say 1:1?

Hey! You know what that means,
right, Four Eyes?

Twelve hours from now, the JSDF
command is going to attack this place.

Yeah I know.

These are all Captain Miller's orders.

Right now, I'm sending U.S. players into the
Dark Territory via a satellite connection.

What?

This is the movement log
for you and the captain.

Right now, the captain's gone past where
you died, and is heading further south.

And he's left behind the entire Dark Territory
forces in the north. He's going solo.

What that means is...

He's either chasing Alice,
or has already captured her, huh?

Yeah,
but there's one problem. Look at this.

What's marked in red
is the horde of U.S. players.

And the black part surrounded by the red
is the Dark Territory Army.

The problem is this white group here,
or what's barely left of it, that is.

That's the Human Empire Army.
There're at least 700 of them.

If they catch up to the captain,
it's going to be a pain.

I have to stop them somehow.

Stop them, sure, but how?

These are the U.S. players
waiting for the second connection.

Once it hits 20,000, I'm going to flood
the Human Empire Army's position with them.

That's twenty-eight times the combat power.
They'll be crushed instantly!

And then I'll set the acceleration rate
back to 1,000:1.

That should give the captain plenty of time

to capture Alice and reach
the southernmost system console.

I hope it'll go that smoothly.

The Human Empire Army
is tougher than you think.

Those Integrity Knights
are especially insane.

They did mow down the entire
first wave of the Dark Territory Army.

Otherwise, I never would've been defeated
in such a... shameful...

Lightning Flash.

That's right! There's no mistaking it.

It was definitely that woman!

Huh? What are you saying?

Hey, you stupid geek!

Those Rath guys holed up in the second
control room are doing the same thing as us!

There's a Japanese VRMMO player
mixed in with the Human Empire Army!

What?

If Lightning Flash Asuna is there,
that could mean that he did a dive, too.

Are you serious?
I can't just sit here like this!

Hey! I'm going back in!

Send me to the white group's location at
the same time as the 20,000 reinforcements.

Even if you want to go back, there's no dark
knight account anymore since you wasted it.

If you're okay with one of the reinforcement's
grunt account, I have plenty of those.

I have an account. A real special one!

I leave the rest in your hands.

Oh no. Sir Renly is sacrificing himself
to break through.

Don't!

It can't shoot rapid-fire?

That's fine.

Single-shot weapons
are more fitting for me, anyway.

Sorry to keep you waiting, Asuna.

Shino-non!

Next time: The Great Underworld War.