Sword Art Online's
Chapter 6's
World End Wall. It was the name of the wall of infinite height that surrounded the Underworld as a barrier between the Human World and the Dark Territory, Ronye had seen him in the blue sky with his own eyes once. While following Kirito who was visiting the goblin mountain in the northern area of the Dark Territory, he was amazed by the view from the incredible wall that stood along the horizon.
According to the goblins' story, the wall appears to be made of ultra-high levels of minerals, but not from the ground. It was not easy to open a small hole in that wall, let alone dig a hole or make a ladder. It looks like everyone tried to climb it for 300 years in history.
Similar stories are also told on giants and ogres, the wall can not be damaged or disturbed, so that's why it is called “Wall End of the World”, so, which is the barrier between life in the Dark Territory that must be respected.
—It should be—
"Ah, that's, um…"
Even though I expected it. Ronye was still surprised by that answer, so he worked even harder. After sipping his tea, he composed the words he wanted
uttered.
“...Um...so senpai already tried to pass through that wall by flying technique?”
"Yup"After nodding, he suddenly shook his head.
“I tried, and I gave up. Even though the Aerial Sacred Art or Incarnation wind I used was quite a lot, it seemed that its gravity increased by an infinite amount as I looked at its level.”
Leaning on the olive tree, Kirito continued his words.
“...However, when I threw the knife up, it floated so high, so I couldn't hold an object there, maybe just a classification as a human type, and I tried to manipulate it, but nothing changed in my ID as I spread my wings.In total, I guess the final stop was sealed inside a movable container. Then we can only make the possibility that the whole system is a stationary object.”
Ronye raised his hand as Kirito continued his story.
“That means, if human blood or flesh cannot pass through that wall, there is a possibility of passing through its height by riding a dragon machine, right?”
"Hmm……?"
Kirito raised his face slightly and blinked his eyes for a moment and nodded.
“Oh, yes, true it is true. Actually I tried to use something like leather or paper planes that I confer with Sacred Art or Incarnation. It seemed that the movement of the clothes or armor was also considering my own movements. Then it takes the power of flying dragons. After all, it was a terrifying circle as it emerged from the high heat of the thermal element, undeniably to become metallic, but afterwards, after, consider the amount of weight it has to guarantee enough power to release it, which is the amount of thermal element required”.
“Um....that's a hard thing..”.
After thinking for a moment at the same time as Kirito, Ronye looked back at him.
“No, no! It's different.the one I want to ask is...”.
“Then what?”
“Why does senpai want to go through the End of the World Wall? Since I have been on Kirito-senpai's side for a long time, I understand the feeling of senpai wanting to get through every obstacle.but I think there are currently many things.
As he said it with passion, he realized it even sounded like advice, he rubbed his neck. Kirito patted Ronye on the shoulder.
“Thank you Ronye. You're always worried. But I didn't do anything wrong.”
Ronye was surprised when he heard the sound of his senpai laughter, his heart felt like it was going to be dislodged. It is hard to hide these feelings without being discovered. Revealing Ronye's unconscious whereabouts, Kirito put his hand behind his head and turned his back on it.
“...but, passing through that wall is my duty and priority in Underworld at the moment.”
“What does that mean?”
“...don't tell anyone, including Tieze and Fanatio.”Suddenly hearing something like this of course made Ronye open her eyes wide, yet remain calm.
“—that's because, the war will start again”
“…!? No, it's impossible! The era of peace has just begun right..!?”
Taking a deep breath, Kirito shook his head with a troubled face.
“I'm sorry, but maybe this won't be forever. The Great East Gate has collapsed, the transfer between the two worlds has also begun, many newcomers are coming from the Dark Territory, now, they can enjoy the land and food, but everyone may realize it. These two worlds have a very important difference."
“Differences?”
“The Human World is so rich and abundant, whereas the Dark Territory is so poor. You see it for yourself, Ronye, the sky is red and the ground is blackened.The only place where they can feel wealth is in its capital, Obsidia, but man has taken over. Now, goblins, orcs, and giants should be able to calm down more, but that sense of dissatisfaction remains.I and Asuna worked hard to make it possible to grow human intermediaries there, but it was useless. The relationship of that resource.the supply of Sacred Power is very small.”.
Ronye listened to Kirito's words without making a sound.Indeed, the scene of the remote Dark Territory still seemed to be in his mind. But until now, he had never thought about it in perspective.
"...... Senpai...... I ..."
Kirito's black eyes looked towards Ronye and smiled.
“Sorry yes, Ronye, I did nothing wrong, but I had no choice.
This Underworld from the beginning was indeed created like that. The only goal is a war between the impoverished Dark Territory and the rich Human World. And the war was in fact, with many sacrifices, and the possibility of a bad ending. I will never allow such a thing to happen again, for the sake of the lives that have vanished in past wars.”
“But, what should we..?”.
“There is only one answer. For half-humans, they must not be residents of the Dark Territory that they cannot leave behind. Not an intermediary land, but a real city.”
“City...sooth..”.
Ronye tried to absorb Kirito's explanation as much as possible, but he felt that he could not immediately understand all of this.
There was only one region of the goblin mountain that Ronye saw for himself. They inhabited an area of hills along the Great East to North Gate. No wheat can grow there, nor can fish live because there is no water. Really barren.
In addition, among the Hagashi chieftain and his first son Kosogi, feel each other, and while the new chieftain is appointed, the reconstruction between his tribes does not go smoothly. And only recently, when the Dark Territory is only followed by “Law strongest”, can be destroyed by giants or ork. And quite possibly by even skinny goblins.
Ronye who had once visited their land followed Kirito, speechless, looking at the sick goblins and just lying on the straw board, the children who were crying hunger. Even if such a worst situation were to drive a large number in the emergency suppliers of the Human World, it would not be a serious problem. On that land could not easily become a supporter of the large number of goblin populations.
But Ronye did not think about the future “” until now. He forgot about it.The figures of the goblin children were in pain and hurt each other madly just to get a piece of hard bread from his hand.
Since then, many items have continued to be sent by the Human World. Maybe this one time I should tell myself that something is wrong, but look back on what I saw in the rich Human World, even though I was only of the class
low-class nobility, I live a life of sufficiency with no shortage of anything.
But now, when he heard “Serah” City from Kirito's mouth, Ronye was forced to understand it. Land that cannot be called a region, let alone a city. It's just a wasted place, a place with a tormented life.
“Senpai..aku..aku..
Ronye, feeling depressed from the bottom of his day, dropped a fork in his hand and made a hoarse voice.
Nobility has a serious duty over privilege. We call that obligation to fight him without power, in Sacred Word “Obligation of Nobles”.2 years ago Kirito sat in front of him. A year has passed to be a student who knows nothing about it.
''—Then I've forgotten it, no, it's a mistake. In truth,
I don't consider goblins the same. Although I thought they were pathetic, sometimes from my heart, if only I could not help.
His gaze was blurry and tears dripped onto his plate. Tsukigaki approached her with a voice “kurururu” wanted to know what happened to her master, but there was a hand stroking her hair from the front.
“Sorry yes, Ronye. I knew you'd feel pain when I told you all this.”
An unusually soft voice from Kirito's whisper.
“...Well, you don't have to blame yourself too hard, we can send help from the Human World to the Dark Territory as well as become possible after we stop the waste done by the emperors and high nobles and fix it after the war. Nothing is impossible without your hard work, so do what you do
best, Ronye.”
“Be...beg?”
“Iya dong's. I've been to that goblin mountain again, and the kids there still remember when you gave them bread.”
Again, tears welled up her cheeks, but this time the tears had different meanings. Kirito rubbed it with his handkerchief.
Ronye tried to regulate his heart rate, covered his face and cried. Trying to stop her tears forcefully, she raised her face, smiling briefly.
“...Thank you, Senpai. It's okay now. Forgive me for suddenly crying like this in the middle of our conversation.”
“I know that Ronye is indeed crybaby.”
Seeing the smile and laughter from Kirito, Ronye smiled covering up her pain behind her chest.After finishing her tea and wiping the rest of her tears, she opened her mouth.
“...I understand what senpai think, goblins and orks need a rich and beautiful city like Manuia World. No matter what kind of place is in Underworld, we can only find it behind ‘World's End Wall’. It is for this reason that we have to pass through that wall with the dragon machine. Like that?”
“It's true..indeed it will be difficult to pass through that wall sih”.
Kirito nodded. Assented.
“...but is there really another side behind that wall? If the wall is endless, and if there is nothing.?”
“I also thought about that.but if the wall was really the end of the world, it felt not a wall, but something like an inaccessible address. There's nothing.”
“Kosong...as can not be seen?
“True. But actually the End of the World Wall was really a cliff. Very tall and hard to climb. The reason may be to keep the population in the world from research whose truth is not clear.reality of ‘World's Edge’. If so, there is a chance that it will stop being ‘late’ when it grabs it. Everything depends on how much room and capacity are absorbed in the main visualizer ..”
Hearing the talk he did not understand, Ronye raised his eyebrows, and Kirito raised his head slightly.
“Eh, sorry Ronye, so talk non-no..uh well...basically, there is no ‘Akhir’ in this world.”
“No end?”
It was an unfamiliar concept to Ronye.
For Ronye who was born and grew up in North Centoria, the giant wall that divides the city into 4 sector— indefinite wall has been around since the beginning. He learned many things about the Norlangarth empire and the Human World together led by 3 emperors.
He had once thought about the endless mountain surrounding the Human World and the forbidden territory that had spread widely since he entered school at the age of 8.
Although his teacher didn't teach him specifics about the Dark Territory—think about it , it feels doubtful to talk about it and that endless cliff that is called ‘World End Wall’—he only learned it from the former defense forces of the human world with Tieze when he arrived at the camp of the Great Gate of the eastern region.
In other words, that ‘Dwall’ has always existed in this world. Even if it was passed, there would definitely be another wall that appeared. He was sure that one day someone would be able to pass through the World End Wall perfectly.
“...well, like..you mean, on the other side of this End of the World Wall, what is it like the World
Humans and the Dark Territory again? Grasslands, forests, land as far as the eye can see?”
As he asked in a strange tone, Kirito was confused. “ugh..”.
“Where is the description yes…? Oh yes, here here.”
Kirito extended his hand. Shamefully Ronye accepted the hand, and Kirito pulled Ronye towards the narrow window that opened around the Supreme Cloud Garden.
“Nah, look at that.”
Something he pointed at with his right hand was a white semicircle floating in the dark blue sky to the east of—Lunaria. Ronye and Tsukigaki looked towards him which was the origin of Tsukigaki's name. Then Kirito said something clearly.
“That's a circle right?”
." …Yes, circle
He nodded
“Lunaria is not a flat piece, but a circular circle that is the only part of the sun that looks brighter and from here continues to grow and decrease as well….it's a lesson from school in Centoria too right?”
Kirito looked confident with a smile from his lips.
“Of course..they taught it all while in elementary school.The golden circle is the ivory of Goddess Lunaria.floating in the kingdom above the sky.”.
“Oh...oh..um..actually I guessed it in this world, including the Human World and the Dark Territory, should have the same round shape.”
“Em...what!? Sphere!?”
He could not help but cry out, he suddenly felt somewhat scared and subconsciously stomped his feet. Next to him Tsukigaki exclaimed ‘fururu’ like laughing towards Kirito.
Kirito spent as much as 5 minutes and taught him about the structure of the circle, the planet that was his name. Of course it is not easy to accept, but there is something that can help him.
“Star Views in the Morning” on the 95th floor of Central Cathedral which opens along the sky. Standing on the floor, staring at it, from the horizon all over the eyes looking at it beautifully.It seems real but when you try to think about it, you will notice it, that was what Ronye thought as he watched Lunaria soar in the sky. Unexpectedly, words came out of his mouth.
“If this world has a shape like Lunaria as well..is there grasslands, forests, roads, and people who live there?”
"Huh……
It seemed an unexpected question to Kirito, and the long-haired girl blinked a few times, but afterwards she replied calmly.
“...Maybe.depending on how far it is from the moon, it may not be a satellite.
small, maybe it's a planet of the same size.well, someday I'll learn it”.
Unexpectedly, Ronye felt unsurprised by the words he heard.She had a sign that this person would say so.Ronye smiled, moved slightly closer to Kirito and whispered.
“At that time, I will accompany you as well as possible as a trainee who follows his senpai.”
“You won't regret when we make a big enough dragon machine.”
2 a man and a dragon looked at the half-circle above the sky quietly.
