The enormous chasm stretching several kilometers across the ground, along with the Dark Territory creatures cut in half along the edges of that slash, instantly cooled the once-chaotic battlefield.
The Dark Territory army, which had charged forward without fear of death only moments ago, had much of its arrogance beaten out of it after witnessing thousands of comrades die in an instant.
The Integrity Knights who had been struggling amid encirclement, meanwhile, let out great sighs of relief, expressions of reassurance appearing on their faces.
There was only one person in the entire Integrity Knight Order capable of unleashing that attack.
That person was the captain of the Integrity Knight Order, Bercouli Synthesis One.
Bercouli was not only the first Integrity Knight, but also the strongest Integrity Knight!
"Eugeo, could this Bercouli be the Dragon-Slaying Swordsman from the stories passed down in Rulid Village...?"
When Kirito and Eugeo had mastered the "Weapon Mastery Technique," they had learned that Weapon Release Art could alter a weapon's form and unleash strength several times greater than normal.
But looking at the enormous slash cleft left in the ground, there was no way this was the power a normal Weapon Release Art should have!
"If he really is that Bercouli, then with strength like this, perhaps he really did kill the White Dragon back then."
Unlike the other Integrity Knights clad in Knight Armor, Bercouli wore a blue kimono and wooden clogs, carrying himself with a lazy air. Those who knew him understood that he was the strongest Integrity Knight; those who did not might have mistaken him for nothing more than a slovenly middle-aged man.
Bercouli's slash had directly intimidated most of the Dark Territory creatures on the battlefield.
Naturally, however, not everyone had been frightened by it.
For example, Fi Za, the