My feet continued even then, advancing earnestly even as they threatened to fold time after time.

The two swords I held in my hands felt incredibly heavy.

But it was their tangible presences that granted me strength, moving my two legs forward.

I had entered battle with two swords in my hands and my life on the line like this countless times a long, long time ago, in a different world.

This was my… «Dual Blades» Kirito’s true form.

Upon invoking the overwriting phenomenon with my imagination again, my long coat regenerated the tears it had in various spots in an instant. Though the damage I had suffered remained, there was no use bothering with how much Life I had left. I could still fight as long as I was capable of moving my limbs and swinging a sword.

(Alicization Uniting, 248)