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The enemy of the world was defeated by somebody.

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But even now, the powers left behind writhe in multitude.

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They cannot be subdued by ordinary strength.

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A hundred shura-like demons...

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The world's largest city, Aureatia, proceeds with the selection of a Hero,

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while the leader of the New Principality of Lithia,
Taren the Guarded, seeks new order, and governs through fear.

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awaiting
crimson
empty,
awaiting
crimson

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stinging
presence,
thorns
piercing
stinging
presence,
thorns
piercing

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thought
deepest
better
thought
deepest
better
inside
unfamiliar
whispers.
inside
unfamiliar
whispers.
different,
deeper
different,

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deeper

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rescue.
sharpening
rescue.

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gentle
exists,
embrace.
gentle
exists,
embrace.

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Yearning
searching
missing
searching
missing

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Enshrouded
solitude.
Enshrouded
solitude.
you’d

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succumb
demons?
Before
succumb
demons?
empty,

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enough.
It’s
enough.

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Episode 7

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Aureatia Outskirts of Mage City

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Excuse me, Captain.

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Hm?

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We're nearly at the border with Lithia, aren't we?

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Yeah.

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It's just over that hill.

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I get that you've taken us here to learn the terrain near Lithia,

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but isn't it dangerous to get this close?

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Yes, indeed.

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The situation with Lithia is volatile.

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But to the outside world...

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You mean both countries are still on friendly terms?

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I believe there's a treaty that gives Lithia a grace
period to withdraw its independence and rejoin Aureatia.

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It was actually Lithia that requested these patrols.

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Lithia asserts that Aureatia must make efforts to
maintain public order and stop the frequent outlaw attacks.

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They say that since we don't recognize Lithia's independence,
it only makes sense that Aureatia takes responsibility.

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But who are those outlaws?

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In actual fact, it's Aureatia who puts them up to it. Indeed.

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Then these patrols are all just a performance on Aureatia's part?

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But Lithia knows this too.

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These patrol requests are nothing more than mere harassment,

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designed to expend resources and energy,
and gradually wear own our morale.

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They can also use any mistake we make as an excuse to start a war.

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Not an effective strategy, but still no risk for them.

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Taren the Guarded knows how to play the game. Indeed.

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Can war really not be avoided?

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No,

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I don't think it can.

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Still, Lithia has no reason to attack yet.

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I doubt a full-scale battle will take place for some time.

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That won't do.

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Huh?

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I came all the way here because I heard I could fight someone worthwhile.

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What will I do without any battle?

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I doubt Lithia is taking your situation into account.

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I guess you're right.

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I should go meet this Taren myself and get her to kick this war off.

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You're pretty fired up, aren't you?

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I'm sorry about him, Captain.

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He's a visitor. He doesn't know our world.

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We have...

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Aureatia has continued to work hard towards peace.

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Taren the Guarded used to be the
Twenty-Third General of Aureatia, you see.

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We were even considering designating Lithia as a special autonomous
region, and revoking the title of self-proclaimed Demon King.

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However...

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They use wyverns.

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Indeed...

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wyverns.

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It mustn't be allowed.

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They are clearly a dangerous force,
beyond the control of the minian races.

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Which means Taren has no intention of stopping the war.

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Indeed.

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In this era without the threat of the True Demon King,
she is attempting to establish a new order in place of the kingdom

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that has continued since the dawn of the minian races.

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She is a shura possessed by war.

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Oy.

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Huh?

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What is it?

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Enemies.

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Who are they?

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This feeling...

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Prepare to fight!

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You two over there, stop!

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We belong to the army of Aureatia.

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We are patrolling here upon the request of the New Principality of Lithia.

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Tell us your names and present your travel permits.

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Quite the performance there, Captain.

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You want to know who we are?

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You came to hunt outlaws, but are you surprised to really find some?

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T-This isn't good. We should run.

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Right now!

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Vice Captain, take three men from the rear and return to the fort.

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Report to headquarters.

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Yo.

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Who are you then?

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You're not bad.

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I see.

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Someone who can keep up with my spear.

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Dear me.

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Were you going full speed with that sword just now?

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You looked stationary to me.

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You talk a lot for a bunch of bones.

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My eyes can't keep up.

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I'll have to predict his moves.

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Right upper arm.

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The clavicle.

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The groin.

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The gaps in his ribcage...

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You've got some spirit.

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This is bone-breaking work.

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Was that a joke?

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How about I break your bones for real?

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Aim your arrows!

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Not the skeleton.

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Aim for the mandrake!

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Higuare! I'll stop the swordsman.

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He's too much for you to handle in a sword fight.

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Is that so?

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Very well then.

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Steal a horse and get out of here.

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Understood.

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I shall steal a horse.

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Here it comes! Fire!

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Captain! Are you all right?

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It's not life-threatening.

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P-Poison...

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No way...

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Yuno!

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Get out of here before you die!

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B-But I...

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Hello there. I'll have you go now.

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I cannot control a horse.

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You must do it.

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But I...

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I insist.

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H-He let one person live

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to have them ride a horse.

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He chose me because I'm the weakest.

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Why...

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even beg for my life?

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Mage City

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Should we have really let him in?

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We had to.

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He's an important figure in Aureatia.

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What do you want, old man?

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I'm busy.

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Take up too much of my time and I'll send you back to Aureatia.

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I'm offering an official support dispatch.

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I've also applied to the council for emergency deployment.

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There shouldn't be any issues with the procedure.

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I told you, I don't need support.

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Don't you get it?

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Please, listen to—

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Hang on.

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Didn't you mess up on a dragon-hunting expedition recently?

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Not only that, my transport squad was inconvenienced
due to the delayed report from the advance route.

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I wouldn't be surprised if you get held accountable for that.

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Having you here does nothing but confuse my chain of command.

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Go back to Aureatia. But if you really
want to help, leave your soldiers with me.

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Listen to me.

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You need an expert who knows how to deal with those wyverns.

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You know you're not dealing with ordinary wyverns, don't you?

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Come on.

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Did you really think I haven't come up with a plan for Taren's wyverns?

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You're so pathetic I could cry.

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Listen to me!

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Taren is not the problem here.

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The Star Runner is coming.

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Star Runner?

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Alus the Star Runner?

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He's coming here?

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Lithia stole the Cold Star from the Great Labyrinth of Nagan.

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Before the Star Runner could!

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You think he'll just sit back and let someone else take the treasure?

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Mage City might be attacked along with Lithia.

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So what?

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You can shoot down the Star Runner with that shabby gear of yours.

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I'm all for that, old man.

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So would you please calm down?

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Huh?

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No way.

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She's using it now?

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Has Taren lost the plot?

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H-Has there been a declaration of war?

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Why are they bombarding us?

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Mage City should still be on friendly terms with Lithia.

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Stop whining, old man.

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Taren could have easily prepared a just cause to start the war.

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Which means this is part of her plan?

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She no longer cares about just cause.

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Aureatia didn't realize Taren would stoop so low.

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Lord Hidow, I come with a report.

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What is it? Is it about the attack?

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N-No.

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The patrol squad that left in the evening never returned.

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What?

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According to the scout that went to check on them,
they'd all been killed by what looks like poison.

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N-Nobody survived.

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Nobody?

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Not even Soujirou the Willow-Sword?

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I-It seems like...

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no survivors were found.

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Hidow.

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Hidow the Clamp!

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Do you have a plan here?

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Soujirou isn't the only pawn in the assassination plan.

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I've already sent another.

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Kuze the Passing Disaster.

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Now that Lithia has made a move, so will he.

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That's the plan.

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Ridiculous.

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We're past the point of assassination plots.

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We must deploy the soldiers.

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I can't send them out from this fort.

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The wyvern army is surely on its way to lay siege to this place.

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In that case, I will take responsibility, and send out my squad.

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That should be fine with you.

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Hunting wyverns is my job.

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Cut the crap, old man!

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As if we can deploy a proper anti-air squad in this situation?

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If they get inside the building, it's over.

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Holding the fort is our only option.

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But we can't win like that.

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We can.

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I told you, there's another squad.

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All we need to do is keep the attention
of the wyverns and the bombardment on us.

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Then what about...

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the Mage City soldiers down below.

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As they die protecting the citizens, do you expect
the Queen's glorious Twenty-Nine Officials of Aureatia

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to shrink back like turtles and watch?

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I will face them.

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I have never...

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ran from a fight with the wyverns.

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If I don't face them now, I'll lose everything.

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I won't let them devour a single citizen!

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Listen!

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Your spirit may be admirable, but I won't let you send soldiers out.

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That includes yours too.

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I won't let them die because you want to play hero.

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F-Fine.

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I don't need any soldiers.

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I'll face them alone.

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Darn it.

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In a way, the old man is right.

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Lithia has ambushed us.

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If Aureatia doesn't respond, the citizens will lambaste us.

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But still,

245
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this is a battle we might not win.

246
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I will protect the citizens of Mage City, and old man Harghent.

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Connect me to emergency radzio line seven.

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Emergency line seven?

249
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Who may you be calling?

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Just hurry up and do your job.

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Y-Yes, My Lord!

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Are you awake?

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Shoot down every Lithia wyvern you see.

254
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Don't harm any enemy minian soldiers
until you get the go-ahead.

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Are you sure about this?

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You've been reluctant to release me until now.

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The situation has changed.

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You must destroy Lithia.

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00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:13,052
Equal rights with the minian races and official citizenship of Aureatia.

260
00:18:13,052 --> 00:18:16,096
I'll get you approval that nobody can refute.

261
00:18:16,180 --> 00:18:18,057
Live as you please.

262
00:18:18,140 --> 00:18:20,100
And enrollment to a school.

263
00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,144
If you succeed.

264
00:18:27,107 --> 00:18:29,068
Is this a good idea?

265
00:18:29,151 --> 00:18:31,153
Should we really use that monster?

266
00:18:32,112 --> 00:18:34,073
She is a weapon.

267
00:18:34,114 --> 00:18:36,116
You heard the deal we made.

268
00:18:37,076 --> 00:18:39,119
But it seems she wants to be a minia again.

269
00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:47,086
I heard she was a monster who
single-handedly destroyed a regional Aureatian army.

270
00:18:47,169 --> 00:18:51,173
We'll find out soon enough if I made the right choice.

271
00:18:54,176 --> 00:18:58,138
Hm?

272
00:18:59,098 --> 00:19:00,099
Vortical Stampede.

273
00:19:00,099 --> 00:19:03,060
You've received orders from Lord Hidow to move out.

274
00:19:03,060 --> 00:19:04,061
Yes.

275
00:19:04,061 --> 00:19:05,145
I just spoke to him.

276
00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:07,147
Will you unlock the door now?

277
00:19:13,153 --> 00:19:16,073
Do you think I'll betray you?

278
00:19:16,156 --> 00:19:19,159
You don't trust me because I'm not a minia?

279
00:19:55,154 --> 00:19:57,156
My body feels so light!

280
00:19:57,865 --> 00:20:00,784
Freedom is good.

281
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walked
again.
walked
again.

282
00:20:33,859 --> 00:20:36,820
warmth

283
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warmth

284
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