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The Final Land

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Okahu's definitely hiding
information about the True Demon King.

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Bet it'll end up being a national scandal,

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just like you were.

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This would be easier
if people in this world took photographs.

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But a piece of the corpse
should do just as well.

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Think, where would it be?
Please.

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Help me.
There's nothing good here.

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If I were a piece of a dead body…
Someone, I need help…

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…where would I be hiding?
Yukiharu.

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You know I can't see, but…

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…I think you may have been stabbed.

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Oh. So I have.

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Absolutely amazing.
The… The things I've done.

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This might actually be fear
that I'm feeling.

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I dropped my guard
thanks to a mix of curiosity and dread.

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He's dead. I ate him.

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I ate my husband…

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Ma'am. Calm down. Look at my side.

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This is your fault.

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Watch her!

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Enough!

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You're… in the way!

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I can't have anyone
derailing my investigation!

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Certainly not you.

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There we go.

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I feel much better.

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Hey.

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I know this is rich coming from me,
but… I think you're losing it.

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Maybe so.

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Not that it matters much.

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You and I
are in this mess together regardless.

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We're going to see this through
to the end like professionals.

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Of course.

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I'll stay by your side.

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At least until you die.

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Thanks a bunch. That's helpful.

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We won't stop until I uncover the truth.

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I'll just have to overcome my fear.

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ISHURA

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Episode 23
Hiroto the Paradox

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Ho there. The Twilight Diver.

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We meet once more.

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It's you. The friendly merchant.

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Huh?

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You find anything worthwhile out there?

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What a surprise.

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Are these the only men
you managed to recruit?

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Makes sense I guess, given that
Nofelt's unit is stationed nearby.

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I have nothing against you, you know?

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It is what it is.

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I'm sure!

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But you should know something…

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Some people are much better
at mobilization than you.

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What?

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Archers?

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See, the Demon King Army
purged the Ranna Farmlands.

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And while Nofelt has been in charge
since then…

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there are other forces in play.

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What is all this?

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Rique the Misfortune!

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I should be asking you the same thing.

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Per my contract terms with Okahu,

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any recovered members
of the Demon King Army

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must be kept safe.

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You've attempted
to murder the Twilight Diver,

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so I assume you wouldn't hesitate
to kill all of them as well.

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Did he tell you we're not
the only units out here?

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We should've shut his mouth
the first time.

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Not him.

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The One Thousand and First
told me.

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Really, Rique.

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I don't think
you need to be quite so honest

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with these murderous gentlemen.

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The One Thousand and First.

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One of my clients.

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Excellent timing.

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Hmm. You have done well for us,
Master Yukiharu.

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Everything has fallen into place.

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With this leverage, Okahu will listen.

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The Free City of Okahu, Central Stronghold

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Minia
Morio the Sentinel

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We finally meet.
I wondered when we would.

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I'm thrilled to know you thought of me.

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Of course, I too have been looking
forward to this day, Morio Ariyama.

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Naturally, my sources have told me
all about your firearm dealings.

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Kazuki the Black Tone was your customer.

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True. And yes,

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if I hadn't provided guns
and logistical support,

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Kazuki Mizumura might have given up
on Okahu and spared your soldiers.

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But Aureatia would have employed…
different tactics.

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I agree with you on that.

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They're obviously more than
a little bothered by our existence.

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I think it's safe to say that Aureatia
now considers you their primary threat.

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For their next move,
they'll send an army to your gates.

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We've lost many soldiers.

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If they attack, we will fall.

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Which is why I suspect you're here
to offer me reinforcements.

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Whatever I say,
this will play out the way you want.

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I'll admit, I always act
with my own interests in mind.

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That said, anything that benefits me
also benefits my allies.

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Talk specifics.

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Now you
get to take on the role of merchant.

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Your troubled city
is a haven to mercenaries.

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I want to hire them all.

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Come again? You want to buy the city?

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Not one of them will die.

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And after my victory,

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we'll enjoy a hefty advantage
in post-war negotiations.

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Furthermore,

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I can provide you with a battlefield
where your soldiers will shine.

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Sounds nice,
but I have no reason to believe you.

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Besides…

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if anyone found out what you held over me,

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we'd lose everything.

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Yes.

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Why should we believe
that you're someone we can entrust

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our lives and futures to?

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I want proof.

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As you wish.

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You're unsure of how much power I possess.

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The feats that I've accomplished.

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Perhaps the day has come to show you.

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It's a simple matter, really.

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I will overcome
every soldier in this city.

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Is that a joke?

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Naturally, I won't be causing
any harm to them.

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After all, you and I
are about to become close allies.

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Don't worry,
it's not a weapon.

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Huh?

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You know, you're welcome
to have another look if you'd like.

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It's fine.

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Although, I'm curious to know
why you want to go to the watchtower.

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Are you?

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Well, I certainly hope
you haven't mistaken me for a sniper.

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Uh…

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Yes. Hi.

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People of the Free City.

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It's that guy.
Probably not a good idea to shoot him.

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Unless he gives us a reason to.

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I hear he wants to beat us somehow.

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I am… Hiroto the Paradox.

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It's a pleasure to meet you.

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I've had the honor of staying
in Okahu for these past three days,

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and I must say,
as someone from the Distant World,

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I'm amazed by your fair city.

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There's no discrimination
between races here.

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Where I come from,

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minians judged each other by appearance

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and fought incessantly.

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Look at you all though.

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Minians and monsters,

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fighting together as one.

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You flourish,
thanks to your mutual respect.

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And then, there's Aureatia.

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Their rulers cling to minian supremacy.

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What ignorance.

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Can't everyone in this world
communicate through Word Arts,

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whether they were born a minia or not?

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Neft the Nirvana, of the First Party,
was a lycan,

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yet he's forced to live in seclusion
in the Gokashe Sand Sea.

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Do the people of Aureatia ever mention
Lumelly the Poisoned Ground

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when they sing the First Party's praises?

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No. To them, she's an elf,

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not a champion.

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I'm a minia too.

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Some of you may be wondering

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if I have the right
to speak on this topic at all.

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You're asking why I'm suddenly broaching
the subject of inclusivity,

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thinking maybe I'm just an idiot

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who mistook this rooftop
for a confessional.

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Go on, admit it.

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I know how rumors are spread,

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so I'm betting
you've all heard I'm selling

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a new type of firearm.

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Huh?
Well? Do you wanna know

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where these incredible guns
are manufactured?

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Aureatia? Nagan Labyrinth City?
The Hakeena Microregion?

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Good guesses, but no.

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In truth,
the guns I've been selling

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were not even made
on this continent.

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The Distant World, perhaps?

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No.
I'm confused.

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Wrong again.
Then who?

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Folks, let me explain.

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It'll help you
understand me a little better.

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I, Hiroto the Paradox,

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over the course of 69 years,

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have established the Third Otherworld.

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A place you know nothing of.

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Beyond the seas,
at the edge of the world…

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what I've created is a nation of goblins!

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Behold!

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My companions stand among you!

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Goblins?

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I thought they were extinct.

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It's difficult to believe,
I know.

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Goblins are considered inferior,

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and yet,
they're producing complex firearms.

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Not only that,
but they've formed a nation

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and learned to coexist
with someone like myself.

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I don't think
anyone listening should be surprised.

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Not in Okahu.

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That's how you live here!

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And all this time, you've depended
on goblins to save your lives.

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Trusted in the weapons they made.
Can you believe it?

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You witness this quality of their work

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every time you pull a trigger.

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I'll say this again.

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The Free City of Okahu
is a truly remarkable place.

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But Aureatia threatens you
and your way of life.

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The prosperous nation Lord Morio built
is about to come crashing down around you.

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Which is why I'm here, to prevent that.

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Will I profit? Of course.

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Is it personal as well? Yes!

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I won't lie to you.

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I've no interest in preaching
about morality or peace.

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My friends,
what I can promise you is results.

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Just as I saved the goblins
who were pushed toward extinction,

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I will save every one of your lives.

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You have Hiroto the Paradox
and the mighty goblin army,

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ready to fight by your side!

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Put down the megaphone.

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Oh, happily.

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It is pretty heavy.

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Feel free to take it off my hands.

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Comrades! Today…

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I pledge my loyalty to Okahu!

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Damn you.

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I'll hold up my end of the bargain.

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You won't suffer any losses.

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People of the Free City of Okahu,

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I have given my word to Lord Morio,

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if I achieve victory,
my army, my weapons, and my strength

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will become yours.

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I guarantee you'll grow
into an even greater civilization

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than the one you already enjoy.

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So please, help me achieve my goal,
however you can!

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Because my victory is now your victory!

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And Lord Morio's as well!

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Trust in me.

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Hiroto the Paradox!

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I'll win for all of us.

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That was your aim?

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That's right.

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As predicted, I was able
to take control of your entire city.

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Leaving me with no choice.

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I have to ally myself with you.
Wonderful.

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So what now?

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You'll protect my soldiers.

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Hoard post-war power.

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00:13:03,992 --> 00:13:05,994
But to do that, you need a plan.

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Our next move is to use
the Old Kingdom Loyalists of Toghie City.

254
00:13:09,998 --> 00:13:12,960
The goal is to team up with them as well?

255
00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:14,002
No, not quite.

256
00:13:17,005 --> 00:13:18,006
Hmm?

257
00:13:18,006 --> 00:13:21,009
It's an honor to finally meet you,
Lord Morio.

258
00:13:21,927 --> 00:13:22,970
A goblin?

259
00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:24,972
No ordinary goblin.

260
00:13:24,972 --> 00:13:27,933
This is Zigita Zogi
the One Thousand and First.

261
00:13:27,975 --> 00:13:29,977
He's my most trusted advisor.

262
00:13:30,936 --> 00:13:31,937
Is everything arranged?

263
00:13:31,979 --> 00:13:33,939
Per your request.

264
00:13:33,939 --> 00:13:34,982
The only thing left for us to do

265
00:13:34,982 --> 00:13:36,984
is sit back
and wait for them to take the bait.

266
00:13:37,025 --> 00:13:38,944
Hmm.

267
00:13:39,987 --> 00:13:41,989
Their lives are in our hands.

268
00:13:42,948 --> 00:13:43,991
How nice.

269
00:13:43,991 --> 00:13:44,992
ISHURA

270
00:13:45,909 --> 00:13:47,995
New A new land that lies
beyond the sea, unknown in this continent.

271
00:13:48,328 --> 00:13:51,039
the defeat of Gilnes the Battering Ram

272
00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:54,042
Northern Plains of Imag

273
00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,005
Intel suggests
that the Old Kingdom's army in Toghie City

274
00:13:58,046 --> 00:14:00,048
is still growing under General Gilnes.

275
00:14:00,966 --> 00:14:03,010
Caneeya the Fruit Trimming
is their frontline commander.

276
00:14:03,010 --> 00:14:05,012
She's holding the forest between us.

277
00:14:05,012 --> 00:14:07,014
We're locked in a stalemate.

278
00:14:07,014 --> 00:14:10,017
One of our scout units tried
to cut through the trees last night.

279
00:14:10,058 --> 00:14:11,935
Three of them were killed.

280
00:14:12,019 --> 00:14:14,980
The forest is swarming
with guerrilla fighters laying in wait.

281
00:14:14,980 --> 00:14:16,940
Reinforcements?

282
00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:18,025
We haven't heard anything so far.

283
00:14:18,025 --> 00:14:20,944
As for the Ninth General,
Yaniegiz the Chisel,

284
00:14:20,986 --> 00:14:23,030
he still remains in Imag City.

285
00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:24,990
Disgraceful.

286
00:14:24,990 --> 00:14:28,994
Not one of them is willing to deal
with the very real threats we're facing.

287
00:14:29,953 --> 00:14:32,998
Instead, they obsess
over Heroes and champions.

288
00:14:32,998 --> 00:14:33,999
Message, sir!

289
00:14:33,999 --> 00:14:36,001
There's an army
from the Free City of Okahu

290
00:14:36,001 --> 00:14:38,962
quickly advancing towards us.

291
00:14:38,962 --> 00:14:40,005
What do they want?

292
00:14:40,005 --> 00:14:42,007
It's a force of 2,000, sir!

293
00:14:42,007 --> 00:14:43,967
They're marching along
the Kamike Highway!

294
00:14:44,009 --> 00:14:46,011
Mercenary scum.

295
00:14:46,011 --> 00:14:48,972
Are they joining forces
with the Old Kingdom Loyalists?

296
00:14:48,972 --> 00:14:51,016
Get me the unit commanders. Now!

297
00:14:51,016 --> 00:14:52,976
We're going back to Imag.

298
00:14:53,018 --> 00:14:55,020
Wha…
We're abandoning our current position?

299
00:14:55,938 --> 00:14:57,981
If we're cut off from Imag City,
we're finished.

300
00:14:57,981 --> 00:14:59,024
We'd be fools to stay.

301
00:15:03,987 --> 00:15:06,031
Huh. Okahu…

302
00:15:06,031 --> 00:15:09,034
Mercenaries?
What are they after?

303
00:15:09,952 --> 00:15:11,995
They're probably looking
to join up with us.

304
00:15:11,995 --> 00:15:14,039
Stomping our enemy
would prove their worth.

305
00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:17,000
Whatever the case,
we can use this.

306
00:15:17,042 --> 00:15:19,002
If the Aureatians are on the move,

307
00:15:19,002 --> 00:15:22,005
now is the time for us to act.
Agreed.

308
00:15:22,005 --> 00:15:23,048
Let's get going.

309
00:15:23,048 --> 00:15:26,009
We'll attack them from behind
as they retreat through the forest.

310
00:15:26,969 --> 00:15:30,013
Our enemy hasn't noticed
the secret route we carved out.

311
00:15:30,013 --> 00:15:31,974
Destroy them

312
00:15:31,974 --> 00:15:33,976
and General Gilnes will be pleased.

313
00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:38,021
I'll make certain they're not
laying a trap for us ahead.

314
00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:41,233
Suddenly,
everything has fallen into our laps.

315
00:15:41,233 --> 00:15:43,235
I couldn't have planned this better.

316
00:15:44,194 --> 00:15:45,279
Victory is ours!

317
00:15:51,034 --> 00:15:53,036
Commander Caneeya!

318
00:16:07,843 --> 00:16:11,847
The potential to become a champion
is in everybody.

319
00:16:11,847 --> 00:16:16,810
This man's ankle tendons
are capable of explosive power.

320
00:16:20,814 --> 00:16:22,858
But he is ill-suited for archery.

321
00:16:24,193 --> 00:16:27,154
It's a shame
that you view me with hostility.

322
00:16:27,196 --> 00:16:29,239
Though in the end, it won't matter.

323
00:16:29,239 --> 00:16:31,241
Shall I tell you my name?

324
00:16:32,951 --> 00:16:35,954
I am known as Ozonezma.

325
00:16:35,996 --> 00:16:37,956
A chimera.

326
00:16:37,956 --> 00:16:39,958
What the hell is the meaning of this?

327
00:16:40,918 --> 00:16:41,960
Explain yourself!

328
00:16:42,002 --> 00:16:44,004
It's a pleasure to meet you, Lord Dant.

329
00:16:44,004 --> 00:16:45,923
If I may be bold…

330
00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:49,927
I've come here to lend you any assistance
you might require.

331
00:16:49,927 --> 00:16:52,012
Which really means
you want me to be in your debt.

332
00:16:52,012 --> 00:16:54,014
Why else would you intervene
in this battle?

333
00:16:54,973 --> 00:16:55,974
My lord…

334
00:16:56,934 --> 00:16:58,018
this doesn't look good.

335
00:16:58,018 --> 00:17:02,940
Aureatia is going to believe that
you negotiated with Okahu on your own,

336
00:17:02,940 --> 00:17:05,943
hired an army of mercenaries
without their permission…

337
00:17:05,984 --> 00:17:08,946
This is obviously
a situation you orchestrated!

338
00:17:08,987 --> 00:17:11,907
Don't get distracted by the truth.

339
00:17:11,949 --> 00:17:12,991
If I were you, I'd be far more concerned

340
00:17:13,033 --> 00:17:15,911
with how today might be interpreted
by your peers.

341
00:17:16,954 --> 00:17:19,957
What of the other commander
who's stationed in the north?

342
00:17:19,998 --> 00:17:22,918
Does General Yaniegiz
have a legitimate reason

343
00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,002
for avoiding the front lines?

344
00:17:24,002 --> 00:17:25,921
What are you…

345
00:17:25,963 --> 00:17:28,006
The reformist faction
planning the Royal Games

346
00:17:28,006 --> 00:17:31,927
is probably the group
that orchestrated your deployment.

347
00:17:31,927 --> 00:17:34,972
You oppose using a Hero
to bring about reform, right?

348
00:17:34,972 --> 00:17:36,932
You're in the Queen's faction.

349
00:17:37,933 --> 00:17:40,978
I'm sure the reformists would leap
at the chance to get rid of you.

350
00:17:41,937 --> 00:17:46,942
Lord Dant, we sincerely wish to be of help
to you and Her Majesty the Queen.

351
00:17:47,985 --> 00:17:50,946
This… is Zigita Zogi.

352
00:17:50,988 --> 00:17:54,992
Ambushing the Old Kingdom's army
in the forest was his brilliant idea.

353
00:17:55,951 --> 00:17:58,996
Caneeya the Fruit Trimming
merely performed as we expected.

354
00:17:58,996 --> 00:18:02,958
The easiest way to get somebody
to fall into a trap

355
00:18:02,958 --> 00:18:05,002
is to let them think
they've made their own decisions.

356
00:18:07,963 --> 00:18:09,006
What do you say?

357
00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:11,008
Your men are safe.

358
00:18:11,967 --> 00:18:13,927
Okahu is at the ready,

359
00:18:13,927 --> 00:18:15,971
along with our great goblin army.

360
00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:18,932
I can lend you all their strength.

361
00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:21,977
You're trying to stage
some sort of rebellion.

362
00:18:22,936 --> 00:18:25,939
But you're mistaken
if you think I'd ever betray Aureatia.

363
00:18:25,981 --> 00:18:28,942
I have no intention
of triggering a civil war!

364
00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:31,987
Hmm. In that case,
I'm happy to provide another option.

365
00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:34,948
What if Okahu's army disbanded

366
00:18:34,948 --> 00:18:36,992
and its soldiers knelt to Aureatia?

367
00:18:36,992 --> 00:18:39,953
What do you have to gain from any of this?

368
00:18:40,954 --> 00:18:42,998
The Twenty-Nine Officials of Aureatia

369
00:18:43,916 --> 00:18:45,959
are gathering Heroes.

370
00:18:45,959 --> 00:18:49,922
But what if there isn't
just a single Hero in this story?

371
00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:51,006
What if the person you're looking for

372
00:18:51,924 --> 00:18:54,927
is in fact someone
who can raise powerful armies?

373
00:18:54,927 --> 00:18:58,013
Do you not comprehend the power
that the True Demon King held?

374
00:18:58,013 --> 00:19:01,016
His mere presence drove crowds

375
00:19:01,016 --> 00:19:03,018
to mindlessly slaughter each other.

376
00:19:03,018 --> 00:19:05,938
The Hero must have acted alone.

377
00:19:05,938 --> 00:19:09,984
Once again, I'm merely concerned
with how events could be interpreted.

378
00:19:10,943 --> 00:19:12,945
If there were a foreign nation
behind the Hero,

379
00:19:12,945 --> 00:19:14,947
would the people of Aureatia support them?

380
00:19:14,989 --> 00:19:16,949
I'm a bit skeptical.

381
00:19:16,949 --> 00:19:19,952
Your goal is to enter the Royal Games.

382
00:19:19,952 --> 00:19:21,954
We'll take two slots, thanks.

383
00:19:21,954 --> 00:19:23,914
You what?

384
00:19:24,999 --> 00:19:26,000
Hiroto.

385
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,919
Are you not finished here yet?

386
00:19:28,919 --> 00:19:30,963
I've already handled my part of this.

387
00:19:31,922 --> 00:19:33,966
You're so helpful. As always.

388
00:19:34,008 --> 00:19:36,010
I am not doing this to help you.

389
00:19:36,969 --> 00:19:37,970
We're partners,

390
00:19:37,970 --> 00:19:40,014
with equal amounts of responsibility.

391
00:19:41,932 --> 00:19:42,933
Two slots.

392
00:19:42,975 --> 00:19:45,978
I'm sure you can coerce
another one of the Twenty-Nine Officials

393
00:19:45,978 --> 00:19:47,938
into backing a champion.

394
00:19:47,938 --> 00:19:51,984
These two… are my Hero candidates.

395
00:19:52,026 --> 00:19:55,946
Tactician. Goblin.
Zigita Zogi the One Thousand and First

396
00:19:58,991 --> 00:20:01,952
Medic. Chimera. Ozonezma the Capricious

397
00:20:02,953 --> 00:20:04,955
Hiroto the Paradox,

398
00:20:04,997 --> 00:20:06,957
what the hell are you?

399
00:20:07,916 --> 00:20:10,919
That depends on you now,
and how you act.

400
00:20:11,003 --> 00:20:15,007
He is the one
whose talent for rhetoric and negotiation

401
00:20:15,007 --> 00:20:19,928
strips his audience of free will
and reduces them to pawns.

402
00:20:20,012 --> 00:20:22,931
The one who sees inside his enemy's heart

403
00:20:22,973 --> 00:20:24,016
with a single glance,

404
00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:27,978
and uses their desires and fears
as his weapons.

405
00:20:27,978 --> 00:20:29,980
Who created a secret nation

406
00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:34,944
that is now even more developed
than any known minian civilization.

407
00:20:35,986 --> 00:20:38,948
A silver-tongued invader

408
00:20:38,948 --> 00:20:40,950
who uses logic from another world

409
00:20:40,950 --> 00:20:43,994
to reshape the very culture
of the nations around him.

410
00:20:47,957 --> 00:20:52,002
Statesman. Minia.
He is Hiroto the Paradox.

411
00:22:17,796 --> 00:22:21,717
You actually managed
to secure slots for the Games.

412
00:22:21,759 --> 00:22:23,802
Your designs are bearing fruit.

413
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,723
The moment I found leverage
to use against you, I was set.

414
00:22:27,806 --> 00:22:29,725
The outcome was decided.

415
00:22:30,768 --> 00:22:32,728
Morio Ariyama,

416
00:22:32,728 --> 00:22:35,731
why do you still hide information
about the True Demon King?

417
00:22:35,731 --> 00:22:38,734
You fear the Final Land more than anyone.

418
00:22:38,734 --> 00:22:40,736
And I know why.

419
00:22:40,778 --> 00:22:42,780
Because you know something.

420
00:22:42,780 --> 00:22:45,699
The True Demon King's identity.

421
00:22:49,703 --> 00:22:50,788
Episode 24
Shiki, Enemy of All