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The True Demon King has died,

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but their story is one few have heard.

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This tale begins
in the True Northern Kingdom,

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21 years ago.

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I'm gonna die! I am so gonna die!

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Oh, no, this is it!

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Damn it!

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You know, I think I've had
just about enough of this.

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That's because I am
always fighting for my life!

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We can't all be natural-born
geniuses like you, Lumelly.

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Alena, have you gone and rushed headlong
into yet another fight

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you were unprepared for?

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Yugo!

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I'm not liking this.

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It's gonna be one hell of a fight.

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Don't say I didn't warn you--
What the--

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Quit being a wuss!

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Get it together, Izick!

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I'm not a wuss! And that hurt!

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All right, maybe I lied.

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I'm just… scared, I guess.

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What about you, Fralik? You in?

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Uh… yeah.

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Fralik says that he'll go.

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Which means I'll go too.

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Well, either way,
we need to do this tonight.

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There's a large city just ahead.

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If the Demon King advances,
it will be destroyed.

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Of course it will.

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Fine, you wanna risk your lives? I'm in!

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But if this is how we go out,
we better make it count.

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21 years ago,

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there was a group of seven
known as the First Party.

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The unparalleled prodigy
of the spear and scion of misfortune,

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Alena the Benighted White Wind.

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Lumelly the Poisoned Ground.

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The pioneer of medical technology
and master of minian meridians,

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Romzo the Star Map.

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The visitor who commanded Dark Arts
from another world,

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Yugo the Moving Decapitation Blade.

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The self-proclaimed Demon King,
feared the world over for his evil deeds,

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Izick the Chromatic.

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The lycan warrior
who mastered fighting techniques

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passed down in his tribe for generations,

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Neft the Nirvana.

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The one who rose from slave to champion
with only his bow,

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Fralik the Heaven.

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They were life's last hope.

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They alone stood
between the world and oblivion.

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So what now?

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The trip to Okahu turned out to be
a big waste of time.

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Huh?

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Maybe I should have
spent more time doing research.

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I could've looked into camping equipment,
or what plants are edible.

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Long as we can sleep safely,
that's all I care about.

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What was it like in your world,
before you came here?

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What do you mean?

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Your home. The Distant World.
Was it at all like this?

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To be honest,
there just isn't much to say.

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I don't really know.

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You don't know?

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About the world you lived in?

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Things were a mess
since before I was even born, all right?

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It was basically endless fighting,
so who the hell knows?

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Endless fighting…

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Wait, do you mean war?

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Soujirou, your home, did it get…

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Blown to bits?
Yeah, but I wasn't really there for it.

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They say it was destroyed
by someone called Shiki Aihara.

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Episode 24
Shiki, Enemy of All

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Hollow light of rippling green waves.

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Oh? I wasn't expecting guests.

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Welcome.

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What am I doing?
She's right there!

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This doesn't make any damn sense.

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I should be tearing this whole place
in half with locust revenants,

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so what's stopping me?

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You! Stop messing with me!

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My power…

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Is this Word Arts?

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Uh, hey, Lumelly!
See if you can rewrite them!

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But they're not Word Arts!

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They're something else!

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I don't… I don't know what this is.

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She's right.

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This isn't Word Arts.

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Or any other technique for that matter.

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It's just fear.

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Our own fear overwhelming.

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Go on. What's wrong?

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Here. This will be much easier.

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The fear… This fear! This fear!

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Better, isn't it?

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What… What are you?

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This isn't… possible…

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What? No. No, my voice is hoarse…

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I'm a human, silly.

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Don't be scared.

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Hello.
Huh? No!

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Stay back! Don't look at me!

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Hmm.

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And what do you want to do?

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I…

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I want to kill… Fralik.

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May I… kill him?

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Of course you can.

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Go ahead. You have my permission.

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I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, Fralik.

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Oh, Fralik. No. No!
Huh? Uh…

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Forgive me!

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Hmm?

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Easy. So easy. It's just so easy.

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So easy… so easy…

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So easy. So easy…

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That's right.

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I was in the middle of reading my book,
wasn't I?

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You know, don't you?

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The True Demon King's identity.

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Whoever could it be?

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Simple. They're a visitor.

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In this country,
I'm the only one who knows.

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Even the people I have sealing off
the Final Land have been kept in the dark.

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You understand why this affects all of us,
don't you?

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I do. If that truth were
to ever come to light,

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the world as we know it would unravel.

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You burned it without hesitation.

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Yes, because I know how serious this is.

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She was the one
without any past or motive

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endowed with no powers or skills.

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The one without Word Arts,

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without special abilities,
and possessing no magical items.

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The one who was nothing but a minia,

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for whom there existed no rhyme or reason
for any phenomena.

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Demon King. Minia.
She is Shiki, Enemy of All.

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Demon The enemy to all beings
who live in this world.

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Aureatia

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Well, it looks like
the Gray-Haired Child

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has infiltrated the Royal Games.

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And not merely by sponsoring
a Hero candidate, mind you.

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It would seem he intends to put forward
the entire Free City of Okahu as one Hero.

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Certainly unexpected.

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Quite the interpretation
of the word "Hero."

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Ask me, we simply don't accept them.

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They're foreign enemies of Aureatia.

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Have to admit, it's a little concerning
to know the Gray-Haired Child

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has allied himself with that bastard Dant.

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With Okahu in play,
it really makes you wonder,

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how long before the Queen
decides to step in?

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No doubt we could defeat them
in a pitched battle.

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But we lack the resources
to govern Okahu in the aftermath,

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were we to annex them.

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Money troubles?
Embarrassing.

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Bring them here.
Let them immigrate to Aureatia.

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You can't be serious.

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We'll give the mercenaries
Aureatian citizenship.

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We can put them to work supporting us.

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Morio the Sentinel will stay behind
in Okahu and govern.

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And as for the Gray-Haired Child,
he'll accompany Dant here.

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We'd be opening our gates
to an enemy army,

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letting them infiltrate us.

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We'd be dividing their army, actually.

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And more importantly, we'd effectively
be taking the Gray-Haired Child hostage.

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Remember, he is the money
behind Okahu's war effort.

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Which brings the threat of war
to a standstill,

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but where does it end?

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The Royal Games?

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This is how we turn the tables
to our advantage.

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As long as they fight in Aureatia…

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they'll fight alone,
without public support.

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Clever.

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However, they're not the only faction
we need to be concerned about.

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All of the Twenty-Nine Officials
have a stake in this competition,

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and each is formidable.

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Don't worry, I'm aware.

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And rest assured, I'm keeping tabs.

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Wow!

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What the hell?

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You'd think they'd at least send someone
to pick us up.

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Ballsy way to treat Kiyazuna the Axle,
I'll tell you that much.

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If you wanted a ride,
you should have asked for one.

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Mestelexil was chomping
at the bit to get here,

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what was I supposed to do?

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Keite! Keite!

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You gotta show me around! Show me around!

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Nice to meet ya!

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It's been a long time, Frinsda.

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Allow me to introduce Tu the Magic.
Mmm.

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I'd like to recommend her
as a Hero candidate.

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It's disappointing.

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Right? He's such a coward!
Huh?

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What? This isn't cowardice!

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My mastery
of remote construct synchronization

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is on display for the world to see.

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I'm demonstrating in real time,
the viability of Soul Arts--

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Stow it, Krafnir,
you're putting us to sleep.

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So what you're saying
is young Tu here is stronger than you.

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That's right.

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I'm leaving her in your care.

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Don't be scared.
I'll take very good care of you.

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Tell you what, I'll even treat you
to snacks and tea every day.

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That sounds nice,
but there's something else I want.

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If I win…

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I want to meet Sephite.

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Hmm…

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And you are?

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I am Psianop.

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Psianop the Inexhaustible Stagnation.

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Psianop.

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Should I know you?

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We met at the Sand Labyrinth.

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Since I've come to Aureatia,

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I thought it only proper
that I pay you a visit.

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Well, you wasted your time.

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I have no memory of you whatsoever.

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Do you "have memory"
of Toroa the Awful?

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The enchanted sword-wielding monster
you claimed to kill.

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Rumor has it he's back in Aureatia.

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He's a fake. Out for revenge.

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Funny though,
that he hasn't come to cut me down.

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Do you know why?

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Because, unlike the real Toroa, he's weak.

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Or perhaps he's strong,
who knows? Could be.

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Maybe he thinks the city wouldn't survive
if you two came to blows.

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And what if you and I fought?

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Any ideas?

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Hmm… Why don't we find out?

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Aha!

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If it isn't Toroa the Awful!

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Long time, no see!

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Mizial, right?

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Don't you have work to be doing?

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This time of year?

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Military officers are off duty.

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So, you running cargo?

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Yeah. I'm taking this down to--

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Hey!
Hmm?

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You the man
calling himself Toroa the Awful?

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I represent the Great Tree of the Sun.

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We're the vigilante group
in charge of this area.

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That's some costume you got there.

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Word is you're using Toroa the Awful's
name to scare the locals.

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On top of that, I understand
you don't even have citizenship.

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As long as they have permission
from the council,

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a non-citizen is allowed
temporary residence in Aureatia

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for up to three months, you know that.

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No one asked you.

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This here's between us and the big fella.

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What will make you happy?
Should I leave?

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You think that's enough to settle things?

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Hand over the swords. All of them.

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What was that?

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Those are real enchanted swords, right?

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That part you're not faking.

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Stand down!

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I am the Twenty-Second General
of Aureatia.

256
00:13:24,179 --> 00:13:25,180
So?

257
00:13:26,098 --> 00:13:27,182
So you've got some nerve.

258
00:13:27,182 --> 00:13:30,102
Where do you get off,
causing trouble right in front of me?

259
00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:32,145
We're working for a Hero now.

260
00:13:32,187 --> 00:13:35,148
That means we don't take orders
from you anymore.

261
00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:39,194
Almost had him!

262
00:13:40,112 --> 00:13:42,197
Now hand over the enchanted swords
and be on your way.

263
00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:44,157
I'm warning you.

264
00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:46,159
If you don't,
I'll burn this whole city dow--

265
00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:48,120
What?

266
00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,163
You thought you could talk down
to a general and get away with it?

267
00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:51,164
He killed the boss!

268
00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:53,166
Get him!
Now you're in trouble!

269
00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:55,127
Time to die!

270
00:13:55,127 --> 00:13:56,170
Wicked Sword Selfesk.

271
00:14:09,141 --> 00:14:10,184
That was great.

272
00:14:10,184 --> 00:14:13,103
It's been a while
since I've had a fight like that.

273
00:14:13,187 --> 00:14:16,190
You know,
that was reckless of you.

274
00:14:16,190 --> 00:14:17,191
How come?

275
00:14:18,150 --> 00:14:19,151
It's what you would have done.

276
00:14:19,151 --> 00:14:21,195
Those enchanted swords belong to you.

277
00:14:21,195 --> 00:14:24,156
It must get annoying
when people try to take them away.

278
00:14:25,115 --> 00:14:26,158
Mizial.

279
00:14:26,158 --> 00:14:30,120
If I enter the Royal Games,
could I become a citizen?

280
00:14:31,163 --> 00:14:34,082
Toroa, that was a simple street fight.

281
00:14:34,124 --> 00:14:36,084
You don't have to feel
you owe me something.

282
00:14:36,168 --> 00:14:38,086
Suppose you're right.

283
00:14:38,170 --> 00:14:39,171
Still…

284
00:14:40,172 --> 00:14:42,132
it might be fun.

285
00:14:46,178 --> 00:14:48,138
Lena? That's a surprise.

286
00:14:48,180 --> 00:14:49,181
What do you want?

287
00:14:50,098 --> 00:14:51,099
You, of course.

288
00:14:51,141 --> 00:14:53,143
We would like you to return.

289
00:14:53,143 --> 00:14:55,103
To the Obsidian Eyes?

290
00:14:55,103 --> 00:14:56,146
I've heard rumors

291
00:14:56,146 --> 00:14:57,189
that the leader finally died.

292
00:14:58,148 --> 00:15:00,150
Has his daughter become the new Obsidian?

293
00:15:03,195 --> 00:15:06,114
I see. Got it.

294
00:15:06,114 --> 00:15:07,157
Well…

295
00:15:07,157 --> 00:15:09,117
I suppose that's an improvement.

296
00:15:09,201 --> 00:15:11,161
You haven't changed.

297
00:15:11,161 --> 00:15:14,081
And that's exactly why we need you back.

298
00:15:14,123 --> 00:15:16,125
I have no intention of returning.

299
00:15:16,125 --> 00:15:18,168
Nor do I plan to side with Aureatia.

300
00:15:19,128 --> 00:15:21,130
They tried to kill you, didn't they?

301
00:15:21,171 --> 00:15:24,091
I heard it was after you observed
the Particle Storm.

302
00:15:24,133 --> 00:15:25,134
Yeah.

303
00:15:26,093 --> 00:15:30,139
You know, the ones who shot me,
I never saw them back at the base.

304
00:15:31,098 --> 00:15:32,099
Tell me.

305
00:15:32,182 --> 00:15:34,184
It wasn't your faction, was it,

306
00:15:34,184 --> 00:15:36,186
that tried to kill me?

307
00:15:39,189 --> 00:15:40,190
I see.

308
00:15:41,150 --> 00:15:43,152
Even with Clairvoyance,
I can't read the truth

309
00:15:43,193 --> 00:15:45,112
if you don't know yourself.

310
00:15:45,154 --> 00:15:46,196
Kuuro the Cautious…

311
00:15:46,905 --> 00:15:47,906
I can't.

312
00:15:47,906 --> 00:15:50,868
I was injected with a serum
when they brought me here.

313
00:15:50,951 --> 00:15:52,911
I can no longer be a corpse.

314
00:15:53,871 --> 00:15:55,914
The Obsidian Eyes still need you

315
00:15:55,914 --> 00:15:59,835
even if you're no longer capable
of becoming a corpse.

316
00:15:59,835 --> 00:16:02,921
In fact, it's better
that you're not a corpse.

317
00:16:02,921 --> 00:16:04,923
That's what the young lady would say.

318
00:16:04,923 --> 00:16:06,925
Is that so?

319
00:16:06,925 --> 00:16:09,845
Perhaps she is different from Rehart.

320
00:16:10,846 --> 00:16:11,847
See you.

321
00:16:12,848 --> 00:16:13,932
Take care of the young lady.

322
00:16:16,894 --> 00:16:17,895
Master Kuuro…

323
00:16:18,937 --> 00:16:21,899
We should have disposed of him
when we had the chance.

324
00:16:21,899 --> 00:16:23,859
Now it may come back to bite us.

325
00:16:23,942 --> 00:16:25,861
This is a problem.

326
00:16:25,903 --> 00:16:28,906
If Kuuro has regained
full control of his Clairvoyance,

327
00:16:28,947 --> 00:16:31,909
he'll be able to see through
all of our plans.

328
00:16:32,868 --> 00:16:34,828
He is of no concern.

329
00:16:34,870 --> 00:16:36,914
Kuuro has already stated
that he won't lay a hand on us.

330
00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:39,875
And you believe that lie, my lady?

331
00:16:39,875 --> 00:16:43,879
We'd do well to assume that Aureatia
has some kind of leverage over him.

332
00:16:43,921 --> 00:16:45,923
I'll look into the matter.

333
00:16:45,923 --> 00:16:47,925
And if necessary,
bring it under our control.

334
00:16:48,884 --> 00:16:50,886
You will do no such thing, understand?

335
00:16:50,928 --> 00:16:52,888
But my lady…

336
00:16:52,888 --> 00:16:56,892
Tell me, Lady Frey, in all your years,
have you known Master Kuuro to get angry?

337
00:16:56,934 --> 00:16:59,895
Not that I recall.

338
00:16:59,895 --> 00:17:02,856
It is an extremely rare occurrence.

339
00:17:02,856 --> 00:17:04,900
Kuuro doesn't get angry
when his own life is in danger.

340
00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:06,902
Only those he cares about.

341
00:17:07,903 --> 00:17:11,865
The ones who should fear his wrath
are the Aureatians.

342
00:17:12,908 --> 00:17:14,910
Regarding the Royal Games…

343
00:17:15,869 --> 00:17:17,913
The council intends to hold true duels.

344
00:17:17,913 --> 00:17:19,832
You're kidding?

345
00:17:19,873 --> 00:17:21,959
What happens
when the True Hero dies in a match?

346
00:17:22,835 --> 00:17:23,919
Won't that ruin their "grand unveiling"?

347
00:17:24,837 --> 00:17:25,921
Here's my theory.

348
00:17:26,839 --> 00:17:28,882
I don't think
the council's found the True Hero.

349
00:17:28,924 --> 00:17:31,885
And I don't think they care
who it really was anyway.

350
00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:34,888
They'll stick that title on whoever wins.

351
00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:39,893
You know, the Order can still withdraw
its sponsorship if you'd like.

352
00:17:39,893 --> 00:17:41,895
You don't need to protect me.

353
00:17:42,855 --> 00:17:43,939
I have no intention of losing.

354
00:17:44,898 --> 00:17:47,860
Nastique wouldn't let me lose
even if I wanted to.

355
00:17:47,901 --> 00:17:49,862
Besides…

356
00:17:49,862 --> 00:17:52,865
there's a fellow disciple out there
I've been meaning to see.

357
00:17:52,948 --> 00:17:56,910
I can't shake this hunch…
we'll end up meeting at the Games.

358
00:18:00,831 --> 00:18:03,876
Outskirts of Aureatia, Gimina City

359
00:18:03,876 --> 00:18:06,920
Hey! Handle that with care, you hear me?

360
00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,923
Watch those corners,
and don't bump it!

361
00:18:09,923 --> 00:18:11,925
Mele the Horizon's Roar.

362
00:18:12,843 --> 00:18:14,928
I didn't realize
he'd be competing in the Games as well.

363
00:18:15,888 --> 00:18:16,930
And not just Mele.

364
00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:21,852
There are powerful people from all over,
and they've all gathered here.

365
00:18:22,853 --> 00:18:25,856
Soujirou is one of those powerful people.

366
00:18:25,856 --> 00:18:27,900
And I've brought him here
under the guise of competing.

367
00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,903
But the truth is… I want him dead.

368
00:18:32,863 --> 00:18:34,865
Huh?

369
00:18:36,909 --> 00:18:38,869
Whoa, there.
Huh?

370
00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:41,914
Are you okay?

371
00:18:42,915 --> 00:18:44,875
Don't space out, minia.

372
00:18:44,875 --> 00:18:46,877
You might wind up dead!

373
00:18:46,877 --> 00:18:48,921
Oh.

374
00:18:48,921 --> 00:18:51,882
Uh, thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

375
00:18:51,882 --> 00:18:53,884
Hey, miss, your fruit.
Huh?

376
00:18:54,843 --> 00:18:56,887
Look. They've gotten pretty dirty.

377
00:18:56,887 --> 00:18:58,889
Oh. Thanks.

378
00:18:58,889 --> 00:19:01,850
These were meant to be a gift for someone.

379
00:19:01,850 --> 00:19:03,852
Guess I'll have to go back
and buy new ones.

380
00:19:03,936 --> 00:19:04,937
Don't worry about it.

381
00:19:05,854 --> 00:19:06,939
You can have mine.
Huh?

382
00:19:07,898 --> 00:19:10,859
It'd be a pain to have to go
all the way back to the market.

383
00:19:10,859 --> 00:19:12,903
Sure, but… I can't take these.

384
00:19:12,903 --> 00:19:15,864
Didn't you buy them for yourself?
I dunno, did I?

385
00:19:15,906 --> 00:19:18,909
It's fine. Like I said,
don't worry, just take 'em.

386
00:19:18,909 --> 00:19:21,870
I can whip up some more
in the blink of an eye!

387
00:19:23,914 --> 00:19:26,875
So you're Shalk the Sound Slicer.

388
00:19:26,875 --> 00:19:28,877
Your reputation precedes you.

389
00:19:28,919 --> 00:19:33,841
About the Royal Games, I've been given
the slot meant for the Black Tone.

390
00:19:33,924 --> 00:19:37,928
So I'm leaving Okahu,
much as I hate to break a contract.

391
00:19:38,887 --> 00:19:40,931
Right. Well, I won't stop you.

392
00:19:40,931 --> 00:19:43,892
A soldier is free to find
their own battlefield.

393
00:19:43,892 --> 00:19:46,895
Hell, if you killed me right now,
it'd be quite the achievement.

394
00:19:46,895 --> 00:19:49,940
All I want is information
about the True Hero.

395
00:19:50,899 --> 00:19:52,860
So why did you come here?

396
00:19:52,901 --> 00:19:55,946
Shalk the Sound Slicer could've gone
to the Final Land himself.

397
00:19:58,907 --> 00:19:59,908
What's stopping you?

398
00:20:00,909 --> 00:20:02,870
What, indeed.

399
00:20:02,953 --> 00:20:03,954
The truth…

400
00:20:04,872 --> 00:20:06,874
is that it frightens me.

401
00:20:06,915 --> 00:20:08,834
Oh, man.

402
00:20:08,876 --> 00:20:10,919
I'm lucky I made it outta that
in one piece!

403
00:20:11,837 --> 00:20:12,880
That was terrifying!

404
00:20:12,921 --> 00:20:15,924
Yukiharu Shijima,
you did admirably.

405
00:20:16,925 --> 00:20:19,887
So much so, that there's no more need

406
00:20:19,887 --> 00:20:22,848
to investigate the True Demon King
or the Hero at all.

407
00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:25,851
For now, our first-phase goal is complete.

408
00:20:25,851 --> 00:20:27,853
Oh? And you're okay with that?

409
00:20:27,853 --> 00:20:30,898
If we keep this momentum
and reveal the identity of the True Hero,

410
00:20:30,940 --> 00:20:33,859
we could blow away all their schemes
along with the Royal Games

411
00:20:33,859 --> 00:20:35,861
-in one fell swoop!

412
00:20:35,861 --> 00:20:38,864
I suppose, but that would only
bring about Aureatia's collapse.

413
00:20:39,823 --> 00:20:40,908
Instead, we've mobilized Okahu.

414
00:20:40,950 --> 00:20:43,911
And we've even turned the Royal Games
to our advantage.

415
00:20:43,953 --> 00:20:46,872
Quite the peaceful infiltration,
don't you think?

416
00:20:46,872 --> 00:20:47,915
Oh, come on.

417
00:20:47,915 --> 00:20:49,959
That's just statesman talk for invasion.

418
00:20:50,834 --> 00:20:52,878
I swear, all you politicians are alike.

419
00:20:52,878 --> 00:20:54,922
We're nothing of the sort.

420
00:20:54,922 --> 00:20:56,924
Pay attention, Yukiharu.

421
00:20:56,924 --> 00:20:58,926
Invasions are bad for business.

422
00:20:58,926 --> 00:21:00,928
I want an outcome where everyone wins.

423
00:21:02,888 --> 00:21:03,931
A happy ending.

424
00:21:06,892 --> 00:21:09,853
The True Demon King has died.

425
00:21:09,853 --> 00:21:12,940
The enemy of the world,
that filled the horizon with fear,

426
00:21:15,401 --> 00:21:18,362
There are 16 names for those shura.

427
00:21:18,362 --> 00:21:21,365
Soujirou the Willow-Sword.

428
00:21:21,365 --> 00:21:23,367
Alus the Star Runner.

429
00:21:23,367 --> 00:21:25,369
Kia the World Word.

430
00:21:25,369 --> 00:21:27,454
Nastique the Quiet Singer.

431
00:21:27,454 --> 00:21:30,374
Mele the Horizon's Roar.

432
00:21:30,374 --> 00:21:32,418
Linaris the Obsidian.

433
00:21:32,418 --> 00:21:34,420
Toroa the Awful.

434
00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:37,423
Mestelexil the Box of Desperate Knowledge.

435
00:21:37,464 --> 00:21:40,384
Kuuro the Cautious.

436
00:21:40,384 --> 00:21:42,428
Rosclay the Absolute.

437
00:21:42,428 --> 00:21:44,430
Lucnoca the Winter.

438
00:21:44,471 --> 00:21:47,433
Psianop the Inexhaustible Stagnation.

439
00:21:47,433 --> 00:21:49,435
Uhak the Silent.

440
00:21:49,476 --> 00:21:51,812
Shalk the Sound Slicer.

441
00:21:51,812 --> 00:21:53,355
Tu the Magic.

442
00:21:53,397 --> 00:21:55,441
And Hiroto the Paradox.