E25 - Trombe and Battles

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[00:00] Ferdinand
    
[00:02] Ferdinand
    Main sets out to battle at
    the knight order's request.
[00:07] Ferdinand
    Your part comes after the knight
    order takes down the trombe.
[00:11] Karstedt
    Schicicoza, Damuel.
[00:13] Karstedt
    You two guard the priestess.
[00:15] ---
    Sir.
[00:16] Main
    Head Priest, members of the knight order,
[00:20] Main
    I pray for your safety and success.
[00:26] Schicicoza
    Those blessings were utterly meaningless.
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[02:15] Main
    Meaningless?
[02:18] Schicicoza
    Using mana on blessings when
    you're already short on it
[02:24] Schicicoza
    is nothing but an act of folly.
[02:29] Damuel
    Schicicoza, what are you saying?
[02:32] Damuel
    There is a huge difference between
    having Angriff's blessings and not.
[02:38] Damuel
    We don't have that many
    people this time, either.
[02:40] Schicicoza
    Hmph. What's wrong with
    calling a fool a fool?
[02:44] Main
    His eyes...
[02:47] Main
    He's got the same look as
    that blue-robed priest.
[02:51] Damuel
    Schicicoza, you...
[02:54] Main
    I apologize if I've displeased you.
[02:59] Main
    I won't do it again.
[03:08] Damuel
    Don't take his words to heart.
[03:11] Damuel
    With our numbers, your blessings and the
    mana they provide will be a big boost.
[03:17] Ferdinand
    Hear me, Ruler of the Heavens.
[03:19] Ferdinand
    The King, the God of Darkness...
[03:21] Damuel
    It begins.
[03:22] Ferdinand
    The father of the whole, wide world!
[03:25] Ferdinand
    Heed my call and grant me thy holy power.
[03:29] Ferdinand
    Rend the evil that steps out
    of line, take its power,
[03:32] Ferdinand
    and bestow my weapon with thy blessings.
[03:37] Karstedt
    Thy blessings!
[03:42] Main
    Their weapons turned black!
[03:43] Main
    Can you explain that, Fran?
[03:46] Fran
    No... This situation is a first for me
    as well, so I'm not familiar with it.
[03:50] Damuel
    Apprentice Priestess,
[03:52] Damuel
    that happens to weapons given the God
    of Darkness's divine protection.
[03:55] Damuel
    If you imbue them with mana and attack,
[03:57] Damuel
    it'll drain double the mana
    from the enemy for you.
[04:00] Damuel
    You can't take down a trombe without that.
[04:03] Main
    I see there are nobles who interact normally
    with an apprentice priestess, too.
[04:08] Damuel
    Not many people can see the
    knights fight first-hand.
[04:12] Damuel
    You should observe carefully.
[04:14] Main
    Thank you kindly.
[04:16] Damuel
    At first, we'll whittle down
    the trombe using arrows.
[04:19] Damuel
    Look, the one in the blue
    cape is Sir Ferdinand.
[04:34] Main
    Whoa, it's like he's a horseback archer!
[05:02] Main
    The Head Priest is so cool!
[05:05] Fran
    Lady Main, mind your speech.
[05:11] Damuel
    Duplicating arrows that way
    requires a lot of mana.
[05:16] Damuel
    And Sir Ferdinand, who can do it
    over and over, truly is amazing.
[05:20] Main
    Yeah!
[05:22] Damuel
    I wish he'd return to the
    knight order already.
[05:25] Main
    What? Return?
[05:27] Damuel
    Don't tell anyone I said that.
[05:30] Main
    Understood.
[05:33] Main
    Since he's so slender, high-strung,
    and suits desk work so perfectly,
[05:37] Main
    I never imagined he was a former knight.
[05:43] Main
    But I guess the head priest
    can really do it all!
[05:51] Damuel
    It's starting to work.
[05:53] Damuel
    Can you see the trombe turning black?
[05:58] Main
    I can, yes.
[06:01] Main
    Oh, a limb fell off.
[06:09] Karstedt
    Now!
[06:10] Karstedt
    Attack!
[06:12] All
    Sir!
[06:31] Karstedt
    We've felled enough limbs!
[06:33] Karstedt
    Now for the trunk!
[06:35] All
    Sir!
[06:40] Karstedt
    Finish it!
[06:51] Damuel
    It's almost over.
[06:53] Main
    I was worried about fighting
    such a terrifying monster.
[06:58] Main
    I'm glad that it seems we've
    suffered almost no casualties.
[07:02] Damuel
    It seems Sir Ferdinand's presence this time
    made it easier to deal with the limbs.
[07:11] Schicicoza
    Damuel, why are you being so
    friendly with a plebeian?
[07:14] Damuel
    A plebeian?
[07:15] Schicicoza
    Don't you know?
[07:17] Schicicoza
    That's a plebeian.
[07:22] Schicicoza
    And as a plebeian, she wears the blue
    robes granted only to nobility.
[07:28] Schicicoza
    Talk about a puffed-up fool.
[07:32] Schicicoza
    The nobles may have dwindled in number,
[07:35] Schicicoza
    but that doesn't justify granting
    a plebeian blue robes.
[07:38] Schicicoza
    I don't understand what
    Sir Ferdinand is thinking.
[07:42] Damuel
    Don't be silly, Schicicoza.
[07:46] Schicicoza
    It's true.
[07:48] Schicicoza
    The high priest laments the fact, too.
[07:51] Schicicoza
    He can't believe that the order in the
    cathedral is being destroyed for one plebeian.
[07:59] Schicicoza
    Why don't you say something, plebeian?
[08:04] Schicicoza
    Can't open your cheeky mouth
    without Sir Ferdinand around?
[08:13] Damuel
    Stop this, Schicicoza!
[08:15] Damuel
    We're meant to guard her!
[08:17] Damuel
    Her status means nothing
    until we finish our mission!
[08:20] Schicicoza
    Quiet, Damuel.
[08:22] Schicicoza
    Know your place.
[08:24] Schicicoza
    Don't you tell me what to do.
[08:35] Main
    This is scary!
[08:42] Fran
    Lady Main!
[08:46] Main
    Fran!
[08:48] Fran
    Lady Main!
[08:49] Main
    Don't move, Fran!
[08:53] Main
    Weren't we told to endure it, come what may?
[08:57] Main
    We mustn't let this escalate!
[09:01] Schicicoza
    Let me teach you something, plebeian.
[09:04] Schicicoza
    In situations like these, you're meant to
    apologize for your retainer's misconduct.
[09:11] Main
    I apologize for my retainer's
    transgressions.
[09:20] Schicicoza
    What's with that look?
[09:23] Schicicoza
    How dare you, plebeian?
    Perhaps I should gouge out your eyes.
[09:35] Schicicoza
    Messer.
[09:39] Damuel
    Don't, Schicicoza!
[09:41] Damuel
    The apprentice priestess is
    meant to conduct the ritual!
[09:44] Schicicoza
    Shut up.
[09:46] Schicicoza
    You don't get to order
    me around, lesser noble.
[09:53] Main
    No!
[09:55] Schicicoza
    That's the way. Plebeians should shrink
    away in awe and fear of us nobles.
[10:05] Main
    Head Priest!
[10:07] Main
    Ouch!
[10:09] Schicicoza
    That's what you get for suddenly
    standing up, you fool.
[10:29] Main
    Why?
[10:34] Fran
    Lady Main!
[10:38] Damuel
    Where'd all this trombe come from?
[10:40] Schicicoza
    It's your fault for standing up...
[10:47] Damuel
    I'll get you out, Apprentice Priestess!
[10:51] Damuel
    Hear me, ruler of the heavens.
    The King, the God of Darkness.
[10:55] Damuel
    The father of the whole, wide world.
[10:57] Damuel
    Heed my call and grant me thy holy power.
[10:58] Main
    I-I can't breathe!
[10:59] Damuel
    Rend the evil that steps out
    of line, take its power,
[11:00] Main
    Lutz!
[11:01] Damuel
    and bestow my weapon with thy blessings.
[11:02] Main
    Help me!
[11:04] Lutz
    Certainly. We'll have this
    arranged for you right away.
[11:11] Main
    Help me, Lutz!
[11:13] Lutz
    Main?
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[11:28] Damuel
    ...bestow my weapon with thy blessings.
[11:28] ---
    I... can't breathe...
[11:33] Damuel
    I'll get you out now, Apprentice Priestess.
[11:38] Damuel
    The protection isn't working?
[11:40] Ferdinand
    Fall back, Damuel!
[11:53] Ferdinand
    Main, what's happening here?
[11:56] Main
    Blood.
[11:58] Main
    My blood activated the trombe.
[12:02] Ferdinand
    Your blood?
[12:07] Ferdinand
    I don't believe this.
[12:09] Ferdinand
    You were supposed to
    guard her, you imbeciles!
[12:12] Damuel
    We're terribly sorry!
[12:15] Ferdinand
    There is no point fighting them
    off if the wound remains open.
[12:21] Ferdinand
    Entwaffnung.
[12:25] Ferdinand
    Rot.
[12:31] Ferdinand
    Make sure you don't cry.
[12:33] Ferdinand
    Tears contain mana as well.
[12:36] Main
    Okay.
[12:44] Main
    My wound...
[12:45] Ferdinand
    I used the mana only to close it, not heal it.
[12:49] Ferdinand
    Using my mana above trombe is
    suicidal, but it'll have to do.
[12:54] Main
    Head Priest, please use those
    arrows to get rid of the trombe.
[13:00] Ferdinand
    I deactivated the divine protection,
    so I can't use weapons anymore.
[13:05] Ferdinand
    You can't change a weapon's form
    once it's imbued with blessings.
[13:10] Ferdinand
    Help should arrive shortly.
[13:19] Karstedt
    Sir Ferdinand? Why the distress signal?
[13:23] Ferdinand
    You're late!
[13:26] Karstedt
    What's all this?
[13:28] Karstedt
    Karstedt, the incompetent guards
    you chose let this happen.
[13:33] Karstedt
    Save Main at once! Hurry!
[13:36] Karstedt
    Sir!
[13:36] Karstedt
    Men, take your positions!
[13:38] All
    Sir!
[13:43] Karstedt
    Chop it down!
[13:49] Ferdinand
    Karstedt, don't even scratch Main.
[13:53] Ferdinand
    You'll turn her into bait.
[13:55] Karstedt
    Right!
[14:07] Karstedt
    It's tough...
[14:08] Karstedt
    One more time!
[14:10] All
    Right!
[14:15] Ferdinand
    You're the only one with a knife.
    Hurry up and get her out.
[14:19] Damuel
    But the protection didn't help earlier.
[14:23] Ferdinand
    I've closed her wound.
    The trombe won't activate anymore.
[14:31] Damuel
    It worked this time!
[14:35] Karstedt
    Be careful, Damuel.
[14:38] Karstedt
    Damuel, Apprentice Priestess,
    how did this happen?
[14:43] Karstedt
    I've never seen Sir Ferdinand so angry.
[14:46] Damuel
    Well...
[14:56] Karstedt
    Are you all right?
[14:58] Main
    No. Please get my retainer.
[15:04] Karstedt
    Where is the apprentice
    priestess' retainer?!
[15:08] Fran
    Lady Main!
[15:10] Fran
    She's feverish.
[15:12] Ferdinand
    Unsurprising. She was entwined
    by all those trombe limbs.
[15:17] Ferdinand
    She must've lost quite a lot of mana, too.
[15:20] Ferdinand
    Have her drink my potion.
[15:24] Fran
    Please drink this, Lady Main.
[15:27] Main
    Ew... What is this?
[15:30] Fran
    A potion the head priest blended.
[15:32] Fran
    It should help quell
    fatigue and recover mana.
[15:36] Main
    Is that so?
[15:45] Fran
    Are you all right, Lady Main?
[15:50] Main
    Wow. The fever's fading away.
[15:58] Ferdinand
    Schicicoza, Damuel.
[16:01] Ferdinand
    If you have anything to say for yourselves
    about this mess, speak up now.
[16:07] Schicicoza
    I see no reason to defend myself.
[16:11] Schicicoza
    She's a plebeian.
[16:13] Schicicoza
    That's all that matters.
[16:18] Ferdinand
    How about you, Damuel?
[16:21] Damuel
    Well...
[16:24] Karstedt
    We need information.
[16:27] Karstedt
    Speak your mind.
[16:37] Main
    This is how a class-based society works.
[16:41] Main
    But I'm sure the head
    priest will believe me.
[16:52] Main
    Sir Ferdinand, Sir Karstedt.
[16:56] Karstedt
    What is it, Apprentice Priestess?
[17:00] Main
    Should I tell you what happened,
[17:02] Main
    would you guarantee my safety?
[17:07] Karstedt
    What do you mean?
[17:09] Main
    Should I tell the truth that inconveniences
    a member of the nobility,
[17:14] Main
    would you drag me around by the
    hair or try to gouge my eyes out?
[17:23] Karstedt
    What?
[17:25] Karstedt
    You did that to her?
[17:27] Schicicoza
    It's a groundless accusation.
[17:29] Schicicoza
    This plebeian stood up when she
    didn't have to and hurt herself.
[17:33] Karstedt
    Damuel, you saw what happened, didn't you?
[17:37] Karstedt
    Tell the truth.
[17:39] Schicicoza
    I'm not sure he really saw it, actually.
[17:51] Damuel
    Our status is too different.
[17:54] Damuel
    When Schicicoza told me to know my place,
[17:59] Damuel
    I couldn't stop him anymore.
[18:03] Damuel
    I'm terribly sorry!
[18:10] Ferdinand
    That's right. You must never
    forget who ranks above.
[18:19] Ferdinand
    By the way, Schicicoza,
[18:22] Ferdinand
    who holds the highest rank of all of us here?
[18:28] Schicicoza
    It is you, Sir Ferdinand.
[18:32] Ferdinand
    That's right.
[18:33] Ferdinand
    And I gave you my orders.
[18:37] Ferdinand
    "Make sure the apprentice priestess
    receives nary a scratch"!
[18:45] Ferdinand
    If you considered our ranks, it should've
    been obvious what you needed to uphold.
[18:51] Ferdinand
    You're the one who needs to know your place!
[18:57] Schicicoza
    But... But that's a plebeian.
[19:00] Ferdinand
    The girl you hurt is no mere plebeian.
[19:04] Ferdinand
    She's an apprentice priestess
    who was granted blue robes
[19:08] Ferdinand
    with the lord's permission
    due to her abundance of mana!
[19:24] Ferdinand
    Know that voicing any complaints with that
    decision is dissent against your lord!
[19:35] Ferdinand
    Not only did you two disobey
    orders and abandon your duties,
[19:41] Ferdinand
    you hurt your charge and
    disgraced the knight order.
[19:44] Ferdinand
    Don't think you're going to get off lightly.
[19:48] Ferdinand
    The lord will sentence you in due time.
[19:57] Ferdinand
    Karstedt, you chose incompetent
    men as bodyguards,
[20:02] Ferdinand
    and failed to discipline your recruits.
[20:05] Ferdinand
    As commander of the knight order,
    you will be held responsible.
[20:09] Ferdinand
    You will be punished in due time, too.
[20:13] Karstedt
    This mess has truly exposed my lack
    of leadership in the knight order.
[20:20] Karstedt
    I profusely apologize for causing you
    the trouble of having to step in.
[20:30] Ferdinand
    Main, we need to finish up the ritual
    while the potion is still effective.
[20:34] Main
    Right.
[20:40] Ferdinand
    Come with me.
[20:44] Ferdinand
    Here we go.
[21:01] Ferdinand
    Listen, Main.
[21:03] Ferdinand
    Show them you're truly worthy
    of wearing those blue robes.
[21:09] Ferdinand
    If the knight order recognizes your
    importance, that will act as a shield for you.
[21:14] Main
    Got it.
[21:15] Main
    But it's my first time. I'm not
    sure if this will really work.
[21:21] Ferdinand
    No need to worry.
[21:23] Ferdinand
    I'll set up a foil for you.
[21:25] Ferdinand
    Huh?
[21:27] Ferdinand
    I don't fight battles I can't win.
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[23:10] Main
    My first ritual is coming up.
[23:12] Main
    Isn't this nerve-wracking, Head Priest?
[23:14] Ferdinand
    Then you can drink another vial of my potion.
[23:17] Main
    There's that disgusting potion again!
[23:19] Ferdinand
    Well, I did sacrifice the taste.
[23:21] Ferdinand
    But it worked right away, did it not?
[23:24] Main
    Yeah, but the taste matters.
    Please improve it.
[23:28] Ferdinand
    And how will you make it worth my while?
[23:29] Main
    I feel like the head priest's thought
    process is starting to resemble Benno's lately.
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