12 - A Parting of Ways

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[00:04] ---
    "Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided
    to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside"
[00:15] ---
    My pulse quickened
    the first time I saw her.
[00:20] ---
    She seemed to shine so brightly
    in this dark and faded world.
[00:24] ---
    I was the one who was able to see her so!
[00:33] ---
    She is the Hero.
[00:35] ---
    That was the only Blessing besides
    the Sage that I ever revered.
[00:40] ---
    I thought I had finally found
    my purpose in life.
[00:43] ---
    The Almighty granted me my Blessing
    so I could assist the Hero.
[00:49] ---
    I was born to fight alongside her and
    right what was wrong with this world.
[00:54] ---
    The relic of the first Hero lies ahead.
[00:57] ---
    Let's go.
[00:59] ---
    Ruti will be mine once more.
[01:04] ---
    Ares is here?!
[01:04] ---
    "A Parting of Ways"
[01:05] ---
    Yeah, he's trying to win back Ruti.
[01:09] ---
    That explains the spirit drake.
    He's quite capable of summoning one.
[01:14] ---
    And those plague eyes
    must've been his doing, too.
[01:18] ---
    Ares has proceeded to the lower level.
[01:21] ---
    It appears he is working with someone.
[01:24] ---
    He's with someone?!
[01:26] ---
    Yes, someone using magic
    to conceal themselves.
[01:29] ---
    But I sense their presence.
[01:31] ---
    Could it be Shisandan?
[01:32] ---
    It might be.
[01:36] ---
    I don't know where they're headed.
[01:38] ---
    We'll just have to ask them.
[01:40] ---
    We can't stand by and do nothing
    if Shisandan is trying to deceive him.
[01:45] ---
    You're right.
[01:46] ---
    Hey, what have you people
    been going on about?
[01:51] ---
    Sorry, but there's no time to explain.
[01:53] ---
    Let's go.
[01:58] ---
    H-Hold on a second!
[02:02] ---
    I'm staying right here!
[02:07] ---
    Don't leave me all alone!
[02:11] ---
    I'll scout ahead!
[02:12] ---
    Danan!
[02:14] ---
    I brought you here for a reason.
[02:17] ---
    No matter how the choices
    we are about to make turn out,
[02:21] ---
    I wanted you to be there with me.
[02:24] ---
    What's that supposed to mean?
[02:27] ---
    It's okay if you don't understand.
[02:30] ---
    You just do your usual thing.
[02:32] ---
    And I'll use my wits to do mine.
[02:35] ---
    I don't really get it,
    but I agree with one thing.
[02:38] ---
    You do things your way,
    and I'll do things mine!
[03:24] ---
    Danan?!
[03:25] ---
    I'm surprised you survived.
[03:27] ---
    Ares, this one's mine.
[03:31] ---
    Better stand back.
[03:33] ---
    My fingers are still numb.
[03:35] ---
    That first strike was part of his plan.
[03:38] ---
    However, he doesn't have a right hand.
[03:50] ---
    That reminds me.
[03:52] ---
    You'll get no mercy from me.
    I'm gonna slay you right here.
[03:56] ---
    But I gotta thank you.
[03:58] ---
    You made me realize how worthless
    and weak my left hand had become.
[04:03] ---
    I've become stronger thanks to you.
[04:11] ---
    Dragontail Fist!
[04:18] ---
    Take that, and that, and that!
[04:21] ---
    Ares! Help! Ares!
[04:24] ---
    A-Are you asking me to attack Danan?
[04:27] ---
    Are you insane?
[04:29] ---
    I wouldn't stand a chance!
[04:31] ---
    Ares!
[04:32] ---
    Think! Don't just stand there!
    Do something!
[04:35] ---
    I'm smart. I always make the right choice.
[04:39] ---
    After all, I am the Sage!
[04:43] ---
    Gargantuan Storm Javelin!
[04:52] ---
    Burst.
[05:06] ---
    Even you can't withstand
    a blast within your body.
[05:10] ---
    I've never seen a martial artist like you.
[05:13] ---
    Your strength surpasses the role
    allotted by your Blessing.
[05:42] ---
    I, too, am skilled in the martial arts.
[05:44] ---
    But to you, it may seem
    like mere acrobatics.
[05:50] ---
    N-No...
[05:52] ---
    I am... defeated.
[06:02] ---
    I can't believe how calm I feel.
[06:05] ---
    Then again, this isn't the first time
    I've betrayed a comrade.
[06:10] ---
    I, more than anyone,
    knew how formidable Gideon was.
[06:15] ---
    Yes, and that's why I had no choice
    but to get rid of him.
[06:20] ---
    I couldn't be the Sage I was
    meant to be with him there.
[06:23] ---
    Ares, you saved my hide.
[06:25] ---
    Let's keep going.
[06:27] ---
    Right.
[06:37] ---
    Careful. There are traps here.
[06:57] ---
    That should do it.
[07:00] ---
    You can control this?
[07:03] ---
    A strange contraption
    from a vanished civilization?
[07:34] ---
    The Holy Demon Slayer?
[07:36] ---
    There is supposed to be
    only one in existence!
[07:39] ---
    I don't understand?!
[07:40] ---
    None of these are the Holy Demon Slayer.
[07:44] ---
    The Holy Demon Slayer,
    the blade the Hero wields,
[07:48] ---
    is a replica of the swords
    wielded by the first Hero.
[07:51] ---
    The blades bestowed by the Almighty
    are those you see here.
[07:54] ---
    These are the true holy swords?
[07:57] ---
    Yes, but to distinguish them
    from the replica,
[07:59] ---
    we should call these the True Avengers,
    no, the Sacred Avengers.
[08:08] ---
    And like the replica sword,
    the Hero, too, is but a copy.
[08:12] ---
    She has the soul of the first Hero
    as replicated by the Almighty.
[08:16] ---
    A replicated soul?
[08:19] ---
    Returning Ruti to the path
    of the Hero requires two things.
[08:23] ---
    First, you must give her
    one of the Sacred Avengers.
[08:27] ---
    They have the power to
    enhance the Hero's Blessing
[08:30] ---
    and restore the Blessing's impulses
    that the Devil's Blessing weakened.
[08:35] ---
    Then Ruti will return to me!
[08:38] ---
    No, that alone will not suffice.
[08:40] ---
    What else must I do?
[08:42] ---
    You must wrest from her what sustains
    her desire to be Ruti instead of the Hero.
[08:50] ---
    In other words, Gideon.
[09:21] ---
    Shisandan?
[09:30] ---
    Here, Big Brother.
[09:31] ---
    Thunderwaker!
[09:33] ---
    You kept it for me.
[09:35] ---
    Yes, it's yours, after all.
[09:37] ---
    Thanks.
[09:45] ---
    What a pleasant surprise,
    my dearest disciple.
[10:02] ---
    Paralyzing Flame!
[10:06] ---
    Die, Gideon!
[10:08] ---
    Ares!
[10:12] ---
    Sacred Magic Shield.
[10:21] ---
    Ares, I can still forgive you
    if you surrender.
[10:24] ---
    Ruti, it's not too late.
[10:29] ---
    --Gargantuan Storm Javelin!
    --Sacred Punisher!
[10:45] ---
    Lemme outta here!
[10:53] ---
    Please don't run off.
    It's safer if you stay near us.
[10:58] ---
    Yes, ma'am.
[11:06] ---
    Are you all right?
[11:09] ---
    Just a little tired.
[11:11] ---
    Such a wound is normally fatal.
[11:14] ---
    Here, drink this!
[11:22] ---
    Ruti need only touch this sword.
[11:28] ---
    Martial Art...
[11:31] ---
    Great Whirlwind!
[11:57] ---
    Her power already exceeds
    that of the former Hero.
[12:01] ---
    Something's coming from below!
[12:03] ---
    From below?
[12:04] ---
    Rit, run!
[12:12] ---
    Holy Chains!
[12:15] ---
    Theodora?!
[12:27] ---
    Why?
[12:28] ---
    Curse me if you wish.
[12:30] ---
    I'll atone with my life when this is over.
[12:32] ---
    But you must be sacrificed
    for the sake of this world.
[12:37] ---
    Why me?
[12:39] ---
    Because you're the Hero.
[12:41] ---
    I never wanted to be the Hero,
    not even once.
[12:45] ---
    Yet there's no end to those
    who want to save the world.
[12:49] ---
    Why'd it have to be me?!
[12:58] ---
    Countless lives will be lost
    if you don't fulfill your role.
[13:02] ---
    Why must I sacrifice myself to
    save those I've never even seen?
[13:07] ---
    Such is the Almighty's will.
[13:12] ---
    Rit!
[13:14] ---
    Save your beloved or your sister.
[13:16] ---
    A heart-wrenching choice, eh, Gideon?
[13:21] ---
    Face the facts.
[13:24] ---
    Gideon may be the greatest swordsman ever,
[13:27] ---
    but he can't save those dear
    to him without the Hero.
[13:30] ---
    Humanity needs you to be the Hero!
[13:42] ---
    That's absurd!
[13:45] ---
    What right do you have to place
    my life in the Hero's hands?!
[13:49] ---
    But Rit, was it not the Hero
    who saved your homeland?
[13:53] ---
    Are you not living proof that
    the world needs the Hero?
[13:58] ---
    No!
[14:00] ---
    What do you mean?
[14:01] ---
    It wasn't the Hero, the Guide, or the
    Crusader that saved me and my land.
[14:07] ---
    Our saviors were none other
    than Ruti, Red, and you!
[14:13] ---
    We are our Blessings.
[14:15] ---
    No, we're not!
[14:17] ---
    The Hero is much more
    than a type of Blessing!
[14:20] ---
    She's the person in which
    the Blessing resides!
[14:23] ---
    It took much more than
    the Hero to save Loggervia.
[14:27] ---
    It was saved because you three
    inspired us to rise up and fight!
[14:33] ---
    I'm but a humble servant
    of Almighty Demis.
[14:36] ---
    I do not question.
[14:39] ---
    How could I?!
[14:41] ---
    If placing the fate of the world
    on unwilling shoulders
[14:44] ---
    is the Almighty's will,
[14:46] ---
    I'll show Him how wrong He is.
    I don't care if He is a god!
[14:51] ---
    I concur.
[14:52] ---
    The Hero does not simply exist.
[14:55] ---
    Only those who strive to be the Hero
    are worthy of that name.
[14:59] ---
    Yet the Almighty is too foolish
    to understand that.
[15:01] ---
    How unfortunate that you and I are foes.
[15:08] ---
    Rit!
[15:13] ---
    Iron Wall!
[15:18] ---
    This will be your grave!
[15:25] ---
    Gideon!
[15:41] ---
    Shattering Ares' Sacred Avenger with
    your replica was an impressive feat.
[16:01] ---
    Well, how do you like that!
    I'm better than Gideon!
[16:05] ---
    This proves it!
[16:07] ---
    He's dead, yet I still live!
[16:09] ---
    Victor and vanquished!
    The Sage and the Fool!
[16:17] ---
    Tornado Cutter!
[16:27] ---
    You dirty little assassin.
[16:30] ---
    I don't understand.
[16:32] ---
    How can you do this?
[16:34] ---
    Ruti is the Hero.
[16:37] ---
    She must sacrifice all
    in the name of her Blessing.
[16:41] ---
    That is what is best for Ruti
    and what shall bring her bliss.
[16:49] ---
    You can't be trusted
    with Lady Ruti's fate.
[16:52] ---
    It's true, my lady is quite formidable.
[16:54] ---
    But she's awkward and can't read the room.
[16:57] ---
    But she can love!
[16:59] ---
    Lady Ruti is just a normal girl!
[17:02] ---
    I can't leave my cherished friend to
    anyone who doesn't understand that!
[17:22] ---
    Huh?
[17:25] ---
    You son of a bitch!
[17:30] ---
    I may be a villain,
[17:32] ---
    but there's nothing I hate more than
    a villain who doesn't think they're one!
[17:38] ---
    It's the one thing I can't stand!
[17:40] ---
    Worthless piece of garbage.
[17:48] ---
    You can't possibly defeat me, the Sage.
[18:03] ---
    I don't get all that complicated stuff.
[18:06] ---
    What the Hero is thinking.
[18:09] ---
    What is right, and what is wrong.
[18:13] ---
    But there's one thing I do know!
[18:16] ---
    Gideon! Rit!
[18:18] ---
    You are my comrades!
    That means I will help you!
[18:22] ---
    The one thing I know for sure
    is I won't let you die!
[18:26] ---
    No one's gonna tell me otherwise!
[18:30] ---
    Martial Art: Rising Dragon's Roar!
[18:49] ---
    Why?! Why can't you just die?!
[18:52] ---
    You and your worthless Blessing!
[18:58] ---
    Ares!
[18:59] ---
    Die!
[19:02] ---
    Red!
[19:10] ---
    It's the end of the line for you!
[19:18] ---
    Don't ever underestimate my friend.
[19:21] ---
    In your face, you bastard!
[19:25] ---
    That crappy little spider tricked me?
[19:38] ---
    Help me, Shisandan.
[19:43] ---
    Restore my hands to me.
[19:45] ---
    Somebody...
[19:47] ---
    Anybody...
[19:49] ---
    How can this be?
[19:51] ---
    Why is it always you?
[19:53] ---
    I'm far more powerful.
[19:56] ---
    And far wiser, too.
[19:59] ---
    O My Lady, the Hero...
[20:03] ---
    It was said I was born to serve you,
    and yet...
[20:18] ---
    Why?
[20:19] ---
    I just wanted to lead
    a peaceful life with my brother.
[20:22] ---
    You are indeed a threat.
[20:24] ---
    In the name of the Asura,
    I must now strike you down.
[20:54] ---
    Is it such a bad thing to
    let me live a normal life?
[20:57] ---
    Yes, it is.
[20:59] ---
    You must live your life as the Hero.
[21:01] ---
    The Almighty and all humanity won't
    allow the Hero to lead a peaceful life.
[21:10] ---
    A fire burns in my heart...
[21:15] ---
    ...the fire of rage.
[21:16] ---
    Such power.
[21:18] ---
    Even if the Devil's Blessing sparked this,
    I can't believe it manifested so clearly.
[21:25] ---
    Give me back my brother
    and our life together!
[21:30] ---
    Give it back, now!
[21:42] ---
    This time I will finish you!
[21:48] ---
    At least I made the Hero lay her hand
    upon one of the Sacred Avengers.
[22:11] ---
    You'll be all right now.
[22:12] ---
    Why did you save her?
[22:15] ---
    She's a friend.
[22:17] ---
    I can't stand do-gooders, either.
[22:21] ---
    That's not what this is about.
[22:23] ---
    It's true, Theodora turned against me.
[22:26] ---
    But even though she became our foe,
[22:29] ---
    I never want my sister to suffer losing
    a former party member to my own hand.
[22:43] ---
    Ruti! Are you all right?!
[22:51] ---
    What's wrong?
[23:07] ---
    Tisse!
[23:09] ---
    Don't do this, Lady Ruti.
[23:15] ---
    The man who stands before you
    is someone dear to you.
[23:21] ---
    You must not do him harm.