# 12 - Those Who Cling, Those Who Struggle
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**[00:00] Devil**
**[00:00] F**
*How can he be this way?*
**[00:03] F**
*Amidst such despair,*
**[00:05] F**
* when others cling to each other, how can he*
* speak of survival, as though it's a given?*
**[00:08] F**
* Why does this man's voice resonate*
* so strongly within me?*
**[00:12] G**
That thing will either disappear or
weaken when the sun hits it.
**[00:17] G**
We just have to last until morning.
**[00:20] G**
We're going to survive.
**[00:21] ---**
*How can this man's voice*
**[00:24] ---**
*sound so reassuring to me?*
***SIGN*** Those Who Cling, Those Who Struggle
**[02:11] Nina**
I hope it's not broken...
**[02:18] Nina**
I have to get out of here.
**[02:21] Nina**
Someone!
**[02:27] Nina**
It hurts...
**[02:29] Nina**
Is anyone out there?
**[02:34] Nina**
*Someone's out there?*
**[02:36] Nina**
Please...
**[02:37] Nina**
I can't walk!
**[02:39] Nina**
Please help...
**[02:51] Luca**
That was a close call.
**[02:52] Luca**
It was like a cattle stampede.
**[02:55] Luca**
I'm sorry for being late.
**[02:57] Luca**
Are you okay?
**[02:59] Nina**
Luca!
**[03:01] Luca**
I've been watching from below.
**[03:03] Luca**
It looks like Elaine and the others are okay.
**[03:06] Nina**
Luca!
**[03:07] Luca**
Now, now...
**[03:09] Luca**
This isn't the time to get sentimental.
**[03:16] Luca**
Can you walk?
**[03:17] Nina**
Yeah, but I can't run.
**[03:21] Nina**
What should we do?
**[03:24] Nina**
I-I can't do this!
**[03:27] Luca**
Don't poke your head out, no matter what.
**[03:29] Nina**
But what are you going to do, Luca?
**[03:31] Luca**
I'll figure something out.
**[03:33] Nina**
I don't want that!
**[03:35] Nina**
I'm too scared to be alone.
**[03:38] Nina**
I can't do it!
**[03:39] Nina**
I need you to stay with me!
**[03:43] Nina**
Ow...
**[03:44] Luca**
Both of us won't fit in this barrel.
**[03:46] Luca**
Besides, who'd seal it?
**[03:48] Nina**
But...
**[03:49] Luca**
Honestly, you're such a scaredy-cat!
**[03:53] Nina**
Luca...
**[03:55] Luca**
If nothing else, be a
proper scaredy-cat, okay?
**[03:59] Luca**
Keep quiet, and don't make a sound.
**[04:03] Luca**
You just might be the type
that survives the longest.
**[04:10] Luca**
There.
**[04:19] Nina**
Luca...
**[04:21] Nina**
Luca!
**[04:31] G**
*Ever since that day,*
**[04:32] G**
* I've felt like I'm wandering*
* through an endless night.*
**[04:35] G**
*But I had forgotten...*
**[04:37] G**
* That this world is a place*
* where the sun rises.*
**[04:42] P**
The time has finally come to
draw this secret sword.
**[04:45] G**
*Even just based on that,*
**[04:47] G**
*I have a big advantage compared to back then.*
**[04:57] Ishi**
Shit!
**[04:58] Ishi**
There are too many to burn...
**[05:00] Ishi**
More and more keep showing up!
**[05:08] P**
Take this...
**[05:09] P**
*Explosive Fire Sword!*
**[05:14] P**
Oh?
**[05:15] Ishi**
Don't act dumb, you shitty bug!
**[05:17] Ishi**
I'll squash you!
**[05:18] Ishi**
Anyway, what's up with these guys?
**[05:21] P**
It's the resentment of those who died
here due to torture or epidemic.
**[05:25] P**
It's absorbing the emotions
of those engulfed,
**[05:28] ---**
continuing to expand.
**[05:29] P**
It's full of their hatred
and desire for salvation!
**[05:33] Ishi**
If hate is all something like that takes,
**[05:36] Ishi**
the whole world would've sunk
into a cesspool by now!
**[05:39] Ishi**
Why is it just happening in Albion?
**[05:42] P**
Well...
**[05:49] F**
This is impossible.
**[05:51] F**
It should not be possible.
**[05:54] F**
*It's just like before.*
**[05:57] F**
*It's like I'm in a nightmare.*
**[05:59] F**
*Is this actually happening in reality?*
**[06:14] G**
If you don't want to die, do something.
**[06:18] Ser**
Lady Farnese...
**[06:22] F**
* He still stands and refuses to back down*
* in this overwhelming nightmare.*
**[06:26] F**
*In all of this, he is the only certainty!*
**[06:29] Ishi**
Shit!
**[06:30] Ishi**
It's coming in from behind, too!
**[06:32] Ser**
Behind me, Lady Farnese!
**[06:34] F**
O-Oh, God...
**[06:36] G**
Don't pray!
**[06:37] G**
If you pray, your hands are closed.
**[06:39] G**
What's that you're holding?
**[06:49] Ishi**
Here they come!
**[06:56] Nina**
*No!*
**[07:01] Nina**
*This is the end...*
**[07:02] Nina**
*I'm going to get crushed.*
**[07:04] Nina**
* I'm dead! I'm dead!*
* I'm dead! I'm going to die!*
**[07:06] Nina**
*I can't stand it... Let me out.*
**[07:08] Nina**
*Let me out of here!*
**[07:11] Nina**
*Not now.*
**[07:15] Nina**
*I might just die, anyway...*
**[07:22] Nina**
*But it's warm.*
**[07:26] Nina**
*I don't know if I'll die yet.*
**[07:28] Nina**
*The more scared I am, the more alive I feel.*
**[07:32] Nina**
*The more blood I cough up,*
**[07:34] Nina**
*the more I know that it's warm in my veins!*
**[07:36] Nina**
*I'm going to try...*
**[07:38] Nina**
*I'm going to try, Luca.*
**[07:41] Nina**
*Being scared means that I want to live!*
**[08:03] P**
That's...
**[08:32] P**
*Incredible.*
**[08:34] P**
* Both the living and dead. All the souls*
* here are calling out for one thing.*
**[08:42] Egg**
*Right now...*
**[08:44] Egg**
*Everything in my world
is one unified thought.*
**[08:49] Egg**
*Everything desires me,*
**[08:51] Egg**
*the world I will create,
and calls out for it.*
**[08:55] Egg**
*Everything will be*
**[08:57] Egg**
*fulfilled by one voice.*
**[09:06] P**
Singing?
**[09:09] P**
Guts, that...
**[09:10] G**
Huh?
**[09:13] P**
This.
**[09:15] P**
It's resonating with the voices.
**[09:20] Jer**
Hey...
**[09:21] Ishi**
Guts!
**[09:23] G**
*What is this agony coming from?*
**[09:25] Blob**
Oh, God...
**[09:47] Egg**
*Ah, the light overflows...*
**[10:09] G**
Griffith!
**[10:13] Devil**
There will be a pillar of fire
**[10:15] Devil**
where blind sheep gather on holy ground.
**[10:18] Devil**
The hour of Heaven's fall...
**[10:21] Devil**
It has come.
**[11:01] Jer**
This is bad...
**[11:04] Jer**
The tower and the monsters
vanished overnight.
**[11:07] Jer**
Were we just having a bad dream?
**[11:29] Nina**
I'm alive?
**[11:31] Ishi**
Oh, the puffy lady's alive!
**[11:35] Nina**
I'm alive...
**[11:36] Nina**
I'm really alive.
**[11:38] Nina**
Oh, where's Luca?
**[11:41] Nina**
Please!
**[11:42] Nina**
Luca...
**[11:43] Nina**
Find Luca!
**[11:45] Jer**
Wait a minute.
**[11:46] Jer**
What's going on?
**[11:47] Nina**
Luca jammed me into the barrel.
**[11:50] Nina**
I don't know what happened after that...
**[11:52] Jer**
Luca!
**[11:54] Nina**
Luca!
**[11:55] Ishi**
Lady!
**[11:56] Nina**
Luca!
**[11:58] Jer**
Damn it...
**[11:59] Jer**
How will we find her in all this rubble?!
**[12:01] Nina**
I don't want this...
**[12:03] Nina**
No, Luca...
**[12:08] Nina**
Huh?
**[12:09] Luca**
O-O-Over here!
**[12:12] P**
She said.
**[12:15] Luca**
H-H-H-Hurry up... Get me out of here.
**[12:19] Luca**
I-I-I-I'm going to catch a chill!
**[12:23] Nina**
Luca!
**[12:29] Luca**
I'm freezing!
**[12:30] Jer**
You idiot...
**[12:33] ---**
There, there...
**[12:37] Luca**
You're so warm.
**[12:39] Luca**
It was worth living for.
**[12:53] Ishi**
They're Kushans!
**[12:55] Jer**
Why are they all the way out here?
**[12:57] P**
The guys from back then.
**[13:05] Tapasa**
That is the *krishna sena* from earlier.
**[13:07] Tapasa**
Could he be the one?
**[13:09] Silat**
I don't know.
**[13:10] Silat**
Yet just as the divine prophecy said,
**[13:12] Silat**
there was a calamity in this
land, and he appeared.
**[13:15] Silat**
The one we seek must be
among them, as well.
**[13:20] Ishi**
No way...
**[13:22] Ishi**
If we don't get outta here after
all that, I'm calling bullshit!
**[13:25] Silat**
Capture them all!
**[13:27] Silat**
They must be alive, not unharmed.
**[13:30] Silat**
Specifically, don't go easy on the
man with the massive sword.
**[13:33] Silat**
Don't lower your guard until
you've cut off his limbs.
**[13:44] P**
Killing blow!
**[13:46] Ser**
Personal issues aside,
**[13:48] Ser**
I cannot think of a better man to have
at my side in such a circumstance.
**[13:53] Ser**
Although, it may not amount to much...
**[13:56] G**
Whatever.
**[13:58] Ser**
Damn!
**[13:59] Kushan**
Don't move!
**[14:00] Kushan**
If you make a single move, these women...
**[14:02] Azan**
Hey.
**[14:04] Azan**
Taking women and children
as hostages? Barbarians.
**[14:07] Azan**
Heretics,
**[14:09] Azan**
how dare you enter our holy
land and do such a thing?!
**[14:12] F**
Azan!
**[14:12] Ser**
You're tough to kill...
**[14:14] Azan**
Lady Farnese, I am glad to see you safe.
**[14:17] F**
Thanks.
**[14:18] Ser**
You, as well, Vice-commander.
**[14:19] Azan**
We can talk later.
**[14:21] Azan**
Hmm...
**[14:23] Azan**
Things have taken a strange turn
in the short time I was away.
**[14:32] G**
Here they come.
**[14:35] Ishi**
What the hell?
**[14:36] Jer**
Hey, not again!
**[14:42] Silat**
*B-Bada?*
**[14:46] Azan**
Is this the continuation of last night?
**[14:51] Luca**
Nothing can surprise me anymore.
**[14:54] G**
Zodd...
**[14:55] G**
*Why is he here?*
**[15:00] Azan**
How monstrous...
**[15:03] Ser**
This isn't the time to be impressed.
**[15:05] Ser**
If we're to escape, it must be now!
**[15:06] Azan**
Indeed.
**[15:08] Azan**
Everyone, stay together!
**[15:09] Azan**
We'll storm through this!
**[15:38] Narr**
*In that moment,*
**[15:40] Narr**
*all held their breath.*
**[15:44] Narr**
*And all were transfixed.*
**[15:46] G**
Griffith...
**[16:02] Narr**
*And all realized...*
**[16:05] Narr**
*That what they had desired had come.*
**[16:17] Silat**
All of you, seize that man!
**[16:20] Man**
But, Lord Silat...
**[16:22] Silat**
Stay calm.
**[16:23] Silat**
This mission is critical for restoring
our Bakiraka Clan's honor!
**[16:27] Silat**
Have you forgotten our clan's
centuries of torment in exile?
**[16:33] Silat**
This is our one and only chance.
**[16:35] Silat**
Capture him before their main forces arrive!
**[16:38] Silat**
Go!
**[16:46] Azan**
Good!
**[16:47] Azan**
Their ranks here have thinned!
**[16:49] Ser**
Lady Farnese!
**[16:52] Ishi**
Why are you two bumbling around?
**[17:14] Luca**
Where are Elaine and the swordsman?
**[17:16] Luca**
Don't tell me they're still back there.
**[17:18] Jer**
Wait!
**[17:19] Jer**
Haven't you had enough?
**[17:21] Ishi**
Shut up! Privates can stay back!
**[17:23] Jer**
What'd you say, brat?
**[17:34] Azan**
Even the main Kushan forces are here?
**[17:37] Jer**
They haven't noticed us yet...
**[17:40] Ishi**
No way!
**[17:41] Ishi**
You're leaving those two behind?
**[17:43] Jer**
What choice do we have?
**[17:45] Jer**
If we don't, we'll die for sure this time!
**[17:46] Ishi**
Shit!
**[17:52] Jer**
What the...
**[18:09] Jer**
Who is he?
**[18:15] F**
*He isn't human.*
**[18:17] Jer**
Do we ever get a break?
**[18:19] Azan**
What now?
**[18:27] Luca**
He made it!
**[18:28] Ser**
But against such a large army...
**[18:31] Luca**
He'll be fine.
**[18:32] Luca**
I'm sure he'll protect Elaine.
**[18:36] Ishi**
He'd better not die!
**[18:38] Ishi**
I'm gonna collect what he owes me!
**[18:41] Jer**
Idiot! Keep it down!
**[18:50] Ishi**
Huh...
**[18:51] Ishi**
There were other survivors.
**[18:54] Jer**
Everyone who fled into the tower died.
**[18:57] Jer**
And those of little faith who fled
from the tower survived?
**[19:02] Jer**
I bet none of them will ever
feel like praying again...
**[19:06] Luca**
Not so fast.
**[19:08] Luca**
Trying to survive is different
than trying to run from fear.
**[19:13] Luca**
The survivors did what
they had to do to live,
**[19:16] ---**
without their surroundings interfering.
**[19:20] Luca**
I don't know what God thinks or anything,
**[19:23] Luca**
but I believe He left humans enough
free will to do what they need to.
**[19:29] Nina**
Luca, what's that for?
**[19:31] Luca**
Oh, this?
**[19:32] Luca**
It's for a chick that died in the egg.
**[19:37] Luca**
It died without ever leaving the egg.
**[19:40] Luca**
Without meeting anyone or being known.
**[19:43] Luca**
A lonely one like that
sleeps beneath the rubble.
**[19:48] Luca**
I thought I should leave flowers for it.
**[19:52] Luca**
* Any sinner should have at least*
* one person to mourn them.*
**[19:57] Luca**
*But if his wish came true,*
**[20:01] Luca**
*what will happen to the world now?*
**[20:05] Ishi**
Later, ladies!
**[20:07] Ishi**
I'm gonna bail! Bye!
**[20:10] Pepe**
As thanks, I'll be with you for free.
**[20:12] Ishi**
Whoa!
**[20:13] Ishi**
I'm in a hurry, though...
**[20:15] Ishi**
I'll take you up on it another time!
**[20:18] Luca**
They were a busy bunch...
**[20:20] Jer**
Thankfully, they're gone.
**[20:23] Nina**
I wonder if Elaine's okay.
**[20:25] Luca**
I'm sure she'll be fine with
that black swordsman.
**[20:28] Luca**
He even fought Mozgus as an equal.
**[20:33] Luca**
But...
**[20:34] Luca**
The strength to protect someone
**[20:36] Luca**
is different than the strength
to be with someone...
**[20:42] Nina**
I need to take care of something.
**[20:44] Luca**
Are you okay?
**[20:45] Nina**
Yeah.
**[20:50] Joa**
Nina?
**[20:55] Nina**
Joachim...
**[20:57] Nina**
You're alive.
**[21:00] Joa**
I've been wanting to apologize to you...
**[21:05] Joa**
For before.
**[21:06] Joa**
I was so scared of you.
**[21:09] Joa**
I thought they'd kill me
if I didn't rat you out...
**[21:13] Joa**
I know it's too late for me to say this,
**[21:15] Joa**
but I really care for you...
**[21:18] Joa**
I really thought I could go with you.
**[21:21] Joa**
But I didn't have the courage,
**[21:24] Joa**
so I ran away.
**[21:26] Joa**
I'm sorry.
**[21:29] Joa**
Goodbye.
**[21:31] Nina**
W-Wait.
**[21:39] Azan**
Wh-What did you say?
**[21:42] F**
I'm going to follow the Black Swordsman.
**[21:48] F**
I am leaving the Order.
**[21:52] ---**
Later.
**[21:53] F**
* In the end, I could not escape*
* the darkness of my childhood.*
**[21:59] F**
* Eventually, the darkness took shape*
* and appeared before me.*
**[22:05] F**
* As though the fate for one*
* who continues to fear*
**[22:11] F**
*is to be led by the Black Swordsman*
**[22:14] ---**
*who stands alone in the darkness.*
**[22:20] Luca**
They left.
**[22:22] Jer**
Thank goodness...
**[22:25] Luca**
*Hmm, Nina's late.*
**[22:26] Pepe**
Hey, introduce me to a noble patron, too!
**[22:30] Fuque**
Me, too.
**[22:31] Lucy**
Someone with more money
than you, if possible.
**[22:36] Joa**
Are you sure?
**[22:38] Nina**
Yeah, if I go back now,
I won't be able to leave.
**[22:43] Nina**
*I'm sorry, Luca.*
**[22:45] Nina**
*I'm making you worry until the very end.*
**[22:49] Nina**
*I'm going with Joachim.*
**[22:52] Nina**
*I love you and the others.*
**[22:56] ---**
*But if I stay with you,*
**[22:59] Nina**
*I'll end up hating you again someday.*
**[23:02] Nina**
*And I'll hate myself, too.*
**[23:05] Nina**
* People who are strong will*
* end up hurting others,*
**[23:10] Nina**
* and people who are weak*
* will end up hating others.*
**[23:13] Nina**
* I think I'll go with this man, who has*
* the same weakness and sin.*
**[23:21] Nina**
* If I'm with him, I think we can both*
* become a little stronger.*
**[23:27] Nina**
*And a little kinder.*
**[23:31] FQ**
So slow!
**[23:33] Luca**
She really is such a handful.
**[23:38] Narr**
*A rift appeared in the frontier that day.*
**[23:42] Narr**
*Where the world's shape began to crumble.*
**[23:59] [SONG] Narr**
2017 Spring
**[24:05] [SONG] ---**
The Next Arc Arrives
**[24:06] ---**