19 - The Arcana of Invocation

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[00:05] villagers
    The trolls are crumbling...
[00:08] villagers
    What is this light?
[00:11] Puck
    His wound's healing!
[00:13] Isidoro
    This is...
[00:15] ---
    her magic?
[00:20] Schierke
    Somehow, I made it in time.
[00:21] Pastor
    What's going on? You did this?
[00:25] Schierke
    I told you...
[00:26] ---
    To protect the church, I erected
    a shield with magic.
[00:29] Schierke
    This shield will stand as long as it
    exists within my consciousness,
[00:33] ---
    and will destroy any spirit that tries
    to do us harm within the circle.
[00:37] Pastor
    Magic?
[00:39] Pastor
    Impossible.
[00:40] Pastor
    I will not accept this black magic.
[00:46] Schierke
    The four colored lights
    are the manifestation
[00:49] ---
    of the power of the great beings
[00:51] ---
    in the spiritual realm that
    are protecting us.
[00:55] Schierke
    Those great beings are the four
    guardian angels recorded
[01:00] ---
    in your Holy See's scripture.
[01:02] Schierke
    No matter how it's expressed,
[01:05] ---
    the sun is the sun, and light is light.
[01:08] Schierke
    No matter how different our scriptures,
[01:10] ---
    our cries for aid are the
    same, aren't they?
[01:14] Schierke
    Separating and condemning people
    over such a difference is foolish.
[01:20] Schierke
    The name of God is God's alone.
[01:22] Schierke
    It is not for humans to decide.
[01:24] Farnese
    But how?
[01:26] ---
    Our scriptures have nothing so powerful.
[01:29] Farnese
    They cannot call forth miracles,
    like your spells.
[01:32] Schierke
    The church is a shrine where people
    commune with angels and spirits.
[01:37] Schierke
    Mages have a shrine within their hearts.
[01:41] Farnese
    Within their hearts?
[01:43] Pastor
    That isn't possible.
[01:46] Schierke
    It isn't a belief in something
    that you cannot see.
[01:50] Schierke
    If you have no doubt,
[01:52] ---
    you can see it, feel it, and touch it.
[01:55] Guts
    Well, aren't you an impressive girl...
SIGN    The Arcana of Invocation
[03:40] Villagers
    What's that?
[03:41] Isidoro
    A monster?
[03:43] Pastor
    What is that monster?
[03:45] Schierke
    An ogre!
[03:48] Isidoro
    Og...
[03:49] Puck
    ...re!
[03:50] ---
    An ogre.
[03:53] Schierke
    Why is something like that in this world?
[04:05] Isidoro
    Holy crap...
[04:08] Schierke
    It's all right. An ogre cannot
    set foot within this shield.
[04:12] Schierke
    However...
[04:13] Schierke
    No!
[04:19] Guts
    What's going on?
[04:21] Schierke
    This shield protects against spiritual
    forms, not physical ones.
[04:26] Guts
    What?
[04:48] Villagers
    We're finished!
[04:48] Villagers
    With a monster like that...
[04:50] Schierke
    We need to buy time...
[04:52] ---
    Time for me to cast a spell.
[04:55] Villager
    Hey...
[05:01] Guts
    Got it, Commander.
[05:03] Ivalera
    Hey, hey! What the heck is he thinking?
[05:06] Villagers
    That's impossible! He'll be flattened!
[05:09] Puck
    Nah.
[05:11] Puck
    He's pretty used to this kind of stuff.
[05:16] Schierke
    No!
[05:31] Puck
    See? I told you.
[05:34] Villager
    I don't believe it.
[05:35] Villager
    Who the heck is that guy?
[05:37] Isidoro
    He really is amazing.
[05:38] Puck
    See? I told you!
[05:40] Serpico
    I knew he wasn't normal, but to
    think it was to this extent...
[05:44] Ivalera
    Well, would you look at that...
[05:47] Ivalera
    Now's your chance!
[05:50] Schierke
    He managed that much, using only
    his physical body without magic.
[05:54] ---
    How can a mortal go that far?
[06:03] Guts
    I guess you're as tough as you are big.
[06:06] ---
    Not like the small fry.
[06:08] Guts
    Before its arm attaches...
[06:15] Guts
    Water?
[06:21] Schierke
    That's a kelpie!
[06:23] Serpico
    Kelpie, as in the things that
    drown travelers in rivers?
[06:27] Schierke
    First an ogre, now a kelpie. But why?
[06:31] Schierke
    Rain... No!
[06:33] Guts
    What the hell?
[06:34] ---
    That monster can use magic?
[06:38] Schierke
    A kelpie is a mid-level water spirit.
[06:41] Schierke
    It easily controls elementals
[06:43] ---
    of the same type that are a lower
    level or without consciousness!
[06:46] Schierke
    A kelpie in the rain is
    highly dangerous.
[06:52] Guts
    Come on... It just goes after anything?
[06:54] Schierke
    They're following their desires.
[06:57] Schierke
    They want to devour the spirits of
    humans, which they rarely get.
[07:00] Schierke
    This isn't good!
[07:02] ---
    An ogre and a kelpie, on top of the
    trolls. It's completely unexpected!
[07:07] Serpico
    I'll go.
[07:07] Farnese
    Serpico!
[07:08] Schierke
    It's impossible! Dealing with
    trolls is one thing, but...
[07:11] Serpico
    It's all right.
[07:12] ---
    I shall deal with them and
    buy you some time.
[07:15] ---
    So, if you could cast the spell...
[07:17] Schierke
    But...
[07:18] Serpico
    Lady Farnese...
[07:19] Farnese
    Eh?
[07:20] Serpico
    Please make sure to protect Casca.
[07:24] Farnese
    Huh? Right...
[07:29] Serpico
    Now, then...
[07:30] Farnese
    Serpico!
[07:38] Pastor
    He flew.
[07:39] Schierke
    To think he was able to control the
    sylphs to this extent so quickly...
[07:44] Serpico
    Lady Farnese, I was unable to free you.
[07:50] Serpico
    Only stayed by your side.
[07:53] Serpico
    No, I never even considered doing so.
[07:56] Serpico
    I was surrounded by a dark repose
    beside another closed soul...
[08:01] ---
    Like the other half of myself.
[08:04] Serpico
    But that appears to be at an end.
[08:07] Guts
    Be careful. They aren't
    like the usual ones.
[08:08] Serpico
    But I'll at least ensure
[08:10] Serpico
    Good grief. I don't know what
    you consider usual ones.
[08:10] ---
    my other half isn't torn to
    shreds within the storm.
[08:16] Serpico
    Spirits of the wind, give me strength.
[08:19] Puck
    An anything-goes tag match.
[08:22] Serpico
    Now, then...
[08:35] Serpico
    It appears the frog horse
    is better suited to me.
[08:37] Serpico
    I'll take care of it.
[08:39] Guts
    Do what you want.
[08:41] Guts
    This thing is simpler and
    better for me to fight.
[08:59] Villager
    Whoa... He defeated it.
[09:01] Villager
    He defeated that monster by himself.
[09:08] Guts
    Of course.
[09:14] Puck
    And you've become the small fry.
[09:16] Puck
    You're an excellent small fry, though.
[09:16] Isidoro
    I can't do a single thing,
    at a time like this?
[09:19] Pastor
    What is this sight? Oh, God!
[09:25] Scheirke
    I must hurry.
[09:27] Schierke
    Deeper... Slightly beyond the
    spirit world's depths!
[09:34] Schierke
    That's a shrine...
[09:36] Schierke
    The spiritual form of the shrine that
    stood before the church was built.
[09:42] Schierke
    Water elementals... Undines!
[09:47] Schierke
    I see!
[10:02] Serpico
    It's no use.
[10:04] ---
    A wall of water is blocking
    all of my attacks.
[10:08] Serpico
    On the other hand, I am unable
    to block everything.
[10:12] Serpico
    To think a splash of water
    was so powerful...
[10:15] Serpico
    I'm being pushed back...
[10:17] ---
    Though, since I'm a beginner to
    magic, that can't be helped.
[10:26] Serpico
    This is...
[10:30] Serpico
    I can't breathe!
[10:31] Farnese
    Something is wrong
    with Serpico! Serpico!
[10:49] Serpico
    I see...
[10:51] ---
    Splashing water at me wasn't
    the extent of its abilities.
[10:54] Serpico
    I was about to drown atop this hill.
[11:00] Serpico
    But because of that, now I know
[11:02] ---
    the wind doesn't only have the
    power to cut through things.
[11:07] Serpico
    I'm counting on you, little spirits.
[11:17] Serpico
    If we cannot cut through it,
    we just need to lift it up.
[11:29] Farnese
    Serpico!
[11:36] Serpico
    I lowered my guard...
[11:38] Isidoro
    This isn't good! Serpico's in trouble!
[11:52] Farnese
    Serpico!
[11:53] Pastor
    You fool! You'll fall!
[12:01] Serpico
    The water is moving away
    from the kelpie?
[12:08] Guts
    What the...
[12:09] Pastor
    Is this witchcraft, as well?
[12:18] Farnese
    That's...
[12:19] Pastor
    What? What do you see?
[12:22] Ivalera
    That's a water spirit.
[12:24] ---
    Right now, Schierke is one
    with the water spirit.
[12:27] Ivalera
    It's what you call possession.
[12:34] Villager
    An angel?
[12:36] Schierke/Spirit
    I am the kindred of water.
[12:38] Schierke/spirit
    I am the spirit that flows in
    the rivers of this land.
[12:41] Schierke/spirit
    In accordance with the ancient covenant,
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    I purify the evil spirits that
    have soiled this land.
[12:47] Schierke/spirit
    On behalf of the Lady of the
    Depths, I order the undines.
[12:52] Schierke/spirit
    Wash into the underworld's dark depths
[12:54] ---
    the evil spirits that plague the land.
[13:01] Schierke/spirit
    Water...
[13:03] Schierke/spirit
    I am water.
[13:05] Schierke/spirit
    I am water itself.
[13:08] Schierke/spirit
    Gather, my kindred.
[13:11] Schierke/spirit
    Gather, gather, surge, and flow.
[13:17] Guts
    Rumbling?
[13:18] Isidoro
    Now what?
[13:20] Serpico
    This doesn't seem good.
[13:25] Isidoro
    The river's flooding!
    It's headed this way!
[13:39] Guts
    This is magic?
[14:00] Villagers
    Come inside, kid!
    You'll get swallowed up.
[14:04] Puck
    Dropey?
[14:16] Guts
    That's insane.
[14:19] Villagers
    The trolls... All the monsters
    were washed away.
[14:22] Voices
    We're saved!
[14:23] Voices
    We're somehow alive!
[14:25] Voices
    Lady Witch! Lady Witch!
[14:30] Pastor
    Witch...
[14:33] Puck
    We did it, Dropey!
[14:35] Puck
    Dropey?
[14:42] Ivalera
    That's enough, Schierke.
[14:44] Ivalera
    Looks like you defeated them all.
[14:46] Ivalera
    Schierke, we should wrap things up.
[14:49] Farnese
    What's the matter?
[14:51] Ivalera
    This isn't good.
[14:53] ---
    The connection to the water spirit's
    too strong. She's forgotten herself.
[14:56] Ivalera
    At this rate...
[14:58] Farnese
    The spell won't break?
[15:03] Farnese
    No... Schierke—
[15:04] Ivalera
    No, no! If you pull her out during a spell,
    who knows what will happen?
[15:10] Ivalera
    Right now, Schierke's
    in the spirit realm.
[15:12] Ivalera
    She probably melted into this flow when
    she became one with the water spirit.
[15:17] Ivalera
    If we wake her body
    before her soul is back,
[15:20] ---
    who knows what the effects may be?
[15:22] Ivalera
    Her soul might not be able to return,
    rendering her an invalid.
[15:25] Farnese
    Then what should we do?
[15:27] Ivalera
    Um, uh... I think for
    something like this...
[15:30] Ivalera
    Right, that's it! You use this
    wand and tap it in rhythm.
[15:33] Ivalera
    By tapping it in a constant rhythm,
[15:36] ---
    the caster's consciousness will
    concentrate on this world.
[15:38] Ivalera
    Or that's what Flora said.
[15:39] Ivalera
    The rhythm is seven-seven-seven.
    Seven, three times.
[15:44] Schierke
    Flow... Intensely. Surge.
[15:48] Schierke
    Anger that cannot be expressed
    using human words!
[15:52] Schierke
    This is...
[15:55] Flora
    Becoming one with the
    spirits is very important.
[15:58] Flora
    But you mustn't let them swallow you.
[16:01] Flora
    In order to stop that,
[16:03] ---
    the mage must tap their wand
    to retain their consciousness.
[16:08] Flora
    Do not forget.
[16:09] Flora
    The way of magic is never about
    becoming one with power.
[16:14] ---
    The way of magic...
[16:17] Schierke
    That's right. I...
[16:22] Ivalera
    Schierke!
[16:24] Farnese
    Schierke?
[16:25] Isidoro
    Hey! What the heck's going on?
[16:40] Guts
    Grab on!
[16:46] Isidoro
    What are you doing?
    Wake up, witch!
[16:47] Ivalera
    Stop!
[16:48] Schierke
    Oh, no!
[16:52] Farnese
    Grab on!
[16:54] Guts
    Casca!
[16:56] Serpico
    Lady Farnese!
[17:15] Villager
    It's all over.
[17:23] Guts
    Well?
[17:24] Isidoro
    No good!
[17:25] Isidoro
    I can't find them anywhere.
[17:26] Serpico
    Lady Farnese... Have those
    two not been found?
[17:31] Puck
    You aren't supposed to move yet!
[17:33] Ivalera
    It's all right.
[17:34] Ivalera
    Currently, Schierke is tracing their od.
[17:38] Schierke
    This is all my fault.
[17:40] Schierke
    I drowned in the power...
[17:43] ---
    If I had only acted more properly...
[17:45] Guts
    Hey.
[17:48] Guts
    Let the tension out of your shoulders.
[17:50] Guts
    If you're that stiff, you won't be able
    to do things you normally can.
[17:54] Guts
    You did a great job.
    Honestly, I'm surprised.
[17:58] Guts
    You saved this village...
    Though you were a bit rough.
[18:02] Guts
    No one blames you.
[18:05] Guts
    And so, I'm counting on you, Lady Witch.
[18:15] Schierke
    I found them! I can sense them!
[18:17] Schierke
    Their od... They're both fine!
[18:20] Isidoro
    Really?
[18:21] Schierke
    But this is...
[18:22] Guts
    What's wrong?
[18:30] Villagers
    Thank you.
[18:31] Villagers
    Thank you, Lady Witch.
[18:34] Girl
    Hey, what do you need to be able
    to do something so amazing?
[18:37] Schierke
    You should be thankful.
[18:38] Schierke
    Um, well, I borrowed the power
    of an angel or spirit.
[18:42] Schierke
    The ones who protected you are the four
    great angels from your scripture,
[18:46] ---
    who protect the four cardinal points.
[18:49] Schierke
    And the Lady of the Depths,
[18:52] ---
    the river spirit who was worshiped
    here before this church was built.
[18:57] Old villager
    Come to think of it, I think my great
    grandfather mentioned that.
[19:02] Old villager
    Long ago, a shrine was
    on this hill, where the
[19:06] Old villager
    river goddess was worshiped.
[19:08] Schierke
    The river spirit was a bit unruly
[19:11] ---
    at being awakened after having
    been forgotten for so long.
[19:16] Schierke
    That's why the village was flooded...
[19:19] ---
    It's because I'm still inexperienced.
[19:21] Villager
    Don't worry about it.
[19:23] ---
    We can rebuild our houses again.
[19:25] Villager
    We're alive right now because of you.
[19:30] Schierke
    That isn't the only thing.
[19:32] ---
    My rage against the villagers
    also caused this to happen.
[19:37] Schierke
    Reverend, would it be possible
    to build a small shrine
[19:41] ---
    for the river spirit, in the
    west of this square?
[19:45] Pastor
    Very well. Tolerance is
    another of God's teachings.
[19:49] Villager woman
    But I'm so surprised!
[19:51] Villager woman
    To think a little girl like you could
    cause a miracle like that!
[19:55] Villager woman
    Can anyone use magic?
[19:57] Schierke
    You need many years of
    training to learn magic,
[20:01] Schierke
    but if you desire the angels or
    spirits to hear your wishes,
[20:04] ---
    you all can do something.
[20:07] Schierke
    The reverend is very
    familiar with the method.
[20:15] Morgan
    What's the matter, boy?
[20:17] Isidoro
    Leave me alone.
[20:19] ---
    Are you okay, Gramps?
    Walking around like that...
[20:22] Morgan
    Yes, I feel much better,
    thanks to that little girl.
[20:26] Isidoro
    I wanted to at least thank you.
[20:29] Morgan
    The hero who saved this village
    doesn't need to thank me.
[20:32] Isidoro
    Oh, stop it. I didn't do anything.
[20:36] Isidoro
    I couldn't do a thing.
[20:38] Isidoro
    I'm just a brat that was
    running around, flailing.
[20:40] Morgan
    Oh, that's right.
[20:42] ---
    There's something I wanted to give you.
[20:47] Isidoro
    What's this?
[20:48] Morgan
    Long ago, my old man won
    that in a bet with a sailor.
[20:53] Morgan
    It should be small enough
    that you can use it.
[20:57] Isidoro
    Are you sure?
[20:58] Morgan
    A parting gift from an old man.
[21:01] Morgan
    I just remembered.
[21:04] Morgan
    I ran away...
[21:06] Morgan
    From the village, my family
    business, my sick mother...
[21:09] ---
    From all of those heavy,
    complicated things.
[21:13] Morgan
    Dreams are strange things.
[21:16] Morgan
    They can seem like brave challenges
    or like cowardly running away.
[21:23] Morgan
    I wonder which your dream will be.
[21:27] Isidoro
    This is the problem with old people.
[21:30] Isidoro
    Listen up, Gramps!
[21:31] Isidoro
    My ambition isn't some half-assed,
    fluffy kind of bullshit.
[21:37] Isidoro
    I'll show you that mine
    is the real deal!
[21:40] Isidoro
    And so, I'll gratefully take this.
[21:45] Guts
    Well?
[21:46] Puck
    He won't die, but...
[21:48] Ivalera
    He won't be able to move immediately.
[21:50] Schierke
    My spell on the church hasn't
    completely worn off.
[21:54] Schierke
    With another night, I'm sure
    the wounds will heal.
[21:57] Scheirke
    But I don't know if we have time...
[21:59] Serpico
    Please go at once.
[22:04] Serpico
    And please take care of Lady Farnese.
[22:09] Guts
    I'm heading out.
[22:16] Guts
    Hey.
[22:18] Guts
    Quit standing around.
    I'm gonna leave you behind.
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