2 - The Holy Iron Chain Knights

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[00:00] P
    
[00:06] Farnese
    We finally found you, Black Swordsman!
[00:13] Knights
    Hey, look.
[00:14] Knights
    Is that a sword?
[00:16] Knights
    No way...
[00:17] Knights
    How could anyone wield that?
[00:21] F
    This man is
[00:23] ---
    the Hawk of Darkness.
[00:25] F
    We are the Holy See's Holy Iron Chain Knights.
[00:28] F
    We have made haste, by order of
    the Miracle Certification Bureau,
[00:33] ---
    to take you to the Holy See.
[00:34] F
    You will not be harmed if you lay
    down your sword and surrender.
[00:37] F
    If not, we swear upon God
    that you will be captured!
[00:41] G
    I don't recall doing anything that'd
    make a priest arrest me.
[00:43] F
    How callous...
[00:45] F
    What is all that blood from?
[00:47] F
    While tracking you,
[00:48] F
    we saw the bodies of a monk,
    his daughter, and countless others.
[00:53] P
    Guts...
[00:54] F
    The time for talk is over!
[00:56] F
    This is God's will!
[00:58] F
    Troops, capture the Black Swordsman!
[01:06] P
    This doesn't look good...
[01:08] P
    What are you gonna do?
SIGN    The Holy Iron Chain Knights
[02:49] G
    Listen, I'll create an opening.
[02:51] G
    When I do, race through the forest.
[02:55] Casca
    But...
[02:56] G
    Don't get me wrong!
[02:57] G
    Do you really want to die like this,
    in the middle of nowhere?
[03:02] G
    A good blade should rest in a scabbard.
[03:05] G
    You should return to the master of your sword!
[03:15] Knight
    What's his deal?
[03:17] Knight
    He can't use his sword at all.
[03:18] P
    Guts!
[03:20] G
    I can't get a good grip.
[03:21] Knights
    Great!
[03:22] Knights
    Have at him!
[03:24] Knights
    Idiot, don't kill him!
[03:25] Knights
    H-He's fast...
[03:26] Knights
    Stop, you'll kill him.
[03:34] Knights
    His false hand! Watch that hand!
[03:36] Knights
    Calm down! Don't get worked up!
[03:37] Knights
    Surround him! Don't let him move around!
[03:41] Knights
    We'll just hit each other...
[03:43] Azan
    No!
[03:44] F
    Idiots! We can't kill him!
[03:55] Azan
    The whole lot of you is pathetic...
[03:56] Azan
    How can a single fugitive
    have you in such disarray?
[03:59] Serpico
    You can't blame them.
[04:00] Serpico
    The Holy Iron Chain Knights, also known
    as the "Spoiled Brat Knights,"
[04:03] Serpico
    are full of pampered heirs their
    noble families wanted safe.
[04:06] Serpico
    They're here for the prestige
    and safety the order affords.
[04:09] Serpico
    Most have never fought in a real battle.
[04:12] Azan
    Thank you for the lecture.
[04:14] Azan
    So, why are you here, Sir Serpico?
[04:17] Serpico
    Oh, come now...
[04:18] Serpico
    I'm sure you know.
[04:19] Serpico
    I became an officer of arms because
    I hate the sight of blood—
[04:30] F
    Good... Now! Secure him!
[04:32] Serpico
    Oh, crap.
[04:54] F
    This is the Black Swordsman...
[04:56] F
    His malice is unmistakable.
[05:00] F
    He is the one written of in Revelations.
[05:03] Azan
    Lady Farnese...
[05:04] Azan
    As Serpico stated,
[05:06] Azan
    given our troops' combat inexperience,
    we face mounting casualties
[05:09] Azan
    if we seek to overwhelm him with numbers.
[05:12] Azan
    I ask that you allow me, Azan,
    to undertake this task!
[05:21] Azan
    Back, back!
[05:23] Azan
    Back, I say!
[05:24] Knight
    Vice-commander...
[05:25] Knight
    Sir Azan!
[05:26] Azan
    I am Azan, Second-in-Command of
    the Holy Iron Chain Knights!
[05:30] P
    Wow, we'll never run out
    of surprises around here.
[05:33] G
    Iron Staff Demon Azan?
[05:34] G
    I've heard of you.
[05:36] G
    I believe you're also called
    the Knight of the Bridge.
[05:39] Azan
    Oh?
[05:40] P
    You know this guy, Guts?
[05:42] Guts
    The story goes that an injured old man
    was standing on a narrow bridge.
[05:47] Guts
    The Knight of the Bridge was a curious guy,
[05:49] Guts
    who refused to let an army of
    a hundred mounted men pass
[05:52] Guts
    because he was protecting that guy.
[05:54] Azan
    That was a long time ago.
[05:57] G
    People laughed and said he could've ended it
    by carrying the old man to the other side.
[06:01] Azan
    A knight has a duty to uphold
    his code of chivalry!
[06:05] Azan
    My circumstances led to being a cleric knight.
[06:07] Azan
    In any event, I have named myself.
[06:09] Azan
    If you are a knight,
    courtesy demands you reciprocate!
[06:12] G
    I'm no knight...
[06:13] G
    I'm Guts.
[06:14] G
    Just "Guts," old man.
[06:16] Azan
    Very well, Guts...
[06:18] Azan
    Prepare yourself!
[06:19] Serpico
    He's so old-fashioned.
[06:21] Azan
    Prepare to break at least one or two bones!
[06:28] Guts
    One or two bones, eh?
[06:31] Guts
    I can't keep dodging with this gimpy leg.
[06:38] Guts
    And the old man isn't just an idiot
    who relies on brute strength.
[06:44] Azan
    You nimble trickster!
[06:46] Azan
    Summer Showers Thrust!
[06:51] Knights
    Vice-commander Azan!
[06:56] Azan
    I would commend you.
[06:57] Azan
    But given your lack of offense,
    your execution lacks finesse.
[07:02] Azan
    Your swordsmanship
    affirmed its battle-testing.
[07:04] Azan
    I'll admit it thrilled me,
    hearkening to my own past.
[07:06] Azan
    I must apply myself to the order
    with greater diligence,
[07:09] ---
    to mend my foolish ways.
[07:12] G
    Shit...
[07:13] G
    I can barely feel my limbs anymore.
[07:15] G
    What should I do?
[07:20] Azan
    A frontal attack?
[07:21] Azan
    Commendable resolve!
[07:25] Azan
    What?
[07:26] Azan
    I was careless!
[07:28] Knights
    Lady Farnese!
[07:54] F
    I was the one who put him down?
[07:57] Knights
    Well done, Lady Farnese.
[07:59] Knights
    You really are our Lady Commander!
[08:01] Knights
    Hey, you! Get up!
[08:03] Knights
    Wait, is he dead?
[08:04] Knights
    He's unconscious. He seems to be asleep.
[08:07] Knights
    Oh, Tonio!
[08:09] Knights
    He was a good man...
[08:12] Azsan
    Lady Farnese, please order a retreat.
[08:16] Azsan
    Lady Farnese, was this the
    first blood you've drawn?
[08:20] Azsan
    As one who wields a sword,
    you mustn't fear it.
[08:24] Azsan
    But always remember
    the weight of a life taken,
[08:27] Azsan
    so long as you have men under your command.
[08:36] Knights
    What's this?
[08:41] F
    Very well!
[08:42] F
    All troops, retreat!
[08:53] Griffith
    Hey, are you alive?
[08:56] G
    Yeah, somehow.
[08:59] Griffith
    Well, you're a hard one to kill.
[09:08] Griffith
    Here.
[09:23] Griffith
    Good work.
[09:24] Griffith
    On the battlefield, a common soldier's life
    is worth less than a single silver coin.
[09:30] Griffith
    In this day and age, most people are
[09:33] ---
    abused by royalty and the nobility.
[09:37] Griffith
    Well, not that even kings can
    live as they please.
[09:42] Griffith
    Everyone is merely swept along by the tide.
[09:45] Griffith
    The tide known as fate.
[09:47] Griffith
    And their lives spent,
[09:49] Griffith
    they vanish into its depths.
[09:51] Griffith
    They die before learning who they truly are.
[09:55] Griffith
    Some, regardless of rank or station,
    are born as key individuals,
[09:59] Griffith
    who will shape this world.
[10:02] Griffith
    They are the true privileged class.
[10:05] Griffith
    I want to know who I am in this world.
[10:10] Griffith
    What I am capable of,
[10:11] Griffith
    and what I am meant to do.
[10:15] Griffith
    How strange.
[10:17] Griffith
    I've never spoken to anyone about this before.
[10:20] G
    At that moment,
[10:22] G
    the man appeared to me as something
    beautiful, noble, and absolute.
[11:08] Knights
    We have brought the Black Swordsman.
[11:10] F
    Enter.
[11:11] Knights
    Yes, my lady.
[11:14] F
    Well done.
[11:15] F
    After you bind him to the post,
    you are free to go.
[11:19] Knights
    But that would—
[11:20] F
    No need for concern.
[11:21] F
    With those gigantic shackles,
    what harm could he possibly do?
[11:24] Knights
    We shall inform the vice-commander, then.
[11:26] F
    That won't be necessary.
[11:27] Knights
    But...
[11:28] F
    Further, instruct the guards to leave
    this tent until I order otherwise.
[11:33] Knights
    But if something should happen...
[11:36] Knights
    We should inform the vice-commander.
[11:37] F
    What is your name and rank?
[11:39] F
    You dare say you cannot follow my order
[11:42] ---
    unless the vice-commander tells you to?!
[11:44] F
    Tell me, who is the Supreme Commander
    of the Holy Iron Chain Knights?
[11:49] Knights
    Yes, my lady! It is you, Commander Farnese!
[11:51] Knights
    I deeply regret speaking out of turn!
[11:54] F
    As long as you bear this in mind. Leave.
[11:56] Knights
    Yes, my lady!
[12:00] F
    Black Swordsman...
[12:02] F
    Or should I say... Guts, was it?
[12:05] F
    Before we deliver you to the Holy See,
[12:08] F
    it falls to me, as one of the grand
    tribunal's junior members,
[12:11] F
    to ask you a few simple questions.
[12:15] F
    Why do you laugh, cur?!
[12:18] G
    Oh, I was just thinking that
    I have the worst luck
[12:21] G
    with God and things of that ilk.
[12:24] F
    Blasphemy. I shan't allow you
    to blaspheme a second time.
[12:30] F
    The Band of the Hawk.
[12:33] F
    A band of mercenaries, hired by Midland.
[12:36] F
    The Band of the Hawk.
[12:39] F
    An elite military force that
    won countless victories,
[12:42] F
    their military prowess
    was said to be peerless.
[12:44] F
    But they plotted treason against the royal
    family, becoming wanted fugitives.
[12:53] F
    However, the entire company
    vanished into thin air overnight.
[12:57] F
    No one heard, even in rumors,
    that the bounty was claimed.
[13:00] F
    Did someone obliterate them?
[13:03] F
    All we know is that there
    are very few survivors.
[13:10] F
    Th-The leader of the Band
    of the Hawk was Griffith.
[13:13] F
    After he went missing,
[13:15] F
    it's said a woman replaced
    him as their leader.
[13:20] F
    It's also said that the captain of their raiders
[13:22] F
    wielded a massive sword and could
    slay a hundred men with ease.
[13:26] F
    You seem to match his description.
[13:29] F
    And if I recall, his name was...
[13:31] F
    Also...
[13:33] F
    A questionable item,
[13:35] ---
    one that would conceivably be
    in a heretic's possession...
[13:40] Griffith
    Nice, isn't it?
[13:46] F
    If this is a heathen idol,
[13:49] F
    you will be tried as a heretic.
[13:52] F
    If you do not wish to endure that,
    you should confess everything now.
[13:55] F
    Is that not preferable to
[13:57] F
    being interrogated under torture,
    then burned at the stake?
[14:00] F
    Answer me, cur!
[14:02] G
    Do you believe in God and the devil?
[14:06] F
    What's your point?
[14:08] F
    Are you trying to blaspheme yet again?
[14:09] G
    Have you ever met God?
[14:12] F
    God does not show us His miraculous
    existence on this Earth so easily.
[14:17] F
    Through our faith, God is always with us.
[14:20] F
    In our souls and up in Heaven.
[14:25] F
    Wh-Why do you laugh?
[14:27] G
    What a picture-perfect response.
[14:29] G
    Did you learn that in a convent?
[14:32] G
    On a battlefield, a nobleman
    said the exact same thing,
[14:34] G
    burning a city to the ground,
    with its women and children.
[14:38] G
    I'm not talking about some shitty, useless god
[14:42] G
    who's just an empty decoration.
[14:46] G
    A confession would be a waste of time.
[14:48] G
    I have no intention of repenting,
[14:50] G
    and I don't think you'll learn
    anything, even if I told you.
[14:53] G
    Just go say a prayer for me in
    some moldy temple, will you?
[14:57] F
    You cur!
[15:02] P
    You just had to say that?
[15:03] F
    Cur,
[15:04] F
    how dare you blaspheme in front of me,
[15:07] ---
    Commander of the Holy Iron Chain Knights?
[15:11] F
    I was prepared to show mercy,
[15:13] F
    in consideration of your
    injuries, but no longer!
[15:17] F
    I shall make you talk,
[15:20] F
    even if it means flaying
    the skin from your body!
[15:22] F
    I swear this by my faith!
[15:24] G
    You're trying way too hard, aren't you?
[15:27] G
    Be it God or your rank,
[15:29] ---
    whatever weight you're trying to
    throw around won't earn loyalty.
[15:32] G
    Not like that Knight of the Bridge commands.
[15:35] G
    If you ask me,
[15:37] G
    you're just like that idol you
    worship, all empty inside.
[15:47] F
    You...
[15:49] F
    You!
[15:53] F
    How dare you?!
[16:19] Azan
    Lady Farnese!
[16:21] Azan
    Excuse me... Just what is going on?
[16:23] Azan
    Lady Farnese, what is the meaning of this?
[16:26] F
    Why all this commotion?
[16:28] F
    I am simply questioning him,
[16:30] ---
    before we deliver him to the Holy See.
[16:32] Azan
    However, this is...
[16:34] F
    I am finished.
[16:35] F
    Return him to his cell.
[16:37] F
    You are dismissed, as well.
[16:38] Azan
    Lady Farnese...
[16:40] F
    Did you not hear me?
[16:41] F
    I said, you are dismissed!
[16:44] Azan
    As you wish.
[16:45] F
    Do not unshackle him.
[16:46] F
    Tend his wounds, and leave him in the cell.
[16:48] Azan
    Take him!
[16:49] Knights
    Yes, sir!
[16:53] Serpico
    Don't be so rough on our commander, please.
[16:57] Serpico
    She may not look it, but she
    can be quite charming.
[17:18] G
    I can't afford to be wasting time here.
[17:21] G
    Shit.
[17:24] G
    I don't have time to be playing
    nice with these lunatics.
[17:29] G
    Casca...
[17:33] G
    And...
[17:36] ---
    It's nearly time.
[17:42] G
    Shit...
[17:47] G
    Unarmed and imprisoned,
[17:48] G
    not to mention not in the best shape.
[17:50] G
    What to do?
[17:52] P
    Hup!
[17:54] G
    I guess I had this guy.
[17:57] P
    I'm here to save you, Guts.
[17:58] P
    See, you can escape with this key.
[18:01] G
    Why are you here?
[18:02] P
    Elves have a strong sense of responsibility.
[18:07] P
    What're you gonna do?
[18:09] G
    I'm getting my stuff back.
[18:11] G
    It's everything I have, after all.
[18:16] P
    But your weapons are in that woman's tent.
[18:19] G
    That's perfect.
[18:20] G
    Depending how it goes, we'll take her hostage.
[18:22] P
    What?
[18:24] G
    I don't give a rat's ass if I end up
    having to kill the lot of them.
[18:29] G
    There's someone I need to
    find, no matter what.
[18:33] G
    I don't give a damn what happens
    to those who try to stop me.
[18:57] P
    What's going on?
[19:11] F
    Oh, God... Please guide me.
[19:17] F
    You!
[19:21] P
    Oh, man...
[19:22] G
    Charming, huh?
[19:31] P
    You were hurt pretty bad.
[19:32] P
    You can't swing it around this soon.
    You'll reopen the wound.
[19:38] G
    Guess I'm still at half strength.
[19:39] Knights
    Lady Farnese, we have an emergency.
[19:41] Knights
    The Black Swordsman has...
[19:42] Knights
    You—
[19:44] P
    That's brutal.
[19:45] G
    Guess I'll have to ask her along, after all.
[19:58] ---
    A fire!
[19:58] Knights
    The Black Swordsman has escaped!
[20:00] Knights
    Stop it from spreading to the other tents!
[20:02] Azan
    Lady Farnese!
[20:04] Azan
    You...
[20:06] Azan
    How did you...
[20:07] G
    Step aside, old man.
[20:09] Azan
    You think you can escape with those injuries?
[20:13] G
    Yeah, I do.
[20:14] G
    The practice of burning people to death
    isn't limited to clerics, is it?
[20:17] G
    Well?
[20:18] G
    I'll burn her ass.
[20:20] Azan
    Taking a woman hostage... You coward!
[20:24] Azan
    You leave us no choice.
[20:25] Azan
    Fall back, everyone.
[20:27] G
    Sorry.
[20:33] P
    What have you done?
[20:36] G
    Don't worry.
[20:40] Azan
    Hurry!
[20:41] Azan
    Gather the horses!
[20:43] Azan
    This is my biggest folly yet.
[20:45] Azan
    We cannot let him escape!
[20:49] Azan
    Who's that?
[20:55] P
    You're unbelievable.
[20:58] P
    Who do you think you have to
    thank for being able to run this far?
[21:02] G
    The horse.
[21:02] P
    Then apologize to the horse.
[21:04] G
    Sorry, horse.
[21:06] P
    As long as you remember that.
[21:09] G
    Hey.
[21:10] G
    How the tables have turned, eh?
[21:12] G
    Quit struggling...
[21:13] G
    With your hands tied, if you fall
    on these rocks, you'll die!
[21:16] P
    Don't worry.
[21:17] P
    We won't eat you or anything.
[21:18] P
    Oh, I'm Puck.
[21:20] F
    Let me go, cur!
[21:22] F
    How dare you treat the Commander of the Holy Iron Chain Knights this way—
[21:26] G
    Shut up.
[21:27] P
    Oh, hey!
[21:27] G
    Keep this up, and I'll just
    knock you out again.
[21:30] G
    Sorry, you'll have to come along for now.
[21:33] G
    And there's something I want to ask you.
[21:34] F
    This is humiliating!
[21:35] F
    How could a heretic do this to me?
[21:37] F
    Let me down!
[21:39] F
    I'd rather fall and die than listen to you!
[21:43] F
    No!
[21:46] G
    Just calm down a bit, will you?
[21:48] P
    Jeez, isn't he capable of
    love for his fellow man?
[21:50] G
    Nope.
[21:51] P
    Sorry, miss.
[21:58] F
    How dare you? Don't mock me!
[22:00] G
    What are you doing?
[22:02] P
    She isn't looking.
[22:03] G
    Huh?
[22:03] P
    She isn't trying to see me.
[22:05] P
    She can't...
[22:06] P
    She can't see elves.
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