# E3 - The Boxing Dogs
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**[00:05] Sabina**
A fighting tournament?
**[00:06] Fabrice**
Yes.
**[00:07] Sabina**
Huh. Sounds like I came home at a bad time.
**[00:11] Fabrice**
You don't like combat sports?
**[00:13] Sabina**
Will you be fighting, too?
**[00:16] Cestvs**
Yes, probably.
**[00:19] Nashca**
Lady Sabina!
**[00:20] Woman**
Help me, Lady Sabina!
**[00:22] Woman**
At this rate, my family will go bankrupt!
**[00:25] Sabina**
Calm down. What's the matter?
**[00:29] Woman**
Some nasty brutes are hanging around my bar.
**[00:32] Woman**
They're extorting and
beating my other customers.
**[00:35] Woman**
The store is an absolute mess.
**[00:38] Sabina**
I won't allow that kind
of violence in my city.
**[00:41] Sabina**
You people! You're used to fighting, right?
**[00:45] Sabina**
You're going to help me.
**[00:47] Ruddock**
Is that an order?
**[00:49] Nashca**
Yes.
**[00:50] Sabina**
Follow me. We're going to
get rid of those thugs.
***SIGN*** The Boxing Dogs
**[02:29] Sabina**
I won't allow a bunch of crude,
harmful pests like you to stay here!
**[02:34] Sabina**
I've come to exterminate you!
Prepare yourselves!
**[02:37] Thug**
Who the hell are you guys?
**[02:38] Thug**
You wanna fight?
**[02:44] Cestvs**
He's huge.
**[02:45] Boss**
I'll kill you brats!
**[02:49] Ruddock**
Don't be scared, Cestvs.
Just do what you always do.
**[02:53] Ruddock**
All right! Follow me!
**[02:59] Ruddock**
Don't let them catch you, shrimps!
**[03:03] Hernando**
Let go of me!
**[03:08] Sabina**
Huh. He's stronger than he looks.
**[03:13] Ruddock**
He's coming for you, Cestvs!
**[03:15] Boss**
Move!
**[03:25] Cestvs**
Uh-oh.
**[03:32] Ruddock**
Idiot! What are you doing?
**[03:40] Boss**
Shit! Move out of the way!
**[03:42] Cestvs**
Move! Someone stop that man!
**[03:50] Cestvs**
Seriously? No one's stopping him.
**[03:55] Ruddock**
They call them onlookers because
they won't get involved.
**[03:58] Sabina**
You let him escape? You're useless!
**[04:00] Sabina**
For crying out loud!
**[04:06] Nashca**
Lady Sabina.
**[04:07] Sabina**
You're late, Nashca.
**[04:09] Sabina**
They got away because you
didn't bring Emden sooner.
**[04:14] Nashca**
I'm sorry. But the incident
has already been resolved.
**[04:22] Lady 1**
Look, it's Emden.
**[04:24] Lady 1**
Emden?
**[04:26] ---**
Wow!
**[04:27] ---**
Incredible...
**[04:33] Rabble**
Wow...
**[04:34] Rabble**
No one stands a chance against Emden.
**[04:37] Rabble**
He didn't even break a sweat.
**[04:41] Cestvs**
*He beat that huge man half to death.*
**[04:44] Emden**
Thank you for waiting, Lady Sabina.
**[04:46] Emden**
I shall defeat the rest immedi—
**[04:47] Sabina**
You're saying that after arriving this late?
**[04:50] Sabina**
Your replacements took care of them.
**[04:53] Emden**
That was a rash decision, Lady Sabina.
**[04:54] Emden**
You shouldn't have marched in there
with outsiders who can't be trusted.
**[04:58] Emden**
I'm the only one you need.
**[05:00] Pedro**
It's not like we did it because we wanted to!
**[05:03] Ruddock**
I agree. I can't ignore what you just said.
**[05:06] Sabina**
This was my decision, Emden.
**[05:09] Sabina**
Or what? Are you saying I have to
seek direction from a slave like you?
**[05:14] Emden**
Of course not. I'm just worried about you.
**[05:19] Sabina**
Now that those pests have been exterminated,
I have no more business with you.
**[05:23] Sabina**
Return to your own world.
**[05:27] Emden**
Why? Why do you shun me so?
**[05:31] Sabina**
What are you so upset about, Emden?
**[05:33] Sabina**
Aren't you the one who's
forgotten our promise?
**[05:37] Cestvs**
*Promise?*
**[05:38] Sabina**
I heard you've achieved an
unprecedented 48-match win streak.
**[05:42] Sabina**
They call you the "Immovable Object."
**[05:44] Sabina**
There are even girls who have
fallen in love with you.
**[05:47] Emden**
I've nearly achieved my goal.
**[05:48] Emden**
I will fulfill our promise at the
next tournament, without fail.
**[05:52] Nashca**
*You're smart enough to know, Emden.*
**[05:55] Nashca**
* No matter how successful you become or how*
* much you demonstrate your love for her,*
**[05:58] Nashca**
* this goddess will never*
* truly give you her attention.*
**[06:03] (Flashback) Man 1**
Happy birthday, Miss.
**[06:06] (Flashback) Woman 2**
Congratulations, Lady Sabina.
**[06:09] (Flashback) Old Man 2**
You grow more beautiful every year.
**[06:13] (Flashback) Nashca**
Lady Sabina.
**[06:15] (Flashback) Sabina**
What is it, Nashca?
**[06:17] (Flashback) Nashca**
The servants of the Fabrice
family have a gift for you.
**[06:23] (Flashback) Sabina**
How cute. I love it, Nashca.
**[06:27] (Flashback) Emden**
Lady Sabina.
**[06:29] (Flashback) Sabina**
Emden?
**[06:30] (Flashback) Emden**
I-I wanted to congratulate you, as well...
**[06:33] (Flashback) Sabina**
Congratulate? You, a slave,
want to congratulate me?
**[06:41] (Flashback) Sabina**
So, what gift could you possibly have for me?
**[06:47] (Flashback) Emden**
A-An unbroken 30-fight
win streak that will never fade.
**[06:52] (Flashback) Emden**
Th-That is what I shall give to you.
**[06:54] (Flashback) Sabina**
Is that record really worth screaming about?
**[06:57] (Flashback) Nashca**
So far, there hasn't been a gladiator
in Pompeii who has won more
**[07:02] (Flashback) Nashca**
than 26 consecutive matches.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Sabina**
Oh? I wish I could say you thought hard
for one who has nothing to give, but...
**[07:10] (Flashback) Sabina**
I want 50.
**[07:12] (Flashback) Sabina**
You might as well give me a legendary record.
**[07:16] (Flashback) Emden**
F-Fifty?
**[07:18] (Flashback) Sabina**
In exchange, once you achieve your goal,
**[07:22] (Flashback) Sabina**
I shall grant you your freedom and
make you my official retainer.
**[07:26] (Flashback) Emden**
I can trust those words, can't I?
**[07:33] Sabina**
You still have two victories to go.
**[07:36] Sabina**
And of course, if you lose a single one,
you'll be back at square one.
**[07:39] Sabina**
A single scratch on a jewel
diminishes its value.
**[07:43] Emden**
I am perfectly prepared.
**[07:45] Emden**
During these past two years, I haven't
missed a single day of training.
**[07:48] Emden**
After all, your honor rides on these fights.
**[07:52] Cestvs**
* He trained that hard for that*
* promise? He's terrifying.*
**[07:59] Ruddock**
Just listen to you, you pervert.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
**[08:03] Ruddock**
A fighter's record isn't about
quantity. It's about quality.
**[08:07] Ruddock**
How dare you bring your creepy
ulterior motives into it?
**[08:09] Ruddock**
I'll end your winning streak
at the upcoming tournament.
**[08:14] Ruddock**
And after me, he'll be your opponent.
**[08:16] Cestvs**
Who, me?
**[08:17] Ruddock**
We'll destroy you with the
worst defeats you can imagine.
**[08:21] Emden**
I'll fight you right now. Bring it on, brats.
**[08:24] Ruddock**
Let's go, asshole!
**[08:25] Cestvs**
W-Wait! Stop!
**[08:28] Nashca**
Stop this, Emden!
**[08:29] Sabina**
Look at how worked up they are. What idiots.
**[08:31] Sabina**
Men are such children.
**[08:38] Ruddock**
I haven't felt this fired up in a while.
**[08:41] Cestvs**
Don't drag me into your feud.
**[08:45] Zora**
You really suck at brawling, you know that?
**[08:48] Cestvs**
Where'd that come from?
**[08:49] Zora**
What kind of idiot charges
head-on into a guy that much bigger
**[08:52] Zora**
than himself when he doesn't have the
strength to end the fight with a single blow?
**[09:00] Cestvs**
*You don't need to tell me that.*
**[09:02] Cestvs**
* If I were bigger and stronger,*
* I wouldn't have to work so hard.*
**[09:09] Cestvs**
*If only I were as big as Ruddock or my master...*
**[09:14] Cestvs**
I lack strength. I lack power!
**[09:18] Drisco**
Rejoice, boys! Tonight the young
master has prepared a feast for us.
**[09:27] Getty**
So good!
**[09:28] Pedro**
How does anything taste this good?
**[09:31] Hernando**
I've never had anything like this!
**[09:34] Cestvs**
*I won't get bigger if I don't eat.*
**[09:37] Cestvs**
* If I stay small forever, I'll never*
* survive long enough to win my freedom.*
**[09:44] Zafar**
What's wrong, Cestvs?
**[09:49] Cestvs**
I failed to bring down a thug at today's job.
**[09:53] Cestvs**
My opponents are always larger than me,
**[09:56] Cestvs**
but my biggest problem is that
**[09:57] Cestvs**
I don't have a killer move that can
take down an opponent in a single blow.
**[10:01] Cestvs**
This incident made that painfully clear.
**[10:04] Cestvs**
Some situations can't be recovered from
if you miss your first opportunity.
**[10:09] Cestvs**
And in order to prevent
that from becoming fatal,
**[10:11] Cestvs**
I need the strength to land a knockout blow.
**[10:16] Zafar**
A knockout blow, huh?
**[10:18] Zafar**
There's no such thing as a simple
technique for ending a fight easily.
**[10:23] Cestvs**
What?
**[10:24] Zafar**
The more powerful the blow,
the higher the price you pay to use it.
**[10:27] Zafar**
In other words, the question
is whether or not you have
**[10:30] Zafar**
the resolve to cross the line of carnage.
**[10:32] Cestvs**
The resolve to cross the line of carnage...
**[10:35] Zafar**
I guarantee you'll face dangerous opponents
who you'll have to get before they get you.
**[10:40] Zafar**
If you intend to face your destiny
rather than run from it...
**[10:45] Zafar**
If you feel you need power
from the bottom of your heart,
**[10:49] Zafar**
then I shall teach you a killer move that
will down your opponents in a single blow.
**[10:55] Cestvs**
A killer move that will down my
opponents in a single blow...
**[11:01] Cestvs**
I want to win.
**[11:04] Cestvs**
Please teach me, Master.
**[11:08] Zafar**
Very well.
**[11:09] Zafar**
But first, we fill our stomachs. Eat.
**[11:12] Cestvs**
Yes, Master.
**[11:14] Nashca**
Cestvs, could you come to the sitting room?
**[11:18] Nashca**
Lady Sabina wants to talk to you.
**[11:22] Cestvs**
Y-Yes, sir.
***SIGN*** The Roman Fighter
**[11:26] Sabina**
Thank you, Nashca.
**[11:28] Nashca**
Yes, my lady.
**[11:30] Sabina**
No need to be so stiff.
**[11:33] Sabina**
I have a good offer for you.
**[11:36] Cestvs**
Okay...
**[11:37] Sabina**
Allow me to be direct.
**[11:38] Sabina**
How would you like to go to Rome with me?
**[11:41] Cestvs**
To Rome?
**[11:43] Sabina**
If I purchase you, you can be released
from your life of endless fistfights.
**[11:50] Sabina**
Well? Aren't you happy?
**[11:51] Cestvs**
Wh-Why me?
**[11:53] Sabina**
I was just looking for a boy
to serve as my chamberlain.
**[11:57] Sabina**
Since you seem to be stronger
than you look, I chose you.
**[12:02] Sabina**
And if necessary, you can be my bodyguard.
**[12:05] Cestvs**
Bodyguard? Don't you already
have him for that?
**[12:08] Cestvs**
Isn't he your family's slave?
**[12:11] Sabina**
Him? You mean Emden?
**[12:14] Sabina**
No. I can't use him.
**[12:17] Sabina**
Simply being strong isn't good enough.
**[12:20] Sabina**
Social gatherings require
a certain degree of grace.
**[12:24] Sabina**
And I need someone young
so I can teach him manners.
**[12:28] Sabina**
Emden glares at everyone like
he's ready to bite their heads off.
**[12:32] Sabina**
Honestly, he's irritating.
**[12:35] Sabina**
His gaze alone is unbearably creepy.
**[12:39] Sabina**
It gives me chills.
**[12:41] Cestvs**
Um... I don't think the leader of my
group would allow you to buy me.
**[12:45] Sabina**
You've been chosen. You should be happy.
**[12:48] Cestvs**
What? B-But I...
**[12:50] Sabina**
Then it's decided. All that's left
is to negotiate with your leader.
**[12:54] Cestvs**
W-Wait a minute!
**[12:56] Sabina**
Wait? Why? Is there something
you're not satisfied with?
**[12:59] Cestvs**
No, it's not that.
**[13:02] Cestvs**
It's just that... I can't do it.
**[13:07] Cestvs**
From your perspective, I'm sure
my life seems supremely miserable.
**[13:12] Cestvs**
But I have a master I respect,
and I have friends.
**[13:18] Cestvs**
And besides, I don't want to
be bought or sold anymore.
**[13:23] Sabina**
What did you say?
**[13:24] Cestvs**
I was saved from this world
by someone once before.
**[13:30] Cestvs**
He was of very noble birth,
but he was also very lonely.
**[13:35] (Flashback) Nero**
Please don't go, Cestvs!
**[13:37] (Flashback) Nero**
Stay with me! Please!
**[13:41] (Flashback) Cestvs**
I'm sorry. I can't do that.
**[13:45] Cestvs**
He wanted for nothing,
but suffered constantly
**[13:47] Cestvs**
under a heavy responsibility that
prevented him from speaking his mind.
**[13:51] (Flashback) Nero**
Who do you think I am?
**[13:54] (Flashback) Nero**
Submit to me, Cestvs!
**[13:56] (Flashback) Nero**
I won't hear any objections!
**[13:57] (Flashback) Nero**
I won't allow it!
**[13:59] Cestvs**
He bought a slave because he wanted a
friend, and then imprisoned me in chains.
**[14:04] Cestvs**
He was so lonely, that twisted idea
was the only one he could come up with.
**[14:09] Cestvs**
Ultimately, I was forced to flee from him.
**[14:13] Cestvs**
That's why I decided that the next
person to purchase me will be me.
**[14:18] Cestvs**
I want to buy myself back with my
own strength and live with pride.
**[14:22] Cestvs**
I don't want to live as a fighting slave anymore,
**[14:24] Cestvs**
so I have to fight with my own two
fists, no matter how much I suffer.
**[14:30] Sabina**
What are you talking about?
**[14:32] Sabina**
I'm not the slightest bit lonely.
**[14:34] Sabina**
I thought I was helping your miserable self
by making such a considerate offer.
**[14:38] Sabina**
I don't believe this. I'm insulted.
**[14:43] Cestvs**
I'm sorry. I'll never forget your kindness.
**[14:46] Cestvs**
Please forgive me.
**[14:50] Sabina**
You're an unbelievable idiot.
**[14:53] Sabina**
You think you'll ever get this lucky again?
**[14:56] Cestvs**
Yes, I am an idiot. Anyway, uh...
**[15:01] Cestvs**
May I leave now? I was
in the middle of eating.
**[15:05] Cestvs**
I have a fight coming up,
so I need to practice, too.
**[15:07] Sabina**
Get out of here! You stink of garlic!
**[15:10] Cestvs**
S-Sorry!
**[15:17] Cestvs**
Serving by the side of a beautiful
woman like her would've been a dream.
**[15:22] Cestvs**
But that's not good enough.
**[15:25] Cestvs**
I have to do it with my own two hands.
**[15:29] Cestvs**
And to do that, I need
a single knockout punch!
**[15:34] Both**
Welcome back, Lady Sabina.
**[15:37] Lady 1**
Lady Sabina, I've brought you some of the
mead with hot water that you like so much.
**[15:41] Lady 1**
Please have some fruit
for your beauty, as well.
**[15:44] Sabina**
Thank you. You're so reserved and thoughtful.
**[15:48] Sabina**
I like girls like you.
**[15:51] Lady 1**
You flatter me!
**[15:53] Sabina**
*That's right. This is a normal reaction.*
**[16:04] (Flashback) Cestvs**
May I leave now? I was
in the middle of eating.
**[16:14] Lady 1**
Lady Sabina, is something the matter?
**[16:17] Sabina**
Bring Emden here immediately.
**[16:21] Lady 1**
What?
**[16:21] Sabina**
Quickly!
**[16:22] Lady 1**
Yes, my lady.
**[16:29] Sabina**
I originally intended to
leave Pompeii tomorrow,
**[16:32] Sabina**
but I've decided to do you the
favor of watching your match.
**[16:35] Sabina**
Well? Does that please you?
**[16:37] Emden**
Yes, my lady.
**[16:38] Sabina**
However, make sure your first
opponent is a boy named Cestvs.
**[16:45] Sabina**
Don't hold back just because
your opponent is a child.
**[16:49] Sabina**
I want you to beat him so badly that
**[16:51] Sabina**
he'll never be able to stand
again, right before my eyes.
**[16:55] Sabina**
I want you to make him regret
ever becoming a fighting slave.
**[16:58] Sabina**
Got it?
**[16:59] Emden**
Y-Yes, my lady.
**[17:01] Ruddock**
You can't be serious!
**[17:03] Ruddock**
This is my fight!
**[17:06] Ruddock**
Why does he get to fight before me?
**[17:09] Drisco**
Don't get so worked up.
It's already been decided.
**[17:13] Ruddock**
Decided?! Who the hell decided that, huh?!
**[17:16] Drisco**
Someone influential in Pompeii...
**[17:18] Nashca**
Cestvs, did something happen
between you and Lady Sabina?
**[17:19] Nashca**
There's nothing I can do about it.
**[17:22] Nashca**
Try to understand, all right?
**[17:23] Cestvs**
Well, actually...
**[17:25] Ruddock**
There's no point in fighting second!
**[17:27] Ruddock**
Let me fight him when he's fresh!
**[17:31] Ruddock**
Nothing gets my blood pumping
like breaking the nose
**[17:33] Ruddock**
of the strongest undefeated guy here!
**[17:35] Nashca**
What? You declined her offer?
**[17:39] Cestvs**
Was that a bad idea?
**[17:43] Nascha**
Lady Sabina was definitely
behind this decision.
**[17:48] Cestvs**
It's fine. If it's already been decided,
then all I can do is fight as hard as I can.
**[17:54] Nashca**
Don't be so lighthearted about it.
**[17:55] Nashca**
If you don't approach this realistically,
you'll be in real danger.
**[17:58] Cestvs**
Lighthearted?
**[18:01] Cestvs**
I'm obviously not lighthearted!
**[18:02] Cestvs**
Every fight I've ever fought
in has been dangerous!
**[18:05] Cestvs**
Who's going to help me once the fight starts?
**[18:08] Cestvs**
If I have time to complain,
**[18:09] Cestvs**
spending that time training
instead is far more realistic!
**[18:13] Nashca**
* I'm surprised. It's hard to believe he's*
* only a child with those nerves of steel.*
**[18:18] Nashca**
*He must have experienced quite the bloodbath.*
**[18:21] Nashca**
*But he can't win. His opponent is too strong.*
**[18:27] Zafar**
Imperfection is no excuse in a fight.
**[18:30] Zafar**
You'll have to spend your remaining
time mastering the technique.
**[18:32] Zafar**
Don't give up on me.
**[18:34] Cestvs**
Thank you, Master.
**[18:36] Cestvs**
* Grant these hands the strength to*
* strike a single knockout punch!*
**[18:44] Emden**
*It's perfect. The time is ripe.*
**[18:47] Emden**
*At last, I've completed it.*
**[18:49] Emden**
It's time to finish this. Come at me!
**[18:52] Slave**
Yeah!
**[18:56] Emden**
*My defense is impregnable.*
**[18:58] Emden**
* I could get punched all*
* day and keep my arms up.*
**[19:03] Emden**
* And when these arms shift to offense and*
* unleash the killer move I've perfected,*
**[19:10] Emden**
*not a single man can remain standing.*
**[19:13] Emden**
*I am strong.*
**[19:15] Emden**
*In the arena, I am not some pathetic slave!*
**[19:18] Emden**
* I am the unstoppable hero who shall present*
* his goddess with an undefeated record!*
**[19:22] (Flashback) Sabina**
That boy trampled on the hand I offered him.
**[19:26] (Flashback) Sabina**
After I offered to make him my
chamberlain! Can you believe it?
**[19:29] Emden**
* Ch-Chamberlain? She wanted*
* that boy by her side?*
**[19:33] (Flashback) Sabina**
So he must be punished.
**[19:36] (Flashback) Sabina**
He's a fighting slave. You're the
only one who can do it, Emden.
**[19:41] (Flashback) Emden**
You can count on me, Lady Sabina.
**[19:44] Emden**
* For 16 years, despite serving*
* her with the utmost sincerity,*
**[19:48] Emden**
*she never offered me any kind words.*
**[19:52] Emden**
*Not once.*
**[19:54] Emden**
* But that boy who appeared*
* a mere two weeks ago...*
**[19:58] Emden**
*A slave like me, and an outsider...*
**[20:01] Emden**
*What am I, a useless dog?*
**[20:05] Emden**
* Is the bloody undefeated*
* record I worked so hard for*
**[20:07] Emden**
*worth less than the whims of a woman?*
**[20:10] Emden**
* No. She doesn't know the*
* weight of a single victory.*
**[20:15] Emden**
*She never understood the feelings of one who*
**[20:18] Emden**
* walks through battlefields*
* where only the strongest survive!*
**[20:21] Emden**
* Very well. Even if my freedom is to*
* be unrewarding, I shall win it myself.*
**[20:27] Emden**
* Let this all-consuming*
* jealousy propel my fists!*
**[20:49] Guard**
Get out here, Emden. You're up.
**[20:52] Cestvs**
*There's no such thing as an easy fight.*
**[20:54] Cestvs**
*Everyone here is desperate.*
**[20:56] Guard**
Get out here, Cestvs. You're up.
**[22:39] Sabina**
You know that, Emden.
**[22:41] Man**
The Guard Dog, Emden!
**[22:44] Man**
Who knew the crowd would get this upset?
**[22:46] Emden**
This will leave a stain on my record.
**[22:49] Man**
D-Did you see that?
**[22:50] Zafar**
No, it's a distraction.
***SIGN*** Surviving Until Tomorrow
**[22:52] Cestvs**
It's coming. A blow to the heart!