# Chain Chronicle - The Light of Haecceitas -
This is the story of the Chain Chronicle, a book that describes everything that happens in the world. The citizens of the remote continent of Yggd once thought that there was nothing beyond their continent. The continent was divided into several regions, each with its own king. Though there were small skirmishes amongst them, a lord, chosen by the kings in conference, always maintained balance, until the evil Black Army arrived. The Volunteer Army, led by Yuri, was no match for the Black Army. During the fighting, the Lord of Black captures half of the Chain Chronicle, as well as the capital.
# Season 1 (TV version)
# 1 - Light and Darkness
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:00] N**
Yggdra.
**[00:02] N**
During this continent's darkest hour,
**[00:05] N**
a nameless knight rose up
and gathered a volunteer army.
**[00:30] Black King**
Why do you not understand?
**[00:32] Black King**
Destruction is the fate
that awaits this world.
**[00:36] Black King**
Accept it.
**[00:41] Kain**
Captain!
**[00:42] Yuuri**
No.
**[00:44] Yuuri**
Regardless of what fate may hold,
that decision is not yours to make!
**[00:49] Yuuri**
It belongs to those of us
who live in this world!
**[00:55] Yuriana**
We're retaking the castle!
**[00:57] All**
Yes, ma'am!
**[00:57] Yuriana**
Charge!
**[01:02] Black King**
How futile.
**[01:03] Black King**
Resistance is useless.
**[01:07] Black King**
Accept your fate.
**[01:12] Yuuri**
I told you...
**[01:15] Yuuri**
I will never give up!
**[01:19] ---**
Ridiculous.
**[01:20] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[01:28] Eirenus**
Nothing but small-fry.
**[01:31] Einslot**
Eirenus!
**[01:33] Einslot**
I challenge you!
**[01:36] Eirenus**
This should be fun.
**[01:49] Einslot**
Burn!
**[01:58] Velner**
Bring on the destruction.
**[02:00] Clauss**
You sound like one of the bad guys.
**[02:02] Velner**
What?
**[02:13] Shuza**
Men, show them the might of the Ogre Tribes!
**[02:22] Black King**
What can you possibly do with so little mana?
**[02:25] Yuuri**
We will seize...
**[02:30] Yuuri**
our light!
**[02:40] Yuriana**
Look!
**[02:41] Aries**
Did they do it?
**[02:43] Burckhardt**
Let's hurry.
**[03:08] Black King**
Phoena, give me the Chain Chronicle
and the sprite.
**[03:12] Black King**
Come, let us end the world.
**[03:15] Phoena**
No, Father.
**[03:23] Pirika**
How dare you?!
**[03:27] Black King**
Sprite, fragment of this world's will.
**[03:31] Black King**
If you are a symbol of hope and light...
**[03:36] Phoena**
Pirika...
**[03:37] Black King**
Then you must die.
**[03:41] Black King**
It ends here.
**[03:45] Yuriana**
The only thing that ends here
is you, Black King.
**[03:48] Marina**
Juliana!
**[03:50] Black King**
The Holy Princess!
**[03:52] Yuriana**
I will not allow the death of my father,
the Holy King,
**[03:54] Yuriana**
and of our many comrades
to have been in vain!
**[03:58] Black King**
Pests.
**[04:03] Black King**
Just stay there and watch.
**[04:06] Black King**
This will all be over soon.
**[04:15] Yuuri**
I'm not done yet!
**[04:25] Black King**
Phoena...
**[04:27] Phoena**
No.
**[04:30] Phoena**
No...
**[04:31] Black King**
Phoena!
**[04:33] Phoena**
No!
**[05:01] Phoena**
Pirika...
**[05:03] Yuriana**
Pirika's...
**[05:05] Kain**
...gone.
**[05:13] Black King**
Behold! The Black Element increases!
**[05:16] Black King**
Magnificent!
**[05:21] Burckhardt**
Oh, no!
**[05:22] Yuriana**
Retreat!
**[05:23] A**
Understood!
**[05:25] Michidia**
Phoena!
**[05:26] Michidia**
Come.
**[05:27] Kain**
Captain!
**[05:31] Black King**
All shall be stained black.
**[05:34] Black King**
Soon, the continent of Yggdra
will be engulfed in darkness.
**[05:51] Shuza**
Don't tell me the kid... lost?
**[06:11] Phoena**
Pirika...
**[06:13] Phoena**
She vanished.
**[06:15] Yuriana**
The will of the world has been lost...
***SIGN*** Light and Darkness
**[08:28] Marina**
Phoena.
**[08:29] Marina**
Let me take over.
**[08:31] Marina**
You won't last if you keep this up.
**[08:35] Phoena**
It's okay. I'll be fine.
**[08:43] Yuriana**
The attack on the Black King has failed.
**[08:46] Yuriana**
Having failed its purpose,
the Yggdra Alliance, which we were part of,
**[08:52] Yuriana**
has been disbanded,
as was originally agreed upon.
**[08:55] Yuriana**
We shall all be returning to
our respective countries.
**[08:59] Wayne**
That Black King was far more powerful
than we had anticipated.
**[09:03] Yuriana**
Given Yuri's state, it'll take some time
before we can regroup.
**[09:08] Burckhardt**
Your Highness, I believe this operation
was reckless to begin with.
**[09:13] Wayne**
How dare you?!
**[09:14] Burckhardt**
With all due respect,
defeating the Black King
**[09:17] Burckhardt**
was too much for a mere
Volunteer Army member like Yuri.
**[09:21] Wayne**
Silence, Burckhardt.
**[09:24] Yuriana**
You're right.
**[09:27] Yuriana**
I understand how you feel.
**[09:30] Yuriana**
But we staked everything on Yuri
and the Volunteer Army.
**[09:33] Yuriana**
It was they that unified this
troubled continent with their passion.
**[09:39] Yuriana**
That's why everyone entrusted them
with their hopes for the future.
**[09:42] Burckhardt**
Alas, a leader requires skill
and knowledge of strategy.
**[09:48] Wayne**
The Black Army can't be defeated
by skill and strategy alone.
**[09:52] Burckhardt**
If that's the case...
**[09:53] Burckhardt**
All the more reason why
Her Highness Juliana should have led us.
**[09:59] Yuriana**
I could not assume that responsibility
**[10:02] Yuriana**
when all I cared about
was avenging my father.
**[10:06] Shuza**
It was none other than Yuri
who freed me from that obsession.
**[10:20] ---**
There's no point in staying here any longer.
**[10:22] ---**
Let's move out.
**[10:24] Yoshitsugu**
What are we to do now, Leader?
**[10:34] Einslot**
Wayne, I will return to the Holy Capital
with the Holy Knights.
**[10:39] Einslot**
Does Her Highness insist on
remaining with the Volunteer Army?
**[10:44] Wayne**
Yes.
**[10:45] Einslot**
I see.
**[10:46] Einslot**
Under normal circumstances, I would
prefer to leave her with an escort, but...
**[10:50] Wayne**
Given our current situation,
I doubt we'll have any men to spare.
**[10:54] Wayne**
Are you worried that Aries, Burckhardt
and I will be insufficient?
**[10:58] Einslot**
I realize I'm asking a lot of you.
**[11:00] Wayne**
You always have.
**[11:05] Einslot**
You're right.
**[11:07] Einslot**
Take care of Her Highness.
**[11:10] Wayne**
Yes, Commander.
**[11:22] Kain**
Phoena?
**[11:27] Yuriana**
Yuri...
**[11:34] Yuriana**
Thank goodness.
**[11:37] Yuriana**
You were unconscious for so long.
**[11:40] Yuriana**
We managed to escape this far,
but have no idea what to do next...
**[11:49] Yuuri**
Thanks.
**[11:55] Yuuri**
I'm sorry.
**[11:57] Yuuri**
The Chain Chronicle, Pirika...
**[12:04] Yuuri**
I couldn't...
**[12:08] Phoena**
It's okay.
**[12:09] Phoena**
For now, I'm just glad you're alive.
**[12:16] Phoena**
I'm going to go tell the others.
**[12:28] Yuriana**
Are you really feeling better?
**[12:31] Yuriana**
Shouldn't you rest a little longer?
**[12:33] Kain**
If you push yourself,
it'll come back to bite you.
**[12:36] Yuuri**
Yeah, I know.
**[12:38] Yuriana**
So, what will you do now?
**[12:41] Yuuri**
I think I'll head back to the Vice Capital.
**[12:43] ---**
So, you intend to gather
our forces again, and...
**[12:46] ---**
No.
**[12:48] ---**
For now, my only plan is to return
and report our losses to Gilbert.
**[12:54] Yuuri**
The Guild suffered many casualties
in this operation, too.
**[12:59] Yuriana**
I see.
**[13:15] Black King**
*All shall be stained black.*
**[13:19] Black King**
*All shall be stained black.*
**[13:23] (Flashback) Black King**
All shall be stained black.
**[13:31] A**
No way.
**[13:32] A**
Those few coppers won't buy you nuthin'.
**[13:34] B**
Please, just one apple...
**[13:37] C**
Move it!
**[13:40] C**
Hey, gimme that whole basket.
**[13:43] A**
The whole basket? Gladly!
**[13:44] C**
Two gold should cover it.
**[13:47] A**
Of course!
**[13:50] C**
Here you go.
**[13:52] A**
One, two...
**[13:54] A**
Two gold coins.
**[13:56] C**
Don't you think prices
are getting a little high recently?
**[13:59] C**
Must be tough to get by if you're poor.
**[14:04] Allam**
Hey, fatso.
**[14:06] Allam**
Move your foot.
**[14:09] Allam**
I'm telling you to move your filthy foot!
**[14:26] Allam**
Here.
**[14:30] B**
Thank you.
**[14:35] C**
Hey, kid.
**[14:38] C**
What the hell was that for?
**[14:48] ---**
Why, you...
**[14:55] C**
Ow...
**[14:57] C**
Damn kid!
**[15:01] C**
I'll teach you to make a fool outta me!
**[15:05] Allam**
I'm taking this.
**[15:07] A**
Hey!
**[15:08] A**
Hey, you!
**[15:10] A**
Kid!
**[15:12] A**
You punk!
**[15:15] A**
Thief!
**[15:17] A**
You villain!
**[15:20] Allam**
Who's the villain here?
**[15:22] Allam**
I'm not the one picking on the weak.
**[15:26] Allam**
Dummy! Doofus! Bozo!
**[15:30] Allam**
See ya!
**[15:31] A**
Dammit!
**[15:39] Allam**
Hey!
**[15:44] B**
Oh, you're...
**[15:58] B**
Are you sure it's okay?
**[16:00] Allam**
Yeah, one's enough for me.
**[16:03] B**
But what about for your family?
**[16:06] Allam**
Don't have none.
**[16:09] B**
I see.
**[16:12] B**
I know. I think I'll treat you to a meal.
**[16:18] Allam**
Don't worry about it.
**[17:21] A**
How dare you run home
with your tails between your legs!
**[17:24] A**
What are you going to do about our land?!
**[17:27] B**
H-Hey...
**[17:28] Kain**
Wait, we're...
**[17:30] A**
You said you'd defeat the Black King!
**[17:34] A**
That you'd protect us!
**[17:36] A**
Now look at us!
**[17:39] A**
Look!
**[17:43] A**
What are we to do now?!
**[17:50] A**
What are we to do?
**[18:05] A**
Hey!
**[18:08] A**
Help us!
**[18:11] Wayne**
What's wrong?
**[18:12] A**
It's them.
**[18:13] ---**
It's the Black Army.
**[18:15] A**
Hurry, before the Black Fog...
**[18:22] (Flashback) Black King**
All shall be stained black.
**[18:27] Yuriana**
Let's hurry.
**[18:28] Burckhardt**
As you wish.
**[18:31] Kain**
Captain, let's go.
**[18:33] Kain**
Michidia!
**[18:56] Allam**
Get outta here, grandma!
**[18:57] B**
But...
**[18:58] Allam**
I'll be fine.
**[18:59] Allam**
Go!
**[19:26] Kain**
Our mana is weak.
**[19:28] Yuriana**
Is it because of this fog?
**[19:41] Black King**
*All shall be stained black.*
**[19:46] Black King**
* Destruction is the fate*
* that awaits this world.*
**[19:50] Black King**
*Accept it.*
**[19:59] Black King**
*Accept your fate.*
**[20:04] Allam**
Not yet.
**[20:07] Allam**
I'm not done yet!
**[20:20] Yuriana**
Let's finish this!
**[20:21] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[20:25] Allam**
Dammit, just a little more.
**[20:33] Burckhardt**
What the?
**[20:36] Burckhardt**
He took my mana?
**[21:22] Yuuri**
Seize the light!
**[21:52] Allam**
You're Yuri of the Volunteer Army.
**[22:05] Yuuri**
And you are?
**[22:09] Allam**
I'm Aram.
***SIGN*** To Be With Others
**[23:46] ---**
Fate is set in motion.
# 2 - To Be With Others
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:00] ---**
The Black Army is a force of darkness
that showed up without warning.
**[00:05] ---**
Led by the Black King,
it seeks to destroy the world.
**[00:15] Allam**
You're Yuri of the Volunteer Army.
**[00:28] Yuuri**
And you are?
**[00:32] Allam**
I'm Aram.
**[00:44] Yuuri**
Aram!
**[00:45] Yuuri**
Is he dead?
**[00:47] Michidia**
No way.
**[00:48] Kain**
Marina, healing magic!
**[00:50] Marina**
Right away.
**[00:52] Yuuri**
It's all right.
**[00:54] Yuuri**
He's just unconscious.
**[00:57] Kain**
Man, don't scare me like that.
**[00:59] Michidia**
Who is this kid?
***SIGN*** To Be With Others
**[03:06] Eirenus**
So, they're headed for the Vice Capital.
**[03:25] Allam**
Where am I?
**[03:30] Yuuri**
You're awake.
**[03:32] Allam**
What happened to the old lady and the rest?
**[03:34] Yuuri**
They're all safe.
**[03:35] Allam**
That's a relief.
**[03:36] Yuuri**
The villagers said to thank you.
**[03:40] Allam**
It was nothing.
**[03:43] Allam**
You're Yuri, aren't you?
**[03:46] Yuuri**
You've heard of me?
**[03:54] Allam**
I heard you're the captain
of the Volunteer Army.
**[03:59] Phoena**
Oh, you're awake?
**[04:02] Phoena**
Thank goodness you're okay.
**[04:05] Phoena**
Oh, I'm Phoena.
**[04:08] Phoena**
Nice to meet you.
**[04:10] Allam**
Sure.
**[04:11] Phoena**
Let's go eat.
**[04:13] Phoena**
Kain and the others
will be back from patrol soon.
**[04:17] Yuuri**
Yeah.
**[04:21] Phoena**
Here you go.
**[04:21] Wayne**
Thanks.
**[04:22] Michidia**
Here.
**[04:23] Yuuri**
Yeah.
**[04:27] Phoena**
Here.
**[04:28] Aries**
Thanks.
**[04:29] Kain**
Time to eat.
**[04:35] Michidia**
What is it, Kain?
**[04:38] Kain**
Ah... Is this...
**[04:41] Marina**
Don't tell me...
**[04:43] Michidia**
Phoena's cooking, isn't she?
**[04:45] Phoena**
Eat up, everyone.
**[04:53] Allam**
Seconds, please.
**[04:56] Phoena**
Coming right up.
**[04:58] Kain**
How can you eat Phoena's cooking?
**[05:01] Allam**
What do you mean? It's great.
**[05:03] Kain**
What do you usually eat?
**[05:06] Allam**
Lizards.
**[05:09] Phoena**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[05:11] Phoena**
Here you are.
**[05:11] Phoena**
There's plenty more where that came from.
**[05:16] Allam**
S-Sure.
**[05:18] Yuuri**
Aram, you aren't from
that village, are you?
**[05:22] Allam**
No, I was just passing by.
**[05:24] Yuriana**
You were trying to protect the village
all by yourself?
**[05:28] Allam**
I couldn't just let it be destroyed.
**[05:30] Allam**
Besides, I can't stand those black things.
**[05:33] Phoena**
You're pretty strong.
**[05:35] Allam**
Y-Yeah.
**[05:38] Allam**
But...
**[05:39] Allam**
But I'm not good enough.
**[05:41] Allam**
I want to get a lot stronger.
**[05:47] Marina**
Phoena! The Chronicle!
**[06:01] Wayne**
Your Highness!
**[06:02] Michidia**
Phoena!
**[06:06] Allam**
What's happening?
**[06:13] Allam**
Look out!
**[06:16] Kain**
Aram!
**[06:18] Kain**
Are you all right?
**[06:19] Allam**
Yeah.
**[06:32] Yuuri**
Phoena.
**[06:33] Yuuri**
Phoena!
**[06:35] Phoena**
Thank you.
**[06:41] Yuuri**
Looks like it's settled down.
**[06:52] Allam**
Hey, what is that?
**[06:55] Phoena**
The Chain Chronicle.
**[06:58] Phoena**
A chronology of everything about the world.
**[07:03] Phoena**
If the world is stained black,
so will the Chronicle.
**[07:06] Phoena**
And vice versa.
**[07:09] Allam**
That can't be...
**[07:12] Phoena**
More pages have been stained black.
**[07:22] Black King**
The darkness spreads further.
**[07:29] Black King**
Have you still not located the sprite?
**[07:33] Eirenus**
Was it not killed in the last battle?
**[07:38] Black King**
The world has yet to fall into ruin.
**[07:41] Phoena**
Then...
**[07:42] Yuuri**
Yeah.
**[07:43] Yuuri**
Pirika is still alive somewhere.
**[07:46] Allam**
Pirika?
**[07:47] Yuriana**
One of our friends. A sprite.
**[07:49] Yuriana**
Tiny and cute.
**[07:51] Yuriana**
Pirika has a foul mouth at times,
but is very important to this world.
**[07:56] Phoena**
Pirika is the will of the world,
a world with hope for the future.
**[08:00] Yuuri**
We have to find and save it.
**[08:05] Black King**
Find her and dispose of it.
**[08:08] Black King**
So long as that sprite exists,
the world cannot be destroyed.
**[08:27] Allam**
What's up?
**[08:28] Yuuri**
Can we talk?
**[08:31] Yuuri**
Aram, why do you want to become stronger?
**[08:35] Allam**
Why?
**[08:37] Allam**
Because you can't do anything
if you're weak, obviously.
**[08:41] Yuuri**
I see.
**[08:44] Yuuri**
Aram, why don't you join us?
**[08:52] Allam**
No, I'm not gonna join the Volunteer Army.
**[08:55] Allam**
I'd rather be my own man. Free.
**[08:57] Yuuri**
There's only so much you can do by yourself.
**[09:00] Allam**
That's not true.
**[09:01] Allam**
I've fought alone my entire life.
**[09:04] Yuuri**
But it's not as if you've never lost, is it?
**[09:07] Yuuri**
There must have been times
when you had to run from your opponent.
**[09:11] Allam**
Well...
**[09:12] Allam**
I'll be able to beat them someday.
**[09:15] Yuuri**
What if you were just lucky?
**[09:19] Allam**
What would you know?
**[09:21] Allam**
You lost even with your buddies.
**[09:24] Yuuri**
That's exactly why I'm asking.
**[09:26] Yuuri**
Aram, hear me out...
**[09:38] Aries**
The highway ahead seems to have
escaped the blackening earlier.
**[09:42] Yuriana**
Thank goodness.
**[09:44] Yuriana**
We'll depart at dawn.
**[09:46] Yuriana**
For the Vice Capital.
**[09:57] Michidia**
That's...
**[10:00] Yuriana**
Hurry!
**[10:15] Silva**
Don't let a single one of them through!
**[10:26] Teresa**
This is too easy.
**[10:38] Dusty**
I stock only the best weapons.
**[11:03] Silva**
Dammit.
**[11:15] Silva**
Yuri!
**[11:16] Silva**
Yuri!
**[11:17] Silva**
It's good to see you.
**[11:19] Silva**
You, too, Princess.
**[11:20] Yuuri**
Sorry to worry you.
**[11:22] Yuriana**
Status?
**[11:23] Silva**
The southern bridge has fallen.
**[11:24] Silva**
The outer wall is, well,
you can see for yourself.
**[11:28] Silva**
Aludra's defending the castle walls
by the slums, but...
**[11:45] Silva**
New recruit? Kid's got spirit.
**[11:48] Yuuri**
Yes.
**[12:00] Yuuri**
We'll handle things here.
**[12:02] Silva**
Got it. I'm counting on you.
**[12:04] Silva**
All right! We're going to go help Aludra out!
**[12:14] Kain**
There are so many of them.
**[12:16] Kain**
What do we do, Captain?
**[12:17] Yuuri**
What else?
**[12:18] Yuuri**
We take 'em down!
**[12:19] Kain**
You got it!
**[12:20] Yuriana**
Let's finish this!
**[12:22] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[12:27] Allam**
Don't forget me!
**[12:34] Allam**
More of them?
**[12:51] Allam**
Piece of cake.
**[12:53] Burkchardt**
You...
**[12:55] Burkchardt**
You took my mana again!
**[12:56] Allam**
Wh-What?
**[13:01] Wayne**
Burckhardt!
**[13:04] Burkchardt**
We'll discuss this later.
**[13:05] Allam**
Ow...
**[13:06] Allam**
Man, what's his problem?
**[13:09] Yuuri**
Let's do this!
**[13:39] Yuuri**
Seize the light!
**[13:53] Allam**
W-Wow.
**[13:57] Kain**
We did it.
**[13:58] Yuuri**
Yeah.
**[13:59] Allam**
Hey!
**[14:01] Allam**
That was amazing!
**[14:03] Kain**
I-I guess.
**[14:04] Kain**
That was our chain attack.
**[14:07] Kain**
Chaining attacks makes them more powerful.
**[14:10] Michidia**
And to do that,
we need all our mana to resonate.
**[14:13] Allam**
I want to try.
**[14:16] Kain**
I think it might be a bit soon for you.
**[14:18] Allam**
Why?
**[14:19] Allam**
I can practice.
**[14:20] Yuuri**
Aram, it isn't that easy.
**[14:24] Yuuri**
You need strong bonds
with your allies to pull it off.
**[14:29] Allam**
Bonds?
**[14:30] Burkchardt**
You're wasting your time.
**[14:32] Allam**
What?!
**[14:33] Burkchardt**
You understand nothing of battle.
**[14:36] Burkchardt**
You just fight mindlessly,
thinking of no-one but yourself.
**[14:40] Allam**
What? I have my own way of fighting—
**[14:43] Burkchardt**
And I'm telling you it's all wrong.
**[14:45] Burkchardt**
What exactly are you, anyway?
**[14:47] Burkchardt**
I don't know how you did it,
but you stole my mana.
**[14:51] Allam**
S-So what?
**[14:53] Burkchardt**
Humans shouldn't be capable of
meddling with others' mana.
**[14:57] Burkchardt**
There's too much about you we don't know.
**[14:59] Allam**
Shut up!
**[15:00] Allam**
You're just jealous that you can't do it!
**[15:03] Burkchardt**
This is getting nowhere.
**[15:04] Burkchardt**
It's clearly a waste of time trying to
explain things to a feral brat like you.
**[15:09] Allam**
I'm not here because I want to be!
**[15:11] Allam**
If you don't want me around, I'll just leave.
**[15:13] Allam**
I'll become stronger my own way!
**[15:16] Yuuri**
Aram!
**[15:17] Burkchardt**
Let him go.
**[15:19] Burkchardt**
Don't be so undisciplined as to
allow that fool to have his way.
**[15:23] Burkchardt**
Why do you not realize that
being so soft only makes you weak?
**[15:27] Yuuri**
Aram has potential.
**[15:30] Burkchardt**
Do you honestly believe that?
**[15:33] Yuuri**
That's why I brought him all the way here.
**[15:37] Yuuri**
He'll make a good soldier.
**[15:44] Wayne**
Looks like the boss has appeared.
**[15:55] Allam**
Dammit.
**[15:58] Kain**
Not this fog again!
**[16:00] Michidia**
Let's go again.
**[16:01] Marina**
The fog just gets thicker.
**[16:03] Marina**
I can't...
**[16:08] Kain**
Captain!
**[16:11] Yuuri**
D-Don't worry. I'm fine.
**[16:14] Burkchardt**
Protect Her Highness!
**[16:24] Yuuri**
*Aram, hear me out.*
**[16:27] (Flashback) Yuuri**
When I lost to the Black King,
I also lost faith in myself.
**[16:32] (Flashback) Yuuri**
But seeing you fight
so desperately in that village
**[16:36] (Flashback) Yuuri**
reminded me of something important.
**[16:40] (Flashback) Yuuri**
I had sworn I would never give up,
no matter what.
**[16:46] (Flashback) Allam**
Wh-What's any of this got to do with me?
**[16:49] (Flashback) Yuuri**
When I came to, my friends were at my side.
**[16:54] (Flashback) Yuuri**
They'd supported me.
They never gave up on me.
**[16:58] (Flashback) Yuuri**
Some obstacles can't be overcome alone.
They require a little help from your friends.
**[17:03] (Flashback) Yuuri**
That is the power of bonds.
**[17:05] (Flashback) Yuuri**
Aram, you are indeed strong.
**[17:09] (Flashback) Yuuri**
You're better at using mana than anyone else.
**[17:14] (Flashback) Yuuri**
But, with bonds of friendship,
you can become even stronger.
**[17:21] (Flashback) Yuuri**
Let us fight together.
**[17:30] Allam**
You idiot.
**[17:35] Marina**
We can't hold out any longer.
**[17:37] Michidia**
We have to!
**[17:41] Yuriana**
Wayne!
**[17:42] Wayne**
Stay back, Your Highness.
**[17:44] Yuriana**
I can fight.
**[17:48] Burkchardt**
Your Highness!
**[18:01] Burkchardt**
Your Highness...
**[18:04] Kain**
Burckhardt!
**[18:17] Phoena**
Aram!
**[18:35] Kain**
Y-You've gotta be kidding me.
**[18:39] Michidia**
Amazing.
**[18:45] Allam**
Hey, take this!
**[19:00] Allam**
We're even now.
**[19:03] Yuriana**
Burckhardt!
**[19:05] Yuriana**
Let's end this.
**[19:07] ---**
As you wish!
**[19:24] Burkchardt**
Know your place!
**[19:48] Allam**
Whoa. He's pretty good.
**[19:52] Kain**
Look at you. Coming back to steal the show.
**[19:55] Yuuri**
Aram.
**[19:59] Allam**
I figured I might as well
stick around a bit longer.
**[20:04] Allam**
I want to see more of
your techniques in action.
**[20:07] Allam**
Besides...
**[20:09] Allam**
I want to make him eat his words.
**[20:15] Yuuri**
That's fine.
**[20:24] Yuuri**
Everyone, there's something I need to say.
**[20:27] Yuuri**
I lost to the Black King once.
**[20:31] Yuuri**
He said that destruction is
the fate that awaits this world.
**[20:37] Yuuri**
But, even if that's true,
I don't want to give up.
**[20:41] Yuuri**
As long as we live, there's hope.
**[20:45] Yuuri**
So I'd like to form
a Black King Suppression Squad,
**[20:52] Yuuri**
once more.
**[20:54] Yuriana**
A Black King Suppression Squad?
**[20:55] Yuriana**
That won't be enough.
**[20:57] Yuriana**
We'll gather troops from
every corner of the land
**[21:00] Yuriana**
and form a Black King Suppression *Army*.
**[21:04] Kain**
Yuri's back to his old self.
**[21:06] Kain**
That's my captain.
**[21:08] Michidia**
Someone thinks pretty highly of himself.
**[21:12] Phoena**
Yuri, I'm so glad.
**[21:17] Yuuri**
Aram.
**[21:22] Allam**
All right, fine.
**[21:29] Yuuri**
Aram, your arm.
**[21:44] Yuriana**
You should give him a chance.
**[21:45] Yuriana**
He returned your mana, after all.
**[21:49] Burkchardt**
Excuse me.
**[21:53] Yuriana**
Sheesh.
**[22:07] Yuriana**
Burckhardt!
**[22:09] Yuriana**
Burckhardt!
***SIGN*** Symbol of Loyalty
**[23:46] ---**
Fate is set in motion.
# 3 - Symbol of Loyalty
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:06] Yuriana**
Thank goodness the injury wasn't serious.
**[00:10] Burckhardt**
My apologies.
**[00:11] Burckhardt**
What was it that you wanted
to talk to me about?
**[00:15] Yuriana**
Burckhardt, I want you to go with Yuri.
**[00:21] Burckhardt**
You want me to accompany them?
**[00:23] Yuriana**
Yes.
**[00:24] Burckhardt**
But weren't we to return to
the Holy Capital and regroup?
**[00:28] Yuriana**
That's the plan.
**[00:30] Burckhardt**
Then I shall—
**[00:31] Yuriana**
Listen.
**[00:33] Yuriana**
I want you to assist Yuri's group
in my stead.
**[00:38] Burckhardt**
But I'm your—
**[00:40] Yuriana**
You will surely prove to be
invaluable to their cause.
**[00:46] Burckhardt**
If you insist.
**[00:49] Yuriana**
Also, about Aram...
**[00:53] Yuriana**
I too think that he will make a fine soldier.
**[00:56] Yuriana**
However, he lacks experience.
**[00:59] Yuriana**
I want you to instruct him.
**[01:06] Burckhardt**
Understood.
**[01:09] Selene**
Your Highness.
***SIGN*** Guild Alliance Sub-Leader
Selene
**[01:12] Selene**
Our leader, Gilbert, wishes to see you.
**[01:14] Yuriana**
I'm on my way.
**[01:17] Yuriana**
Thank you.
**[01:21] Burckhardt**
Is she saying I can't protect her
with this injury?
**[03:16] Gilbert**
I see. The Capital fell?
**[03:20] Yuuri**
We lost a lot of people.
**[03:26] Phoena**
Mr. Gilbert, I'm told you've had trouble
at the Vice Capital, too.
**[03:31] Gilbert**
It's nothing compared to
what you deal with on the front lines.
***SIGN*** Guild Alliance Leader
Gilbert
**[03:35] Gilbert**
So why have you decided to form
a Black King Suppression Army?
**[03:39] Yuuri**
Well...
**[03:42] Yuuri**
I believe there may still be hope.
**[03:48] Yuuri**
Even if this land is doomed,
**[03:53] Yuuri**
I don't want to give up until the very end.
**[03:57] Gilbert**
That sounds like something you'd say.
**[04:07] Gilbert**
So you're headed to the Sage's Tower, then?
**[04:11] Yuuri**
Yes.
**[04:12] .**
First, we'll meet with the three sages.
**[04:14] Phoena**
We hope they'll have some leads
as to Pirika's whereabouts.
**[04:18] Gilbert**
Understood.
**[04:20] Gilbert**
I'll do what I can to help.
**[04:23] Gilbert**
But...
**[04:25] Gilbert**
With things the way they are here,
**[04:28] Gilbert**
I'm afraid that that may not amount to much.
**[04:34] Selene**
I've brought Her Highness Juliana.
**[04:36] Gilbert**
Perfect timing.
**[04:39] Gilbert**
Here.
**[04:41] Yuuri**
New communicators?
**[04:43] Gilbert**
Yes.
**[04:44] Gilbert**
Let us know if anything happens.
**[04:47] Gilbert**
We'll do our best to get
everything in order on this end.
**[04:50] Yuriana**
Thank you, Mr. Gilbert.
**[05:18] A**
Shut yer trap, damn it!
**[05:23] Dusty**
Hey now, is that really a good idea?
**[05:25] Dusty**
Do you really want to do that
in front of the Great Arms Dealer Dusty?
**[05:30] Dusty**
Either you have a death wish
or you're just an—
**[05:32] Allam**
Idiot!
**[05:41] A**
Damn brat!
**[05:44] Allam**
Are you all right?
**[05:45] B**
Yes.
**[05:48] A**
You little...
**[05:52] A**
Damn it!
**[05:59] Dusty**
Wow.
**[06:02] A**
Why you...
**[06:07] A**
Don't mess with me, kid!
**[06:10] Allam**
Don't move, mister.
**[06:19] Dusty**
That was impressive.
**[06:21] Allam**
Who're you?
**[06:23] Dusty**
I'm Dusty.
**[06:25] Dusty**
I'm with the Merchant Guild.
I supply arms to the Volunteer Army.
**[06:29] Allam**
That outfit...
**[06:30] Allam**
You aren't a soldier?
**[06:33] Dusty**
Merchant-cum-soldier.
**[06:35] Dusty**
That sword...
**[06:38] Dusty**
It's the best one I have in stock.
You've got a good eye.
**[06:43] Allam**
Sorry.
**[06:44] Allam**
I was just borrowing it.
**[06:45] Allam**
Here, you can have it back.
**[06:47] Dusty**
Say, kid...
**[06:48] Allam**
I ain't a kid!
**[06:49] Allam**
I'm Aram!
**[06:51] Dusty**
My bad.
**[06:52] Dusty**
All right, Aram, do you know
what sort of sword that is?
**[06:56] Allam**
Not really.
**[06:57] Dusty**
It was forged by Baldur, renowned blacksmith
and chief of the earth sprites.
**[07:05] Allam**
This blade really is a beauty.
**[07:08] Dusty**
I hear you've joined
the Black King Suppression Army.
**[07:11] Allam**
Yeah, I have.
**[07:12] Allam**
Yuri wouldn't stop bugging me about it.
**[07:14] Dusty**
Don't be so snotty about it.
**[07:16] Dusty**
Yuri saw potential in you, didn't he?
**[07:18] Dusty**
It's okay to be proud of that.
**[07:22] Dusty**
All right, you can keep the sword.
**[07:24] Dusty**
It's a gift. To commemorate your enlistment.
**[07:27] Allam**
You sure?
**[07:28] Dusty**
But remember this.
**[07:30] Dusty**
A weapon reflects the soul of the user.
**[07:33] Dusty**
Whether it becomes famous
or forgotten is up to you.
**[07:37] Dusty**
Don't forget that.
**[07:39] Allam**
All right, I got it.
**[07:41] Dusty**
Also, all good swords need a name.
**[07:44] Dusty**
Give it a good one.
**[07:48] Allam**
Yeah.
**[07:52] Gilbert**
When one flower is infected,
those around it are also affected.
**[07:58] Gilbert**
The power of darkness is
overwhelming the light in this world.
**[08:03] Yuuri**
Then your illness...
**[08:06] Gilbert**
Every time the Black Army gains more ground,
**[08:09] Gilbert**
the blackening spreads further.
**[08:12] Gilbert**
As you can see.
**[08:16] Gilbert**
It's only a matter or time
before my entire body is stained black.
**[08:20] Gilbert**
When that happens...
**[08:23] Gilbert**
I sometimes dream that
I'm fighting alongside the Black Army.
**[08:29] Yuuri**
You wouldn't...
**[08:31] Yuuri**
We wouldn't let that happen.
**[08:34] Gilbert**
I hope not.
**[08:55] Burckhardt**
You're tensing up too much.
**[09:00] Allam**
Are your injuries better now?
**[09:02] Burckhardt**
In order to adapt to any given situation...
**[09:07] Burckhardt**
You... What's with that sword?
**[09:10] Allam**
This?
**[09:12] Allam**
It's the Hiramekimaru.
**[09:13] Allam**
Pretty cool, right?
**[09:15] Burckhardt**
You misunderstand.
**[09:16] Burckhardt**
I'm asking why you have such a sword.
**[09:20] Allam**
What?
**[09:21] Allam**
Someone gave it to me.
**[09:22] Burckhardt**
Who did?
**[09:23] Allam**
What does it matter?
**[09:25] Burckhardt**
No-one would just give away
such an exquisite blade for free.
**[09:28] Allam**
What are you doing?
**[09:30] Allam**
Well, someone did! That's all there is to it!
**[09:32] Burckhardt**
Tell me the truth!
**[09:33] Allam**
I am!
**[09:35] Yuriana**
What's going on?
**[09:37] Burckhardt**
Your Highness.
**[09:39] Yuriana**
What's the matter?
**[09:40] Burckhardt**
Ma'am.
**[09:41] Burckhardt**
The boy had a sword unbefitting him.
**[09:45] Burckhardt**
I thought he may have...
**[09:47] Allam**
May have what?
**[09:49] Burckhardt**
He may have stolen it from someone.
**[09:51] Allam**
I'd never do that!
**[09:56] Yuuri**
Why would you assume he stole it?
**[10:02] Yuriana**
Anyway, let's hear what he has to say—
**[10:05] Dusty**
He's not lying.
**[10:07] Dusty**
I gave him that sword.
**[10:11] Yuuri**
Is that true?
**[10:12] Dusty**
To commemorate his enlistment,
**[10:14] Dusty**
in the Black King Suppression Army.
**[10:18] Yuuri**
Burckhardt.
**[10:24] Burckhardt**
My apologies.
**[10:28] Allam**
I'd never steal.
**[10:33] Wayne**
Are you sure about this?
**[10:36] Wayne**
Are you really going to have him
accompany Yuri and the others?
**[10:42] Yuriana**
I want him to understand Yuri better.
**[10:46] Yuriana**
They'll establish a better bond that way.
**[10:49] Yuriana**
We can become stronger.
**[10:53] Wayne**
That may be true, but...
**[10:56] Yuriana**
I'm sure he'll understand.
**[11:11] Phoena**
Yuri.
**[11:16] Phoena**
Um... Are you all right?
**[11:19] Yuuri**
Yeah. I finally got some rest.
**[11:23] Phoena**
I mean...
**[11:25] Phoena**
Um...
**[11:26] Phoena**
Your blacken—
**[11:29] Yuuri**
You must be tired, too, Phoena.
**[11:31] Yuuri**
You should get some rest while you can.
**[11:36] Yuuri**
Who knows when we'll next
have beds to sleep in.
**[11:40] Phoena**
You're right.
**[11:43] Yuuri**
Thank you, Phoena.
**[11:51] Phoena**
Good night.
**[12:02] Black**
*Do you regret deciding to fight again?*
**[12:07] Yuuri**
There's still hope.
**[12:10] Black**
*Hope? What good does that do?*
**[12:13] Yuuri**
You need hope to win.
**[12:16] Black**
*How foolish.*
**[12:17] Black**
*You can never defeat the Black King.*
**[12:20] Black**
*You know that better than anyone.*
**[12:23] Yuuri**
Shut up.
**[12:24] Black**
*This land will be stained black.*
**[12:27] Black**
*Its people shall fall into darkness.*
**[12:29] Yuuri**
Shut up!
**[12:31] Black**
*You are no more than a candle in the wind.*
**[12:45] Yuuri**
Aram.
**[12:49] Yuuri**
So, what did you want to talk about?
**[12:51] Allam**
Well...
**[12:53] Allam**
Thanks for earlier.
**[12:55] Allam**
For believing me.
**[12:59] Allam**
I used to steal and stuff before.
**[13:03] Allam**
But I don't do that anymore.
**[13:06] Yuuri**
Aram, you said you wanted
to become stronger.
**[13:10] Yuuri**
If you become stronger, what will you do?
**[13:12] Allam**
What else?
**[13:13] Allam**
I'm going to take down
those Black Army bastards.
**[13:19] Allam**
They destroyed my village.
**[13:25] Allam**
I've been alone ever since.
**[13:27] Allam**
I'd wander around
until I found a place to live,
**[13:30] Allam**
but they'd always reappear
and end up destroying that, too.
**[13:33] Allam**
That's why I want to get stronger!
**[13:35] Allam**
Please, teach me your technique.
**[13:38] Allam**
I want to be able to use it!
**[13:46] Yuuri**
Swordsmanship, character...
**[13:49] Yuuri**
Becoming respected for either takes time.
**[13:54] Yuuri**
Become a man worthy of this sword, Aram.
**[14:00] Allam**
Yeah.
**[14:03] Sylva**
Sorry about this.
**[14:04] Sylva**
I'd love to come with you,
but there's a lot I have to do here.
**[14:10] Yuuri**
Sure, I know.
**[14:12] Marina**
You've already been a great help.
**[14:15] Marina**
All these supplies and rations...
**[14:18] Selene**
Our leader has high hopes for you.
**[14:21] Sylva**
Say, Princess.
**[14:23] Sylva**
You're headed to
the Holy Capital, are you not?
**[14:26] Yuriana**
Yes. To see our comrades
who have returned home.
**[14:29] Yuriana**
I'm going to ask them to join
the Black King Suppression Army.
**[14:32] Sylva**
Think it will work?
**[14:35] Yuriana**
Who knows? We have to try, though.
**[14:40] Sylva**
I'll talk to the Guild people for you.
**[14:44] Sylva**
I don't know how many will
be on board, though.
**[14:46] Yuriana**
Thank you.
**[14:48] Sylva**
Oh, yeah, speaking of which...
**[14:49] Sylva**
The Magic Guild leader, Aludra,
said she'd be going with you.
**[14:54] Michidia**
What? Really?
**[14:55] Aludra**
Really.
**[14:57] Yuuri**
Aludra.
***SIGN*** Universal Mage
Aludra
***SIGN*** Dragon Slayer
Vorg
**[14:58] Yuuri**
And Vorg.
**[15:00] Aludra**
Sorry I'm late.
It took longer to prepare than I thought.
**[15:03] Vorg**
It's not like you had that much to pack.
**[15:06] Vorg**
It looks like we'll be
working together again.
**[15:08] Yuuri**
Yeah.
**[15:10] Allam**
Your sword's awesome.
**[15:13] Vorg**
You can tell, can you?
**[15:15] Vorg**
This is the Dragon Killer.
**[15:17] Vorg**
It's my life.
**[15:19] Allam**
That thing about weapons
reflecting the soul?
**[15:21] Vorg**
You know your stuff, kid!
**[15:23] Vorg**
I'm Vorg the Dragon Slayer.
**[15:27] Allam**
Don't treat me like a kid!
**[15:29] Vorg**
Whoops.
**[15:32] Allam**
What's so funny?
**[15:39] Yuriana**
Burckhardt...
**[15:42] Yuriana**
If you spend some time traveling with
Yuri's group, I'm sure you'll understand
**[15:47] Yuriana**
just how trustworthy they are.
**[15:50] Yuriana**
I'm counting on you.
**[15:52] Burckhardt**
I understand.
**[15:55] Yuriana**
Please check on the Maze Pass along the way.
**[15:59] Yuuri**
Understood.
**[16:00] Phoena**
Take care, Juliana.
**[16:02] Kain**
Be sure to bring us as
many people as you can.
**[16:05] Yuriana**
I will.
**[16:06] Yuriana**
You, too.
**[16:18] A**
Mine.
**[16:19] Allam**
No fair!
**[16:21] ---**
My apple!
**[16:21] Burckhardt**
*How...*
**[16:23] Burckhardt**
*How did things turn out like this?*
**[16:26] Burckhardt**
*Why?*
**[16:27] Burckhardt**
*Why am I here?*
**[16:33] Yuuri**
Burckhardt.
**[16:35] Yuuri**
About yesterday...
**[16:37] Burckhardt**
I understand that I was in the wrong.
**[16:40] Yuuri**
Forget it. It's in the past.
**[16:42] Yuuri**
That aside, I want you to train
Aram in sword fighting again.
**[16:47] Yuuri**
I'm sure you'd make a great instructor.
**[16:49] Burckhardt**
Please excuse me.
**[16:51] Burckhardt**
I don't feel so well.
I'm going to get some fresh air.
**[16:53] Yuuri**
Burckhardt...
**[17:05] Burckhardt**
*I don't get it.*
**[17:07] Burckhardt**
*What did I do wrong?*
**[17:11] Burckhardt**
*I serve only Her Highness Juliana.*
**[17:14] Burckhardt**
*No one else.*
**[17:17] Burckhardt**
*So why?*
**[17:21] Eirenus**
Are you the one who called me?
**[17:27] Eirenus**
I've come for you.
**[17:30] Burckhardt**
You...
**[17:32] Eirenus**
I'm Eirenus.
**[17:34] Eirenus**
I'm on your side.
You ought to at least know my name.
**[17:36] Burckhardt**
What are you talking about?
**[17:42] Burckhardt**
You're almost there.
**[17:45] Eirenus**
You witch!
**[17:47] Eirenus**
Very well.
**[17:48] Eirenus**
I'll stain you black myself.
**[17:58] Eirenus**
What are you fighting for?
**[18:02] Eirenus**
There's no one here for you to protect.
**[18:06] Burckhardt**
I protect...
**[18:10] Eirenus**
You've been abandoned.
**[18:23] Yuuri**
What's wrong?
**[18:24] Phoena**
The Chronicle...
**[18:27] Yuuri**
There's Black Fog coming from the forest.
**[18:30] Yuuri**
Burckhardt!
**[18:32] Allam**
Yuri!
**[18:37] Burckhardt**
*She deemed me weak because I made a mistake.*
**[18:43] (Flashback) Yuriana**
I want you to go with Yuri.
**[18:45] Burckhardt**
*Juliana doesn't need me anymore.*
**[18:51] Burckhardt**
*I've been discarded.*
**[19:00] Eirenus**
Go play with these!
**[19:06] Vorg**
There you are.
**[19:08] Vorg**
I'll kill you all!
**[19:18] Allam**
Awesome.
**[19:20] Allam**
I gotta keep up.
**[19:30] Burckhardt**
I...
**[19:31] Burckhardt**
Where do I belong?
**[19:36] Black King**
Come to me.
**[19:38] Black King**
You belong in a world engulfed in black.
**[19:46] Burckhardt**
*I...*
**[19:55] Yuriana**
Kain, Michidia, we're going to
do a chain attack with Burckhardt.
**[19:59] A**
Got it!
**[20:10] Yuuri**
Seize the light!
**[20:16] Yuuri**
Burckhardt!
**[20:19] Burckhardt**
I...
**[20:21] Burckhardt**
I belong...
**[20:38] Eirenus**
Welcome to the world of darkness.
**[20:45] Burckhardt**
I'm being released...
**[20:47] Burckhardt**
from everything that held me down.
**[20:50] Burckhardt**
I'm brimming with power.
**[20:54] Burckhardt**
It's indescribable!
**[20:57] Burckhardt**
I feel amazing.
**[21:06] Allam**
Burckhardt...
**[21:10] Aludra**
He's become a demon.
**[21:29] Kain**
Captain!
**[21:50] Eirenus**
That's enough.
**[21:51] Eirenus**
I've only come today to bring you home.
**[21:54] Eirenus**
We'll meet again, Yuri.
**[21:57] Eirenus**
Next time...
**[22:02] Vorg**
Wait!
# 4 - The Expanding Darkness
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:06] Wayne**
What's the matter?
**[00:23] Yuri**
I'm sorry, Juliana.
**[00:27] Juliana**
Burckhardt...
**[00:28] Juliana**
A demon?
**[00:29] Wayne**
No...
**[00:31] Wayne**
He was such a righteous man.
**[00:33] Yuri**
If I had only noticed
the change in him sooner...
**[00:39] Juliana**
No.
**[00:40] Juliana**
It isn't your fault.
**[00:44] Juliana**
Are the others okay?
**[00:46] Yuri**
Y-Yes.
**[00:47] Juliana**
I see... That's good.
**[00:49] Yuri**
But the enemy knows we're here.
**[00:54] Yuri**
Traveling at night is dangerous,
but I want to push forward.
**[00:58] Juliana**
You're right.
**[01:00] Juliana**
That's a good idea.
**[01:01] Yuri**
Goodbye.
**[01:02] Juliana**
Wait.
**[01:03] Juliana**
Stay safe.
**[01:05] Juliana**
Thank you.
**[01:13] Aries**
Your Highness!
**[01:14] Aries**
The Holy Capital's on fire!
**[01:16] Wayne**
What?
***SIGN*** The Expanding Darkness
**[03:12] A**
May all be engulfed in blackness!
**[03:14] A**
May all be engulfed in blackness!
**[03:16] B**
No, stop!
**[03:18] B**
Let go!
**[03:18] C**
Move it!
**[03:20] D**
Smash it!
**[03:21] D**
Pull it down!
**[03:22] E**
Please spare me!
**[03:24] F**
Put it out!
**[03:25] F**
Why are you doing this?
**[03:26] C**
So that all may be engulfed in blackness!
**[03:29] G**
Stop.
**[03:30] H**
Shut up.
**[03:31] H**
I'm going to join the Black Army
so I can survive!
**[03:35] I**
Hurry, this way.
**[03:37] J**
Destroy it all!
**[03:39] J**
May all be engulfed in blackness!
**[03:43] Cervantes**
Fools! Getting riled up over
a bunch of silly rumors...
**[03:47] A**
Cervantes!
**[03:48] Cervantes**
Don't worry. I'm holding back.
**[03:52] Cervantes**
My back...
**[03:54] A**
Don't over do it.
**[03:55] A**
Give me your hand.
**[03:56] Cervantes**
Don't treat me like I'm over the hill!
**[03:59] Einslotte**
Focus on evacuating the citizens.
**[04:01] Einslotte**
Close off all roads to the central square.
**[04:03] Einslotte**
Stop this panic from spreading any further.
**[04:16] Cervantes**
Put your backs into it, men!
**[04:23] Rowendia**
Apprehend them!
**[04:40] Einslotte**
Looks like things are finally under control.
**[04:42] A**
This is all because you people
don't do your job!
**[04:46] Rowendia**
What are...
**[04:47] A**
Please calm down.
**[04:49] A**
For now, let's clean this mess up.
**[04:51] Einslotte**
What's the matter?
**[04:52] Rowendia**
I ordered the knights to
clean up the city, but...
**[05:01] Einslotte**
Seize him!
**[05:09] Einslotte**
Your Highness!
**[05:10] Einslotte**
I'm glad you're safe.
**[05:12] Juliana**
Save the greetings.
**[05:13] Juliana**
What is going on here?
**[05:16] Einslotte**
Since the defeat at the castle,
some of the citizens have been on edge.
**[05:21] Einslotte**
Riots have started breaking out all over.
**[05:24] Cervantes**
A bunch of punks making a racket,
**[05:27] Cervantes**
ranting about joining
the Black Army to survive.
**[05:30] Juliana**
That's...
**[05:32] A**
Holy Princess Juliana!
**[05:34] A**
You cannot save this world!
**[05:36] Aries**
You!
**[05:38] Wayne**
A kid?
**[05:40] Juliana**
Aries, release him.
**[05:42] Aries**
But...
**[05:43] Juliana**
Just do it.
**[05:46] Juliana**
If there's something you want to say,
now's your chance.
**[05:49] A**
The Holy King is dead.
**[05:51] A**
The holy men at the Great Shrine
won't help us.
**[05:54] A**
But the Black King is different.
**[05:56] A**
He'll spare us if we join the Black Army!
**[05:58] Aries**
Nonsense.
**[05:59] Juliana**
Who told you that?
**[06:01] A**
Everyone's saying it.
**[06:03] Juliana**
"Everyone"?
**[06:04] Juliana**
You believe such a rumor?
**[06:06] A**
I don't want to die!
**[06:08] A**
I'll become a demon and join the Black Army!
**[06:11] Juliana**
A demon?
**[06:13] Juliana**
Do you understand what that means?
**[06:18] Juliana**
Become a demon and you'll never see
your friends or family or ever again.
**[06:25] Juliana**
You'd do that just to save your own skin?
**[06:29] Juliana**
Have you even considered what would happen
**[06:32] Juliana**
to those you leave behind?
**[06:35] Juliana**
We... We fought together all this while.
**[06:40] Juliana**
You swore to fight alongside your comrades.
**[06:45] Juliana**
Why?
**[06:47] Juliana**
Why did you become a demon?
**[06:51] Juliana**
How could I not have known?
**[06:55] Juliana**
Why couldn't I stop you?
**[06:58] Rowendia**
Your Highness...
**[07:02] Einslotte**
What in the world happened?
**[07:06] Wayne**
Burckhardt became a demon.
**[07:10] A**
More fires!
**[07:11] Cervantes**
Damn it all. There's no end to it.
**[07:22] Louise**
Thank goodness you're safe.
**[07:23] Juliana**
Louise...
**[07:24] Juliana**
I'm sorry I worried you.
**[07:26] Louise**
No, this whole situation started
because I wasn't strong enough.
**[07:32] Juliana**
It isn't your fault.
**[07:34] Einslotte**
The three of us have taken on the duties
of the Holy King between us.
**[07:38] Einslotte**
We promised to do what we could
to help each other out, did we not?
**[07:42] Louise**
Yes.
**[07:43] Einslotte**
But the fact of the matter is that
the current situation is becoming grave.
**[07:48] Einslotte**
The riots are spreading faster
than we could have imagined.
**[07:52] Einslotte**
At this rate...
**[07:54] Louise**
What should we do now?
**[08:20] A**
What the?
**[08:25] B**
Are you all right?
**[08:27] B**
What is this?
**[08:28] A**
Let's report this to Chief Olga.
**[08:46] Wayne**
I'm told that the forces
of the Nine Territories,
**[08:49] Wayne**
led by Shuza,
are stationed near the Holy Capital.
**[08:52] Juliana**
Shuza?
**[08:53] Juliana**
He's still in the Holy Kingdom?
**[08:55] Einslotte**
Shuza's army is still recovering from
their battle with the Black King.
**[09:00] Einslotte**
It will be a while until they can move out.
**[09:03] Wayne**
Your Highness.
**[09:05] Wayne**
Why don't we have them join
the Black King Suppression Army?
**[09:10] Juliana**
Right.
**[09:12] Juliana**
Shuza would be a invaluable asset.
**[09:14] Juliana**
Let's send a messenger immediately.
**[09:34] Phoena**
Yuri.
**[09:35] Yuri**
Phoena.
**[09:37] Phoena**
I'll slow down the blackening.
**[09:39] Yuri**
I'm fine.
**[09:40] Phoena**
Hold out your arm.
**[09:42] Yuri**
I'll be all right.
**[09:43] Phoena**
No!
**[09:52] Phoena**
All this time, you've helped me.
**[09:56] Phoena**
It's my turn to help you.
**[10:14] Phoena**
Why...
**[10:20] Phoena**
Please, Chronicle.
**[10:26] Phoena**
Please.
**[10:31] Yuri**
Phoena...
**[10:33] Yuri**
It's...
**[10:41] Yuri**
Thank you.
**[10:54] Aram**
What the heck are they doing,
skipping out on dinner?
**[10:59] Aram**
What?
**[11:01] Aram**
Hey!
**[11:02] Aram**
Yu—
**[11:02] ---**
Shh!
**[11:03] ---**
We're going back.
**[11:04] Aram**
What?!
**[11:05] Kain**
A kid has no business seeing this.
**[11:07] Aram**
I'm not a kid!
**[11:08] Kain**
Shut up, idiot!
**[11:24] Aram**
It's huge!
**[11:26] Aram**
Is that the Sage's Tower?
**[11:29] Kain**
Yeah.
**[11:30] Kain**
It's some kind of weird building,
made using some kind of weird technology.
**[11:35] Aram**
Wow.
**[11:36] Aram**
That's super weird, but awesome.
**[11:40] Kain**
The Sage of Destiny there
might know where Pirika is.
**[11:52] Yuri**
What the?
**[12:05] Kain**
The Sorcerer's Army!
**[12:06] Michidia**
Why are they attacking us?
**[12:08] Melchior**
We've been waiting for you, Volunteer Army.
**[12:11] Melchior**
Melchior.
**[12:14] Aram**
Where?
**[12:16] Yuri**
Melchior!
**[12:18] Yuri**
We're going to fight the Black King again.
**[12:21] Yuri**
Please.
**[12:22] Yuri**
Lend us the power of the Sage's Tower.
**[12:27] Melchior**
If you want our assistance,
first prove your might.
**[12:32] Melchior**
Velnar!
**[12:33] Wayne**
All right!
**[12:37] Aludra**
No, you don't!
**[12:44] Aludra**
What firepower...
**[12:46] Aram**
Damn...
**[12:47] Kain**
Aram, get back! It's dangerous.
**[12:49] Yuri**
The carriage!
**[12:50] Kain**
Got it.
**[12:50] Katya**
Attack!
**[12:55] Vorg**
This place is never boring.
**[13:17] Yuri**
Aram!
**[13:22] Velnar**
You don't have time to worry about others!
**[13:33] Aludra**
My mana can't keep up.
**[13:36] Velnar**
This is over!
**[13:38] Aram**
Aludra!
**[13:39] Aludra**
Thanks!
**[13:41] Velnar**
Give it up, old hag!
**[13:44] Aludra**
Who are you calling an old hag?!
**[14:01] Melchior**
That kid can transfer mana?
**[14:07] Dilma**
You seem to be having fun, Melchior.
**[14:11] Melchior**
That is indeed entertaining.
**[14:13] Dilma**
But there'll be a lot of damage.
**[14:15] Melchior**
Sacrifices are necessary
if progress is to be made.
**[14:18] Dilma**
Then why not sacrifice yourself?
**[14:23] Dilma**
You've toyed with them long enough.
**[14:39] Fatima**
That's enough.
**[14:42] Fatima**
No more games.
**[14:48] Aram**
Y-You're naked?!
**[14:56] Phoena**
Aram, allow me to introduce you.
**[14:59] Phoena**
This is Dilma.
**[15:02] Phoena**
Fatima.
**[15:04] Phoena**
And Melchior.
***SIGN*** They are the Sages of the Tower.
**[15:10] Dilma**
Nice to meet you.
**[15:12] Melchior**
I heard you were gathering an Army,
so I put you through your paces.
**[15:17] Fatima**
Actually, your magic experiments failed,
and you were just taking it out on them.
**[15:21] Aram**
They're different from how I imagined them.
**[15:23] Kain**
Everyone says that at first.
**[15:35] Dilma**
This is the Imperial Castle as it is now.
**[15:37] Melchior**
That's right.
**[15:38] Melchior**
There's something interesting
going on there.
**[15:41] Melchior**
A High-Density Black Element is being emitted
**[15:44] Melchior**
from the castle non-stop, creating a barrier.
**[15:48] Melchior**
Calculations show that its density is double—
no, more than double—that of normal,
**[15:52] Melchior**
causing an unprecedented
blackening of the region.
**[15:54] Fatima**
Shut up.
**[15:57] Dilma**
Basically, the Black Element barrier has
grown so powerful, no-one can penetrate it.
**[16:04] Dilma**
Tell us, do you believe people will follow you
in this increasingly desperate situation,
**[16:09] Dilma**
despite the fact that
you've already failed once before?
**[16:13] Yuri**
Well...
**[16:17] Yuri**
We're doing this, regardless.
**[16:20] Dilma**
Very well.
**[16:21] Fatima**
The world's fate is a blank canvas.
**[16:24] Fatima**
The future has yet to be written.
**[16:26] Fatima**
Follow the path you believe to be true.
**[16:29] Michidia**
Do you mean it's up to us what happens next?
**[16:33] Fatima**
Yes.
**[16:34] Kain**
If that's what the Sage of Destiny says.
**[16:37] Aram**
*She's* the Sage of Destiny?
**[16:40] Phoena**
She is.
**[16:41] Phoena**
Fatima knows a lot of things.
**[16:44] Aram**
Even though she's naked?
**[16:46] Yuri**
Fatima, if you know anything
about Pirika, please tell us.
**[16:52] Fatima**
Pirika survives.
**[16:55] Fatima**
But is somewhere from which
it is impossible to return by oneself.
**[16:58] Phoena**
Where is that?
**[17:04] Yuri**
So not even Fatima knows.
**[17:06] Fatima**
There is still hope.
**[17:09] Aram**
Huh?
**[17:12] Fatima**
Also, you must travel to the Maze Pass.
**[17:25] Velnar**
Hey, kid.
**[17:29] Velnar**
You're new around here.
**[17:31] Aram**
I'm not a kid.
**[17:32] Aram**
I'm Aram.
**[17:33] Velnar**
Oh?
**[17:35] Velnar**
You have a big mouth.
**[17:37] Aram**
What's up with your body, anyway?
**[17:40] Clauss**
That's the mark of a Sealer.
**[17:45] Clauss**
He's strengthened himself by
carving magic runes into his body.
**[17:48] Clauss**
In other words, he's crazy about fighting.
**[17:50] Velnar**
Clauss.
**[17:52] Velnar**
You weren't at the battle.
**[17:53] Velnar**
Where were you?
**[17:54] Clauss**
It's my day off.
**[17:57] Aram**
Is that why you can use that awesome magic?
Because you're a Sealer?
**[18:02] Velnar**
Wanna see it again?
**[18:04] Clauss**
You're going to get suspended again.
**[18:08] Velnar**
Speaking of which,
you did something interesting yourself.
**[18:12] Velnar**
You can transfer mana, can you?
**[18:14] Aram**
Yeah.
**[18:15] Velnar**
I thought I'd won
when that old hag ran out of mana.
**[18:19] Velnar**
Good job watching out for her.
**[18:20] Aram**
I hate losing.
**[18:23] Velnar**
And if you lose anyway?
**[18:25] Aram**
I won't quit until I win.
**[18:28] Velnar**
You're quite the dumbass, too.
**[18:30] Aram**
I'm not *quite* a dumbass.
**[18:32] Aram**
I'm a *real* dumbass.
**[18:33] Clauss**
Is that supposed to be a compliment?
**[18:36] Velnar**
It's important to look at
the battlefield as a whole.
**[18:40] Velnar**
Once you do, you start to see things
that you couldn't otherwise.
**[18:45] Aram**
Yeah.
**[18:46] Clauss**
That was a surprisingly mature comment,
coming from you.
**[18:49] Velnar**
You need to watch carefully
if you're gonna kill *everyone*.
**[18:54] Clauss**
Right.
**[18:55] Aram**
Aren't you guys going to
fight the Black Army?
**[18:58] Velnar**
We are fighting them.
**[19:00] Velnar**
The ones that attack here, anyway.
**[19:03] Clauss**
We, the Sorcerer's Army, can't act
without orders from those weird Sages.
**[19:10] Aram**
I see.
**[19:15] Katya**
I apologize.
**[19:17] Katya**
We didn't want to fight you, either.
**[19:21] Aludra**
Don't worry about it, Katya.
**[19:23] Aludra**
I know you're at the mercy
of those crazy Sages.
**[19:28] Melchior**
Is someone speaking ill of me?
**[19:31] Aludra**
You're imagining things.
**[19:33] Melchior**
So, when are you leaving?
**[19:36] Aludra**
Unfortunately,
I'm going to be staying for a while.
**[19:38] Vorg**
So will I.
**[19:40] Aludra**
We came all the way here to find out
how to take on the Holy Castle, after all.
**[19:45] Melchior**
After you ran away from here
all those years ago, too.
**[19:49] Aludra**
Don't worry. I'll stay away from your room.
**[19:53] Melchior**
I'm not going to show you
my newest paper on magic theory.
**[19:57] Aludra**
Don't worry. I'll find it myself.
**[20:00] Melchior**
Then I'll set some magic traps
where I hide it.
**[20:05] Aludra**
I wonder if your theory-obsessed magic
will work on me.
**[20:09] Melchior**
I'm sure we'll see the failings
of your half-assed applied magic.
**[20:18] Vorg**
Geez.
**[20:35] Yuri**
All that and we still don't know
Pirika's whereabouts.
**[20:38] Katya**
Sadly.
**[20:40] Katya**
We'll have to ask Yggdra
at the island of sprites.
**[20:43] Yuri**
Yeah.
**[20:44] Yuri**
I'd like to go there immediately, but...
**[20:48] Phoena**
Let's go to the Maze Pass first.
**[20:51] Phoena**
Fatima doesn't offer advice
unless there's a reason.
**[20:55] Yuri**
I know.
**[20:57] Michidia**
Juliana asked us to check on the area, too.
**[21:01] Michidia**
This is a good opportunity.
**[21:02] Velnar**
We'll come with you.
**[21:08] Velnar**
I haven't had enough action lately.
**[21:10] Aram**
Awesome!
**[21:12] Aram**
You're coming with us?
**[21:14] Katya**
Yes, under orders from Melchior.
**[21:17] Katya**
He's interested in an artifact
discovered recently at the Maze Pass.
**[21:22] Katya**
We're to investigate.
**[21:24] Phoena**
Artifact?
**[21:26] Phoena**
I wonder what they found.
**[21:28] Velnar**
Who cares what it is?
**[21:32] Yuri**
All right, let's go.
**[21:33] Yuri**
To the Maze Pass!
***SIGN*** Snowy Mountain Screams
**[23:46] ---**
Fate is set in motion.
# 5 - Snowy Mountain Screams
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:06] A**
On the left!
**[00:07] A**
Don't get flanked!
**[00:08] B**
Got it.
**[00:12] B**
What *is* this "Black Blizzard"?
**[00:14] C**
To think even the Maze Pass would be
this infected by the Black Element...
**[00:44] D**
They can regenerate?!
**[00:48] A**
It's because of this Black Blizzard.
**[00:52] A**
Striking them down isn't enough.
**[00:54] B**
Marina, are you ready?
**[00:56] C**
Healing power within me,
**[00:59] C**
power of life, imbue my staff
and grant life to those before me.
**[01:16] D**
Wow.
**[01:18] D**
That was healing magic, wasn't it?
**[01:20] D**
You can destroy those
skeleton bastards with it?
**[01:23] C**
They *are* undead, after all.
**[01:25] D**
So even you can be useful
in combat sometimes, huh?
**[01:28] C**
"Sometimes"?
**[01:30] C**
Is that how you see me?
**[01:33] D**
All you ever do is trip over.
**[01:38] D**
What's that?
**[01:59] E**
Take this!
**[02:07] E**
All you gotta do is burn them bones!
**[02:17] A**
Aram!
***SIGN*** Snowy Mountain Screams
**[04:07] A**
They don't seem to have been buried alive.
**[04:11] B**
I can't believe the snow couldn't handle
one of my weakest spells.
**[04:14] B**
Talk about pathetic.
**[04:16] A**
No, you overdid it, Velnar.
**[04:20] B**
Shut up.
**[04:21] B**
Better too much than too little.
**[04:25] C**
That's enough, you two.
**[04:28] C**
What should we do?
**[04:29] C**
Should we go look for the two of them?
**[04:31] D**
Why don't we meet up
with the earth sprites first?
**[04:35] D**
We'd be better off with the help of
those familiar with these mountains.
**[04:41] E**
You're right.
**[04:42] E**
I'm sure the Captain would do the same.
**[04:45] F**
I agree, too.
**[04:49] B**
Yeah, yeah.
**[04:55] F**
* The Black Element is strong*
* in these mountains.*
**[05:02] F**
*Yuri...*
**[05:07] G**
Damn.
**[05:08] G**
Are you cold?
**[05:09] G**
Just stay in there.
**[05:13] G**
Hey, Yuri, do you know what this is?
**[05:16] H**
No. I've never seen anything like it before.
**[05:18] G**
It's not dangerous, is it?
**[05:20] H**
I don't know.
**[05:21] H**
But I don't sense any evil from it,
so I think it's safe to keep around.
**[05:27] G**
We're in this mess because
we tried to protect you, you know.
**[05:31] G**
You'd better be grateful, Furball.
**[05:34] H**
Furball?
**[05:35] G**
That's what I've named it,
since it *is* a ball of fur.
**[05:38] H**
Named it? Are you going to keep it?
**[05:41] G**
No, I wasn't planning to.
**[05:44] H**
Maybe you're not, but it looks like
that thing has already made up its mind.
**[05:50] G**
Hey.
**[05:51] G**
Stop it.
**[05:52] H**
It's your responsibility now.
**[05:59] G**
What's up?
**[06:06] H**
The blizzard's getting worse.
**[06:08] H**
Let's stop here and set up camp.
**[06:12] G**
Wait, Yuri.
**[06:13] G**
Let's keep going. We're probably close to...
**[06:16] H**
No, the cold saps your energy
more than you'd think.
**[06:20] H**
Let's dig a snow cave here
and wait for the weather to improve.
**[06:24] H**
Got it?
**[06:26] G**
O-Okay.
**[06:31] A**
Yuri's missing?!
**[06:33] B**
Along with a boy named Aram,
who recently joined us.
**[06:39] A**
All right.
**[06:40] A**
We'll send out a search team right away.
**[06:42] A**
Do any of you want to come along?
**[06:44] C**
Yeah.
**[06:46] A**
Kiki, can you let the fire sprites know, too?
**[06:53] D**
It's a hassle, but fine.
**[06:58] D**
Since it's for Yuri's sake.
**[07:00] B**
Thank you.
**[07:01] D**
Got it.
**[07:05] A**
Sorry to make you come this far
into the Pass during an emergency.
**[07:10] A**
We just happened to find something huge.
**[07:17] E**
Be careful with it.
**[07:19] E**
This is an incredible treasure.
**[07:25] A**
Hey!
**[07:27] A**
Can anyone hear me?
**[07:29] A**
Hey!
**[07:31] A**
Damn it.
**[07:34] A**
I can't get through.
**[07:35] B**
The Black Blizzard might be
hindering communications.
**[07:38] A**
Hey, Yuri, I really think
we should keep walking.
**[07:43] B**
No, the golden rule for when you're lost
is to stay right where you are.
**[07:49] A**
But...
**[07:50] B**
I'm sure Phoena and the rest have
enlisted the help of the earth sprites
**[07:54] B**
and are looking for us right now.
**[07:57] A**
The earth sprites?
**[07:59] A**
Are you sure they'll help?
**[08:01] A**
Besides, in this weather,
our friends might not...
**[08:04] B**
Don't worry.
**[08:05] B**
They've fought by my side all this time.
**[08:09] B**
So I trust them.
**[08:11] A**
Bah.
**[08:14] A**
Nothing.
**[08:16] B**
That wasn't nothing.
**[08:18] A**
Shut up.
**[08:20] A**
I was just feeling a bit envious...
**[08:22] A**
of your confidence in your friends.
**[08:30] A**
I don't trust them that much yet.
**[08:35] B**
Aram.
**[08:37] A**
I've never had friends.
**[08:39] A**
I've always had to do everything for myself.
**[08:47] B**
At some point, everyone comes across
a situation they can't deal with alone.
**[08:52] B**
Whether they have someone to help
when that happens,
**[08:55] B**
and whether they can trust them fully,
**[08:59] B**
probably determines a person's true strength.
**[09:04] A**
Is that what you call a bond?
**[09:07] B**
I'm not sure.
**[09:08] A**
It's not?
**[09:09] B**
Who knows?
**[09:10] B**
That's probably something you have
to find out for yourself, Aram.
**[09:15] A**
Bah. You spoilsport.
**[09:19] B**
*Don't worry.*
**[09:20] B**
*You'll find it yourself someday,*
**[09:22] B**
*a light that's right for you.*
**[09:28] A**
Maybe we should have gone with them.
**[09:32] B**
I'd like to, but first we need to do
what we came here to do.
**[09:39] A**
To ask the earth and fire sprites to
help the Black King Suppression Army.
**[09:45] B**
Yes.
**[09:46] B**
And one other thing.
**[09:49] B**
Why did Fatima instruct us to come here?
**[09:53] B**
Could it be...
**[09:55] B**
Marina, don't you sense something?
**[09:59] A**
I do.
**[10:00] A**
It's an artifact with immense magical power.
**[10:03] B**
We need to figure out what this is.
**[10:05] B**
That must be why we were sent here.
**[10:15] B**
"Deep, deep within the
depths of the Maze Pass,
**[10:19] B**
there lies a sword of hope.
**[10:20] B**
A blade, cutting through the darkness."
**[10:23] A**
Cutting through the darkness?
**[10:25] B**
There's no doubt.
**[10:27] B**
This will surely be of use to us.
**[10:32] A**
Don't fall asleep, Aram.
**[10:36] B**
I wasn't sleeping.
**[10:39] A**
If you're sleepy, why don't we
play word chain or something?
**[10:43] B**
Word chain?
**[10:44] B**
Me and you?
**[10:46] A**
Is that weird?
**[10:48] B**
No, it's not weird, but...
**[10:52] A**
I mean...
**[10:53] A**
I can't think of anything else
to do in this situation.
**[11:00] B**
Okay.
**[11:01] B**
Fine. Let's play word chain.
**[11:04] B**
But first...
**[11:06] A**
Aram?
**[11:07] B**
It's so cold.
**[11:09] B**
I gotta go take a leak.
**[11:15] B**
Did you hear that? "Word chain."
**[11:17] B**
Yuri's a lot more normal
in person than I thought.
**[11:24] B**
Don't you think so, Furball?
**[11:28] B**
Furball?
**[11:29] B**
Hey!
**[11:30] B**
Furball!
**[11:32] B**
Where'd you go?
**[11:34] B**
Damn it, that idiot.
**[11:39] B**
Yuri!
**[11:42] B**
*You're kidding me.*
**[11:44] B**
Yuri!
**[11:46] B**
Furball!
**[11:47] B**
Hey!
**[11:54] A**
Shuza, sir, I come with a message
from Holy Princess Juliana.
**[12:01] B**
A Black King Suppression Army?
**[12:02] A**
Yes.
**[12:03] A**
She requests your help in ridding
the continent of the Black Army for good.
**[12:12] B**
I see.
**[12:17] B**
Very well.
**[12:18] B**
I shall give you my reply now.
**[12:24] A**
Aram!
**[12:27] A**
Aram!
**[12:32] A**
Did he get himself lost?
**[12:34] A**
I have to go find him.
**[12:39] A**
*Wait, do I really have to go?*
**[12:42] A**
*I told him not to move when lost.*
**[12:46] A**
* If he got lost after that,*
* it's his own responsibility.*
**[12:49] A**
* Even if he froze to death,*
* it wouldn't be my fault.*
**[12:53] A**
What was I thinking just now?
**[12:59] A**
Damn it.
**[13:10] A**
I'm not giving up.
**[13:13] C**
Just relax, already.
**[13:20] C**
Why do you resist?
**[13:23] C**
You've already lost.
**[13:25] A**
I haven't lost yet.
**[13:27] C**
Liar.
**[13:29] C**
"Trust your friends"?
**[13:31] C**
"Trust your allies"?
**[13:32] C**
You can't be serious.
**[13:34] C**
You couldn't even trust
your friends or allies yourself.
**[13:39] C**
That's right. You doubted this world.
**[13:43] C**
You doubted the people living in it.
**[13:46] C**
You doubted whether it's worth
**[13:50] C**
going through the pain and
suffering to save it.
**[13:54] A**
No!
**[13:55] C**
You're a husk of a hero.
**[13:59] C**
In fact, you're a puppet,
held hostage by the word "hero"
**[14:02] C**
and played like a fiddle by fate.
**[14:06] C**
And you, yourself, are more
sick of yourself than anyone.
**[14:11] C**
This world tasked you with saving it
because you are a hero.
**[14:15] C**
"Save the world," they all asked.
**[14:19] C**
If they ask for help, a hero must do so.
**[14:22] C**
For that is the reason for
a hero's very existence.
**[14:25] C**
But, at the same time,
you came to the realization:
**[14:28] C**
that there is no one to save a hero.
**[14:34] A**
Shut up!
**[14:40] C**
That is why you lost to the Black King.
**[14:44] C**
And that is why, now,
**[14:52] C**
you are turning black yourself.
**[14:56] C**
It's useless to resist.
**[14:58] C**
I know everything.
**[15:00] C**
After all, I am you.
**[15:05] C**
Give it up.
**[15:06] C**
You, who despaired at being a hero,
are destined for the black world.
**[15:11] C**
You belong there.
**[15:14] B**
No, you don't!
**[15:21] B**
Are you all right, Yuri?
**[15:36] A**
*I see.*
**[15:37] A**
* They were the ones filling*
* my mind with fear.*
**[15:42] A**
Don't touch them, Aram.
**[15:43] A**
I have to defeat them myself.
**[15:47] B**
Why?
**[15:50] B**
Come on, Yuri, you said one's strength
lies in letting others help them.
**[15:56] B**
I don't really know what it
means to have bonds yet.
**[15:59] B**
But I do know one thing:
I want to be of help to you.
**[16:04] B**
So, right now, my sword is your sword.
**[16:09] B**
Me defeating them is the same
as you defeating them.
**[16:13] B**
Am I wrong?
**[16:16] A**
*I see.*
**[16:18] A**
*Aram, you never needed to look for it.*
**[16:27] A**
Seize the light!
**[16:50] A**
Aram.
**[16:52] B**
Hey, Yuri, was that a chain attack?
**[16:59] B**
I did it!
**[17:00] B**
Awesome!
**[17:02] B**
Awesome!
**[17:03] B**
I combined moves with you!
**[17:06] A**
Good job, Aram.
**[17:08] B**
Oh, right, is your arm okay?
**[17:11] A**
It's not a problem.
**[17:12] A**
More importantly…
**[17:19] A**
Aren't you Baltazari?
**[17:22] C**
Who is it that calls me Baltazari?
**[17:26] C**
Begone, blasted snow!
**[17:33] C**
Oh, Yuri, is that you?
**[17:36] A**
It's been a while.
**[17:38] B**
You know this weird old man, Yuri?
**[17:41] A**
Baltazari.
**[17:43] A**
He's the master of Fatima,
whom we met at the Sage Tower,
**[17:46] A**
and the previous Fate Sage.
**[17:48] B**
That naked chick's master?
**[17:50] B**
Actually, that makes sense.
**[18:04] B**
Furball!
**[18:05] B**
Where did you get to, stupid?
**[18:09] C**
Did the Black Blizzard blow you off course?
**[18:12] C**
You seem to be drowning
in dark waters right now.
**[18:17] C**
The more you fight it,
the deeper you'll fall.
**[18:20] C**
It may be easier to
let yourself be taken away.
**[18:23] A**
No, so long as there's hope,
I'll continue to fight.
**[18:25] C**
But hope, at times, may take
a person's life with its powerful light.
**[18:31] C**
Despite this, you would still continue?
**[18:34] A**
If I'm to be killed by hope,
I shall die happy.
**[18:40] C**
Well said!
**[18:43] C**
If that is how determined you are,
then I have nothing to say.
**[18:47] C**
Go forth, hero.
**[18:50] C**
I'll give you some good advice
in return for the entertainment.
**[18:55] C**
You've defeated a guardian dragon
in the past, have you not?
**[18:59] A**
Yes, at the desert oasis.
**[19:01] C**
A new dragon will appear there someday.
**[19:05] C**
Make your way there.
**[19:07] D**
Captain!
**[19:10] D**
Captain!
**[19:12] E**
Aram!
**[19:13] B**
Hey!
**[19:16] E**
Guys, we found the Captain and Aram!
**[19:20] A**
Baltazari...
**[19:24] B**
You were right.
**[19:27] B**
You said your friends would find you.
**[19:30] A**
Yeah.
**[19:31] A**
But don't forget, Aram.
**[19:34] A**
They're not *my* friends.
**[19:38] A**
They're *our* friends.
**[19:54] F**
We earth sprites will join up with the
Suppression Army as soon as we're ready.
**[19:58] A**
Thanks, Olga.
**[20:00] G**
We fire sprites will, too.
**[20:02] A**
Thank you, Rolo.
**[20:04] G**
And you can leave the artifact up to us.
**[20:07] G**
We'll take good care of it.
**[20:08] D**
Thank you very much.
**[20:11] G**
Sure thing.
**[20:13] B**
What, really?
**[20:15] B**
You forged that sword?
**[20:17] C**
You're a bit rough, but you have talent.
**[20:21] C**
Train well.
**[20:27] D**
Come on, Captain, drink up.
**[20:30] D**
You had us all worried.
**[20:33] F**
I'm glad you're both safe.
**[20:35] B**
Yeah, who knows what would have
happened if I'd been all by myself?
**[20:39] B**
But Yuri was there for me.
**[20:41] B**
And Furball, too.
**[20:43] G**
Furball?
**[20:45] G**
You have terrible taste in names.
**[20:51] B**
Hey, Marina's on the ground again.
**[20:54] G**
Hey!
**[20:55] G**
Did that thing just...
**[20:57] B**
You're so weird.
**[20:59] G**
I'm telling you, that furball...
**[21:02] B**
Want more?
**[21:03] A**
Thanks.
**[21:04] B**
I feel like getting separated and lost
**[21:09] B**
actually made me grow closer to everyone.
**[21:12] B**
So, y'know, uh...
**[21:15] B**
Thanks and stuff, Yuri.
**[21:19] A**
No, thank you.
**[21:21] A**
I'm glad I got to know you, Aram.
**[21:38] C**
So we're finally going to Soul Island.
**[21:41] A**
Yeah, we're going get Pirika back.
**[21:43] B**
I've never been across the sea.
**[21:47] F**
What's that?
**[21:51] A**
Shuza.
**[21:55] C**
I'm glad you're here.
**[21:56] C**
Are you going to join
the Black King Suppression Army?
**[22:00] G**
Hand over the Chain Chronicle.
**[22:06] G**
I'm going to defeat the Black King
and rule Yggdra myself.
***SIGN*** The Nadir of Anguish
**[23:46] ---**
Fate is set in motion.
# 6 - The Nadir of Anguish
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:10] Yuri**
Shuza...
***SIGN*** The Nadir of Anguish
**[02:35] A**
We've had word that you've re-established
the Black King Suppression Army.
**[02:41] A**
We received a request for reinforcements.
**[02:43] A**
However, we will not fight alongside
the Suppression Army.
**[02:49] A**
You will not win with your methods.
**[02:52] A**
We will defeat the Black King.
**[02:57] Aram**
What gives you the right to talk like that?
**[03:00] Aram**
Who do you think you are?
**[03:02] A**
Restrain yourself.
**[03:03] A**
This man is Shuza, First Lord of the Nine
Territories of Fire in the land of ogres.
**[03:09] A**
I am Second Lord, Yoshitsugu.
**[03:11] A**
I like your spirit, brat.
**[03:13] Aram**
I'm not a brat!
**[03:14] Aram**
I'm Aram!
**[03:16] Aram**
I'm tired of your nonsense, idiot!
**[03:20] Aram**
Don't just stand there! Say something, Yuri!
**[03:24] Shuza**
Hand over the Chain Chronicle.
**[03:27] Aram**
I'd never give it to the likes of you!
**[03:30] Shuza**
Move.
**[03:34] Yuri**
Shuza.
**[03:36] Yuri**
Now's not the time for in-fighting.
**[03:39] Shuza**
You haven't changed, boy.
**[03:42] Shuza**
Did I not warn you?
**[03:44] Shuza**
Mercy will only hold you back during war.
**[03:47] Shuza**
That is why you lost to the Black King.
**[03:59] (Flashback) Shuza**
Use any means necessary when
fighting the Black King.
**[04:04] (Flashback) Shuza**
Be prepared to use your comrades
as shields if necessary.
**[04:08] (Flashback) Shuza**
Mercy will only hold you back.
**[04:12] Shuza**
This is how I fight.
**[04:17] Aram**
Yuri!
**[04:19] Shuza**
Sheathe your sword!
**[04:21] Shuza**
We would prefer to avoid
any unnecessary bloodshed.
**[04:23] Shuza**
Now, then.
**[04:25] Phoena**
The Chronicle's power only manifests
for those it has chosen.
**[04:29] Shuza**
Then I'll just make it choose me.
**[04:31] Phoena**
Do you think you can do that?
**[04:34] Shuza**
That's why I'm standing here now.
**[04:37] Yuri**
Stop!
**[04:50] Juliana**
Try as we might to quell the riots,
the people are still restless.
**[04:57] Lilith**
If crossing swords with the
Black Army is a form of battle,
**[05:01] Lilith**
then so is fighting your own anxieties.
**[05:06] Lilith**
I fight daily against my own anxieties.
**[05:10] Lilith**
My duties as one of the Seventeen
Clerics of the Great Shrine...
**[05:16] Lilith**
As a decision-maker, with the
world on the verge of collapse,
**[05:20] Lilith**
I must choose who to entrust with
leading the world into the future.
**[05:26] Lilith**
As a cleric—no, as a human being—
**[05:31] Lilith**
I have been troubled by
the duty with which I am faced.
**[05:35] Lilith**
But it is no longer the time for that.
**[05:40] Lilith**
What I must do has already been decided.
**[05:45] Juliana**
You're right, Lilith.
**[05:47] Juliana**
What we must both do
**[05:49] Juliana**
has already been decided.
**[05:52] Juliana**
I must let the people
know what I am thinking.
**[05:54] Juliana**
I don't know if it'll alleviate their fears,
but I must convey my thoughts.
**[06:07] Juliana**
Please gather the people.
**[06:09] Juliana**
Until now, Louise, Einslotte, and I have
shared the duties of the Holy Queen.
**[06:16] Juliana**
You helped me when I lacked experience,
**[06:19] Juliana**
but I've been using that as
an excuse to shirk my responsibilities.
**[06:23] A**
Juliana...
**[06:24] Juliana**
Seeing the nation in its current state,
I finally understand what I must do.
**[06:33] Juliana**
To quell the people's fears,
**[06:36] Juliana**
a ruler must first show them how to
move forward and how to live their lives.
**[06:42] Juliana**
I will carry out my duty as
the successor to the throne.
**[06:48] A**
Juliana...
**[06:50] B**
I admire your determination.
**[06:58] C**
Her Majesty Juliana will
be succeeding the throne.
**[07:05] C**
We will thus be holding
a coronation ceremony.
**[07:12] Yuri**
Aram! Take care of Phoena!
**[07:14] Aram**
All right.
**[07:26] A**
I'd expect nothing less from
the Second Lord of the Nine Territories.
**[07:30] B**
Bring it!
**[07:39] Yuri**
Shuza.
**[07:41] Yuri**
Can we not fight alongside
one another again?
**[07:44] Shuza**
Enough.
**[07:46] Shuza**
I was given a choice between light and dark.
**[07:51] Shuza**
If you choose to follow the path of light,
**[07:54] Shuza**
then I shall follow the path of darkness.
**[08:01] Shuza**
I will take everything.
**[08:03] Shuza**
The Nine Territories.
**[08:04] Shuza**
Yggdra.
**[08:05] Shuza**
And the power of the blackness.
**[08:07] Shuza**
I will claim this power as my own,
and become the true Black King!
**[08:22] A**
Yuri!
**[08:23] B**
Yuri!
**[08:25] Shuza**
Begone, weaklings!
**[08:27] A**
Captain!
**[08:30] A**
A chain attack, quick!
**[08:47] Yuri**
Seize...
**[08:56] A**
Captain!
**[08:57] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[08:58] Aram**
He broke their chain!
**[09:07] Shuza**
You're pretty sure of yourself, brat.
**[09:26] Phoena**
Aram!
**[09:28] Shuza**
Now, hand it over.
**[09:30] Phoena**
No.
**[09:33] Aram**
Stop!
**[09:41] Yuri**
Shuza!
**[10:20] Shuza**
Who the hell are you?
**[10:22] Eirenus**
Its name is Olzada.
**[10:24] Eirenus**
An ancient golem said to bring calamity.
**[10:28] Eirenus**
Isn't it cute?
**[10:31] Eirenus**
It's time for you to come home.
**[10:35] Shuza**
A demon.
**[10:37] Eirenus**
Oh?
**[10:38] Eirenus**
It seems you're not unlike us.
**[10:41] Eirenus**
Want to come along, too?
**[10:43] Shuza**
Don't make me laugh, scum.
**[10:46] Eirenus**
Oh?
**[10:47] Eirenus**
Then I hate to say it,
but you'll have to die.
**[10:53] A**
Protect the lord!
**[10:56] B**
How ugly.
**[11:04] Shuza**
I have no use for the weak.
**[11:06] B**
Beautiful.
**[11:08] C**
I'll cut you down!
**[11:11] D**
Let's burn them all down!
**[11:14] Eirenus**
You pests.
**[11:24] Eirenus**
Come, let us go join the King.
**[11:27] Eirenus**
Your fate was sealed the moment you
appeared in front of the Black King.
**[11:33] Yuri**
That's nonsense.
**[11:35] Eirenus**
You're already stained black.
**[11:40] Eirenus**
Now, let's go.
**[11:45] Yuri2**
Why do you hesitate?
**[11:49] Yuri2**
Look.
**[11:51] Yuri2**
You failed to protect your friends.
**[11:54] Yuri**
No!
**[11:55] Yuri2**
And you let the Chain Chronicle be stolen.
**[12:00] Yuri2**
Yet again.
**[12:02] Yuri**
W-Well...
**[12:04] Yuri2**
It's the truth.
**[12:13] Aram**
Dammit...
**[12:14] Phoena**
Aram...
**[12:16] Aram**
Phoena.
**[12:17] Phoena**
The Chain Chronicle...
**[12:19] Aram**
I'll get it back.
**[12:24] Phoena**
Yuri, no!
**[12:26] Phoena**
You can't go!
**[12:27] Aram**
I'll stop him!
**[12:30] A**
You shall not interfere.
**[12:34] Yuri2**
You already understand, don't you?
**[12:36] Yuri2**
You're weak.
**[12:39] Yuri**
I, I...
**[12:41] Yuri2**
Now, accept it.
**[12:43] Yuri**
I... I...
**[12:47] Yuri2**
Now...
**[12:59] Eirenus**
I almost had you.
**[13:01] Yuri**
I vowed to defeat the Black King this time.
**[13:05] Yuri**
I will not waver!
**[13:08] Yuri**
I will prevail, with my friends!
**[13:12] Eirenus**
Your friends?
**[13:18] Eirenus**
Why do you think your friend,
Burckhardt, became a demon?
**[13:24] Phoena**
Aram!
**[13:31] Eirenus**
Take a look at your friends.
**[13:36] Aram**
I won't hand Yuri over!
**[13:37] A**
It's his fate.
**[13:39] Aram**
I don't care!
**[13:41] A**
Everyone has their rightful place.
**[13:43] A**
I was rejected by the person
I gave my all to.
**[13:48] A**
That's when I understood
the mistake I'd made.
**[13:53] Aram**
I have no idea what you're talking about!
**[13:57] Eirenus**
You're a wreck.
**[13:59] Eirenus**
So are they, see?
**[14:11] A**
Oh, no.
**[14:16] B**
Yoshitsugu, why?
**[14:20] B**
You could have stopped Shuza.
**[14:23] Yoshi**
Me? Stop him?
**[14:25] Yoshi**
I have my honor as an ogre.
**[14:28] Yoshi**
I bet what little life I have left on Shuza.
**[14:33] Yoshi**
Just as you bet yours on Yuri.
**[14:37] Yoshi**
I will fight for the one I placed my trust in.
**[14:41] B**
Same goes for me.
**[14:54] Eirenus**
The poor things.
**[14:55] Eirenus**
They're going to die, all because
they decided to believe in you.
**[15:00] Eirenus**
It's all your fault.
**[15:04] Yuri**
It's my...
**[15:05] Eirenus**
That's right. You can't protect anyone.
**[15:09] Yuri**
I... I...
**[15:16] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[15:17] Phoena**
Don't go!
**[15:21] Yuri2**
You knew you weren't a hero.
**[15:26] Yuri2**
You knew you didn't have the
ability to protect your friends.
**[15:30] Yuri2**
But you couldn't admit that to yourself.
**[15:34] Yuri2**
No, the people around you wouldn't let you.
**[15:37] Yuri**
That's not true!
**[15:38] Yuri2**
There isn't a single ray
of hope in this world.
**[15:42] Yuri2**
It will all soon be engulfed in black.
**[15:46] Yuri2**
But when that happens, you will be set free.
**[15:49] Yuri2**
What is the point in suffering or
making your friends suffer any longer?
**[15:55] Yuri**
I...
**[15:56] Yuri2**
The peace you seek is, in fact,
in the world of darkness.
**[16:02] Yuri2**
Do your friends—your people—the kindness
of ending things with your own hands.
**[16:11] Yuri2**
That is the only path left to you.
**[16:16] Yuri**
Kindness? Ending... things?
**[16:20] Aram**
Yuri!
**[16:25] Yuri2**
Come with me.
**[16:28] Yuri2**
To the world where you belong.
**[16:31] Yuri2**
You can't protect anyone any longer.
**[16:36] Yuri2**
Follow your heart.
**[16:40] Yuri**
I... I...
**[16:45] Aram**
Yuri!
**[16:49] Yuri**
I won't let the blackness defeat me!
**[16:56] Yuri2**
Is that your answer?
**[17:04] Yuri**
Kain... Why...
**[17:09] Kain**
Captain...
**[17:22] Eirenus**
You severed that fleeting bond
with your own hands.
**[17:31] Yuri**
Kain!
**[17:33] Kain**
Are you all right, Captain?
**[17:35] Yuri**
I...
**[17:36] Kain**
As long as you're okay,
that's all that matters.
**[17:39] Kain**
The Black King Suppression Army needs you.
**[17:43] Yuri**
Kain.
**[17:45] Yuri**
Kain!
**[18:00] A**
Captain!
**[18:01] B**
What?
**[18:10] (Flashback) Yuriana**
We'll gather troops from
every corner of the land
**[18:12] (Flashback) Yuriana**
and form a Black King Suppression *Army*.
**[18:15] (Flashback) Selene**
Our leader has high hopes for you.
**[18:19] (Flashback) Fatima**
Follow the path you believe to be true.
**[18:24] Yuri2**
Hope?
**[18:25] Yuri2**
How does that help?
**[18:28] Yuri2**
The people begged you to save the world.
**[18:32] Yuri2**
The world tasked you with saving it
because you are a hero.
**[18:44] King**
I've been waiting for you.
**[18:52] Juliana**
This continent of Yggdra is faced
with an unprecedented trial.
**[18:59] Juliana**
And this nation, too, has been engulfed
in darkness with no end in sight.
**[19:06] Juliana**
But that doesn't mean all hope is lost.
**[19:10] Juliana**
Today, I have made the decision to—
**[19:13] A**
Who do you think you are?
**[19:14] B**
It's your fault.
**[19:15] C**
It's your fault we lost the war!
**[19:17] D**
Yeah!
**[19:23] Juliana**
When my father was killed by the Black Army,
**[19:26] Juliana**
my heart fell into the depths of despair.
I lost the light.
**[19:32] Juliana**
Obsessed, I threw myself into a fruitless
battle to avenge my father.
**[19:41] Juliana**
I involved friends who were dear to me,
causing them to suffer.
**[19:47] Juliana**
That's when a certain warrior stopped me.
**[19:52] Juliana**
He scolded me with sincerity.
**[19:53] Juliana**
He was concerned for me, and he confronted me.
**[19:56] Juliana**
Thanks to him, I was able to stop myself.
**[20:09] Juliana**
Alas, when I returned,
**[20:13] Juliana**
I found my people devoid of light,
as I was before.
**[20:18] Juliana**
I know from experience that only ruin awaits
if we continue down this path.
**[20:24] Juliana**
That's why I must be strong.
**[20:28] Juliana**
You are like family to me, after all.
**[20:33] Juliana**
I have made the decision to take the throne.
**[20:39] Juliana**
To bring the light of hope
back to our hearts.
**[20:45] Juliana**
We must now become one and fight together.
**[20:53] Juliana**
This ancient Holy Kingdom has avoided
many a tragedy with our strong bonds.
**[21:01] Juliana**
With such bonds, there is nothing
against which we cannot prevail.
**[21:08] Juliana**
We will never be defeated by the darkness.
**[21:13] Juliana**
For the noble Holy Kingdom
and for its proud people,
**[21:19] Juliana**
let the light of hope shine bright!
**[21:35] Juliana**
In the name of the Seventeen Clerics,
**[21:37] Juliana**
Juliana, I hereby crown thee
Queen of the Holy Kingdom.
***SIGN*** Torn Apart
**[23:46] ---**
Fate is set in motion.
# 7 - Torn Apart
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:29] Aram**
What's wrong with you, Yuri?
**[00:31] Aram**
Why?
**[00:32] Aram**
How could you turn like this?
**[00:38] Shuza**
How amusing.
**[00:40] Shuza**
To think you'd fall to the blackness
simply by cutting down your friend...
**[00:43] Shuza**
"Hero," my foot.
**[00:46] Shuza**
You're weak.
**[00:47] Shuza**
Too weak.
**[00:49] Shuza**
I get it now.
**[00:50] Shuza**
It's no wonder you were no match
for the Black King.
**[00:54] Shuza**
On the other hand, this gives me
ample reason to take you down.
**[01:12] Shuza**
Damn puppet.
**[01:16] Eirenus**
Looks like you're all set to go, but I don't
have time to play with you right now.
**[01:23] Eirenus**
Come, Yuri.
**[01:25] Eirenus**
Our master is waiting.
**[01:34] Aram**
You're not going anywhere!
**[01:42] A**
I'll let you go for now.
**[01:45] A**
The next time we meet will be your last.
**[01:50] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[01:56] Shuza**
This is getting nowhere.
**[02:04] Shuza**
This is how you use...
**[02:08] Shuza**
the power of darkness!
**[02:17] Eirenus**
My, how impressive.
**[02:21] Eirenus**
Sadly, that's all we have time for today.
**[02:23] Eirenus**
I'm taking Yuri with me.
**[02:34] Aram**
Damn it...
**[02:36] Aram**
You idiot!
**[02:40] Aram**
Yuri...
**[02:43] Aram**
Yuri!
***SIGN*** Torn Apart
**[04:34] A**
So then...
**[04:35] B**
Yeah.
**[04:37] B**
Marina's keeping Kain's wound closed for now,
**[04:41] B**
but we'll need help from other healers
to heal him fully.
**[04:50] A**
You!
**[04:51] A**
Why are you here?
**[04:56] Shuza**
I could ask you the same thing.
**[05:02] Shuza**
The man who was your leader
has fallen to the blackness.
**[05:07] Shuza**
The so-called Suppression Army is over.
**[05:09] Shuza**
Begone.
**[05:11] A**
Say that again!
**[05:12] B**
We have no reason to listen to you,
Lord of the Nine Territories.
**[05:16] Shuza**
Yes, you do.
**[05:18] Shuza**
Members of the Sorcerer's Army,
if you still have the will to fight, join me.
**[05:26] Shuza**
I'm the only one who can use
your might to its fullest.
**[05:31] B**
You? *Use* us?
**[05:33] B**
You're certainly confident in yourself.
**[05:35] B**
Unfortunately, I don't think
you could handle us.
**[05:41] Shuza**
Then do as you wish.
**[05:43] Shuza**
But if you ever get in my way,
be you a member of the Sorcerer's Army,
**[05:48] Shuza**
or a sage of the Sage's Tower,
I will show no mercy.
**[05:54] Shuza**
Keep that in mind.
**[05:56] Aram**
The Suppression Army isn't even
close to being finished yet.
**[05:59] Aram**
Don't go deciding things for us,
you damn ogre.
**[06:01] Aram**
Give back the Chain Chronicle.
**[06:04] Aram**
It doesn't belong to you.
**[06:05] A**
Show some respect!
**[06:07] Shuza**
Gotten a bit big for your britches, brat?
**[06:10] Shuza**
Or has being betrayed just made you desperate?
**[06:13] Aram**
Yuri never betrayed us.
**[06:15] Shuza**
Listen to yourself.
**[06:17] Shuza**
He was defeated.
**[06:18] Shuza**
He abandoned you and joined the Black King.
**[06:21] Shuza**
What is that if not betrayal?
**[06:25] Aram**
It's nothing.
**[06:26] Aram**
Yuri's just a bit lost right now.
**[06:29] Aram**
He's waiting for us to come help him.
**[06:33] Aram**
He always believed in his friends.
**[06:37] Aram**
In his bonds with his friends.
**[06:39] Aram**
That friends would always come
to help when you're lost.
**[06:43] Aram**
Those bonds are still there.
**[06:45] Aram**
It's our turn to carry him this time.
**[06:51] Shuza**
You're going to bring him back?
**[06:53] Aram**
Yeah.
**[06:57] Shuza**
Nonsense, brat.
**[07:06] Shuza**
Interesting.
**[07:07] Shuza**
Then try it, brat.
**[07:09] Shuza**
But you'd better hurry.
**[07:12] Shuza**
Before I kill him first.
**[07:15] Aram**
I won't let you.
**[07:18] Aram**
The Chain Chronicle is mine now.
**[07:21] Aram**
If you want it back,
you'll have to take it by force.
**[07:32] Black**
I've been waiting for you, Yuri.
**[07:34] Black**
Or should I say, Black Knight?
**[07:37] Black**
The darkness has welcomed you.
**[07:41] Black**
How does it feel to follow what
lies in the depths of your heart?
**[07:47] Yuri**
I came here once to save the world.
**[07:52] Yuri**
But only because I was
bound by fate to do so.
**[07:56] Yuri**
I fought hopelessly without ever
finding a reason to save this world.
**[08:01] Yuri**
This time, I will challenge the world.
**[08:05] Yuri**
If it falls to me—to the blackness—
**[08:09] Yuri**
then it was never worth saving to begin with.
**[08:11] Yuri**
It ought to crumble.
**[08:16] A**
We'll return to the Sage's Tower
to report on this matter.
**[08:21] Phoena**
Thank you.
**[08:24] A**
I'm amazed you talked back to Shuza like that.
**[08:27] A**
You're going to die young.
**[08:29] Aram**
How so?
**[08:30] Aram**
I just did the obvious.
**[08:33] B**
"Obvious", he says!
**[08:35] B**
I like this kid!
**[08:38] A**
This is a grave state of affairs for us.
**[08:42] A**
But I'm glad you're with us, Aram.
**[08:46] A**
It could be that Yuri was...
**[08:51] A**
It's nothing.
**[08:52] A**
Never mind.
**[08:53] Phoena**
Please look after Kain, Marina.
**[08:58] Marina**
Yes.
**[09:00] A**
There are plenty of talented healers in
the Healer's Guild at the Vice Capital.
**[09:04] A**
I'm sure Marina will be able to keep
him alive until you reach them.
**[09:08] Marina**
I won't let Kain die.
**[09:12] A**
So where are you and Phoena going next?
**[09:15] Aram**
Oh, about that...
**[09:16] A**
Are you going to Soul Island, as planned?
**[09:20] Phoena**
Yes.
**[09:21] Phoena**
I believe it's our best option.
**[09:25] A**
Telling you to cheer up
probably doesn't help,
**[09:28] A**
but at least, try not to
blame yourself too much.
**[09:30] Phoena**
I'll be fine.
**[09:31] Phoena**
We'll figure it out.
**[09:33] Phoena**
Like Aram said, it's our
turn to do what we can.
**[09:39] A**
You're right.
**[09:50] A**
Let's go.
**[09:56] Aram**
All right.
**[09:57] Aram**
Let's get going too, Phoena.
**[10:00] Aram**
Phoena?
**[10:01] Phoena**
Oh, right.
**[11:06] Aram**
What's up? Are you hungry?
**[11:11] Aram**
What is it?
**[11:13] Aram**
Are you worried?
**[11:16] Aram**
I'm fine.
**[11:17] Aram**
I'm not down or anything.
**[11:19] Aram**
But, like, I can tell Phoena's
really pushing herself.
**[11:25] Aram**
It's weird, isn't it?
**[11:27] Aram**
I never thought about other
people until I met Yuri.
**[11:34] Aram**
It didn't even matter to me
if the people around me died.
**[11:39] Aram**
Everyone's alone in the end, I thought.
**[11:43] Aram**
But now...
**[11:47] Phoena**
Aram.
**[11:49] Phoena**
Thank you.
**[11:51] Phoena**
I feel refreshed.
**[11:53] Aram**
Th-That... That's great.
**[11:55] Phoena**
Why don't you take a bath, too?
**[11:57] Aram**
Y-Yeah.
**[11:58] Aram**
Oh, yeah.
**[12:00] Aram**
Dinner's ready.
**[12:01] Phoena**
Thank you.
**[12:05] Phoena**
It's delicious.
**[12:07] Aram**
Really? That's good to hear.
**[12:08] Phoena**
You might be a better cook than me.
**[12:11] Aram**
No way.
**[12:12] Aram**
Your cooking is good, too.
**[12:15] Phoena**
I know that's not true.
**[12:17] Phoena**
You and Yuri were the only ones
who ever said my cooking was good.
**[12:25] Aram**
Hey, Phoena, tell me about Yuri.
**[12:29] Aram**
You've been traveling with him
for a lot longer than I have.
**[12:33] Aram**
I want to learn more about him.
**[12:35] Aram**
Oh yeah, I told you about
the weird man we met
**[12:38] Aram**
while we were snowed in
in the mountains, right?
**[12:40] Aram**
Baltazari, was it?
**[12:43] Aram**
He said that Yuri defeated a dragon once.
**[12:48] Aram**
Was that for real?
**[12:51] Phoena**
Yes.
**[12:52] Phoena**
But I'd rather not talk about it.
**[12:54] Aram**
Why not?
**[12:56] Aram**
Taking down a dragon sounds awesome!
**[12:58] Aram**
I bet it was an amazing adventure!
**[13:01] Phoena**
No, it wasn't!
**[13:04] Phoena**
It really wasn't.
**[13:06] Phoena**
The dragon he defeated was blackened.
**[13:15] Phoena**
That dragon used to be known
as the Guardian of the Desert.
**[13:20] Phoena**
But at some point it may have been
exposed to the blackness.
**[13:23] Phoena**
It had become tainted black.
**[14:11] (Flashback) Dragon**
To think that I, once known as
the Guardian of the Desert,
**[14:14] (Flashback) Dragon**
would wreak chaos upon it.
**[14:18] (Flashback) Farrah**
You've come to your senses?
**[14:20] (Flashback) Dragon**
For now.
**[14:22] (Flashback) Dragon**
Hero, finish me.
**[14:26] (Flashback) Phoena**
Wait!
**[14:27] (Flashback) Phoena**
We don't need to take your life.
**[14:29] (Flashback) Dragon**
It is only right.
**[14:31] (Flashback) Dragon**
To make the people of the desert
suffer defies my true nature.
**[14:36] (Flashback) Dragon**
To perish here is thus my fate.
**[14:41] (Flashback) Dragon**
Now, do it.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Dragon**
While I am still myself.
**[14:47] (Flashback) Yuri**
Farrah...
**[14:51] (Flashback) Farrah**
Finish him.
**[14:56] Yuri**
Thank you for protecting the desert city.
**[15:01] Yuri**
Rest well.
**[15:08] Phoena**
There was nothing we could do to
save the dragon from the blackness.
**[15:14] Phoena**
All we could do was put him out of his misery.
**[15:21] Phoena**
Why?
**[15:23] Phoena**
Why couldn't I stop him?
**[15:26] Phoena**
I knew Yuri was suffering.
**[15:31] Aram**
Phoena...
**[15:32] Phoena**
I was the closest to him.
**[15:36] Phoena**
So why?
**[15:37] Phoena**
He's a kind person.
**[15:39] Phoena**
He's too kind.
**[15:42] Phoena**
And we forced him to fight.
**[15:49] Phoena**
Is that where we went wrong?
**[15:52] Phoena**
Forcing the weight of all this
on his shoulders?
**[15:54] Phoena**
Is that why he—
**[15:56] Aram**
No!
**[15:57] Aram**
There's no way that's true!
**[15:59] Aram**
It's all the Black King's fault for
attacking people where they're vulnerable.
**[16:02] Aram**
Isn't it?
**[16:05] Phoena**
Then my sin is even worse...
**[16:16] Phoena**
Why does the darkness take everyone?
**[16:21] Phoena**
Is that our inevitable fate?
**[16:25] Phoena**
If that's so, does this world
deserve to be engulfed in black?
**[16:30] Aram**
Of course not!
**[16:31] Phoena**
But...
**[16:35] Aram**
Phoena...
**[16:38] Aram**
Before I met Yuri, I thought
he must be really strong.
**[16:45] Aram**
He had no powerful supporters
or anything backing him.
**[16:47] Aram**
Despite that, he made it all the way to being
the captain of the Volunteer Army.
**[16:50] Aram**
But after meeting him,
I realized he wasn't anything like that.
**[16:55] Aram**
That's when I finally understood
that no one is strong through and through.
**[16:59] Aram**
Everyone has weaknesses.
**[17:01] Aram**
But...
**[17:04] Aram**
But that's why we make friends!
**[17:10] Aram**
We're friends.
**[17:12] Aram**
We're going to take Yuri back.
**[17:14] Aram**
We can do it.
**[17:15] Aram**
We have strong bonds.
**[17:18] Aram**
Don't we, Phoena?
**[17:34] Aram**
It'll be all right.
**[17:35] Aram**
It'll be all right, Phoena.
**[17:52] Aram**
Bonds, huh?
**[17:55] Aram**
I only realized after you were gone...
**[17:59] Aram**
Just how heavy and painful they can be.
**[18:25] Juliana**
*Looks like we can breathe easy for now.*
**[18:27] A**
Yes.
**[18:29] A**
Marina can finally get some sleep, too.
**[18:37] Juliana**
That goes for you, too,
does it not, Michidia?
**[18:40] A**
*I'm fine.*
**[18:42] A**
I want to be by Kain's side when he wakes.
**[18:49] B**
Juliana.
**[18:51] B**
I heard.
**[18:52] B**
Is it true?
**[18:54] B**
Yuri has fallen to the blackness?
**[18:57] Juliana**
Yes, it appears so.
**[18:59] B**
No...
**[19:00] B**
First Burckhardt, and now Yuri?
**[19:04] B**
It's bad enough that Shuza
has turned against us.
**[19:08] B**
And now this?
**[19:10] B**
Why are we faced with so many tribulations?
**[19:13] Juliana**
Raise your head, Einslotte.
**[19:16] Juliana**
There's no point in grieving
about what's already happened.
**[19:21] Juliana**
I intend to meet with Shuza immediately.
**[19:25] Juliana**
The situation we have with him
requires the utmost urgency.
**[19:29] Juliana**
Listen, such chaotic times call for the
initiative to find a path to the future.
**[19:37] Juliana**
That is the duty of she who wears
the crown of the Holy Queen.
**[19:42] Juliana**
Is that not true?
**[19:43] B**
No, you are absolutely correct, Juliana.
**[19:47] B**
I mean, Your Majesty.
**[19:50] Juliana**
*That's right.*
**[19:51] Juliana**
*I have to act.*
**[19:53] Juliana**
* It's my responsibility*
* to protect the people.*
**[19:57] Juliana**
* If Shuza, or if Yuri in his*
* blackened state, stand in my way,*
**[20:05] Juliana**
*I will take them down with my own hands.*
**[20:06] Juliana**
*I am the Holy Queen.*
**[20:12] Shidoh**
I come with a garrison of two thousand
men who were holding ground
**[20:15] Shidoh**
in the Nine Territories.
**[20:17] Shidoh**
We plan to meet with many more.
**[20:21] A**
Good job, Shidoh.
**[20:25] A**
We now have over 5,000 men.
**[20:30] Shuza**
We need more.
**[20:32] Shuza**
To defeat the Black King and
become the lords of this continent,
**[20:38] Shuza**
we will need more men.
**[20:40] Shuza**
More strong men.
**[20:46] A**
Well, well, well, this is interesting.
**[20:50] A**
Clearly, this is not just any old artifact.
**[20:54] B**
What is the text engraved on this sword?
**[20:57] A**
A song.
**[20:58] A**
With this, we can make something
very interesting indeed.
**[21:02] B**
"Make"?
**[21:04] A**
All we need now...
**[21:07] C**
We've returned.
**[21:10] B**
My, you're back early.
**[21:14] B**
How is the Suppression Army…
**[21:22] D**
No... Yuri...
**[21:27] E**
This may be a necessary trial
in order to create new light.
**[21:32] A**
New light?
**[21:33] B**
What is that?
**[21:35] E**
It is still but a small possibility.
**[21:38] E**
But there is something that must be done
to make it as certain as possible.
**[21:44] E**
I have a favor to ask of you.
**[21:55] Aram**
So that's Soul Island.
**[21:58] Phoena**
Yes.
**[21:59] Phoena**
There, we will surely...
***SIGN*** Unyielding Will
**[23:46] ---**
Fate is set in motion.
# 8 - Unyielding Will
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:12] (Flashback) Aram**
Hey, Yuri.
**[00:14] (Flashback) Aram**
Why will going to Soul Island
help us find Pirika?
**[00:19] (Flashback) Yuri**
The World Tree Library on Soul Island
is where Yggdra is.
**[00:25] (Flashback) Aram**
Yggdra?
**[00:27] (Flashback) Phoena**
Yggdra has the same name as this continent.
**[00:30] (Flashback) Phoena**
She's special, even among the fairies.
**[00:34] (Flashback) Aram**
Special?
**[00:36] (Flashback) Yuri**
Yeah.
**[00:37] (Flashback) Yuri**
She has the Chronicle.
***SIGN*** Unyielding Will
**[02:34] Phoena**
The island...
**[02:35] Aram**
Let's hurry.
**[02:50] Phoena**
Vienta.
**[02:52] Vienta**
There's no time to talk.
**[02:54] Vienta**
Follow me.
**[03:01] Vienta**
You're here to see Yggdra, aren't you?
**[03:04] Phoena**
Yes.
**[03:05] Phoena**
But I didn't expect to see
Soul Island like this.
**[03:08] Vienta**
Don't worry.
**[03:09] Vienta**
I'll get you there safely.
**[03:38] Vienta**
Pops.
**[03:39] Vienta**
Rafalgar.
**[03:40] Rafalgar**
There you are, Vienta.
**[03:42] Rafalgar**
Take those two with you.
**[03:44] Vienta**
I know.
**[03:46] Vienta**
Let's go.
**[03:47] ---**
Right!
**[03:49] Aram**
What's wrong?
**[04:00] Aram**
Yuri.
**[04:02] Rafalgar**
Yuri?
**[04:03] Rafalgar**
That's Yuri?
**[04:11] Aram**
Why are you here?
**[04:14] Aram**
Say something!
**[04:16] Yuri**
I have no reason to respond to you.
**[04:26] Aram**
What?
**[04:27] Aram**
You're the one who said
we should fight together.
**[04:31] Aram**
And yet, look at you now!
**[04:35] Aram**
Your sword's in tatters.
**[04:37] Aram**
Doesn't your weapon reflect your soul?
**[04:40] Aram**
Is that what you're like right now?!
**[04:44] Yuri**
The Black King can't be defeated.
**[05:00] Rafalgar**
These bastards...
**[05:02] Aram**
Power of blackness, my ass.
**[05:14] Yuri**
You'll understand soon enough.
**[05:17] Aram**
No, I won't.
**[05:27] Phoena**
Aram!
**[05:31] Vienta**
Pops!
**[05:43] Rafalgar**
Get going, kid!
**[05:45] Rafalgar**
You didn't come here to fight him, did you?
**[05:48] Aram**
But...
**[05:49] Rafalgar**
Isn't there something you need to do?
**[05:51] Rafalgar**
Hurry up and go!
**[06:13] Aram**
Let's go, Phoena.
**[06:37] Aram**
Yuri...
**[06:55] Yggdda**
Over here.
**[06:56] Phoena**
Yggd—
**[06:59] Aram**
Phoena!
**[07:00] Phoena**
I'm okay.
**[07:01] Yggdda**
Hurry inside,
**[07:03] Yggdda**
while Arbol's barrier lasts.
**[07:10] Yggdda**
The Chronicle is ready.
**[07:12] Yggdda**
Let us make haste.
**[07:21] Aram**
Whoa.
**[07:23] Yggdda**
To the core.
**[07:30] Yggdda**
The Chronicle.
**[07:36] Yggdda**
We're going inside.
**[07:56] Aram**
Isn't this the Vice Capital?
**[07:59] Yggdda**
We're inside Yggdra's Chronicle.
**[08:07] Aram**
What is this?
**[08:08] Yggdda**
These are records of the continent
of Yggdra, kept in the Chronicle.
**[08:14] Yggdda**
The whole history of the continent
is kept here, in great detail.
**[08:19] Aram**
So it's the same as yours?
**[08:21] Phoena**
It's not in the same league
as the Chain Chronicle.
**[08:24] Phoena**
The Chain Chronicle is an outline
of the history of the entire world,
**[08:30] Phoena**
including this continent.
**[08:33] Yggdda**
My Chronicle has the most detailed
information regarding this continent.
**[08:39] Yggdda**
That's the way it is.
**[08:41] Yggdda**
Now, let's go through the
Chronicle to find Pirika.
**[08:54] Phoena**
It's the battle at the Royal Castle.
**[08:57] Yuri**
I'm not done yet!
**[09:04] Aram**
Yuri!
**[09:09] Aram**
Are you all right?
**[09:11] Aram**
Yuri!
**[09:14] Yuri**
It's no use.
**[09:16] Yuri**
We can't influence the world
inside the Chronicle.
**[09:29] Phoena**
This is the moment we lost Pirika.
**[09:39] Phoena**
Pirika...
**[09:43] Yggdda**
Let's begin our search
from the records at this point..
**[09:53] Phoena**
This is when we retreated
from the Royal Capital.
**[09:57] Phoena**
I knew Yuri was suffering,
yet I couldn't do anything for him.
**[10:08] Phoena**
I was too powerless.
**[10:43] Rafalgar**
You'll have to go through me!
**[10:50] Rafalgar**
Are you really Yuri?
**[10:56] Vienta**
Pops!
**[11:16] Yggdda**
This is...
**[11:21] Aram**
Phoena!
**[11:23] Phoena**
Aram!
**[11:34] Aram**
Isn't that Yuri?
**[11:38] Aram**
It's Yuri when he was younger.
**[11:55] (Flashback) A**
Stay back.
**[12:18] (Flashback) Yuri**
Thank you, sir.
**[12:22] (Flashback) Yuri**
Were they from the Black Army
that's been attacking the continent recently?
**[12:28] (Flashback) A**
Yeah.
**[12:31] (Flashback) Yuri**
That move...
**[12:34] (Flashback) Yuri**
If only I had such moves...
**[12:37] (Flashback) Yuri**
I could fight if the village
ever came under attack.
**[12:41] (Flashback) A**
Then you'll have to train.
**[12:45] (Flashback) Yuri**
Will I be able to do it if I train?
**[12:48] (Flashback) A**
I can't guarantee it.
**[12:51] (Flashback) Yuri**
Well...
**[12:53] (Flashback) A**
Train for days, months, even years,
and you may never learn the skill.
**[13:02] (Flashback) A**
But if you can maintain a spirit of
perseverance, some day, you will.
**[13:11] (Flashback) Yuri**
Perseverance...
**[14:05] Aram**
The village...
**[14:06] (Flashback) Yuri**
You people!
**[14:24] (Flashback) Yuri**
Damn it!
**[14:42] Aram**
Isn't that...
**[14:57] (Flashback) Yuri**
Guys...
**[15:01] (Flashback) Yuri**
Hello?
**[15:03] (Flashback) Yuri**
Is there anyone here?
**[15:21] (Flashback) Yuri**
If only...
**[15:23] (Flashback) Yuri**
If only I were...
**[15:26] (Flashback) Yuri**
I don't want to go through this ever again.
**[15:42] Aram**
Yuri...
**[15:45] Aram**
Then why did you...
**[15:48] (Flashback) Phoena**
Yuri!
**[15:55] (Flashback) Phoena**
You've always helped me up to now.
**[15:59] (Flashback) Phoena**
This time, it's my turn to save you.
**[16:07] Aram**
Yuri's turning black.
**[16:13] Aram**
Impossible.
**[16:14] Aram**
Him?
**[16:16] Aram**
Why?
**[16:17] (Flashback) Yuri**
I don't have much time.
**[16:20] (Flashback) Yuri**
I tried to protect people.
**[16:24] (Flashback) Yuri**
Yet I couldn't protect anything.
**[16:27] (Flashback) A**
That's not true.
**[16:28] (Flashback) Yuri**
No, it's true.
**[16:32] (Flashback) Yuri**
I'm determined to defeat the Black King.
**[16:37] (Flashback) Yuri**
But...
**[16:38] (Flashback) Yuri**
At some point, I may have been paralyzed
by the weight of my armor.
**[16:49] (Flashback) A**
It might be that we made you feel that way.
**[16:56] (Flashback) A**
We've burdened you with too much…
**[16:58] (Flashback) Yuri**
That's not true.
**[17:01] (Flashback) Yuri**
It was my decision to defeat the Black King.
**[17:05] (Flashback) Yuri**
But I couldn't do it.
**[17:09] (Flashback) Yuri**
So...
**[17:11] (Flashback) Yuri**
Kain, please.
**[17:12] (Flashback) Yuri**
I want you to guide Aram for me.
**[17:17] (Flashback) Yuri**
Aram can be a ray of hope
in this world of darkness.
**[17:23] (Flashback) Yuri**
He has potential.
**[17:27] Aram**
Yuri...
**[17:29] Aram**
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
**[17:37] A**
Hi. We meet again.
**[17:41] Aram**
You're the old dude from the snow.
**[17:44] Aram**
Um... Balto...
***SIGN*** Baltazari.
***SIGN*** Remember it.
**[17:49] Aram**
Huh?
**[17:51] Aram**
How come I can talk to you?
***SIGN*** There isn't anything I can't do.
**[17:57] Aram**
You can do anything?
***SIGN*** You could say that.
**[18:02] Aram**
Then I have a request.
***SIGN*** A request?
**[18:05] Aram**
You can do anything, can't you?
**[18:10] Aram**
Make me strong.
***SIGN*** Strong, you say?
***SIGN*** The reason?
**[18:19] Aram**
I want to bring Yuri back.
**[18:21] Aram**
But I can't do it right now.
**[18:26] Aram**
I need to become stronger, beat down
Yuri, and bring him to his senses.
***SIGN*** I see.
***SIGN*** In that case...
**[18:46] Yuri**
Aram?
**[18:49] Aram**
Yuri!
**[18:51] Yuri**
Stay back!
**[19:04] Aram**
Damn it!
**[19:13] Yuri**
Aram.
**[19:15] Aram**
It's okay.
**[19:22] Aram**
Y-You...
**[19:27] Yuri**
Just let go and you'll find peace.
**[19:31] Aram**
Why would I?
**[19:36] Yuri**
Aram!
**[19:43] Yuri**
Enough.
**[19:45] Yuri**
Forget about me.
**[19:47] Aram**
No way.
**[19:49] Yuri**
Aram!
**[19:50] Yuri**
This is undignified.
**[19:53] Yuri**
Give it up.
**[19:58] Yuri**
Aram...
**[20:06] Aram**
Don't you dare give up, Yuri!
**[20:09] Aram**
I was always alone.
**[20:11] Aram**
So...
**[20:13] Aram**
So when you told me to come
with you, I was happy.
**[20:20] Aram**
"Potential," my foot.
**[20:23] Aram**
"Ray of hope in the darkness," my ass.
**[20:26] Aram**
Don't go around saying whatever you want!
**[20:33] Aram**
I'm not letting go of you.
**[20:36] Aram**
I won't give up on you.
**[20:39] Yuri**
Nonsense.
**[20:42] Yuri**
Give up!
**[20:43] Aram**
Shut up, idiot!
**[20:56] Yuri**
Now, Aram!
**[20:58] Yuri**
Ready your sword!
**[21:11] Yuri**
Seize the light!
**[21:33] A**
*It's the light.*
**[21:36] A**
* I'll return when everyone*
* finds the light of hope again.*
**[21:50] Aram**
I...
**[21:51] Phoena**
Aram!
**[21:53] Aram**
Phoena.
**[21:54] Aram**
You're safe.
**[21:56] Phoena**
You, too.
**[21:57] Phoena**
Thank goodness.
**[21:58] Aram**
Furball.
**[22:00] Phoena**
I heard it just as I was coming back.
**[22:04] Phoena**
Pirika's voice.
***SIGN*** It seems you've found your answer.
***SIGN*** That child, though...
***SIGN*** It couldn't be...
**[22:24] Rafalgar**
You're safe.
**[22:27] Phoena**
Rafalgar.
**[22:30] Phoena**
You need healing.
**[22:32] Rafalga**
I'm fine.
**[22:33] Rafalga**
Take care of my fool of a daughter.
**[22:36] Vienta**
That bastard left the Chronicle black.
**[22:43] Phoena**
We still haven't lost hope.
**[22:46] Phoena**
We learned that Pirika will come back.
**[22:50] Yggdra**
But with my Chronicle having
been stained black as well,
**[22:55] Yggdra**
we no longer have a moment to spare.
**[22:57] Yggdra**
Hurry.
**[23:02] A**
Your Majesty, we have visitors from the
Nine Territories requesting an audience.
**[23:10] Juliana**
Haruaki, Toka,
**[23:13] Juliana**
do you mean to tell me that
you want to take down Shuza?
**[23:17] Touka**
If Shuza were to join forces
with the Black King...
**[23:22] Haruaki**
We would not allow him to continue
any more than you would.
***SIGN*** The Flower in the Desert
**[23:46] ---**
Fate is set in motion.
# 9 - The Flower in the Desert
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**[00:05] Kalifa**
A new guardian dragon will appear?
**[00:08] Phoena**
Yes.
**[00:09] Aram**
This old man named Baltazari said so.
**[00:11] Aram**
That we should go to the Lake of Sand,
where a new guardian dragon will emerge.
**[00:16] Kalifa**
The sage of fate?
**[00:18] Phoena**
The Chronicle of this continent
has been stained black, too.
**[00:23] Phoena**
We have no time to waste.
**[00:26] Phoena**
We need to muster
all the forces at our disposal.
**[00:30] Phoena**
Please help us, Ashrina.
**[00:35] Ashrina**
If Baltazari says so...
**[00:38] Ashrina**
This may be the right time
to put that to the test.
**[00:41] Ashrina**
Farrah.
**[00:42] Farrah**
Yes.
**[00:45] Ashrina**
After Yuri defeated the blackened dragon,
**[00:49] Ashrina**
we found this at the shrine ruins
it used to live in.
**[00:53] Phoena**
Is this a song?
**[00:55] Ashrina**
I have always wanted to
have Musica sing this.
**[01:01] Ashrina**
Her voice might cause some sort of reaction.
**[01:03] Aram**
Musica?
**[01:04] Phoena**
A forest sprite who they call
the legendary songstress.
**[01:07] Phoena**
Indeed, I don't think anyone else
could sing this song.
**[01:14] Aram**
So we're going to awaken
the dragon with a song?
**[01:16] Aram**
That's pretty awesome.
**[01:19] Ashrina**
We owe Yuri a debt of gratitude
**[01:21] Ashrina**
and would never turn down an opportunity
to help fight the Black King.
**[01:26] Ashrina**
Farrah, I'd like you to find Musica
and bring her here.
**[01:30] Ashrina**
Can you do that?
**[01:31] Farrah**
Understood.
**[01:32] Phoena**
May I go with her?
**[01:34] Ashrina**
Of course.
**[01:36] A**
Your Majesty! Kalifa!
**[01:38] Kalifa**
Keep it down. What are you yelling for?
**[01:41] A**
An army...
**[01:43] A**
An army approaches bearing
the banner of the Nine Territories!
**[01:45] A**
We estimate they number roughly 10,000 men.
**[01:47] Kalifa**
The Nine Territories?
**[01:48] Aram**
It's that damn Shuza.
**[01:51] Kalifa**
Your Majesty, we must ready the army.
**[01:54] A**
Wait, please.
**[01:55] A**
Another army, also numbering 10,000,
has already appeared to face them.
**[02:01] Ashrina**
Another army?
**[02:05] Ashrina**
The Holy Guard of the Holy Kingdom.
**[02:08] Ashrina**
Led by Holy Queen Juliana!
***SIGN*** The Flower in the Desert
**[03:58] Juliana**
They have yet to make a move.
**[03:59] A**
They must be waiting to see what we do first.
**[04:03] A**
Shall we send messengers?
**[04:05] B**
None of the messengers we sent have returned.
**[04:10] B**
I suspect it would be of no use.
**[04:12] Juliana**
The same thing happened with our messengers.
**[04:16] Juliana**
*We may have no choice but to fight.*
**[04:19] Kalifa**
Hold your positions!
**[04:22] Kalifa**
I bring a message from Ashrina,
Queen of the Desert.
**[04:26] Kalifa**
If you fight now,
neither party will leave unscathed.
**[04:31] Kalifa**
That being the case,
**[04:33] Kalifa**
should you not settle this with words,
rather than with swords?
**[04:37] Kalifa**
We of the Lake of Sand
will provide a venue for you to talk.
**[04:41] Kalifa**
Bring one hundred men each.
**[04:44] Kalifa**
Sending troops to die before we face the
Black King would be the height of stupidity.
**[04:49] Kalifa**
Neither the Holy Queen nor the
distinguished leaders of the Nine Territories
**[04:54] Kalifa**
could be so foolish as to do such a thing.
**[04:57] Kalifa**
I trust that you will accept
this offer graciously.
**[05:01] A**
Preposterous.
**[05:03] A**
Shall we shoot him down?
**[05:05] Shuza**
No.
**[05:06] Shuza**
This sounds amusing.
**[05:07] Shuza**
We will accept their offer.
**[05:09] A**
But...
**[05:09] Shuza**
I want to know just how that girl has
the gall to call herself the Holy Queen.
**[05:14] Shuza**
Taking her down can wait until after that.
**[05:18] A**
Will you accept their offer, then?
**[05:20] Juliana**
Yes. This is an unexpected opportunity.
**[05:23] Juliana**
If we can successfully negotiate
with them, we all win.
**[05:26] Juliana**
Let's go, Einslotte.
**[05:28] ---**
Yes, Your Majesty.
**[05:32] Kalifa**
Your Majesty the Holy Queen.
**[05:34] Kalifa**
I am Kalifa, aide to Her Majesty Ashrina.
**[05:39] Kalifa**
I congratulate you on your coronation.
**[05:43] Juliana**
Thank you for your gracious welcome.
**[05:46] Juliana**
Forgive us for arriving
unannounced with an army.
**[05:49] Kalifa**
There is nothing to forgive.
**[05:53] Aram**
Hey, long time.
**[05:55] Juliana**
Aram?!
**[05:58] Juliana**
Why are you here?
**[05:59] Aram**
Why, you ask?
**[06:01] Aram**
To save Yuri and take down
the Black King, of course.
**[06:07] Juliana**
All right.
**[06:08] Juliana**
I'm sure Yuri will appreciate it.
**[06:12] Juliana**
Let's do our best, Aram.
**[06:15] Aram**
Hey, don't treat me like a kid.
**[06:23] Aram**
So, you've come.
**[06:31] Aram**
H-Hey, don't ignore me!
**[06:34] Juliana**
Aram.
**[06:35] Juliana**
Leave this to us.
**[06:48] Phoena**
She should be around here somewhere.
**[07:05] Juliana**
What?
**[07:07] Juliana**
Are you telling me to give up the throne?
**[07:11] Shuza**
No.
**[07:12] Shuza**
You're free to call yourself
the Holy Queen or whatever.
**[07:15] Shuza**
But you will forfeit your command
over the Holy Guard.
**[07:19] Juliana**
I could never.
**[07:21] Juliana**
I would no longer be the Holy Queen.
**[07:24] Shuza**
Oh?
**[07:25] Shuza**
Not only was your flag bearer, Yuri,
defeated by the Black King,
**[07:30] Shuza**
he has also succumbed to the darkness.
**[07:34] Shuza**
I've also heard that one of your men
has blackened and become a demon.
**[07:39] Shuza**
You aren't fit for the role.
**[07:42] Shuza**
Something that you yourself are well aware of.
**[07:46] Shuza**
That's why you put off taking the throne and
left others to do your job, was it not?
**[07:51] Juliana**
Well...
**[07:56] Shuza**
Well?
**[07:57] Shuza**
Well what, Holy Queen Juliana?
**[08:01] Juliana**
Shuza, you're...
**[08:06] Kalifa**
*This doesn't look good.*
**[08:08] Kalifa**
*Shuza is an expert at provoking people.*
**[08:10] Kalifa**
*This won't end well.*
**[08:13] A**
We're under attack!
**[08:16] Kalifa**
What's going on?
**[08:18] ---**
Sir! The Black Army has arrived!
**[08:33] Shuza**
Looks like I'll have to take care of them
before I deal with the Holy Queen.
**[08:40] Juliana**
They picked the worst possible time to attack!
**[08:42] A**
Shall we mobilize the troops we left behind?
**[08:45] Juliana**
No, we will take them out
with what we have here.
**[08:50] A**
This looks like it's going to be fun.
**[09:03] Shuza**
You...
**[09:30] A**
Die.
**[09:50] Shuza**
You're an interesting puppet.
**[10:01] Burckhardt**
What a pathetic sight.
**[10:03] Burckhardt**
How sad.
**[10:05] Juliana**
Burckhardt.
**[10:06] Burckhardt**
I heard you'd ascended to the throne.
**[10:09] Burckhardt**
Shall I congratulate you, Juliana?
**[10:16] Burckhardt**
You seem so miserable now.
**[10:20] Burckhardt**
Is the crown of the Holy Queen that heavy?
**[10:24] Burckhardt**
You're so pitiful, I can't bear to watch.
**[10:35] A**
Your Majesty!
**[10:43] Burckhardt**
You have such fire within you.
**[10:46] Burckhardt**
Why hold it back?
**[10:48] Burckhardt**
Why not do as you wish?
**[10:50] Burckhardt**
Just like how you cast me aside!
**[10:58] Juliana**
No.
**[10:59] Juliana**
I...
**[11:01] Juliana**
It was for your own good.
**[11:02] Burckhardt**
I don't need your excuses.
**[11:04] Burckhardt**
Whatever you thought you were doing,
**[11:07] Burckhardt**
all that matters is what I felt
and what it resulted in.
**[11:12] Burckhardt**
You're far too pathetic as you are now.
**[11:15] Burckhardt**
You couldn't hope defeat Shuza,
let alone our master, the Black King.
**[11:19] Burckhardt**
I don't want to see you like this anymore.
**[11:25] A**
I'll take care of him.
**[11:32] Aram**
Old man.
**[11:33] Kalifa**
You're alive? Good, very good.
**[11:35] Kalifa**
Do you happen to know
where Shuza and Juliana are?
**[11:38] Aram**
No idea.
**[11:39] Aram**
Not in all this chaos.
**[11:40] Kalifa**
Damn it.
**[11:42] Kalifa**
I didn't want to let them out of my sight.
**[11:45] Kalifa**
Given the situation, there's no telling
what sort of accidents might happen.
**[11:51] Aram**
Accidents?
**[11:52] Kalifa**
Those two are like oil and water.
**[11:54] Kalifa**
They'll likely never come
to an understanding,
**[11:57] Kalifa**
and they both know that.
**[11:59] Kalifa**
Should this battle present them with
the chance to strike the other down,
**[12:03] Kalifa**
what do you think will happen?
**[12:08] Kalifa**
And if one of them were to be killed,
**[12:12] Kalifa**
a bloodbath would surely follow.
**[12:15] Aram**
I won't let that happen.
**[12:35] Shuza**
How strange.
**[12:46] Juliana**
If only...
**[12:47] Juliana**
If only it weren't for you!
**[12:50] Shuza**
You took the words
right out of my mouth.
**[12:57] Juliana**
Why do you stand in my way, Shuza?
**[13:00] Shuza**
You're the one in my way.
**[13:03] Shuza**
An incompetent girl like you,
calling herself the Holy Queen?
**[13:06] Shuza**
Don't make me laugh!
**[13:12] Juliana**
You know nothing of me.
**[13:14] Juliana**
You have no idea how hard it was
for me to make that decision!
**[13:23] Juliana**
Shuza, I'm going to defeat you!
**[13:25] Juliana**
If I do that...
**[13:29] Juliana**
No, I have to!
**[13:32] Juliana**
Or else I...
**[13:41] Shuza**
Damn brat.
**[13:45] Shuza**
It's you who shall die!
**[14:03] A**
My...
**[14:17] A**
How amusing.
**[14:31] Aram**
Stop!
**[15:18] Juliana**
What was I...
**[15:20] Aram**
You two nearly let the blackness
engulf you just now.
**[15:25] Aram**
You should have noticed sooner, idiots.
**[15:27] A**
Good grief.
**[15:32] A**
You're a stubborn lot.
**[15:35] Burckhardt**
Too bad. Juliana nearly became one of us.
**[15:46] Burckhardt**
Do you resist, Juliana?
**[15:48] Burckhardt**
Despite the freedom we have on this side?
**[15:54] Aram**
Shut up, Burckhardt.
**[15:56] Aram**
I remember what you said.
**[15:58] Aram**
"The next time we meet will be your last."
**[16:01] Aram**
Well, it's time to keep that promise!
**[16:06] Burckhardt**
I'll shut that big mouth of yours, brat!
**[16:14] Juliana**
Aram!
**[16:17] Aram**
Old man Kalifa told me.
**[16:20] Aram**
If either you or Shuza die, there's no
telling what will happen to your men.
**[16:26] Aram**
So...
**[16:29] Aram**
I'm not letting you die!
**[16:39] ---**
What?
**[16:44] A**
I'll kill anyone in my way.
**[16:53] Aram**
Furball!
**[17:13] Phoena**
Guardian dragon of the Lake of Sand,
bestow upon us the light of hope.
**[17:35] A**
Break through the darkness.
**[17:37] A**
You can do it, Aram.
**[18:33] Aram**
Furball?
**[18:34] A**
A guardian dragon?
**[18:44] A**
Tch. They have the upper hand here.
**[18:46] A**
Burckhardt!
**[18:58] Aram**
Hey.
**[19:02] Aram**
Give back the Chronicle.
**[19:04] Aram**
You don't deserve it.
**[19:32] Aram**
The Chronicle...
**[19:34] Juliana**
It turned white again.
**[19:48] Phoena**
Thank you, Aram.
**[19:52] Phoena**
Furball.
**[19:54] Phoena**
Damn it, you surprised me!
**[19:56] Phoena**
You were a guardian dragon?
**[19:58] Phoena**
Thanks, though.
**[20:00] Phoena**
You saved us.
**[20:08] A**
You're Musica, correct?
**[20:10] B**
We've come for you.
**[20:12] Musica**
For me?
**[20:13] A**
Yeah.
**[20:14] B**
The sword that cuts through the darkness
needs you your help.
**[20:22] Aram**
Juliana.
**[20:26] Aram**
I'm going to kick the Black King's ass
**[20:30] Aram**
and bring Yuri back.
**[20:32] Aram**
So help me out.
**[20:35] Aram**
No, *please* help me.
**[20:36] Aram**
I beg you!
**[20:42] Juliana**
No, I should be the one asking you.
**[20:46] Juliana**
Please allow the Holy Guard
to join the Suppression Army.
**[20:51] Juliana**
May we?
**[20:54] Aram**
Yeah.
**[20:56] Aram**
Of course.
**[20:59] Juliana**
May the gods bless the Suppression Army.
**[21:02] Juliana**
And the Volunteer Army.
**[21:08] Phoena**
Aram.
**[21:10] Aram**
Good news, Phoena.
**[21:11] Aram**
The Holy Guard is going to help us.
**[21:17] Juliana**
Shuza.
**[21:20] Juliana**
I apologize for attempting
such a cowardly attack.
**[21:24] Juliana**
But we're even, are we not?
**[21:27] Juliana**
I'm sure you understand now.
**[21:29] Juliana**
Join us.
**[21:35] Shuza**
I'll travel my own path.
**[21:39] Juliana**
Shuza...
**[21:51] A**
Are you sure we should let him go?
**[21:53] Juliana**
Yes.
**[21:54] Juliana**
I doubt he will stand in our way.
**[22:00] Aram**
All right.
**[22:02] Aram**
Let's go, everyone!
**[22:10] Aram**
Just you wait, Yuri.
***SIGN*** The Sword That Rends Darkness
**[23:46] ---**
Fate is set in motion.
# 10 - The Sword That Rends Darkness
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:19] Black King**
Humans reach out to the light,
the flame of hope burning in their hearts.
**[00:27] Black King**
But they're fated to only get so far.
**[00:34] Black King**
They just don't know it.
**[00:52] Black King**
Their ignorance guides this world
toward destruction,
**[01:00] Black King**
yet they don't realize it.
**[01:03] Black King**
They're unaware of this
tragic cycle that repeats itself
**[01:07] Black King**
each time one of them
is born into this world.
**[01:12] Black King**
I almost pity them.
***SIGN*** The Sword That Rends Darkness
**[03:28] Phoena**
How awful.
**[03:32] (Flashback) A**
Our research on
the artifact discovered in Maze Pass
**[03:37] (Flashback) A**
revealed that it was engraved
with a song that can rend evil asunder.
**[03:41] (Flashback) B**
We're going to need your help, Songstress.
**[03:44] (Flashback) C**
Then everything will be ready.
**[03:47] (Flashback) A**
Ready?
**[03:48] (Flashback) B**
Yeah.
**[03:49] (Flashback) B**
We're preparing something incredible
to take back the Imperial Capital.
**[03:55] Aram**
Is that...
**[03:59] Aram**
Is that an ark?
**[04:03] A**
A dragon.
**[04:05] Aram**
Hey!
**[04:06] A**
Aram!
**[04:13] B**
As you're aware, our situation
grows more desperate by the minute.
**[04:18] B**
No matter how many of
the Black Army we defeat,
**[04:20] B**
the fighting will not end
unless we defeat the Black King.
**[04:24] B**
The Black Element that engulfed
the Imperial Castle after the last battle
**[04:29] B**
has formed an even stronger
barrier than before,
**[04:31] B**
preventing us from getting
anywhere near the Black King.
**[04:36] B**
Therefore, we must first
destroy the barrier
**[04:40] B**
with the evil-rending song
engraved on the artifact.
**[05:03] A**
Magnificent!
**[05:05] A**
With this, we can take down the barrier.
**[05:08] Aram**
Are we going to have Musica
sing at the barrier?
**[05:11] A**
No, that wouldn't be effective.
**[05:15] A**
The quickest way to take the barrier down...
**[05:18] B**
...is to destroy it from the inside.
**[05:20] Aram**
From the inside?
**[05:21] B**
That's what the Ark is for.
**[05:23] B**
A great legacy of the Ancients,
**[05:25] B**
the "Ark" can teleport us anywhere instantly.
**[05:31] B**
We'll have the Songstress board it,
send her directly inside the barrier,
**[05:34] B**
destroy it from the inside,
**[05:37] B**
and open a path for
the Suppression Army to strike.
**[05:39] Aram**
Awesome.
**[05:41] B**
Of course it is.
**[05:42] B**
This Ark is the crowning achievement
of my magic technology.
**[05:46] B**
The once-in-a-lifetime magnum opus
of the Sage of Might.
**[05:51] A**
In order to put the Suppression Army within
striking distance of the Imperial Capital,
**[05:56] A**
we are currently marshaling our
scattered forces at front-line outposts.
**[06:09] A**
Also, we will have several people
board the Ark along with Musica.
**[06:14] A**
Including you, Phoena.
**[06:16] C**
We'll need the power of the Chain Chronicle.
**[06:20] Phoena**
Yes.
**[06:21] D**
Vorg and I, too.
**[06:25] D**
Velnar, Yuni, Katya and Clauss
will also be with us.
**[06:29] E**
Rolo, Kiki, you'll be handling the ship.
**[06:31] F**
That's reassuring.
**[06:33] B**
And Aram...
**[06:34] B**
You and the guardian dragon
will also go along.
**[06:37] Aram**
Got it.
**[06:40] Aram**
Are we leaving right away?
**[06:43] B**
No, not yet.
**[06:46] B**
First, we need to restart the dormant Ark
with this initializing magic.
**[06:50] B**
But it's going to take a little longer
to restart it completely.
**[06:54] B**
We didn't have much time, after all.
**[06:57] F**
It's mostly built using the junk
that Melchior's been excavating.
**[07:02] B**
You mean important relics.
**[07:04] C**
This is all-out war.
**[07:07] C**
Let's show the Black Army that
the world isn't done for just yet.
**[07:12] C**
Yeah!
**[07:25] Black King**
The time has come.
**[07:27] Black King**
This continent will fall.
**[07:30] Black King**
Does your conviction waver?
**[07:32] Black King**
Your former comrades are
about to turn black, into ash.
**[07:36] Black King**
How does that feel?
**[07:38] Yuri**
My mind is already made up.
**[07:43] Yuri**
I don't care if people turn to dust or ash.
**[07:47] Yuri**
If I can't protect them, I might as
well crush them with my own hands.
**[08:04] B**
Let's begin.
**[08:07] Phoena**
Okay.
**[08:18] A**
There we go.
**[08:20] Aram**
Sweet. The Hiramekimaru's squeaky clean.
**[08:24] A**
Looks like you've gained some
valuable experience.
**[08:28] A**
I can see it in your sword.
**[08:31] A**
I can see how you fought with
this sword, how you thought,
**[08:37] A**
and how you've lived your life.
**[08:41] A**
You've made it into a good sword.
**[08:46] A**
Aram.
**[08:49] A**
Thank you.
**[09:02] B**
What's that?
**[09:05] Juliana**
Aram delivered it to me.
**[09:08] Juliana**
We've lost many people we hold dear
in this long war.
**[09:15] Juliana**
But we can't mourn forever.
**[09:19] Juliana**
Those of us who have survived must cast
the light of hope upon the people again.
**[09:27] Juliana**
I don't know how long it'll take,
**[09:30] Juliana**
but we must start by defeating the Black King.
**[09:33] Juliana**
That's the first step.
**[09:35] Juliana**
We will prevail.
**[09:37] Juliana**
For the future of this land!
**[09:41] B**
Juliana...
**[09:45] Aram**
Velnar, you're back.
**[09:47] Velnar**
Yeah, I just returned.
**[09:49] Aram**
You're getting on the Ark, too, aren't you?
**[09:52] Velnar**
We need to talk.
**[09:54] Velnar**
Come with me.
**[09:59] Velnar**
Say, Aram, could you kill Yuri if you had to?
**[10:06] Velnar**
If you can't, then stay off the Ark.
**[10:11] Velnar**
Well?
**[10:15] Aram**
I'm going to bring Yuri back.
**[10:17] Velnar**
You're dreaming!
**[10:18] Velnar**
He's not Yuri anymore!
**[10:20] Aram**
Velnar.
**[10:21] Aram**
Remember what you told me before?
**[10:23] Aram**
That once you look at the whole, you start
to see things you couldn't otherwise?
**[10:27] Velnar**
Yeah.
**[10:29] Aram**
Maybe I'm not seeing
the big picture at all yet.
**[10:32] Aram**
There's so much I don't know.
**[10:36] Aram**
But I do know what I need to do.
**[10:45] Velnar**
All right. Give it your best shot, then.
**[10:49] Aram**
Velnar!
**[10:50] Velnar**
I'll figure out the rest.
**[10:53] Aram**
Velnar!
**[10:54] Velnar**
What?
**[10:56] Aram**
Thanks.
**[10:58] Velnar**
Don't thank me until this is all over.
**[11:27] Aram**
Phoena?
**[11:28] Aram**
You're still awake?
**[11:31] Phoena**
I can't sleep.
**[11:33] Aram**
Me, neither. I was thinking about some stuff.
**[11:36] Phoena**
You're nervous, huh?
**[11:39] Aram**
Me?
**[11:42] Aram**
I guess.
**[11:44] Aram**
Maybe I am.
**[11:47] Phoena**
Even though he wouldn't show it, Yuri was
always nervous before a big fight, too.
**[11:54] Aram**
Oh?
**[11:56] Aram**
So this is how Yuri always felt.
**[12:01] Aram**
Hey, Phoena.
**[12:04] Aram**
Do you love Yuri?
**[12:10] Phoena**
W-Well, I...
**[12:24] Phoena**
I washed up on Yggdra after my homeland
was destroyed by the Black Army.
**[12:31] Phoena**
All I had left was this Chain Chronicle
my father gave me.
**[12:39] Phoena**
I wandered aimlessly for a while,
**[12:42] Phoena**
but then Yuri took me in.
He didn't ask any questions.
**[12:47] Phoena**
Ever since then, we traveled together,
fought together,
**[12:51] Phoena**
laughed together when we had fun,
**[12:54] Phoena**
and cried together when we were sad.
**[12:59] Phoena**
Thanks to Yuri, I felt like I belonged here.
**[13:08] Phoena**
So...
**[13:11] Phoena**
So to me, Yuri is...
**[13:14] Aram**
Same as me, then.
**[13:18] Aram**
That's why I'm grateful that I met him.
**[13:20] Aram**
I love the guy, too.
**[13:23] Phoena**
That's not what...
**[13:25] Aram**
Did I get it wrong?
**[13:26] Phoena**
N-No, you didn't...
**[13:31] Aram**
Phoena.
**[13:34] Aram**
I'm going to bring Yuri back.
**[13:40] Aram**
I'm going to smack that idiot around
and make him come to his senses.
**[13:46] Phoena**
Sounds good.
**[13:47] Phoena**
I'll slap him around a bit with you.
**[14:01] Aram**
What?!
**[14:43] Phoena**
Aram!
**[14:45] Burckhardt**
For my master.
**[14:48] Aram**
Get away from Phoena!
**[14:53] Burckhardt**
Stay out of my way.
**[14:55] Aram**
Run, Phoena!
**[14:56] ---**
Right!
**[14:58] Burckhardt**
You're not going anywhere.
**[15:10] Aludra**
Are you all right?
**[15:12] Phoena**
Aludra!
**[15:14] A**
Get behind me.
**[15:16] Phoena**
Okay.
**[15:18] Aram**
Why are you here?
**[15:19] Burckhardt**
I see no need to answer you.
**[15:30] Velnar**
Pay attention!
**[15:36] A**
Let's go.
**[15:37] B**
Crush them!
**[15:47] C**
Damn it! Can't they see I'm busy?
**[15:52] Aludra**
Melchior, will we be able to launch?
**[15:55] C**
Yeah, I'll have us good to go by sunrise.
**[15:57] Aludra**
We can't wait.
**[15:58] Aludra**
We're setting out immediately.
**[16:01] C**
What?
**[16:02] Aludra**
Our surprise attack is a bust,
now that they've seen us.
**[16:05] Aludra**
We're going to have to charge in.
**[16:09] C**
I like it.
**[16:12] B**
Can you do it?
**[16:13] C**
Who do you think I am?
**[16:21] D**
Are you serious?
**[16:23] E**
Count me in.
**[16:24] D**
Oh, jeez.
**[16:26] D**
Guys, don't let them through here.
**[16:30] A**
We've come under demon attack.
**[16:32] A**
We're going to begin the operation early.
**[16:35] A**
Please take the main force and head
to the Imperial Capital immediately.
**[16:40] Juliana**
All forces, move out.
**[16:42] Juliana**
To the Imperial Capital!
**[16:47] Aludra**
How's the preparation coming?
**[16:48] B**
Getting there.
**[16:49] Aludra**
All right.
**[16:50] Aludra**
In the meantime,
we'll clear the deck of enemies.
**[16:55] Aludra**
Where's Musica?
**[17:05] A**
Songstress!
**[17:10] Aludra**
Clauss, can you escort Musica?
**[17:15] Clauss**
I can't.
**[17:16] Clauss**
I have my hands full.
**[17:18] Vorg**
There're too many of them!
**[17:27] Burckhardt**
I told you to stay out of my way.
**[17:29] Aram**
You're not getting past me!
**[17:39] Aludra**
Melchior, how much longer?
**[17:40] B**
Almost done.
**[17:47] A**
All right.
**[17:48] C**
We're ready.
**[17:49] Aludra**
We're moving out as soon
as Musica is on board.
**[17:51] D**
Understood.
**[17:57] A**
The Ark!
**[17:58] C**
Hurry.
**[17:59] A**
Prepare for teleportation.
**[18:01] B**
Yeah.
**[18:17] A**
The Black Element!
**[18:18] B**
What?
**[18:19] C**
We're losing power.
**[18:21] A**
Can we supplement it?
**[18:23] B**
Not possible.
**[18:29] Aludra**
There's no end to them.
**[18:32] Aludra**
My mana...
**[18:33] Aram**
Aludra.
**[18:36] A**
No, you don't!
**[18:48] Aludra**
Aram!
**[18:49] Aram**
Use this!
**[18:56] Aludra**
What in the world is this mana?
**[18:59] Aludra**
With this power, though...
**[19:08] A**
That Aludra sure is something.
**[19:11] B**
It's turning blacker by the second.
**[19:13] C**
Oh, no.
**[19:14] Aram**
I'm not done yet.
**[19:29] A**
I've got your back!
**[19:30] Aludra**
Prepare to depart.
**[19:31] B**
But it's blackening.
**[19:33] Aludra**
Leave it to Aram.
**[19:36] Phoena**
Aram...
**[19:42] A**
We're almost there!
**[20:01] A**
Go!
**[20:04] Aram**
Start already!
**[20:29] Aludra**
Launch!
**[20:35] Burckhardt**
The Chronicle!
**[20:39] Burckhardt**
You...
**[20:54] Melchior**
Perfect!
**[21:26] Aram**
It's the Imperial Castle.
**[21:27] Aram**
We did it, guys!
**[21:34] Aram**
I'm counting on you, Furball!
**[21:40] Aram**
Phoena!
**[21:45] Burckhardt**
The Chain Chronicle belongs to my master.
**[21:51] Aram**
Phoena!
***SIGN*** Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
**[23:46] ---**
Fate is set in motion.
# 11 - Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:01] A**
Hurry!
**[00:02] A**
Holy Guard and Holy Psalm
take the right wing.
**[00:05] A**
Holy Blade take the left.
**[00:07] A**
The cavalry will lead the attack.
**[00:09] A**
Hold attack formation
and head to the front line.
**[00:13] B**
Show the Black Army
the true might of the Holy Blade!
**[00:20] Juliana**
Einslotte, status?
**[00:23] Einslotte**
Given the scale of the operation,
it will take some more time.
**[00:26] Einslotte**
I'm told we've also lost contact
with the Sage's Tower.
**[00:30] Juliana**
Yes, ever since they informed us that
they'd be setting out in the Ark.
**[00:35] Juliana**
But they will come.
**[00:37] Juliana**
We're going to trust them
and do everything we can.
**[00:40] Einslotte**
Yes, ma'am.
**[00:44] A**
What is that?
**[00:46] Juliana**
The Ark?
**[01:33] Einslotte**
Your Majesty, what's going on?
**[03:31] Einslotte**
According to our plans,
**[03:33] Einslotte**
the barrier was supposed to have been
neutralized as soon as the Ark arrived.
**[03:37] Einslotte**
This is not good.
**[03:57] Aram**
Furball!
**[04:03] Musica**
Aram.
**[04:04] Aram**
Musica.
**[04:05] Aram**
You're safe.
**[04:07] A**
As if we'd go down that easily.
**[04:09] Aram**
Guys...
**[04:11] B**
I thought we were done for.
**[04:16] Aram**
But...
**[04:17] Aram**
Phoena's...
**[04:18] Velnar**
We can rescue her after
we take out the Black King.
**[04:24] Velnar**
The battle's only beginning.
**[04:27] Aram**
Right.
**[04:29] Aram**
Musica.
**[04:30] Musica**
Leave it to me.
**[04:31] Aram**
Furball, take care of Musica.
**[04:35] Aludra**
We'll also fight alongside you here.
**[04:37] B**
Let's hurry up and get that barrier down.
**[04:40] B**
The guys waiting outside
must be getting impatient.
**[04:43] A**
We'll push through to the Imperial Castle.
**[04:45] B**
Understood. I'll give it all I've got.
**[04:48] Velnar**
Can't wait. I like a good challenge.
**[04:50] Aram**
We're gonna save them.
**[04:52] Aram**
Both Yuri and Phoena.
**[04:54] Aram**
Let's get this show back on the road!
**[05:47] A**
This song...
**[05:52] Einslotte**
Your Majesty.
**[05:55] Juliana**
All troops, charge!
**[06:24] Eirenus**
What an annoying song.
**[06:27] Eirenus**
Why do this when they know they'll lose again?
**[06:31] Eirenus**
They never learn.
**[06:35] King**
Ridiculous.
**[06:54] (Flashback) Phoena**
Thank you for accommodating my request.
**[06:58] (Flashback) Melchior**
Ancient magic passed down through
the family of the Chronicle's caretakers.
**[07:04] (Flashback) Melchior**
That was quite interesting.
**[07:06] (Flashback) Melchior**
I've made some adjustments to
maximize its effectiveness.
**[07:11] (Flashback) Melchior**
Therefore, should you use the seal,
your life will be forfeit.
**[07:16] (Flashback) Phoena**
I understand.
**[07:18] (Flashback) Phoena**
In a way, this represents my resolve.
**[07:31] Phoena**
Yuri.
**[07:32] Phoena**
Please!
**[07:34] Phoena**
Snap out of it!
**[07:35] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[07:43] Yuri**
Take the Chronicle to the King.
**[07:46] Phoena**
No!
**[07:50] Phoena**
Yuri...
**[07:52] Phoena**
Stop.
**[07:53] King**
It's no use.
**[07:54] King**
He has already become blackness incarnate.
**[07:57] King**
Your words will not reach him.
**[08:12] King**
I've found you.
**[08:14] King**
I knew you were hiding here, winged sprite.
**[08:19] Phoena**
No...
**[08:20] Phoena**
Pirika?
**[08:25] King**
There's nowhere left to hide.
**[08:27] King**
With this, all hope will be lost,
**[08:30] King**
and the world will be engulfed in darkness.
**[08:35] Phoena**
Why do you seek to destroy the world?
**[08:38] Phoena**
What good does that do you, Black King?
**[08:43] Phoena**
Answer me, Father!
**[08:53] A**
Too slow.
**[08:54] Velnar**
Bring it on!
**[08:57] Clauss**
Well, at least he's having fun.
**[09:07] Velnar**
Aram!
**[09:13] A**
Freeze!
**[09:15] B**
Its leg!
**[09:22] Velnar**
Get going, Aram!
**[09:24] Velnar**
We'll leave Yuri up to you!
**[09:27] Velnar**
Don't you dare forget what you told me!
**[09:37] Phoena**
Aram...
**[09:39] King**
The white light that child emits is an eyesore.
**[09:44] King**
But that's why he would be especially
powerful if he were to be dyed black.
**[09:51] King**
Black Knight.
**[09:55] Yuri**
I know.
**[09:56] Yuri**
It's my job to fight him.
**[10:04] Juliana**
Our left flank is weakening.
**[10:06] Juliana**
Send in the Holy Mark to reinforce them.
**[10:08] A**
Yes, Your Majesty!
**[10:09] Juliana**
Musica's song is our anthem!
**[10:11] Juliana**
Follow it to victory!
**[10:15] A**
Looks like you've started to
get the hang of it, Princess.
**[10:28] B**
Don't let your guard down, old man.
**[10:31] A**
Who are you calling an old man?
**[10:33] C**
Look.
**[10:43] Eirenus**
It's about time to end this.
**[10:49] Juliana**
Don't falter.
**[10:50] Juliana**
Go!
**[10:56] Einslotte**
I'm taking you down!
**[11:06] Eirenus**
Very well.
**[11:08] Eirenus**
Let's settle this.
**[11:13] Burckhardt**
This simply won't do.
**[11:14] Burckhardt**
Her Majesty, the Holy Queen herself,
shouldn't be on the front lines.
**[11:19] Einslotte**
Your Majesty!
**[11:21] Eirenus**
I thought you were fighting *me*.
**[11:26] Juliana**
Burckhardt...
**[11:44] Burckhardt**
You're looking well.
**[11:49] Burckhardt**
Has leaving the Suppression Army
in Aram's hands
**[11:54] Burckhardt**
lightened your burden, Holy Queen?
**[12:05] Juliana**
I suppose.
**[12:07] Burckhardt**
You admit it?
**[12:09] Juliana**
Yes. I'll admit it.
**[12:11] Juliana**
It seems I was never fit for this after all.
**[12:14] Juliana**
But, that being the case,
I've decided I have to do what I can.
**[12:24] Burckhardt**
What you can, you say?
**[12:27] Burckhardt**
It's too late.
**[12:29] Burckhardt**
It's your naivety that made me like this!
**[12:43] Burckhardt**
Are you still trying avoid responsibility
for your actions?
**[12:52] Juliana**
I'm not trying to avoid anything.
**[12:55] Juliana**
Certainly, I was probably responsible
for allowing this to happen.
**[12:58] Juliana**
But you see, Burckhardt,
**[13:02] Juliana**
a person's strengths and weaknesses
are ultimately their own.
**[13:10] Juliana**
We all have to come to terms
with that in our lives.
**[13:17] Juliana**
Nothing meaningful can come of
basing your self-worth on others.
**[13:24] Burckhardt**
Nonsense!
**[13:44] Juliana**
The Holy Knight who wore that is no more.
**[13:48] Juliana**
He was an exemplary knight.
**[13:50] Juliana**
I wish he would have stayed to help me.
**[13:54] Burckhardt**
Juliana...
**[13:56] Burckhardt**
You...
**[13:58] Juliana**
I've already decided
I won't run from anything.
**[14:04] Juliana**
If it's my fault that you've ended up this way,
**[14:11] Juliana**
then I'll end you myself.
**[14:16] Juliana**
That's the way I take responsibility.
**[14:29] (Flashback) Einslotte**
Congratulations, Burckhardt.
**[14:32] (Flashback) Einslotte**
You're a member of the Holy Guard now.
**[14:35] (Flashback) Burckhardt**
Sir.
**[14:36] (Flashback) Burckhardt**
Thank you.
**[14:39] (Flashback) Einslotte**
You were at the top of
the selection exams, I see.
**[14:43] (Flashback) Einslotte**
Do you have a preferred post?
**[14:45] (Flashback) Burckhardt**
I will become a member of
the King's Sword someday.
**[14:49] (Flashback) Burckhardt**
I hope to serve Juliana.
**[14:52] (Flashback) Einslotte**
You want to become one of us?
**[14:55] (Flashback) Einslotte**
I like your determination.
**[14:57] (Flashback) Einslotte**
She's a rewarding person to serve.
**[14:59] (Flashback) Burckhardt**
I believe so, too.
**[15:34] Burckhardt**
*That's right.*
**[15:39] Burckhardt**
*I...*
**[16:24] Phoena**
The Chronicle...
**[16:26] King**
Now...
**[16:28] King**
It's the beginning of the end.
**[16:32] A**
New enemies.
**[16:47] Aludra**
What?!
**[16:49] A**
The blackness is getting stronger.
**[17:01] Phoena**
What have you done?
**[17:04] Phoena**
Looks like I really have to...
**[17:24] Aram**
Yuri.
**[17:27] Yuri**
I've abandoned that name.
**[17:32] Aram**
I'm bringing you back,
even if I have to beat you down.
**[17:36] Aram**
Yuri!
**[17:41] A**
I can't hear Musica's song.
**[17:43] B**
Don't tell me...
**[17:46] Aram**
I looked up to you.
**[17:48] Aram**
You were the one who brought me this far.
**[17:51] Aram**
How could you end up like this?
**[17:56] Aram**
Say something, Yuri!
**[18:00] Yuri**
I told you, I've abandoned that name.
**[18:08] Aram**
Right.
**[18:09] Aram**
You ran away.
**[18:14] Aram**
Traveling with you, I came to
understand you a little bit.
**[18:19] Aram**
There are all kinds of people around you.
**[18:22] Aram**
They all depend on you.
**[18:24] Aram**
And so you tried to live up to them.
**[18:28] Aram**
To their expectations.
**[18:30] Aram**
All of them.
**[18:33] Aram**
Isn't that right?
**[18:34] Aram**
Even I expected great things from you.
**[18:38] Aram**
I had no idea how much of
a burden that was on you.
**[18:44] Aram**
But listen, Yuri,
**[18:46] Aram**
you don’t need to live up to the expectations
of each and every person.
**[18:51] Aram**
Just be yourself!
**[18:53] Aram**
Just do what you want to do!
**[18:56] Aram**
Tell me, Yuri!
**[18:58] Aram**
What is it that you want to do?
**[19:01] Yuri**
I desire nothing.
**[19:07] Yuri**
All I have now is my black destiny.
**[19:10] Yuri**
The impulse to destroy everything
and end it all.
**[19:25] Einslotte**
Juliana, look!
**[19:29] Juliana**
The barrier...
**[19:30] Einslotte**
We'll lose our line of retreat
if it regenerates!
**[19:39] Aram**
Damn it.
**[19:41] Aram**
How did you end up this way?
**[19:44] Aram**
Damn it, Yuri!
**[19:45] Yuri**
Your sword, your words...
they lack weight.
**[19:50] Yuri**
Strength is meaningless without resolve.
**[19:56] (Flashback) Velnar**
Can you kill him?
**[20:01] Aram**
*I see.*
**[20:04] (Flashback) Aram**
I'm going to bring Yuri back.
**[20:06] (Flashback) Aram**
I'm going to make him come to his senses.
**[20:08] (Flashback) Aram**
We're gonna save them.
**[20:10] Aram**
* No one would fear falling to the blackness*
* if words were all it took to stop it.*
**[20:16] Aram**
*That won't cut it.*
**[20:18] Aram**
*It's not enough.*
**[20:20] Aram**
*I need to be prepared to kill.*
**[20:24] Aram**
*To be killed.*
**[20:27] Aram**
*And then some.*
**[20:30] Aram**
*But can I do it?*
**[20:36] Eirenus**
You never had a chance.
**[20:39] Eirenus**
There was no way you could defeat
the power of blackness.
**[20:42] Eirenus**
Now, give it up.
**[20:44] Juliana**
No, I will never...
**[20:48] Aram**
...give up!
**[20:50] Aram**
It's not whether I can do it or not.
**[20:55] Aram**
I *will* do it!
**[21:01] Juliana**
We must support them with all our strength.
**[21:04] Juliana**
Stay strong, and we can still win.
**[21:07] A**
Yes.
**[21:08] B**
Show them what the Holy Guard is made of.
**[21:11] Einslotte**
You're no match to our united strength.
**[21:18] Eirenus**
Is that what you call
the strength of bonds?
**[21:22] Eirenus**
Gross.
**[21:26] Eirenus**
I'll break them for you!
**[21:34] Einslotte**
Juliana!
**[21:48] Juliana**
Shuza?
**[21:49] Juliana**
Why?
**[21:53] Shuza**
Charge!
**[22:01] Aram**
The next blow...
**[22:04] Yuri**
...will settle this.
# 12 - The Light of Haecceitas
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**[00:04] Aludra**
Musica!
**[00:15] Musica**
Thank you.
**[00:21] Aludra**
I'll protect us, no matter the cost.
***SIGN*** The Light of Haecceitas
**[00:52] Shuza**
Is the boy in the castle?
**[00:54] Juliana**
Yes.
**[00:55] Juliana**
He went to get Yuri.
**[00:58] Eirenus**
That's impossible.
**[00:59] Eirenus**
Once you become a demon,
there's no turning back.
**[01:03] Shuza**
So what?
**[01:06] Shuza**
He had the guts to run his mouth off at me.
**[01:10] Shuza**
He'd better be able to
make the impossible possible.
**[01:13] Shuza**
Otherwise there would be no point
in giving him the Chronicle.
**[01:17] Eirenus**
Shuza...
**[01:18] Eirenus**
Have you been turned, too?
**[01:22] Eirenus**
Bonds...
**[01:27] Eirenus**
..are nothing but trouble.
**[01:42] Eirenus**
Serves you right.
**[01:46] Eirenus**
You get hurt because you
try to protect others.
**[02:00] Shuza**
I care not about bonds.
**[02:02] Shuza**
I acknowledge only the strong.
**[02:07] Eirenus**
What drivel.
**[02:08] Eirenus**
You're the same as everyone else.
**[02:13] Eirenus**
You might as well die with the rest of them.
**[02:17] Shuza**
Is that all you have to say?
**[02:21] Shuza**
I tire of this.
**[02:27] Shuza**
Die.
**[02:40] Shuza**
*Bonds, my foot.*
**[02:49] King**
It's time.
**[02:51] King**
The end of the world is upon us.
**[02:54] King**
It's all over.
**[02:57] Phoena**
I won't let you end it yet.
**[03:00] Phoena**
Chronicle!
**[03:02] Phoena**
As your caretaker, I call upon you!
**[03:18] Phoena**
I'll take it all upon myself.
**[03:22] King**
At the cost of your life?
**[03:26] King**
But all that will gain you
is a fleeting moment.
**[03:30] Phoena**
I don't care if it doesn't last long.
**[03:35] Phoena**
I still believe!
**[03:41] Aram**
* If that black armor is*
* made out of Black Element,*
**[03:45] Aram**
*it should be the same as the castle barrier.*
**[03:47] Aram**
*In which case...*
**[03:55] Aram**
I'll destroy it from the inside!
**[03:57] Yuri**
It's no use.
**[04:12] Yuri**
I have no need of the light anymore.
**[04:31] A**
I'll heal him right away!
**[04:34] Yuri**
You...
**[04:38] Aram**
Kain.
**[04:40] Aram**
You're alive!
**[04:41] Kain**
A scratch like that wasn't enough to kill me.
**[04:44] A**
Give me a break.
**[04:46] A**
It was a close call.
**[04:48] Aram**
I'm so glad you're here, guys.
**[04:51] A**
Of course we are.
**[04:53] B**
The Volunteer Army always
helps those in need.
**[04:56] C**
If someone falls,
then someone else props them up.
**[04:59] C**
That's how we've always fought.
**[05:02] C**
Isn't that right, Captain?
**[05:05] Aram**
Yuri, you aren't alone.
**[05:09] Aram**
We're all with you.
**[05:11] Aram**
We'll all give you a hand.
**[05:13] Aram**
That's what friends are for!
**[05:19] A**
Looks like he won't come to his senses
unless we get that armor off of him.
**[05:25] B**
We may have to get a bit rough.
**[05:28] C**
Prepare yourself, Captain.
**[05:32] Aram**
I'm never going to give up on you!
**[05:34] Yuri**
Shut up!
**[05:39] A**
Anything you can't bear by yourself,
we'll bear with you.
**[05:51] B**
Snap out of it!
**[05:57] C**
I believe in you, Captain!
**[06:07] ---**
Aram!
**[06:09] Aram**
Come back to us, you idiot!
**[06:30] Yuri 2**
You're not thinking of going back, are you?
**[06:35] Yuri 2**
The crimes I've committed can't be undone.
**[06:37] Yuri 2**
I'm a tainted sinner.
**[06:40] Yuri 2**
I'll only be rejected!
**[06:45] Yuri 2**
Surely you understand.
**[06:47] Yuri 2**
You could never believe in
yourself until the end.
**[06:51] Yuri 2**
That's your weakness.
**[06:54] Yuri 2**
You lost.
**[06:55] Yuri 2**
To yourself.
**[07:01] Yuri 2**
It all ended.
**[07:03] Yuri 2**
In this world of darkness.
**[07:05] Yuri**
And yet...
**[07:09] Yuri**
Their light reached me
as I sunk deep into the darkness.
**[07:15] Yuri**
I want to believe once more.
**[07:18] Yuri**
In them, and in myself,
the me that they believe in.
**[07:25] Yuri 2**
Believe?
**[07:26] Yuri 2**
After all that happened?
**[07:28] Yuri 2**
You gave rise to me because
you lacked belief.
**[07:32] Yuri 2**
I am the very weakness of your own heart.
**[07:35] Yuri 2**
A scar that will never heal!
**[07:38] Yuri 2**
A wound that's turned black
will continue to rot.
**[07:43] Yuri**
That's exactly why I...
**[07:58] Yuri**
I'll take the wound with me to battle.
**[08:01] Yuri**
That's my way of atoning.
**[08:22] Yuri**
Let's go...
**[08:23] Yuri**
Together.
**[08:38] Aram**
Yuri!
**[08:40] A**
Captain!
**[09:07] King**
Foolish.
**[09:09] King**
I can just stain it all black
as many times as I need.
**[09:23] Yuri**
Phoena!
**[09:27] A**
We need to heal her immediately.
**[09:33] Phoena**
Yuri...?
**[09:36] Phoena**
Thank goodness.
**[09:38] Phoena**
You came back to us.
**[09:41] Yuri**
Phoena...
**[09:55] King**
You...
**[09:57] Aram**
Black King.
**[09:58] Aram**
We're going to crush you.
**[10:03] King**
I knew it. That power...
**[10:05] King**
It's the Light of Haecceitas,
a light that rends darkness.
**[10:10] King**
What a nuisance.
**[10:12] King**
Die!
**[10:27] Aram**
Kain!
**[10:28] Aram**
Michidia!
**[10:39] Yuri**
Aram!
**[10:41] King**
Have you resigned yourself
to accepting this world again?
**[10:45] Yuri**
No.
**[10:47] Yuri**
I'm going to defeat you and stop
the world's blackening once and for all!
**[10:51] King**
Don't make me laugh!
**[10:54] Aram**
No, you don't!
**[11:00] Yuri**
I won't waver ever again!
**[11:13] King**
I will not grant you a future.
**[11:20] King**
Since time immemorial,
**[11:24] King**
people have formed bonds with
and hurt one another.
**[11:28] King**
The cycle of wrongdoings creates hatred,
**[11:32] King**
culminating in stagnation,
making the world suffer.
**[11:37] King**
Therefore I exist, to paint
the world's stagnation black.
**[11:59] Aram**
Furball.
**[12:47] Aram**
Damn it.
**[12:48] Yuri**
I'll pin him down.
**[12:50] Yuri**
Distract him in the meantime.
**[12:53] Aram**
Got it.
**[13:27] Aram**
Yuri!
**[13:44] Aram**
Furball!
**[14:06] Aram**
Furball...
**[14:13] Yuri**
Aram!
**[14:17] King**
Why?
**[14:20] King**
Why do you resist so?
**[14:26] King**
Humanity is imperfect, foolish, and hopeless.
**[14:33] King**
A sorry existence that repeats
its mistakes over and over.
**[14:38] King**
That is why I must save the world.
**[14:43] King**
From its grief.
**[14:46] King**
I must recreate it...
**[14:50] King**
A new future.
**[14:54] Yuri**
You're wrong.
**[14:56] Yuri**
The future exists beyond
those mistakes and that sorrow.
**[15:01] Yuri**
Unless we overcome them, there's no point!
**[15:04] King**
That is utterly foolish!
**[15:17] Aram**
Give me a break!
**[15:20] Aram**
Yeah, we may be a bunch of fools.
**[15:23] Aram**
But I love it.
**[15:26] Aram**
I love this world, with all the people in it.
**[15:28] Aram**
Each one of us tries our hardest to live,
**[15:31] Aram**
to find a place where we belong,
**[15:34] Aram**
to make friends, and help each other.
**[15:37] Aram**
I won't let you destroy those bonds!
**[15:49] A**
He's right.
**[15:52] A**
We aren't alone.
**[15:54] B**
We had each other.
**[15:56] C**
That's why we never gave up.
**[15:58] Yuri**
We'll create our own future.
**[16:02] Yuri**
Create not a cycle of hatred and grief,
**[16:06] Yuri**
but bonds!
**[16:08] King**
Absurd!
**[16:10] Yuri**
So long as we have these bonds,
we'll never lose.
**[16:15] Yuri**
Take this.
**[16:18] Yuri**
We will...
**[16:27] Yuri**
Seize our light!
**[16:27] Yuri**
Seize our light!
**[16:50] King**
Has the world chosen you?
**[17:22] A**
Phoena.
**[17:24] Yuri**
Phoena!
**[17:25] B**
Phoena!
**[17:28] Phoena**
Phoena.
**[17:29] Phoena**
Phoena!
**[17:31] Aram**
Phoena!
**[17:37] ---**
Phoena!
**[17:39] Aram**
Hang in there.
**[17:41] Aram**
I'll save you.
**[17:44] Aram**
No matter what!
**[17:47] King**
It's no use.
**[17:51] Aram**
You...
**[17:53] King**
You cannot save her.
**[17:58] King**
Not even with your power.
**[18:03] King**
Now, Chain Chronicle! As your caretaker,
I call upon you to heed my request!
**[18:15] King**
Save her.
**[18:17] King**
Save my daughter's life.
**[18:20] King**
My ray of hope!
**[18:38] King**
I leave the rest in your hands.
**[18:59] Aram**
Phoena.
**[19:23] Pirika**
Wake up, Phoena.
**[19:40] Pirika**
It's all right now, Phoena.
**[19:46] Pirika**
I believed in all of you.
**[19:49] Pirika**
I knew you wouldn't lose hope.
**[19:51] Yuri**
Pirika.
**[19:58] Phoena**
Pirika.
**[20:01] Phoena**
Welcome back.
**[20:05] Pirika**
I'm home, everyone.
**[20:29] Musica**
It seems our song was heard.
**[20:33] Musica**
Our wish.
**[20:39] Juliana**
We are victorious.
**[20:41] Juliana**
Rejoice!
**[21:40] Phoena**
*Father...*
**[21:43] (Flashback) King**
Even as caretaker, I was consumed
by the will of the blackness.
**[21:49] (Flashback) King**
I've done unforgivable things.
**[21:54] (Flashback) King**
Please, use the true power of the Chronicle
to rebuild the world I've destroyed.
**[22:05] (Flashback) Phoena**
Yes.
**[22:12] (Flashback) King**
You've become strong.
**[22:14] (Flashback) King**
And you've made good friends.
**[22:31] Pirika**
Phoena.
**[22:35] Pirika**
We're setting sail soon.
**[22:49] B**
Really.
**[22:50] B**
My son's talking about
joining the Holy Guard now.
**[22:54] C**
That’s amazing.
**[22:54] A**
He's dreaming.
**[22:58] A**
What?
**[23:01] Aram**
Two apples, pops.
**[23:03] A**
Let go!
**[23:04] B**
Thanks.
**[23:14] Aram**
It's on me.
**[23:16] Aram**
Where are your friends?
**[23:18] A**
I don't have any.
**[23:21] Aram**
I see.
**[23:22] A**
Aram.
**[23:25] A**
Hurry up.
**[23:29] Aram**
Want to come with us?
# Season 2 (Movie version)
# 1 - Light and Darkness
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:00] N**
Yggdra.
**[00:02] N**
During this continent's darkest hour,
**[00:05] N**
a nameless knight rose up
and gathered a volunteer army.
**[00:30] Black King**
Why do you not understand?
**[00:32] Black King**
Destruction is the fate
that awaits this world.
**[00:36] Black King**
Accept it.
**[00:41] Kain**
Captain!
**[00:42] Yuuri**
No.
**[00:44] Yuuri**
Regardless of what fate may hold,
that decision is not yours to make!
**[00:49] Yuuri**
It belongs to those of us
who live in this world!
**[00:55] Yuriana**
We're retaking the castle!
**[00:57] All**
Yes, ma'am!
**[00:57] Yuriana**
Charge!
**[01:02] Black King**
How futile.
**[01:03] Black King**
Resistance is useless.
**[01:07] Black King**
Accept your fate.
**[01:12] Yuuri**
I told you...
**[01:15] Yuuri**
I will never give up!
**[01:19] ---**
Ridiculous.
**[01:20] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[01:28] Eirenus**
Nothing but small-fry.
**[01:31] Einslot**
Eirenus!
**[01:33] Einslot**
I challenge you!
**[01:36] Eirenus**
This should be fun.
**[01:49] Einslot**
Burn!
**[01:58] Velner**
Bring on the destruction.
**[02:00] Clauss**
You sound like one of the bad guys.
**[02:02] Velner**
What?
**[02:13] Shuza**
Men, show them the might of the Ogre Tribes!
**[02:22] Black King**
What can you possibly do with so little mana?
**[02:25] Yuuri**
We will seize...
**[02:30] Yuuri**
our light!
**[02:40] Yuriana**
Look!
**[02:41] Aries**
Did they do it?
**[02:43] Burckhardt**
Let's hurry.
**[03:08] Black King**
Phoena, give me the Chain Chronicle
and the sprite.
**[03:12] Black King**
Come, let us end the world.
**[03:15] Phoena**
No, Father.
**[03:23] Pirika**
How dare you?!
**[03:27] Black King**
Sprite, fragment of this world's will.
**[03:31] Black King**
If you are a symbol of hope and light...
**[03:36] Phoena**
Pirika...
**[03:37] Black King**
Then you must die.
**[03:41] Black King**
It ends here.
**[03:45] Yuriana**
The only thing that ends here
is you, Black King.
**[03:48] Marina**
Juliana!
**[03:50] Black King**
The Holy Princess!
**[03:52] Yuriana**
I will not allow the death of my father,
the Holy King,
**[03:54] Yuriana**
and of our many comrades
to have been in vain!
**[03:58] Black King**
Pests.
**[04:03] Black King**
Just stay there and watch.
**[04:06] Black King**
This will all be over soon.
**[04:15] Yuuri**
I'm not done yet!
**[04:25] Black King**
Phoena...
**[04:27] Phoena**
No.
**[04:30] Phoena**
No...
**[04:31] Black King**
Phoena!
**[04:33] Phoena**
No!
**[05:01] Phoena**
Pirika...
**[05:03] Yuriana**
Pirika's...
**[05:05] Kain**
...gone.
**[05:13] Black King**
Behold! The Black Element increases!
**[05:16] Black King**
Magnificent!
**[05:21] Burckhardt**
Oh, no!
**[05:22] Yuriana**
Retreat!
**[05:23] A**
Understood!
**[05:25] Michidia**
Phoena!
**[05:26] Michidia**
Come.
**[05:27] Kain**
Captain!
**[05:31] Black King**
All shall be stained black.
**[05:34] Black King**
Soon, the continent of Yggdra
will be engulfed in darkness.
**[05:51] Shuza**
Don't tell me the kid... lost?
**[06:11] Phoena**
Pirika...
**[06:13] Phoena**
She vanished.
**[06:15] Yuriana**
The will of the world has been lost...
**[06:52] Marina**
Phoena.
**[06:53] Marina**
Let me take over.
**[06:55] Marina**
You won't last if you keep this up.
**[06:59] Phoena**
It's okay. I'll be fine.
**[07:07] Yuriana**
The attack on the Black King has failed.
**[07:10] Yuriana**
Having failed its purpose,
the Yggdra Alliance, which we were part of,
**[07:16] Yuriana**
has been disbanded,
as was originally agreed upon.
**[07:19] Yuriana**
We shall all be returning to
our respective countries.
**[07:23] Wayne**
That Black King was far more powerful
than we had anticipated.
**[07:27] Yuriana**
Given Yuri's state, it'll take some time
before we can regroup.
**[07:32] Burckhardt**
Your Highness, I believe this operation
was reckless to begin with.
**[07:37] Wayne**
How dare you?!
**[07:38] Burckhardt**
With all due respect,
defeating the Black King
**[07:41] Burckhardt**
was too much for a mere
Volunteer Army member like Yuri.
**[07:45] Wayne**
Silence, Burckhardt.
**[07:48] Yuriana**
You're right.
**[07:51] Yuriana**
I understand how you feel.
**[07:54] Yuriana**
But we staked everything on Yuri
and the Volunteer Army.
**[07:57] Yuriana**
It was they that unified this
troubled continent with their passion.
**[08:03] Yuriana**
That's why everyone entrusted them
with their hopes for the future.
**[08:06] Burckhardt**
Alas, a leader requires skill
and knowledge of strategy.
**[08:12] Wayne**
The Black Army can't be defeated
by skill and strategy alone.
**[08:16] Burckhardt**
If that's the case...
**[08:17] Burckhardt**
All the more reason why
Her Highness Juliana should have led us.
**[08:23] Yuriana**
I could not assume that responsibility
**[08:26] Yuriana**
when all I cared about
was avenging my father.
**[08:30] Shuza**
It was none other than Yuri
who freed me from that obsession.
**[08:44] ---**
There's no point in staying here any longer.
**[08:46] ---**
Let's move out.
**[08:48] Yoshitsugu**
What are we to do now, Leader?
**[08:58] Einslot**
Wayne, I will return to the Holy Capital
with the Holy Knights.
**[09:03] Einslot**
Does Her Highness insist on
remaining with the Volunteer Army?
**[09:08] Wayne**
Yes.
**[09:09] Einslot**
I see.
**[09:10] Einslot**
Under normal circumstances, I would
prefer to leave her with an escort, but...
**[09:14] Wayne**
Given our current situation,
I doubt we'll have any men to spare.
**[09:18] Wayne**
Are you worried that Aries, Burckhardt
and I will be insufficient?
**[09:22] Einslot**
I realize I'm asking a lot of you.
**[09:24] Wayne**
You always have.
**[09:29] Einslot**
You're right.
**[09:31] Einslot**
Take care of Her Highness.
**[09:34] Wayne**
Yes, Commander.
**[09:46] Kain**
Phoena?
**[09:51] Yuriana**
Yuri...
**[09:58] Yuriana**
Thank goodness.
**[10:01] Yuriana**
You were unconscious for so long.
**[10:04] Yuriana**
We managed to escape this far,
but have no idea what to do next...
**[10:13] Yuuri**
Thanks.
**[10:19] Yuuri**
I'm sorry.
**[10:21] Yuuri**
The Chain Chronicle, Pirika...
**[10:28] Yuuri**
I couldn't...
**[10:32] Phoena**
It's okay.
**[10:33] Phoena**
For now, I'm just glad you're alive.
**[10:40] Phoena**
I'm going to go tell the others.
**[10:52] Yuriana**
Are you really feeling better?
**[10:55] Yuriana**
Shouldn't you rest a little longer?
**[10:57] Kain**
If you push yourself,
it'll come back to bite you.
**[11:00] Yuuri**
Yeah, I know.
**[11:02] Yuriana**
So, what will you do now?
**[11:05] Yuuri**
I think I'll head back to the Vice Capital.
**[11:07] ---**
So, you intend to gather
our forces again, and...
**[11:10] ---**
No.
**[11:12] ---**
For now, my only plan is to return
and report our losses to Gilbert.
**[11:18] Yuuri**
The Guild suffered many casualties
in this operation, too.
**[11:23] Yuriana**
I see.
**[11:39] Black King**
*All shall be stained black.*
**[11:43] Black King**
*All shall be stained black.*
**[11:47] (Flashback) Black King**
All shall be stained black.
**[11:55] A**
No way.
**[11:56] A**
Those few coppers won't buy you nuthin'.
**[11:58] B**
Please, just one apple...
**[12:01] C**
Move it!
**[12:04] C**
Hey, gimme that whole basket.
**[12:07] A**
The whole basket? Gladly!
**[12:08] C**
Two gold should cover it.
**[12:11] A**
Of course!
**[12:14] C**
Here you go.
**[12:16] A**
One, two...
**[12:18] A**
Two gold coins.
**[12:20] C**
Don't you think prices
are getting a little high recently?
**[12:23] C**
Must be tough to get by if you're poor.
**[12:28] Allam**
Hey, fatso.
**[12:30] Allam**
Move your foot.
**[12:33] Allam**
I'm telling you to move your filthy foot!
**[12:50] Allam**
Here.
**[12:54] B**
Thank you.
**[12:59] C**
Hey, kid.
**[13:02] C**
What the hell was that for?
**[13:12] ---**
Why, you...
**[13:19] C**
Ow...
**[13:21] C**
Damn kid!
**[13:25] C**
I'll teach you to make a fool outta me!
**[13:29] Allam**
I'm taking this.
**[13:31] A**
Hey!
**[13:32] A**
Hey, you!
**[13:34] A**
Kid!
**[13:36] A**
You punk!
**[13:39] A**
Thief!
**[13:41] A**
You villain!
**[13:44] Allam**
Who's the villain here?
**[13:46] Allam**
I'm not the one picking on the weak.
**[13:50] Allam**
Dummy! Doofus! Bozo!
**[13:54] Allam**
See ya!
**[13:55] A**
Dammit!
**[14:03] Allam**
Hey!
**[14:08] B**
Oh, you're...
**[14:22] B**
Are you sure it's okay?
**[14:24] Allam**
Yeah, one's enough for me.
**[14:27] B**
But what about for your family?
**[14:30] Allam**
Don't have none.
**[14:33] B**
I see.
**[14:36] B**
I know. I think I'll treat you to a meal.
**[14:42] Allam**
Don't worry about it.
**[15:45] A**
How dare you run home
with your tails between your legs!
**[15:48] A**
What are you going to do about our land?!
**[15:51] B**
H-Hey...
**[15:52] Kain**
Wait, we're...
**[15:54] A**
You said you'd defeat the Black King!
**[15:58] A**
That you'd protect us!
**[16:00] A**
Now look at us!
**[16:03] A**
Look!
**[16:07] A**
What are we to do now?!
**[16:14] A**
What are we to do?
**[16:29] A**
Hey!
**[16:32] A**
Help us!
**[16:35] Wayne**
What's wrong?
**[16:36] A**
It's them.
**[16:37] ---**
It's the Black Army.
**[16:39] A**
Hurry, before the Black Fog...
**[16:46] (Flashback) Black King**
All shall be stained black.
**[16:51] Yuriana**
Let's hurry.
**[16:52] Burckhardt**
As you wish.
**[16:55] Kain**
Captain, let's go.
**[16:57] Kain**
Michidia!
**[17:20] Allam**
Get outta here, grandma!
**[17:21] B**
But...
**[17:22] Allam**
I'll be fine.
**[17:23] Allam**
Go!
**[17:50] Kain**
Our mana is weak.
**[17:52] Yuriana**
Is it because of this fog?
**[18:05] Black King**
*All shall be stained black.*
**[18:10] Black King**
* Destruction is the fate*
* that awaits this world.*
**[18:14] Black King**
*Accept it.*
**[18:23] Black King**
*Accept your fate.*
**[18:28] Allam**
Not yet.
**[18:31] Allam**
I'm not done yet!
**[18:44] Yuriana**
Let's finish this!
**[18:45] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[18:49] Allam**
Dammit, just a little more.
**[18:57] Burckhardt**
What the?
**[19:00] Burckhardt**
He took my mana?
**[19:46] Yuuri**
Seize the light!
**[20:16] Allam**
You're Yuri of the Volunteer Army.
**[20:29] Yuuri**
And you are?
**[20:33] Allam**
I'm Aram.
# 2 - To Be With Others
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:05] Allam**
You're Yuri of the Volunteer Army.
**[00:18] Yuuri**
And you are?
**[00:22] Allam**
I'm Aram.
**[00:34] Yuuri**
Aram!
**[00:35] Yuuri**
Is he dead?
**[00:37] Michidia**
No way.
**[00:38] Kain**
Marina, healing magic!
**[00:40] Marina**
Right away.
**[00:42] Yuuri**
It's all right.
**[00:44] Yuuri**
He's just unconscious.
**[00:47] Kain**
Man, don't scare me like that.
**[00:49] Michidia**
Who is this kid?
**[01:16] Eirenus**
So, they're headed for the Vice Capital.
**[01:35] Allam**
Where am I?
**[01:40] Yuuri**
You're awake.
**[01:42] Allam**
What happened to the old lady and the rest?
**[01:44] Yuuri**
They're all safe.
**[01:45] Allam**
That's a relief.
**[01:46] Yuuri**
The villagers said to thank you.
**[01:49] Allam**
It was nothing.
**[01:53] Allam**
You're Yuri, aren't you?
**[01:55] Yuuri**
You've heard of me?
**[02:04] Allam**
I heard you're the captain
of the Volunteer Army.
**[02:09] Phoena**
Oh, you're awake?
**[02:11] Phoena**
Thank goodness you're okay.
**[02:15] Phoena**
Oh, I'm Phoena.
**[02:18] Phoena**
Nice to meet you.
**[02:20] Allam**
Sure.
**[02:21] Phoena**
Let's go eat.
**[02:23] Phoena**
Kain and the others
will be back from patrol soon.
**[02:27] Yuuri**
Yeah.
**[02:31] Phoena**
Here you go.
**[02:31] Wayne**
Thanks.
**[02:32] Michidia**
Here.
**[02:33] Yuuri**
Yeah.
**[02:37] Phoena**
Here.
**[02:38] Aries**
Thanks.
**[02:39] Kain**
Time to eat.
**[02:45] Michidia**
What is it, Kain?
**[02:48] Kain**
Ah... Is this...
**[02:51] Marina**
Don't tell me...
**[02:53] Michidia**
Phoena's cooking, isn't she?
**[02:55] Phoena**
Eat up, everyone.
**[03:03] Allam**
Seconds, please.
**[03:06] Phoena**
Coming right up.
**[03:08] Kain**
How can you eat Phoena's cooking?
**[03:11] Allam**
What do you mean? It's great.
**[03:13] Kain**
What do you usually eat?
**[03:16] Allam**
Lizards.
**[03:19] Phoena**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[03:20] Phoena**
Here you are.
**[03:21] Phoena**
There's plenty more where that came from.
**[03:26] Allam**
S-Sure.
**[03:28] Yuuri**
Aram, you aren't from
that village, are you?
**[03:32] Allam**
No, I was just passing by.
**[03:34] Yuriana**
You were trying to protect the village
all by yourself?
**[03:38] Allam**
I couldn't just let it be destroyed.
**[03:40] Allam**
Besides, I can't stand those black things.
**[03:43] Phoena**
You're pretty strong.
**[03:45] Allam**
Y-Yeah.
**[03:48] Allam**
But...
**[03:49] Allam**
But I'm not good enough.
**[03:51] Allam**
I want to get a lot stronger.
**[03:57] Marina**
Phoena! The Chronicle!
**[04:11] Wayne**
Your Highness!
**[04:12] Michidia**
Phoena!
**[04:16] Allam**
What's happening?
**[04:23] Allam**
Look out!
**[04:26] Kain**
Aram!
**[04:28] Kain**
Are you all right?
**[04:29] Allam**
Yeah.
**[04:41] Yuuri**
Phoena.
**[04:43] Yuuri**
Phoena!
**[04:45] Phoena**
Thank you.
**[04:51] Yuuri**
Looks like it's settled down.
**[05:02] Allam**
Hey, what is that?
**[05:05] Phoena**
The Chain Chronicle.
**[05:08] Phoena**
A chronology of everything about the world.
**[05:13] Phoena**
If the world is stained black,
so will the Chronicle.
**[05:16] Phoena**
And vice versa.
**[05:19] Allam**
That can't be...
**[05:21] Phoena**
More pages have been stained black.
**[05:32] Black King**
The darkness spreads further.
**[05:38] Black King**
Have you still not located the sprite?
**[05:43] Eirenus**
Was it not killed in the last battle?
**[05:48] Black King**
The world has yet to fall into ruin.
**[05:51] Phoena**
Then...
**[05:52] Yuuri**
Yeah.
**[05:53] Yuuri**
Pirika is still alive somewhere.
**[05:55] Allam**
Pirika?
**[05:57] Yuriana**
One of our friends. A sprite.
**[05:59] Yuriana**
Tiny and cute.
**[06:01] Yuriana**
Pirika has a foul mouth at times,
but is very important to this world.
**[06:06] Phoena**
Pirika is the will of the world,
a world with hope for the future.
**[06:10] Yuuri**
We have to find and save it.
**[06:15] Black King**
Find her and dispose of it.
**[06:18] Black King**
So long as that sprite exists,
the world cannot be destroyed.
**[06:37] Allam**
What's up?
**[06:38] Yuuri**
Can we talk?
**[06:41] Yuuri**
Aram, why do you want to become stronger?
**[06:45] Allam**
Why?
**[06:47] Allam**
Because you can't do anything
if you're weak, obviously.
**[06:50] Yuuri**
I see.
**[06:54] Yuuri**
Aram, why don't you join us?
**[07:01] Allam**
No, I'm not gonna join the Volunteer Army.
**[07:05] Allam**
I'd rather be my own man. Free.
**[07:07] Yuuri**
There's only so much you can do by yourself.
**[07:10] Allam**
That's not true.
**[07:11] Allam**
I've fought alone my entire life.
**[07:14] Yuuri**
But it's not as if you've never lost, is it?
**[07:17] Yuuri**
There must have been times
when you had to run from your opponent.
**[07:21] Allam**
Well...
**[07:22] Allam**
I'll be able to beat them someday.
**[07:25] Yuuri**
What if you were just lucky?
**[07:29] Allam**
What would you know?
**[07:31] Allam**
You lost even with your buddies.
**[07:34] Yuuri**
That's exactly why I'm asking.
**[07:36] Yuuri**
Aram, hear me out...
**[07:48] Aries**
The highway ahead seems to have
escaped the blackening earlier.
**[07:52] Yuriana**
Thank goodness.
**[07:54] Yuriana**
We'll depart at dawn.
**[07:56] Yuriana**
For the Vice Capital.
**[08:07] Michidia**
That's...
**[08:10] Yuriana**
Hurry!
**[08:25] Silva**
Don't let a single one of them through!
***SIGN*** Soldier Guild Leader:
Silva
***SIGN*** Swordmaster of Slaughter:
Teresa
**[08:36] Teresa**
This is too easy.
**[08:48] Dusty**
I stock only the best weapons.
**[08:48] [SONG] ---**
Hot-Blooded Arms Dealer:
Dusty
**[09:13] Silva**
Dammit.
**[09:25] Silva**
Yuri!
**[09:26] Silva**
Yuri!
**[09:27] Silva**
It's good to see you.
**[09:29] Silva**
You, too, Princess.
**[09:30] Yuuri**
Sorry to worry you.
**[09:32] Yuriana**
Status?
**[09:33] Silva**
The southern bridge has fallen.
**[09:34] Silva**
The outer wall is, well,
you can see for yourself.
**[09:38] Silva**
Aludra's defending the castle walls
by the slums, but...
**[09:55] Silva**
New recruit? Kid's got spirit.
**[09:58] Yuuri**
Yes.
**[10:10] Yuuri**
We'll handle things here.
**[10:12] Silva**
Got it. I'm counting on you.
**[10:14] Silva**
All right! We're going to go help Aludra out!
**[10:24] Kain**
There are so many of them.
**[10:26] Kain**
What do we do, Captain?
**[10:27] Yuuri**
What else?
**[10:28] Yuuri**
We take 'em down!
**[10:29] Kain**
You got it!
**[10:30] Yuriana**
Let's finish this!
**[10:32] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[10:37] Allam**
Don't forget me!
**[10:44] Allam**
More of them?
**[11:00] Allam**
Piece of cake.
**[11:03] Burkchardt**
You...
**[11:04] Burkchardt**
You took my mana again!
**[11:06] Allam**
Wh-What?
**[11:11] Wayne**
Burckhardt!
**[11:14] Burkchardt**
We'll discuss this later.
**[11:15] Allam**
Ow...
**[11:16] Allam**
Man, what's his problem?
**[11:19] Yuuri**
Let's do this!
**[11:49] Yuuri**
Seize the light!
**[12:03] Allam**
W-Wow.
**[12:07] Kain**
We did it.
**[12:08] Yuuri**
Yeah.
**[12:09] Allam**
Hey!
**[12:11] Allam**
That was amazing!
**[12:13] Kain**
I-I guess.
**[12:14] Kain**
That was our chain attack.
**[12:17] Kain**
Chaining attacks makes them more powerful.
**[12:20] Michidia**
And to do that,
we need all our mana to resonate.
**[12:23] Allam**
I want to try.
**[12:26] Kain**
I think it might be a bit soon for you.
**[12:28] Allam**
Why?
**[12:29] Allam**
I can practice.
**[12:30] Yuuri**
Aram, it isn't that easy.
**[12:34] Yuuri**
You need strong bonds
with your allies to pull it off.
**[12:39] Allam**
Bonds?
**[12:40] Burkchardt**
You're wasting your time.
**[12:42] Allam**
What?!
**[12:43] Burkchardt**
You understand nothing of battle.
**[12:46] Burkchardt**
You just fight mindlessly,
thinking of no-one but yourself.
**[12:50] Allam**
What? I have my own way of fighting—
**[12:53] Burkchardt**
And I'm telling you it's all wrong.
**[12:55] Burkchardt**
What exactly are you, anyway?
**[12:57] Burkchardt**
I don't know how you did it,
but you stole my mana.
**[13:01] Allam**
S-So what?
**[13:03] Burkchardt**
Humans shouldn't be capable of
meddling with others' mana.
**[13:07] Burkchardt**
There's too much about you we don't know.
**[13:09] Allam**
Shut up!
**[13:10] Allam**
You're just jealous that you can't do it!
**[13:13] Burkchardt**
This is getting nowhere.
**[13:14] Burkchardt**
It's clearly a waste of time trying to
explain things to a feral brat like you.
**[13:18] Allam**
I'm not here because I want to be!
**[13:21] Allam**
If you don't want me around, I'll just leave.
**[13:23] Allam**
I'll become stronger my own way!
**[13:26] Yuuri**
Aram!
**[13:27] Burkchardt**
Let him go.
**[13:29] Burkchardt**
Don't be so undisciplined as to
allow that fool to have his way.
**[13:33] Burkchardt**
Why do you not realize that
being so soft only makes you weak?
**[13:37] Yuuri**
Aram has potential.
**[13:40] Burkchardt**
Do you honestly believe that?
**[13:43] Yuuri**
That's why I brought him all the way here.
**[13:46] Yuuri**
He'll make a good soldier.
**[13:54] Wayne**
Looks like the boss has appeared.
**[14:05] Allam**
Dammit.
**[14:08] Kain**
Not this fog again!
**[14:10] Michidia**
Let's go again.
**[14:10] Marina**
The fog just gets thicker.
**[14:13] Marina**
I can't...
**[14:18] Kain**
Captain!
**[14:21] Yuuri**
D-Don't worry. I'm fine.
**[14:24] Burkchardt**
Protect Her Highness!
**[14:34] Yuuri**
*Aram, hear me out.*
**[14:37] (Flashback) Yuuri**
When I lost to the Black King,
I also lost faith in myself.
**[14:42] (Flashback) Yuuri**
But seeing you fight
so desperately in that village
**[14:46] (Flashback) Yuuri**
reminded me of something important.
**[14:50] (Flashback) Yuuri**
I had sworn I would never give up,
no matter what.
**[14:56] (Flashback) Allam**
Wh-What's any of this got to do with me?
**[14:59] (Flashback) Yuuri**
When I came to, my friends were at my side.
**[15:04] (Flashback) Yuuri**
They'd supported me.
They never gave up on me.
**[15:08] (Flashback) Yuuri**
Some obstacles can't be overcome alone.
They require a little help from your friends.
**[15:13] (Flashback) Yuuri**
That is the power of bonds.
**[15:15] (Flashback) Yuuri**
Aram, you are indeed strong.
**[15:19] (Flashback) Yuuri**
You're better at using mana than anyone else.
**[15:23] (Flashback) Yuuri**
But, with bonds of friendship,
you can become even stronger.
**[15:31] (Flashback) Yuuri**
Let us fight together.
**[15:40] Allam**
You idiot.
**[15:45] Marina**
We can't hold out any longer.
**[15:47] Michidia**
We have to!
**[15:51] Yuriana**
Wayne!
**[15:52] Wayne**
Stay back, Your Highness.
**[15:54] Yuriana**
I can fight.
**[15:58] Burkchardt**
Your Highness!
**[16:11] Burkchardt**
Your Highness...
**[16:14] Kain**
Burckhardt!
**[16:27] Phoena**
Aram!
**[16:45] Kain**
Y-You've gotta be kidding me.
**[16:49] Michidia**
Amazing.
**[16:55] Allam**
Hey, take this!
**[17:10] Allam**
We're even now.
**[17:13] Yuriana**
Burckhardt!
**[17:15] Yuriana**
Let's end this.
**[17:17] ---**
As you wish!
**[17:34] Burkchardt**
Know your place!
**[17:58] Allam**
Whoa. He's pretty good.
**[18:02] Kain**
Look at you. Coming back to steal the show.
**[18:05] Yuuri**
Aram.
**[18:09] Allam**
I figured I might as well
stick around a bit longer.
**[18:14] Allam**
I want to see more of
your techniques in action.
**[18:17] Allam**
Besides...
**[18:18] Allam**
I want to make him eat his words.
**[18:25] Yuuri**
That's fine.
**[18:34] Yuuri**
Everyone, there's something I need to say.
**[18:37] Yuuri**
I lost to the Black King once.
**[18:41] Yuuri**
He said that destruction is
the fate that awaits this world.
**[18:47] Yuuri**
But, even if that's true,
I don't want to give up.
**[18:51] Yuuri**
As long as we live, there's hope.
**[18:55] Yuuri**
So I'd like to form
a Black King Suppression Squad,
**[19:02] Yuuri**
once more.
**[19:04] Yuriana**
A Black King Suppression Squad?
**[19:05] Yuriana**
That won't be enough.
**[19:07] Yuriana**
We'll gather troops from
every corner of the land
**[19:10] Yuriana**
and form a Black King Suppression *Army*.
**[19:14] Kain**
Yuri's back to his old self.
**[19:16] Kain**
That's my captain.
**[19:18] Michidia**
Someone thinks pretty highly of himself.
**[19:22] Phoena**
Yuri, I'm so glad.
**[19:27] Yuuri**
Aram.
**[19:32] Allam**
All right, fine.
**[19:39] Yuuri**
Aram, your arm.
**[19:53] Yuriana**
You should give him a chance.
**[19:55] Yuriana**
He returned your mana, after all.
**[19:59] Burkchardt**
Excuse me.
**[20:02] Yuriana**
Sheesh.
**[20:17] Yuriana**
Burckhardt!
**[20:19] Yuriana**
Burckhardt!
# 3 - Symbol of Loyalty
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:06] Yuriana**
Thank goodness the injury wasn't serious.
**[00:10] Burckhardt**
My apologies.
**[00:11] Burckhardt**
What was it that you wanted
to talk to me about?
**[00:15] Yuriana**
Burckhardt, I want you to go with Yuri.
**[00:21] Burckhardt**
You want me to accompany them?
**[00:23] Yuriana**
Yes.
**[00:24] Burckhardt**
But weren't we to return to
the Holy Capital and regroup?
**[00:28] Yuriana**
That's the plan.
**[00:30] Burckhardt**
Then I shall—
**[00:31] Yuriana**
Listen.
**[00:33] Yuriana**
I want you to assist Yuri's group
in my stead.
**[00:38] Burckhardt**
But I'm your—
**[00:40] Yuriana**
You will surely prove to be
invaluable to their cause.
**[00:46] Burckhardt**
If you insist.
**[00:49] Yuriana**
Also, about Aram...
**[00:53] Yuriana**
I too think that he will make a fine soldier.
**[00:56] Yuriana**
However, he lacks experience.
**[00:59] Yuriana**
I want you to instruct him.
**[01:06] Burckhardt**
Understood.
**[01:09] Selene**
Your Highness.
***SIGN*** Guild Alliance Sub-Leader
Selene
**[01:12] Selene**
Our leader, Gilbert, wishes to see you.
**[01:14] Yuriana**
I'm on my way.
**[01:17] Yuriana**
Thank you.
**[01:21] Burckhardt**
Is she saying I can't protect her
with this injury?
**[01:36] Gilbert**
I see. The Capital fell?
**[01:40] Yuuri**
We lost a lot of people.
**[01:46] Phoena**
Mr. Gilbert, I'm told you've had trouble
at the Vice Capital, too.
**[01:51] Gilbert**
It's nothing compared to
what you deal with on the front lines.
***SIGN*** Guild Alliance Leader
Gilbert
**[01:55] Gilbert**
So why have you decided to form
a Black King Suppression Army?
**[01:59] Yuuri**
Well...
**[02:02] Yuuri**
I believe there may still be hope.
**[02:08] Yuuri**
Even if this land is doomed,
**[02:13] Yuuri**
I don't want to give up until the very end.
**[02:17] Gilbert**
That sounds like something you'd say.
**[02:27] Gilbert**
So you're headed to the Sage's Tower, then?
**[02:31] Yuuri**
Yes.
**[02:32] .**
First, we'll meet with the three sages.
**[02:35] Phoena**
We hope they'll have some leads
as to Pirika's whereabouts.
**[02:38] Gilbert**
Understood.
**[02:40] Gilbert**
I'll do what I can to help.
**[02:43] Gilbert**
But...
**[02:45] Gilbert**
With things the way they are here,
**[02:48] Gilbert**
I'm afraid that that may not amount to much.
**[02:54] Selene**
I've brought Her Highness Juliana.
**[02:56] Gilbert**
Perfect timing.
**[02:59] Gilbert**
Here.
**[03:01] Yuuri**
New communicators?
**[03:03] Gilbert**
Yes.
**[03:04] Gilbert**
Let us know if anything happens.
**[03:07] Gilbert**
We'll do our best to get
everything in order on this end.
**[03:10] Yuriana**
Thank you, Mr. Gilbert.
**[03:38] A**
Shut yer trap, damn it!
**[03:43] Dusty**
Hey now, is that really a good idea?
**[03:46] Dusty**
Do you really want to do that
in front of the Great Arms Dealer Dusty?
**[03:50] Dusty**
Either you have a death wish
or you're just an—
**[03:52] Allam**
Idiot!
**[04:01] A**
Damn brat!
**[04:04] Allam**
Are you all right?
**[04:05] B**
Yes.
**[04:08] A**
You little...
**[04:12] A**
Damn it!
**[04:19] Dusty**
Wow.
**[04:22] A**
Why you...
**[04:27] A**
Don't mess with me, kid!
**[04:30] Allam**
Don't move, mister.
**[04:39] Dusty**
That was impressive.
**[04:42] Allam**
Who're you?
**[04:43] Dusty**
I'm Dusty.
**[04:45] Dusty**
I'm with the Merchant Guild.
I supply arms to the Volunteer Army.
**[04:49] Allam**
That outfit...
**[04:51] Allam**
You aren't a soldier?
**[04:53] Dusty**
Merchant-cum-soldier.
**[04:55] Dusty**
That sword...
**[04:58] Dusty**
It's the best one I have in stock.
You've got a good eye.
**[05:03] Allam**
Sorry.
**[05:04] Allam**
I was just borrowing it.
**[05:05] Allam**
Here, you can have it back.
**[05:07] Dusty**
Say, kid...
**[05:08] Allam**
I ain't a kid!
**[05:09] Allam**
I'm Aram!
**[05:11] Dusty**
My bad.
**[05:12] Dusty**
All right, Aram, do you know
what sort of sword that is?
**[05:16] Allam**
Not really.
**[05:17] Dusty**
It was forged by Baldur, renowned blacksmith
and chief of the earth sprites.
**[05:25] Allam**
This blade really is a beauty.
**[05:28] Dusty**
I hear you've joined
the Black King Suppression Army.
**[05:31] Allam**
Yeah, I have.
**[05:32] Allam**
Yuri wouldn't stop bugging me about it.
**[05:34] Dusty**
Don't be so snotty about it.
**[05:36] Dusty**
Yuri saw potential in you, didn't he?
**[05:38] Dusty**
It's okay to be proud of that.
**[05:42] Dusty**
All right, you can keep the sword.
**[05:44] Dusty**
It's a gift. To commemorate your enlistment.
**[05:47] Allam**
You sure?
**[05:48] Dusty**
But remember this.
**[05:50] Dusty**
A weapon reflects the soul of the user.
**[05:53] Dusty**
Whether it becomes famous
or forgotten is up to you.
**[05:58] Dusty**
Don't forget that.
**[05:59] Allam**
All right, I got it.
**[06:01] Dusty**
Also, all good swords need a name.
**[06:04] Dusty**
Give it a good one.
**[06:08] Allam**
Yeah.
**[06:12] Gilbert**
When one flower is infected,
those around it are also affected.
**[06:18] Gilbert**
The power of darkness is
overwhelming the light in this world.
**[06:23] Yuuri**
Then your illness...
**[06:26] Gilbert**
Every time the Black Army gains more ground,
**[06:29] Gilbert**
the blackening spreads further.
**[06:32] Gilbert**
As you can see.
**[06:36] Gilbert**
It's only a matter or time
before my entire body is stained black.
**[06:40] Gilbert**
When that happens...
**[06:43] Gilbert**
I sometimes dream that
I'm fighting alongside the Black Army.
**[06:49] Yuuri**
You wouldn't...
**[06:51] Yuuri**
We wouldn't let that happen.
**[06:54] Gilbert**
I hope not.
**[07:15] Burckhardt**
You're tensing up too much.
**[07:20] Allam**
Are your injuries better now?
**[07:22] Burckhardt**
In order to adapt to any given situation...
**[07:27] Burckhardt**
You... What's with that sword?
**[07:30] Allam**
This?
**[07:32] Allam**
It's the Hiramekimaru.
**[07:33] Allam**
Pretty cool, right?
**[07:35] Burckhardt**
You misunderstand.
**[07:36] Burckhardt**
I'm asking why you have such a sword.
**[07:40] Allam**
What?
**[07:41] Allam**
Someone gave it to me.
**[07:42] Burckhardt**
Who did?
**[07:43] Allam**
What does it matter?
**[07:45] Burckhardt**
No-one would just give away
such an exquisite blade for free.
**[07:48] Allam**
What are you doing?
**[07:50] Allam**
Well, someone did! That's all there is to it!
**[07:52] Burckhardt**
Tell me the truth!
**[07:53] Allam**
I am!
**[07:55] Yuriana**
What's going on?
**[07:57] Burckhardt**
Your Highness.
**[07:59] Yuriana**
What's the matter?
**[08:00] Burckhardt**
Ma'am.
**[08:02] Burckhardt**
The boy had a sword unbefitting him.
**[08:05] Burckhardt**
I thought he may have...
**[08:07] Allam**
May have what?
**[08:09] Burckhardt**
He may have stolen it from someone.
**[08:11] Allam**
I'd never do that!
**[08:16] Yuuri**
Why would you assume he stole it?
**[08:22] Yuriana**
Anyway, let's hear what he has to say—
**[08:25] Dusty**
He's not lying.
**[08:27] Dusty**
I gave him that sword.
**[08:31] Yuuri**
Is that true?
**[08:33] Dusty**
To commemorate his enlistment,
**[08:34] Dusty**
in the Black King Suppression Army.
**[08:38] Yuuri**
Burckhardt.
**[08:44] Burckhardt**
My apologies.
**[08:48] Allam**
I'd never steal.
**[08:53] Wayne**
Are you sure about this?
**[08:56] Wayne**
Are you really going to have him
accompany Yuri and the others?
**[09:02] Yuriana**
I want him to understand Yuri better.
**[09:06] Yuriana**
They'll establish a better bond that way.
**[09:09] Yuriana**
We can become stronger.
**[09:13] Wayne**
That may be true, but...
**[09:16] Yuriana**
I'm sure he'll understand.
**[09:31] Phoena**
Yuri.
**[09:36] Phoena**
Um... Are you all right?
**[09:39] Yuuri**
Yeah. I finally got some rest.
**[09:43] Phoena**
I mean...
**[09:45] Phoena**
Um...
**[09:46] Phoena**
Your blacken—
**[09:49] Yuuri**
You must be tired, too, Phoena.
**[09:51] Yuuri**
You should get some rest while you can.
**[09:56] Yuuri**
Who knows when we'll next
have beds to sleep in.
**[10:00] Phoena**
You're right.
**[10:03] Yuuri**
Thank you, Phoena.
**[10:11] Phoena**
Good night.
**[10:22] Black**
*Do you regret deciding to fight again?*
**[10:27] Yuuri**
There's still hope.
**[10:30] Black**
*Hope? What good does that do?*
**[10:33] Yuuri**
You need hope to win.
**[10:36] Black**
*How foolish.*
**[10:37] Black**
*You can never defeat the Black King.*
**[10:40] Black**
*You know that better than anyone.*
**[10:43] Yuuri**
Shut up.
**[10:44] Black**
*This land will be stained black.*
**[10:47] Black**
*Its people shall fall into darkness.*
**[10:49] Yuuri**
Shut up!
**[10:51] Black**
*You are no more than a candle in the wind.*
**[11:06] Yuuri**
Aram.
**[11:09] Yuuri**
So, what did you want to talk about?
**[11:11] Allam**
Well...
**[11:13] Allam**
Thanks for earlier.
**[11:15] Allam**
For believing me.
**[11:19] Allam**
I used to steal and stuff before.
**[11:23] Allam**
But I don't do that anymore.
**[11:26] Yuuri**
Aram, you said you wanted
to become stronger.
**[11:30] Yuuri**
If you become stronger, what will you do?
**[11:32] Allam**
What else?
**[11:33] Allam**
I'm going to take down
those Black Army bastards.
**[11:39] Allam**
They destroyed my village.
**[11:45] Allam**
I've been alone ever since.
**[11:47] Allam**
I'd wander around
until I found a place to live,
**[11:50] Allam**
but they'd always reappear
and end up destroying that, too.
**[11:53] Allam**
That's why I want to get stronger!
**[11:55] Allam**
Please, teach me your technique.
**[11:58] Allam**
I want to be able to use it!
**[12:06] Yuuri**
Swordsmanship, character...
**[12:09] Yuuri**
Becoming respected for either takes time.
**[12:14] Yuuri**
Become a man worthy of this sword, Aram.
**[12:20] Allam**
Yeah.
**[12:23] Sylva**
Sorry about this.
**[12:24] Sylva**
I'd love to come with you,
but there's a lot I have to do here.
**[12:30] Yuuri**
Sure, I know.
**[12:32] Marina**
You've already been a great help.
**[12:35] Marina**
All these supplies and rations...
**[12:38] Selene**
Our leader has high hopes for you.
**[12:41] Sylva**
Say, Princess.
**[12:43] Sylva**
You're headed to
the Holy Capital, are you not?
**[12:46] Yuriana**
Yes. To see our comrades
who have returned home.
**[12:49] Yuriana**
I'm going to ask them to join
the Black King Suppression Army.
**[12:52] Sylva**
Think it will work?
**[12:55] Yuriana**
Who knows? We have to try, though.
**[13:00] Sylva**
I'll talk to the Guild people for you.
**[13:04] Sylva**
I don't know how many will
be on board, though.
**[13:06] Yuriana**
Thank you.
**[13:08] Sylva**
Oh, yeah, speaking of which...
**[13:09] Sylva**
The Magic Guild leader, Aludra,
said she'd be going with you.
**[13:14] Michidia**
What? Really?
**[13:15] Aludra**
Really.
**[13:17] Yuuri**
Aludra.
***SIGN*** Universal Mage
Aludra
***SIGN*** Dragon Slayer
Vorg
**[13:18] Yuuri**
And Vorg.
**[13:20] Aludra**
Sorry I'm late.
It took longer to prepare than I thought.
**[13:23] Vorg**
It's not like you had that much to pack.
**[13:26] Vorg**
It looks like we'll be
working together again.
**[13:28] Yuuri**
Yeah.
**[13:30] Allam**
Your sword's awesome.
**[13:33] Vorg**
You can tell, can you?
**[13:35] Vorg**
This is the Dragon Killer.
**[13:37] Vorg**
It's my life.
**[13:39] Allam**
That thing about weapons
reflecting the soul?
**[13:41] Vorg**
You know your stuff, kid!
**[13:43] Vorg**
I'm Vorg the Dragon Slayer.
**[13:47] Allam**
Don't treat me like a kid!
**[13:49] Vorg**
Whoops.
**[13:52] Allam**
What's so funny?
**[13:59] Yuriana**
Burckhardt...
**[14:02] Yuriana**
If you spend some time traveling with
Yuri's group, I'm sure you'll understand
**[14:07] Yuriana**
just how trustworthy they are.
**[14:10] Yuriana**
I'm counting on you.
**[14:12] Burckhardt**
I understand.
**[14:15] Yuriana**
Please check on the Maze Pass along the way.
**[14:19] Yuuri**
Understood.
**[14:20] Phoena**
Take care, Juliana.
**[14:22] Kain**
Be sure to bring us as
many people as you can.
**[14:25] Yuriana**
I will.
**[14:26] Yuriana**
You, too.
**[14:38] A**
Mine.
**[14:39] Allam**
No fair!
**[14:41] ---**
My apple!
**[14:41] Burckhardt**
*How...*
**[14:43] Burckhardt**
*How did things turn out like this?*
**[14:46] Burckhardt**
*Why?*
**[14:47] Burckhardt**
*Why am I here?*
**[14:53] Yuuri**
Burckhardt.
**[14:55] Yuuri**
About yesterday...
**[14:57] Burckhardt**
I understand that I was in the wrong.
**[15:00] Yuuri**
Forget it. It's in the past.
**[15:02] Yuuri**
That aside, I want you to train
Aram in sword fighting again.
**[15:07] Yuuri**
I'm sure you'd make a great instructor.
**[15:09] Burckhardt**
Please excuse me.
**[15:11] Burckhardt**
I don't feel so well.
I'm going to get some fresh air.
**[15:13] Yuuri**
Burckhardt...
**[15:25] Burckhardt**
*I don't get it.*
**[15:27] Burckhardt**
*What did I do wrong?*
**[15:31] Burckhardt**
*I serve only Her Highness Juliana.*
**[15:34] Burckhardt**
*No one else.*
**[15:37] Burckhardt**
*So why?*
**[15:41] Eirenus**
Are you the one who called me?
**[15:47] Eirenus**
I've come for you.
**[15:50] Burckhardt**
You...
**[15:52] Eirenus**
I'm Eirenus.
**[15:54] Eirenus**
I'm on your side.
You ought to at least know my name.
**[15:56] Burckhardt**
What are you talking about?
**[16:02] Burckhardt**
You're almost there.
**[16:05] Eirenus**
You witch!
**[16:07] Eirenus**
Very well.
**[16:09] Eirenus**
I'll stain you black myself.
**[16:18] Eirenus**
What are you fighting for?
**[16:22] Eirenus**
There's no one here for you to protect.
**[16:26] Burckhardt**
I protect...
**[16:30] Eirenus**
You've been abandoned.
**[16:43] Yuuri**
What's wrong?
**[16:44] Phoena**
The Chronicle...
**[16:48] Yuuri**
There's Black Fog coming from the forest.
**[16:50] Yuuri**
Burckhardt!
**[16:52] Allam**
Yuri!
**[16:57] Burckhardt**
*She deemed me weak because I made a mistake.*
**[17:03] (Flashback) Yuriana**
I want you to go with Yuri.
**[17:05] Burckhardt**
*Juliana doesn't need me anymore.*
**[17:11] Burckhardt**
*I've been discarded.*
**[17:20] Eirenus**
Go play with these!
**[17:26] Vorg**
There you are.
**[17:28] Vorg**
I'll kill you all!
**[17:38] Allam**
Awesome.
**[17:40] Allam**
I gotta keep up.
**[17:50] Burckhardt**
I...
**[17:51] Burckhardt**
Where do I belong?
**[17:56] Black King**
Come to me.
**[17:58] Black King**
You belong in a world engulfed in black.
**[18:06] Burckhardt**
*I...*
**[18:15] Yuriana**
Kain, Michidia, we're going to
do a chain attack with Burckhardt.
**[18:19] A**
Got it!
**[18:30] Yuuri**
Seize the light!
**[18:37] Yuuri**
Burckhardt!
**[18:39] Burckhardt**
I...
**[18:41] Burckhardt**
I belong...
**[18:58] Eirenus**
Welcome to the world of darkness.
**[19:05] Burckhardt**
I'm being released...
**[19:07] Burckhardt**
from everything that held me down.
**[19:10] Burckhardt**
I'm brimming with power.
**[19:14] Burckhardt**
It's indescribable!
**[19:17] Burckhardt**
I feel amazing.
**[19:27] Allam**
Burckhardt...
**[19:30] Aludra**
He's become a demon.
**[19:49] Kain**
Captain!
**[20:10] Eirenus**
That's enough.
**[20:11] Eirenus**
I've only come today to bring you home.
**[20:14] Eirenus**
We'll meet again, Yuri.
**[20:17] Eirenus**
Next time...
**[20:22] Vorg**
Wait!
# 4 - The Expanding Darkness
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:06] Wayne**
What's the matter?
**[00:23] Yuri**
I'm sorry, Juliana.
**[00:27] Juliana**
Burckhardt...
**[00:28] Juliana**
A demon?
**[00:29] Wayne**
No...
**[00:31] Wayne**
He was such a righteous man.
**[00:33] Yuri**
If I had only noticed
the change in him sooner...
**[00:39] Juliana**
No.
**[00:40] Juliana**
It isn't your fault.
**[00:44] Juliana**
Are the others okay?
**[00:46] Yuri**
Y-Yes.
**[00:47] Juliana**
I see... That's good.
**[00:49] Yuri**
But the enemy knows we're here.
**[00:54] Yuri**
Traveling at night is dangerous,
but I want to push forward.
**[00:58] Juliana**
You're right.
**[01:00] Juliana**
That's a good idea.
**[01:01] Yuri**
Goodbye.
**[01:02] Juliana**
Wait.
**[01:03] Juliana**
Stay safe.
**[01:05] Juliana**
Thank you.
**[01:13] Aries**
Your Highness!
**[01:14] Aries**
The Holy Capital's on fire!
**[01:16] Wayne**
What?
**[01:32] A**
May all be engulfed in blackness!
**[01:34] A**
May all be engulfed in blackness!
**[01:36] B**
No, stop!
**[01:37] B**
Let go!
**[01:38] C**
Move it!
**[01:40] D**
Smash it!
**[01:41] D**
Pull it down!
**[01:42] E**
Please spare me!
**[01:44] F**
Put it out!
**[01:44] F**
Why are you doing this?
**[01:46] C**
So that all may be engulfed in blackness!
**[01:49] G**
Stop.
**[01:50] H**
Shut up.
**[01:51] H**
I'm going to join the Black Army
so I can survive!
**[01:55] I**
Hurry, this way.
**[01:57] J**
Destroy it all!
**[01:59] J**
May all be engulfed in blackness!
**[02:03] Cervantes**
Fools! Getting riled up over
a bunch of silly rumors...
***SIGN*** Holy Capital's General
Cervantes
**[02:07] A**
Cervantes!
**[02:08] Cervantes**
Don't worry, I'm holding back.
**[02:12] Cervantes**
My back...
**[02:14] A**
Don't over do it.
**[02:15] A**
Give me your hand.
**[02:16] Cervantes**
Don't treat me like I'm over the hill!
**[02:19] Einslotte**
Focus on evacuating the citizens.
**[02:21] Einslotte**
Close off all roads to the central square.
**[02:23] Einslotte**
Stop this panic from spreading any further.
**[02:36] Cervantes**
Put your backs into it, men!
***SIGN*** White Lily Knight
Rowendia
**[02:43] Rowendia**
Apprehend them!
**[02:59] Einslotte**
Looks like things are finally under control.
**[03:02] A**
This is all because you people
don't do your job!
**[03:06] Rowendia**
What are...
**[03:07] A**
Please calm down.
**[03:09] A**
For now, let's clean this mess up.
**[03:11] Einslotte**
What's the matter?
**[03:12] Rowendia**
I ordered the knights to
clean up the city, but...
**[03:21] Einslotte**
Seize him!
**[03:29] Einslotte**
Your Highness!
**[03:30] Einslotte**
I'm glad you're safe.
**[03:32] Juliana**
Save the greetings.
**[03:33] Juliana**
What is going on here?
**[03:36] Einslotte**
Since the defeat at the castle,
some of the citizens have been on edge.
**[03:41] Einslotte**
Riots have started breaking out all over.
**[03:44] Cervantes**
A bunch of punks making a racket,
**[03:47] Cervantes**
ranting about joining
the Black Army to survive.
**[03:50] Juliana**
That's...
**[03:52] A**
Holy Princess Juliana!
**[03:54] A**
You cannot save this world!
**[03:56] Aries**
You!
**[03:58] Wayne**
A kid?
**[04:00] Juliana**
Aries, release him.
**[04:02] Aries**
But...
**[04:03] Juliana**
Just do it.
**[04:06] Juliana**
If there's something you want to say,
now's your chance.
**[04:09] A**
The Holy King is dead.
**[04:11] A**
The holy men at the Great Shrine
won't help us.
**[04:14] A**
But the Black King is different.
**[04:16] A**
He'll spare us if we join the Black Army!
**[04:18] Aries**
Nonsense.
**[04:19] Juliana**
Who told you that?
**[04:21] A**
Everyone's saying it.
**[04:23] Juliana**
"Everyone"?
**[04:24] Juliana**
You believe such a rumor?
**[04:26] A**
I don't want to die!
**[04:28] A**
I'll become a demon and join the Black Army!
**[04:31] Juliana**
A demon?
**[04:33] Juliana**
Do you understand what that means?
**[04:38] Juliana**
Become a demon and you'll never see
your friends or family or ever again.
**[04:45] Juliana**
You'd do that just to save your own skin?
**[04:49] Juliana**
Have you even considered what would happen
**[04:52] Juliana**
to those you leave behind?
**[04:55] Juliana**
We... We fought together all this while.
**[05:00] Juliana**
You swore to fight alongside your comrades.
**[05:05] Juliana**
Why?
**[05:07] Juliana**
Why did you become a demon?
**[05:11] Juliana**
How could I not have known?
**[05:15] Juliana**
Why couldn't I stop you?
**[05:18] Rowendia**
Your Highness...
**[05:22] Einslotte**
What in the world happened?
**[05:26] Wayne**
Burckhardt became a demon.
**[05:30] A**
More fires!
**[05:31] Cervantes**
Damn it all. There's no end to it.
**[05:42] Louise**
Thank goodness you're safe.
**[05:43] Juliana**
Louise...
**[05:44] Juliana**
I'm sorry I worried you.
**[05:46] Louise**
No, this whole situation started
because I wasn't strong enough.
***SIGN*** Holy Queen Stand-In
Louise
**[05:52] Juliana**
It isn't your fault.
**[05:54] Einslotte**
The three of us have taken on the duties
of the Holy King between us.
**[05:58] Einslotte**
We promised to do what we could
to help each other out, did we not?
**[06:02] Louise**
Yes.
**[06:03] Einslotte**
But the fact of the matter is that
the current situation is becoming grave.
**[06:08] Einslotte**
The riots are spreading faster
than we could have imagined.
**[06:12] Einslotte**
At this rate...
**[06:14] Louise**
What should we do now?
**[06:40] A**
What the?
**[06:45] B**
Are you all right?
**[06:47] B**
What is this?
**[06:48] A**
Let's report this to Chief Olga.
**[07:06] Wayne**
I'm told that the forces
of the Nine Territories,
**[07:09] Wayne**
led by Shuza,
are stationed near the Holy Capital.
**[07:11] Juliana**
Shuza?
**[07:13] Juliana**
He's still in the Holy Kingdom?
**[07:15] Einslotte**
Shuza's army is still recovering from
their battle with the Black King.
**[07:20] Einslotte**
It will be a while until they can move out.
**[07:23] Wayne**
Your Highness.
**[07:25] Wayne**
Why don't we have them join
the Black King Suppression Army?
**[07:30] Juliana**
Right.
**[07:32] Juliana**
Shuza would be a invaluable asset.
**[07:34] Juliana**
Let's send a messenger immediately.
**[07:39] [SONG] Text**
Lord of the Nine Territories
Shuza
**[07:54] Phoena**
Yuri.
**[07:55] Yuri**
Phoena.
**[07:57] Phoena**
I'll slow down the blackening.
**[07:59] Yuri**
I'm fine.
**[08:00] Phoena**
Hold out your arm.
**[08:02] Yuri**
I'll be all right.
**[08:03] Phoena**
No!
**[08:12] Phoena**
All this time, you've helped me.
**[08:16] Phoena**
It's my turn to help you.
**[08:34] Phoena**
Why...
**[08:40] Phoena**
Please, Chronicle.
**[08:46] Phoena**
Please.
**[08:51] Yuri**
Phoena...
**[08:53] Yuri**
It's...
**[09:01] Yuri**
Thank you.
**[09:14] Aram**
What the heck are they doing,
skipping out on dinner?
**[09:19] Aram**
What?
**[09:21] Aram**
Hey!
**[09:22] Aram**
Yu—
**[09:22] ---**
Shh!
**[09:23] ---**
We're going back.
**[09:24] Aram**
What?!
**[09:25] Kain**
A kid has no business seeing this.
**[09:27] Aram**
I'm not a kid!
**[09:28] Kain**
Shut up, idiot!
**[09:44] Aram**
It's huge!
**[09:46] Aram**
Is that the Sage's Tower?
**[09:49] Kain**
Yeah.
**[09:50] Kain**
It's some kind of weird building,
made using some kind of weird technology.
**[09:55] Aram**
Wow.
**[09:56] Aram**
That's super weird, but awesome.
**[10:00] Kain**
The Sage of Destiny there
might know where Pirika is.
**[10:12] Yuri**
What the?
***SIGN*** Sorcerer's Army
Commander
Katya
***SIGN*** Sorcerer's Army
Commander
Velnar
***SIGN*** Sorcerer's Army
Captain
Yuni
**[10:25] Kain**
The Sorcerer's Army!
**[10:26] Michidia**
Why are they attacking us?
**[10:28] Melchior**
We've been waiting for you, Volunteer Army.
**[10:31] Melchior**
Melchior.
**[10:34] Aram**
Where?
**[10:36] Yuri**
Melchior!
**[10:38] Yuri**
We're going to fight the Black King again.
**[10:41] Yuri**
Please.
**[10:42] Yuri**
Lend us the power of the Sage's Tower.
**[10:47] Melchior**
If you want our assistance,
first prove your might.
**[10:52] Melchior**
Velnar!
**[10:53] Wayne**
All right!
**[10:57] Aludra**
No, you don't!
**[11:04] Aludra**
What firepower...
**[11:06] Aram**
Damn...
**[11:07] Kain**
Aram, get back! It's dangerous.
**[11:09] Yuri**
The carriage!
**[11:10] Kain**
Got it.
**[11:10] Katya**
Attack!
**[11:15] Vorg**
This place is never boring.
**[11:37] Yuri**
Aram!
**[11:42] Velnar**
You don't have time to worry about others!
**[11:53] Aludra**
My mana can't keep up.
**[11:56] Velnar**
This is over!
**[11:58] Aram**
Aludra!
**[11:59] Aludra**
Thanks!
**[12:01] Velnar**
Give it up, old hag!
**[12:04] Aludra**
Who are you calling an old hag?!
**[12:21] Melchior**
That kid can transfer mana?
**[12:27] Dilma**
You seem to be having fun, Melchior.
**[12:31] Melchior**
That is indeed entertaining.
**[12:33] Dilma**
But there'll be a lot of damage.
**[12:35] Melchior**
Sacrifices are necessary
if progress is to be made.
**[12:38] Dilma**
Then why not sacrifice yourself?
**[12:43] Dilma**
You've toyed with them long enough.
**[12:59] Fatima**
That's enough.
**[13:01] Fatima**
No more games.
**[13:08] Aram**
Y-You're naked?!
**[13:16] Phoena**
Aram, allow me to introduce you.
**[13:19] Phoena**
This is Dilma.
***SIGN*** Sage of Life
Dilma
**[13:22] Phoena**
Fatima.
***SIGN*** Golden Witch
Fatima
**[13:24] Phoena**
And Melchior.
***SIGN*** Sage of Might
Melchior
***SIGN*** They are the Sages of the Tower.
**[13:30] Dilma**
Nice to meet you.
**[13:32] Melchior**
I heard you were gathering an Army,
so I put you through your paces.
**[13:37] Fatima**
Actually, your magic experiments failed,
and you were just taking it out on them.
**[13:41] Aram**
They're different from how I imagined them.
**[13:43] Kain**
Everyone says that at first.
**[13:55] Dilma**
This is the Imperial Castle as it is now.
**[13:57] Melchior**
That's right.
**[13:58] Melchior**
There's something interesting
going on there.
**[14:01] Melchior**
A High-Density Black Element is being emitted
**[14:04] Melchior**
from the castle non-stop, creating a barrier.
**[14:08] Melchior**
Calculations show that its density is double—
no, more than double—that of normal,
**[14:12] Melchior**
causing an unprecedented
blackening of the region.
**[14:14] Fatima**
Shut up.
**[14:17] Dilma**
Basically, the Black Element barrier has
grown so powerful, no-one can penetrate it.
**[14:24] Dilma**
Tell us, do you believe people will follow you
in this increasingly desperate situation,
**[14:29] Dilma**
despite the fact that
you've already failed once before?
**[14:33] Yuri**
Well...
**[14:37] Yuri**
We're doing this, regardless.
**[14:40] Dilma**
Very well.
**[14:41] Fatima**
The world's fate is a blank canvas.
**[14:44] Fatima**
The future has yet to be written.
**[14:46] Fatima**
Follow the path you believe to be true.
**[14:49] Michidia**
Do you mean it's up to us what happens next?
**[14:53] Fatima**
Yes.
**[14:54] Kain**
If that's what the Sage of Destiny says.
**[14:57] Aram**
*She's* the Sage of Destiny?
**[15:00] Phoena**
She is.
**[15:01] Phoena**
Fatima knows a lot of things.
**[15:04] Aram**
Even though she's naked?
**[15:06] Yuri**
Fatima, if you know anything
about Pirika, please tell us.
**[15:12] Fatima**
Pirika survives.
**[15:15] Fatima**
But is somewhere from which
it is impossible to return by oneself.
**[15:18] Phoena**
Where is that?
**[15:24] Yuri**
So not even Fatima knows.
**[15:26] Fatima**
There is still hope.
**[15:29] Aram**
Huh?
**[15:32] Fatima**
Also, you must travel to the Maze Pass.
**[15:45] Velnar**
Hey, kid.
**[15:49] Velnar**
You're new around here.
**[15:51] Aram**
I'm not a kid.
**[15:52] Aram**
I'm Aram.
**[15:53] Velnar**
Oh?
**[15:55] Velnar**
You have a big mouth.
**[15:57] Aram**
What's up with your body, anyway?
**[16:00] Clauss**
That's the mark of a Sealer.
***SIGN*** Sorcerer's Army
Captain
Clauss
**[16:05] Clauss**
He's strengthened himself by
carving magic runes into his body.
**[16:08] Clauss**
In other words, he's crazy about fighting.
**[16:10] Velnar**
Clauss.
**[16:12] Velnar**
You weren't at the battle.
**[16:13] Velnar**
Where were you?
**[16:14] Clauss**
It's my day off.
**[16:17] Aram**
Is that why you can use that awesome magic?
Because you're a Sealer?
**[16:22] Velnar**
Wanna see it again?
**[16:24] Clauss**
You're going to get suspended again.
**[16:28] Velnar**
Speaking of which,
you did something interesting yourself.
**[16:32] Velnar**
You can transfer mana, can you?
**[16:34] Aram**
Yeah.
**[16:35] Velnar**
I thought I'd won
when that old hag ran out of mana.
**[16:39] Velnar**
Good job watching out for her.
**[16:40] Aram**
I hate losing.
**[16:43] Velnar**
And if you lose anyway?
**[16:45] Aram**
I won't quit until I win.
**[16:48] Velnar**
You're quite the dumbass, too.
**[16:50] Aram**
I'm not *quite* a dumbass.
**[16:52] Aram**
I'm a *real* dumbass.
**[16:53] Clauss**
Is that supposed to be a compliment?
**[16:56] Velnar**
It's important to look at
the battlefield as a whole.
**[17:00] Velnar**
Once you do, you start to see things
that you couldn't otherwise.
**[17:05] Aram**
Yeah.
**[17:06] Clauss**
That was a surprisingly mature comment,
coming from you.
**[17:09] Velnar**
You need to watch carefully
if you're gonna kill *everyone*.
**[17:14] Clauss**
Right.
**[17:15] Aram**
Aren't you guys going to
fight the Black Army?
**[17:18] Velnar**
We are fighting them.
**[17:20] Velnar**
The ones that attack here, anyway.
**[17:23] Clauss**
We, the Sorcerer's Army, can't act
without orders from those weird Sages.
**[17:30] Aram**
I see.
**[17:35] Katya**
I apologize.
**[17:37] Katya**
We didn't want to fight you, either.
**[17:41] Aludra**
Don't worry about it, Katya.
**[17:43] Aludra**
I know you're at the mercy
of those crazy Sages.
**[17:48] Melchior**
Is someone speaking ill of me?
**[17:51] Aludra**
You're imagining things.
**[17:53] Melchior**
So, when are you leaving?
**[17:55] Aludra**
Unfortunately,
I'm going to be staying for a while.
**[17:58] Vorg**
So will I.
**[18:00] Aludra**
We came all the way here to find out
how to take on the Holy Castle, after all.
**[18:05] Melchior**
After you ran away from here
all those years ago, too.
**[18:09] Aludra**
Don't worry. I'll stay away from your room.
**[18:13] Melchior**
I'm not going to show you
my newest paper on magic theory.
**[18:17] Aludra**
Don't worry. I'll find it myself.
**[18:20] Melchior**
Then I'll set some magic traps
where I hide it.
**[18:25] Aludra**
I wonder if your theory-obsessed magic
will work on me.
**[18:29] Melchior**
I'm sure we'll see the failings
of your half-assed applied magic.
**[18:38] Vorg**
Geez.
**[18:54] Yuri**
All that and we still don't know
Pirika's whereabouts.
**[18:58] Katya**
Sadly.
**[19:00] Katya**
We'll have to ask Yggdra
at the island of sprites.
**[19:02] Yuri**
Yeah.
**[19:04] Yuri**
I'd like to go there immediately, but...
**[19:08] Phoena**
Let's go to the Maze Pass first.
**[19:11] Phoena**
Fatima doesn't offer advice
unless there's a reason.
**[19:15] Yuri**
I know.
**[19:17] Michidia**
Juliana asked us to check on the area, too.
**[19:21] Michidia**
This is a good opportunity.
**[19:22] Velnar**
We'll come with you.
**[19:28] Velnar**
I haven't had enough action lately.
**[19:30] Aram**
Awesome!
**[19:32] Aram**
You're coming with us?
**[19:34] Katya**
Yes, under orders from Melchior.
**[19:37] Katya**
He's interested in an artifact
discovered recently at the Maze Pass.
**[19:42] Katya**
We're to investigate.
**[19:44] Phoena**
Artifact?
**[19:46] Phoena**
I wonder what they found.
**[19:48] Velnar**
Who cares what it is?
**[19:52] Yuri**
All right, let's go.
**[19:53] Yuri**
To the Maze Pass!
**[23:56] A**
That's why you lost to the Black King.
***SIGN*** Light or Dark.
**[24:00] A**
And that's precisely why...
**[24:03] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[24:03] Aram**
Yuri!
**[24:04] Yuri**
I won't let the darkness take me!
***SIGN*** Chapter 2
**[24:13] A**
The Black World is where you belong,
as one disillusioned with being a hero.
**[24:19] Yuri**
I...
**[24:20] A**
The peace you seek is, in fact,
in the world of darkness.
**[24:25] A**
That's the one path that remains to you.
***SIGN*** The Light of Haecceitas
**[24:33] ---**
Yuri!
***SIGN*** Chapter 2 January 14 (Saturday)
***SIGN*** Chapter 3 February 11 (Saturday)
# 5 - Snowy Mountain Screams
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[01:40] A**
On the left!
**[01:41] A**
Don't get flanked!
**[01:42] B**
Got it.
**[01:46] B**
What *is* this "Black Blizzard"?
**[01:48] C**
To think even the Maze Pass would be
this infected by the Black Element...
**[02:18] D**
They can regenerate?!
**[02:22] A**
It's because of this Black Blizzard.
**[02:26] A**
Striking them down isn't enough.
**[02:28] B**
Marina, are you ready?
**[02:30] C**
Healing power within me,
**[02:33] C**
power of life, imbue my staff
and grant life to those before me.
**[02:50] D**
Wow.
**[02:52] D**
That was healing magic, wasn't it?
**[02:54] D**
You can destroy those
skeleton bastards with it?
**[02:57] C**
They *are* undead, after all.
**[02:59] D**
So even you can be useful
in combat sometimes, huh?
**[03:02] C**
"Sometimes"?
**[03:04] C**
Is that how you see me?
**[03:07] D**
All you ever do is trip over.
**[03:12] D**
What's that?
**[03:33] E**
Take this!
**[03:41] E**
All you gotta do is burn them bones!
**[03:51] A**
Aram!
**[04:02] A**
They don't seem to have been buried alive.
**[04:05] B**
I can't believe the snow couldn't handle
one of my weakest spells.
**[04:09] B**
Talk about pathetic.
**[04:11] A**
No, you overdid it, Velnar.
**[04:15] B**
Shut up.
**[04:16] B**
Better too much than too little.
**[04:20] C**
That's enough, you two.
**[04:23] C**
What should we do?
**[04:24] C**
Should we go look for the two of them?
**[04:26] D**
Why don't we meet up
with the earth sprites first?
**[04:30] D**
We'd be better off with the help of
those familiar with these mountains.
**[04:35] E**
You're right.
**[04:37] E**
I'm sure the Captain would do the same.
**[04:40] F**
I agree, too.
**[04:44] B**
Yeah, yeah.
**[04:50] F**
* The Black Element is strong*
* in these mountains.*
**[04:57] F**
*Yuri...*
**[05:02] G**
Damn.
**[05:03] G**
Are you cold?
**[05:04] G**
Just stay in there.
**[05:08] G**
Hey, Yuri, do you know what this is?
**[05:11] H**
No. I've never seen anything like it before.
**[05:13] G**
It's not dangerous, is it?
**[05:15] H**
I don't know.
**[05:16] H**
But I don't sense any evil from it,
so I think it's safe to keep around.
**[05:22] G**
We're in this mess because
we tried to protect you, you know.
**[05:26] G**
You'd better be grateful, Furball.
**[05:29] H**
Furball?
**[05:30] G**
That's what I've named it,
since it *is* a ball of fur.
**[05:33] H**
Named it? Are you going to keep it?
**[05:36] G**
No, I wasn't planning to.
**[05:39] H**
Maybe you're not, but it looks like
that thing has already made up its mind.
**[05:45] G**
Hey.
**[05:45] G**
Stop it.
**[05:47] H**
It's your responsibility now.
**[05:54] G**
What's up?
**[06:01] H**
The blizzard's getting worse.
**[06:03] H**
Let's stop here and set up camp.
**[06:07] G**
Wait, Yuri.
**[06:08] G**
Let's keep going. We're probably close to...
**[06:11] H**
No, the cold saps your energy
more than you'd think.
**[06:15] H**
Let's dig a snow cave here
and wait for the weather to improve.
**[06:19] H**
Got it?
**[06:21] G**
O-Okay.
**[06:26] A**
Yuri's missing?!
**[06:28] B**
Along with a boy named Aram,
who recently joined us.
**[06:34] A**
All right.
**[06:35] A**
We'll send out a search team right away.
**[06:37] A**
Do any of you want to come along?
**[06:39] C**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** East-Northeast Tribe Chief
Olga
***SIGN*** Hero of Flames
Rolo
**[06:41] A**
Kiki, can you let the fire sprites know, too?
**[06:48] D**
It's a hassle, but fine.
**[06:53] D**
Since it's for Yuri's sake.
**[06:55] B**
Thank you.
***SIGN*** Lazy Flame Sprite
Kiki
**[06:56] D**
Got it.
**[07:00] A**
Sorry to make you come this far
into the Pass during an emergency.
**[07:05] A**
We just happened to find something huge.
**[07:12] E**
Be careful with it.
**[07:14] E**
This is an incredible treasure.
**[07:20] A**
Hey!
**[07:22] A**
Can anyone hear me?
**[07:24] A**
Hey!
**[07:26] A**
Damn it.
**[07:29] A**
I can't get through.
**[07:30] B**
The Black Blizzard might be
hindering communications.
**[07:33] A**
Hey, Yuri, I really think
we should keep walking.
**[07:38] B**
No, the golden rule for when you're lost
is to stay right where you are.
**[07:44] A**
But...
**[07:45] B**
I'm sure Phoena and the rest have
enlisted the help of the earth sprites
**[07:49] B**
and are looking for us right now.
**[07:52] A**
The earth sprites?
**[07:54] A**
Are you sure they'll help?
**[07:56] A**
Besides, in this weather,
our friends might not...
**[07:59] B**
Don't worry.
**[08:00] B**
They've fought by my side all this time.
**[08:04] B**
So I trust them.
**[08:06] A**
Bah.
**[08:09] A**
Nothing.
**[08:11] B**
That wasn't nothing.
**[08:13] A**
Shut up.
**[08:15] A**
I was just feeling a bit envious...
**[08:17] A**
of your confidence in your friends.
**[08:25] A**
I don't trust them that much yet.
**[08:30] B**
Aram.
**[08:32] A**
I've never had friends.
**[08:34] A**
I've always had to do everything for myself.
**[08:42] B**
At some point, everyone comes across
a situation they can't deal with alone.
**[08:47] B**
Whether they have someone to help
when that happens,
**[08:50] B**
and whether they can trust them fully,
**[08:54] B**
probably determines a person's true strength.
**[08:59] A**
Is that what you call a bond?
**[09:02] B**
I'm not sure.
**[09:03] A**
It's not?
**[09:04] B**
Who knows?
**[09:05] B**
That's probably something you have
to find out for yourself, Aram.
**[09:10] A**
Bah. You spoilsport.
**[09:14] B**
*Don't worry.*
**[09:15] B**
*You'll find it yourself someday,*
**[09:17] B**
*a light that's right for you.*
**[09:23] A**
Maybe we should have gone with them.
**[09:27] B**
I'd like to, but first we need to do
what we came here to do.
**[09:34] A**
To ask the earth and fire sprites to
help the Black King Suppression Army.
**[09:40] B**
Yes.
**[09:41] B**
And one other thing.
**[09:44] B**
Why did Fatima instruct us to come here?
**[09:48] B**
Could it be...
**[09:50] B**
Marina, don't you sense something?
**[09:54] A**
I do.
**[09:55] A**
It's an artifact with immense magical power.
**[09:58] B**
We need to figure out what this is.
**[10:00] B**
That must be why we were sent here.
**[10:10] B**
"Deep, deep within the
depths of the Maze Pass,
**[10:14] B**
there lies a sword of hope.
**[10:15] B**
A blade, cutting through the darkness."
**[10:18] A**
Cutting through the darkness?
**[10:20] B**
There's no doubt.
**[10:22] B**
This will surely be of use to us.
**[10:27] A**
Don't fall asleep, Aram.
**[10:31] B**
I wasn't sleeping.
**[10:34] A**
If you're sleepy, why don't we
play word chain or something?
**[10:38] B**
Word chain?
**[10:39] B**
Me and you?
**[10:41] A**
Is that weird?
**[10:43] B**
No, it's not weird, but...
**[10:47] A**
I mean...
**[10:48] A**
I can't think of anything else
to do in this situation.
**[10:55] B**
Okay.
**[10:56] B**
Fine. Let's play word chain.
**[10:59] B**
But first...
**[11:01] A**
Aram?
**[11:02] B**
It's so cold.
**[11:04] B**
I gotta go take a leak.
**[11:10] B**
Did you hear that? "Word chain."
**[11:12] B**
Yuri's a lot more normal
in person than I thought.
**[11:19] B**
Don't you think so, Furball?
**[11:23] B**
Furball?
**[11:24] B**
Hey!
**[11:25] B**
Furball!
**[11:27] B**
Where'd you go?
**[11:29] B**
Damn it, that idiot.
**[11:34] B**
Yuri!
**[11:37] B**
*You're kidding me.*
**[11:39] B**
Yuri!
**[11:41] B**
Furball!
**[11:42] B**
Hey!
**[11:49] A**
Shuza, sir, I come with a message
from Holy Princess Juliana.
**[11:56] B**
A Black King Suppression Army?
**[11:57] A**
Yes.
**[11:58] A**
She requests your help in ridding
the continent of the Black Army for good.
**[12:07] B**
I see.
**[12:12] B**
Very well.
**[12:13] B**
I shall give you my reply now.
**[12:19] A**
Aram!
**[12:22] A**
Aram!
**[12:27] A**
Did he get himself lost?
**[12:29] A**
I have to go find him.
**[12:34] A**
*Wait, do I really have to go?*
**[12:37] A**
*I told him not to move when lost.*
**[12:41] A**
* If he got lost after that,*
* it's his own responsibility.*
**[12:44] A**
* Even if he froze to death,*
* it wouldn't be my fault.*
**[12:48] A**
What was I thinking just now?
**[12:54] A**
Damn it.
**[13:05] A**
I'm not giving up.
**[13:08] C**
Just relax, already.
**[13:15] C**
Why do you resist?
**[13:18] C**
You've already lost.
**[13:20] A**
I haven't lost yet.
**[13:22] C**
Liar.
**[13:24] C**
"Trust your friends"?
**[13:26] C**
"Trust your allies"?
**[13:27] C**
You can't be serious.
**[13:29] C**
You couldn't even trust
your friends or allies yourself.
**[13:34] C**
That's right. You doubted this world.
**[13:38] C**
You doubted the people living in it.
**[13:41] C**
You doubted whether it's worth
**[13:45] C**
going through the pain and
suffering to save it.
**[13:49] A**
No!
**[13:50] C**
You're a husk of a hero.
**[13:54] C**
In fact, you're a puppet,
held hostage by the word "hero"
**[13:57] C**
and played like a fiddle by fate.
**[14:01] C**
And you, yourself, are more
sick of yourself than anyone.
**[14:06] C**
This world tasked you with saving it
because you are a hero.
**[14:10] C**
"Save the world," they all asked.
**[14:14] C**
If they ask for help, a hero must do so.
**[14:17] C**
For that is the reason for
a hero's very existence.
**[14:20] C**
But, at the same time,
you came to the realization:
**[14:23] C**
that there is no one to save a hero.
**[14:29] A**
Shut up!
**[14:35] C**
That is why you lost to the Black King.
**[14:39] C**
And that is why, now,
**[14:47] C**
you are turning black yourself.
**[14:51] C**
It's useless to resist.
**[14:53] C**
I know everything.
**[14:55] C**
After all, I am you.
**[14:59] C**
Give it up.
**[15:01] C**
You, who despaired at being a hero,
are destined for the black world.
**[15:06] C**
You belong there.
**[15:09] B**
No, you don't!
**[15:16] B**
Are you all right, Yuri?
**[15:31] A**
*I see.*
**[15:32] A**
* They were the ones filling*
* my mind with fear.*
**[15:37] A**
Don't touch them, Aram.
**[15:38] A**
I have to defeat them myself.
**[15:42] B**
Why?
**[15:45] B**
Come on, Yuri, you said one's strength
lies in letting others help them.
**[15:51] B**
I don't really know what it
means to have bonds yet.
**[15:54] B**
But I do know one thing:
I want to be of help to you.
**[15:59] B**
So, right now, my sword is your sword.
**[16:03] B**
Me defeating them is the same
as you defeating them.
**[16:08] B**
Am I wrong?
**[16:11] A**
*I see.*
**[16:13] A**
*Aram, you never needed to look for it.*
**[16:21] A**
Seize the light!
**[16:45] A**
Aram.
**[16:47] B**
Hey, Yuri, was that a chain attack?
**[16:54] B**
I did it!
**[16:55] B**
Awesome!
**[16:57] B**
Awesome!
**[16:58] B**
I combined moves with you!
**[17:01] A**
Good job, Aram.
**[17:03] B**
Oh, right, is your arm okay?
**[17:06] A**
It's not a problem.
**[17:07] A**
More importantly…
**[17:14] A**
Aren't you Baltazari?
**[17:17] C**
Who is it that calls me Baltazari?
**[17:21] C**
Begone, blasted snow!
**[17:28] C**
Oh, Yuri, is that you?
**[17:31] A**
It's been a while.
**[17:33] B**
You know this weird old man, Yuri?
**[17:36] A**
Baltazari.
**[17:38] A**
He's the master of Fatima,
whom we met at the Sage Tower,
***SIGN*** Former Sage of Fate
Baltazari
**[17:41] A**
and the previous Fate Sage.
**[17:43] B**
That naked chick's master?
**[17:45] B**
Actually, that makes sense.
**[17:59] B**
Furball!
**[18:00] B**
Where did you get to, stupid?
**[18:04] C**
Did the Black Blizzard blow you off course?
**[18:07] C**
You seem to be drowning
in dark waters right now.
**[18:12] C**
The more you fight it,
the deeper you'll fall.
**[18:15] C**
It may be easier to
let yourself be taken away.
**[18:18] A**
No, so long as there's hope,
I'll continue to fight.
**[18:20] C**
But hope, at times, may take
a person's life with its powerful light.
**[18:26] C**
Despite this, you would still continue?
**[18:29] A**
If I'm to be killed by hope,
I shall die happy.
**[18:35] C**
Well said!
**[18:38] C**
If that is how determined you are,
then I have nothing to say.
**[18:42] C**
Go forth, hero.
**[18:45] C**
I'll give you some good advice
in return for the entertainment.
**[18:50] C**
You've defeated a guardian dragon
in the past, have you not?
**[18:54] A**
Yes, at the desert oasis.
**[18:56] C**
A new dragon will appear there someday.
**[19:00] C**
Make your way there.
**[19:02] D**
Captain!
**[19:05] D**
Captain!
**[19:07] E**
Aram!
**[19:08] B**
Hey!
**[19:11] E**
Guys, we found the Captain and Aram!
**[19:15] A**
Baltazari...
**[19:19] B**
You were right.
**[19:22] B**
You said your friends would find you.
**[19:25] A**
Yeah.
**[19:26] A**
But don't forget, Aram.
**[19:29] A**
They're not *my* friends.
**[19:33] A**
They're *our* friends.
**[19:49] F**
We earth sprites will join up with the
Suppression Army as soon as we're ready.
**[19:53] A**
Thanks, Olga.
**[19:55] G**
We fire sprites will, too.
**[19:57] A**
Thank you, Rolo.
**[19:59] G**
And you can leave the artifact up to us.
**[20:02] G**
We'll take good care of it.
**[20:03] D**
Thank you very much.
**[20:06] G**
Sure thing.
**[20:08] B**
What, really?
**[20:10] B**
You forged that sword?
***SIGN*** Great Chief of the North
Baldur
**[20:12] C**
You're a bit rough, but you have talent.
**[20:16] C**
Train well.
**[20:22] D**
Come on, Captain, drink up.
**[20:25] D**
You had us all worried.
**[20:28] F**
I'm glad you're both safe.
**[20:30] B**
Yeah, who knows what would have
happened if I'd been all by myself?
**[20:34] B**
But Yuri was there for me.
**[20:36] B**
And Furball, too.
**[20:38] G**
Furball?
**[20:40] G**
You have terrible taste in names.
**[20:46] B**
Hey, Marina's on the ground again.
**[20:49] G**
Hey!
**[20:50] G**
Did that thing just...
**[20:52] B**
You're so weird.
**[20:54] G**
I'm telling you, that furball...
**[20:57] B**
Want more?
**[20:58] A**
Thanks.
**[20:59] B**
I feel like getting separated and lost
**[21:04] B**
actually made me grow closer to everyone.
**[21:07] B**
So, y'know, uh...
**[21:10] B**
Thanks and stuff, Yuri.
**[21:14] A**
No, thank you.
**[21:16] A**
I'm glad I got to know you, Aram.
**[21:33] C**
So we're finally going to Soul Island.
**[21:36] A**
Yeah, we're going get Pirika back.
**[21:38] B**
I've never been across the sea.
**[21:42] F**
What's that?
**[21:46] A**
Shuza.
**[21:50] C**
I'm glad you're here.
**[21:51] C**
Are you going to join
the Black King Suppression Army?
**[21:55] G**
Hand over the Chain Chronicle.
**[22:01] G**
I'm going to defeat the Black King
and rule Yggdra myself.
# 6 - The Nadir of Anguish
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:10] Yuri**
Shuza...
**[00:55] A**
We've had word that you've re-established
the Black King Suppression Army.
**[01:01] A**
We received a request for reinforcements.
**[01:03] A**
However, we will not fight alongside
the Suppression Army.
**[01:09] A**
You will not win with your methods.
**[01:12] A**
We will defeat the Black King.
**[01:17] Aram**
What gives you the right to talk like that?
**[01:20] Aram**
Who do you think you are?
**[01:22] A**
Restrain yourself.
**[01:23] A**
This man is Shuza, First Lord of the Nine
Territories of Fire in the land of ogres.
***SIGN*** Second Lord
Yoshitsugu
**[01:29] A**
I am Second Lord, Yoshitsugu.
**[01:31] A**
I like your spirit, brat.
**[01:33] Aram**
I'm not a brat!
**[01:34] Aram**
I'm Aram!
**[01:36] Aram**
I'm tired of your nonsense, idiot!
**[01:40] Aram**
Don't just stand there! Say something, Yuri!
**[01:44] Shuza**
Hand over the Chain Chronicle.
**[01:47] Aram**
I'd never give it to the likes of you!
**[01:50] Shuza**
Move.
**[01:54] Yuri**
Shuza.
**[01:56] Yuri**
Now's not the time for in-fighting.
**[01:59] Shuza**
You haven't changed, boy.
**[02:02] Shuza**
Did I not warn you?
**[02:04] Shuza**
Mercy will only hold you back during war.
**[02:07] Shuza**
That is why you lost to the Black King.
**[02:20] (Flashback) Shuza**
Use any means necessary when
fighting the Black King.
**[02:24] (Flashback) Shuza**
Be prepared to use your comrades
as shields if necessary.
**[02:28] (Flashback) Shuza**
Mercy will only hold you back.
**[02:32] Shuza**
This is how I fight.
**[02:37] Aram**
Yuri!
**[02:39] Shuza**
Sheathe your sword!
**[02:41] Shuza**
We would prefer to avoid
any unnecessary bloodshed.
**[02:43] Shuza**
Now, then.
**[02:45] Phoena**
The Chronicle's power only manifests
for those it has chosen.
**[02:49] Shuza**
Then I'll just make it choose me.
**[02:51] Phoena**
Do you think you can do that?
**[02:54] Shuza**
That's why I'm standing here now.
**[02:57] Yuri**
Stop!
**[03:10] Juliana**
Try as we might to quell the riots,
the people are still restless.
**[03:17] Lilith**
If crossing swords with the
Black Army is a form of battle,
**[03:21] Lilith**
then so is fighting your own anxieties.
**[03:26] Lilith**
I fight daily against my own anxieties.
**[03:30] Lilith**
My duties as one of the Seventeen
Clerics of the Great Shrine...
**[03:36] Lilith**
As a decision-maker, with the
world on the verge of collapse,
**[03:40] Lilith**
I must choose who to entrust with
leading the world into the future.
**[03:46] Lilith**
As a cleric—no, as a human being—
**[03:51] Lilith**
I have been troubled by
the duty with which I am faced.
**[03:55] Lilith**
But it is no longer the time for that.
**[04:00] Lilith**
What I must do has already been decided.
**[04:05] Juliana**
You're right, Lilith.
**[04:07] Juliana**
What we must both do
**[04:09] Juliana**
has already been decided.
**[04:12] Juliana**
I must let the people
know what I am thinking.
**[04:15] Juliana**
I don't know if it'll alleviate their fears,
but I must convey my thoughts.
**[04:27] Juliana**
Please gather the people.
**[04:30] Juliana**
Until now, Louise, Einslotte, and I have
shared the duties of the Holy Queen.
**[04:36] Juliana**
You helped me when I lacked experience,
**[04:39] Juliana**
but I've been using that as
an excuse to shirk my responsibilities.
**[04:43] A**
Juliana...
**[04:44] Juliana**
Seeing the nation in its current state,
I finally understand what I must do.
**[04:53] Juliana**
To quell the people's fears,
**[04:56] Juliana**
a ruler must first show them how to
move forward and how to live their lives.
**[05:02] Juliana**
I will carry out my duty as
the successor to the throne.
**[05:08] A**
Juliana...
**[05:10] B**
I admire your determination.
**[05:18] C**
Her Majesty Juliana will
be succeeding the throne.
**[05:25] C**
We will thus be holding
a coronation ceremony.
**[05:32] Yuri**
Aram! Take care of Phoena!
**[05:34] Aram**
All right.
**[05:46] A**
I'd expect nothing less from
the Second Lord of the Nine Territories.
**[05:50] B**
Bring it!
**[05:59] Yuri**
Shuza.
**[06:01] Yuri**
Can we not fight alongside
one another again?
**[06:04] Shuza**
Enough.
**[06:06] Shuza**
I was given a choice between light and dark.
**[06:11] Shuza**
If you choose to follow the path of light,
**[06:14] Shuza**
then I shall follow the path of darkness.
**[06:21] Shuza**
I will take everything.
**[06:23] Shuza**
The Nine Territories.
**[06:24] Shuza**
Yggdra.
**[06:25] Shuza**
And the power of the blackness.
**[06:27] Shuza**
I will claim this power as my own,
and become the true Black King!
**[06:42] A**
Yuri!
**[06:43] B**
Yuri!
**[06:45] Shuza**
Begone, weaklings!
**[06:47] A**
Captain!
**[06:50] A**
A chain attack, quick!
**[07:07] Yuri**
Seize...
**[07:16] A**
Captain!
**[07:17] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[07:18] Aram**
He broke their chain!
**[07:27] Shuza**
You're pretty sure of yourself, brat.
**[07:46] Phoena**
Aram!
**[07:48] Shuza**
Now, hand it over.
**[07:50] Phoena**
No.
**[07:53] Aram**
Stop!
**[08:01] Yuri**
Shuza!
**[08:40] Shuza**
Who the hell are you?
**[08:42] Eirenus**
Its name is Olzada.
**[08:44] Eirenus**
An ancient golem said to bring calamity.
**[08:48] Eirenus**
Isn't it cute?
**[08:51] Eirenus**
It's time for you to come home.
**[08:55] Shuza**
A demon.
**[08:57] Eirenus**
Oh?
**[08:58] Eirenus**
It seems you're not unlike us.
**[09:01] Eirenus**
Want to come along, too?
**[09:03] Shuza**
Don't make me laugh, scum.
**[09:06] Eirenus**
Oh?
**[09:07] Eirenus**
Then I hate to say it,
but you'll have to die.
**[09:13] A**
Protect the lord!
**[09:16] B**
How ugly.
**[09:24] Shuza**
I have no use for the weak.
**[09:26] B**
Beautiful.
**[09:28] C**
I'll cut you down!
**[09:31] D**
Let's burn them all down!
**[09:34] Eirenus**
You pests.
**[09:44] Eirenus**
Come, let us go join the King.
**[09:47] Eirenus**
Your fate was sealed the moment you
appeared in front of the Black King.
**[09:53] Yuri**
That's nonsense.
**[09:55] Eirenus**
You're already stained black.
**[10:00] Eirenus**
Now, let's go.
**[10:05] Yuri2**
Why do you hesitate?
**[10:09] Yuri2**
Look.
**[10:11] Yuri2**
You failed to protect your friends.
**[10:14] Yuri**
No!
**[10:15] Yuri2**
And you let the Chain Chronicle be stolen.
**[10:20] Yuri2**
Yet again.
**[10:22] Yuri**
W-Well...
**[10:24] Yuri2**
It's the truth.
**[10:33] Aram**
Dammit...
**[10:34] Phoena**
Aram...
**[10:36] Aram**
Phoena.
**[10:37] Phoena**
The Chain Chronicle...
**[10:39] Aram**
I'll get it back.
**[10:44] Phoena**
Yuri, no!
**[10:46] Phoena**
You can't go!
**[10:47] Aram**
I'll stop him!
**[10:50] A**
You shall not interfere.
**[10:54] Yuri2**
You already understand, don't you?
**[10:56] Yuri2**
You're weak.
**[10:59] Yuri**
I, I...
**[11:01] Yuri2**
Now, accept it.
**[11:03] Yuri**
I... I...
**[11:07] Yuri2**
Now...
**[11:19] Eirenus**
I almost had you.
**[11:21] Yuri**
I vowed to defeat the Black King this time.
**[11:25] Yuri**
I will not waver!
**[11:28] Yuri**
I will prevail, with my friends!
**[11:32] Eirenus**
Your friends?
**[11:38] Eirenus**
Why do you think your friend,
Burckhardt, became a demon?
**[11:44] Phoena**
Aram!
**[11:51] Eirenus**
Take a look at your friends.
**[11:56] Aram**
I won't hand Yuri over!
**[11:57] A**
It's his fate.
**[11:59] Aram**
I don't care!
**[12:01] A**
Everyone has their rightful place.
**[12:03] A**
I was rejected by the person
I gave my all to.
**[12:08] A**
That's when I understood
the mistake I'd made.
**[12:13] Aram**
I have no idea what you're talking about!
**[12:17] Eirenus**
You're a wreck.
**[12:19] Eirenus**
So are they, see?
**[12:31] A**
Oh, no.
**[12:36] B**
Yoshitsugu, why?
**[12:40] B**
You could have stopped Shuza.
**[12:43] Yoshi**
Me? Stop him?
**[12:46] Yoshi**
I have my honor as an ogre.
**[12:48] Yoshi**
I bet what little life I have left on Shuza.
**[12:53] Yoshi**
Just as you bet yours on Yuri.
**[12:57] Yoshi**
I will fight for the one I placed my trust in.
**[13:01] B**
Same goes for me.
**[13:14] Eirenus**
The poor things.
**[13:15] Eirenus**
They're going to die, all because
they decided to believe in you.
**[13:20] Eirenus**
It's all your fault.
**[13:24] Yuri**
It's my...
**[13:25] Eirenus**
That's right. You can't protect anyone.
**[13:29] Yuri**
I... I...
**[13:36] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[13:37] Phoena**
Don't go!
**[13:41] Yuri2**
You knew you weren't a hero.
**[13:46] Yuri2**
You knew you didn't have the
ability to protect your friends.
**[13:50] Yuri2**
But you couldn't admit that to yourself.
**[13:54] Yuri2**
No, the people around you wouldn't let you.
**[13:57] Yuri**
That's not true!
**[13:58] Yuri2**
There isn't a single ray
of hope in this world.
**[14:02] Yuri2**
It will all soon be engulfed in black.
**[14:06] Yuri2**
But when that happens, you will be set free.
**[14:09] Yuri2**
What is the point in suffering or
making your friends suffer any longer?
**[14:15] Yuri**
I...
**[14:16] Yuri2**
The peace you seek is, in fact,
in the world of darkness.
**[14:22] Yuri2**
Do your friends—your people—the kindness
of ending things with your own hands.
**[14:31] Yuri2**
That is the only path left to you.
**[14:36] Yuri**
Kindness? Ending... things?
**[14:40] Aram**
Yuri!
**[14:45] Yuri2**
Come with me.
**[14:48] Yuri2**
To the world where you belong.
**[14:51] Yuri2**
You can't protect anyone any longer.
**[14:56] Yuri2**
Follow your heart.
**[15:00] Yuri**
I... I...
**[15:05] Aram**
Yuri!
**[15:09] Yuri**
I won't let the blackness defeat me!
**[15:16] Yuri2**
Is that your answer?
**[15:24] Yuri**
Kain... Why...
**[15:29] Kain**
Captain...
**[15:42] Eirenus**
You severed that fleeting bond
with your own hands.
**[15:51] Yuri**
Kain!
**[15:53] Kain**
Are you all right, Captain?
**[15:55] Yuri**
I...
**[15:56] Kain**
As long as you're okay,
that's all that matters.
**[15:59] Kain**
The Black King Suppression Army needs you.
**[16:03] Yuri**
Kain.
**[16:05] Yuri**
Kain!
**[16:20] A**
Captain!
**[16:21] B**
What?
**[16:30] (Flashback) Yuriana**
We'll gather troops from
every corner of the land
**[16:32] (Flashback) Yuriana**
and form a Black King Suppression *Army*.
**[16:35] (Flashback) Selene**
Our leader has high hopes for you.
**[16:39] (Flashback) Fatima**
Follow the path you believe to be true.
**[16:44] Yuri2**
Hope?
**[16:45] Yuri2**
How does that help?
**[16:48] Yuri2**
The people begged you to save the world.
**[16:52] Yuri2**
The world tasked you with saving it
because you are a hero.
**[17:04] King**
I've been waiting for you.
**[17:13] Juliana**
This continent of Yggdra is faced
with an unprecedented trial.
**[17:19] Juliana**
And this nation, too, has been engulfed
in darkness with no end in sight.
**[17:26] Juliana**
But that doesn't mean all hope is lost.
**[17:30] Juliana**
Today, I have made the decision to—
**[17:33] A**
Who do you think you are?
**[17:34] B**
It's your fault.
**[17:35] C**
It's your fault we lost the war!
**[17:37] D**
Yeah!
**[17:43] Juliana**
When my father was killed by the Black Army,
**[17:46] Juliana**
my heart fell into the depths of despair.
I lost the light.
**[17:52] Juliana**
Obsessed, I threw myself into a fruitless
battle to avenge my father.
**[18:01] Juliana**
I involved friends who were dear to me,
causing them to suffer.
**[18:07] Juliana**
That's when a certain warrior stopped me.
**[18:12] Juliana**
He scolded me with sincerity.
**[18:13] Juliana**
He was concerned for me, and he confronted me.
**[18:16] Juliana**
Thanks to him, I was able to stop myself.
**[18:29] Juliana**
Alas, when I returned,
**[18:33] Juliana**
I found my people devoid of light,
as I was before.
**[18:38] Juliana**
I know from experience that only ruin awaits
if we continue down this path.
**[18:44] Juliana**
That's why I must be strong.
**[18:48] Juliana**
You are like family to me, after all.
**[18:53] Juliana**
I have made the decision to take the throne.
**[18:59] Juliana**
To bring the light of hope
back to our hearts.
**[19:05] Juliana**
We must now become one and fight together.
**[19:13] Juliana**
This ancient Holy Kingdom has avoided
many a tragedy with our strong bonds.
**[19:21] Juliana**
With such bonds, there is nothing
against which we cannot prevail.
**[19:28] Juliana**
We will never be defeated by the darkness.
**[19:33] Juliana**
For the noble Holy Kingdom
and for its proud people,
**[19:39] Juliana**
let the light of hope shine bright!
**[19:55] Juliana**
In the name of the Seventeen Clerics,
**[19:57] Juliana**
Juliana, I hereby crown thee
Queen of the Holy Kingdom.
# 7 - Torn Apart
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**[00:29] Aram**
What's wrong with you, Yuri?
**[00:31] Aram**
Why?
**[00:32] Aram**
How could you turn like this?
**[00:38] Shuza**
How amusing.
**[00:40] Shuza**
To think you'd fall to the blackness
simply by cutting down your friend...
**[00:43] Shuza**
"Hero," my foot.
**[00:46] Shuza**
You're weak.
**[00:47] Shuza**
Too weak.
**[00:49] Shuza**
I get it now.
**[00:50] Shuza**
It's no wonder you were no match
for the Black King.
**[00:54] Shuza**
On the other hand, this gives me
ample reason to take you down.
**[01:12] Shuza**
Damn puppet.
**[01:16] Eirenus**
Looks like you're all set to go, but I don't
have time to play with you right now.
**[01:23] Eirenus**
Come, Yuri.
**[01:25] Eirenus**
Our master is waiting.
**[01:34] Aram**
You're not going anywhere!
**[01:42] A**
I'll let you go for now.
**[01:45] A**
The next time we meet will be your last.
**[01:50] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[01:56] Shuza**
This is getting nowhere.
**[02:04] Shuza**
This is how you use...
**[02:08] Shuza**
the power of darkness!
**[02:17] Eirenus**
My, how impressive.
**[02:21] Eirenus**
Sadly, that's all we have time for today.
**[02:23] Eirenus**
I'm taking Yuri with me.
**[02:34] Aram**
Damn it...
**[02:36] Aram**
You idiot!
**[02:40] Aram**
Yuri...
**[02:43] Aram**
Yuri!
**[02:54] A**
So then...
**[02:55] B**
Yeah.
**[02:57] B**
Marina's keeping Kain's wound closed for now,
**[03:01] B**
but we'll need help from other healers
to heal him fully.
**[03:10] A**
You!
**[03:11] A**
Why are you here?
**[03:16] Shuza**
I could ask you the same thing.
**[03:22] Shuza**
The man who was your leader
has fallen to the blackness.
**[03:27] Shuza**
The so-called Suppression Army is over.
**[03:29] Shuza**
Begone.
**[03:31] A**
Say that again!
**[03:32] B**
We have no reason to listen to you,
Lord of the Nine Territories.
**[03:36] Shuza**
Yes, you do.
**[03:38] Shuza**
Members of the Sorcerer's Army,
if you still have the will to fight, join me.
**[03:46] Shuza**
I'm the only one who can use
your might to its fullest.
**[03:52] B**
You? *Use* us?
**[03:53] B**
You're certainly confident in yourself.
**[03:55] B**
Unfortunately, I don't think
you could handle us.
**[04:01] Shuza**
Then do as you wish.
**[04:03] Shuza**
But if you ever get in my way,
be you a member of the Sorcerer's Army,
**[04:09] Shuza**
or a sage of the Sage's Tower,
I will show no mercy.
**[04:14] Shuza**
Keep that in mind.
**[04:16] Aram**
The Suppression Army isn't even
close to being finished yet.
**[04:19] Aram**
Don't go deciding things for us,
you damn ogre.
**[04:22] Aram**
Give back the Chain Chronicle.
**[04:24] Aram**
It doesn't belong to you.
**[04:25] A**
Show some respect!
**[04:27] Shuza**
Gotten a bit big for your britches, brat?
**[04:30] Shuza**
Or has being betrayed just made you desperate?
**[04:33] Aram**
Yuri never betrayed us.
**[04:35] Shuza**
Listen to yourself.
**[04:37] Shuza**
He was defeated.
**[04:38] Shuza**
He abandoned you and joined the Black King.
**[04:41] Shuza**
What is that if not betrayal?
**[04:45] Aram**
It's nothing.
**[04:46] Aram**
Yuri's just a bit lost right now.
**[04:49] Aram**
He's waiting for us to come help him.
**[04:53] Aram**
He always believed in his friends.
**[04:57] Aram**
In his bonds with his friends.
**[04:59] Aram**
That friends would always come
to help when you're lost.
**[05:03] Aram**
Those bonds are still there.
**[05:05] Aram**
It's our turn to carry him this time.
**[05:11] Shuza**
You're going to bring him back?
**[05:13] Aram**
Yeah.
**[05:17] Shuza**
Nonsense, brat.
**[05:26] Shuza**
Interesting.
**[05:27] Shuza**
Then try it, brat.
**[05:30] Shuza**
But you'd better hurry.
**[05:32] Shuza**
Before I kill him first.
**[05:35] Aram**
I won't let you.
**[05:38] Aram**
The Chain Chronicle is mine now.
**[05:41] Aram**
If you want it back,
you'll have to take it by force.
**[05:52] Black**
I've been waiting for you, Yuri.
**[05:54] Black**
Or should I say, Black Knight?
**[05:57] Black**
The darkness has welcomed you.
**[06:01] Black**
How does it feel to follow what
lies in the depths of your heart?
**[06:08] Yuri**
I came here once to save the world.
**[06:12] Yuri**
But only because I was
bound by fate to do so.
**[06:16] Yuri**
I fought hopelessly without ever
finding a reason to save this world.
**[06:21] Yuri**
This time, I will challenge the world.
**[06:25] Yuri**
If it falls to me—to the blackness—
**[06:29] Yuri**
then it was never worth saving to begin with.
**[06:31] Yuri**
It ought to crumble.
**[06:36] A**
We'll return to the Sage's Tower
to report on this matter.
**[06:41] Phoena**
Thank you.
**[06:44] A**
I'm amazed you talked back to Shuza like that.
**[06:47] A**
You're going to die young.
**[06:49] Aram**
How so?
**[06:50] Aram**
I just did the obvious.
**[06:53] B**
"Obvious", he says!
**[06:55] B**
I like this kid!
**[06:58] A**
This is a grave state of affairs for us.
**[07:02] A**
But I'm glad you're with us, Aram.
**[07:06] A**
It could be that Yuri was...
**[07:11] A**
It's nothing.
**[07:12] A**
Never mind.
**[07:13] Phoena**
Please look after Kain, Marina.
**[07:18] Marina**
Yes.
**[07:20] A**
There are plenty of talented healers in
the Healer's Guild at the Vice Capital.
**[07:24] A**
I'm sure Marina will be able to keep
him alive until you reach them.
**[07:28] Marina**
I won't let Kain die.
**[07:32] A**
So where are you and Phoena going next?
**[07:35] Aram**
Oh, about that...
**[07:36] A**
Are you going to Soul Island, as planned?
**[07:40] Phoena**
Yes.
**[07:41] Phoena**
I believe it's our best option.
**[07:45] A**
Telling you to cheer up
probably doesn't help,
**[07:48] A**
but at least, try not to
blame yourself too much.
**[07:50] Phoena**
I'll be fine.
**[07:51] Phoena**
We'll figure it out.
**[07:53] Phoena**
Like Aram said, it's our
turn to do what we can.
**[07:59] A**
You're right.
**[08:10] A**
Let's go.
**[08:16] Aram**
All right.
**[08:17] Aram**
Let's get going too, Phoena.
**[08:20] Aram**
Phoena?
**[08:22] Phoena**
Oh, right.
***SIGN*** Legendary Songstress
Musica
**[09:26] Aram**
What's up? Are you hungry?
**[09:31] Aram**
What is it?
**[09:34] Aram**
Are you worried?
**[09:36] Aram**
I'm fine.
**[09:37] Aram**
I'm not down or anything.
**[09:39] Aram**
But, like, I can tell Phoena's
really pushing herself.
**[09:45] Aram**
It's weird, isn't it?
**[09:47] Aram**
I never thought about other
people until I met Yuri.
**[09:54] Aram**
It didn't even matter to me
if the people around me died.
**[09:59] Aram**
Everyone's alone in the end, I thought.
**[10:03] Aram**
But now...
**[10:07] Phoena**
Aram.
**[10:09] Phoena**
Thank you.
**[10:11] Phoena**
I feel refreshed.
**[10:13] Aram**
Th-That... That's great.
**[10:15] Phoena**
Why don't you take a bath, too?
**[10:17] Aram**
Y-Yeah.
**[10:18] Aram**
Oh, yeah.
**[10:20] Aram**
Dinner's ready.
**[10:21] Phoena**
Thank you.
**[10:25] Phoena**
It's delicious.
**[10:27] Aram**
Really? That's good to hear.
**[10:28] Phoena**
You might be a better cook than me.
**[10:31] Aram**
No way.
**[10:32] Aram**
Your cooking is good, too.
**[10:35] Phoena**
I know that's not true.
**[10:37] Phoena**
You and Yuri were the only ones
who ever said my cooking was good.
**[10:45] Aram**
Hey, Phoena, tell me about Yuri.
**[10:49] Aram**
You've been traveling with him
for a lot longer than I have.
**[10:53] Aram**
I want to learn more about him.
**[10:55] Aram**
Oh yeah, I told you about
the weird man we met
**[10:58] Aram**
while we were snowed in
in the mountains, right?
**[11:00] Aram**
Baltazari, was it?
**[11:03] Aram**
He said that Yuri defeated a dragon once.
**[11:08] Aram**
Was that for real?
**[11:11] Phoena**
Yes.
**[11:12] Phoena**
But I'd rather not talk about it.
**[11:15] Aram**
Why not?
**[11:16] Aram**
Taking down a dragon sounds awesome!
**[11:18] Aram**
I bet it was an amazing adventure!
**[11:21] Phoena**
No, it wasn't!
**[11:24] Phoena**
It really wasn't.
**[11:26] Phoena**
The dragon he defeated was blackened.
**[11:35] Phoena**
That dragon used to be known
as the Guardian of the Desert.
**[11:40] Phoena**
But at some point it may have been
exposed to the blackness.
**[11:43] Phoena**
It had become tainted black.
***SIGN*** Desert Commander
Farrah
**[12:31] (Flashback) Dragon**
To think that I, once known as
the Guardian of the Desert,
**[12:34] (Flashback) Dragon**
would wreak chaos upon it.
**[12:38] (Flashback) Farrah**
You've come to your senses?
**[12:40] (Flashback) Dragon**
For now.
**[12:42] (Flashback) Dragon**
Hero, finish me.
**[12:46] (Flashback) Phoena**
Wait!
**[12:47] (Flashback) Phoena**
We don't need to take your life.
**[12:49] (Flashback) Dragon**
It is only right.
**[12:51] (Flashback) Dragon**
To make the people of the desert
suffer defies my true nature.
**[12:56] (Flashback) Dragon**
To perish here is thus my fate.
**[13:02] (Flashback) Dragon**
Now, do it.
**[13:04] (Flashback) Dragon**
While I am still myself.
**[13:07] (Flashback) Yuri**
Farrah...
**[13:11] (Flashback) Farrah**
Finish him.
**[13:16] Yuri**
Thank you for protecting the desert city.
**[13:21] Yuri**
Rest well.
**[13:28] Phoena**
There was nothing we could do to
save the dragon from the blackness.
**[13:34] Phoena**
All we could do was put him out of his misery.
**[13:41] Phoena**
Why?
**[13:43] Phoena**
Why couldn't I stop him?
**[13:46] Phoena**
I knew Yuri was suffering.
**[13:51] Aram**
Phoena...
**[13:52] Phoena**
I was the closest to him.
**[13:56] Phoena**
So why?
**[13:57] Phoena**
He's a kind person.
**[13:59] Phoena**
He's too kind.
**[14:02] Phoena**
And we forced him to fight.
**[14:09] Phoena**
Is that where we went wrong?
**[14:12] Phoena**
Forcing the weight of all this
on his shoulders?
**[14:14] Phoena**
Is that why he—
**[14:16] Aram**
No!
**[14:17] Aram**
There's no way that's true!
**[14:19] Aram**
It's all the Black King's fault for
attacking people where they're vulnerable.
**[14:22] Aram**
Isn't it?
**[14:25] Phoena**
Then my sin is even worse...
**[14:36] Phoena**
Why does the darkness take everyone?
**[14:41] Phoena**
Is that our inevitable fate?
**[14:46] Phoena**
If that's so, does this world
deserve to be engulfed in black?
**[14:50] Aram**
Of course not!
**[14:52] Phoena**
But...
**[14:55] Aram**
Phoena...
**[14:58] Aram**
Before I met Yuri, I thought
he must be really strong.
**[15:05] Aram**
He had no powerful supporters
or anything backing him.
**[15:07] Aram**
Despite that, he made it all the way to being
the captain of the Volunteer Army,
**[15:10] Aram**
But after meeting him,
I realized he wasn't anything like that.
**[15:15] Aram**
That's when I finally understood
that no one is strong through and through.
**[15:19] Aram**
Everyone has weaknesses.
**[15:21] Aram**
But...
**[15:24] Aram**
But that's why we make friends!
**[15:30] Aram**
We're friends.
**[15:32] Aram**
We're going to take Yuri back.
**[15:34] Aram**
We can do it.
**[15:35] Aram**
We have strong bonds.
**[15:38] Aram**
Don't we, Phoena?
**[15:54] Aram**
It'll be all right.
**[15:56] Aram**
It'll be all right, Phoena.
**[16:12] Aram**
Bonds, huh?
**[16:15] Aram**
I only realized after you were gone...
**[16:19] Aram**
Just how heavy and painful they can be.
**[16:45] Juliana**
*Looks like we can breathe easy for now.*
**[16:47] A**
Yes.
**[16:49] A**
Marina can finally get some sleep, too.
**[16:57] Juliana**
That goes for you, too,
does it not, Michidia?
**[17:00] A**
*I'm fine.*
**[17:02] A**
I want to be by Kain's side when he wakes.
**[17:09] B**
Juliana.
**[17:11] B**
I heard.
**[17:12] B**
Is it true?
**[17:14] B**
Yuri has fallen to the blackness?
**[17:17] Juliana**
Yes, it appears so.
**[17:19] B**
No...
**[17:20] B**
First Burckhardt, and now Yuri?
**[17:24] B**
It's bad enough that Shuza
has turned against us.
**[17:28] B**
And now this?
**[17:30] B**
Why are we faced with so many tribulations?
**[17:33] Juliana**
Raise your head, Einslotte.
**[17:36] Juliana**
There's no point in grieving
about what's already happened.
**[17:41] Juliana**
I intend to meet with Shuza immediately.
**[17:45] Juliana**
The situation we have with him
requires the utmost urgency.
**[17:49] Juliana**
Listen, such chaotic times call for the
initiative to find a path to the future.
**[17:57] Juliana**
That is the duty of she who wears
the crown of the Holy Queen.
**[18:02] Juliana**
Is that not true?
**[18:03] B**
No, you are absolutely correct, Juliana.
**[18:07] B**
I mean, Your Majesty.
**[18:10] Juliana**
*That's right.*
**[18:11] Juliana**
*I have to act.*
**[18:14] Juliana**
* It's my responsibility*
* to protect the people.*
**[18:17] Juliana**
* If Shuza, or if Yuri in his*
* blackened state, stand in my way,*
**[18:25] Juliana**
*I will take them down with my own hands.*
**[18:26] Juliana**
*I am the Holy Queen.*
**[18:32] Shidoh**
I come with a garrison of two thousand
men who were holding ground
**[18:35] Shidoh**
in the Nine Territories.
***SIGN*** Cruel Swordsman
Shidoh
**[18:37] Shidoh**
We plan to meet with many more.
**[18:41] A**
Good job, Shidoh.
**[18:45] A**
We now have over 5,000 men.
**[18:50] Shuza**
We need more.
**[18:52] Shuza**
To defeat the Black King and
become the lords of this continent,
**[18:58] Shuza**
we will need more men.
**[19:00] Shuza**
More strong men.
**[19:06] A**
Well, well, well, this is interesting.
**[19:10] A**
Clearly, this is not just any old artifact.
**[19:15] B**
What is the text engraved on this sword?
**[19:17] A**
A song.
**[19:18] A**
With this, we can make something
very interesting indeed.
**[19:22] B**
"Make"?
**[19:24] A**
All we need now...
**[19:27] C**
We've returned.
**[19:30] B**
My, you're back early.
**[19:34] B**
How is the Suppression Army…
**[19:42] D**
No... Yuri...
**[19:47] E**
This may be a necessary trial
in order to create new light.
**[19:52] A**
New light?
**[19:54] B**
What is that?
**[19:55] E**
It is still but a small possibility.
**[19:58] E**
But there is something that must be done
to make it as certain as possible.
**[20:04] E**
I have a favor to ask of you.
**[20:15] Aram**
So that's Soul Island.
**[20:18] Phoena**
Yes.
**[20:19] Phoena**
There, we will surely...
# 8 - Unyielding Will
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:12] (Flashback) Aram**
Hey, Yuri.
**[00:14] (Flashback) Aram**
Why will going to Soul Island
help us find Pirika?
**[00:19] (Flashback) Yuri**
The World Tree Library on Soul Island
is where Yggdra is.
**[00:25] (Flashback) Aram**
Yggdra?
**[00:27] (Flashback) Phoena**
Yggdra has the same name as this continent.
**[00:30] (Flashback) Phoena**
She's special, even among the fairies.
**[00:34] (Flashback) Aram**
Special?
**[00:36] (Flashback) Yuri**
Yeah.
**[00:37] (Flashback) Yuri**
She has the Chronicle.
**[00:54] Phoena**
The island...
**[00:55] Aram**
Let's hurry.
**[01:10] Phoena**
Vienta.
***SIGN*** Thousand Rivers Commander
Vienta
**[01:12] Vienta**
There's no time to talk.
**[01:14] Vienta**
Follow me.
**[01:21] Vienta**
You're here to see Yggdra, aren't you?
**[01:24] Phoena**
Yes.
**[01:25] Phoena**
But I didn't expect to see
Soul Island like this.
**[01:28] Vienta**
Don't worry.
**[01:30] Vienta**
I'll get you there safely.
**[01:58] Vienta**
Pops.
**[01:59] Vienta**
Rafalgar.
**[02:00] Rafalgar**
There you are, Vienta.
***SIGN*** Thousand Rivers Chief
Rafalgar
**[02:02] Rafalgar**
Take those two with you.
**[02:04] Vienta**
I know.
**[02:06] Vienta**
Let's go.
**[02:07] ---**
Right!
**[02:09] Aram**
What's wrong?
**[02:20] Aram**
Yuri.
**[02:22] Rafalgar**
Yuri?
**[02:23] Rafalgar**
That's Yuri?
**[02:31] Aram**
Why are you here?
**[02:34] Aram**
Say something!
**[02:36] Yuri**
I have no reason to respond to you.
**[02:46] Aram**
What?
**[02:47] Aram**
You're the one who said
we should fight together.
**[02:51] Aram**
And yet, look at you now!
**[02:55] Aram**
Your sword's in tatters.
**[02:57] Aram**
Doesn't your weapon reflect your soul?
**[03:00] Aram**
Is that what you're like right now?!
**[03:04] Yuri**
The Black King can't be defeated.
**[03:20] Rafalgar**
These bastards...
**[03:22] Aram**
Power of blackness, my ass.
**[03:34] Yuri**
You'll understand soon enough.
**[03:37] Aram**
No, I won't.
**[03:47] Phoena**
Aram!
**[03:51] Vienta**
Pops!
**[04:03] Rafalgar**
Get going, kid!
**[04:05] Rafalgar**
You didn't come here to fight him, did you?
**[04:08] Aram**
But...
**[04:09] Rafalgar**
Isn't there something you need to do?
**[04:11] Rafalgar**
Hurry up and go!
**[04:33] Aram**
Let's go, Phoena.
**[04:57] Aram**
Yuri...
***SIGN*** Chronicle Administrator
Yggdra
**[05:15] Yggdda**
Over here.
**[05:16] Phoena**
Yggd—
**[05:19] Aram**
Phoena!
**[05:20] Phoena**
I'm okay.
**[05:21] Yggdda**
Hurry inside,
**[05:23] Yggdda**
while Arbol's barrier lasts.
**[05:30] Yggdda**
The Chronicle is ready.
**[05:32] Yggdda**
Let us make haste.
**[05:41] Aram**
Whoa.
**[05:43] Yggdda**
To the core.
**[05:50] Yggdda**
The Chronicle.
**[05:56] Yggdda**
We're going inside.
**[06:16] Aram**
Isn't this the Vice Capital?
**[06:19] Yggdda**
We're inside Yggdra's Chronicle.
**[06:27] Aram**
What is this?
**[06:29] Yggdda**
These are records of the continent
of Yggdra, kept in the Chronicle.
**[06:34] Yggdda**
The whole history of the continent
is kept here, in great detail.
**[06:39] Aram**
So it's the same as yours?
**[06:41] Phoena**
It's not in the same league
as the Chain Chronicle.
**[06:44] Phoena**
The Chain Chronicle is an outline
of the history of the entire world,
**[06:50] Phoena**
including this continent.
**[06:53] Yggdda**
My Chronicle has the most detailed
information regarding this continent.
**[06:59] Yggdda**
That's the way it is.
**[07:01] Yggdda**
Now, let's go through the
Chronicle to find Pirika.
**[07:14] Phoena**
It's the battle at the Royal Castle.
**[07:17] Yuri**
I'm not done yet!
**[07:24] Aram**
Yuri!
**[07:29] Aram**
Are you all right?
**[07:31] Aram**
Yuri!
**[07:34] Yuri**
It's no use.
**[07:36] Yuri**
We can't influence the world
inside the Chronicle.
**[07:49] Phoena**
This is the moment we lost Pirika.
**[07:59] Phoena**
Pirika...
**[08:03] Yggdda**
Let's begin our search
from the records at this point..
**[08:13] Phoena**
This is when we retreated
from the Royal Capital.
**[08:17] Phoena**
I knew Yuri was suffering,
yet I couldn't do anything for him.
**[08:28] Phoena**
I was too powerless.
**[09:03] Rafalgar**
You'll have to go through me!
**[09:10] Rafalgar**
Are you really Yuri?
**[09:16] Vienta**
Pops!
**[09:36] Yggdda**
This is...
**[09:41] Aram**
Phoena!
**[09:43] Phoena**
Aram!
**[09:54] Aram**
Isn't that Yuri?
**[09:58] Aram**
It's Yuri when he was younger.
**[10:15] (Flashback) A**
Stay back.
**[10:39] (Flashback) Yuri**
Thank you, sir.
**[10:42] (Flashback) Yuri**
Were they from the Black Army
that's been attacking the continent recently?
**[10:48] (Flashback) A**
Yeah.
**[10:51] (Flashback) Yuri**
That move...
**[10:54] (Flashback) Yuri**
If only I had such moves...
**[10:58] (Flashback) Yuri**
I could fight if the village
ever came under attack.
**[11:01] (Flashback) A**
Then you'll have to train.
**[11:05] (Flashback) Yuri**
Will I be able to do it if I train?
**[11:08] (Flashback) A**
I can't guarantee it.
**[11:11] (Flashback) Yuri**
Well...
**[11:13] (Flashback) A**
Train for days, months, even years,
and you may never learn the skill.
**[11:22] (Flashback) A**
But if you can maintain a spirit of
perseverance, some day, you will.
**[11:31] (Flashback) Yuri**
Perseverance...
**[12:25] Aram**
The village...
**[12:26] (Flashback) Yuri**
You people!
**[12:44] (Flashback) Yuri**
Damn it!
**[13:02] Aram**
Isn't that...
**[13:17] (Flashback) Yuri**
Guys...
**[13:21] (Flashback) Yuri**
Hello?
**[13:23] (Flashback) Yuri**
Is there anyone here?
**[13:41] (Flashback) Yuri**
If only...
**[13:43] (Flashback) Yuri**
If only I were...
**[13:47] (Flashback) Yuri**
I don't want to go through this ever again.
**[14:02] Aram**
Yuri...
**[14:05] Aram**
Then why did you...
**[14:08] (Flashback) Phoena**
Yuri!
**[14:15] (Flashback) Phoena**
You've always helped me up to now.
**[14:19] (Flashback) Phoena**
This time, it's my turn to save you.
**[14:27] Aram**
Yuri's turning black.
**[14:33] Aram**
Impossible.
**[14:34] Aram**
Him?
**[14:36] Aram**
Why?
**[14:37] (Flashback) Yuri**
I don't have much time.
**[14:40] (Flashback) Yuri**
I tried to protect people.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Yuri**
Yet I couldn't protect anything.
**[14:47] (Flashback) A**
That's not true.
**[14:48] (Flashback) Yuri**
No, it's true.
**[14:52] (Flashback) Yuri**
I'm determined to defeat the Black King.
**[14:57] (Flashback) Yuri**
But...
**[14:58] (Flashback) Yuri**
At some point, I may have been paralyzed
by the weight of my armor.
**[15:09] (Flashback) A**
It might be that we made you feel that way.
**[15:16] (Flashback) A**
We've burdened you with too much…
**[15:19] (Flashback) Yuri**
That's not true.
**[15:21] (Flashback) Yuri**
It was my decision to defeat the Black King.
**[15:25] (Flashback) Yuri**
But I couldn't do it.
**[15:29] (Flashback) Yuri**
So...
**[15:31] (Flashback) Yuri**
Kain, please.
**[15:32] (Flashback) Yuri**
I want you to guide Aram for me.
**[15:37] (Flashback) Yuri**
Aram can be a ray of hope
in this world of darkness.
**[15:43] (Flashback) Yuri**
He has potential.
**[15:47] Aram**
Yuri...
**[15:49] Aram**
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
**[15:57] A**
Hi. We meet again.
**[16:01] Aram**
You're the old dude from the snow.
**[16:04] Aram**
Um... Balto...
***SIGN*** Baltazari.
***SIGN*** Remember it.
**[16:09] Aram**
Huh?
**[16:11] Aram**
How come I can talk to you?
***SIGN*** There isn't anything I can't do.
**[16:17] Aram**
You can do anything?
***SIGN*** You could say that.
**[16:22] Aram**
Then I have a request.
***SIGN*** A request?
**[16:25] Aram**
You can do anything, can't you?
**[16:30] Aram**
Make me strong.
***SIGN*** Strong, you say?
***SIGN*** The reason?
**[16:39] Aram**
I want to bring Yuri back.
**[16:41] Aram**
But I can't do it right now.
**[16:46] Aram**
I need to become stronger, beat down
Yuri, and bring him to his senses.
***SIGN*** I see.
***SIGN*** In that case...
**[17:06] Yuri**
Aram?
**[17:09] Aram**
Yuri!
**[17:11] Yuri**
Stay back!
**[17:24] Aram**
Damn it!
**[17:33] Yuri**
Aram.
**[17:35] Aram**
It's okay.
**[17:42] Aram**
Y-You...
**[17:47] Yuri**
Just let go and you'll find peace.
**[17:51] Aram**
Why would I?
**[17:56] Yuri**
Aram!
**[18:03] Yuri**
Enough.
**[18:05] Yuri**
Forget about me.
**[18:07] Aram**
No way.
**[18:09] Yuri**
Aram!
**[18:10] Yuri**
This is undignified.
**[18:13] Yuri**
Give it up.
**[18:18] Yuri**
Aram...
**[18:26] Aram**
Don't you dare give up, Yuri!
**[18:29] Aram**
I was always alone.
**[18:32] Aram**
So...
**[18:33] Aram**
So when you told me to come
with you, I was happy.
**[18:40] Aram**
"Potential," my foot.
**[18:43] Aram**
"Ray of hope in the darkness," my ass.
**[18:46] Aram**
Don't go around saying whatever you want!
**[18:53] Aram**
I'm not letting go of you.
**[18:56] Aram**
I won't give up on you.
**[18:59] Yuri**
Nonsense.
**[19:02] Yuri**
Give up!
**[19:03] Aram**
Shut up, idiot!
**[19:16] Yuri**
Now, Aram!
**[19:18] Yuri**
Ready your sword!
**[19:31] Yuri**
Seize the light!
**[19:53] A**
*It's the light.*
**[19:56] A**
* I'll return when everyone*
* finds the light of hope again.*
**[20:10] Aram**
I...
**[20:11] Phoena**
Aram!
**[20:13] Aram**
Phoena.
**[20:14] Aram**
You're safe.
**[20:16] Phoena**
You, too.
**[20:17] Phoena**
Thank goodness.
**[20:18] Aram**
Furball.
**[20:20] Phoena**
I heard it just as I was coming back.
**[20:24] Phoena**
Pirika's voice.
***SIGN*** It seems you've found your answer.
***SIGN*** That child, though...
***SIGN*** It couldn't be...
**[20:44] Rafalgar**
You're safe.
**[20:47] Phoena**
Rafalgar.
**[20:50] Phoena**
You need healing.
**[20:52] Rafalga**
I'm fine.
**[20:53] Rafalga**
Take care of my fool of a daughter.
**[20:56] Vienta**
That bastard left the Chronicle black.
**[21:03] Phoena**
We still haven't lost hope.
**[21:06] Phoena**
We learned that Pirika will come back.
**[21:10] Yggdra**
But with my Chronicle having
been stained black as well,
**[21:15] Yggdra**
we no longer have a moment to spare.
**[21:17] Yggdra**
Hurry.
**[21:22] A**
Your Majesty, we have visitors from the
Nine Territories requesting an audience.
**[21:30] Juliana**
Haruaki, Toka,
**[21:30] [SONG] Text**
Fated Swordsman
Haruaki
**[21:30] [SONG] Text**
Fated Swordswoman
Toka
**[21:33] Juliana**
do you mean to tell me that
you want to take down Shuza?
**[21:37] Touka**
If Shuza were to join forces
with the Black King...
**[21:42] Haruaki**
We would not allow him to continue
any more than you would.
***SIGN*** Chapter 3
**[25:36] Aram**
Is that the Ark?
**[25:38] A**
Can you kill Yuri?
**[25:40] B**
That isn't Yuri anymore!
**[25:41] C**
If someone falls,
then someone else props them up.
**[25:44] C**
That's how we've always fought.
**[25:46] Phoena**
Why do you try to end the world?
**[25:48] Phoena**
Father!
**[25:49] Phoena**
Yuri, what do you want to do?
**[25:56] A**
Destroy the darkness.
**[25:58] A**
You can do it, Aram.
***SIGN*** - Light of Haecceitas -
***SIGN*** Chapter 3 Saturday, February 11
# 9 - The Flower in the Desert
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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***SIGN*** The Light of Haecceitas
**[01:40] Kalifa**
A new guardian dragon will appear?
**[01:43] Phoena**
Yes.
**[01:44] Aram**
This old man named Baltazari said so.
**[01:46] Aram**
That we should go to the Lake of Sand,
where a new guardian dragon will emerge.
**[01:51] Kalifa**
The sage of fate?
***SIGN*** Queen's Right-Hand Man
Kalifa
**[01:53] Phoena**
The Chronicle of this continent
has been stained black, too.
**[01:58] Phoena**
We have no time to waste.
**[02:01] Phoena**
We need to muster
all the forces at our disposal.
**[02:05] Phoena**
Please help us, Ashrina.
***SIGN*** Queen of the Desert
Ashrina
**[02:10] Ashrina**
If Baltazari says so...
**[02:13] Ashrina**
This may be the right time
to put that to the test.
**[02:16] Ashrina**
Farrah.
**[02:17] Farrah**
Yes.
**[02:20] Ashrina**
After Yuri defeated the blackened dragon,
**[02:24] Ashrina**
we found this at the shrine ruins
it used to live in.
**[02:28] Phoena**
Is this a song?
**[02:30] Ashrina**
I have always wanted to
have Musica sing this.
**[02:36] Ashrina**
Her voice might cause some sort of reaction.
**[02:38] Aram**
Musica?
**[02:39] Phoena**
A forest sprite who they call
the legendary songstress.
**[02:42] Phoena**
Indeed, I don't think anyone else
could sing this song.
**[02:48] Aram**
So we're going to awaken
the dragon with a song?
**[02:51] Aram**
That's pretty awesome.
**[02:54] Ashrina**
We owe Yuri a debt of gratitude
**[02:56] Ashrina**
and would never turn down an opportunity
to help fight the Black King.
**[03:01] Ashrina**
Farrah, I'd like you to find Musica
and bring her here.
**[03:05] Ashrina**
Can you do that?
**[03:06] Farrah**
Understood.
**[03:07] Phoena**
May I go with her?
**[03:09] Ashrina**
Of course.
**[03:11] A**
Your Majesty! Kalifa!
**[03:13] Kalifa**
Keep it down. What are you yelling for?
**[03:16] A**
An army...
**[03:18] A**
An army approaches bearing
the banner of the Nine Territories!
**[03:20] A**
We estimate they number roughly 10,000 men.
**[03:22] Kalifa**
The Nine Territories?
**[03:23] Aram**
It's that damn Shuza.
**[03:25] Kalifa**
Your Majesty, we must ready the army.
**[03:28] A**
Wait, please.
**[03:30] A**
Another army, also numbering 10,000,
has already appeared to face them.
**[03:36] Ashrina**
Another army?
**[03:40] Ashrina**
The Holy Guard of the Holy Kingdom.
**[03:43] Ashrina**
Led by Holy Queen Juliana!
**[03:53] Juliana**
They have yet to make a move.
**[03:55] A**
They must be waiting to see what we do first.
**[03:59] A**
Shall we send messengers?
**[04:01] B**
None of the messengers we sent have returned.
**[04:05] B**
I suspect it would be of no use.
**[04:07] Juliana**
The same thing happened with our messengers.
**[04:11] Juliana**
*We may have no choice but to fight.*
**[04:14] Kalifa**
Hold your positions!
**[04:17] Kalifa**
I bring a message from Ashrina,
Queen of the Desert.
**[04:22] Kalifa**
If you fight now,
neither party will leave unscathed.
**[04:26] Kalifa**
That being the case,
**[04:28] Kalifa**
should you not settle this with words,
rather than with swords?
**[04:32] Kalifa**
We of the Lake of Sand
will provide a venue for you to talk.
**[04:36] Kalifa**
Bring one hundred men each.
**[04:39] Kalifa**
Sending troops to die before we face the
Black King would be the height of stupidity.
**[04:45] Kalifa**
Neither the Holy Queen nor the
distinguished leaders of the Nine Territories
**[04:49] Kalifa**
could be so foolish as to do such a thing.
**[04:52] Kalifa**
I trust that you will accept
this offer graciously.
**[04:56] A**
Preposterous.
**[04:59] A**
Shall we shoot him down?
**[05:00] Shuza**
No.
**[05:01] Shuza**
This sounds amusing.
**[05:02] Shuza**
We will accept their offer.
**[05:04] A**
But...
**[05:05] Shuza**
I want to know just how that girl has
the gall to call herself the Holy Queen.
**[05:09] Shuza**
Taking her down can wait until after that.
**[05:13] A**
Will you accept their offer, then?
**[05:15] Juliana**
Yes. This is an unexpected opportunity.
**[05:18] Juliana**
If we can successfully negotiate
with them, we all win.
**[05:21] Juliana**
Let's go, Einslotte.
**[05:23] ---**
Yes, Your Majesty.
**[05:27] Kalifa**
Your Majesty the Holy Queen.
**[05:29] Kalifa**
I am Kalifa, aide to Her Majesty Ashrina.
**[05:35] Kalifa**
I congratulate you on your coronation.
**[05:38] Juliana**
Thank you for your gracious welcome.
**[05:41] Juliana**
Forgive us for arriving
unannounced with an army.
**[05:44] Kalifa**
There is nothing to forgive.
**[05:48] Aram**
Hey, long time.
**[05:51] Juliana**
Aram?!
**[05:53] Juliana**
Why are you here?
**[05:55] Aram**
Why, you ask?
**[05:56] Aram**
To save Yuri and take down
the Black King, of course.
**[06:02] Juliana**
All right.
**[06:04] Juliana**
I'm sure Yuri will appreciate it.
**[06:07] Juliana**
Let's do our best, Aram.
**[06:11] Aram**
Hey, don't treat me like a kid.
**[06:19] Aram**
So, you've come.
**[06:27] Aram**
H-Hey, don't ignore me!
**[06:30] Juliana**
Aram.
**[06:31] Juliana**
Leave this to us.
**[06:43] Phoena**
She should be around here somewhere.
**[07:00] Juliana**
What?
**[07:02] Juliana**
Are you telling me to give up the throne?
**[07:06] Shuza**
No.
**[07:07] Shuza**
You're free to call yourself
the Holy Queen or whatever.
**[07:10] Shuza**
But you will forfeit your command
over the Holy Guard.
**[07:14] Juliana**
I could never.
**[07:16] Juliana**
I would no longer be the Holy Queen.
**[07:19] Shuza**
Oh?
**[07:21] Shuza**
Not only was your flag bearer, Yuri,
defeated by the Black King,
**[07:25] Shuza**
he has also succumbed to the darkness.
**[07:29] Shuza**
I've also heard that one of your men
has blackened and become a demon.
**[07:35] Shuza**
You aren't fit for the role.
**[07:38] Shuza**
Something that you yourself are well aware of.
**[07:41] Shuza**
That's why you put off taking the throne and
left others to do your job, was it not?
**[07:46] Juliana**
Well...
**[07:51] Shuza**
Well?
**[07:52] Shuza**
Well what, Holy Queen Juliana?
**[07:57] Juliana**
Shuza, you're...
**[08:02] Kalifa**
*This doesn't look good.*
**[08:03] Kalifa**
*Shuza is an expert at provoking people.*
**[08:06] Kalifa**
*This won't end well.*
**[08:09] A**
We're under attack!
**[08:12] Kalifa**
What's going on?
**[08:13] ---**
Sir! The Black Army has arrived!
**[08:28] Shuza**
Looks like I'll have to take care of them
before I deal with the Holy Queen.
**[08:35] Juliana**
They picked the worst possible time to attack!
**[08:37] A**
Shall we mobilize the troops we left behind?
**[08:41] Juliana**
No, we will take them out
with what we have here.
**[08:45] A**
This looks like it's going to be fun.
**[08:58] Shuza**
You...
**[09:26] A**
Die.
**[09:46] Shuza**
You're an interesting puppet.
**[09:56] Burckhardt**
What a pathetic sight.
**[09:59] Burckhardt**
How sad.
**[10:00] Juliana**
Burckhardt.
**[10:01] Burckhardt**
I heard you'd ascended to the throne.
**[10:05] Burckhardt**
Shall I congratulate you, Juliana?
**[10:12] Burckhardt**
You seem so miserable now.
**[10:15] Burckhardt**
Is the crown of the Holy Queen that heavy?
**[10:19] Burckhardt**
You're so pitiful, I can't bear to watch.
**[10:30] A**
Your Majesty!
**[10:38] Burckhardt**
You have such fire within you.
**[10:41] Burckhardt**
Why hold it back?
**[10:43] Burckhardt**
Why not do as you wish?
**[10:46] Burckhardt**
Just like how you cast me aside!
**[10:54] Juliana**
No.
**[10:55] Juliana**
I...
**[10:56] Juliana**
It was for your own good.
**[10:58] Burckhardt**
I don't need your excuses.
**[11:00] Burckhardt**
Whatever you thought you were doing,
**[11:03] Burckhardt**
all that matters is what I felt
and what it resulted in.
**[11:07] Burckhardt**
You're far too pathetic as you are now.
**[11:10] Burckhardt**
You couldn't hope defeat Shuza,
let alone our master, the Black King.
**[11:15] Burckhardt**
I don't want to see you like this anymore.
**[11:21] A**
I'll take care of him.
**[11:27] Aram**
Old man.
**[11:28] Kalifa**
You're alive? Good, very good.
**[11:31] Kalifa**
Do you happen to know
where Shuza and Juliana are?
**[11:34] Aram**
No idea.
**[11:35] Aram**
Not in all this chaos.
**[11:36] Kalifa**
Damn it.
**[11:37] Kalifa**
I didn't want to let them out of my sight.
**[11:41] Kalifa**
Given the situation, there's no telling
what sort of accidents might happen.
**[11:46] Aram**
Accidents?
**[11:47] Kalifa**
Those two are like oil and water.
**[11:50] Kalifa**
They'll likely never come
to an understanding,
**[11:52] Kalifa**
and they both know that.
**[11:54] Kalifa**
Should this battle present them with
the chance to strike the other down,
**[11:59] Kalifa**
what do you think will happen?
**[12:03] Kalifa**
And if one of them were to be killed,
**[12:08] Kalifa**
a bloodbath would surely follow.
**[12:11] Aram**
I won't let that happen.
**[12:31] Shuza**
How strange.
**[12:41] Juliana**
If only...
**[12:42] Juliana**
If only it weren't for you!
**[12:46] Shuza**
You took the words
right out of my mouth.
**[12:53] Juliana**
Why do you stand in my way, Shuza?
**[12:56] Shuza**
You're the one in my way.
**[12:58] Shuza**
An incompetent girl like you,
calling herself the Holy Queen?
**[13:02] Shuza**
Don't make me laugh!
**[13:07] Juliana**
You know nothing of me.
**[13:10] Juliana**
You have no idea how hard it was
for me to make that decision!
**[13:18] Juliana**
Shuza, I'm going to defeat you!
**[13:21] Juliana**
If I do that...
**[13:24] Juliana**
No, I have to!
**[13:27] Juliana**
Or else I...
**[13:36] Shuza**
Damn brat.
**[13:40] Shuza**
It's you who shall die!
**[13:58] A**
My...
**[14:12] A**
How amusing.
**[14:26] Aram**
Stop!
**[15:13] Juliana**
What was I...
**[15:16] Aram**
You two nearly let the blackness
engulf you just now.
**[15:20] Aram**
You should have noticed sooner, idiots.
**[15:23] A**
Good grief.
**[15:28] A**
You're a stubborn lot.
**[15:30] Burckhardt**
Too bad. Juliana nearly became one of us.
**[15:41] Burckhardt**
Do you resist, Juliana?
**[15:44] Burckhardt**
Despite the freedom we have on this side?
**[15:49] Aram**
Shut up, Burckhardt.
**[15:51] Aram**
I remember what you said.
**[15:53] Aram**
"The next time we meet will be your last."
**[15:56] Aram**
Well, it's time to keep that promise!
**[16:01] Burckhardt**
I'll shut that big mouth of yours, brat!
**[16:10] Juliana**
Aram!
**[16:12] Aram**
Old man Kalifa told me.
**[16:16] Aram**
If either you or Shuza die, there's no
telling what will happen to your men.
**[16:22] Aram**
So...
**[16:24] Aram**
I'm not letting you die!
**[16:35] ---**
What?
**[16:39] A**
I'll kill anyone in my way.
**[16:48] Aram**
Furball!
**[17:08] Phoena**
Guardian dragon of the Lake of Sand,
bestow upon us the light of hope.
**[17:30] A**
Break through the darkness.
**[17:32] A**
You can do it, Aram.
**[18:28] Aram**
Furball?
**[18:30] A**
A guardian dragon?
**[18:39] A**
Tch. They have the upper hand here.
**[18:42] A**
Burckhardt!
**[18:53] Aram**
Hey.
**[18:57] Aram**
Give back the Chronicle.
**[18:59] Aram**
You don't deserve it.
**[19:27] Aram**
The Chronicle...
**[19:29] Juliana**
It turned white again.
**[19:43] Phoena**
Thank you, Aram.
**[19:48] Phoena**
Furball.
**[19:49] Phoena**
Damn it, you surprised me!
**[19:51] Phoena**
You were a guardian dragon?
**[19:54] Phoena**
Thanks, though.
**[19:55] Phoena**
You saved us.
**[20:04] A**
You're Musica, correct?
**[20:06] B**
We've come for you.
**[20:08] Musica**
For me?
**[20:09] A**
Yeah.
**[20:10] B**
The sword that cuts through the darkness
needs you your help.
**[20:17] Aram**
Juliana.
**[20:22] Aram**
I'm going to kick the Black King's ass
**[20:25] Aram**
and bring Yuri back.
**[20:27] Aram**
So help me out.
**[20:30] Aram**
No, *please* help me.
**[20:32] Aram**
I beg you!
**[20:38] Juliana**
No, I should be the one asking you.
**[20:42] Juliana**
Please allow the Holy Guard
to join the Suppression Army.
**[20:46] Juliana**
May we?
**[20:49] Aram**
Yeah.
**[20:52] Aram**
Of course.
**[20:55] Juliana**
May the gods bless the Suppression Army.
**[20:58] Juliana**
And the Volunteer Army.
**[21:03] Phoena**
Aram.
**[21:05] Aram**
Good news, Phoena.
**[21:07] Aram**
The Holy Guard is going to help us.
**[21:13] Juliana**
Shuza.
**[21:16] Juliana**
I apologize for attempting
such a cowardly attack.
**[21:19] Juliana**
But we're even, are we not?
**[21:23] Juliana**
I'm sure you understand now.
**[21:25] Juliana**
Join us.
**[21:30] Shuza**
I'll travel my own path.
**[21:35] Juliana**
Shuza...
**[21:47] A**
Are you sure we should let him go?
**[21:49] Juliana**
Yes.
**[21:50] Juliana**
I doubt he will stand in our way.
**[21:56] Aram**
All right.
**[21:57] Aram**
Let's go, everyone!
**[22:06] Aram**
Just you wait, Yuri.
# 10 - The Sword That Rends Darkness
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:19] Black King**
Humans reach out to the light,
the flame of hope burning in their hearts.
**[00:27] Black King**
But they're fated to only get so far.
**[00:34] Black King**
They just don't know it.
***SIGN*** Ninth Lord
Tsuru
**[00:52] Black King**
Their ignorance guides this world
toward destruction,
**[01:00] Black King**
yet they don't realize it.
**[01:03] Black King**
They're unaware of this
tragic cycle that repeats itself
**[01:07] Black King**
each time one of them
is born into this world.
**[01:12] Black King**
I almost pity them.
**[01:48] Phoena**
How awful.
**[01:52] (Flashback) A**
Our research on
the artifact discovered in Maze Pass
**[01:57] (Flashback) A**
revealed that it was engraved
with a song that can rend evil asunder.
**[02:01] (Flashback) B**
We're going to need your help, Songstress.
**[02:04] (Flashback) C**
Then everything will be ready.
**[02:07] (Flashback) A**
Ready?
**[02:08] (Flashback) B**
Yeah.
**[02:09] (Flashback) B**
We're preparing something incredible
to take back the Imperial Capital.
**[02:16] Aram**
Is that...
**[02:19] Aram**
Is that an ark?
**[02:23] A**
A dragon.
**[02:25] Aram**
Hey!
**[02:26] A**
Aram!
**[02:33] B**
As you're aware, our situation
grows more desperate by the minute.
**[02:38] B**
No matter how many of
the Black Army we defeat,
**[02:40] B**
the fighting will not end
unless we defeat the Black King.
**[02:45] B**
The Black Element that engulfed
the Imperial Castle after the last battle
**[02:49] B**
has formed an even stronger
barrier than before,
**[02:51] B**
preventing us from getting
anywhere near the Black King.
**[02:56] B**
Therefore, we must first
destroy the barrier
**[03:00] B**
with the evil-rending song
engraved on the artifact.
**[03:23] A**
Magnificent!
**[03:25] A**
With this, we can take down the barrier.
**[03:28] Aram**
Are we going to have Musica
sing at the barrier?
**[03:31] A**
No, that wouldn't be effective.
**[03:35] A**
The quickest way to take the barrier down...
**[03:38] B**
...is to destroy it from the inside.
**[03:40] Aram**
From the inside?
**[03:41] B**
That's what the Ark is for.
**[03:43] B**
A great legacy of the Ancients,
**[03:45] B**
the "Ark" can teleport us anywhere instantly.
**[03:51] B**
We'll have the Songstress board it,
send her directly inside the barrier,
**[03:54] B**
destroy it from the inside,
**[03:57] B**
and open a path for
the Suppression Army to strike.
**[03:59] Aram**
Awesome.
**[04:01] B**
Of course it is.
**[04:02] B**
This Ark is the crowning achievement
of my magic technology.
**[04:06] B**
The once-in-a-lifetime magnum opus
of the Sage of Might.
**[04:11] A**
In order to put the Suppression Army within
striking distance of the Imperial Capital,
**[04:16] A**
we are currently marshaling our
scattered forces at front-line outposts.
**[04:29] A**
Also, we will have several people
board the Ark along with Musica.
**[04:34] A**
Including you, Phoena.
**[04:36] C**
We'll need the power of the Chain Chronicle.
**[04:40] Phoena**
Yes.
**[04:41] D**
Vorg and I, too.
**[04:45] D**
Velnar, Yuni, Katya and Clauss
will also be with us.
**[04:49] E**
Rolo, Kiki, you'll be handling the ship.
**[04:51] F**
That's reassuring.
**[04:53] B**
And Aram...
**[04:54] B**
You and the guardian dragon
will also go along.
**[04:57] Aram**
Got it.
**[05:00] Aram**
Are we leaving right away?
**[05:03] B**
No, not yet.
**[05:06] B**
First, we need to restart the dormant Ark
with this initializing magic.
**[05:10] B**
But it's going to take a little longer
to restart it completely.
**[05:14] B**
We didn't have much time, after all.
**[05:17] F**
It's mostly built using the junk
that Melchior's been excavating.
**[05:22] B**
You mean important relics.
**[05:24] C**
This is all-out war.
**[05:27] C**
Let's show the Black Army that
the world isn't done for just yet.
**[05:32] C**
Yeah!
**[05:45] Black King**
The time has come.
**[05:47] Black King**
This continent will fall.
**[05:50] Black King**
Does your conviction waver?
**[05:52] Black King**
Your former comrades are
about to turn black, into ash.
**[05:56] Black King**
How does that feel?
**[05:58] Yuri**
My mind is already made up.
**[06:03] Yuri**
I don't care if people turn to dust or ash.
**[06:07] Yuri**
If I can't protect them, I might as
well crush them with my own hands.
**[06:24] B**
Let's begin.
**[06:27] Phoena**
Okay.
**[06:38] A**
There we go.
**[06:40] Aram**
Sweet. The Hiramekimaru's squeaky clean.
**[06:44] A**
Looks like you've gained some
valuable experience.
**[06:48] A**
I can see it in your sword.
**[06:51] A**
I can see how you fought with
this sword, how you thought,
**[06:57] A**
and how you've lived your life.
**[07:01] A**
You've made it into a good sword.
**[07:06] A**
Aram.
**[07:09] A**
Thank you.
**[07:22] B**
What's that?
**[07:25] Juliana**
Aram delivered it to me.
**[07:28] Juliana**
We've lost many people we hold dear
in this long war.
**[07:35] Juliana**
But we can't mourn forever.
**[07:40] Juliana**
Those of us who have survived must cast
the light of hope upon the people again.
**[07:47] Juliana**
I don't know how long it'll take,
**[07:50] Juliana**
but we must start by defeating the Black King.
**[07:53] Juliana**
That's the first step.
**[07:55] Juliana**
We will prevail.
**[07:57] Juliana**
For the future of this land!
**[08:01] B**
Juliana...
**[08:05] Aram**
Velnar, you're back.
**[08:07] Velnar**
Yeah, I just returned.
**[08:09] Aram**
You're getting on the Ark, too, aren't you?
**[08:12] Velnar**
We need to talk.
**[08:14] Velnar**
Come with me.
**[08:19] Velnar**
Say, Aram, could you kill Yuri if you had to?
**[08:26] Velnar**
If you can't, then stay off the Ark.
**[08:32] Velnar**
Well?
**[08:35] Aram**
I'm going to bring Yuri back.
**[08:37] Velnar**
You're dreaming!
**[08:38] Velnar**
He's not Yuri anymore!
**[08:40] Aram**
Velnar.
**[08:41] Aram**
Remember what you told me before?
**[08:43] Aram**
That once you look at the whole, you start
to see things you couldn't otherwise?
**[08:47] Velnar**
Yeah.
**[08:49] Aram**
Maybe I'm not seeing
the big picture at all yet.
**[08:53] Aram**
There's so much I don't know.
**[08:56] Aram**
But I do know what I need to do.
**[09:05] Velnar**
All right. Give it your best shot, then.
**[09:09] Aram**
Velnar!
**[09:10] Velnar**
I'll figure out the rest.
**[09:13] Aram**
Velnar!
**[09:14] Velnar**
What?
**[09:16] Aram**
Thanks.
**[09:18] Velnar**
Don't thank me until this is all over.
**[09:47] Aram**
Phoena?
**[09:48] Aram**
You're still awake?
**[09:51] Phoena**
I can't sleep.
**[09:53] Aram**
Me, neither. I was thinking about some stuff.
**[09:56] Phoena**
You're nervous, huh?
**[09:59] Aram**
Me?
**[10:02] Aram**
I guess.
**[10:05] Aram**
Maybe I am.
**[10:07] Phoena**
Even though he wouldn't show it, Yuri was
always nervous before a big fight, too.
**[10:14] Aram**
Oh?
**[10:16] Aram**
So this is how Yuri always felt.
**[10:21] Aram**
Hey, Phoena.
**[10:24] Aram**
Do you love Yuri?
**[10:30] Phoena**
W-Well, I...
**[10:44] Phoena**
I washed up on Yggdra after my homeland
was destroyed by the Black Army.
**[10:51] Phoena**
All I had left was this Chain Chronicle
my father gave me.
**[10:59] Phoena**
I wandered aimlessly for a while,
**[11:02] Phoena**
but then Yuri took me in.
He didn't ask any questions.
**[11:07] Phoena**
Ever since then, we traveled together,
fought together,
**[11:11] Phoena**
laughed together when we had fun,
**[11:14] Phoena**
and cried together when we were sad.
**[11:19] Phoena**
Thanks to Yuri, I felt like I belonged here.
**[11:28] Phoena**
So...
**[11:31] Phoena**
So to me, Yuri is...
**[11:34] Aram**
Same as me, then.
**[11:38] Aram**
That's why I'm grateful that I met him.
**[11:40] Aram**
I love the guy, too.
**[11:43] Phoena**
That's not what...
**[11:45] Aram**
Did I get it wrong?
**[11:46] Phoena**
N-No, you didn't...
**[11:51] Aram**
Phoena.
**[11:54] Aram**
I'm going to bring Yuri back.
**[12:00] Aram**
I'm going to smack that idiot around
and make him come to his senses.
**[12:06] Phoena**
Sounds good.
**[12:07] Phoena**
I'll slap him around a bit with you.
**[12:21] Aram**
What?!
**[13:03] Phoena**
Aram!
**[13:05] Burckhardt**
For my master.
**[13:08] Aram**
Get away from Phoena!
**[13:13] Burckhardt**
Stay out of my way.
**[13:15] Aram**
Run, Phoena!
**[13:16] ---**
Right!
**[13:18] Burckhardt**
You're not going anywhere.
**[13:30] Aludra**
Are you all right?
**[13:32] Phoena**
Aludra!
**[13:34] A**
Get behind me.
**[13:36] Phoena**
Okay.
**[13:38] Aram**
Why are you here?
**[13:39] Burckhardt**
I see no need to answer you.
**[13:50] Velnar**
Pay attention!
**[13:56] A**
Let's go.
**[13:57] B**
Crush them!
**[14:07] C**
Damn it! Can't they see I'm busy?
**[14:12] Aludra**
Melchior, will we be able to launch?
**[14:15] C**
Yeah, I'll have us good to go by sunrise.
**[14:17] Aludra**
We can't wait.
**[14:18] Aludra**
We're setting out immediately.
**[14:21] C**
What?
**[14:22] Aludra**
Our surprise attack is a bust,
now that they've seen us.
**[14:25] Aludra**
We're going to have to charge in.
**[14:29] C**
I like it.
**[14:32] B**
Can you do it?
**[14:33] C**
Who do you think I am?
**[14:41] D**
Are you serious?
**[14:43] E**
Count me in.
**[14:44] D**
Oh, jeez.
**[14:46] D**
Guys, don't let them through here.
**[14:50] A**
We've come under demon attack.
**[14:52] A**
We're going to begin the operation early.
**[14:55] A**
Please take the main force and head
to the Imperial Capital immediately.
**[15:00] Juliana**
All forces, move out.
**[15:02] Juliana**
To the Imperial Capital!
**[15:07] Aludra**
How's the preparation coming?
**[15:08] B**
Getting there.
**[15:09] Aludra**
All right.
**[15:10] Aludra**
In the meantime,
we'll clear the deck of enemies.
**[15:15] Aludra**
Where's Musica?
**[15:25] A**
Songstress!
**[15:30] Aludra**
Clauss, can you escort Musica?
**[15:35] Clauss**
I can't.
**[15:36] Clauss**
I have my hands full.
**[15:38] Vorg**
There're too many of them!
**[15:47] Burckhardt**
I told you to stay out of my way.
**[15:49] Aram**
You're not getting past me!
**[15:59] Aludra**
Melchior, how much longer?
**[16:00] B**
Almost done.
**[16:07] A**
All right.
**[16:08] C**
We're ready.
**[16:09] Aludra**
We're moving out as soon
as Musica is on board.
**[16:11] D**
Understood.
**[16:17] A**
The Ark!
**[16:18] C**
Hurry.
**[16:19] A**
Prepare for teleportation.
**[16:21] B**
Yeah.
**[16:37] A**
The Black Element!
**[16:38] B**
What?
**[16:39] C**
We're losing power.
**[16:41] A**
Can we supplement it?
**[16:43] B**
Not possible.
**[16:49] Aludra**
There's no end to them.
**[16:52] Aludra**
My mana...
**[16:53] Aram**
Aludra.
**[16:56] A**
No, you don't!
**[17:08] Aludra**
Aram!
**[17:09] Aram**
Use this!
**[17:16] Aludra**
What in the world is this mana?
**[17:19] Aludra**
With this power, though...
**[17:28] A**
That Aludra sure is something.
**[17:31] B**
It's turning blacker by the second.
**[17:33] C**
Oh, no.
**[17:34] Aram**
I'm not done yet.
**[17:49] A**
I've got your back!
**[17:50] Aludra**
Prepare to depart.
**[17:51] B**
But it's blackening.
**[17:53] Aludra**
Leave it to Aram.
**[17:56] Phoena**
Aram...
**[18:02] A**
We're almost there!
**[18:21] A**
Go!
**[18:24] Aram**
Start already!
**[18:49] Aludra**
Launch!
**[18:55] Burckhardt**
The Chronicle!
**[18:59] Burckhardt**
You...
**[19:14] Melchior**
Perfect!
**[19:46] Aram**
It's the Imperial Castle.
**[19:47] Aram**
We did it, guys!
**[19:54] Aram**
I'm counting on you, Furball!
**[20:00] Aram**
Phoena!
**[20:05] Burckhardt**
The Chain Chronicle belongs to my master.
**[20:11] Aram**
Phoena!
# 11 - Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
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**[00:01] A**
Hurry!
**[00:02] A**
Holy Guard and Holy Psalm
take the right wing.
**[00:05] A**
Holy Blade take the left.
**[00:07] A**
The cavalry will lead the attack.
**[00:09] A**
Hold attack formation
and head to the front line.
**[00:13] B**
Show the Black Army
the true might of the Holy Blade!
**[00:20] Juliana**
Einslotte, status?
**[00:23] Einslotte**
Given the scale of the operation,
it will take some more time.
**[00:26] Einslotte**
I'm told we've also lost contact
with the Sage's Tower.
**[00:30] Juliana**
Yes, ever since they informed us that
they'd be setting out in the Ark.
**[00:35] Juliana**
But they will come.
**[00:37] Juliana**
We're going to trust them
and do everything we can.
**[00:40] Einslotte**
Yes, ma'am.
**[00:44] A**
What is that?
**[00:46] Juliana**
The Ark?
**[01:33] Einslotte**
Your Majesty, what's going on?
**[01:51] Einslotte**
According to our plans,
**[01:53] Einslotte**
the barrier was supposed to have been
neutralized as soon as the Ark arrived.
**[01:57] Einslotte**
This is not good.
**[02:17] Aram**
Furball!
**[02:23] Musica**
Aram.
**[02:24] Aram**
Musica.
**[02:25] Aram**
You're safe.
**[02:27] A**
As if we'd go down that easily.
**[02:29] Aram**
Guys...
**[02:31] B**
I thought we were done for.
**[02:36] Aram**
But...
**[02:37] Aram**
Phoena's...
**[02:38] Velnar**
We can rescue her after
we take out the Black King.
**[02:44] Velnar**
The battle's only beginning.
**[02:47] Aram**
Right.
**[02:49] Aram**
Musica.
**[02:50] Musica**
Leave it to me.
**[02:51] Aram**
Furball, take care of Musica.
**[02:55] Aludra**
We'll also fight alongside you here.
**[02:57] B**
Let's hurry up and get that barrier down.
**[03:00] B**
The guys waiting outside
must be getting impatient.
**[03:03] A**
We'll push through to the Imperial Castle.
**[03:05] B**
Understood. I'll give it all I've got.
**[03:08] Velnar**
Can't wait. I like a good challenge.
**[03:10] Aram**
We're gonna save them.
**[03:12] Aram**
Both Yuri and Phoena.
**[03:14] Aram**
Let's get this show back on the road!
**[04:07] A**
This song...
**[04:12] Einslotte**
Your Majesty.
**[04:15] Juliana**
All troops, charge!
**[04:44] Eirenus**
What an annoying song.
**[04:47] Eirenus**
Why do this when they know they'll lose again?
**[04:51] Eirenus**
They never learn.
**[04:55] King**
Ridiculous.
**[05:14] (Flashback) Phoena**
Thank you for accommodating my request.
**[05:18] (Flashback) Melchior**
Ancient magic passed down through
the family of the Chronicle's caretakers.
**[05:24] (Flashback) Melchior**
That was quite interesting.
**[05:26] (Flashback) Melchior**
I've made some adjustments to
maximize its effectiveness.
**[05:31] (Flashback) Melchior**
Therefore, should you use the seal,
your life will be forfeit.
**[05:36] (Flashback) Phoena**
I understand.
**[05:38] (Flashback) Phoena**
In a way, this represents my resolve.
**[05:51] Phoena**
Yuri.
**[05:52] Phoena**
Please!
**[05:54] Phoena**
Snap out of it!
**[05:55] Phoena**
Yuri!
**[06:03] Yuri**
Take the Chronicle to the King.
**[06:06] Phoena**
No!
**[06:10] Phoena**
Yuri...
**[06:12] Phoena**
Stop.
**[06:13] King**
It's no use.
**[06:14] King**
He has already become blackness incarnate.
**[06:17] King**
Your words will not reach him.
**[06:32] King**
I've found you.
**[06:34] King**
I knew you were hiding here, winged sprite.
**[06:39] Phoena**
No...
**[06:40] Phoena**
Pirika?
**[06:45] King**
There's nowhere left to hide.
**[06:47] King**
With this, all hope will be lost,
**[06:50] King**
and the world will be engulfed in darkness.
**[06:55] Phoena**
Why do you seek to destroy the world?
**[06:58] Phoena**
What good does that do you, Black King?
**[07:03] Phoena**
Answer me, Father!
**[07:13] A**
Too slow.
**[07:14] Velnar**
Bring it on!
**[07:17] Clauss**
Well, at least he's having fun.
**[07:27] Velnar**
Aram!
**[07:33] A**
Freeze!
**[07:35] B**
Its leg!
**[07:42] Velnar**
Get going, Aram!
**[07:44] Velnar**
We'll leave Yuri up to you!
**[07:47] Velnar**
Don't you dare forget what you told me!
**[07:57] Phoena**
Aram...
**[07:59] King**
The white light that child emits is an eyesore.
**[08:04] King**
But that's why he would be especially
powerful if he were to be dyed black.
**[08:11] King**
Black Knight.
**[08:15] Yuri**
I know.
**[08:16] Yuri**
It's my job to fight him.
**[08:24] Juliana**
Our left flank is weakening.
**[08:26] Juliana**
Send in the Holy Mark to reinforce them.
**[08:28] A**
Yes, Your Majesty!
**[08:29] Juliana**
Musica's song is our anthem!
**[08:31] Juliana**
Follow it to victory!
**[08:35] A**
Looks like you've started to
get the hang of it, Princess.
**[08:48] B**
Don't let your guard down, old man.
**[08:51] A**
Who are you calling an old man?
**[08:53] C**
Look.
**[09:03] Eirenus**
It's about time to end this.
**[09:09] Juliana**
Don't falter.
**[09:10] Juliana**
Go!
**[09:16] Einslotte**
I'm taking you down!
**[09:26] Eirenus**
Very well.
**[09:28] Eirenus**
Let's settle this.
**[09:33] Burckhardt**
This simply won't do.
**[09:34] Burckhardt**
Her Majesty, the Holy Queen herself,
shouldn't be on the front lines.
**[09:39] Einslotte**
Your Majesty!
**[09:41] Eirenus**
I thought you were fighting *me*.
**[09:46] Juliana**
Burckhardt...
**[10:04] Burckhardt**
You're looking well.
**[10:09] Burckhardt**
Has leaving the Suppression Army
in Aram's hands
**[10:14] Burckhardt**
lightened your burden, Holy Queen?
**[10:25] Juliana**
I suppose.
**[10:27] Burckhardt**
You admit it?
**[10:29] Juliana**
Yes. I'll admit it.
**[10:31] Juliana**
It seems I was never fit for this after all.
**[10:34] Juliana**
But, that being the case,
I've decided I have to do what I can.
**[10:44] Burckhardt**
What you can, you say?
**[10:47] Burckhardt**
It's too late.
**[10:49] Burckhardt**
It's your naivety that made me like this!
**[11:03] Burckhardt**
Are you still trying avoid responsibility
for your actions?
**[11:12] Juliana**
I'm not trying to avoid anything.
**[11:15] Juliana**
Certainly, I was probably responsible
for allowing this to happen.
**[11:18] Juliana**
But you see, Burckhardt,
**[11:22] Juliana**
a person's strengths and weaknesses
are ultimately their own.
**[11:30] Juliana**
We all have to come to terms
with that in our lives.
**[11:37] Juliana**
Nothing meaningful can come of
basing your self-worth on others.
**[11:44] Burckhardt**
Nonsense!
**[12:04] Juliana**
The Holy Knight who wore that is no more.
**[12:08] Juliana**
He was an exemplary knight.
**[12:10] Juliana**
I wish he would have stayed to help me.
**[12:14] Burckhardt**
Juliana...
**[12:16] Burckhardt**
You...
**[12:18] Juliana**
I've already decided
I won't run from anything.
**[12:24] Juliana**
If it's my fault that you've ended up this way,
**[12:31] Juliana**
then I'll end you myself.
**[12:36] Juliana**
That's the way I take responsibility.
**[12:49] (Flashback) Einslotte**
Congratulations, Burckhardt.
**[12:52] (Flashback) Einslotte**
You're a member of the Holy Guard now.
**[12:55] (Flashback) Burckhardt**
Sir.
**[12:56] (Flashback) Burckhardt**
Thank you.
**[12:59] (Flashback) Einslotte**
You were at the top of
the selection exams, I see.
**[13:03] (Flashback) Einslotte**
Do you have a preferred post?
**[13:05] (Flashback) Burckhardt**
I will become a member of
the King's Sword someday.
**[13:09] (Flashback) Burckhardt**
I hope to serve Juliana.
**[13:12] (Flashback) Einslotte**
You want to become one of us?
**[13:15] (Flashback) Einslotte**
I like your determination.
**[13:17] (Flashback) Einslotte**
She's a rewarding person to serve.
**[13:19] (Flashback) Burckhardt**
I believe so, too.
**[13:54] Burckhardt**
*That's right.*
**[13:59] Burckhardt**
*I...*
**[14:44] Phoena**
The Chronicle...
**[14:46] King**
Now...
**[14:48] King**
It's the beginning of the end.
**[14:52] A**
New enemies.
**[15:07] Aludra**
What?!
**[15:09] A**
The blackness is getting stronger.
**[15:21] Phoena**
What have you done?
**[15:24] Phoena**
Looks like I really have to...
**[15:44] Aram**
Yuri.
**[15:47] Yuri**
I've abandoned that name.
**[15:52] Aram**
I'm bringing you back,
even if I have to beat you down.
**[15:56] Aram**
Yuri!
**[16:01] A**
I can't hear Musica's song.
**[16:03] B**
Don't tell me...
**[16:06] Aram**
I looked up to you.
**[16:08] Aram**
You were the one who brought me this far.
**[16:11] Aram**
How could you end up like this?
**[16:16] Aram**
Say something, Yuri!
**[16:20] Yuri**
I told you, I've abandoned that name.
**[16:28] Aram**
Right.
**[16:29] Aram**
You ran away.
**[16:34] Aram**
Traveling with you, I came to
understand you a little bit.
**[16:39] Aram**
There are all kinds of people around you.
**[16:42] Aram**
They all depend on you.
**[16:44] Aram**
And so you tried to live up to them.
**[16:48] Aram**
To their expectations.
**[16:50] Aram**
All of them.
**[16:53] Aram**
Isn't that right?
**[16:54] Aram**
Even I expected great things from you.
**[16:58] Aram**
I had no idea how much of
a burden that was on you.
**[17:04] Aram**
But listen, Yuri,
**[17:06] Aram**
you don’t need to live up to the expectations
of each and every person.
**[17:11] Aram**
Just be yourself!
**[17:13] Aram**
Just do what you want to do!
**[17:16] Aram**
Tell me, Yuri!
**[17:18] Aram**
What is it that you want to do?
**[17:21] Yuri**
I desire nothing.
**[17:27] Yuri**
All I have now is my black destiny.
**[17:30] Yuri**
The impulse to destroy everything
and end it all.
**[17:45] Einslotte**
Juliana, look!
**[17:49] Juliana**
The barrier...
**[17:50] Einslotte**
We'll lose our line of retreat
if it regenerates!
**[17:59] Aram**
Damn it.
**[18:01] Aram**
How did you end up this way?
**[18:04] Aram**
Damn it, Yuri!
**[18:05] Yuri**
Your sword, your words...
they lack weight.
**[18:10] Yuri**
Strength is meaningless without resolve.
**[18:16] (Flashback) Velnar**
Can you kill him?
**[18:21] Aram**
*I see.*
**[18:24] (Flashback) Aram**
I'm going to bring Yuri back.
**[18:26] (Flashback) Aram**
I'm going to make him come to his senses.
**[18:28] (Flashback) Aram**
We're gonna save them.
**[18:30] Aram**
* No one would fear falling to the blackness*
* if words were all it took to stop it.*
**[18:36] Aram**
*That won't cut it.*
**[18:38] Aram**
*It's not enough.*
**[18:40] Aram**
*I need to be prepared to kill.*
**[18:44] Aram**
*To be killed.*
**[18:47] Aram**
*And then some.*
**[18:50] Aram**
*But can I do it?*
**[18:56] Eirenus**
You never had a chance.
**[18:59] Eirenus**
There was no way you could defeat
the power of blackness.
**[19:02] Eirenus**
Now, give it up.
**[19:04] Juliana**
No, I will never...
**[19:08] Aram**
...give up!
**[19:10] Aram**
It's not whether I can do it or not.
**[19:15] Aram**
I *will* do it!
**[19:21] Juliana**
We must support them with all our strength.
**[19:24] Juliana**
Stay strong, and we can still win.
**[19:27] A**
Yes.
**[19:28] B**
Show them what the Holy Guard is made of.
**[19:31] Einslotte**
You're no match to our united strength.
**[19:38] Eirenus**
Is that what you call
the strength of bonds?
**[19:42] Eirenus**
Gross.
**[19:46] Eirenus**
I'll break them for you!
**[19:54] Einslotte**
Juliana!
**[20:08] Juliana**
Shuza?
**[20:09] Juliana**
Why?
**[20:13] Shuza**
Charge!
**[20:21] Aram**
The next blow...
**[20:24] Yuri**
...will settle this.
# 12 - The Light of Haecceitas
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8VQJM0Y/chain-chronicle---the-light-of-haecceitas--)
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**[00:04] Aludra**
Musica!
**[00:15] Musica**
Thank you.
**[00:21] Aludra**
I'll protect us, no matter the cost.
**[00:42] Shuza**
Is the boy in the castle?
**[00:44] Juliana**
Yes.
**[00:45] Juliana**
He went to get Yuri.
**[00:48] Eirenus**
That's impossible.
**[00:49] Eirenus**
Once you become a demon,
there's no turning back.
**[00:53] Shuza**
So what?
**[00:56] Shuza**
He had the guts to run his mouth off at me.
**[01:00] Shuza**
He'd better be able to
make the impossible possible.
**[01:03] Shuza**
Otherwise there would be no point
in giving him the Chronicle.
**[01:07] Eirenus**
Shuza...
**[01:08] Eirenus**
Have you been turned, too?
**[01:12] Eirenus**
Bonds...
**[01:17] Eirenus**
..are nothing but trouble.
**[01:32] Eirenus**
Serves you right.
**[01:36] Eirenus**
You get hurt because you
try to protect others.
**[01:50] Shuza**
I care not about bonds.
**[01:52] Shuza**
I acknowledge only the strong.
**[01:57] Eirenus**
What drivel.
**[01:58] Eirenus**
You're the same as everyone else.
**[02:03] Eirenus**
You might as well die with the rest of them.
**[02:07] Shuza**
Is that all you have to say?
**[02:11] Shuza**
I tire of this.
**[02:17] Shuza**
Die.
**[02:30] Shuza**
*Bonds, my foot.*
**[02:39] King**
It's time.
**[02:41] King**
The end of the world is upon us.
**[02:44] King**
It's all over.
**[02:47] Phoena**
I won't let you end it yet.
**[02:50] Phoena**
Chronicle!
**[02:52] Phoena**
As your caretaker, I call upon you!
**[03:08] Phoena**
I'll take it all upon myself.
**[03:12] King**
At the cost of your life?
**[03:16] King**
But all that will gain you
is a fleeting moment.
**[03:20] Phoena**
I don't care if it doesn't last long.
**[03:25] Phoena**
I still believe!
**[03:31] Aram**
* If that black armor is*
* made out of Black Element,*
**[03:35] Aram**
*it should be the same as the castle barrier.*
**[03:37] Aram**
*In which case...*
**[03:45] Aram**
I'll destroy it from the inside!
**[03:47] Yuri**
It's no use.
**[04:02] Yuri**
I have no need of the light anymore.
**[04:21] A**
I'll heal him right away!
**[04:24] Yuri**
You...
**[04:28] Aram**
Kain.
**[04:30] Aram**
You're alive!
**[04:31] Kain**
A scratch like that wasn't enough to kill me.
**[04:34] A**
Give me a break.
**[04:36] A**
It was a close call.
**[04:38] Aram**
I'm so glad you're here, guys.
**[04:41] A**
Of course we are.
**[04:43] B**
The Volunteer Army always
helps those in need.
**[04:46] C**
If someone falls,
then someone else props them up.
**[04:49] C**
That's how we've always fought.
**[04:52] C**
Isn't that right, Captain?
**[04:55] Aram**
Yuri, you aren't alone.
**[04:59] Aram**
We're all with you.
**[05:01] Aram**
We'll all give you a hand.
**[05:03] Aram**
That's what friends are for!
**[05:09] A**
Looks like he won't come to his senses
unless we get that armor off of him.
**[05:15] B**
We may have to get a bit rough.
**[05:18] C**
Prepare yourself, Captain.
**[05:22] Aram**
I'm never going to give up on you!
**[05:24] Yuri**
Shut up!
**[05:29] A**
Anything you can't bear by yourself,
we'll bear with you.
**[05:41] B**
Snap out of it!
**[05:47] C**
I believe in you, Captain!
**[05:57] ---**
Aram!
**[05:59] Aram**
Come back to us, you idiot!
**[06:20] Yuri 2**
You're not thinking of going back, are you?
**[06:25] Yuri 2**
The crimes I've committed can't be undone.
**[06:27] Yuri 2**
I'm a tainted sinner.
**[06:30] Yuri 2**
I'll only be rejected!
**[06:35] Yuri 2**
Surely you understand.
**[06:37] Yuri 2**
You could never believe in
yourself until the end.
**[06:41] Yuri 2**
That's your weakness.
**[06:44] Yuri 2**
You lost.
**[06:45] Yuri 2**
To yourself.
**[06:51] Yuri 2**
It all ended.
**[06:53] Yuri 2**
In this world of darkness.
**[06:55] Yuri**
And yet...
**[06:59] Yuri**
Their light reached me
as I sunk deep into the darkness.
**[07:05] Yuri**
I want to believe once more.
**[07:08] Yuri**
In them, and in myself,
the me that they believe in.
**[07:15] Yuri 2**
Believe?
**[07:16] Yuri 2**
After all that happened?
**[07:18] Yuri 2**
You gave rise to me because
you lacked belief.
**[07:22] Yuri 2**
I am the very weakness of your own heart.
**[07:25] Yuri 2**
A scar that will never heal!
**[07:28] Yuri 2**
A wound that's turned black
will continue to rot.
**[07:33] Yuri**
That's exactly why I...
**[07:48] Yuri**
I'll take the wound with me to battle.
**[07:51] Yuri**
That's my way of atoning.
**[08:12] Yuri**
Let's go...
**[08:13] Yuri**
Together.
**[08:28] Aram**
Yuri!
**[08:29] A**
Captain!
**[08:56] King**
Foolish.
**[08:59] King**
I can just stain it all black
as many times as I need.
**[09:13] Yuri**
Phoena!
**[09:17] A**
We need to heal her immediately.
**[09:23] Phoena**
Yuri...?
**[09:26] Phoena**
Thank goodness.
**[09:28] Phoena**
You came back to us.
**[09:31] Yuri**
Phoena...
**[09:45] King**
You...
**[09:47] Aram**
Black King.
**[09:48] Aram**
We're going to crush you.
**[09:53] King**
I knew it. That power...
**[09:55] King**
It's the Light of Haecceitas,
a light that rends darkness.
**[10:00] King**
What a nuisance.
**[10:02] King**
Die!
**[10:17] Aram**
Kain!
**[10:18] Aram**
Michidia!
**[10:29] Yuri**
Aram!
**[10:31] King**
Have you resigned yourself
to accepting this world again?
**[10:35] Yuri**
No.
**[10:37] Yuri**
I'm going to defeat you and stop
the world's blackening once and for all!
**[10:41] King**
Don't make me laugh!
**[10:44] Aram**
No, you don't!
**[10:50] Yuri**
I won't waver ever again!
**[11:03] King**
I will not grant you a future.
**[11:09] King**
Since time immemorial,
**[11:14] King**
people have formed bonds with
and hurt one another.
**[11:18] King**
The cycle of wrongdoings creates hatred,
**[11:22] King**
culminating in stagnation,
making the world suffer.
**[11:27] King**
Therefore I exist, to paint
the world's stagnation black.
**[11:49] Aram**
Furball.
**[12:37] Aram**
Damn it.
**[12:38] Yuri**
I'll pin him down.
**[12:40] Yuri**
Distract him in the meantime.
**[12:43] Aram**
Got it.
**[13:17] Aram**
Yuri!
**[13:34] Aram**
Furball!
**[13:56] Aram**
Furball...
**[14:03] Yuri**
Aram!
**[14:07] King**
Why?
**[14:10] King**
Why do you resist so?
**[14:16] King**
Humanity is imperfect, foolish, and hopeless.
**[14:23] King**
A sorry existence that repeats
its mistakes over and over.
**[14:28] King**
That is why I must save the world.
**[14:33] King**
From its grief.
**[14:36] King**
I must recreate it...
**[14:40] King**
A new future.
**[14:44] Yuri**
You're wrong.
**[14:46] Yuri**
The future exists beyond
those mistakes and that sorrow.
**[14:51] Yuri**
Unless we overcome them, there's no point!
**[14:54] King**
That is utterly foolish!
**[15:07] Aram**
Give me a break!
**[15:10] Aram**
Yeah, we may be a bunch of fools.
**[15:13] Aram**
But I love it.
**[15:16] Aram**
I love this world, with all the people in it.
**[15:18] Aram**
Each one of us tries our hardest to live,
**[15:21] Aram**
to find a place where we belong,
**[15:24] Aram**
to make friends, and help each other.
**[15:27] Aram**
I won't let you destroy those bonds!
**[15:39] A**
He's right.
**[15:42] A**
We aren't alone.
**[15:44] B**
We had each other.
**[15:46] C**
That's why we never gave up.
**[15:48] Yuri**
We'll create our own future.
**[15:52] Yuri**
Create not a cycle of hatred and grief,
**[15:56] Yuri**
but bonds!
**[15:58] King**
Absurd!
**[16:00] Yuri**
So long as we have these bonds,
we'll never lose.
**[16:05] Yuri**
Take this.
**[16:08] Yuri**
We will...
**[16:17] Yuri**
Seize our light!
**[16:17] Yuri**
Seize our light!
**[16:40] King**
Has the world chosen you?
**[17:12] A**
Phoena.
**[17:14] Yuri**
Phoena!
**[17:15] B**
Phoena!
**[17:18] Phoena**
Phoena.
**[17:19] Phoena**
Phoena!
**[17:21] Aram**
Phoena!
**[17:27] ---**
Phoena!
**[17:29] Aram**
Hang in there.
**[17:31] Aram**
I'll save you.
**[17:34] Aram**
No matter what!
**[17:37] King**
It's no use.
**[17:41] Aram**
You...
**[17:43] King**
You cannot save her.
**[17:48] King**
Not even with your power.
**[17:53] King**
Now, Chain Chronicle! As your caretaker,
I call upon you to heed my request!
**[18:05] King**
Save her.
**[18:07] King**
Save my daughter's life.
**[18:10] King**
My ray of hope!
**[18:28] King**
I leave the rest in your hands.
**[18:49] Aram**
Phoena.
**[19:12] Pirika**
Wake up, Phoena.
**[19:30] Pirika**
It's all right now, Phoena.
**[19:36] Pirika**
I believed in all of you.
**[19:39] Pirika**
I knew you wouldn't lose hope.
**[19:41] Yuri**
Pirika.
**[19:48] Phoena**
Pirika.
**[19:51] Phoena**
Welcome back.
**[19:55] Pirika**
I'm home, everyone.
**[20:19] Musica**
It seems our song was heard.
**[20:23] Musica**
Our wish.
**[20:29] Juliana**
We are victorious.
**[20:31] Juliana**
Rejoice!
**[21:30] Phoena**
*Father...*
**[21:33] (Flashback) King**
Even as caretaker, I was consumed
by the will of the blackness.
**[21:39] (Flashback) King**
I've done unforgivable things.
**[21:44] (Flashback) King**
Please, use the true power of the Chronicle
to rebuild the world I've destroyed.
**[21:55] (Flashback) Phoena**
Yes.
**[22:02] (Flashback) King**
You've become strong.
**[22:04] (Flashback) King**
And you've made good friends.
**[22:21] Pirika**
Phoena.
**[22:25] Pirika**
We're setting sail soon.
**[22:39] B**
Really.
**[22:40] B**
My son's talking about
joining the Holy Guard now.
**[22:44] C**
That’s amazing.
**[22:44] A**
He's dreaming.
**[22:48] A**
What?
**[22:51] Aram**
Two apples, pops.
**[22:53] A**
Let go!
**[22:54] B**
Thanks.
**[23:04] Aram**
It's on me.
**[23:06] Aram**
Where are your friends?
**[23:08] A**
I don't have any.
**[23:11] Aram**
I see.
**[23:12] A**
Aram.
**[23:15] A**
Hurry up.
**[23:19] Aram**
Want to come with us?