# 6 - The Nadir of Anguish
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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.