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6 - Six Paths of Transmigration

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[00:11] ---
    Ibuki!
[00:15] ---
    Why didn't you call me earlier?
[00:17] ---
    Wait, Eykha!
[00:19] ---
    That's Gakusho!
[00:23] ---
    Eykha!
[00:25] ---
    Val, again!
[00:34] ---
    Is she really dead?
[00:48] ---
    Are you certain this was Gakusho's unit?
[00:52] ---
    It seems they were headed to Ogani Volcano.
[00:55] ---
    What happened...?
[00:57] ---
    Subleader!
[00:58] ---
    We found one of the villagers.
[01:00] ---
    A Returned One... did all this...
[01:03] ---
    Many villagers escaped to our fort saying
    that they were attacked by Returned Ones.
[01:09] ---
    That's why we came to investigate.
[01:11] ---
    Please tell me... Did the Returned Ones
    really appear in your village?
[01:16] ---
    It's not only our village...
[01:17] ---
    What?
[01:18] ---
    Kouran's general was killed...
[01:21] ---
    She took a hit to the neck...
[01:23] ---
    General...?
[01:24] ---
    Could it be...? Lady Gakusho?
[01:27] ---
    Then she revived...
[01:29] ---
    As a Returned One?
[01:31] ---
    The general killed everyone,
    and then they all revived too!
[01:36] ---
    It's exactly like what happened in my village!
[01:38] ---
    I've never heard of any instance
[01:40] ---
    where those killed by a
    Returned One became Returned Ones.
[01:43] ---
    So, where could Lady Gakusho
    and her unit of Returned Ones be?
[01:50] ---
    The name of our country is Nil Kamui.
[01:52] ---
    It's a small island country.
[01:54] ---
    The covetous, great ancient country
    of Kouran conducted a sudden invasion
[01:59] ---
    and plundered a third of the land.
[02:02] ---
    Our ally, the great country to the east, D'natia,
[02:05] ---
    defended settlements where they
    had their bases, then kept silent.
[02:09] ---
    The two great countries quickly
    carved away Nil Kamui's lands
[02:12] ---
    like meat from a sacrificial swine.
[02:16] ---
    The guardian deity,
    Red Dragon, attacked the people,
[02:19] ---
    and the Returned Ones
    of legend began to appear.
[02:23] ---
    Imperial Era 3015, September...
[02:26] ---
    Our country was no longer ours.
[04:09] ---
    You all right?!
[04:15] ---
    Is that the Kouran general?
[04:17] ---
    What happened?!
[04:29] ---
    Are you okay, Ibuki?
[04:59] ---
    Hm, even if they are undead,
    destroying their brain seems to stop them.
[05:05] ---
    Pretty good, aren't you?
[05:29] ---
    Everyone, I recommend we retreat for now.
[05:35] ---
    Gakusho!<br>[05:36] ---
    Ibuki!
[05:39] ---
    Ibuki, it seems you took a liking to Gakusho,
    despite getting to know her only recently.
[05:46] ---
    She... taught me the true meaning of resolve!
[05:50] ---
    But look at her.
[05:52] ---
    She's a Returned One now.
[05:55] ---
    There are no instances within legend of any
    Returned Ones regaining their former selves.
[06:02] ---
    That means that the only thing we can do
    for her now is to make her rest in peace.
[06:08] ---
    Don't worry, I'll do it.
[06:13] ---
    We can't just defeat her and leave it at that!
[06:29] ---
    I do recall this flavor...
[06:33] ---
    It's similar to that of a dragon.
[06:36] ---
    So, the Returned Ones and Red Dragon...
[06:39] ---
    ...are probably connected.
[06:41] ---
    Don't worry, Lou.
[06:43] ---
    Returned Ones wounded
    by me will never revive.
[06:47] ---
    After all, whatever residual souls
    remain of them are contained within me.
[06:51] ---
    Yes, my lord...
[06:53] ---
    That wound on her neck proves
    that Gakusho was killed by someone.
[06:58] ---
    Killed...? But why?
[07:00] ---
    Not "why," but "Who was able to kill
    someone so skilled as Gakusho?"
[07:08] ---
    Red Dragon...
[07:11] ---
    Answer me...!
[07:15] ---
    Gakusho was someone precious to me...
[07:19] ---
    Someone who could have become my friend.
[07:21] ---
    Thus, she can be taken as an offering.
[07:25] ---
    Indeed.
[07:26] ---
    Do you seek power, Imperial?
[07:29] ---
    I want to use your dragon flame to
    incinerate the person who killed Gakusho!
[07:34] ---
    Are you going to kill Gakusho again
    to kill the person who killed her?!
[07:40] ---
    This is the only thing I can do now...!
[07:43] ---
    Oh...? Quite an interesting
    idea he came up with.
[07:48] ---
    Is the dragon's power that versatile?
[07:52] ---
    The Returned Ones are
    connected to Red Dragon.
[07:55] ---
    In that case, I wager that Red Dragon knows
    that you were the one who killed Gakusho.
[08:02] ---
    I don't mind taking on that wager,
[08:07] ---
    but I would lose the means to please
    my lord if I were incinerated.
[08:15] ---
    My flames will reach any,
    no matter where they are.
[08:19] ---
    Understood. Accept the equivalence!
[08:25] ---
    At this distance, I can kill him
    using my Bai Bu Quan.
[08:29] ---
    There's no telling what
    could happen, after all...
[08:33] ---
    How unfortunate, Child of Contract...
[08:38] ---
    Lady Ulrika.
[08:40] ---
    Report on the expedition.
[08:42] ---
    It seems as if one of them,
    the Kouran female...
[08:45] ---
    ...is targeting the expedition members,
    in an attempt to kill...
[08:48] ---
    Members...?!
    What is going on?! Answer me!
[08:54] ---
    Looks like you were too focused
    to sense his presence.
[09:27] ---
    I am sorry to have arrived so late, my lord.
[09:30] ---
    Hien...?
[09:34] ---
    Yes, it is I, Hien.
[09:36] ---
    Agito has ordered me to guard you again.
[09:41] ---
    Gakusho...
[09:42] ---
    How dare she try to take our Child of
    Contract's life using the truce as a cover?
[09:51] ---
    You idiot!
[09:52] ---
    Wh-What are you saying?
[09:55] ---
    Gakusho...
[09:57] ---
    Gakusho was...
[09:59] ---
    ...a friend.
[10:01] ---
    Nonsense!
[10:03] ---
    Please stand up, Lord Ibuki.
[10:05] ---
    Our citizens would misunderstand if they
    saw you kneeling with your head down
[10:08] ---
    over the corpse of one from Kouran.
[10:10] ---
    Hien, you can't be friends with Ibuki.
[10:14] ---
    Friends?
[10:16] ---
    I'm merely a loyal subject
    of the Child of Contract.
[10:22] ---
    Returned One | Legendary beasts of mythology
    that were said to have laid waste to Nil Kamui.
[10:28] ---
    D'natia territory | Fort Rosweisse
[10:31] ---
    Excuse me for calling you all here.
[10:34] ---
    Sorry, but the fort houses
    a lot of military secrets,
[10:39] ---
    so we can't let the revolutionary
    army or Kouran see its insides.
[10:43] ---
    Why, of course.
[10:47] ---
    Lady Lou Chun Wah?
[10:49] ---
    Yes?
[10:50] ---
    By any chance, did you meet
    one of my subordinates?
[10:53] ---
    One of them is currently missing.
[10:56] ---
    I heard there is an item used in
    D'natia that allows communication
[10:59] ---
    with someone from afar, similar to
    Kouran's communication seal...
[11:03] ---
    He didn't respond...
[11:05] ---
    That must be quite troubling...
[11:07] ---
    Unfortunately, I don't know anything.
[11:14] ---
    Gakusho and her unit weren't
    the only Returned Ones?
[11:18] ---
    There were many villages scattered
    around the foot of Ogani Volcano.
[11:22] ---
    They were attacked by Returned Ones,
[11:24] ---
    and those attacked in turn
    became Returned Ones themselves.
[11:27] ---
    In the first place, where did
    the Returned Ones appear from?
[11:31] ---
    According to the villagers,
[11:33] ---
    the first Returned Ones to appear
    wore the revolutionary army's attires.
[11:39] ---
    Are you trying to place blame on us?
[11:41] ---
    Wait.
[11:43] ---
    Were they from the first expedition...?
[11:46] ---
    Yes. I heard that a unit
    from the revolutionary army
[11:49] ---
    headed to Ogani Volcano about a month ago.
[11:54] ---
    Everyone rose as Returned Ones...?
[12:04] ---
    What's this about, Ka Grava?
[12:06] ---
    If that's true, that means the Returned Ones
    are those who were killed by Red Dragon.
[12:12] ---
    So you think my friend's message about leaving
    something at Ogani Volcano is questionable?
[12:18] ---
    Even so, we have to go to Ogani Volcano...
[12:21] ---
    One moment. I must inform you
[12:24] ---
    that the Black Dragon Knights' third
    corps leader, Simeon, is headed this way.
[12:28] ---
    Simeon...?!
[12:30] ---
    Oh?
[12:31] ---
    So, that...
[12:33] ---
    Uh, who is that again?
[12:35] ---
    He's the leader of the Black Dragon
    Knights who were sent to this island.
[12:39] ---
    He's third in rank among
    the Black Dragon Knights.
[12:41] ---
    Ah, and what was my rank again?
[12:44] ---
    Why, the lowest of them all, of course.
[12:47] ---
    You're ranked thirtieth.
[12:50] ---
    No matter what happens, our leader
    Simeon can make things right.
[12:54] ---
    That's some faith you have in him.
[12:56] ---
    Yes. So please leave the rest to us.
[13:05] ---
    Are you still going to go to Ogani Volcano?
[13:08] ---
    I'm sorry, but I don't want to see
    any more people become like Gakusho.
[13:15] ---
    Well then, at least let my unit accompany you.
[13:19] ---
    Ulrika...
[13:20] ---
    I believe I was sent to
    protect this island's order.
[13:25] ---
    I can't turn my head away from
    the suffering of its citizens.
[13:28] ---
    Lord Ibuki.
[13:36] ---
    I know of your power, Lord Ibuki.
[13:39] ---
    Hien...
[13:40] ---
    Please kill me near Simeon!
[13:44] ---
    Are you telling me to incinerate
    Simeon with the dragon's power?
[13:47] ---
    That flame will become a beacon to spread
    the revolution throughout the land!
[13:51] ---
    All in the name of ousting D'natia and Kouran!
[13:56] ---
    I won't kill you or Simeon.
[14:00] ---
    Also, Hien... You and everyone else
    are getting this all wrong.
[14:06] ---
    No matter what I do to you,
    nothing will happen.
[14:10] ---
    Lord Ibuki, you can offer the
    citizens of Nil Kamui to Red Dragon
[14:15] ---
    to gain the dragon's power.
[14:17] ---
    That's not it, Hien.
[14:19] ---
    Lord Ibuki, you are too kind.
[14:23] ---
    A part of me died when I lost my family--
    my young sister--during the Seven Year War.
[14:31] ---
    No one will be saddened by my death.
[14:34] ---
    Having my life taken by the Child of Contract
    is the one and only happiness left to me.
[14:39] ---
    Please, use my life as you see fit!
[14:42] ---
    That's not the issue...!
[14:44] ---
    Ibuki? Hien?
[14:46] ---
    It looks like they're ready.
[14:47] ---
    Okay...
[14:51] ---
    Stop with your discourtesy, Kouran!
[14:54] ---
    Oh?
[14:55] ---
    In every respect, Lord Ibuki
    is the successor to the throne.
[14:58] ---
    I ask that you treat him as such!
[15:00] ---
    How rude of me.
[15:03] ---
    "Lord" Ibuki... was it?
[15:07] ---
    Ogani Volcano | Mountain path
[15:15] ---
    Lord Ibuki.
[15:17] ---
    Did Hien tell you to call me that?
[15:20] ---
    Please stop.
[15:21] ---
    Really? How about we take the middle
    ground and call you "Sir Ibuki"?
[15:28] ---
    Meryl told me you said that if you killed
    Gakusho, you could incinerate the culprit.
[15:34] ---
    Not me, but Red Dragon.
[15:36] ---
    So then in exchange for someone's life,
    you can gain the dragon's power to--
[15:40] ---
    Why don't we drop the
    subject already, Sir Sweallow?
[15:44] ---
    You knew, didn't you, Lou?
[15:46] ---
    Why, of course not.
[15:48] ---
    Such a frightening thought...
[15:49] ---
    I see...
[15:51] ---
    I think I know why you called it a curse.
[15:53] ---
    You mind if I ask you something?
[15:56] ---
    Do you really want to get rid of that power?
[15:59] ---
    But you're going to become
    Nil Kamui's king, right?
[16:03] ---
    If so, that power may be
    something you need as king.
[16:07] ---
    A friend of mine died trusting in me...
[16:11] ---
    That's why I want to become king,
    so that I can put an end to sorrow.
[16:15] ---
    But...
[16:17] ---
    I don't know what I need to do...
[16:19] ---
    I see.
[16:21] ---
    In any case, I'm for the idea of
    getting rid of that power of yours.
[16:25] ---
    Why, yes... After all, that power
    is a major threat to D'natia.
[16:30] ---
    Is that how you see it?
[16:37] ---
    There was a village here, but...
[16:40] ---
    The place is just a pool of lava now.
[16:47] ---
    Look...!
[16:48] ---
    No matter how you take this...
[16:52] ---
    ...it sure doesn't look like they're
    survivors waiting to be rescued.
[16:56] ---
    Men, forward!
[16:58] ---
    Hey now, what are you planning to do, Hien?
[17:02] ---
    We will handle the Returned Ones.
[17:04] ---
    Leave us be!
[17:05] ---
    What are you saying?!
[17:07] ---
    It seems like most of them
    were from the revolutionary army.
[17:11] ---
    We will deliver our friends by our own hands.
[17:14] ---
    Hien!
[17:15] ---
    Please move on ahead, Child of Contract!
[17:18] ---
    And please pray for their
    calm and eternal slumber.
[17:25] ---
    Rest in peace, friends!
[17:37] ---
    Well then, let's graciously accept his offer.
[17:41] ---
    After all, we are supposed to be
    an expedition for Red Dragon.
[17:54] ---
    It is Izun...
[17:57] ---
    Izun?
[17:59] ---
    Izun is in there?
[18:04] ---
    Now then, everyone, what should we do?
[18:07] ---
    We do have the option of leaving this place
[18:09] ---
    and letting Leader Simeon
    take care of the rest.
[18:12] ---
    Sir Sweallow...
[18:14] ---
    Oh, come on, we're not going to stand
    a chance against that huge thing!
[18:19] ---
    I agree with you this time.
[18:22] ---
    We can't take any risks that
    could jeopardize Ibuki or Eykha.
[18:26] ---
    Right?
[18:27] ---
    I'm staying behind.
[18:29] ---
    Eykha...
[18:30] ---
    Izun would probably want me to kill him.
[18:34] ---
    Besides, look over there.
[18:37] ---
    That's...?
[18:38] ---
    I believe it's Red Dragon's claw.
[18:41] ---
    Izun fought Red Dragon by himself to save us.
[18:46] ---
    So that must have lodged itself there then.
[18:48] ---
    I see... So my friend left behind...
[18:52] ---
    Oh, it looks like that claw is still alive.
[18:56] ---
    By that, you mean...?
[18:57] ---
    There is way more life energy
[18:59] ---
    contained in Red Dragon's claw and
    that giant than in any normal person.
[19:04] ---
    This is a first for me as well.
[19:07] ---
    So then...?
[19:08] ---
    Feed me...!
[19:10] ---
    As you wish.
[19:12] ---
    Let's attack it from both sides.
[19:15] ---
    I can cross the lava to the other side.
[19:18] ---
    I will attack from behind.
[19:20] ---
    We'll go from the front.
[19:22] ---
    Before we strike...
[19:24] ---
    ...please let me confirm whether
    or not Izun has really lost his sanity.
[19:29] ---
    Ibuki...
[19:30] ---
    It's possible that he still has his sanity
    despite becoming a Returned One.
[19:37] ---
    Got it.
[19:39] ---
    Lou...
[19:40] ---
    Sweallow...
[19:42] ---
    Please help!
[19:44] ---
    Well, I'll just try to stop it, then.
[19:51] ---
    Is stopping it your only plan?
[19:53] ---
    If I can move to a dead angle,
    I can hide you from their sight, my lord.
[19:57] ---
    Ah, I see...
[19:58] ---
    I suppose you're serious about feeding me.
[20:10] ---
    Meryl, hand it over...
[20:13] ---
    I believe you may have forgotten,
    so I'll say it once more.
[20:17] ---
    This will disrupt the order of this island--
[20:27] ---
    Ahem...
[20:28] ---
    Well then, let us both head in from the front.
[20:32] ---
    No, Lady Ulrika.
[20:34] ---
    I'd like to ask you to take care of Meryl.
[20:36] ---
    Please watch us from behind.
[20:39] ---
    It's not that I'm underestimating
    a newcomer such as yourself, but...
[20:42] ---
    I know you're strong.
[20:44] ---
    That's why I'd like you to stay behind.
[20:47] ---
    And when we reach our limit, I'd like you
    to at least have those children escape.
[20:55] ---
    In the end, Sir Sweallow isn't attached to me.
[20:59] ---
    To him, what needs to
    be protected is the future.
[21:03] ---
    Are you saying you're willing to offer
    your life for the expedition's mission?
[21:09] ---
    You know, it was the first time
    someone asked me for help.
[21:16] ---
    Keep one thing in mind.
[21:17] ---
    Do not place trust in that nun, Lou.
[21:22] ---
    Don't worry. I'm used to
    being tricked by females.
[21:28] ---
    Quite a fine master you have there.
[21:31] ---
    He's... just a good-for-nothing.
[21:51] ---
    Act 6
[21:52] ---
    Act 6 | Six Paths of Transmigration
[23:31] ---
    Act 7
[23:31] ---
    Act 7: "Ups and Downs in Life."
[23:35] ---
    Those with form soon break...
[23:37] ---
    Sweallow Clazzvali is a swordsman
    who is an embodiment of that rule.
[23:42] ---
    Is it a sin for a person to dream of eternity?
[23:45] ---