# 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!\
**[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
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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] ---**