6 - The Hero’s Battle

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[00:05] Marcus
    Please, don't glare at me like that.
[00:08] Marcus
    I just want to celebrate a reunion...
[00:12] Marcus
    with an old friend.
[00:15] Machina
    You cretin!
[00:17] Machina
    You have no right to call me a friend
    after you betrayed our king!
[00:22] Marcus
    When Veltol was resurrected, I did
    some digging into those around him,
[00:28] Marcus
    but I never expected that
    you managed to survive.
[00:33] Machina
    Where are we?!
[00:35] Marcus
    At the heart of Shinjuku City.
[00:38] Marcus
    Directly below the aether reactor.
[00:41] Marcus
    This ritual magic facility for aether
    refinement is known as the Immortal Furnace.
[00:45] Machina
    Immortal Furnace?
[00:47] Marcus
    That's what we call the program that uses
    immortals' souls as fuel to generate aether.
[00:53] Marcus
    The aether produced by this Immortal Furnace
    is then drawn into the aether reactor
[00:59] Marcus
    where it gets converted into the electricity
    and magic energy that supplies Shinjuku City.
[01:07] Machina
    It uses immortals' souls as fuel?
[01:11] Machina
    Then are you telling me that
    Ornared and Palmlock—?!
[01:15] Marcus
    Those two served as excellent firewood.
[01:19] Marcus
    The concern they showed for
    each other until the very end
[01:23] Marcus
    was a beautiful display of friendship—
[01:25] Marcus
    no, love.
[01:32] Machina
    You!
[01:34] Machina
    You bastard!
[01:45] Marcus
    That hatred is so satisfying.
[01:49] Machina
    Do you have any idea what you're doing?!
[01:51] Marcus
    Of course I do.
[01:55] Marcus
    Physical death doesn't exist for immortals.
[02:00] Marcus
    However, once they're tossed into the
    Immortal Furnace, immortals' souls will burn
[02:04] Marcus
    until they meet their demise.
[02:07] Marcus
    In short, they face a spiritual death.
[02:12] Marcus
    Allow me to tell you something
    else while I'm at it.
[02:15] Marcus
    You remember Zenol,
    Duke of the Karmic Sword?
[02:19] Marcus
    He was the first one we used as firewood.
[02:23] Marcus
    I've burned through many of our
    brethren with this furnace.
[02:28] Marcus
    The agony Duke Zenol faced
[02:30] Marcus
    as his body was wreathed in fire, his very
    soul aflame until it finally gave out,
[02:35] Marcus
    must be impossible to imagine!
[02:41] Machina
    I'll kill you!
[02:42] Machina
    You will burn you until even
    your ashes no longer remain!
[02:46] Marcus
    Oh, how scary, how scary.
[02:49] Marcus
    Please don't be so mad.
[02:52] Marcus
    It's thanks to those virtuous immortals
[02:54] Marcus
    that we enjoy the affluent
    lives we all live now.
[02:58] Marcus
    You should be showing them more gratitude.
[03:01] Machina
    Are you planning to use me as firewood, too?
[03:03] Marcus
    Yes.
[03:04] Marcus
    It's time you became a
    cornerstone of this city.
[03:07] Marcus
    Even at IHMI, only a select few know about
    the existence of the Immortal Furnace.
[03:14] Marcus
    It's become difficult to motivate the citizens
[03:17] Marcus
    now that they've grown tepid
    after post-war reconstruction,
[03:19] Marcus
    and if this were to become public,
[03:21] Marcus
    then we'd be plagued with troublemakers
    yapping about "immortal rights" or whatever,
[03:27] Marcus
    so in the interest of
    preserving confidentiality,
[03:29] Marcus
    I came to collect you myself.
[03:32] Marcus
    Our current firewood is just about to
    burn out, so this was perfect timing.
[03:38] Marcus
    This Immortal Furnace is the
    heart of Shinjuku City.
[03:41] Marcus
    We can't afford to let it stop, now can we?
[03:45] Marcus
    Fortunately, you're also
    one of the Six Dark Peers,
[03:48] Marcus
    so you should last long enough
    to buy us the time needed
[03:53] Marcus
    to find an alternative source of energy.
[05:31] Kinohara
    Lord Marcus said the Demon Lord would pass
    through here, so he assigned me to delay you,
[05:39] Kinohara
    but I didn't think you would actually come.
[05:42] Kinohara
    Let alone with another associate.
[05:46] Kinohara
    Quite irregular.
[05:48] Kinohara
    Would you perhaps be the Hero Gram?
[05:52] Gram
    Yeah. You know about me?
[05:55] Gram
    I'm honored.
[05:57] Kinohara
    There were records of you in the database.
[05:59] Kinohara
    The ageless Hero who did
    great work during the second war.
[06:04] Kinohara
    I see.
[06:06] Kinohara
    So the Hero and the Demon Lord
    are now working together.
[06:10] Kinohara
    How interesting.
[06:13] Gram
    I'll handle her.
[06:16] Gram
    I might have grown despondent,
    but my skills haven't grown rusty.
[06:19] Gram
    Don't worry about me.
[06:21] Veltol
    You fool. As if I'd ever worry about you.
[06:25] Veltol
    Though be wary.
[06:27] Veltol
    That woman's swordsmanship
    might be on par with Zenol's.
[06:36] Gram
    Then it'll be an easy victory, huh?
[06:39] Kinohara
    What was that?
[06:41] Gram
    I won a total victory against Zenol,
     Duke of the Karmic Sword,
[06:44] Gram
    in a duel of pure swordsmanship.
[06:46] Gram
    With that under my belt,
     there's no way I can lose.
[06:49] Veltol
    True.
[06:51] Veltol
    You were the strongest in all of Arneath
    when it came to the sword.
[06:56] Kinohara
    Damn specters of the past!
[07:20] Kinohara
    Do you think I'll just let you go?!
[07:29] Kinohara
    You're in the way!
[07:30] Veltol
    Listen to me as you fight, Gram.
[07:34] Veltol
    Don't die!
[07:36] Gram
    Understood!
[07:40] Veltol
    Vestum!
[07:48] Kinohara
    Damn specter!
[07:50] Kinohara
    Your era has long since passed!
[07:55] Gram
    That's true.
[07:57] Gram
    Though there's still
    someone who needs a Hero.
[08:01] Kinohara
    Very well.
[08:05] Kinohara
    This simply means I need
    to delete you quickly
[08:08] Kinohara
    and loop back to Lord Marcus' side.
[08:12] Kinohara
    Then I'll commit the results.
[08:20] Kinohara
    Zerobase, activate.
[08:41] Gram
    Armor?
[08:54] Gram
    A Magino Gear?
[08:56] Kinohara
    Precisely.
[08:59] Kinohara
    This is the prototype of the
    next generation Magino Gear
[09:03] Kinohara
    currently in development
    by our company, Zerobase.
[09:07] Kinohara
    By adapting armament summoning,
[09:10] Kinohara
    we've made it possible for the user to
    summon it from a catalyst and equip it instantly.
[09:15] Gram
    A fifth-generation model.
[09:17] Kinohara
    The Magino Gear currently in
     production is the fourth generation.
[09:23] Kinohara
    However, we've successfully made this
    fifth-generation model, the Zerobase,
[09:26] Kinohara
    smaller and more lightweight
     than its predecessor,
[09:31] Kinohara
    while also vastly improving its output
[09:34] Kinohara
    and realizing better energy efficiency.
[09:36] Kinohara
    It's a true innovation of the industry!
[09:40] Kinohara
    This machine is the birth of a new generation!
[09:43] Kinohara
    Though unlike the fourth-generation model,
[09:46] Kinohara
    its one defect is that its operational time
[09:49] Kinohara
    is greatly dependent on the
    pilot's magic reserves.
[09:53] Kinohara
    However, that too will surely
    be resolved in the future.
[10:05] Kinohara
    You'll be providing us with valuable
    test data for the Zerobase.
[10:09] Kinohara
    You should be honored.
[10:10] Gram
    You ramble on a lot, just like your boss.
[10:13] Gram
    I never asked for your product pitch.
[10:20] Kinohara
    Both your weapon and its wielder
[10:24] Kinohara
    are relics of the past.
[10:26] Kinohara
    Even your Familia is an old model.
[10:28] Kinohara
    Everything about you is outdated!
[10:30] Kinohara
    In contrast, I possess the newest
    machinery and the newest training!
[10:36] Gram
    Battles aren't decided by the
    age or quality of equipment.
[10:40] Gram
    You either win or you lose.
[10:42] Gram
    That's all.
[10:45] Kinohara
    Well then...
[10:59] Kinohara
    I see. You have good instincts.
[11:06] Gram
    I can't find an opening
    to go on the attack.
[11:09] Gram
    The progress of technology is terrifying.
[11:12] Gram
    I'm so glad I didn't have
    to fight this thing
[11:17] Gram
    during the City Wars.
[11:20] Gram
    It's tough.
[11:28] Gram
    Your normal attacks aren't
    that fast, are they?
[11:31] Kinohara
    Are you sure about that?
[11:34] Gram
    Your magic will only activate when
    you draw a fully sheathed sword.
[11:42] Kinohara
    I suppose I should have expected
    that from the battle-hardened Hero.
[11:46] Kinohara
    Excellent.
[11:48] Kinohara
    That is indeed my magic, Lightning Draw.
[11:53] Kinohara
    However,
[11:55] Kinohara
    figuring that out doesn't mean
    you have a chance at winning.
[11:59] Kinohara
    My victory is already penciled in.
[12:03] Kinohara
    With the fifth-generation Magino Gear
    and my lightning-fast drawing spell,
[12:08] Kinohara
    the difference in combat
    potential is obvious.
[12:11] Kinohara
    Now, I've grown tired of talking.
[12:15] Kinohara
    Let's put an end to this.
[12:19] Kinohara
    Here I come.
[12:40] Kinohara
    I'm unable to hack you?
[12:46] Kinohara
    You must be familiar with that as well.
[12:49] Kinohara
    Makes this very hard.
[12:51] Kinohara
    Even so—!
[12:55] Kinohara
    I am the chosen one,
[12:58] Kinohara
    and there is no way an outdated Luddite
[13:02] Kinohara
    can beat me!
[13:08] Gram
    Earth Glaive!
[13:18] Kinohara
    Not enough!
[13:21] Gram
    Frost Nova!
[13:29] Kinohara
    That won't stop the Zerobase!
[13:36] Gram
    Of course I never expected it to.
[13:45] Kinohara
    Wha?!
[13:48] Gram
    Fireball!
[14:05] Kinohara
    You annoying little—!
[14:08] Gram
    Still won't get through, huh?
[14:10] Gram
    But it looks like this tactic is working.
[14:13] Kinohara
    Huh?
[14:14] Gram
    That combo was an imitation
[14:17] Gram
    of what a darkling used against
    me five hundred years ago.
[14:20] Gram
    It looks like the tactic is still effective against
    someone with your cutting-edge training.
[14:26] Kinohara
    Don't underestimate me!
[14:35] Kinohara
    Why?!
[14:36] Kinohara
    Why can't I defeat you?!
[14:45] Gram
    You don't know?
[14:47] Gram
    If this was enough to defeat me,
    then I never would have cut it as the Hero.
[14:52] Kinohara
    You Luddite!
[15:02] Kinohara
    There's no way I'll lose
[15:04] Kinohara
    to you and
[15:08] Kinohara
    that rusty sword!
[15:11] Gram
    Is that how my sword looks to you?
[15:16] Gram
    So long as there are
    those who seek the Hero,
[15:19] Gram
    this sword will always regain its light.
[15:24] Gram
    Heed my call and shine, Ixasorde!
[15:33] Ixasorde
    Dinoah Luz.
    (Verifying Hero.)
[15:34] Ixasorde
    A Stra Rops Aran.
     (Releasing Holy Sword of Salvation.)
[15:38] Ixasorde
    Lez Ixasorde.
    (Unsheathing approved.)
[15:47] Gram
    Try to weather this,
[15:49] Gram
    White Lightning.
[15:51] Gram
    This is my greatest strike that
    destroyed the Demon Lord!
[15:55] Gram
    Now burn it into your eyes!
[15:58] Gram
    Behold the light of this unsetting sun!
[16:02] Kinohara
    Don't underestimate me!
[16:15] Gram
    Alwing!
[16:37] Gram
    Ixa sure is temperamental.
[16:41] Gram
    Even though it let me unleash
    it for the first time in a while,
[16:44] Gram
    it still only fired one strike.
[16:49] Gram
    That armor of yours, the latest
    Magino Gear, is certainly incredible.
[16:54] Gram
    Even if my strike wasn't as powerful as
    it was when I defeated the Demon Lord,
[16:58] Gram
    I'm surprised Ixa's blow
    wasn't able to kill you.
[17:04] Kinohara
    Why have I lost?
[17:08] Gram
    I think you're better off asking why I won,
[17:11] Gram
    rather than why you lost.
[17:15] Kinohara
    They're the same thing.
[17:17] Kinohara
    Why were you able to win?
[17:20] Gram
    My years of experience, probably.
[17:22] Kinohara
    Such a preposterous reason.
[17:25] Gram
    No, no, you really can't ignore it.
[17:29] Gram
    Especially not when I have five
    hundred years of experience.
[17:34] Gram
    I guess I managed to do something
    heroic after all this time.
[17:40] Kinohara
    I thought you were going to
    head toward Lord Marcus.
[17:44] Gram
    He'll be just fine without me.
[17:46] Kinohara
    Your Demon Lord can't win.
[17:50] Kinohara
    Lord Marcus is strong.
[17:53] Kinohara
    Far stronger than me.
[17:55] Kinohara
    No, before that, anyone without a Familia
[17:58] Kinohara
    could never hope to stand against him.
[18:01] Kinohara
    Your Demon Lord couldn't even
    beat me in the bare flesh.
[18:06] Kinohara
    What's so funny?
[18:09] Gram
    I thought you were a clever woman,
    but you say some silly things.
[18:14] Gram
    Did you really think that man went
    to challenge your boss without a plan?
[18:20] Gram
    If so, then you're severely
    underestimating him.
[18:22] Kinohara
    That's not the case!
    That's why I'm still here!
[18:25] Gram
    Oh, right.
[18:27] Gram
    I'm the only one who knows
    about his trump card.
[18:31] Kinohara
    Trump card? What do you mean by that?
[18:35] Gram
    I'm betting even Marcus doesn't know.
[18:38] Gram
    Anyone who saw that would
    be cast into despair.
[18:42] Gram
    That man is strong.
[18:44] Gram
    I guarantee that as the man who beat you.
[18:50] Kinohara
    So...
[18:52] Kinohara
    aren't you going to kill me?
[18:54] Gram
    Kill you?
[18:55] Kinohara
    Yes, me.
[19:00] Gram
    I don't have any real
    reason to take your life.
[19:05] Gram
    You no longer have the
    strength to fight me,
[19:09] Gram
    so I don't need to kill you, either.
[19:11] Gram
    You fought me and survived
    thanks to your own skill.
[19:15] Gram
    My role is to prevent people like you from
     getting close to Veltol and interfering.
[19:22] Gram
    He'll handle the rest all by himself.
[19:26] Kinohara
    Is that so?
[19:31] Gram
    Sanctuary!
[19:55] Gram
    Seems like that strike was
    going to hit us both.
[20:00] Gram
    Oh, well.
[20:02] Gram
    I guess it's time to do
    another job as the Hero
[20:06] Gram
    and help someone in trouble.
[21:42] Marcus
    Now then,
[21:44] Marcus
    that's enough of our long chat.
[21:46] Marcus
    I just need to toss you
    into the Immortal Furnace,
[21:49] Marcus
    and then it will automatically
    start burning your soul
[21:52] Marcus
    to provide for this city.
[21:56] Marcus
    Perhaps your soul will burn even brighter
    than the rest, since you're an ignia.
[22:04] Marcus
    Soon all the immortals shall be gone,
[22:06] Marcus
    and I will become this
    world's true Demon Lord!
[22:12] Marcus
    This is where we bid farewell.
[22:23] Machina
    Lord Veltol...
[22:26] Machina
    Udon alone won't provide balanced nutrition,
    so please cook for yourself on occasion.
[22:31] Machina
    Be sure to do the laundry regularly.
[22:35] Machina
    Don't let it pile up on you.
[22:41] Machina
    Since your work is sedentary,
[22:43] Machina
    please don't forget to stand
    and do stretches every hour.
[22:49] Machina
    Also...
[22:50] Machina
    What else...
[22:55] Machina
    I loved you.
[23:20] Veltol
    You have the unfortunate habit
    of giving up too quickly.
[23:25] Veltol
    Sorry I'm late.
[23:31] Veltol
    I'm here to save you, Machina.
[23:36] Machina
    "The Demon Lord's Resurrection."