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E33 - ZABOERA'S SCHEME

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[00:11] ---
    Truly loving myself
[00:11] ---
    boku ga boku wo aishinuku koto
[00:15] ---
    Is it alright to still believe in that?
[00:15] ---
    naa mada shinjitemo iika?
[00:20] ---
    No matter where this journey takes us
[00:20] ---
    doko e mukau tabi datoshitemo
[00:32] ---
    Since when was it?
[00:32] ---
    are itsukarada?
[00:36] ---
    Being honest became whining
[00:36] ---
    honne ga yowane ni nattana
[00:39] ---
    Standing firm became strength
[00:39] ---
    nigenai koto ga tsuyosa ni natta
[00:41] ---
    Have you found it yet?
[00:41] ---
    naa mitsukaranai?
[00:45] ---
    Not confidence, your true self
[00:45] ---
    jishin janaku jibun jishin
[00:50] ---
    There must be something
    I've forgotten that I still haven't found

[00:50] ---
    kitto mada sagasetenai wasuremono ga aruhazu
[00:54] ---
    Words I want to say
    That I still haven't said

[00:54] ---
    zutto mada tsutaetenai tsutaetai kotoba
[00:59] ---
    If you would watch me, I'd captivate you
[00:59] ---
    mitete kurerunara misete miserunoni
[01:04] ---
    Truly loving myself
[01:04] ---
    boku ga boku wo aishinuku koto
[01:09] ---
    Is it alright to still believe in that?
[01:09] ---
    naa mada shinjitemo iika?
[01:13] ---
    I smolder because I've actually burned
[01:13] ---
    kusuburuno wa chanto moeta karada
[01:17] ---
    No matter where this journey takes us
[01:17] ---
    doko e mukau tabi datoshitemo
[01:22] ---
    I'll just open my eyes
[01:22] ---
    tada me wo mihiraite
[01:27] ---
    And dream my dream
[01:27] ---
    yume wo miru
[01:31] ---
    And know my dream
[01:31] ---
    yume wo shiru
[01:42] ---
    ZABOERA'S SCHEME
[01:53] ---
    Zaboera!
[01:54] ---
    My Lord?
[01:54] ---
    Summon your Mystic Legion at once!
[01:57] ---
    What?!
[01:58] ---
    I'll summon my elite guards as well!
[02:01] ---
    We'll gather our remaining forces
    and launch a mass offensive against Dai!
[02:08] ---
    Wait a minute, Lord Hadlar!
    That plan already failed once!
[02:13] ---
    Dai's party cannot be defeated
    with any regular tactics!
[02:17] ---
    Assassination through careful planning
    would be better.
[02:22] ---
    Leave it to me.
[02:25] ---
    A victor is not one who is strong.
[02:29] ---
    A victor is one who survives
    to the end by any means.
[02:53] ---
    Let her sleep.
[02:55] ---
    She's been using Fullheal nonstop
    to tend to our wounds.
[03:02] ---
    It was a difficult fight.
    We're lucky we all survived.
[03:09] ---
    What's wrong?
[03:10] ---
    The fight isn't over yet.
[03:12] ---
    Baran may be gone,
    but the other Legion Commanders remain.
[03:17] ---
    We won't stand a chance
    if we're attacked now. I'll stand guard.
[03:23] ---
    You can't in that condition!
[03:25] ---
    That's right.
[03:26] ---
    The half-dead should take it easy.
[03:29] ---
    Popp.
[03:30] ---
    Leave guard duty to me.
[03:32] ---
    What are you talking about?
    If we're half-dead, you really were dead!
[03:38] ---
    You need rest the most!
[03:40] ---
    Actually, I'm not sure why,
[03:43] ---
    but I actually feel better than
    before I died.
[03:48] ---
    Save your bravado.
[03:50] ---
    See for yourself if it's bravado.
[03:59] ---
    Was that a Sizz spell?
[04:00] ---
    That's impossible unless
    you really focus your Magic Power.
[04:05] ---
    See? For some reason
    I'm in tip-top shape today.
[04:09] ---
    Fine. It looks like
    you're in the best shape among us.
[04:13] ---
    Don't worry about it.
    If things get ugly, I'll give a shout.
[04:21] ---
    It's been said that drinking the legendary
    Dragon's blood grants immortality.
[04:27] ---
    Perhaps Baran's blood has made
    Popp's body stronger than before.
[04:33] ---
    Oh wow.
[04:35] ---
    Then if you drink my blood
    will you all get stronger?
[04:40] ---
    Baran said
    your blood is closer to a human's.
[04:43] ---
    Aww. I thought if I had that power,
    I could keep anyone from dying.
[04:52] ---
    Don't worry, Dai. We won't die so easily.
[04:56] ---
    And that includes Popp.
[05:02] ---
    Don't worry.
[05:04] ---
    This is the least I can do to be useful.
[05:09] ---
    My suicide attack fails,
    and I end up saved by my target.
[05:14] ---
    Talk about embarrassing.
[05:17] ---
    Next time, I won't miss!
[05:21] ---
    I'm not going to cast Megante again.
[05:24] ---
    I just meant I won't mess up.
[05:28] ---
    I knew Popp was forcing himself.
[05:31] ---
    I'll survive until the end.
    I promised on the other side, didn't I?
[05:37] ---
    You don't remember?
[05:39] ---
    You really are a mystery.
[05:43] ---
    Are you our guardian or something?
[05:46] ---
    Please don't push yourself any further.
[05:51] ---
    Who's there?! Show yourself!
[05:54] ---
    Things sound rough. Need a hand?
[05:57] ---
    Th-That voice!
[06:03] ---
    Maam!
[06:06] ---
    I-Is it... Is it really you?!
[06:10] ---
    Have you forgotten
    your friend's face already?
[06:13] ---
    Of course I haven't!
[06:17] ---
    So that's Maam,
    one of the Disciples of Avan.

[06:21] ---
    Popp looks so happy to see her.
[06:25] ---
    But...
[06:26] ---
    What about your martial arts training?
[06:29] ---
    Huh?
[06:30] ---
    You're all trained up now?
[06:32] ---
    Oh, that.
    I packed it in before I finished.
[06:36] ---
    I got worried about you guys.
[06:38] ---
    Huh?
[06:40] ---
    Maam quit something before completing it?
[06:43] ---
    I don't know why, but I don't like her.
[06:47] ---
    There's something sinister about her.
[06:52] ---
    Goodness! I must be just jealous of her!
[06:57] ---
    What's wrong?
[06:58] ---
    N-Nothing! Forget it!
[07:01] ---
    Let's go see Dai and Leona and the others!
    They're in for a surprise!
[07:08] ---
    Huh?
[07:10] ---
    It's okay, Popp. They're exhausted
    from fighting and asleep, right?
[07:15] ---
    Let's not wake them.
[07:17] ---
    Besides, I'd like to stay here
    a little longer.
[07:21] ---
    Huh?
[07:24] ---
    S-Something smells sweet.
[07:27] ---
    I feel woozy.
[07:36] ---
    Popp...
[07:38] ---
    I-I can't believe it.
    Maam would never do this.

[07:44] ---
    Popp...
[07:46] ---
    Maam...
[07:49] ---
    Goodnight!
[07:51] ---
    What are you doing, Maam?!
[07:54] ---
    I've brought a friend with me.
[07:56] ---
    What?!
[07:57] ---
    I'll introduce you.
[08:00] ---
    H-Hadlar?!
[08:02] ---
    Then you're...!
[08:09] ---
    I've heard of you!
[08:10] ---
    I'm Mystic Bishop Zaboera.
[08:13] ---
    You were on guard, so I borrowed
    Maam's likeness with a Morph spell.
[08:18] ---
    I was told you're quite fond of the girl.
[08:23] ---
    Y-You dirty...
[08:28] ---
    So it worked.
[08:29] ---
    Yes.
[08:31] ---
    I can't move!
[08:33] ---
    What did you do to me?!
[08:38] ---
    My body contains hundreds of poisons.
[08:44] ---
    I injected the most potent
    neurotoxin through my claws.
[08:51] ---
    Everybody...!
[08:53] ---
    Give it up! You can't even scream now!
[08:57] ---
    Besides...
[08:58] ---
    thanks to the Dark Incense
    I've been diffusing,
[09:03] ---
    everybody's in a slumber
    deeper than the ocean!
[09:06] ---
    You can assassinate
    all of them now, Lord Hadlar.
[09:10] ---
    Good.
[09:14] ---
    I didn't expect this one
    to resist the Dark Incense, though.
[09:18] ---
    Perhaps he's gained some special power.
[09:22] ---
    That's the Disciples of Avan for you.
[09:25] ---
    They gain power when you're not watching
    and bare their fangs.
[09:30] ---
    I should kill him here.
[09:34] ---
    I'm disappointed, Hadlar.
[09:36] ---
    What?!
[09:37] ---
    You were always cruel,
    but you never played dirty!
[09:40] ---
    We've fought before, but you always had
    the dignity of the Dark Lord!
[09:47] ---
    And now you're resorting
    to the dirty tricks of this old gremlin!
[09:53] ---
    Oh how the mighty have fallen!
[09:56] ---
    Shut up!
[09:58] ---
    I cannot fail again! I don't have
    the luxury of choosing my methods!
[10:05] ---
    You know,
    Crocodine once said the same thing.
[10:10] ---
    But in the end, he realized the truth!
[10:13] ---
    There are more important things
    than winning or losing!
[10:20] ---
    You think you can lecture Lord Hadlar?!
[10:24] ---
    I'll finish you myself!
[10:26] ---
    A few more pricks and I'm sure you'll die!
[10:32] ---
    Time to die!
[10:37] ---
    What?!
[10:40] ---
    Get your grubby little paws off of him!
[10:42] ---
    Wh-Who are you?!
[10:46] ---
    Mentor... Matoriv!
[10:54] ---
    SIZZLE
    HEAT-TYPE SPELL
[10:59] ---
    DARK INCENSE
[11:02] ---
    Wh-Who are you?!
[11:04] ---
    Mentor... Matoriv!
[11:08] ---
    Moron, you let them trick you.
    You need to work on your perception.
[11:13] ---
    Sorry, Mentor.
[11:15] ---
    Remember, a Mage must always be
    the most level-headed in the party.
[11:22] ---
    Even when everybody's worked up,
[11:24] ---
    you need to stay cool as ice
    and understand the situation.
[11:28] ---
    At least that was what I did
    when working with Avan.
[11:34] ---
    Now I remember!
[11:36] ---
    You sided with Avan and resisted me!
[11:40] ---
    You called yourself
    the most powerful human Grand Sorcerer!
[11:44] ---
    Yo, you seem well,
    you third-rate Dark Lord.
[11:47] ---
    What did you call me?!
[11:49] ---
    You wouldn't just die
    so now I have to play clean-up.
[11:54] ---
    Plus you killed one of my only friends.
[11:58] ---
    He was a good guy. He really was.
[12:01] ---
    And he wasn't even a third of my age.
[12:05] ---
    Roka... Avan... All the good ones die.
[12:09] ---
    And crooks like you and me
    end up surviving.
[12:13] ---
    What an ugly world.
[12:18] ---
    I'll make you a deal. I'll send you
    to the afterlife, so go apologize to Avan!
[12:24] ---
    Shut up, you old fossil!
[12:27] ---
    I'll reduce all of you to ash!
[12:31] ---
    Sizzle.
[12:33] ---
    What?!
[12:36] ---
    Squelch.
[12:38] ---
    Two spells at once?!
[12:42] ---
    He's not healing right away.
    They got him with a powerful poison.

[12:49] ---
    Don't get cocky!
[12:52] ---
    How about this?!
[12:55] ---
    Kasizz!
[12:59] ---
    I-Impossible! There's no way!
[13:04] ---
    Kasizz!
[13:15] ---
    H-How can a mere human use Kasizz?!
[13:20] ---
    Did you think you had a patent?!
    Get over yourself!
[13:28] ---
    I'm losing!
    Is his Magic Power greater than mine?!

[13:33] ---
    Zaboera!
[13:35] ---
    Hurry up and help me!
[13:39] ---
    This is for my arm!
[13:41] ---
    Sizzle!
[14:03] ---
    I wish I was younger!
    My body can't keep up with the spell!
[14:09] ---
    N-No! My mentor is in danger!
[14:12] ---
    At this rate everyone in the shack
    will die, too!

[14:16] ---
    No! Everyone, wake up! Please wake up!
[14:21] ---
    Big guy! Hyunckel! Princess! Dai!
[14:26] ---
    Dai!
[14:32] ---
    Seems you've reached your limit.
[14:34] ---
    In the end, you're the one
    who'll be seeing Avan!
[14:50] ---
    We did it!
[15:04] ---
    Dai?!
[15:08] ---
    Dai!
[15:09] ---
    Dai!
[15:10] ---
    You're supposed to be asleep!
[15:13] ---
    I heard Popp calling me!
[15:16] ---
    That's impossible!
[15:17] ---
    Begone, Hadlar!
    I'll never let another friend die!
[15:22] ---
    Curse you!
[15:24] ---
    Not one more friend!
[15:27] ---
    Sizzle!
[15:56] ---
    He focused all his power into his fist,
[15:59] ---
    and reflected their Sizzle spells
    with his own Sizzle spell.

[16:03] ---
    Even I can't do that.
[16:08] ---
    Are you okay?!
[16:09] ---
    Y-Yeah.
[16:10] ---
    You did it!
[16:12] ---
    You hit them with all that Heat Energy.
    Hadlar must be done for sure.
[16:16] ---
    I don't know.
    He's pretty tenacious.
[16:22] ---
    Sorry. You had to save me again.
[16:26] ---
    But... But you know,
    I appreciate what you said.
[16:31] ---
    "I'll never let another friend die."
[16:38] ---
    You softies.
[16:41] ---
    What happened?
[16:43] ---
    Th-This is...!
[16:45] ---
    Did we sleep through
    an explosion of this size?!
[16:50] ---
    Zaboera and Hadlar showed up.
[16:53] ---
    W-What?!
[17:01] ---
    I managed to get away with a Zoom spell.
[17:04] ---
    Those filthy little brats!
[17:07] ---
    I doubt Hadlar survived that.
[17:10] ---
    After all the help I gave him,
    he's useless!
[17:14] ---
    I'll have to ingratiate myself
    with Mystvearn...
[17:21] ---
    Lord Hadlar?!
[17:22] ---
    Zaboera, I won't let you betray me!
[17:26] ---
    You and I are in the same boat now!
[17:30] ---
    If you try latching on
    to someone else, I'll kill you!
[17:36] ---
    I know about your secret research
    about Superior Beings!
[17:43] ---
    -What?!
    -It's time to use that research for me!
[17:46] ---
    Why?!
[17:47] ---
    The Disciples of Avan
    are growing fast! Too fast!
[17:52] ---
    This body King Vearn gave me
    isn't enough to keep up!
[17:57] ---
    I need greater power!
[18:00] ---
    Power like that Dragonoid Baran!
[18:04] ---
    I need the greatest power in the world
    beyond anyone else!
[18:13] ---
    I see. That explains
    the Crest on your hand.
[18:17] ---
    It's impressive power.
[18:19] ---
    I'm alive thanks to you.
[18:22] ---
    We're sorry. We fell into a trap
    by Zaboera of all people.
[18:27] ---
    Don't beat yourself up over it.
[18:29] ---
    Somebody even had their feelings
    manipulated and got all spoony.
[18:36] ---
    I can't believe Hadlar
    actually participated in Zaboera's scheme.
[18:41] ---
    He was always one
    who preferred brute force.
[18:43] ---
    He probably realized
    brute force wouldn't work.
[18:46] ---
    Since it turns out the Hero is the son of
    the legendary Dragon Knight.
[18:52] ---
    He must have been pretty desperate.
[18:54] ---
    I think something big is going on
    within the Dark Army.
[19:00] ---
    Hey, Mentor, you knew
    Dai is a Dragon Knight, didn't you?
[19:04] ---
    Yeah.
[19:05] ---
    You should have told us sooner!
[19:08] ---
    Plus you could've shown up sooner,
    couldn't you?!
[19:14] ---
    I knew learning the fate of the
    Dragon Knight would hurt you mentally.
[19:20] ---
    There's nothing I can do
    to help with that.
[19:23] ---
    I figured only one person could help,
    so I dug this up.
[19:28] ---
    What's this dirty book... Huh?!
[19:32] ---
    This mark... Is it...?!
[19:34] ---
    Master Avan's!
[19:35] ---
    That's right.
    This is the famous Book of Avan.
[19:39] ---
    The Book of Avan?!
[19:40] ---
    Avan, the Hero who saved the world,
[19:42] ---
    wrote of his skills, spells, and thoughts
    for future generations.
[19:47] ---
    It's the only hand-written book of his.
[19:50] ---
    I never knew there was such a book.
[19:54] ---
    It was stored in the Library of Carl,
    his home country.
[19:57] ---
    I figured you'd need it more.
[20:01] ---
    Check the Book of Air, page 192.
[20:05] ---
    The Book of Earth is about combat skills.
    Sea covers Aura skills and spells.
[20:11] ---
    And the Book of Air is of the soul.
[20:15] ---
    Uh...
[20:16] ---
    "To the... and..."
[20:21] ---
    Leona, can you read it?
    I can't read a lot of the words.
[20:26] ---
    "To the wounded and lost.
[20:29] ---
    Defeat is not to fall from your wounds.
[20:33] ---
    It is when you lose yourself
    after falling.
[20:38] ---
    Be strong of heart.
[20:40] ---
    Calmly consider your goals
    and your abilities.

[20:48] ---
    We are all limited in what we can do.
[20:51] ---
    When each of us does the best we can do,
[20:55] ---
    even when on the edge of despair,
    the path to victory shall shine through."

[21:02] ---
    It's almost like Master is here
    reassuring us.

[21:07] ---
    Those were just the words
    we needed to hear.

[21:11] ---
    Avan...
[21:12] ---
    It's just the item
    for green little fledglings like you.
[21:17] ---
    Take good care of it.
[21:19] ---
    Thank you, Matoriv.
[21:22] ---
    "Your goals and abilities..."
[21:27] ---
    Let's return to Papnica.
[21:29] ---
    I want to do the best that I can do.
[21:33] ---
    Something more for the world
    than just fighting with you.
[21:38] ---
    Something only I can do!
[21:52] ---
    Dai! We're going!
[21:56] ---
    Okay!
[22:04] ---
    Even if you face the devil
    With logic on your side

[22:04] ---
    tatoe akuma ni seiron kazashite
    mukatte mitemo

[22:07] ---
    It may just be a rationalization
[22:07] ---
    sore wa akumade seitouka
    sashite chigai wa naikamo

[22:11] ---
    Even now, even now I waver
[22:11] ---
    ima mo ima mo yureteiru kedo
[22:15] ---
    How far will we go?
[22:15] ---
    bokura wa dokomade yukuno
[22:19] ---
    I heard a voice like an angel's whisper
[22:19] ---
    tenshi no sasayaki nimo nita
    koe ga kikoeta

[22:22] ---
    Maybe it was an imposter's illusion
    It still rang in my ears

[22:22] ---
    hatamata petenshi no mayakashi
    hitokiwa mimi ni hibiiteita

[22:26] ---
    Exposed to love and sorrow
[22:26] ---
    ai ni hiai ni sarasare nagara
[22:30] ---
    On the path strewn with pride
[22:30] ---
    hokori mamire michi no tochu
[22:36] ---
    Fleeting moments of cowardice
[22:36] ---
    kiete wa ukabu touhikou
[22:40] ---
    The SOS I held back
[22:40] ---
    nomikonda SOS
[22:44] ---
    I clenched my trembling fist
[22:44] ---
    furueru te wo nigirishimeta
[22:48] ---
    That single little promise
[22:48] ---
    tatta hitotsu no chiisana yakusoku ga
[22:53] ---
    Those trivial little memories
[22:53] ---
    honno sasaina omoidetachi ga
[22:57] ---
    They're still in my heart
[22:57] ---
    itsumade tattemo kono mune wo
[23:00] ---
    As embers that keep me burning
[23:00] ---
    kogashi tsuzukeru tomoshibi ni naru
[23:04] ---
    A single transparent beam of light
[23:04] ---
    tada hitosuji no toumei na hikari ga
[23:08] ---
    Lights the way before me
[23:08] ---
    me no mae wo terashite yuku
[23:11] ---
    There is little that I can do
[23:11] ---
    boku ni dekiru koto wa ikutsu mo naisa
[23:16] ---
    Just keep on to the future
    I managed to grasp through my faith

[23:16] ---
    shinjinuita saki ni te ni shita mirai wo
    susunde yuke

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    After returning to Papnica, Dai and
    his friends prepare for their next battle.

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    They learn of
    a martial arts tournament in Romos,

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    Hearing the victor can win a legendary
    item, Dai and Popp head to Romos.

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    As a contestant stands
    in the Colosseum, being cheered on,

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    Dai and Popp stare in astonishment.
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    DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai*,
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"The Romos Martial Arts Tournament"*
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    The adventure continues!
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