# E33 - ZABOERA'S SCHEME
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQK17J/zaboeras-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*
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*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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