E4 - THE DARK LORD HADLAR'S RETURN

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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] ---
    THE DARK LORD HADLAR'S RETURN
[02:18] ---
    So that's the island.
[02:21] ---
    That crafty little...
[02:25] ---
    Puff!
[02:36] ---
    Master turned into a Dragon!
[02:38] ---
    Puff! It's an ancient
    mythical attack spell!
[02:44] ---
    I never thought I'd see it used!
[02:46] ---
    He's much bigger than the last one!
[02:49] ---
    Among all monsters,
    Dragons are the most powerful!
[02:54] ---
    Only a true Hero can fight one
    and overcome it!
[02:59] ---
    Now face me, Dai!
[03:04] ---
    This is going too far!
[03:06] ---
    Get back, Grampa!
[03:16] ---
    I told you.
[03:18] ---
    A Dragon's skin is harder than steel.
[03:21] ---
    Then I'll use Avan Style Sword Technique,
    Earth Slash!
[03:26] ---
    You cannot win simply with brute strength!
[03:32] ---
    Dai!
[03:47] ---
    Hmm. That's not it.
[03:51] ---
    What the hell?! Don't scare me like that!
[03:55] ---
    L-Listen, I wasn't training
    to compete with Dai.
[04:00] ---
    I want to be perfectly clear about that.
[04:03] ---
    I don't know what sort of
    heavy training he's doing's, but...
[04:10] ---
    Master Avan?
[04:11] ---
    What about Master...
[04:15] ---
    What?!
[04:17] ---
    He didn't!
[04:20] ---
    How could he do something like that?!
[04:23] ---
    Dai can barely use Crack! How is he
    going to stop a Dragon's flames?!
[04:30] ---
    Dai!
[04:33] ---
    That's enough!
[04:36] ---
    I'm fine, Grampa!
[04:39] ---
    Earth Slash is a strength-based attack.
    I can't face a Dragon's flames with it.
[04:45] ---
    Slice the earth, slice the sea,
    slice the air.
[04:49] ---
    The Avan Style Sword Technique
    is based on these three skills.
[04:54] ---
    Yesterday, you attained Earth Slash,
    the ability to slice the earth.
[04:59] ---
    Now I shall explain the next skill.
[05:01] ---
    Slice the sea.
[05:03] ---
    The key to this attack is speed.
    In other words, agility.
[05:06] ---
    WAVE SLASH
    SPEED
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    Beating a Dragon's flames
    requires an attack that slices the sea!
[05:13] ---
    Wave Slash!
[05:23] ---
    Avan Style Sword Technique...
[05:26] ---
    I see you've caught on.
    But will it work?
[05:33] ---
    Oh no!
[05:37] ---
    Don't do it, Dai!
[05:42] ---
    Wave Slash!
[05:44] ---
    Dai!
[05:49] ---
    He sliced... the flames!
[06:05] ---
    Master...
[06:08] ---
    Dai!
[06:14] ---
    I did it.
[06:16] ---
    Master, are you okay?
[06:20] ---
    It stings.
[06:21] ---
    It's your own fault, Master.
[06:24] ---
    Using Puff for training is crazy.
[06:27] ---
    What if you burned Dai to a crisp?
[06:30] ---
    Well, remember when Dai split the sea
    when he faced that Gargoyle?
[06:36] ---
    I thought he might be able
    to pull off Wave Slash right away.
[06:40] ---
    Don't do things like that on a hunch!
[06:43] ---
    You seem rather upset.
    Were you really that worried?
[06:49] ---
    N-No I wasn't.
[06:54] ---
    If Earth Slash is a strength attack,
    Wave Slash is a speed attack.
[06:59] ---
    With the strength you already had, your
    speed has increased these last few days.
[07:06] ---
    So he was able to slice the flames
    with the pressure from his quick slash.
[07:10] ---
    Yep. Wave Slash is for slicing
    formless things like fire and water.
[07:15] ---
    Precisely!
[07:16] ---
    If you master this skill, you can slice
    flames and blizzards to attack enemies!
[07:23] ---
    And Dai has already figured out
    how to do Wave Slash!
[07:26] ---
    At this rate, completing the
    Special Hard Course could be a reality...
[07:34] ---
    It stings.
[07:37] ---
    Maybe a light Crack spell to cool it?
[07:39] ---
    In that case, perhaps Dai should do it.
[07:42] ---
    That might be perfect.
[07:47] ---
    Crack!
[07:53] ---
    A very nice size!
[07:55] ---
    What do you mean by "nice"?
[08:00] ---
    This is quite embarrassing.
[08:03] ---
    But Popp, why are you here?
[08:08] ---
    Huh?
[08:09] ---
    I was forced to come here.
[08:14] ---
    Huh. Popp was training alone?
[08:17] ---
    Hey! Don't!
[08:19] ---
    Huh? To compete with me?
[08:21] ---
    Knock it off! I wasn't training!
[08:31] ---
    An earthquake!
[08:32] ---
    What is it? A volcanic eruption?!
[08:34] ---
    No. It's something else.
[08:36] ---
    This shaking...
[08:39] ---
    is from someone trying to
    breach the island's magic circle!
[08:43] ---
    What?!
[08:53] ---
    Who is it?!
[08:55] ---
    A servant of the Dark Lord of course!
[08:57] ---
    This island is protected
    by a magic circle that repels evil!
[09:01] ---
    Only bad guys can't come in!
[09:03] ---
    But a normal monster
    wouldn't be able to set foot inside.
[09:09] ---
    Could it be...?!
[09:18] ---
    D-Did they give up?
[09:20] ---
    It's coming!
[09:21] ---
    What?!
[09:22] ---
    Something really powerful is coming!
[09:24] ---
    I can feel its evil energy!
[09:29] ---
    Grampa, what's wrong?!
[09:32] ---
    I-I know this intense energy!
[09:36] ---
    It appears my fears were correct.
[09:54] ---
    Your magic circle was quite an annoyance.
[09:59] ---
    So you're really back, Dark Lord!
[10:02] ---
    Dark Lord?!
[10:03] ---
    D-Dark Lord?!
[10:08] ---
    Hadlar!
[10:09] ---
    THE RESURRECTED DARK LORD
    HADLAR
[10:18] ---
    PUFF
    FIRE DRAGON TRANSFORMATION SPELL
[10:23] ---
    KASWOOSH
    VORTEX-TYPE SPELL
[10:29] ---
    The Dark Lord Hadlar?!
[10:32] ---
    There's no mistaking it.
    It's the Dark Lord!
[10:36] ---
    And that face and body...
    He looks younger than I remember!
[10:42] ---
    He's overflowing with vitality!
[10:53] ---
    It's been a while, Avan, the Hero.
[10:58] ---
    Hero?!
[10:59] ---
    Master is the Hero?!
[11:02] ---
    Long ago, you thwarted
    all of my ambitions,
[11:06] ---
    and even took my life!
[11:10] ---
    I will never forget
    that pain and humiliation!
[11:16] ---
    You've already taken
    hundreds of human lives!
[11:21] ---
    Compared to a Darkling like me,
    humans are nothing more than chattel!
[11:27] ---
    My life is worth more than thousands,
    if not hundreds of millions of them!
[11:34] ---
    You're still the same.
[11:36] ---
    No. You're even more
    disgusting than before.
[11:40] ---
    And I've grown tired of your Hero antics.
[11:43] ---
    That's right! Avan, the Hero!
[11:45] ---
    The name of the legendary Hero
[11:47] ---
    who fought and defeated the Dark Lord,
    and brought peace to the world
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    was Avan!
[11:53] ---
    Is it true, Master?!
[11:57] ---
    That was a long time ago.
[11:59] ---
    Now stay back!
[12:01] ---
    No! I'll fight with you!
[12:06] ---
    You idiot! Come on!
    You too, gramps!
[12:12] ---
    What are you doing, Popp?!
    I have to fight, too!
[12:15] ---
    You moron!
    We'll only get in the way!
[12:26] ---
    I can't believe Master
    was the Hero who killed the Dark Lord!
[12:30] ---
    I chose the wrong person to learn under!
[12:34] ---
    So those are your students.
[12:37] ---
    I hear you're going about as a Hero tutor
    training warriors of justice.
[12:45] ---
    I didn't expect that you'd return, though.
[12:51] ---
    How futile.
[12:53] ---
    Boom!
[13:03] ---
    I'm glad that you came here yourself.
[13:07] ---
    I can defeat you here
    and clear the darkness clouding the world!
[13:11] ---
    What rubbish!
[13:19] ---
    Sizzle!
[13:25] ---
    Yes!
[13:48] ---
    What farce is this, Avan?!
[13:55] ---
    It didn't work?!
[13:56] ---
    Heat and explosion-type spells
    are my forte!
[14:01] ---
    Did you think you could defeat me
    with an ember like that?!
[14:05] ---
    Watch!
[14:09] ---
    This is a true Sizzle!
[14:13] ---
    Sizzle!
[14:17] ---
    Wave Slash!
[14:25] ---
    Master!
[14:31] ---
    What power...
[14:34] ---
    You're even stronger
    than when we last fought.
[14:39] ---
    How?!
[14:41] ---
    You want to know?
    You'll regret hearing the answer.
[14:45] ---
    I see you still believe
    that I'm the Dark Lord.
[14:51] ---
    What do you mean?!
[14:52] ---
    I was resurrected through the power
    of a mighty ruler!
[14:58] ---
    He gave me
    a more powerful body than before!
[15:02] ---
    What?!
[15:03] ---
    There's someone stronger
    than the Dark Lord?!
[15:06] ---
    Who is it?!
[15:11] ---
    Vearn, the Dark King.
[15:14] ---
    The Dark King...
[15:16] ---
    Vearn?!
[15:18] ---
    That's right!
    It was Vearn, the Dark King!
[15:21] ---
    A mighty god of the Underworld
    who resurrected me after my defeat to you!
[15:27] ---
    A god of the Underworld?!
[15:29] ---
    I had to sleep for over a decade
    to replenish the power I lost,
[15:35] ---
    but after my return,
    I swore loyalty to Lord Vearn,
[15:38] ---
    and was granted rule over his entire
    Dark Army as his right hand man!
[15:44] ---
    I am now supreme commander
    over Lord Vearn's armies!
[15:48] ---
    I am Hadlar, the Dark Commander!
[15:50] ---
    Unbelievable!
[15:52] ---
    There's someone stronger than him?!
[15:54] ---
    It's over! This world is over!
[15:58] ---
    Vearn, the Dark King is my master
    and an omnipotent Dark God!
[16:04] ---
    His armies are far greater than
    mine ever were!
[16:09] ---
    No matter what you do,
    you humans have no hope!
[16:15] ---
    What...
[16:18] ---
    Avan, do you remember
    our battle 15 years ago?
[16:23] ---
    I offer you the same choice
    I did back then.
[16:28] ---
    Join me! Do so and I shall grant you
    half of the world!
[16:36] ---
    Well?
[16:37] ---
    Now that you sense your defeat,
    perhaps you'll be more reasonable.
[16:44] ---
    I refuse!
[16:47] ---
    Still the same answer.
    You still can't see my mercy.
[16:53] ---
    You don't know what mercy is!
[16:56] ---
    Even if I agree,
    you'd eventually take my life.
[17:03] ---
    Don't be so sure.
[17:04] ---
    Besides, I doubt you have the authority
    to offer half of the world.
[17:10] ---
    Now that you're just
    a servant of your Dark King.
[17:15] ---
    W-What?! A servant?!
[17:17] ---
    You dare call me
    a servant of the Dark King?!
[17:22] ---
    I see I've struck a nerve.
[17:25] ---
    Silence!
[17:30] ---
    So much for sparing you!
    Your students can watch you turn to ash!
[17:36] ---
    That's the strongest
    explosion-type spell there is! Kaboom!
[17:39] ---
    Master, look out!
[17:48] ---
    That stance!
[17:54] ---
    Eat this!
[17:56] ---
    Kaboom!
[17:58] ---
    Avan Strash!
[18:09] ---
    Master!
[18:22] ---
    A draw?!
[18:28] ---
    Ah, the attack that took my life,
    Avan Strash.
[18:34] ---
    It cuts deep.
[18:36] ---
    However!
[18:44] ---
    It appears it lacks the edge
    over my resurrected power!
[18:58] ---
    Master!
[19:02] ---
    Idiot! What are you doing?!
[19:04] ---
    I'm gonna fight!
[19:06] ---
    Don't be stupid! How can we
    fight someone even Master can't beat?!
[19:11] ---
    Master used Puff in our training!
    He barely has any Magic Power left!
[19:18] ---
    That's right!
[19:19] ---
    I've heard Puff takes three or four times
    the Magic Power of a normal spell!
[19:24] ---
    Master...
[19:26] ---
    Hey!
[19:28] ---
    You've grown weak, Avan.
[19:31] ---
    No. I suppose this is
    the limit of a human's power.
[19:40] ---
    Let me ease your suffering.
[19:44] ---
    Stop!
[19:46] ---
    Do you want to die that much,
    student of Avan?!
[20:01] ---
    Dai...
[20:11] ---
    Dai!
[20:14] ---
    Darn... it...
[20:24] ---
    You mean nothing to me.
[20:27] ---
    If you want to live, get out of my sight.
[20:31] ---
    Th-Thank you.
[20:33] ---
    Excuse us!
[20:43] ---
    What?!
[20:44] ---
    Blood?! Impossible!
[20:47] ---
    That little brat's blade
    drew blood from me?!
[20:54] ---
    Stop, boy.
[20:59] ---
    Y-Yes sir?
[21:08] ---
    I've changed my mind.
[21:11] ---
    I suppose no student of Avan
    can be left alive after all.
[21:19] ---
    I'll slaughter you all!
[21:21] ---
    Popp! Dai!
[21:25] ---
    Sizzle!
[21:57] ---
    Master!
[22:20] ---
    Kindness is the magic of kind people
[22:20] ---
    yasashisa wa yasashii hito ga tsukaeru mahou
[22:26] ---
    Then do I have no choice
    But to just be a normal person?
[22:26] ---
    jaa boku wa tada no hito de iru shikanaino?
[22:33] ---
    I'm not sure
[22:33] ---
    doudarou
[22:38] ---
    Even if the place I call home may change
[22:38] ---
    kaeru basho wa ne kawatte yuku kedo
[22:44] ---
    Listen to me, Mother
[22:44] ---
    naa kaasan boku wa
[22:46] ---
    I will never change those I protect
[22:46] ---
    mamoru hito wo kaetari shinai
[22:53] ---
    I wonder what you'd say
[22:53] ---
    anata wa nannte iukana
[22:57] ---
    At times I can be cowardly and small
[22:57] ---
    tokiyori yowaki de chippoke de
[23:01] ---
    What would you say to me
    As I hesitate to even hesitate?
[23:01] ---
    mayou koto ni mo mayou boku ni nannte iukana
[23:08] ---
    Unlike the today that I sought
[23:08] ---
    sagashite ita kyou to chigatte
[23:14] ---
    I'm sure you'd laugh at my disappointment
[23:14] ---
    ochikonnde shimau boku wo warau no darou
[23:33] ---
    The resurrected Hadlar's power
    was overwhelming.
[23:37] ---
    Even Avan, who had once defeated him,
    is forced into a corner.
[23:42] ---
    When Avan shows his willingness to die
    to protect Dai and for peace,
[23:49] ---
    once again Dai's power awakens!
[23:52] ---
    Next time on
    DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai*,
[23:56] ---
    "The Insignia of Avan"*
[23:58] ---
    The adventure continues!
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