# E53 - HADLAR'S CHALLENGE
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GVWU0ZNV1/hadlars-challenge)
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*With your bonds with your friends*
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*nakama tono kizuna wo*
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*Embraced in your heart*
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*sono mune ni idaite*
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*Like a flash, in an instant*
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*hikari no you ni isshun ni*
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*You risk it all*
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*subete wo kaketeku*
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*Time and time again
Against your burning destiny*
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*nanndo mo moeagaru sadame ni*
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*You will face it again*
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*tachimukatte ikunnda to*
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*If that's what you choose*
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*kakugo wo kimetanara*
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*Oh even when hurt*
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*Oh kizutsuite mo*
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*Oh even if you stumble*
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*Oh tsumazuite mo*
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*Continue on
To your journey's end*
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*susume kono tabi no hate*
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*Again and again*
*To the future you make*
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*kimi no egaku mirai e nando mo*
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*Oh Oh*
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*Oh Oh*
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*You can stand up
You're The Bravest*
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*tachiagareru
You're The Bravest*
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*Oh Oh*
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*Oh Oh*
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*You can stand up
You're The Bravest*
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*tachiagareru
You're The Bravest*
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*Fly up to the world
Never let it go*
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*Fly up to the world
Never let go*
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*Make you more strong
You're The Bravest*
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*motto Make you strong
You're The bravest*
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*Fly up to the world
Never let it go*
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*Fly up to the world
Never let go*
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*Make you more strong
You're The Bravest*
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*motto Make you strong
You're The bravest*
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*You're The Bravest*
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*You're The Bravest*
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HADLAR'S CHALLENGE
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*Got you!*
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*Baran... falls!*
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*What was that?!*
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*An Avan Strash?!*
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*Was that... the Hero brat?*
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*H-How can there be this many
people out there stronger than me?!*
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*Damn... it all!*
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*I've never drawn my sword
without thinking before.*
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*I felt my sword's will
and my own will as one!*
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*I completely forgot about the seal!*
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*All I could think about was saving...*
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*So that's your sword.*
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*Impressive.*
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*With our blades, not even
the Dark Citadel Gate will hold.*
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*Let's go, Dai!*
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*Focus all of your strength into this blow!*
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*Okay!*
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*We did it!*
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This rumbling...!
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*They breached it.*
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*That gate that was sealed
by the Dark King's power.*
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Send for another.
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Yes, my king.
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How very impressive.
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*We did it! The entrance
to Vearn Palace is open!*
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*We were bound to succeed.*
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*The combined might of two Dragon Knights
is a force that normally should not exist.*
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*Shattering the gate is not our goal.
Keep your guard up.*
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*Come! Our target is Dark King Vearn!*
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This shaking can only mean...
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Dai and Baran have breached
the Dark Citadel Gate!
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Fenbren is dead!
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Damn it!
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Wait! Where are you going, Hym?!
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To avenge Fenbren!
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You will not!
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But...!
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Have you forgotten, Hym,
your vow to Lord Hadlar?
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With Fenbren's insubordination,
how can we abandon our position now?!
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You're right.
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Our purpose here is to allow Lord Hadlar
to fight Dai and Baran whole-heartedly!
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What?!
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That means...!
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We'll take care of you here!
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*Hadlar intends to fight Dai and Baran,
two Dragon Knights, at once?!*
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Hadlar?!
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He's alone?!
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Impossible! How is he here?!
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Perfect. I wouldn't have it
any other way!
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Hyunckel!
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Pick yourselves up. We need to
take them out and follow Dai and Baran!
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All that damage and he still shows up
on the battlefield?
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Is he really human?
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He must be immortal. Just like us.
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*This is crazy, Hyunckel.
You can barely even stand!*
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*That magnificent, reckless fool!*
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Hey, big brute!
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I've had just about enough of you!
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Hyunckel, are you sure about this?!
Coming here couldn't have been easy!
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Don't worry about me.
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That's right!
All he can do is stand around anyways!
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Don't bother worrying!
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Popp!
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Just stand right there.
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Having you stand behind us is enough.
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You're still our senior Disciple of Avan.
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Popp...
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Even if you can't do anything...
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just by showing up,
you've given us plenty of courage.
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We won't lose.
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Just relax and stand there.
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I appreciate it, but standing still
is actually more exhausting.
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I'll take my chances.
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Hmph! Learn to take a compliment!
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The bishop's missing.
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Is it dead?
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Probably. Dai and Baran must have won.
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Dai and Baran?
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It looks like they had
already figured out our plan.
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Hadlar is waiting for Dai and Baran.
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*He plans to fight two Dragon Knights?*
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*Is he sure of his victory?*
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*Or does he intend to die?*
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*Or...*
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*could it be both?*
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We have to hurry!
Focus on taking them out!
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That's our line!
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You aren't the only ones
who can't afford to lose here!
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We'd like to wipe you all out right now!
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So, let's see who gets
to go to their leader!
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So, who will go first?
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I don't have much time.
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Is this some sort of game, Hadlar?
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Do you really think us so weak
that you could easily win?
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Of course not.
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Dragon Knights are the ultimate creatures
created by the gods.
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Knowing one served under me, Baran,
made me live in fear.
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I was petrified that you'd come
for my throne.
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Then when I learned Dai was
a Dragon Knight, I was terrified.
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I imagined the two of you working together
to come and defeat me.
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And now that fear has become a reality.
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And yet, I find myself looking forward
to this fight. Life can be strange.
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*He intended to fight both of us
from the start.*
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Fenbren's insubordination was unexpected.
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It seems that inside me,
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there was still some lingering
narcissism and desire for glory.
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These were manifested in Fenbren's
personality through the Forbidden Magic.
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Children tend to grow up
to be their parents.
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Now I shall defeat Dai, the Hero!
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And Baran, if you intend to defend Dai...
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I will take both of you out!
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Fool!
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Save your overconfidence!
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It seems you've grown in power somewhat.
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But don't assume you can take on
two Dragon Knights at once!
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I shall slay you here myself!
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TWIN SWORD PINNING
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AVAN STRASH
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Wait! Hadlar isn't being overconfident!
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He's become a Superior Being!
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A Superior Being?
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He really is strong enough
to fight both of us!
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We have to fight together!
It's the sure way to defeat him!
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Ridiculous.
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After what he said,
you'd choose to fight him together?!
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Have you no pride as a Dragon Knight?!
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If I could win with just pride, I would.
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You already said our target
is Dark King Vearn!
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So it begins. The climax of this battle.
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Which has the upper hand?
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Hadlar may have become quite powerful,
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but against Dai and Baran
at their full power, he cannot win.
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Separating from his Royal Guard
was pure suicide.
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Suicide, you say?
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It seems to me,
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he intends to draw out his own power
to its limit through desperation.
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A clever ploy by Hadlar.
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But, should Hadlar be defeated,
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the two Dragons will gain entrance
into the citadel.
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That won't happen.
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Sire?
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That is an impossibility, Mystvearn.
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Those two will never see my face.
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I misjudged you, Dai.
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I thought you had grown as a warrior...
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but you're still far from ever being
a true Dragon Knight!
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If worrying about pride
keeps me from doing what has to be done,
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then I don't want to be
a true Dragon Knight.
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Besides, I'm part human.
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I have the blood of my mother.
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I've always fought for those around me,
doing the best that I could.
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For me, making sure we defeat Hadlar
and Vearn is more important than my pride!
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Dai...
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Hurry up. Who will fight?
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Or will you both fight me?
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I'll fight you, Hadlar!
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You won't listen to reason,
so I don't have a choice.
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You'll see in just a few seconds.
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So Dai comes first.
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Here goes!
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Hadlar has a sword?!
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Good, Dai! You've improved
since our last fight!
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*Dai isn't weak!*
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*The power of the attacks
he unleashes rivals that of my own!*
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How very generous.
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To fight in place of your father
who has no experience fighting me.
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However, Dai...
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it's not as though you know
the extent of my powers either!
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A weapon in his left hand?!
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Hell's Chain!
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Boom!
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Avan Strash!
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Kaboom!
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Dai!
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Dai!
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Are you alright?!
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What did I tell you?
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I see now.
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Hadlar has become a formidable enemy.
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Well done, Dai.
You never cease to surprise me.
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I could say the same.
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He completely nullified my Strash
with his Kaboom spell.
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A wound like that
will regenerate in no time.
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That... It can't be!
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I'm sure of it!
The Coal of Hell! A Black Core!
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What's wrong?!
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How could Dark King Vearn
do something so barbaric?!
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To implant such a thing
in his own servant!
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A Black Core?!
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You had such a thing
hidden in Hadlar's body?!
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Now do you see?
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I said those two will never see my face.
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Even if Hadlar falls,
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if the Black Core
in his body is detonated,
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at the very least,
we can bring it to a draw.
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A draw? It will blow away
the whole Field of Death.
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Perhaps, but it won't mean anything
to Vearn Palace.
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They're fighting
in the exterior perimeter after all.
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That thing's... a bomb?!
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That's right.
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An Underworld super-powerful bomb
called a Black Core.
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No, it's a nightmare weapon
beyond the definition of a bomb.
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How do you know that?
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I once saw one in the Underworld.
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*Black Cores are made
from a stone called Black Crystal.*
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*It's found deep in the Underworld,
and absorbs power endlessly.*
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*They're weaponized using Old Magic.*
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*But, due to their
extreme destructive power,*
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*even evil creatures that casually use
Forbidden Magic fear using Black Cores.*
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*Thirteen years ago, when Hadlar rampaged
the surface world as Dark Lord,*
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*I fought Velzar, King of the Abyss
in the Underworld.*
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*Velzar used a Black Core while battling
on a certain Underworld Continent.*
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*What happened?*
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*The entire continent was vaporized.*
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In his attempt to kill me,
he destroyed his own territory.
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Even Velzar refused to use
a Black Core after that.
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It makes sense, considering his ambitions
to rule the Underworld and surface world.
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What's the point
if there's nothing left to rule?
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*But for Vearn to use a Black Core...*
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*It seems his plan
is not to rule the surface world*
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*but to annihilate it.*
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I never intended for Hadlar
to be a sacrificial pawn.
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But when I saved him
from the brink of death,
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I implanted it in him as insurance.
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But then he went and
turned himself into a Superior Being.
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This was something even I did not expect.
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The power increase beyond his limits
had an adverse effect on the Black Core.
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That bomb could be set off at any moment.
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This must be manifested in Hadlar
as bouts of extreme pain.
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Of course, he assumes it's merely
due to his conversion to a Superior Being.
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Knowing the outcome to a battle...
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is a boring thing indeed.
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But we must see it through.
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For my dear right-hand man,
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it could be his final grand performance.
**[20:27] ---**
*Hadlar...*
**[20:29] ---**
*Awakening as a true warrior
ultimately shortened your life.*
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*How ironic.*
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*I would prefer that you win and survive...*
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*but should you fall,
at least go out in a blaze of glory.*
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*Be honored to know that your death
shall be for the great King Vearn.*
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If it explodes, we'll be in trouble.
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What do we do?
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I don't know.
**[21:03] ---**
What?!
**[21:03] ---**
But we can't use spells or Magic Swords.
**[21:08] ---**
Fight only using blunt force.
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That's impossible! We can't win like that!
**[21:14] ---**
Just listen to me!
**[21:17] ---**
That Black Core has been imbued
with great Magic Power.
**[21:21] ---**
It must have absorbed Hadlar's
increased Magic Power to its limit.
**[21:27] ---**
Simply hitting it with a powerful spell
might set it off.
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Are you done planning?
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I'll take you both on! Here I come!
**[21:50] ---**
That's...!
**[21:51] ---**
Oh no! He's coming!
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*To be honest I was clumsy*
**[22:07] ---**
*omoeba boku wa bukiyou de*
**[22:12] ---**
*And it took me forever to get here*
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*shouganaikurai tomawarishita*
**[22:19] ---**
*I used even loneliness as a weapon*
**[22:19] ---**
*kodokukannsura mo buki ni shite*
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*I searched the dungeon for a simple answer*
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*tannjun na kotae wo sagashita dannjon*
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*Even if I cast aside
Rightness and kindness*
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*tadashisa yasashisa nagedashite mo*
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*I just want to be there for you*
**[22:35] ---**
*tada hitori kimi no mikata de itai*
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*To call out your name*
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*kimi no namae wo yobu koto ga*
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*Is harder than any magic spell*
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*ari to arayuru mahou yori muzukashikute*
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*Even though you're so close to me*
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*konnani mo chikaku ni itanoni*
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*I love you*
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*aishiteiru*
**[23:02] ---**
*I finally realized it*
**[23:02] ---**
*imasara kizuitanosa*
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*To call out your name*
**[23:05] ---**
*kimi no namae wo yobu tame ni*
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*Must be the reason I was born*
**[23:10] ---**
*boku wa kitto umarete kitannda*
**[23:17] ---**
*I shake off the clinging night*
**[23:17] ---**
*shigamitsuku yoru furihodoite*
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*And go to see you*
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*ai ni iku*
**[23:25] ---**
*Right now to where you are*
**[23:25] ---**
*ima sugu kimi no moto e*
**[23:33] ---**
*To avoid setting off the Black Core
and alerting Hadlar of its presence,*
**[23:38] ---**
*Dai and Baran must
hold back their attacks.*
**[23:41] ---**
*Meanwhile, Hadlar hounds
Dai and Baran relentlessly.*
**[23:45] ---**
*Hadlar gets in position
for his Ultra Combustion Slash.*
**[23:48] ---**
*Against the overwhelming odds,
Baran makes a deadly gambit.*
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DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai*,*
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*"Hadlar Versus Baran"*
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*The adventure continues!*
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