8 - Nigun's Shadow

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[00:00] Pina
    So tell us... Are you in love with Alice?
[00:04] Alice
    Are you?
[00:05] Yuri
    Are you?
[00:07] Akahane
    Are ya?
[00:08] Kurohime
    Are you?
[00:10] Ein(M)
    I'm completely trapped here.
[00:13] Ein(M)
    What is even happening...?
SIGN    OMINOUS
[00:19] Ein(M)
    I couldn't take any more
    of their questioning,
[00:21] Ein(M)
    so I fled here...
[00:24] Ein(M)
    But for some reason,
    everyone just followed me in!
[00:27] Ein(M)
    If anything, the situation's
    only gotten worse!
[00:31] All
    So, are you?
[00:33] Ein
    No! I mean...
[00:35] Ein
    I...
[00:36] Yuri
    Ein, you can't run away from this!
[00:39] Pina
    That's right, that's right!
[00:40] Pina
    We need an answer!
[00:43] Ursula
    Jeez, all of you need to stop ignoring
    how Ein feels and making a big fuss.
[00:48] Pina
    Okay.
[00:50] Ein(M)
    Thank goodness.
[00:52] Ein(M)
    But now I've got a different problem.
[00:55] Ein(M)
    Honestly, I don't even know where to look!
[01:01] Ein(M)
    And worse yet...
[01:03] Ein
    Pina, why the hell are
    you sitting on my lap?!
[01:07] Pina
    Gosh, look at that!
[01:08] Pina
    Your face is all red!
[01:11] Pina
    Don't tell me my soft little body
    is getting you all worked up!
[01:17] Yuri
    I'm so relieved.
[01:18] Yuri
    Before, I was worried you were red
    in the face because you'd caught a cold.
[01:23] Pina
    Gotta hand it to Yuri.
    That went right over her head.
[01:29] Akahane
    So this is what a sauna's like, huh?
[01:31] Akahane
    It feels great to get all this sweat out!
[01:35] Ein
    I can't take any more.
[01:38] Ein
    I'm getting out.
[01:39] Ein
    Sorry.
[01:44] Ein
    Alice?
[01:45] Ein
    Hey, are you all right?
[01:46] Ein
    I think you should get out.
[01:48] Alice
    I'm fine.
[01:49] Alice
    I want to stay.
[01:51] Alice
    I can handle it... just like everyone else...
[01:55] Ein
    You don't have to force yourself.
[01:58] Alice
    I'm not forcing myself...
[02:00] Alice
    From now on... always and forever...
    I want to be by your side!
[02:10] Ein
    Alice...
[02:12] Pina
    Yay!
[02:14] Pina
    This means we can all keep
    going on adventures together!
[02:18] Yuri
    I love having my big sister around!
[02:21] Ein(M)
    That makes sense.
[02:22] Ein(M)
    She was just reunited with family,
    so of course she wants to be with them.
[02:26] Akahane
    Aw, shucks.
[02:28] Akahane
    Alice, I don't think your big
     confession really got through to Ein.
[02:36] Ein
    Ursula, could I ask you
    to process Alice's spirit core?
[02:40] Ursula
    Sure.
[02:41] Akahane
    Well then, you'll need this too.
[02:44] Akahane
    It's my philosopher's stone.
[02:46] Akahane
    As Alice's mother, I'll lend ya a hand too.
[02:50] Akahane
    I can't teleport to help directly,
    but I'm sure my powers will come in handy.
[02:56] Ursula
    All right. Get down, Ein.
[02:58] Ein
    Okay.
SIGN    Mirage Double (SSS)
SIGN    Thousand Mile Eye (SSS)
[03:04] Alice
    Ein, I look forward to—
[03:18] Alice
    The ones in the books aren't so...
[03:19] Pina
    Wow.
[03:21] Kurohime
    Oh my.
[03:21] Akahane
    Huh, I'd've thought this would be funnier.
[05:01] Ein
    So next, I'll...
[05:03] Meegan
    Ein!
[05:05] Ein
    Meegan?
[05:06] Meegan
    Oh, someone's gotten stronger again.
[05:09] Jasper
    Indeed, you're definitely
     growing in strength, young man,
[05:13] Jasper
    But you can jump into my arms
    anytime you want me to pamper you!
[05:20] Ein
    What is going on here?
[05:23] Jasper
    Today, you received a personal request
    from the king via the guild.
[05:27] Ein
    The king needs something from me?
[05:29] Jasper
    That's right.
[05:30] Jasper
    Are you familiar with demons?
[05:33] Ein
    Demons?
[05:34] (Flashback) Falco
    I am Falco of the Gale Winds, a baron
     among the five ranks of demon nobility!
[05:39] Ein
    Yes.
[05:40] Meegan
    Several centuries ago,
[05:42] Meegan
    demons were driven from the human realm
    when our heroes built a dimensional wall.
[05:47] Meegan
    But lately, there have lately been increased
    sightings of them in the Rayshik domain.
[05:53] Jasper
    Your mission is to vanquish
    the demons rampaging there.
[05:58] Meegan
    We can't have them causing any further damage.
[06:01] Jasper
    Nonetheless, your average adventurer
     can't stand up to demons.
[06:05] Jasper
    You are the only one who can
     fulfill this mission, young man.
[06:10] Ein
    Hear me out, everyone.
[06:12] Ein
    I want to help the people
    of the Rayshik domain.
[06:16] Ursula
    Ein, you know that our goals lie elsewhere.
[06:19] Ursula
    Why go and help strangers?
[06:21] Ein
    Wasn't I a stranger to Yuri and
    you when you first helped me?
[06:29] Ein
    I know the fear and despair of facing
     an overwhelming enemy better than anyone.
[06:35] Ein
    That's how I lived for ages.
[06:39] Ein
    But I'm here today because you
     lent me a hand back then.
[06:44] Ein
    So now, I'd like to pay that forward
    by stepping up like you and Yuri did for me.
[06:49] Yuri
    I'm in perfect agreement, Ein!
[06:52] Yuri
    Let's go help the people
    who need it together!
[06:54] Pina
    Sounds good to me!
[06:56] Kurohime
    I concur with Einy.
[06:58] Alice
    If that's what you want, Ein.
[07:00] Ein
    Ursula?
[07:03] Ursula
    If Yuri's in favor, I won't say no.
[07:07] Ein
    Jasper, Meegan...
[07:10] Ein
    I accept this mission.
[07:15] Ein
    I will defeat the demons
    in the Rayshik domain!
[07:24] Mia
    Daddy, I'm hungry.
[07:27] Dad
    It won't be long now, Mia.
[07:30] Dad
    We're on our way to a place where you
    can eat all the tasty food you want.
[07:35] Mia
    Really? Yay!
[07:37] Mia
    It must be like heaven, where Mommy is!
[07:42] Dad
    You could say that.
[07:49] Mia
    Is this it?
[07:53] Village Chief
    Everyone, Lord Hydra is approaching!
[07:56] Village Chief
    Prostrate yourselves!
[07:59] Mia
    Huh? Who's Lord Hydra?
[08:01] Dad
    A snake god who protects our village.
[08:05] Mia
    A god?
[08:10] Village Chief
    Now hurry with the sacrifice!
[08:14] Dad
    Go on, Mia.
[08:17] Dad
    This god is here to take you to heaven.
[08:22] Mia
    Okay, got it!
[08:24] Dad
    I can't go with you right now.
[08:27] Dad
    But I will follow soon.
[08:29] Dad
    Wait for me with Mommy.
[08:32] Mia
    Back when Mommy went to heaven,
[08:35] Mia
    all you did was cry every day.
[08:39] Mia
    But when I go to heaven, you can't cry, okay?
[08:44] Mia
    Because I won't be here
    to wipe your tears anymore.
[08:50] Dad
    Mia, you... You knew...
[08:54] Mia
    See you.
[08:57] Hydra1
    You're late, humans!
[08:59] Hydra2
    After keeping us waiting, this is it?
[09:03] Hydra3
    Oh my, that looks tasty.
[09:05] Hydra4
    Famished.
[09:08] Mia
    L-Lord Hydra.
[09:10] Mia
    Please take me up to heaven.
[09:13] Dad
    No!
[09:14] Dad
    I can't do this after all!
[09:16] Mia
    Daddy?
[09:17] Village Chief
    What the hell are you doing?!
[09:19] Village Chief
    We all decided on this together!
[09:21] Villager2
    It's the only way our village can survive!
[09:24] Dad
    Then please, eat me instead of my daughter!
[09:29] Dad
    I beg you! I beg you!
[09:31] Hydra2
    I don't like men!
[09:33] Hydra3
    I'll eat all of the men, don't you worry!
[09:36] Hydra5
    Requesting women. Rejecting men.
[09:38] Hydra1
    Have you forgotten your pact with us?
[09:42] Hydra1
    For a woman every month,
    we wouldn't destroy your village.
[09:47] Hydra1
    But now that you've broken it,
    you leave us no choice.
[09:50] Village Chief
    Please no!
[09:52] Village Chief
    Hurry and offer up your daughter!
[09:54] Hydra1
    The crime of displeasing us is heavy.
[09:58] Hydra1
    Your sentence is death.
[10:04] Mia
    That's... a god?
[10:08] Hydra2
    Time to dine!
[10:13] Mia
    Somebody...
[10:14] Mia
    Help!
[10:23] Mia
    A god?
[10:26] Ursula
    That's Hydra, an SS-rank ancient dragon.
[10:30] Ursula
    It has an ability called "Generate
    Poison and Medicine,"
[10:33] Ursula
    and its hide is permanently coated
    in a mucus of deadly toxins.
[10:36] Ein
    Understood.
[10:37] Ein
    Yuri, I need your help.
[10:39] Yuri
    Right!
[10:45] Dad
    What?
[10:46] Mia
    Daddy!
[10:48] Mia
    Thank goodness!
[10:49] Hydra1
    What?
[10:50] Hydra1
    He neutralized our poison
    just by looking at it?
[10:54] Hydra1
    That's impossible.
[10:55] Ein(M)
    I knew Yuri's healing powers had increased
    since I leveled up to the divine eye,
[10:59] Ein(M)
    but even so, this is incredible.
[11:01] Ein
    I'll take care of Hydra.
[11:03] Ein
    Everyone, please hurry up and escape!
[11:05] Village Chief
    What's running going to do?
[11:07] Hydra1
    He's right.
[11:09] Hydra1
    I don't know who you are, but one puny
    human more or less makes no difference.
[11:15] Hydra1
    A sword?
[11:16] Hydra1
    Utterly useless in the face of our poison.
[11:18] Hydra1
    Go ahead and unshea—
[11:24] Ein
    Drawing Strike.
[11:31] Villager2
    I-I remember who that is!
[11:34] Villager2
    In the royal capital, he's known as
    Ein the ancient dragon slayer!
[11:38] Ursula
    You imbued the blade with Yuri's
    powers of purification,
[11:41] Ursula
    thereby neutralizing the poison
    so you could slash through it?
[11:44] Ursula
    Pretty good.
[11:46] Ein
    I mean, yeah.
[11:47] Ein(M)
    Wait, did Ursula just actually praise me?!
SIGN    Tha-thump Tha-thump Tha-thump
[11:51] Ursula
    I've appraised its Generate Poison
    and Medicine and Bed Bath abilities.
[11:54] Ein
    O-Oh, thanks.
[11:57] Village Chief
    Master Ein, thank you so much!
[12:00] Dad
    You saved us!
[12:02] Mia
    Thank you, god!
[12:03] Ein
    No, I just did what anyone would have.
[12:07] Ein
    Now, I'd like to meet with the
    lord of this domain.
[12:13] Ein(M)
    Huh? Talk about a quick change in mood.
[12:16] Father
    We'll forever be grateful for your help.
[12:18] Father
    If not for you, we'd all be dead.
[12:23] Father
    But perhaps it would have
     been better that way...
[12:26] Ein
    Huh?
[12:27] Father
    Let's go home now.
[12:36] Mia
    God!
[12:38] Mia
    I'm so glad you saved us!
[12:41] Mia
    So, so glad!
[12:48] Ein
    Thank you.
[12:49] Ein
    I'm nothing as impressive as a god,
[12:52] Ein
    but I do want to protect
    the smiles on your faces.
[12:55] Ein
    When it comes to that,
    I won't be beat, even by a god!
[13:01] Ein
    Be careful on your way home now.
[13:03] Mia
    Okay!
[13:04] Mia
    See you again, god!
[13:09] Ein
    Now then, let's go see the feudal lord.
[13:14] Ein
    So this is the lord's manor...
[13:16] Pina
    Something here is sus.
[13:19] Alice
    It's the only place that's unnaturally fancy.
[13:22] Ein
    True.
[13:23] Ein
    We don't know what lies ahead,
    so everyone should get into my eye.
[13:26] Yuri
    Right.
[13:29] Ein
    Excuse me! My name is Ein.
[13:32] Ein
    I've been sent by the guild.
[13:35] Nigun
    Well met, Ein.
[13:37] Nigun
    I'm honored to meet the famed
    ancient dragon slayer.
[13:42] Nigun
    I'm Nigun.
[13:44] Nigun
    Nigun von Rayshik.
[13:48] Nigun
    Help yourself.
[13:49] Nigun
    A confection of my own making.
[13:51] Nigun
    And some tea.
[13:53] Ein
    Thank you. I'll dig right in.
[13:57] Ein(M)
    Salty!
[14:00] Nigun
    Do you like it?
[14:01] Ein
    I-It's good.
[14:04] Ein
    It's, um, very original...
[14:07] Nigun
    I'm glad to hear—
[14:11] Nigun
    I'm so sorry.
[14:13] Nigun
    It seems I mistook the salt for the sugar...
[14:16] Ein(M)
    That's so cliché.
[14:17] Nigun
    I always screw up, no matter what I do.
[14:22] Ein
    So, could you tell me about the demons that
    have started appearing in your domain lately?
[14:28] Nigun
    Demons?
[14:29] Nigun
    I've never seen anything
    like that in my domain.
[14:32] Nigun
    We neighbor the Abysswood,
[14:35] Nigun
    where multitudes of monsters are said to live.
[14:37] Nigun
    Perhaps some rumors were embellished?
[14:40] Ein
    So you think people mistook
    monsters for demons?
[14:44] Nigun
    Yes.
[14:45] Nigun
    I'm terribly sorry you traveled all this way.
[14:48] Nigun
    Please send word that there
    are no issues in my domain.
[14:53] Ein
    Would you mind if I take a look
     around the place just to be safe?
[14:57] Ein
    It appears the people have it quite rough.
[15:01] Ein
    In fact, I defeated Hydra on the way here.
[15:05] Ein
    And the food situa—
[15:07] Nigun
    You defeated Hydra?
[15:11] Nigun
    What have you done?!
[15:13] Nigun
    Now that village will be
    beset by monsters again!
[15:17] Ein
    What?
[15:18] Nigun
    With the village protected by Hydra,
[15:21] Nigun
    the other monsters stayed away!
[15:25] Ein
    But Hydra was demanding sacrifices!
[15:28] Ein
    Today, even! Was I just supposed to sit by
    and watch some little girl be killed?
[15:34] Nigun
    If the sacrifice of one life will save
    a hundred, then the choice is clear.
[15:40] Nigun
    Or are you suggesting you'd stay
     here forever to protect the people?
[15:45] Nigun
    Ein, things may be over for you
    after you fell the enemy before you.
[15:50] Nigun
    But we have to keep living
    here long after you're gone.
[15:55] Nigun
    Not everyone is as strong as you are.
[15:58] Nigun
    Moreover, it is my duty
[16:01] Nigun
    to keep protecting the domain
    I inherited from my late father.
[16:06] Nigun
    To that end, I will do whatever it takes.
[16:11] Nigun
    If you will excuse me now...
[16:17] Ein(M)
    Did I go about this the wrong way?
[16:20] Ein(M)
    I didn't even know the whole story.
[16:23] Ein(M)
    Still, sacrificing one to save a hundred?
[16:28] Ein(M)
    I couldn't...
[16:32] Yuri
    Ein.
[16:33] Yuri
    I don't understand difficult things, 
    but there's one thing I do know.
[16:38] Yuri
    Ein, you should follow the path
    you believe is right.
[16:42] Yuri
    I'm sure that's what matters most.
[16:45] Ein
    Yuri...
[16:50] Nigun
    This is bad!
[16:51] Nigun
    Hydra's been slain!
[16:53] Nigun
    We have to find a replacement, quick!
[16:55] Nigun
    What should we do?!
[16:57] Nigun
    What should I do, Shadow?!
[16:59] Shadow
    Calm down, Nigun.
[17:01] Shadow
    Hydra can easily be replaced.
[17:04] Shadow
    The problem is Ein.
[17:06] Nigun
    Ein?
[17:07] Nigun
    Why?
[17:09] Shadow
    Think about it.
[17:10] Shadow
    Do you really think a mere human
    could defeat an SS-rank ancient dragon?
[17:15] Shadow
    Of course not.
[17:17] Shadow
    Ein isn't human.
[17:20] Shadow
    He's the demon here.
[17:22] Nigun
    Oh no!
[17:23] Shadow
    If you want to protect Rayshik,
[17:26] Shadow
    you have no choice but to kill Ein.
[17:29] Nigun
    Kill him?
[17:30] Nigun
    I couldn't...
[17:32] Shadow
    Have I ever led you astray even once?
[17:36] Shadow
    I'm your friend, aren't I, Nigun?
[17:39] Shadow
    Or are you saying you don't trust me?
[17:42] Nigun
    I understand, Shadow.
[17:45] Nigun
    Let's kill Ein!
[17:48] Nigun
    Thank you as always, Shadow!
[17:50] Shadow
    Think nothing of it.
[17:54] Shadow
    Ah, weak-willed humans
    are so easy to control.
[18:00] Shadow
    Soon... Very soon, Nigun...
[18:04] Shadow
    I, Demon Viscount Shadow,
    will take over your body...
[18:12] Shadow
    My sweet, sweet sucker.
[18:19] Pina
    Yikes, the outer wall is a mess.
[18:23] Ein
    It looks like it's been
     left this way for years.
[18:27] Alice
    Not a single soldier in
    the watch tower, either.
[18:29] Yuri
    So monsters can come and go as they please?
[18:32] Ein
    Yeah.
[18:35] Ein
    Excuse me.
[18:37] Ein
    My name's Ein. The guild sent me.
[18:41] Ein
    Could I ask you about this land or its lord?
[18:43] Villager3
    I-I don't know anything!
[18:45] Ein(M)
    This again?
[18:46] Ein(M)
    It's just like before.
[18:48] Ein(M)
    Could it be that they all fear Nigun?
[18:51] Ein(M)
    Even so, I can't give up now.
[18:54] Ein(M)
    Otherwise...
[18:56] Ein(M)
    I can't protect even a single smile.
[18:59] Ein
    Excuse me. Could I ask you something?
[19:02] Villager4
    Oh, it's you.
[19:04] Villager4
    There's nothing to talk about.
[19:06] Villager4
    A bunch of adventurers and military
    police have already been here,
[19:09] Villager4
    but they couldn't do anything
    and just turned their backs on us.
[19:13] Villager4
    I'm sure you won't be any different.
[19:15] Ein
    That's not...
[19:16] Villager4
    Just look at this field.
[19:18] Villager4
    As soon as Hydra was gone,
    monsters appeared and wrecked the place.
[19:24] Villager4
    This land's ruined.
[19:26] Villager4
    I have to wonder whether we'll starve
    to death or get killed by monsters first...
[19:31] Villager4
    All we ever wanted was
     to live normal lives here.
[19:36] Villager4
    Just go home.
[19:41] Villager4
    What are you doing?
[19:43] Ein
    Earth Arts.
[19:48] Ein
    Universal Garden and Universal Seeds.
[19:58] Villager4
    Unbelievable!
[19:59] Ein
    Next is the wall.
[20:01] Ein
    Earth Arts.
[20:05] Villager4
    What?!
[20:06] Ein
    This should prevent monsters
    from getting in on foot, at least.
[20:11] Ein
    If there's anything else
    you need, let me know.
[20:14] Ein
    So please, don't give up.
[20:17] Ein
    Instead of resolving to die,
     resolve to live again.
[20:22] Ein
    Please, allow me to help you!
[20:30] Villager4
    Allow you to help us?
[20:32] Villager4
    That's the second time in my life
    I've gotten such a strange request.
[20:36] Ein
    Huh?
[20:37] Villager4
    The first was the previous lord,
    Lord Nigun's father.
[20:41] (Flashback) Villager4
    It's over. We should just...
[20:44] (Flashback) Lord Rayshik
    Don't give up!
[20:46] (Flashback) Lord Rayshik
    If you die, there's nothing
    I'll be able to do for you!
[20:50] (Flashback) Lord Rayshik
    Live and allow me to help you!
[20:53] Villager4
    That's what he said.
[20:54] Villager4
    He was very brave, yet kind and funny.
[20:59] Villager4
    Things went to the dogs once Lord...
    No, once Nigun took over.
[21:06] Villager4
    That was right around when Hydra showed up.
[21:09] Villager4
    Nigun went and made that
    sacrificial pact by himself.
[21:14] Villager4
    Our defenses were reduced to a minimum.
[21:16] Villager4
    He hiked taxes up to the breaking point.
[21:18] Villager4
    The folks who couldn't take it anymore
    went for an audience and never returned.
[21:23] Villager4
    But Ein, thanks to you,
    I want to try believing again...
[21:29] Villager4
    in a little something called hope.
[21:34] Ein
    Right! I'll make sure you don't regret it!
[21:40] Ein
    What?
[21:42] Yuri
    What's wrong, Ein?
[21:45] Ein
    Monsters.
[21:46] Ein
    A huge horde is charging straight for us.
[21:54] Ein
    Even if there are thousands of enemies,
[21:58] Ein
    I won't let them lay a finger on the village!
[23:35] Ein
    Next time: "Rise to Action."
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