# E8 - Together with the Lord of Flies
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**[00:01] Touka**
A child?
**[00:03] Seras**
There's one more thing you should know.
**[00:05] Seras**
The majority of previous bloodsport champions
**[00:08] Seras**
have died during their final matches.
**[00:11] Seras**
I heard the duke running
the bloodsport colosseum
**[00:13] Seras**
arranges for the champions
to be at a disadvantage.
**[00:16] Touka**
Eve Speed is the undefeated champion
**[00:19] Touka**
and tremendously popular.
**[00:21] Touka**
Management would almost certainly
**[00:22] Touka**
want to kill her to pass the
baton to the next generation.
**[00:25] Seras**
Which means we'll be stopping
that tomorrow, right?
**[00:29] Touka**
No, that's not my intention.
**[00:32] Touka**
There's no need for us
to politely wait until the day of.
**[00:41] Sign**
Failure Frame
**[00:41] Sign**
I Became the Strongest and Annihilated
Everything with Low-Level Spells
**[02:07] Sign**
Together with the Lord of Flies
**[02:11] Eve**
Did you need me for something?
**[02:14] Touka**
I came here to talk with you, Eve Speed.
**[02:17] Eve**
I thought I already told you I don't
know where the Witch of Taboos is.
**[02:20] Touka**
That was a lie, right?
**[02:23] Eve**
You're a rude man.
**[02:25] Touka**
You indebted to the witch?
**[02:26] Eve**
No.
**[02:27] Seras**
That was a lie just now.
**[02:29] Eve**
And who are you?
**[02:31] Touka**
Why don't we stop trying
to deceive each other, Eve Speed?
**[02:35] Eve**
Tell me what you're after.
**[02:37] Touka**
I want to save you.
**[02:39] Eve**
"Save" me?
**[02:41] Touka**
The duke running the show will make sure
you go down in tomorrow's match.
**[02:47] Eve**
Why would you help me?
**[02:49] Touka**
Because I can't have someone with intel
on the Witch of Taboos dying on me.
**[02:53] Touka**
Is kidnapping the girl you brought to Monroy
**[02:56] Touka**
and fleeing tonight not an option?
**[02:58] Eve**
Why you!
**[02:59] Eve**
If you dare lay a finger on that girl...
**[03:01] Touka**
I just wanted you to know I'm
aware of your situation.
**[03:05] Seras**
We know you've been fighting
for Lis's sake these past two years.
**[03:12] Eve**
I appreciate the warning about the plot.
**[03:15] Eve**
However, I can't afford to run
from tomorrow's bloodsport.
**[03:19] Touka**
Why not agree to kidnap her and flee?
**[03:22] Eve**
Where would we flee to?
**[03:23] Eve**
Unless I play by the rules
to gain her freedom,
**[03:26] Eve**
Duke Zuan will hunt us down,
**[03:29] Eve**
the guild running the colosseum
will put up a bounty,
**[03:32] Eve**
and mercenaries across the
continent will come after us.
**[03:36] Eve**
It'd be one thing if it were just me,
**[03:38] Eve**
but I can't do that to that girl.
**[03:40] Touka**
What if I know a good place to hide?
**[03:43] Touka**
Where the Witch of Taboos lives.
**[03:45] Touka**
You could have her shelter you two.
**[03:47] Eve**
Impossible.
**[03:49] Eve**
No one can reach the heart
of the Land of Monsters.
**[03:51] Touka**
*The heart?*
**[03:51] Eve**
I told you, it's not the kind of place
you just waltz into.
**[03:53] Touka**
*She's talking like she's been there before.*
**[03:56] Touka**
If we work together,
we might able to reach it.
**[03:59] Touka**
I promise to protect that girl
to my fullest ability as well.
**[04:03] Touka**
So, how about it?
**[04:04] Touka**
Are you willing to wager on us?
**[04:07] Eve**
Your swordsman seems to have
martial training, but you...
**[04:12] Touka**
Despite appearances, I'm skilled with magic.
**[04:15] Touka**
I'm good enough I managed to defeat
a Skeleton King with ease.
**[04:18] Eve**
Those are certainly fierce,
**[04:20] Eve**
but they're nothing compared to what
lies within the Land of Monsters.
**[04:23] Touka**
Then what if I told you I was the
one who killed the Five Dragoons?
**[04:27] Eve**
Impossible.
**[04:29] Touka**
I don't know if this will
convince you, but...
**[04:32] Touka**
Paralyze!
**[04:34] Eve**
My body...!
**[04:35] Touka**
You shouldn't try to move.
**[04:37] Touka**
If you force it, you'll begin
bleeding from various places.
**[04:41] Eve**
Absurd!
**[04:43] Touka**
Precisely.
**[04:44] Touka**
This absurd power is what allowed a
weakling like me to kill Civit Gartland.
**[04:49] Seras**
Allow me to provide additional proof.
**[04:52] Seras**
I'm Seras Ashrain, the one the
Five Dragoons were pursuing.
**[04:57] Seras**
I witnessed their deaths with my own eyes.
**[05:01] Touka**
It's up to you whether you believe us.
**[05:04] Touka**
I just wanted to demonstrate my power
**[05:05] Sign**
Dismiss (Head)
**[05:06] Touka**
to prove myself to you.
**[05:08] Eve**
You certainly have.
**[05:10] Eve**
However, it's to no avail.
**[05:13] Eve**
Either way, I must face my
bloodsport match tomorrow.
**[05:16] Eve**
I won't go to the Land of Monsters.
**[05:18] Eve**
That remains unchanged.
**[05:19] Eve**
I will seize our freedom with my own hands.
**[05:22] Eve**
Victory in bloodsport has always
been my path forward.
**[05:26] Eve**
Besides, I can't fully trust you two.
**[05:28] Seras**
Even though my liege wishes to save you?
**[05:31] Eve**
Would you believe someone
you'd only just met that day?
**[05:35] Eve**
In contrast, bloodsport and I
have a long history together.
**[05:40] Touka**
*Well, that's to be expected.*
**[05:42] Touka**
Still, even if you win the match,
**[05:44] Touka**
do you truly believe Duke Zuan
will keep his word?
**[05:47] Eve**
What?
**[05:48] Touka**
He sounds like a scumbag from
what I've heard about him.
**[05:51] Touka**
I find it hard to believe he'll
honestly just grant you your freedom.
**[05:57] Eve**
I know he's not a very upstanding man.
**[06:00] Eve**
But the fact is that he's always honored
his end when I produced results.
**[06:04] Eve**
The duke is still human.
**[06:06] Eve**
I doubt he's as heartless as you claim.
**[06:08] Touka**
You're naive.
**[06:09] Eve**
Between you two and the world of bloodsport,
it's obvious which I should trust more.
**[06:15] Eve**
I'll keep my faith in bloodsport.
**[06:18] Touka**
Why, Eve Speed?
**[06:20] Touka**
Why do you keep insisting
you believe in bloodsport?
**[06:24] Eve**
What?
**[06:26] Touka**
Are you sure you aren't saying it
in order to convince yourself?
**[06:32] Touka**
I know I've said a few rude things,
**[06:34] Touka**
but I'll genuinely be praying
for your victory tomorrow.
**[06:37] Touka**
Let's go.
**[06:38] Seras**
Y-Yes.
**[06:40] Eve**
Wait! Why are you—
**[06:43] Touka**
We plan to leave the city
early tomorrow morning.
**[06:47] Touka**
We'll be at the bridge by the big front gate.
**[06:49] Touka**
You should come if you change your mind.
**[06:56] Seras**
My apologies.
**[06:58] Seras**
I revealed my identity without asking.
**[07:01] Touka**
In the end, it made our
argument more convincing.
**[07:05] Touka**
I'm not concerned about it.
**[07:08] Seras**
Did something happen here?
**[07:10] Ashint1**
Those in this home have been cursed
for the sin of defying Sir Muaji,
**[07:15] Ashint1**
progeny of the curse god.
**[07:17] Touka**
*Muaji?*
**[07:18] Ashint1**
The Five Dragoons fell to *our* curses!
**[07:19] Woman**
They say the man of the house
was foaming at the mouth
**[07:21] Ashint1**
*We* are the saviors of Ulza!
**[07:22] Woman**
and clawing at his throat as he died.
**[07:25] Woman**
I'm sure he must have been cursed.
**[07:27] Woman**
How scary.
**[07:29] Seras**
I find myself outraged at their insolence.
**[07:32] Touka**
It seems like those guys
**[07:33] Touka**
genuinely believe their group
took out the Five Dragoons.
**[07:36] Woman**
P-Please stop this!
**[07:38] Ashint2**
Consider it an honor.
**[07:40] Ashint2**
You've been chosen by us.
**[07:42] Ashint2**
It's a glorious thing.
**[07:43] Ashint2**
Now, come along quietly.
**[07:45] Woman**
Please! Please let go of me!
**[07:47] Ashint2**
This simply won't do.
**[07:49] Ashint2**
We must take you to Sir Muaji and beg for him
**[07:52] Ashint2**
to show you his blessing
and reform your heart!
**[07:55] Touka**
Don't lay a hand on them.
**[07:57] Touka**
Berserk.
**[08:02] Ashint2**
Hey! Stop!
**[08:03] Ashint2**
What's gotten into you?!
**[08:03] Touka**
Dark. Berserk. Berserk.
**[08:06] Ashint2**
Y-You too?!
**[08:08] Touka**
Let's go.
**[08:08] Ashint2**
What the hell is going on here?!
**[08:10] Seras**
Right.
**[08:17] Touka**
Roughly four hours until time's up.
**[08:19] Seras**
Do you think there's a future
**[08:21] Seras**
where she wins their freedom and
lives peacefully with that girl?
**[08:24] Touka**
Nope.
**[08:25] Touka**
From what people have said, Eve's owner,
Duke Zuan, is a piece of shit.
**[08:30] Touka**
There's no bright future
for her with him around.
**[08:33] Touka**
* I'd never trust someone*
* I deem to be a scumbag.*
**[08:37] Touka**
So long as Eve Speed remains
a good, honest person,
**[08:39] Touka**
there is no happy ending for her here.
**[08:43] Touka**
*Not until someone comes along with a poison*
**[08:46] Touka**
* strong enough to counteract*
* the poison already eating away at her.*
**[08:51] Eve**
* I've more than fulfilled my*
* obligations to Duke Zuan.*
**[08:56] Eve**
*He should be satisfied.*
**[08:58] Eve**
* Surely he'll show mercy*
* in honor of my contributions.*
**[09:09] Eve**
*I'm only going to confirm that.*
**[09:10] Eve**
* To confirm that I'll be free*
* if I win tomorrow.*
**[09:14] Eve**
*Then I'll be rid of this doubt.*
**[09:19] Manager**
I imagine tomorrow will be a grand event
with Eve Speed's final bloodsport match.
**[09:24] Zuan**
Yes.
**[09:25] Zuan**
We don't have any other bloodsport
warriors so beloved by the crowd.
**[09:29] Eve**
*See? They aren't plotting any—*
**[09:31] Manager**
So, Eve Speed will die as planned, yes?
**[09:35] Zuan**
Of course.
**[09:37] Zuan**
Per tradition, we'll give her
a paralytic before the match.
**[09:41] Manager**
The goblet of purification?
**[09:43] Manager**
That was a great idea.
**[09:46] Zuan**
I've already given that mangy pseudo-human
plenty of chances to shine.
**[09:47] Sign**
Duke Zuan
**[09:52] Manager**
Yet she's still a beast in the end.
**[09:54] Zuan**
Let's have tomorrow's victor
skin her hide and wear it.
**[09:59] Manager**
Wonderful idea!
**[10:00] Manager**
We can sell them as the Leopard Slayer!
**[10:05] Manager**
Well, what about that dark elf
at the Whiteleg Tavern?
**[10:09] Manager**
Eve kept at bloodsport much longer
than we planned thanks to her.
**[10:13] Manager**
So what are your plans?
**[10:14] Manager**
Will you be granting her
freedom as an act of mercy?
**[10:17] Zuan**
Actually, I'll be taking her in.
**[10:21] Manager**
Oh? Showing some compassion?
**[10:24] Zuan**
She's just a childish brat right now,
**[10:27] Zuan**
but she'll be an incredible beauty one day.
**[10:30] Zuan**
I plan to thoroughly train her myself.
**[10:34] Zuan**
If I tire of her, then I'll simply
sell her off to a whorehouse.
**[10:38] Manager**
Still, haven't you spent a
long time with Eve as well?
**[10:43] Manager**
Have you no sympathy for her?
**[10:44] Zuan**
Now that's an odd thing to ask.
**[10:47] Zuan**
How could I ever develop any sympathy
for a *subhuman animal*?
**[10:52] Eve**
*Duke Zuan...*
**[10:54] Eve**
*You're truly a brute so vile?!*
**[11:02] Eve**
* Unless I rescue her,*
* there is no escape for her.*
**[11:10] Muaji**
Lady Eve Speed.
**[11:12] Eve**
Hmm?
**[11:13] Muaji**
I'm looking forward
**[11:15] Muaji**
to tomorrow's bloodsport match.
**[11:16] Sign**
Muaji
Ashint's Leader
**[11:18] Eve**
Yeah.
**[11:20] Ashint**
So this is where you were!
**[11:22] Ashint**
Sir Muaji!
**[11:23] Ashint**
There's been some trouble...
**[11:32] Eve**
*Have they left already?*
**[11:38] Touka**
You're earlier than I expected.
**[11:40] Touka**
If you're here, then...
**[11:41] Eve**
Yes, it was exactly as you said.
**[11:44] Touka**
So, are we bringing that girl with us?
**[11:46] Eve**
Of course.
**[11:47] Eve**
I can't afford to leave her here.
**[11:50] Touka**
Then can I assume you're going
to the Land of Monsters with us?
**[11:56] Eve**
I have my terms, but I intend
to tell you where the witch lives.
**[12:00] Touka**
Then it's settled.
**[12:02] Touka**
Now, let's get to kidnapping.
**[12:06] Sign**
Failure Frame
**[12:06] Sign**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[12:06] Sign**
I Became the Strongest and
Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells
**[12:08] Proprietress**
Lis!
**[12:09] Proprietress**
You're still cleaning that spot?
**[12:12] Proprietress**
You're so slow!
**[12:13] Proprietress**
You dark elves really
are useless, aren't you?
**[12:18] Lisbeth**
I'm sorry...
**[12:20] Drunkard**
This girl's starting to get
a little sexy too, isn't she?
**[12:23] Proprietress**
Hey, you!
**[12:24] Proprietress**
You'll pay if you lay a hand on her!
**[12:26] Proprietress**
Someone important has already agreed
to take in this brat one day, you hear?
**[12:30] Proprietress**
Tch. Damn brat, already seducing people...
**[12:34] Drunk**
Still, she's a real quiet one, ain't she?
**[12:36] Drunk**
Never smiles and never cries.
**[12:38] Drunk**
You sure she even has emotions?
**[12:40] Proprietress**
You would think, but—up we go—the
brat is really just toughing it out.
**[12:44] Proprietress**
There! There! There! There!
**[12:47] Proprietress**
Now, I wonder how long you can endure.
**[12:51] Proprietress**
She may seem unfazed,
**[12:53] Proprietress**
but it's having a sure effect on her.
**[12:57] (Flashback) Lis**
This is for me?
**[12:58] (Flashback) Eve**
Yeah.
**[12:59] (Flashback) Eve**
We'll fight together,
**[13:01] (Flashback) Eve**
and together we'll win our freedom.
**[13:04] Lis**
*I need to be strong, like Big Sis.*
**[13:07] Drunk**
Wasn't that a bit harsh?
**[13:10] Proprietress**
*I'm* the one people should feel sorry for!
**[13:13] Proprietress**
I'm working myself to the bone,
and no good comes of it!
**[13:16] Proprietress**
What's wrong with venting a
little pent-up stress on the brat?
**[13:20] Proprietress**
Tch!
**[13:21] Proprietress**
Already stopped her damn crying.
**[13:22] Proprietress**
I know what you hate most.
**[13:26] Drunk**
Don't overdo it now.
**[13:30] Proprietress**
Get a big head and I'll kill you,
you damn brat!
**[13:32] Lis**
*I'm sorry for being weak, Big Sis...*
**[13:39] Eve**
I never heard it was *this* bad.
**[13:44] Lis**
Big Sis...
**[13:46] Eve**
It's over now.
**[13:47] Eve**
I'm taking the girl with me.
**[13:50] Eve**
And you...
**[13:51] Proprietress**
P-Please spare me!
**[13:53] Proprietress**
Duke Zuan ordered me
to discipline her harshly!
**[13:58] Proprietress**
If I'd refused, he would have killed me too!
**[14:01] Proprietress**
I swear!
**[14:02] Proprietress**
I won't say a word to anyone
about wherever you two go!
**[14:05] Proprietress**
So please spare me!
**[14:08] Eve**
The situation's changed.
We can't stay in the capital now.
**[14:11] Eve**
It looks like I'll be taking you
with me on another harsh journey.
**[14:15] Eve**
Would you still come with me?
**[14:17] Lis**
Yes.
**[14:18] Lis**
I'll go anywhere as long
as I'm with you, Big Sis.
**[14:21] Eve**
You tell them that Eve Speed headed south
**[14:24] Eve**
to search for Lisbeth after
she suddenly disappeared.
**[14:27] Eve**
If you can do that, I'll spare you.
**[14:29] Proprietress**
G-Got it! I absolutely will!
**[14:32] Proprietress**
I'll never forget your mercy in sparing me!
**[14:35] Proprietress**
Lis, I apologize for everything
I've done to you.
**[14:38] Proprietress**
Please forgive me.
**[14:41] Proprietress**
I can't believe I was so
harsh to such a kind child.
**[14:44] Lis**
Thank you for everything.
**[14:46] Proprietress**
Be well, Lis.
**[14:48] Eve**
We're going.
**[14:50] Lis**
Big Sis! Is that...
**[14:58] Touka**
Sorry for suddenly making a loud noise.
**[15:02] Touka**
Go on ahead.
**[15:03] Touka**
I'll take care of some business and join you.
**[15:06] Eve**
All right.
**[15:08] Touka**
You may have fooled a good person like Eve,
**[15:10] Touka**
but your shitty acting won't work on me.
**[15:13] Proprietress**
Do you really think you're
going to get away with this?!
**[15:16] Proprietress**
You're defying *him*!
**[15:17] Proprietress**
It's over! For you *and* that mangy beast!
**[15:21] Proprietress**
Serves you right!
**[15:22] Touka**
I could tell immediately
by that girl's reaction.
**[15:25] Touka**
It feels great to hit nearby
objects and raise hell
**[15:28] Touka**
when you're shouting and angry, doesn't it?
**[15:31] Touka**
But it's intolerable to
those on the receiving end.
**[15:34] Touka**
Any loud noise sends them right back
to every time you shouted at them.
**[15:38] Touka**
I can't stand it.
**[15:40] Proprietress**
What?
**[15:41] Touka**
I can't stand the idea of you getting
to live like nothing happened
**[15:45] Touka**
after all the horrible things
you did to that girl.
**[15:48] Proprietress**
I just told you it's all over for you lot!
**[15:52] Proprietress**
I'm the only one who can save
you from that terrifying duke!
**[15:55] Proprietress**
So be clear! Are you begging
for my forgiveness or not?!
**[15:58] Touka**
I was already clear, wasn't I?
**[16:00] Touka**
It's over for *you*.
**[16:04] Touka**
Paralyze.
**[16:05] Touka**
Dark. Poison.
**[16:07] Proprietress**
Y-You monster...
**[16:10] Touka**
Right back at you.
**[16:11] Touka**
It won't be a great cover,
**[16:13] Touka**
but I'll make it look like
you were a robbery victim.
**[16:16] Proprietress**
If you do this, then you're
going straight to hell.
**[16:21] Proprietress**
If you let me go, then you
can make it to heaven.
**[16:25] Touka**
*Hell? Heaven?*
**[16:25] Sign**
Gates of Hell
**[16:26] Sign**
Gates of Heaven
**[16:28] Touka**
I'm willing to do whatever
it takes for my goals.
**[16:30] Touka**
I've roped other people into my revenge,
**[16:33] Touka**
and I've already crushed plenty underfoot.
**[16:35] Touka**
You must be stupid.
**[16:36] Touka**
We're obviously going to hell.
**[16:39] Touka**
Both you *and* me.
**[16:51] Touka**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[16:53] Seras**
It's fine.
**[16:53] Eve**
Hati, I'm sorry about earlier.
**[16:56] Eve**
What happened with that woman?
**[16:59] Touka**
I did what needed to be done.
**[17:00] Eve**
I see.
**[17:02] Touka**
More importantly, is the girl okay?
**[17:04] Eve**
Yeah. Lis, introduce yourself.
**[17:06] Lis**
M-My name is Lisbeth.
**[17:08] Sign**
Lisbeth
Dark Elf
**[17:08] Lis**
I'm sorry. I don't know my last name.
**[17:12] Lis**
Oh, please call me Lis
since Lisbeth is so long.
**[17:15] Touka**
I'm Touka.
**[17:18] Touka**
Hati was an alias.
**[17:20] Touka**
My real name is Touka Mimori.
**[17:22] Touka**
And this swordswoman is Seras Ashrain.
**[17:25] Seras**
It's a pleasure to be with both of you.
**[17:28] Lis**
Sir Tooka...
**[17:29] Lis**
I'll do anything.
**[17:31] Lis**
So please let me accompany Big Sis.
**[17:35] Lis**
Please.
**[17:37] Touka**
We're about to head into a dangerous
place where we might lose our lives.
**[17:41] Lis**
I don't care.
**[17:42] Lis**
As long as I'm with Big Sis.
**[17:47] Touka**
All right.
**[17:48] Lis**
Thank you so much!
**[17:50] Eve**
This has bugged me for a while,
**[17:53] Eve**
but Tooka,
**[17:54] Eve**
are you aware of an odd,
watery sound coming from your person?
**[17:57] Touka**
Yeah, that's my other companion.
**[18:00] Eve**
Companion?
**[18:00] Touka**
Introduce yourself, Piggymaru.
**[18:06] Eve**
A slime?
**[18:07] Touka**
These are our new traveling
companions, Eve and Lisbeth.
**[18:10] Eve**
I'm Eve Speed. Good to meet you.
**[18:14] Lisbeth**
It's nice to meet you, little Piggymaru.
**[18:22] Eve**
I do intend to tell you where
the Witch of Taboos lives.
**[18:28] Eve**
Though, before I do,
**[18:29] Eve**
I'd like to hear why you want to meet her.
**[18:33] Touka**
I have a scroll of forbidden magic
**[18:35] Touka**
written in ancient text that's
difficult to decipher.
**[18:37] Touka**
But I've heard the Witch of Taboos
should be able to do it.
**[18:41] Eve**
Then you don't intend her any harm?
**[18:45] Touka**
So long as she doesn't intend me any.
**[18:51] Eve**
I'm a simple woman.
**[18:53] Eve**
I can't read the far future like you can.
**[18:56] Touka**
I can't predict everything either.
**[18:59] Eve**
I'd like to swear myself to you.
**[19:01] Touka**
Wow, talk about a pretty big jump in trust.
**[19:05] Eve**
I believe you are a trustworthy man.
**[19:07] Touka**
Your reasoning?
**[19:08] Eve**
You could have chosen any
number of inhumane means
**[19:11] Eve**
to get information on
the Witch of Taboos out of me.
**[19:14] Eve**
You could have used that girl
to threaten me as well.
**[19:17] Eve**
But you didn't.
**[19:19] Eve**
You are a good person.
**[19:22] Touka**
What happened to not trusting people
you only just met that day?
**[19:27] Eve**
Trustworthiness can't be determined
by the length of time you spend with someone.
**[19:30] Eve**
I feel like this has taught me that much.
**[19:36] Seras**
Take my hand.
**[19:37] Touka**
Sure.
**[19:38] Seras**
Will it be all right to take the girl
with us into the Land of Monsters?
**[19:41] Touka**
I'll protect her no matter what.
**[19:43] Touka**
Whatever I have to do, I'll get
those two to the Witch of Taboos.
**[19:47] Seras**
You truly are kind.
**[19:50] Touka**
You think too much of me.
**[19:51] Touka**
I have a much more pragmatic reason
for adding them to our party as well.
**[19:55] Seras**
Which would be?
**[19:56] Touka**
Eve has been to the Land of Monsters before,
**[19:58] Touka**
and she has some connection to the witch.
**[20:01] Touka**
She'll make it easier to approach the witch.
**[20:03] Touka**
As for Lis...
**[20:05] Touka**
They say the Witch of Taboos
is a dark elf, right?
**[20:08] Seras**
Oh, and so is Lis.
**[20:09] Touka**
Right. We'll be visitors who've
saved a young girl of her species.
**[20:14] Touka**
Play our cards right and we have
ourselves a favorable introduction.
**[20:17] Seras**
You've thought that far ahead...
**[20:19] Seras**
Impressive, Sir Tooka.
**[20:20] Touka**
All primarily out
of self-interest, of course...
**[20:23] Touka**
But letting a girl like that
enjoy life with a smile
**[20:26] Touka**
is far better than
her quivering and crying.
**[20:30] Seras**
Yes, I agree with that.
**[20:41] Touka**
Our pursuers are responding too quickly.
**[20:43] Touka**
How did they find out?
**[20:45] Eve**
I passed a man right before
leaving the bloodsport colosseum.
**[20:49] Touka**
Who?
**[20:50] Eve**
He called himself Muaji.
**[20:53] Touka**
I see. That group's boss, huh?
**[20:58] Eve**
I'm sorry.
**[20:59] Eve**
I'm the reason you're all at risk
of such grave danger.
**[21:02] Lis**
Big Sis?
**[21:04] Eve**
Tooka, take Lis.
**[21:07] Touka**
You might be a bloodsport champion,
**[21:09] Touka**
but you have no chance
against those numbers solo.
**[21:11] Eve**
Even so...
**[21:12] Touka**
Besides, what good would it do us to lose
our guide to the Witch of Taboos here?
**[21:17] Eve**
Then what do we do?
**[21:19] Touka**
We defeat them.
**[21:20] Touka**
*I'll set a trap in advance.*
**[21:32] Seras**
Just as you predicted,
the first wave is chasing after the horses.
**[21:36] Touka**
Were there any Ashint among them?
**[21:38] Seras**
No, I couldn't see any.
**[21:40] Eve**
The first wave was most likely
the duke's personal army.
**[21:44] Eve**
Which means...
**[21:45] Eve**
that second wave might be Ashint.
**[21:48] Touka**
We've succeeded in dividing them for now.
**[21:50] Touka**
Eve, you take Lis and hide
in the forest a little ways up ahead.
**[21:54] Eve**
I'll stand and fight with you.
**[21:56] Touka**
I need Seras for what I'm about to try next.
**[21:59] Touka**
So who will protect Lis?
**[22:02] Eve**
All right. I'll follow your lead.
**[22:05] Touka**
* He was sharp enough to surmise his*
* enemy's plan from scant information.*
**[22:09] Touka**
*This Muaji guy is a smart one.*
**[22:13] Touka**
Seras.
**[22:14] Seras**
Yes?
**[22:16] Seras**
I understand. I'll try it.
**[22:18] Eve**
Do you have a plan for beating so many foes?
**[22:21] Touka**
If you can't beat a foe head-on,
**[22:23] Touka**
drag them somewhere you *can* win.
**[22:31] Touka**
Now, let's get started.
**[24:05] Sign**
Dark Plot