# E2 - Fortress City: Uruk
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**[00:16] ---**
Are those the Demonic Beasts from earlier?
**[00:19] ---**
No, that's not all.
**[00:22] ---**
To the north, there are Magical Energy
readings of magnitude greater!
**[00:25] ---**
Unbelievable.
**[00:27] ---**
Is that castle wall keeping them in check?
**[00:30] ---**
Too early to be surprised.
**[00:32] ---**
They have been holding that wall
for six months already.
**[00:37] ---**
S-Six months?
**[00:39] ---**
The soldiers have been driving back
an endless onslaught of Demonic Beasts.
**[00:44] ---**
But the humans suffer fewer casualties
than the Demonic Beasts.
**[00:48] ---**
- Indeed.
- Yes.
**[00:50] ---**
There are way more Demonic Beasts
than the soldiers, though.
**[00:54] ---**
I wonder what kind of person
is in command of that fortress.
**[00:59] ---**
The person must be
a brilliant general at the helm.
**[01:05] ---**
But they shed needless blood.
**[01:09] ---**
They don't need to kill every one of them.
**[01:12] ---**
They will go extinct
without even doing anything anyway.
**[01:16] ---**
Enkidu?
**[02:53] ---**
We are almost at the safe zone.
**[02:55] ---**
We should be able to make it
to Uruk by sunset.
**[03:00] ---**
But Enkidu,
**[03:02] ---**
we seem to be going
farther away from Uruk.
**[03:05] ---**
There is a wharf at the river up ahead.
**[03:09] ---**
There is a boat docked there.
**[03:11] ---**
Once we get to the wharf,
all we have to do is take it downstream.
**[03:13] ---**
Oh my!
**[03:15] ---**
I didn't know that!
**[03:17] ---**
Hey, hello.
**[03:19] ---**
Sorry to scare you.
**[03:21] ---**
I'm not an enemy, so hear me out.
**[03:25] ---**
As you can see, we didn't know our way
through these trails and got lost.
**[03:30] ---**
I didn't expect to see humans in the territory
of the Goddess of Demonic Beasts.
**[03:35] ---**
That is unfortunate.
**[03:37] ---**
We're heading to Uruk.
Will you come with us?
**[03:41] ---**
Of course! That would help us.
**[03:43] ---**
Some strange fate
must have brought us together.
**[03:46] ---**
Can you tell us your name?
**[03:50] ---**
I'm Ritsuka Fujimaru.
**[03:51] ---**
My name is Mash Kyrielight.
**[03:55] ---**
This is Enkidu.
**[03:59] ---**
Enkidu?
**[04:03] ---**
That's a problem.
**[04:07] ---**
A big problem.
**[04:08] ---**
Why?
**[04:10] ---**
Because King Gilgamesh,
who is commanding the front line in Uruk,
**[04:15] ---**
is the king who returned from his quest
for the herb of immortality.
**[04:19] ---**
What does that mean—
**[04:20] ---**
Wait! If so, it doesn't make sense.
**[04:23] ---**
He didn't set out on that quest
until after the death of his friend, Enkidu.
**[04:31] ---**
And he's returned from the quest. It means...
**[04:34] ---**
Enkidu should've been dead a long time ago.
**[04:39] ---**
Mash!
**[04:53] ---**
Fujimaru... Ritsuka Fujimaru...
**[04:56] ---**
Incompetent fools of Chaldea.
**[05:00] ---**
I was so close, though. Just a little more,
**[05:03] ---**
and I would've seen something so very fun.
**[05:07] ---**
It's useless to try to flee.
**[05:10] ---**
You are already doomed.
**[05:15] ---**
The odds are against the two.
**[05:17] ---**
Ana, help them!
**[05:26] ---**
This wasn't part of the deal,
**[05:28] ---**
but I will protect them.
**[05:45] ---**
It's useless.
**[05:48] ---**
Don't you get it?
**[05:54] ---**
Mash!
**[06:24] ---**
You're using chains, of all weapons,
against me? You make me laugh.
**[06:29] ---**
Watch out!
**[06:30] ---**
You do make me laugh...
**[06:32] ---**
third-rate Servant!
**[06:38] ---**
Too pathetic to be taken seriously.
**[06:40] ---**
Did you really think such paltry attacks
would stand a chance against me?
**[06:46] ---**
There's no need for me to defeat you.
**[06:50] ---**
Having a humanlike intelligence
can sometimes backfire on you.
**[06:57] ---**
You should take this opportunity
to learn that.
**[07:03] ---**
I see...
**[07:05] ---**
I've been caught
in an illusory dream halfway through.
**[07:09] ---**
Which means that's the Mage
working for Uruk.
**[07:14] ---**
I guess I'll have to withdraw for today.
**[07:16] ---**
Besides, I can't leave her alone
for a whole day.
**[07:25] ---**
H-Huh?
**[07:30] ---**
Where's Enkidu?
**[07:33] ---**
Wow, that worked out great!
**[07:35] ---**
I felt a little guilty because it was
like tricking an innocent child,
**[07:38] ---**
but we were facing Enkidu.
**[07:40] ---**
After all, that boy is working
directly for the King of Mages.
**[07:44] ---**
Enkidu's working for the King of Mages?
**[07:47] ---**
Was that really Enkidu?
**[07:48] ---**
Yes.
**[07:50] ---**
That's what he called himself
when he destroyed many fortress cities.
**[07:55] ---**
Though, while many Uruks seem
to want to believe he isn't the real thing.
**[08:00] ---**
Anyway, all that aside,
let me formally say hello!
**[08:05] ---**
I saved you when you were in danger.
**[08:07] ---**
Please shower me, your savior,
with your humble words of gratitude!
**[08:10] ---**
Oh, r-right! Thank you!
**[08:13] ---**
Thank yo—
**[08:15] ---**
Die, Merlin! Foooouu!
**[08:26] ---**
- Fou?
- Y-Y-You feral beast!
**[08:28] ---**
Th-They're fighting equally.
**[08:31] ---**
Have you forgotten the years
I took care of you?
**[08:32] ---**
I never should've taken you in,
you wicked beast! Cath Palug!
**[08:36] ---**
How many paw lovers
have you deceived with your cuteness?
**[08:39] ---**
Merlin,
**[08:40] ---**
please limit your lunacy
to when you're alone at night.
**[08:43] ---**
Oh, good work, Ana!
**[08:46] ---**
You saved me once again.
**[08:49] ---**
This battle was not part of our contract.
**[08:52] ---**
Be sorry instead of thanking me.
**[08:55] ---**
That's harsh.
**[08:58] ---**
Now,
**[09:00] ---**
we should introduce ourselves.
**[09:02] ---**
I am Merlin.
**[09:04] ---**
This girl is Ana.
**[09:06] ---**
We're actually Servants.
**[09:08] ---**
You can call me
"Big Brother Merlin."
**[09:12] ---**
What about you, Ana?
What do you want them to call you?
**[09:15] ---**
*Wa—*
**[09:16] ---**
It doesn't matter. Ana is fine.
**[09:18] ---**
*Hold...*
**[09:19] ---**
*Hold it!*
**[09:22] ---**
Did you say "Merlin"?
**[09:25] ---**
*The great Mage of the Isle of Britain,
born of a human and an incubus!*
**[09:28] ---**
*He guided the Altria Pendragon
to the throne and served as court mage!*
**[09:31] ---**
*One of the world's greatest kingmakers
and the world's biggest scoundrel!*
**[09:36] ---**
*And as a Servant?*
**[09:38] ---**
*The Grand Mage who shouldn't be able
to die until the end of the world?*
**[09:42] ---**
Doctor...
**[09:43] ---**
He sounds pretty enthusiastic.
**[09:49] ---**
*Thank you for a grand introduction
as expected, Romani Archaman.*
**[09:52] ---**
Well actually,
**[09:54] ---**
I only have the right
to be given the Grand title.
**[09:56] ---**
I'm all but a normal Caster.
**[09:58] ---**
*That's impossible!*
**[10:00] ---**
*Liar! If you're the real deal,
show us your true form!*
**[10:05] ---**
What's gotten into Doctor?
**[10:07] ---**
It's probably because of discrepancies
in the legends about him.
**[10:12] ---**
Merlin the Mage built a tower
in the utopia of Avalon,
**[10:16] ---**
and watches over the world
from there, never dying.
**[10:21] ---**
Therefore...
**[10:22] ---**
No one who's alive can become
a Heroic Spirit, huh?
**[10:25] ---**
*That's right.*
**[10:27] ---**
First off, in terms of combat,
he's completely useless!
**[10:32] ---**
All Casters with the potential to be
a Grand Caster are powerful clairvoyants.
**[10:37] ---**
Solomon's eyes, for instance,
can see the past and future.
**[10:40] ---**
King Gilgamesh can see the future.
**[10:43] ---**
*But that scoundrel in front of you
is the worst of them!*
**[10:46] ---**
He can see everything in the present,
but it's basically magic telescope!
**[10:51] ---**
He's nothing more
than a simply useful guy...
**[10:57] ---**
Um, that's plenty amazing, isn't it?
**[11:01] ---**
Doctor?
**[11:02] ---**
Hi! Sorry for butting in!
**[11:04] ---**
First, thank you, Merlin.
You helped them get out of danger.
**[11:10] ---**
*That was a little service.*
**[11:13] ---**
But it still doesn't make sense
that you're a Heroic Spirit.
**[11:17] ---**
You're still in Avalon, right?
**[11:20] ---**
*I can tell you just the method.*
**[11:23] ---**
*This Singularity manifested in an age
that predates my appearance on Earth.*
**[11:27] ---**
*In other words,
my body doesn't exist here.*
**[11:30] ---**
*Which means that in this world, it could
theoretically be said that you are dead.*
**[11:34] ---**
*So, you used that fact
to make yourself a Servant?*
**[11:37] ---**
*Something like that.*
**[11:39] ---**
*Also because I was called forth
by a strong summoner.*
**[11:47] ---**
Is there a Master in this era
besides Senpai?
**[11:51] ---**
Yes, of course.
**[11:53] ---**
I was summoned by him,
**[11:55] ---**
and I now serve as his court mage.
**[11:59] ---**
On the other hand, the influence
of the Grail summoned Ana.
**[12:02] ---**
She's a Rogue Servant.
That is, she has no Master.
**[12:05] ---**
I met Merlin two days ago.
**[12:08] ---**
We made a contract to achieve our goals,
**[12:12] ---**
but I was deceived.
**[12:15] ---**
Merlin is the embodiment of every kind
of dishonesty, to say the least.
**[12:22] ---**
Stop it! Don't tell them
the truth straight up!
**[12:27] ---**
I see.
**[12:29] ---**
Romani, give it up.
**[12:30] ---**
That's the real Merlin.
**[12:34] ---**
My stomach hurts now.
**[12:37] ---**
Did you manifest
to work with Chaldea, Merlin?
**[12:41] ---**
Of course.
**[12:43] ---**
My only pastime in life
is watching the present.
**[12:47] ---**
If the present is lost,
**[12:50] ---**
I'll be no more than a lonely man
staring at the Garden in my tower.
**[12:56] ---**
Besides...
**[13:06] ---**
I've been...
**[13:08] ---**
watching your whole fight
on the edge of my seat, Fujimaru.
**[13:14] ---**
I don't think it's fair to not let me
be part of your group now, do you?
**[13:18] ---**
Though, I totally understand I'm a threat
because I'm a Grand Caster.
**[13:22] ---**
*In the end, all other Caster-class Servants
will realize they can't beat me*
**[13:26] ---**
*and get shuffled off to the backup group!*
**[13:29] ---**
Well, team, let's head to Uruk at daybreak.
**[13:33] ---**
When you meet the king, it should
become clear what you're meant to do.
**[13:36] ---**
Yeah. It's good
being with you, Merlin.
**[13:39] ---**
It is nice to be with you.
**[13:41] ---**
Then, it's settled.
**[13:42] ---**
What about you, Ana?
**[13:43] ---**
Will you come with us?
**[13:45] ---**
Going to a human settlement...
**[13:52] ---**
Please, Ana.
**[13:56] ---**
No handshake please.
**[13:58] ---**
Don't come close to me.
**[14:10] ---**
We're finally understanding
the situation here, Senpai.
**[14:13] ---**
Yep.
**[14:14] ---**
With the rise of the Three Goddess Alliance,
**[14:17] ---**
the Sumerian city-states
have been dealt a devastating blow.
**[14:20] ---**
That's why people have evacuated to Uruk.
**[14:23] ---**
Yes. The Demonic Beasts' invasion up north
is the most serious issue at hand,
**[14:27] ---**
as they're currently the major force
wiping out humanity.
**[14:31] ---**
In response, Uruk's king
has constructed a great fortress.
**[14:34] ---**
That is the Demonic Beast Front: Babylonia.
**[14:37] ---**
It's the very last fort
to protect the Mesopotamian world.
**[14:40] ---**
If the Demonic Beasts bring down Uruk,
human history is finished right there.
**[14:44] ---**
Therefore, what you need to do is...
**[14:46] ---**
search for the Holy Grail that the King of Mages
sent to this era and retrieve it, and...
**[14:50] ---**
Take down the Three Goddess Alliance.
**[14:52] ---**
Yes.
**[14:53] ---**
Retrieving the Holy Grail should give us
an idea about the plot of the King of Mages.
**[14:57] ---**
But if we leave
the Three Goddess Alliance as is,
**[15:00] ---**
the Foundation of Humanity
can't be restored.
**[15:02] ---**
*In any case,*
**[15:04] ---**
*nothing starts until we arrive at Uruk.*
**[15:09] ---**
Is the one ruling over Uruk
that King Gilgamesh?
**[15:13] ---**
Yes, the most tyrannical
of all ancient kings.
**[15:18] ---**
Is that so?
**[15:19] ---**
He severed his ties with the gods,
saying that they're arrogant.
**[15:22] ---**
And he claims all beautiful women
and treasures in the world as his own.
**[15:26] ---**
He will kill you regardless of agreeing
or disagreeing with his opinion!
**[15:29] ---**
I-Isn't he just irrational
and unreasonable?
**[15:32] ---**
Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.
**[15:35] ---**
He was a hero born of god and human.
**[15:38] ---**
In his youth, he was fond of people
while also being a sage grounded in reason,
**[15:43] ---**
but he became the complete opposite
in his adolescence.
**[15:45] ---**
He turned into an out-of-control tyrant.
**[15:48] ---**
To admonish him, the gods created the being
that appeared before us, Enkidu.
**[15:54] ---**
But as fate would have it...
**[15:57] ---**
The two became best friends.
**[16:00] ---**
Enkidu...
**[16:01] ---**
Well, I'll tell you about their history later.
**[16:03] ---**
Basically, someone bragging about possessing
the originals of all the Noble Phantasms.
**[16:08] ---**
An extremely arrogant
and cold-blooded tyrant.
**[16:11] ---**
Just remember that is Gilgamesh,
the King of Heroes.
**[16:16] ---**
L-Let's get some spirit into this!
**[16:18] ---**
Yes!
**[16:24] ---**
That looks like an inspection checkpoint.
**[16:27] ---**
Would it be better if we sneaked through?
**[16:30] ---**
Based on my experience, any quarrel here
would escalate into a battle.
**[16:33] ---**
You over there!
**[16:35] ---**
If you stray from the road,
you'll be cursed by the Ritual Sect!
**[16:39] ---**
Uruk is surrounded by a ritual
warding the Demonic Beasts,
**[16:43] ---**
but it seems to have some effects
on humans, as well.
**[16:46] ---**
Okay! Thank you for the warning!
**[16:49] ---**
Sure.
**[16:50] ---**
Are you refugees from Ur?
**[16:53] ---**
No, they're refugees from Girsu.
**[16:56] ---**
As for myself, I engage in business.
With the Ritual Sect's permission.
**[17:01] ---**
I'd like to evacuate them.
**[17:03] ---**
Are there any procedures I need to follow?
**[17:06] ---**
This is the sigil of Lady Siduri.
**[17:09] ---**
You must be tired from your long trip!
**[17:12] ---**
Welcome to the city of Uruk!
**[17:14] ---**
Yes! Thank you very much!
**[17:18] ---**
You in the black hood there...
**[17:20] ---**
What is it?
**[17:23] ---**
Yep.
**[17:25] ---**
I'm impressed you managed to walk
all the way here with your small build.
**[17:29] ---**
Take this if you'd like.
**[17:34] ---**
They're sweets my daughter
gave me as an afternoon snack.
**[17:37] ---**
B-But...
**[17:40] ---**
Um...
**[17:42] ---**
I am, um...
**[17:44] ---**
Ana! Why don't you accept his kind offer?
**[18:02] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[18:05] ---**
I hope we meet again alive!
**[18:09] ---**
We are fighting to survive,
and we spare no efforts if it's for the cause.
**[18:15] ---**
Now, let's get going.
**[18:22] ---**
This is Uruk today...
**[18:26] ---**
Mankind's oldest fortress city.
**[18:29] ---**
- Amazing!
- Amazing!
**[18:33] ---**
Times may be dire,
but the city remains lively, right?
**[18:36] ---**
Yeah.
**[18:38] ---**
I imagined all sorts of things
when I heard "ancient city,"
**[18:42] ---**
but this is beyond everything
I imagined!
**[18:44] ---**
Yes! This is a fighting city so perfect
that it would even work today!
**[18:49] ---**
And everyone is smiling,
and they are so lively!
**[18:52] ---**
Sumerians started showing up
in history around 4000 B.C.
**[18:57] ---**
But their civilization
was quite elaborate.
**[19:01] ---**
It began when people abandoned
a village-based society
**[19:03] ---**
and formed city-states housing
tens of thousands of people
**[19:06] ---**
by pioneering crop production boosts
through irrigated farming.
**[19:09] ---**
Of course, with a country that big,
**[19:10] ---**
the invention of writing and the implementation
of higher education were only a matter of time.
**[19:14] ---**
The fertile lands created quality mud
which the Sumerians kneaded to make clay.
**[19:16] ---**
That, in turn, was used
to build many fortresses.
**[19:20] ---**
That is Mesopotamia, the land
of mud, clay, wheat and sheep.
**[19:26] ---**
Well, we'll save a tour of the city for later.
**[19:28] ---**
Let's head over to the ziggurat.
**[19:30] ---**
The ziggurat?
**[19:32] ---**
A shrine and altar for the Mesopotamians.
**[19:35] ---**
Yeah.
**[19:36] ---**
We're finally meeting King Gilgamesh.
**[19:41] ---**
That is all I have to report, sir!
**[19:42] ---**
The newer the information
about the war, the better!
**[19:45] ---**
Keep me updated.
**[19:47] ---**
Yes, sir! We'll shift to bringing clay tablets
from the secretary every hour!
**[19:52] ---**
Good. Next.
**[19:58] ---**
The shipments from the city of Eresh
are being delayed, huh?
**[20:02] ---**
Send 20 men from the eastern barracks
to clear the Demonic Beasts.
**[20:07] ---**
Temun can take command.
**[20:09] ---**
It's his home. He knows it well.
**[20:11] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[20:12] ---**
By the way, I heard
that Tabado's daughter is giving birth.
**[20:16] ---**
Send her a sacred prostitute to aid her,
along with some healthy fruits.
**[20:20] ---**
Yes. I will arrange as such right away.
**[20:23] ---**
And pull Tabado off the Northern Wall,
**[20:25] ---**
and give him three days' rest.
**[20:28] ---**
His grandson's face will give him courage.
**[20:32] ---**
Is this the report from the astrologers?
**[20:34] ---**
Somehow, I had the image
he'd be a lot more terrible of a king,
**[20:38] ---**
but he's not that bad?
**[20:40] ---**
But it doesn't seem
like we'll be able to get a word in.
**[20:44] ---**
No, we need to work up
the courage to talk to him!
**[20:47] ---**
That's right.
**[20:49] ---**
You shouldn't wait for the king
to have a spare moment.
**[20:54] ---**
King Gilgamesh!
**[20:55] ---**
I, Merlin, Mage extraordinaire,
**[20:57] ---**
have brought guests!
**[20:59] ---**
You busy?
**[21:00] ---**
Yeah, I can see that, so don't worry!
**[21:02] ---**
Merlin!
**[21:09] ---**
So, you've returned,
**[21:10] ---**
Merlin the Mage.
**[21:12] ---**
Welcome.
**[21:14] ---**
The king is happy to see you.
**[21:16] ---**
And how did it go?
**[21:17] ---**
Did you bring back the Tablet of Destinies?
**[21:21] ---**
No, I didn't have any luck this time, either.
**[21:24] ---**
It's not in the western forest.
**[21:26] ---**
Jeez.
**[21:27] ---**
If only you remembered
where you left it, Your Majesty,
**[21:30] ---**
I wouldn't have to work this hard.
**[21:32] ---**
Silence. Know your place, Mage.
**[21:35] ---**
More importantly,
**[21:36] ---**
who are those people?
**[21:38] ---**
They don't look like Uruks.
**[21:39] ---**
It's fine. I understand the situation.
**[21:42] ---**
You may go, Siduri.
**[21:44] ---**
King Gilgamesh? Don't tell me...
**[21:47] ---**
Just as you suspected,
I'm going to make a mess of the throne!
**[21:51] ---**
I'm busy!
**[21:53] ---**
Too busy to exchange words with you
to get to know you.
**[21:56] ---**
Thus, I shall examine your genuineness...
**[21:59] ---**
through battle!
**[22:02] ---**
Prepare yourselves,
**[22:04] ---**
Mages of the Observatory!
**[22:06] ---**
Fortress City: Uruk