# E7 - Diversionary Operation
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6W4WQE8R/diversionary-operation)
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*The king had eyes to see into the past
and the future, but he stood by.*
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*The king saw
all the world's struggles and sorrows,*
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*but he stood by.*
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*Ignorance might have excused him,*
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*but even enlightened, he only laughed.*
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*This man can never be forgiven.*
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*Here, future generations may read
of our fury, and follow in our footsteps.*
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*Construct a temple!*
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*Build a band of light!*
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*Find the path to the Final Singularity.*
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*That is where the throne
of the King of Mages resides.*
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*The name of that plane is Solomon.*
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*The end of the very end.*
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*The altar of spinning time.*
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*The hope at the very beginning.*
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The King of Mages, Solomon!
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Master, are you all right?
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Mash, what did I...
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You were asleep...
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ever since you read the clay tablet
you brought back with you.
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I saw him.
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Him?
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The King of Mages, Solomon.
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Come to think,
I haven't heard of this yet.
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You've met Solomon and survived.
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The full details...
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In London,
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when we tried to retrieve the fourth Holy Grail,
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he appeared from within the darkness.
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*Mage King Solomon,*
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*you have no gratitude
toward any form of life!*
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*You enjoy toying with the lives
of humans and of the planet!*
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*Girl, speak not of life as a mere human.*
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*When death is inevitable for you,
your view has no value.*
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*Knowing your life will end.
Knowing it has ended.*
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*Why do you still cling to life?*
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*Our lives will end.*
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*I shall give you a revelation
from myself, a Grand Caster.*
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*Burn and leave not even ash.*
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*That is your future.*
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Grand Caster, huh?
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Just like Merlin?
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Ordinary Servants are tools for the Holy Grail War
where Heroic Spirits fight one another.
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But the seven true Servants
chosen by the Root,
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given the rank of Grand, are different.
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It means they are really powerful.
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So, we are no match against them?
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Not as you are now.
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That's why we need the final Holy Grail.
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Isn't that so?
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Yeah.
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We can't just stop here!
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That's the spirit!
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Now, why don't we just sally forth?
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The Demonic Beasts at the Northern Wall
are attempting a large-scale attack.
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So many people are working here.
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They've kept holding back
Demonic Beasts for six months now.
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Of course they would have
defensive measures of this level.
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We're ready to repair the outer wall now.
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- All right. You'd better hurry.
- Yes, sir!
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Nothing less from the squad
that King Leonidas commands.
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They're all so tensed up.
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So, beyond that is the northern wilderness.
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They breached the wall?
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Ana!
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Okay!
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King Leonidas!
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Stay on guard.
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The second wave is incoming.
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Phalanx!
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In a defensive battle,
we Sparta have no reason for defeat!
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So, that's the hero of ancient Sparta!
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Third wave incoming!
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Multiple targets!
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Dingir!
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Fire!
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Amazing!
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Prepare for the next wave!
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Yes, sir!
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An attack of this level is commonplace.
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What was that weapon?
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It's a large cannon that fires
King Gilgamesh's treasures
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and blows the enemies away
with their Magical Energy.
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Treasures?
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The king had told me...
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*Squandering is the true nature of civilization.*
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*Besides, this battle only has meaning*
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*if we're victorious against the gods
using powers gathered by human hands.*
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I see.
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So, "Dingir" means "human recognition
to deify it." That's so like him.
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For human strength
to stand up against the gods...
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Exactly!
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And the one who always trains himself
emerges victorious!
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You still lack some training.
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Muscles are what you can ultimately rely on!
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I'm not saying you should fly.
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Take some bricks...
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and line them up here.
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It's something anyone can do,
and it's the most important thing!
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- O-Okay!
- O-Okay!
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Splendid!
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Now, you, too, Lady Mash.
Stone-piling training!
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Begin!
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Oh, milk and cheese after training
muscles is the best!
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Truly a gift from the war god Ares!
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Would you like some, too, Lord Fujimaru?
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I'll have some later.
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What's the situation of the war?
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Allow me to explain.
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Further north of this Northern Wall
is a fortress city called "Nippur."
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There are people still stranded over there.
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We can't brute-force our way through a pack of
Demonic Beasts, so we prioritize women and children.
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And we have slowly been rescuing them
under the cover of darkness.
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However, the Demonic Beasts began
to act in an organized manner.
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And then, communication
has been severed from Nippur.
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I see.
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So, that's why
we're being sent out there.
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If the citizens are still safe,
they must be rescued.
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In order to do that, we need
to launch a large-scale attack.
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Let's do it...
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if there still is a possibility of saving them!
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Ouch, ouch, ouch!
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It's rude to smack people
for no reason, Cath Palug.
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What's wrong, Ana?
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Nothing.
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I'm just getting some night air.
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You sure don't look like that's the case.
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I was just thinking...
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if it was too late to tell them
what's going on.
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Oh, are you sure?
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I think that might freak out even Fujimaru.
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But even so...
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It's not good. Not good at all.
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Emotions are, in general,
things to be discarded.
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It'd be a waste to not cherish them.
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You're keeping your distance
from humans...
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not because you don't like them,
but because they scare you.
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You're afraid they'll find out
who you really are.
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You're afraid they'll hate you.
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That's an emotion hard to come by.
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You could call it the conscience
of the divine being you truly are.
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That conscience, or its lack,
is the greatest difference between you and her.
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To toss it aside would be a waste!
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So, you're telling me to keep quiet and hide it?
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Yes.
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That's the smartest thing to do.
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What's wrong with a non-human
hiding her inhumanity?
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I mean, I say that, but I'm no different.
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Because I have no emotions,
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I feed off of people's dreams...
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and harvest the subtleties
of the heart from them.
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The only reason I can keep on
being a nice bro-next-door...
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is because I'm expending the emotions
I've gathered up to this point as fuel.
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Merlin, you are inhuman.
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That's right.
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We are literally inhuman.
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But there's no rule that what's inhuman
must be an enemy of humanity, right?
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That's true.
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You're allowed to side with them
because it's fun.
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Whether they love you or if you can
love them is a different matter.
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Do you love humanity, Merlin?
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Of course not. As you know,
I'm an awful person.
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But even if I were to hide that fact,
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do you think Fujimaru would really care?
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That's...
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He will just accept things
for what they are.
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That is, you and me
as we stand by his side.
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So, there's no need
to disclose your true identity.
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It's humiliating. Having you tell me this,
Merlin, is the biggest shame of my life.
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In the end, I will kill you.
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Your existence would be the vital point
the Goddess of Demonic Beasts didn't expect.
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If there's a time for you to throw it all away,
it's going to be in an instant.
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All right.
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Of course, amid all this foreshadowing,
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it's worth mentioning that I don't want
that kind of ending at all!
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Because that would be boring!
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Sad partings aren't my style.
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I prefer to deceive
and disparage the enemy,
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and emerge as the victor unharmed.
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Let's do it like the humans do!
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Disgusting.
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You only say what's most convenient for you.
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But...
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I guess I don't mind putting in some effort
to make that outcome a reality.
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Take a deep breath, Lord Fujimaru.
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Right.
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You'll still be afraid,
but your muscles will loosen up.
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Even you are scared, Leonidas?
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Of course I'm scared.
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I'm scared, and that's why
I train on a daily basis.
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I always think...
I think with each battle...
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that I wish I was stronger.
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A talent for Magecraft isn't that important
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for traveling through the ages as a Master.
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Our enemies are the gods
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and the King of Mages who is trying
to destroy human history in its entirety.
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No matter how much of a genius one is,
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they are utterly powerless
in the face of this cataclysm.
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And so, overcoming fear
and not averting one's eyes from hardship...
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If you have those traits, Magecraft talent
is nothing but inconsequential.
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Okay.
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I will not avert my eyes!
No matter what happens!
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Well then, Lord Fujimaru,
the best of luck to you.
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Cover my back for me, Ushiwaka!
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Leave that to me!
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I am Ushiwakamaru, the youngest child
of Minamoto-no-Yoshitomo!
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You rabble of goblins,
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do you have the courage
to challenge me for my head?
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Weak! You're inferior even
to the packhorses of the Heike Clan!
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So it begins.
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Yeah. Let's hurry on our end, too!
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Smooth progress!
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I'm guessing that I'll get
a pat on my head once this is all done!
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There are far more than we expected!
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But I don't understand.
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Understand what?
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Have they not fallen
for our diversion all too easily?
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That's not it.
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We were the ones who fell for the bait.
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They're after Lord Fujimaru!
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I will now head to Nippur.
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B-But King Gilgamesh
didn't allow us to enter the city!
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Lord Fujimaru called me "a friend."
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I can't claim to be a samurai
if I were to betray my friend!
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Benkei, I'm leaving this field to you!
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Ushiwakamaru!
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What is this?
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Even the children...
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We didn't make it in time.
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We'll see about that.
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It's not like you, Fujimaru.
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Where do you think
that blood trail leads to?
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Welcome to Nippur.
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You're...
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We meet again, so-called Enkidu.
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Where did you take the people of this city?
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Humans are an invaluable source
of nourishment.
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We're making use of them
with much thanks.
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Nourishment?
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The objective of the Demonic Beasts
wasn't the destruction of the Northern Wall.
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To them, the Northern Wall was no more
than a place where resources were gathered.
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Then, it's true!
I didn't think it made sense, either!
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That's right.
This was never an invasion.
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That plan was going to be executed
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after the second generation
of Demonic Beasts was born.
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Second generation, you say?
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You people are no more
than raw materials used to create them.
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What do you think humans are?
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A nursery to create
a superior living creature.
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Isn't that quite significant?
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Cut the crap!
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You're nothing more than a humanoid doll
in Enkidu's likeness!
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You'd at least serve
as the opening act for Gilgamesh, right?
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You should play with this guy!
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That's the Demonic Beast Ugallu!
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The largest offspring of Tiamat!
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A lion of the Sun!
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I won't let it!
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That looks like an opponent worth slashing.
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It's strong!
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I see. A blade that kills immortals...
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I'm sure a run-of-the-mill Demonic Beast
would've gone down in one blow. Too bad.
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Merlin, I need your support!
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This really isn't like me, but...
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Ouch, ouch, ouch!
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I'll take it seriously, Cath Palug.
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Even I won't be joking around here.
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Let's say this is thanks for them
feeding me such quality dreams.
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Oh, an incubus?
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I may be inhuman like you,
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but I can't continue living
without humans.
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We play different roles, Fake Enkidu!
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How about something like this?
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With this, I can...
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I did it. Just what I aimed to do.
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You're right.
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Just what I aimed to do!
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Ana!
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A scythe that kills immortals,
and those eyes...
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It seems you're an existence
that is a bit troublesome.
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That's why I have to get rid of you
right here and now.
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Ana!
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Shut up!
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Cath Palug,
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do something.
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I know you have Magical Energy stored up.
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Fou!
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Use it! Now!
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Fou,
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are you...
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She escaped from the Chain of Heaven?
**[20:35] ---**
Ana...
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No!
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Has she no restraint?
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That thing...
**[20:52] ---**
It can't be!
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Archaman, hurry
with the analysis of that thing!
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*It may be hard to believe,
but that's a Servant!*
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I'm on it!
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Its Spirit Origin is a Divine Spirit-class!
Its classification is an Avenger!
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Avenger...
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The one that seeks revenge
because of resentment...
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The eighth class that should not be!
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Oh no!
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There's no way we can win—
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You're quite loud, humans.
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Mankind's sworn enemy,
head of the Three Goddess Alliance...
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Prostrate yourselves, pray and beg.
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Tiamat, the Mother of All Beasts,
stands before you now.
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So, that's Tiamat!
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Mother, it's so nice
to see you awake again today.
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It's you, Enkidu.
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But this wasn't exactly the plan.
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You were to rest until the Day of Rebirth.
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Don't be so dull.
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Is that what they call
"humanity's final Master"?
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Yes.
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Insignificant.
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Such fragile, frail creatures.
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So, this is the remnants of humanity.
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My body!
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Senpai!
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Is this a type of Snake Eyes?
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I'm very hungry right now.
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You shall become my sacrifice
while you are terrified.
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You may not be delicious,
but you surely are a delicacy.
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Deep breaths, Mash!
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You'll still be afraid,
but your muscles will loosen up.
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Got it!
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I can move!
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All right!
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Very well.
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Step back, my child. I'll handle this.
**[23:22] ---**
But Mother...
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I'll crush humanity's hope
as if I were plucking a mock strawberry.
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A fun and sweet end for you,
don't you think?
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Diversionary Operation