8 - Holy Mother of Darkness / The Knight King's Great Adventure

Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:01] Obi; narration
    Causes of death are many and varied.
    Old age, suicide, illness...
[00:08] Obi; narration
    But the cause of death that scares the
    most people in this day and age...
[00:16] Obi; narration
    ...is death by fire.
[00:40] Hibana
    Sister... Sumire.
SIGN    Fire Force
SIGN    Fire Force
SIGN    Chapter 3
SIGN    Episode 8
    "Holy Mother of Darkness"
[02:23] Hibana
    Sister Sumire. Why are you here?
[02:28] Sumire
    What about you? What business
    could bring you back here?
[02:34] Sumire
    Dear, dear.
[02:42] Sumire
    Reading without permission again,
    are we, Sister Hibana?
[02:49] Sumire
    And I've told you so many times that
[02:51] Sumire
    you mustn't leave things out
    after you're done with them.
[02:53] Hibana
    You knew about this place!
[02:58] Hibana
    The culprit behind that fire,
    behind everything, was...
[03:03] Sumire
    Did you come here looking
    for the answer to that?
[03:07] Hibana
    Sister Sumire, what were you doing here?
[03:11] Sumire
    My, but haven't you already
    discovered the answer to that?
[03:18] Hibana
    Doppelgangers?
[03:20] Sumire
    That's right. You've always
    been hardworking and studious,
[03:24] Sumire
    so you'd always check your answers
    with an adult, like you did just now.
[03:27] Sumire
    Ah, nostalgia.
[03:30] Hibana
    Stop messing around and tell me
    what you were doing here!
[03:33] Sumire
    Oh, dear. Simply demanding an
    answer isn't like you at all.
[03:38] Hibana
    You used the sisters right here, in this place,
    in doppelganger experiments!
[03:44] Hibana
    You tricked devoted children so that you
    could create people with powers, didn't you?
[03:50] Sumire
    The sisters were all so
    innocent and obedient.
[03:53] Hibana
    Exactly! We all adored and looked up to you!
[03:58] Hibana
    And you used that to...
[04:01] Hibana
    You mixed Adolla Insects into the vegetables
    and made us eat them, didn't you?!
[04:06] Karim
    Made you eat Insects in order
    to create people with powers?
[04:09] Karim
    What are you talking about?
[04:10] Hibana
    This is the truth behind
    spontaneous human combustion!
[04:13] Hibana
    First, the mass human combustion
    of the sisters that happened here
[04:17] Hibana
    was caused by one of Sister Sumire's
    doppelganger experiments!
[04:22] Hibana
    Doppelgangers are another version
    of you that exists in Adolla.
[04:26] Hibana
    She was trying to bring them here.
[04:28] Karim
    And the tools she uses to
    bring them are the Insects?
[04:34] Hibana
    The Insects are creatures from Adolla.
[04:36] Hibana
    They must serve as a bridge to this world.
[04:40] Hibana
    In Adolla, the number of doppelgangers,
    the other versions of us,
[04:43] Hibana
    is the same as our population in this world.
[04:46] Hibana
    When their existence interferes with ours,
    when they try to become one with us,
[04:49] Hibana
    that's the true cause of spontaneous
    human combustion, isn't it?
[04:53] Hibana
    Tell me, what is Adolla, really?
[05:15] Sumire
    I'd expect nothing less
    from you, Sister Hibana.
[05:18] Sumire
    You'd already reached those answers, I see.
[05:21] Sumire
    Truly exceptional children remain
    exceptional even after they've grown up.
[05:30] Huo Yan
    An earthquake?
[05:32] Hibana
    What are these pillars here?
[05:34] Sumire
    Thanks to the experiments,
    all of the pillars are present.
[05:38] Hibana
    All of the pillars are present?
[05:40] Hibana
    Were you doing experiments to
    create Adolla Bursts here, too?
[05:44] Hibana
    How many orphans' lives did you use as
    your playthings in your experiments?
[05:51] Sumire
    I do believe that's enough of this little chat.
[05:55] Sumire
    All of you will be buried alive here.
[05:59] Hibana
    When did your experiments start?
[06:02] Hibana
    Has this convent served as you
    and your allies' test site
[06:06] Hibana
    since long before we grew up here?
[06:11] Huo Yan
    Another earthquake?
[06:17] Karim
    Hibana! Light a fire!
[06:20] Karim
    With just one touch?
[06:23] Sumire
    It gets cold underground, doesn't it?
[06:28] Sumire
    You're Karim, aren't you?
[06:30] Sumire
    Stealing heat in an instant like that...
[06:33] Sumire
    Rekka was so lively that
    no one could manage him.
[06:37] Sumire
    He was a strong boy whose
    sense of justice led him
[06:40] Sumire
    to hope for the world's salvation by fire.
[06:44] Karim
    You raised Rekka, too?
[06:46] Hibana
    What is it that you're trying to do?!
[06:49] Sumire
    You've always wanted to know everything.
[06:52] Sumire
    As a little reward before
    you die, I will tell you.
[06:56] Sumire
    Back when there was no human
    combustion, 250 years ago,
[07:00] Sumire
    the Great Cataclysm was actually a failure.
[07:03] Sumire
    The number of pillars and their
    energy were insufficient.
[07:06] Sumire
    The world was torn apart and
    remained after the burning.
[07:12] Sumire
    Ever since the failure of that Great Cataclysm,
    I have created pillars for the next one.
[07:21] Hibana
    You're saying it's been 250 years?
[07:24] Hibana
    What are you?
[07:26] Hibana
    And before the Great Cataclysm,
    there was no human combustion?
[07:30] Hibana
    Then what was the Great Cataclysm?
[07:32] Sumire
    This is as far as your reward goes.
[07:34] Sumire
    Still, it is quite chilly today, isn't it?
[07:40] Huo Yan
    Another earthquake?
[07:41] Huo Yan
    These powerful vibrations we've
    been getting hit with...
[07:45] Huo Yan
    Don't tell me these earthquakes are also...
[07:47] Huo Yan
    What is your Ignition Power?
[07:50] Hibana
    Even more than the mysteries of the world,
    the reason I came here...
[07:58] Hibana
    was to exact revenge upon the person who
    stole my dear friends' lives from them!
[08:05] Sumire
    You truly believe that they all died?
[08:17] Demon Sakura
    Hibana...
[08:18] Demon Clematis
    It's so hot.
[08:20] Karim
    Demon Infernals! Child Demon Infernals!
[08:23] Demon Sakura
    H-H-Hibana.
[08:29] Hibana
    Sakura?
[08:30] Demon Clematis
    It hurts, Hiba...
[08:34] Demon Sakura
    Hibana...
[08:42] Hibana
    What did you do to them?
[08:46] Sister Sumire
    You recognize them, don't you?
[08:48] Sumire
    As the head sister, I've let you meet
    them once more before the end.
[08:52] Sumire
    Hell is so very close now.
[09:01] Karim
    Huo Yan, get back!
[09:04] Sumire
    If you touch me suddenly, you'll get hurt.
[09:07] Huo Yan
    Karim, what is her power?
[09:09] Karim
    It seems like she vibrates her
    body and uses it as a weapon.
[09:13] Karim
    The vibration serves as
    both attack and defense.
[09:16] Karim
    But how is she using Ignition Power
    to create oscillations like that?
[09:21] Sumire
    It's a completely natural
    function of any living creature.
[09:24] Sumire
    Shivering.
[09:27] Sumire
    I'm trembling because of the cold.
[09:30] Sumire
    And I am making that
    trembling stronger, that's all.
[09:33] Hibana
    Shivering is a physiological function
    of the body when it's cold.
[09:39] Hibana
    Are you saying you're using that
    to create those huge vibrations?
[09:43] Karim
    But if these ongoing earthquakes
    we've been feeling
[09:46] Karim
    are caused by that woman's powers, then...
[09:50] Karim
    Who are you?!
[09:52] Hibana
    Even with Ignition Power, it just isn't
    possible to shake the land itself.
[09:58] Hibana
    Not unless you're using an Adolla Burst!
[10:09] Kishiri
    Captain Hibana, are you safe?
[10:11] Hibana
    Good work, Kishiri! Help me!
[10:13] Kishiri
    Heh. She complimented me.
[10:17] Sumire
    What naughty children you are.
[10:22] Karim
    She stopped moving!
[10:24] Huo Yan
    Let's get outside while we can!
[10:32] woman in black
    Sister Sumire...
[10:35] woman in black
    Are you doing these things again?
[10:38] Sumire
    My, you startled me.
[10:40] woman in black
    Nearly all that is left for me
    is to rot away, forgotten.
[10:45] woman in black
    I've summoned the last of my
    strength to make contact with you.
[10:50] Sumire
    You've been a worrywart since 250 years ago.
[10:54] Sumire
    It's too late. The human world
    is headed for destruction.
[11:01] woman in black
    You haven't changed, have you?
[11:04] woman in black
    250 years ago, just like me...
[11:10] woman in black
    you became a Pillar,
    and you haven't changed since.
[11:25] Sumire
    Struggle as much as you like.
[11:31] Sumire
    Goodbye, woman in black.
[11:34] Sumire
    I will fulfill my duties as the Seventh Pillar.
[11:46] Sumire
    Still, it is chilly, isn't it?
[11:49] Sumire
    There just aren't enough flames.
[11:57] Karim
    The earthquakes have stopped.
[11:59] Huo Yan
    She doesn't appear to be following us.
[12:05] Hibana
    Sakura. Clematis.
[12:09] Kishiri
    Huh? What was that?
    Are you talking about me?
[12:10] Hibana
    Shut up. Gravel should stay silent.
[12:13] Karim
    What should we do next?
[12:15] Hibana
    The truth of spontaneous human combustion
[12:18] Hibana
    is that it's a phenomenon caused
    when Adolla doppelgangers
[12:23] Hibana
    try to fuse with people of this world.
[12:26] Hibana
    If that's true,
[12:28] Hibana
    then the Great Cataclysm could be Adolla
    itself interlacing with this world,
[12:33] Hibana
    causing spontaneous combustion
    on a global scale.
[12:37] Karim
    To turn this planet into a sun.
[12:39] Hibana
    What?
[12:41] Karinm
    The White Clad Haumea
    said that at the Curia.
[12:46] Hibana
    Once all of the Pillars have
    gathered at the Evangelist's side,
[12:49] Hibana
    the Great Cataclysm will repeat.
[12:51] Hibana
    The world will be wrapped in
    flames and fall into ruin.
[12:55] Hibana
    We must take action to prevent
    the Great Cataclysm!
SIGN    Fire Force
SIGN    Chapter 3
SIGN    Fire Force
SIGN    Chapter 3
SIGN    Asakusa
[13:30] Arthur
    Even though I'm a knight.
[13:47] Arthur
    Even though it was a holy blade...
[13:56] Arthur
    Was it really a holy blade?
[14:10] Vulcan
    Is this part of what's left of Excalibur?
[14:12] Vulcan
    Heat-resistant carbon, huh? They sell
    that at home improvement centers.
[14:16] Arthur
    It's orichalcum.
[14:18] Vulcan
    Orichalcum? Is that a metal
    from your fantasies?
[14:22] Arthur
    It's a legendary metal.
[14:24] Arthur
    My Excalibur was made of orichalcum
    and forged by dwarven smiths.
[14:29] Vulcan
    Where did you find this orichalcum?
[14:32] Arthur
    In the caldera of Mt. Volcano.
[14:35] Vulcan
    And where is Mt. Volcano?
[14:43] Arthur
    In a home improvement center.
[14:49] Vulcan
    From what I can see,
    this isn't real orichalcum.
[14:53] Arthur
    Silence! What do you know?
[14:55] Vulcan
    It's heat-resistant carbon that's
    sold in home improvement stores.
[14:58] Arthur
    I said, silence!
[15:01] Arthur
    What are you doing, Vulcan, you scoundrel?!
[15:03] Arthur
    How dare you disrespect the Knight King?!
[15:04] Vulcan
    Hey, Knight King! How about finding
    some real orichalcum with me?
[15:09] Arthur
    What? What are you talking about?
[15:12] Vulcan
    We're gonna find that legendary metal!
[15:18] Vulcan
    I'll forge you a real holy sword!
SIGN    Episode 8
     "The Knight King's Great Adventure"
[15:29] Yu
    Orichalcum?
[15:30] Yu
    I've never heard of it.
[15:33] Lisa
    A legendary ore?
[15:34] Lisa
    Does something like that really exist?
[15:36] Vulcan
    Nope.
[15:40] Iris
    Oh, Yu-san!
[15:42] Yu
    Iris-san! Vulcan contacted me,
    so I came running to Asakusa.
[15:47] Iris
    I'm so glad you're well now.
[15:50] Yu
    Thankfully, I'm much better than I was!
[15:57] Yu
    So what are we gonna do, Vulcan?
[15:59] Yu
    Did you say things without thinking just
    to get Arthur-san back on his feet?
[16:02] Vulcan
    Just listen a minute.
[16:04] Vulcan
    Arthur gets stronger when he can
    align with his image of a knight.
[16:08] Vulcan
    Basically, we just have to make him believe.
[16:10] Lisa; Yu
    Which means...
[16:11] Vulcan
    Which means we're gonna make up a legend.
[16:15] Vulcan
    We're going to pretend we're
    searching for orichalcum.
[16:18] Yu
    Did you say "we"?
[16:20] Yu
    So we're involved in this
    game of pretend, too?
[16:22] Lisa
    Can we really pull it off?
[16:24] Vulcan
    We're dealing with Arthur here. Even if
    it's low quality, it shouldn't be a problem.
[16:30] Vulcan
    That fight at Fuchu made me realize again
    that the people we're up against are monsters.
[16:35] Vulcan
    In order to deal with them,
    a power-up for Arthur is essential.
[16:40] Vulcan
    The 8th will be in trouble if Arthur doesn't
    step it up even more than he already has.
[16:45] Yu
    I understand that this is important,
    but playing pretend is just really...
[16:50] Vulcan
    Yeah, Yu, you're right. It's ridiculous.
[16:54] Vulcan
    But when Arthur's involved, we can't
    just do the normal thing, right?
[16:59] Vulcan
    Just dumb yourself down. Understand?
[17:02] Vulcan
    I've got some fake orichalcum prepared.
[17:05] Vulcan
    Lisa, Yu, let's go!
[17:09] Yu
    Wait, please!
[17:10] Yu
    When you say to "dumb yourself down,"
    just how dumb are we talking here?
[17:14] Yu
    Dumb yourself far enough down
    that you can mine orichalcum there!
[17:19] Yu
    He seems to think he's
    said something clever.
[17:22] Lisa
    Well, Vulcan's an idiot, too.
SIGN    fidget
SIGN    fidget
[17:32] Vulcan
    Sorry to keep you waiting, Arthur.
    I've brought allies.
[17:36] Arthur
    I see.
[17:38] Arthur
    Then we'll be going with a
    classic four-member party!
[17:41] Vulcan
    We should get straight
    to sharing information.
[17:44] Arthur
    Indeed. We must search
    for some sort of clue.
[17:46] Vulcan
    There are rumors of a man who
    knows a lot about orichalcum.
[17:50] Arthur
    What? An expert in that legendary ore?
[17:54] Arthur
    Who?
[17:56] Vulcan
    The one who knows about orichalcum...
    is the owner of the tsukemono shop!
[18:00] Lisa; Yu
    What?
[18:02] Arthur
    Why would a tsukemono shop owner know?
[18:05] Arthur; background
    Tsukemono...
[18:05] Lisa
    Hey, Vul?
[18:06] Yu
    Look at him. He's got doubts.
[18:08] Vulcan
    Idiot! Don't panic.
[18:11] Vulcan
    Think about it, Arthur!
[18:13] Vulcan
    You need rocks for the weights
    to make tsukemono, right?
[18:15] Vulcan
    When it comes to rocks,
    a tsukemono shop would be pros!
[18:18] Arthur
    That makes sense, Vulcan! Are you a genius?
[18:21] Arthur
    What a blind spot.
    No one would ever suspect!
[18:24] Yu
    I had faint hopes, but he
    really is an idiot, isn't he?
SIGN    Tsukemono
SIGN    Tsuketaro
[18:36] Vulcan
    Arthur, this is the place—Tsukemono Tsuketaro.
SIGN    Talk
SIGN    Examine
SIGN    Use
SIGN    Strength
SIGN    Owner, please tell me where
     the orichalcum can be found.
[18:46] Arthur
    Owner, please tell me where
    the orichalcum can be found.
[18:49] Yu
    Wait, Arthur-san!
[18:51] Lisa
    I-I'm so sorry he asked a weird
    question out of the blue.
[18:54] tsukemono shop owner
    I've heard that there's orichalcum
    at the kimono fabrics shop.
[18:57] Yu
    What?
[18:58] Arthur
    Owner, please tell me more!
SIGN    Talk
SIGN    Examine
SIGN    Use
SIGN    Strength
SIGN    GLANCE
SIGN    NOD
[19:04] tsukemono shop owner
    I've heard that there's orichalcum
    at the kimono fabrics shop.
[19:07] Arthur
    He only says that one thing.
    It's just like in a game.
[19:11] Lisa
    Vul laid the groundwork.
[19:13] Yu
    Won't he think it feels unnatural?
[19:25] Joker
    I see the King of Destruction
    likes high places, too.
[19:28] Benimaru
    I'm looking to see what I should break next.
[19:33] Joker
    I've always been someone
    who strays from the path.
[19:36] Joker
    If the empire becomes my enemy,
    nothing changes for me.
[19:41] Joker
    I'm impressed that you guys took the 8th in.
[19:45] Benimaru
    Asakusa won't change, either.
[19:47] Benimaru
    This empire and this world are just
    flat-out lies. Makes me angry.
[19:53] Benimaru
    People more important than me,
    stronger than me...
[19:56] Benimaru
    I'll crush all of them because I want to
    protect those who are weaker than me.
[20:01] Joker
    If what you're doing is right,
[20:04] Joker
    that makes everyone you knock
    out of your way the bad guys.
[20:08] Joker
    Definitely what a king would do.
[20:11] Joker
    A king of destruction.
[20:14] Benimaru
    The 8th are fixing to start a fight.
[20:18] Benimaru
    There's no way I'm not a part of that.
[20:20] Joker
    Just means that me and you lot
    are all indiscriminate idiots.
[20:24] Joker
    There's quite a few of us if you care to look.
[20:28] Benimaru
    What's this? You're making it
    sound like there are others.
[20:31] Joker
    There are some morons like that, yeah.
[20:34] Joker
    Particularly in places the light
    doesn't reach, like the Nether.
[20:42] greengrocer
    That's the legendary trowel.
[20:45] greengrocer
    The barber knows something about orichalcum.
[20:48] Arthur
    This is...
[20:49] Arthur
    the legendary trowel!
[20:51] greengrocer
    That's the legendary trowel.
[20:53] greengrocer
    The barber knows—
[20:57] Lisa
    You went around prepping
    quite a few places, didn't you?
[21:00] Vulcan
    People in Asakusa are game for anything.
[21:03] Arthur
    Hey, what are you doing? Hurry up! Let's go!
[21:06] Lisa
    So the climax of this adventure,
[21:09] Lisa
    the location of the orichalcum, is set, right?
[21:11] Vulcan
    Don't worry! It's something
    you wouldn't expect.
[21:19] Arthur
    This tree is Yggdrasil.
[21:21] Arthur
    Beneath it lies a hint to the
    whereabouts of the orichalcum.
SIGN    Talk
SIGN    Examine
SIGN    Use
SIGN    Strength
[21:31] Arthur
    A pouch with paper inside.
[21:35] Lisa
    I see. The orichalcum is at the
    first stop, the tsukemono place.
SIGN    It's darkest under the lamp.
    The Orichalcum is at
     the first shop you visited!
[21:40] Lisa
    The legend lies where you started.
[21:43] Lisa
    A common trope, but I bet
    it'll make Arthur happy.
[21:46] Vulcan
    All that's there is a regular lump of iron,
[21:48] Vulcan
    but solving the mystery himself should
    give him a sense of accomplishment
[21:51] Vulcan
    and help him harness his power.
[21:54] Arthur
    It's darkest under the lamp! I see!
    So that's where the orichalcum is!
[21:59] Vulcan
    That's right! Let's get going!
[22:02] Arthur
    It's darkest under the lamp.
    That means it's in a place of darkness.
[22:07] Arthur
    The Nether!
[22:08] Vulcan; Lisa; Yu
    What?!
[22:09] Yu
    N-No! Please take a closer look!
[22:11] Yu
    It says "shop" right there!
[22:13] Arthur
    As I thought, the legendary ore lies in a
    place that no one has seen, the Nether.
[22:19] Yu
    He's not listening anymore.
[22:21] Yu
    Vulcan, what are you gonna do?
    He's really getting into his element!
[22:25] Lisa
    This was too difficult for Arthur!
[22:27] Lisa
    He'd never understand that "it's darkest
    under the lamp" is a figure of speech!
[22:35] Arthur
    Now, to the Nether!
[22:37] Vulcan; Lisa; Yu
    Wait!
SIGN    Fire Force Chapter 3
SIGN    Next Time
[24:16] Arthur's mom
    It is you, isn't it, Arthur?
[24:18] Yu
    Who are you?
[24:21] Iris
    Next time, "Holy Sword, Resurrected."
SIGN    Episode 9
SIGN    Holy Sword, Resurrected
[24:23] Iris
    Return to the great flame of fire. Látom.