11 - Secret Red-Hot Strategy

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[00:00] YULIGA
    You're quite tough, but it's time to end this!
[00:04] URZA
    Gnome!
[00:06] YULIGA
    Futile!
[00:07] URZA
    Liese!
[00:08] LIESE
    On it!
[00:10] YULIGA
    I'll tear through you and your spirit!
[00:15] YULIGA
    What...?
[00:18] LIESE
    One more where that came from!
[00:27] YULIGA/ID
    The gnome wasn't a shield.
[00:28] YULIGA/ID
    It was there to block my view!
[00:32] YULIGA
    How dare you?!
[00:57] SILDONIA
    Huh.
[01:07] LIESE
    All right!
[01:29] LIESE
    Urza! Do it!
[01:33] URZA
    Salamander!
[01:45] URZA
    Salamander's full might
    was behind those flames.
[01:48] URZA
    Not even a demon could survive unscathed.
[01:57] LIESE
    We did it!
[01:58] URZA
    Our training paid off.
[02:01] URZA
    You also did well.
[02:03] URZA
    Thank you.
[02:08] THERON
    They won pretty handily after all.
[02:13] SILDONIA
    Well...
[02:15] SILDONIA
    I don't know about that.
[02:23] LIESE
    No way.
[02:30] URZA
    She's coming!
[04:05] YULIGA
    You there.
[04:07] YULIGA
    You dodged my attack earlier.
[04:10] LIESE
    Oh, yeah. Now that you mention it...
[04:12] YULIGA
    I should be the faster of us.
[04:15] YULIGA
    How did you do that?
[04:17] LIESE
    How?
[04:19] LIESE
    Well, you're a one-trick pony.
[04:22] YULIGA
    One-trick...?
[04:24] LIESE
    In fact, your moves are stiff.
[04:27] LIESE
    They're too straightforward.
[04:29] URZA
    You were fighting better when
    you were holding back against us.
[04:33] YULIGA
    What?
[04:34] LIESE
    Could it be that this is the first time
    you've put your life on the line in a fight?
[04:39] LIESE
    That's it, isn't it?
[04:42] URZA
    In other words, you lack experience.
[04:45] URZA
    When we do something unexpected,
    it shakes you and you respond poorly.
[04:49] LIESE
    I bet people tell you
     that you're too earnest or square.
[04:54] URZA
    Your personality is expressed
    in the way you fight.
[04:57] URZA
    People like you are easy to read.
[05:01] LIESE/ID
    I mean, granted...
[05:03] URZA/ID
    We only get to say that
    because our strategy worked.
[05:11] YULIGA
    I see. You're right.
[05:15] URZA
    Then shall we continue?
[05:17] LIESE
    Yeah. The real battle starts now.
[05:22] YULIGA
    No.
[05:24] YULIGA
    I have lost.
[05:26] URZA & LIESE
    What?
[05:27] THERON
    She's surrendering?
[05:28] SILDONIA
    I don't believe it.
[05:31] YULIGA
    I merely underestimated you the other day.
[05:34] YULIGA
    I couldn't possibly lose at my full strength—
[05:37] YULIGA
    Or so I believed.
[05:39] YULIGA
    However, it would appear I was mistaken.
[05:43] YULIGA
    Don't get the wrong idea.
[05:45] YULIGA
    I fear neither defeat nor death.
[05:48] YULIGA
    To surrender to humanoids makes my blood boil.
[05:54] YULIGA
    But our liege has ordered me to return alive.
[05:59] YULIGA
    So as there is a possibility I may lose,
    I cannot engage you.
[06:05] YULIGA
    I shall give up on the holy sword for now.
[06:09] LIESE
    I-In that case...
[06:11] URZA
    So be it.
[06:13] YULIGA
    Well?
[06:14] YULIGA
    Now that I've surrendered,
    what would you have me do?
[06:18] LIESE
    What?
[06:21] LIESE
    What do we do?
[06:22] URZA
    D-Don't ask me.
[06:24] LIESE
    Since she surrendered,
    can't we tell her to leave?
[06:28] THERON
    Oh, come on! We can't let a demon go free.
[06:32] LIESE
    What? I mean, I get that, but...
[06:34] LIESE
    I'm sure you'd be all too happy
     to cut down a foe begging for their life...
[06:40] THERON
    I take no delight in that!
[06:41] LIESE
    But I can't blacken my heart like you.
[06:44] THERON
    My heart isn't black either!
[06:45] URZA
    I know. Didn't Kyle want information?
[06:51] YULIGA
    Information, eh?
[06:52] URZA
    He wanted to know about demons
    infiltrating humanoid lands.
[06:59] YULIGA
    We were the only two on such
    orders from our sovereign.
[07:04] LIESE
    What? Really?
[07:06] YULIGA
    Others may have trespassed of their
    own volition, but I wouldn't know of that.
[07:11] URZA
    No, I suppose you wouldn't.
[07:14] YULIGA
    What else?
[07:16] LIESE
    We'd have to ask Kyle about that.
[07:18] YULIGA
    I see.
[07:20] YULIGA
    If you were men, I would've
    been willing to sleep with you.
[07:25] URZA
    S-Sleep with...?
[07:26] YULIGA
    I'd even accept a substitute.
[07:28] YULIGA
    Perhaps that man Kyle.
[07:30] LIESE
    A-Absolutely not!
[07:32] LIESE
    There's no need for that!
[07:35] URZA
    We've heard enough! Begone!
[07:39] YULIGA
    Very well.
[07:41] YULIGA
    In that case, I take my leave.
[07:45] THERON
    They fell for that hook, line, and sinker.
[07:51] YULIGA
    By the way, I haven't gotten your names yet.
[07:59] LIESE
    I'm Liese.
[08:01] URZA
    I'm Urza.
[08:04] YULIGA
    I see.
[08:06] YULIGA
    My name is Yuliga.
[08:08] YULIGA
    Remember it, if it pleases you.
[08:15] LIESE
    I guess demons are pretty polite.
[08:20] SILDONIA
    Not only did she surrender,
    she gave her name to humanoids.
[08:23] SILDONIA
    That would've been unthinkable in my era.
[08:32] THERON
    Pardon me!
[08:35] THERON
    I'll just be testing my blade!
[08:45] GARNIAS
    Before we fight, I have a question.
[08:47] GARNIAS
    Where is my horn?
[08:50] KYLE
    I've got it right here.
[08:53] KYLE
    You can take it off my body if you defeat me.
[08:56] GARNIAS
    That's a relief.
[08:58] GARNIAS
    Now then, let us begin.
[09:02] KYLE/ID
    He's skilled with ranged attacks.
[09:06] KYLE/ID
    I need to find a way to get in close.
[09:09] KYLE
    Strength!
[09:12] KYLE
    Haste!
[09:14] KYLE/ID
    I'll finish this quick!
[09:18] KYLE/ID
    He's not dodging?
[09:25] KYLE
    What?!
[09:26] GARNIAS
    You can't avoid me when you're this close!
[09:37] GARNIAS
    You escaped a direct hit.
[09:39] GARNIAS
    But that still cost you two or three ribs.
[09:46] GARNIAS
    This is my punishment for allowing
    a mere human to best me.
[09:52] KYLE/ID
    He's different from three days ago.
[09:55] KYLE/ID
    This must be his true power.
[09:59] GARNIAS
    Your expression has changed.
[10:02] GARNIAS
    In our great war with the humanoids
     three centuries ago,
[10:05] GARNIAS
    I killed countless people
     who looked at me just like that!
[10:19] GARNIAS
    How long can you keep running?
[10:22] KYLE/ID
    I need to find a way to close in.
[10:26] GARNIAS
    A suicide attack?
[10:27] GARNIAS
    Interesting.
[10:36] GARNIAS
    It's futile!
[10:45] GARNIAS
    I've had enough of your unsightly,
     pointless struggling.
[10:51] KYLE
    Don't move!
[10:52] KYLE
    Want me to break your horn?!
[10:54] GARNIAS
    You bastard!
[10:57] KYLE
    Don't try anything.
[10:59] KYLE
    If I shatter this, you'll never restore it.
[11:03] GARNIAS
    While I do value my horn,
[11:06] GARNIAS
    don't go thinking I'll trade my life for it.
[11:09] KYLE
    Yeah, I have no doubt.
[11:29] GARNIAS
    Is that all you've got?
[11:31] KYLE
    No, I'll show you more.
[11:58] GARNIAS
    Is this the ace up your sleeve?
[12:01] GARNIAS
    I must applaud your tenacity.
[12:04] GARNIAS
    I'll be finishing things here and now, though.
[12:10] GARNIAS
    You were impressively formidable,
[12:13] GARNIAS
    but the difference in strength between
    humanoids and demons is insurmountable!
[12:19] GARNIAS
    You may reflect on that as you die.
[12:21] KYLE
    Oh, I'm aware.
[12:24] KYLE
    I know all too well how terrifying
    and powerful demons are.
[12:31] KYLE
    That's why I'll do anything
    in order to defeat you!
[12:41] GARNIAS
    What a disgrace.
[12:43] GARNIAS
    What could this possibly accomplish now?
[12:47] GARNIAS
    What is this?
[12:49] KYLE
    A powerful adhesive made by a genius artificer.
[12:53] KYLE
    Once applied, it can never be unstuck.
[12:56] KYLE
    I'll show you something else special.
[13:11] KYLE
    That's a chain forged by a dwarf.
[13:13] KYLE
    It looks good on you.
[13:16] GARNIAS
    This is nothing!
[13:19] KYLE
    It's no use.
[13:21] KYLE
    That was specially made to stand up to magma.
[13:24] GARNIAS
    You don't mean...
[13:26] KYLE
    It's mithril.
[13:28] GARNIAS
    This is mithril chain?
[13:30] KYLE
    Yeah. I had it made just for you.
[13:38] KYLE
    Now then...
[13:40] KYLE
    As promised, you're going to tell me everything.
[13:55] GARNIAS
    What do you want to know?
[13:58] KYLE
    First, is it true that the current demon king
     doesn't desire conflict with humanoids?
[14:04] GARNIAS
    Yes.
[14:07] GARNIAS
    Ruiza is the previous king's daughter.
[14:11] GARNIAS
    She's had dealings with humanoids in the past.
[14:13] GARNIAS
    That is apparently the reason
    she desires the holy sword.
[14:18] KYLE
    But humanoids and demons are mortal enemies.
[14:21] KYLE
    I'm amazed the other demons
    haven't voiced their discontent.
[14:25] GARNIAS
    Of course they have!
[14:28] GARNIAS
    We were sent here to scout at the
    insistence of the pro-war faction.
[14:33] GARNIAS
    King Ruiza herself was not keen on the idea.
[14:37] KYLE
    So there are multiple factions
     among the demons, huh?
[14:40] KYLE
    Does this mean the pro-war faction is
    acting to supplant the current king?
[14:46] GARNIAS
    King Ruiza's power is immeasurable.
[14:49] GARNIAS
    Taking the throne would be no simple task.
[14:53] KYLE
    My next question is my most burning one.
[14:58] KYLE
    Think carefully when you answer.
[15:02] KYLE
    Is there a black-winged, hornless
    candidate in line for the throne?
[15:08] GARNIAS
    Hornless?
[15:10] KYLE
    You must know something!
[15:16] GARNIAS
    There couldn't possibly be anyone like that.
[15:18] KYLE
    What?
[15:19] GARNIAS
    A demon's horns are our pride.
[15:21] GARNIAS
    A hornless could never be crowned!
[15:25] GARNIAS
    And I've never heard of a black-winged demon
    powerful enough to become king.
[15:33] KYLE
    I see.
[15:35] KYLE
    Then you haven't met the next demon king yet.
[15:39] GARNIAS
    What do you mean?
[15:42] KYLE
    I guess all this was for nothing.
[15:47] GARNIAS
    W-Wait!
[15:48] GARNIAS
    King Ruiza may know something!
[15:52] GARNIAS
    I can arrange an audience
     with King Ruiza herself!
[15:56] GARNIAS
    Normally, it would be unthinkable
    for a humanoid to meet the demon king!
[16:00] GARNIAS
    That should entice you!
[16:05] KYLE
    Fine.
[16:06] KYLE
    You'd better not try anything.
[16:09] GARNIAS
    Of course not.
[16:11] GARNIAS/ID
    What a fool.
[16:12] GARNIAS/ID
    He let victory slip from his grasp so easily.
[16:21] GARNIAS/ID
    Kill him.
[16:28] GARNIAS
    What?
[16:29] KYLE
    You were staring too intently.
[16:32] KYLE
    I didn't even have to look
    to know where it was.
[16:36] KYLE
    It's a real shame.
[16:37] KYLE
    If you'd taken me to your king like you said,
     you could've lived a little longer.
[16:44] KYLE
    These must have been responsible
    for the embassy massacre.
[16:48] KYLE
    They are invisible magical beings you conjure,
     and you can control multiple at once.
[16:54] KYLE
    Invisible Assassins, right?
[16:58] GARNIAS
    H-How do you know about my secret weapon?
[17:02] KYLE
    I knew it the instant I saw you.
[17:06] (Flashback) GARNIAS
    That was also our collaborator's request.
[17:08] (Flashback) GARNIAS
    How could I refuse?
[17:10] KYLE/ID
    That demon...
[17:13] KYLE
    You don't know this,
    but we've met before, Garnias.
[17:21] GARNIAS
    H-How do you know my name?
[17:23] GARNIAS
    We've met before?
[17:26] KYLE
    I've finally figured out why
    something's seemed off.
[17:32] KYLE
    During the Great Invasion,
    I felt a mysterious fear of your kind—
[17:38] KYLE
    your fierce loyalty to your
    ruler, the demon king.
[17:42] KYLE
    But I sense none of that in you now.
[17:48] KYLE
    You're still strong, but you don't scare me.
[17:52] GARNIAS
    What are you talking about?
[17:54] GARNIAS
    Just who are you?!
[17:57] KYLE
    I'm done with you.
[18:00] GARNIAS
    Wait—
[18:05] KYLE
    Goodbye, Garnias.
[18:16] KYLE
    You once killed many of my friends.
[18:19] KYLE
    But I'm also grateful to you.
[18:22] KYLE
    You're the one who gave me the
    location of the demon king's castle.
[18:29] KYLE
    But you refused to tell me anything
    about the actual demon king.
[18:36] GARNIAS
    Curse you!
[18:38] GARNIAS
    You'll pay for this!
[18:43] KYLE
    Without that intel from you, our final
    suicide attack never would've worked.
[18:48] KYLE
    As my way of thanking you,
    I'll let you in on a little something.
[18:52] KYLE
    Even when exposed to magma, it takes
    an entire day for mithril to melt through.
[18:59] KYLE
    I've had those chains
    submerged for half a day.
[19:03] KYLE
    Lucky you.
[19:05] KYLE
    If you can hold out for another
    half-day, you might survive.
[19:08] GARNIAS
    You'll pay for this... I swear you'll pay...
[19:24] KYLE
    His death throes weren't much
    different from last time.
[21:14] YULIGA
    That's...
[21:18] THERON
    I don't know what it is,
    but it was trying to kill you.
[21:24] YULIGA
    It was probably a trap set for me.
[21:27] YULIGA
    It must've been commanded
    to attack if I came through here.
[21:30] URZA
    Theron, what are you doing?
[21:33] LIESE
    Did you attack her while her guard was down?
[21:36] THERON
    Nah, don't get me wrong. I saved her.
[21:40] LIESE
    What?
[21:41] URZA
    You saved her?
[21:44] SILODNIA
    I see. What a nasty magical life form.
[21:49] SILDONIA
    Did that male demon send this after you?
[21:53] YULIGA
    Yes. The worst insult a demon can suffer
    is having a horn broken by a humanoid.
[21:59] YULIGA
    He probably intended to silence me before
    I could report to the demon king.
[22:04] URZA
    Sounds like something he'd do.
[22:06] LIESE
    He even looked like he had
    a terrible personality.
[22:09] LIESE
    But in Theron's case, despite appearances...
[22:12] THERON
    Are you admitting even I
    have my good qualities?
[22:15] THERON
    Please! You'll make me blush.
[22:19] THERON/ID
    I can't tell them I was trying to kill her
[22:22] THERON/ID
    and only switched targets on instinct
    because I sensed a strange presence.
[22:28] YULIGA
    I owe you one.
[22:31] THERON
    In that case, I'll take you up
     on your offer to sleep with—
[22:39] LIESE
    Honestly...
[22:43] YULIGA
    I doubt we'll meet again,
    but I shall remember you.
[22:57] LIESE
    Anyway, she sure was strong.
[23:00] URZA
    Yeah. I'd like to face her again.
[23:03] LIESE
    Except if we ever do, our next
    fight's sure to be a tough one.
[23:09] URZA
    You're right. Yuliga will grow
    from her first real battle and loss.
[23:15] URZA
    She'll be an even more powerful enemy
    when she stands in our way again.
[23:22] THERON/ID
    Kyle told me not to let her leave alive, but...
[23:26] LIESE
    Why don't we work on a killer combo move next?
[23:28] THERON
    Well, whatever.
[23:34] SIGN
    Next Time
[23:34] SIGN
    The Heroic Tale Continues
[23:35] NA
    Next time: "The Heroic Tale Continues."