# 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."