# E34 - Battle of Despair
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**[01:34] Gu**
When the two divine instruments
come together...
***SIGN*** Episode 34
Battle of Despair
**[01:41] Gu**
They create five Shadow Assaults!
**[01:44] Gu**
Destruction!
**[01:46] Gu**
Destruction!
**[01:48] Gu**
Everything will end!
**[01:51] Gu**
Now let's continue...
**[01:54] Gu**
...this battle of despair!
**[01:58] Gu**
He summoned five followers with
5 defense and 5 attack in one turn!
**[02:03] Gu**
So this is the power
of the divine instruments?
**[02:06] Gu**
Indeed!
**[02:08] Gu**
But this is just the beginning!
**[02:12] Gu**
Now, Hiro Ryugasaki, it's your turn!
**[02:16] Gu**
Yeah! My turn! Draw!
**[02:20] Gu**
Yes!
**[02:21] Gu**
Spell Card: Dragon Wings!
**[02:23] Gu**
You can't defeat my Shadow Assaults
with that!
**[02:28] Gu**
You're right.
**[02:30] Gu**
But I've got this, too!
**[02:32] Gu**
Spell Card: Conflagration!
**[02:39] Gu**
It deals 4 damage to all followers!
**[02:43] Gu**
Dragon Wings and Conflagration...
**[02:45] Gu**
Together, these two Spell Cards do 5 damage!
**[02:49] Gu**
Go!
**[02:53] Gu**
Mauro, I'll never give up!
**[02:56] Gu**
On you... or this world...
**[02:58] Gu**
I'll use this battle to show you that!
**[03:01] Gu**
I end my turn!
**[03:03] Gu**
You're pissing me off.
**[03:05] Gu**
How many times do I have to tell you?
**[03:08] Gu**
It's finished!
**[03:10] Gu**
The fate of the world... and my fate, too!
**[03:17] Gu**
It's ironic.
**[03:19] Gu**
My hope is your despair!
**[03:24] Gu**
Appear, Imperial Saint!
**[03:32] Gu**
If you won't give up,
I'll just keep making you taste...
**[03:37] Gu**
...despair!
**[03:39] Gu**
I end my turn.
**[03:41] Gu**
That's the legendary card.
**[03:43] Gu**
Yes.
**[03:45] Gu**
I know the taste of despair already.
**[03:48] Gu**
My turn. Draw!
**[03:52] Gu**
Blood Wolf. Crazed Executioner.
**[03:56] Gu**
Their effects deal 4 damage to me.
**[04:02] Gu**
And then I play the spell card
Precious Bloodfangs.
**[04:08] Gu**
It creates one Forest Bat for every
follower my opponent controls.
**[04:12] Gu**
And each Forest Bat created
deals 1 damage to its leader.
**[04:18] Gu**
And I enter Vengeance!
**[04:22] Gu**
I play Moriana the Bejeweled!
**[04:28] Gu**
Her Vengeance effect restores
1 evolution point!
**[04:34] Gu**
So you dealt damage to your own leader
**[04:37] Gu**
in order to enter Vengeance
and activate a Vengeance effect.
**[04:41] Gu**
Clever play.
**[04:44] Gu**
Blood Wolf has Storm,
so I attack the leader—
**[04:48] Gu**
Correct. My Guilty Shield reduces
damage to my leader by 2.
**[04:55] Gu**
Your Blood Wolf has an attack of 2.
It won't accomplish anything at all.
**[05:02] Gu**
I end my turn.
**[05:04] Gu**
You think you can defeat me
with that? Hilarious!
**[05:09] Gu**
I play and evolve Ancient Lion Spirit!
**[05:12] Gu**
Its on-evolve ability activates!
**[05:15] Gu**
Burn them with your light!
**[05:17] Gu**
2 damage to all opponent followers!
**[05:20] Gu**
And then I use it to attack Moriana!
**[05:25] Gu**
I end my turn.
**[05:29] Gu**
But first!
**[05:32] Gu**
Angel of the Word's effect deals 1 damage
to an enemy target.
**[05:37] Gu**
Now my turn is really over.
**[05:42] Gu**
You know I'm not letting you escape!
**[05:44] Gu**
It's all going to be destroyed!
**[05:47] Gu**
This is so funny!
**[05:56] Gu**
Hiro?
**[05:57] Gu**
Hey, Mauro, are you having fun?
**[06:02] Gu**
I am!
**[06:04] Gu**
I like watching you suffer!
**[06:07] Gu**
I see! That's great!
**[06:10] Gu**
What's great?
**[06:11] Gu**
I thought you'd changed.
**[06:15] Gu**
But I was wrong!
**[06:16] Gu**
You haven't changed!
**[06:19] Gu**
You're the same as Luca and me!
**[06:25] Gu**
The same?
**[06:27] (Flashback) Gu**
So you couldn't defeat him after all?
**[06:30] Gu**
How?
**[06:32] Gu**
Shadowverse is so fun, isn't it?
**[06:34] Gu**
The excitement you feel
when you make a comeback!
**[06:36] Gu**
Or when things look really bad.
**[06:39] Gu**
I don't understand.
**[06:41] Gu**
Do you understand?
I'm enjoying watching you suffer!
**[06:47] Gu**
That's what I said!
**[06:49] Gu**
Well, you're putting it in a bad way.
**[06:52] Gu**
But no matter what you look like,
**[06:54] Gu**
no matter how much you hate the world...
***SIGN*** Ignis Dragon
**[07:00] Gu**
You still love Shadowverse, just like us!
**[07:05] Gu**
Howl, Ignis Dragon!
**[07:07] Gu**
Ignis Dragon's effect activates!
**[07:10] Gu**
When I have two or fewer cards
in my hand, it evolves!
**[07:17] Gu**
Ignis Dragon's on-attack effect activates
and does 3 damage to all enemy followers!
**[07:28] Gu**
Now I end my turn!
**[07:30] Gu**
I like Shadowverse?
**[07:32] Gu**
How can you be talking about that
with everything that's happened?
**[07:35] Gu**
It's still the same even if
the world's about to be destroyed!
**[07:38] Gu**
I like Shadowverse!
**[07:40] Gu**
So do you, right?
**[07:42] Gu**
Shadowverse is just a way
to make you suffer.
**[07:47] Gu**
You're wrong.
**[07:48] Gu**
Why did you challenge me to a battle, then?
**[07:52] Gu**
When you were at your most desperate,
you clung to Shadowverse for help.
**[07:56] Gu**
Right?
**[07:58] Gu**
What are you people even talking about?
**[08:02] Gu**
I play Radiance Angel!
**[08:05] Gu**
I draw a card!
**[08:08] Gu**
And I play Temple Defender and Ardent Nun!
**[08:14] Gu**
Followers with Ward?
**[08:17] Gu**
You like Shadowverse? You enjoy it?
**[08:20] Gu**
It's all stupid! It doesn't matter!
**[08:23] Gu**
That's not true!
**[08:25] Gu**
It's because we have Shadowverse
that we can talk to each other like this!
**[08:31] Gu**
That's what I'm telling you is stupid.
**[08:35] Gu**
I understand that you want to deny it.
**[08:38] Gu**
But you don't know...
**[08:40] Gu**
You just don't know yet!
**[08:43] Gu**
That Shadowverse embeds itself
in your heart, deeper than words!
**[08:46] Gu**
Dark Emperor!
**[08:50] Gu**
Dark Emperor's Vengeance effect activates,
**[08:53] Gu**
targeting and destroying 2 enemy followers!
**[08:59] Gu**
Imperial Saint has Ambush!
**[09:02] Gu**
You can't target it!
**[09:08] Gu**
And then I play Vampiric Kiss!
**[09:12] Gu**
It does 2 damage to Ardent Nun,
and my defense goes up by 2!
**[09:19] Gu**
I'm borrowing it, Hiro.
**[09:21] Gu**
Yeah!
**[09:21] Gu**
I attack your leader with Ignis Dragon!
**[09:24] Gu**
Its on-attack effect gives it 10 attack!
**[09:28] Gu**
Guilty Shield decreases that damage by 2!
**[09:40] Gu**
I don't understand your pain.
**[09:42] Gu**
You and I are totally different.
**[09:45] Gu**
Everything we've heard
and seen is different!
**[09:48] Gu**
But even so, we're the same.
**[09:52] Gu**
Right?
**[09:53] Gu**
Yeah. You're right.
**[09:55] Gu**
Because we're comrades!
**[09:58] Gu**
I...
**[10:02] Gu**
I've always...
**[10:05] Gu**
I've always hated that about you!
**[10:10] Sign**
Prominence Fusion
**[10:12] (Flashback) Gu**
I just need to give this to him?
**[10:14] (Flashback) Gu**
Yes.
**[10:16] (Flashback) Gu**
I'm sure it will be of use
in destroying the Tree of Woe.
**[10:22] (Flashback) Gu**
Why do you treat Hiro Ryugasaki
as if he's so special?
**[10:26] (Flashback) Gu**
I couldn't say.
**[10:29] (Flashback) Gu**
But there's something about him
that draws me to him.
**[10:36] Gu**
I won't let you have it.
**[10:39] Gu**
This is mine!
**[10:46] Gu**
I... can't use it?
**[10:50] Gu**
Why can't I use it?
**[10:52] Gu**
Why?
**[10:54] Gu**
Why?!
**[10:56] Sign**
Prominence Fusion
***SIGN*** Judgment Spear
**[10:59] Gu**
I just need to destroy it all.
**[11:02] Gu**
Kneel before the third divine instrument.
**[11:05] Gu**
Judgment Spear!
**[11:12] Gu**
What happened?
**[11:34] Gu**
Mauro!
***SIGN*** Ancient Lion Spirit
***SIGN*** Moriana the Bejeweled
**[11:50] Gu**
Mauro!
**[11:51] Gu**
Everything in this world will enter
into the Tree of the Woe.
**[11:56] Gu**
That is the law of the universe.
An undeniable truth.
**[12:01] ---**
What's happened to him?
**[12:02] Gu**
He's probably been completely devoured
by the Empty Shadows.
**[12:07] Gu**
Anyone who defies this law
will be annihilated.
**[12:12] Gu**
When all the divine instruments gather,
woe will befall us.
**[12:20] Gu**
Destroy one enemy follower
and banish another.
**[12:25] Gu**
And Judgment Spear's effect creates
two Messengers of the Instrument
**[12:31] Gu**
and gives their leader 2 attack.
**[12:35] Gu**
I attack the enemy leader.
**[12:41] Gu**
The hour of destruction is nigh.
**[12:44] Gu**
He destroyed both my follower and Luca's
in an instant with just an effect!
**[12:48] Gu**
And his leader itself is attacking.
**[12:52] Gu**
And his legendary card is still in play.
**[12:55] Gu**
We need to destroy it before it evolves.
**[12:58] Gu**
Or we'll lose.
**[13:01] Gu**
This is really bad.
**[13:03] Gu**
We still have a chance.
**[13:05] Gu**
We've got this, right?
**[13:08] Gu**
And if we defeat Mauro, then the Empty Shadows
possessing him will leave, right?
**[13:13] Gu**
If we win?
**[13:14] Gu**
No, I mean when we win!
**[13:16] Gu**
We'll win and save him!
**[13:19] Gu**
The two of us can do it, right?
**[13:22] Gu**
You never change.
**[13:25] Gu**
Just wait, Mauro.
**[13:28] Gu**
My turn! Draw!
**[13:31] Gu**
I play Bejeweled Dragon!
**[13:36] Gu**
Its Overflow effect activates and returns
the destroyed Ignis Dragon to my hand.
**[13:42] Gu**
And now...
**[13:43] Gu**
Howl for me once more, Ignis Dragon!
**[13:46] Gu**
Attack the Messenger of the Instrument!
**[13:48] Gu**
Its on-attack effect does 3 damage
to all followers!
**[13:54] Gu**
Imperial Saint just has 1 defense left.
**[13:57] Gu**
Now...
**[13:58] Gu**
Last Words.
**[14:00] Gu**
Messenger of the Instrument's Last Words
activate and raise Judgment Spear's attack by 2.
**[14:07] Gu**
Its attack went up to 4!
**[14:09] Gu**
Destruction is your destiny.
**[14:12] Gu**
And now, tremble.
**[14:13] Gu**
Spell Card: Judgment of the Instrument.
**[14:18] Gu**
Destroy all enemy followers.
**[14:25] Gu**
And then restore all followers' health by 4.
**[14:30] Gu**
I thought we almost had him.
**[14:32] Gu**
And then deploy the maximum possible amount
of Messengers of the Instrument.
**[14:40] Gu**
Attack the enemy leader.
**[14:46] Gu**
The end is nigh.
**[14:48] Gu**
I end my turn.
**[14:51] Gu**
Mauro, words won't reach you now, I know.
**[14:54] Gu**
But I'm going to say it anyway.
**[14:56] Gu**
I like Shadowverse!
**[14:58] Gu**
Mauro, I know you understand!
**[15:04] Gu**
It's scary to admit the truth.
**[15:07] Gu**
It's as though everything threatens
to crumble away.
**[15:10] Gu**
But when you accept the real you,
**[15:13] Gu**
the world will seem to shine bright!
**[15:16] Gu**
You are the noble darkness!
The swift-moving blackness!
**[15:20] Gu**
Doomlord of the Abyss!
**[15:26] Gu**
Doomlord of the Abyss's effect activates
**[15:29] Gu**
and does enough damage
to set my leader's defense to 1!
**[15:36] Gu**
And then deals that much damage
to all followers!
**[15:43] Gu**
It's all meaningless.
**[15:47] Gu**
Its attack went up again.
**[15:49] Gu**
I'll decide whether it's meaningless!
**[15:51] Gu**
Evolve, Doomlord of the Abyss!
**[16:02] Gu**
Its on-evolve effect activates!
**[16:05] Gu**
Until my next turn begins, my leader
and Doomlord of the Abyss take no damage!
**[16:12] Gu**
Take this, Mauro!
**[16:13] Gu**
This is my truth!
**[16:15] Gu**
The real power I gained from Shadowverse!
**[16:18] Gu**
Abyssal Doomlord has Storm!
I attack your leader!
**[16:22] Gu**
Its on-attack effect activates!
**[16:25] Gu**
When my hand is empty,
**[16:27] Gu**
its attack increases by 3!
**[16:35] Gu**
I end my turn!
**[16:37] Gu**
The Tree of Woe will swallow everything.
**[16:40] Gu**
Guardian of the Instruments.
**[16:52] Gu**
I create four Shadow Assaults
and give them all Ward.
**[16:57] ---**
Wow...
**[16:59] Gu**
Yet another trial, huh?
**[17:01] Gu**
Guardian of the Instruments
cannot be destroyed by effects.
**[17:05] Gu**
It is a symbol of destruction.
The end is nigh.
**[17:09] Gu**
I end my turn.
**[17:15] Gu**
Luca...
**[17:16] Gu**
I'm sure this is our last turn.
**[17:18] Gu**
I know that.
**[17:20] Gu**
That's why I'm leaving it to you.
**[17:22] Gu**
Yeah, thanks!
**[17:27] Gu**
Here I go, Mauro!
**[17:29] Gu**
I'm putting my feelings into this card!
**[17:32] Gu**
If fate is making you suffer,
**[17:34] Gu**
then Luca and I, and everybody else,
**[17:37] Gu**
will battle your fate for you!
**[17:39] Gu**
We're all different,
but Shadowverse connects us all!
**[17:47] Gu**
These bonds won't lose to anyone,
or even fate itself!
**[17:53] Gu**
These burnin' hot flames
will set the sky ablaze!
**[17:57] Gu**
Lend me your power, Infiniflame Dragon!
**[18:10] Gu**
Infinite Flame Dragon's effect activates
and does 5 damage to the enemy leader!
**[18:20] Gu**
Evolve!
**[18:22] Gu**
Infiniflame Dragon!
**[18:25] Gu**
All followers with 5 or less defense
are destroyed,
**[18:28] Gu**
and 1 damage is dealt to the enemy leader
for every one destroyed!
**[18:33] Gu**
And then I attack
Guardian of the Instruments!
**[18:37] Gu**
Its effect activates!
**[18:40] Gu**
When it deals damage to an enemy follower,
**[18:42] Gu**
it deals that same amount of damage
to the enemy leader!
**[18:59] Gu**
Let's end this, Luca!
**[19:01] Gu**
Let's go, Hiro!
**[19:03] Gu**
I attack your leader with Doomlord of the Abyss!
**[19:06] Gu**
Its on-attack effect increases its attack by 3!
**[19:12] Gu**
This attack...
**[19:14] Gu**
...will reach you!
**[19:17] Gu**
We're coming, Mauro!
**[19:27] Gu**
*That's... light.*
**[19:34] Gu**
*Somehow... it feels warm.*
**[19:42] Gu**
As it did then.
**[19:54] Gu**
Mauro!
**[19:59] Gu**
Are you okay, Mauro?
**[20:04] Gu**
You're back to normal.
**[20:06] Gu**
Normal...
**[20:12] Gu**
To that loneliness again... I'll...
**[20:18] Gu**
You're not alone.
**[20:20] Gu**
You've got us, right?
**[20:23] Gu**
I guess I do, maybe.
**[20:31] Gu**
Here...
**[20:34] ---**
**[20:34] Sign**
Prominence Fusion
**[20:35] Gu**
He told me it's needed
to destroy the Tree of Woe.
**[20:42] Gu**
Mauro.
**[20:49] Gu**
Hiro Ryugasaki, get down!
**[21:07] Gu**
Mauro, are you okay? Mauro!
**[21:10] Gu**
Luca!
**[21:11] Gu**
What happened?
**[21:19] Gu**
It's been a long time
since I've been to this place.
**[21:24] Gu**
This smell...
**[21:28] Gu**
And this wind...
**[21:37] Gu**
No way...
**[21:38] Gu**
I-It can't be...
**[21:43] Gu**
It can't be...
**[21:49] Gu**
Is that you, Dad?
**[23:24] Gu**
Shadowverse Card Showcase!
**[23:26] Gu**
Today's card is this: Judgment Spear!
***SIGN*** Judgment Spear
**[23:28] Gu**
It's a special card
that can give a leader attack power.
**[23:32] Gu**
It was really strong,
and it was a really fun battle.
**[23:36] Gu**
Right, Luca?
**[23:36] Gu**
Yeah. That's right.
***SIGN*** Next Time
**[23:39] Gu**
The Empty Shadows just don't stop!
**[23:41] Gu**
The world's in danger!
**[23:43] Gu**
I won't lose!
**[23:44] Gu**
I'll save Dad!
**[23:46] Gu**
Next time:
Prelude to the End!
**[23:48] Gu**
Battle! Shadowverse!
***SIGN*** Episode 35 Prelude to the End
**[23:50] Gu**
I want only one thing.