E8 - Blood and Life

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    Burst Element.
[00:11] ---
    Wh-What's that?
[00:25] ---
    Due to a drought of spatial dark power
    of unknown origin,
[00:29] ---
    our wide-range incineration projectiles
    failed to activate.
[00:31] ---
    Immediately afterwards,
    a large-scale attack by the enemy
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    destroyed 90% of the demi-human unit,
[00:37] ---
    70% of the ogre archer unit,
    and over 30% of the dark mage unit.
[00:43] ---
    What do you mean, a drought of unknown origin?
[00:46] ---
    That ridiculously massive formal art is what absorbed
    every drop of spatial dark power in the ravine!
[00:52] ---
    But that's impossible.
[00:54] ---
    An art of that scale, not even I...
[00:57] ---
    So who was responsible?
SIGN    Blood and Life
[02:47] ---
    Welcome back. You did well.
[02:54] ---
    The enemy has retreated.
[02:55] ---
    You brought us this victory.
[02:58] ---
    Lady Fanatio, the battle isn't over yet.
[03:03] ---
    We must use healing arts to consume the sacred power
    that formal art generated so the enemy can't reuse it.
[03:10] ---
    After all, their main forces, the dark knights
    and the pugilists guild are still untouched.
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    Everyone who can move,
    take the wounded and fall back!
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    Monk unit, focus on healing the wounded
    until all spatial power is depleted!
[03:24] ---
    And watch for any movement by the enemy!
[03:27] ---
    I'm going to report to the Knight Commander.
[03:30] ---
    Can I leave things here to you?
[03:37] ---
    You did well, too, Amayori.
[03:40] ---
    Go back to your bed and eat your fill.
[03:51] ---
    Mentor?
[03:58] ---
    Eldrie!
[03:59] ---
    You're not injured, are you?
[04:00] ---
    Right. I haven't sustained any major wounds.
[04:04] ---
    But I should have perished in battle.
[04:07] ---
    What are you saying?
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    Your duty is to lead the guards
    until the battle is over.
[04:14] ---
    I failed to carry out my duty.
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    Not only was my camp breached by the goblins,
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    their chief was brought down by Sir Renly.
[04:26] ---
    How shameful is that?
[04:29] ---
    I betrayed your expectations of me.
[04:34] ---
    To think I had presumed to seek her heart...
    her love. It's beyond laughable!
[04:41] ---
    I have no right to call myself your disciple!
[04:45] ---
    You... You did well.
[04:49] ---
    I, the guard unit, as well as all the people
    of the Human Empire need you.
[04:55] ---
    Why are you being so harsh on yourself?
[04:58] ---
    Need? For my strength?
[05:02] ---
    Or...
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    Your life must almost be depleted.
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    So why are you standing there unarmed?
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    I'm the chief of the ogres, Furgr.
[05:31] ---
    The chief of the ogres?
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    A member of the land of darkness's Council of Ten?
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    I saw.
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    That light art... it was you who unleashed it.
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    That power, that appearance...
    it's you, the Priestess of Light.
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    If I take you back with me, this war will end.
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    The ogres can return to the grasslands.
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    What are you talking about?
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    Priestess of Light? This war will end?
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    Curse you! You lowly beast,
    how dare you spout such drivel!
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    M-Mentor!
[06:09] ---
    Why?
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    I am indeed the Priestess of Light.
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    Tell me, where will you take me?
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    Who is it that seeks me?
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    Emperor Vecta.
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    The emperor only wants the Priestess of Light.
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    He'll grant any wish to the one
    who captures and delivers the priestess.
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    The ogres will return to the grasslands.
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    Raise horses, hunt birds, and live.
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    You don't resent me?
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    It was I who massacred your people.
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    The strong carry a burden
    as heavy as they are strong.
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    I also shoulder the burden of chief.
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    That's why I'm going to capture you,
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    and take you with me!
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    This soul, at least, can fly to the grasslands.
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    Emperor... Vecta.
[07:41] ---
    So you're saying the reason your strategy failed
    and a thousand dark mages perished
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    was because the enemy absorbed and depleted
    the spatial dark power before us, is that right?
[07:51] ---
    Yes!
[07:53] ---
    That's correct, Your Majesty.
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    I wasn't informed that, even with the pontifex gone,
    the enemy still had a mage of that caliber.
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    Is there no way to replenish that dark power?
[08:05] ---
    Unfortunately, sir.
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    In order to replenish enough spatial dark power
    to annihilate the enemy,
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    we'd need ample amounts of rich land and sunlight,
    but both are absent from the battlefield.
[08:17] ---
    I see.
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    But from what I see, there's no grass or trees in this land,
    and the sun seems to have already set.
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    What power source were you going to use
    to attempt to cast this large-scale spell?
[08:30] ---
    Well, the blood spilled by both the demi-humans
    and enemy soldiers, and their expired lives
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    became dark power and had filled the air.
[08:45] ---
    Blood and life, huh?
[08:53] ---
    Dee Eye Ell. Would 3,000 be sufficient?
[08:57] ---
    What?
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    That would be enough, Your Majesty.
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    Priestess of Light?
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    Yes. I don't recall ever seeing such a name
    in any of the history books,
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    but there's no doubt that
    it's what the enemy commander desires.
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    Commander... the Dark God Vecta, huh?
[09:42] ---
    I find it hard to believe.
    A god has been resurrected.
[09:46] ---
    Little one. Let's assume that Dark God Vecta
    has descended to the Dark Territory,
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    that he's seeking the Priestess of Light,
    and that this priestess is you.
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    The question is,
    how will that affect the current battle situation?
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    There's no question that the five tribes
    of the land of darkness are after the Human Empire.
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    But if Vecta's target is the Priestess of Light...
[10:11] ---
    Uncle. I shall breach the enemy lines alone,
    and head to the edge of the Dark Territory.
[10:16] ---
    If it's the Priestess of Light
    that the enemy commander seeks,
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    then he'll definitely pursue me
    with a considerable force.
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    Once enough distance has split them, please counterattack
    and annihilate the remaining enemy forces.
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    Not to mention,
    the World End's Altar is in the Dark Territory.
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    All right. As soon as this transmission ends,
    I'm going to return the FLA rate to 1,000.
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    So take Alice and head to the World End's Altar!
[10:41] ---
    What do you mean, head to—
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    Listen! Once you exit the Eastern Gate,
    the Altar's due south—
[10:46] ---
    If I go there, perhaps...
[10:51] ---
    Fine, then.
[10:52] ---
    But you're taking a third of our troops with you.
[10:56] ---
    But...
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    I can't have you spare a third of your men!
[11:00] ---
    The enemy still has more than 30,000 troops left.
[11:04] ---
    I don't think that many would come after you
    if you're the sole decoy.
[11:09] ---
    Only if a big enough number fled together
    would it work to split them up.
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    You do have a point, but...
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    Also, I have one more condition.
[11:19] ---
    What's that?
[11:21] ---
    I'll be joining the raid unit.
SIGN    Dark Territory Orc Tribe's Camp
[11:30] ---
    Orc Chief Lilpilin.
[11:32] ---
    You're to offer 3,000 sacrifices
    to be the foundation of the dark mages' attack art.
[11:39] ---
    Th-That's insane!
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    We all came here to fight!
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    Not to pay for your failure with our lives!
[11:48] ---
    This is an imperial order
    from the emperor himself.
[11:51] ---
    Chief.
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    We have no choice
    but to obey the emperor's orders.
[11:56] ---
    Lenju.
[11:58] ---
    I and 3,000 of my troops
    will gladly give up our lives.
[12:03] ---
    For the emperor and for our tribe.
[12:08] ---
    Lil.
[12:09] ---
    I believe.
[12:11] ---
    That the souls of not just humans,
    but of orcs will be sent to the heavens after they die.
[12:16] ---
    Let's meet again there someday.
[12:20] ---
    I'm so sorry, Len.
[12:23] ---
    Forgive me. I'm so sorry.
[12:26] ---
    Gather 3,000 of your troops in close formation
    100 mels before the ravine within five minutes.
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    That is all!
[12:48] ---
    All right, let's head out!
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    Eldrie.
[13:06] ---
    Our goal as the raid unit is to split the enemy forces
    and destroy the individuals.
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    After we've passed through the Eastern Gate,
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    the guard unit, the monk unit and the Supply Corps
    are to head south immediately.
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    If there's favorable terrain,
    deploy the troops and get into position.
[13:21] ---
    Until then, we four elite knights
    will act as a diversion.
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    We're going to defend this location with our lives.
    Everyone, return to your positions!
[13:34] ---
    Everyone, return to your positions!
[13:52] ---
    System Call.
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    Transfer Human Unit Durability. Area to Self.
[13:58] ---
    Generate Umbral Element.
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    Form Element, Worm Shape.
[14:20] ---
    Long live the orcs! Glory to the orcs!
[14:35] ---
    Lenju!
[14:48] ---
    Damned humans... damned humans!
[14:54] ---
    Curse those damned humans!
[15:07] ---
    This sound... is it group chanting of a formal art?
[15:11] ---
    Impossible! There's not enough sacred power
    left in this area to cast a large-scale formal art!
[15:18] ---
    Those bastards! What have they done?
[15:26] ---
    What power!
[15:29] ---
    Ah, how magnificent!
[15:31] ---
    This devastating spatial dark power.
[15:40] ---
    Madam Chancellor, there are Integrity Knights
    approaching ahead.
[15:44] ---
    This deathworm curse attack
    can't be blocked by swords or armor.
[15:49] ---
    You damned Integrity Knights...
    you'll see what we can do!
[15:53] ---
    Don't rush! Let them get close enough!
[15:57] ---
    Not yet.
[15:58] ---
    Not yet.
[16:02] ---
    Now! Fire!
[16:08] ---
    Get close and lure them this way!
[16:12] ---
    Pull up!
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    No...
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    Little one!
    It won't work! Not that move!
[16:30] ---
    Eldrie?
[16:31] ---
    Go!
[16:37] ---
    No! Eldrie!
[16:38] ---
    Divine serpent of ancient times!
    If you claim to be the king of the snakes,
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    then let's see you devour that horde
    of mere worms completely!
[16:51] ---
    Release Recollection!
[17:02] ---
    This way! You vile insects!
[17:46] ---
    Not yet! I can't fall just yet!
[17:58] ---
    Lady Alice...
[18:05] ---
    Eldrie!
[18:23] ---
    Eldrie!
[18:40] ---
    Eldrie! Your eyes... open your eyes!
[18:44] ---
    I won't allow it!
    You're not going to leave me like this!
[18:50] ---
    Mentor... are you safe?
[18:53] ---
    Yes. Yes, I am safe, thanks to you!
[18:58] ---
    Didn't I tell you that I needed you?
[19:02] ---
    Lady Alice, there are more...
    far more people who need you.
[19:10] ---
    I was such a selfish person...
    to think I could keep you all to myself.
[19:18] ---
    I'll give you whatever you wish for!
    So come back!
[19:22] ---
    You're my disciple, aren't you?
[19:24] ---
    I already have more than enough.
[19:29] ---
    Eldrie! Eldrie!
[19:36] ---
    Don't cry...
[19:41] ---
    Mo... ther.
[20:07] ---
    Eldrie.
[20:15] ---
    After all the havoc you've wreaked...
    don't think you're not going to pay!
[20:21] ---
    Amayori. Takiguri.
[20:23] ---
    Charge at full speed.
[20:31] ---
    It can't be! Impossible!
[20:33] ---
    To extinguish the deathworm curse,
[20:35] ---
    whose priority level should allow it to devour
    the Integrity Knights and the ground troops...
[20:40] ---
    Just what kind of art did they use?
[20:46] ---
    Retreat! All hands, retreat!
[20:50] ---
    You're not getting away! Fire!
[21:03] ---
    Enhance Armament!
[21:14] ---
    Shit! Damn! I'm not going to die!
[21:18] ---
    Not in a place like this!
[21:20] ---
    I'm going to be empress of the world!
[21:27] ---
    L-Lady Dee!
[21:28] ---
    What are you— P-Please stop...
[21:32] ---
    System Call!
[21:40] ---
    My name is Alice!
    Integrity Knight Alice Synthesis Thirty!
[21:45] ---
    Proxy of the three gods who protect the Human Empire,
    the Priestess of Light!
[21:50] ---
    All those who stand before me,
    brace for my holy authority
[21:54] ---
    to vanquish every last one of you!
[21:59] ---
    Alice.
[22:03] ---
    Alicia.
[23:36] ---
    Next time: Sword and Fist.