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E2 - The Demon King’s Duel of Intellect

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    Melheis stopped time one second after his death.
[00:09] ---
    He can be revived so long
    as that state continues,
[00:12] ---
    but are you prepared to use
    that magical power as your chip?
[00:15] ---
    You sure about that?
    Not staking my life?
[00:18] ---
    If you're assuming that's a cheap chip,
    then you're already under my spell.
[00:24] ---
    Interesting.
    I'm going to strip you bare.
[01:58] ---
    Now then,
    let me explain the rules.
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    02 - The Demon King’s Duel of Intellect
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    You will tell me who you believe
    to be the Child of God.
[02:05] ---
    I will confirm whether it's true or not.
[02:08] ---
    However, I can be untruthful with you just once.
[02:12] ---
    Hmm.
[02:13] ---
    You can make up to eighteen guesses.
[02:17] ---
    If you guess right, you win.
[02:19] ---
    My magical power will then be sealed
    for five seconds.
[02:22] ---
    On the other hand, if I win...
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    You won't be able to use
    your magical power for five seconds.
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    And it goes without saying, but...
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    One: you cannot ask the same question twice.
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    Two: We cannot attack each other during this match.
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    Three: If you forfeit, you lose.
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    What do you say, Demon King Anos?
[02:42] ---
    Let me change one of those rules.
[02:45] ---
    Change it how?
[02:46] ---
    Just nine guesses is enough for me.
[02:49] ---
    But that would only put you at a disadvantage.
[02:52] ---
    What are you scheming?
[02:53] ---
    I thought I'd make this as fair a fight as possible.
[02:57] ---
    No amount of artificial advantages
    can ever be enough for you.
[03:00] ---
    After all,
    I am the one you're taking on.
[03:04] ---
    Fine, then.
[03:06] ---
    Zecht, please.
[03:07] ---
    Zecht.
[03:11] ---
    All right, let the game begin!
[03:16] ---
    My lord has commanded me
    to seize your source.
[03:22] ---
    Why?
[03:25] ---
    Is this your doing?
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    Tell me, why do you need Misa's source?
[03:32] ---
    Because she is the child borne by
    the Great Spirit Leno.
[03:37] ---
    Your Source contains the power
    to control all Spirits.
[03:42] ---
    The Great Spirit Leno?
[03:45] ---
    Then tell us how you came
    to have half of that Magic Sword.
[03:54] ---
    What do you think?
[03:55] ---
    The spells I studied resemble Asc
    and Jerga, eh?
[04:01] ---
    Just for the record...
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    I happen to really hate that magic.
[04:12] ---
    Are you aware that the gods had
    a hand in your birth?
[04:17] ---
    You're talking about how
    the gods helped Jerga?
[04:19] ---
    That's right.
    To create a vessel.
[04:22] ---
    They've been waiting all this time for a vessel
    strong enough to carry the power of the gods.
[04:27] ---
    And guess who was born?
[04:31] ---
    How interesting. I can't wait to dissect you
    and get a good look!
[04:38] ---
    I get it now.
    You're someone I can never forgive.
[04:44] ---
    What do you want with us?
[04:45] ---
    You two were brought forth
    by a god's intentions.
[04:51] ---
    What does that mean, exactly?
[04:52] ---
    When your source was split into two...
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    ...a personality was born; one
    that never should've come into existence.
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    That's me.
[05:04] ---
    There was no divine intent there.
[05:11] ---
    You think that was just a coincidence?
[05:13] ---
    It was the gods who rewrote the magic circle.
[05:16] ---
    But there's no need for divine intervention
    in the Infernal Realm.
[05:19] ---
    I'll dispose of you when you awaken.
[05:22] ---
    I see.
    Thanks for letting us know.
[05:24] ---
    But you're wrong.
[05:27] ---
    The one who brought us to life...
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    ...wasn't actually any god!
[05:36] ---
    Among my subordinates, these are
    the four who could be the Child of God.

[05:41] ---
    I'm going to base
    my guesses on them.

[05:44] ---
    Here's my first guess.
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    The Child of God is one
    of my subordinates.
[05:49] ---
    Correct.
[05:51] ---
    That's the answer I expected,
    but it could be a lie.

[05:55] ---
    To clarify...
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    The Child of God is Misha.
[05:59] ---
    Wrong.
[06:01] ---
    The child of God is Sasha.
[06:03] ---
    Wrong.
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    The Child of God is Zeshia.
[06:06] ---
    Wrong.
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    The Child of God is Misa.
[06:10] ---
    Correct.
[06:11] ---
    How strange.
[06:13] ---
    You seem to have given me
    the answer on my fifth guess.
[06:17] ---
    It wouldn't be a battle of wits if it
    were predictable, would it, Demon King Anos?
[06:25] ---
    I'm behind you.
[06:28] ---
    Lay!
[06:29] ---
    Magic Shield Gennias.
    That which curses those who wound its owner,
[06:33] ---
    and inflicts twice the pain.
[06:35] ---
    Unless you destroy this shield, the curse can never
    be lifted, nor can you ever recover.
[06:39] ---
    Really?
    I just have to destroy it, then?
[06:45] ---
    I lied!
[06:50] ---
    I see that you tend to be too honest.
[06:54] ---
    His source has been destroyed.
[06:56] ---
    He won't be getting up ever again.
[07:10] ---
    The people from the castle.
[07:13] ---
    They're Gools!
[07:15] ---
    With the help of the Scarlet Monument King,
    I modified the Igrams that Anos created.
[07:20] ---
    They're so powerful that your sources
    will rot to the core.
[07:25] ---
    This magic is deplorable.
[07:31] ---
    Better not!
[07:36] ---
    Sorry, you guys.
    I'm going to save you, no matter what!

[07:44] ---
    It's got to be here somewhere!
[07:48] ---
    Found it! If we destroy that,
    no more Gools will ever be born!
[08:00] ---
    Laos... Heine...
[08:03] ---
    Ledriano...
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    Don't give them another thought.
[08:07] ---
    I'll see to it that you never feel any grief again.
[08:12] ---
    Jino Gleanus.
[08:22] ---
    My magical power's being sucked away!
[08:27] ---
    Once I've drained your magical power,
    that'll be the end for you!
[08:35] ---
    What is that?
[08:37] ---
    She's using Najira to hide its magical power.
[08:42] ---
    Jump!
[08:46] ---
    All the way from over there?
    But how?
[08:48] ---
    The Boundless Sword, Garmest.
[08:51] ---
    It will do whatever I want.
[08:55] ---
    Ice Castle.
[09:03] ---
    Take that!
    Jio Graze!
[09:17] ---
    To your right!
[09:20] ---
    Too bad for you!
[09:21] ---
    Stop!
[09:22] ---
    What?
[09:26] ---
    Garmest can take any form
    in any number I wish.
[09:29] ---
    I set that up in advance, you see.
[09:46] ---
    Now I've sealed those annoying
    Demonic Eyes of Destruction.
[10:04] ---
    Sasha...
[10:07] ---
    Concerned about your sister
    at a time like this?
[10:10] ---
    What a brave soul.
[10:13] ---
    He's confirmed that
    "the Child of God is Misa" is correct.

[10:16] ---
    If Ziek used his right to lie for that,
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    then none of the four can be the Child of God...
[10:22] ---
    But that would contradict what he said about
    the Child of God being my subordinate.

[10:26] ---
    If Ziek just lied about Zeshia being
    the Child of God,

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    then that would mean there
    are two Children of God.

[10:33] ---
    And that would violate the order of the Gods.
[10:35] ---
    There would only be no conflict
    if Misa were the Child of God.

[10:39] ---
    But to negate that premise,
[10:42] ---
    there'd have to be the possibility that the Child of God
    was someone other than these four...

[10:45] ---
    For example, if it were Lay,
    then there'd be no conflict.

[10:49] ---
    At this point, it's certain that the Child of God
    is one of my subordinates.

[10:53] ---
    It's either Misa, or someone other
    than these four... but...

[10:57] ---
    This is too easy.
    Why did you make Misa your "correct answer"?

[11:01] ---
    That would be meaningful if the Child of God
    was among the three besides Misa.

[11:06] ---
    To let this contradiction stand...
[11:09] ---
    The Child of God has the Demon Eyes of Destruction.
[11:12] ---
    Correct.
[11:14] ---
    That fused body...
[11:18] ---
    It might have a true name that I'm unaware of.
[11:23] ---
    Of my subordinates, Sasha's the only one who
    has the Demon Eyes of Destruction.

[11:28] ---
    Meaning that "the Child of God is Misa"
    cannot be correct.

[11:33] ---
    In other words, you used your right
    to lie for one or the other.

[11:36] ---
    You can no longer lie.
[11:39] ---
    The Child of God is not a pure Demon,
    but a half-spirit, half-demon.
[11:43] ---
    Wrong.
[11:45] ---
    Meaning that it's not Misa.
[11:47] ---
    Which leaves that fused entity...
    in other words...

[11:51] ---
    I don't know the name
    of the Child of God.
[11:53] ---
    Wrong.
[11:55] ---
    And now you're down to your final guess.
[11:57] ---
    Hmm. So the Child of God is my subordinate,
    and though I do know the child's name,
[12:02] ---
    it's neither Misha, Sasha,
    Misa, nor Zeshia.
[12:06] ---
    This is quite an entertaining battle of wits.
[12:09] ---
    Since the key to removing
    the contradictions doesn't exist within the game.
[12:13] ---
    You've implanted a fake memory
    into your own brain.
[12:17] ---
    I've been searching
    for an answer that doesn't exist.
[12:20] ---
    So you're onto me!
[12:22] ---
    But it's too late!
[12:26] ---
    The moment you agreed to this battle of wits,
    you'd already lost.
[12:30] ---
    Our Zecht bars you from attacking
    my anti-magic barriers!
[12:34] ---
    But if you forfeit this match,
[12:36] ---
    your magical power
    will be sealed for five seconds.
[12:39] ---
    Now, then, what will you do?
[12:41] ---
    I forfeit this match.
[12:44] ---
    You misjudged me, Demon King!
[12:46] ---
    Five! Four! Three! Two! One!
[12:51] ---
    It's all over now—
[12:55] ---
    Did you really think you could defeat me
    just because you'd sealed my magical power?
[13:03] ---
    False or not, those memories were implanted
    in you, with your genuine memories.
[13:09] ---
    There's always intent behind your actions.
[13:11] ---
    You didn't hesitate to destroy Melheis' source.
    Instead of me.
[13:17] ---
    You might as well have told me
    that killing Melheis was your top priority.
[13:23] ---
    Surely Melheis isn't worth much
    to the Blaze Death King or the Heavenly Father God.
[13:28] ---
    Just annihilate me.
    It may have been a mere battle of wits,
[13:31] ---
    but I can die having defeated
    the Demon King of Tyranny.
[13:34] ---
    I have no regrets.
[13:35] ---
    Hmm... so says the Blaze Death King's army officer.
[13:39] ---
    Game or not, simply deluding yourself that you'd defeated
    my lord is nothing short of disrespectful.
[13:46] ---
    What?
[13:53] ---
    I'll make sure that you don't suffer, at least.
[13:56] ---
    What?
[14:01] ---
    Move.
[14:03] ---
    You changed the Boundless Sword
    the moment you touched it?
[14:08] ---
    Do you even know what
    it is that you're creating?
[14:12] ---
    Curse you!
[14:14] ---
    This isn't possible... that castle...
[14:17] ---
    Delsgade is a god itself!
[14:20] ---
    How could a mere Demon...
[14:23] ---
    Have you awakened?
[14:26] ---
    I am... me.
[14:32] ---
    It's no use waiting, you know.
[14:35] ---
    If you smash one of Gennias' magic jewels,
    the curse will destroy your source.
[14:40] ---
    So all I have to do is smash them all, right?
[14:45] ---
    You should watch your back around people
    with more than two sources.
[14:49] ---
    Impossible...
[14:53] ---
    Seven sources?
[14:56] ---
    The Spirit God Sword Evansmana?
[15:06] ---
    Hmm? Can't hear you!
[15:10] ---
    Have you lost the strength to speak?
[15:12] ---
    I told you that I'd never forgive you!
    Asc!
[15:17] ---
    It's useless.
[15:19] ---
    Since the emotions that you'd convert
    into magical power can't be brought in here.
[15:25] ---
    You're wrong about that.
    Emotions reside in the source.
[15:30] ---
    Huh?
[15:33] ---
    Eleonore!
[15:35] ---
    Wh-What did you say?
    How did you—
[15:39] ---
    I created it.
[15:41] ---
    Just the desire inside my source.
[15:45] ---
    Impossible...
[15:47] ---
    Time for your punishment!
[15:56] ---
    Hero Kanon... you're alive?
[16:06] ---
    So you were born from a god after all.
[16:09] ---
    Ice Crystals.
[16:11] ---
    What...?
[16:24] ---
    I'm going to ask you one more time.
[16:26] ---
    Where did you get that half
    of the Magic Sword?
[16:28] ---
    I cannot answer that.
[16:36] ---
    Was his source destroyed?
[16:38] ---
    No, looks like he's been reincarnated.
[16:41] ---
    The barriers... are gone.
[16:44] ---
    All right!
[16:46] ---
    Theo Ingal.
[16:55] ---
    No way, no way, no way.
[16:58] ---
    The Blaze Death King's powers...
[17:00] ---
    Defeated by Human Magic?
[17:02] ---
    The Blaze Death King may be incredible...
[17:08] ---
    But I'm the Demon King's magic!
[17:22] ---
    Misha?
[17:26] ---
    I was in time.
[17:30] ---
    Misha!
[17:37] ---
    How can you still be alive?
[17:38] ---
    You annihilated the fake that I'd switched out.
[17:42] ---
    Impossible!
    That source was genuine!
[17:45] ---
    I saw it with my own eyes...
[17:47] ---
    It's a spell that I just learned recently.
[17:49] ---
    The Womb of Origination Magic,
    Eleonore, created by the gods.
[17:53] ---
    Don't tell me you created a pseudo-source?
[17:56] ---
    Without even studying magic that much?
[17:59] ---
    If you did your research on me,
    then you should've at least seen that.
[18:03] ---
    But when did you...?
[18:10] ---
    The moment you agreed to this battle of wits,
    you'd already lost.
[18:14] ---
    No, I won't say that. The moment you thought
    about battling me, you'd already lost.
[18:24] ---
    Suicide?
[18:26] ---
    Do you think I'd let him escape?
[18:33] ---
    You can't lie anymore.
    Ziek, tell me your purpose for coming here.
[18:37] ---
    My purpose was to reduce even a little
    of the Demon King of Tyranny's combat power.
[18:42] ---
    That's why I went after Melheis.
[18:47] ---
    So the people of Azeshion still believe in
    and fear Avos Dilhevia?
[18:53] ---
    Yes. They seem to believe that Jerga's acts
    of brutality in the recent war...
[18:58] ---
    ...were the Demon King of Tyranny's doing.
[19:02] ---
    Though they're set to punish Diego,
    who led the armed forces...
[19:07] ---
    Unless we act,
    it could trigger another conflict, eh?
[19:10] ---
    I believe it would be wise
    to announce that Avos is a fake...
[19:13] ---
    ...during the ceremony of the Second Coming
    of the Demon King.
[19:16] ---
    So our story will be that Kanon
    and I joined forces to annihilate Avos?
[19:21] ---
    Yes. Although the Hero Kanon is thought
    to have gone missing after the war.
[19:27] ---
    You should consider having him attend the ceremony.
[19:34] ---
    Sorry to keep you waiting.
[19:35] ---
    Are we all here?
[19:37] ---
    There's something I need you all to know.
[19:39] ---
    About the Child of God that we're searching for.
    He or she might very well be one of you.
[19:44] ---
    The Scarlet Monument King's subordinate said
    that she was created out of a god's intent.
[19:49] ---
    I don't know about any gods.
    I am your child, Mommy.
[19:54] ---
    Nothing's been settled yet.
[19:56] ---
    They may be plotting to secretly awaken
    the true Child of God while my eyes are on you.
[20:02] ---
    True. After all,
    that's what the enemy says.
[20:05] ---
    Regarding that matter, I've received word
    from the head of the Unitarians.
[20:11] ---
    I was told that no one knew his identity.
    Who is it?
[20:14] ---
    The Demon King of Tyranny's right-hand man...
    Shin Reglia.
[20:20] ---
    Shin, eh?
    Why won't he show himself?
[20:23] ---
    I'm sure he has a good reason.
[20:25] ---
    He's sent word that he awaits you
    in the Forest of Great Spirit Aharthern.
[20:31] ---
    Come to think of it, the King
    of Curses' subordinate had this on him.
[20:38] ---
    I see.
[20:48] ---
    The Looting Sword Gilionojes, eh?
[20:50] ---
    I haven't seen it since
    that day 2,000 years ago.
[20:53] ---
    It belongs to Shin Reglia, right?
[20:56] ---
    So the head of the Unitarians is Shin Reglia,
    the owner of this sword?
[21:01] ---
    This is hard to understand.
[21:03] ---
    It's all right.
    I don't get it, either!
[21:06] ---
    I wanted to inform you sooner, Lord Anos,
[21:10] ---
    but I was unable to detect you
    or your magical power.
[21:13] ---
    Right.
[21:14] ---
    These days I've been really into renovating
    the underground dungeon.
[21:17] ---
    Underground?
    You mean Delsgade?
[21:19] ---
    Why would you do something like that?
[21:22] ---
    I built a city where
    the 10,000 Zeshias can live.
[21:25] ---
    A city?
[21:26] ---
    And thanks to you,
    they all seem to be enjoying themselves!
[21:29] ---
    You shouldn't be building something
    so outrageous.
[21:32] ---
    Lord Anos,
    what are you going to do now?
[21:36] ---
    I'll be heading to Aharthern.
    The Great Spirit Leno should be there, as well.
[21:41] ---
    But we can't take our eyes off NousGalia, can we?
[21:45] ---
    Not only that, but it's possible
    that he might be targeting them.
[21:49] ---
    We're just going to have to all go together.
    Needless to say, that includes NousGalia.
[21:54] ---
    How are we going to do that?
[21:55] ---
    Gods always keep their promises to Humans.
[21:58] ---
    Surely, he can't disobey an order.
[22:00] ---
    Our next class will be a field trip to Aharthern.
SIGN    THE SPIRIT'S SCHOOL BUILDING
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    The Spirit's School Building.