# 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.
**[01:58] ---**
02 - The Demon King’s Duel of Intellect
**[02:01] ---**
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...
**[02:30] ---**
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?
**[03:29] ---**
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...
**[04:10] ---**
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.
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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...
**[04:56] ---**
...a personality was born; one
that never should've come into existence.
**[05:01] ---**
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.
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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!
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*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.*
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Here's my first guess.
**[05:46] ---**
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...*
**[05:58] ---**
The Child of God is Misha.
**[05:59] ---**
Wrong.
**[06:01] ---**
The child of God is Sasha.
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Wrong.
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The Child of God is Zeshia.
**[06:06] ---**
Wrong.
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The Child of God is Misa.
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Correct.
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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!
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Found it! If we destroy that,
no more Gools will ever be born!
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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,*
**[10:18] ---**
*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,*
**[10:30] ---**
*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,*
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*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—
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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.