E4 - The Spirit’s Trial

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    Thank goodness we managed to pass!
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    All thanks to Lord Anos, right?
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    If we can pass the next trial,
    we'll get to see the Spirit King!
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    That makes me... nervous.
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    Lord Anos.
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    Is that you, Meleheyth?
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    We are ready to hold the ceremony
    for the Second Coming of the Demon King.
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    Hmm.
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    We shall be announcing the fact that Avos Dilhevia
    was a sham over today's magical broadcast.
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    Leave the broadcast to Elio.
    You stay out of sight.
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    As you wish.
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    From here on in, various Spirits
    will be tasking you with trials.
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    04 - The Spirit’s Trial
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    To pass, you must overcome them all,
    and reach Enyunien's top.
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    Now, then, here's your first trial.
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    The Staircases of Geunier.
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    You will choose one of these twenty,
    and proceed to the upper floors.
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    Only five of them lead to the top,
    where the Spirit King resides.
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    Needless to say, you will not be permitted
    to destroy the walls, or to use Gatom.
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    When will we know if we're right?
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    Stairs heading up when you open
    the door will lead to the top.
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    Stairs heading down will only lead you back here.
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    Huh? Then unless we're lucky,
    we're bound to fail.
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    Quite an amusing trial.
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    You're just wasting your time, Demon King.
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    Because you've always been unlucky.
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    First you tamper with the questions,
    and now the stairs?
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    I'd advise you to use
    the Magic Sword of Destruction.
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    The Spirit Trials will now begin!
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    What a dull trial!
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    This would be child's play for Kyhilam.
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    There are sixteen of us,
    so four of us should guess right.
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    It'll depend on whether
    the Four Evil Royals guess right, of course,
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    but I think at least one of us will get lucky.
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    But the best scenario would
    be Lord Anos getting it right, wouldn't it?
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    Is this really just a matter of luck?
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    Not necessarily.
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    Judging by what the Scarlet Monument King had to say,
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    we can assume that he's done some manipulating.
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    What if one of us guesses right?
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    Yeah...
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    I don't think I can make
    it through the next trial.
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    If only we could give Lord Anos
    our winning ticket!
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    Hmm. Maybe that's the way to go.
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    What?
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    What's the meaning of this?
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    I want to make sure that there's no foul play.
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    If you were so inclined,
    you could fail us on purpose, after all.
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    As the Great Tree of Education,
    I would never do that.
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    Even if, say, the Great Spirit Leno's
    live were at stake?
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    Well...
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    Surely you Spirits wouldn't shy away from doing anything
    if it was to protect your own mother.
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    Mm...
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    When I open the door,
    I'll show you my true form.
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    If you haven't rigged this,
    it shouldn't matter to you, right?
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    Fine! If that will satisfy you,
    I'll humor you.
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    Yes! Wrong door!
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    I got to do my Lord Anos impression, too!
    This just might be my lucky day!
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    Wrong door!
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    All right!
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    Who else picked the right door?
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    Looks like luck was on my side.
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    I picked the right one, too!
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    Splitting our 16 Sources equally, then requiring them
    to gather at the stairways going up upon return,
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    worked out better than I thought.
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    Who are you?
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    Was it here?
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    Oh...
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    Lena, didn't you choose the wrong door?
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    Yes. But I remembered something!
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    That there should be a hidden passageway
    in the staircase.
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    You heard that, right?
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    Find the hidden passageway.
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    It should lead to the path to the top.
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    - Right.
    - Okay.
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    Seems like you've gone through a Spirit Trial before.
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    I'm not sure about that... but I have
    a feeling that I've been to the top.
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    Then let me know if anything comes back to you.
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    Okay.
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    Hey.
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    What is it?
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    I think... there's a door here.
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    Shall we open it?
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    Huh?
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    Wait... This can't be right.
    What happened?
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    It seems like I've been here more than once.
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    I feel so sad...
    I've got to go.
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    There's something that I should have said.
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    To the Spirit King?
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    Yes, probably.
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    I see.
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    Show yourself.
    I know that you're there.
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    Forgive me for startling you, Your Majesty.
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    Is that you, Jiste?
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    I've been waiting for you to come.
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    Since we can be free
    of the Spirits' surveillance here.
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    Hmm. It sounds like you're
    at odds with the Spirits?
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    Lord Kyhilam has been spirited away
    by the Hidden Wolf Gennul.
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    Meaning that only the King
    of Curses' Source has vanished?
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    But isn't that the King of Curses,
    Kyhilam Jiste?
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    He has a split personality.
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    Kyhilam and his lover, Jiste.
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    He has both personalities and Sources.
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    Not that we failed our trials,
    but it was on the Spirit King's order.
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    He bullied Lord Gerad into doing his bidding
    if he wanted to get the King of Curses back.
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    That's why he went to Delsgade.
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    Gerad had half of a Magic Sword.
    Where did he get it?
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    Most likely from the Spirit King.
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    He told him to use it as bait.
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    Is Eges, the King of the Netherworld,
    involved, as well?
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    He's also being held hostage.
    I think that's why he's here in this School Building.
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    Who is the Spirit King?
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    I'm told that he's been protecting
    the Spirits in place of the Great Spirit Leno,
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    who vanished after you were reincarnated.
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    I did see him, just once.
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    This is what he looks like.
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    The man who appeared
    at the Magic Sword Tournament...
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    The Spirit King,
    disguised as Avos Dilhevia?
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    But what is he after?
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    I beg of you, Your Majesty.
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    Please save Lord Kyhilam.
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    I'm aware that you two don't get along, but...
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    My subordinates have also vanished.
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    I'll save Kyhilam along with them.
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    Thank you!
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    Anos?
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    What is it?
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    I was able to join Misa,
    so we'll be moving on together.
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    Fine.
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    Misa?
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    Oh!
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    Sorry. But it's faster this way.
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    Oh! There's a door!
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    Oh!
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    The Hidden Wolf, Gennul.
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    You may pass.
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    Are you sure?
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    I won't task you with a trial as you pass.
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    Stay with me.
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    Right.
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    I was sure something was going to happen... oh?
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    Look at that!
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    I'm impressed that you got this far!
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    I shall grant you an audience with the Spirit King.
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    I'd like to ask you something, Spirit King.
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    Do you bear a grudge against the Demon King?
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    Unfortunately, you'll have to undergo
    a trial to speak with His Majesty.
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    What kind of trial?
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    Battle the Spirit King, and if you
    can split his mask, you'll pass.
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    However, you may only use your own body
    and spirit as your weapons.
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    All of these swords are Spirits.
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    You will be allowed to used them
    if you're capable of wielding them.
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    I'll take on the trial.
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    Hmph. What can you call this but fate?
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    I agree.
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    You will be tasked with the Hidden Wolf Trial.
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    Capture me if you can. Only the one
    who succeeds first will be allowed to pass.
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    Shall we join forces, Demon King Anos?
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    You go on through the door.
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    I'll rescue the ones who were spirited away.
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    Hmm. Do you know how
    to go about rescuing them?
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    I wouldn't propose joining forces otherwise.
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    Fine.
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    Huh?
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    Stay right there.
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    O-Okay.
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    Go ahead and start the trial.
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    I know that that body's just an illusion.
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    Show us your true form!
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    I am the Hidden Wolf Gennul.
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    I am the Spirit of Vanishment,
    and I show myself to no one.
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    Riga Shrade.
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    Beno Ievun.
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    The Spirit girl...
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    Vanished, eh?
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    What was Lena doing just before she vanished?
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    So that's what this is?
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    You've figured something out, Demon King?
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    Yes. I'm going to capture that Hidden Wolf Gennul.
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    Then...
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    Those who've vanished must be inside his body.
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    You can create an entrance with your Magic Spear.
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    The Spirit of Vanishment shows himself to no one.
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    On the flip side...
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    You only appear before those
    whose eyes are closed.
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    Impressive. You may pass.
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    Well?
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    That cur hasn't caught on.
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    Leave the Spirit girl and yours subordinates to me.
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    I just hope that I don't end up battling you.
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    We'll just have to leave that to fate.
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    Cyphio!
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    The Treasured Sword Ailearrow.
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    A Spirit who seals objects
    and people away inside jewels.
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    I possess seven Sources.
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    It would be quicker to seal them
    than to destroy them.
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    You took up that sword as if you knew that.
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    Have we battled each other before somewhere?
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    Take that!
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    As I'm a half-Spirit,
    I'm allowed to help you, right?
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    Spirit Magic...
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    Gigadeal!
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    Misa!
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    Lay, take this.
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    Thanks.
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    Is that your true form?
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    Is it, I wonder?
    I was out of my mind.
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    How are you feeling?
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    I'm fine, thank you.
    And besides...
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    I can't be worried about
    my condition when you're in a jam!
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    You are my sword.
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    As long as you're looking at me,
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    as long as I'm battling with you by my side,
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    there's no way that I can ever lose.
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    Do you believe me?
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    Yes.
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    Take that!
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    I knew it... you do know me from before.
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    With the Spirit Sword snapped,
    you're taking slightly bigger swings.
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    You knew that I couldn't use
    this Theo Aske, didn't you?
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    Layering true love into one,
    then converting it into magical power.
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    The Hero's Secret Technique.
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    I have obtained love now!
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    Theo Torearos!
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    And I've won, right?
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    You can't fight me in that condition, can you?
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    Yes, you're right.
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    It's over for you.
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    Lay!
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    Theo Try—
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    Hmm. I know you're a fake.
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    Welcome to my research lab!
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    I don't have time to fool around with you.
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    But this is a Spirit Trial.
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    If you ignore it, you'll never reach
    the Spirit King's castle.
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    State the nature of the trial.
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    You and I will vie for supremacy.
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    However, we can only use
    the magical power of those monuments there.
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    We'll see whose magical technology
    reigns supreme in a fair fight!
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    This is an ancient magic circle!
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    Forgotten due to its difficulty,
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    this magical formula, which can amplify
    magical power to its limits,
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    was revived by yours truly thanks
    to my 2,000 years of research.
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    I'll test it, then.
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    You have no hope of reaching
    the bottom of the abyss with this.
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    That's just sour grapes!
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    You only have one monument left.
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    Meaning I have twice the magical power!
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    Take a look!
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    This is the Ancient Literary Magic Lehg Noavs!
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    What I can see at the bottom of the abyss...
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    ...is a Magical Formula controlling
    unlimited magical power.
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    And at this moment,
    no one is closer to that abyss... than I!
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    I shall now announce the result of this trial.
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    You've failed!
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    Hmm?
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    Just because you have twice the magical power...
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    Did you really think you could make up
    for the gap in our abilities?
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    Impossible!
    I have unlimited magical power!
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    No. For starters,
    Ancient Magic is for the weak.
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    Since it focuses on efficiency, far from being unlimited,
    it reaches its limits faster.
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    That goes for even this Ji Noavs,
    the most advanced spell.
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    That must be why our predecessors
    abandoned the formula.
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    Ridiculous!
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    My research doesn't have a single flaw!
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    The bottom of the abyss that you strove for...
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    ...is nothing but a shallow stream
    that I long since passed by 2,000 years ago.
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    Raeluente.
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    Even with your Holy Sword sealed,
    I never thought that you'd lose.
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    Where's Misa?
[21:35] ---
    It's safe to assume that
    the Spirit King took her with him.
[21:41] ---
    Anos, the Spirit King is probably...
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    Is it Shin?
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    It looked like he was hiding
    his swordsmanship style,
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    but it was remarkably similar.
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    He's head and shoulders stronger
    than he was 2,000 years ago.
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    Anos!
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    We have a crisis brewing!
[21:58] ---
    Look at this!
    It's Dilhade's magical broadcast!
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    My fellow demons. In the recent war,
    we learned how foolish the Humans are.
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    That goes for the lowly Demons as well.
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    Therefore, it is up to us to make it right.
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    My noble Royals. Come gather around
    the Demon King of Tyranny, Avos Dilhevia.
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    You lowly hybrids, so far removed
    from the founding father.
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    Bow down before us,
    and nourish us.
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    Come forth,
    Seven Elder Demon Emperors.
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    Answer me. Who am I?
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    Your Majesty, Avos Dilhevia,
    the Demon King of Tyranny.
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    You are the one who rules over all.
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    State our long-cherished desire.
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    That would be to turn
    the right ideal into a reality,
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    a world ruled only by the Royals.
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    There are foolish hybrid demons
    who go against our ideal.
[22:55] ---
    Let me inform all Royals.
    You are to kill the misfit.
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    Kill Anos Voldigoad!
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    What is this?
[23:05] ---
    That's not the Spirit King.
[23:13] ---
    What?
[23:15] ---
    The Great Spirit Avos Dilhevia, based on the rumors
    and lore of the Demon King of Tyranny.
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    So that was your true form.
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    Misa.
SIGN    BETWEEN ROYALTY AND MIXED BLOOD
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    Between Royalty and Mixed Blood.