E8 - The Land of Demons Without a Demon King

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[00:13] ---
    Stop, boy! Where are you going?
[00:16] ---
    I... I need to see the Demon King.
[00:20] ---
    Could you please let me through?
[00:21] ---
    The Demon King has passed away.
    I’m afraid you won’t be able to see him.
[00:27] ---
    Get out of here. The Demon King can’t rest
    in peace if you cause a commotion.
[02:05] ---
    THE LAND OF DEMONS WITHOUT A DEMON KING
[02:08] ---
    Hello!
[02:09] ---
    Are you heading for the flower garden, too, Anoshu?
[02:12] ---
    Yeah.
[02:14] ---
    Leno, can I ask you something?
[02:17] ---
    What is it?
[02:18] ---
    If you change the rumors and lore
    of a Spirit who’s already been born,
[02:21] ---
    can you turn her into a Spirit
    of the same name?
[02:23] ---
    Huh? Hmm... I’m not sure.
[02:27] ---
    Since it’s the rumors and lore from when she’s
    first born that make up a Spirit’s spiritual essence.
[02:33] ---
    In my case, that would be “the mother of all Spirits.”
[02:37] ---
    But if rumors spread that
    “Leno isn’t the Spirits’ mother,”
[02:40] ---
    then it would mean that I’d cease to exist.
[02:43] ---
    So if there are conflicts between
    the spiritual essence and the lore,
[02:45] ---
    it would just reduce the Spirit’s lifespan?
[02:48] ---
    Yes.
[02:49] ---
    As long as the rumors and lore remain,
    Spirits generally don’t get wiped out,
[02:53] ---
    but since we don’t get reincarnated
    like demons and humans,
[02:56] ---
    we would never become a completely different Spirit.
[03:00] ---
    Avos Dilhevia’s root is “the Demon King of Tyranny”.
[03:03] ---
    I thought if I could change that,
    it would take care of everything.
[03:06] ---
    But I guess it’s not that easy.
[03:08] ---
    But...
[03:09] ---
    If the rumors that were created
    later match the Spirit,
[03:12] ---
    they could have some sway.
[03:14] ---
    For example,
    these tear-flowers.
[03:16] ---
    A rumor that my tears spawn
    Spirit children was created,
[03:20] ---
    and since it doesn’t contradict my lore
    as the Great Spirit Mother,
[03:23] ---
    it’s given me that very power.
[03:27] ---
    I see.
[03:28] ---
    Does this have something to do with Lena?
[03:30] ---
    I’m not sure.
    I’m still investigating.
[03:33] ---
    Okay. Let me know if you find out anything!
[03:46] ---
    Shin!
[03:48] ---
    Let’s go water the flowers!
[03:50] ---
    If you could please wait for a bit.
    I need to take him on first.
[03:52] ---
    What? But you’re always sparring with Lay!
[03:56] ---
    Even if I water them,
    the flowers are only going to dry up.
[03:58] ---
    Why would you say such a thing?
    Dummy! You’re a dummy, Shin!
[04:03] ---
    I mean, really...
[04:04] ---
    Want some advice?
[04:07] ---
    Tell her you’ll take care
    of me right away for her sake,
[04:10] ---
    and she’ll cheer up.
[04:15] ---
    Leno. For your sake, I will dispatch him
    right away, so please be patient for a bit.
[04:20] ---
    Gotcha! I’ll be waiting!
[04:22] ---
    Good luck, Shin! Get him!
    You can do it!
[04:25] ---
    I’m quite taken aback.
[04:27] ---
    The important thing is how you tell her.
[04:29] ---
    No.
[04:30] ---
    I’m talking about the rapid strides you’ve made.
[04:33] ---
    That move you just made was one
    I only showed you yesterday, was it not?
[04:36] ---
    You’ve been absorbing my sword skills
    with each match.
[04:40] ---
    Compared to when we first met,
    you’re like a different swordsman.
[04:43] ---
    Well, I think it’s about time that
    I gave you back this sword, so—
[05:10] ---
    All right, then.
    Allow me to show you.
[05:17] ---
    Magic power... disabled?
[05:39] ---
    Well, that was a close one.
[05:44] ---
    But why?
    I thought you’d blocked that!
[05:50] ---
    Bladeless Sword,
    First Hidden Art, Moment.
[05:53] ---
    The blade of the Bladeless Sword, Cadenalios,
    does not exist in the present.
[05:58] ---
    Rather, it’s constantly slicing
    through moments in the past.
[06:01] ---
    So you slashed me an instant ago, huh?
[06:04] ---
    Is that why you disabled your magic power?
[06:07] ---
    Once it reaches the zone of nothingness,
[06:10] ---
    you can access the sword’s
    true hidden power... its Hidden Art.
[06:15] ---
    Did that move work on the Hero Kanon?
[06:18] ---
    Unfortunately, it was only created after I’d lost...
[06:22] ---
    So I’m grateful that you showed
    it to me before reincarnating.
[06:26] ---
    If I am reborn,
    I may never reach that mystery again.
[06:32] ---
    They’re gonna dry up again!
[06:34] ---
    There’ll be no flowers left!
[06:35] ---
    You think so?
    You never know!
[06:38] ---
    I believe the Tithis are right.
[06:45] ---
    What did we tell you?
    They dried up!
[06:48] ---
    Why...
[06:50] ---
    ...aren’t you scolding me?
[06:51] ---
    Huh? But I was the one who asked you to do it.
[06:54] ---
    You were angry before, though.
[06:56] ---
    Oh, that.
[06:58] ---
    That was my fault, okay?
[07:01] ---
    Because I didn’t know anything about you, Shin.
[07:03] ---
    But it’s different now!
    I know you’re doing your best to water them.
[07:09] ---
    I think you’re showering them with love!
[07:21] ---
    Misha, did anything out of the ordinary happen?
[07:23] ---
    It’s the same as always.
[07:25] ---
    You know what?
[07:26] ---
    Let us tell you something!
[07:27] ---
    We saw it the other day!
[07:28] ---
    A headless demon!
[07:30] ---
    Headless?
[07:31] ---
    He was walking through the forest.
[07:32] ---
    So scary!
[07:34] ---
    Must be the Blaze Death King,
    whose head got chopped off by Shin.
[07:37] ---
    Where did that demon go?
[07:39] ---
    He left Aharthern.
[07:41] ---
    Hmm. Let’s head over there.
[07:48] ---
    What’s the Blaze Death King up to?
[07:51] ---
    I don’t know.
    But according to him,
[07:53] ---
    it’s all so that he can see
    me advance even farther.
[07:57] ---
    But if that’s the case, he should stop
    searching for enemies and serve me.
[08:02] ---
    A twisted admiration.
[08:04] ---
    What the Blaze Death King is seeing is an idol.
[08:07] ---
    Through the Demon King, he’s gazing
    at the object of his admiration in his own head.
[08:11] ---
    He just wants to force his ideals on others.
[08:13] ---
    Hmm.
[08:14] ---
    Meaning that in his eyes,
    it doesn’t even have to be me.
[08:19] ---
    As long as he’s as strong as you?
[08:20] ---
    No such person exists.
[08:22] ---
    So in other words, I’m just going
    to have to live up to his expectation, eh?
[08:28] ---
    During this era in Delsgade, there
    was someone who knew all about the world.
[08:32] ---
    I’m sure that she could locate
    the Blaze Death King for me.
[08:35] ---
    Who?
[08:36] ---
    The Goddess of Creation Militia.
[08:38] ---
    She’s the order of creation who made this world,
[08:41] ---
    and the goddess who built the wall with me.
[08:44] ---
    Throughout the last 2,000 years,
    she’s been one of my few allies.
[08:47] ---
    So there are good gods, too?
[08:49] ---
    While I do tend to disrupt the divine order,
[08:51] ---
    there’s a handful of gods that I get along with.
[08:54] ---
    Above all, she loved this world.
[08:58] ---
    Please stop!
[09:02] ---
    I knew it.
[09:03] ---
    This kid is seventh in line
    to the Azeshion throne... Igareth!
[09:07] ---
    A human child?
[09:08] ---
    He was a hostage,
    but I know that I released him.
[09:12] ---
    I thought that he’d gone back
    to Gairadite by now.
[09:15] ---
    The Demon King actually let that one go.
    What are you going to do?
[09:19] ---
    Our lord is now resting in peace.
    I’m sure that he’ll understand.
[09:23] ---
    P-Please, let me go!
    All I want is to go home to Azeshion!
[09:32] ---
    My name is Debidora.
[09:34] ---
    This is to avenge my child,
    who was murdered by the Hero Jerga.
[09:36] ---
    Pay for it with your life!
[09:53] ---
    Please... spare me...
[09:56] ---
    Did you say, “spare me”?
[09:58] ---
    And how did the human King kill off
    the demons who begged for the same thing?
[10:01] ---
    By burning demon children to death,
[10:03] ---
    using their cries of agony to draw demon troops near
    so they could massacre them!
[10:07] ---
    Spare... me...
[10:10] ---
    It was you humans who killed them!
[10:12] ---
    So don’t even think about being
    so shameless as to beg for your life, human!
[10:22] ---
    Anos...
[10:23] ---
    Even if I were to save him now,
[10:25] ---
    once we’re back 2,000 years in the future,
    it’ll revert to the real past.
[10:29] ---
    It’s probably just a fleeting dream.
[10:33] ---
    Now you’re going to suffer
    the same agony as my son.
[10:36] ---
    Save me... please... save me!
[10:41] ---
    Demon King!
[10:52] ---
    Not that it will do any good to save you...
[10:57] ---
    But if I don’t at least save him in this dream,
    it will be a lie.
[11:07] ---
    Where the hell did you come from?
[11:12] ---
    Lie still for now.
    It will be over soon.
[11:16] ---
    Hey, kid, if you’re a fellow demon,
    why would you save a human?
[11:20] ---
    That one’s a blood relative of the Hero Jerga,
    who mercilessly slaughtered our kind.
[11:25] ---
    Debidora. If he was the one who killed your son,
    I’d be fine with you seeking revenge.
[11:30] ---
    But Igareth’s never laid a hand on our brethren,
    let alone murdered them.
[11:35] ---
    Has the Demon King Anos granted
    you permission to kill the innocent?
[11:41] ---
    Killing innocent children out
    of hatred for Azeshion...
[11:45] ---
    ...makes you no different than those humans
    that you despise so much!
[11:50] ---
    Shut up!
[12:10] ---
    What the—
[12:12] ---
    He’s still on his feet?
[12:16] ---
    Why didn’t you use an Anti-Magic Spell?
[12:19] ---
    I understand your hatred all too well.
[12:22] ---
    I’m sure that the flames
    of that hatred are scorching you...
[12:26] ---
    ...far more than the small fire
    that you just used to burn me.
[12:30] ---
    If you want to hate, then hate.
    The right person, that is.
[12:34] ---
    But it’s never going to end.
[12:37] ---
    If you go on hating and killing,
    your descendants will be killed again.
[12:41] ---
    Hatred will be passed down to your children eternally,
    and then to your grandchildren...
[12:46] ---
    ...and will continue to burn Dilhade to a crisp.
[12:49] ---
    I can’t be like the Demon King.
[12:52] ---
    I don’t care if it means that I fall from grace!
[12:55] ---
    I just hate humans, no matter what!
[13:15] ---
    Those eyes... so you’re still alive, then?
[13:19] ---
    What do you mean? I’m Anoshu Polticoal,
    a traveling entertainer who’s passing through.
[13:26] ---
    The Demon King was fond of traveling entertainers.
[13:31] ---
    My lord in all your glory...
[13:33] ---
    What you commanded us to do...
[13:35] ---
    We just couldn’t...
    we just couldn’t carry it out!
[13:41] ---
    We can’t do it!
    We can never forget the hatred we feel.
[13:44] ---
    The humans who murdered our comrades
    are on the other side of that wall...
[13:47] ---
    Laughing without a care in the world,
    living their lives... they’re alive.
[13:50] ---
    How can we possibly look the other way?
[13:57] ---
    It can be the least possible contradiction.
[14:01] ---
    Look up now.
[14:04] ---
    I have a message
    from the Demon King of Tyranny.
[14:07] ---
    “Let us meet again 2,000 years from now.”
[14:09] ---
    A wonderful world awaits you all there.
[14:28] ---
    I knew that you’d save him.
[14:30] ---
    I’m sure it won’t be for nothing.
[14:32] ---
    You’re right.
[14:34] ---
    It may really not have been for nothing.
[14:47] ---
    Venuzdnor... has activated?
[14:50] ---
    There’s no one in this era able to wield
    the Magic Sword of Destruction.
[14:54] ---
    Since I’d already reincarnated myself,
    and Avos Dilhevia has yet to be born.
[14:59] ---
    I don’t know how it was done,
[15:01] ---
    but someone from this era predicted that I’d
    be coming from 2,000 years in the future.
[15:06] ---
    But that could be our salvation.
[15:16] ---
    Normally, the moment I tried to draw it,
[15:19] ---
    the order of time would be activated,
    and Revalon would end.
[15:23] ---
    But if Venuzdnor has already shown up
    in this past, it’s a different story.
[15:28] ---
    If I can take up Venuzdnor in my hands,
    then I can change the past.
[15:35] ---
    Demon King... Demon King!
[15:39] ---
    Demon King!
[15:41] ---
    As the third unit of the Subjugation Battalion
    was retreating to Azeshion,
[15:45] ---
    it came under attack by monsters,
[15:46] ---
    and was wiped out so that I could escape.
[15:49] ---
    I got here on my own.
[15:53] ---
    I’m glad that you made it.
[15:57] ---
    Those monsters... were they demons?
[15:59] ---
    No. I’d never seen their kind before.
    They looked like this.
[16:03] ---
    Were they dragons?
[16:04] ---
    Dragons?
[16:05] ---
    They’re a rare species
    that almost never appears.
[16:08] ---
    I thought that they’d died out long ago.
[16:12] ---
    Igareth.
[16:13] ---
    I’ve returned here from 2,000 years in the future.
[16:19] ---
    You don’t believe me?
[16:20] ---
    No, I do believe you.
[16:23] ---
    But you haven’t been truly saved just yet.
[16:27] ---
    In order to save you, I’d have to kill you once,
    then resurrect you again to this point in time.
[16:35] ---
    When you’ve been reborn thanks
    to the Magic Sword of Destruction,
[16:37] ---
    you’ll have become an entity that even
    the gods of Time can’t detect.
[16:42] ---
    You’re not afraid, are you?
[16:43] ---
    Is there something that I can do?
[16:46] ---
    Because I was taught that a Hero
    must repay the one he owes his life to.
[16:51] ---
    Then when you’re reborn,
    I want you to spread a certain rumor.
[16:56] ---
    A rumor about the Demon King of Tyranny,
    Avos Dilhevia, that will endure 2,000 years from now.
[17:01] ---
    I’m going to imprint it on your memory
    so you won’t forget.
[17:04] ---
    A rumor that you’ve spread after transforming
    into a unique existence...
[17:08] ---
    ...should never fade away,
    and still be intact until the present.
[17:17] ---
    Igareth. You proud little Hero...
[17:21] ---
    I want you to save the other Demon King,
    the bearer of a sad fate.
[17:26] ---
    I, Igareth, promise to live up
    to your expectations, Demon King!
[17:32] ---
    Let us meet again.
[17:39] ---
    Venuzdnor...
[17:41] ---
    Looks like it’s run out of Delsgade’s magic.
[17:45] ---
    Anos?
[17:50] ---
    “To my Demon King.
    Let us meet again 2,000 years from now.”
[17:54] ---
    “The three of us, next time.”
[17:55] ---
    “Surely... definitely... no matter what.”
[17:58] ---
    “I shall fall in love once again.”
[18:01] ---
    Love...
[18:03] ---
    Who would’ve thought this would happen
    in the Mythical Age?
[18:06] ---
    You mean no one ever fell in love?
[18:08] ---
    Even if one had such feelings,
    it wasn’t peaceful enough to express them.
[18:13] ---
    Whoever wrote this must’ve been
    in that situation.
[18:17] ---
    Is something wrong?
[18:18] ---
    It’s under a spell.
[18:21] ---
    I see.
[18:23] ---
    We may have to wait until night.
[18:29] ---
    All you ever do is hang out with Lay!
    Really, now!
[18:32] ---
    I see that Shin’s at her beck and call, as usual.
[18:34] ---
    Can Shin ever find love?
[18:37] ---
    If it’s something that he wants with all his heart,
    it should be possible.
[18:40] ---
    His source is a Magic Sword.
    Will it still be all right?
[18:43] ---
    Just because he’s a Magic Sword,
    did you think he couldn’t love anyone?
[18:48] ---
    A world where you can never gain
    your heart’s desires...
[18:51] ---
    ...should be wiped off the face of the earth.
[18:54] ---
    The Goddess of Creation Militia
    was known to say that.
[18:56] ---
    What kind of god was she?
[18:58] ---
    A kind-hearted, heroic god.
[19:01] ---
    Most gods never pay any attention
    to the Demons and humans who live in this world.
[19:06] ---
    That’s what leads to all kinds of injustice,
    and widespread tragedy.
[19:13] ---
    But the world’s spiritual essence
    is overflowing with her affection.
[19:17] ---
    If you desire it with all your heart,
    she’s sure to come through for you.
[19:21] ---
    Do you believe that?
[19:22] ---
    Militia was quite distressed.
[19:24] ---
    “I’ve created a sad world,” she said.
[19:26] ---
    And so I made her a certain promise.
[19:29] ---
    What kind of promise?
[19:31] ---
    That if the gods were causing
    hopeless tragedies and injustices,
[19:35] ---
    then I would destroy them.
[19:38] ---
    I wanted to make sure that Militia knew.
[19:41] ---
    That this world that she’d created wouldn’t succumb
    to something like injustice.
[19:48] ---
    Anos?
[19:49] ---
    What is it?
[19:50] ---
    Did the world become a peaceful place?
[19:53] ---
    More than before, yes.
[19:54] ---
    But it seems like we’re not quite there yet.
[19:59] ---
    “To the Demon King, Anos.”
[20:01] ---
    “The Blaze Death King is in the cemetery
    which honors the war dead.”
[20:06] ---
    “Also... I hope that the future
    of the kind-hearted Demon King,”
[20:09] ---
    “who fought to the point that he
    was known as a tyrant,”
[20:12] ---
    “will be filled with peace.”
[20:14] ---
    “I will always be nearby,
    watching over you.”
[20:18] ---
    “Until I draw my last breath... forever.”
[20:21] ---
    I don’t understand. You couldn’t write these words
    unless you knew that you were coming here.
[20:26] ---
    It must be Militia.
    She has her eye on the world.
[20:29] ---
    On Venuzdnor, too?
[20:30] ---
    Could be. Though I don’t think
    she’s capable of wielding it.
[20:35] ---
    The Goddess of Creation isn’t here?
[20:37] ---
    - No.
    - Are you sad?
[20:39] ---
    It would’ve been nice to have seen
    an old friend, of course.
[20:42] ---
    But the souvenir she’s left me
    is more than enough.
[20:47] ---
    I’d like to make a stop somewhere.
[20:53] ---
    The cemetery?
[20:54] ---
    That’s right.
[20:56] ---
    Do you see it, Misha?
[20:58] ---
    All these people...
    I couldn’t protect them.
[21:02] ---
    They were drawn to my dream of peace,
    and fought for me until they were wiped out.
[21:07] ---
    The more loyal they were,
    the sooner they perished.
[21:11] ---
    I had to become stronger so
    that I could live up to their hopes.
[21:16] ---
    Even if that meant being called a tyrant,
    or having to do cruel things.
[21:20] ---
    And then I reigned over this land
    as the Demon King.
[21:23] ---
    But no matter how much power I gain,
    I’ll never regain the lives of those I’ve lost.
[21:30] ---
    I have good news for you all.
[21:32] ---
    We’ve achieved peace. You should be proud.
    We’ve won, you see.
[21:40] ---
    I would’ve liked to have gazed upon
    that tranquil town with you all from here.
[21:46] ---
    White Flower.
[22:00] ---
    Smile for them.
[22:04] ---
    They wanted to see how their lord
    would smile in a peaceful era.
[22:10] ---
    What makes you say that?
[22:11] ---
    It feels as though everyone’s emotions
    are still here.
[22:16] ---
    Their souls are with you, Anos.
[22:20] ---
    It was thanks to all your help that I
    was able to go to a peaceful era.
[22:26] ---
    Thank you.
[22:29] ---
    I’ll see to it that it wasn’t in vain.
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    A PRAYER FOR TWO THOUSAND YEARS LATER
[23:37] ---
    A Prayer for Two Thousand Years Later