E7 - The Witch and the Demon Sword: Act II

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[00:04] Paladin 2
    Huh? Did you lose your way?
[00:07] Paladin 2
    I can get out a map, if you'd like.
[00:10] Ashaf
    Don't kill him, Guideau.
[00:22] Ashaf
    Come here, Guideau.
[00:23] Guideau
    You come here.
[00:29] Ashaf
    Recognize the insignia?
[00:31] Guideau
    Nope.
[00:33] Ashaf
    Good grief. You really have no interest
    in anything but witches, do you?
[00:38] Ashaf
    Armies normally rely on strength in numbers.
[00:41] Ashaf
    Against witches, in particular,
    having an elite few makes no sense.
[00:45] Ashaf
    They require a quantity
    so vast, it seems infinite.
[00:49] Ashaf
    But annoyingly, this force
    is built not on numbers,
[00:52] Ashaf
    but on overwhelming individual might.
[00:56] Ashaf
    If you encounter someone
    who looks like their commander,
[00:59] Ashaf
    don't assume you can beat him.
[01:01] Ashaf
    The Third Continent Paladin Corps's
    6th Battalion is led by the "Man of Ice,"
[01:06] Ashaf
    Matt Cugat.
[01:08] Ashaf
    His power rivals that of a witch.
[01:12] Guideau
    This must be him.
SIGN    The Witch and
    the Demon Sword
SIGN    Act II
[02:58] Ashaf
    Stop, Guideau.
[03:00] Ashaf
    Save the kiss for later.
[03:02] Guideau
    What? Why?
[03:04] Guideau
    This guy's gotta be the boss, right?
[03:06] Guideau
    If I take him out here, our job's done!
[03:09] Ashaf
    Guideau, your strength
    is our ace in the hole.
[03:12] Ashaf
    We haven't gotten the
    full picture of this case yet.
[03:15] Ashaf
    Always hide your ace in the hole
    until all the cards are down.
[03:20] Ashaf
    For the moment, buy her time to escape.
[03:24] Ashaf
    Just concentrate on that.
[03:27] Ashaf
    Now...
[03:29] Ashaf
    I believe my attention is needed here.
[03:32] Helga
    What are you muttering to yourself for?
[03:34] Helga
    Wait, were you talking to that hot—
    uh, that guy from before?
[03:40] Helga
    Hey! Put up a decent fight!
[03:42] Helga
    He'll focus on me if you go down.
[03:45] Guideau
    I'll help you escape.
[03:47] Guideau
    Get lost while I keep him busy.
[03:50] Helga
    What? But what will you do
     once I've gotten away?
[03:53] Guideau
    Shut up and move it.
[03:56] Guideau
    Having a witch next to me
    makes my damn skin crawl.
[04:00] Helga
    Well...
[04:01] Helga
    That works out great for me.
[04:05] Matt
    So that's the Demon Sword?
[04:07] Matt
    He was telling the truth.
[04:10] Matt
    All the more reason to finish this now.
[04:12] Guideau
    Look this way!
[04:13] Matt
    I already am.
[04:25] Helga
    What? She lost already?
[04:43] Guideau
    Shit.
[04:45] Guideau
    I heard you were bad news,
[04:46] Guideau
    but you're not even a witch. How do
    you fire off spells without moving?
[04:50] Matt
    You surprised me, as well.
    I didn't expect you to be so fast or strong.
[04:56] Matt
    That weapon in your right
    hand must be magical.
[04:59] Matt
    Is it the secret to your superhuman strength?
[05:02] Matt
    I have a lot of questions, but you can wait.
[05:11] Matt
    Witches don't die easily,
    even when you strike to kill.
[05:16] Matt
    I hope that holds true.
[05:21] Helga
    What the...
[05:31] Ashaf
    It really is stunning
    what an elemental can do.
[05:36] (Flashback) Guideau
    He's on par with a witch?
[05:38] (Flashback) Guideau
    How? You mean he's not human?
[05:41] (Flashback) Ashaf
    No, he's human.
[05:44] (Flashback) Ashaf
    But he made a pact.
[05:46] (Flashback) Guideau
    A "pact"?
[05:48] (Flashback) Ashaf
    Exactly.
[05:50] (Flashback) Ashaf
    Matt Cugat forged a pact with a
    primordial force to rival witches:
[05:53] (Flashback) Ashaf
    a great ice elemental.
[05:58] (Flashback) Ashaf
    He's an elemental mage.
[06:12] Helga
    Ow.
[06:13] Helga
    Who is this guy?
[06:16] Helga
    He's practically a witch.
[06:19] Helga
    Ashgan! Where are you?
[06:21] Ashgan
    I'm here.
[06:23] Ashgan
    Come to me.
[06:26] Helga
    Thank good—
[06:27] Ashgan
    No.
[06:28] Helga
    Huh?
[06:29] Ashgan
    I wasn't calling you.
[06:32] Ashgan
    I meant...
[06:33] Ashgan
    you.
[06:38] Matt
    The Demon Sword. I'm glad I secured
    it before you could try anything.
[06:43] Helga
    Give it back!
[06:44] Matt
    Really? Return a weapon this
    dangerous to a murderous witch?
[06:55] Helga
    I know I can't beat him.
     But what else can I do?
[07:03] Guideau
    This time...
[07:04] Guideau
    I got you!
[07:07] Helga
    You survived?
[07:08] Guideau
    I bought you a few dozen seconds,
    so why the hell are you still here?
[07:11] Guideau
    You're a witch, right?!
[07:13] Helga
    Well, excuse me for not being much of one.
[07:20] Guideau
    Huh?
[07:22] Helga
    No! Don't let them take it!
[07:27] Lowell
    What strength.
[07:31] Matt
    Hand over the Demon Sword.
[07:34] Guideau
    Hah! You want this thing that bad?
[07:42] Guideau
    I don't really give a shit about this thing,
[07:45] Guideau
    but you assholes aren't
    getting anything out of me!
[07:50] Lowell
    Huh?
[07:53] Helga
    What's wrong with you?!
[07:55] Matt
    Of all the pointless....
[07:59] Helga
    I don't believe it. She picked up
    Ashgan, then let it go again.
[08:04] Helga
    I've never seen a human do that before.
[08:14] Helga
    Damn it!
[08:18] Ashgan
    You again?
[08:19] Helga
    Hey! Give it back!
[08:21] Helga
    You've got no right to carry that!
[08:24] Ashgan
    Yes, let go already. I can't stand you.
[08:27] Guideau
    You want it? Do what I say.
    Now, shut up and follow me.
[08:30] Helga
    Excuse me?!
[08:31] Guideau
    We're gonna meet up with Ashaf!
[08:34] Helga
    Why should I listen to this brat?
[08:36] Guideau
    Ashaf, where do you wanna meet?
[08:39] Ashaf
    So you're safe, Guideau. What about her?
[08:41] Guideau
    She's with me, and she'll do what I say.
[08:44] Ashaf
    Come again?
[08:45] Guideau
    Now we've just gotta get away and—
[08:49] Ashaf
    Is something wrong?
[08:52] Guideau
    Hey! Run like hell!
[08:59] Helga
    Wha—
[09:05] Helga
    Is he trying to freeze the whole city?!
[09:09] Guideau
    Move it! He's gonna catch up to us!
[09:11] Helga
    Over here!
[09:13] Guideau
    What's your plan?
[09:15] Helga
    Once we're through here, no matter what,
     don't let go of my hand!
[09:24] Guideau
    Hey, what's with these puny-ass spells?
[09:28] Helga
    Never call them "puny" again, you hear me?
[09:30] Helga
    I hate that word.
[09:33] Ashgan
    You always say a woman's size isn't every—
[09:35] Helga
    Shut up! Both of you!
[09:40] Helga
    What?
[09:45] Helga
    You're kidding me!
[09:52] Helga
    What am I supposed to do against that?
[10:02] Helga
    Pontevert.
[10:03] Helga
    This city in the south of the Third
    Continent is blessed with great weather.
[10:09] Helga
    The food is delicious, too.
[10:11] (Flashback) Waiter
    On the house.
[10:13] (Flashback) Helga
    Goodness!
[10:13] Helga
    And passionate men.
[10:16] Helga
    My witch blood makes me such
    a people magnet, it scares me.
[10:20] Helga
    I love this town.
[10:23] Newscaster
    Six corpses were discovered
    in the city early this morning.
[10:27] Newscaster
    All six bear cuts from
    some kind of edged weapon,
[10:30] Newscaster
    and the wounds show signs
    of extreme magical corrosion.
[10:33] Newscaster
    Reports suggest a single killer
    using powerful magic.
[10:39] Helga
    The victims are all people I met yesterday.
[10:44] (Flashback) Helga
    Ashgan, did you do something again?
[10:48] (Flashback) Ashgan
    What could I do, sealed away like this?
[10:52] (Flashback) Ashgan
    But, Helga, if you want to
    make me do something...
[10:59] Ashgan
    Draw me, Helga!
[11:02] Ashgan
    You have no other way out this time.
[11:05] Ashgan
    Unless you draw me, you'll die.
[11:09] Matt
    Save your breath, Demon Sword.
[11:12] Matt
    The witch can't move.
[11:14] Ashgan
    An elemental's protection?
[11:16] Ashgan
    I don't like you, either.
[11:19] Matt
    Put the witch and her ally in Armor.
[11:28] Matt
    I doubt you've ever been put in Armor before.
[11:32] Matt
    It hits pressure points that restrict
    the release of magical energy.
[11:35] Matt
    The perfect restraining
     device for witches.
[11:40] Lowell
    Come to think of it,
    didn't they have an accomplice?
[11:43] Lowell
    And quite a skilled one,
    according to the reports.
[11:45] Ashaf
    Quite skilled? You're too kind.
[11:49] Ashaf
    You're astonishingly powerful yourself.
[11:53] Ashaf
    I'll be in a real bind if you cart off
    those two and the Demon Sword.
[11:57] Matt
    Is that so?
[12:00] Matt
    Too bad for you, then.
[12:10] Matt
    Take them to the Castle.
     I'll take care of this one.
[12:15] Lowell
    I'll rendezvous with the commander.
[12:18] Lowell
    Take the witch and her friend to base.
[12:21] Ashaf
    I suppose I can't stop you from taking them.
[12:26] Ashaf
    Still, this works out well.
    I was hoping for a word with you.
[12:31] Matt
    What?
[12:32] Ashaf
    I have a good eye for people.
[12:35] Ashaf
    Matt Cugat, the Man of Ice,
[12:38] Ashaf
    you strike me as the type to listen
    to an argument in good faith.
[12:42] Matt
    Don't give me that.
[12:44] Matt
    You obstructed our mission,
    and now you talk about "good faith"?
[12:52] Ashaf
    Speaking of that mission,
[12:55] Ashaf
    don't you think it smells fishy?
[12:59] Ashaf
    A witch and six victims.
[13:02] Ashaf
    Each has a convenient witness,
[13:05] Ashaf
    and the witch committed every murder
    with her magical swordsmanship?
[13:09] Ashaf
    If a witch simply wants to kill a human,
    she has so many other ways of doing it.
[13:15] Ashaf
    She's practically asking you
    to send her to the gallows.
[13:18] Ashaf
    A taunt like that shows true confidence.
[13:21] Ashaf
    A typical witch, you might say.
[13:23] Ashaf
    Fear of witches may have lessened,
    but it remains deeply rooted in society.
[13:28] Ashaf
    People are so on edge that
    a witch just being near a death
[13:31] Ashaf
    is enough to create a "witch incident."
[13:35] Ashaf
    Framing a witch for a crime is simple.
     No hard evidence is required.
[13:40] Ashaf
    And that's just what happened here.
[13:43] Ashaf
    Someone set a trap for Helga Velvette.
[13:50] Paladin 1
    What?
[13:53] Ashgan
    I'll teach you to put me on ice.
[13:56] Ashgan
    Don't think a trick like that
    will keep me asleep for long.
[14:00] Ashgan
    Nothing can imprison me
[14:03] Ashgan
    except a witch.
[14:04] Helga
    Oh, no!
[14:06] Paladin 2
    What are you doing? Don't struggle!
[14:08] Helga
    Stop! Don't touch the Demon Sword!
[14:10] Helga
    Don't even look at it!
[14:15] Paladin 4
    What's gotten into you?!
[14:17] Paladin 3
    Let go! It's mine!
[14:18] Paladin 5
    Enough! Stop! That doesn't belong to you!
[14:21] Paladin 5
    It belongs to me!
[14:23] Helga
    It's begun.
[14:25] Helga
    Even sealed, the Demon Sword's immense
    power tempts and captivates people.
[14:32] Helga
    Once it takes hold,
    the temptation spreads like ripples.
[14:37] Ashgan
    Everyone loses themselves
    in pursuit of my power.
[14:42] Ashgan
    Mere humans can't help themselves.
[14:46] Ashgan
    The problem is that woman.
[14:49] Ashgan
    Why isn't she tempted?
[14:51] Ashgan
    What in the world is she?
[14:54] Farmus
    What is all this?
[14:56] Farmus
    What's happening here?
[14:59] Executioner
    You seem to be having trouble.
[15:02] Executioner
    Allow me to sort this out.
[15:05] Farmus
    I instructed you to remain
    in the command center!
[15:08] Farmus
    That goes for all of you!
[15:10] Farmus
    I didn't order you to deploy seekers!
[15:15] Farmus
    Stop! Have you lost your minds, too?
[15:18] Helga
    Ashgan?
[15:19] Helga
    No. Humans tempted by Ashgan
    aren't so well-organized.
[15:25] Executioner
    Open fire.
[15:30] Matt
    Someone framed the witch?
[15:33] Ashaf
    Speaking from experience,
    I have a good idea who.
[15:36] Ashaf
    It's their oldest trick, after all.
[15:38] Ashaf
    You couldn't know about them,
[15:40] Ashaf
    but you do share a connection.
[15:44] Ashaf
    This group targets all witches,
     good and evil alike,
[15:49] Ashaf
    and uses any means to
    hunt them to extinction.
[15:51] Ashaf
    The dark side of the
     righteous Paladin Corps.
[15:56] Ashaf
    A secret force of witch hunters:
[15:59] Ashaf
    the Executioners.
[16:04] Executioner
    I knew this would happen if you
    brought the Demon Sword here
[16:07] Executioner
    without knowing what to expect.
[16:11] Executioner
    So, all according to plan.
[16:13] Executioner
    Even amid all this chaos,
[16:16] Executioner
    I can create loyal soldiers who won't fall
     under the Demon Sword's influence.
[16:23] Executioner
    With this Forbidden Instrument.
[16:30] Executioner
    Now, where's Helga?
[16:33] Farmus
    Where could she be?
[16:34] Executioner
    Find her.
[16:40] Matt
    The Executioners set up this witch incident?
[16:43] Ashaf
    Yes.
[16:44] Matt
    Impossible.
[16:46] Matt
    The Executioners epitomize the Dark Ages.
[16:49] Matt
    A detestable product of a millennium ago.
[16:51] Ashaf
    The survival of the dark side would
    never make it into the history books.
[16:55] Ashaf
    Due to my work, I know the Holy Church
     at least as well as you do.
[17:00] Ashaf
    I can't prove the Executioners
    orchestrated this.
[17:03] Ashaf
    I'm merely speculating
     based on experience.
[17:06] Ashaf
    But are you sure my theory
    doesn't ring any bells?
[17:10] Ashaf
    Did no one approach you with a smile
    plastered on their face, posing as a helper?
[17:19] Matt
    You said you were speculating?
[17:21] Ashaf
    Yes. Nothing more.
[17:24] Matt
    You're talking nonsense. At least, for now.
[17:27] Ashaf
    Yes. For now, that will do.
[17:32] Matt
    Come in, command center.
[17:37] Matt
    What's wrong? Come in!
[17:39] Ashaf
    Does it sound a bit less like nonsense now?
[17:48] Lowell
    Since you house a great elemental,
    I wasn't sure I could run you through.
[17:53] Lowell
    But thank goodness.
[17:54] Lowell
    I see you're still weak to heat, Commander.
[17:58] Matt
    Lowell...
[18:04] Lowell
    Harming you provokes the
    great elemental's wrath, yes?
[18:09] Lowell
    Now that you've learned too much,
    you won't make such a good pawn anymore.
[18:14] Lowell
    Then again, I believe he always
    planned to dispose of you.
[18:23] Lowell
    Apparently, being so
    righteous and by-the-book
[18:25] Lowell
    made you harder for the
    Executioners to make use of.
[18:29] Lowell
    He said you're perfect for
    sending against witches,
[18:32] Lowell
    but still not worth as
    much as the Demon Sword.
[18:35] Lowell
    Heartless, don't you think?
[18:38] Lowell
    Goodbye, sir.
[18:48] Helga
    I have nowhere left to run
    and no way of escaping.
[18:52] Helga
    This is it for me.
[18:55] Helga
    My life is going to end like this,
    slandered as a serial killer.
[19:00] Helga
    Ah, I so wanted a boyfriend.
[19:07] Executioner
    What a nimble girl.
[19:09] Executioner
    Vice Commander, I'll let you handle her.
[19:26] Executioner
    I wonder who you are.
[19:30] Executioner
    You can tell me the whole story later.
[19:37] Helga
    Stop!
[19:39] Executioner
    Oh? So that's where you were, Helga.
[19:44] Ashgan
    Helga.
[19:46] Ashgan
    Draw me.
[19:48] Ashgan
    It's only a matter of time
    until I'm unleashed now.
[19:53] Ashgan
    If you can't avoid it, then the
    smart choice is to draw me yourself.
[19:59] Ashgan
    Drawing me is the only way you can survive.
[20:05] Helga
    True.
[20:07] Helga
    That man wants the Demon Sword.
[20:09] Helga
    And in the shape I'm in,
[20:11] Helga
    I won't be able to resist
    telling him how to unleash it.
[20:16] Helga
    But I won't let that happen.
[20:19] Helga
    Anyone but me needs something
    to draw the Demon Sword,
[20:23] Helga
    and they'll never get it if I die.
[20:27] Helga
    As long as I die, you won't be
    able to have things your way.
[20:32] Helga
    I wanted a boyfriend.
[20:35] Helga
    I wanted to be happy.
[20:37] Helga
    I don't want to go out like this,
[20:40] Helga
    but there's no way I'll abandon my duty now!
[20:43] Helga
    I keep the world safe
    from the Demon Sword.
[20:46] Helga
    That's the whole reason I've had
    such rotten luck all this time!
[20:53] Executioner
    How is she moving on her own?
[20:55] Executioner
    Does my control have no effect on her?
[20:57] Executioner
    Is she really human?
[21:01] Guideau
    Hey! Cast some kind of spell!
[21:03] Helga
    I can't yet. I only just got it off.
[21:11] Executioner
    Naughty, naughty.
[21:13] Executioner
    The witch and the Demon Sword?
    What a greedy girl.
[21:20] Guideau
    Hey! What the hell are you thinking?!
[21:25] Helga
    Go! Forget me and protect the Demon Sword!
[21:28] Guideau
    Like hell I will!
[21:29] Guideau
    I've gotta take you with me,
     or I've wasted my time!
[21:34] Helga
    Then rescue me.
[21:37] Helga
    If bringing me back is your job,
     keep the Demon Sword safe!
[21:42] Helga
    Come back and rescue me!
[21:48] Helga
    As if that'll ever happen.
[21:52] Executioner
    Quite right.
[21:54] Executioner
    I know everything there is
     to know about you.
[21:57] Executioner
    Hope doesn't suit you.
[22:01] Executioner
    This base and the witch are now mine.
[22:05] Executioner
    And soon, the Demon Sword will be, too.
[22:08] Executioner
    There's never been any hope for you,
     and there never will be.
[22:13] Helga
    I've gotten by on my own all this time.
[22:16] Helga
    No one's coming to save me. I have no hope.
[22:20] Helga
    I know all that.
[24:00] Ashaf
    Now, shall we show our own ace in the hole?
[24:05] Ashaf
    Next time: "The Witch and
    the Demon Sword: Act III."
SIGN    The Witch and
    the Demon Sword
SIGN    Act III