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.
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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