E8 - The Witch and the Demon Sword: Act III

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[00:03] Guideau
    Hey! What the hell are you thinking?!
[00:08] Helga
    Go! Forget me and protect the Demon Sword!
[00:11] Guideau
    Like hell I will!
[00:12] Guideau
    I've gotta take you with me,
     or I've wasted my time!
[00:16] Helga
    Then rescue me.
[00:19] Helga
    If bringing me back is your job,
     keep the Demon Sword safe!
[00:25] Helga
    Come back and rescue me!
[00:31] Helga
    As if that'll ever happen.
[00:34] Executioner
    Quite right.
[00:37] Executioner
    I know everything there is
     to know about you.
[00:40] Executioner
    Hope doesn't suit you.
[00:44] Executioner
    This base and the witch are now mine.
[00:47] Executioner
    And soon, the Demon Sword will be, too.
[00:51] Executioner
    There's never been any hope for you,
     and there never will be.
[00:56] Helga
    I've gotten by on my own all this time.
[00:59] Helga
    No one's coming to save me. I have no hope.
[01:02] Helga
    I know all that.
[02:42] (Flashback) Helga
    Hey, are you Ashgan?
[02:48] (Flashback) Helga
    I kind of figured the Demon Sword
    would look like a bigger deal.
SIGN    The Witch and
    the Demon Sword
SIGN    Act III
[03:05] Ashgan
    Without Helga, lifting my seal is impossible.
[03:09] Ashgan
    Turn back at once.
[03:10] Guideau
    Shut up.
[03:12] Guideau
    I don't take orders from you.
[03:13] Guideau
    I'll drag that damn witch back
    even if it leaves her spitting up blood.
[03:18] Ashgan
    Where are you going? She's up there.
[03:21] Guideau
    What do you expect me to do? Fly?
[03:23] Guideau
    I'm gonna meet up with Ashaf.
[03:25] Ashgan
    Oh, so you can't cast even one little spell?
[03:33] Ashgan
    The wall has disappeared.
[03:43] Ashgan
    So they fought to a draw.
[03:47] Guideau
    You'd better not have died on me, jackass.
[03:55] Ashaf
    Hi there, Guideau.
[03:58] Ashaf
    I'm delighted to see you escaped.
[04:01] Ashaf
    As you can see, I...
[04:04] Ashaf
    Well, I'll be fine.
[04:08] Ashaf
    He saved me.
[04:13] Ashaf
    Still breathing, I see. I'll begin treatment.
[04:16] Guideau
    Huh? What for? Just leave him.
[04:19] Ashaf
    Guideau, did an Executioner show himself?
[04:22] Guideau
    Yeah, he did.
[04:24] Ashaf
    I convinced him they exist.
[04:27] Ashaf
    He'll help us fight.
[04:36] Matt
    So they left me alive. Barely.
[04:40] Ashaf
    Why did you hold back?
[04:42] Ashaf
    That can't have been the extent
    of a great elemental's power.
[04:46] Matt
    Magic comes in all types.
[04:49] Matt
    Did my subordinate willingly betray me,
     or was she controlled?
[04:55] Matt
    I couldn't be sure.
[04:58] Matt
    The elemental would have killed
    her if I hadn't restrained it.
[05:05] Ashaf
    That wasn't the only time.
[05:07] Ashaf
    You pulled your punches quite a bit
     against Guideau here, too.
[05:13] Ashaf
    Matt Cugat, for a "Man of Ice,"
    you're surprisingly soft.
[05:19] Ashaf
    That soft heart will get you killed.
[05:25] Matt
    I know I sent that girl and
    the Demon Sword to base.
[05:29] Matt
    And I don't see the witch.
[05:32] Matt
    What happened up there?
[05:34] Guideau
    An Executioner took over the
    whole Castle. Your unit's done for.
[05:40] Guideau
    Talk about pathetic.
[05:43] Matt
    I see.
[05:47] Ashaf
    Now, the Executioners
     want the Demon Sword,
[05:51] Ashaf
    so they'll most likely track it straight to us.
[05:55] Ashaf
    Meanwhile, we have
    one man at death's door,
[05:58] Ashaf
    and a mage using up the last
    of his own magic to heal him.
[06:02] Ashaf
    We'll never manage to prepare a major spell.
[06:06] Matt
    Then can't we at least hide
    the Demon Sword somewhere?
[06:10] Ashaf
    I doubt that would work.
[06:13] Ashaf
    The Demon Sword would draw someone to it.
[06:16] Guideau
    What the hell?
    Don't draw people here, asshole!
[06:18] Ashgan
    Unfortunately, I have no say in the matter.
[06:23] Ashaf
    So what it all comes down to is...
[06:26] Ashaf
    Struggling won't do us any good at this point.
[06:30] Executioner
    What's this? I expected you
    to scurry around out of sight.
[06:35] Executioner
    I even mobilized all these
    forces to hunt you down.
[06:38] Executioner
    I feel a bit embarrassed.
[06:41] Matt
    Mind control.
[06:43] Matt
    So that's what your Forbidden
    Instrument does, Executioner?
[06:47] Executioner
    Hm? Oh, yes.
[06:49] Executioner
    That's right, Commander.
[06:52] Executioner
    Seventeen ancient kings, the ablest leaders
    of a great but long-vanished nation,
[06:57] Executioner
    had their skins sewn together to make this:
[07:01] Executioner
    the Demon Hand Ishlingen.
[07:04] Executioner
    And by placing a royal ring
    imbued with mystical power
[07:07] Executioner
    on the right index finger, a symbol
    of authority, I enhance its effects.
[07:13] Executioner
    One brush with this hand makes
    everyone do whatever I tell them to.
[07:21] Executioner
    But it seems that no amount of caressing
    will make it work on a witch.
[07:26] Executioner
    What a dilemma.
[07:27] Executioner
    I've overused its power,
    so I think it's time I paid the price.
[07:35] Matt
    Don't!
[07:45] Executioner
    I suppose this is the downside
    of using Forbidden Instruments.
[07:53] Executioner
    Don't let her get away!
[07:57] Guideau
    What happened to not having anything ready?
[08:02] Ashaf
    A makeshift spell like that
    hardly counts as preparation.
[08:05] Ashaf
    Take Helga and run, Guideau!
[08:11] Matt
    I don't know if I'll be as much
    help to you as you'd hoped.
[08:17] Ashgan
    I see we didn't even need to go back for you.
[08:20] Helga
    Oh, were you planning a rescue?
[08:23] Guideau
    Cut the chitchat.
[08:24] Guideau
    Now, get running!
[08:26] Helga
    Behind you!
[08:27] Helga
    Watch out!
[08:46] Executioner
    "No amount of caressing
    will make it work on a witch."
[08:50] Executioner
    Forgive me.
[08:52] Executioner
    That was a lie.
[08:59] Helga
    Sorry, I guess.
[09:02] Helga
    You did save me a bunch of times,
    even if it wasn't out of kindness.
[09:13] Helga
    Sorry for wasting all that.
[09:24] Executioner
    Well done, Helga.
[09:27] Executioner
    Come here.
[09:42] Executioner
    In the proper hands at last.
[09:46] Executioner
    Now...
[09:47] Matt
    Stop! Don't draw it!
[09:50] Matt
    Think this through!
[09:51] Matt
    If the Demon Sword
    does what the legends say,
[09:54] Matt
    why did the witch refuse to draw it
    when she was in so much danger?
[09:59] Matt
    Because it could have taken things
    in an even more horrible direction!
[10:06] Executioner
    Oh, do pipe down.
[10:12] Executioner
    Surprised?
[10:14] Executioner
    Simply unsheathing the
    Demon Sword means nothing.
[10:19] Executioner
    I know all there is to know
    about the Demon Sword.
[10:23] Executioner
    For instance, her clan, the Dauntless Witches,
[10:27] Executioner
    kept the Demon Sword under strict guard.
[10:31] Executioner
    So why was she roaming around
    with it in a place like this?
[10:35] Executioner
    Naturally, I know the answer.
[10:38] Executioner
    Because their hidden refuge burned down.
[10:43] Executioner
    They were all forced to give up the
    sword's secrets, then slaughtered.
[10:47] Executioner
    The lone survivor, Helga, went on
    the run to protect the Demon Sword.
[10:54] Executioner
    And how do I know all this?
[10:57] Executioner
    Well, I'll tell you.
[11:00] Executioner
    I know because we Executioners were there.
[11:05] Helga
    You...
[11:08] Helga
    You!
[11:10] Executioner
    Whoops! My control slipped.
[11:12] Executioner
    Witches do put up quite a struggle.
[11:16] Executioner
    Now, at last, let me tell you
    what you most want to know.
[11:21] Ashgan
    Stop!
[11:22] Ashgan
    Don't you draw me!
[11:27] Executioner
    Lifting the Demon Sword's seal requires...
[11:32] Executioner
    a witch's heart.
[11:37] Guideau
    Damn you!
[11:38] Guideau
    What the hell do you think
    we did all this crap for?!
[11:41] Guideau
    Don't you dare let her die!
[11:43] Executioner
    Now, come! I have released your seal,
[11:47] Executioner
    Demon Sword Ashgan!
[11:56] (Flashback) Mother
    Helga.
[11:57] (Flashback) Mother
    Stop this, Helga.
[12:00] (Flashback) Mother
    How many times must I tell you?
[12:02] (Flashback) Mother
    Leave the Demon Sword asleep
    in the basement. It's dangerous.
[12:07] (Flashback) Mother
    Don't carry it around.
[12:11] (Flashback) Sister 1
    Don't you realize how important
     our family's duty is?
[12:16] (Flashback) Sister 1
    Only you and I inherited witch powers,
     so show some responsibility.
[12:22] (Flashback) Helga
    But...
[12:24] (Flashback) Helga
    I mean...
[12:51] (Flashback) Helga
    What was that?
[13:02] (Flashback) Sister 2
    Stop!
[13:02] (Flashback) Sister 2
    Mom, stop it!
[13:10] (Flashback) Helga
    What's going on?
    What in the world could have...
[13:20] (Flashback) Helga
    Big Sis—
[13:22] (Flashback) Sister 1
    You were hiding,
    so you must still be sane, Helga.
[13:26] (Flashback) Sister 1
    If you've got the Demon Sword,
     just take it and run.
[13:30] (Flashback) Sister 1
    This place is doomed.
[13:33] (Flashback) Sister 1
    They...
[13:34] (Flashback) Sister 1
    Mom called them "Executioners."
[13:37] (Flashback) Sister 1
    Everyone went crazy because of them.
[13:45] (Flashback) Sister 1
    They even got to Mom.
[13:49] (Flashback) Sister 1
    Listen. No matter what,
    don't give them the Demon Sword.
[13:53] (Flashback) Sister 1
    You have to protect it.
[13:56] (Flashback) Sister 1
    I'll be a decoy or whatever
    you need to get away.
[13:59] (Flashback) Sister 1
    So please. Do this for me.
[14:20] (Flashback) Executioner
    Oh, dear. She won't say a word.
[14:25] (Flashback) Executioner
    My teacher warned me not to take away
    too much hope or inflict too much despair,
[14:30] (Flashback) Executioner
    but I have trouble
    striking the right balance.
[14:38] (Flashback) Executioner
    Listen. I'd at least like to know one thing.
[14:42] (Flashback) Executioner
    Even if you won't talk,
    I have my Forbidden Instrument.
[14:47] (Flashback) Executioner
    Someone else, like your mommy, will
    tell me all of the Demon Sword's secrets.
[14:54] Executioner
    So why did you try so hard?
[15:09] (Flashback) Sister 1
    You know, Helga...
[15:12] (Flashback) Sister 1
    Sealing the Demon Sword
    to keep the world safe,
[15:15] (Flashback) Sister 1
    and working so hard for outsiders
    we've barely even seen...
[15:20] (Flashback) Sister 1
    It never really clicked with me.
[15:22] (Flashback) Sister 1
    But we still put our lives on the line.
[15:27] (Flashback) Sister 1
    Never throw that away.
[15:35] (Flashback) Ashgan
    Do you hate them?
[15:39] (Flashback) Ashgan
    If you crave vengeance, draw me.
[15:42] (Flashback) Helga
    I want to get back at them.
[15:46] (Flashback) Helga
    I want to kill them all.
[15:49] (Flashback) Helga
    But I'll never draw you.
[15:53] (Flashback) Helga
    My mom and sisters would never want that.
[15:57] (Flashback) Ashgan
    Not even if you are in danger?
[16:01] (Flashback) Helga
    I still won't draw you.
[16:03] (Flashback) Helga
    Who knows what horrible things
    will happen if I let you loose?
[16:18] Matt
    What just happened?
[16:20] Matt
    Don't tell me... that was a slash?
[16:23] Ashaf
    Yes, it sliced them.
[16:25] Ashaf
    And not just the city and the
    Castle, but the wards, too.
[16:29] Ashaf
    It didn't decipher the spell.
[16:32] Ashaf
    It tore the Paladin Corps's barrier
     apart by brute force.
[16:36] Ashaf
    So this... is the power to destroy the world.
[16:41] Ashaf
    I'm convinced.
[16:44] Executioner
    This is the Demon Sword.
[16:46] Executioner
    Magnificent! What magnificent power!
[16:49] Executioner
    Demon Sword! Start by
    putting an end to Matt Cugat!
[17:00] Ashaf
    Executioner.
[17:01] Ashaf
    You're laboring under a misconception
    about the Demon Sword's nature.
[17:05] Executioner
    A misconception?
[17:08] Executioner
    No, I understand it perfectly.
[17:12] Executioner
    "It grants its wielder the power to rule the
    world, and brings ruin to everything else."
[17:19] Executioner
    Mere superstition, I know.
[17:22] Executioner
    Whoever wields the Demon Sword
    gets one thing: a guarantee of survival!
[17:28] Executioner
    The sword can strike anyone
    except the person who drew it.
[17:33] Executioner
    It's a privilege, but that's all.
[17:37] Executioner
    I gain nothing else.
[17:40] Executioner
    But no matter.
[17:41] Executioner
    I have this Demon Hand that will
    make the sword my loyal servant.
[17:46] Executioner
    This Forbidden Instrument
    bends even witches to my will,
[17:49] Executioner
    and I've already sacrificed a
    hundred of Cugat's men with it.
[17:54] Executioner
    Both witches and the Demon Sword possess
     power beyond human comprehension,
[17:59] Executioner
    but the same can't be said for their minds!
[18:04] Ashaf
    And I'm telling you that's a misconception.
[18:13] Ashaf
    The witches locked away two
    things: power and bestiality.
[18:19] Ashaf
    I know a little about the Demon Sword
     from before it was sealed.
[18:25] Ashaf
    Besting so many witches with
    that hand made you conceited.
[18:31] Matt
    Stop!
[18:35] Ashaf
    That Forbidden Instrument acts on
    reverence and awe for those in power,
[18:39] Ashaf
    amplifying those feelings to the
    extreme before playing on them.
[18:44] Ashaf
    But in its natural state,
    the Demon Sword has no rationality.
[18:47] Ashaf
    It has only a body and an
    impulse for sheer destruction.
[18:51] Ashaf
    How can you brainwash a monster
    with no sense of reverence or awe?
[18:58] Ashaf
    This is the Demon Sword's true nature.
[19:00] Ashaf
    No human can hold a candle
    to the monster you've unleashed.
[19:11] Matt
    Great elemental,
    take my left, too, if you want it.
[19:16] Matt
    But don't let anyone else die.
[19:22] Executioner
    My mind control doesn't work?
[19:25] Executioner
    No, that can't be it.
[19:27] Executioner
    Sacrifices! I need more sacrifices!
    That must be the answer!
[19:35] Lowell
    Hey! What's going on? I thought
    you could control the Demon Sword!
[19:39] Lowell
    Why do you think I went along with your plan?!
[19:42] Lowell
    Do something about—
[19:45] Lowell
    Hey!
[19:46] Executioner
    More. I need more sacrifices.
[19:49] Executioner
    So many more.
[19:53] Executioner
    The Demon Sword can't touch me.
    I can try as many times as it takes.
[19:58] Executioner
    I'll just add more sacrifices and come back.
[20:02] Executioner
    Oh, I know.
[20:04] Executioner
    Where did the townspeople run off to again?
[20:08] Executioner
    Go on. Rampage to your heart's content,
    Demon Sword Ashgan.
[20:23] Helga
    Ashgan.
[20:25] Ashaf
    Have you come to?
[20:28] Helga
    I broke the seal, didn't I?
[20:32] Ashaf
    Yes.
[20:33] Helga
    That's it, then.
[20:35] Helga
    I can't stop Ashgan.
[20:38] Helga
    Hurry. Leave me and run.
[20:42] Helga
    You'll be better off far away from me.
[20:46] Helga
    Ashgan...
[20:48] Helga
    must carry one hell of a
    grudge against my family.
[20:53] Helga
    In the end,
[20:55] Helga
    I failed in my duty,
    and now I guess I'll die here.
[21:01] Helga
    What a letdown.
[21:02] Helga
    If only... If only...
[21:06] Helga
    I could've at least gotten a kiss at the end!
[21:11] Ashaf
    You've never kissed anyone?
[21:13] Helga
    No! Is that a problem?!
[21:15] Guideau
    Hey. Fix my legs, too.
[21:18] Guideau
    I can't walk right.
[21:20] Ashaf
    Guideau, it appears
    all the cards are down.
[21:26] Ashaf
    We only expected the Paladins,
[21:29] Ashaf
    but a great elemental and
     the Executioners turned up.
[21:31] Ashaf
    And then the Demon Sword slipped its bonds.
[21:38] Ashaf
    Anyone and everyone has joined the game.
[21:42] Ashaf
    So what do you say we show
    them our ace in the hole?
[21:48] Ashaf
    Helga.
[21:49] Ashaf
    Would you permit us to
    grant that wish of yours?
[21:55] Helga
    Huh?
[21:55] Helga
    Wait, what?!
[21:58] Ashaf
    Now, close your eyes.
[22:00] Helga
    Huh?! Hold on! Not so fast!
[22:02] Helga
    No! No way! I mean, not that I'd mind...
[22:05] Helga
    But, um, when you say
     you'll grant my wish,
[22:08] Helga
    do you... really mean it?!
[22:12] Ashaf
    Yes, of course.
[22:14] Ashaf
    I mean just that.
[24:00] Ashaf
    Power great enough to destroy
    the world is hardly unique.
[24:05] Ashaf
    Next time: "The Witch and
    the Demon Sword: Final Act."
SIGN    The Witch and
    the Demon Sword
SIGN    Final Act