E24 - Sorcerer vs. Draconid

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[00:01] Sofia
    Let's resume our battle,
    Kuzunoha the Sorcerer!
[00:06] Makoto/Id
    Huh? The sorcerer?
[00:08] Makoto/Id
    That was me?!
[00:16] Sofia
    I didn't want to embarrass myself
    by having to show my scales.
[00:22] Sofia
    This is your fault, too. Prepare yourself.
[00:25] Io
    Kuzunoha!
[00:36] Rona
    Leave the hero and Fort Stella alone, was it?
[00:40] Rona
    Very well. I accept your demands.
[00:44] Rona/Id
    He's terrifying. I see why
    they call him the sorcerer.
[00:57] Makoto
    It's time to actually end this.
[01:01] Hibiki
    Larva-dono!
[01:04] Shiki
    You will pay for injuring my master.
[01:11] Lancer
    You don't know when to shut up.
[01:35] [SONG] Sign
    Season Two
[02:48] [SONG] Eptitle
    Night Twenty-Four Sorcerer vs. Draconid
[02:48] [SONG] Eptitle
    Night Twenty-Four Sorcerer vs. Draconid
[02:52] Lancer
    You're first.
[02:54] Lancer
    I'll begin by killing the
    sorcerer's follower.
[03:17] Hibiki
    Larva-dono, dispel the mist in the area.
[03:20] Hibiki
    Then we can join the fight.
[03:25] Shiki
    Hero of Limia, I am not struggling.
[03:29] Lancer
    Hah! You're ragged.
[03:32] Hibiki
    Larva-dono, I'll be frank.
[03:35] Hibiki
    Let me help you kill the dragon
    who destroyed the royal capital.
[03:38] Shiki
    I can't let you do that.
[03:40] Shiki
    But if you'll focus on defending,
    I'll save that mage after the battle.
[03:47] Chiya
    You, a lich?
[03:49] Chiya
    Why would an undead save the living?
[03:52] Hibiki
    Really? You're sure you can save Woody?
[03:56] Shiki
    Of course.
[03:57] Shiki
    A hole in a hyuman stomach
    is easily mended.
[04:03] Chiya
    Onee-chan...
[04:07] Hibiki
    I trust you.
[04:09] Verda
    But Hibiki...
[04:10] Sealy
    No, it's the right call.
[04:13] Verda
    O-On what basis?
[04:15] Sealy
    That lich is a lot like that
    person we met in Tsige.
[04:19] Sealy
    They keep their word.
    They seem like that kind of person.
[04:25] Hibiki
    Larva-dono, you'd better
    keep your promise.
[04:29] Hibiki
    Could you dismiss the mist, just in case?
[04:31] Shiki
    We have a deal.
[04:34] Shiki
    Niffelheim, dispel.
[04:42] Lancer
    Have you finished your conversation?
[04:44] Lancer
    Regardless of what you discuss,
    your efforts will be in vain.
[04:48] Lancer
    Now, allow me to destroy
    you with my true swords.
[04:53] Shiki
    Lancer the blade dragon.
    Dragon of swords and people.
[04:58] Shiki
    An unusual creature who possesses two lives.
[05:01] Lancer
    You know about that?
[05:03] Shiki
    Despite being a dragon, you take on a
    humanoid form and enhance your strength.
[05:09] Shiki
    I see. Luto-dono's words
    were quite accurate.
[05:13] Lancer
    Luto?
[05:14] Lancer
    How do you know that name?
[05:17] Shiki
    Surrounded by numerous fine swords, you are
    the greater dragon known as Mitsurugi.
[05:22] Shiki
    Those swords speak to the fate of
    the warriors who challenged you.
[05:27] Lancer
    You know too much.
[05:30] Lancer
    I can't allow you to live.
[05:33] Lancer
    I will add you to my power!
[05:36] Shiki
    I dress myself in grievances.
[05:41] Shiki
    Gross Shear.
[05:44] Shiki
    The swaying silver cage deflects arrows.
[05:47] Shiki
    Marugiri!
[05:54] Lancer
    You held out against my true swords?
[05:58] Shiki
    I have done my research on you, Lancer,
[06:01] Shiki
    with help from Luto-dono,
    leader of the dragons.
[06:06] Lancer
    I wasn't expecting a lich with ties to Luto.
[06:09] Shiki
    I believe the greatest weapon
    people possess is their intellect.
[06:14] Shiki
    Of course, I am only a former person.
[06:18] Shiki
    Worthy of the sixth self,
    release the whip and become a blade.
[06:23] Shiki
    Ascaron!
[06:26] Lancer
    Aren't you a mage?
[06:28] Shiki
    This is Ascaron, a blade steeped
    in poison and curses.
[06:33] Shiki
    Hoping I'd get to kill you someday,
[06:35] Shiki
    I named it after another sword
    known as a dragon slayer.
[06:40] Lancer
    All it does is give off an ominous air.
[06:42] Lancer
    It lacks the gleam of a truly fine blade.
[06:45] Shiki
    No matter. I am the one wielding it.
[06:48] Shiki
    Fine blades do not suit me.
[06:51] Shiki
    Release the sixth step, Flay.
[06:55] Shiki
    Sword Spiritem!
[06:58] Lancer
    So you're determined to use that?
[07:01] Lancer
    You're a foolish mage to
    challenge me with a sword.
[07:06] Lancer
    This is the battlefield.
[07:08] Lancer
    The capital's best soldiers and the
    strongest demons are all over the place.
[07:12] Lancer
    I'm sure many of them will add to my power.
[07:16] Lancer
    How long can you keep fighting back?
[07:22] Shiki
    You'd challenge Ascaron with that
    rabble's swords? Laughable.
[07:27] Shiki
    It's time you experienced fear.
[07:39] Shiki
    Well? Did that hurt?
[07:41] Lancer
    Y-You'll pay for that!
[07:44] Shiki
    I heard you severed my master's fingers.
[07:48] Shiki
    This is what you get for that!
[07:53] Shiki
    Are these the swords once
    wielded by past heroes?
[07:58] Lancer
    That's not all!
[08:08] Shiki
    What's the matter? I am a mage.
[08:11] Shiki
    This shouldn't shock you.
[08:21] Shiki
    Pierce the brilliance of vitality.
[08:24] Shiki
    Stare Celot!
[08:25] Lancer
    You're chanting incantations
    between strikes?
[08:27] Shiki
    My sword returns to me on its own.
[08:30] Shiki
    Rot Counter!
[08:31] Lancer
    Don't underestimate me!
[08:40] Shiki
    You won't be able to count how many
    I break before your destruction.
[08:46] Shiki/Id
    This is thanks to the three
    of them training me.
[08:49] Shiki/Id
    I wouldn't have been strong enough before.
[08:55] Shiki/Id
    For the young master's sake, as well
    as my own, I cannot disgrace myself.
[09:00] Lancer
    Damn it. How could I be defeated not by
    the sorcerer himself, but by his follower?
[09:04] Shiki/Id
    Ascaron's poison is slowly consuming him.
[09:09] Shiki/Id
    All his reactions are slowing.
[09:12] Shiki/Id
    I pray you don't notice.
    May you die in despair.
[09:29] Lancer
    Heroes, become my strength!
[09:37] Verda
    Chiya!
[09:44] Chiya
    Sealy-san...
[09:46] Lancer
    Damn. I missed.
[09:48] Shiki/Id
    Thank you, adventurer.
[09:51] Shiki/Id
    If that priestess had become a sword,
    I probably would've lost.
[09:56] Sealy
    I wasn't expecting to go out like this...
[10:01] Lancer
    It can't be helped.
[10:03] Lancer
    Though you don't compare
    to the hero or priestess,
[10:06] Lancer
    I shall use you as part of my power.
[10:08] Hibiki
    Sealy-san!
[10:10] Verda
    Damn it!
[10:10] Lancer
    I haven't felt this cornered
    since I fought Sofia.
[10:14] Lancer
    You will surely make a good
    sword and serve me well.
[10:19] Shiki
    Who would serve you?
[10:21] Shiki
    I've already found a master to serve!
[10:31] Lancer
    See that, sorcerer's follower?
[10:34] Lancer
    This is the might of one who rules over
    dragons and the natural law of—
[10:44] Hibiki
    Wh-Who is that?
[10:46] Shiki
    I'm ashamed to admit it, but this
    is the most I can manage right now.
[10:51] Shiki/Id
    I used my lich appearance as a decoy
[10:53] Shiki/Id
    for a desperate attack with
    Ascaron from his blind spot.
[10:55] Shiki/Id
    That was a close call.
[10:57] Shiki/Id
    I need more training.
[10:59] Verda
    Wh-Who are you?
[11:01] Hibiki
    Is that you, Larva-dono?
[11:04] Verda
    What?!
[11:05] Chiya
    Huh? No way.
[11:06] Shiki/Id
    So the otherworlder figured it out.
[11:09] Shiki
    People don't normally notice so easily.
[11:13] Shiki
    Including my failures up to this point,
    I'm dealing with quite the headache.
[11:17] Hibiki
    What does this mean? Were you
    actually a hyuman all along?
[11:21] Shiki
    A very long time ago.
[11:24] Shiki
    Now, a promise is a promise.
[11:28] Shiki
    Release the fifth step, Keto.
[11:34] Shiki
    Agatoram, heal him.
[11:43] Chiya
    His color is returning!
[11:45] Shiki
    That should be enough.
    All he needs now is rest.
[11:49] Chiya
    Thank you.
[11:52] Verda
    Larva-dono, I swear on my name that
    I will repay this debt someday.
[11:57] Shiki
    I'll think about it.
[11:59] Shiki/Id
    I overused my rings this time.
    I must rest for a while.
[12:04] Hibiki
    Wait.
[12:05] Hibiki
    Is it true that you're the sorcerer's follower?
[12:09] Shiki
    Forget about that. A hero has
    other things to attend to first.
[12:15] Shiki
    The citizens who have already evacuated
    must be trembling with anxiety.
[12:19] Shiki
    There's plenty you should deal with
    before concerning yourself with me.
[12:25] Hibiki
    You're right.
[12:28] Hibiki
    Like Verda said, someday I'll repay you.
[12:32] Shiki
    I'll keep that in mind.
[12:37] Verda
    Hibiki, we should let Woody rest first.
[12:40] Chiya
    Once we get outside the city,
    we may be able to find a few camps.
[12:44] Hibiki
    Right.
[12:45] Hibiki/Id
    The sorcerer's cosplay suit must be
    connected to my former world somehow.
[12:50] Hibiki/Id
    And...
[12:52] Shiki
    By the way, did you purchase that sword from
    the Kuzunoha Trading Company in Tsige?
[12:57] Hibiki/Id
    It's possible they're connected to
    the Kuzunoha Trading Company.
[13:09] Makoto
    What? Did your mind break?
[13:12] Sofia
    No. I've got two things to laugh about.
[13:17] Makoto
    Uh-huh.
[13:18] Sofia
    The first is...
[13:19] Sofia
    No matter how long you've
    been with a partner,
[13:22] Sofia
    they always die so
    disappointingly and easily.
[13:26] Makoto
    So Lancer is dead.
[13:29] Sofia
    The other is...
[13:31] Sofia
    how astonished I am with my own good luck.
[13:34] Sofia
    I seem to have won our bet.
[13:36] Makoto
    You mean a bet with Lancer?
[13:38] Sofia
    Yes. If I died first, I'd join his collection.
[13:43] Sofia
    If he died first, he'd give me
    his remaining life and power.
[13:49] Sofia
    That's the bet we made.
[13:55] Makoto
    Remaining life? So Lancer
    had more than one life.
[13:59] Makoto
    But what can you hope to
    accomplish now that it's yours?
[14:03] Sofia
    Looking down on your opponent
    during a fight sure is disgusting.
[14:08] Sofia
    I've done it often myself.
    I should reflect on my actions.
[14:11] Makoto
    Should you?
[14:12] Makoto
    Isn't it the law of the battlefield
    that the strong do as they please?
[14:19] Sofia
    I'll show you my trump card that
    overpowered and slew two greater dragons.
[14:32] Makoto
    Are we in a separate space?
[14:35] Sofia
    Welcome to the prison of swords.
[14:38] Sofia
    It's a special space connected to
    where Lancer stores his swords.
[14:44] Sofia
    It's also an execution site.
[14:47] Makoto
    Wow. You've got all these swords and
    dragged me into a separate space.
[14:52] Makoto
    With rare exceptions,
    it's hardly ever happened to me.
[14:55] Sofia
    The service here is excellent,
    so don't worry.
[14:58] Sofia
    I promise you won't be bored.
[15:00] Makoto
    I'm looking forward to that.
[15:04] Makoto
    I see.
[15:07] Makoto
    This space enhances the power
    of the one who deploys it.
[15:11] Makoto
    Pretty standard.
[15:13] Makoto
    Wait, and... it shares existence
    and ownership with the swords?
[15:18] Sofia
    How do you know all that?
[15:20] Sofia
    That clearly wasn't a flash of brilliance.
[15:24] Makoto
    Oh, I get it. All these swords are your lives.
[15:30] Makoto
    By acquiring their swords, you also inherit
    the skills the heroes had in life.
[15:34] Makoto
    You've gone for not only
    quantity, but quality, as well.
[15:39] Sofia
    Knowing that won't help you
    against the prison of swords.
[15:42] Makoto
    I'm disappointed you used such
    boring abilities until the very end.
[15:50] Sofia
    Kuzunoha, what is...
[15:53] Makoto
    I'm not a warrior or a mage.
[15:56] Makoto
    I'm something else entirely, Sofia.
    I'm actually...
[16:01] Makoto
    a kyudoka.
[16:11] Sofia
    Bastard!
[16:15] Makoto/Id
    She's hitting way harder now.
[16:20] Makoto/Id
    To be safe, I'll strengthen
    it with my kai.
[16:27] Sofia
    Wha—
[16:28] Makoto
    This weapon's name is Azusa.
[16:30] Makoto
    I named it after the ancient azusa yumi.
[16:33] Makoto
    Since I've got some mildly
    dangerous whistling arrows,
[16:36] Makoto
    I think I'll go with an exorcism.
[16:40] Sofia
    Don't!
[16:50] Sofia
    Th-This wasn't supposed
    to happen! You monster!
[16:54] Sofia
    What... What are you?!
[16:59] Makoto
    Like I said, I'm a kyudoka.
[17:09] Sofia
    But I haven't even met Luto yet.
[17:15] Sofia
    I can't die.
[17:18] Makoto
    Don't make me laugh.
[17:20] Makoto
    I can't believe you don't even realize
    you're being used as a camera.
[17:25] Makoto
    I'd feel sorry if you died with my fake
    name in your heart, so I'll tell you.
[17:30] Makoto
    My real name is Misumi Makoto.
[17:35] Makoto
    Goodbye, Sofia Bulga.
[17:40] Sofia
    N-No! There's still more!
[17:44] Sofia
    Damn you for keeping secrets
    until the end, Lancer!
[17:49] Sofia
    I'm not over yet! I can't end yet!
[17:59] Makoto
    A Japanese sword?
[18:01] Sofia
    I actually don't mind risking it all.
[18:06] Makoto/Id
    Lancer's secret weapon?
[18:08] Makoto/Id
    If they were a hero who turned
    into a Japanese sword...
[18:12] Makoto/Id
    Does that mean they were Japanese? A sage?
[18:15] Sofia
    This sword is amazing.
[18:18] Sofia
    Despite lacking a signature and being
    incomplete, it fills me with power.
[18:22] Sofia
    It feels different from absorbing a dragon.
[18:25] Sofia
    It's like evolving into a next-level human.
[18:28] Makoto/Id
    A next-level human?
[18:30] Makoto/Id
    Isn't that what Shiki was
    previously trying to become?
[18:33] Makoto/Id
    A grant, was it?
[18:40] Sofia
    I can hardly believe how much
    I struggled to get here.
[18:42] Sofia
    The tables have turned.
[18:45] Makoto
    It's what I'd expect from a Japanese sword.
[18:48] Makoto
    Now it's all about speed.
[18:52] Makoto
    I'll go with archery, not kyudo.
[18:55] Makoto
    Fantasy style.
[19:25] Makoto
    Luto, you owe me one.
[19:46] Makoto
    That just leaves Fort Stella.
[19:49] Makoto/Id
    That said, I'd better watch my line of fire.
[19:53] Makoto/Id
    Apparently I'm responsible
    for creating Star Lake.
[19:57] Makoto
    Around here should do.
[19:59] Makoto/Id
    Oh, mana matter!
[20:01] Makoto/Id
    When it comes to convenience,
[20:02] Makoto/Id
    nothing can beat it.
[20:04] Makoto/Id
    I'll expand my kai to maximum size
[20:07] Makoto/Id
    and focus on determining the
    topography and situation.
[20:14] Makoto/Id
    Good. Rona had her soldiers evacuate.
[20:18] Makoto/Id
    I don't know the exact distance,
    but I doubt I'll miss.
[20:33] Makoto
    All right! I've completed
    the goddess's request.
[20:36] Makoto
    That settles that matter.
[20:42] Makoto
    I've completely gotten used to falling.
[20:50] Makoto
    Now, then...
[20:52] Shiki
    Young Master!
[20:54] Makoto
    Huh? Shiki, your face is visible.
[20:58] Shiki
    I'm sorry. Surprisingly, I had some trouble.
[21:02] Shiki
    The hero escaped safely, though.
[21:05] Makoto
    I see. That's good, then.
[21:07] Makoto
    I was able to determine my current
    strength, but I'm pretty tired.
[21:12] Makoto
    Let's get out of here quickly.
[21:14] Shiki
    Are you sure?
[21:16] Shiki
    You seemed to recognize the hero.
[21:20] Makoto
    I know her, but we'll discuss
    that once we're back.
[21:25] Makoto
    Tomoe and Mio are probably
    back at the demiplane, too.
[21:28] Shiki
    By the way, the hero's party said they
    wanted to thank me when I rescued them.
[21:35] Shiki
    What shall we ask for?
[21:37] Makoto
    I'll think about it.
[21:40] Makoto
    I'm sure they're busy with the city right now.
[21:43] Shiki
    Understood.
[21:46] Makoto/Id
    Limia will struggle in the future,
    but they have Senpai.
[21:53] Makoto/Id
    I'm sure she can manage most things.
[21:57] Makoto
    Shall we head home?
[22:00] Shiki
    Yes.
[23:35] Makoto/N
    Night Twenty-Five,
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    Party Beneath the Moonlight
[23:37] Makoto/N
    "Party Beneath the Moonlight."