# E15 - Slim Chance of Survival
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**[00:21] Genho**
Okay, keep their vanguard pinned down!
**[00:24] Genho**
They're sure to do something to
try to take back the initiative!
**[00:33] Ozen**
Trap them from both sides!
**[00:36] Ozen**
We can win it here on the right flank!
**[00:39] Shis**
Push on and crush them!
**[00:41] Yashmah**
Don't let even an ant escape, everyone!
**[00:51] Itak**
Good! Keep going, and don't
give them time to recover!
**[00:55] Soyankekur**
Wait, Itak!
**[01:06] Itak**
An ambush?
**[01:07] Soyankekur**
Stop your pursuit!
**[01:10] Soyankekur**
Deal with the ambushers first!
**[01:20] Soyankekur**
They're reacting fast. Does that mean...
**[01:23] Nekone**
We're at a stalemate.
**[01:25] Nekone**
No, we're at a slight disadvantage.
**[01:28] Kuon**
They're moving faster than
we anticipated, I think.
**[01:32] Kuon**
It's like they know everything we're doing.
**[01:35] Haku**
The fight itself is an even match.
**[01:36] Haku**
If anything, we have more soldiers than them.
**[01:39] Haku**
But they're sending orders to
their troops faster than we are.
**[01:43] Haku**
* We did everything we could to*
* get orders to our men quickly,*
**[01:47] Haku**
*but they're still faster.*
**[01:50] Nosuri**
If we go out there ourselves,
we could turn it around, right?
**[01:54] Atuy**
That's right!
**[01:55] Atuy**
Their advantage isn't that big!
We could turn it around fast!
**[01:58] Nekone**
But then there'd be fewer people
to protect our main camp.
**[02:01] Nosuri**
That's true...
**[02:04] Haku**
She's right. It's too great
a risk at the moment.
**[02:06] Haku**
But it would be effective.
**[02:09] Kuon**
So you're doing it.
**[02:10] Haku**
Yes. It's Raiko we're up against.
**[02:13] Haku**
We can't win if we stay on the defens—
**[02:22] Anju**
Wh-What's going on?
**[02:24] Kiwru**
Reporting!
**[02:26] Kiwru**
An ambush from behind!
**[02:27] Kiwru**
Someone has set fire to our Shitourai!
**[02:30] Haku**
Fire?
**[02:47] Liveruni**
From General Raiko.
**[02:49] Raiko**
*How goes it?*
**[02:51] Maroro**
I just struck the enemy camp from
the rear this very moment.
**[02:57] Maroro**
Oshtor!
**[02:59] Maroro**
I will kill you myself,
even if it costs me my life!
***SIGN*** Utawarerumono
***SIGN*** Mask of Truth
***SIGN*** Episode Fifteen
***SIGN*** Slim Chance of Survival
**[04:38] Ougi**
We lost the 5th and 3rd Shitourai.
**[04:42] Nekone**
If we keep losing provisions, we won't
be able to maintain an army this big!
**[04:50] Kuon**
The fire's not stopping at all.
**[04:52] Kuon**
They didn't just light it and run, I think.
**[04:55] Haku**
Not many people can control
fire to this degree.
**[04:58] Haku**
It's probably Maroro.
**[05:00] Nekone**
Brother...
**[05:06] Haku**
*If it's Maroro, he must be after me.*
**[05:10] Haku**
* If I go after him myself, there'll be*
* less damage to our army.*
**[05:13] Haku**
Nosuri, can you find some way to
tell me where the enemy is located?
**[05:17] Nosuri**
Of course I can!
**[05:21] Haku**
Your Highness, may I put
you in charge of the camp?
**[05:24] Anju**
Yeah, leave it me!
**[05:26] Irawaji**
We'll communicate the situation to you
with our Ikusamanui whenever we can.
**[05:32] Haku**
Kuon, there's something I need immediately.
**[05:35] Kuon**
From me?
**[05:41] Haku**
*With any luck, we won't have to use it.*
**[06:01] Anju**
Both flanks, forward!
**[06:03] Anju**
Entrap the enemy!
**[06:05] Irawaji**
Pound the drums! Three beats!
**[06:21] Liveruni**
Maroro, a message.
**[06:24] Maroro**
There's new movement among Oshtor's forces.
**[06:28] Maroro**
Which means...
**[06:32] Nosuri**
That's him!
**[06:36] Haku**
Follow me!
**[06:55] Maroro**
Do you think you've separated
me from my army, then?
**[07:00] Haku**
I don't think so little of you
that I expect to beat you
**[07:04] Haku**
without cutting you off from your forces.
**[07:09] Haku**
It's over! Surrender, Maroro!
**[07:15] Maroro**
No! This is what they call falling into a trap!
**[07:28] Maroro**
This is how you use fire in war!
**[07:38] Nekone**
Hot!
**[07:39] Haku**
Nekone!
**[07:43] Haku**
* So he used himself as a decoy*
* to lure us to our deaths?*
**[07:48] Atuy**
That's no fun. I was looking
forward to a fight.
**[07:52] Ougi**
An old ploy, but an effective one.
**[07:55] Nosuri**
What do we do, Oshtor?
**[07:58] Maroro**
You're helpless, aren't you?
**[08:01] Haku**
Kuon, give it to me!
**[08:04] Kuon**
I've got a really bad feeling about this.
**[08:07] Haku**
I'll explain later!
**[08:08] Haku**
Kiwru!
**[08:09] Kiwru**
Okay!
**[08:10] Haku**
Tie this to the end of your arrow!
**[08:12] Haku**
Make sure it won't fall off!
**[08:14] Kiwru**
Got it!
**[08:15] Haku**
Fumirul, I need you to do something for me.
**[08:18] Fumirul**
I'll do anything I can to help.
**[08:20] Haku**
And then...
**[08:21] Twins**
Anything you need, Master.
**[08:26] Maroro**
Haku!
**[08:27] Maroro**
Finally... Finally, I have my revenge!
**[08:32] Maroro**
I have slain the traitor Oshtor myself!
**[08:38] Haku**
Okay, fire!
**[09:00] Maroro**
My flames?
**[09:02] Maroro**
What happened?
**[09:10] Maroro**
Oshtor!
**[09:11] Maroro**
How are you alive?
**[09:13] Haku**
Traditionally, one defeats flame with wind.
**[09:16] Haku**
There's more to using fire in war than
simply burning the enemy to death.
**[09:20] Haku**
A true master can make the flames
both appear *and* disappear.
**[09:24] Maroro**
Even if the flames disappeared,
you shouldn't have survived!
**[09:27] Kuon**
Yeah, it was a little dangerous, I think.
**[09:31] Nekone**
Yes...
**[09:33] Nekone**
But we had faith!
**[09:35] Fumirul**
Oh, my. Your faces are all covered in soot.
**[09:38] Kuon**
This really isn't the time, I think!
**[09:42] Haku**
As the blast from the explosion
blew away the flames,
**[09:45] Haku**
Fumirul put up a shield,
which Uruuru and Saraana amplified.
**[09:51] Maroro**
You would take such a risk?
**[09:54] Haku**
Your plan failed.
**[09:57] Haku**
It's over.
**[10:02] Maroro**
So in the end, I'm no match for Oshtor?
**[10:06] Maroro**
Oshtor will succeed, and my armies will fall?
**[10:10] Maroro**
Oshtor! Oshtor! *Oshtor*!
**[10:15] Maroro**
No! This isn't over!
**[10:18] Maroro**
Even if all my stratagems have failed,
so long as I live, the war isn't over!
**[10:26] Haku**
Why, Maroro?
**[10:28] Haku**
What's making you do this?
**[10:30] Haku**
There is no justice in Raiko's cause!
You must know this!
**[10:34] Maroro**
And you say your cause is just,
**[10:37] Maroro**
do you?
**[10:39] Haku**
We fight to kill Raiko, and free the
capital from him and his false princess!
**[10:44] Haku**
That's what makes our cause just!
**[10:47] Maroro**
So it's just an excuse to start a war, is it?!
**[10:52] Haku**
I won't make excuses!
**[10:53] Haku**
We only want one thing!
**[11:01] Haku**
To end the war as soon as we can!
**[11:05] Maroro**
You're a liar!
**[11:09] Haku**
Anything built on falsehoods...
**[11:15] Haku**
will eventually collapse.
**[11:18] Haku**
Especially if you build your
rule on lying to the people.
**[11:24] Maroro**
Then tell me...
**[11:27] Maroro**
Weren't lies what brought you
to where you stand today?
**[11:33] Haku**
Yes... I have no way of proving
right now that my cause is just.
**[11:37] Haku**
But I know that Haku would want me
to follow the path of righteousness!
**[11:42] Maroro**
Haku... Did you just say that
this is what Haku wants?
**[11:48] Maroro**
You would *dare* tell me what Haku wants?!
**[11:52] Maroro**
After you killed him right in front of me?!
**[11:58] Haku**
*That's right...*
**[11:59] Haku**
* That's what's felt so wrong,*
* ever since we met last time.*
**[12:03] Haku**
Maroro, tell me!
**[12:05] Haku**
Where were you, and what did you see?
**[12:12] Haku**
When I fled the capital, where were you?
**[12:17] Maroro**
I was right there!
**[12:19] Maroro**
I was there...
**[12:22] Haku**
That's impossible!
**[12:24] Haku**
You know that better than anyone!
**[12:31] Liveruni**
Maroro!
**[12:38] Maroro**
Oshtor! Oshtor!
**[12:40] Maroro**
We're not finished yet!
**[12:42] Liveruni**
Maroro, we must retreat!
**[12:44] Maroro**
This war will not end until I have your head!
**[12:49] Maroro**
Oshtor!
**[12:55] Haku**
So, how goes the battle?
**[12:57] Munechika**
Not well.
**[12:58] Munechika**
The enemy troops react fast
and show no weaknesses.
**[13:02] Haku**
Raiko knows the art of war well, I suppose.
**[13:06] Haku**
How much damage have we taken?
**[13:07] Anju**
Everyone's doing well.
**[13:09] Anju**
But Raiko's losses are less than ours.
**[13:14] Irawaji**
I'm sorry we can't be of more use...
**[13:16] Haku**
No, it's not your fault.
**[13:18] Haku**
But...
**[13:20] Haku**
* All of his forces are moving in*
* perfect lockstep across this vast field.*
**[13:25] Haku**
*Is that possible?*
**[13:27] Haku**
* But it's the only way to*
* explain what's happening.*
**[13:31] Haku**
* The court's forces are all*
* acting under a single order.*
**[13:36] Haku**
* How is he getting such precise*
* information to his troops?*
**[13:45] Haku**
What is it, you two?
**[13:47] Twins**
My skin is crawling.
**[13:48] Twins**
Countless thoughts are flowing
from those watchtowers.
**[13:54] Haku**
Thoughts?
**[13:58] Haku**
So that's it!
**[13:59] Nosuri**
What do you mean?
**[14:01] Haku**
The watchtowers!
**[14:03] Haku**
Those are Raiko's eyes and ears!
**[14:07] Haku**
* He's using his Tiriryarai*
* on a massive scale.*
**[14:09] Haku**
* Watching the whole battlefield*
* with multiple eyes,*
**[14:12] Haku**
* and bringing all that*
* information together to use?*
**[14:16] Haku**
* And his orders are sent out*
* via the Tiriryarai as well,*
**[14:20] Haku**
*instantly transmitting them to his forces.*
**[14:24] Haku**
*That explains the speed.*
**[14:26] Nosuri**
I don't quite follow, but should we
just destroy the watchtowers, then?
**[14:29] Haku**
It won't be that easy.
**[14:31] Haku**
As you can see, there are countless
towers across the battlefield.
**[14:35] Haku**
Taking out one or two won't do any good.
**[14:37] Twins**
It doesn't need to be all of them.
**[14:40] Twins**
Somewhere, there is a powerful
spellcaster acting as a relay point.
**[14:44] Twins**
If we can defeat him...
**[14:47] Twins**
What's wrong, Master?
**[14:50] Haku**
Can you tell me where this
"powerful spellcaster" is?
**[14:55] Twins**
We can.
**[14:56] Twins**
Give us a little time.
**[15:03] Haku**
The left center flank, and the
edge of the right flank...
**[15:07] Kuon**
Both of them are the same
type of watchtower, huh?
**[15:10] Haku**
By sending the orders through both,
he lessens the burden on each caster.
**[15:14] Kuon**
And maybe he has a backup if one goes down?
**[15:17] Haku**
That's probably part of it.
**[15:24] Haku**
I really pushed you two, didn't I?
**[15:26] Rulutieh**
Have some water.
**[15:29] Twins**
Thank you.
**[15:30] Twins**
We would recover faster if our
master fed it to us with his mouth.
**[15:33] Rulutieh**
That's not happening.
**[15:35] Ougi**
So, what do we do?
**[15:37] Ougi**
If we split our forces to attack two points,
it'll leave our main camp less defended.
**[15:41] Atuy**
We can't take out one and then the other?
**[15:44] Kuon**
Even if we do take one down,
**[15:47] Kuon**
if the other still stands,
they can just regroup, I think.
**[15:50] Haku**
We have to destroy them both at once.
**[15:53] Haku**
With two strikes performed in perfect unison.
***SIGN*** Sounds like a pain in the ass.
**[15:58] Haku**
But once they fall,
his armies will be in chaos.
**[16:02] Munechika**
And then we can launch an all-out attack...
**[16:05] Anju**
And we've as good as won!
**[16:07] Nekone**
But Brother, there are forces
stationed around each tower.
**[16:10] Nekone**
It won't be easy to get close.
**[16:12] Haku**
Then we attack from a distance.
**[16:14] Haku**
Fortunately, both watchtowers are located
near the perfect spot for such an attack.
**[16:19] Nosuri**
So that's where I come in, then.
**[16:21] Haku**
With your archery skills,
I know you won't fail.
**[16:24] Haku**
If we use the Ikusamanui, as we have,
**[16:28] Haku**
we'll be telling the enemy
we're up to something.
**[16:31] Haku**
Uruuru, Saraana, I want you to split up
**[16:35] Haku**
and communicate with telepathy
to send the signal to attack.
**[16:39] Haku**
If we don't act now, we'll be helpless.
**[16:43] Haku**
Can you do it?
**[16:46] Twins**
What will you do, Master?
**[16:48] Haku**
I'll go to the right flank with Nosuri.
**[16:51] Haku**
The other, I will leave to Kiwru.
**[16:53] Kiwru**
Me? I c-c-can't...
**[16:57] Haku**
You're the only one who's anywhere
near as good with a bow as Nosuri.
**[17:01] Haku**
I believe you can do it.
**[17:04] Kiwru**
Brother...
**[17:06] Kiwru**
I'll do it.
**[17:08] Twins**
Uruuru?
**[17:12] Twins**
Master, take Saraana with you.
**[17:14] Twins**
No! I...
**[17:17] Twins**
It'll be fine.
**[17:19] Twins**
We'll see each other again.
**[17:20] Twins**
Yeah...
**[17:27] Itak**
Uncle, the main camp is
telling us to hold position.
**[17:33] Soyankekur**
Seems the wind's changed direction.
**[17:35] Itak**
What do you mean?
**[17:37] Soyankekur**
My intuition as one of the Pillar Generals
is speaking to me!
**[17:45] Nosuri**
We're almost at the attack point.
**[17:50] Kuon**
Oshtor...
**[17:51] Haku**
Yeah.
**[17:56] Haku**
Saraana.
**[17:58] Saraana**
Master...
**[18:00] Haku**
Are you all right?
**[18:01] Saraana**
I'm just... fine...
**[18:06] Haku**
You are?
**[18:07] Saraana**
Yes.
**[18:13] Haku**
* The twins have been together*
* since birth, they said.*
**[18:17] Haku**
*They'd never spent a moment apart.*
**[18:19] Haku**
* And I've forbidden them from*
* speaking to each other mentally,*
**[18:22] Haku**
* to avoid letting the enemy*
* know what we're up to.*
**[18:25] Haku**
*Perhaps I was too cruel...*
**[18:29] Fumirul**
Uruuru will be fine!
**[18:31] Fumirul**
Everybody's her friend!
**[18:35] Fumirul**
Oh, my...
**[18:40] Kuon**
Fumirul can handle anything, I think.
**[18:56] Uruuru**
Saraana...
**[18:58] Kiwru**
Did she say something?
**[19:00] Uruuru**
Nothing.
**[19:01] Shinonon**
Big Sis Uru smiled!
**[19:05] Atuy**
I wish I could've seen it!
**[19:08] Shinonon**
If you smiled like that all the time,
everybody else would smile, too!
**[19:12] Atuy**
That's right!
**[19:13] Kiwru**
Um, everyone... Please calm down.
**[19:16] Uruuru**
*Saraana, you can do this.*
**[19:25] Soyankekur**
Looks like I've got a few
years left in me yet.
**[19:33] Genho**
Oh, you came up to the front, too?
**[19:36] Ozen**
We need to teach the kids
to think for themselves.
**[19:39] Ozen**
And if we're gonna fight, we should
make it a fight to remember!
**[19:43] Soyankekur**
It seems we're all thinking the same thing.
**[19:47] Genho**
You've got that right.
**[19:48] Genho**
I'll back you up.
**[19:49] Genho**
Fight how you want to fight.
**[19:51] Soyankekur**
I'll take you up on that!
**[20:03] Shichirya**
Raiko! They're saying the Pillar Generals
have attacked the right flank personally!
**[20:07] Raiko**
Ignore them.
**[20:09] Raiko**
They're strong enough to change the
tide of the battle on their own, yes.
**[20:14] Raiko**
But their true target lies elsewhere.
**[20:17] Shichirya**
What do you mean?
**[20:20] Raiko**
I've already played my best card.
**[20:23] Raiko**
The most powerful card I have at my disposal.
**[20:31] Ougi**
Soyankekur and the other Pillar
Generals have begun their attack.
**[20:34] Haku**
Excellent. That will keep the enemy at bay.
**[20:37] Haku**
Nosuri!
**[20:38] Nosuri**
It's a ways away.
**[20:40] Nosuri**
I need a moment to read the wind.
**[20:43] Haku**
You have one shot.
**[20:44] Haku**
You won't get another.
**[20:45] Nosuri**
Who do you think I am?
**[20:48] Nosuri**
I'd never miss a stationary target!
**[20:51] Haku**
Saraana, how is Kiwru doing?
**[20:54] Saraana**
I'll find out.
***SIGN*** This is as close as we can get without them seeing us.
**[21:08] Shinonon**
Well, Kiwru?
**[21:10] Kiwru**
Wait.
**[21:16] Kiwru**
I'm sorry. Can we get a little closer?
***SIGN*** So you're telling us exactly how good you are instead of exaggerating.
***SIGN*** You've grown up.
**[21:25] Shinonon**
You've grown up, Kiwru!
**[21:31] Saraana**
They need just a little more time.
**[21:34] Haku**
Got it.
**[21:35] Nosuri**
Leave it to me. I'll match his timing perfectly!
**[21:38] Mikazuchi**
So you did come here!
**[21:54] Mikazuchi**
I've been waiting...
**[21:57] Mikazuchi**
Oshtor!
**[21:59] Haku**
Mikazuchi!