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[♪ epic choral music playing]

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[narrator] The True Demon King has died.

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[crackling]

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The enemy of the world
that filled the horizon with fear,

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was defeated by somebody.

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To this very day,

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that lone Hero remains unknown,
both in name and existence.

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Now the age of fear has come to an end,

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that person has to be chosen.

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[♪ theme music playing]

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ISHURA

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New Principality of Lithia

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[narrator]
A general named Taren the Guarded,

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has broken away from Aureatia,
the only minian kingdom.

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[♪ gentle, bright music playing]

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- [child] Wait up!
- [laughter]

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[narrator] Taren has declared independence

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for the regional city along the canal
that she possessed,

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and is calling it
the New Principality of Lithia.

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This was also
a serious military provocation

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that threatened
Aureatia's control over the frontier.

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Episode 2
Alus the Star Runner

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Lithia Territory
Main Highway

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[narrator] That day, Lana the Moon Tempest

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was scheduled to return to Lithia
after being dispatched as a spy by Taren.

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[horses galloping]

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Minia
Lana the Moon Tempest

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[Lana] They're getting closer.

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[growling]

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They attack in swarms like that
when they move in on a group of minians.

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Yep, they're wyverns all right.

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At this speed, they're bound to catch up.

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Won't we reach Lithia
before the wyverns catch up?

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[coachman] Not a chance
if you can see the swarm already.

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[Lana] But we're virtually there already.
Get a move on.

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[coachman] I'm going as fast as I can.

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[skeleton] We might all get eaten.

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[♪ mysterious music playing]

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Those of us who still have flesh, I mean.

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[soft gasp]

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Higuare, are you feeling confident?

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[roots crinkling]

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[Higuare] Yes.

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I can eliminate them all, of course.

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I heard Master Taren
is the self-proclaimed Demon King.

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That's just a nickname
the kingdom gave her.

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[Higuare] I understand that minian society
is ruled by three kingdoms.

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[scoffs]
I guess remote regions don't keep up.

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Now it's just Aureatia.
The other kingdoms all perished.

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Because of the True Demon King.

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[Lana] So for Aureatia,
they are the only One True King,

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and all others are just
self-proclaimed Demon Kings.

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[Higuare] Was the True Demon King
not also self-proclaimed?

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That one... was the real deal.

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Only the True Demon King
can be called a Demon King.

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- So your name is Higuare, huh?
- [Higuare] Yes.

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[skeleton] Even a visitor
would be more knowledgeable than you.

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And to think
you're in the mercenary business.

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[Higuare] For reasons of my own,

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I've lived a life
dedicated solely to wielding my blade.

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Higuare the Pelagic.

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That's what people call me. And yourself?

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Shalk the Sound Slicer.

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[Lana] Whatever, just get along, you two.

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If you two kill each other
before we arrive,

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what would Master Taren say...

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[Higuare] Lady Lana,

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it seems wyverns aren't
the only things approaching.

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- What?
- [rifle fires]

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[horse whinnies]

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[outlaw 1 chuckles]

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- [outlaw 1] Stop your wagon!
- [coachman whimpers]

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[outlaw 2] Resist and we'll kill you.
Hand over your cargo!

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Outlaws after our cargo.

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[Shalk] First wyverns, now outlaws.

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- We're completely boxed in.
- [rumbling]

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- [horse whinnies]
- [Lana grunts]

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- [coachman yelps]
- [horses whimpering]

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[outlaw 1]
Stop now or we'll blow you away.

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- Oy.
- [outlaw 2] Got it.

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[rifle cocks]

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[outlaw 2 chuckles]

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[Higuare] Above you.

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- [outlaw 2 grunts]
- [wyvern screeches]

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[outlaw 1] Huh?

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- [growling]
- [outlaw 2 screaming]

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- [outlaw 2 screaming in agony]
- [flesh squelching]

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[outlaw 1 whimpers]
Why are the wyverns here already?

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- When did they get here?
- [outlaw 3] How fast are they? Shoot!

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[both whimper]

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[outlaw 4] N-No way.

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They're coming from the city!

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[Lana] You can relax.

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You're not needed.

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Surely the minians haven't tamed them?

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[scoffs]

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Perhaps they have.

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[♪ intense music playing]

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[outlaw 1] Quit dawdling! Fire!

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[outlaw 3]
We never practiced firing up in the sky.

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- [thwacks]
- [outlaw 3 gasps in horror]

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[outlaw 4 grunts]
We're never going to hit them.

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- [outlaws screaming]
- [rifle firing]

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[outlaw 5] Stop!

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[outlaw 6] Help!

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[flesh squelching]

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[growls]

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All dead. All shooters are dead.

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[wyvern] Squad Two,
fly to the other side of the hill.

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You are not to eat minian flesh.

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Slash them all to bits!

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So everyone knows what happens to fools
who go against the New Principality!

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[scoffs]
Look at that swarm of wild trash.

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Attack! Prepare for aerial combat!

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[♪ suspenseful music playing]

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[all roaring]

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[all roaring]

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[all clamoring]

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[all groaning]

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[growling]

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[roars]

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[beam blazing]

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[Lana] That was Regnejee's Thermal Arts.

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[Higuare] Is Lord Regnejee a wyvern?

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Yeah. Every wyvern swarms with a leader.

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Regnejee is that leader.

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As long as they're on guard,
the New Principality...

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- [explosion]
- [rumbling]

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...is well protected.

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No other city in history
has utilized the wyverns

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for aerial warfare.

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[Lana] They're invincible.

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Then why did the outlaws attack?

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What?

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[Shalk] The outlaws wouldn't have attacked
if they really were invincible.

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Right.

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And that's why you two are necessary.

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You mean they're not the real enemy?

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[Lana] Exactly.

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There's somebody directing the outlaws.

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Someone who stands to profit
by having them attack Lithia.

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[Higuare]
Don't they call Master Taren of Lithia

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a self-proclaimed Demon King?

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[Shalk] I see.

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So Aureatia is our opponent?

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Aureatia

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[narrator] Aureatia, the city
that is ruled by the last Minian Queen.

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The politics of the city

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are not steered by the Queen,
but by Twenty-Nine Officials.

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[chomps]

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I heard about Lithia.

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[official 1] Obviously, trade attacks
by outlaws won't be enough.

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We're dealing with Taren the Guarded.

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That's why we're having this discussion.

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[official 2] The Imperial Competition
to decide the Hero is a major undertaking.

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Should Lithia engage in an all-out attack,
we won't have the means to deal with it.

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And he knows it.

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Even so, war should only be
a very last resort.

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[official 1] So what you propose...

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is an assassination.

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Is it possible?

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[official 1] What about
the Seventeenth Minister... Elea's squad?

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I have a spy there.

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Though they are currently investigating
something else.

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As for suppressing the wyvern,

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that should be
the Sixth General's area of expertise.

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I'd prefer to keep old man Harghent
out of this.

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Agreed.

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Besides, he's currently headed
to Tileet Ravine to subdue a dragon.

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[official 1] A dragon?

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He's got no chance.
Just how far does he plan to fall?

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So, can I use who I please?
As long as nothing leads back to Aureatia.

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[official 2] Who do you plan to use?

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[official 1] An assassination
doesn't always have to be done quietly.

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- People sometimes die in huge accidents.
- [♪ tense music playing]

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[fire crackling]

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[official 2] A huge accident?

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[official 1 scoffs]

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[official 1] Can you get
the Vortical Stampede released?

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Ishura
Wyvern

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Tileet Ravine

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[horses plodding]

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[horses whinnying]

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Dragon Hunting Squad
Encampment

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You seem weary,

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Your Excellency.

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Hmm?

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Oh, Peke?

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[Peke] It seemed you were nodding off.

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[general] The march has taken 20 days.

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We even set up camp in some poorhouse.

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Anyone would be weary.

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What about the tracking unit?

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I've divided the radzio soldiers
into three groups and positioned them.

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[Peke] I've got two people
patrolling above the valley at all times.

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One of them is a receiver.

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From tomorrow, make it three per shift,
rotating every half day and night.

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[Peke] Yes, sir.

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But is the Smoldering one really injured?

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[general] We wouldn't be here
if we didn't know for sure.

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You'd normally see him soaring the sky,
but he's hiding away in his nest.

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It's our chance.

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[general] The nightmare of Tileet Ravine,
Vikeon the Smoldering.

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If I can vanquish him,
my name will go down in history.

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This is like laying siege on a castle.

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He will surely begin to starve
and fly out.

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That's what we wait for.

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If the reports are true, that is. However...

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- [soldier] What!
- [surprised grunt]

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Your Excellency!
Six shooters have been attacked!

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- What was that?
- [Peke] Patch them through.

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- [operator] Understood!
- [radio static]

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- This is Harghent. Report your situation.
- [♪ tense music playing]

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The six shooters below the cliff
are unaccounted for!

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The Smoldering one,

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he's probably crawling above ground
towards your location!

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C-Crawling on the ground?

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[Harghent] That prideful Vikeon is?

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- [Peke] Your Excellency, let's retreat.
- [Harghent grunts]

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- [loud bang]
- How could I make such a mistake?

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Your Excellency... We mustn't hesitate.

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He's heading right...

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- [whooshes]
- [surprised grunt]

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Why would he...

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[Peke] From Peke to Harghent.
[echoing]

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Setting Sun. Fly!

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[groaning]

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[Harghent] What the...

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[explosion]

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[fire roaring]

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What...

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- [loud stomp]
- [Harghent gasps]

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[♪ ominous music playing]

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[♪ dramatic music playing]

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[creature] You're the general,

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aren't you?

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[angry grunt]

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Curse you, Smoldering one!

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[creature] I'll allow you to answer.

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Are there any other hunting parties
out there?

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Do you fear the hand of a human slayer?

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Vikeon the Smoldering!

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Your spirit has fallen to the ground!

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Answer me.

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[Vikeon]
Is there anyone else besides yourselves?

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Choose not to answer,

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and I won't burn you,

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but torture you,

249
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then kill you.

250
00:13:16,048 --> 00:13:17,841
[Harghent] What happened...

251
00:13:18,550 --> 00:13:20,385
to your body?

252
00:13:20,844 --> 00:13:21,887
Smoldering one.

253
00:13:23,430 --> 00:13:26,225
You attempt to conceal your own disgrace

254
00:13:26,308 --> 00:13:29,228
but you inflict despicable
and humiliating acts against me?

255
00:13:31,855 --> 00:13:33,232
A champion...

256
00:13:33,816 --> 00:13:38,654
Have you ever seen a champion
with your own eyes, you weak minia?

257
00:13:38,737 --> 00:13:39,738
[Harghent] What?

258
00:13:40,322 --> 00:13:43,575
The strong one
that emerges from a huge group

259
00:13:43,659 --> 00:13:46,370
is what you lot call a champion, right?

260
00:13:46,954 --> 00:13:47,955
Surely not...

261
00:13:48,038 --> 00:13:50,749
Did a minian champion do this to you?

262
00:13:50,833 --> 00:13:52,668
- [Vikeon] Don't get arrogant!
- [rumbles]

263
00:13:52,751 --> 00:13:55,879
I've butchered so many minian champions
it's gotten boring.

264
00:13:55,963 --> 00:13:58,507
They were nothing more
than foolish snacks to me.

265
00:13:59,091 --> 00:14:01,093
I'll tell you the truth, minia.

266
00:14:02,594 --> 00:14:05,097
That champion who was favored by fate

267
00:14:06,098 --> 00:14:08,517
is also among the wyverns.

268
00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:09,601
[gasps]

269
00:14:10,477 --> 00:14:11,895
[Harghent] It was him...

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I told you of my humiliation.

271
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Now it's your turn to answer.

272
00:14:17,776 --> 00:14:18,777
[breathes shakily]

273
00:14:19,111 --> 00:14:21,697
I'm the last there is
of the hunting party.

274
00:14:22,197 --> 00:14:25,200
[Harghent]
No other Aureatia soldiers are coming.

275
00:14:26,201 --> 00:14:29,496
Very well,
I shall forgive you foolish minians,

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but in exchange,
you alone shall smolder in my flames.

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00:14:33,917 --> 00:14:36,378
From Harghent to the iron of Aureatia.
[echoing]

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Approaching waves. Tower of shadows.
Swirling starry skies!

279
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[chain rattling]

280
00:14:43,176 --> 00:14:44,469
[Harghent] Nock an arrow!

281
00:14:45,679 --> 00:14:46,972
[thuds]

282
00:14:50,434 --> 00:14:53,562
The skies above me
shall fall into silence!

283
00:14:53,645 --> 00:14:57,649
Know the power
of Aureatia's Sixth General!

284
00:14:57,858 --> 00:14:58,859
[arrow fires]

285
00:15:01,445 --> 00:15:02,446
[exclaims in shock]

286
00:15:03,530 --> 00:15:07,159
[Vikeon] You're powerless.
Completely powerless.

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From Tileet...

288
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[♪ tense music playing]

289
00:15:17,336 --> 00:15:18,670
Why?

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00:15:19,212 --> 00:15:20,797
[Harghent] Huh?
[gasps]

291
00:15:21,214 --> 00:15:22,883
[Vikeon] You again.

292
00:15:24,176 --> 00:15:25,385
Why?

293
00:15:26,887 --> 00:15:28,805
[Vikeon and Harghent] Star Runner!

294
00:15:28,889 --> 00:15:30,849
[♪ tense music playing]

295
00:15:38,398 --> 00:15:42,319
[narrator]
He was born with three upper limbs.

296
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Those arms craved for something new.

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To grasp something yet unseen.

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00:15:49,534 --> 00:15:52,704
He wanted to prove
that he was more than just a wyvern.

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00:15:53,288 --> 00:15:56,291
He longed for everything
that was out of his reach.

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00:15:58,794 --> 00:16:00,963
Before long, that desire led him

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to obtain a town's treasure.

302
00:16:03,298 --> 00:16:05,217
To conquer a land.

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00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:08,095
To conquer a labyrinth.

304
00:16:10,013 --> 00:16:15,102
And now,
he's on the verge of destroying a legend.

305
00:16:15,185 --> 00:16:17,270
A-Alus the Star Runner.

306
00:16:17,854 --> 00:16:20,190
[Vikeon] What more do you desire?

307
00:16:20,273 --> 00:16:23,193
You stole my entire fortune.

308
00:16:23,276 --> 00:16:25,278
Why take more?

309
00:16:26,738 --> 00:16:27,739
Why, you ask?

310
00:16:28,782 --> 00:16:31,284
[Alus] I'm simply doing what's natural.

311
00:16:33,245 --> 00:16:34,913
[Harghent] Star Runner!

312
00:16:34,997 --> 00:16:38,166
You stay out of this!

313
00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:41,044
[sighs]

314
00:16:43,755 --> 00:16:45,507
[Vikeon] Curse you, Star Runner.

315
00:16:46,258 --> 00:16:48,301
To the wind of Tileet.

316
00:16:48,385 --> 00:16:53,056
Dry up the hazy moon!

317
00:16:56,601 --> 00:16:58,937
[grunting, roaring]

318
00:17:02,941 --> 00:17:04,443
- [clicks]
- [♪ music fades]

319
00:17:07,487 --> 00:17:08,864
[♪ tense music continues playing]

320
00:17:08,947 --> 00:17:11,366
[screaming]

321
00:17:13,452 --> 00:17:15,370
[Vikeon groaning]

322
00:17:15,454 --> 00:17:16,705
[Alus] Poison magic bullets

323
00:17:16,788 --> 00:17:18,874
from the Arboreal Sky Spire
of the West Cliff.

324
00:17:18,957 --> 00:17:21,251
It explodes
when it makes contact with the nerves.

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00:17:21,460 --> 00:17:22,586
[grunts]

326
00:17:22,669 --> 00:17:24,004
[growls]

327
00:17:24,087 --> 00:17:26,256
[Vikeon] To the wind of Tileet!

328
00:17:26,339 --> 00:17:27,549
From Alus to the pebble of Nimi.
[echoing]

329
00:17:27,632 --> 00:17:29,468
Flower returns to bud.
Split and break the shell...

330
00:17:29,551 --> 00:17:30,844
Dripping water.

331
00:17:30,927 --> 00:17:32,137
Pierce.

332
00:17:33,972 --> 00:17:35,891
[♪ tense music continues playing]

333
00:17:36,516 --> 00:17:38,310
[screaming]

334
00:17:38,393 --> 00:17:40,520
[Harghent]
He performs shape-shifting Craft Arts

335
00:17:40,604 --> 00:17:43,273
far faster than even a single breath.

336
00:17:43,356 --> 00:17:46,026
[screaming continues]

337
00:17:48,028 --> 00:17:49,404
[♪ music fades]

338
00:17:53,033 --> 00:17:54,201
[wings flapping]

339
00:17:57,704 --> 00:17:58,997
[pants]
Back off already!

340
00:17:59,581 --> 00:18:00,916
[Harghent] Don't you get it?

341
00:18:01,166 --> 00:18:02,584
He's my enemy!

342
00:18:03,335 --> 00:18:05,128
Why steal that from me?

343
00:18:05,212 --> 00:18:07,130
Are you attempting to help me?

344
00:18:08,965 --> 00:18:10,467
What an odd question.

345
00:18:11,468 --> 00:18:13,512
[Alus] One always helps a friend.

346
00:18:14,054 --> 00:18:15,305
Isn't that obvious?

347
00:18:16,014 --> 00:18:17,599
[Harghent grunts]
I...

348
00:18:18,100 --> 00:18:20,268
- I am not your friend.
- [♪ somber music playing]

349
00:18:20,352 --> 00:18:22,437
I am a general of Aureatia now.

350
00:18:23,105 --> 00:18:26,274
I'm a wyvern killer,
Harghent the Wing-Plucker!

351
00:18:27,192 --> 00:18:28,276
Is that right?

352
00:18:29,236 --> 00:18:30,904
[Harghent] To rise up in the world,

353
00:18:31,321 --> 00:18:34,157
I killed hundreds of your fellow kind.

354
00:18:34,991 --> 00:18:38,120
But I still want for glory,
even at this age.

355
00:18:39,121 --> 00:18:40,705
That's what led me here.

356
00:18:45,752 --> 00:18:49,297
[Alus] That's why I admire you, Harghent.

357
00:18:49,381 --> 00:18:50,674
[Harghent grunts]

358
00:18:51,258 --> 00:18:52,259
I heard about it.

359
00:18:52,342 --> 00:18:54,678
The Imperial Competition at Aureatia.

360
00:18:55,262 --> 00:18:57,556
Everyone's trying to put forth a Hero.

361
00:18:57,889 --> 00:18:58,932
That's right...

362
00:18:59,516 --> 00:19:00,892
I don't mind partaking.

363
00:19:02,352 --> 00:19:03,436
And like before...

364
00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,313
[Vikeon] To the wind of Tileet.

365
00:19:05,730 --> 00:19:07,566
Dry up...

366
00:19:07,649 --> 00:19:08,692
What!

367
00:19:08,775 --> 00:19:10,610
...the hazy moon!

368
00:19:11,111 --> 00:19:12,779
- Alus! Move...
- [explosion]

369
00:19:15,407 --> 00:19:18,076
- [ringing in ears]
- [rumbling]

370
00:19:24,749 --> 00:19:26,084
[gasps]

371
00:19:26,251 --> 00:19:28,336
[♪ soft music playing]

372
00:19:28,420 --> 00:19:31,464
- [Harghent] What is this?
- [Alus] The Greatshield of the Dead.

373
00:19:35,927 --> 00:19:37,470
[clinking]

374
00:19:41,433 --> 00:19:42,726
[Vikeon grunts]

375
00:19:42,934 --> 00:19:45,478
[shouting]
Star Runner!

376
00:19:46,396 --> 00:19:47,689
[Alus] One more.

377
00:19:49,191 --> 00:19:50,233
[Vikeon] To the wind...

378
00:19:50,317 --> 00:19:51,985
- [blade slashes]
- [♪ music stops]

379
00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:00,118
[loud thud]

380
00:20:04,039 --> 00:20:06,416
[Alus] Hillensingen the Luminous Blade.

381
00:20:09,836 --> 00:20:13,673
[Harghent] He couldn't even move his arms
when I first met him.

382
00:20:14,716 --> 00:20:15,717
How did you...

383
00:20:19,721 --> 00:20:22,849
The Twenty-Nine Officials of Aureatia
are searching for a Hero.

384
00:20:23,558 --> 00:20:26,645
They're gathering the strongest people
from around the world.

385
00:20:26,728 --> 00:20:27,729
[Alus] Yes.

386
00:20:28,313 --> 00:20:30,273
[Harghent]
If you're proud of your strength,

387
00:20:30,357 --> 00:20:32,234
you ought to come forward too.

388
00:20:35,820 --> 00:20:39,074
However... I won't choose you!

389
00:20:39,157 --> 00:20:40,617
I...

390
00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:45,372
I will never use your strength
to seize glory.

391
00:20:45,455 --> 00:20:46,456
I know.

392
00:20:47,332 --> 00:20:49,834
Your desire truly is radiant.

393
00:20:50,835 --> 00:20:52,462
One day,

394
00:20:53,046 --> 00:20:55,298
you're going to become
so much more than I am.

395
00:20:55,382 --> 00:20:56,508
[surprised grunt]

396
00:20:58,218 --> 00:21:00,178
[Harghent grunting]

397
00:21:02,097 --> 00:21:03,306
[Harghent] Where are you going?

398
00:21:04,140 --> 00:21:05,809
The Great Labyrinth of Nagan.

399
00:21:06,393 --> 00:21:08,144
Why go to a ruined city?

400
00:21:09,396 --> 00:21:11,064
There's something I want there.

401
00:21:21,032 --> 00:21:22,117
Alus...

402
00:21:25,537 --> 00:21:28,290
[narrator] He is the one who can handle

403
00:21:28,373 --> 00:21:31,501
any kind of weapon there is
with exceptional aptitude.

404
00:21:32,752 --> 00:21:35,797
The one who possesses
many unusual magic items,

405
00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,967
collected from all over the land.

406
00:21:39,592 --> 00:21:43,930
The one who has challenged
numerous labyrinths and enemies

407
00:21:44,014 --> 00:21:46,308
throughout the vast world
and triumphed over them all.

408
00:21:49,060 --> 00:21:52,897
His desires even led him
to surpass dragons,

409
00:21:52,981 --> 00:21:56,151
making him the fastest airborne creature.

410
00:22:01,448 --> 00:22:05,535
He is a Rogue. He is a wyvern.
He is Alus the Star Runner.

411
00:22:06,703 --> 00:22:08,913
[♪ closing theme music playing]

412
00:23:38,711 --> 00:23:39,754
Next: Episode 3
Dakai the Magpie

413
00:23:39,838 --> 00:23:40,839
and Regnejee the Wings of Sunset

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00:23:40,922 --> 00:23:41,923
Translated by Zacarias Hicks