02x03 - Shaking Land

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Soldier: I bring news.

Soldier: Our scouts are telling us that the Spirit Tortoise has become active again.

Soldier: The Shield Hero's party and the Haikazuya army's dragon riders,

Soldier: along with the Melromarc cavalry, have begun preparations for the att*ck.

Mirelia: Order Lowhirot's siege units and the Spirit Tortoise Kingdom's sappers to take positions.

Soldier: Understood!

Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer: I will take command of the sappers.

Mirelia: Good luck to all of you.

Title: Episode Shaking Land

Naofumi: You're one of the queen's aides, right?

Naofumi: What do you want?

Aide: I've been told to serve as your messenger, I daresay.

Naofumi: You...

Naofumi: You're one of Melty's shadows, aren't you?

Naofumi: Shouldn't you be with her?

Aide: She's asked me to help you.

Naofumi: I see.

Eclair: Iwatani-dono!

Eclair: We'll do this as planned, then.

Naofumi: Yeah.

Naofumi: We need your skills as an instructor.

Naofumi: Don't stand at the front of any charges and get k*lled.

Eclair: That's my line.

Eclair: See you on the b*ttlefield, then.

Naofumi: Raphtalia, help me.

Raphtalia: Okay!

Filo: Let's hurry up!

Eclair: Battalion!

Soldiers: Company! Company!

Soldiers: Draw swords!

Soldiers: Draw swords!

Soldiers: Ready!

Eclair: Forward!

Soldiers: That's...!

Soldiers: Look! That flag!

Soldiers: The Hero! The Shield Hero!

Soldiers: Shield Hero!

Soldiers: We're counting on you!

Eclair: Amazing.

Eclair: He's raised the morale of the troops just by doing that.

Ost: I see!

Raphtalia: That's why he wanted the flag.

Naofumi: That's part of it.

Naofumi: But later, it's going to serve as a warning: "Don't get close to the flag."

Naofumi: I'm about to summon it, after all.

Ost: Rishia-san!

Rishia: Right!

Naofumi: Okay, let's get to it!

Sign: The Rising of the Shield Hero

Naofumi: Filo!

Filo: Right!

Naofumi: Hate reaction!

Raphtalia: It worked!

Naofumi: For now.

Naofumi: Floor it, Filo!

Naofumi: Don't let them catch us!

Filo: On it!

Eclair: We're counting on you, Iwatani-dono!

Eclair: Stay in formation!

Eclair: We're going to lure the Spirit Tortoise away!

Soldier: Get the weapons ready!

Soldier: It's here!

Eclair: Tactical column!

Soldiers: Tactical column!

Soldiers: Tactical column!

Soldiers: Prepare to fire!

Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama!

Naofumi: Well, we've got it where we want it.

Rishia: W-We can't keep this up any longer!

Naofumi: sh*t! Filo, stop!

Naofumi: We'll take down the familiars now!

Filo/Raphtalia: Okay!

Rishia: Against a-a-a-all of them?

Elrasla: They might take all of us down!

Elrasla: Rishia, my student, show me what you can do!

Rishia: O-Okay!

Ost: I, Ost Hourai, give my orders to the heavens and the earth.

Ost: Sever the laws of reality,

Ost: bind them together, and make them spit out the pus within.

Ost: By my power, may the gravity of those before me be amplified!

Ost: Ultra-Gravity Enhancement: Sinking Temple!

Naofumi: Is she... controlling gravity?

Rishia: I've never heard an incantation like that before...

Ost: Only a few monsters can use it.

Ost: Now! Hurry!

Naofumi: Raphtalia! Filo! Rishia! Old woman!

All: Right!

Soldiers: Fire!

Soldiers: Fire!

Raphtalia: Ying-Yang Blade!

Elrasla: Hengen Muso Secret Technique: Crescent Moon!

Filo: Drifa Tornado!

Rishia: Everyone... you're all amazing.

Naofumi: But it doesn't mean a thing if they just keep coming!

Aide: Reporting, I daresay.

Aide: The Spirit Tortoise's advancehas not stopped.

Aide: The siege w*apon att*ck was ineffectual.

Aide: The siege w*apon teams have not retreated, however, and are continuing the as*ault!

Soldier: Concentrate att*cks on its right foreleg!

Soldier: We'll knock out one of them, at least!

Soldier: The right leg!

Soldier: Concentrate on its right leg!

Soldier: Fire!

Ost: The siege units have sustained over percent casualties, I daresay.

Naofumi: What about the sappers in the fort?

Aide: Preparations are complete.

Aide: The bombing teams have withdrawn.

Aide: The Spirit Tortoise Kingdom's commander remained alone.

Naofumi: What?

SpiritTortoise: Don't be in such a hurry, Spirit Tortoise.

SpiritTortoise: I'm about to send you back to bed.

Aide: Another shadow sent up a signal.

Aide: The sappers' bombs have stopped the Spirit Tortoise's advance.

Aide: They say the commander met his end in the collapse, I daresay.

Naofumi: I see.

Naofumi: Now all that's left is to cut off its head.

Elrasla: That's beyond even me.

Elrasla: If only my two students had completely mastered Hengen Muso style,

Elrasla: then perhaps...

Ost: What's wrong?

Rishia: Um...

Rishia: The queen found this record for me just before the battle began.

Rishia: And it says...

Rishia: Th-This! This is it!

Ost: This is...

Rishia: Ost-san! What's wrong?

Naofumi: We should get close and...

Rishia: Naofumi-san!

Rishia: Even when the Spirit Tortoise stops moving, it's still dangerous!

Naofumi: What?

Ost: Getting close to it may have awakened some information in my mind.

Ost: When the Spirit Tortoise can no longer take souls directly...

Naofumi: What?

Ost: It begins a long-range as*ault.

Soldier: Look.

Naofumi: Don't tell me...

Ost: It's too dangerous!

Ost: Have them all fall back!

Naofumi: Get moving! Now!

Naofumi: This is insane!

Naofumi: Is it that hungry?

Ost: It's taking far more souls than it needs.

Ost: Whoever's controlling it is probably...

Naofumi: Meteor Shield!

Ost: Th-Thank you!

Naofumi: It's going to slaughter us!

Naofumi: I guess I don't have a choice.

Naofumi: Everyone, get in the carriage!

All: Okay!

Naofumi: And... Shadow!

Aide: I'm right here.

Naofumi: Give this message to the queen and the others at main HQ immediately.

Eclair: What do we do?

Eclair: Iwatani-dono? What are you...

Eclair: We will now charge the Spirit Tortoise!

Soldier: Eclair-sama, that's su1c1de!

Eclair: Look.

Eclair: Those thorns aren't landing anywhere close to it.

Eclair: It's probably trying to avoid hurting itself.

Soldier: But the soldiers will take casualties.

Eclair: This whole area is inside its f*ring range.

Eclair: If we fall back now, when our formation has collapsed, we'll be wiped out.

Eclair: Follow the Shield Hero!

Eclair: Ready... charge!

Soldiers: Charge!

Soldier: The Spirit Tortoise was stopped,

Soldier: but it launched some kind of thorns from its shell at our troops!

Soldier: We've taken massive damage!

Soldier: Reporting!

Soldier: The remaining troops are charging the Tortoise at the Shield Hero's orders!

Haikazuya Commander: Madness! What is he thinking?

Mirelia: Knowing Iwatani-sama, he must have a plan.

Soldier: The Shield Hero has a message for HQ.

Soldier: "I'm moving the plan to stage two." That's all.

Mirelia: I guess it's our only choice.

Mirelia: Mideus's mage units are to prepare the high-class multi-caster ritual magic.

Mirelia: Initiate the incantation immediately!

Soldier: Don't clump up!

Soldier: If we do, we'll all be wiped out at once!

Soldier: Don't... Don't die on me!

Raphtalia: Multi-caster ritual magic?

Raphtalia: Don't tell me...

Naofumi: Yeah.

Naofumi: Our last option.

Naofumi: Casting it is hard on the mages, so we can only use it once,

Naofumi: but we can use the spell like a mine to blast off its foot.

Ost: Even if the spell doesn't k*ll it,

Ost: there will be a hole we can knock it into to stop it from moving further.

Naofumi: Yeah. As big as it is, it might not even fit all the way in the hole.

Naofumi: But we'll follow up immediately by taking its head.

Ost: That's the best option.

Naofumi: Are you sure about this?

Naofumi: If the Spirit Tortoise goes, you'll also...

Ost: I don't mind.

Ost: That's why I asked you for help.

Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, something's coming!

Filo: What is that thing?

Naofumi: A parasite?

Naofumi: It's a bunch of familiars stuck together?

Naofumi: Damn it! We're so close!

Ost: Its familiars are weak enough that I can stop them.

Naofumi: You...

Naofumi: What are you doing?

Soldier: We'll handle this!

Soldier: You att*ck the Tortoise!

Naofumi: Sorry! Thanks!

Soldier: Of course!

Soldier: You're...

Raphtalia: Hurry, Filo!

Filo: Roger!

Soldier: Here and now we unlock the truths,

Soldier: and bring down the lightning of God's judgment!

Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, isn't that...

Naofumi: Yeah. Judgment.

Rishia: The one the p-pope used?

Rishia: You're using something so powerful and dangerous?

Elrasla: Saint, you must not let this chance go to waste!

Naofumi: Yeah! I know!

Naofumi: Raphtalia! Filo!

top,Filo: Spiral Strike!

Filo: Eight Trigrams Blade of Destiny!

Elrasla: Raphtalia did it!

Raphtalia: And now you're going to try and run?

Ost: I, Ost Hourai, give my orders to the heavens and the earth.

Ost: By my power, may strength be granted to the holy shield before me!

Naofumi: Go! Raphtalia! Filo!

Both: Right!

Rishia: I-I'll help, too!

Raphtalia: We did it!

Naofumi: Yeah...

Raphtalia: But if we defeated the Spirit Tortoise, that means that Ost-san is...

Naofumi: Yeah.

Elrasla: She did her duty as a familiar...

Filo: Ost-oneechan, Rishia-oneechan is crying.

Rishia: Thank you...

Naofumi: Ost... you...

Naofumi: If you're still here, that means...

Ost: Huh?

Ost: Oh, right... That's right.

Ost: Looks like you haven't defeated the Spirit Tortoise yet.

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