01x11 - When the Sun Sets

[bunniefuu]

[epic choral music playing]

[narrator] The True Demon King has died.

The enemy of the world

was defeated by somebody.

But even now, the powers left behind

writhe in multitude.

They cannot be subdued

by ordinary strength.

A hundred shura-like demons…

The world's largest city, Aureatia,

proceeds with the selection of a Hero,

while the leader

of the New Principality of Lithia,

Taren the Guarded,

seeks new order, and governs through fear.

[theme music playing]

ISHURA

Episode 11 When the Sun Sets

New Principality of Lithia

[gloomy music playing]

[wind whooshes]

[door creaks]

Get out, Yuno the Distant Talon.

Dakai…

What is it? I've come to help you

just like I said I would.

H-How can you say that right now?

Isn't your army at w*r right now?

[Yuno] Do you have time

to come help the likes of me?

It's not my army.

[Dakai] Lithia is finished.

There's nothing else that can be done.

Even so, I want to keep

the promise I made.

[breathes shakily]

It's not your fault

that Higuare got you involved.

Then there's the whole thing with Nagan.

I may be a villain,

but I've never lied.

[whimpers]

Cut the crap!

Just because you're strong, you don't care

that your city has been destroyed?

Doesn't it hurt you or make you sad?

Won't you fight until your last breath?

[Yuno] As for me…

I feel like I'm in the depths of hell,

just because one person died.

Good question.

I don't particularly care anymore.

It is true that I liked Miss Taren,

but so long as I'm alive,

I'm sure I'll meet somebody else.

Wait! Dakai the Magpie!

Is there something else I can do for you?

You told me to take revenge now

if I want to, right?

From Yuno to the Arrowhead of Fipike.

Index finger axis. Lattice star.

Exploding sparks.

Spin!

[sword clanking]

[breathes shakily]

Are you serious about fighting me?

[breathes shakily]

[furious screaming]

[wind gusting]

[Regnejee] Curte, you must flee right now.

Slowpoke.

Regnejee, w-why…

[gasps]

Regnejee, is this your blood?

I can't believe you would ever lose.

[Regnejee] It's over for Lithia.

I'm indebted to Taren,

and my swarm.

[Regnejee laughing]

I protected them this whole time.

I built up the swarm.

I ruled over them, and guided them.

That worthless bunch of scum.

They got what they deserved.

[Regnejee] But everything's ruined now.

At the very end though…

I won at the very end, Curte.

My treasure…

[no audible dialogue]

[Regnejee laughs]

Run, Curte.

Before the Aureatian army gets here.

At least you should make it out.

I'll win in the end,

Alus the Star Runner.

You'll see.

Regnejee…

[panting]

Don't move!

Oh!

[Harghent] No way.

Surely not.

Who are you?

I am the Sixth General

of the Twenty-Nine Officials of Aureatia,

Harghent the Still.

I came here to defeat a foreign enemy,

upon the request of Mage City citizens.

Aureatia… I see.

So everything really is over.

Are you a prisoner of w*r?

Or a citizen?

[Regnejee breathing heavily]

Stop!

You mustn't protect it.

It is a dreadful creature

that has massacred people.

As a member of the minian races,

I must ensure that it is vanquished.

- [Curte] Regnejee…

- [grunts]

…is a friend of mine.

He helped me more than any minia did.

He's a dear friend.

You are still

a young girl.

You mustn't burden yourself

with such a crime.

[soft music playing]

Please.

Many people have died.

Too many.

The truth is,

I have no desire to k*ll people either.

So please.

[Curte] I knew.

I just pretended that I didn't.

[Curte] I knew this whole time.

What I was doing.

And what Regnejee was.

Stop!

You've always been my angel,

Regnejee.

[Regnejee whimpers]

Don't! Stop.

That is an enemy of the minian races.

- [Regnejee] Keep your mouth shut, trash.

- [gasps]

You incompetent, foolish piece of trash.

Don't say one more word to Curte.

[Harghent] That thing

is a wyvern!

[roaring]

[g*nsh*t]

- [loud thud]

- [groans, gasps]

Huh?

[breathing heavily]

[Regnejee gasping]

Curte…

[pained groan]

[breathing heavily]

[gasping]

[melancholy music playing]

Regnejee…

[melancholy music ends]

[shocked gasp]

[Alus] Don't make fun

of my friend.

[Harghent groans]

[Harghent screaming painfully]

[Harghent pants, screams]

[Harghent] Alus… Alus!

Alus!

Curse you!

[Alus] One always helps a friend.

Isn't that obvious?

[irritated groan]

[Harghent] I'll get help.

[retreating footsteps]

[groans]

Regnejee…

[Regnejee wheezes]

[somber music playing]

[inaudible]

[somber music continues playing]

You really were

a wyvern.

[Curte singing weakly]

[singing continues]

- [singing continues]

- [footsteps thudding]

Who is it?

Would you believe me

if I said I was an angel?

I've come for you, young lady.

[Curte] Is that so? Thank you.

On that day too,

somebody sang the song of an angel.

[Curte gasps]

The truth is, there's something

that I've always wished for.

Everybody has a right to be saved.

Wish for whatever you like.

Mom…

My mom…

[gurgling]

[groans]

[body thuds]

[sword scrapes]

[panting]

How many have I k*lled?

[Shalk] This is quite a fitting end

for a self-proclaimed Demon King,

Taren.

[Taren scoffs]

Shalk. You've been working hard too.

[Shalk] I've not really been working.

[Taren] Well,

it doesn't seem that way.

Do you regret starting a losing battle?

Not at all.

If one chooses to engage in battle,

they should be prepared to accept defeat.

Actually, no…

[exhales]

That's a lie.

[Taren] The truth is

I regret that I couldn't

bring them happiness.

The soldiers who admired me,

the people, and Curte.

I regret that I will die

without being able to atone

for dragging everyone into my pursuit

of unknown ideals.

I see.

[Taren scoffs]

[Taren] As a monarch,

I didn't have what it took to bring peace.

Because all I've ever known

is the b*ttlefield.

Don't sweat it.

I'm pretty much the same.

Heck, I'm still this way

even now I'm dead.

[scoffs]

Shalk the Sound Slicer.

You wished for information

on the Final Land

where the True Demon King

met their end, didn't you?

Right.

[Taren] Don't you find it strange?

That nobody knows

who the True Demon King is.

Not me, nor you.

It is never spoken of.

Yet everybody knows just how terrifying

the True Demon King was.

But I'm sure that

the time will come when we must find out.

I can't read.

[Taren] Then have someone read it for you.

I've had reconnaissance squads

explore the Final Land several times,

but each time they were thwarted.

[Taren] Which means some unknown monster

must reside in the land.

In that unexplored land…

Still, we have managed to map some areas.

But the bodies of the Hero

and the True Demon King

still haven't been found.

That's all I need to know.

I bet I could have helped you more,

had I worked harder.

I can't offer you

any more reward than this.

[Taren] You're free to go where you like.

I doubt it will do you any good

if people find out

you served under a general like me.

Right.

I'm guessing someone will show up

to finish you off any moment now.

[somber music playing]

[Shalk] Didn't have it in you

as a monarch, huh?

I thought you'd make

a pretty good monarch.

[scoffs]

I'm no monarch.

[Taren] I'm a Demon King.

[furious screaming]

[panting]

[screams]

[Dakai] You know, you'd better flee soon.

[Yuno] Shut… up!

[breathing heavily]

I-I'll get you. Even just one punch!

Is that right?

[furious scream]

[Yuno gasps]

You've had your one punch.

Are you done now?

[Dakai] It's quite rare for me

to humor someone for this long.

[angry grunt]

[pained groan]

[Yuno whimpering]

I doubt we'll meet again, Yuno.

Wait!

[sinister music playing]

Yo.

Ishura

Self-Proclaimed Demon King

[exclaims]

Looks like I finally found

someone interesting.

[Yuno] From the very start,

I never thought I could actually beat you.

Not me.

[Dakai] I see.

I did find it strange how those arrows

up your sleeves were decreasing.

I thought he might still be alive.

[Yuno] That he might make it in time.

That you might not k*ll me.

That you'd brush me off

even if I challenged you to a fight.

Soujirou traveled with me.

He would be able to distinguish my arrows.

I knew it was a long shot.

These arrows are all I can fire.

My second name

is Yuno the Distant Talon.

[soft chuckle]

[boisterous laughter]

Hilarious. Amazing.

I can't believe it!

This girl got the better of me.

Life is full of surprises.

Oy.

Is this the time to be laughing?

[Dakai] Oh, yeah.

Visitor. I've heard all about you.

You're the swordsman who cut the spider.

[ominous tense music playing]

[no audible dialogue]

[Dakai] Seems you have yourself

a good sword.

You don't look like a swordsman yourself.

[Dakai grunts] I like you.

You're the first person who's got that.

Didn't you go to assassinate Miss Taren?

Wasn't that your job?

Don't ask me.

I just came here to fight.

Something I haven't fought yet.

Something worth fighting.

Something that only exists in this world.

[Soujirou] Rather than going after

this so-called Taren,

I thought following Yuno's arrows

might end up more interesting.

That's why I've come.

Soujirou…

[Yuno] I detest you…

But still…

Let's stop the talking

and fight already.

There's no rush.

One of us will die anyway.

Why don't we reminisce

about the Distant World, Soujirou?

I have no good memories of that place.

[Soujirou] The food sucked.

People tried to k*ll me every day.

I fought nobody but weaklings.

Before I knew it,

I'd arrived in this world.

Yeah, it was the same for me.

All these people have died,

yet it doesn't bother me.

[somber music playing]

[Dakai] Never once have I felt that

I missed the Distant World,

or that I wanted to go back.

Maybe visitors are all deviants like us.

We're always alone

because we're too strong.

You're making it sound like

being too strong is a bad thing.

[chuckles]

Plenty of people do think so.

[Dakai] But being alone is freedom.

That's why

I like who I am now.

If there's any reason I was

cast out to this world,

then that must be it.

[Yuno murmurs] k*ll him.

[Yuno] I know it myself.

Who I really should have blamed that day.

It was myself.

Because I was weak.

But…

even if my hatred is misplaced,

it's to save myself.

k*ll him, Soujirou!

If we're all free to do what we like,

then I'm free

to wish for revenge, aren't I?

Even if it's meaningless.

Even if I know

it's a wicked thing to wish for.

There's nobody who can criticize me,

is there?

Right.

Which means I'm also free

to decide whether to k*ll this guy or not.

Jeez.

I was just thinking

about getting the heck out of here.

Well, don't worry.

There's more than enough time left for me

to play with you.

[Yuno] This world had always

wished for it too.

For someone else to come

and defeat the True Demon King,

that couldn't be beaten by anyone.

[hissing]

Here I come!

[thrilling music playing]

[Dakai] Not yet…

Now!

[swords clanking]

[narrator]

The absolute fastest enchanted sword

takes the initiative in every fight.

However, if the wielder's arm is held back

at the exact moment of its action…

[thrilling music playing]

Simultaneous movement.

A masterful technique,

faster than even the electric current

that runs through consciousness.

Got it.

[Dakai] Yeah.

You're as good as they say.

[Soujirou] This is where your life is.

[Dakai] You're right, but…

[narrator] The true value

of this out-of-this-world bandit

lies in his keen eyesight.

Even when facing an exceptional swordsman,

he can predict the future.

He discerns everything.

Including the scene before him

and the enemy's thoughts.

[Dakai] I have a monopoly on winning.

[narrator] The bandit's sword

finally surpassed Yagyuu swordsmanship.

[swooshes]

[tense music playing]

[Dakai] T-This guy…

Heh.

[Dakai] His sword…

It doesn't make sense.

How did this sword

cut through the tarantula's armor?

I told you I had it.

[Soujirou] Your life!

I-It was never

an enchanted sword.

[Dakai] Seems you have yourself

a good sword.

Did he predict all of this?

How can another visitor be so much better?

What should I do? What could I have done…

to beat him?

[laughs]

I can't believe it.

Well, you weren't wrong.

[intense music playing]

You really aren't a swordsman.

[breathes heavily]

[chuckles weakly]

[gasping]

[closing theme music playing]

Next: Episode 12

Shura