01x06 - Invasion

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] Beneath the earth,

humans have created

a powerful portal.

Vermilio and Helck are both

cast away to a remote island.

Vermilio, having been

saved by Helck,

is now even more befuddled,

questioning whether

he is friend or foe.

[cloaked figure]

So this is where you

wretched outsiders

have been hiding.

It appears you think

you could just show up

and do whatever you please.

Come along, infidels.

It's time we

had ourselves a chat.

[opening theme]

[INVASION]

[dramatic fanfare]

Follow me.

Don't fall behind.

[Vermilio]

This guy has more gravitas

than anyone else

we've met on the island.

He must be someone to respect.

I shouldn't have been so

careless earlier.

Visitors here must be few

and far between.

It's only fair that the

locals be wary of us.

We need to make a more

formal introduction.

[Helck] Anne, he's practically

foaming at the mouth.

We need to be very cautious.

[Vermilio] sh*t, even Helck

is worried about this guy.

Where the hell is he taking us?

[brush rustles]

[cloaked figure laughs]

Did you really

think we'd just welcome a pair

of vagabonds with open arms?

You're g*dd*mn right!

We're glad to have you!

[group cheers]

[upbeat band music]

Welcome to the fricking party!

Hey, you big dingdongs,

bring out the food!

How'd you like that?

We fool you or what?

Ah, I was just prank you before,

giving you the old whoopsy-do.

[comical orchestra music]

[laughs] Guess it was a dud.

She ain't surprised it all.

Yeah, sorry you had to go

through all that stuff.

The chief gets

like this sometimes.

It's all because you brought

her to the village before.

My B.

[Helck] It's okay, pops,

don't sweat it.

[Chief cries]

Hold on. You knew?

You were telling me

to be super careful!

I so nailed it, but hey,

you're a really tough person

to surprise.

Oh my God, you guys did

trick me, motherscratcher!

Now that's what

I'm talking about!

[Vermilio] It is an honor for

us to be so warmly welcomed.

Please accept my sincerest

gratitude

for such a grand feast.

[Chief] Oh hell,

it's our pleasure.

Life on this island

can be kind of dull.

Couldn't be happier to have

you two spice things up.

Yeah, and thank you

for the clothes

and bedding you lent us.

Thank you for

everything you've done.

[Chief] Oh, I can't

take all the praise.

Save some for

beef cake over there.

I agreed to share some supplies

in exchange for his help

with some stuff of our own.

Said this whole thing

was his fault anyways.

He seemed pretty worried

about you most of the time.

Come on, pops.

What are you doing to me?

[Chief] Enough of

this blah, blah, blah.

Let's get this

beach party started!

Bottoms up!

[group cheers]

[Helck laughs]

[Chief] Dude, I see you

already built your ship.

[Vermilio]

Unfortunately, that seems

to be the finished product.

So then all you need

now is to figure out

which direction leads you

back to the continent.

Wait, you don't know

where to go either?

Oh god no.

In fact, I don't think we've

ever even thought about leaving

this place, but don't you

get all gloomy, sister.

The Great Witch will be coming

down from the mountain soon.

[Vermilio] Who is that?

- Granny!

- Hush, you!

A highly revered lady lives up

on top of the mountain

over there.

She's a wealth of information.

The Great Witch should be able

to tell you the way

you want to go.

Can we not just go and

see her for ourselves?

That ain't really possible.

These dumdums here used

to visit her every single day

until all their goofing off

made her mad.

Preach.

So eventually, The Great

Witch raised a magical barrier

around this whole mountain.

Now you can try to climb it,

but you'll just end up back

at the bottom

before you know it.

Anywho, like I said,

don't worry.

She'll be coming down

the mountain tomorrow

or the next day.

So take it easy and have

yourself a c*ck.

[water lapping]

[Vermilio] Taking it easy

[calm orchestra music]

[fire crackles]

[Vermilio sighs]

You seem pretty pooped

over there.

The villagers

won't leave me alone.

I've been with them all day

fishing, hiking, having parties,

and planning more parties.

I can handle it fine physically,

but mentally,

I have nothing left.

We're going fishing again

tomorrow and the next day.

How can anybody

love fishing so much?

[Helck] If you don't

want to do it,

why don't you just

tell them no?

I'd feel awful if I did that!

Especially since they've

been so gracious,

and well, it's not like I

don't enjoy the company.

I just wish that they would

give me a little break

every now and then.

You know you're a

really good person.

You might frown all the

time, but you're a softie.

[Vermilio]

Whatever, you don't know.

[Helck] These island

folk remind me of everybody

in the Demon Realm.

I never imagined the people

outside the human kingdom

were so kind.

It goes to show you

you can't judge anyone

until you've met them.

You're such a simpleton.

I mean, you just happened

to meet one good person.

But there are plenty of

awful demonkin out there.

In fact, there's a barbarian

tribe in the southern forest

who are purely violent, despicable.

The empire has plenty

of evil scumbags.

So what if you met

one nice person?

That doesn't mean anything.

They're not the whole species.

Aw, geez.

I'm sorry.

I was just trying to say

that bad people can be anywhere.

I didn't mean

to bring you down, sorry.

[Helck] No, you're

absolutely right.

Look, I'm sure people are

waiting for you to get home.

So we must stay vigilant

until we get you back

to the empire.

Here, dig in.

Thank you.

- So, Helck?

- Yeah?

It's just why did you

bother trying to save me

when I was getting

pulled into the gate?

Huh, what kind

of question's that?

Because you're one

of my friends, duh.

You folks gave a human like

me such a warm welcome,

just how the people of

this island did for us,

and I'm incredibly

grateful for that.

It really came as a shock to me.

Thought for sure the

demonkin would reject me.

You can't believe how

stoked I was to be wrong.

I like you folks.

[Vermilio] Okay, dammit,

now I feel guilty.

I mean, I was already

alone by then

since all of my old human

friends had become my enemies.

So yeah, I really

do appreciate it.

They say that living alone is

living in pain, and it's true.

How so?

[laughs] Look at me.

I went off on a

weird tangent there.

Helck

One of the winged knights

from before,

Edil, you called him

Was he

did he used to be

one of your friends?

Yeah, he was.

He was a very precious

friend of mine,

treated me like a big brother.

We worked together for years,

monster quests mostly.

No matter where we went, we

were always side by side.

He had a strong sense of justice

and was kind to everyone he met.

Just a good guy.

I see.

[fire hisses]

Well, it got dark pretty fast.

We should head back

to the house.

[Vermilio] Yeah

Um, Helck?

Tell me, after we get back

When the time comes,

will you be able to fight

against the winged knights?

They were your comrades.

I'm sure you must have

many friends among them.

Will you be able to fight them?

Can you turn your sword

on a friend?

Yes, without a doubt.

Then why? What is it

that's pushing you

so hard to fight them?

There must be a

very big reason for you

to turn against your friends.

[Helck] Let's just say

I have a score to settle.

[Vermilio gasps]

Once a human has awakened,

they can no longer

be considered a human.

They're nothing

but living weapons,

puppets just following

the king's order

to commit mass m*rder.

[Vermilio] The Human King

[Helck] They will come

for your people soon.

In fact, they will cause

chaos for every race

in the whole world

if allowed to.

So as a fellow human, I wanna

put an end to their rampage

before it all gets out of hand.

Humans are a blight

on this world

that can no longer

be allowed to exist.

[intense music]

[Kenros yells]

Got another one!

[sword slashes]

Just how long do we

gotta keep doing this?

Sooner or later,

one of these things

- is gonna get me, you know?

- Oh, shut your hole.

It's just 'til

reinforcements arrive.

If the number of monsters

grows any larger,

then it will impede efforts

to rebuild the castle.

Now quit making me

repeat myself.

[Kenros] Yeah, sorry. I'm just

needing a little grumpy time.

[Hyura] Well, now that

it's out of your system,

- let's get back at it.

- Okay.

And stop bringing

more than two at once

or I'm going to

chop you up too.

Yeah, yeah!

[rock clatters]

[dramatic music]

[ground explodes]

The hell?

[armor clattering]

[Kenros] More winged knights!

There are more already?

That was fast.

I told you, no sign of

him, just like I thought.

Guess that punkass Edil

got his punkass kicked.

Be careful. One of them

might very well be

the next Demon Lord.

Exactly why we take 'em down.

We are the heroes here.

Hold on.

Am I seeing this?

Is that demonkin a woman?

Ha! Oh man, don't tell me.

I bet Edil dropped

his guard around her,

and it blew up in his face.

[Hyura] Only the leader

could speak last time.

[Hyura] Eyes up, you two.

These winged nights must have

awakened than the others.

Oh yeah, they were talking

all about that before.

Yep, sure were.

Oh? Sounds like you freaks

already know something about us.

Your mildly handsome shithead

friend gave it all up.

Mildly handsome shithead?

You were right. It was Edil.

Not a surprise.

I always had him pegged

as the type to spill all

of our secrets to the enemy.

Probably got careless

'cause of the woman.

A filthy demonkin woman,

so gross!

This jackass is asking for it.

Okay, you blue b*tch,

if he told you everything,

then you must know what the

endgame is here, right?

[Hyura] Huh?

Make this easy

and just tell us where

your boss is.

That way we can chop him

into tiny pieces

and bring peace

to the entire world.

Just give us everything

that we want

and you won't suffer too

much on your way to Hell.

[Hyura grunts]

[sword slashes]

g*dd*mn, that wasn't bad, blue.

[Hyura] You g*dd*mn humans

never have anything

on your hollow minds

but yourselves,

and I have no more time for it.

Let's do this!

[knight chuckles]

[sword crashes]

[Hyura grunts]

She's tough!

We're joining the fight!

[arrow wooshes]

[Hyura] These

winged knights really are

in a different class

above the other so far.

[knight grunts]

Oh hell!

[magic explodes]

[Kenros] Hyura!

Whoa, you're okay!

That son of a b*tch.

He could have k*lled

his friend with that.

Girl, you're kicking a*s.

You might just win this

thing all by yourself.

[Hyura] Yeah, well,

it's not that simple.

Huh?

Take a look.

[arrow clatters]

Hm?

[dramatic music]

[Hyura] They have the numbers.

[suspenseful music]

[female knight] She's a force.

Now I understand why Edil

didn't survive.

Yep.

It looks like we still

wouldn't stand a chance

against them one-on-one.

Dorsche, how long will

it take for you to raise

up another one of your

protective barriers?

Oh, about another

27 minutes or so,

and I'm really not

in peak form right now.

Wouldn't pin any of

your hopes on me today.

I have a great idea: GTFO!

[Hyura] Do you seriously

think that you can outrun them?

[Kenros] Yep, yep!

[Hyura] That was quick.

Then I say you go ahead

and go for it.

Huh?!

Don't k*ll any of them

until we get what we want.

Yes, I know.

Not a chance!

There's no way I'm

going to leave

you guys behind.

I'll fight them too.

[Hyura] We all know you can't

do much without any weapons,

but you do have legs.

Go and tell the management staff

what's happening down here.

They can keep their

casualties to a minimum

if they have time to

prepare for what's coming.

I can open up a path

for you to get going.

So start anyway.

[Kenros growls]

[Kenros] Aw man.

[Hyura] Godspeed, Kenros.

[Ista] That is not

going to be necessary!

[dramatic music]

Reinforcements.

We only need the woman alive.

Just k*ll the rest of them.

Attack!

[blade slashes]

This one's mine!

[magic explodes]

What, so that did nothing?

[Hon chuckles]

Compared to dealing

with Vermilio's outbursts,

this is nothing.

What, there's no way

Isty?

It's been a while, Hyuri-yuri.

Huh?

Hello there, everyone.

My apologies

for arriving so late.

Everything's going to be okay.

Isty, what are you doing here?

What is this?

I thought you were supposed

to be in the southern region.

Wait, oh my god, no.

[Ista] Save it for later.

Right now, we need to subdue

all of these winged knights.

[Hyura] What, you think that

we can actually defeat them?

That's insane.

There are way

too many, look.

[Hon] Oh, you don't have

to worry about any of that.

We brought a supremely powerful

force to fight against them.

- [Hyura] Huh?

- [Kenros] Yes!

You brought the

army with you!

Not exactly.

- Come on!

- Hey, wait, what?

They're trying to get away.

It's hopeless. There's no

way you can escape us!

[magic clashes]

[blades slash]

I need chocolate!

[Kenros] Wahoo!

[rapid footsteps]

Their stamina

can only last so long.

After them, now!

[knights whoosh]

[group panting]

[mage knight] Aw, and it

started out so promising too.

Right, k*ll everyone except

for the woman in black!

Isty?

It's fine.

We've made it far enough.

Huh?

[rhythmic kabuki music]

[Hyura gasps]

So where is the army?

We're the only

ones here, Kenros.

What?! Are you kidding me?

Shut up.

They brought an elite,

that's way more dependable

than an army.

Except something stupid

is happening.

Yeah

[Hon sighs]

[female knight] Be careful.

I can tell there's something

very different about that one.

Could be the new Demon Lord.

What? There's no way the

next Demon Lord would show

up looking like this clown.

[Azudra] Did you say clown?

[inspiring orchestra music]

Because you are the only clowns

that I see around here, clowns.

[Ista] Lord Azudra.

[Hon] Lord Azudra is concerned

people will be too

afraid to fight him.

He chose a whimsical mask

to shield his angry side.

[Ista] What?

[Hon] Both Lord Urum

and Lord Thor

were people Lord Azudra

considered dear friends.

He knew he would not be

able to hold back his rage

at their deaths,

thus the precaution.

[Ista] Oh dear god.

[Hon] But, sire,

perhaps next time,

I can help you choose the mask?

One more appropriate

for the occasion, hmm?

[Ista] They're not

taking him very seriously.

[Azudra] Listen, humans, turn

around and go away, bye-bye.

'Cause I would kind of prefer

to avoid a bunch of fighting.

What'd he say?

Ha! This as*h*le

had me scared.

I guess he's nothing

but some prankster.

[Azudra] Come on, humans.

You know w*r is foolishness.

It only brings tragedy

after tragedy.

We all share the world,

you know.

We can find a way to coexist.

Yeah, coexistence sounds cool!

Put 'em up for friendship!

I don't think so.

Coexist with demon freaks?

Hell no. There's no way

that will ever happen.

[Azudra] Oh, but it did.

Look back far enough

and you'll find

a time when demonkin

and humanity lived

alongside one another.

But, well, a civil w*r broke

out amongst your people

and all contact was cut off

after your new kingdom

was built.

But before that, we could

all sort of just get along.

Sounds like a bunch

of bullshit to me!

[Azudra] Nay, no bullshit,

but a matter of fact.

Now I don't wanna

rush the process.

Let's ease into it

one step at a time,

and one day,

we'll find ourselves

with a big ol'

mutual understanding.

Your sweet talk

isn't gonna work, pal.

I know how your kind operates.

So shut your mouth!

We're here to stomp your face

in by order of the king!

It doesn't matter

what sob story you tell,

nobody can overrule the king!

[Azudra] The Human King.

I'm sure by now you've noticed

all these new powers

we've been given.

It would be a shame not

to use such a blessing!

So you're going to fight

no matter what then.

That is why we're here.

Winged knights,

there are people here

who I shall always protect.

Forgive me.

[ground explodes]

[dramatic music]

What the hell is this?

[grunts]

[knight grunts]

Incredible, this guy's

manipulating the very trees.

[grunts]

He took down a hundred heroes

without blinking an eye.

The Demon Lord is here,

more powerful than we thought.

We found him. This must be

the new leader put in charge

of commanding all

their demon warriors!

[Azudra] Excuse me.

Am I the big boss man of demons?

Hardly.

I'm Azudra.

Lord Azudra the Blue.

And you're screwed.

[ending theme]

[narrator] Next time:

"The Human King"