01x11 - The True Name of Cowards

[bunniefuu]

Are you afraid of opening
your eyes again?

Do you hate being like
a stranger to yourself?

Even if you realize you have no talent

Does that become a pretext
to keep running away?

To respond to the screams
echoing within

Who is there to answer them?

At least, in the few moments
of your life

I want you to be an honest actor

What if today is that day?

Are you afraid of opening
your eyes again?

Do you hate being like
a stranger to yourself?

But you've realized, haven't you?
Your body can't stop moving

"If I think of you, who I can't bear to lose,
my fears seem trivial."

Even if I expose my life and sing

In time, you will understand

Will it end here?

You wouldn't want that, would you?

[Episode 11: The True Name of Cowardice]

The one-thousandth rule.

A conversion formula the Tower uses
for the credit system.

One credit assigned to a monster is equal to
a mage with a strength of 1,000 credits.

A monster worth 270 credits.

Therefore, when converting
a 270-credit monster,

it's equal to a mage with strength of...

...270,000 credits.

Evil Grand Duke!

Dodge it!

You've got to be kidding me!
It's so strong!

Lihanna, we have to retreat!
There's a passageway there.

Run!

Go on ahead!

Hear my call!

Come forth! Grow!

Alfs Ringhul!

Wignall! Hurry up!

Yeah.

It tore my illusion magic
with brute force?

That was way too absurd.

What the heck is that monster?

I've read about it
in the Academy's library.

Evil Grand Duke.

It's a greater-class demon-type of
the evil family on the 25th floor.

The 25th floor?!

What's a monster like that doing here?

It's probably the work of
those mages who used Gate.

Did we outrun it?

No, it's looking for us.

There are so many
Evil Guards and Sentinels.

Grand Duke must have ordered them
to search for us.

So the reason why there's a mass outbreak of
Sentinels on the 11th floor is that monster.

Hey! Are you saying that
we can't escape from here?

We can't get out from this
demon-infested floor?

Are you saying that
we're all going to die here?

We're exhausted, injured,
and in the worst kind of situation...

The despair is crushing
everyone's hearts.

What should we do?

Let's fight.

We've no choice but to defeat
that Grand Duke.

When there's a Baron
or higher-ranked Lord,

Evil-type monsters will establish
a domain across the other floors.

But if we take out the Lord,
they'll lose their chain of command.

It could give us an opening.

Now that the monsters' leader has
been summoned here using Gate,

if we make the lower-ranking
monsters into disarray,

it would make it easier for
the Academy to rescue us.

Is that what you mean?

Don't be stupid!

Have you lost your mind, no-talent?

There's no way we could k*ll
that monster.

I have a plan.

I can't force it on you all.

Because I can't use magic.

Obviously!

- Who's going to believe in your plan?

- I believe him.
- Who's going to believe in your plan?

I've already been saved several times
by his wisdom and dedication.

I'm willing to trust him too this time.

I believe in him too.

Will knows the dungeon
better than anyone else.

If we're just gonna be chased,
I'd rather stand and fight.

Don't take this as me agreeing
with that flunkee, got it?

Wignall, Colette, and even Sion.

Lihanna, I let him touch me.

I want you to trust an elf's sworn friend.

It seems I've been wrong from the start.

You're not a shield, but a leader.

You're the only one here
who's yet to be crushed by despair.

Lihanna...

If Wignall, whom I trust the most,
believes in you,

then I'll entrust it all to you.

Serfort... No.

Will. Give us the orders.

We'll do as you say.

Got it!
Let's get out of here alive!

Have you all lost your minds?

There's no way we can win
with this no-talent's plan-

You're right, Julius.

My plan alone can't defeat it.

You're the key here.

Please, lend us your power.

What?

I'll teach you the trick of Elfie's spell.

Cage of frozen Earth,

hail that rends the skies.

Far into-

Far into eternity.

The fleeting moments pass.

A lyre of tears,
playing an azure ice melody.

All things fall motionless.

Albis Vina's trick, you say?

Yeah.

Elfie's Ars Weiss allows you
to carry on incantations.

Carry on?

Normally, a spell can't be cast
if the incantation is interrupted.

But with Elfie's Ars Weiss,

you can continue where
the chant stopped.

If a clone gets destroyed and
the incantation is interrupted,

another clone can pick up
the incantation.

By doing that, you can cast advanced spells
that require long incantations.

Offer up the blood,
swear on my corpse.

You think spell-casting is easy?
Damn you, no-talent!

Do they understand
how hard it is to use Ars Weiss?

I can't believe he's making me do this.

Damn it!

I am the protector.

The guard of Narcia's grave.

Everyone, cover Julius!

It's fine to use low-tier spells,
just pin the enemy down!

Colette!

Sion!

Wignall!

- Verdes Lana! - Frubas Julier!
- Ignis Rooks!

It's completely unscathed?

Darn!

It has iron curtain wings.

Just like Will said.

If the information in the library is correct,
the Grand Duke has iron curtain wings.

Which means our attacks
won't get through.

We just need to be decoys.

Until Julius begins his barrage,
we'll divert its attention.

O wind!

Take shape, O coffin of azure steel!

Go forth, O flourishing arctic grove!

Armenta Auliscas!

Julius' trump card,
the ice magic barrage...

It managed to block that.

But it is a monster worth 270 credits.

It might be able to defend
against Julius' trump card.

So, to finish it...

Lihanna!

Owen Sique, Lisolde Dua.

Algiz!

Even if it is able to defend
against the barrage,

the freezing will slow its wings down.

With Lihanna's fast mobility,

she'll be able to maneuver through
and hit where it hurts.

A barrier?
Is it a remote circle?

An automatically activated
barrier on this monster?

Did those mages cast it in advance?

Lihanna!

Kiki!

How could a Grand Duke be there?

Now is not the time to think!

We have to hurry, Workner!

Will.

Mellvent!

Will!

Lihanna!

Are you two okay?

I'm fine.

But Will shielded me.

Will!

Will! Will!

It crushed my ice through brute force.

It's going to attack us!

You have to retreat.

All of you, take Will and run.

I'll buy you some time to escape.

I'll stop that
even if it costs me my life.

What are you saying, Lihanna?

I'm the one who failed to k*ll it,
so I must do it.

No! You can't!

Do you know why members of
House Owenzaus often die young?

Because as knights,
we have to protect our comrades.

I'll join you.

Wignall? But why?

Lihanna, I've found another Rhizanth
that I respect, like you.

Lihanna! Wignall!

So what do we do now?

Our only option is to run.

Wignall and Lihanna are going to die.

So that their deaths won't be in vain,

the rest of us need to escape from here.

This is not a shame.

There's nothing shameful about this.

To abandon those two and escape...

Sion...

Please... Punch me.

I can't stop shaking.

The goggles Elfie gave me broke.

I'm useless without them.

Without this goggles, I'm...

I'm so scared.

Stop messing with me!

You're the one who lit the fire on us!

It's because you showed us hope!

Lihanna and Wignall are gonna die!

And now you're saying that
you're scared?!

Take responsibility!

Take responsibility for taking us here!

Because of you, that I...

- That we all...
- Sion, stop!

Thank you, Sion.

I stopped shaking.

Colette, take care of Kiki.

What's with him?

He's not scared at all.

He is scared.

Will always has been afraid, even now.

What are you talking about?

Like I'd believe that...

Have you ever held a sword?

What?

Holding wands,
you can cast spells from afar.

But swords can't.

You need to get close to opponents
that are bigger and stronger than you.

Have you ever imagined just
how terrifying that is?

Will is a coward.

No matter how terrified he is,
no matter how pathetic he looks,

he's simply a coward
who's scared of running away.

And that's what people call courage.

I'm going to fight, too.

To hell with that.

You must be kidding.

The enemy's defense is ironclad.

It's so fast for its size,
our attacks can barely hit it.

Thanks to those wings.

In order to defeat the Grand Duke,

we have to sever the wings and
bring it down to the ground.

Pebble Shot!

Colette!

Lihanna and Wignall can't fight anymore.

Colette and I have to do what we can.

So scary.

I don't have my goggles.

I'm scared to death.

But I'm much more afraid of
losing someone.

Colette!

I don't have Kiki with me.

A direct hit will k*ll me instantly.

But I've seen this attack before.

Will...

That's...

Roar, O cliffs of steel!

Shatter, O stone blade of the chasm!

I'll give Will everything I've got!

Loire Sique!

Golterre!

O embers, last remnants
of the dead city.

Sion?!

Recall it! The memory of flames
that torment thee.

Remember it!

The flames of the scorched Earth
that extinguished thee.

Now, take the burning grief for
a bygone home to burn my foe!

Sion!

He's charging in using
his guardian as a shield.

If you can do it,

There's no way I can't do it!

Iflamme Burdelyon!

Sion!

No way.
Even that didn't finish it off?

It took an advanced spell
at close range, and yet...

What a monster.

A wand can't win.

A sword also can't defeat it.

This is...

Remember, Will.

It's wand and sword.

Are you sure about this?

Stop asking the same question.

I've made my choice.

This is all to protect this world.

One day, wand and sword
will come together.

Wand and sword.

Sion!

I need your spell!

The answer is wand and sword!

Ignis Rooks!

Is that...

No way.

Wis!

What is that?

The sword is clad in flames?

Is it an enchantment?
No, it's different.

The spell was devoured?

Flunkee, you...

Everything I see is red.

I'm brimming with power.

As if urged on by a power
rushing through me.

I found myself muttering the spell.

Fully charged.

Ignis Wis!

Next up, Episode 12 of
Wistoria: Wand and Sword,

"Wand and Sword."