Fushi rescues Bon just before his execution.
Thanks for saving me, Fushi.
Saving you?
I did that?
Fushi bears witness to Bon's first steps in his new life.
They spoke of the Nokkers' goals,
and warned of their next attack.
Expanding Consciousness
Monsters everywhere!
We're surrounded!
Lord, save us.
Cross the bridge!
Leave the town!
Run east!
Hurry!
Everyone, head east!
I'm scared, Sis.
Hang in there until Father comes to get us.
Father!
No...
We have to run, Sis!
Stay down!
Head to the wilds out east.
There are no Nokkers there.
O-Okay.
Oh, hang on.
Sanitize those wounds.
Are you a doctor?
We need help!
Elder Gour of the Church of Bennett.
There's nothing I can do, but...
This'll help with the pain.
Thank you.
I appreciate it.
Evacuate to the east!
Thank you!
How many people are left?
22,000 people, concentrated in the center.
It isn't safe here!
Head back!
This is bad.
Yeah.
Everyone seems to believe that God will save them.
Two of them have taken root.
What are we supposed to do?
Stop shoving!
It's the Pontiff!
This church is protected by the power of faith.
Let us all pray.
Move in!
Make some space!
Let us in!
I can't! There's no more room!
God has chosen.
Close the door.
Don't close the door!
Elder Gour?
The Nokkers are here!
Get outside, quick!
You'll be buried alive!
Run!
Get back!
The other one is underground.
Everyone...
I have to blow up the underground.
People!
Someone, please, help me.
Hang on, I'm coming!
Get out here!
It got away.
There are 208 more.
Where's the enemy? The Nokkers?
"The Nokkers have lost."
"But Fushi is weakened, too."
Hey.
Fushi!
Are you all right?
"A message from the others."
'If you want them back, please come to our next game.'"
They're calling it a "game"?
You there, heretics!
You're tarnishing the holy land of the Church of Bennett! Leave at once!
Stop.
If you want to protect the holy land, I suggest you take back those silly words.
March.
I remember her.
Parona.
Tonari.
I remember her.
Ligard.
You lost Uroy, Gugu, Shin, Parona, and Ligard.
Are you sure you can't remember them?
You wrote this yourself so you wouldn't forget, didn't you?
It was pointless.
Seeing that doesn't make them any more clear in my mind.
The fire breather is a huge loss.
They're going to keep coming.
They took five in just one battle.
Can we go on like this?
I'll get them back.
Where are you going?
I still have some things to do.
It got away.
There are 208 more.
What am I supposed to say to these people?
I'm sure they'll be even happier on the other side than they were here.
"I wish you happiness on the other side"...
I can't possibly tell them that.
Damn it!
Damn it, damn it!
I'm sorry.
Family?
No, I have none.
A lot of people left the church after I spoke with you last night.
You helped them out, didn't you?
Thanks.
No, I haven't done anything.
If dying can make one happy, why do we go on living?
To find the answer to that question.
That's just my own opinion, which I came up with now.
Maybe someone has a better answer.
You.
Is your leg okay?
You're hurt.
You didn't notice?
Come with me, then. We need to talk.
Use this.
Thanks.
Blessings upon you.
This one has told me where the Nokkers are attacking next.
Hey, Fushi!
Hold down the fort.
Wait!
Hold on!
Do you think they would deliberately let him take back the vessels they took from him?
If I were them, I would stay hidden underground.
Is this where they are?
Yeah.
I should have obtained a pigeon or something in town.
It's coming.
There!
No strength!
Shoot!
Where are you?
Where the hell are you?
No you don't!
It's no use.
I can't...
win here.
Someone...
A horse! How?
Ow...
Did this horse come to help me?
What the?
I made that horse from your flesh.
It doesn't have your ability to obtain, but it's quite resilient.
You made it?
I've had it prepared for a while now,
with the intention of giving it to you when you needed it.
I don't know what to do with this horse.
The problem now is the Nokkers.
I have to stop them.
Ow!
What was that for?
Cut it out!
I won't take care of you!
Are you telling me not to go?
It's true that I wouldn't win if I just charged in.
But what do I do?
There's no way I can move in that sludge.
It impales me effortlessly every time.
This might stop it.
Come to think of it...
The Nokkers never attacked when I was imprisoned in iron.
Maybe they can't get through iron.
But how do I attack?
Gunpowder arrows won't work at the bottom of the pit.
If I could at least figure out where they're hiding...
Black One, do I have your ability to know where the Nokkers are, too?
Yeah.
But in order to use it, you need to widen your field of awareness.
Say what?
I'll teach you.
Close your eyes.
I removed a part of you.
Try to guess where it is.
Huh?
That didn't hurt at all.
Concentrate, and you'll know.
Concentrate...
At the end of the rope?
Correct.
Look at this thin membrane.
Oh, it's connected to me.
On my gloves and stuff, too.
There are exceptions, but the things you create are connected to you.
You can make more things at the end of whatever the membrane is on.
And this is proportional to your field of awareness.
If you become capable of creating earth mass at the end of it,
that place will be entirely your own territory.
Wh-Which means, if I could make a huge ship,
I could sense everything touching it that isn't me?
So long as it's connected to the ship.
With training, your senses will become more acute.
In that case...
I don't sense mud and water as much.
I couldn't create that entire swamp.
What I can make is rocks and branches.
Where do I go from here?
How do I fight the Nokkers in the swamp?
You caught this?
Sorry, but I don't like fish.
Wow, so you're good at catching fish, huh?
You're like...
That's it!
This would do it!
Nokkers!
I'm back, as you wanted!
Come and take me!
There you are.
I'll scoop you out whole.
That place will be entirely your own territory.
I did it.
I finally did it.
Pioran...
Thanks, horse.
Fushi!
I've been looking for you.
I brought these.
Use them, please.
Thanks.
But I already killed it.
I see.
That's great.
You have all your memories back, then.
No.
You liar.
You fooled me.
What do you mean?
This thing's information was nonsense.
The Nokker here wasn't the one that stole my vessels.
But that's...
"I'm sorry. They deceived me, too."
I don't know about that.
You could be making that up.
You're right.
Did Mister Black not tell you anything?
He didn't. Even though he probably knew.
Typical of him.
It says it's attacking the city of Bisseigh next.
Slow down. We'll send our forces from Uralis.
They won't get there in time.
How many more vessels do you plan on losing in the next battle?
I don't plan on losing any.
Are you telling me not to do anything?
You need to get stronger first so you can protect yourself.
You can join the battle after.
Are you telling me to watch people die for my sake, when I have infinite life?
Why should I let you tie me down so much?
The people you've forgotten keep nagging me to stop you!
What?
It seems there was another.
It's coming.
Nokkers!
I shall fight.
Kahaku... Are you serious?
Can you do it, my left hand?
Defeat it and redeem yourself!
Fushi!
Bastard!
That was amazing, Kahaku!
Not bad!
Yes.
"A message from them."
"We will be going to save the people of Renril in a year."
"We invite you to come."
"If you don't come..."
"We will kill Kahaku and this traitorous Nokker."
Renril is the largest city on the continent.
If they show up there, more than a hundred thousand will die.
A hundred thousand?!
We aren't that strong, and we die easily.
When will the battle end?
Likely never.
Even if it does, it'll be after we're all dead.
So what do we do?
We need to bet on the future!
What are we betting?
People's lives!
Fushi, as long as you're in good shape, we can fight back.
Don't let them take from you the fact that people have bet their lives on you.
Don't forget them!
All right.
Let's make a plan.
What do you need to work on?
Making bigger things.
Bigger things?
Ships, for example.
That'll give me an advantage against the Nokkers.
All right.
I'll prepare everything we need.
Let's accomplish it in three months.
Three months?
Yeah.
Until then, you're going to focus on getting stronger.
Leave fighting the Nokkers and evacuating the citizens of Renril to me.
Agreed?
We moved materials here a long time ago with the intention of starting a town,
but our plans fell through.
It's been abandoned here since.
You can use the things inside as you like.
Really?!
Yeah.
This is your new base.
Send this bird over if you ever need anything.
He'll arrive in Uralis.
Thanks.
I'll work hard.
Yeah.
I'm looking forward to it.
I'll be returning to Uralis, but I'll be back.
Don't die on me, Kahaku.
Right.
There are still animals here?
I need to make good use of the time Bon and Kahaku made for me.
I have to be strong, starting today.
Sorry.
I forgot you were here, too.
Let's do this together.
Preview
The Nokkers warn of their attack in a year.
Bon hurries to their target city of Renril.
Fushi, who begins training on his own, encounters a strange girl in a circus tent.
Resonance