[light string music]
[Lars] Two years ago…
Agya! Agya! Agya!
The moment when everything disappeared…
[light string music continues]
[exhales softly]
Agya!
Hey! What's going on?
Someone used magic to resurrect us.
It was you, wasn't it?
Dark Schneider.
The tense feeling in the air is lifted.
Winter has already ended.
["NEW DAWN" by coldrain playing]
♪ We've gone too far ♪
♪ Too far ♪
♪ Are we too far gone? ♪
BASTARD‼ -HEAVY METAL, DARK FANTASY-
HELL'S REQUIEM
♪ Out for blood Everyday we go digging our own grave ♪
♪ No more acting all innocent Playing with fire in the mud ♪
♪ Long lost in the power that we crave ♪
♪ No more thinking Weʼre heaven sent, preach to the choir ♪
♪ Like flowers in the desert Blossoming in vain ♪
♪ Angels with no feathers Fallen far from grace ♪
♪ Turning into empty vessels With no better use ♪
♪ Just look inside the mirror Who should we accuse? ♪
♪ Tear it all down just to say we can ♪
♪ Build it all up just to say we did ♪
♪ To live forever playing god again ♪
♪ To live forever acting like saviors ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ We've gone too far ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Are we too far gone? ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ We've gone too far ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Are we too far gone? ♪
[shuddered breath]
ICE AND SNOW
[guard 1] Summer's finally here, but it's still so cold.
[guard 2] By the way, have you heard the latest?
There's a rumor going around about Lord Kall-Su.
Lately, when he shuts himself up in this underground shrine,
you can hear a terrifying demonic voice
that sounds like it's from another world.
[guard 1 exhales sharply]
Don't be ridiculous.
The last seal is still in effect
and the God of Destruction is still asleep.
There's no way that thing can talk.
[guard 1] Now drop it,
if the Sorcerer Shoguns hear us, we'll get our asses kicked.
[indistinct heart throbbing]
[Kall-Su] Mother, please be patient for just a little longer.
I swear… I will set you free.
[Kall-Su's mother] Oh.
My dear Kall-Su.
I love you.
[thunder crackling]
[soft lyre music playing]
[Kall-Su] A sound.
I can hear a sound.
It's the sound of waves.
[child 1] It's Kall.
[child 2] Oh, that's Kall.
[child 3] That's Kall.
[indistinct chatter]
[child 4] It's Kall.
[child 5] He's a magic child.
[child 6] They told me not to play with Kall.
[child 7] It's dangerous to even be near him.
[child 8] He's so creepy.
[Kall-Su's mother sobbing]
[young Kall-Su] Mother, why are you crying?
[sobbing]
[Kall-Su's mother] It's no use.
Forgive me, my dear Kall-Su.
[Kall-Su and young Kall-Su] Mother, what do you want me to forgive you for?
Do you want forgiveness for not being able to love me?
[Kall-Su] This is just a dream.
I shed my last tears long ago.
[Shella] A city of people.
The city of Judas.
Once the most powerful and prosperous city on the entire Central Metallion Continent.
But in the last two years, this turned into a decaying slum.
Is it because of the powerful God of Destruction,
hidden in the shrine below the castle waiting to awaken?
Or…
We're searching for the Messiah
who will bring light to these war-torn lands
and we'll celebrate his arrival.
That Messiah is one of the Five Knights.
Lars Ul Meta-llicana.
However, Lars went missing in the Golem Wars.
So that means a new Messiah will be born.
For a while, I believed that Lord Kall-Su was that Messiah.
But…
I've grown afraid.
The 12 of us Sorcerer Shoguns would gladly sacrifice
their own lives for him anytime, without hesitation.
But Lord Kall-Su seems to be changing into a totally different person.
I don't want to die for anyone other than Lord Kall-Su.
Lord Kall-Su, please give us the reassurance we need.
We entrusted the fate of everything in the world to you.
Please guide us.
Guide us to the utopia of the future.
[ominous music]
-Huh? -Huh?
Hey, did you see that bat flying above us?
It was totally freaky.
What? It's so big.
That giant thing doesn't look like a bat to me.
-[gasps] -[both grunt]
-[growling] -Meow, meow!
[Shella] I sense something.
It's the enemy.
They have made it past our guards and are already inside.
Three of them.
They're not human.
This overpowering aura is getting stronger.
[Shella pants] They're coming.
[soft grunt]
[both roar]
A werewolf and a weretiger!
[Shella] Who sent you here?
-[window creaking] -[gasps, grunts]
[intruder] I'm the second most magnificent person in the world
after Dark Schneider.
And I'm the second most intelligent person in the world after Dark Schneider.
And I'm also the most beautiful person in the world after Dark Schneider.
I'm the number one disciple of Dark Schneider,
the most powerful Count on the face of the earth!
This is impossible.
What business do you have here?
Revenge on those who have crossed my dear master.
I'll never forgive those who oppose the will of Dark Schneider!
And besides, the great Di-amon wants a taste of your blood!
[Shella] Di-amon, he's practically immortal.
He was one of the legendary Sorcerer Generals rumored to be
as powerful as Lord Kall-Su's Sorcerer Shoguns.
And he's one of the Three Sorcerer Generals,
a group of the most powerful among them,
chosen to serve as Nei's trusted attendants.
His true form is a vampire.
[thunder crackles]
[cackling]
Shine, lightning!
Roar, thunder!
Blow, storm!
Come forth! I'm beautiful now!
I'm the best-looking villain you're ever gonna see!
So, you still haven't told me
why you're visiting the bedroom of Lord Kall-Su.
[Di-amon cackling]
You mindless fool.
A vampire comes for one thing and one thing only,
to suck the blood of the living.
Suck on these.
Really now?
Well, if you don't wanna get hurt, pretty girl,
you better go play somewhere else and let me through.
I have a very short fuse!
Huh, I'm not a woman.
I'm a man!
Whoa! Well…
I apologize.
What an embarrassing mistake.
Well, that's weird, I could have sworn I smell
the unmistakable odor of a girl just a moment ago.
Shut up!
Lord Kall-Su hates women.
Only men are allowed to join the Sorcerer Shoguns
and be attendants.
Hmm…
Now that you mention it, he always did seem a little odd.
[chuckles] That means we don't need to hold back.
Gentlemen!
I gave you my permission to beat the pants off this little brat
till there's nothing left of him.
[both] What pleases our Count is our command.
My name is Marron and I've sworn to please my count.
I'm Pirron, and that goes for me as well.
[Pirron] As the Count has commanded us, meow, meow,
it is time to take your life!
[Marron] Here we go!
-[grunts] -[both] Die!
[Marron and Pirron grunt in pain]
That's far enough, intruders.
[Di-amon] That was the speed of Light Strike.
It's Yngwie von Mattström.
It's about time, Yngwie.
-What the hell were you doing? -[Marron and Pirron groaning]
I never imagined they'd try sneaking into Judas Castle with just three of them.
That's very impressive.
Give it up.
You can try but you're never gonna get through.
[Shella] The other Sorcerer Shoguns are here in the castle tonight too.
[Yngwie] You deserve this rotten luck, Di-amon, you traitor.
Tomorrow, we leave on an expedition,
and you choose today of all days for your attack.
Your luck's run out.
I'm gonna rip you to shreds.
Hmm…
[all cackling]
Monster, what's so funny?
You think you can kill me?
Haven't you two learned the first thing about vampires?
[Di-amon] Hah! Let me fill you in.
The full moon
boost the power that magic kindred like us already possess.
And in case you fools haven't noticed,
tonight's a gloriously full moon!
[both gasp]
You can try whatever you want from your little bag of tricks.
[singsong] ♪ But you can't touch me! ♪
My kind of magical powers are second
only to the great, heroic, unsurpassable Dark Schneider!
[Yngwie] He's crazy but powerful.
[both groan]
[cackling]
[Di-amon laughing evilly]
-[gasps] -What's happening?
[Yngwie] The walls and the floor…
The whole room is wriggling around like we're inside the guts of an animal.
It's an illusion.
What kind of trick are you playing now, Di-amon?
It's no illusion.
What you're seeing is Judas Castle's true form
as it's transforming right before your eyes.
No. No way.
-Beautiful, isn't it? -[Marron and Pirron] Mm.
Beautiful just like me.
But it's only just begun.
[evil laugh]
Before long, my evil renovation will be complete!
[Di-amon] By now, the God of Destruction
is almost completely reawakened.
Its roots are spreading and taking over this castle,
there's no stopping it.
What?
-[Vlad] Yngwie! Shella! -[all gasp]
[Sykes] What's going on?
[Di-amon] Thank you all for coming.
The reason the castle looked normal up until now
is because a powerful illusion spell had been concealing it.
And I, Di-amon, the embodiment of beauty, just broke that spell
and that's why you gang of pathetic sycophant feels so confused,
now that you can see what's real.
Impossible!
That spell, did Lord Kall-Su cast it?
You Sorcerer Shoguns were supposed to be his most trusted followers.
Huh? Then he hid the truth from all of you.
How embarrassing it must be.
Hmm. That was shady of him!
Shut up, you monster!
How dare you talk about Lord Kall-Su like that?
We're tired of your nonsense.
It's time for you to die!
[Di-amon] Di-amon.
Spinning Shrimp Throw High Jump Assassin!
[Sorcerer Shoguns grunting painfully]
[Sorcerer Shoguns screaming]
[Di-amon cackling]
Whoo! Can you feel that, noble moon?
This mark shows my pact with my dear master Dark Schneider.
Make it glow bluer than the most sincerest of blue.
This blue nail is a testament to my unwavering loyalty to him.
Look how blue it is!
[squeals]
I shall happily bathe the moon in the blood of my sworn enemy, Kall-Su.
In dedication to the resurrection of my great master, Dark Schneider,
the greatest living wizard in the universe!
Huh? What did he say?
[Shella] He came back to life?
Dark Schneider is alive?
[thunder crackling]
What's this?
All of a sudden, it feels like the temperature dropped.
What is going on?
Ice is forming on the walls.
[ominous choral music]
[Marron grunts]
[ominous choral music continues]
[gasps] Lord Kall-Su?
Once again, I've been disturbed.
That stubborn thing came back to life?
Is his plan to continue
to defy me till the very end?
[all grunting]
The walls, they all went back to normal.
[Di-amon] Hmm.
Long time no see, Kall-Su.
But it seems like you're the one that's doing all the defying!
Because you see, your master Dark Schneider
has no interest in the God of Destruction
or that other junk from the ancient world.
You should know, the throne you're in possession of
does not belong to you.
And the great Dark Schneider would say take it for his own now.
Hmm…
Uh…
Those who tear asunder! Y&T!
Snow Wolf Supreme Roar!
[Di-amon grunts]
[both grunt]
[both gasp]
[snow wolves roaring]
[grunts] That was too close.
[Di-amon grunting angrily]
Your heart is stone.
How dare you hurt my precious pets?
What?
Kall-Su's spell didn't even injure him.
You bitch!
You slimy little human.
I'll never be taken down by someone like you!
Look.
[Sykes] The marks on Di-amon's face are moving.
Change, Di-amon!
Feel it.
The flow of particles is making me even more powerful!
Pay attention, kids, and you'll see a vampire's true potential!
Oh, no!
Domain!
Lord Kall-Su! Look out!
[Kall-Su] Hmph!
Mystic ice shield! Danzigar!
[grunts]
He hit it back!
Curses!
[intense music]
[whimpering]
I'm totally screwed!
[Sorcerer Shoguns grunt]
Yngwie, are you okay?
-Let me help you! -Yngwie!
I'm fine, don't worry about me.
What's more important…
How's Lord Kall-Su?
[disappointed exhale]
[Shella] Lord Kall-Su…
How does it feel?
[Kall-Su] You've been outsmarted by a cross marked with your own magic.
[Kall-Su scoffs]
Now you lay trembling and naked with no power or magic.
[Di-amon] Oh, I never imagined you'd use a mirror
and a lens made of ice to hit it back at me.
I'm impressed, Kall-Su.
You brute.
How dare you force me to expose this ugly form of mine to the world.
-Urgh! -Unreal.
[chuckles]
Well, in that case, let's just end your miserable life.
[Di-amon] Wait, Kall-Su!
There's no need for any more violence
and… and it'll be pointless, besides.
[Kall-Su] Is that so?
Just surrender!
If you apologize, I'd be willing to forgive you
and we'll be on even ground.
Kall-Su, surely an apology is not too much to ask for
then I'll forgive you when you get-- [grunts]
-Enough, Di-amon! -[Di-amon grunting]
[Di-amon] I'll forgive you, just stop! [blabbers]
[Di-amon babbles, coughs] Stop-- Just…
I'll forgive you.
[Di-amon babbling]
[fierce grunt]
[yelps]
[both gasp]
While I have you all here, Sorcerer Shoguns,
I'm calling an emergency meeting of the war council.
The Dark Schneider's alive again.
We haven't even a second to spare.
[Sorcerer Shoguns] Yes, sir!
[Di-amon cackling]
-[Sorcerer Shoguns] Huh? -[cackling continues]
[Di-amon] You fool!
Can't even count. They're not all there!
Two of them have already been obliterated by Dark Schneider!
What? Is that true?
Two of us got obliterated?
Does he mean Macapine and Ba Thory? That's insane!
[Di-amon] That's exactly what happened.
I gave you a chance to make things right with me, Kall-Su.
But you're a little too big-headed.
And now it means there's no way for you to win.
[cackling]
[strained grunting]
[yelps]
-[Di-amon cackling] -[Sorcerer Shoguns gasp]
But just to show you what a good sport I can be,
we can consider today's match
-a tie. -[angry grunt]
You won't get away with this.
You're going to pay!
[Di-amon cackling]
Nice seeing you all!
I'm looking forward to visiting you again someday!
-[Ross] Darn you! -[Vlad] This isn't over!
[Di-amon cackling]
[Shella] Something's wrong.
He's not the same Lord Kall-Su.
He would never have blatantly disregarded one of his followers
when they tried to use their own body to shield him.
And he reflected an enemy's attack still without acknowledging the follower.
[soft grunt]
[Yngwie] Where are you going, Shella?
The war council meeting is supposed to start soon.
[Shella] Didn't you notice?
Didn't you feel like something was wrong?
Back there,
didn't Lord Kall-Su seem different?
[orc soldiers scream]
[orc 1] Lord Kall-Su!
[orc 2] The rocks are blocking the road!
[Yngwie] I apologize for acting in a way that's improper for a knight.
Who are you?
I am from the Kingdom of Eclipse.
My name is Yngwie von Mattström.
I'm captain of the knights.
Steel yourself!
[grunts] Yajo-Teioken!
[Yngwie grunts]
[Yngwie] His magic is so powerful.
I've lost control and my sword is completely useless.
Why did you come here all alone knowing we'd enter into a fight?
For the people.
Even if I'm considered an assassin.
Rather than let harm come to countless people in a war,
I thought it would be better to intervene and protect them by killing you.
[Kall-Su] Hmm. How rational.
My goal is to wear you down,
first by removing the power of the nobility of Eclipse.
The military has now lost the will to resist us
and I have accomplished my purpose.
I assure you, seeking witches and destroying your homeland
was never the final goal.
[surprised gasp]
[Kall-Su] If we allowed this war to continue to destroy the farmlands,
then the damage would be far too great.
The harvest would be impacted
and the people would not be able to survive the coming winter.
[horse snorts]
Governing over a starving country would be a very difficult task.
So killing me isn't in your plan either?
[Kall-Su] It would be inefficient.
[surprised grunt]
Act in a way which you believe you could help the most people
with the greatest efficiency.
[Yngwie] He was rational to the very end.
In order to help our country's people make it through the winter,
he distributed the military provisions that were being stored in the castle.
He even dispersed the money that he confiscated from the nobility.
It makes me think.…
He was right about so many things.
What's the most efficient way to help this country?
Or this world?
[Kall-Su] Very well.
I will allow you to become one of the Sorcerer Shoguns.
From now on, you will offer your allegiance,
to the convictions in which you so believe.
[happy gasp]
Thank you, sir.
Don't worry, Shella.
All that matters is that Lord Kall-Su is safe.
Yngwie…
That is good enough for me.
And that's all I need.
[Yngwie] I promise my allegiance to Lord Kall-Su.
To that in which I strongly believe.
["La Muse perdue" by Tielle playing]