Hey, Grandpa.
Tell me a story.
Hm?
Okay.
Get the storybook for me.
No, not like that.
Tell me a true story.
Hmm…
A true story?
Yeah.
A true story that's been passed down
through the generations, all the way back to great-great-grandpa.
That's what I want to hear.
Okay, then.
Sweet!
This is a history passed down through the ages.
A legend of destruction brought by the deeds of humanity.
BASTARD‼ -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-
HELL'S REQUIEM
A long long time ago, in an age where there were
no trolls, orcs, or goblins in the world.
The world of humans was far richer than today.
They built cities of giant towers, and the vast magic of the ancient world,
now lost forever, lit up the night sky.
Carriages of steel ran through the cities.
And by using steel birds that soared in the sky,
people could cross the oceans and travel wherever they pleased.
Humanity was so advanced
that they could even travel to the stars far above the sky.
Wow.
However, the prosperous civilization of humanity
was like an overripe fruit ready to fall.
Despite their riches,
the hearts of the people grew cold.
Deception, envy, and distrust spread like a disease.
Eventually, the pitiful humans began to care only for themselves.
Then the dark was born.
The dark divided humanity in two,
and drove them to wage war against each other.
The humans twisted the great magic that had brought them prosperity,
unleashing a terrible evil on the world.
A horde of demon gods
led by the God of Destruction, Anthrasax.
The magicians and alchemists rejoiced.
They thought this god would eliminate strife from the world.
The power of the God of Destruction Anthrasax
was truly terrifying.
It blew the mountains sky high,
and turned the seas into boiling oceans of blood.
It rained lightning bolts on the land, rending the earth asunder,
and burning away humanity's cities with flames that water could not quench.
The destructive power of the demon gods reduced many cities to nothing.
The outcome of the war seemed certain.
But then,
something unexpected happened.
The people celebrating victory,
no, all of humanity, were paralyzed by the fear of death.
The God of Destruction Anthrasax ignored its creators' orders,
and suddenly began acting on its own will.
This may have happened
because the many animals magically fused to create them included a living human.
With its free will, Anthrasax united the demon gods.
And used its extrasensory abilities
to communicate with the mind of every living human.
I am the will to destroy.
I am the new ruler, and I have descended upon you!
From this moment, I shall pass judgment
on you, foolish humans.
It was a declaration of war against humanity.
All of humanity let out a terrified scream of despair.
The armies of the world united to kill the demon gods.
A desperate battle began.
However, the power of the demon gods was overwhelming.
On that day, the ground swallowed up the blood of countless humans.
Hundreds of millions of bodies covered the earth.
Faced with that fury, humanity was on the brink of extinction.
After all, that was what the demon gods were made for.
In the ruined wasteland left behind,
the last of humanity could only wait for death.
In their despair, even the wicked and the foolish prayed for salvation.
But it was already too late.
That's when it happened…
Far to the east, the people saw
a golden pillar of light erupt from the ground
with an ear-splitting roar, shooting up toward the sky.
From within the dazzling light,
an enormous shadow emerged to stand before the evil gods.
And Surprisingly…
the great creature resembled both a dragon spreading its wings
and a giant human wielding a sword.
You…
Without warning, the Dragon Warrior let out a war cry,
and took to the sky.
And so it began.
The two colossal creatures
were locked in combat.
As if they knew that they were destined to fight.
The fight between the demon gods and the Dragon Warrior raged on.
The fierce battle shook the foundations of the Earth,
and several continents sank into the ocean.
Finally,
the fight that had lasted for weeks reached its conclusion.
The Dragon Warrior's final attack
defeated the God of Destruction.
When the smoke cleared, the people saw it…
They saw the Dragon Warrior place four seals on the demon god,
and seal the god away deep underground.
"Four hundred years from now,
these seals will be broken.
But my descendant shall again become the Dragon Warrior,
and destroy the demon god."
The words were written down as prophecy,
copied again and again, and are to this day safely kept hidden
in the basements of four castles on this continent.
Hey, grandpa.
What happened to the Dragon Warrior after beating the God of Destruction?
"Oh, great god of war!
The dark is banished."
As the people of the world clamored in celebration,
The Dragon Warrior vanished without a trace.
And that's how the story ends.
Now, go to sleep.
Okay.
Good night.
Dad.
What happened to the world after that?
My great-grandfather told me
that many continents were lost in the battle
between the Dragon Warrior and the God of Destruction.
With the civilization of the ancient world gone,
most of humanity perished.
But humanity created
magic of another kind than that of the ancient world.
The magic civilization grew explosively.
And the elves in the outer lands
possess even greater magical knowledge than humanity.
In any case, humanity made use of their new magic
and have managed to survive to this day.
And we're still waging war on each other.
In any age,
humans will have disputes over land, religion, and race.
That is the way we humans are.
That's why I avoided conflict,
and chose to live all the way out here.
Thanks to that, I'm still alive.
Is the story you told true?
I don't know.
It all happened 400 years ago.
But I can tell you one thing.
The Dragon Warrior is real.
Yeah, I know about that.
Prince Lars of Meta-llicana summoned the legendary Dragon Warrior
to defeat some evil wizard called Dark Schneider, right?
Indeed. I still held an official position in Meta-llicana back then.
One of the knights said
that he saw the Dragon Warrior with his own eyes.
He said it looked just like in the legend.
A giant, clothed in armor and bearing two great wings on its back.
Holding a huge sword and shield,
it was quite literally a Dragon Warrior.
I don't know if the old legends are true.
But the Dragon Warrior was involved.
That much is certain.
But even the Dragon Warrior couldn't completely kill the evil wizard.
No, it killed him, all right.
We just didn't know…
that the evil wizard had cast a reincarnation spell on himself.
He was reborn as a baby,
and one of the Five Knights tracked him down.
That was Geo, the Great Priest of Meta-llicana.
He put a spell on the child to seal his magic powers.
The evil wizard
would never be resurrected.
But,
circumstances forced them to break the seal.
The evil wizard's old underlings formed the Dark Rebel Army.
Using orcs and goblins as soldiers, they launched an invasion
against the four kingdoms on the continent.
In order to fight the Dark Rebel Army,
Meta-llicana broke the seal on the evil wizard.
Why did the evil wizard fight his former underlings?
I don't know the details.
Some say that he has grown a conscience
because his magic was sealed and he grew up as a normal boy.
But, in the end,
Meta-llicana was destroyed.
And the Dark Rebel Army is laying waste to country after country.
It's a grave matter.
But, the fighting won't spread this far,
to this remote location on the border of Meta-llicana and Judas.
A visitor?
Haven't seen you in a while, Gizun.
What brings you here?
We just got a message.
A rebel army led by the samurai of A-Ian-Maide
are trying to kill Kall-Su, the leader of the Dark Rebel Army.
They're launching a full-scale assault on Tiptoa, former capital of Judas.
Is that true?
Yeah.
They are recruiting more soldiers for their rebel army.
I came to invite you.
You used to be a knight of A-Ian-Maide.
I put down my sword 10 years ago.
I can't help you.
Come on, man!
We can win this battle for sure.
Two of the Five Knights will participate in the attack.
The samurai master of A-Ian-Maide,
Nills Schon Mifune, and the Great Priest of Meta-llicana,
Geo Noto Soto.
Are you telling me that Geo is alive?
That's what I've heard.
Geo is alive…
Come with me.
Let's take back A-Ian-Maide.
Dad, take care of the house while I'm gone.
You're going?
I am indebted to A-Ian-Maide.
He's gone.
No matter who wins,
I hope this great battle will be the last.
Hey, asshole!
You stepped on my face!
You're not getting away with that.
Are you listening to me, Dark Schneider?
Also,
you didn't even tell us the city was in the sky.
Dammit!
God, you piss me off!
The world is in big trouble.
Are you taking this seriously?
Shut up you little monkey!
Who cares about the world?
Not me!
Hey!
You bastard!
Stop, Vai!
Get your paws off Yoko!
You just grabbed her boobs.
Uh, hello?
What about the world?
You really get on my nerves.
Stay away from Yoko!
Yoko?
Asshole!
You've got no right to talk about her.
How dare you talk about my woman?
I'll fucking kill you.
Get over yourself!
Who said she's your woman?
Yoko and I
almost made it to first base in the locker room the other day.
What?!
How do you like that?
Is that what you were doing while I was sleeping?
Oh yeah? Well how about this?
We almost made it to home base in the bath!
We almost went all the way.
No way…
We've already made it to first base lots of times!
Yoko and I go way further back than you could ever dream of.
Dark Schneider! Vai!
Get out of there!
What? I can't hear you over this noise.
Man, that's loud.
It's like a rumbling…
noise…
Grit your teeth!
Brace yourself!
Lucien!
Look, more of them are crashing.
What are they?
Those are the Sorcerer Shoguns' airships.
They've all been hit
and are crashing down.
What could have done this?
That's a…
dragon!
The guardian of King Crimson Glory.
Looks like the airships
were attacked by that dragon.
Now that it has destroyed the airships, it's flying away.
Oh, look at that.
The clouds around King Crimson Glory are clearing.
What is that?
Lucien!
Lucien?
No…
Lucien got crushed.
It can't be…
Oh no…
Ouch!
That hurt.
What a troublesome kid.
Man, you're so uncool.
That's why I hate kids.
What?
Who the hell are you?
Lucien's here too.
Take that!
Okay guys, time to merge!
-Yeah! -Okay!
MERGE
-Build up! -Build up!
I'm back!
The handsome hero,
Dark Schneider!
Huh?
His body makes no sense.
Hey, Dark Schneider!
How dare you throw me like a ball?
What are you looking at?
Aren't you guys worried?
All of their airships landed
closer to the temple where Sheila is than us.
Judging by that destruction,
none of them could have survived.
I think "crashed" is a more suitable word than "landed."
The Sorcerer Shogun got hit by the dragon and crashed to their death.
Serves them right.
Was he among them?
Even if any of them survived,
they must be severely injured.
Let's head for Princess Sheila.
You damn idiots!
Are you all blind?
Show yourself!
I know you're hiding in there!
Damned!
You missed.
A voice?
Where is he?
Well spotted, Dark Schneider the wizard.
You noticed my shadow.
The shadow is talking?
Could it be…?
Now that I've encountered you,
I can't let you reach the temple.
I am a shadow wielder,
and a Sorcerer Shogun.
My name is Bol Gil Bol.
A shadow wielder?
That's right.
I can control all shadows as I see fit.
Don't try to act cool, asshole!
Don't be reckless.
He's a Sorcerer Shogun.
Well, if it isn't Kai Harn.
Is Sean Ari not with you?
Ran was worried about you--
Do you ever stop talking?
Don't try it.
You can't beat me,
nor can the samurai.
What?
Hey, Lars. Can you hear me?
A voice in my head. Telepathy?
What is it, Dark Schneider?
Actually,
things are looking kind of bad.
It's my eyes.
I can't see.
I can't see a damn thing.
Nothing at all.
It must be from the shock of the airship hitting me.
Wha…
What?!
Now I know the location of King Crimson Glory.
I've finally found it.
The final seal.
Subtitle translation by: Douglas Jern