WEBVTT 00:00.270 --> 00:03.950 Arctis Obscura Forta Magnificat! 00:13.430 --> 00:15.190 I got 'im! 00:19.820 --> 00:22.230 Curious about what's going on down below? 00:22.880 --> 00:25.080 A bit, yes. 00:25.080 --> 00:29.330 Look, Guitane... enough's enough, how about we— 00:29.330 --> 00:32.680 It seems my pawns have been depleted. 00:36.130 --> 00:37.510 The Ten Commandments. 00:46.520 --> 00:47.720 What the...? 00:48.340 --> 00:52.210 The battle down there is not unlike the one up here. 00:55.110 --> 00:56.860 Something fell from the sky. 00:59.370 --> 01:00.850 Come on... 01:00.850 --> 01:02.310 You have to be kidding me. 01:02.800 --> 01:05.480 I have sent... 01:05.910 --> 01:08.450 Ten of my offspring to the surface. 01:11.520 --> 01:15.820 All of them are chimeras with S-rankings in strength. 01:19.650 --> 01:25.640 I alone am more than sufficient to wipe this country out. 01:36.930 --> 01:41.850 I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince 01:36.930 --> 01:41.850 so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability 2nd Season 02:58.590 --> 03:03.560 Episode 23: The Battle Above the Clouds 02:59.250 --> 03:02.050 I caught the mana of those eggs he launched. 03:02.050 --> 03:04.040 Now to intercept with Shadow Wolf. 03:04.710 --> 03:06.680 I'm afraid not. 03:06.680 --> 03:12.180 It seems your method for using teleportation offensively... 03:12.180 --> 03:16.020 requires a fair bit of focus. 03:16.020 --> 03:19.520 And it's harder to hit moving targets, yes? 03:19.520 --> 03:21.810 I won't allow you to meddle. 03:23.200 --> 03:24.340 Galilea! 03:24.900 --> 03:28.930 Until this nation is wiped off the map... 03:29.690 --> 03:32.450 My creations will not stop. 03:35.830 --> 03:37.920 What the hell is this thing?! 03:37.920 --> 03:40.090 Run for it, Talia. 03:40.090 --> 03:42.020 This chimera... 03:42.020 --> 03:44.960 It's not like the others! 03:47.210 --> 03:48.390 Open up! 03:48.390 --> 03:49.960 Let us out of here! 03:49.960 --> 03:53.150 Hold on, everyone! You can't go outside! There are still a lot of chimeras— 03:53.150 --> 03:55.840 How's it any safer in here, stupid?! 03:55.840 --> 03:58.760 You want us to stand around while that thing eats us?! 04:01.850 --> 04:03.010 Guys! 04:03.010 --> 04:05.960 Miss Katarina! Get out of here, fast! 04:05.960 --> 04:08.280 We'll hold this thing back! 04:08.280 --> 04:10.900 But... you can't possibly... 04:11.100 --> 04:14.270 What the hell is this?! I thought the church was supposed to be safe! 04:11.510 --> 04:16.450 We were already at our limit, and now... 04:14.270 --> 04:16.360 Why aren't the gods protecting us?! 04:16.360 --> 04:18.290 Where's His Holiness?! 04:18.290 --> 04:20.810 Where is God?! 04:21.690 --> 04:27.790 I can assure you, for the longest time, I believed they were out there. 04:30.750 --> 04:33.050 So, what do you say? 04:33.370 --> 04:37.650 Are you worthy of being called a god? 04:41.340 --> 04:44.940 I keep telling you...! 04:44.000 --> 04:48.940 The results make it obvious enough. 04:53.030 --> 04:54.330 Why...? 04:54.840 --> 04:56.580 After everything we've been through... 04:56.880 --> 04:58.870 Now we've gotta fight this thing?! 04:58.870 --> 05:01.830 You will be unable to protect a single thing... 05:03.460 --> 05:07.180 Something's wrong! There's a huge swell of mana down on the surface! 05:07.180 --> 05:08.090 What?! 05:10.490 --> 05:12.630 ...as the country is destroyed. 05:17.070 --> 05:20.910 Forgive me for being of no use. 05:22.100 --> 05:27.730 For clarity's sake, I should point out that I have no intention of wiping out the people. 05:27.730 --> 05:30.740 It is the country that must be overthrown... 05:30.740 --> 05:33.090 And its warped religion. 05:34.910 --> 05:39.870 For you see, the god at its foundation does not exist. 05:40.250 --> 05:42.610 And I'm afraid that some casualties... 05:43.400 --> 05:45.120 will be necessary... 05:46.590 --> 05:49.120 for this revelation. 06:52.120 --> 06:53.920 Boundless Innocence. 06:53.920 --> 06:58.850 The only Luxa that Escher can produce. 06:59.470 --> 07:01.700 Its offensive potential is virtually nil. 07:02.290 --> 07:04.430 Its effects... are amplification. 07:05.330 --> 07:08.430 Nothing more than a way of increasing the range of sound. 07:10.080 --> 07:12.480 But with Escher's singing voice... 07:13.370 --> 07:15.620 it can alleviate people's anxiety, 07:16.820 --> 07:18.410 bolster their courage, 07:19.310 --> 07:25.310 and for a few moments, even take these mindless chimeras... 07:31.370 --> 07:32.480 and give them pause. 07:34.460 --> 07:35.920 With one exception... 07:36.780 --> 07:39.040 And that's me! 07:40.580 --> 07:42.580 Shadow Wolf 07:40.600 --> 07:43.380 Shadow Wolf: Slash! 07:42.580 --> 07:43.420 Slash 07:47.240 --> 07:50.950 Whatever made you start all this... 07:52.300 --> 07:55.840 And whatever you've deluded yourself into believing I am... 07:56.530 --> 07:59.840 doesn't really matter at this point, and I can't say I care. 08:00.390 --> 08:03.270 My only interest is in your magic. 08:04.380 --> 08:08.820 If I can take you in alive, you're welcome to as much of my time as you want. 08:11.780 --> 08:13.410 Don't worry. 08:13.940 --> 08:18.560 Someone as myopic as you could never begin to grasp the depths of sorcery. 08:19.870 --> 08:20.990 Come on. 08:22.980 --> 08:25.010 It's time for the final round. 08:28.220 --> 08:31.060 I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince 08:28.220 --> 08:31.060 so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability 2nd Season 08:31.320 --> 08:33.930 What do you mean you're heading somewhere else? 08:33.930 --> 08:36.030 Situation's changed. 08:36.030 --> 08:37.940 This is just my gut talking, but... 08:37.940 --> 08:39.720 This song is trouble. 08:40.700 --> 08:44.570 The chimera's head exploded around the same time the song started. 08:44.570 --> 08:46.770 Was that divine intervention? 08:46.770 --> 08:49.810 Whatever it was, there's no way he didn't notice. 08:49.810 --> 08:52.040 I know the guy who made this mess. 08:52.040 --> 08:55.510 So I won't be satisfied until all these chimera are dead. 08:55.920 --> 08:58.320 What a scary bishop... 09:00.420 --> 09:01.830 Dante, look out! 09:05.970 --> 09:08.710 Huh... Damn thing could still move. 09:08.710 --> 09:09.850 Sure could... 09:12.620 --> 09:15.550 I'm headed towards the girl singing this song. 09:15.550 --> 09:17.560 You should stay here, miss. 09:17.560 --> 09:20.090 No, I'll go too. 09:20.400 --> 09:23.360 Escher's the one who's singing. 09:23.900 --> 09:28.320 Ever since learning the pope was behind everything, 09:28.320 --> 09:31.170 he suddenly started fighting ferociously. 09:31.780 --> 09:34.790 I haven't been of any help ever since. 09:34.790 --> 09:37.490 Dante's done everything on his own. 09:37.960 --> 09:41.900 You've been looking out for the townspeople the whole time, haven't you? 09:42.740 --> 09:46.280 You've been a lot more helpful than that clown on your back. 09:46.280 --> 09:48.810 You'd be right at home in the clergy, girl. 09:49.420 --> 09:51.990 I could never... 09:51.990 --> 09:54.980 I like folks with a few skeletons in their closet. 09:58.930 --> 10:03.400 A touch of darkness is what makes us all human, y'know? 10:10.740 --> 10:12.390 That's right. 10:13.350 --> 10:15.920 I should've noticed way back when. 10:16.680 --> 10:21.190 Boss Guitane... I'm gonna stop you. 10:23.740 --> 10:28.290 In those days, I was happy. 10:30.840 --> 10:33.350 Papa, sing for me! 10:33.350 --> 10:35.550 Sure! But I'm tone deaf! 10:35.870 --> 10:39.890 It was a modest life, but I had a family. 10:39.890 --> 10:44.380 They accepted me wholly, with no hesitation. 10:45.170 --> 10:47.350 I love your singing, Papa! 10:47.350 --> 10:50.060 His vocal sense is almost as bad as his sense of direction! 10:50.730 --> 10:54.060 They were what I cherished most. 10:54.350 --> 10:55.990 He's completely lost in his singing. 10:55.990 --> 10:57.620 But that's what it makes it so endearing. 10:57.620 --> 11:00.120 And as if in response to that happiness, 11:00.120 --> 11:05.990 countless faithful would show up at the church for me to cast divine sorcery on. 11:07.280 --> 11:10.870 You there. I believe your name is Guitane? 11:10.870 --> 11:13.510 That voice... is that you, Angel Jihriel?! 11:14.240 --> 11:17.940 Even an angel came to encourage me. 11:17.940 --> 11:21.540 I hear your singing every day up here, and it's obnoxious. 11:21.540 --> 11:23.130 You really can't carry a note. 11:23.130 --> 11:25.660 I-I'm sorry. But... 11:25.660 --> 11:29.560 I know. There are many humans who rely on you. 11:29.880 --> 11:32.160 But, you needn't sing any longer. 11:32.160 --> 11:36.390 You'll be able to use divine sorcery freely from now on. 11:37.910 --> 11:42.180 I'm giving you a personal pass. You should consider it an honor. 11:42.180 --> 11:44.150 Thank you so much! 11:44.500 --> 11:49.280 After becoming a bishop, I was tested time and again... 11:49.280 --> 11:52.180 Go ahead and try and purify me, pal. 11:52.180 --> 11:54.810 You're not gonna see any change. 11:54.810 --> 11:57.540 These kinds of confrontations got on my nerves... 12:00.600 --> 12:03.210 So I would use Luxa to clobber the ones who started them. 12:03.210 --> 12:05.360 What about the purification...? 12:05.360 --> 12:09.400 Because it looked like you were hoping to use purification as a shortcut 12:09.400 --> 12:11.430 to escape the darkness inside you. 12:11.430 --> 12:13.350 You needn't rely on purification. 12:14.190 --> 12:19.260 I'm sure you can overcome those dark impulses. 12:21.360 --> 12:24.740 Boss Guitane! I decided to go for a look like yours! 12:24.740 --> 12:28.200 Could you please not refer to me like that, Dante? 12:28.950 --> 12:34.210 He was my best friend, and surrogate brother. 12:34.210 --> 12:36.560 I'm trying to tell you! 12:36.560 --> 12:41.400 Once I become king, I can actually do something about poverty! 12:41.400 --> 12:43.750 Then could you please do it already?! 12:43.750 --> 12:48.470 There are still people on the outskirts of Saloum who are suffering! 12:48.470 --> 12:52.480 There were times I even clashed with royalty... 12:52.480 --> 12:56.240 Then you need to become pope! It's only fair! 12:56.240 --> 12:59.580 Yet I had nothing to fear, in spite of that. 12:59.580 --> 13:03.480 Let us both aim for greater heights, to make the country a better place! 13:03.480 --> 13:07.750 Because I had a foundation of faith in my soul. 13:08.700 --> 13:10.770 Until it happened... 13:11.490 --> 13:16.830 There was malnourished little girl sitting in front of my house. 13:16.830 --> 13:21.490 It was obvious at a glance that she had came from the poverty-stricken slums. 13:21.490 --> 13:27.920 I invited her inside at once. I had intended to feed her some of my wife's cooking. 13:27.920 --> 13:31.040 I thought she might make a good friend for my son. 13:32.510 --> 13:37.580 This girl, named Anastasia, muttered the oddest thing... 13:37.580 --> 13:40.910 Daddy said to keep watch outside. 13:43.520 --> 13:48.780 It was obvious in an instant what she meant. 13:49.250 --> 13:53.560 My family lied in pools of their own blood. 13:57.110 --> 14:01.240 And right across from the bodies of my wife and child was a man, 14:01.240 --> 14:04.310 gorging himself on any food he could find. 14:05.030 --> 14:10.590 "Who is this filth? Why didn't God protect my family?" 14:10.590 --> 14:13.920 "Why am I even serving Him?" 14:14.560 --> 14:17.940 By the time the coiling chain of hatred led me to an answer, 14:17.940 --> 14:20.330 I found myself in even deeper despair. 14:20.810 --> 14:26.060 Had I been serving God... while hoping to be rewarded? 14:33.370 --> 14:38.070 I finally found the resolve to purify him. 14:39.160 --> 14:42.470 What kind of penitence would he offer? 14:42.470 --> 14:45.960 And would it be enough to forgive him? 14:46.340 --> 14:51.460 But in the next moment, my anxiety over these answers was wiped away. 14:53.000 --> 14:58.480 He did not repent. He did not do anything, except continue to stuff his mouth. 14:58.870 --> 15:03.150 In confusion, I continued to shine the light of purification on him. 15:03.150 --> 15:08.370 My anger had given way to fear, at that point. 15:10.030 --> 15:14.350 In the end... he simply died. 15:14.350 --> 15:17.000 He had starved to death. 15:20.340 --> 15:25.740 The purity of this act. It was nothing more than hunger. 15:25.740 --> 15:27.480 And so, he ate. 15:27.480 --> 15:30.290 Killing my family to do it. 15:30.890 --> 15:32.440 "Is this a joke?" 15:32.440 --> 15:35.880 Is purity of intent enough to excuse anything? 15:35.880 --> 15:40.390 I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... 15:36.360 --> 15:39.010 Is that how the gods define evil? 15:39.010 --> 15:42.960 Then wouldn't the purest of heart... 15:42.960 --> 15:46.430 those who are closest to being true saints... 15:46.430 --> 15:48.770 be monsters? 15:48.770 --> 15:50.520 Bishop Guitane. 15:50.880 --> 15:52.770 Boss Guitane. 15:53.150 --> 15:57.390 I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry! 15:56.410 --> 15:57.780 Guitane. 15:57.780 --> 16:02.490 I vaguely remember being talked at by many people, afterwards. 16:03.140 --> 16:08.670 To tell the truth, the responses I gave at the time made me want to vomit. 16:09.170 --> 16:14.560 I am a pastor. This is the symbol of that faith. Trust in God. 16:15.120 --> 16:20.560 I am a pastor. This is the symbol of that faith. Trust in God... 16:17.140 --> 16:22.780 But even that sense of revulsion, in time, sunk into the darkness before dissolving. 16:22.780 --> 16:27.310 I am a pastor. This is the symbol of that faith. Trust in God... 16:23.130 --> 16:27.310 People called me a saint for how I behaved. 16:27.620 --> 16:32.070 The light was unable to purge my darkness. 16:32.490 --> 16:38.460 I was certain of it then: that this swirling vortex within me was not evil. 16:39.130 --> 16:42.450 O God... I take it you have no objections? 16:42.450 --> 16:45.330 Because if it is righteous... 16:45.690 --> 16:50.000 then I will unleash this impulse I feel, with no restraint. 16:51.090 --> 16:54.920 This pristine darkness. 17:04.220 --> 17:07.540 After that, I sought out monsters to— 17:07.540 --> 17:08.490 Enough already. 17:08.490 --> 17:10.790 What's with the whole life story? 17:10.790 --> 17:12.540 Can you not see the face I'm making over here? 17:13.040 --> 17:14.970 Your story is depressing. And long. 17:14.970 --> 17:16.900 And it's turned things monochrome for some reason. 17:18.150 --> 17:21.610 I dunno what you expect a 7th Prince to do with all that! 17:22.020 --> 17:24.370 Yes. I know. 17:24.370 --> 17:27.380 I can only imagine that a story like this... 17:27.710 --> 17:30.120 must make the ears of a god, such as yourself, burn. 17:32.150 --> 17:36.480 Which is precisely why you must hear it. 17:36.880 --> 17:40.410 The story of everything that's led to this point! 17:40.410 --> 17:43.140 And you are obligated to answer my questions! 17:43.140 --> 17:44.260 Yeah, whatever. 17:44.640 --> 17:46.630 I hear you, so let's get on with it. 17:47.140 --> 17:50.220 Are gods so truly... 17:50.620 --> 17:53.160 reluctant to listen to reason?! 17:53.150 --> 17:56.160 WHACK 17:53.640 --> 17:56.150 I don't wanna hear that from you, man! 17:57.650 --> 17:59.880 What an incredible singing voice. 17:59.880 --> 18:03.630 The singing saint, Escher, has blessed us with a miracle! 18:04.360 --> 18:06.150 Let's hang in there, people! 18:06.150 --> 18:08.210 Sister Escher's singing for us! 18:08.960 --> 18:12.180 Hey! Babylon! Where are you headed?! 18:12.430 --> 18:16.030 And what is this song?! It's getting way more attention than me! 18:16.030 --> 18:19.320 You're right! The people stopped panicking the second they heard it! 18:19.320 --> 18:22.380 It even made the heads of those chimeras who fell from the sky explode! 18:22.380 --> 18:25.760 God has answered our prayers with this song! 18:26.210 --> 18:29.440 No. I'm pretty sure our boss took out the chimeras. 18:29.910 --> 18:33.710 And this static I can hear... 18:34.150 --> 18:36.280 Don't push yourself too hard, Escher. 18:36.280 --> 18:40.660 This song is the thing that's keeping people's spirits intact. 18:43.210 --> 18:45.430 If the singing stops... 18:45.430 --> 18:47.640 There'd be no way to stop the chaos. 18:50.730 --> 18:51.780 Which is why... 18:56.720 --> 18:58.430 we won't stop. 18:59.310 --> 19:01.120 When this song is over... 19:02.840 --> 19:05.100 When this battle is over... 19:05.850 --> 19:08.320 When the seemingly endless rain finally dries up, 19:09.630 --> 19:11.180 a rainbow will shine. 19:12.600 --> 19:14.490 We have faith! 19:15.360 --> 19:18.710 Uwaaaah 19:23.670 --> 19:26.850 Doesn't Escher have the best singing voice? 19:27.450 --> 19:29.210 My sister's doing great, too! 19:29.680 --> 19:32.260 They sound a lot sharper than they did during rehearsal. 19:33.410 --> 19:37.830 Y'know... there's one thing I wanted to show you, more than anything else. 19:38.260 --> 19:39.590 What are you— 19:40.850 --> 19:42.520 What is this?! 19:42.520 --> 19:45.050 I'm going to launch this in time with the song. 19:45.050 --> 19:46.630 Listen closely, okay? 19:55.280 --> 19:58.610 What just happened?! Some application of his teleportation?! 19:58.610 --> 20:00.860 No, there was always lag when he used that! 20:01.180 --> 20:05.610 Concealment and sorcery. Full Sprint and sorcery. 20:05.610 --> 20:10.250 Magic that can't physically be seen, and magic that's too fast to be seen. 20:10.250 --> 20:12.380 Basic but nasty, isn't it? 20:12.850 --> 20:14.640 Celero Cascadia. 20:15.130 --> 20:16.630 Kryptis Incinis. 20:17.250 --> 20:18.260 ZWOM 20:17.640 --> 20:18.260 ZWOM 20:22.050 --> 20:25.940 The water blast was moving so fast, it froze! That's hilarious. 20:25.940 --> 20:30.070 Stealth magic where the first reaction is the impact of it landing?! 20:30.070 --> 20:31.010 But... 20:31.490 --> 20:32.770 It's pointless! 20:33.060 --> 20:36.370 I'm going to utilize your power, Civil War! 20:37.150 --> 20:39.110 Spinal Shield! 20:42.280 --> 20:45.020 Good! I'm able to react to it... 20:46.000 --> 20:48.510 Krypta Celero Lithis! 20:46.160 --> 20:48.410 WHA-BAM 20:49.260 --> 20:52.390 Wow, you can use the spinal threads too?! 20:52.390 --> 20:54.840 Now I really wanna take you alive! 20:54.840 --> 20:59.560 I was barely able to react in time, but he's able to launch too many attacks at once! 20:59.560 --> 21:01.790 I need to focus more! 21:01.790 --> 21:04.630 Focus! 21:07.630 --> 21:09.310 Shut up! 21:09.520 --> 21:14.070 Mana Focus: Seven Goddesses 21:10.730 --> 21:13.720 Mana Focus: Seven Goddesses. 21:15.220 --> 21:16.800 What is this?! 21:17.300 --> 21:20.650 The spinal threads were severed before I could even react! 21:21.360 --> 21:24.860 A density of mana so great that Luxa loses its luster?! 21:25.390 --> 21:29.920 Someone as myopic as you could never begin to grasp the depths of sorcery. 21:29.920 --> 21:31.710 This is... 21:32.750 --> 21:38.710 Are my decades of life really going to be denied by this inexplicable... thing?! 21:39.150 --> 21:44.460 By this... demonic, maniacal... absurdity?! 21:44.460 --> 21:47.390 Come to think of it, you said something before... 21:48.280 --> 21:51.220 About how there's nothing to be gained by targeting your heart. 21:51.630 --> 21:54.410 Let's test that theory. 21:58.210 --> 21:59.480 God?! 21:59.940 --> 22:00.980 Glow. 23:35.480 --> 23:41.080 The 7th Prince. Is he a god? Or an innocent devil? 23:41.510 --> 23:43.880 Next time, on Episode 24: 23:43.880 --> 23:45.590 "In the Light." 23:43.880 --> 23:49.180 Episode 24 23:43.880 --> 23:49.180 In the Light 23:45.590 --> 23:50.020 You will witness the depths of sorcery.