What is she doing?
Let's follow her!
Okay!
How foolish...
For one who is to be a leader...
No, this was just the vanguard.
The vanguard?
Naofumi-sama?!
Don't worry. This is Makina.
Makina?
I've dealt with the pus infesting this country.
Well, the original owner of this body tried to resist, though.
You mean Shildina-san?
Who are you?
The past emperor...
I should've known the wielder of the Spirit Implements would guess.
You're clever.
"Clever"? Listen...
My...
What's wrong, Raph-chan?
Behind her?
What's that?
Hey!
What happened to her?
I killed your caster... I guess you're tough... yes, indeed.
I can't believe you disobeyed the crest and killed me.
I didn't think you had it in you.
But this is perfect.
I see something like a shadow..
The spare body I prepared...
I'm taking it back.
Makina-sama, stop.
S-Shildina-san?
Is that Makina's ghost?
It's not yours to take back, damn it!
It never belonged to you!
Naofumi-sama, I'll go.
I have just the thing for ghosts.
That's right!
I think she's behind Shildina-san...
Yeah, I'm sure of it!
The Rising of the Shield Hero
Episode 12: Return of the Emperor
I can't cut it!
Watch out!
Where is she?
Raphtalia!
Raphtalia-chan!
Raph-chan!
Are you okay?
That won't... work.
Use the power of the Spirit Implement...
If it's a weapon that hunts souls, you can draw out more of its power, indeed.
Draw out more of its power?
Shut up! Shut up!
Draw out the power of a weapon that hunts souls?
Will You Use Soul Eat?
Soul Eater Shield
Soul Eat?
Keep your mouth shut!
Raphtalia, do you know what to do?
Yes!
Will You Use Soul Eat?
I can see her!
There she is.
I, Sadeena, draw from the powers of Holy Water and wish for you to manifest.
Dragon Vein! Bury my foes!
Saint Aqua Blast!
Damn you!
Just go away already, damn it!
You've done well, indeed.
I'll make you pay!
I'll make you regret getting in my way!
There's no way left in this land for you to survive!
W-Wow!
I finally got her, yes indeed.
Now then...
If I just disappear, I don't know when I'll be able to come back next, indeed.
So there's something else you're going to do?
Bearer of the Spirit Implement...
You have the card Shildina gave you, yes?
You mean this?
That's her heart, crystallized and separated from her body.
Her heart?
I'm shocked she could give it to someone she'd only just met, yes indeed.
I can't understand it.
No...
She at least wanted to give her most important part to the first member
of the opposite sex she liked, I guess.
And so... emperor who obeys the Wielder of the Spirit Implement, take up your sword.
If you agree to duel me, I'll release Shildina, indeed.
And if we refuse?
Then she's as good as dead, indeed.
Not much different than Makina...
Say what you will.
This is her punishment for believing that horrid woman, indeed.
Naofumi-sama, let me battle her.
But...
Please!
This is my fault for not being able to release Shildina-san
from her bonds when she was suffering...
Naofumi-chan...
And if I run here, there was no point in me becoming Emperor.
Yes, indeed.
If you would run, Emperor, then I would have no choice but to kill you here as Pacifier.
Pacifier?
Well, enough talk.
Will you do it or not? That's all, yes indeed.
Naofumi-sama...
All right.
Put that against my chest,
and the hole in Shildina's heart will be filled, and the bonds will be broken, indeed.
Naofumi-sama.
It's up to you.
All right.
That weapon's wavelength is so odd, indeed...
A servant of the Spirit Implement...
No, a servant of a different world's Spirit Implement, yes indeed.
Now, let the battle begin.
Here I go.
I'll give you a handicap, indeed.
Bearer of the Shield Spirit Implement.
You can cast all the support magic you have on her, indeed.
A handicap? Yeah, right!
Sadeena!
Got it.
Decipher the laws of nature, and grant me the power to overcome the obstacles before me!
Descent of the Thunder God!
Do you need any support magic?
I'll be fine, indeed.
A barrier of Sakura Emperor's Stone?
I'll make one of our own to neutralize it!
No need for that, yes indeed.
I've set it to allow a certain degree of magic through.
I don't believe you!
Raphtalia!
Do as you like, indeed.
Either way, that emperor can't neutralize the barrier I've created.
I'm sure.
But I don't like this... It's like you're toying with us.
Take this, yes indeed!
Raphtalia-chan!
Meteor Shield!
That was an illusion?
Well done. That illusion deceives the senses themselves, indeed.
Brilliant.
Stardust Blade!
There!
Brave Blade: Mist!
It'll take more than that, yes indeed!
Your defenses are strong.
You know a few tricks.
But this generation's Emperor...
Still lacks knowledge of and skill in illusions, indeed.
Hide Mirage!
If you want a clash of weapons, I'll oblige!
Great Quake, indeed!
What power!
Sasameyuki!
Oh, you saw through me, indeed.
This is a difficult skill to deal with.
Now, I'm warmed up, yes indeed.
Time for me to fight you for real.
Five Elements Emperor Splitter!
Kagura Dance of Sakura: First Formation: Blossom!
Fire conquers metal!
I've made your weapon temporarily unusable, indeed.
That skill...
You can imitate the Emperor's techniques, I guess.
But if you want to be able to use them for real, you'll have to get better...
or they'll be deflected, indeed.
Applied Hengen Muso, Moon Wave!
Hengen Muso?
I'm surprised you've learned the style of that distant land, indeed.
No...
The idea is worthy of praise.
Now, my turn, indeed!
Is it over?
I'm disappointed.
It seems the true bloodline of the Emperors had ended with this generation, indeed.
Five Elements Emperor Splitter!
Five Elements Emperor Stabber!
Fire conquers metal!
Metal endures the fire!
Your instincts taught you the emperor's power?
Now, let's try this!
Water conquers fire!
Fire... aah!
The transformation!
I'm not done yet!
Wood gives birth to fire!
Yes. Unrefined, but excellent.
I'll show you all I've got, then!
This is an emperor's skill, yes indeed!
I can't bring out my power as strong or as fast as you.
So I'll do what I can as best I can...
Here I go!
Kagura Dance of Sakura: Second Formation!
Ying-Yang Eight Extreme Formations!
One-Part Blooming!
Emperor Splitter!
Five Elements Emperor Stabber!
Five Elements Emperor Splitter!
Spring Sakura Tree!
Kagura Dance of Sakura: Third Formation!
Three-Part Blooming!
So beautiful...
I think I finally understand why Raphtalia's magical talent
is light and darkness.
It's not just to bend the light or hide in the dark.
Wood conquers earth!
Earth conquers water!
Water conquers fire!
Fire conquers metal!
Metal conquers wood!
Kagura Dance of Sakura: Fourth Formation!
Five-Part Blooming!
Six-Part Blooming!
Just like Ying and Yang, her talent contains both light and dark within it,
making her a master of contrasting elements.
You've done well to keep up so far, indeed.
Those powerful chain skills grow more powerful with each strike, I'm sure.
But they're burning through your power in a very short time, indeed.
I know that.
But I won't back down.
Then I'll use my ultimate technique, too!
Emperor Five Elements Full Conquest!
I did it!
I'll resist the Yang power with my Ying and cancel it out!
It will be over in an instant...
Now, if you don't want to die, then come with me!
Emperor Five Elements Full Birth!
Hazy Moon!
Just a little more... even for an instant...
Not yet, yes indeed!
In that one instant...
Illusion Sword!
This is the end.
Well, you did all right.
There's a lot you lack.
But I'll admit you have spirit, indeed.
Perhaps I can entrust things to you... yes, indeed.
You were never using your full strength, were you?
That's not true.
I used the most power I could with this body, indeed.
If you can't surpass me, you're not worthy of being the Pacifier.
Especially if you're working with a wielder of a Spirit Implement, indeed.
Pacifier...
The one whose job it is to stop the heroes?
Otherwise, you won't be able to punish the fools when they appear, indeed.
I pray you remain humble, and work to keep the Q'ten Lo Imperial Bloodline strong.
My nation suffered great harm, but I was able to see something interesting in the end.
Make sure you work hard, and don't let them beat you, indeed.
Now, it's time for the ghosts of the past to fade away, indeed.
Naofumi-sama!
She needs advanced healing.
Filo!
Get her to the Revolutionary Army!
Okay!
Now, all that's left...
Search for our hated foe, Makina!
Capture the Emperor, Ruftmila!
Look!
Raphtalia-sama!
And the Shield Hero is with her!
W-We've won...
We've won!
You're awake.
Naofumi-chan?
How do you feel?
You shouldn't try to move just yet.
That's right. You've been out for two days.
Two days?
What happened after that?
I don't know how much you remember.
Makina was killed by the past Emperor that you summoned with your oracle.
So I was right...
Then the Emperor... Ruftmila-sama?
After the past Emperor and Raphtalia fought,
we went up to his room in the castle…
But he'd been abandoned by Makina and his other men.
He was shivering alone in his room.
When we told him Makina was dead,
he began to act like a real emperor, and offered us his life.
But that would go against the promise that Raphtalia made with you.
She took the title of Emperor from him without killing him.
Of course, we gave him quite a talking-to about his stupid laws.
And we told the Revolutionary Army
that the young emperor was killed and devoured by a Filolial.
Good...
But I won't see him anymore, will I?
I don't know about that.
Shildina!
Ruft!
I mean, Your Majesty!
Shildina, I'm not the Emperor anymore.
She is.
Thank you...
Shildina?
And so the former Emperor, Ruftmila, would hide himself in Lurolona Village.
And Shildina and Sadeena finished things with their family,
and became servants of the new Emperor, Raphtalia.
The post-war cleanup is wrapping up.
Let's leave the rest to them and return to the village.
I'm sure you'll have to come back once in a while to be Emperor, though.
I've chosen this path.
I'll make sure it's successful.
Being your blade, Naofumi-sama, and being the Emperor.
Okay.
What about you, Naofumi-sama? What will you do about Siltvelt?
Oh yeah.
After what I said, I need to stop on the way back and give them a parade or something.
And then it's time to battle the Phoenix.
And when it's defeated, another Guardian Beast awaits.
And when that's done, the Waves will return.
We'll be busy, won't we?
Yeah.
Do you think this is what my mother and father wanted to see?
Yeah.
I'm sure it was.
W-Wait, Spear Hero...
No, Motoyasu-sama!
Oink?
I have not the slightest idea what you're saying!
Air Strike Javelin!
You, pig, were probably a threat to my father-in-law! But now you're dead!
Let's go, everyone!
Oh, I forgot to destroy her soul.
Well, I can just do it next time!
The Rising of the Shield Hero