Lightning, pierce the foes that stand before me!
All Drifa Chain Lightning!
That's most of them.
Yup!
Are we done already?
That's no fun!
What do we do, Naofumi-chan? Help the two of them?
No, from the look of it, I'm pretty sure...
My father fought bravely, believing in his comrades!
And I won't forgive you for the cowardly thing you did to him!
Silence! I'll send you to be with your dad right now!
I still have something I have to do!
I've got to kill a god!
Naofumi-sama!
My...
They're better already?
These guys...
The Rising of the Shield Hero
Episode 5: White Tiger
What's going on?
I keep kicking them, and it doesn't help!
Yeah! They're like zombies!
Zombies?
Did Jaralis do the same modifications to his men that Kyo did?
S-So fast!
My eyes! My eyes!
That's the way, Brother.
What?
Blood... I need more blood.
No... power!
I need more power!
What is he doing?
Devouring his own men...
This isn't a duel anymore, Fohl!
We're joining the fight! Got it?
Let's go!
Right!
Yeah!
High Quick!
Icky, squishy meat! Ew!
The more I eat, the more powerful I become!
Hurry!
Protect the Shield Hero and neutralize the traitor!
What's that?
Is that... Jaralis?
Raphtalia! Fohl! Atla!
Get back! Or it might absorb you, too!
Understood!
As you wish, Naofumi-sama!
All of you, too! Don't take another step!
Brother!
I am supreme!
My power now surpasses a god's!
With it, I shall conquer the whole world!
Jaralis! I'm killing you here! I'm getting revenge for my father!
Fohl!
He's...
Grant Your Power to the Target to Make Them Transform?
Fohl, are you prepared to get even stronger?
Yes, of course!
For Atla's sake, and more than anything, for my own...
I want to be strong enough to beat him!
I see...
Then let's go!
Grant Your Power to the Target to Make Them Transform?
What?!
Brother!
Naofumi-sama! What is this?
This is a divine miracle!
The legends were true!
The power is incredible...
Is this really... me?
You can't... no!
I guess Naofumi-sama's skill let Fohl transform into a beast, too.
So it seems.
This... it's giving a buff to all his statuses!
He's far more powerful than Filo... even stronger than Raphtalia!
But there's a time limit, huh?
Fohl! Hurry up and crush him!
No matter what blessings the Shield Hero gives you, it won't help!
I will destroy the old god!
And I will build a new divine myth!
What?!
You're too slow. Is this some kind of joke?
You cheated to get stronger, and you think it makes you special...
You don't have the right to say that, you disgusting monster.
Monster? You call me a monster?
Impossible. I am like a god...
No! I'm... a monster?!
No! No!
This...
This can't be! It can't be!
Atla?!
Brother! Focus your power on a single point and break through!
Got it, Atla!
Don't fall off!
That's an ancient white tiger technique...
The Tiger Tyrant Strike?!
Are you watching this, Tyran-sama? Lucia-sama?
Impossible!
Taking that drug was supposed to make me the most powerful beastman!
They... They tricked me!
We did it! We defeated the traitor!
Fohl, your body...
Fohl-sama! Atla-sama!
You did it...
You finally got revenge!
Father... I avenged you...
Huh? Brother? Are you okay? Brother!
Atla-san, I think the first thing you need to do is get off him.
Why?
Because you're crushing him.
He can't possibly be that weak.
Wow, Fohl-kun's all squished!
My!
And the day after..
A search began for whoever it was that gave that drug to Jaralis
and talked him into committing treason.
But they seem to have vanished when Jaralis was defeated.
Instead, it was decided that we'd investigate the drug.
I called Rat to help.
This is going to be worth looking into.
I apologize once again for our harsh words towards the white tigers.
You are true people of Siltvelt, and we give you the highest respect we can.
So? We did win the duel, so...
Yes.
But the duel no longer matters.
Huh?
There's an ancient legend
that says that the one who can reveal the true form of the people of Siltvelt is
"The Hero of the Time to Come."
All will be arranged as you say.
The ship to Q'ten Lo has been arranged.
It will be ready in two days.
Please enjoy your time in Siltvelt until then.
Why don't you take a tour of the castle town yourself?
I'm so happy for both of you.
Yeah...
But what makes me happiest was that I was able to restore my father's good name.
And I can finally get out of that damn castle.
Hero!
Werner-san and the others were saying something about a big parade...
Raph-chan is so cute!
Fohl-sama!
We can do that once things with Q'ten Lo and the Phoenix are settled.
More importantly, Fohl.
You had somewhere you wanted to go, right?
Is it okay?
Someplace he wanted to go?
This is our parents' grave, isn't it?
Their parents' graves were scheduled to be moved
now that their honor was restored.
But Fohl refused.
He said that the two of them would want to stay here.
Fohl's sudden growth is just something that happens to demi-humans, I think...
But his becoming a beastman, and then a beast...
And more than anything, his defeating the powerful foe that slew his parents
was the greatest cause.
Atla was extremely jealous, but...
Fohl-sama, Atla-sama...
There's another place I'd like to take you.
Their parents' home?
Fohl-sama sold it to pay for Atla-sama's medical treatment after their parents' death.
I'm sorry, Atla.
Brother, you shouldn't say that.
But the new owner heard what happened, and would like to return it to you.
Huh? That's rather kind of them.
It was someone close to my father who bought it.
They paid a lot for it, too...
I see.
The road was all bumpy!
We made it...
So, which of these is your house?
It's not the really big one, is it?
It is, actually.
Seriously?
It's huge.
And somebody put a lot of thought into how it was built.
Those windows are like shoji, but somehow different.
Shoji?
It all seems kind of Chinese.
Master!
The tiger's got no eyes!
Oh yeah, we sold anything worth money.
Even when you were a rich kid, you still had it rough, huh?
Shut up.
This is my dad's study...
They left it like it was, too?
I've got so many memories here...
A changing room.
There used to be traditional white tiger clothing here...
But this is...
Didn't you sell this?
Yes, so why?
You don't suppose they gave it back?
From my perspective, I was only pawning it all off.
I plan to make enough money to buy it all back.
That's good to hear.
Remember, you still owe me money, too.
Aw, Naofumi-sama!
Atla-chan, why not try it on?
Huh? If I wear it,
I'll be attractive like you were in your miko outfit, right, Raphtalia-san?
Am I only attractive in my miko outfit?
Who knows?
I'm going to check out the kitchen.
If we're staying here, I want to start cooking.
Come on, I'm going to change.
You need to leave the room, Brother.
Atla?
Raphtalia, help her change.
A-Atla...!
All right.
I'll come to show off my fancy outfit later!
Bye!
The cooking tools have been well-maintained, too.
We can use this.
Now we just need ingredients...
Shield Hero.
Would you please let me make tonight's dinner?
Atla doesn't remember much about her life here.
Or her mom and dad...
So I want to at least let her try the meals that Mom used to make.
Mom's home cooking, huh?
I've never had anything like it, but it's good.
I see.
Are you going to wear that?
Do you like it?
There were some for Brother, too. I'll get them ready.
Fohl...
Can I try something?
What do you think?
Hmm...
What's missing?
Not enough sweetness or tang, and the flavoring's a little off... maybe.
It was more of a gentle scent that you could feel in the back of your nose.
If we were going to make something like that with these seasonings...
Th-This is...
Wow, it looks delicious!
It's a little unusual, but it smells good!
Siltvelt home cooking!
I bet it would go great with some local booze!
That's all you think about, isn't it?
Atla, Fohl worked hard to make this for you.
You'd better eat it all up.
No! I didn't do that much.
You helped.
All right.
Thank you, Brother.
Now, let's eat.
Let's eat!
Yes, this is good.
It has a nice ethnic flair.
It's better than the food at the castle!
It's great.
Atla, try those stewed potatoes again.
Huh? Okay.
Wh-What do you think?
It's good...
This flavor... I like the way it tastes.
Mom used to make this all the time.
She did?
It smells a little different than what you made before.
I used a few Melromarc spices.
That's all it takes to change the flavor this much, huh?
It felt like if your mother was a human, these are what she would've used.
I still can't believe she figured it out so fast.
This dish combines both demi-human cooking and human cooking.
It's like the two of you.
I see...
This is what Mom and Dad used to make...
Naofumi-sama, Brother... would you please teach me to make this, too?
I want to try making it.
S-Sure!
That's right. Mom would've loved that!
And so we spent time at Fohl and Atla's old home.
Brother!
And at last...
The ship was finally almost ready.
Take care of that, too!
Naofumi-sama!
Yeah, we need to head back to the village.
To decide who's going to Q'ten Lo...
Episode 6: Leaving Port