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Fire!

The planet has... died...

Back off!

Dhianeila-sama!

Over and over again I wish on the dazzling star far away

Wandering heartbeats, gravitation, the story of their attraction

When did it begin? No one knows the end of it

It's not a trick or an illusion, it's a current that I can't swim against

(Dark!)

The monster that lives in the darkness

(Blight!)

As if I were easily getting swallowed into it

(I seek a hero!)

I awake as I truly am

If God says conflicts and life's old dreams go hand in hand

I'm looking for you even if it means ripping my body apart

With a flower held to my heart, no one can stop this heartbeat now that it's begun

We're destined to come in contact

The spatiotemporal gap has disappeared. Confirming return to normal space.

No errors detected in the navigation control system.

Vital signs have dropped to an abnormal level. No external injuries.

Extreme physical and psychic exhaustion.

We must restore her physical strength with the Dettmer Method first.

Yes, ma'am.

What's the matter?

He's confused.

What happened?

They're escaping...

I don't understand!

No sign of enemies detected within the search range.

Don't let your guard down.

Is the ship course from here ready yet?

It's going to take approximately 70 hours before the calculation is completed, Master.

There's no Argonaut without the princess, huh?

--Captain. --Princess?

Move... forward... I will...

Receiving a message via the psycholine. Beginning analysis.

Captain.

Aneasha, how's the princess?

It seems that her exhaustion level has reached the limit, but it's not life-threatening.

I see.

But I'm not sure if she's able to lead us in her current condition...

She's already done enough.

--What? --Please take care of the princess.

Y-Yes, sir.

Dhianeila-sama...

Determine the ship's course according to the analysis results for that data.

As soon as we detect the Azz-Azoth Fleet, send them the same data.

Course confirmed. Navigation program ready to execute anytime.

Move out!

Pearl Core's output power has dropped. The planet will soon be completely destroyed,

and the gravitational field holding the enemy Nodos will disappear along with it.

45 seconds until the remaining fleets completely surround the enemy.

This is going to be very close.

All units attack as soon as it's surrounded.

Focus all energy on the enemy Nodos and seal it with the shield.

Use the shield and seal his energy in!

Gravity, vector, traffic, all clear!

What if even a tiny part of the shield were ripped?

Just like a balloon, we'd pop and be finished.

And yet none of the fleets are deserting. Those idiots...

Do you want them to desert?

That'd make it easy for me to give it all up.

There's no way to run... for you and that monster.

10 seconds until it's completely surrounded!

Karkinos!

At this rate, Karkinos will...

If I go, I'll be able to defeat him. I can defeat the fifth--

No.

You must not leave this planet, Yuty.

Five seconds until it's completely surrounded!

4... 3... 2... 1 ...

Mehitak!

A spatiotemporal gap has appeared!

--It's gone... --Cease fire! Cease fire!

A-All fleets, cease fire!

Where is it?

A high-energy source has appeared. It's outside of the trap.

It's going back the way it came.

Did it run away? That monster...

Mehitak has left the battleground.

Because Yuty ordered him to head to where the fifth Nodos is.

She's going to make Mehitak fight the fifth Nodos?

But Mehitak doesn't want to fight anymore.

Karkinos...

Mehitak...

Prome O-sama!

Go, Lecty. They need your help.

I'm sure both Yuty and Rom Ror will allow that as well.

Nodos... We don't even know a thing about the true meaning of the agreements...

Gravitational disturbance detected on the ship's course.

An enemy?

No sign of the enemy in the Defense Identification Zone.

According to the analysis results--

We're receiving a signal asking us for the codes!

That's a camouflaged human starway!

Once you've reconfirmed that no enemies are pursuing us, send our codes!

No enemies detected in the warning range!

Lifting the obel barrier!

Entering Argonaut I.D. code S. Entering I.D. code P. Entering I.D. code F.

Entrance code check complete.

Defense I.D. Zone search complete as scheduled.

Responding to their request for our codes.

The camouflage created by the gravitational disturbance has been released.

It's a starway to the human Lebensraum!

Just in case, camouflage us again as you navigate,

so that the enemy forces won't see us.

Stay on your toes. You never know what's going to happen.

Calculating the scheduled ship course.

If we proceed at cruising speed, we will be arriving at home within 600 hours.

I guess we managed to come home alive.

Raise the Astral Sail on Matrix B. Output power 60%, angle 15.

All sails down.

Dimension ripper, activate!

Currently, we're navigating the starway to humankind's realm.

I want everyone to get on the ball and give your full attention to everything you do,

so that we can proceed along our final course safely.

We'll continue to stay on the emergency control system.

Stay prepared to intercept the enemy.

I thought you were with the princess.

Her condition is stable.

You should be happy. How can the rest of the crew be happy when you look that way?

Give me a break... If we're the only ones who get to go home, what's the point?

Age will definitely come back.

Hurry, we might get attacked by the enemy again!

Recovery of survivors almost complete.

Keep checking for them.

We made it out of the fight against the Nodos alive...

Did the Argonaut's luck rub off on us?

Mehitak...

Many died... I killed another planet...

Someone else has received a request for their codes.

It's... the Azz-Azoth Fleet!

So they've made it!

Bee, they aren't lost, are they?

They're trailing us, and they're 50 hours behind us.

All right.

How's our Nodos doing?

None of our searches have picked him up, Master...

I see.

The enemy isn't coming, you know. Or are you waiting for someone else?

Stop sleeping in a place like this. Just go back to your room.

It doesn't make any difference where I sleep.

I don't need it. Don't waste your power.

Waste, huh?

The princess hasn't awoken yet?

It's the dormancy response. It's characteristic of telepaths.

We've been taking all possible measures to ensure that her vital activity is okay.

--I see. --Yeah.

How unsightly you are, Karkinos.

The ones who couldn't make it home alive, huh?

Receiving the fleet's rendezvous signal.

It's the Azz-Azoth Fleet!

We've lost many... Both men and ships. Less than 40% of us will get to go home together...

And the dead who left bodies behind with us are the lucky ones.

Most of my subordinates are wandering in the cold of space even now, and will do so forever.

Our princess says that the stars will guide those souls to where they belong.

Her words alone sound like guidance.

So whatever happened to the "hope" you were talking about?

He hasn't turned up yet.

I wouldn't want to think so many sacrificed their lives for nothing.

Seriously, where is he?

I bet Age is starving.

Hurry up and come back, Age...

Please, Captain! Give us your permission!

No. Not only will the enemy kill all of you if they find you,

you could also give them a chance to detect the camouflaged starway!

But Age is worth more than that!

As the princess remains asleep,

there's no guarantee that he will be able to properly follow this ship!

Then wait until the princess wakes up!

What if he gets so far behind us, even the princess' power can't do anything about it?

Our journey, and all the battles that we've fought so far,

will mean absolutely nothing, Father!

Shut up, Iolaous!

No, I won't! I--

Let us stay on the course.

Princess...

That's what Age wants us to do.

The path we travel shall become the path to meeting up with him.

Captain! We've reached the monitoring range of the planet Dewey.

Put it on all the screens in the ship.

So we have returned...

There's an object approaching us at high speed!

Is that the enemy?

Don't tell me we've been followed!

It's a beautiful planet.

It's Dewey... my home planet.

Although I have known you for a long time

I never dreamed these feelings would sprout

And I would fall in love with you

Casually going home, as I look at the stars in the night sky

I take the long way on purpose and lean on your shoulder as we walk

You tell me you think we can overcome anything as long as we stay together

I think as I look into your forthright eyes

That I love you

A solitary battle is about to begin in the shadow of humankind's hospitable reception.

Next time on Heroic Age, Episode 10: "The Solitary Hero."