Original subtitles

♪

[FINN] So, the tower's push for perfection led to this.

The world's smallest, yet greatest hope.

[MERCEDES] The Doomsday Clock must be mistaken.

Just look at him.

He's like a twig that might snap at any moment.

At least the Celestial Stairway is sealed.

That will afford us some respite.

A short and sweet interlude

before the Celestial Host makes its grand appearance

and lays waste to everything.

During that respite, I will see to many wands.

Whereas you shall see to one, lone sword.

[baby crying]

[FINN] You're sure this is what you want, Mercedes?

[MERCEDES] You keep asking, but my answer's resolute.

[baby crying]

[MERCEDES] All of this falls within the terms

you set before me.

This is our pact, yes?

You'll successfully produce a wielder of the fifth element.

And this time, you must find the key

that will tune our world.

Yes, I won't fail. As we agreed.

[baby crying]

[FINN] By the geas I've sworn to,

I will find the wand and sword and protect this world.

[FINN] I made it.

Despite all the twists and turns, I'm still standing.

Will the musical we hoped for finally begin?

Or is this thing going to be a tragedy?

Might even turn out as a sidesplitting comedy.

Let's see it.

Which way will our pact lead now?

Inquiring minds would like to know.

[♪ opening theme song playing]

[all gasping]

-That attack was... -...Impossible.

[all gasping]

By the forge...

What could be happening now?

[Riley coughs]

[Riley exclaims]

[IRIS] That light...

It's blazing through the city,

eviscerating every monster in its path.

♪

Fly, Halcon!

[screeching]

[monster growling]

[Sion grunts]

[COLETTE] Sion!

[Sion panting]

[Sion grunting]

You have to back down! Hurry!

[SION] No. Never.

I'm not budging!

If it were the laggard,

he'd see it through to the end!

He's the bravest of us all!

Yet somehow he's still a damn coward, too!

And I refuse to let him beat me! Today or any other day!

[WILL] You're wrong, Sion.

I was jealous. I was bitter.

I was desperate.

I spent my life trying to catch up to you wands,

like a selfish, dejected loser.

But that all changes...

right now.

♪

[WILL] I will be like a lone sword!

[monster growling]

That's... Will.

The laggard?

But how?

♪

[monster growling]

[MAN 1] The Devander has reached Central Flos!

[MAN 2] Come on! We have to leave!

Boil and bubble, Keridos Aqualuum!

[monster growls, groans]

[CALDRON] That forestalled an incursion into the academy.

But for how long?

Headmistress! Please, evacuate!

[CALDRON] We stay right here!

[CALDRON] My word...

♪

[monster growls]

Round two.

[monster growls]

Jeez. Was that an explosion?

It's at the city's heart.

[JULIUS] He's fighting it? By himself?

[LIHANNA] Will...

[WIGNALL] He's just ahead. [grunts]

Wait! You're going?

Not you, too!

[yells] Really? Stop and think about it!

Some of us only have a crumb of magic energy left, you know?

[RILEY] Mommy, come on!

-[both gasp] -[MAGE] Those crashing sounds.

[EDWARD] Serfort! Don't tell me that's you!

[EMMA] He would make a stand?

-Against that monster? -[monster growling]

♪

[ZEO] Huh.

And what's this?

It's Will.

[Will grunts]

[Clairie groans]

[CLAIRIE] Huh?

It's that boy.

He was overwhelmed before,

yet now they're evenly matched.

Huh?

-Ed! -[EDWARD] Uh?

Serah, are you all right?

[Clairie grunts] Owie!

[EDWARD] I'm shocked you're alive.

Quite the feat given your appalling luck.

[CLAIRIE] Oh, stuff it!

[coughs]

More importantly, Edward, who's that swordsman?

Somehow, I know you know. Tell me!

What's happening? Can you tell who's winning?

I could if they were slower.

-[JORUA] But he's not losing! -[monster growls]

Let's get out there and provide support! [grunts]

No. Don't.

Why not?

Our magic doesn't work on the creatures wielding swords.

If we go down and try to help,

we're just gonna get in his way.

[Emma grunts]

[LUNICE] Palm's right, so don't brush him off.

Magic's worthless in this fight.

And besides,

you recognize that kid, don't you?

It's the same kid we always laugh at,

who we ridicule.

After everything we've said and done,

you really think he wants our help?

[Lyril grunts softly]

But he saved us! In fact, he's still saving us!

He's fighting, even though he could die!

[GORDON] Maybe I just wanna feel useful.

Needed!

[LYRIL] Think! We have to do something!

[shouts] Go!

♪

[Sion shouts] Kill it! Come on, Laggard!

I know you can win!

-[Colette screams] Will! -[Kiki yells]

-You can do it! -[Kiki screeches]

Don't let it best you!

Steady! Concentrate!

We've been through enough! End it now!

[all shouting indistinctly]

[BOTH] Julius.

[BOTH] Sion.

[ALL] We believe in you!

[ALL] We all believe in you!

[shouts] Fight!

[shouts] Keep going!

You've got this!

Please, Will!

Take it down, once and for all!

Parry it!

Strike it back!

[CLAIRIE] Ed!

He can't use magic!

This shouldn't be left to him! [grunts]

I swear, Ed, you never change.

Look, he's out holding his own.

Now's the time to trust your student, not protect him.

Bash its head!

Wallop the damn thing!

Please, win!

[ICE MAGE] Please, win. Please!

[IRIS] Rigarden, the nexus of the magical world,

is cheering on a no-talent with no magic power.

How can this be?

[monster growling]

[WILL] I've been miserable for so long.

Hurt for so long.

I've been disdained,

mocked without mercy.

There were times I hated the world right back.

And yet, somewhere deep down...

I wanted to be accepted!

I've wished for it all this time!

[all shouting, cheering indistinctly]

[WILL] They're cheering for me. Which may never happen again.

But right now, the people of this world

are giving me the courage to fight!

And I want to protect them!

Each and every one!

[Will yelling]

[Elfaria gasps]

Lady Elfaria?

♪

[Will yelling]

You've gotta be kidding!

[IRIS] Will may be stronger, but his blade couldn't stand it!

[WIGNALL] Not good.

[LIHANNA] Without a weapon, he's at a loss.

[Will grunts]

[SARISSA] Where do you think you're going?

Surely not beyond the tower walls.

The Magia Vander are to remain here

until further notice.

Departing is not my intent.

I'm simply getting some air and watching from the balcony.

-[Sarissa gasps] -Hey!

[ELFARIA] Ah!

But... I'm afraid my hand slipped.

[all grunting]

[monster growling]

[WILL] Fully charged.

Albis Wis!

Hang on.

He did this against the Grand Duke.

[LIHANNA] Will can infuse his sword

with the spells of others.

But...

Hey! Magic's not effective on that thing!

[COLETTE] No!

[JULIUS] Doesn't matter how strong that spell is.

[WILL] I feel it.

A great power.

A power...

that will make me unstoppable!

[monster growls]

[Will yells]

[monster groaning]

It worked!

[IRIS] A clean hit!

He completely ignored the mage slayer!

[EDWARD] Wis.

[Marze grunts]

What was that?

He cut it straight through!

What kind of logic could explain

how a magic attack shattered a Sleime?

Who does that snotty little upstart

-think he's messing with? -[Will exhales]

[HEADLESS] Seriously?

[Zeo laughs]

Think that kid just became my hero!

[ELLENOR] It isn't magic. That power is...

[CARIOT] The fifth element.

The primeval key that set the world in motion,

as is written in the Lore.

[AARON] So, you've finally found it, Finn.

The wand and sword bound by your vow to the Mage Queen.

[monster growls]

[Will yells]

[monster growls]

-[Will yells] -[monster groans]

[WIGNALL] He's too strong.

[LIHANNA] What a merciless, devastating power. Like hers.

[COLETTE] Albis Vina.

It's almost as if she's there, fighting by Will's side.

[monster groaning]

[MARZE] Now, Headless!

More gates.

They had reserves, too.

[COLETTE] Oh, man! We can't take them all!

[monsters grunting]

[monsters growling]

[ELFARIA] It doesn't matter.

Together, we're unstoppable.

[WILL] Unstoppable.

Overload, Full Burst!

[WILL] El Glace Frosse, Spell Seven!

[WILL AND ELFARIA] Fruzel Cardeneia!

♪

[monster roars]

Enough is enough.

[Will yelling]

-[monster roars] -[Will yells]

[monster groans]

♪

[COLETTE] It's over!

[chuckles]

[chuckles]

[gasps]

[cries]

-[all cheering] -[LYRIL] He did it! He did it!

Kiki, you see your master win?

[Kiki meows]

Now that's the way!

He's done it again.

[Mike sighs]

-[laughter] -Of course I knew he would win!

It's Will!

And that's why I hired him.

[sighs]

Will...

[Finn laughing]

[Finn continues laughing]

Outstanding!

I guess there is hope!

All of the expectations I had were blown to smithereens!

[chuckles]

Sorry to keep you waiting, Mercedes!

It's about time I made good on our bargain!

What? I miscalculated a smidge.

Only waited five hundred years,

but our prolonged prelude has ended at last.

Just you wait, you false sky!

The curtain is rising.

And the tale of wand and sword is about to begin!

The chronicles of Wistoria!

[♪ closing theme song playing]

♪

[WILL] Next time on Wistoria: Wand and Sword,

episode seventeen, "The Day of Departure."