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The Final Land

[wind howling]

[grunting]

[Yukiharu] The information about
the True Demon King that Okahu is hiding…

It will surely be a national scandal,
just like you.

Nobody takes photos in this world,
do they?

Then maybe a part of the corpse will do.

-[Yukiharu] No. This isn't it.
-[resident sobbing] Help… Help me…

-Please help me.
-[Yukiharu] A part of the corpse.

-[companion] Yukiharu, I can't see…
-[Yukiharu] Just one part would be fine.

…but could it be
that you've been stabbed?

-[Yukiharu] Ah, you're right.
-[♪ uneasy music playing]

-[resident whimpers] Please. Help me.
-[chuckles] This is amazing.

Am I feeling fear?

I'd lost myself to curiosity and fear.

-I ate my husband…
-[Yukiharu laughing]

Oh, ma'am. Come on now.
Look what you've done.

-[resident gasping]
-[companion] Yukiharu!

[yelps]

[Yukiharu] You're in the way.

In the way.

You're in the way!
In the way of my investigation!

-You're in the way!
-[squelches]

[Yukiharu panting]

All right. That's calmed me down.

[companion] Hey…

I might not be the one to say this,
but you're really not okay, are you?

[chuckles] Maybe not.

But either way,
you and I are in this together.

We're seeing this through to the end.

[companion] Right.

I'll stick with you
at least until you die.

[chuckles] Thanks, that helps.

Until I find out the truth,

-I'll push through the fear.
-[objects clattering]

[♪ theme music playing]

ISHURA

Episode 23
Hiroto the Paradox

Hey, Twilight Diver.

We meet again.

[chuckles] Hey there, merchant…

-[guns rattle, cock]
-Huh?

Find anything good?

From the looks of it…

[Yukiharu]
Couldn't mobilize a large unit, huh?

Nofelt's unit is in Arimo Village,
after all.

I've got nothing against you,
so sorry about this.

[chuckles] But there is someone…

Someone who can mobilize a large unit.

-[whooshes]
-[gasps]

[exclaims]

-[mercenaries exclaiming]
-[mercenary] What's happening?

[exclaiming continues]

Ever since the Demon King Army
was purged from the Ranna Farmlands,

Nofelt's authority alone
hasn't been enough for intervention.

[confused, shaky breathing]

What's the meaning of this?
Rique the Misfortune!

-That's my line.
-[♪ suspenseful music playing]

My contract with Okahu

was under the condition of protecting
the recovered Demon King Army.

[Rique] Since you tried to kill
the Twilight Diver,

we can't know that you won't do the same
to the Demon King Army you've captured.

[grunts]

Did you find out there are units like ours
from the Twilight Diver?

No, it was through
the One Thousand and First.

[Zigita Zogi] Rique.

I don't think you needed
to answer that so honestly.

[Yukiharu] The One Thousand and First…

He was my client, you see.

Hmm. Well done, Master Yukiharu.

[Zigita Zogi]
Leverage for negotiations with Okahu…

With this move, everything is in place.

The Free City of Okahu, Central Stronghold

So I've finally gotten to meet you,
Hiroto the Paradox.

It's an honor to be remembered.

I too, had been looking forward
to the day we'd meet, Morio Ariyama.

[scoffs]

Did you think I wouldn't know
who was supplying weapons

to Kazuki the Black Tone?

[Hiroto] Indeed. If I hadn't provided
guns and logistics support,

Kazuki Mizumura might have given up
on conquering Okahu.

However, if that had happened,
Aureatia would have tried something else.

[sighs]

I know that.

[Morio] They must find our existence
quite bothersome by now.

Aureatia now considers Okahu
their primary threat.

This time, Aureatia's army
will surely make its move.

With their current forces,
Okahu will be defeated.

The only reinforcement
that can prevent that is your army.

No matter how things turn out,

it will all go according to your plan,
won't it?

Of course,
I always act for my own benefit.

However, when I say my benefit,

that also includes
the benefit of my allies.

[Morio] Specifically?

[Hiroto]
Now it's your turn to be the seller.

The mercenaries
of the Free City of Okahu…

I'll hire them all.

Don't tell me…

You're planning to buy the city?

I have plans to not lose a single soldier
in the war with Aureatia,

and to advance
post-war negotiations advantageously.

Furthermore,

I can provide a battlefield
where your soldiers ought to fight.

Sorry, but I can't believe this so easily.

Besides…

should your negotiating leverage
become public knowledge,

everything would crumble.

[Hiroto] That's right.

[Morio] Are you someone
we can trust with our lives?

I want proof of that.

Indeed.

What kind of power I possess…

What I have accomplished…

[Hiroto]
Perhaps the day has come to show you.

-I will overcome…
-[indistinct chatter]

…of every mercenary in this city.

Are you sane?

Of course, I won't harm your soldiers.

After all, we're about to become allies.

[footsteps]

It's not a weapon.

[guard] Huh?

Would you like to check again?

No.

More importantly,
what do you plan to do at the watchtower?

[chuckles]

Do I look like I'm going to start sniping?

[Hiroto clears throat on megaphone]

[citizens exclaim]

Ah… Ah…

[Hiroto clears throat]

[Hiroto] People of the Free City of Okahu.

-[citizen 1] It's that guy.
-We probably shouldn't hurt him, right?

Not unless he does something.

[citizen 2]
They say he's talking about beating us.

The visitor, Hiroto the Paradox.

Pleased to meet you.

[Hiroto] I have stayed
in this Free City of Okahu for three days.

And as someone
who knows the Distant World,

I was amazed by its excellence.

In this city,
there is no discrimination between races.

Even in the Distant World, fellow minians
fought and quarreled with each other.

Here, minian races and monstrous races
live together and fight as comrades.

This city has a natural form of order.

-[citizens exclaiming, murmuring]
-Well, how about Aureatia?

Is their old-fashioned minian supremacy
the appropriate governance

for this world where everyone
can communicate through Word Arts?

Neft the Nirvana, of the First Party,
was a lycan.

He is now forced into seclusion
in the Gokashe Sand Sea.

Do the people of Aureatia ever mention

the name of the First Party's
Lumelly the Poisoned Ground?

Though she is an elf,
she is a great champion.

[soft grunt]

I too, am a minia.

Some of you may question
whether I have the right to speak about

the coexistence and co-prosperity
of multiple races.

"What is he suddenly talking about?"

"Perhaps he is an idiot who mistook
this place for a church confessional?"

-[citizens chuckling]
-That's what you must be thinking.

[giggles]

Some of you might have heard my name
in relation to the trading of new guns.

-[guard exclaims] Hey…
-Do you know where these guns are made?

[Hiroto] Aureatia? Nagan Labyrinth City?
Or perhaps the Hakeena Microregion?

None of these places.

The guns I produced
are not made on this continent.

The Distant World, perhaps?
That's not it either.

-[citizen 1] Is that so?
-[citizen 2] Then who…

[citizen 3] In that case…

Yes. With this, I shall introduce myself.

I am Hiroto the Paradox.

Over 69 years,
I created the Third Otherworld.

A world unknown to you all.

-[citizens murmuring]
-[Hiroto] At the edge of this world,

beyond the seas…

What I created was a nation of goblins.

Behold!

These are my companions!

[♪ dramatic music playing]

-[citizens exclaim]
-[citizen 1] Goblins?

[citizen 2] I thought they went extinct?

-[citizens murmuring]
-[Hiroto] Can you all believe it?

That goblins, considered inferior,

could possess civilization
capable of producing guns.

That they could form a nation and coexist
with someone of a minian race like myself.

As people of Okahu, you know,

that monstrous races
and minian races can coexist.

And above all, you too have entrusted
your lives to and been saved

by weapons made by goblin hands
many times.

You have already seen the evidence
with your own eyes.

Let me say it again.

This Free City of Okahu
is a wonderful city.

But now, Aureatia threatens this land.

The order of co-prosperity
that Lord Morio built is about to be lost.

That's why I want to help you.

For profit? Yes!
For self-preservation? Yes!

I have no intention
of speaking about pure ideals or peace.

But I can promise you results.

Just as I once saved the goblins
who were expelled from the horizon,

I will save every one of you.

This Hiroto the Paradox,
and the great goblin army,

are on your side!

Put down the megaphone.

Understood.

It's a bit heavy, would you take it?

[Morio] Hmm?

I hereby

pledge friendship to Okahu!

[citizens cheering]

Darn you.

As I said at the beginning,

I won't let you suffer any losses.

[Hiroto] People of the Free City of Okahu,

I have given my word to Lord Morio,

that if I win, my army, my weapons and I
will become your strength,

and that I promise you even greater
civilization and development than before.

[excited shouts]

Please help me,
Hiroto the Paradox, to win!

[citizens cheering]

[sharp inhale] For me,
and above all, for your victory!

For Lord Morio's victory!

Trust in me, Hiroto the Paradox.

Help me win!

-[cheers and applause]
-[♪ music fades]

[Morio] So this was your aim?

Yes.

I was able to overcome everyone here.

And I have no choice
but to team up with you now, right?

So?

Not hurting my soldiers…
Advantageous post-war negotiations…

You must have a plan for victory?

[Hiroto] Of course, we'll use
the Old Kingdom Loyalists of Toghie City.

You plan to team up with them?

No.

[Morio] Hmm?

Pleased to meet you, Lord Morio.

-[Morio] A goblin?
-[Hiroto] Allow me to introduce him.

This is Zigita Zogi
the One Thousand and First.

My most trusted advisor.

Is everything arranged?

Of course.

Now we just wait for them to make a move.

[Hiroto] Right.

We can bring about total annihilation
at any time.

[chuckles]

ISHURA

New Continent: A new land that lies
beyond the sea, unknown in this continent.

After the defeat
of Gilnes the Battering Ram

A few days before

Northern Plains of Imag

[soldier 1] Word has it
that the Old Kingdom's army in Toghie City

-is still growing under General Gilnes.
-[♪ soft suspenseful music playing]

With the forest below the plateau
separating us,

our forces are in a stalemate
with the enemy frontline

commanded by Caneeya the Fruit Trimming.

The scout unit attempted
to break through the forest,

but three were killed in action.

It appears skilled guerrilla fighters
are lying in ambush.

[general 1] Reinforcements?

None so far…

The Ninth General, Yaniegiz the Chisel,
remains withdrawn to Imag City.

[general 1] This is unacceptable.

Is nobody willing
to deal with real problems?

All they do is spout nonsense
about Heroes and champions.

Incoming report!

An army believed to be
from the Free City of Okahu

-is advancing toward our position!
-[soldiers gasp]

-Okahu, you say?
-[soldier 2] A force size of 2,000!

They're currently marching
along the Kamike Highway!

-[soldiers gasp]
-Those darn mercenaries…

Are they planning to join forces
with the Old Kingdom Loyalists?

Summon all unit commanders immediately!

We're returning to Imag City.

[soldier 1]
A-Are we abandoning this position?

We'll be left high and dry
if we lose our connection to Imag City!

[♪ music fades]

[general 2] I see. Okahu, huh…

[soldier 1]
But what could the Okahu army be after?

Perhaps they plan to join our side,

bringing the defeat
of the Aureatian army as a gift.

[general 2] Either way, we can use this.

[soldier 2] If the enemy is moving now,
then now is also the time for us to move.

Right. We'll strike
the retreating Aureatian army from behind

as they escape through the forest.

The enemy hasn't noticed
the secret route we carved out.

Let's go.

General Gilnes will surely be pleased.

I will prove that there are no ambushers.

-Follow the cavalry!
-[horses neighing]

-[soldiers shouting]
-[♪ suspenseful music playing]

Come on then, Twenty-Fourth General Dant!
Give me your head!

[general 2]
Everything is working in our favor.

As if it were made to order.

A great victory!

-[loud crash]
-[exclaims]

[general 2 gasps]

[soldiers exclaiming, screaming]

Commander Caneeya!

-Commander Caneeya! This way!
-[Caneeya grunts]

Did they cut down the canal embankment?

There was no indication

that the Aureatian army
would make such a move…

[soldiers whimpering]

[soldiers panting]

-[gunshot]
-[chokes]

[soldiers groaning]

[groaning continues]

-[Caneeya gasps, exclaims]
-Commander Caneeya, what's that?

[♪ ominous music playing]

Is that…

Everyone has the potential
to be a champion within their body.

[Ozonezma] That man's ankle tendons
possess remarkable explosive power, but…

His body is not suited for archery.

-Let's take him down.
-[soldiers] Yes, ma'am!

[Ozonezma]
I regret that you see me as hostile.

All the same, in the end.

Let me tell you my name.

[flesh ripping]

[all gasp]

I am Ozonezma.

A chimera.

What's the meaning of this…

Hiroto the Paradox!

It's an honor to meet you, Lord Dant.

[Hiroto]
I have come to be of assistance to you.

Are you saying I should be indebted to you
for intervening and helping in the war?

[Hiroto] My lord…

Given the current situation,

Aureatia will think
that you negotiated with Okahu

and used mercenaries as reinforcements
without permission.

[angry grunt] That must be something
you people orchestrated!

[Hiroto] This isn't about facts.

I'm talking about whether or not
there's room for interpretation.

[Dant grunts angrily]

The other general of the army
in the north…

General Yaniegiz,
will he not take to the frontlines?

That is…

[Hiroto] The reformist faction
planning the Royal Games

probably orchestrated this deployment.

Since you're part of the Queen's faction
that opposes reform via a Hero…

[angry grunt]

…it would be extremely easy
for the reformist faction to set you up.

We want to be of help
to Her Majesty the Queen

and yourself, Lord Dant.

[Hiroto] His name is Zigita Zogi.

The movement of the Old Kingdom's army
through the forest was his idea.

Caneeya the Fruit Trimming
merely executed that idea.

The more you think
you came up with something yourself,

the easier it is to fall into a trap.

[Zigita Zogi snickering]

[Hiroto] What do you think?

Your army is unharmed.

Okahu's army is with you.

As well as our goblin army.

I can lend you all of it.

[gasps]

Are you inciting rebellion?

I'm not shameless enough
to sell out Aureatia!

I have no intention
of triggering civil war!

[Hiroto] In that case, I can prepare
a path that's neither of those.

A path where Okahu's army is disbanded
and comes under Aureatia's umbrella.

And what the hell do you gain from this?

[Hiroto]
The Twenty-Nine Officials of Aureatia

-are gathering Heroes, aren't they?
-[Dant exclaims]

What if there wasn't just one Hero?

What if someone
who could move great armies

claimed to have defeated
the True Demon King?

Don't you know
the power of the True Demon King?

-[people screaming]
-[Dant] In its presence,

the more people gather,
the more they kill each other in madness.

A Hero can only be an individual!

I'm talking about whether or not
there's room for interpretation.

If there was a nation behind the Hero,

could that nation be considered
an enemy to Aureatia?

[Dant] So your goal is the Royal Games…

[Hiroto] We'll take two slots.

Two slots?

[all exclaim]

[Ozonezma] Hiroto. Are you not done yet?

I have already taken care of my end.

You're always helpful, Ozonezma.

I'm not helping you.

We are merely in an equal partnership.

Two slots.

[Hiroto] Have yourself and someone pliable
from the Twenty-Nine Officials

handle the recommendations.

They are…

my Hero candidates.

Tactician. Goblin.
Zigita Zogi the One Thousand and First

[♪ dramatic choral music playing]

Medic. Chimera. Ozonezma the Capricious

[Dant] Just what the hell are you,
Hiroto the Paradox?

That's for you all to decide.

[narrator] He is the one who strips away
free will from his audience,

possessing a talent
for speech and negotiation

that deviates from worldly norms.

The one who understands the hearts
of his enemies with a single glance,

knowing everything they desire and fear.

The one who created an unknown nation

that developed further
than even minian civilization.

He is a cultural invader,

who warps all the old principles
using logic from another world.

He is a statesman. He is a minia.
He is Hiroto the Paradox.

[♪ closing theme music playing]

[Morio] To think you'd even secure slots
for the Royal Games…

Everything went
according to your plans, huh?

From the moment
I obtained leverage to use against you,

the outcome was already decided.

Morio Ariyama,

you continued to conceal information
about the True Demon King.

You feared the Final Land
more than anyone else.

That's because…

you knew, didn't you?

The identity of the True Demon King.

Translated by Zak

Next: Episode 24
Shiki, Enemy of All