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Where monsters rampage, I'm there to take them down!

Where treasure glitters, I'm there to claim it!

Where an enemy rises to face me, victory will be mine!

Lina Inverse here again.

Zelgadis and I have been fighting Rezo's constant parade of attackers.

And Rezo even resorted to sending a Monster after us!

But who should appear in the middle of that tight battle

But Gourry, our long-lost, supernaturally dense sword swinger!

Whether he bought it or found it I don't know,

but he has the legendary Sword of Light,

which slew the great beast Zanaffar, and cut that Monster right in half!

But I don't think Rezo's gonna give up this easily.

I wonder what he'll try next?

Which brings us to today.

"HELP! Shabranigdo is Reborn!"

Okay, I may have skipped over some stuff...

...but that's basically the whole story.

What, you don't understand? Should I start over again?

Uh, no. I think the situation's pretty clear.

It's just... Good God, you talk a lot!

I do?

Now that we're all up to date, may I ask you a question?

Are you going to give me the Philosopher's Stone now?

Not on your life!

It'd be a waste to have you use it just for your revenge.

- What?! - Gonna start a fight now?

You've as much chance of getting it from us as Rezo does. Right, Lina?

Uh-huh. Of course we can't trust him.

But there's more to this than him just wanting his eyes cured.

What's this Rezo guy up to, really?

Here we go.

And here I go!

We haven't had a decent meal with everything going on.

I've been dreaming about this!

This is what life's all about.

Let's eat!

Keep eating like that and you'll get big.

And I don't mean in your breasts.

Ah, I'm full. Next up, a nice soft bed to sleep in.

Rezo may attack at any time! You shouldn't be so relaxed.

Well, excuse me for wanting to relax a little!

Oh, are you all right?

You okay? You can get hurt running into something that bony.

Hey!

I'm okay.

Oh, good. You watch where you're walking from now on!

Uh-huh. Sorry-

Wha... What the?!

Stone!

He's turned to stone!

Up there!

Rezo's sorcery!

Rezo!

Forgive my absence, dear friends.

What do you want, Red Priest?!

Surely I don't need to tell you.

The Philosopher's Stone.

Sorry, but you're not getting the Stone.

Ah, such hostility towards me. Even though I intend to pay for it.

Oh? And what could be worth the price of the Philosopher's Stone?

What indeed? Well...

The lives of everyone in this village.

Would that be worth it?

What?!

I imagine turning them to stone like this boy would be quite artistic.

- Are you mad?! - That's monstrous!

Feel free to come to my tower if you wish to make a deal with me.

I'm sure Zelgadis can show you the way.

Damn you!

What do we do now, Lina?

We're just going to have to play along with him.

He wouldn't stop here. If we don't go...

...he probably intends to kill people in other villages, too.

- So... - Yeah...

It's like he's taken an infinite number of hostages.

Huh? What's with you guys?

No. It's nothing.

It's getting late. You'd better run along home.

'Kay! See you, miss! Bye-bye!

You really intend to deal with Rezo?

Oh, I don't know what I'll do.

But what's the harm in just talking to him?

He isn't one to listen to reason.

I'm sure.

So, what will you do now? Lina Inverse...

Clear the mind...

Clear the mind and nothing will defeat you. Clear the...

What a mess.

Huh? Oh yeah, I agree perfectly...

Aren't we at Rezo's tower yet?

We should be able to see it soon.

What's it like inside?

It's mostly just empty space up to the top hall.

The tower itself looks to have been built a thousand years ago.

Athousand years ago...

Around the time a part of Shabranigdo was reborn...

...in the War of the Monster's Resurrection.

So it would seem.

There, you can see it now.

That's it?

Yes. That's Rezo's tower.

Rezo's tower...

Rezo! We've come like you told us to!

Why don't you show yourself?

- Rezo! - Another phantom, like before.

I bid you all welcome.

Have you no honor?!

Forgive this form I've taken, but I am occupied at the present.

We brought the Philosopher's Stone

but I'd prefer to give it to you in person.

- And ask you something. - Agreed.

Forgive me, but would you please come to the top of the tower?

That's gonna be a pain to climb.

Quite.

Levitation!

Hang on tight, Gourry. We're going up!

Hey, I can't fall, can I?

Only if you let go.

Hey! You get weird on me and I will drop you!

Are you kidding?! Even I'm not that stupid!

I'm falling!

Save me! I'm falling!

We've landed. Are you just gonna hang onto me all day?

- You're blushing. - Shut up!

Rezo!

I've been waiting for you... My good and dear friends.

Looks like he's real this time.

The Philosopher's Stone is inside of this.

Will you give it to me then?

Oh, it's not gonna be that easy.

Come now, surely you don't think I can be defeated here.

There's a couple or three things I want to know first.

Answer them or I'll blow this thing to smithereens right here!

What are you playing at?

Let's cut to the chase. What are you really after?

Didn't Zelgadis tell you already?

That line about curing your blindness?

I could explain it to you, but you wouldn't understand.

None of you could.

Even accepting that, it still doesn't explain something.

Why didn't you tell me the truth when we first met?

Shabranigdo?! The Dark Lord?! Resurrect him?!

Without a doubt.

Zelgadis is a mixture of human, golem, and demon.

A creation of utter evil.

He wishes to revive the Dark Lord and destroy the world.

Why would he do something stupid like that?

That I still cannot guess. But he is now your enemy as well as mine.

Zelgadis is after the key to its revival which fate has placed into your hands.

To recover it, he will surround you with enemies.

Key...

Why don't you give it to me?

Then you can spare yourselves all this trouble.

This is a little too overblown...

Can you beat this many by yourself Zelgadis?

Just one second!

Aren't you forgetting someone here?

Don't let her finish!

Go!

What were you doing here...

...when you sent Dilgear and that Monster out after us?

If you really wanted the Stone...

...it would've been quicker to just come after us yourself.

Or did you have something else to do?

Is there some other reason you want it?

Maybe you really do want to cure your eyes...

...but it's the method of doing it that has me nervous.

- You don't mean... - Uh, excuse me.

I'm sort of totally lost at this point, so...

Well, hang on a little longer! I'm getting to the conclusion soon!

Well then, what is your conclusion?

Your deal with that Monster...

You get your sight back in exchange for

Resurrecting Shabranigdo, Dark Lord of the Monster race!

Correct?

What?! Resurrect Shabranigdo?!

That's why you couldn't tell us the truth...

...and why you had to spend so much time preparing to do it.

I don't believe it!

Who would imagine?!

Well done! A brilliant case of deduction!

I'll be truthful.

It's all exactly as you suppose.

Resurrecting Shabranigdo is the cure for my blindness.

That's crazy!

You'd destroy the world just for your own benefit?!

If the powers of man are not enough, then one must turn to...

...either the powers of the Gods or the Monsters.

The Dark Lord's power is the strongest of all.

And I believe what Shabranigdo is sealed into is in this tower!

Are you mad?!

Oh, boy...

I was half-kidding about the stuff I said.

I didn't really expect it to be true!

Wow, life can be too deep to handle sometimes...

Uh, anyway, now that we know that, we can't let you have the Stone!

Well, let us see what happens.

I'll blast this thing right here and now!

"Life born of hardest stone, formed of weak flesh."

"Let the spell release you and return you to your home."

"Become one with my will, and become mine."

Now dance, my loyal puppet!

The Philosopher's Stone!

- Zelgadis! - He's under Rezo's control!

Now then, be so kind as to play with these people here.

Rezo?!

He's going to resurrect Shabranigdo!

- Zelgadis! - Master Zelgadis!

Buy me the time I need.

The true Philosopher's Stone! With this...

Master Zelgadis! Come to your senses!

Dammit, while we're tied up with him-

- Leave this to me! - What are you going to do?

We don't have much time. I'll settle this in one shot!

You're going to try a special attack?

Diem Wing!

Wake up!!!

What happened?

And another one!

Hey! I thought he was back to normal!

Master Zelgadis!

- What happened to me? - You were under Rezo's control.

He probably programmed you when he made your new body

so that you'd be sure to follow his commands.

Damnit!

No time for that! If we don't stop Rezo...

What a huge magic circle!

Shabranigdo!

The time of your rebirth has come!

What the...

- Did he fail? - No, he hasn't!

The power in here is getting stronger!

What?!

Were we too late?

He was wrong!

At last! I've done it at last!

This tower isn't where Shabranigdo is sealed at all.

This is only the place for the ceremony!

The Dark Lord... The Dark Lord is sealed within Rezo's own eyes!

The Dark Lord is being reborn!

Is it really true that Shabranigdo was reborn?

Hold on! Who's life is on the line here?

Next time: "IMPACT! The Eve of the Menacing Battle!"

If you don't watch, I'll go berserk!