Ishura (2024) s01e07 Episode Script

1
[epic choral music playing]
[narrator] The True Demon King has died.
The enemy of the world
was defeated by somebody.
But even now, the powers left behind
writhe in multitude.
They cannot be subdued
by ordinary strength.
A hundred shura-like demons…
The world's largest city, Aureatia,
proceeds with the selection of a Hero,
while the leader
of the New Principality of Lithia,
Taren the Guarded,
seeks new order, and governs through fear.
[theme music playing]
ISHURA
Episode 7 War Commences
Aureatia Territory
Outskirts of Mage City
[tranquil music playing]
[Yuno] Excuse me, Captain.
Hm?
We're nearly
at the border with Lithia, aren't we?
Yeah.
[Captain] It's just over that hill.
I get that you've taken us here
to learn the terrain near Lithia,
but isn't it dangerous to get this close?
Yes, indeed.
The situation with Lithia is volatile.
But to the outside world…
[Yuno] You mean both countries
are still on friendly terms?
[Captain] I believe there's
a treaty that gives Lithia
a grace period to withdraw
its independence and rejoin Aureatia.
It was actually Lithia
that requested these patrols.
[gasps]
[Captain] Lithia asserts
that Aureatia must make efforts
to maintain public order
and stop the frequent outlaw attacks.
They say that since we don't recognize
Lithia's independence,
it only makes sense
that Aureatia takes responsibility.
But who are those outlaws?
In actual fact, it's Aureatia
who puts them up to it. Indeed.
Then these patrols are all
just a performance on Aureatia's part?
But Lithia knows this too.
[Captain] These patrol requests
are nothing more than mere harassment,
designed to expend resources and energy,
and gradually wear own our morale.
[soft gasp]
They can also use any mistake we make
as an excuse to start a war.
Not an effective strategy,
but still no risk for them.
Taren the Guarded
knows how to play the game. Indeed.
Can war really not be avoided?
[Captain] No,
I don't think it can.
Still, Lithia has no reason to attack yet.
I doubt a full-scale battle
will take place for some time.
[Soujirou] That won't do.
Huh?
I came all the way here because
I heard I could fight someone worthwhile.
What will I do without any battle?
[Yuno] I doubt Lithia
is taking your situation into account.
I guess you're right.
I should go meet this Taren myself
and get her to kick this war off.
You're pretty fired up, aren't you?
I'm sorry about him, Captain.
[Yuno] He's a visitor.
He doesn't know our world.
We have…
Aureatia has continued
to work hard towards peace.
[Captain] Taren the Guarded used to be
the Twenty-Third General of Aureatia,
you see.
We were even considering
designating Lithia as
a special autonomous region, and revoking
the title of self-proclaimed Demon King.
However…
They use wyverns.
Indeed…
wyverns.
It mustn't be allowed.
They are clearly a dangerous force,
beyond the control of the minian races.
Which means Taren
has no intention of stopping the war.
[Captain] Indeed.
In this era without the threat
of the True Demon King,
she is attempting to establish
a new order in place of the kingdom
that has continued
since the dawn of the minian races.
She is a shura possessed by war.
[breathes shakily]
Oy.
Huh?
What is it?
Enemies.
[horses whinnying]
[horses neighing]
[Captain groans]
Who are they?
[tense music playing]
[shocked gasp]
[breathes shakily]
[Yuno] This feeling…
Prepare to fight!
[Captain] You two over there, stop!
We belong to the army of Aureatia.
We are patrolling here upon the request
of the New Principality of Lithia.
Tell us your names
and present your travel permits.
[Shalk] Quite the performance there,
Captain.
[both gasp]
You want to know who we are?
You came to hunt outlaws,
but are you surprised to really find some?
[Yuno] T-This isn't good. We should run.
Right now!
Vice Captain, take three men
from the rear and return to the fort.
Report to headquarters.
[clanks]
Yo.
Who are you then?
You're not bad.
I see.
Someone who can keep up with my spear.
[action music playing]
[Shalk] Dear me.
Were you going full speed
with that sword just now?
You looked stationary to me.
You talk a lot
for a bunch of bones.
[Soujirou] My eyes can't keep up.
I'll have to predict his moves.
[weapons clanking]
Right upper arm.
- [clanks]
- [loud thud]
[swooshes]
The clavicle.
The groin.
[fierce grunt]
[suspenseful music playing]
The gaps in his ribcage…
- [swooshes]
- [clanks]
[Shalk] You've got some spirit.
[laughs]
This is bone-breaking work.
Was that a joke?
How about I break your bones for real?
[weapons clanking]
Aim your arrows!
[soldiers groan]
- [Captain] Not the skeleton.
- [soldiers gasp]
Aim for the mandrake!
Higuare! I'll stop the swordsman.
[Shalk] He's too much for you
to handle in a sword fight.
[Higuare] Is that so?
Very well then.
Steal a horse and get out of here.
Understood.
I shall steal a horse.
Here it comes! Fire!
[soldiers groaning]
[yelps]
[all groaning painfully]
- [tendrils creaking]
- [whimpering]
[breathes shakily]
[shocked gasp]
Captain! Are you all right?
[murmurs]
It's not life-threatening.
[inhales deeply]
[retches]
[gasping heavily]
- [soldiers vomit, scream]
- [whimpers, gasps]
[gurgling]
[labored breathing]
[suspenseful music playing]
P-Poison…
No way…
- [Soujirou] Yuno!
- [scared gasp]
Get out of here before you die!
B-But I…
[Higuare] Hello there.
I'll have you go now.
[tendrils creaking]
- [shaky breathing]
- [horse neighs]
[Yuno gasps frantically]
Help!
[Higuare] Okay, I will help you,
but I am required
to withdraw from this place.
[breathes shakily]
Please ride the horse to Lithia.
I cannot control a horse.
You must do it.
[breathes shakily]
But I…
[gasps]
[Higuare] I insist.
[Yuno] H-He let one person live
to have them ride a horse.
He chose me because I'm the weakest.
Why…
even beg for my life?
[whinnies]
[horse neighs]
- [weapons clanking]
- [hooves thudding]
[suspenseful music playing]
[wheezing chuckle]
[dramatic music playing]
Ishura Soldiers of Aureatia
Mage City
[soldier 1]
Should we have really let him in?
We had to.
He's an important figure in Aureatia.
[Hidow] What do you want, old man?
I'm busy.
Take up too much of my time
and I'll send you back to Aureatia.
I'm offering an official support dispatch.
I've also applied to the council
for emergency deployment.
There shouldn't be any issues
with the procedure.
I told you, I don't need support.
Don't you get it?
Please, listen to
Hang on.
Didn't you mess up
on a dragon-hunting expedition recently?
[Hidow] Not only that,
my transport squad was inconvenienced
due to the delayed report
from the advance route.
I wouldn't be surprised
if you get held accountable for that.
[groans]
Having you here does nothing
but confuse my chain of command.
Go back to Aureatia. But if you really
want to help, leave your soldiers with me.
[angry growl]
Listen to me.
You need an expert
who knows how to deal with those wyverns.
You know you're not dealing
with ordinary wyverns, don't you?
Come on.
Did you really think I haven't come up
with a plan for Taren's wyverns?
You're so pathetic I could cry.
[Harghent] Listen to me!
Taren is not the problem here.
The Star Runner is coming.
Star Runner?
Alus the Star Runner?
He's coming here?
Lithia stole the Cold Star
from the Great Labyrinth of Nagan.
Before the Star Runner could!
[Harghent] You think he'll just sit back
and let someone else take the treasure?
Mage City might be attacked
along with Lithia.
So what?
You can shoot down the Star Runner
with that shabby gear of yours.
I'm all for that, old man.
[Hidow] So would you please calm down?
[groans]
- Huh?
- [explosion]
[Hidow gasps]
[gasps]
[rumbling]
No way.
[ominous music playing]
[high-pitched buzzing]
[zapping]
[loud rumbling]
[high-pitched buzzing]
[frizzling]
[loud blast]
[explosions]
- [loud thud]
- [glass shattering]
- [Harghent groans]
- [Hidow pants]
[Hidow] She's using it now?
Has Taren lost the plot?
[Harghent] H-Has there been
a declaration of war?
Why are they bombarding us?
Mage City should still be
on friendly terms with Lithia.
Stop whining, old man.
[Hidow] Taren could have easily prepared
a just cause to start the war.
Which means this is part of her plan?
She no longer cares about just cause.
Aureatia
didn't realize Taren would stoop so low.
- [door slams open]
- [gasps]
[soldier 2]
Lord Hidow, I come with a report.
What is it? Is it about the attack?
N-No.
The patrol squad that left in the evening
never returned.
What?
According to the scout
that went to check on them,
they'd all been killed
by what looks like poison.
N-Nobody survived.
Nobody?
Not even Soujirou the Willow-Sword?
I-It seems like…
no survivors were found.
Hidow.
Hidow the Clamp!
Do you have a plan here?
Soujirou isn't the only pawn
in the assassination plan.
I've already sent another.
Kuze the Passing Disaster.
Now that Lithia
has made a move, so will he.
That's the plan.
Ridiculous.
We're past the point
of assassination plots.
We must deploy the soldiers.
I can't send them out from this fort.
The wyvern army is surely on its way
to lay siege to this place.
[gasps]
[footsteps thudding]
[worried groan]
[suspenseful music playing]
In that case,
I will take responsibility,
and send out my squad.
That should be fine with you.
Hunting wyverns is my job.
[thwacks]
Cut the crap, old man!
[Hidow] As if we can deploy
a proper anti-air squad in this situation?
If they get inside the building,
it's over.
Holding the fort is our only option.
But we can't win like that.
We can.
I told you, there's another squad.
All we need to do is keep the attention
of the wyverns and the bombardment on us.
Then what about…
the Mage City soldiers down below.
[citizens clamoring]
[Harghent]
As they die protecting the citizens,
do you expect the Queen's
glorious Twenty-Nine Officials of Aureatia
to shrink back like turtles and watch?
I will face them.
I have never…
ran from a fight with the wyverns.
If I don't face them now,
I'll lose everything.
I won't let them devour a single citizen!
[Hidow hisses]
Listen!
Your spirit may be admirable,
but I won't let you send soldiers out.
That includes yours too.
I won't let them die
because you want to play hero.
[gasps]
[grumbles]
[Harghent] F-Fine.
- I don't need any soldiers.
- [grunts]
I'll face them alone.
[Harghent grunts]
[soldier 2 gasps]
[Hidow] Darn it.
In a way, the old man is right.
Lithia has ambushed us.
If Aureatia doesn't respond,
the citizens will lambast us.
But still,
this is a battle we might not win.
I will protect the citizens of Mage City,
and old man Harghent.
Connect me to emergency radzio line seven.
[soldier 2] Emergency line seven?
Who may you be calling?
Just hurry up and do your job.
Y-Yes, My Lord!
[groans]
[thuds]
[static crackling]
[sighs]
Are you awake?
[soft laughter]
Independent Action Squad
[Hidow] Vortical Stampede,
you're going in.
Annihilate any enemy
that poses a threat to the Sixth General.
Shoot down every Lithia wyvern you see.
Don't harm any enemy minian soldiers
until you get the go-ahead.
[soft chuckle]
Are you sure about this?
You've been reluctant
to release me until now.
The situation has changed.
[Hidow] Soujirou the Willow-Sword
was killed.
The assassination plot
is no longer guaranteed to succeed.
If Kuze fails his mission…
You must destroy Lithia.
[scoffs]
Okay.
That shouldn't be too hard.
If you win the war,
you'll grant my request, won't you?
Equal rights with the minian races
and official citizenship of Aureatia.
I'll get you approval
that nobody can refute.
Live as you please.
[Nihilo] And enrollment to a school.
If you succeed.
[rattles]
[Hidow sighs]
[soldier 2] Is this a good idea?
Should we really use that monster?
She is a weapon.
You heard the deal we made.
But it seems she wants
to be a minia again.
[mutters]
I heard she was a monster
who single-handedly destroyed
a regional Aureatian army.
We'll find out soon enough
if I made the right choice.
- [approaching footsteps]
- Hm?
[soft chuckle]
[soldier] Vortical Stampede.
You've received orders
from Lord Hidow to move out.
[Nihilo] Yes.
I just spoke to him.
Will you unlock the door now?
[both breathing anxiously]
[giggles]
Do you think I'll betray you?
You don't trust me
because I'm not a minia?
[grunts]
[rattling]
[grunts]
[air hissing]
[doors creaking]
[both gasp]
[Nihilo] We're heading into battle again…
Helneten.
Tarantula Helneten the Burial
That's just what we do, isn't it?
[nervous gulp]
Hey!
[soft chuckle]
What's the matter?
[soft gasp]
N-Nothing.
[Nihilo exhales, giggles]
[powering on]
[electrical buzzing]
[Nihilo moans]
[Nihilo groans]
It's been a while… since I had my body.
[Nihilo moaning]
[clatters]
[terrified exclaim]
[thumps]
[both screaming frantically]
[Nihilo laughing heartily]
[Nihilo] My body feels so light!
Free! I'm free!
[moans happily]
Freedom is good.
[closing theme music playing]
Next: Episode 8
The New Demon King War