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[1:05]Is it man's destiny to live and wait for someone else to pull them from the dark, or is man meant to wallow in hopelessness as everything collapses before them? Man takes up the sword in order to shield the small wound in his heart, to stay in from a far off time beyond remembrance. And man wheels the swords so he may die smiling in some far off time beyond perception. It is man's destiny to struggle.
[1:55]No more eyes could make more roads, from their highest mountains to exist and me.
[2:07]I thought I knew you and now, I don't know what's true. Somehow I will make it through. No mercy is there in all this despair. Can they hear our prayer? What is there? What is there? We're in this nightmare and going nowhere. Can they hear our prayer? What is there? What is there?
[2:56]Two days earlier.
[3:55]Damn! I missed! Igor, you suck! Shut up! I can't believe... I'll make sure to shove this blunt back down your throat! The Lord Mayor won't even lay a hand on them if Cooka gets.
[4:20]Take this. You'll need it.
[4:31]Freak it on, egghead! Good. I'm going to make a spectacle of yourself for having such a big mouth!
[4:39]Igor!
[4:42]Who the hell?
[5:07]You're one of those thugs from Koka Castle, aren't you?
[5:14]Yes, yes, yes! I'll I'll do whatever you want! I'll let you live so you can take a message to your boss for me. Tell him the Black Swordsman has come. Hey, behind you!
[6:13]Hey, wait up!
[6:20]I've never seen a sword like that before. Hey, uh, mister?
[6:28]Oh, where are my manners? I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Puck. Nice to meet you.
[6:39]Ah!
[6:42]That really hurt! What'd you do that for?
[7:16]You think this is some kind of joke? Let me change that.
[7:22]Huh?
[7:25]Stop it at once! That's enough for now.
[7:51]By chance, are you a mercenary? As an outsider, you've done a terrible thing. You have murdered those men. This town may as well be destroyed! One of those soldiers standing next to you is so worthless, are they just decorations? What was that, you son of a bitch?! That's enough.
[8:24]You have absolutely no idea how horrible he is. Ruler of those men, he, that thing. It's beyond human, incomprehensible, some kind of immortal monster. It's absolutely terrifying. So, that's why you made your dirty deal with him? And how could you ever understand? I understand. I know all about it. I know that thing is a monster that eats humans. I know it very well. I also know that you sent food to him. At the city's gates, I pass by them.
[9:10]A prison wagon filled with women and children. I am the mayor, it is my duty to protect this town. Don't you mean to protect yourself? You are!
[9:27]Mayor!
[9:31]Go ahead, torture him as much as you like, I don't care. But don't kill him. He must be sent to Koka Castle alive.
[10:07]The Black Swordsman. Is that what he calls himself? Yes, man, his sword is enormous, towering over him.
[10:19]I see.
[10:26]What is it, my Lord? Nothing. Make sure the preparations are set. Yes, we'll do.
[10:39]He has finally come.
[10:49]It's futile!
[11:53]Hey, mister, I got you something. The guard outside was sleeping on the job so I helped myself. His loss, I guess.
[12:07]By the way, thanks again for the help at the end. I thought I'd return the favor. And hey, if you get a move on, they won't even know you.
[12:20]Don't touch me!
[12:29]Don't you ever touch me! What the hell? I'm not trying to hurt you!
[12:41]Hmm?
[13:13]That should take care of the worst of it. Feel better now? I know it probably still stings right now but trust me, once you get back on your feet, you'll feel like a new man. Hey, wait a minute, what's your name anyway?
[13:32]Guts.
[13:38]What's with that old scar by your neck? Looks like some sort of weird crest or symbol.
[14:19]You talk too much, you know that?
[14:26]You'll find out soon enough. In fact, he'll be coming here to kill me, as well as burn this whole town to the ground.
[14:40]Does that mean it's those guys from Koka Castle?
[14:49]You're not going to let the townsfolk get hurt and all of this, are you? And so what? All I want to do is find that bastard and kill him. I don't care about anything else. He talks like all those people mean nothing to him. But there's anger, I feel boiling off of him. Is it rage? No, it's something much deeper, and worse.
[15:26]Well, if you don't care, then why'd you go out of your way to save me?
[15:34]Who do you think you are? Did you really think I wanted to save you? risking my life for a bug?
[15:46]Hey, what are you doing you little?
[22:36]It doesn't matter how many blows you shoot at me. A mere human like you has no chance of killing me. It's a demon! Run for your lives! Run! You can still move? Help me!
[23:21]Now you understand just how fragile humans are!
[24:12]That's enough! Now it's my turn!
