01x13 - The Cornered

[bunniefuu]

[Donny] Who's that?

That voice sounds like Mr. Ardd?

His outfits changed.

[Ardd] I am Ardbeg, a Holy Knight

in the service of King Arthur.

[all gasp]

I have waited for this day,

this moment, for so long.

This is the end of the demon race.

I shall punish you all.

[theme music]

So Mr. Ardd

is a Holy Knight of King Arthur?

Ah. The demon race?

[Nasiens] The race that terrorized

Britannia during the Holy w*r?

THE CORNERED

Hey, Percival, were you aware of that?

Hmm.

Actually, Dolchomonte just

told me about it.

All of the demon clan

present in this village

represent those who refused

to participate in that Holy w*r of yours.

[Ardd scoffs]

[Ardd] So what if they didn't fight?

What matters is whether or not

they belong to the demon race.

That's all.

They are in need of a lesson

on how many victims there were

in the Holy w*r 16 years ago.

They must learn.

Hm? Is that

[Ardd] Rosko, basura, merushito, metetoma!

[all exclaim]

[exclaims]

[grunts]

Wait, what just happened?

[grunts] The entire demon clan

has totally vanished.

Hmm.

[Ardd] This magical item known

as the "Amber of the Four Archangels"

will seal those b*stards away.

It can seal away more than a dozen times

what the previous

Amber of the goddess could.

[Percival groans]

Wait, what? Where did Dolchomonte go? Huh?

[Ardd] You don't need to worry.

[Percival] Huh?

That demon, who was trying to crush you,

he's forever confined within this

[gasps]

Verdant hair that flares out

like the wings of a bird?

[gasps]

The thing he carries on his back.

It's the dragon relief.

The one stolen from Ironside.

Then, you must be

Wait, are you the one who did it?

[Ardd] Did what?

[Percival] Dolchomonte is

my newest friend.

And the others never did

anything bad to us either.

[Ardd] You consider

that demon your friend?

You believe that demon race are good guys?

[Ardd exclaims]

[grunting]

How dare you become friendly

with these monsters, you insolent brat?

[all gasp]

[grunts]

[Ardd] Your crime of befriending

those of the demon race

will not go unpunished.

In order to bring about

King Arthur's vision for the ideal world,

and for the sake of those who have died,

your life shall have to meet its end here.

[Percival grunts]

Please stop, Mr. Ardd!

You can't do this to him.

He's a dear friend of ours.

[Ardd] Please, children, be silent

and get out of here while you can.

Anne and Nasiens,

this doesn't concern you.

No, sir, I won't be quiet or run away!

[Ardd grunts in confusion]

You have your reasons for doing this,

but we have our own reasons as well.

[Nasiens] And that's Percival.

While we were suffering at the hands

of your fellow knights, he saved us.

He's a hero!

[Ardd grunts]

All you got to do is give me the Amber

and let me bring everyone back right now.

[Ardd] Shut your mouth!

[grunts]

[Ardd] Come, Kellie.

Or should I say, Cernunnos!

Deal with this pesky knight

from the prophecy!

-It's huge.

-[gasps]

[Anne] That thing is Kellie?

[growls]

[Ardd] Kellie is a mythical beast

said to dwell in purgatory.

[gasps]

[Percival grunts]

[grunts]

[growls]

Percival, get out of there!

[yelling]

Phew. That was a close call.

Look! Percival, the horns.

If you aim for his horns,

you'll stop his attacks.

All right, let's go!

It's time then,

let's see what this new sword can do.

Hi-yah! Huh?

[Percival] But how?

[Ardd] Those horns adorning his head

are hard as garnet

and tougher than steel.

[Percival] Well, in that case

Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah.

Chop, chop, chop, chop.

[snarling]

[screaming]

-Oh, no, Percival!

-[gasping]

I'm so scared!

Neigh!

[whimpering]

Alrighty then, he shouldn't be able

to find me while I'm holed up in here.

Huh?

[screams]

Master Sin, it's you!

Goodness gracious, Agnes!

What happened to you?

Master Sin! Are you dead? Sin! Master Sin!

Are you dead?

[Sylvan crying]

-[gasps]

-[sighs in relief]

Oh my, thank goodness.

You're still with us.

Honestly, weren't you supposed

to let me catch some peaceful sleep?

-Huh?

-[loud bang]

-[yells]

-[yawns]

[Sin] What the hell is this commotion?

[grunting]

[grunting continues]

He's enjoying tormenting Percival.

That old man is a mean b*stard.

Even with my magic,

I won't be able to get him at that speed.

[Ardd] Hurry, Kellie!

Quit fooling around

and take him out already.

I won't allow it. Not Percival.

[Ardd] Anne

You had me completely fooled.

My magic allows me

to see through any lie I hear.

So how?

[Ardd] A lie never once left my tongue.

You lied when you claimed to be a hunter!

[Ardd] That was no lie.

I truly was a hunter in the past.

But now,

instead of hunting mountain beasts,

my only prey are those of the demon race.

You also lied outright

when you told us you'd help us

rescue our friends, didn't you?

[Ardd] I did not lie.

If they were your friends,

I felt it was right to lend aid.

However, I never imagined

that one of them would turn out to be

one of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse.

[Elder] But it wasn't purely

out of goodwill.

[gasps]

Without these four children,

you were incapable

of entering the village.

[Elder] After all, the barrier

not only made the demon race appear

as though they were human,

but it also had the effect

of repelling those

with murderous intent and hostility.

[inaudible dialogue]

[gasps]

[Ardd] That's exactly right.

I needed to enter this village,

so I took advantage

of your pitiful feelings.

[Anne grunts]

The Amber! Hand it over!

[Ardd] And what if I do comply?

I'm gonna release everyone

you trapped in there, of course.

And all those creatures.

It doesn't matter that they're demons,

they had no intention

of harming us at all!

[Ardd] A child like you

wouldn't understand.

In the Holy w*r against the demon race,

humans were forced

to witness countless atrocities.

[Ardd] A mother crying her eyes out,

cradling the hand of her son

who was buried under rubble.

Young siblings searching for their parents

as they walked through a blazing fire.

[dramatic music playing]

And a vacant-eyed father

tightly clutching a cradle charred black.

[Ardd] Listen, Anne!

The emergence of a knight

from the prophecy

will bring about tragedy

that far surpasses

the horrors caused by the demon race.

It will be the end of the world.

To that end, I must destroy him,

even if he is just a child!

[grunts]

[groans]

[Sin] What are you doing, Percy?

-[growls]

-[Percival grunts]

[Sin] Don't waste the potential

of your new sword on this.

I had to. Those horns he's got

are super duper hard, you know?

'Cause this dragon sword

and my magical hand sword

couldn't even make a dent in them.

Then why are you using them separately?

Uh, what?

Instead of only using one,

I should use both of them?

Merge the two together.

[thrilling music playing]

[uplifting music playing]

[gasps]

[Percival] This should work.

-[growls]

-[grunts]

[attack yell]

[roaring]

Woah, I did it.

When your weapon is enchanted with magic,

it not only inherits

the magic's properties,

its destructive ability

will be more than doubled in power.

[Sin] Especially, when the weapon's

enchanted with "destroyer" magic,

it amplifies almost tenfold.

[growls]

[exclaims]

I did it.

-Wow.

-Go, Percy! That was awesome.

[both gasp]

Hey, you guys, did you all see that?

Don't let your guard down!

-Huh?

-[roars]

[both gasp]

[Ardd] Kellie!

Stop playing with him and crush him!

Percival!

[Donny grunts]

The monster doggo stopped.

Now, Nasiens, your move!

Right.

Misty Rain, Belladonna.

[Percival babbling]

[grunting]

[all pant]

Are you doing okay?

Oh, yeah. I'm all good now, Nasiens.

[Anne] You had me so worried.

[laughs]

I got a little carried away there.

None of this is funny.

-Now, now

-Well, that's over.

All that remains now

is this Holy Knight Ardbeg guy.

[Elder] Hm?

[Donny] Hey, he's making a run for it!

[Ardd] It's called a strategic retreat!

Hey, guys, don't you think

we should just let that b*stard go

and move on from all this?

No, we can't!

Everyone's still trapped in the Amber

so we got to stop him

and get it back quickly.

I forgot about that.

Idiot.

We totally lost track of him.

Quite a pickle we're in.

It might be wise to assume

he headed toward the Crystal Grotto.

[all] Huh?

This helmet belongs to you, does it not?

It's a valuable item of mine.

Thanks so much, Mr. Elder.

[Percival] Anne, lend me a hand.

-[Anne] I don't have a choice, huh?

-Hey, what's this Crystal Grotto?

It's a cave that can be found

near the village.

More than likely, he set up

a base camp at that location.

[Anne] There.

Thanks a lot, Anne.

Now, then.

Let's go and rescue Dolchomonte.

So it's Percival, is it?

Now that you know

the villagers are of the demon race,

do you still intend

to lend them aid however you can?

Yeah.

Dolchomonte has become a good friend

and everyone else here

has been super kind to me.

Nevertheless,

the connection you've made with them

does not change the fact

that their race has been caught up

in a gruesome conflict

for generations with you humans.

[all grunt nervously]

[Percival] Oh, is that so?

Well, I don't really see it that way.

-Huh?

-You don't?

Sure, I mean, just because my dad

who k*lled my grandpa is a human,

it doesn't make me

hate every human that ever existed.

[Elder] Hm.

[Percival] And just because

my dad is a bad Holy Knight,

it doesn't discourage me from wanting

to become a Holy Knight myself.

-After all, look at Howzer.

-[Donny chuckles]

There are good Holy Knights

like him out there, too.

It's the same thing.

If you're a good person,

it doesn't matter what race you are.

I understand

your perspective very well, Percival.

[Elder] Well then,

I trust you'll rescue everyone.

[Percival] Leave it to me.

I'm experiencing abdominal pain.

Okay, fine. You stay here.

All right, everyone,

let's hurry to the Crystal Grotto.

I'm the leader, so follow me!

-Since when is she in charge?

-[pants]

I have no choice. I gotta babysit them.

That boy is certainly peculiar, isn't he?

He's just a country bumpkin.

[Elder] But I see now.

He's the knight from the prophecy.

One of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse.

The very one destined

to bring hope to this world.

[all panting]

[panting]

[Percival] This has to be the place.

[Nasiens] Crystal bedrock.

It certainly looks that way.

[Sin] I'm sensing some eerie magic here.

That old b*stard must have rigged traps.

-Don't go rushing in recklessly

-[Percival] Let's go!

-[Donny] Yeah!

-[Percival] Come on, hurry, hurry, hurry.

-[Donny] No, not so fast, Percival.

-[Anne] Hey, I'm the leader, remember?

[shimmering]

Wow, wow, wow!

These crystals are so beautiful.

Bet they're worth a fortune.

-[Anne] You have no sense of romance.

-[Donny chuckles]

All right, everyone,

watch your step in here.

-[Donny] And your head too.

-[groans]

[Anne] We're pretty deep

inside the cave now.

How much farther does this go?

[Nasiens] The path is becoming

quite narrow as well.

[Percival chuckles]

The Elder won't fit through here.

Get out here!

You can't hide forever, you milksop!

The Great Donny's

got two fists with your name on them.

Wow, Donny. You sure do become a bold lad

when you have the upper hand, don't you?

Since that's the case,

why don't you go ahead

-and take the lead on this one?

-[whimpers]

Woah. Hey, cut it out!

But still, Donny might be onto something.

What do you mean?

Just think, out of all the Holy Knights

we've fought so far,

I get the feeling he's the weakest.

Yeah, that's true.

[Anne] Compared to Ironside,

his combat skills

seemed almost amateurish.

And that's not all, either.

The whole time that he was fighting

with Percival or Anne,

I never once saw him use a drop of magic.

It's rather puzzling.

-[Ardd] Well, you figured me out.

-[all gasp]

Fighting has never been my forte.

[all gasp]

Mr. Ardd, where are you?

The reverberation from the crystals

is masking his true location.

[Ardd] What's more, my magic takes time

before its effects begin to show.

Unless I lead you into a maze

and stall you like this,

I will surely be the loser.

The effect takes time?

Hold us up all you want.

There's no way we'll lose to you.

Yeah, what Percy said.

We'll have you cornered

like the rat you are.

[Ardd] You little brats are

clearly a spirited bunch.

But you should be careful.

The one doing the cornering may end up

being the one who's cornered.

Just come on and show yourself

[yelps]

[Percival] Hey, I can't see anything.

[Anne] What on earth are you doing?

It's like my helmet

suddenly got bigger and

[Nasiens] Huh?

It's quite apparent

that we've run out of light ahead of us.

[Donny] Oh, not you too.

[screams]

What's the problem now?

[whimpers]

[baby Anne] Percival's a baby.

[babbles]

Hey, Percival,

what the heck happened to you?

Ask yourself that, Donny.

Wait, is that you? Nasiens?

[baby Anne] N-No way.

[gasps]

This can't really be happening.

Are we actually turning

into babies right now?

Whoa, I'm feeling all wobbly.

You're going to be okay?

[babbles]

[Ardd] Seems you realized a bit too late.

[baby Anne] Mr. Ardd!

[Ardd] I have the ability

to rewind the passage of life

turning whoever's within range

into infants.

This is my magic, "Reverse."

You can no longer fight

in your current state.

Looks like I win, children.

[both gasp]

Hey, Percival! Donny!

We should all retreat for now.

-[crying]

-[laughing]

[Anne] Come on!

Seriously, you two. Why are you

both acting like a couple of babies?

The pace may be a bit different,

but eventually,

each of your minds will regress

to infancy just as your bodies have.

This can't be happening.

[suspenseful music]

[all crying]

All that remains is

just fulfilling my mission.

[babbles]

[Ardd] You're quite impressive,

young Knight of the Apocalypse.

Even as an infant, you won't cry.

You sure have some nerve.

Before I get rid of you for good,

I must retrieve the dragon relief.

-[baby Percival cooing]

-[soft gasp]

Hm?

[baby Percival cooing]

[Ardd grunts]

Hey, let go!

He may be just an infant,

but he's ridiculously strong.

-[giggling]

-[Ardd grunting]

[Ardd] I'm not trying to play with you!

Hey! Where do you think you're going?

[yelps]

Why, you little brat!

How dare you mock me!

-I swear I'll

-[babbles]

-Ugh

-[baby Percival giggles]

[baby Percival cooing]

[determined grunt]

[baby Anne grunts]

[gasps]

-[Ardd] Anne.

-[sobbing]

-[Anne sobbing]

-[hesitates]

[Ardd grunts]

Don't you move from this spot.

Understand, Anne.

-Whatever the cost may be

-[sobbing]

the Four Knights of the Apocalypse

must be dealt with.

I don't ever want to go

through that pain again.

Or be the one

to put anyone else through it.

So please, Anne, do not cry. Okay?

-[crying]

-[Ardd sighs]

[baby Anne crying]

[crying]

[Ardd] Oh, what's wrong?

What's wrong, my princess?

Don't worry, your daddy's right here.

Now, now, don't you cry.

Bleh!

Bleh!

[laughing]

[both laugh]

Mm. You're happy now?

Ouch, hey, hey. Be careful with Daddy.

You sure like your daddy's nose,

don't you, Connie?

-[Connie giggling]

-[laughs]

[male villager] Ardbeg!

This village is doomed to hell!

Before that horde of demons

goes back for another attack,

take your daughter and run for your

[gasps]

[dramatic music playing]

[Ardd crying]

Anne

Could it be that

you're trying to comfort me?

[babbles]

[Ardd] Oh, the sweet girl you are.

But still, I can't forget the mission

that I promised to fulfill.

[baby Percival babbling]

[yelling]

You brat.

Even in your current state,

are you still trying to do

whatever you can to protect Anne?

[grunts]

Well, you can relax.

The only baby I'm k*lling here is you.

I won't hurt Anne or the others.

Hmm?

[gasps]

I cannot allow you to k*ll that child.

[closing theme music]

THE GOAT SIN