02x14 - Legend of the Underworld

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I didn't care who it was.

When the perfect soil appears,
a wise man tills it

without a second thought.

I looked at that beautiful soil

and wondered what flowers
would bloom there.

Finding out was all that mattered to me.

So, of course…

I didn't care who it was.

What is this?

That guy… he just hatched.

Who is he?

Sis, what's up?

-I…
-Huh?

I've got nothing!

What? What do you mean you've got nothing?

Where's Zerofuku?

He is gone.

Expelled from this divine realm forever.

I am the one called Papiyas.

That so?

All right. What do you want?

I do not know my purpose.

However…

there is something I desire.

I wish to make use of my almighty power.

LEGEND OF THE UNDERWORLD

Well, this is a surprise.

Who is that monster?

He's terrifying.

Unreal.

Do you know this god, Hermes?

Who is he?

Hmm…

No. I got nothing.

What do you mean?

You have no idea?

He isn't a god at all.

W-What are you doing here?

How long do you plan to sit there?

Huh?

You're in my seat.

Move.

Yes, sir!

HADES

It's been quite a long time, Lord Hades.

Pray tell, what brings my lord
to Valhalla.

Business or pleasure?

I heard a troubling rumor
about my brother.

He fell in battle.

Hm.

At first, I didn't believe it.

But I see now just how naive I was.

What a shame.

Poseidon losing to a mortal.

He nearly won!

And second of all,
we don't talk about that!

Now, tell me what you know
about that thing.

If it isn't a god, then what is it?

Ah.

Impatient as ever, Zeus.

Do try to calm down.

Stress is bad for the soul.

-Huh?
-As for that…

That is a calamitous monster
of ancient Helheim lore.

The legendary berserker.

Did he just say Helheim?

According to mythos,
the universe is divided into three levels.

At the apex
is the realm of the gods and spirits.

Valhalla.

Or Heaven.

In the center
is the realm of men and beasts.

Midgard or Earth.

And the lowest of the three
is Hell itself.

The underworld,

the land of demons

from which no soul can be saved.

It is the realm where chaos reigns.

Helheim.

Or Hades.

There is a story in Helheim
passed down over millennia.

A horned calamity shall be born
from the union of light and shadow,

and on the day he rises
from the underworld,

darkness shall reign eternal.

His name…

Papiyas.

The Devil King of the Sixth Heaven.

DEVIL KING OF THE SIXTH HEAVEN
PAPIYAS

What?

But why would the Devil King appear?

And why now?

Hmm…

Lord Hades, are you the one
who summoned him?

Quite the contrary, I'm afraid.

I may be the King of Helheim,
but even I have never seen him.

But if it wasn't you,
then, how did it get here?

That's what I would like to know.

How did a god from Heaven
transform into Papiyas himself?

It really is quite the mystery.

How peculiar.

What a strange form this is.

I may be able to end
this battle instantaneously.

Huh?

A fine block.

I must say I'm surprised.

Yeah, well, you don't look
so surprised to me.

You know what I think?

You're lying!

Whoa! How is he so fast?

Uh, hey, Sis.

Buddha's gonna win this one, isn't he?

He has to.

I mean, how could he lose?
He can see the future, can't he?

No, Göll. I don't think so.

He can't see anything.

Huh?

I look at Papiyas,
and I can't sense any light.

He's a creature of darkness.

Wait. What do you mean by that?

Buddha's predictive power,
it isn't predictive at all.

It's a sense he has.

He sees soul fluctuations.

Whenever a human is about to act…

I could really use a drink.

…their soul performs the action
before their body does.

Buddha's power,
Samyak Sambodhi Alaya-Vijnana,

allows him to see
the glimmering souls of all living things,

and therefore, detect their movements.

But now, Buddha is faced with an opponent
whose soul has no glimmer at all.

So he can't see anything.

So, that's it?

You mean, Buddha's power
is useless against him?

Zerofuku… I mean, Papiyas,
is on an offensive onslaught,

what will Buddha do now?

You're a monster.

Impressive.

Very.

But that was only a fraction of my power.

Punishment…

Pandaemonium Cycle!

PANDAEMONIUM CYCLE

Six Realms… Turn!

He blocked it just in time!

Well, well.

Well, well, well, well.

What do we have here?

It seems you're hurt.

Oh, no!

No. How could this be?

I can't believe what I'm seeing!

Papiyas has landed a hit,

and gouged out Buddha's eye!

But that shield
was able to block Cataxetrophe.

How did Papiyas pierce it
so easily?

How wonderful.

I was planning to stab you
straight through your head,

but you dodged it
just in the nick of time.

I wonder…

Do you think you can dodge me forever?

Punishment!

With his eye gone,

his left side's wide open.

That puts him at quite a disadvantage.

Isn't that a pity?

Punishment.

He's facing him from a different angle
to compensate for his blind spot.

Yes! I was going to say that!

What an incredible battle!

I can't take my eyes off it!

Oh, sorry, too soon?

Divine…

Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine…
Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine…

Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine…

Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine…

Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine…

Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine…
Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine…

Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine… Divine…

Divine…

Ah, punishment.

Papiyas has the advantage!

He's wearing Buddha down!

Buddha is completely outmatched.

This is unreal.

How powerful is Papiyas?

Of course, someone like you

could never hope to understand

such as Papiyas's nature.

A normal god is utterly helpless
against the power such as his.

So great is his strength…

He once single-handedly destroyed
half of Helheim in one fell swoop.

He is truly a force beyond comprehension.

Oh! He… destroyed half of Helheim?

Indeed.

He would have destroyed all of it,
but luck happened to be on our side.

As the story goes,

after inflicting all of that destruction
on the underworld,

Papiyas vanished without a trace.

And no matter how many months
or years passed,

he never returned.

For eons, I thought that story was nothing
more than a simple fairy tale.

I never believed it was true.

Not even before I ascended to the throne
as the ruler of Hell.

Clearly, there must be some truth to it.

But why would he return now?

There is only one reason I can think of.

A troubling one.

Someone must have obtained
the last remnants of Papiyas's soul,

the ones he left behind when he vanished.

It seems that this individual
incubated those remnants,

turned them into seeds.

And then, once they had
those seeds of Papiyas…

…they planted them…

…in Zerofuku.

Huh? But why?

Who on earth would do such a thing?

Oh.

There is only one person
who has the time and skill

to perform such a senseless chaotic act.

Of course, it would be him.

Who is him?

I think I may know.

-Hm.
-
Are you referring to Beelzebub?

BEELZEBUB

Quite the harvest.

Fertile soil indeed.

Punishment.

It's over.

This cannot be happening.

Buddha has no hope of winning now.

Keep it going whoever you are!

Yeah! Make that traitor Buddha pay!

This Papiyas guy is unstoppable!

k*ll him, Papiyas!

Now, surrender quietly,

and accept the divine punishment
chosen for you.

I see.

Punishment, huh?

I get it now.

You're still in there after all.

And you can hear me, can't you?

Zerofuku.

Zerofuku?

You fool.

Are you referring
to that pathetic little brat?

I devoured him long ago.

Don't look so distraught.

He was unremarkable in life
but he made a fine meal.

I can't imagine a more joyous end
for a worthless speck of dust like him.

I'm sure he cried tears of joy
when I ate him--

Shut up!

That's it.

I'm done.

You're done.

I've had enough.

I'll k*ll you…

right now!

SAY YOUR SUTRAS

The Staff of Six Realms transforms

according to Buddha's emotions.

Staff of Six Realms, Realm Five.

Preta Realm!

However, in that moment,
the emotion in Buddha's heart

was one that he had once cast aside

deeming it poisonous.

Hatred.

Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara!

The Staff of Six Realms transformed

into a form that even Buddha himself
had never seen before.

Its name…

WARSCYTHE OF SALAKAYA

…Salakaya!

Would you look at that?

I knew it!

What is that?

Such a sinister-looking weapon!

It certainly seems out of character
for Buddha, doesn't it?

My, my.

A weapon that can k*ll an opponent
with a single blow.

You fool.

I exist to administer divine punishment
to my inferiors.

You will crumble before my power.

Now prepare to die,
you insolent piece of filth!

I look forward to flaying you alive!

Go!

Karmanirodha Samsara!

KARMANIRODHA SAMSARA

Oh. You're too slow.

He parried it!

It's all over!

Divine…

Karmanirodha…

Samsara…

Sasvata!

KARMANIRODHA SAMSARA SASVATA

Now then,
I'd like to hear your final words.

Yeah. I got words.

I'll say 'em again.

Mm.

You're crazy.

If the other gods
won't save mankind…

…then I will.

Any god who gets in my way…

will end up dead!