Get back!
Get back! Get back! Get back!
Eva, they got Kate!
Lucia!
Wha...
What is it?
What is this?
What... in the world is going on here?!
Ah, ikutsu-mono yoru o koete
Koutta yume to kieyuku namida
Warm me, warm me, wrap me
Hito o aisenai kono mi ga nikui
Doko made aruitemo owari ga mienai
Kako no kioku o michizure ni
Kono mi wa nani-iro ni somari-yuki no darou
Kotae o sagashiteru
How long do you plan to keep following me?
I have no intention of leaving your side until I repay you in kind.
I told you.
That my life is yours.
You have already repaid me in kind.
Masterfully done.
You gave me this technique.
I did?
Until that moment,
I didn't think the Quick-Sword was something that could be controlled.
But when I saw you on the lower level,
my thinking completely changed.
Your body was awakened, but you had maintained your humanity.
Our conventional wisdom says that's impossible, but you showed it's not.
It shocked me to the core.
The strength of the human will can be a great source of power.
That's why I thought I'd give it a try.
A Quick-Sword technique that would react to Yoma aura and be controlled
by the power of this strong will.
And that is what this is...
I was able to come up with this, thanks to you.
Don't give me that look.
You disappeared, so I've been looking for you. It's only natural.
Rubel!
Impossible!
I sensed nothing...
Number 5... Rafaela!
How about it? I bet you're surprised.
She's the most skilled at hiding her Yoma aura.
She's perfect for covert operations.
I wouldn't if I were you.
Even two-on-one, you won't be able to win against her.
She's a bit special, you see.
What about Galatea?
What happened to Galatea?
She abandoned her primary mission,
and on top of which, she told us such an obvious lie.
So immediately after she reported in, we beheaded her.
I'd love to tell you that's what happened,
but she's actually pretty useful in her own way,
so we spared her life.
Though, she'll be put on a series of tough missions after this.
Clare, I've come with a mission for you.
A mission?
Multiple Awakened Beings have appeared in the north
and they took the lives of several fighters, including Number 7.
Your next mission is to wipe out those Awakened Beings.
The Organization will assemble an appropriate number of fighters.
And you are to be one of them.
If you accomplish this mission,
it seems we are willing to grant you a special pardon.
It's a great opportunity for fugitives like you, isn't it?
Well, I won't rush you for a decision.
I think you know now that if we put our minds to it,
we can find you and kill you whenever we feel like it.
Oh, also...
The boy you had with you...
It appears he's headed north.
He might still be looking for you.
Raki is...
If you're of a mind to be reunited with that boy,
as luck would have it,
that makes the north an ideal region to fulfill that goal.
Rubel!
H-Hey...
Wh-What the heck is this?
What in the world is about to happen here?
The northern land of Alfons...
Pieta, the first town...
I believe I told you there's no need to follow me anymore.
I swear, you are just so...
So, you're alive!
You're...
Long time no see, Clare!
Helen!
Whoops.
She was greeting an old friend, whom she hadn't seen in a while.
Don't be a boor and interfere.
Deneve!
Rather crude for a greeting.
One should be courteous, even among old friends.
What's this, Clare?
You're partnered up with a real strait-laced kinda gal here.
What number are you?
I'll have you know, I'm 22 and she's 15. Well?
My name is Jean.
My number is 9.
What?! Your number's in the single digits!
Clare's Number 47, you know!
Clare saved my life.
Is that somehow related to what number we are?
It seems even those ranked in the single digits
are not all utterly insufferable.
My name is Deneve. My apologies for what happened earlier.
But please believe me, Helen meant no harm.
No, I was also overly critical.
I shouldn't have said those words to a comrade-in-arms.
Man, sorry about that, Jean.
Everyone, please gather around.
We will now outline what our strategy will be.
My name is Flora.
I am the Organization's Number 8.
Huh, so that's Number 8.
Hey, if there are two or more people ranked in the single digits,
that means, as the higher ranked member, you're our leader, right?
No, there is someone with a higher ranked number than me here.
She is our leader.
Miria!
That's... Number 6?
Phantom Miria...
I appreciate all of you coming from your respective territories.
My name is Miria. My number is 6.
I will serve as the leader of this operation.
There are multiple Awakened Beings banded together
here in the northern land of Alfons, and our mission is to annihilate them.
Hence, our numbers.
Impossible! Multiple Awakened Beings?!
Not to mention, Awakened Beings never band together!
But they have.
Multiple Awakened Beings...
If you're scared, you can turn tail and run, little missies.
Our duty is to fight Yoma and Awakened Beings,
and beat them to a pulp.
It's pointless, if you're getting scared by what you're up against!
So just quit now!
What's the deal with her?
She's awfully full of herself.
And she's got two great swords on her back.
Number 11, Undine.
She claims to have the greatest physical strength among us fighters,
and hence, the two swords.
Huh...
Well, if you ask me,
the way she flaunts muscles that are useless except in combat...
It just screams "small fry."
Woohoo! Harsh!
Eh?
Who the hell are you?
Who do you think you're talking to, eh?
Sorry, I thought I was talking so you wouldn't be able to hear,
but it seems my voice is naturally loud.
You're a funny one.
Hey, Deneve, knock it off.
Please be quiet, everyone.
We are not done here yet.
But if you still insist on raising a commotion,
I shall serve as your opponent.
Damn.
Wind Cutting Flora.
The Organization's Number 8.
Drawing the sword, cutting,
then returning it to its sheath is a simple action,
but she executes it more swiftly and masterfully than any other fighter.
Miss Jean, since you are also ranked in the single digits,
please come up here.
Also, Number 11, Undine
and Number 13, Veronica. Step forward.
These five, including myself, will serve as captains.
There are 24 of us gathered together here.
So we will form 5 teams.
Each team will have 4 to 5 members.
In other words, the framework will be the same
as a normal Awakened Being hunt.
Oh-ho, that makes sense.
The strategy is nothing special.
One team per Awakened Being.
This will be the basic principle.
We strike tomorrow.
I will now split out the teams.
No objections will be allowed.
Number 14, Cynthia.
Oh... Y-Yes.
Team Veronica.
Number 15, Deneve. Team Undine.
Number 17, Eliza. Team Jean.
Number 18, Lily. Team Flora.
Number 20, Keeny. Team Miria.
Number 22, Helen. Team Veronica.
--What the hell? I'm not on Team Miria? --Number 24, Zelda. Team Undine.
Number 27, Emelia. Team Jean.
Hey, there.
You'd better not have been followed.
No. No one's interested in where anyone goes, anyway.
Everyone's here already.
I guess you're the last to arrive again.
Miria...
Long time no see.
Let's commemorate our reunion.
You all did well to survive.
I'm happy to see you.
Who's out there?!
You're...
Clare! You bastard, you got followed!
No, that's not it...
Jean is in the same situation as us.
It wasn't my intent to put a damper on a reunion among old friends,
but it seems this matter also relates to me.
Reverting back from a state where your body was awakened...
I'm sure it's due to an extraordinary strength of will,
but I find it hard to believe...
Clare, I noticed when we first met,
but your right arm is different, too.
I see that it's the right arm of someone with considerable strength...
Whose is it?
Huh? Wha? Right arm?
I'm sorry, but I can't reveal that.
It doesn't seem like your situation has improved much.
But that doesn't just apply to me.
That's something that can be said of all 24 who were assembled here.
Huh?
This operation...
What do you think the probability is that we'll succeed?
This operation has zero probability of succeeding.
What?!
If it was just multiple Awakened Beings,
our chance of success probably wouldn't be zero.
But, because of the mastermind behind them,
everything that we do will be for naught.
Wh-What do you mean?!
The Silver King, who governs the north...
The Creature of the Abyss, Isley...
Creature of the Abyss?
Isley?
That's right.
Subdue all the Awakened Beings in the north
and the puppeteer behind them, the Creature of the Abyss, Isley.
That's the true nature of this operation.
Wait...
Th-There's no way we can pull that off!
What the hell is the Organization thinking?!
--Helen. --Huh?
The Organization's objective is likely
to buy time to come up with a countermove.
In other words, we're just sacrificial pawns.
Huh, so that's the town of Pieta.
But there sure are a lot of them.
How many are there?
Hold on a second.
24 of them.
Not that it makes a difference how many there are.
What do we do?
What do we do? Our function is forward reconnaissance.
All these darling underclassmen of ours are gathered here...
We shouldn't ignore them, right? We should at least say hello!
Shoot! They're preempting us!
What is this?
Well, then, see you there.
Aw, there he goes.
Sheesh, talk about hopeless.
Good evening, residents of the town of Pieta.
And good-bye.
Monster!
Hey, you move pretty well.
All fighters take up your great swords!
Ooh, what a magnificent sight!
It's not every day that I get surrounded by so many girls.
We, Team Miria, will handle the enemy before us!
Team Flora, take the roof to the right!
Team Jean, go after the one on the stone pillar to the left!
Teams Undine and Veronica, stand by!
Watch how things go and back up the teams that get in trouble!
Oh? Here I thought they might be rattled by the sudden attack,
but they're being pretty composed about this.
I was planning on taking advantage of the confusion
and go after the best parts,
but they've already spotted me.
She must've survived a couple bloody battles.
They've got a good leader.
But...
...she's forgotten that not all of them are used to us Awakened Beings.
Here we go!
Why you!
Damn it! Scurrying around everywhere!
She's fast!
On my team, Numbers 39 and 47 will likely be of no use.
I shall end this before he takes his awakened form.
That's...
He made my swing veer off course?!
He controls your Yoma aura.
By synchronizing with his opponent's aura,
he can manipulate their bodies!
My body...
My body... will not...
Please... run...
My body... won't... do what I want...
Hurry! Run!
Please! Ilena!
What was that? Her right arm alone is extraordinary!
Damn!
That was pretty good.
I'm starting to have fun here.
This is why...
This is why I can't give up being a monster!
I'm going to tear apart every last one of you!
You're not suited to being a leader.
You must've known who'd be useless right from the start.
But you try to protect them instead of forsaking them,
so your teamwork suffers.
As a result, you're in this fix.
Go apologize to your comrades in the next world.
I swear! Your way of fighting looks awfully clumsy.
We're here to back you up.
Helen!
Deneve!
Looks to be a formidable foe.
We're here to assist.
Brace yourselves. We're going to settle this in one fell swoop.
Here he comes!
Kokoro... mada anata no kioku no naka de
Karada... sagashiteru tarinai watashi o
Kyou mo dokoka de dareka ga nagasu namida
Tsumetaku warau sadame o ikite-yuku koto
Nakusenai mono nigiri-shime-nagara
Watashi wa ima mo koko ni iru no
Karenai hana wa utsukushikute
Yuruginai omoi o mune ni saki-tsuzuketa
Chigireta kumo no danzai no sora
Tomaranai kanashimi o dakishimeteta
The white land, the white night.
The nightmare that is unleashed.
Next time, "The Carnage in the North II."