Clare, I've come with a mission for you.
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.
Oh, also...
The boy you had with you... It appears he's headed north.
These five, including myself, will serve as captains.
There are 24 of us gathered together here.
So we will form five teams.
Each team will have four to five members.
In other words, the framework will be the same as a normal Awakened Being hunt.
This operation...
What do you think the probability is that we'll succeed?
This operation has zero probability of succeeding.
Good evening, residents of the town of Pieta.
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!
Here he comes!
You guys stay back!
Ah, overcoming many a night
The frozen dreams, the vanishing tears
Warm me, waem me, weap me
I despise this body that's incapable of love for others
No matter how far I walk, I see no end
Taking my memories of the past with me
What color will I become in time?
I search for the answer
Anyone who couldn't dodge that, you're in the way! Get back!
We've got 6 left out of the 10 on our two teams.
Not enough for you, Miss Flora?
No, Miss Undine, let us go with what we have.
Damn!
You're not getting away!
Wait, Captain!
Miss Undine, you must not rush ahead!
That's the problem with simpletons...
Now go slash your own throat!
Undine!
Hey, what the hell're you doing?
If all you were looking to do was cut up my face,
that was an awfully puny technique! Eh?!
Impossible! She changed the sword strokes by brute force?!
Die, you moron!
Be quiet there for a while, you musclebound idiot!
So he's manipulating Yoma power.
So who's supposed to be quiet again?
Why you...
--Everybody attack! --Wait!
Don't move. She's still under his thrall.
Wh-Why you...
Miss Undine!
Don't come over here!
A bastard like him...
I can take care of a bastard like him by myself...
Get back if you've been injured!
You damn scum!
We'll just see how long you can keep up this bravado.
Miss Undine!
I-I told you not to come over here!
You'll get caught in the middle!
Fools.
Getting involved of your own will...
Why you!
Sorry Captain, but I'm going to kick you.
Huh?
Miss Undine!
Miss Deneve! Miss Clare!
Eight.
Nine.
Ten.
Are you ready yet, Jean?!
Twelve.
Thirteen.
Ouch!
Why you! Enough's enough!
Fools!You're getting way too cocky!
Seventeen.
Eighteen.
Now...
What should I do with you two?
Oh? Are you sure about that?
It's fine to unleash your Yoma powers,
but at that rate, you'll surpass your limit and end up awakening.
Miss Deneve! Miss Clare!
So, they've awakened.
Twenty...
You guys are weak.
There're ten of you, and you can't land a scratch on me?
No, maybe it's just that I'm too strong.
You struggle in vain.
Damn.
Twenty-one!
Hah!You're not challenging at all!
Sorry to keep you waiting!
Damn straight!
Y-You bastards...
Miss Veronica, we have such a thankless role, don't we?
We risk our lives, drawing the opponent's attention to ourselves,
sustaining injuries from head to toe...
I agree, Cynthia.
We're both defenders, so it can't be helped.
But we do get to deliver the finishing blow...
So there is some satisfaction in that.
W-Wait a min...
So you've awakened. You fools.
Impossible!You two should've awakened!
How?!
Those two...
Impossible... You surpassed your limits...
Either you were mistaken, or you just imagined it.
Now, then...
Shall we finish this?
Damn it! Stop!
Deneve!
Fool!You got too carried away!
If you wanted to stop me, you should've gone for my head.
Wha-
Damn.
He's hard.
So one blow won't be enough.
Wha-
Is it your injuries keeping your blade from going any further?
Or were you that lacking in strength to begin with?
Unlike a certain fighter who's simply enamored with her muscles,
I'm all about technique.
D-Don't...
They did it!
M-Make a fool of me, will you?
This is bad! Get back!
He can still manipulate Yoma power!
At the very least, I'll take the two small fries with me.
A little gift to take with me to the grave!
You can behead each other!
Are those two okay?
No worries.
That was close, though.
Damn.
This is why small fries are a problem, because they're a hindrance.
Damn it!
Hey, so you guys finished up, too.
We wrapped up early, so we thought we'd come help, but...
I guess there was no need.
It seems neither of us escaped unscathed.
What about Miria?!
This means Miria has ended up fighting with just one team.
What are you saying?
Who do you think you're worrying about?
Th-This one's...
strong...
Woohoo!Awesome!
Sis Miria, not a scratch on you, huh?
It seems you've grown stronger through your various experiences,
but Miria has gone even further beyond that.
It means Miria's situation...
...is far harsher than anything we can imagine.
It seems you've both finished up.
I'm glad you're all basically fine.
For our part, Uma lost her left arm.
She's a defender, so I'm sure she'll be able to regenerate,
but she won't be able to fight for a while.
If any of your teams have anyone who can't fight, please report it to me.
I'll also consider reorganizing the teams based on that.
I don't like this.
Are we nothing more than game pieces to you?
Wasn't there something messed up
about the way this was organized to begin with?
Taking fighters who've never faced Awakened Beings before
and suddenly putting them on the same battlefield as everybody else...
And surprise, surprise, they couldn't do much
and ended up getting in the way.
Ultimately, there was a lot of unnecessary bloodshed, too.
Wouldn't it have been better
if the useless ones were assigned as backup from the start?
Depending on your answer,
I'm thinking I might stop following your lead!
Does anyone know how many died?
Some of us were wounded, but no one died.
We all survived.
In other words, it means...
...we now all have real combat experience against Awakened Beings.
Miss Miria's true intention
was to give everyone experience fighting against Awakened Beings.
In other words, to boost the base level of combat ability.
Am I wrong?
Hah!
At any rate, any number of us could've been easily killed in this fight.
It doesn't change the fact that it was a high-handed method!
Good work, everyone.
Get whatever rest you can in preparation for our next battle.
Are you all right with this?
They might have realized it.
That with our current force,
we will be annihilated.
When you get down to it, we have no way out of this.
No matter how we struggle, our backs are to the wall.
We have to fight tooth and nail to get stronger
and carve out a path to survival by brute force.
That is all that is left to us...
A sliver of a chance.
A chance...
Raki...
You, too, must be...
Thank goodness.
It's not Clare's.
There's no one in this town.
I wonder if they were all killed...
...by monsters.
Are you all right? Are you unhurt?
Oh!
S-Sorry!
W-Wa...
Wait... W-W-Wait...
Hey!
So this is where you are.
What's wrong?
This boy... smells good.
Really?
It's unusual for you to take an interest.
You're not from around here?
Oh, I live way down south...
I've come here looking for someone.
I heard a rumor that someone resembling that person
was spotted over this way.
I see. So you're from the south.
Maybe she smells the warm scent of the south on you.
I really would like to take her south soon.
Um, by any chance, was this town devastated by monsters, too?
You can relax.
Since they don't seem to be around here anymore.
It really is cold out here, though.
Let's hurry on back.
You should come, too.
What?
It's not often that she becomes so attached to someone.
Do me a favor and keep her company for a while.
What? Uh, a-all right...
Come on, let's go...
Priscilla.
Heart... Still, within your memories
Body... You look for the missing me
Once again today, someone somewhere is shedding tears
That is what it means to live the fate that smiles coldly
Holding on tightly to what I can't afford to lose
I am right here even now
The flower that never wilts is beautiful
And with unwavering emotion in my heart, it continued to bloom
The condemning sky with its ragged clouds
Held in its embrace the never-ending sorrow
The never-sinking sun.
Sinking hope.
The distant dawn.
Next Time, "The Carnage in the North III."