Ibuki!
Why didn't you call me earlier?
Wait, Eykha!
That's General Gakusho!
Eykha!
Val, again!
Is she really dead?
So who're these dudes that're lying around?
It seems they were headed to Origami Volcano.
What happened?
Subterfuge!
We found one of the village residents.
A Risen...did all of this...
Many villagers died escaping to our fort saying that they were attacked by Risen.
That's why we came to investigate.
Please tell me...did the Risen really rise up to your village?
It's not only our village...
--You don't mean... -Someone killed Kouran's general...
She took a bite to the neck...
General...?
Could it be? Lady Gakusho..?
Then she revived...
As a Risen?
The general revived everyone, and then they all died too!
It's exactly like what happened in my dream!
Fellows, I had an idea. What if...
those killed by a Risen become a Chupacabra?
So, where could Lass Gakusho and her rogue squadron of Risen be?
The name of our country is Nile Kamul
It's a country.
Then in a day a the nation, Korean, attacked suddenly
﻿we lost 33% of the landmass.
The eastern friends Dnatia
Only care about their own base settlements, distancing themselves
The nation of Nil Kaml, In both imperial hand
﻿was cut up like the French flag.
﻿The so-called patron saint of the Red Dragon, nation, bailed on us, and then there were zombies.
The Year 3015
Our country is said to suffer!
Are you daijobu?
Is that the Korean general?
What happened!?
Are you okay, Ibuki?
Hmm?
Huh, if they are undead, it seems you can can't stop them.
We are surely doomed.
Everyone, I suggest that we retreat for now.
-Gakusho! -Ibuki!
Ibuki, it seems you took a liking to Gakusho, despite getting to know her only recently.
Gakusho is a girl?
Well, you see...
She's a Risen now.
I'm not sure if gender still applies to the undead.
That means that the only thing we can do for xer now is to make sure she rests in peace in pieces.
Don't worry, I'll do it.
We need to execute her and leave it at that!
I do recall this flavor...
It's pretty salty, similar to that of a dragon.
A Red Dragon...
... authors note: this probably means something...
Don't worry, Lou.
Risen wounded by me will never revive.
After all, whatever residual souls remain of them are contained within me.
Yes, my lord...
That wound on her neck proves that Gakusho was killed by someone.
If her head is removed from her body, she is dead.
Not "if," but "What was able to remove the head from somebody as skilled as Gakusho?"
Red Dragon...
Listen up, puppet!
Gakusho was....
Someone who could have become my friend.
Thus, she can be taken as an offering.
That's a pretty illogical jump, but I'll let it slide this time.
Do you seek power, Imperial?
I want to use your dragonflame to incinerate the person who killed Gakusho!
Are you going to kill Gakusho again to kill the person who killed her!?
It is only justified to kill the killer of she who was killed by the killer!
Oh...? Quite an interesting conundrum he came up with.
Is the dragon's power really that loopholey?
The Risen are connected to Red Dragon.
If I were a betting filly, I would bet that Red Dragon knows that you were the one who killed Gakusho.
That wager's worth at least 20 chips.
But I would lose the meams to please my Lord if I were incinerated.
My flames will reach Amy, no matter where she is.
Neat. Accept the equivalence!
At this distance, I can kill him using my Bobobobo bobbo ki quan...
There's no telling what could happen, after all...
How unfortunate, Child of the Deal...
Lady Eureka.
Report on the spelunking.
It seems as if one of them, the Kouran gal...
...is stalking the spelunking members, with intent to kill...
Spelunking...!? What's going on!? Where is she!?
Looks like you were too inebriated to sense his presence.
I am sorry to have arrived so late, Lord Byron.
Hiel...?
Yes, it is I, Hiel.
Agito has placed me under your indentured servitude once more.
Gakusho...
How dare she try to take our Child of the Deal's life by using the truce as a mummer's farce?
You idiot!
W-what are you saying?
Gakusho...
Gakusho was...
...a compatriot.
Nonsense!
Please fight for your rights, Lord Ibuki.
Our citizens would misunderstand if they saw you kneading bread with your head down
over the corpse of one from Kouran.
Hien, you can't be friends with Ibuki.
Friends?
W-w-we're not friends!
Risen: These heathen are blasphemous warriors looking to destroy all the church has established by dragon's decree, I believe. According to legend, Risen appear in Nile Kamul on a 872-day cycle based off of ancient Korean cicadian cycles.
In Dnatia // Fort Roseweisee //
Excuse me for summoning you all here.
Sorry, but this tree fort houses a lot of government secrets,
so we can't let the rebellious army or Korean see its insides.
Do you have something to hide?
Lady Lou Chun Wah?
Yes?
By any happenstance, did you meet one of my subordiantes?
One of them has been out for lunch for days now.
I heard that there is an instrument used in Dnatia that allows communication
with someone from afar, similar to a telecommunication glyph.
He didn't respond....
I hate it when boys don't respond to my communication glyphs.
Unfortunately, I don't know anything.
Gakusho and her unit weren't the only Risen?
There were many villages scattered around the leg of Origami Volcano.
They were attacked by Risen.
and those attacked in turn became Risen themselves.
It's a positive feedback cycle! So, where did it begin?
According to the rumors of the villagers,
the first Risen to appear wore the rebellious army's suits.
Are you saying this rumor was actually reality?
Wait.
Were they from the first expedition...?
Yes, I heard that a unit from the rebellious army
headed to Origami Volcano about ten years ago.
Everyone rose as Risen..?
Spill out the facts, Ka Grava!
If that's true, that means that the Risen are those who were reanimated by Red Dragon.
So you think my friend's message about leaving something at Origami Volcano is sketchy?
Even so, we have to go to Origami Volcano...
One moment. I must inform you,
the Black Knight Dragon's vice senior executive leader, Simon, is on his way.
Simon!?
Oh?
So, that...
Err, who is he again?
He's the vice senior executive of the Black Dragon Knights.
He's third in popularity polls among the Black Dragon Knights.
Ah, and what was my rank again?
Why, the lowest of them all, of course.
You're dirt underneath my boot.
No matter what happens, our leader Simon can save all of his friends.
What are you, his personal cheerleader?
Yes. So please leave the rest to us.
Are you still going to go to Origami Volcano?
I'm sorry, but I don't want to see any more people become Risen like Gakusho.
Well then, at least let my unit accompany you.
Eureka!
I E=mc² I was sent to protect this island's order.
I can't turn my head away from the law.
Emperor Ibuki.
I know of your power, Emperor Ibuki.
Hiel...
Please kill me!
Are you telling me to kill Simon with the dragon's power?
The fires of the free market will become a bacon to spread the revolution throughout the land!
The gentle laborer shall no longer suffer!
I won't kill you or Simon.
Also, Hiel... you and everyone else are getting this all wrong.
No matter what I do to you, you can't change fate.
Lord Ibuki, you can offer the citizens of Nile Kamul to Red Dragon
to gain the power of the dragonflame.
That's not it, Hiel.
Lord Ibuki, you are too kind.
A part of me died when I lost my family-- my young sister--during the Ten Year War.
No one will be saddened by your death
Having my life taken by the Child of the Deal is the only way I can get on with my days.
My pipe connects me to you!
That's not the issue...!
Ibuki? Hiel?
It looks like they're ready.
Okay...
Cease with your discourtesy posthaste, Korean!
Oh?
In every aspect except physical, Lord Ibuki is the successor to the throne...
I ask that you treat him as such!
How offensive of me.
"Lord" Ibuki... was it?
Origami Volcano // Mountain Path //
Supreme Patriarch Ibuki.
Did Hiel tell you to call me that?
I LIKE it.
Really? How about we take the middleground and call you "Sir Ibuki"?
Meryl Streep said that if somebody killed Gakusho, you could incarcerate the culprit, right?
Not me, but Red Dragon.
So in exchange for someone's life, you can gain the power of the dragonflame to--
Why don't we dispose of the subject already, Sir Swellow?
You knew, didn't you, Lou?
Are you implying that I knew anything about Ibuki's power to kill his friend to kill anyone else? I'll have you know that I had no idea what his powers were, thank you very much.
Such a ghoulish thought...
I don't understand...
I think I know why you called it a curse.
I'm going to ask you something.
Do you really want to get rid of that curse?
But you're going to become king of Nile Kamul, right?
If so, that power may be something you need to dominate your subjects.
A friend of mine exited stage right trusting in me (cries to self)...
That's why I want to become king, so that I can free the oppressed peasants from their debt and servitude.
But...
I don't know what I need to do...
I see.
In any case, I'm in favor of stealing that power of yours.
Why, yes... After all, that power is a major threat to Dnatia.
Is that how you see it?
There was a village here, but...
This place is just a pool of lava now.
Look!
No matter how you take this...
...it sure doesn't look like there are survivors waiting to be rescued.
Men, forward!
Hey now, what are you planning to do, Hiel?
We will handle the Risen.
Monsteronster us be!
What are you mashing?
It seems like most of them were from the rebellious army.
We will deliver our friends by our own hands.
Hiel!
Please move on ahead, Child of the Deal!
And please pray for those Risen so that they'll get to bed on time and sleep soundly.
Rest in peace, dorks!
Well then, let's graciously accept his offer.
After all, we are supposed to be on an expedition for Red Dragon.
It's Nobunaga...
Nobunaga?
Nobunaga is in there?
Now then, everyone, what should we do?
Personally, I think it's time to blow this scene.
Get everybody the stuff together
Sir Swellow...
Oh, come on, we're not going to stand a chance against that huge thing!
For once in your insignificant life, you're right!
We can't take any risks that could jeopardize Ibuki or Eykha.
--Right? --I'm staying behind.
Eykha...
Nobunaga probably would have wanted me to kill him.
Besides, look over there.
That's...?
I believe it's Red Dragon's eye.
Nobunaga fought Red Dragon by himself to save us...
So that must have lodged itself there then.
I see... So my friend left behind...
Oh, it looks like that eye is still alive.
By that, you mean...?
There is way more mana
contained in Red Dragon's eye and that colossus than in any normal person.
This is a first for me as well.
So then...?
I'm getting pretty hungry. Say, let's go and grab a burger somewhere...!
As you wish.
Let's attack it from both sides.
I can cross the lava to the other side.
I will attack from behind.
We'll intervene tactically.
Before we strike...
...please let me affirm whether or not Nobunaga has really lost his marbles.
Ibuki...
It's possible that he still hath his marbles despite becoming a Risen.
Gottcha
Lou...
Swellow...
Please help!
Well, I'll just try to stop it, then.
Is stopping it your only plan?
If I can get behind this big guy, I can hide you from their sight, my lord.
Ah, I see...
I suppose you're serious about feeding me.
Meryl Streep, hand it over...
I believe you may have forgotten,
This will disrupt the commndments --
Amen...
Well then, let us both put our heads in from the front. Together..
No, Lady Eureka.
I'd like to ask you to take care of Meryl Streep.
Please watch her behind.
It's not that I'm underestimating a newcomer such as yourself, but...
You're really buff, you know that?
That's why I'd like you to stay behind.
And when we reach terminal velocity, I'd like you to at least abort those children from the premises.
In the end, Sir Swellow isn't attached to me.
To him, what needs to be protected is bare essentials and a chamber pot.
No choice, he'll have to boil it. He has no toilet
You know, it was the first time someone asked me for help.
Keep one thing in mind.
Do not place trust in that nun, Lou.
Don't worry, I'm used to the Holy Church.
Quite a fine master you've got there.
He's... just... dirt underneath my boot.
End of Session 6: The Oxford Comma
shout out to my man Gen Urobuchi
Episode 7: Gunshot Bride
There's probably going to be a lot of backstory...
Sir Swellow manages to break almost everything he touches,
But will he be able to break his his self-destructive tendencies?: