Like worthless gnats,
they died in a futile struggle.
That is the way of the world.
Worthy of naught little more than pity.
They coveted a vast power,
and they wailed.
However,
I do not understand.
What is this vast power?
Why did you take flight to search for it?
Will avenging you
reveal something to me,
Village of Jestful Slumber, Mare?
Light my fire
Get rid of this reality that tries to unveil
and repaint my secret feelings
So what if fate was inevitable
Nobody can predict what would happen
I fight against it with all I have
to hold the future I've seen in your eyes
in my hands
Shout out your existence
Shout out
Whatever difficulties
are waiting ahead
Light my fire
I'll let you go ahead, Nietono.
Yeah, farewell.
Good fortune.
Yeah.
Synchronization.
I see it.
Good...
The Destructive Blade Sabrac is a terrifying foe.
He was thought to have been eliminated in Misaki City
by splitting his body, which was blended with the entire city,
from his consciousness, housed in a humanoid form.
However...
His survival is a threat.
So the Flame-Haired Blazing-Eyed Hunter escaped my grasp.
She broke free of captivity
and brought the other hunters.
Since they were expecting me,
that attack resulted in little more than a scratch.
Nothing ever goes according to plan.
We've made it so far?
We have arrived at this shrine?
Things already appear to be set in motion.
Everyone is in a hurry.
We can't see the battle outside from here.
I'd like to finish as soon as possible and leave.
What nonsense!
We've made our way into such a treasury!
We can't just leave!
M-M-Madness!
Yeah, there really isn't time for talk.
Indeed.
His speeches are long, even at the best of times.
Aged tuner...
Time and chance have never brought us together in combat.
But this time, it seems I'll be able to witness the Destroyer.
You old guys are just too hard to keep up with!
It makes me lose self-confidence!
You'll never have your chance to regain it.
Yeah, just to let you know,
it seems I can't use my Ceremonial Equipment here.
Oh, huh.
Wait, what?
Why?
Explanation requested.
Pulling one small area, with all my strength,
resulted in no more than that.
Constructing the massive Ceremonial Equipment is currently impossible.
Indeed.
Probably because the Destructive Blade's body has blended in with this area.
So it won't be that easy, huh?
By the way, Manipulator of Objects, that wound...
It's the Destructive Blade's unrestricted spell, Stigma.
Didn't we deal with that already?
Can't you close it?
The spell removing the curse no longer works.
Most likely, he's improved the curse somehow.
Presently, I am analyzing which unrestricted spell I carry
that may have some effect.
While it's fortunate that the wound doesn't spread,
I believe we should avoid further injuries at all costs.
Emphasize dodging.
It's not gonna be easy avoiding that monster's strikes.
Yeah...
The problem is whether we can use our original plan without the Ceremonial Equipment.
We should deploy Qadesh's Blood Seal regardless.
He's here.
Spread out!
A dream?
Yes, it may be a dream.
Walking this path,
I have often thought to myself
that I'd wake up, and this would all disappear.
It could all be an ephemeral illusion,
dreamt over millenia of slumber.
But this is no dream.
All of this is here,
real.
Long have I made you all wait.
But that ends now.
Rather, it begins.
Awaken me from my slumber.
Yes.
Well done.
Words of a Vow
I'm so sorry!
I never expected enemy reinforcements to arrive so quickly from the west.
It's not your fault.
No one here predicted this.
Unfortunately, unexpected reinforcements
have struck us from the side.
War never goes as one expects.
The pursuit forces we tasked with delaying the enemy have proven ineffective, then.
We even deployed Sale and Chiara, but...
It appears that their tricks were better than ours.
All that's left are the forces we sent to stop their armies to the east, holed up on Mount Tanigawa.
If the enemy breaks through there, we'll have nowhere to run.
If we worry over our escape route now,
victory is impossible.
But...
This is horrible.
We cannot afford to be stuck here at such a critical time.
I'd love to break through right now...
If we weren't up against that madman, Mikalojus!
That's why they stationed him here.
If the blizzard vanished,
we could use my Daimôn.
If that natural disaster the Strategist spoke of when she said,
"Be cautious but hopeful,"
were to occur,
it would momentarily distract them...
The Master Throne, Hecate,
address Your Highness.
With my great staff, Trigon,
let your bonds be undone.
Let them be undone.
Let them be undone...
Let them be undone!
Splendid!
Well done,
my servants, Trinity!
My pride and joy!
God of Creation,
my comrade and fellow deity.
I shall now return to the hands of Shana, the Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter.
Sakai Yuji,
is this to be our last meeting?
Thank you.
But you don't need to worry, Alastor.
Indeed.
We follow the path together.
We'll see each other at the Palace of Stars soon.
My task here is finished.
Now, it is time to return!
Alastor?
I've returned, Shana.
I knew you'd make it this far.
Shall we go?
Let's go!
Nothing ever goes according to plan.
So what shall I do?
I shall open the way by force.
Your strength and spirit are to be praised,
but I do not wish my blade broken.
She still had such power...
Words unnecessary.
Activate.
Deploying Qadesh's Blood Seal.
Yeah.
I can't do anything as crazy as the Chanter of Elegies.
Indeed.
If it's merely a question of isolating the inside of the circle from without,
Let's fire off a big one!
I didn't honestly think you'd expect to defeat me
using the same tactic.
Loss causes such unpleasant fruit to later ripen.
I'll take him out first!
Wait, Rebecca!
Look around you!
The gap between the two worlds?
By cutting it off from me, its controlling structure,
the body that blended into the area, cannot maintain control of its power.
It's begun dispersing, destroying the land.
If you continue to seal me here, the Path of Pilgrimage will disintegrate.
Old man, stop the unrestricted spell!
This is bad!
Yeah.
Even if we sacrifice ourselves to cut off this path,
there's no guarantee the Snake will be caught in it, too!
It seems you came with a plan,
but now that's ruined.
Even if you devise a new one,
who will die in the meantime?
We're not done yet!
What?
Wilhelmina!
Take this, blow up, and burn to ash!
Nice!
What?
What happened?
Yeah...
That can't be...
A Rinne prepared by the three-eyed woman.
Her predictions are unpleasantly accurate.
Only one remains.
Master.
I know.
That is my guest.
Sakai Yuji...
I...
I'll fight the body containing him
and hold back the others.
Soaring Flame!
Master...
I told you.
That is my guest.
Shana...
Why have you done this?
Are you here to fight?
My wish to live with you...
My vow to protect you...
Neither of them was a lie.
Yet you would stand in my way, as a Flame Haze,
just another tool?
I will.
The Grand Order you serve is being brought about
by out of control Denizens with the power of a god.
The God of Creation can change the very world to suit his will.
Forever.
It's possible that his manifestation will threaten the world itself.
And so he must be destroyed?
After Yuji left Misaki City,
someone told me something.
That it was time to stop deceiving myself.
That it was time for me to become one with myself.
I thought I knew what she meant...
That at some point, the Flame Haze me
and the other me had become two different people.
But I was wrong.
When I talked to someone else about it, they told me,
"There aren't two of you. There's only one."
At the time, I didn't understand.
And ever since I met Yuji, I've unconsciously pretended not to understand.
I didn't want to fight you.
And I didn't want to accept that I didn't want to fight you.
That sad little reason created a me who had to fight
and a me who didn't want to.
I was running away from having to choose between them.
And now, I possess the strongest unrestricted spell,
which allows me to overcome that fear.
I've gained a greater power, which let me come here and fight.
And by meeting you,
I've gained something which will let me settle everything.
Settle everything?
Yes.
Yuji...
I...
I love you.
This feeling...
Love is the strongest unrestricted spell!
You found this out while wielding a deadly blade...
I suppose you learned this from he who raised you...
With this, the strongest unrestricted spell,
I will challenge you, and I will win.
You will defeat me?
Yes.
I will not kill you.
It isn't that I don't want to kill you. I will not.
I will defeat you and make you do as I say.
And if the Snake of the Festival possesses you, I'll take him down too.
I've never seen her like this before.
And then I'll search for an answer as to what you should or shouldn't do with your power,
one that will satisfy the Flame Hazes.
Yes.
I should've just resolved myself to that difficult task.
That is who I am as a Flame Haze!
Impossible.
Such a convenient conclusion would never be allowed.
You would mock the desire
I've held for millenia with a child's fantasies?
It doesn't matter whether it's allowed or not.
I've chosen that path, not yours,
as the path we must walk together.
So I will strive to make it real.
For the day we can share the strongest unrestricted spell, like everyone does.
I remember what you once said.
That you mustn't waste the fact that I was there,
that the contractor of the Dark God, who could ruin everything,
was with you.
What?
If you destroy Yuji and become the God of Creation alone,
as the God of Atonement's contractor,
I will use the Heavenly Destruction Earth Break without hesitation.
Because Yuji is there,
I'm not acting simply as a Flame Haze.
Because of who we are now,
we can choose a new path, even a child's fantasy!
She's...
...dangerous.
Whose laughter is that?
Who knows? But this is interesting.
I can't help but laugh.
You really do amaze me.
I've thought so many times, but never as much as now.
When you boast this much, it becomes as good a reason to fight as any.
It isn't boasting.
I'll make it real.
As to that, I want to ask you.
What is the nature of your Grand Order, which threatens to change the world?
It's too early for that.
Weren't you going to make me do as you said, after you defeated me?
There is a time to speak of everything.
If you wish me to speak of it now...
Then defeat me, as you said you would!
All right, I will!
Sabrac and Wilhelmina.
Khamsin and Rebecca.
Shana and Yuji.
Amidst their battles, their feelings clash.
And the Snake of the Festival leaves the Path of Pilgrimage.
Next time, on Shakugan no Shana Final,
"From Rift to Rift."
From Rift to Rift