Sale,
looks like everyone's really down.
Loss of morale, I guess?
Everyone's completely miserable.
This is it for the pursuit squad.
What a crappy outcome.
I suppose we can't just sit here and cry.
We'll have to go ourselves.
As soon as command gives us our orders...
Hey!
You haven't been drinking, have you?
Now isn't the time to be drinking.
You always drink when you're troubled.
So she discovered,
In the face of the Declaration of the Grand Order,
not even the Puppeteer of Devilish Skills can keep his cool.
That Grand Order thing was heard throughout the whole world.
Which means Flame Hazes across the world
are probably in the same shape as the ones outside.
It's not a pleasant thought, considering I'll be on the battlefield soon.
It's fine.
A century ago,
I found myself. That has kept me going until now.
I'm sure there are lots of others like me,
doing the best they can to fight on.
That's our Chiara! So cool!
But what about your two teachers?
Will you be any use?
If you don't mind the fact that he's forgetting his alcohol.
Shut up.
Well,
I was forced into a contract. I didn't do it for a wish or revenge.
So I guess nothing I hear will stop me from fighting.
Can you hear me?
Sale? Chiara?
There she is!
So these are the only ones who made it?
Many of our allies fled into the mountains.
They've splintered off, and will not regroup.
We will abandon our plan.
Abandon?
Then we are not moving toward the Heaven's Road Palace?
Yes.
"We" are not.
In other words, as the few who have retained their sanity,
we have to do more than just retreat?
That is correct.
We shall halt the enemy pursuit,
sending those who have lost their way on to the Heaven's Road Palace.
That's gonna be damn tough.
But if we simply take them there,
the enemy will learn of the Heaven's Road Palace's location.
We'll need to use every trick at our disposal.
Finding them, guiding them, protecting them,
all while concealing our motives from the enemy.
Despite the tricks we have at our disposal, we don't have the manpower.
Regardless, we must save everyone we can.
Everyone,
might I pose a question?
And the enemy forces on the plains?
They've been eliminated.
The survivors have fled into the mountains.
Attention, pursuit squads.
Expand your search area to include the mountains.
Your primary target
is the mobile fortress, the Heaven's Road Palace.
Before scattering, they were clearly headed east.
They must have something there to aid their escape,
which limits the possibilities.
The Heaven's Road Palace?
I've had the reinforcements
from the north and south surround the mountains from a distance.
Even if they hide, we'll draw them out eventually.
Snow?
No, rain?
Yes.
My Burning Field is being destroyed.
That isn't just Sirotci's unrestricted spell.
That blue-colored flame...
This rain is the great barrier, Tlalocan?
You can't mean the Four Gods of the Earth...
Those monsters are here?
Even as a last resort, why would they make a tower like this?
And light a flame on it, to ensure we see it...
Is it a decoy?
Rout in the Rain
Come.
Please stand.
I know you can do it.
You see that, right?
Run toward that light.
There you will find a means of escape.
There they are!
Over there!
Don't let them get away!
This is...
A transformation brought forth by my Tlalocan.
But more importantly...
Ask yourself again why you were able to stand.
As a Flame Haze,
you must trust your intuition.
Allied forces in this area are heading for that tower.
The rain has cut off long-distance communication,
and we can't organize them.
My Burning Field has been disabled, too.
Is that what they're after?
And we know it's a decoy... this is bad!
Send a messenger to tell the rear forces to hold their position.
As for the advancing squads, have them withdraw.
If our perimeter collapses...
We won't let you pass!
If you go any further, we shall stop you.
Have they come to draw me out? Then...
So they drew the pursuit squads toward that decoy?
It's the General!
He's finally appeared.
Thousand Transformations Sydonay.
He's here?
It seems so.
We're almost there!
Don't stop!
Excellent work, comrades!
Into the tower!
Explode!
Yeah, the work done by the Beckoner of Brightened Dew
and the Guardian of Steady Passage has made our lives easier.
Easier? How?
Yeah,
We just sit here and wait...
And we have an unlimited supply of things to destroy and explode.
You got that right!
It's unharmed?
Fire! Fire!
We make it seem like a decoy,
while actually gathering our forces here
to carry out our true objective.
Yes.
We will show them a tactician's greatest trick,
Deception.
You've finished your job by now, haven't you?
Try and stop me this time.
I've always wanted
to fight you at full strength.
I shall handle them.
While I do, at least get the forces surrounding the mountain under control.
Yes, sir.
Now, then...
Our master never gave an order to let you live.
Therefore, I shall kill you.
Wilhelmina!
Understood.
All forces within the perimeter have been saved.
Drawing the enemy here made it go much faster.
Not at all.
It was only possible with your rain and the tower flame.
And we are not yet finished...
Indeed.
Now is when things will get difficult.
I hope this works.
I hope we can make it work.
What's wrong?
Hero of the Great War?
Contractor of the Dark God?
This is not the time to hold back.
I hoped you would do that.
Soaring Flame!
That's more like it.
There's more where that came from, right?
If you are prepared to burn to death amidst the flames,
then feel free to attack.
Unnecessary words.
Prepared for death?
Very well. I'll show you.
What's going on?
They aren't attacking as fiercely as they speak.
No...
Something about their stance doesn't make sense...
We can take it down! We can raze it!
Now!
Fire! Fire!
Now! Attack!
They won't stop until they've completely destroyed that tower.
In the end, we fell for your trick,
Sirotci, my rival...
Fight to protect what's important to you, huh?
Nothing has changed since I was human.
However,
this is the war I chose...
My war!
The decoy's role ends.
The Heaven's Road Palace has probably already fled...
Even if they are defeated soldiers, with no effect on the battle,
I can't let them escape.
One of the Four Gods of the Earth?
This will be fun.
Might I pose a question?
Depending on your answer
we may agree to aid in your escape.
We will join the battle.
Given that the Snake of the Festival's words were correct,
you may take this decision to represent all four Gods of the Earth.
His words?
That the creation of a new world
will not affect this one?
We Four Gods of the Earth...
Our former teacher, the Heart of the Sky,
told us the true reason for the storm in the rift between worlds,
which foretells the great disaster.
It occurs because the Crimson Denizens
transformed humans into the unstable energy called power of existence.
As each portion of it is lost, the world shakes.
And those vibrations create waves...
A storm in the rift.
If the God of Creation takes his Denizens to a new world,
that unstable energy will return to this world,
and the storm will subside.
But if they act in the new world, as they have in this one...
At some point, once again...
Disaster will come.
Of course, the people on this side need not
concern themselves with that.
Even so, we Four Gods of the Earth
shall fight the God of Creation, the Snake of the Festival.
Because...
this world, the Crimson World, and the new world in the rift
are all parts of the world.
The Four Gods of the Earth will fight the madness
that would create an innocent new world.
If you accompany us,
we shall use all of our power
to send you to the next battlefield.
Shana, you'll fight, right?
Yeah.
I see...
That strange stance...
There's one direction they aren't attacking...
The same direction they're preventing my attacks from reaching.
The only thing they could be hiding here is the Heaven's Road Palace.
Did they fool me into thinking it had already launched,
while hiding it somewhere?
True Crimson!
Below us!
Is that where the Heaven's Road Palace
is hidden?
Pierce through!
Wrong!
What?
Six little mice...
...sat down to spin!
Pussy passed by, and she peeped in!
"Shall I come in and cut off your threads?"
"No, no Miss Pussy!
You'll bite off our heads!"
"Oh, no. I won't!
I'll help you spin!"
I'm tired.
I want a beer...
Well, you've been out of it for quite some time.
I'm glad you're safe.
Rendezvous complete.
Hey, it's been a while, Miss.
You're looking quite well.
This is what I am now.
More importantly, how long will that seal hold?
Ten minutes should be enough for us to get out.
A true god shouldn't be greedy,
Lord of Atonement.
I can't undo the Tlalocan right now.
We need some time to make the enemy believe
that the real Heaven's Road Palace has vanished, and time
to conceal your escape.
We all agreed on this plan, didn't we?
If we stop to worry about ourselves
or the Guardian of Steady Passage, who fights their armies alone,
all will be for naught.
Even as we speak, we're losing time.
Hurry.
That's right...
Let's get started.
Our ride should be here—
No way! He's already broken the seal?
Surely you have more power than this.
Who am I fighting next?
Thousand Transformations!
I see...
You stay here to delay me...
and maintain the Tlalocan barrier,
to help them escape.
Is that the plan?
I'm sure the real Heaven's Road Palace is long gone by now.
One of the Four Gods of the Earth intends to die here?
Yes.
As long as my power lasts,
I won't allow you to do anything.
In that case,
would you like to fight us?
You plan to stop me even if I refuse, right?
The mission was a success...
It never changes.
Nothing has changed since I was human.
But this is exactly where I wanted to die.
Zirnitra, my comrade,
did you ever think that my fight would end?
Of course, my comrade, Samuel Demantius.
For six long centuries, I have thought so.
It seems that now is the time.
Will you die, Samuel Demantius?
Yes, it seems that way.
Since this is the second time, it means nothing to me.
Farewell, Samuel Demantius.
I shall leave in anticipation of the next battle.
I wish you well,
my comrade, Zirnitra...
I thank you for your cooperation,
my comrade, Samuel Demantius.
Very well.
None could have done more than Thousand Transformations Sydonay.
And we should not be disappointed by this unexpected defeat.
Yes, sir.
More importantly, when will my body be able to move?
It's currently at fifty percent.
With our other tasks,
it is unlikely we will leave before nightfall.
Very well.
I wish to leave as soon as possible
for that place...
Transporting our defeated troops into the Heaven's Road Palace
through the enemy's vast army would have been impossible.
So we decided not to.
We dug a huge pit, concealed the Palace there,
and then covered the land with Tlaloc's vegetation.
At the same time, we constructed the tower,
and led the recovered forces here, via an underground passage.
During that time,
the Guardian of Steady Passage defended the decoy tower,
the Chanter of Elegies deceived them into thinking a fake was nearby,
and in the end, the Beckoner of Brightened Dew functioned as a rear guard.
We lost the battle.
And now that it's over, what do we have to show for it?
First, we are alive.
All of us here are alive...
Because of that, we can continue on.
No matter how insignificant it may be,
this much is true.
My answer...
To fight,
a good answer.
The answer of a contractor to a true God.
Bright Flame,
would you pass along a message to the other three gods, and my fellow priests?
I have become a drop of rain, and sacrificed myself,
to compel you to take action.
And my friends...
...the decision to fight
is the right one, without a doubt.
After their defeat, Shana and the others stand at a crossroad.
Should they face Bal Masque again?
Is the construction of Xanadu right or wrong?
What path will they choose?
Next, on Shakugan no Shana Final:
To Battle, Once More
"To Battle, Once More."