From that day, the world changed into a hell
as humans and animals possessed by monsters
devoured people alive.
My heart was frozen from despair and hopelessness.
All it knew was the taste of bloodied flesh...
and hatred towards that man.
Where is that man?
You have slaughtered daemons and
endured a darkness like this for some time now.
Does your hatred for that man run so deep...
Velvet Crowe?
What is his Malak doing here?
Where is Artorius?!
You must hurry.
I broke through several barriers in order to get here.
The exorcists are sure to have noticed.
If you want to leave this place, there is no time to waste.
Praetor exorcists!
Move.
You are a Demon-eater. You can't defeat exorcists.
Velvet!
This way!
Why?
What are you up to?
The barriers you broke through are this way, right?
We'll go back there. I'm not stupid.
I thought the only way you fight is by charging.
I was wrong.
So you hid in here?
Yes.
Artorius is my only goal.
To get him, I'll use any means possible.
This is useless.
It seems items seized from daemons are stored here.
That is a Tempest Blade!
What is it doing in a place like this?
It's too huge for me.
Are you sure? The Tempest Blade is a fine and uncommon sword.
It doesn't matter how great a sword is if you can't use it.
During the three years that you were imprisoned here,
many things occurred that changed the world.
Don't you want to know what occurred?
Today, there are many exorcists in this world
and even the system is against daemons.
Tell me.
Where is Artorius?
In Rogress, the royal capital in the sacred kingdom of Midgand.
There may be exorcists standing ready outside.
Are you sure you don't need to know?
Just what it was that you saw that night.
That night...
From the moment he performed that ceremony, the world changed.
Many Malaks descended,
and the exorcists they accompanied stopped the flood of daemons.
And that man who now leads the Abbey, the organization of exorcists,
has the unquestioned trust of the kingdom and the people.
As the shield that protects the people, the "sword" that hunts daemons...
As the savior Artorius Collebrande.
He acquired his power by sacrificing that child.
But it's still not complete.
He can still be killed.
You were one of his admirers...
Malak Seres.
I was.
So what happened?
I will tell you after we escape from this place.
Listen carefully to what I say.
Otherwise...
What's so funny?
You're out of luck.
What?
You're trying to escape, right?
A jail breaker capturing a jail breaker?
What a joke.
Then you're...?
An escaped prisoner.
No wonder the place is crawling with exorcists.
So you're the reason!
This man is...a daemon!
I see...
You two aren't your average humans either.
Oh well, so long.
There may be hordes of exorcists outside.
I have to find my partner before I get out of here.
I'll just snatch a jailer and get some information out of him.
That's...!
Tempest Blade!
That's my partner!
This belongs to you...?
Well, it's mine now.
My Tempest Blade is nothing to joke about.
Fine, I'll just test it out.
You...!
Just one question.
Can you use this thing?
Naturally, it's my partner.
Even taking down exorcists?
Those measly exorcists!
This blunt dagger I took from them is all I need.
All right.
I'll give this back to you.
On one condition.
Condition?
So? What do you want from me?
Do you have a boat ready?
So you knew that this was an island.
Yes...
And that this is a prison island where daemons are held.
My prey told me as they begged for their lives.
The front and back each have one harbor.
My boat is docked in the back.
And the possibility of exorcists lying in wait there?
In this situation, something's wrong if they weren't.
If I was in charge,
I'd send all boats out to sea to trap us here.
And I wouldn't be able to get off this island.
So what do we do?
Decrease their numbers,
and create conditions where we can take a boat by force.
That's why...you need me and this guy, right?
I know little about this place, except about
the subterranean level where I was held...
and that about a thousand daemons are imprisoned right above.
How did you find out?
Would you like to know how many daemons I was forced to fight daily?
Judging from what you told me, this level contains individual cells.
So...
we'll release all the captives and create a riot.
You won't give them a chance to send the boats out to sea.
- Agreed? - Yes.
The other thing is to lessen the enemy and disperse them.
I'll keep my promise.
I figured chaos suits you.
He's strong.
This is all it took to bring them down?
It's really blunt too.
I'm good to go.
Start any time.
Seres!
Go right at the end of the corridor.
It's the route to get to the upper level.
That's for giving this back to me.
Let's go back.
Your ability is limited to devouring as a Demon-eater.
If you jump from this height, you won't survive.
I didn't expect them so soon.
They are exorcists. I won't be able to hold them back too long.
It's nothing like that shrine where the child was dropped.
You are that determined...?
You're very strong.
It's like a covenant.
Covenant?
The rite of restraining your words and actions to obtain special power.
The more restraints you put on yourself, the greater the power you acquire.
In a sense, such an oath is...
A curse.
Let's go.
That banner...
It's the crest of Legate exorcists.
Then aboard that ship is...
Artorius...
You would come this far...?
Your journey, and mine, is about to become even more difficult.
Praetor exorcists are nothing compared to Legate exorcists.
Will you still fight and push forward?
That goes without saying.
The feelings that this man has evoked in you...
Will it bring hope to this world?
Or will it spread Malevolence across the land?
We will cross that in the future.
#05The Beginning of Calamity
Scenes from the next episode
Journeys find companions and compassion, Journeys bring hardship and joy.
This is fate, so let's be friends until we make our escape.
I don't care to be friends.
How boring.
When we get off this prison island, I'll buy you a drink.
Never mind!
We'll be facing Legate exorcists. Be on your guard.
Yeah yeah.
Legate exorcists aren't my concern.
My goal is to bring down Artorius.
- I'll get my revenge, I swear it. - That's the mindset.
Working together is good. Let's all get off this island!
- Yes. - Yeah.
Next week: "Velvet Crowe." Don't miss it.
- What? It's about you? - Aren't you interested?
Rather than that...
The stormy life of Rokurou Rangetsu is far more interesting!
Hearing it will bring you to tears, telling it brings me...to tears!