I want to know what you were about to say that time!
I need to know!
Be exorcised!
Reunion Spiral Hail!
Rokuro, Benio, good work.
What's gonna happen to Narukami?
It's going to fall, obviously.
Benio...
What I was trying to say... I'll say it now.
The way I feel about you...
The time has come. Twelve Guardians...
Your power is now mine.
They've fallen.
Dad...
Yeah, this is bad news.
We need to find Rokuro and Benio!
Is that...
Did something happen to the Twelve Guardians?!
Have you enjoyed yourselves, Twin Stars?
Kuranashi! Are you still planning something?!
The bulb was destroyed, and the town is safe.
Your "game" should be over.
It's not over.
This is where it begins.
While the preparations were in the making,
your struggles provided quite an amusing diversion.
Let me offer you my thanks.
What does that mean?!
Wait, Kuranashi!
Don't go, Rokuro!
Damn it, we're too late...
D-Dad, what is this? Tell me what's going on!
I guess this is all according to your plan, huh, Kuranashi?
The Twelve Guardians Fall! Have A Nice Nightmare, 12 Guardians
A church?
Twin Stars...
Why are you here?!
Shimon!
The Twelve Guardians...
Kuranashi! What is this place?!
What the hell are you planning?!
This is where you will meet your end,
and where I will have my new beginning.
Beginning?
With our current spell power, it's a waste of time to try to resist.
Especially considering how we're wrapped up...
Hang on! We'll get you free!
Star Armor Master Talisman: Inferno!
Exorcism Enchantment Ensemble: Astral Disaster!
Don't!
Wha—
My spell power...
Back off already, you dumbass!
These things drain spell power.
Exorcist attacks aren't just ineffective, they're making things worse!
To think that the Rikujin Shinka ritual could be used against us like this...
You're a pretty sharp Basara, but...
This is a little too slick.
Where'd you get the know-how to manage this?
Yuto?!
Why is he here?!
You...
Thanks to the information I obtained from him, everything went according to plan.
So Ijika Yuto is working with a Basara...
What do you mean by "everything"?
Exactly how much of all this was part of your plan?
As I said, all of it.
Every aspect of this plot that I have orchestrated over 1,200 years.
A Dragon Spot?
The seeping miasma would be a threat to ordinary people with no spell power.
But if your plan was to cause a panic
by opening Dragon Spots throughout the country...
Cleansing miasma is a simple task for us exorcists.
That was a cheap plan.
If Ken-chan calls you cheap, you know it's true.
Shut up!
It's true... For all of that effort, you don't stand to gain much.
Not exactly an efficient plan.
Unless even that was part of your scheme.
If you had already planned for the exorcists cleansing the miasma...
The exorcists that have gone missing throughout the country...
They all worked to cleanse the miasma during the Dragon Spot commotion.
No!
Then the miasma they cleansed...
Precisely.
You acquit yourself well, Tenko, Mitejima Subaru.
If the people were infected with miasma, you exorcists would act to cleanse them.
With so many lives saved, I'm sure you were all very pleased with yourselves.
So that's what it was...
You filth!
What seemed like the cleansing of miasma was actually
the gradual accumulation of miasma in the exorcists' bodies...
I had performed a spell on the miasma
so that I could control any who inhaled it.
All that remained after that was to use the mask's power to guide them to Magano.
And with the small fry out of the way,
I could dedicate my attention to all of you.
Then you are the reason those exorcists have gone missing?!
And where are they now?
Once I have their spell power, they'll have served their purpose.
Wha—
The spell power of peons, in sufficient quantity, can be quite significant.
And with it, I was able to exhaust your own strength.
I suppose I should be grateful to them...
Bastard!
Kuranashi, you're not getting away with this!
K-I-L-L...
Kill, kill, kill!
So you left the exorcists in Narukami alone,
and then raised the town into the sky to lure the Twelve Guardians out...
And to save the town, we had to use the Rikujin Shinka ritual.
We've been dancing to your tune all along, haven't we?
We Twelve Guardians are the single greatest threat to you Basara...
And our spell power is the most appealing bait.
Is that why you captured us?!
It seems you finally understand my goal.
Twin Star Exorcists...
Do you understand why I haven't killed you?
Faced with the life-or-death threat against Narukami,
your spell power has grown even more refined.
You must become suitable prey for me to devour, Twin Stars.
Screw you!
You creep!
Rokuro?!
This is all in service of my ambition.
By devouring the spell power of you exorcists, I will ascend to a higher existence
and become the king who rules over Magano and the real world!
You can watch from there...
as I finish the Twelve Guardians.
Don't do it!
Watching your comrades die before your eyes, powerless to do anything...
I'm sure it'll shake you in a major way.
And those heightened emotions will raise your spell power.
Twelve Guardians!
Your spell power is now all mine.
Goodbye.
Pathetic...
Yeah...
Kuranashi!
I'm not gonna forget your name!
You cocky little schemer!
Shut down.
Stop it! Please, stop!
I'm sorry, Enmado.
Shimon! I don't want to hear apologies!
You guys are the Twelve Guardians!
You guys are the strongest!
How can you give up?!
It's no good...
Hurry and run....
Subaru-sama!
Wait! I still need—
You gotta... run...
It... can't be...
What is this?
Magnificent.
A power befitting the king of both Magano and the real world.
It's as if I've been reborn...
Screw that!
How can you say that about power you stole?!
I will never accept what you've done!
And what does your acceptance matter to me?
As Mitejima Subaru said, your best bet is to flee for now.
What will you do,
Twin Star Exorcists?
I'm sorry, Subaru-sama...
But I cannot turn and run right now!
She's right!
Kuranashi, we're going to bring you down!
Then why don't you show me your power?
You don't have to ask!
Let's go!
Resonance!
Your spell power has increased...
Crimson Meteor Smash!
Crimson Meteor Smash
How's that?!
A good attack.
In that case...
Try this!
Reunion Spiral Hail!
Reunion Spiral Hail
Is that your full strength?
Stop messing with us, damn it!
We're using Resonance,
and he's still that much stronger?!
Let me demonstrate what the Twelve Guardians' spell power has given me.
Th-That's...
Subaru-sama's...
Their techniques are a bit odious to me,
but they should be perfect for you two.
Rokuro!
Done already?
Only felt confident at the start, is that it?
Kura...nashi...
Phantom... Serpent Coil...
Come forth... at once.
Wh-What the...
This technique...
You're "Toda" Tatara!
Kuranashi...
Kill, kill!
Kuranashi!
I see... you're a Shikigami,
so a spell meant for humans wouldn't affect you.
Kuranashi!
The bread crust guy has this kind of power?!
Tatara-sama's techniques strike ally and enemy alike.
That's why he's known as the most chaotic of the Twelve Guardians...
The most dangerous of them all.
It's just as Subaru-sama said.
A-Amazing...
Kuranashi! Kuranashi!
Kuranashi... Kuranashi!
You'll pay...
You'll pay, you'll pay! You'll pay, Kuranashi!
Did he get him?!
What?!
Tatara!
I expected Unomiya "Kijin" Tenma's attack to be effective...
You're decently powerful, but I've had enough.
Not yet...
Not done...
Toda Crystal Talisman!
Phantom Snake Coil, Divine Enchantment!
Your attacks won't reach me.
You've wasted 600 years, Tatara.
Kuranashi...
Kuranashi!
This rise in your spell power...
Are you actually...
Kuranashi!
Curse! I curse you! A curse upon you, Kuranashi!
Tatara!
Tatara-sama...
Damned Tatara...
To think he'd trade his life in order to strike me with a curse of deterioration...
But... your plan will end in failure.
I'll take his spell power!
Kuranashi!
Ijika Yuto...
Your spell power is mine!
What are you doing?!
Tatara...
It seems our feud of 600 years has ended in my victory.
It can't be...
Yuto...
What will you do now, Twin Star Exorcists?
It may not be a bad idea to withdraw for now.
What?!
It can't be...
You?!
What is...
...happening?
Then all of this...
was according to your manipulations?!
But when did you...
No... It was all your doing...
Ijika Yuto!
I'm sure you thought you were using me all along...
But tough luck!
Turns out it's the other way around.
It's been so long! I was hoping to see you again...
Roku!
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Hey, Roku. Y'know what Aeschylus said?
"It is human nature to kick a man when he is down."
What a lovely quote...
What the hell, Aeschylus?!
That's weird coming from a guy whose name sounds like a dessert!
I Come from Magano Say It Ain't So, Rokuro!
That's the part you object to?