Monsters called Nemesis bring disaster.
The only ones who can fight these dangerous foes are the sorcerers.
However, the sorcerers are considered tainted beings and feared by most.
If you're a barrier wall,
I'll just blow you wide open!
Skull Burst!
Fly High and Pierce Through the Storm -Rising-
"Fly High and Pierce Through the Storm."
Hey, look at the wall!
It's ripped open!
We're saved!
We can all get out of here!
We're free!
Taj!
You guys...
Ow! You're hurting me!
Oh, Tajy! Tajy!
There's a warrant out for your arrest.
You're the guy from...
Come quietly with me.
Is this really the time for that?!
It's just another part of my job.
The balloons holding up the island!
This town is done for!
Hold it.
What's your problem?!
You call this an Inquisitor's job?
Isn't protecting everyone supposed to be your job?!
What are you even fighting for?!
What am I fighting for, huh?
And what makes you so quick to believe?
Do you really believe that nonsense you spoke of before?
Damn right I do!
I'm gonna find Radiant and bust it up!
I'll change this world where people discriminate against each other!
Those are big words.
Then, before you change the world,
why not do something about that Nemesis charmer?
I'm going to, whether you ask me to or not!
As soon as this is all over, I'm throwing you in a cage.
As if you'll ever catch me!
Inquisition High Speed Frigate
C-Captain Marbourg's impropriety...
Assisting a Domitor... Evidence discovered...
Cause for concern...
Dart Dragunov.
Who, Konrad? I don't believe it.
He's a good-for-nothing liar and a segregationist through and through.
He seriously annoyed me to no end.
If you ask me, Dart Dragunov is just a useless coward.
You annoy me to no end as well...
Huh?!
It was female sorcerers who made Konrad stray from the light, I'm sure.
It's written in the Holy Scripture
that they seduce men and make everything they touch impure.
Santori, what do you think?
Santori! Are you asleep?!
Whoops! How careless of me.
So sorry about that.
Back in the day, I traversed the Green Desert
in search of the tomb of Nefertuktuー
Shut up! Go back to sleep!
Captain Dragunov says there is evidence.
General Torque?
I'm sure we'll learn the truth when the time comes,
but our true objective lies elsewhere.
Have you sensed anything?
Nope, not a thing.
Sure is weird.
I'm gonna go on ahead and check things out.
Do you need my approval?
Just get there before the island sinks!
Our top priority is the horned sorcerer.
And the rest of the sorcerers?
We'll send them to the red room.
Grimm has not asked the most important question yet.
Procella!
How dare you hurt my brother?!
Caeca Nube!
A smokescreen?
Speak!
Who taught you the skills of the Domitor— of one who controls Nemesis?
The ability you have would normally take many years to master.
Was it from Behemoth? Or Sirin?
No change in your pulse...
How disappointing that you have no connection to them.
Grimm will dispose of the Nemesis and leave, then.
Like hell you will!
A hidden blade?
Blood!
I was unable to help... again.
Just like the last time...
Melie!
Seth...
Jeez, be more careful! You almost cut me.
Seth...
M-Melie?
I'm sorry... Doc is... Doc is...
Huh? Doc?
Doc's right here.
Huh?
See? It's baby Doc!
Yeah, I sensed some weird Fantasia earlier.
So I went to check it out,
and I found Doc on the ground.
Doc?! Doc!
Come on, answer me! Doc!
You're not... dead—
His belly's moving!
I couldn't breathe in there! I thought I was a goner!
Oh, Seth, it's you.
Jeez, who the heck shut me up in a cramped place like this?
Huh?
I'm dead!
So that's what happened.
I never would've guessed my curse was molting.
Yeah, that's pretty gross.
Darn it, you!
Doc!
I can't breathe!
You're really... really Doc, right?
I-I'm gonna die!
Doc is alive! Doc is alive!
No! Don't do that!
Don't! Stop it! Don't! Stop it!
I was so worried!
Can't breathe...
Hey, what's that light?
That's...
The bandaged man is close by!
What splendid marking magic.
Grimm is not your enemy.
Grimm has come to warn you all.
Warn us?
The Domitor and her Nemesis are powerful.
They are beyond your capabilities.
You should escape while the island is in chaos.
And you think you can beat them?
If killing them is acceptable.
Absolutely not!
Then how can they be stopped?
You'd rather just stand back and do nothing?!
U-Um... Seth...
I'll restrain the Nemesis' strength.
You can stop the Domitor in the meantime.
You believe it is possible to restrain the Nemesis' strength?
Yes, if I use... a certain item.
Grimm has things to do.
Throwing this life away is not an option.
However, if you have a plan, Grimm will assist you.
Oh!
H-Hang on! I have to go, too?
I'm just a baby!
I'm worried about Mister Boobrie.
Not a problem.
Grimm will see that this bizarre baby is taken somewhere safe.
I... I want off this island.
What fools...
Yes... You three are with them.
So... I'll destroy you along with this island.
It appears she was still concealing some Echo Nemesis.
They're heading for the town!
Then I'll just blow them all away!
Seth!
Skull Burst!
Wow...
This... is not good.
Seth!
Where am I—Ouch...
Am I inside the tower? I have to get going.
I'm surprised.
That would've been bad if I hadn't enhanced the guard.
Who are you?
So, we meet at last.
[Inside of the Clockmap] Inside of the clockmap in Rumble Town. Several gears engage with each other, and its hand shows where people should go.
Seth!
Seth is alive.
How such a miracle occurred is unclear,
but Grimm can feel Seth's heartbeat through the bandage
that Grimm wrapped around his arm.
If those Echoes descend upon the town again, it's all over.
Let's proceed with the plan!
Understood.
Caeca Nube!
That won't work a second time!
The girl isn't there?
Furtum Potentiam!
I won't let you harm my brother any more!
If you insist on interfering with my revenge,
I'll sink all of you along with everyone else on this island.
Please... don't hurt any more people.
You dare ask that of me?
You people have already hurt my precious brothers!
That was...
I didn't know those Echoes were dear friends to you.
I'm sorry.
Don't talk as if you understand anything!
I...
think I do understand, a little bit.
The sadness of being all alone, the warmth of friends...
But you can't do a cruel thing like this!
Enough of your nonsense!
They're the ones who took everything from me!
My family, my friends... the one person who was kind to me!
They took it all from me!
So I'm going to take everything from them, too!
All right.
Working as a duo this time?
Or are you going to run away on that broom you're so talented with?
Grimm will not run.
This young sorcerer girl kept her promise.
Huh?
Well, fine.
My brother's wounds have healed.
There is no one who can defeat me and my brothers!
My Fantasia...
I've sealed your power...
in the Plundering Lamp.
All your Fantasia will accumulate in this lamp from this point onward!
No... Was it when...
You can no longer use magic,
nor can you get the Nemesis to help you!
Nemesis who have lost all control are not worth fearing.
Don't underestimate my bond with my brothers!
I'll blow you both away, just as I did your little friend!
You mean Seth? He is unharmed.
He was adamant that Grimm should not kill you.
What are you saying?
Of course, Grimm is no longer capable of taking anyone's life.
You'd best keep your distance.
To wield Kannibal requires a great deal of space.
Now, let us begin!
Do not worry.
Grimm will slay only the Nemesis.
Just who are you?
For the time being, you can just call me Piodon.
Piodon?
I'm currently a spectator who enjoys observing some of the mechanisms of this world.
Huh?
And what's your name?
Seth.
Seth, huh?
So, Seth... why are you keeping it sealed?
Sealed?
You mean this bandage?
You can't fight at full strength with it on, can you?
That's not true!
This is covering a scar I got the first time I faced a Nemesis.
It keeps my curse from spreading.
Alma...
The sorcerer who raised me said so.
It's not a seal or anything weird like that!
It seems that your understanding of Fantasia is not quite correct.
Seth, the way you are now, you're unable to use Fantasia freely.
What?
I wish I could do something about that seal for you.
Hey, don't you want power?
What are you going on about?!
Are you being cautious because you don't know whether I'm friend or foe?
In that case, Seth, which are you?
Huh?
Whom are you fighting for?
For people who have no power at all?
But they discriminate against the infected
and even kill them sometimes.
Or are you fighting for the infected?
If so, are you going to kill those who persecute you,
as that Nemesis charmer does?
Or are you fighting for the Inquisition?
If that's the case, you might have to work with people like Konrad.
I'll ask once more.
Why, and for whom, do you fight?
I...
Oh, no!
Hey, come on. We're not done talking.
Thanks a lot!
I don't really get all this, but you saved me, right?
See ya later!
Boy, is he ever full of energy.
Well, I'll see him again soon enough.
Don't die, Seth.
You're my precious family, you know?
Without their Domitor's direction,
hunting down the Echoes will be a simple feat.
You people have no idea how strong the bond between me and my brothers is!
She took all the Nemesis into that scroll?
Has Grimm's control of Kannibal reached its limit?
I can enter only one in the Lamp.
Her Fantasia is combining with that of the Nemesis!
The Lamp can't take it in!
We did not account for this.
I'm going to blow everything away!
Don't do this!
The island is going to fall apart!
If you don't like it, then try to make us stop!
If you can get close to us, that is!
I finally made it!
To Be Continued
Next Time
The battle reaches its final stage.
Hameline's violent attack assaults Seth,
but when he conflates his own past with her thirst for revenge,
his heart wavers.
"You mustn't become a monster at any cost."
Will Seth's voice reach Hameline?
Next time on Radiant, "To Stop the Sound of the Wind."
To Stop the Sound of the Wind -Serenade-
Be sure to watch next time.
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