Match set!
That's enough!
Is there another warrior that wants to challenge her?
One piece of gold gets you in.
Twenty pieces if you win.
Come on! Someone take her!
I paid to see a fight!
I'll do it.
Thanks.
Queen's Blade
Episode 2 「The Sacred War」
This is great. I love seeing warriors go at it.
Yeah, the Queen did get rid of the Queen's Blade.
We're lucky we can even see a fight out here like this.
It's sure tough being a warrior.
If they want to earn a meal,
they're forced to join the army...
Or if they don't wanna do that,
fight in unauthorized fights like this one.
Oh yeah, have you heard about
the Ragged Warrior going from town to town
making a mess of things?
Hm? Oh yeah, I've heard of her.
Supposedly, she's the successor of one of the noble factions.
I wonder what I should do now...
It was my plan to go out and meet anything I came across,
and not run away from it, but...
Got you!
So who's the next brave warrior to step up to the plate?
Come on!
Give me back my money if they're not gonna fight!
Crap.
Looks like we've got ourselves a new challenger!
Let's start the fight!
I'm not going easy on ya, stranger.
Yeah! This is great! Do it!
This girl...
Stop it! What are you trying to do?!
Yeah!
That was awesome!
That was quite the spectacle.
You're pretty strong, and cute to boot.
What do you say we team up and make some quick cash?
Huh?
This is bad!
The Inquisitor is here!
W-What? This isn't good.
You'll be burned at the stake if she finds you!
Run!
The Inquisitor...
Why do I have to come here with you?
I'm just here on my standard Inquisition circuit.
You are the one who decided to follow me.
Goddamn it.
If Ymir never mentioned to me that
surviving Kreutz might be in the area,
I never would have come to this ass backwards town.
Welcome, Inquisitor!
Thank you very much.
H-Here.
I hate these flowers.
Elina-san!
You go be Inquisitor all on your own, or whatever.
I'm gonna make my way back home when I feel like it.
Don't cry.
God sees your good deeds.
So Elina's here?
Yeah! Let's go play over here!
There's children out, too.
I have to avoid a fight from breaking out here.
Man, I'm so stupid.
I shouldn't have listened to to Ymir.
Phew, I'm beat.
The water's cold!
There's something under that rock!
Claudette-oneesama trusts Ymir a lot.
I hate to admit it, but her plans usually work out.
I thought she was just some stupid dwarf,
but she's actually pretty level-headed.
There aren't any other windows or exits.
This isn't good.
I thought I heard a voice...
I guess it was just my imagination.
The octopus from before...
Why are you here?!
I don't know why,
but Claudette-oneesama has been so wonderful lately...
Leina-oneechan was supposed to be the only one for me...
I want to see Leina-oneechan again.
When Onee-chan comes back,
I want Claudette-oneesama and the two
of us to all play together.
Onee-chan...
Onee-sama...
At this rate, we should reach Gainos in about ten days.
We're going to get Mirim back,
retrieve the wizard stone, and find Onii-chan.
Anyway, how about we get going, Vante?
Let's go home!
I wonder what we're having for dinner today?
I miss Onee-sama now.
I guess I'll head back to Gainos.
Well done.
I was unable to find even a
minor developing case of heresy in this village.
Thank you very much, Inquisitor.
In that case, we would like to ask something of you.
If it's something within my control...
Then, please.
Now, sit up straight and open your legs wider.
This will demonstrate your allegiance to God.
I-Inquisitor... I don't think I can go on...
Keep trying. You can spread your legs further.
I-I'm honored, Sigui-sama.
Don't call for me. Call for God.
Also, you're bearing your chest in the wrong direction.
God lives throughout your entire body.
He lives here.
And here.
And here!
Inquisitor, please instruct me, as well!
Please, me, as well!
My children have been fortunate.
I never would have thought they would have a chance
to be instructed by Sigui-sama,
one of the most revered members of the Head Ministry.
Inquisitor, you truly are amazing.
How did you become so knowledgeable?
Serving God is a never-ending journey.
I still have a long way to go.
There is one holy pose that I have still yet to master.
Th-There's one even you can't master, Inquisitor?
What type of pose is it?
It goes by the name "Holy Pose: Fate."
It's the ultimate pose that only those truly
acknowledged are said to be able to complete.
I'm no different than any of you when it comes
to believing in God and continuing on my journey.
Let's all do our best.
Yes, Inquisitor.
Inquisitor, the people of the town
would love it if you would listen to their problems.
I see.
I'll give them audience.
That inquisitor was pretty amazing.
Here you go!
I went to discuss the problem I've been having at work,
but she told me a wonderful story about God.
I feel a lot better now.
She's pretty young, but she's done a lot.
She said there's been so many people coming to see her,
she moved her departure for the capital to Monday.
Really? Maybe I'll go see her, too.
The Inquisitors...
I've heard good things about them at some of the villages I've been to.
It seems the Queen allows them to operate,
but I wonder what the Inquisitors think
about how things have turned out.
Oh yeah, I heard that in the South
there was an outbreak and children are dropping like flies.
Yeah, it's one of those diseases that wouldn't really be a problem
if there were enough medicine to go around.
However, because of the fog in the Calibara Forest, it seems that
they're having trouble transporting medicine to the region.
The Calibara Forest, huh?
I heard there wasn't any fog in that area in the past.
If they could just get through there without a problem,
they wouldn't have any trouble getting the medicine where it needs to go.
I hear that monsters have come to live in the forest.
Really? That's pretty scary.
Monsters?
The Calibara Forest...
Could the next person please come in.
What is the matter?
I'm not sure what I should do in life.
Could you tell me the details?
I see. Just as I thought.
Looks like your invention is coming along well, Ymir-nee.
But we're not at the stage where we can sell it, yet.
Looks like we'll be putting this on hold for a while.
I see. Kind of feels like a waste.
I have tons of other inventions I'm working on.
Eventually all of the weapons used in the Queen's army
will be handled by my Steel Mountain!
I see.
You wanted to get revenge against someone,
but now that you've traveled around the world,
your thinking has changed.
That's right.
There are many people on this continent that are suffering.
I wonder what I should do in order to save everyone,
and truly make this world a better place.
You have your answer.
You should pray.
Pray?
That's correct. Praying is the way to salvation for everyone.
If everyone offered
prayers to the Lord from the bottom of their hearts,
everyone would have happiness come to them.
What are you doing?
It's the holy pose, Worship.
Give everything to the Lord.
The Lord is everything. The Lord is absolute.
So you're saying I should stop thinking?
I believe prayer is necessary.
But I can't leave everything up to God!
I believe that there are things that only humans can accomplish.
That's nothing more than pure arrogance.
There is a limit to what a mere human can accomplish.
And that is why I worry!
What are you trying to do here?
Huh?
How despicable!
While were talking you had...
P-Please wait!
What are you talking about?
I understand now.
It seems you are in need of an Inquisition.
Fight me.
Big news! Big news!
The Inquisitor and a purple-haired beauty of a warrior
will be fighting behind the church!
This is big news!
This is great.
We get to see this fight up close.
The famed Inquisitor against the beautiful warrior from yesterday.
You couldn't have picked two better fighters.
I have no reason to fight you.
I will determine whether or not
you are a heretic through this fight.
En garde.
She's strong.
This is it.
Place your bets.
Come on! Win for me!
Make me some cash!
And thank you.
She's showing no hesitation in this battle.
I-Is this...
Is this what it means to believe in God?
The Inquisitor's strong...
She took out that warrior?
You still have time.
Swear that God is absolute.
If you do so, I shall forgive you in His name.
Now, let's walk the path that God has given us together.
God may be absolute, however...
it's not like me to depend on someone else
before I can walk on my own two feet.
Even if I cannot see the path before me,
I will make the step forward by my own will.
In that case... I shall pass my judgment.
I pronounce you guilty.
I sentence you to being burned alive.
Prepare yourself!
Now!
How dare you?!
Impossible. She cut the Holy Flame with her blade?
I can only perform to my utmost!
She's even stronger than before.
She's driving back the Inquisitor.
Sh-She's strong!
She's like a completely different person now.
Has God granted power to her for some reason?
N-No, wait!
Stop!
Not right now!
No! No!
No!
Lord, I thank you for your protection.
I offer a prayer to you.
I hereby punish the heretic!
That's...
"Holy Pose: Fate..."
I shall ask your name.
Annelotte Kreutz.
W-Wait...
What's going on?
You find him?
No, he's not here!
Where did that bastard run off to?!
No one won, and then he ran off with our bets!
I've got something special for him once we find him!
You've gotta be kidding.
I'm not giving back any money I've earned.
For you to take bets on the outcome of a holy trial is unfathomable.
You are blaspheming God!
N-No... I...
I pronounce you guilty.
There we go...
Hey, Ymir-nee!
I brought the armor, sword, and shield
you asked for from the lab!
Good work.
You're such a slave driver.
You could have brought it up here yourself,
but you made me do it.
I thought you said this afternoon
you'd work on that piece of equipment later.
I changed my mind.
This is going to be interesting.
The monsters in the Calibara Forest...
I can only perform to my utmost!
I shall go to purify the Calibara Forest!
Lord, please forgive me for being unable to punish the heretic.
But this is the last time that happens!
Inquisitor Sigui will exterminate every
non-believer and heretic from this continent.
Next time: "The Moonlight from the Jungle and the Sun."
Episode 3 「The Moonlight from the Jungle and the Sun」
How can you wear something so shameless?!
Moonlight Dancer?
A non-believer that leads the population astray with her obscene dancing!
She's blaspheming God!
I sentence you to being burned alive!
Burned alive! Burned alive!
You are totally getting burned alive!