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Before me, there stand no adversaries!

Behind me, there are mountains of treasure!

I'm dignified and arrogant!

Race forward forever and ever!

Fukiareru kaze ga kami wo surinuketeku Stormy winds blow through your hair

Sono hitomi ni utsuru shinkirou And reflected in your eyes is a mirage

Hikari to yami no hazama umareta inochi You decide now is the time to face once again

Ima futatabi tachimukau toki to the life born in the rift between light and dark

Jidai wo utsutsu kagami sae hibiware kudakete Even if the very mirror reflecting the times cracks and shatters,

Sore demo ikiteru motomete yamanai ai wo sakenderu will still be alive, crying out for the love you ceaselessly seek

Tachikirenai omoi daite hito wa samayoitsuzukeru continue to wander, holding on to ideas they can't give up on

Tachihadakaru kabe miageru yori Rather than look up at the walls that stand in the way,

Uchikuzusu sube wa aru to maboroshi wo uchiharatte drive away those illusions and have faith you can knock them down

Itsu datte ima koko ga hajimari This is where it all starts, always

Through mountains and fields,

we've been chasing that puny animal named Pokota.

Honestly! He has some real balls to try and frame me!

On top of that, Amelia and Zelgadis were supposed to help catch him

but wound up making friends with him instead!

And then they attacked the cute snow bunny I built!

Where did things go wrong?!

"Eternal - The Forever-Sleeping Forest"

Stop right there, puny animal!

You never quit!

- Wait! - Wait, Pokota!

Like anyone would wait when told to!

Do you know how much trouble you've put us through?!

I don't have time to mess with you guys! Especially not today!

Enough talk! Damu Bras!

Missed me!

Over here!

Where'd he go?!

Catching Mr. Pokota will be tough in a place like this...

No whining!

Huh?

It's getting foggy...

Fog?! Oh no! It's that time already?!

There!

When did you invent that technique?

I know you're there! Just come out quietly!

My, what a surprise.

- What?! - That voice!

Throwing such things at people...

You know that's dangerous.

You!

Xellos!

Mr. Xellos!

Who're you again?!

Who is this guy?! One of your friends?! Hey!

Not exactly... I'm not sure how to put it...

Indeed...

Now, now, please don't act so wildly, Mr. Pokota.

Just let me go!

Please, just calm down.

Okay?

Alright, Xellos. What are you doing here?

Oh, you know that goes without saying.

It's a secret!

More importantly, shouldn't you look around you instead?

- This fog is so thick... - When did it get like this?

No, not that. Look a little harder.

What are you getting at?

Ms. Lina! There's something there!

What is that?!

Oh, geez...

A city? In a place like this?

What's with this town?!

It has so many plants growing around it,

and the buildings are covered in moss.

I don't sense anyone at all...

Do you suppose it was abandoned for some reason?

It hasn't been abandoned at all! This is my hometown!

Your hometown?!

Will you let me go already?!

Geez!

Oh, I guess he doesn't like me.

Who is this guy?!

Oh, he's my Handy Item #4.

F-Four?

Then who're you suggesting #1 through #3 are?

Just drop it. He's more than you or we can handle.

Anyway, think you can explain this hometown of yours to us?

F-Fine. This kingdom's name is Taforashia.

It was hidden in mist for certain reasons.

And only once every few months does a path open into the mist.

Taforashia? Have you heard of it?

No...

I think I've heard of it before!

You know about it, Gourry?!

But... I forget!

Then keep your mouth shut! You'll only make things more confusing!

Yes, ma'am...

Taforashia was built hundreds of years ago

by the descendants of Sairaag, when it was known as the Magic City.

But a story also exists

that Taforashia is a city of legend that suddenly vanished in one night.

A city that vanished?

At some point, the so-called Durum Plague ravaged this land.

At the time, there was no treatment for the illness,

and neighboring countries refused to lend a helping hand,

out of fear that the disease would spread.

That's terrible!

It was then that a single sorcerer came to save the country,

but it's said the kingdom vanished into the mist before his very eyes.

And that's this kingdom of Taforashia?

That's the story that people still tell.

You're wrong! This country vanished of its own accord!

Pokota...

What this guy said was mostly right,

but this country didn't vanish or get destroyed.

It's true that there was no treatment for the Durum Plague back then,

and that the country was on the brink of ruin.

But a sorcerer showed us a path to salvation!

D-Don't tell me this is...!

It was originally built to be a catacomb.

T-Then...?

There are so many...

This is a bit similar to a technique that Lord Hellmaster uses.

You mean Phibrizzo?!

Don't worry. They're not dead. They're just asleep.

Asleep?!

Yeah. We decided to use magic to put everyone to sleep

until a cure for the plague was found.

And we also placed a mist seal around the entire country

to hide it from people's eyes.

Hold on!

You said it was the Durum Plague that struck this country, right?!

If so, then a cure for it was found years ago!

Huh?! Really?!

These people don't need to fear the plague anymore?

Then why are they still being kept asleep?

Yes, a cure for the Durum Plague was found.

But now we can't find the sorcerer who constructed this seal!

Oh, it's never that easy, is it?

Talk about being irresponsible...

You don't know anything!

He lent this country a helping hand when no one else would!

But they'll wake up if you can find him, right?

Who is he?

He's a great person you cheap sorcerers could never compare with!

Cheap sorcerers?!

When it comes to famous sorcerers...

His name is Rezo. The blind sage. Red Priest Rezo.

- Red Priest?! - Rezo?!

Red Priest Rezo... To think we'd hear that name here.

You can say that again.

But that'd explain why this technique is a little similar to the Hellmaster's.

Talk about unexpected...

Really?

Alright! You know something, don't you?

Not at all. I have nothing to do with this kingdom's past.

Really, now?!

Oh, that's right! I have unimportant business to attend to...

Hey! Get back here!

Geez!

I've never met the actual Rezo myself. What was he like?

Red Priest Rezo... A blind sorcerer known as a legendary sage.

Using his incomparable magic skills and abundant knowledge,

he saved many people and helped establish magic guilds all over.

Then he was a good guy!

We fought him, you know!

But...

That was only his public face.

In reality, healing his eyes was his one and only concern;

he didn't care what the consequences of his twisted experiments were.

My body was just one of the casualties of his experiments.

That's how he was?

And Ruby-Eye Shabranigdo was sealed inside his blind eyes.

Okay, you finally understand what happened here!

Now can you leave?!

I didn't want to let anyone come here!

But there are still some things we need to know.

First, who you are.

And then there's the magic tanks and Sword of Light.

I, uhh...

Also, since it's not exactly a secret,

what if I said that Red Priest Rezo is no more?

Rezo's not alive?

Y-Yeah, basically.

That's out of the question!

If Rezo is gone, the seal around this kingdom would've broken!

Is this true?!

That's the kind of seal it is. It'd be a real problem otherwise, right?

Good point...

Say, where's that guy with the staff?

It couldn't be!

- We're going too! - Yes!

Right!

Darn it!

Let's put out the fire!

Ext Ball!

Who would do this?!

They even broke through this seal!

- What is this place? - The king's manor!

Who's there?! Who's wreaking havoc in the king's manor?!

Hey, now, Pokota!

You're here too, Pokota?

Or should I say Prince Posel Korba Taforashia?

Wha?! Prince?!

So it is you, Duclis!

Where are you?! Show yourself to me!

You needn't shout so loud. I'm right here.

Duclis! You!

It's been a while, Pokota.

So it was you who stole the magic tanks!

I found a generous person

who agreed to buy those junky prototypes for a nice price, you see.

What?!

W-Who are these people?!

A beastman, a girl, and...

This is what has become of this kingdom's prince?

How utterly odd.

What?! Who are you?!

Still, if I'm dealing with a prince,

it would be rude of me not to introduce myself.

I am Gioconda. A marquess of the Ruvinagald Kingdom.

My name is Ozzel. It's a pleasure to meet you.

Hey, now!

First Pokota is a prince, and now this strict old hag is a marquess?!

W-What's a marquess? A big shot?

It's okay! I'm a princess! I can hold my own with her!

Oh, right!

But that's not the issue!

Hey, you guys!

Well, at least I finally can swallow that story of yours now.

What?

Basically, this country built the magic tanks

and these guys stole them, right?

Oh? So you know of the magic tanks.

Might you be the whelp known as Lina Inverse?

Just so you know, lady, I wasn't the one who destroyed them.

It's those very rumors that are the problem.

They'll only lower the magic tanks' value!

Value? You're planning to sell them as weapons?

You're a merchant of death, huh? Talk about your worthless ideas.

In other words, it's for evil?!

In that case, I, Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun

will punish her in the name of justice!

Oh? A member of the Seyruun royal family?

So what if I am?!

I always did feel Seyruun's high-and-mightiness was repulsive.

Are you planning to pick a fight with Seyruun?

Sorry, but Ruvinagald and Seyruun are on completely different scales.

Oh? Are you so sure about that?

I've had enough of your crap! I can't let you get away with this!

Blam Gush!

Duclis!

Why, you! Burst Flare!

Wait! That spell...!

Please step back.

Oww! Hot!

You know that spell shouldn't be used in such close quarters!

How?! That was a direct hit!

How is this possible?!

Don't tell me that armor is...!

- Zanaffar Armor... - What?!

Though it's still incomplete,

it appears it can withstand this level of an attack spell.

Do you... Do you understand what you're doing?!

Of course.

Why... Then why, Duclis?!

You, too, surely know the pain of being powerless, Pokota.

Helping hands aren't lent to those who are powerless.

Power?

And that's your so-called "power"?!

You abandoned this kingdom just for that?!

I didn't abandon it. There was simply no other way than this!

What was that?!

Why, you...

Blam Blazer!

It's no use!

Then how about this?!

Come, light!

Duclis!

The one and only nemesis of Zanaffar... the Sword of Light.

So you did run off with it?

We must take care...

...not to lower the Zanaffar's value any further!

You need not trouble yourself, Marquess.

I take it you want everyone here eliminated?

You say that rather casually.

Maybe I should show you it won't be that easy!

And what are you going to show me?

Attack spells have no effect on this armor.

Are you so sure?

Look at everything from your own standards

and you'll wind up in a world of hurt!

Lina!

That said, my only spell that might work against his armor is...

What is it, Duclis?!

It would seem I scratched it a bit!

What?!

Duclis!

Let's just stop right there, shall we?

- What?! - Xellos!

Mr. Xellos!

You!

- Xellos! Don't tell me you're...! - Let go! Let go!

Yes. I happen to be working with Mr. Duclis' group this time.

Eliminate those people, Xellos!

Actually, I think I'll leave for today.

Plus Mr. Duclis seems to be in poor shape...

What nonsense is this?! You refuse to obey my orders?!

While it is true that I'm working with you right now...

...I have no reason to obey your orders, Marquess Gioconda.

So, I'll be going for now. Until we meet again!

W-Wait! Hold on, Xellos!

I thought the Zanaffar was invincible?!

That Sword of Light was my only miscalculation.

Plus, the Zanaffar is still quite incomplete...

Deplorable!

There's no reason to be so upset.

Xellos!

After all, once it's complete, it'll be worth even more than it is now.

Anyway, you found what we were after, I hope?

But of course.

The Claire Bible manuscript that shows how to create Zanaffars...

Please take a good look.

I see! With this, the Zanaffar will near completion!

What are you doing?!

We can't afford to leave something as dangerous as this out

for people to see, after all.

More importantly, I suggest you watch out for Ms. Lina's group.

If it appears they'll continue to get in our way,

then we simply need to eliminate them once and for all.

Ozzel.

Yes, ma'am.

Call upon him... Assassin Zuuma.

Yes, ma'am.

Owari wa shinai It's not going to end

Harewataru sora kara ochiru tooriame From the completely clear sky comes a brief shower

Nagarete yuku kumo ni oitsukenakutte I'm unable to keep up with the flowing clouds

Tabidachi no saki ni wa atarashii deai At the end of my journey awaits a new encounter

Demo nagasareteru you de ochitsukanakutte But I can't stay calm and relax; I feel like I'm being swept away

Sore demo kono shunkan ni subete ga owaru wake ja nai Even so, it's not as if everything is going to end this very instant

Sou desho Isn't that right?

Akireru hodo nayaminuite Right now I don't need any answers

Denai kotae ima wa iranai that can't be found even after an apalling amount of agonizing

Hora, hontou wa akiramete inai But look, I haven't actually given up yet

Mada, mada ikou Let's keep on going

Owari wa shinai It's not going to end

Issho ni ikou Let's go together

Kakugo kimete ne Make sure you're ready

Rolly, rolly! Rolly, rolly. And another rolly, rolly!

On the next Slayers Revolution:

"Fall on - Strange Festival! BiZarre Festival? Push that Ball Up!"

If you don't watch, I'll go berserk!

Rolly, rolly.