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Master Naofumi!

Master!

Naofumi!

Sorry.

It wasn't that bad.

Please don't try to pretend.

You can tell?

Pardon me, but you are the Shield Hero, I take it?

Yes. That's right.

As I thought.

Please…

I beg you to kill me.

What?

She disappeared?

I don't see her anywhere.

What is the situation?

The Spirit Tortoise has trampled over the capital.

It has stopped moving since changing course to these borderlands.

According to legend, it should remain motionless for two to three days.

It destroyed the capital, taking the lives of countless nobles and citizens,

and now it takes a nap?

The nerve!

According to legend, the Spirit Tortoise primarily attacks densely populated areas.

It should attack Rohillot next.

This was likely only a single stop along its path.

The Spirit Tortoise cannot simply pass an army this large.

So how do we beat that giant monster?

The Shield Hero?

If the Queen is right, we have two or three days to prepare.

We need to come up with a plan for when it moves.

There isn't any time.

Prepare? That can be done in an instant!

The knights and soldiers of our glorious kingdoms are gathered here!

A full frontal assault will fell it with ease!

Precisely.

We need no assistance from the Four Cardinal Heroes!

It is futile.

Tens of thousands of my kingdom's finest and most loyal men have fought.

They could not stop that moving fortress.

It is impossible to defeat that beast in a frontal assault.

We pray that the Four Cardinal Heroes will lend their powers to us.

Master Naofumi.

All right.

But you'd better not think of this as a suicide mission.

I want to minimize the losses as much as possible.

Otherwise, it will interfere with my original quest to repel the Waves.

Master Naofumi, you didn't need to say that.

Then let us review

our allied forces' strategy for defeating the Spirit Tortoise.

Oh, Disciple Rishia, so this is where you were?

Ms. Eclair!

Master!

What brings you here?

They said the Savior had left to defeat a legendary monster.

I was unable to sit still, so I came to assist.

That is why I am here as well.

This threat to the kingdom is equal to the Waves.

Though it defies Sir Iwatani's orders,

I suspended training the soldiers and came at once.

I see.

But where is Sir Iwatani?

Well…

He's in that building planning to defeat the Spirit Tortoise.

Master only took Raphtalia with him!

No fair!

I'm hungry.

Then Her Majesty the Queen is with him as well?

Oh, wasn't that the person…

If I recall, that person is…

I would like to ask the Shield Hero for his opinion,

but where are the Seven Star Heroes?

They have already left their respective lands for this place,

but many are quite a distance away.

They may not arrive in time.

Seven Star Heroes?

Apart from the Four Cardinal Heroes,

there are seven heroes who possess the Seven Vassal Weapons.

Some are summoned from an otherworld like you, Sir Iwatani,

and some are chosen from this world.

Vassal Weapons…

So there are heroes other than us?

Are they strong?

To be frank, I believe their powers are inferior to yours, Sir Iwatani.

It's better than not having them.

So where are these Seven Star Heroes?

They are…

Pardon me.

You are…

It has been far too long, Queen of Melromarc.

Master Naofumi, is that person…

Yes.

Your Highness! You are safe!

Highness?

The concubine and regent of the late King of the Spirit Tortoise Kingdom…

I failed to state my name when we met yesterday,

Shield Hero.

Allow me to introduce myself.

My name is Ost Horai.

Ost Horai?

Yes. The King's concubine and regent.

However, that was but a guise.

As for my true identity,

I am a familiar of the Spirit Tortoise.

What?

You must have encountered other familiars of the Spirit Tortoise.

You don't mean…

You're the same as those bats and abominable snowmen?

You?

Yes, I am simply in the form of a human.

Your Highness, surely you jest.

Oh, I am sorry.

They were all lies.

What?

Entering the center of the kingdom through the rear gates

and collecting the fewest human souls required

was my mission as a human familiar.

Hold it! Don't just barge in here and start talking!

Collecting human souls? What do you mean?

The master who created me, the Spirit Tortoise,

uses those souls as the source of its power

in order to prevent the Waves of Catastrophe from breaking.

Prevent the Waves from breaking?

Yes.

Human familiars like myself seduce those in power,

causing kingdoms to enter conflict and collect the souls lost.

If that is insufficient,

the monster familiars slowly collect souls throughout the world.

If that is also insufficient,

as a last resort,

the Spirit Tortoise is unsealed, and will directly act,

trampling the world and collecting a great number of souls at once.

However, this time, someone has unsealed the Spirit Tortoise.

It is destroying everything against the will of the Spirit Tortoise itself.

Even if it gains sufficient strength to stop the Waves,

the world will have ended by then.

At this rate, I will be unable to fulfill my mission.

Shield Hero, please kill my creator, the Spirit Tortoise.

You said that someone unsealed it.

Can just anyone unseal it?

Only I should know how.

When the human familiar is discovered and defeated by the Four Cardinal Heroes,

it is to tell them how to unseal the Spirit Tortoise.

What? That makes no sense! Why would you tell us that?

To defend the world from the Waves.

When that proves difficult,

the Heroes revive the Spirit Tortoise

and collect souls to suppress the Waves.

That's the duty of the possessors of the Four Cardinal Weapons,

the Four Cardinal Heroes.

A choice to sacrifice the world…

So that's what you meant, Fitoria?

If this is true,

then destiny has leveled upon the Heroes and the world a grim trial.

I am sorry.

But, Ost Horai, to think that you were not human…

I cannot possibly believe this.

I am sorry. It was my duty.

In order to fit the part…

Well…

A wicked woman?

I had played such a role.

I see.

The Spirit Tortoise is acting against its own will, is this right?

Yes. The one who unsealed it is likely controlling it.

You're just a familiar. What can you do in this situation?

You didn't just come here to ask me to defeat it.

Of course.

I will provide information to find the instigator

and stop the Spirit Tortoise.

The Spirit Tortoise's nature is to collect souls.

It will target densely populated areas.

Its next target will be this very city.

That was told in the legends, so…

What?

What else?

Oh, well…

Head?

Right. The head!

If you cut off its head, the Spirit Tortoise will stop moving!

Well, yes, most monsters will die if you chop off their heads.

Enough of this!

You dare defile the sanctity of a military council?

If so, then I shall cut off your head first!

If that stops the Spirit Tortoise, then all will be done!

That…

That will not be possible.

Unless you defeat the Spirit Tortoise,

you can kill me all you wish, and I will simply come back to life again.

Calm your temper. We know the means of defeating it.

We simply require a plan which can realize those means.

More importantly…

Yes. Who will command our forces?

What?

My kingdom has sent the most men. It will take command.

What nonsense is this?

Siege weapons will be invaluable in taking the Spirit Tortoise's head.

My kingdom possesses more of those than any other.

However, Melromarc shoulders the greatest expenditures.

They have also sent the Shield Hero.

That is not the matter which we must discuss--

Precisely.

I do not care who takes command.

However, my forces must stand at the head of the charge!

What good will a reckless charge do?

Indeed! Your forces will stand at the rear!

We cannot face those who have died unless we do!

Do you wish to die for naught?

If it creates a means for escape, then yes!

Enough of this crap!

I don't give a damn!

You can do that crap in your wars between your kingdoms!

You! You may be the Shield Hero--

Any strategy to minimize losses will work no matter who's in command.

I'll take command if I have to.

But if you're going to stroke your egos without thinking of a strategy,

then I'm out.

What?

However, I'll defeat the Spirit Tortoise with my own people

to defend my domain.

You're on your own.

They failed to reach an agreement?

What is Sir Iwatani thinking?

Right.

Fighting the war alone? The Savior would.

This is no time to be impressed.

How can a handful of us defeat such a large monster?

I am sorry.

If only I had acted a more mysterious character…

Oh, well…

Would you mind introducing me?

What? Oh, sure.

I hadn't given you my name either.

My name is Raphtalia.

And this is…

My name is Filo!

I'm Rishia Ivyred.

I'm the master of the Hengen Muso Style, Elrasla Grilaroc.

I'm the governor of Seyaette, Eclair Seyaette.

Master Naofumi was bestowed the autonomous demi-human domain of Seyaette.

Eclair volunteered to train the people of the domain in swordsmanship.

She has trained Rishia and myself in the sword since.

My, that is lovely.

My father passed in the first Wave.

I must atone for failing to defend the people of the domain.

Though I do not believe I will ever do so fully.

No, you did the best that you could.

My skills with the sword keep improving as well.

I'm very grateful to you.

Me too.

That is a great relief to me.

Oh, sorry.

I need to introduce myself as well.

Crown Princess of the Spirit Tortoise Kingdom, Ost Horai.

I have heard much of you.

Oh, that was a lie.

-What? -What?

A lie?

It is a long story.

Aren't you cold?

They say the nights are cold here.

No, I'm fine.

It's a beautiful city.

Yes.

If things weren't as they were,

it would be full of lights and even more beautiful.

Yes, it would.

Will this city be destroyed too?

By a catastrophe other than the Waves?

As things stand, it will be.

Is there any way to defend it?

Well…

I'm very grateful that you value our village so highly.

But I don't want you to think that our village is all that matters.

Master Naofumi, you may say otherwise,

but those generals can't be bad people.

Deep in their hearts, they only wish to protect their own kingdoms.

Don't you think so too, Master Naofumi?

You said that you would take command if there were a good strategy.

Let's think of one,

together with Filo, Rishia, and the Queen.

Let's give those generals a strategy that they can't argue against.

I'm sure that they'll listen to you then.

Because you are the Shield Hero, after all.

Good grief.

If the Spirit Tortoise goes to where there are human souls,

then there's no need to wait until it attacks the city.

We lure it here with numbers,

then do whatever it takes to stop it.

There's no need to defeat it. We'll handle the rest after.

My Hycasian mounted battalion will accept the role of decoy.

Mounted knights, heavy infantry, archers…

They are the strongest even among our kingdoms.

Next, we need to pin it down.

My Rohillot forces will install all of our siege weapons in the area.

As large as it may be, we shall crush at least one of its legs.

Good, but that's not enough for me.

Is that still being used?

That fortress was used in the last major war.

It has been abandoned for several decades.

Is it possible to destroy it with a ritual spell or something?

My Medeus Kingdom's mage order can do so,

but it would be best to assume that it can only be cast once.

If the lives of the mages are no object, then they can cast as many as needed.

We still have enough bombs to blow away a mountain.

We had no time to use them.

Then we use them. The ritual spells are a last resort.

Then let us begin preparations at once.

Now how do we cut off its head after it stops?

It may be difficult with this sword.

Should I try eating it?

No, you shouldn't.

What?

Let's go back and think up our own plan.

Yes. If we combine my Hengen Muso Style and Disciple Raphtalia's sword,

there may be a way to do it.

Excuse me. Naofumi, what should I do?

Join Ost in the city library and research all you can about the Spirit Tortoise.

What?

It's an important job, probably.

Let's do our best.

Okay.

Oh, right. Before I came here, I stopped in the capital.

Sir Erhard entrusted me with several items.

I shall bring them now.

USAONY SWORD

It's beautiful.

DOGHEAD CLAW

How do I look?

FILO SUIT

You look just like one.

I don't make cawing sounds!

On that note, Rishia,

you are with the Shield Hero for the Bow Hero's sake?

Yes, that's true.

Now that you mention it, I'm absolutely terrible.

I pulled you into my party. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Yes.

You must love the Bow Hero.

What?

If so, I may be able to give you some advice.

I may not be very certain about the Spirit Tortoise,

but I'm confident with this!

What should I do, specifically?

You quickly create circumstances that he can't deny.

Do it first, then think about what to do.

That is how I ensnared countless kings.

Do it first?

That isn't…

That isn't what I want!

What? So you know what it means.

Well, you are that age, even if you don't look it.

Naofumi, please!

Oh, to be young!

Master Naofumi, what does it mean?

It's the Spirit Tortoise.