1. Sorry.
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2. I'm told
visiting hours are over.
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3. I'm an executioner.
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4. Name's Draht.
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5. I serve Aura the Guillotine.
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6. Don't fight.
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7. I have come here to kill you.
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8. I see.
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9. Not pretending
you want peace anymore?
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10. We've just begun.
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11. I should warn you
that I am fairly strong.
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12. Stronger than me?
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13. Stronger even than
Aura the Guillotine.
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14. I doubt that very much.
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15. Why?
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16. "Why?"
For this fight is already over!
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17. Hmm.
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18. A magical wire, huh?
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19. What an interesting spell.
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20. You concentrated
mana around your neck
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21. to avoid decapitation.
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22. You're levelheaded...
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23. which allowed you to
keep your head,
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24. when an ordinary mage
would have lost theirs.
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25. Try what you will,
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26. but this wire is among
demon kind's strongest spells.
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27. Humanity's feeble magic
doesn't stand a chance!
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28. I shall saw through your mana
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29. and the soft, pink flesh
underneath.
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30. You're right.
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31. I doubt there is anything
I can do to sever your thread.
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32. Really? That's all it took
to convince you you'd won?
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33. Demons these days
are such a disgrace.
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34. No experience
on the battlefield.
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35. This mage.
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36. She took my arm!
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37. You bitch, I'll—
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38. Let's talk this through—
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39. That's one beast down.
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40. If I report
this attack to the graf
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41. and exterminate the rest
of the town's parasites,
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42. a pardon is the least
he could grant me.
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43. Hm?
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44. This is going to
complicate things.
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45. Hm?
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46. This food is delicious.
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47. Mm.
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48. My master always said...
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49. you can tell
if a town is peaceful
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50. by how good the eats are.
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51. Guess that goes
for this place, too.
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52. Mister Stark.
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53. No! Order your own!
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54. Let's talk to the graf.
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55. We can try to
petition him directly
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56. to release Mistress Frieren.
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57. Hm?
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58. It's only a matter of time
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59. until harm comes to this town.
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60. If we can get her
out of the dungeon,
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61. she can defeat the demons.
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62. That does feel like
our only option.
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63. You don't stand a chance
against enemies like those.
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64. Especially not the Lugner guy.
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65. He seems dangerous.
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66. He only looked at Frieren.
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67. We were standing right there
next to him with the guards,
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68. but his eyes were
locked on her alone.
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69. He saw us as pawns
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70. that he can
knock out any time.
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71. My hands haven't stopped
shaking since.
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72. Huh.
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73. You see?
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74. One thought about him,
and I'm spilling my drink.
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75. Now it looks like I wet myself.
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76. We have an important meeting.
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77. Clean it up.
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78. Graf Granat is with Lugner
and his men.
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79. Maybe asking for a fight.
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80. What wouldn't have
stopped the heroes
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81. should not stop us.
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82. You're right.
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83. If I lost my nerve here,
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84. I'd never be able to face
my master again.
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85. Let's go!
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86. You can hang on to that one.
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87. Uh...
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88. Are you coming?
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89. My body seems to think not.
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90. I am no longer
detecting Draht's mana.
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91. He must be dead.
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92. What a fool.
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93. He was careless.
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94. Careless?
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95. We are the
right-hand men of Lady Aura.
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96. Her executioners.
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97. You think mere carelessness
could kill us?
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98. Just who exactly is that mage?
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99. Apologies for
keeping you waiting.
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100. It seems the mage I captured
managed to escape.
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101. And her guard
was found beheaded.
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102. A worrisome threat to peace.
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103. We shall help you
with your search.
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104. Linie is quite skilled
at detecting mana—
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105. No, we're fine.
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106. Peculiar.
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107. It appears that you are missing
one of your companions.
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108. He'll be back soon.
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109. He went to use the privy.
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110. Without asking a servant
where it is?
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111. My untrained eye can tell
that mage is of great skill.
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112. Yet she allowed my men
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113. to detain her without a fight.
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114. She understands the gravity
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115. of killing a guard.
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116. Lord Lugner,
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117. I'll ask you one last time.
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118. Where is your other companion?
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119. My, my.
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120. That idiot Draht.
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121. He has ruined everything.
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122. Yet I find I can't complain,
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123. for now it seems that violence
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124. is the only way
to resolve this predicament.
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125. It would be a lie to say I'm
anything less than overjoyed.
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126. Whatever you use to reason,
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127. be it words or swords,
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128. The end result
will ultimately be the same.
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129. No matter
your weapon of choice,
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130. the weak will die.
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131. Just like this sword's
former owner did.
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132. You see.
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133. We are but wild beasts.
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134. But don't worry...
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135. I won't kill you.
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136. You're going to assist us
in removing
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137. this town's defensive barrier.
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138. Shouldn't be too much
farther from here.
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139. Hm?
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140. Excuse me.
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141. That is you, isn't it?
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142. Hm?
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143. Aren't you
supposed to be in jail?
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144. Please don't tell me
that you broke out.
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145. I didn't have a choice
in the matter.
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146. A demon called
Draht came into my cell
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147. trying to execute me.
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148. And though I took care
of the issue,
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149. when demons die, they turn
into mana particles and vanish.
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150. I don't understand
the connection.
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151. Before visiting me,
he killed the man
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152. guarding the dungeon.
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153. To better paint the scene,
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154. all to be found down there
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155. was a guard beheaded
by a magical wire
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156. and a lone mage.
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157. So where might that put me?
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158. You'll be sentenced to death
for killing the guard.
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159. I think so too.
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160. Which is why I have no choice
but to leave town.
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161. Wait a moment.
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162. If you leave, the remaining
demons will run wild.
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163. Would you really
abandon these people?
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164. Hm?
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165. Why don't you two
defeat them for me?
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166. You make it sound
like an everyday chore.
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167. We don't stand a chance
in a fight
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168. against monsters like them.
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169. You're not going to fight them
just because they're strong?
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170. Don't look so downcast.
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171. I fought more than my fair
share of demons,
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172. and you're no weaker
than they are.
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173. Okay, we'll fight them.
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174. But you've gotta help us!
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175. You can't ask us to
go it alone!
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176. I'm begging you!
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177. Hm?
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178. Hey! Where do you
think you're going?
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179. You can't leave us to die,
Frieren!
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180. You don't know when to give up.
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181. Steel your resolve, remember?
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182. Steel yourself.
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183. I don't wanna be demon food.
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184. You're being childish.
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185. Hm?
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186. About ten kilometers
outside of town,
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187. I sense a great deal of mana.
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188. Someone is observing us.
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189. Aura the Guillotine,
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190. one of the
Seven Sages of Destruction.
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191. It isn't as if I enjoy facing
powerful enemies, either.
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192. All the more reason to
take care of this one swiftly.
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193. Hm.
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194. Huh?
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195. This feels wrong.
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196. You're sure
we have to sneak in?
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197. Well, I suppose we could
just tell the gate guards
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198. we're here to kill
the peace envoys.
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199. It's a little too quiet.
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200. I truly love magic,
you see.
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201. Think of Qual,
the Elder Sage of Corruption.
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202. His life revolved around magic.
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203. That was the price for
developing his killing spell.
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204. Such as the way of our kind.
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205. We devote ourselves to research
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206. and spend our lengthy lives
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207. studying a single
type of magic.
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208. We grow our knowledge daily,
for years upon years.
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209. Our magics
might impress you now,
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210. but wait a decade,
and our powers
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211. will be even greater,
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212. further cementing our strength.
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213. Yet,
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214. magic is a strange thing.
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215. This town's defensive barrier,
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Flamme the Legendary Mage,
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217. has successfully kept
demons out.
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218. Huh?
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219. A spell cast by a genius
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220. a thousand years ago
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221. can sometimes outmatch
the research of the present.
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222. Hm.
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223. I despise geniuses.
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224. The beauty of accumulated
effort is lost on them.
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225. Your family knows
about this barrier
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226. better than any.
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227. You've maintained it
for generations.
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228. You showed your hand
when you allowed
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230. Now I know Flamme's creation
can be controlled.
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231. You will teach me how.
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232. Perhaps you need
a moment to think.
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233. I will leave you for now.
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234. Making someone wait
is a diplomatic tactic
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235. we demons can employ, as well.
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236. If you refuse to speak with me,
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237. know that
further torture awaits.
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238. There must be a grimoire
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239. related to the barrier
hidden somewhere.
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240. Search his room.
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241. I shall search the study.
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242. It's you.
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243. That snot nosed adventurer kid.
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244. I thought my son
had come to take me away.
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245. You look awful.
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246. Those demons are no joke.
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247. Let me help you out.
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248. Your hands are trembling.
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249. Is that a problem?
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250. No. It is valiant.
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251. My son's hands trembled before
he marched into battle, too.
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252. Must've cast
a spell on the rope.
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253. It won't cut.
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254. Just leave me be.
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255. I'm already done for.
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256. Evacuate the townsfolk
while you still can.
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257. You don't know your people
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258. if you think they'd listen to a
"snot-nosed adventurer kid."
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259. The Granat family crest
hangs from my neck.
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260. Show it to the guards,
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261. and they'll do
whatever you say.
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262. And watch your tone with me.
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263. The way that you've spoken
thus far is a serious offense.
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264. Hm.
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265. Hm?
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266. Although,
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267. I could overlook your crime
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268. if you run now.
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269. I get it.
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270. Sorry, old timer.
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271. You better kiss your
fancy chair goodbye.
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272. Hm?
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273. No chance I can afford
to replace it.
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274. - Hm?
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275. Lord Lugner.
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276. It's a rat.
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277. Graf Granat.
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278. Do you know him?
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279. I don't.
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280. He's one of the travelers
passing through.
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281. He must've come to
ask me to free that mage
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282. without realizing
she's already escaped.
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283. He's just a stupid boy.
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284. I see.
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285. Again?
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286. You can be on your way.
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287. I will let you live.
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288. It's like before.
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289. He's not even looking at me.
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290. Step aside while you still can.
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291. Get in my way
and I'll kill you.
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292. I'd like to see you try!
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293. My!
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294. Fast. For a human, that is.
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295. Huh!
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296. You protected your vitals,
and your reflexes aren't bad.
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297. That said, the young are rash,
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298. whether they're human or demon.
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299. Reckless with no strategy.
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300. Though, I have to admit,
I do commend your valor
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301. for challenging me
on your own.
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302. On my own?
Perfect.
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303. If you can't feel her, I guess
her strategy was a good one.
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304. Come again?
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305. Well, Fern.
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306. I created the opening
like you told me to.
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307. Lord Lugner,
I'm sensing a mage!
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308. Impossible.
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309. That mage is a mere human.
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310. She was able to evade
Linie's mana detection?
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311. And beyond that,
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313. Sit back, my lord.
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314. Let me handle this.
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315. - Don't.
- Hm?
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316. Tell me, girl.
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317. What is that spell?
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318. Truly, it's nothing special.
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319. It's just ordinary
offensive magic.
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320. Zoltraak, in your magic system.
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321. You expect me to believe
that was Zoltraak?
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322. Don't be absurd, child.
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323. Demon kind overcame that spell
half a century ago,
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you walked this world.
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325. From whom did you
learn this magic?
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326. You're trying to
buy yourself time.
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327. I'll end this.
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328. You will not.
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329. Fern!
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330. His injuries are bad.
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331. There's no time for them.
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332. Let's retreat.
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333. Fine.
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334. Once I stop the bleeding,
they're through.
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335. I ask you, take the warrior.
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336. Those children have
been stained with my blood.
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337. We will not lose them.
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338. You needn't fight her
yourself, Lord Lugner.
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339. I can kill the mage as well.
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340. If it were you who'd been
struck by that spell,
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341. you'd be dead.
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342. Already mighty,
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343. it's been modified
from its base form
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344. to specialize
in killing demons.
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345. In its current state,
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346. it's no longer Zoltraak,
killer of man.
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347. It has become
a demon-killing spell.
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348. The way that girl moved
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349. reminded me of a mage
I've faced before.
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350. The same mage who first
struck me with that magic.
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351. Of course.
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352. I remember now.
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353. It was Frieren.
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354. The mage who made
great contributions
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analysis of Zoltraak
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356. and sent more demons
to the grave
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