WEBVTT 00:10.780 --> 00:11.830 What are you doing? 00:11.830 --> 00:13.160 Why did you come here? 00:13.160 --> 00:16.490 I'll become king, or whatever it takes! 00:16.490 --> 00:18.660 How long will you keep digging? 00:18.660 --> 00:20.580 The Rune's protection is with us! 00:20.580 --> 00:23.950 As long as the future is peaceful, I don't mind. 00:23.950 --> 00:29.580 With the Progenitor Rune's power, she might be able to defeat even the King of Darkness. 00:29.580 --> 00:32.240 Those who glimpse an ideal 00:32.240 --> 00:36.410 have a duty to devote their lives to making it a reality! 00:36.410 --> 00:38.120 How many times does this make? 00:38.120 --> 00:42.030 We managed to repel the darkness's invasion with difficulty, but... 00:42.030 --> 00:45.910 Who can say how long my power will work against him. 00:45.910 --> 00:47.080 What's yours, boy? 00:47.080 --> 00:52.080 I'm sure that under the next King of Darkness, the balance will be preserved once more. 00:52.080 --> 00:56.080 I am the Prince of Darkness, successor to the King of Darkness! 01:14.780 --> 01:17.580 "Shironeko Project ZERO CHRONICLE" 02:26.130 --> 02:31.050 "Shironeko Project ZERO CHRONICLE" 02:31.120 --> 02:34.050 "Chapter 2: The World's Egoism" 02:45.660 --> 02:47.830 Hurry! Follow Her Majesty! 02:47.830 --> 02:48.990 Yes, sir! 02:51.780 --> 02:52.950 Everyone, 02:52.950 --> 02:56.530 a threat has appeared in Metis, the western capital. 02:56.530 --> 02:58.910 We will hurry there alongside the knights. 03:11.330 --> 03:12.620 This way! 03:16.450 --> 03:20.490 Why not put up a little more resistance? I won't mind. 03:29.950 --> 03:33.620 Oh, so that's where you were hiding. 03:40.330 --> 03:42.830 Everyone, we must not be afraid! 03:42.830 --> 03:43.990 Yes, ma'am! 03:46.780 --> 03:49.030 I'll go first this time. 04:01.870 --> 04:03.580 Fire! 04:07.780 --> 04:11.370 Are you that eager to tell me where you are? 04:11.370 --> 04:12.740 Well then... 04:15.120 --> 04:17.700 ...I'll have to thank you! 04:20.950 --> 04:22.660 Oh? 04:22.660 --> 04:24.030 Bahl! 04:24.030 --> 04:26.530 I won't let you defile this land any further! 04:27.660 --> 04:29.370 Lord Alantia! 04:29.370 --> 04:31.160 We'll handle this! 04:31.160 --> 04:33.410 Please lead the people to safety! 04:33.410 --> 04:34.530 Yes, sir! 04:36.870 --> 04:39.740 Alantia, leader of the elves. 04:39.740 --> 04:42.370 Try to make this fun. 04:42.370 --> 04:43.490 Go! 04:52.950 --> 04:56.080 Knight Commander! There are soldiers of darkness ahead. 04:56.080 --> 04:56.990 What?! 04:56.990 --> 04:59.530 But we just drove them off. 04:59.530 --> 05:02.240 First troop, follow me! 05:02.240 --> 05:04.740 Second troop, soldiers of darkness are coming! 05:04.740 --> 05:08.080 Don't let them lay a finger on the mages! 05:08.080 --> 05:10.620 Sheama, watch our backs! 05:10.620 --> 05:13.580 Right! Leave it to me. 05:13.580 --> 05:15.120 We won't let them get close! 05:15.120 --> 05:16.240 Let's go! 05:32.120 --> 05:35.330 Try not to disappoint me. 05:35.330 --> 05:36.410 Now! 05:42.740 --> 05:45.200 I see you've caught me. 05:45.200 --> 05:47.580 Good job! 05:55.580 --> 05:57.620 Not bad. 05:57.620 --> 05:58.990 But! 06:01.620 --> 06:04.200 This is bad! Spirits, fall back! 06:26.530 --> 06:29.830 A winged ant is still an ant. 06:29.830 --> 06:33.030 I never imagined he could be so powerful. 06:34.450 --> 06:37.160 What am I supposed to do? 06:55.620 --> 06:57.660 Your Majesty! 06:57.660 --> 06:59.240 Take care. 06:59.240 --> 07:02.740 May the Progenitor Rune... protect you. 07:06.200 --> 07:10.830 Your Majesty! His power defies belief! 07:10.830 --> 07:12.780 Thank you, Alantia. 07:12.780 --> 07:17.660 I'm sure your efforts allowed some of the people to escape. 07:19.120 --> 07:22.450 So, the top contender finally puts in an appearance. 07:22.450 --> 07:23.530 Bahl! 07:23.530 --> 07:27.950 If you remain here any longer, I will show you no mercy! 07:29.280 --> 07:33.240 Go ahead; I don't mind. 07:40.780 --> 07:43.120 My, you're fast. 07:54.530 --> 07:56.780 They must have taken advantage of Bahl's attack. 07:56.780 --> 07:58.280 The cowards! 07:58.280 --> 07:59.660 W-Wait! 07:59.660 --> 08:01.580 We're only deserters! 08:01.580 --> 08:03.870 We surrender! Help us! 08:03.870 --> 08:05.530 Wh-What? 08:05.530 --> 08:08.160 Then drop your weapons and get on your knees! 08:12.370 --> 08:15.490 Have you no pride as warriors? 08:15.490 --> 08:19.120 Of course not. We're not warriors! 08:19.120 --> 08:23.450 We're just peasants conscripted into the war! 08:23.450 --> 08:25.530 It's the truth! 08:25.530 --> 08:27.080 Please believe u-- 08:30.080 --> 08:31.450 What?! 08:45.200 --> 08:47.410 So, these are darkness's true colors! 08:47.410 --> 08:49.120 Attack! 08:49.120 --> 08:51.160 There aren't many of them! 08:56.620 --> 08:59.200 Rune, obey my will! 08:59.200 --> 09:03.160 Calida Lux, Puram Lucem! 09:03.160 --> 09:05.530 Begone! 09:15.700 --> 09:18.330 What willfully violent power. 09:18.330 --> 09:21.780 At this rate, against Bahl, I... 09:21.780 --> 09:23.740 What are you twittering about? 09:23.740 --> 09:26.410 Entertain me more! 09:30.120 --> 09:31.910 Dea Preces! 09:33.870 --> 09:35.660 That's the spirit. 09:40.910 --> 09:43.830 I'd expect no less from the Queen of Light. 09:55.700 --> 09:58.240 Still, I barely felt that. 10:00.410 --> 10:01.490 I knew it. 10:01.490 --> 10:05.660 I need more of the Progenitor Rune's power! 10:05.660 --> 10:08.530 Rune, obey my will! 10:08.530 --> 10:12.990 Calida Lux, Puram Lucem! 10:14.950 --> 10:16.280 Your Majesty! 10:16.280 --> 10:19.120 If you use that much power...! 10:22.910 --> 10:23.740 Oh? 10:23.740 --> 10:28.120 Do you think you can destroy me without getting serious? 10:28.120 --> 10:31.580 I can't put any more strain on the Progenitor Rune. 10:38.030 --> 10:40.280 What a wet blanket. 10:43.990 --> 10:45.450 Bahl?! 10:58.410 --> 11:00.950 Your Majesty? 11:00.950 --> 11:03.530 Give aid to the survivors. 11:03.530 --> 11:06.240 Phious will be here shortly. 11:06.240 --> 11:07.580 Yes. 11:07.580 --> 11:09.080 As Your Majesty wishes. 11:23.240 --> 11:25.780 It's an awful sight. 11:25.780 --> 11:27.410 Sheama. 11:27.410 --> 11:30.530 Darkness attacked us on our way. 11:31.780 --> 11:35.450 It looks like my brother routed them, 11:35.450 --> 11:38.080 but they seemed to be human soldiers. 11:38.080 --> 11:40.280 I see. 11:47.080 --> 11:52.080 "No. 02 Spirits" "A race said to be formed of materialized Soul. Elves are sometimes included in the same broad category." 11:57.030 --> 11:59.450 Dark Knight Vallus! 11:59.450 --> 12:02.240 Has His Majesty still not returned? 12:02.240 --> 12:03.910 Why do you wish to know? 12:03.910 --> 12:06.410 There is a matter I wish to bring to his attention. 12:06.410 --> 12:07.990 What is it? 12:07.990 --> 12:13.620 Only my followers were sacrificed in this expedition. 12:13.620 --> 12:15.030 Let me speak! 12:15.030 --> 12:18.740 We shouldn't continue these fruitless battles! 12:18.740 --> 12:22.870 The people of Black aren't savages who do nothing but invade! 12:22.870 --> 12:24.910 Are you listening to me, Vallus?! 12:41.410 --> 12:43.080 Welcome back, Majesty. 12:43.080 --> 12:45.120 Indeed. 12:45.120 --> 12:47.910 Your Majesty, there was no need to dirty your hands. 12:47.910 --> 12:50.410 If you had but ordered me... 12:51.450 --> 12:53.370 Th-That's...! 13:04.830 --> 13:05.910 Your Majesty. 13:05.910 --> 13:08.450 Why does the sky exist? 13:08.450 --> 13:11.950 All space will return to the darkness of oblivion. 13:11.950 --> 13:16.370 The cracks that light shines through are but passing phantoms. 13:16.370 --> 13:18.160 Cover it all in darkness. 13:18.160 --> 13:21.530 The earth, the sky, everything. 13:21.530 --> 13:23.580 As Your Majesty wishes. 13:23.580 --> 13:27.660 Losing troops, however, may not be a winning strategy. 13:27.660 --> 13:32.030 The people of Black are bound to obey darkness. 13:32.030 --> 13:34.580 It is as Your Majesty says. 13:35.580 --> 13:38.620 White in the sky, 13:38.620 --> 13:41.870 Black on the earth. 13:41.870 --> 13:45.280 Coexistence is meaningless. 13:46.370 --> 13:53.740 We will have rest when darkness has blotted out all things. 13:53.740 --> 14:00.160 To achieve that, we must strike down the foolish sky-dwellers. 14:00.160 --> 14:02.580 But before that... 14:07.410 --> 14:09.870 The World's Egoism... Bahl. 14:09.870 --> 14:12.330 Yes. 14:12.330 --> 14:16.780 The next generation no longer serves a purpose. 14:18.990 --> 14:24.330 Make yourselves useful, my would-be successors. 14:30.080 --> 14:32.580 Where have you been, Vallus? 14:32.580 --> 14:37.200 I was at the royal palace with the King of Darkness. 14:37.200 --> 14:38.240 Why? 14:38.240 --> 14:44.450 I serve the King of Darkness... and his potential successors. 14:44.450 --> 14:47.910 My loyalty to you is certain. 14:47.910 --> 14:50.200 Is that how that works? 14:51.370 --> 14:53.030 I guess it's fine. 14:53.030 --> 14:55.490 Vallus, teach me to use a sword! 14:55.490 --> 15:00.490 I can't become King of Darkness if I can't beat you, can I? 15:00.490 --> 15:02.530 That is one concern... 15:03.490 --> 15:08.490 ...but those who would be king must also be well-versed in learning. 15:10.330 --> 15:12.830 Huh? What for? 15:12.830 --> 15:16.410 It is necessary to govern a kingdom. 15:16.410 --> 15:21.370 Without knowledge, one cannot properly cultivate even a single grain of wheat. 15:21.370 --> 15:24.950 Don't tell me you intend to let the people of Black starve. 15:24.950 --> 15:27.160 Of course not, but I wanna get strong and-- 15:27.160 --> 15:31.490 And unless you improve your speech, 15:31.490 --> 15:36.910 you could not maintain your dignity even if you did become king. 15:36.910 --> 15:40.160 Skeers said that, too. 15:40.160 --> 15:42.950 Shall we also begin your swordsmanship lessons tomorrow? 15:42.950 --> 15:44.410 You mean it?! 15:47.370 --> 15:49.950 I would appreciate it, Vallus. 15:50.950 --> 15:54.780 You are not the only one who seeks to become king. 15:54.780 --> 15:59.660 I instruct the kingdom's soldiers in swordsmanship. 15:59.660 --> 16:03.530 Including other potential successors. 16:32.660 --> 16:35.700 That was a fluke! One more time! 16:38.580 --> 16:42.870 You've grown somewhat stronger since you first arrived. 16:42.870 --> 16:46.080 But I'm still no match for you. 16:46.080 --> 16:48.410 I've got to get stronger. 16:49.740 --> 16:52.410 My lord, this way. 16:54.910 --> 16:59.280 Lord Skeers wore these in his youth. 16:59.280 --> 17:03.200 I believe that they would fit you nicely now. 17:03.200 --> 17:04.200 These? 17:04.200 --> 17:05.030 Yes. 17:05.030 --> 17:10.080 I'm sure Lord Skeers would be pleased if you made use of them. 17:24.450 --> 17:25.990 Lady Groza? 17:25.990 --> 17:27.410 I'm tired. 17:27.410 --> 17:29.030 A-All halt! 17:29.030 --> 17:30.330 We'll rest here! 17:30.330 --> 17:31.740 Yes, sir! 17:37.240 --> 17:41.120 Honestly, why do I have to come out here to the middle of nowhere?! 17:41.120 --> 17:43.530 A-An excellent question, ma'am. 17:43.530 --> 17:45.120 It's such a bother! 17:45.120 --> 17:49.660 What's a potential successor to the throne doing out here?! 17:49.660 --> 17:52.950 They can't even be worthy of the name! 17:52.950 --> 17:56.410 M-Maybe you shouldn't say that so loud, ma'am. 17:56.410 --> 17:58.120 Who's going to hear?! 17:58.120 --> 17:59.910 There's nothing out here. 18:02.740 --> 18:04.620 Lady Groza, monsters! 18:04.620 --> 18:06.120 Please stand back! 18:06.120 --> 18:07.120 Huh? 18:07.120 --> 18:11.740 Ha. As if I have anything to fear 18:11.740 --> 18:15.830 from rampaging monsters that don't even remember who their master is! 18:20.660 --> 18:22.370 Burn to ashes! 18:22.370 --> 18:25.240 Révolte Éclair! 18:33.330 --> 18:34.870 W-Wow! 18:34.870 --> 18:37.280 That's the Gray-Green Demoness for you! 18:37.280 --> 18:39.280 Hey, Princess of Black! 18:39.280 --> 18:41.450 Hey, Lady Groza! 18:41.450 --> 18:42.780 You're exaggerating. 18:42.780 --> 18:45.120 Stray monsters like those-- 18:46.080 --> 18:47.660 Huh?! 18:47.660 --> 18:49.080 Oh no! 18:49.080 --> 18:51.330 I won't have time to attack! 19:02.240 --> 19:03.700 Are you all right? 19:03.700 --> 19:05.910 Y-Yes, I'm fine. 19:09.450 --> 19:11.740 Thank you very much. 19:11.740 --> 19:13.080 I'm glad. 19:18.740 --> 19:20.580 E-Excuse me! 19:21.700 --> 19:24.030 Wh-Who are you? 19:25.450 --> 19:29.200 Someone aiming to be the next King of Darkness. 19:29.200 --> 19:31.120 The King of Darkness? 19:32.370 --> 19:35.530 Th-Th-Then, umm, so... 19:35.530 --> 19:40.370 ...why are you out in the middle of nowhere, so far from the Kingdom of Black? 19:40.370 --> 19:42.030 It's not that far. 19:42.030 --> 19:42.870 Huh? 19:42.870 --> 19:47.030 I always practice swordsmanship with Vallus out here. 19:47.030 --> 19:48.030 What?! 19:48.030 --> 19:49.580 O-Oh, yes. 19:49.580 --> 19:52.490 This isn't far from the kingdom at all. 19:52.490 --> 19:54.030 Why don't you say anything?! 19:54.030 --> 19:54.990 Huh? 19:54.990 --> 19:57.620 Anyway, I'm glad you're all right. 19:57.620 --> 19:58.700 Goodbye. 20:10.280 --> 20:13.660 The Prince... of Darkness. 20:14.950 --> 20:16.660 Lady Groza. 20:16.660 --> 20:17.870 Lady Groza! 20:17.870 --> 20:19.530 You need to say something! 20:19.530 --> 20:21.450 He's going to leave! 20:21.450 --> 20:22.740 Lady Groza? 20:22.740 --> 20:24.280 Lady Groza! 20:25.370 --> 20:26.780 Would you be quiet! 20:26.780 --> 20:28.450 I know that! 20:28.450 --> 20:30.080 Please wait! 20:32.740 --> 20:35.370 We were looking for you. 20:38.910 --> 20:40.280 Is that so? 20:40.280 --> 20:41.370 Yes. 20:41.370 --> 20:45.910 I would like you to compete with the other candidates. 20:45.910 --> 20:47.870 All right. 20:47.870 --> 20:49.740 Thank you very much. 20:49.740 --> 20:53.580 Also, if you become the number one candidate for the succession, 20:53.580 --> 20:56.030 you will be awarded the Greatsword of Black. 20:56.030 --> 21:00.990 You will then be recognized as the genuine Prince of Darkness. 21:03.620 --> 21:05.120 Still... 21:06.580 --> 21:10.490 Do you have a special attachment to that sword? 21:22.530 --> 21:25.580 So, the Greatsword of Black... 22:56.490 --> 22:59.830 I see. Darkness sent human soldiers. 22:59.830 --> 23:04.620 They behaved strangely at one point, but we cut them all down. 23:06.780 --> 23:11.870 Still, smiting those who disturb the balance is the duty of the Knights of Light. 23:11.870 --> 23:14.780 You performed your duty admirably. 23:14.780 --> 23:16.450 Your Majesty...! 23:22.700 --> 23:24.200 Black and White... 23:24.200 --> 23:28.240 Perhaps we really do feel differently. 23:43.870 --> 23:47.030 "Next Time" "Chapter 3: The Grief-stricken Queen of Light"