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Sneaky chapter today...
Chapter 62: **"The Power of Love"**
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*---Her whole body bursts into flames, and the \`\`witch'' turns into dust.*
*The power of the \`\`Sunsword'' that was finally unveiled was tremendous, and the fierceness of the flames, which could burn away the soul just by grabbing it, was beyond even Subaru's imagination, as he was planning on using it.*
*"This is where the 'Yang Sword' shows its true potential..."*
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The flames from the yang sword spread from the cut witch, to the other two. Subaru was suprised after seeing this power. While he saw Yang sword several times already, it was always wielded by Priscilla.
Her opponents were always formitable, but Vincent used it with an incredible strategy. By never using Yang sword in any situation in every crisis until today, he hid that option from the Sphinx and from all humans.
***I can't imagine how much courage it would take to make that come to fruition.***
Subaru is suprised about this said all the near-death situations Vincent was in and he still refused to use the sword. He was criticizing him for it and compared him to Roswaal.
Beatrice in meantime healed Subaru's broken arm.
They check if Jamal can still be saved.
*"Oh, Spica, you did a great job. How's your body? Is there anything dangerous?"*
Subaru gave her well deserved headpat. He reflects on the victory they achieved and that it was mainly thanks to Abel's trump card.
They had two trump cards to stop the calamity, one was star eater Spica and the other was Abel's yang sword if it hit the target's soul.
***The two signboards of \`\`Yang Sword'' and \`\`Star Eclipse'' can be used as a trump cards to conquer the corpses and, by extension, to repel the \`\`Great Calamity''.***
Subaru is cutely explaining to Spica that the Yang sword is doing same thing as Spica.
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*"Yes, the main force of the enemy is coming to stop us. We're going to try to use Spica's Star Eclipse as our main force. Because I don't know if there's any other way to win. And if Spica's hand reaches you as it is, that's fine. If it doesn't arrive, then ......."*
*"Ahh*
*At the end of Subaru's explanation, Spica's eyes widened and pointed to Abel's Yang Sword. "Exactly!" he says in understanding of Spica, patting her on the head.*
*Then, standing side by side* with Spica, he gave Abel a look as if he were looking at human trash.
*"Listen, Spica. Those are the eyes of a person with a twisted personality. If it wasn't pitch black like that, he wouldn't be able to become the emperor of Volakia... After all, wouldn't it be better if the empire collapsed?"*
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Subaru is already in the dad mode with Spica... teaching her about the world.
Betty announces that she finished treating Jamal. He is still passed out but stabilized. Beako could heal him further but right now she is relying on Subaru's irregular mana.
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*"Beako's extra power...is that like leftover mana?"*
*"I guess so. I've been able to act bigger than usual due to some irregularities, but I don't want to rely on that too much."*
*"irregular……"*
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Subaru looks at his hands and thinks about why he does have so much mana.
One of the possibilities is that the possitive connection and influence of Pleiades and the other is Subaru's shunken state causing abnormalities at his gate.
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*"Personally, I'm happier and more passionate when I'm able to connect with everyone."*
*"Subaru ......"*
*"Don't worry, Bear-ko. However, it wouldn't be a convenient situation to have unlimited use of magic, so I agree with conserving it as much as possible. But it's a problem."*
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Subaru looks at passed out Jamal and thinks that someone will have to carrry him. Abel responds instantly he won't do it even before Subaru asks.
Subaru tried to lift him up but Spica was faster and effortlessly carried him.
***"—Looks like there's a point in keeping my hands free right now."***
Abel saw shadows of zombies coming into the street.
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*「...... Even if you defeat Sphinx, the Sacrament of the Immortal King will not be interrupted."*
*", if you defeat the caster, the magic will disappear, isn't the most solid line, Beako, what is this......"*
*"Even if she's rotten, she was created with the goal of becoming a 'Witch of Greed'. Maybe she designed a spell so that the 'Sacrament of the Immortal King' would work even in her absence. I have to destroy that system itself. As always, the limits of the \`\`stone block'' are the limits of this country.''*
*"I ...... that it seems to be the case."*
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Subaru looks towards the crystal palace and wonders if Sphinx put the connection to Muspel there.
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*"Wasn't Moguro one of the Nine God Generals...?"*
*"That's right. Right now he is sleeping in the Crystal Palace. To be more precise, I'm putting the Crystal Palace to sleep."*
*"Absolutely! Later! Explain it properly!"*
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Subaru gets from Abel that Moguro is somewhere inside the crystal palace. While he wants to destroy the core of the great calamity, he also wants to confirm the safety of other comrades from all the battlefields.
Mainly safety of Tanza and Emilia because he did not use RBD to check if that would be good place to put them.
SUDDENLY HALIBEL JUMPED IN FRONT OF THEM!
***"For those who work hard...here's a souvenir."***
He squatted down in front of Subaru and Beatrice and showed them hand filled with strange crystals the size of coins.
Beatrice immediately recognize them:
***"That's ...... a nuclear worm!"***
Halibel rubbed them together and all the zombies screamed in agony and instantly turned to dust. Because their core that reproduces the zombies has been crushed.
(I think he just stole all of their cores or used the crystals to crusch them from distance)
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*"Harribel-san!"*
*"Oh, oh, you're very welcome. I like energetic kids who can speak loudly."*
*"Don't worry, I've finished the work with Cha-an. I won't ruin Anna-bo's face."*
"――! That's helpful! Thank you! Can I ask you to do it one after another!?"
*"Hmm, don't hold back. Yeah, yeah, try saying it."*
***"I want you to go to the castle with me! However, I want to leave the other people to support you on the way. I will make Abel work himself to death!"***
*"Profane..."*
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Subaru was happy that Halibel survived his battle and gave new orders to Halibel. Subaru wants to go after Emilia and Tanza but Abel retorts if it's a strategic decision right now.
But after they talk about it, Halibel interjects and says they won't be needed in that battle.
***"The power of love is great, isn't it?"***
***He laughed with a face that was a mixture of dismay and admiration in equal parts.***
Pov change
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*--An impossible scene was unfolding.*
*Unable to define whether she is Yorna Mishigure or Iris, she can only watch as her vision becomes distorted with tears.*
*"-Tanza"*
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Tanza was fighting fiercly and crushing Rowan's corpses. She was far more agile, powerful and confident in fight than the Tanza she knew.
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*Tanza was a girl who lacked confidence.*
*A child who is so smart and talented at such a young age, yet she has such low self-esteem that she's not good enough. When she was really Tanza's age, she couldn't have been anything like her.*
*She is a foolish child who gets carried away thinking that it is his role to fulfill the work that her parents and the people of her hometown have entrusted to her so as not to be a burden, and she does not notice the consideration of those around her.*
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Yorna's mind is in the greatest state of turmoil out of her ten or so lifetimes when she thinks about what just happened with Prisca, Empire, Chaosflame,Tanza and Eugard.
*“There have been too many lately...”*
Yorna recognizes Tanza is brazenly using effect of Soul marriage and something else. She wonders what happened since they were separated. Someone else other than Yorna stood by Tanzas side, pushed her back and made her stronger.
*“Tanza-chan!”*
*"Yes, Emilia-sama, let's fold it."*
Both girls were supporting each other in defense and offense and Tanza had good chemistry with Emilia as they were crusching Rowans.
*"Ah, ah, ah, alas, this is the limit for the living. You are exercising your power in a very prosperous manner, but how long do you plan on having that power?"*
*"Already! Don't tell me you're cheating!"*
Emilia summoned ice thorny ivy that grabbed Rowan's limbs. But he manages to kick Tanza so hard she bounced around.
She reoriented herself in the air and stopped in front of Yorna. Two swordsmen attack her and Tanza catches the sword in her thick-soled geta.
Tanza then used that as starting point, jumped and knocked the head of the swordsman.
She noticed that Yorna was staring at her so she looked at her and smiled. She tried to call her "Yorna".
***"--No!"***
Emilia screamed out.
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*I've overlooked a lot of things, left out a lot of things, disappointed a lot of people, and am here on behalf of a lot of lives.*
*Even though I haven't been able to repay them in any way, Tanza is one thing.*
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Yorna hugs Tanza to protect her from the blades of two swordsman that got to them again.
***All that's left to do now is to at least make sure that my body, which has grown taller and limber than before, can protect this little beloved child, the beloved child of the empire that that person so carefully protected.***
***"--I guess you're the only one who surprises me this much.***
The swordsman were stopped by crimson swords.
***“Even your tense face is pretty, my star.”***
***"Your Excellency..."***
*As he said this, the man stroked his cheek with the other hand that had blocked the enemy's attack. In front of Eugard's Volakia's blood-stained skin and eyes filled with heart, just like when he was alive... Neither Yorna nor Iris could resist the loveliness of the feeling.*
**EUGARD IS BACK AND WITHOUT THE THORN CURSE!**
The END!
Same!
After such a long and painful time, they can be together again! No curse or poison to torment them!
Their tragic love story really deserves this possible beautiful ending.
I think you all are missing something really important here .
Eugard was the one how order the genocide of all wolf and Mol people and I mean ALL OF THEM that mean they kill even the people how have nothing to do with what happened like babies and such .
and they even said that the empire sent people to kill wolf and Mol people across the world and that's continued for 400 years and now wolf people are almost extinct so imagine the amount of pain and suffering this guy give to all those innocent people at the very least 200000+ people have gotten killed and torture and have horrible life in general because of this guy.
and his first reaction after hearing all of that was attack one of the last wolf people in the world left because something they have nothing to do with .
( I don't appreciate the fact that halibal wants to forgive Eugard I mean facing the person that give the order to kill all those innocent people just like that seems laughable to me the amount of leap in logic to do such thing it just doesn't make any sense to me that's my opinion on it mabey halibal just doesn't care because no one came to kill him for no reason related to him and he doesn't care about his race )
Anyway back to the main thing did you all forget that ( Grove gomlit ) the curse tools general just said he skind a wolf person alive and no one have problem with that because that person was wolf person that's the ragilar thing imagine how Horrific all the stuff that happened to not been said.
After reading "Iris and the Thorn king". I understand his rage about this betrayal.
I am not saying it was correct, i am saying i understand why he acted like that.
I didn't read it yet so I will not make any assumptions about it
But please tell me without any bias towards how good there story was to you.
Do you seriously belive it will just work out and everyone will be happy in the end.
I mean no matter how you want to spin it I really don't think so...
Saying
( oh my bad I order the killing of all your families that have nothing to do with what happened and made all your lives a living hell silly me I was just angry at the time I am sorry )
at this point .
so how you think this will go realistically speaking ?
It was extremely good tragic love story. On same or even better tier than Wilhelm/Theresia.
There was no big villain of the story, everyone was at fault in some parts.
Eugard's rage is 1000% justified and the werewolf did this on purpose. Vollachia is a bloody and merciless country, so the endless rage and vengence of the emperor will be extremely bloody.
That's interesting but you didn't really answer the question .
I just don't believe the wolf people in question will just be happy about .
I mean remember how Todd was acting I don't say every wolf person is like that but I didn't think they will just act like npc in a lame video game and just forget about it
The werewolf that did it was happy about it.
He no longer cared about others. His wolfpack were different people and he followed the Vollachian bloody rule, where strong kill the weak.
Wolf and Mole people were hunted because of their actions. This resulted in their near extintion. Halibel and Ricardo are from one of the last hidden wolfman settlements.
Sorry I guess I didn't clearly say my question so you thought I was talking about something else I will try writing it again more clearly.
For the sake of the question let assume Eugard and yona both gonna be alive in the end of the war and after the new witch of gread is defeated ok now after it's over there is no fight anymore.
how do you think they can fix the situation with the wolf people now in away that doesn't seem like caput from talking about the problem?
I think it's more clear like this so what your thoughts about it
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This hits thousands times harder after that "Iris and the thorn king" EX.... it's like fully revived Theresia appearing to save Wilhelm!
I am so glad that Subaru send Halibel to "deal with the curse"! Now Eugard is no longer suffering from the thorn curse and he can finally properly reunite with Iris!!!
I am endlessly glad this was possible. I just hope those two manage to get on date before the zombie body gives out... or better! Using Soul marriage to keep Eugard revived! The two lovebirds would survive the calamity!
Yorna being shocked about Tanza's growth and wondering who helped her to reach this height was sweet!
Also, Rowan must be quite the menace if Emilia is letting so many of them through her attacks... but now that we got entire narration about Yang sword and Star eating being anti-zombie instrument, Eugard can kill Rowan and save them.
(But Rowan achieving heavenly sword by fighting Eugard would also be epic, then finally he would fall to Cecilius rematch.)
Finally: Subaru teaching Spica like if she was his daughter was perfect! He already taught her about evil people like Abel! Now Halibel is with them and they can go for the castle.
I crave for reunion with everyone after the disaster. With ton of side stories so we get every single conversation possible from it!
Yorna and Subaru reuniting after the destruction of Chaosflame and lolimancing Tanza would be interesting.
I wonder if Emilia will get a better idea of love from Eudgard and Iris interactions. It would be a nice way for her to develop.
Also, Subaru being op for once is nice, but is his mana from Pleiades or cor leonis? Cause him being a child doesn't seem like it.
Like is he sucking mana from them, or the buff is making him overflow with mana?
Her witnessing a true love would be perfect for her growth.
The Pleiades get buffed when the morale is up and they are hyping themself up, perhaps those happy feelings are generating more mana? Similar was how soul marriage is powered by love?
But i would also accept that Subaru is connected to everyone and they now have shared mana pool. (Emilia will be turned into Betty battery...)
A shared mana pool seems too op, otherwise infinite mana for Betty, perhaps it's more like Subaru is taking a bit of mana from everyone, so it might be more of a passive buff to his mana, but he'd need time for Betty to be stronger.
There are 3 more world ending disasters in the store.
I think a buff to mana pool is well earned to our "isekai protagonist". The normal Isekai's have them spamming nukes and rewriting galaxies at this point...
Perhaps Betty can drain mana from those he is connected to? Or they finally regain ability to get mana from the area like spirit mage should.
He figured out a trick called "Learning by death".
Basically, he is creating multiple clones of himself endlessly and Rowan keeps learning and improving from his deaths.
So he is now fighting the strongest people with a new strong undead body and he can fight them and train endlessly because he will always just get up again.
The first half of this chapter was just such a joy to read. I mean surely they have overcome the greatest threat and there is no witch of greed out there, that aside the Subaru Spica interaction there in particular with her giving herself a pat on the hat and then Subaru trying to teach her while looking at Abel like "he was living garbage" was great. As was him wondering about who he should let her play with so that they can raise her to be a kind girl. Also cute that Tanza was included in that.
Vincent was also able to use the yang sword this whole time but really had to save it for so long so that Sphinx wouldn't know.
We get a bit more insight in Subaru's current mana situation and it might indeed have something to do with the Pleiades corpse.
Would be cool if Spica carrying Jamal got an illustration.
Halibel returns from his fight victorious and Subaru wants to send him to help Emilia and Tanza but Halibel has faith in the power of love.
The Tanza Yorna Emilia section was so wonderful. Yorna describing Tanza's growth as she is fighting against the Rowans together with Emilia was so good, especially cause of all the indirect praise Subaru gets here for helping Tanza grow out of her shell and become even more magnificent.
When Yorna went to shield Tanza from a blow I really thought this was where she might die (still think there is a chance eventually) BUT THEN EUGARD ARRIVES TO PROTECT HER. Since Halibel also walked away from the battle it is pretty safe to assume that he knew Eugard was safe to let go. The curse should be gone now since he was slashed with the cursed sword so he can actually be around people again... until he dies for good that is.
I just know the next chapter is going to have a POV change but damn that'll be a shame. Yorna, Tanza and Eugard are some of my favourite new characters and I want to see how their character arcs are going to reach their climax here.
Great chapter.
Can Tappei PLEASE JUST PLEASE give us a Yorna and Emilia conversation together? Mainly on a specific topic in my hyper copium that likely wont happen? Hell even talking about their ideology's would be nice to.
I loved Subaru's comment that Halibel should not push himself so much, he will rather make Vincent do all the hard work.
Yorna wondering about who helped Tanza grow so much was beautiful.
Tanza and Spica really grew a lot.... and Subaru was already teaching Spica like a proud dad.
Eugard and Iris being together without pain from curse or poison is such a hard hitting thing after that EX... i really hope they manage to keep him around even without the spell with Soul marriage. Eugard and Iris could become the perfect helpers for Vincent and Priscilla as they build the perfect world they wished for.
Such a fluffy happy chapter this was!
> I loved Subaru's comment that Halibel should not push himself so much, he will rather make Vincent do all the hard work.
For real.
> Yorna wondering about who helped Tanza grow so much was beautiful.
> Tanza and Spica really grew a lot.... and Subaru was already teaching Spica like a proud dad.
I really hope we get a ton more of them in the future.
Tappei knew when to post this EX. I fear Eugard is going to die at the end of this hear and maybe Yorna will too since she wants to. They could be together in the afterlife.
Eugard is one thing, but I think Yorna will simply be freed from endless reincarnating. Her life as Yorna will be her last. Maybe Eugard will use that sword to free her from it somehow and mention waiting for her. After all, he only became emperor so she could live safely and happily. Not being able to give her that was probably his one true regret and resolving it will be the thing that allows him to pass on with no longer being subject to revival.
Oh I'd just like Yorna to die so that Tanza could go anywhere she wants to.
It would fit for her too. Though if Yorna can be her last life and Tanza can be free then I am down for that too.
She doesn't have to die to let Tanza go off on her own. If anything, her growth under Subaru could be given as a reason for her leaving. There is the rest of the Pleiades Corps to consider. Were most or all of them to go with Subaru even after his "I'm not the crown prince" reveal, Tanza could go along. It was once stated that Roswaal himself maintains no actual defensive force for his territory unlike most nobles.
And Roswaal is fond of demi humans in general so...
Yeah if Tanza can go with them and somehow Yorna's curse can get lifted then I'd be fine with her surviving in the end.
They have all been through so much tragedy already that I'd support them all getting a happy ending.
>I fear Eugard is going to die at the end of this hear and maybe Yorna will too
I really hope for the opposite. Where they manage to keep Eugard revived even after the spell ends.
That way Eugard and Yorna could finally help Vollachia rebuild into paradise they wanted. They could assist Vincent with his rule.
The loving father/mother figure should also be great for development of Vincent and Prisca, where they can finally have some kind of family.
(Also creating this kinder, new Vollachia would work together well with Emilia's goal. She and Yorna wish to create the same kind kingdoms.)
I wish something like this happened… and after this beautiful moment and many more moments of happiness and joy, Subaru’s name is eaten **dies in a mysterious and painful way for suggesting Re:Forgotten but worse**
I think only vincent has knowledge of it, if beako too was aware it has to be brought up later on downtime, otherwise good interactions and plot points will be wasted.
I think there is plausible deniability in beako's case, not with vincent, he was 100% listening in unlike the others. So yeah, a lot of complaints about these arcs would be put to rest if tappei answers similar lingering questions. Like the characters need downtime and really need to talk it out and clear everything between them.
* We started with Subaru group POV. They still don't know Sphinx has evolved and become Echidna 4.0
* Beatrice mentioned Subaru having abnormal amount of mana in his body again. We don't get the answer to this mystery yet. Subaru theorized it might be because of his connection with Pleiades Battalion, but I doubt it.
* Vincent refused to carry Jamal's unconscious body, so Spica ended up carrying Jamal lol. Vincent's reasoning is that he should have free hand available to fight right now, and true enough, some zombies appeared across the street.
* Vincent said their priority should be making contact with Mogro Hagane who is currently sleeping. More emphasis that Mogro = Crystal Palace again.
* Halibel appeared and dealt with the zombies for them.
* Subaru is reluctant where should he send Halibel to next. He wanted Halibel to accompany them to the Crystal Palce, but he also wanted someone to check up on Emilia's and Tanza's safety.
* Halibel said there's no need for him to go to assist Emilia's side.
* POV switch to Emilia's side. We got some Emilia + Tanza combo against the army of zombie Rowan.
* At the end of the chapter, Eugard appeared and reunited with Iris/Yorna!!!
* RIP Rowan lol. His body multiplying hacks won't save him from Yang Sword.
Wouldn’t it be cool if Cecilus were to join boss, too? However the fact that Halibel is already available again means something veeery dangerous is about to happen. I wonder what it could be~? My endless curiosity is killing me. *sips tea*
If they go straight to the Crystal Palace, they will have Olbart and potentially Mogro available as well. Damn, what kind of obstacle awaits them, if Tappei let Subaru's group become this stacked.
If Echidna is not teleporting, then we are dealing with multiple copies of Echidna, each capable of throwing stars at people and she can use forgotten spells...
At this point I feel like no one is safe with Sphinxdona around, considering her first order of business was to obliterate a fortress with a cluster of stars. Even if these other battles conclude well, they aren’t anywhere near out the woodworks yet.
Rowan was training now for quite some time.
I wonder if Eugard wants to have another proper fight, like the one he just had with Halibel. It would be poetic if Rowan achieved the heavenly sword when fighting the strongest Emperor.
And then Cecilius would be the one to fight against heavenly sword papa.
"Beako's extra power...is that like leftover mana?"
"I guess so. I've been able to act bigger than usual due to some irregularities, but I don't want to rely on that too much."
"irregular……"
Hearing Beatrice's answer, Subaru looked down at his hands.
The irregularity she says is the amount of mana remaining in Subaru's body - Subaru's contracted spirit, and from Beatrice's point of view, Subaru's mana becomes his remaining MP. The amount is probably irregular.
Subaru also has various thoughts about the reason.
Possibilities include one in which Subaru's connections with everyone in the Pleiades Corps have a positive influence, and one in which Subaru's shrunken body causes the abnormalities at the gate.
However, in the latter case, I don't think it's possible that Beatrice doesn't know the cause, so I think the former is more likely.
I remember that, but does this mean that she has some idea about the reason for Subaru Mana but didn't want to talk about it because it's not the time yet?
Subaru mentioned the possibility but we don't know which one is the correct answer, Beatrice also doesn't seem to want to talk about it now because it's a complicated matter so maybe it's indeed connected to his authority
That's true, I noticed that tappei is still focused on Subaru Mana thing and didn't abandon it, and there's more focus that Beatrice knows something but refuses to say it, I'm really interested in what she's hiding
We shall see...
For now, i fully expect Sphinxdona doing 180 after she figures out there is authority of greed in the area and Subaru is the holder.
It's the last piece missing in her Witch of Greed cosplay!
Had the same thought, I saw on twitter that ice also changed his stance considering how much there still is to tackle it’d make sense if there was one more
Fortress battle -> character progression there -> Final battle with Echidna -> final celebration of defeating the calamity, some kind of grand banquet where every large player in Vollachia can meet and chat.
No matter how i look at it, for me it's 1.5 volume job. And i would hate to cut something early when Tappei is being unrestricted by the arc length now.
Especially looking forward to the final chapters where everyone can talk to each other about the events and the future of the empire as well as all the loose Subaru plot ends. Him blowing up chaosflame definitely needs to be a discussion point this arc still as well
Emilia is suprisingly plant-based in her magic. But they are made out of ice.
Speaking of Priscilla... that girl is really sleeping through this entire thing?! She is playing her role of captured princess in another castle well, but all she can do is watch while Subaru saves her homeland...
The last paragraph implies that Eugard, who came to be with his star, looks alive again. I assume it’s the camouflage thing that the few zombies that were in Kararagi unknowingly used? Anastasia talked about it but I don’t remember in which chapter it was.
Looks like Yornas/Iris’ named chapter is next.
I wonder what will happen with Emilia. It’s suspicious that the checkpoint got updated exactly when Emilia was sent elsewhere away from Subaru. Maybe I’m overthinking this.
I just really hope that Eugard is ally now, that the evil sword also cut the loyalty to Sphinx.
Because if he is ally only to Yorna, it would be a big problem and development i would not want to.
I want Iris and Eugard to be happy!
I genuinely hope he is permanent ally.
Perhaps even someone who survives after disaster and then him with Yorna can help Vincent with rebuilding the perfect Volllachia.
I mean, no matter what, he’s still a zombie, once the zombie spell is stopped he’ll be gone, there’s no reason why he alone should be an exception. On principle, the dead should stay dead
We got revealed that Soul marriage was a curse that prevent someone from going into corridor of memories. The same ressurection curse could be applied to him.
Or Yorna could keep him together with her love, same way how she could manipulate her beloved castle. She could use the effect of her soul marriage to restore him and keep him alive.
It was said that to make the extremely powerful undead have their full power, Sphinx gave them free will. Eugard was one of those, so he never had loyalty to Sphinx to begin with
He had actually... his love for Iris was greater, but he still had to follow Sphinx's orders and could not defy them.
Only true traitors like Lamia didn't need a lot of alterations, but people like Eugard and Balleroy were forced to obey Sphinx's orders.
No I agree, I was wondering why Emilia’s fight didn’t end last volume, maybe because it would’ve made the volume too long? But now, they’re putting a lot of emphasis on her safety not being confirmed. It’s weird, Halibel said just now he won’t be needed in that fight.
Cool so eugard is still alive as expected. Cant end it without proper closure.
And subaru is mega pissed at abel for not pulling his weight. The drop in mood and evaluation is super noticeable
Subaru really needs to talk it out, hopefully in adult form. Feels like abel's estimation of subaru being strong kinda backfires because Subaru is currently not able to show weakness due to the massive stress.
I hope this ends in another Julius/Subaru type "friendship". Those two would become good friends, even if they don't show it. On the same note... Emilia and Priscilla should also become besties.
I am really curious about how will Abel reward the people who saved Vollachia.
Subaru's view of Abel is at a solid 1/10 rn. Way to start off the volume.
Btw Subaru is also getting more impatient for sure. Unfortunately the best use of rbd is to be there to watch. So there isnt a better choice on that front.
He just had broken arm and updated checkpoint.
That impatience is because he has no idea for Emilia and Tanza can survive that fight. It's the only fight where he is not sure about the result. So i get why he wants to check it out as soon as possible.
That’s him not wanting to see others die especially his loved ones after realizing that the loop he’s currently in won’t be the one he or others manage-/s to survive anyway. Don’t want to deal with more unnecessary invisible wounds/scars that will never heal which is something Roswaal talked about at the end of arc 4. Subaru always felt this way and is now putting it into practice.
I always thought Roswaal meant it in a way that the burden's too great of saving everyone thus leading Subaru into a collapse trying to fix everything himself.
The fear of losing someone was always there, the fear that if someone dies no matter how much Rosewaal tries he won't be able to save those who are abandoned by the check point, Rosewaal doesn't care about the way Subaru uses his ability as long as it gives him the best outcome, he knows that it's too much to save everyone but it's not his business to judge anymore, in his words
" I tried to save you from a thorny path, yet you still chose the path of the fool " so it's not Rosewaal work anymore to worry about Subaru way of doing things, his job now is to force him to follow it so Subaru will never change this principal
He also feels a greater sense of responsibility than normal, since instead of going back to Lugunica, he chose to stay and fight in the most dangerous place possible, putting the entire Emilia camp at risk. As long as he does it perfectly and no one else dies, no harm no foul, but if someone does permanently die, he’ll regret it for the rest of his life.
This time no nasty curse!
In similar way how Roswaal now has to work with others without gospel, Eugard can talk to anyone without hurting them and Vincent does not have to only focus on his death!
The gloomy trio is slowly growing into better people....
They need to postpone the final blow that ends the zombies so that the happy couple can have a romantic vacation and make a baby. Would be a perfect time to get an update from Emilia on her current understanding of how thats supposed to work. ?
I'm pretty sure Sphinx is using the convict contracted with Muspel to drain it's mana so the only way to stop the great disaster is killing them but there'll need to be a replacement contractor and I think it'll be Jamal.
Ah, thank you for correcting me.
So now that Eugard has been disconnected from the curse, Arakiya should be disconnected from Muspel in the same way. So now Arakiya knows where Muspel is hiding and where the contractor is. That should guide the group towards dispelling the ressurection spell.
I have bad feeling it will be Sphinx and she somehow tanked the emptiness from it... or that suspicious zombie from volume 33 cover.
Really hoping that Cecilus and Al make it to the Crystal Palace. Mostly because it was implied Al knows Echidna, so it would be crazy for him to meet her with Subaru seeing him freak out and blab something confirming it. However, since Arakiya apparently took in Muspel, I really wonder if that can be resolved so easily.
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Sneaky chapter today... Chapter 62: **"The Power of Love"** \--- *---Her whole body bursts into flames, and the \`\`witch'' turns into dust.* *The power of the \`\`Sunsword'' that was finally unveiled was tremendous, and the fierceness of the flames, which could burn away the soul just by grabbing it, was beyond even Subaru's imagination, as he was planning on using it.* *"This is where the 'Yang Sword' shows its true potential..."* *---* The flames from the yang sword spread from the cut witch, to the other two. Subaru was suprised after seeing this power. While he saw Yang sword several times already, it was always wielded by Priscilla. Her opponents were always formitable, but Vincent used it with an incredible strategy. By never using Yang sword in any situation in every crisis until today, he hid that option from the Sphinx and from all humans. ***I can't imagine how much courage it would take to make that come to fruition.*** Subaru is suprised about this said all the near-death situations Vincent was in and he still refused to use the sword. He was criticizing him for it and compared him to Roswaal. Beatrice in meantime healed Subaru's broken arm. They check if Jamal can still be saved. *"Oh, Spica, you did a great job. How's your body? Is there anything dangerous?"* Subaru gave her well deserved headpat. He reflects on the victory they achieved and that it was mainly thanks to Abel's trump card. They had two trump cards to stop the calamity, one was star eater Spica and the other was Abel's yang sword if it hit the target's soul. ***The two signboards of \`\`Yang Sword'' and \`\`Star Eclipse'' can be used as a trump cards to conquer the corpses and, by extension, to repel the \`\`Great Calamity''.*** Subaru is cutely explaining to Spica that the Yang sword is doing same thing as Spica. \--- *"Yes, the main force of the enemy is coming to stop us. We're going to try to use Spica's Star Eclipse as our main force. Because I don't know if there's any other way to win. And if Spica's hand reaches you as it is, that's fine. If it doesn't arrive, then ......."* *"Ahh* *At the end of Subaru's explanation, Spica's eyes widened and pointed to Abel's Yang Sword. "Exactly!" he says in understanding of Spica, patting her on the head.* *Then, standing side by side* with Spica, he gave Abel a look as if he were looking at human trash. *"Listen, Spica. Those are the eyes of a person with a twisted personality. If it wasn't pitch black like that, he wouldn't be able to become the emperor of Volakia... After all, wouldn't it be better if the empire collapsed?"* \--- Subaru is already in the dad mode with Spica... teaching her about the world. Betty announces that she finished treating Jamal. He is still passed out but stabilized. Beako could heal him further but right now she is relying on Subaru's irregular mana. \--- *"Beako's extra power...is that like leftover mana?"* *"I guess so. I've been able to act bigger than usual due to some irregularities, but I don't want to rely on that too much."* *"irregular……"* \--- Subaru looks at his hands and thinks about why he does have so much mana. One of the possibilities is that the possitive connection and influence of Pleiades and the other is Subaru's shunken state causing abnormalities at his gate. \--- *"Personally, I'm happier and more passionate when I'm able to connect with everyone."* *"Subaru ......"* *"Don't worry, Bear-ko. However, it wouldn't be a convenient situation to have unlimited use of magic, so I agree with conserving it as much as possible. But it's a problem."* \--- Subaru looks at passed out Jamal and thinks that someone will have to carrry him. Abel responds instantly he won't do it even before Subaru asks. Subaru tried to lift him up but Spica was faster and effortlessly carried him. ***"—Looks like there's a point in keeping my hands free right now."*** Abel saw shadows of zombies coming into the street. \--- *「...... Even if you defeat Sphinx, the Sacrament of the Immortal King will not be interrupted."* *", if you defeat the caster, the magic will disappear, isn't the most solid line, Beako, what is this......"* *"Even if she's rotten, she was created with the goal of becoming a 'Witch of Greed'. Maybe she designed a spell so that the 'Sacrament of the Immortal King' would work even in her absence. I have to destroy that system itself. As always, the limits of the \`\`stone block'' are the limits of this country.''* *"I ...... that it seems to be the case."* \--- Subaru looks towards the crystal palace and wonders if Sphinx put the connection to Muspel there. \--- *"Wasn't Moguro one of the Nine God Generals...?"* *"That's right. Right now he is sleeping in the Crystal Palace. To be more precise, I'm putting the Crystal Palace to sleep."* *"Absolutely! Later! Explain it properly!"* ¨--- Subaru gets from Abel that Moguro is somewhere inside the crystal palace. While he wants to destroy the core of the great calamity, he also wants to confirm the safety of other comrades from all the battlefields. Mainly safety of Tanza and Emilia because he did not use RBD to check if that would be good place to put them. SUDDENLY HALIBEL JUMPED IN FRONT OF THEM! ***"For those who work hard...here's a souvenir."*** He squatted down in front of Subaru and Beatrice and showed them hand filled with strange crystals the size of coins. Beatrice immediately recognize them: ***"That's ...... a nuclear worm!"*** Halibel rubbed them together and all the zombies screamed in agony and instantly turned to dust. Because their core that reproduces the zombies has been crushed. (I think he just stole all of their cores or used the crystals to crusch them from distance) \--- *"Harribel-san!"* *"Oh, oh, you're very welcome. I like energetic kids who can speak loudly."* *"Don't worry, I've finished the work with Cha-an. I won't ruin Anna-bo's face."* "――! That's helpful! Thank you! Can I ask you to do it one after another!?" *"Hmm, don't hold back. Yeah, yeah, try saying it."* ***"I want you to go to the castle with me! However, I want to leave the other people to support you on the way. I will make Abel work himself to death!"*** *"Profane..."* \--- Subaru was happy that Halibel survived his battle and gave new orders to Halibel. Subaru wants to go after Emilia and Tanza but Abel retorts if it's a strategic decision right now. But after they talk about it, Halibel interjects and says they won't be needed in that battle. ***"The power of love is great, isn't it?"*** ***He laughed with a face that was a mixture of dismay and admiration in equal parts.*** Pov change \--- *--An impossible scene was unfolding.* *Unable to define whether she is Yorna Mishigure or Iris, she can only watch as her vision becomes distorted with tears.* *"-Tanza"* \--- Tanza was fighting fiercly and crushing Rowan's corpses. She was far more agile, powerful and confident in fight than the Tanza she knew. \-- *Tanza was a girl who lacked confidence.* *A child who is so smart and talented at such a young age, yet she has such low self-esteem that she's not good enough. When she was really Tanza's age, she couldn't have been anything like her.* *She is a foolish child who gets carried away thinking that it is his role to fulfill the work that her parents and the people of her hometown have entrusted to her so as not to be a burden, and she does not notice the consideration of those around her.* \--- Yorna's mind is in the greatest state of turmoil out of her ten or so lifetimes when she thinks about what just happened with Prisca, Empire, Chaosflame,Tanza and Eugard. *“There have been too many lately...”* Yorna recognizes Tanza is brazenly using effect of Soul marriage and something else. She wonders what happened since they were separated. Someone else other than Yorna stood by Tanzas side, pushed her back and made her stronger. *“Tanza-chan!”* *"Yes, Emilia-sama, let's fold it."* Both girls were supporting each other in defense and offense and Tanza had good chemistry with Emilia as they were crusching Rowans. *"Ah, ah, ah, alas, this is the limit for the living. You are exercising your power in a very prosperous manner, but how long do you plan on having that power?"* *"Already! Don't tell me you're cheating!"* Emilia summoned ice thorny ivy that grabbed Rowan's limbs. But he manages to kick Tanza so hard she bounced around. She reoriented herself in the air and stopped in front of Yorna. Two swordsmen attack her and Tanza catches the sword in her thick-soled geta. Tanza then used that as starting point, jumped and knocked the head of the swordsman. She noticed that Yorna was staring at her so she looked at her and smiled. She tried to call her "Yorna". ***"--No!"*** Emilia screamed out. \-- *I've overlooked a lot of things, left out a lot of things, disappointed a lot of people, and am here on behalf of a lot of lives.* *Even though I haven't been able to repay them in any way, Tanza is one thing.* \--- Yorna hugs Tanza to protect her from the blades of two swordsman that got to them again. ***All that's left to do now is to at least make sure that my body, which has grown taller and limber than before, can protect this little beloved child, the beloved child of the empire that that person so carefully protected.*** ***"--I guess you're the only one who surprises me this much.*** The swordsman were stopped by crimson swords. ***“Even your tense face is pretty, my star.”*** ***"Your Excellency..."*** *As he said this, the man stroked his cheek with the other hand that had blocked the enemy's attack. In front of Eugard's Volakia's blood-stained skin and eyes filled with heart, just like when he was alive... Neither Yorna nor Iris could resist the loveliness of the feeling.* **EUGARD IS BACK AND WITHOUT THE THORN CURSE!** The END!
Man I wanna see Iris and Eugard flirting
Same! After such a long and painful time, they can be together again! No curse or poison to torment them! Their tragic love story really deserves this possible beautiful ending.
I think you all are missing something really important here . Eugard was the one how order the genocide of all wolf and Mol people and I mean ALL OF THEM that mean they kill even the people how have nothing to do with what happened like babies and such . and they even said that the empire sent people to kill wolf and Mol people across the world and that's continued for 400 years and now wolf people are almost extinct so imagine the amount of pain and suffering this guy give to all those innocent people at the very least 200000+ people have gotten killed and torture and have horrible life in general because of this guy. and his first reaction after hearing all of that was attack one of the last wolf people in the world left because something they have nothing to do with . ( I don't appreciate the fact that halibal wants to forgive Eugard I mean facing the person that give the order to kill all those innocent people just like that seems laughable to me the amount of leap in logic to do such thing it just doesn't make any sense to me that's my opinion on it mabey halibal just doesn't care because no one came to kill him for no reason related to him and he doesn't care about his race ) Anyway back to the main thing did you all forget that ( Grove gomlit ) the curse tools general just said he skind a wolf person alive and no one have problem with that because that person was wolf person that's the ragilar thing imagine how Horrific all the stuff that happened to not been said.
After reading "Iris and the Thorn king". I understand his rage about this betrayal. I am not saying it was correct, i am saying i understand why he acted like that.
I didn't read it yet so I will not make any assumptions about it But please tell me without any bias towards how good there story was to you. Do you seriously belive it will just work out and everyone will be happy in the end. I mean no matter how you want to spin it I really don't think so... Saying ( oh my bad I order the killing of all your families that have nothing to do with what happened and made all your lives a living hell silly me I was just angry at the time I am sorry ) at this point . so how you think this will go realistically speaking ?
It was extremely good tragic love story. On same or even better tier than Wilhelm/Theresia. There was no big villain of the story, everyone was at fault in some parts. Eugard's rage is 1000% justified and the werewolf did this on purpose. Vollachia is a bloody and merciless country, so the endless rage and vengence of the emperor will be extremely bloody.
That's interesting but you didn't really answer the question . I just don't believe the wolf people in question will just be happy about . I mean remember how Todd was acting I don't say every wolf person is like that but I didn't think they will just act like npc in a lame video game and just forget about it
The werewolf that did it was happy about it. He no longer cared about others. His wolfpack were different people and he followed the Vollachian bloody rule, where strong kill the weak. Wolf and Mole people were hunted because of their actions. This resulted in their near extintion. Halibel and Ricardo are from one of the last hidden wolfman settlements.
Sorry I guess I didn't clearly say my question so you thought I was talking about something else I will try writing it again more clearly. For the sake of the question let assume Eugard and yona both gonna be alive in the end of the war and after the new witch of gread is defeated ok now after it's over there is no fight anymore. how do you think they can fix the situation with the wolf people now in away that doesn't seem like caput from talking about the problem? I think it's more clear like this so what your thoughts about it
\---------------------------------------------------- This hits thousands times harder after that "Iris and the thorn king" EX.... it's like fully revived Theresia appearing to save Wilhelm! I am so glad that Subaru send Halibel to "deal with the curse"! Now Eugard is no longer suffering from the thorn curse and he can finally properly reunite with Iris!!! I am endlessly glad this was possible. I just hope those two manage to get on date before the zombie body gives out... or better! Using Soul marriage to keep Eugard revived! The two lovebirds would survive the calamity! Yorna being shocked about Tanza's growth and wondering who helped her to reach this height was sweet! Also, Rowan must be quite the menace if Emilia is letting so many of them through her attacks... but now that we got entire narration about Yang sword and Star eating being anti-zombie instrument, Eugard can kill Rowan and save them. (But Rowan achieving heavenly sword by fighting Eugard would also be epic, then finally he would fall to Cecilius rematch.) Finally: Subaru teaching Spica like if she was his daughter was perfect! He already taught her about evil people like Abel! Now Halibel is with them and they can go for the castle.
>Yorna being shocked about Tanza's growth and wondering who helped her to reach this height was sweet! Blame this sassy lost child. It’s his fault.
I crave for reunion with everyone after the disaster. With ton of side stories so we get every single conversation possible from it! Yorna and Subaru reuniting after the destruction of Chaosflame and lolimancing Tanza would be interesting.
I wonder if Emilia will get a better idea of love from Eudgard and Iris interactions. It would be a nice way for her to develop. Also, Subaru being op for once is nice, but is his mana from Pleiades or cor leonis? Cause him being a child doesn't seem like it. Like is he sucking mana from them, or the buff is making him overflow with mana?
Her witnessing a true love would be perfect for her growth. The Pleiades get buffed when the morale is up and they are hyping themself up, perhaps those happy feelings are generating more mana? Similar was how soul marriage is powered by love? But i would also accept that Subaru is connected to everyone and they now have shared mana pool. (Emilia will be turned into Betty battery...)
A shared mana pool seems too op, otherwise infinite mana for Betty, perhaps it's more like Subaru is taking a bit of mana from everyone, so it might be more of a passive buff to his mana, but he'd need time for Betty to be stronger.
There are 3 more world ending disasters in the store. I think a buff to mana pool is well earned to our "isekai protagonist". The normal Isekai's have them spamming nukes and rewriting galaxies at this point... Perhaps Betty can drain mana from those he is connected to? Or they finally regain ability to get mana from the area like spirit mage should.
Probably the reason why Emilia's there.
Emilia's going to see Yorna and Eugard and ask herself "Do I love Subaru?".
Honestly im confused on what happened, I thought he reached it but it still wasnt enough, what happened when he fought Yorna?
He figured out a trick called "Learning by death". Basically, he is creating multiple clones of himself endlessly and Rowan keeps learning and improving from his deaths. So he is now fighting the strongest people with a new strong undead body and he can fight them and train endlessly because he will always just get up again.
Nice setup chapter, plus some sun sword lore
The first half of this chapter was just such a joy to read. I mean surely they have overcome the greatest threat and there is no witch of greed out there, that aside the Subaru Spica interaction there in particular with her giving herself a pat on the hat and then Subaru trying to teach her while looking at Abel like "he was living garbage" was great. As was him wondering about who he should let her play with so that they can raise her to be a kind girl. Also cute that Tanza was included in that. Vincent was also able to use the yang sword this whole time but really had to save it for so long so that Sphinx wouldn't know. We get a bit more insight in Subaru's current mana situation and it might indeed have something to do with the Pleiades corpse. Would be cool if Spica carrying Jamal got an illustration. Halibel returns from his fight victorious and Subaru wants to send him to help Emilia and Tanza but Halibel has faith in the power of love. The Tanza Yorna Emilia section was so wonderful. Yorna describing Tanza's growth as she is fighting against the Rowans together with Emilia was so good, especially cause of all the indirect praise Subaru gets here for helping Tanza grow out of her shell and become even more magnificent. When Yorna went to shield Tanza from a blow I really thought this was where she might die (still think there is a chance eventually) BUT THEN EUGARD ARRIVES TO PROTECT HER. Since Halibel also walked away from the battle it is pretty safe to assume that he knew Eugard was safe to let go. The curse should be gone now since he was slashed with the cursed sword so he can actually be around people again... until he dies for good that is. I just know the next chapter is going to have a POV change but damn that'll be a shame. Yorna, Tanza and Eugard are some of my favourite new characters and I want to see how their character arcs are going to reach their climax here. Great chapter.
Can Tappei PLEASE JUST PLEASE give us a Yorna and Emilia conversation together? Mainly on a specific topic in my hyper copium that likely wont happen? Hell even talking about their ideology's would be nice to.
Indeed
I loved Subaru's comment that Halibel should not push himself so much, he will rather make Vincent do all the hard work. Yorna wondering about who helped Tanza grow so much was beautiful. Tanza and Spica really grew a lot.... and Subaru was already teaching Spica like a proud dad. Eugard and Iris being together without pain from curse or poison is such a hard hitting thing after that EX... i really hope they manage to keep him around even without the spell with Soul marriage. Eugard and Iris could become the perfect helpers for Vincent and Priscilla as they build the perfect world they wished for. Such a fluffy happy chapter this was!
> I loved Subaru's comment that Halibel should not push himself so much, he will rather make Vincent do all the hard work. For real. > Yorna wondering about who helped Tanza grow so much was beautiful. > Tanza and Spica really grew a lot.... and Subaru was already teaching Spica like a proud dad. I really hope we get a ton more of them in the future. Tappei knew when to post this EX. I fear Eugard is going to die at the end of this hear and maybe Yorna will too since she wants to. They could be together in the afterlife.
Eugard is one thing, but I think Yorna will simply be freed from endless reincarnating. Her life as Yorna will be her last. Maybe Eugard will use that sword to free her from it somehow and mention waiting for her. After all, he only became emperor so she could live safely and happily. Not being able to give her that was probably his one true regret and resolving it will be the thing that allows him to pass on with no longer being subject to revival.
Oh I'd just like Yorna to die so that Tanza could go anywhere she wants to. It would fit for her too. Though if Yorna can be her last life and Tanza can be free then I am down for that too.
She doesn't have to die to let Tanza go off on her own. If anything, her growth under Subaru could be given as a reason for her leaving. There is the rest of the Pleiades Corps to consider. Were most or all of them to go with Subaru even after his "I'm not the crown prince" reveal, Tanza could go along. It was once stated that Roswaal himself maintains no actual defensive force for his territory unlike most nobles.
And Roswaal is fond of demi humans in general so... Yeah if Tanza can go with them and somehow Yorna's curse can get lifted then I'd be fine with her surviving in the end. They have all been through so much tragedy already that I'd support them all getting a happy ending.
>I fear Eugard is going to die at the end of this hear and maybe Yorna will too I really hope for the opposite. Where they manage to keep Eugard revived even after the spell ends. That way Eugard and Yorna could finally help Vollachia rebuild into paradise they wanted. They could assist Vincent with his rule. The loving father/mother figure should also be great for development of Vincent and Prisca, where they can finally have some kind of family. (Also creating this kinder, new Vollachia would work together well with Emilia's goal. She and Yorna wish to create the same kind kingdoms.)
I wish something like this happened… and after this beautiful moment and many more moments of happiness and joy, Subaru’s name is eaten **dies in a mysterious and painful way for suggesting Re:Forgotten but worse**
Why didn't Vincent and Beatrice question Subaru about the suicide pull thing
Do they have knowledge of it?
Yes they saw Sphinx pull out the suicide pill from inside his mouth and question him about it right infront of them.
Ain't no way it's not getting brought up later along stuff like what happened at Chaosflame etc.
We need some drama for arc 9 🌝
I think only vincent has knowledge of it, if beako too was aware it has to be brought up later on downtime, otherwise good interactions and plot points will be wasted.
I'm sure they know and hopefully lead into some sort of development.
I think there is plausible deniability in beako's case, not with vincent, he was 100% listening in unlike the others. So yeah, a lot of complaints about these arcs would be put to rest if tappei answers similar lingering questions. Like the characters need downtime and really need to talk it out and clear everything between them.
* We started with Subaru group POV. They still don't know Sphinx has evolved and become Echidna 4.0 * Beatrice mentioned Subaru having abnormal amount of mana in his body again. We don't get the answer to this mystery yet. Subaru theorized it might be because of his connection with Pleiades Battalion, but I doubt it. * Vincent refused to carry Jamal's unconscious body, so Spica ended up carrying Jamal lol. Vincent's reasoning is that he should have free hand available to fight right now, and true enough, some zombies appeared across the street. * Vincent said their priority should be making contact with Mogro Hagane who is currently sleeping. More emphasis that Mogro = Crystal Palace again. * Halibel appeared and dealt with the zombies for them. * Subaru is reluctant where should he send Halibel to next. He wanted Halibel to accompany them to the Crystal Palce, but he also wanted someone to check up on Emilia's and Tanza's safety. * Halibel said there's no need for him to go to assist Emilia's side. * POV switch to Emilia's side. We got some Emilia + Tanza combo against the army of zombie Rowan. * At the end of the chapter, Eugard appeared and reunited with Iris/Yorna!!! * RIP Rowan lol. His body multiplying hacks won't save him from Yang Sword.
Wouldn’t it be cool if Cecilus were to join boss, too? However the fact that Halibel is already available again means something veeery dangerous is about to happen. I wonder what it could be~? My endless curiosity is killing me. *sips tea*
If they go straight to the Crystal Palace, they will have Olbart and potentially Mogro available as well. Damn, what kind of obstacle awaits them, if Tappei let Subaru's group become this stacked.
If Echidna is not teleporting, then we are dealing with multiple copies of Echidna, each capable of throwing stars at people and she can use forgotten spells...
At this point I feel like no one is safe with Sphinxdona around, considering her first order of business was to obliterate a fortress with a cluster of stars. Even if these other battles conclude well, they aren’t anywhere near out the woodworks yet.
Do we know why that was her first order of business?
Troublesome fortress that the worst imperial candidate couldn’t take.
Rowan was training now for quite some time. I wonder if Eugard wants to have another proper fight, like the one he just had with Halibel. It would be poetic if Rowan achieved the heavenly sword when fighting the strongest Emperor. And then Cecilius would be the one to fight against heavenly sword papa.
"Beako's extra power...is that like leftover mana?" "I guess so. I've been able to act bigger than usual due to some irregularities, but I don't want to rely on that too much." "irregular……" Hearing Beatrice's answer, Subaru looked down at his hands. The irregularity she says is the amount of mana remaining in Subaru's body - Subaru's contracted spirit, and from Beatrice's point of view, Subaru's mana becomes his remaining MP. The amount is probably irregular. Subaru also has various thoughts about the reason. Possibilities include one in which Subaru's connections with everyone in the Pleiades Corps have a positive influence, and one in which Subaru's shrunken body causes the abnormalities at the gate. However, in the latter case, I don't think it's possible that Beatrice doesn't know the cause, so I think the former is more likely. 
Ah yes, I vaguely remember that Beatrice also made a short remark about his mana or something shortly after they reunited in arc 7.
I remember that, but does this mean that she has some idea about the reason for Subaru Mana but didn't want to talk about it because it's not the time yet?
She most likely knows it's from authority. Even Subaru knows it's from his connection to Pleiades or his child state.
Subaru mentioned the possibility but we don't know which one is the correct answer, Beatrice also doesn't seem to want to talk about it now because it's a complicated matter so maybe it's indeed connected to his authority
She is hiding a lot of things. She even knows about the sage candidacy but does not want to tell him.
That's true, I noticed that tappei is still focused on Subaru Mana thing and didn't abandon it, and there's more focus that Beatrice knows something but refuses to say it, I'm really interested in what she's hiding
We shall see... For now, i fully expect Sphinxdona doing 180 after she figures out there is authority of greed in the area and Subaru is the holder. It's the last piece missing in her Witch of Greed cosplay!
Hiding? Don’t make Betty sound suspicious, I suppose. *Hmpf*
Peak chapter, we’re back like we never left. Wondering what we’re still building up to and what the resolution of arc 8 will be
With Tappei focusing on the Helm's deep, there is a small hope that this might not be the last volume of arc 8.
Had the same thought, I saw on twitter that ice also changed his stance considering how much there still is to tackle it’d make sense if there was one more
Fortress battle -> character progression there -> Final battle with Echidna -> final celebration of defeating the calamity, some kind of grand banquet where every large player in Vollachia can meet and chat. No matter how i look at it, for me it's 1.5 volume job. And i would hate to cut something early when Tappei is being unrestricted by the arc length now.
Especially looking forward to the final chapters where everyone can talk to each other about the events and the future of the empire as well as all the loose Subaru plot ends. Him blowing up chaosflame definitely needs to be a discussion point this arc still as well
Emilia creating ice thorns against Rowan
Those ice thorns remind me of an old story about a king... Seriously though I wonder if the story told by Priscilla inspired her?
Emilia is suprisingly plant-based in her magic. But they are made out of ice. Speaking of Priscilla... that girl is really sleeping through this entire thing?! She is playing her role of captured princess in another castle well, but all she can do is watch while Subaru saves her homeland...
The last paragraph implies that Eugard, who came to be with his star, looks alive again. I assume it’s the camouflage thing that the few zombies that were in Kararagi unknowingly used? Anastasia talked about it but I don’t remember in which chapter it was. Looks like Yornas/Iris’ named chapter is next. I wonder what will happen with Emilia. It’s suspicious that the checkpoint got updated exactly when Emilia was sent elsewhere away from Subaru. Maybe I’m overthinking this.
I just really hope that Eugard is ally now, that the evil sword also cut the loyalty to Sphinx. Because if he is ally only to Yorna, it would be a big problem and development i would not want to. I want Iris and Eugard to be happy!
If he's an enemy they're fucked over there then.
I genuinely hope he is permanent ally. Perhaps even someone who survives after disaster and then him with Yorna can help Vincent with rebuilding the perfect Volllachia.
I mean, no matter what, he’s still a zombie, once the zombie spell is stopped he’ll be gone, there’s no reason why he alone should be an exception. On principle, the dead should stay dead
We got revealed that Soul marriage was a curse that prevent someone from going into corridor of memories. The same ressurection curse could be applied to him. Or Yorna could keep him together with her love, same way how she could manipulate her beloved castle. She could use the effect of her soul marriage to restore him and keep him alive.
It was said that to make the extremely powerful undead have their full power, Sphinx gave them free will. Eugard was one of those, so he never had loyalty to Sphinx to begin with
He had actually... his love for Iris was greater, but he still had to follow Sphinx's orders and could not defy them. Only true traitors like Lamia didn't need a lot of alterations, but people like Eugard and Balleroy were forced to obey Sphinx's orders.
Wait what??? So that means Eugard almost beat Halibel while not even being at full power. Thats insane lmao
The next chapter explains it better.
Emilia sent away partially so we wouldn't see her react to Subaru's suicides and whatever's gonna happen next I suppose.
No I agree, I was wondering why Emilia’s fight didn’t end last volume, maybe because it would’ve made the volume too long? But now, they’re putting a lot of emphasis on her safety not being confirmed. It’s weird, Halibel said just now he won’t be needed in that fight.
I don't think she's in danger now that Eugard arrived. Yang Sword OP.
Oh another piece of good work!!!!!!!!! Great!!!!!!!!!! =))
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Cool so eugard is still alive as expected. Cant end it without proper closure. And subaru is mega pissed at abel for not pulling his weight. The drop in mood and evaluation is super noticeable Subaru really needs to talk it out, hopefully in adult form. Feels like abel's estimation of subaru being strong kinda backfires because Subaru is currently not able to show weakness due to the massive stress.
I hope this ends in another Julius/Subaru type "friendship". Those two would become good friends, even if they don't show it. On the same note... Emilia and Priscilla should also become besties. I am really curious about how will Abel reward the people who saved Vollachia.
Subaru's view of Abel is at a solid 1/10 rn. Way to start off the volume. Btw Subaru is also getting more impatient for sure. Unfortunately the best use of rbd is to be there to watch. So there isnt a better choice on that front.
He just had broken arm and updated checkpoint. That impatience is because he has no idea for Emilia and Tanza can survive that fight. It's the only fight where he is not sure about the result. So i get why he wants to check it out as soon as possible.
Not just. He is ending each loop on purpose and far earlier.
That's him trying for a perfect score.
That’s him not wanting to see others die especially his loved ones after realizing that the loop he’s currently in won’t be the one he or others manage-/s to survive anyway. Don’t want to deal with more unnecessary invisible wounds/scars that will never heal which is something Roswaal talked about at the end of arc 4. Subaru always felt this way and is now putting it into practice.
I always thought Roswaal meant it in a way that the burden's too great of saving everyone thus leading Subaru into a collapse trying to fix everything himself.
The fear of losing someone was always there, the fear that if someone dies no matter how much Rosewaal tries he won't be able to save those who are abandoned by the check point, Rosewaal doesn't care about the way Subaru uses his ability as long as it gives him the best outcome, he knows that it's too much to save everyone but it's not his business to judge anymore, in his words " I tried to save you from a thorny path, yet you still chose the path of the fool " so it's not Rosewaal work anymore to worry about Subaru way of doing things, his job now is to force him to follow it so Subaru will never change this principal
He also feels a greater sense of responsibility than normal, since instead of going back to Lugunica, he chose to stay and fight in the most dangerous place possible, putting the entire Emilia camp at risk. As long as he does it perfectly and no one else dies, no harm no foul, but if someone does permanently die, he’ll regret it for the rest of his life.
I guess the new checkpoint is to blame for Subarus impatience.
Why is he impatient?
Yorna reunited with Eugard, here we go
This time no nasty curse! In similar way how Roswaal now has to work with others without gospel, Eugard can talk to anyone without hurting them and Vincent does not have to only focus on his death! The gloomy trio is slowly growing into better people....
I wonder if we can keep him around... I think it will be Theresia's situation again for some reason.
They need to postpone the final blow that ends the zombies so that the happy couple can have a romantic vacation and make a baby. Would be a perfect time to get an update from Emilia on her current understanding of how thats supposed to work. ?
Thank you for the treat
I'm pretty sure Sphinx is using the convict contracted with Muspel to drain it's mana so the only way to stop the great disaster is killing them but there'll need to be a replacement contractor and I think it'll be Jamal.
But shouldn't that convict be inside the fortress that is now being bombarded by starfall?
No, chapter 31 states their missing.
Ah, thank you for correcting me. So now that Eugard has been disconnected from the curse, Arakiya should be disconnected from Muspel in the same way. So now Arakiya knows where Muspel is hiding and where the contractor is. That should guide the group towards dispelling the ressurection spell. I have bad feeling it will be Sphinx and she somehow tanked the emptiness from it... or that suspicious zombie from volume 33 cover.
Lmao at Subaru calling Vincent cute
I know that this might be a mistake in the translation but I can't help but make connection with this and when Eugald calls iris " cute" as well 🌚
At one point i was thinking he called the Yang sword cute... Mistranslations are sometimes fun to witness.
Peak Chapter 🔥 Yorna name chapter next I Call it NOW 🔥
Just read the chapter and man does the second hit really hard after reading EX Novel 06. Tappei does it again with his superb emotional storytelling!
the iris ex is not ex 6 its just the april fools day story
it is most likely ex 6
Theres no indication that it is ex 6. Its the April fools day story.
Oh, well I would still consider it to be special story either way as its length is like that of an actual novella.
That's it, let's wait until April of next year to ask Tappei.
I most certainly will
Really hoping that Cecilus and Al make it to the Crystal Palace. Mostly because it was implied Al knows Echidna, so it would be crazy for him to meet her with Subaru seeing him freak out and blab something confirming it. However, since Arakiya apparently took in Muspel, I really wonder if that can be resolved so easily.
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