Ugh...

It would appear the battle's decided.

With that much power for how beaten up he is, he really lives up to the title of demon of war.

Yeah, if he had been at full strength...

...I'm not sure how it would've gone, even if we had all faced him.

Tsch, he lost the moment he got beaten into the condition he's in.

So even a stupid monkey can sometimes speak the truth.

There she is.

Now, hand over Shusui, please. With his power, the way to Menon will open.

That's what you all want, too, isn't it?

Hmm, I don't know about that.

Seeing Shusui fight so desperately has made me see things in a new light, perhaps.

You don't actually expect us to believe that...

You just want to mess with her... You're so unpleasant.

Shut up!

There's no way we can just hand her Shusui after we struggled to defeat him!

We? I think you mean Hans defeated him.

So you're all just stupid monkeys after all. You have to add meaningless steps to the process, even though the results won't change.

I could change my plans and put an end to all of you right here, if I wanted to.

Mora, we know what you're after.

Well, that doesn't exactly seem like it's news to you, either, so...

...you've also predicted that we probably can't change the outcome no matter what we do.

But there may come a time when we just feel like giving in to our hearts.

......

......

I am the War Demon Shusui. I seek the utmost in strength.

Guile Demon Mora. Take my power as a demon of war.

Huh?! Shusui, why?!

I seek the strongest being.

If it is toward that end, my life is no more than fuel for the fire.

So you want to give her your power, and make Mora the strongest being there is?

......

No.

Summoner...

...you must show me. Surpass the Guile Demon, even as she achieves new heights of power on absorbing my own.

Just as my master took mortal risks leading me down the path to become a demon of war.

When you have done so, you will have surpassed me to become the strongest there is.

Stop spouting nonsense! That's why I hate you.

You're so barbaric, seeking only strength, like the pure embodiment of a demon.

Now give me the power that you have spent your life developing!

Summoner...bring...my master's...and my...dream...

Our...dream...of...strength...

Master... I have...no...regrets...

Now I understand...why you had...that expression...painted on your face...at the very the end...

......

What a truly horrid demon...

However, with this my objective is complete.

I will be waiting at the Demon Castle Estria.

There, I will settle matters with you as well.

For the sake of all our ideals...

Mora...

We defeated Shusui just as planned, but it left a bad taste in my mouth...

There was nothing else we could do.

Shusui... There was something about him that made him impossible to hate, wasn't there?

Is Shusui gone completely?

Barion's still around even after having his power stolen...

I don't know.

Mora seemed pretty angry, so she might have taken more power than she needed to.

......

Tsch...

That said, I don't believe that someone as persistent as Shusui would die that easily.

He might have left one of those "fragments of power" or whatever somewhere, as an energy reserve.

Yeah...

Hans, don't let it get to you, either.

You met Shusui's expectations, and we're moving toward our goal.

That's all there is to it.

......

Shall we go, then?

We don't know what traps are waiting for us between here and the Demon Castle.

Let's pull ourselves together and get moving!