Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru

To be honest,

we're having a hard time dealing with you, Viscount Remedius.

What are you talking about, Zemunn?

This bastard's company, Rahzel Company, is selling Jushiki weapons to Dochetta.

Urmun is suffering because of the weapons he invented.

We ought to kill him in the name of Zhuo Lu!

Yeah!

Kill him!

Fools!

You've abducted him without thinking it through.

Do you want the Dragon Empire against us, too?

But we can't let him go!

Yeah.

Stop it, Navarro.

You too, Najik.

Stay out of this, Naricia.

We need to avenge our people.

Um, with all due respect, that Majouken will explode if you fire it.

Shut your mouth!

Dust had gotten into the contact terminal.

You need to replace them once every three months in a desert area like Urmun.

Check mine, too!

Mine, too, please!

Hang on. One at a time.

See? Remedius is awesome, isn't he?

Seriously?

Wow.

Invitation to an Evening Party

Yeah.

It's already taken care of.

It's just one after another.

Damn Magatsushiki...

When are they going to stop?

Apparently Largonkin's people

made quick work of the Magatsushiki that showed up in the subway.

What's wrong?

Is it about Premelena?

I don't care about the girl's life.

You're quite cold.

I gave that woman death as a Draken warrior.

That's all.

You're on time.

Excellent.

And the person we're negotiating with?

They're already here, it seems.

They're extremely well-prepared.

Let's be careful.

I know.

So these are the faces of the Aurora Hammer, the ones who are trying to take down

Urmun's terrible dictator, Dochetta.

Stop there.

Calpunia herself came, as was agreed.

Where is Party Leader Zemunn?

He's no longer the party leader.

Then who do I negotiate with?

You'll negotiate with me.

I'm the leader of the Aurora Hammer.

The organization calls me Zhuo Lu, the Man-Eating Dragon of the Sand.

Hey, we said we'd be cautious.

That man is dangerous.

As dangerous as the cardinal's Winged Generals.

Possibly even more so.

Are you serious?

Where is the ransom money?

We'll see the hostage first.

You ought to show your hand first.

Now it's your turn.

Where is my nephew, Remedius?

Then let's begin the exchange.

Not yet.

Just based on appearance, I wouldn't be able to tell if he were a fake who's had plastic surgery.

Prove it with this.

A Jushiki wavelength identifier?

All right.

Confirmed match with 99.9988 percent certainty.

Very well.

Shit!

Gigina!

Is it another force that just showed up?

Hell if I know!

Just focus on getting out of here!

I can't believe a human being could produce such a powerful Jushiki barrier.

Impossible.

Die.

Sixth-order numerical quantum Jushiki, Sui Tori.

It converts the amino acids throughout the body with quantum interference.

A demon's Jushiki.

We could have been dead if I hadn't

defended us with my Phoenic, and you hadn't healed us with your O Se.

The Sand Dragon...

A ghastly slaughter, as though the victims had been chewed up.

Where's Remedius?

My nephew?

Sadly, I believe it's too late.

Either Zhuo Lu or the attackers left us with an unwanted gift.

Drink up, man.

Thanks.

But I'm still a hostage, am I not?

I'd like to thank you.

You saved our lives.

With our Jushiki weapons, too.

Mine's in great shape!

Mine, too!

Thanks.

It's nothing.

I just lent a small hand.

We repay those who save our lives with our own.

Use my life, too, when you need it

Mine, too.

In the name of Zhuo Lu!

Najik, Navarro...

A long time ago, Urmun was under the control of a bad king.

The people suffered, and cries of discontent echoed across the land.

The people prayed to God, but there was no answer.

One woman's husband and children were killed by the king.

Out of despair, she climbed the northern Urmun mountain of Derilla,

known as the Mountains of Hell, in an effort to take her own life as well.

The woman walked for seven days and nights

through the mountain of death, not a blade of grass in sight.

Yet she couldn't die.

Her wailing echoed through the mountains and valleys.

When the woman came to, she saw the Sand Dragon, Zhuo Lu.

The woman begged Zhuo Lu for help.

But the dragon had been sealed in the mountain for the crime of eating people.

It had lost its former powers.

The woman said, "Then eat me."

"Let my blood and flesh become your dragon strength, and defeat the bad king."

The woman jumped into the dragon's mouth.

The dragon, having regained its strength, escaped the mountains,

flew through the deserts, and descended on the palace,

where he shredded to death the bad king and his henchmen.

Zhuo Lu said to the people: "Give your flesh and blood,

and I will appear when you need to consume the enemies of Urmun."

And with a sad howl, Zhuo Lu vanished into the distant sky.

Now, until it receives blood and flesh again,

the dragon slumbers somewhere in Derilla, the Mountains of Hell.

That's a sad story.

The people were never truly saved from their suffering.

This nation is suffering so much that we'd prefer to place our faith in a fairy tale.

That's why I'll be Zhuo Lu.

I'll become the dragon that'll consume the bad king Dochetta.

His Highness Dochetta has not given a fourth-rank citizen

permission to open a shop here.

But...

You insect.

That's...

What the hell are you doing? Run!

I was told they would be used to maintain peace, and yet...

A weapon is a weapon!

Naricia!

Die.

Yesterday's exchange was a failure.

The guards are dead, and the enemy made off with the two billion yen ransom.

I lost my nephew, Remedius.

Who am I to hold accountable for all this?

It's true that my partner and I had our failings.

But our mission was to protect you.

I believe we accomplished that.

Can you think of who the attackers might have been and what their motive was?

I've got nothing.

The police investigation at the site turned up nothing, too.

And Egurrd has been missing ever since the incident.

Do you believe Egurrd was somehow involved?

I don't know.

What's that?

A chells piece.

This is the play that won Remedius the continental competition.