-pg195- Knights Lt.! Azan-sama! Oh, Azan-sama's joined the fray! I wouldn't want to fight Azan-sama! Azan All men!! Stand down, stand down! Clear the field! -pg196- Retribution: Bound in Irons Knights of the Holy Iron Chains 2 Azan I am the Lt. Commander of the Knights of the Holy Iron Chains, Azan! I have the honor of being called the Iron Staff Demon, Azan! Black Swordsman! I request an honorable duel! -pg197- Gatts Iron Staff Demon Azan.... Pakk Not again... What a cheesy entrance... (like a period drama) Gatts Iron Staff Demon Azan. I'm sure I've heard that name...weren't you formally Azan, the Bridge Knight? Azan Indeed. I have not heard that name... For a long time. Pakk You know this guy, Gatts? Gatts So you are the Bridge Knight, Azan. When I was just a kid... Someone protected an old man that was trying to guard a bridge all by himself. More than a hundred knights were unable to cross the bridge because of this strange man... -pg198- Gatts Not one of them was able to budge that man, and he laughed at them all. Men (Good story.) (It's the Mirror Knight.) Azan (Stop that whispering!) As I knight, I do not believe that might makes right! When I entered the holy orders, I took this new name. What would be your name, Sir Knight? Gatts I was never a knight. Gatts. Just Gatts, Old man. Azan Well then, Gatts! Have at you!!! Farneze .......... Serpico How old fashioned. -pg199- Azan I shall merely break a few of your bones! -pg200- Gatts Just a few bones, he says... -pg201- Gatts (Damn!) Nearly hit my feet! He may be getting on in years... But the rumors of this guy's speed were understated! ! Uh-oh... My eyes are getting blurry! Azan Got you! April Showers Thrust! -pg203- Knights M-My lord! It's like the Black Swordsman can fly! Get him...get him, Lt Azan! Don't let him catch his breath! Serpico .... Azan Impressive...or so I would say, were I not the only one putting up even the least amount of offense! You displayed great skill with your sword earlier on this battlefield! The sight brought the old thrill of battle to my heart for the first time since I took to the cloth! Gatts Crap... Everything's slowly getting dark I can't feel my hands and feet... Pakk (Time out!) Gatts What's going on? I could have made a mistake the first time, but... I'm at the end of my body's strength, and about to either be killed by this guy or surrounded and taken captured... Unless... -pg204- Gatts Gotta keep me head down! Azan Mm?!? From the front... How pure!! -pg205- Azan What!! I let him run up it!? -pg206- Azan Fie! He's past me! Knights Farneze-sama! -pg208- Farneze Ah.... (Uh...) (Unh!) -pg209- Farneze ......eh? ........!? -pg210- Farneze I... did it? Knights Splendid, Farneze-sama! You felled the Black Swordsman with a single blow! Our commander has met our expectations! Stand, you dog! Wah....Tonio! After all we've been through... (Argh! I'll kill him! I'll kill him!) Hey, stop! -pg211- Knights You got Ken, you... Fool, stop! I'll kill him! After all this time, in a place like this... Gatts .......... Azan Cease this. Churl. Against a foe who offers no resistance...this behaviour is unacceptable! You dishonor your reputation as knights! Knights But, Azan-sama... Look what he did...to our friends! Azan If a man has collapsed with his sword still drawn, he is the same as a man who has sheathed his sword. It is as if he has surrendered! This man merely answered sword with sword! That is all that concerned him, and we can not fault his action! Knights B-but! -pg212- Azan Your performance in this battle has been a disgrace! Your friend's deaths upon his blade were an insult to both him and his sword! You made a mockery of knights in battle! Gatts ............. Knights We make no excuses, sir! Sir! We were wrong! There is no excuse! Sir! Azan Since we gave up our knighthoods for the cloth, this is out first campaign together, so I had hoped to avoid scolding you overmuch. This proved impossible. Forgive me. Gatts What's this? This hearty companionship... -pg213- Azan Farneze-sama. Will you order a retreat? Farneze-sama. Mayhap, is this the first time you have seen a man killed? You must not fear your sword. Though heavy, you can never lay it down till your foe no longer stands. -pg214- Farneze Right! All troops, withdraw! Knights of the Holy Iron Chains 2 - The End