Master and Servant

We did it! We've caught up to Tiamat! Our plan is a go, Master!

Yeah, we did it, Fujimaru!

The chaos whatsit was getting stronger. Thank goodness we don't have to get any closer!

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(Even keeping this far away from Beast II, all this Spirit Origin corruption... If they end up having to fight head-on...)

No, things couldn't possibly get that bad! Quetzalcoatl, are you ready!?

Yes, leave it to me. I can go at any time. I'm getting enough magical energy from Fujimaru, too.

We've come this far Get down, Mash!

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How terribly unfortunate. I was supposed get rid of you all, starting with Mash.

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That part must have been falsified... Still, this memory is incredibly painful for you...

That's unfortunate. I wanted to get rid of your unsightly guardians first. I was a bit rash, again.

Ushiwakamaru...! I see. I couldn't detect her through the Chaos Tide's interference!

Ushiwakamaru, are you planning on getting in our way again!? Have you truly become a slave to Tiamat...!?

I believe I told you already. Mother's control is pleasant. I don't have to think.

I can focus on ridding myself of my hate. The greatest and only delectable pleasure I have is the thought of killing you all.

There aren't many humans left in the world. I have killed so many of them. I've had enough sensation of the flesh.

It's no use, Fujimaru!

Despite his appearance, Musashibou Benkei has been completely consumed by the Chaos Tide!

Benkei...! Are you getting in our way again!? Have you truly become a slave to Tiamat...!?

Have I not already said as much? It is paradise, being under Mother's control. This is the very peace every Bodhisattva seeks.

I am free of my regrets. All that remains for me now is to take you all with me.

Forgive me, and prepare yourself to sink into our mud.

Naturally, I will accompany you myself. Please, join me in our paradise.

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Looks like it to me. This monk guy must've sacrificed himself to take someone else's place.

Was your journey so easy that you never had to make any sacrifices? If these recreations are to work from a logical perspective, then of course something like this had to happen.

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...Yes. I know you know each other, but it's too late for him. He's all twisted up inside.

This is self-replication fusion. Hundreds of his selves have melted together, and now he's about to burst from within.

...I don't even want to imagine what type of monster will emerge when that happens.

What could it be but salvation for all living creatures bursting forth from my naked insides, bringing true and complete perfection.

So, I have no regrets about taking all of you with me. Reverse Pilgrimage of the Five Hundred Arhat!

My Reverse Pilgrimage of the Five Hundred Arhat shall never stop until I have delivered all of you to the Chaos Tide.

All is vanity. Emptiness is form. I am one with all, and all is one with me. I am one with nothingness, and nothingness is one with me.

Musashibou Benkei's multiplication shows no sign of stopping! The Chaos Tide is providing him with almost limitless magical energy!

I know that Spirit Origin isn't really Benkei anymore, but... I still don't understand...

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I have told you my reason, and it has not changed.

If I must give a new one now, it is because I find the Laḫmu beautiful. I greatly admire their way of life.

As a colony, they have no need for great feats, and no need for miracles.

Since they all act solely for their own benefit, there is no need for one to work selflessly to help those who are hurt.

None are selfless, and therefore none permit themselves to have the life sucked from them by others. None suffer through humiliation, nor are they taken advantage of!

What could be more beautiful than that? And so I shall pray for your death. For all your deaths.

Let us all die together, so that we may begin anew. I shall accompany you, along with my numberless other selves...

Well this is a sorry sight. How long are you going to carry on with this mind-numbing drivel?

Do you truly still detest yourself so much for running away? Everyone gets scared in the face of battle.

Good grief... If this is how you were going to behave, I don't see why you took the trouble to become a sage.

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Oh, hello, Lord Fujimaru. How did you know I would be here?

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Hahaha, you are just full of surprises, Lord Fujimaru!

I'm afraid I have no idea what you're talking about!

But, I suppose that's to be expected. For all his many faults, that Nurikabe is still my subordinate.

I must therefore take responsibility for his failings.

Anyone else is a different story. My brother certainly has no need to take responsibility for my failings.

But when it comes to this hardhead who dares to call himself Benkei, I must see to it that he is duly disciplined.

...Lord Yoshitsune...

Why did you come here now!? You should have stayed where you were!

Go back! Please, retreat! There is no grave to be found here for a fool like you!

Nonsense. The same holds every bit as true for you. I have come here fully aware of that.

What a disgrace. To think that a sea of mud such as this would be my Dan-no-ura.

...Dan-no-ura, you say? So you mean to make this your final battlefield. Very well then, we shall go to our deaths togeth

The other Benkeis just skewered Ushiwakamaru, along with the other nearby Benkei...!

Naive fools. What could a Benkei hope to accomplish by stabbing me?

Have you forgotten what my Noble Phantasm is called?

The Wandering Tales of Shana-oh... Benkei Immovable Stand!

The Benkei that skewered Ushiwakamaru stopped moving...!

I see. It's one of Ushiwakamaru's legends come to life. She recreated the sheer rigidity of Benkei's body...her most faithful subordinate...

You...still have my pike embedded in your flesh...

If you mean to deceive me, you'll need to do much better than that. You should be able to take a hundredno, two hundred blades, and still stand tall.

AND, maybe you should have thought twice before using your Noble Phantasm. Now you've all but told me that your true body is special.

It won't budge...no matter how I try... How are you using Benkei's stance as your own...?

I may have been a fool completely oblivious to how everyone else felt, but you were a fool completely preoccupied with them.

Your immovable stance was always rooted in a deep concern for the weak and helpless.

If you were still like that, I would have shown you mercy no matter how much the mud had consumed you.

To be completely honest...I envied your ability to run away back there.

Stop! Please, stop, Lord Yoshitsune!

You survived thanks to your foolishness and your cowardice. Why would you throw the former away now?

Being a monk was a dream come true for those of us who could neither live nor die in any other way.

The Wandering Tales of Shana-oh's secret technique...

But now that things have come to this, there is no more to be done. Those of you too far to see, listen close. Those of you here with us, watch closely.

This is one of the five sights from The Wandering Tales of Shana-oh...a technique I learned on Kurama...

Dan-No-Ura Eight-Boat Leap!

I had every confidence in my tengu walk...but it seems I arrived too late nonetheless. I'm sorry, Hitachibou.

...Don't be ridiculous. That's impossible.

You have never been late for anything. We were simply unable to catch up to you...right to the very end...

Forgive...me...

I've collected the scraps.

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It's okay. You don't have to say anything. Sometimes, these sorts of things just happen.

That's why we carry with us the memories of every world we've seen.

Exactly. Everything, including your regrets, make you the person you are, and will eventually become... Even if the path you choose was never going to lead you to success.

All we can do is take what our predecessors gave us, hold to it, take a short rest, and start walking again.

Even if this was merely a fabrication...I'll never forget what I saw here.

Come on, Master, let's go!