Arios Theoman/Quotes

"My name is Arios Theoman. I left a village that didn’t even have a name to go on an adventure."

"Ah… That’s right. Nina’s favorite kind of flower grows around here. I should pick some later."

"(I heard from the postman that the number of monsters is increasing lately… Someone will fight them. I know what’s most important. I… I have to protect what’s precious to me… Yeah. That’s fine.)"

"Monsters… A group of… monsters..."

"(Hurry…! I have to get back quickly… I have to help… everyone… Nina..!)"

"Hrah, stupid thing…! I just need to swing it around…! If I don’t do it soon, she’ll--!"

"Hah…! Cola! The village… save the village! Everyone, everyone…!"

"...Because of the monsters… Because I... couldn’t kill the Demon King… This… This is all…"

"I couldn’t just leave them alone! I wanted to protect people by doing what I thought was right!"

"The people suffering right in front of me… For me to just abandon them…"

"Make me it again… Please make me the Hero again! The monsters, the Demon King, give me the power to defeat them!"

"…I don’t care… It doesn’t matter if you call it revenge…! This is… what I should’ve done…! Everything… is my fault… because I… the person with the power to do it… Because I couldn’t fulfill my duty… This is what happened…!"

"Whatever it takes… I’ll do it."

"I don’t need anyone’s approval… Even if I’m shunned by the world, even if I'm cast down into hell…! I will slay the Demon King!"

"All around the world, this hell is spreading. It's my fault. Because I couldn’t fulfill my duty, it’s all my fault. I will go on another journey. A journey to slay the Demon King…"

"The number of human deaths has reached 10%... I can now use Escudo. But it still isn’t enough to slay the Demon King or Dark Lords…"

"People are… the human race is steadily crumbling apart. It isn’t in vain. They die for a peaceful future for mankind. I’m used to the sound of wailing and the smell of rust and iron. ...But how long must I continue seeing this hell…"

"The Demon King has been captured by the Monster Army. Little Princess or Kayblis… Whichever it is, I will slay the Demon King."

"Humanity has retreated to JAPAN. The difference in strength is obvious, they can’t resist anymore. Just a little longer before the time comes..."

"I used to surround myself with too many people. That may have been what weighed me down back then. Things are different now. I’ve cast off all of my shackles…"

"Reach toward the future, not the present. Instead of saving those who are currently suffering, everything I do now is… for the sake of a peaceful future. A world without the threat of the Demon King."

"What I have lost can never come back. All I can do now is give it value. To look back and make sure that it had meaning, that it wasn’t for nothing…"

"I am Arios. A Hero who could not fulfill his duty in time… A fool… But I will make amends. The Demon King… I must slay it."

"Farewell... Kurusu Miki. No, Little Princess!!"

"...Rance."

"...Are you hunting for Dark Lords? Please withdraw. I can’t say why, but… please, for the sake of humanity."

"If you aren’t willing to listen… then I have no choice but to stop you with all of my strength."

"Rance… That man is in my way. But if I kill him, humanity will collapse… That’s... a good thing."

"He can still stand against me even after my strength has reached this point. That man is unreal. But humanity will be saved if I kill him. I just need to kill him..."

"The Demon King has been captured by Rance… But he shows no signs of using the Dark Sword to slay it. Humanity will continue to suffer if he does not fulfill his duty. I need to kill him…"

"You brought this... on yourself... Rance...!"

"...Defeating Kayblis is pointless. The Demon King… If you don’t kill Little Princess, mankind will never find peace. For Escudo to gain the power necessary to slay the Demon King, the Monster Army needs to reduce humanity’s numbers a little more."

"If the Demon King awakens, humanity has no future! The battle will never end! You’re making the same mistake I did…!"

"I don’t know. I’m not a hero… I never was. I couldn’t be the hero the world needed… and I couldn’t be the hero that I wanted to be, either."

"The Hero... I don't care about that anymore. No... I never cared. I just want to help people. That's how I've always been."

"I should have kept trying. If you don’t try, you can’t do anything. Because the enemy in front of me was so strong… I looked for a shortcut without thinking. Even if the fight would have been hard, I should have been willing to do it. If I were the Hero… then I’d be able to find some convenient way around it. That’s what I thought. I had already given up."

"I don’t need a shortcut that I don’t like anymore. Even if it’s a detour, from now on I’ll only walk the path I think is right."

"If mankind is about to perish, then all of humanity should fight to stop it from happening. If that doesn’t work… then it can’t be helped. The power of the Hero… the sacrifices it needs are too great; there’s no hope in a future built from it."

"Then I'll let you in on a secret. Killing the Demon King is pointless. Another will just come to replace it. The Hero's struggle... it's all for nothing."

"...I’m not choosing to die. But… If I can help those who can’t fend for themselves, even if only a little… it doesn’t matter the opponent or the battlefield… that’s the choice I’ll make."

"It’s fine… I won’t die… More importantly, the people of this city…"

"The Demon King… Why did Rance become the Demon King…? Whatever the case, I can’t lose to him."