Rescue and a Fated Duel

Rescue and a Fated Duel (救出と宿命の対決, Kyūshutsu to Shukumei no Taiketsu) is the eighteenth episode of the Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts anime series.

Summary
Leonhart arrives just as Sariphi and her would-be rescuers near the end of their rope. Now the king must face the pretender to his throne. But how will he fare against a rival who has lived his life for this moment?

Plot
Sariphi is seen carrying Lanteveldt and asks Cy who's carrying Bennu if he is okay before Cy could finish answering magic is seen unleashed towards them but a rock is behind them protecting them from the magic, Fenrir hoped that Sariphi would prove to be more entertaining.

Sariphi asks Lanteveldt if he's hurt, suddenly Fenrir jumps down facing them. Fenrir asks if she thought that the ring would save her and that the ring only works once, Sariphi wondering what he's talking about tells her that he put some of his magic in that ring. Sariphi then recalls that his magic from the ring was protecting her that time when Fenrir unleashed his magic and that she wasn't imagining things, and that's why she felt that the king was still with her.

Fenrir tells her to tremble in fear and if she prostrate that he will make her, his queen before Sariphi can finish, Lanteveldt tells him not on his watch and attacks Fenrir. Then Lanteveldt carries Sariphi and jumps to the right and tells Fenrir that a hyena will bite back if you back it in a corner and then insults Fenrir.

Lanteveldt then jumps away and suddenly Fenrir unleashes his magic after pulling out the weapon that Lanteveldt attacked him with, Sariphi's ring suddenly cracks and some magic unleashes while Fenrir jumps after then Gwiber appears and flies Sariphi, Lanteveldt and Cy to a cliff nearby,

Fenrir looks behind him and sees the king and then yells that he hasn't waited on anyone or anything for this chance to face Leonhart once again. Cy & Clops reunites. Sariphi says that Leonhart is here right beside her.

Fenrir feel honored that the king of Ozmargo know so much about him and that he has lived to fight him again and reclaim his stolen pride that was taken from him. Leonhart then asks if his pride will return if he defeats him then asks him what he will do if he takes the throne.

Fenrir says that Sariphi asked the same question that he did, then he says that he will purge the realm and make every beastkind fight each other. Lanteveldt then says that chaos brought the kingdoms together and was ruled by the leader of the last species that was standing, and that the strong makes the rules and the weaker ones will follow the stronger ones.

He then says that if he still wants to keep the throne that he has to fight him or that he still says that Leonhart doesn't want to fight him. Which Leonhart denies and says that's why he will never give the throne to him as a king and a man then Leonhart takes his cape off and then says that he has things that he must protect from him.

After they returned to the castle on Gwiber, Leonhart is quickly carried away and Anubis tells the guards to gather the priests that is in the palace to tend to the king. Sariphi is seen looking while they take Leonhart away when Amit suddenly calls out to her so Sariphi runs towards Amit and cries while Amit comforts her.

Lanteveldt is seen telling Jormundgand that the royal captain guards are there to watch over them until their job is done which suprises Anubis, Jormungand then says that he must recover from the wounds as soon as possible so that he can protect his queen then tells Lanteveldt that he would be happy to to face him then. Lanteveldt then thanks Jormungand for sparring with him.

Sariphi is seen walkin to Leonharts bedroom to check up on him when she goes near his bed he pulls her in which suprises her, she then asks if she woke him which he denies. Sariphi then tells Leonhart that the chancellor don't know when Nir will take revenge on him, Leonhart then says that he doubt they will ever see him again. She then asks what they talked about at the end before he left with Fenrir.

Leonhart then tells her what Nir said to him. Nir says that the fight was Fenrir dream and that it was also his curse and that Fenrir is now free of that, Nir then thanks him for that and flies away from the field.

Nir is recalling when Fenrir told him that when the king is about to kill him that he should do it first. Nir tells him that it isn't like him and that's why he won't say it again to Nir. He then recalls that Fenrir was robbed of his ear and his pride and that he lost everything and that only his life was left and that he wanted to give that to Nir.

Nir then says that Fenrir was the reason that he lived and says that Fenrir is his pride then Nir recalls a flashback of Fenrir calling him asking him where he went and that he should come when he calls him and that he should stay by his side, close enough to hear him. Nir then claims that Fenrir is the only king he recognizes prouder than others.

Trivia

 * This is the second episode to show a short scene after the ending credits.

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