Episode 146

**Faudo’s Guardians. From Arth to Gash. An Entrusted Future** (ファウードの守護者 アースからガッシュへ 託される未来*, Faūdo no Shugosha Āsu kara Gasshu e Takusareru Mirai*) is the 146th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime and first aired in Japan on February 26, 2006. Events that occur in this episode and the remainder of the anime’s Faudo arc are entirely anime exclusive and do not follow the events that occur in the manga.

## Overview

Arth and Elly are the first to arrive just outside of Faudo’s control room. There, Riou confronts Arth about his family’s involvement in sealing away Faudo and reasserts his belief that Faudo’s power was always meant to be used. Arth’s allies hurry towards the control room in order to regroup with him as soon as possible but on the way, Riou blocks their paths and uses Faudo’s defense system to eliminate them. It is then up to Arth to be able to defeat Riou and save his allies.

## Plot

Ted passes out after using one of his strongest spells to defeat Faudo’s Heart Guardian. Gide tells Kiyomaro and the others to go on ahead without him as he plans to stay behind and look after Ted. Kiyomaro expresses concern about leaving them alone but  Tio, Megumi, and Lien  volunteer to help protect them in case anything happens. Kiyomaro, Gash, Alishie, and Riya then part ways with the others and go on ahead towards Faudo’s control room. Likewise, Folgore’s group also hurry to the same destination as they managed to get away from their battle against Keith thanks to Barry. Arth and Elly meanwhile reach the area just outside of the control room where Riou himself meets with them. Riou confronts Arth about his opposition to using Faudo’s power. Riou then brings up the fact that while Arth’s family were the ones responsible for sealing away Faudo, Riou’s family continued to look after Faudo thereafter. It is then revealed that the two share some history together as Riou had once approached Arth some time during the beginning of the battle to tell him about his plan to use Faudo. He had once asked Arth to lend him his power to destroy Faudo’s seal, but Arth had refused, which later led to Riou forcibly placing a curse upon Elly in order to force him to cooperate. Arth asserts to Riou that the power Faudo possesses is one that should never be used but Riou disagrees as he believes that a carefully protected power like that is meant to be wielded by someone.

Seeing that talking with Riou is going nowhere, Arth prepares himself for a fight. Before Arth is able to do anything, Riou uses a keypad to pull up a display showing Arth his allies who were currently on their way to regroup with him. Riou then tells Arth that everything had been going according to plan for him as he was able to get Arth separated from everyone else. Using the keypad, Riou blocks Arth’s allies from progressing any further and activates Faudo’s defense system to create demonic creatures to attack them. After doing this, a battle soon commences between Arth and Riou. The battle initially appears to be in Arth’s favor as he manages to avoid taking any hits from Riou’s spells. When the opportunity comes, Arth attacks Riou directly using *Jyan Ji Sorudo*. Meanwhile during Barry’s battle with Keith, Barry becomes visibly upset when Keith brings up how Keith had once defeated him in a battle that took place in the Demon World. A flashback is then shown of this “battle” where it’s actually shown to be a potato tempura eating contest that Keith had proposed when Barry had claimed he would accept any kind of battle from him. In this battle, Keith easily defeats Barry as he was able to eat more potato tempura than him.

Focusing back on the battle against Riou, Riou is shown still being able to stand up after taking *Jyan Ji Sorudo* directly. He then calls on Laoxing Mo in the control room to activate a healing light above him, allowing him to fully recover. Despite Riou now being able to heal himself as many times as he wants, Arth and Elly decide that their best course of action is to defeat him before he has a chance to recover. After clashing against more of Riou’s spells, Arth uses *Gyan Bagyamu Sorudo* to counter Riou’s *Fanon Riou Diou*. An explosion occurs, but Arth’s efforts appear to have been futile as Riou once again heals himself from his injuries using Faudo’s recovery device. From the perspective of Keith and Barry, their battle continues on for some time before Keith finally decides to use his most powerful spell, *Dioga Ginisudon* to end it. Barry uses *Zorushirudo* to shield himself from the attack which creates a large explosion. When the dust settles, Keith sees that Barry had survived and was still able to keep fighting. Keith looks to Berun, and Berun informs him that he’s completely out of energy to cast any more spells. Before the two of them could leave the battle to eat potato tempura, Barry attacks them directly using *Gigano Zonisu*. After defeating the pair, Barry leaves as he was fed up from dealing with Keith.

During Arth and Riou’s battle, Arth manages to separate Riou from the recovery device, but Riou still puts up a fight as he unleashes a barrage of spells toward Arth. Arth survives this onslaught of attacks with his own spells before he gets in position to strike down Riou with one final spell. When Arth calls out to Elly to cast a spell, there’s no response from her. While distracted, Riou knocks Arth back with a spell. When Arth looks to his side, he sees Elly collapsed and completely exhausted as she had used up most of her energy at this point. Arth then looks up at the monitor displaying the current situation his allies are in and sees that they’re nearly out of strength to keep fighting off Faudo’s defense system. After thinking about his own situation, Arth tells Elly that the only hope they have left to defeat Riou and stop Faudo is the Baou that Gash possesses and the friends that will help him. Understanding Arth’s will, Elly allows Arth to carry out his risky plan to help Gash and his allies.

At that moment, Arth starts running to the control panel, but is constantly attacked by Riou as he gets closer to it. Riou uses spell after spell towards him in order to make him turn back to face him but Arth keeps moving toward the control panel. With the little strength he has left after taking many direct blows, he manages to unlock the doors that were blocking his allies' paths and shut off the defense system. By the time everyone reaches the area before the control room, they see Riou finish off arth with one final spell. The impact of the spell pushes Elly back, and a small flame appears on Arth’s spell book. As Arth begins to fade away, he entrusts Gash with the task of taking care of things from there. Likewise, Elly tearfully shares her goodbye with Arth and tells him that she’ll never forget him. When Arth finally disappears, Riou laughs and claims that everything Arth had done was all for nothing. Furious over losing their ally to Riou, Gash, Kiyomaro, and the rest of their allies ready themselves for their next battle.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Riya
* Lien
* Alishie
* Nicole
* Megumi Oumi
* Tio
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Gide
* Ted
* Elle Chivas
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Umagon
* Canchome
* Parco Folgore
* Sauza
* Karudio
* Momon
* Elly
* Arth
* Riou
* Keith
* Vincent Barry
* Berun
* Gustav
* Laoxing Mo

### Spells by Appearance

* Gou Sorudo
* Gou Fanon (Debut)
* Urusoruto
* Fanon (Debut)
* Jyan Ji Sorudo
* Amu Garuginisu
* Doruzonisu
* Zonisu
* Ganzu Ginisu
* Bāgasu Fāron (Debut)
* Borusen
* Garufanon (Debut)
* Gyan Bagyamu Sorudon
* Fanon Riou Diou
* Garuzonisu
* Gou Garuginisu
* Dioga Ginisudon
* Zorushirudo
* Gigano Zonisu
* Guruga Dorufanon (Debut)
* Gigano Fanon (Debut)
* Barubarosu Sorudon
* Āgasu Fanon (Debut)
* Garubanio
* Gidoruku
* Shudoruku