Episode 69

**Defeat Him! Zofis’ Evil Desires** (*撃破せよ! 邪悪なるゾフィスの野望,Gekihaseyo! Jaaku Naru Zofisu no Yabō*) is the 69th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on August 15, 2004.

## Overview

Gash, Kiyomaro, and their many other allies head to the Devolo Ruins once again with the intention to reach Zofis while conserving as much of their energy as they can during the battles they must face. As the group make their way through the ruins, Zofis prepares a plan to confront them himself.

## Plot

Gash stands on the balcony outside watching the morning sunrise alone for some time before Kiyomaro finds him. As he joins Gash to enjoy the fresh air with him, the two of them begin to think about Zofis and an earlier encounter they had with him where they first learned about his ability to control people’s minds. Though they realize how difficult it will be for them to defeat him and free all of the humans under his control, they remember that they have strong allies that they can rely on for all that lies ahead of them that day. As the morning progresses, Gash, Kiyomaro, and the rest of their allies start preparing to head out soon. Just before they leave, Apollo Genesis]] wishes them all the best of luck and for them to all safely return. As they all head out, Apollo takes out a pendant from his pocket that contains a photograph of Ropes. As he looks at it, he thinks about Ropes and hopes for the safety and success of Kiyomaro and the others in their venture to protect the future of the Demon World.

At the ruins, Zofis and Coco discuss plans they’ll be making for when Brago and Sherie arrive at the ruins. While they have yet to appear, Zofis remains aware of the fact that Kiyomaro and the rest of his group will return to the ruins and expects that they will be taken care of by the ancient demons patrolling the premises. Just outside of the ruins, Kiyomaro and his group see a small entrance guarded by two teams of ancient demons. To sneak themselves in, Kiyomaro tosses a rock to get the teams to move away from the entrance. As they’re distracted, the rest of the group enter the ruins. While inside the first room, Kiyomaro reminds everyone that security from then on will be a lot tighter and that they should avoid as much confrontation with enemy teams as possible. Adding on to this, Dr. Riddles goes over their primary objectives which is to first destroy the stone of moonlight before eventually defeating Zofis and freeing all of the humans under his control. Their final priority would be to ensure that they all make it out of the ruins alive and well. With this in mind, the group then continues to push forward and travel deeper in the ruins.

As they run down a long corridor, Kiyomaro notices an ancient demon down a long hallway. Whenever they weren’t looking in their direction, Kiyomaro helps instruct when members of his group should run past the hallway. Ruining the plan however, Canchome catches the attention of that demon and soon the group realizes they’re surrounded on two sides by that ancient demon and another one ahead of them. The two teams then cast attack spells from both directions but Kiyomaro’s team manages to avoid them by running to adjacent hallways. Gash and Wonrei would then use their most basic offensive spells to attack both teams of demons in order to create an opportunity for everyone to escape. As they run, one of the ancient demons would try attacking them again with a large spell. Kiyomaro notices this first and then orders everyone to drop to the ground near the corners of the hallway to avoid being hit. They avoid the spell successfully and make it to a staircase leading out of the hallway. To ensure that the other demons won’t follow them, Kiyomaro has Gash destroy part of the ceiling using *Zakeru* to block the path. As Kiyomaro and Gash try to catch up with the others, Dr. Riddles takes a moment to praise Kiyomaro for his excellent strategies and quick thinking and expresses how confident he is that they’ll be able to achieve all of their goals thanks to Kiyomaro’s work.

The top of the stairs leads out to a room containing three more teams of ancient demons. To get through them, the group plans on attacking them as a team using only their lowest level spells and only attacking those that plan on fighting back. The group follows this plan perfectly and manage to defeat all of the ancient demons that stood in their way thanks to their synchronization of spells. Before they continue, Kiyomaro tells everyone that they should do their best to be careful as from that point onward they’ll be entering completely unknown territory. As they walk through the next corridor, Kiyomaro expresses his suspicion over the fact that they had not seen any other teams of ancient demons as they walked to the next exit. Adding to this, Tio points out how hot it’s started to get for her as they keep walking. When they enter the next room, they see a long and narrow stairway leading out to the next area with lava beneath it. With no other options but to cross it, the team continues on and walks onto the stairs.

Not before long, Zofis finally appears before them and Kiyomaro and Gash waste no time in trying to attack him using *Zakeruga*. The attack misses as Zofis teleports away from it before continuing to try and speak with them while he has their attention. From there, he tells them that he had been aware of the information they gathered and all of their movements within the ruins. While everyone was on the stairs, Zofis then begins destroying the foundation of it using *Radomu* which causes the whole structure to crumble and fall into the lava below. The episode then ends by showing Kiyomaro and the rest of his allies’ reactions to this and them appearing helpless to the situation.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Dr. Riddles
* Zofis
* Coco
* Canchome
* Tio
* Wonrei
* Lien
* Umagon
* Megumi Oumi
* Apollo Genesis
* Parco Folgore
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Dr. Riddles
* Kid
* Ropes
* Payomu (Debut)
* Biaraham (Debut)
* Takos (Debut)
* Baraho (Debut)
* Ibaris
* Kyle Pikal
* Seiu Ou
* Babiru
* Albert (Flashback)
* Leila (Flashback)
* Jobin (Debut)
* Yuga (Debut)
* Zami (Debut)
* Tongari (Debut)
* Mukaron (Debut)
* Heather Spoon (Debut)
* Urimure (Debut)
* John (Debut)
* Dekofis (Debut)

## Spells by Appearance

* Gigano Dezuru
* Gigano Bogiruga (Debut)
* Zakeru
* Bauren (Debut)
* Zegaruga
* Gou Gairon (Debut)
* Seushiru
* Garu Redoruku (Debut)
* Gou Shudoruku
* Poruku
* Amuzegaru
* Ma Seshirudo
* Zakeruga
* Radomu

## Manga & Anime Differences

* Coco does not make any major appearance in the manga chapters this episode was based on.
	+ Additionally, the teams of ancient demons seen in the anime are also different from the manga.
* In the manga, Kiyomaro and Gash had not met Zofis prior to the events that this episode depicts. In the anime, they have already seen him and his bookkeeper in an Episode 51.
* In the manga, Zofis can be seen wearing a visor as he watches Kiyomaro and his allies infiltrate the ruins.
	+ The area in which Kiyomaro and his allies first enter the ruins is also different between the anime and manga.
* In the anime, Wonrei is shown using the spell, *Bauren*. While this spell appears in various other media, this spell never appears in the manga.
* In the manga, when Dr. Riddles speaks with Kiyomaro in the ruins, they talk while they keep running. In the anime, the two of them stop to talk with each other.
* In the manga, the room that contains the large staircase appears to simply be above an empty abyss. In the anime, this room contains lava at the very bottom.

## Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* Wine that can originally be seen in the wine glass that Zofis and Coco had in front of them as they eat was edited out in the VIZ localization to appear empty instead,

## Trivia

* Interestingly, the English dub of this episode is the only one in which it plays the season 1 opening visuals but with the audio for the season 2 opening instead.
* A minor error in the anime shows Dekofis using a spell without the spell ever being recited by his bookkeeper.