# 2 - Burning Light
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Wow, this is quite impressive.
**[00:16] ---**
Yes. This is a beautiful city.
**[00:24] ---**
But it feels sad.
**[00:27] ---**
I would have loved to show you
the dukedom in its most lively state,
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but there's no time.
**[00:32] ---**
For now, we must go see my father...
**[02:14] ---**
Bize?! Did you get help...?
**[02:16] ---**
No, wait, did you get sick, too?!
**[02:19] ---**
F-Father...
**[02:23] ---**
Really? Will you save
my nation and its people?
**[02:28] ---**
I guess.
**[02:33] ---**
So many...
**[02:35] ---**
Shea, let's start!
**[02:48] ---**
Asura.
**[03:00] ---**
Tidal Wave.
**[03:09] ---**
How is this possible...?
**[03:10] ---**
That should last for a while.
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I want to try that once!
**[03:35] ---**
Me, too!
**[03:38] ---**
So, next is...
**[03:44] ---**
Hmm?
**[03:45] ---**
Hajime?
**[03:46] ---**
I think my Demon Eye detected something...
**[03:51] ---**
Duke, how far did the research team get
in finding out what caused the pollution?
**[03:55] ---**
They've analyzed the water in the
oasis and the rivers that flow out of it,
**[03:59] ---**
and the ground-water veins.
**[04:01] ---**
They haven't gotten around to diving
to the bottom of the oasis itself.
**[04:06] ---**
Is there an artifact of
some sort inside the oasis?
**[04:10] ---**
We do use certain artifacts
for security and management,
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but those are placed outside the oasis.
**[04:16] ---**
Then I wonder what that is?
**[04:29] ---**
W-What?!
**[04:30] ---**
Dammit, it's faster than it seems.
**[04:40] ---**
Wait, wait, wait! Mr. Hajime,
what are you doing?!
**[04:43] ---**
How stubborn. Here comes 50 more--
**[04:46] ---**
No, I won't let you!
**[05:07] ---**
What is that...?
**[05:13] ---**
What is that monster? Is it a bachulum?
**[05:17] ---**
I don't care what it is. It's got
to be the cause of the pollution.
**[05:20] ---**
It probably has some sort
of poisonous special magic.
**[05:24] ---**
That's a fair assumption.
But can you take it down?
**[05:30] ---**
Yeah, no problem.
**[05:52] ---**
Is it over?
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I don't detect any more mana in the oasis.
**[05:57] ---**
I don't know if eliminating the source
immediately removed the pollution, though.
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How is it?
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It's still polluted.
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Don't be so down.
**[06:10] ---**
Fresh water flows out abundantly.
**[06:13] ---**
The oasis will return to
its former glory soon enough.
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Yes, Tio is right.
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But what was that monster?
**[06:23] ---**
Did a new species stumble in
from the groundwater veins?
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My guess is, the Demons did it.
**[06:29] ---**
The Demons?! I'm assuming you
have some reason to believe this?
**[06:34] ---**
Yeah.
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We are doing our own
research as well, but...
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...we never thought they
could control monsters like that.
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We underestimated them.
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I thank you, as a representative
of my nation and my people.
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You are the savior of our nation.
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Yes, do be very thankful.
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Don't you ever forget what
a giant debt you owe me.
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Please keep it together...
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Here we go! Here we go!
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Listen up, everyone!
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Hajime-*kun*!
**[07:10] ---**
Hajime-*san*!
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The source of the pollution
of the oasis has been removed!
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It will take some time,
but our oasis is coming back!
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In addition, we have a supply of water!
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It is enough to last
us until help arrives!
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Also, these gold-ranked
adventurers have accepted the quest
**[07:29] ---**
of going to the Grand Gruen Volcano
to mine Stillstone!
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It'll only be a few more days!
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Raise your spirits, let us
overcome this hardship together!
**[07:45] ---**
I'll stay behind and
look after the patients.
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Please find the Stillstone.
Sorry for all the trouble.
**[07:50] ---**
Well, it's along the way.
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I'll look after Myu-*chan*.
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Thanks, I'm counting on you.
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--What is it?
--I'll do my best,
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so please come back safely.
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I'll be waiting for you.
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Y-Yeah.
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Papa.
**[08:15] ---**
Are you going to kiss Big Sister Kaori,
like you kissed Big Sister Yue?
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You did?
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Oh, you saw?
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I want to kiss Papa, too!
**[08:27] ---**
Myu, you'll have to wait
until you grow up a little.
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Why?
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What is this? Hmm?
**[08:34] ---**
You went to work, right?
Why would you be kissing Yue?
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How did that happen?
How was that important?
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Were you having fun?
Did you forget about me?
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It was delicious.
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M-Myu, I'm leaving. Be a good girl.
**[08:58] ---**
Yes!
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So hot.
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I'm becoming a cooked rabbit!
**[09:46] ---**
Hmm, this is actually comfortable for me.
**[09:50] ---**
It's too bad that
I can't writhe in the heat.
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I'll dunk you in some lava later.
**[10:04] ---**
This must be the entrance.
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Let's go.
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Yes!
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Right!
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What is this place?
**[10:22] ---**
Hmm? Is that Stillstone?
**[10:26] ---**
Yes, it certainly is, Master.
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It's tiny.
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Just pebbles, unfortunately.
**[10:34] ---**
I guess this area has
been mined out already.
**[10:37] ---**
I'll have to go deeper than anyone
has ever been to mine a lot of this.
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This is the farthest anyone has gone
and survived. Stay sharp.
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Spatial Severance.
**[11:22] ---**
You want some?
**[11:40] ---**
Hajime-*san*, let me handle this.
**[11:44] ---**
Oh, you want to try the new thing?
**[11:49] ---**
Here I go!
**[11:52] ---**
I'm coming to get you!
**[12:06] ---**
Hajime-*san*, this new feature is
actually so powerful that it scares me.
**[12:10] ---**
Seems so. The conversion
of mana into kinetic energy...
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I was wondering how effective
that would be, but yeah.
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Impressive.
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Who would have imagined such a place.
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With this much Stillstone,
the people of Ankaji can be saved!
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Yeah... Now we just have
to conquer this great labyrinth.
**[12:47] ---**
It's so hot...
**[12:50] ---**
Shea, it's only hot
because you think it is.
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That's all just water flowing around.
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Look, so cool...
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Master! Yue is losing it!
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Good for you, you seem fine.
**[13:06] ---**
I guess we should take a break...
**[13:17] ---**
Yue, make a block of ice.
This heat is breaking our brains.
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Got it.
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Oh, that's cool. I feel alive again.
**[13:37] ---**
You can go ahead and relax,
but don't forget to wipe off your sweat.
**[13:41] ---**
If you get too cold it could
affect your movement.
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Understood.
**[13:46] ---**
Master, you seem relaxed.
**[13:48] ---**
Not as much as you.
**[13:50] ---**
This heat is really bad. I should have
prepared some air conditioning artifacts.
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Hmm, if this has an effect on you, Master,
**[14:00] ---**
perhaps it's the concept
of this labyrinth.
**[14:03] ---**
Concept?
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Yes. The Great Labyrinths are designed to
test those who seek to fight God, correct?
**[14:09] ---**
Then I thought, perhaps
they all have a testing concept.
**[14:14] ---**
For example, the Great Orcus Labyrinth
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is designed to make you fight various
monsters and gain experience.
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The Great Reisen Labyrinth tested your
ability to respond to all types of attacks
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without the help of mana, a great power.
**[14:32] ---**
The Grand Gruen Volcano might be a test
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to see if you can maintain
focus in this heat,
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and respond to ambushes
and surprise attacks.
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I see. I never thought about that,
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but perhaps the tests themselves
are teachings of the Liberators.
**[15:03] ---**
Wipe me down, Hajime.
**[15:14] ---**
This reminds me of
an amusement park ride...
**[15:23] ---**
Hajime-*san*, another tunnel.
**[15:25] ---**
Altitude-wise,
we're right around the base.
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There could be something here.
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Yeah...
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Hold on!
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Updraft.
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Looks like gems are embedded in the walls.
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Counting the ones I can't see from here,
looks like... a hundred gems total?
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Is that the Liberator's hideout?
**[16:18] ---**
Given the depth, that sounds
reasonable. But in that case...
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The final guardian should be here, right?
**[16:27] ---**
We went down the lava river as a shortcut.
**[16:31] ---**
Could we have skipped past
the guardian, maybe?
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I've got this!
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Spatial Severance.
**[17:02] ---**
Yue, I'll go check out that island.
Cover me.
**[17:05] ---**
Yes.
**[17:15] ---**
Mana crystals?
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How many of them are there? What a bother.
**[17:30] ---**
Hajime, you okay?
**[17:31] ---**
Yeah, no problem.
Looks like this is the real deal.
**[17:45] ---**
It seems like that island is the goal.
**[17:48] ---**
It's like they're saying
"defeat us if you want to get through."
**[17:52] ---**
But didn't they just regenerate?
Can we take them down?
**[17:57] ---**
I think it's like that bachulum-type
monster we fought in Ankaji.
**[18:02] ---**
Yes. There should be a core,
**[18:04] ---**
a mana crystal, somewhere in
their body that's shaping the lava.
**[18:08] ---**
There's too much lava in the way,
**[18:10] ---**
not even my demon eye
can pinpoint the location.
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We have to destroy it.
**[18:24] ---**
This one isn't just some normal bullet.
**[18:33] ---**
Not on my watch.
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I see, that's how you beat that thing.
**[18:41] ---**
Well then, let's join in.
**[18:46] ---**
Dark Sphere.
**[18:51] ---**
There!
**[19:24] ---**
What's going on?
**[19:26] ---**
I've confirmed that the
mana crystals were shattered.
**[19:29] ---**
Isn't defeating those ten snakes the goal?
**[19:32] ---**
Hajime-*san*!
**[19:33] ---**
Aren't those gems over there broken?
**[19:50] ---**
That makes eleven broken gems.
**[19:53] ---**
The same as the number
of snakes we destroyed.
**[19:58] ---**
I see. So, we have to beat
a hundred snakes...
**[20:02] ---**
Equal to the number of gems on the wall.
**[20:06] ---**
Killing a hundred of
those things, in this heat.
**[20:09] ---**
Fits the concept of this labyrinth.
**[20:12] ---**
In that case, there's only
one thing we have to do!
**[20:20] ---**
It's been a while since the
last time I launched this! Enjoy!
**[20:28] ---**
Looks like I have the lead!
**[20:30] ---**
Master, if I get the most kills,
I desire a reward!
**[20:36] ---**
Not fair, Tio-*san*! I want in on that!
**[20:50] ---**
What are they talking about?
**[20:52] ---**
In that case...
**[20:53] ---**
I want a date, just the two of us.
**[20:57] ---**
Lightning Wyrm!
**[21:03] ---**
Yue is the biggest rival!
**[21:05] ---**
Yue is bugged!
There's something wrong with her!
**[21:18] ---**
There aren't any more appearing,
seems like these five are the last ones.
**[21:24] ---**
I'll take two!
**[21:26] ---**
Grand Gruen Volcano, conquest complete!
**[21:35] ---**
The end!
**[21:56] ---**
Hajime!
**[23:35] ---**
Next episode, "Black and White."