# E1 - The Monster of the Abyss
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZGK3X/the-monster-of-the-abyss)
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**[02:00] ---**
Am I alive?
**[02:02] ---**
Or am I already dead?
**[02:06] ---**
It's too dark to see anything.
**[02:12] ---**
Looks like I'm not dead yet.
**[02:16] ---**
Where am I?
**[02:18] ---**
I fell pretty deep into
the Great Orcus Labyrinth...
**[02:21] ---**
I can't be so deep that
nobody's made it down here, right?
**[02:27] ---**
In any case, I better get
to the upper levels, fast.
**[02:30] ---**
Gotta find some stairs that lead upwards.
**[02:33] ---**
This level is huge...
Not like any of the other levels before.
**[02:40] ---**
A bunny? All the way down here?
**[02:44] ---**
I thought the monsters in
the deeper levels were tougher...
**[02:59] ---**
Crap! That bunny is crazy tough!
**[03:05] ---**
It found me!
**[03:46] ---**
It's eating it...
**[03:48] ---**
It was just prey for a predator.
**[03:50] ---**
Just like me!
**[04:19] ---**
My arm!
**[04:26] ---**
It ate my arm!
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T-Transmute!
**[04:38] ---**
Transmute!
**[04:40] ---**
Transmute, Transmute, Transmute, Transmute!
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Transmute, Transmute,
Transmute, Transmute, Transmute!
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Get away, get away,
get away, get away, get away!
**[05:04] ---**
C-Crap, it won't stop bleeding...
**[05:08] ---**
I'm passing out...
**[05:16] ---**
My arm hurts...
**[05:21] ---**
That's... a Holy Crystal.
**[05:25] ---**
A mythological stone formed by
the crystallization of mana over milennia...
**[05:35] ---**
"The saturation of mana turns to liquid
and begins to flow from the stone.
**[05:39] ---**
That liquid is called Holy Water,
and it can heal any injury and dispel any curse."
**[05:47] ---**
I've been visiting the Royal Library to try
and glean information to help my classmates,
**[05:47] ---**
"Status: Hajime Nagumo"
"Skills: Transmute, Language Comprehension"
**[05:52] ---**
but it looks like if I can't fight,
**[05:56] ---**
then there's no way I'm gonna
get out of here or even survive.
**[06:03] ---**
I can't fight that thing!
**[06:05] ---**
It's way tougher than a Behemoth!
**[06:08] ---**
I should have never gone
into the Labyrinth...
**[06:12] ---**
Someone, help me!
**[06:18] ---**
Listen up! Everyone helps
each other in the Labyrinth.
**[06:21] ---**
No matter what, got it?
**[06:24] ---**
Got it!
**[06:37] ---**
I'll keep everyone safe!
**[06:39] ---**
Thanks, Amanogawa-*kun*.
**[06:42] ---**
Why're you bothering with a sword?
You're still totally useless.
**[06:49] ---**
Are you okay, Nagumo-*kun*?
**[06:51] ---**
Yeah.
**[06:56] ---**
You just have to work harder, Nagumo.
**[06:59] ---**
If I were you,
**[07:01] ---**
I'd be using every scrap of free time
to train and get a little bit stronger.
**[07:07] ---**
What's that? It's so shiny.
**[07:11] ---**
Is that...
**[07:13] ---**
That's a glanz crystal.
You don't see big ones like that all too often.
**[07:19] ---**
It's apparently a pretty popular
engagement ring stone.
**[07:23] ---**
It's beautiful!
**[07:25] ---**
Well, then, I'll go grab it!
**[07:28] ---**
Hey! Don't go off on your own!
**[07:30] ---**
We haven't even checked to see if it's safe!
**[08:04] ---**
It's a trap! Get back!
**[08:06] ---**
Get to those stairs, hurry!
**[08:14] ---**
Thanks, Shizuku!
**[08:16] ---**
Hurry, everyone!
**[08:20] ---**
Get a move on!
I'm not going to let you die here!
**[08:28] ---**
O God, grant thy beloved
children thy divine protection
**[08:30] ---**
from all wishing to cause them harm,
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let the soil at our feet become divine
ground that keeps our enemies at bay!
**[08:36] ---**
Hallowed Ground!
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Run, Kaori!
**[08:59] ---**
Transmute?
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Nagumo-*kun*!
**[09:03] ---**
Run! Now's your chance!
**[09:08] ---**
You all right, kid?!
**[09:09] ---**
This won't hold for long, Captain Meld!
**[09:11] ---**
G-Get Shirasaki-*san* and yourself to safety!
**[09:18] ---**
Hurry!
**[09:19] ---**
I swear, we'll rescue you.
**[09:20] ---**
All right... Keep it up!
**[09:28] ---**
It's not gonna last!
**[09:30] ---**
Get out of there, kid! We'll cover you!
**[09:32] ---**
Ready, everyone?
**[09:34] ---**
Ready!
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Run, kid! Hurry!
**[09:40] ---**
Got it!
**[09:44] ---**
Why? Why?
**[09:46] ---**
Why? Why?!
**[09:48] ---**
Just die already. Die!
**[09:51] ---**
I don't wanna die... Die!
**[09:54] ---**
No, I don't want to die... Die!
**[09:56] ---**
I don't want to die... Die!
**[09:59] ---**
I don't want to die!
**[10:01] ---**
Dammit! My left arm hurts so much!
**[10:04] ---**
It got bitten off, but it still hurts!
**[10:10] ---**
Whose fault is this?! Who's to blame?!
**[10:13] ---**
Who? Who did this?! Who, dammit?!
**[10:19] ---**
I swear, we'll rescue you.
**[10:21] ---**
Fire!
**[10:26] ---**
Second volley, fire!
**[10:33] ---**
Hang in there, Nagumo-*kun*!
**[10:37] ---**
Huh?
**[10:38] ---**
Why's it coming this way?!
**[10:50] ---**
I don't remember anyone
ever wanting to kill me.
**[10:56] ---**
But that was aimed directly
at me, to try and kill me.
**[11:01] ---**
Who the hell was it?!
**[11:04] ---**
It was him!
**[11:08] ---**
But why?
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Guess it doesn't matter anymore...
**[11:29] ---**
Kid!
**[11:29] ---**
Run!
**[11:31] ---**
What?!
**[11:32] ---**
Did someone miss?!
**[11:36] ---**
Nagumo-*kun*!
**[11:37] ---**
Don't!
**[11:38] ---**
But Nagumo-*kun*'s--!
**[11:49] ---**
No!
**[11:57] ---**
Shirasaki-*san*?
**[11:59] ---**
It's the middle of
the night, what's up?
**[12:01] ---**
I don't want you to go with us
**[12:04] ---**
to train in the
Great Orcus Labyrinth.
**[12:06] ---**
Please. I had a really horrible dream.
**[12:10] ---**
I think something's
going to happen to you...
**[12:11] ---**
Hold on a sec.
**[12:13] ---**
We were in a dark place,
**[12:15] ---**
and when I tried calling out to you,
you didn't respond...
**[12:18] ---**
I ran after you, but I couldn't catch up...
**[12:21] ---**
A-And then...
**[12:23] ---**
And then?
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You disappeared...
**[12:29] ---**
Huh...
**[12:32] ---**
Well, then, would you protect me?
**[12:34] ---**
Huh?
**[12:36] ---**
My Synergist job is super commonplace
and not really well-suited to combat,
**[12:41] ---**
but you're a Priest, right, Shirasaki-*san*?
**[12:44] ---**
If I end up getting really hurt,
you can just use your powers to heal me.
**[12:53] ---**
Okay. I promise
I'll protect you, Nagumo-*kun*.
**[12:59] ---**
No!
**[13:02] ---**
Nobody's going to rescue me...
**[13:05] ---**
What should I do now?
**[13:10] ---**
Why do I have to suffer like this?
**[13:13] ---**
What did I do?
Why is this happening to me?!
**[13:18] ---**
I was brought here
in some crazy turn of events,
**[13:22] ---**
my classmates all betrayed me,
**[13:25] ---**
and the enemies are too damn powerful!
**[13:31] ---**
What do I want in this
hopeless pit of despair?
**[13:37] ---**
I want to survive and go home...
**[13:40] ---**
Everything between me
and home is my enemy!
**[13:44] ---**
That's right. If something's in my way,
if someone's forcing me to do crap...
**[13:52] ---**
...then I'll kill them!
**[13:55] ---**
I'm thirsty and hungry, too.
**[14:04] ---**
Dammit! I don't care
if I have to eat a monster.
**[14:08] ---**
I'll frickin' eat it!
**[14:33] ---**
Shut up! I'm pissed off
'cause I'm so damn hungry!
**[14:40] ---**
Shut up and let me eat you!
**[14:44] ---**
These tough monsters
are pretty damn resilient.
**[14:52] ---**
God, this is way grosser
than I'd imagined...
**[15:01] ---**
Wh-What the hell?!
**[15:02] ---**
It's like something's
eating me from the inside...!
**[15:19] ---**
I-It won't stop!
What the hell is happening to...
**[15:24] ---**
Shit, do you die
if you eat monster meat?
**[15:44] ---**
I'd be screwed without this Holy Water.
**[15:47] ---**
I'd have died when
the monster meat tore me apart.
**[15:52] ---**
For once, I don't feel any pain.
**[15:56] ---**
My body actually feels lighter.
**[15:59] ---**
What the hell happened to me?
**[16:07] ---**
Damn, I look like a demon.
**[16:11] ---**
Guess I should take
a look at my status plate.
**[16:18] ---**
Eating monster meat
made my level jump up, huh?
***SIGN*** "Skills: Transmute (+Mineral Apprasial), Mana Manipulation, Iron Stomach, Lightning Field, Language Comprehension"
**[16:21] ---**
"Lightning Field, Language Comprehension"
And I've got new skills.
**[16:24] ---**
Mana Manipulation? Guess it means
just what it says, I can manipulate mana.
***SIGN*** "Skills: Transmute (+Mineral Apprasial), Mana Manipulation, Iron Stomach, Lightning Field, Language Comprehension"
**[16:30] ---**
Damn, I don't even need to say the spell.
**[16:33] ---**
I must've gained these skills
by eating that monster meat.
**[16:41] ---**
Lightning Field?
**[16:43] ---**
That move, huh?
**[16:45] ---**
Hey, I did it.
**[16:47] ---**
The mana light's turning red.
**[16:51] ---**
I can't shoot it like that two-tailed wolf did,
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but if I can manipulate
the voltage and amperage...
**[17:02] ---**
Smells like crap,
but it's better than eating it raw.
**[17:07] ---**
At any rate, I need some kind of weapon.
***SIGN*** "Skills: Transmute (+Mineral Apprasial), Mana Manipulation, Iron Stomach, Lightning Field, Language Comprehension"
**[17:14] ---**
Whoa! I can know what
a rock is just by grabbing it.
**[17:18] ---**
I should be able to make
a weapon if I use it right...
***SIGN*** "Taur Stone" "A hard black rock. Hardness 8, Toughness 8. Strong against force and heat but weak to cold. Weakens when frozen. Add heat to bond."
**[17:23] ---**
Taur Stone. A hard black rock.
**[17:26] ---**
Hardness 8, Toughness 8.
**[17:29] ---**
Strong against force
and heat but weak to cold.
**[17:33] ---**
Weakens when frozen. Add heat to bond.
***SIGN*** "Blast Rock" "A flammable stone. Can explode when pressure and heat is applied in a closed space."
**[17:40] ---**
Whoa!
**[17:42] ---**
Blast Rock, a flammable stone.
**[17:45] ---**
Can explode when pressure and
heat is applied in an enclosed space.
***SIGN*** With enough volume and pressure, produces explosions that rival the highest tier of fire magic spells."
**[17:49] ---**
So it's basically gunpowder.
**[17:52] ---**
With enough volume and pressure,
**[17:55] ---**
produces explosions that rival
the highest tier of fire magic spells.
**[17:58] ---**
Now I've got bullets.
**[18:07] ---**
A six-shot revolver and bullets crafted
from extremely tough Taur Stone.
**[18:14] ---**
Each bullet was packed
with Blast Rock powder.
**[18:18] ---**
And if I accelerate them
with Lightning Field...
**[18:41] ---**
I'd better give him a good name...
**[18:44] ---**
I got it; I'll name it Donner.
**[18:59] ---**
This doesn't get any easier...
**[19:02] ---**
Let's check my status...
***SIGN*** "Skills: Transmute (+Mineral Apprasial) (+Precise Transmute) (+Mineral Probe), Mana Manipulation, Iron Stomach,"
**[19:05] ---**
Good, the numbers went up.
**[19:07] ---**
Whenever I eat a monster I haven't
eaten before, my stats go up a lot.
**[19:11] ---**
"Lightning Field, Air Walk (+Aerodynamics)
(+Quick Step), Language Comprehension"
**[19:12] ---**
And these new skills will
probably help me find the exit.
**[19:16] ---**
"Quick Step"
**[19:17] ---**
Quick Step... That's how it teleported.
**[19:22] ---**
"Aerodynamics"
**[19:22] ---**
Aerodynamics...
That was when it pushed off the air.
**[19:29] ---**
Guess I should go repay a favor
to a favorite monster of mine.
**[19:45] ---**
Hey, long time no see.
**[19:47] ---**
Enjoy snacking on my arm?
**[19:51] ---**
That's the spirit. Time for a rematch!
**[19:54] ---**
I'm gonna kill you and eat you!
**[20:00] ---**
Quick Step!
**[20:03] ---**
That's right, I'm your enemy!
**[20:05] ---**
I'm not some sniveling prey
for you to hunt!
**[20:10] ---**
Aerodynamics!
**[20:16] ---**
Dammit!
**[20:20] ---**
I'm real proud of this creation.
Take a good look!
**[20:38] ---**
Ugh, tastes like crap.
**[20:40] ---**
But for some reason, it tastes
way better than anything else.
**[20:53] ---**
Lightning Field!
**[21:15] ---**
I'm going home...
**[21:16] ---**
I'm going to survive this and go home!
**[21:19] ---**
I don't care who stands in my way
or what they might be...
**[21:25] ---**
I'll kill them.
**[23:31] ---**
*ARIFURETA: From Commonplace
to World's Strongest*.