# 2 - The Gem Beast
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G9VHN974E/banished-from-the-heros-party-i-decided-to-live-a-quiet-life-in-the-countryside)
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**[00:12] YARANDRALA**
Here you are.
**[00:13] YARANDRALA**
This drink warms you up
and helps with fatigue.
**[00:17] RIT**
Thank you.
***SIGN*** Banished from the Hero's Party,
I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside 2nd
***SIGN*** The Gem Beast
***SIGN*** The Gem Beast
**[01:54] YARANDRALA**
You used to drop by often to drink
this when we were in Central.
**[01:59] YARANDRALA**
It's delicious.
**[02:01] YARANDRALA**
Gideon, I'm glad we could
have such a peaceful reunion.
**[02:06] RED**
Sorry I made you worry.
**[02:09] YARANDRALA**
Don't be. What's more, I was happy to hear
that you two are living together now!
**[02:17] YARANDRALA**
On that note, I have a suggestion.
**[02:20] YARANDRALA**
Would you like to move to the
Kingdom of Kiramin with me?
**[02:24] RED/RIT**
What?
**[02:24] RUTI**
Nope.
**[02:28] YARANDRALA**
Well, hear me out first.
**[02:30] YARANDRALA**
Kiramin is the biggest city-state
on the continent of Avalon.
**[02:35] YARANDRALA**
It lies in the cold northern plains,
but magic keeps the weather springlike.
**[02:41] YARANDRALA**
Most of all, while high elves
are by no means perfect,
**[02:45] YARANDRALA**
we never betray our friends and allies.
**[02:49] RED**
Well, that came out of nowhere.
**[02:51] YARANDRALA**
Not true!
**[02:54] YARANDRALA**
I never could make sense of it.
**[02:57] YARANDRALA**
Why were you kicked out of the party when
you always worked so hard for everyone?
**[03:02] RED**
It was inevitable.
I could no longer keep up in battle.
**[03:08] YARANDRALA**
"Inevitable"?! Not you, too!
**[03:12] YARANDRALA**
Even if you really had
turned into dead weight,
**[03:15] YARANDRALA**
I wanted to adventure with you.
**[03:19] YARANDRALA**
If you were having a tough time,
I wanted to be your pillar of support.
**[03:23] YARANDRALA**
Dumping a guy who's always been there for
you just because he "stopped being useful"
**[03:29] YARANDRALA**
is not an option in my mind!
**[03:31] RED**
I appreciate the sentiment, Yarandrala.
**[03:34] RED**
But...
**[03:35] YARANDRALA**
You too, Rit!
**[03:36] YARANDRALA**
You're a Loggervian princess
**[03:38] YARANDRALA**
and a hero who has fought
countless battles for your homeland!
**[03:41] YARANDRALA**
Yet you wound up having to leave
your home all by yourself, too.
**[03:45] RIT**
I-I did, but that was my idea.
**[03:49] RIT**
Nobody was in the wrong.
**[03:51] YARANDRALA**
Well, I wouldn't have let
you set off alone like that.
**[03:57] RIT**
Yarandrala.
**[03:59] RIT**
We're thankful for how
much you care about us,
**[04:02] RIT**
but we aren't going to go to Kiramin.
**[04:05] YARANDRALA**
Why?!
**[04:06] RIT**
Because we're living happy
lives here in Zoltan.
**[04:12] RED**
Yeah.
**[04:13] RED**
At first, I only came here because
I thought nobody would recognize me,
**[04:17] RED**
but now, I've developed great
friendships with the people of Zoltan.
**[04:20] YARANDRALA**
What if you get betrayed again, though?
**[04:23] RED**
Then that's fine.
**[04:27] RED**
When someone invites me out for drinks,
**[04:30] RED**
and I say I won't go without Rit,
**[04:33] RED**
they'll tease me about it, but then immediately
start planning a family dinner party.
**[04:39] RED**
That kind of relationship
is more than enough for me.
**[04:47] RED**
I know.
**[04:48] RED**
Why don't you live in
Zoltan for a while, too?
**[04:52] RIT**
Yeah. It's a really nice place.
**[04:55] YARANDRALA**
Maybe, but Kiramin's much better—
**[04:59] RED**
It's starting to get a little chilly.
**[05:01] RED**
Let's have another cup of tea.
**[05:03] TISSE**
In that case...
**[05:05] RED**
Tisse?!
**[05:06] TISSE**
I know just the place to warm up.
**[05:12] YARANDRALA**
This bath is perfect.
**[05:15] RIT**
It soothes both the mind and body.
**[05:18] RUTI**
Yup. This feels good.
**[05:20] RUTI**
And also...
**[05:26] RUTI**
Such a pretty view.
**[05:31] YARANDRALA**
I'm happy for you, Ruti.
**[05:35] RUTI**
Thanks.
**[05:37] TISSE**
The water's hot, and the view's unbelievable.
**[05:40] TISSE**
This merits a high score.
I'm going to say 95.
**[05:44] RIT**
Where'd it lose the five points?
**[05:46] TISSE**
It's much too far from Zoltan.
**[05:49] RIT**
Ah.
**[05:52] RIT**
I guess.
**[05:54] RIT**
We'll be arriving at the
gem giants' settlement soon.
**[05:57] RIT**
I wonder what kind of monsters they are.
**[05:59] RUTI**
I hear they gain energy from cutting gems.
**[06:03] RIT**
They do?
**[06:04] TISSE**
I assume it's like what eating is for us.
**[06:09] TISSE**
Something essential for survival.
**[06:11] RIT**
Like eating, huh?
**[06:13] RIT**
Hup!
**[06:16] RIT**
Yum!
**[06:17] RIT**
Okay, that's not too relatable.
**[06:20] YARANDRALA**
So, the gem giants have the
stone you're looking for?
**[06:23] RIT**
Yeah. We're going to trade the
Zoltatian glass Red has for a blue sapphire.
**[06:30] TISSE**
The artistry in Zoltatian
glass is unique to Zoltan,
**[06:34] TISSE**
so Red was sure they would like it.
**[06:37] YARANDRALA**
Huh...
**[06:38] YARANDRALA**
Good for you, Rit.
**[06:41] YARANDRALA**
Where are Red and the others, by the way?
**[06:44] RIT**
Mogrim hates baths to begin with,
**[06:47] RIT**
and Red's being considerate
and using the annex bath.
**[06:51] YARANDRALA**
What? He's taking a dip all alone?
**[06:54] YARANDRALA**
I feel bad for him!
**[06:56] RIT**
Hey, wait, Yarandrala.
**[06:58] RIT**
Hold up!
**[07:00] YARANDRALA**
Don't be a stranger, Gideon!
**[07:01] RIT**
You can't do this, Yarandrala!
**[07:04] YARANDRALA**
Hurry up and get in with us already!
**[07:09] TISSE**
By the way, milady, are you okay with this?
**[07:13] RUTI**
With what?
**[07:14] TISSE**
Red and Rit getting married.
**[07:17] RUTI**
Oh...
**[07:19] RUTI**
Rit's a nice girl, and she'll
treat my big brother well.
**[07:24] RUTI**
I always thought she was the kind
of person I wanted him to marry.
**[07:29] TISSE**
Is that so?
**[07:31] TISSE**
Does the thought of their
marriage not make you lonely?
**[07:36] RUTI**
Well, I'm his sister.
**[07:38] RUTI**
I can't marry him.
**[07:40] RUTI**
So I'll let Rit take the role of his wife.
**[07:45] TISSE**
Milady...
**[07:48] RUTI**
But I can still be his lover.
**[07:54] RUTI**
Big Brother is a giving person.
He can handle two partners with ease.
**[07:59] RUTI**
Rit can be the number one wife,
and I can be his number one lover.
**[08:05] RUTI**
I'm going to join him, too.
**[08:18] MOGRIM**
What?!
**[08:19] MOGRIM**
You asked Red and them to move to Kiramin?!
**[08:22] YARANDRALA**
I did. They can live happier lives there.
**[08:28] MOGRIM**
Don't make 'em mingle with
you lawless high elves!
**[08:31] MOGRIM**
They're much better off living
in Zoltan with us dwarves!
**[08:35] MOGRIMYARANDRALA**
Hmph!
**[08:36] RIT**
High elves and dwarves really
don't get along, huh?
**[08:46] YARANDRALA**
Are those the gem giants?
**[08:49] RIT**
Something seems off with them.
**[08:55] CHIEFGIANT**
I'm ashamed to say we have nothing
to offer to make you feel welcome,
**[09:00] CHIEFGIANT**
but please, make yourselves at home.
**[09:02] RIT**
Thank you.
**[09:03] RED**
We're here to trade for your gems.
**[09:05] RED**
And we can offer this Zoltatian glass.
**[09:13] CHIEFGIANT**
It's beautiful.
**[09:14] CHIEFGIANT**
Truly valuable for us
as a species. However...
**[09:19] CHIEFGIANT**
Unfortunately, we cannot make that trade,
**[09:22] CHIEFGIANT**
for we do not have any
gems to offer in exchange.
**[09:34] MOMGIANT**
Stop that!
**[09:41] RED**
You can have this.
**[09:42] KIDGIANT**
Really?
**[09:46] KIDGIANT**
Thanks!
**[09:49] KIDGIANT**
Look what I got, Mom!
**[10:01] MOGRIM**
Wow...
**[10:02] RED**
We have more glass.
**[10:04] RED**
It isn't much, but please
share it amongst yourselves.
**[10:10] CHIEFGIANT**
But...
**[10:11] RED**
Don't worry about compensating us.
**[10:13] RED**
I'm not sure why, but you
don't have any gems, right?
**[10:17] RED**
If this keeps up, you'll all starve to death.
**[10:21] RED**
So please accept it.
**[10:28] TISSE**
Do *not* drop them.
**[10:31] RUTI**
Don't worry. I've got this.
**[10:33] RUTI**
This will put smiles on all their faces.
**[10:36] CHIEFGIANT**
Very well.
**[10:37] CHIEFGIANT**
We are truly grateful for receiving
such a blessing in these trying times.
**[10:42] CHIEFGIANT**
Our human, dwarven, and high elven friends...
**[10:46] CHIEFGIANT**
We promise to you an unchanging friendship
until the day our tribe dies out.
**[10:58] RUTI**
Why do you think Demis
created them like that?
**[11:02] RED**
You mean how they gain
energy from cutting gems?
**[11:06] RUTI**
Yep.
**[11:07] RUTI**
The Almighty created this world.
**[11:10] RUTI**
Every living being was surely
crafted with a purpose.
**[11:13] RED**
By defeating gem giants, humans can
obtain gems as their victory spoils.
**[11:20] RED**
And maybe they were meant to be enemies
to fight in order to develop our Blessings.
**[11:26] RUTI**
If the Almighty really designed things
that way, then battle is unavoidable.
**[11:30] RUTI**
But...
**[11:31] RUTI**
Monsters exist to be more than
just fodder for Blessings.
**[11:35] RUTI**
That's what I would like to believe.
**[11:37] RED**
Yeah, I feel the same way.
**[11:43] CHIEFGIANT**
It's been a while since we've
been able to cut our fill.
**[11:45] CHIEFGIANT**
You have our heartfelt gratitude.
**[11:47] RED**
So, what's happening in your settlement?
**[11:52] CHIEFGIANT**
A troublesome beast has started living here.
**[11:55] YARANDRALA**
What beast?
**[11:56] CHIEFGIANT**
A gem beast—a monster that eats gems.
**[12:00] RED**
A gem beast?
**[12:01] CHIEFGIANT**
Just by existing, it turns all the gems
and minerals in its vicinity into lead.
**[12:07] RIT**
Lead?
**[12:08] CHIEFGIANT**
Indeed.
**[12:09] CHIEFGIANT**
And this is that lead.
**[12:11] YARANDRALA**
It seems subtly imbued with magic.
**[12:14] CHIEFGIANT**
It's also more poisonous now.
**[12:18] YARANDRALA**
If this has contaminated the groundwater,
this entire region is in danger.
**[12:23] RUTI**
That may be why the zoogs'
forest has been weakened.
**[12:27] RED**
We need to stop this before
the damage spreads.
**[12:29] RIT**
But we've never heard of this monster before.
**[12:33] RIT**
How will we fight it?
**[12:35] RED**
I remember reading something in
historical records before.
**[12:38] RED**
It said that a warrior party set out to
fight a gem beast in the era of wood elves.
**[12:44] MOGRIM**
How did those warriors defeat it?
**[12:46] RED**
Nah, they didn't.
**[12:48] MOGRIM**
What?!
**[12:50] RED**
Most of the wood elves in the battle died,
**[12:52] RED**
and only a handful of
warriors managed to escape.
**[12:56] TISSE**
So, no one has ever defeated that thing?
**[13:00] CHIEFGIANT**
Our fighters fell to it, too.
**[13:03] CHIEFGIANT**
There is no guarantee
you would return alive.
**[13:06] RED**
Still...
**[13:07] RED**
We can't let it be.
**[13:12] MOGRIM**
This must be the southern mine
the tribal chief mentioned.
**[13:17] RIT**
There are still gems remaining here.
**[13:20] RUTI**
The beast may show up to consume them.
**[13:22] RED**
The thing's apparently huge...
**[13:25] RED**
But there are plenty of hiding spots here,
**[13:28] RED**
and we brought a whole bunch of potions, too.
**[13:32] MOGRIM**
Never seen this rock before.
**[13:34] RED**
Mogrim, try to stick close!
**[13:36] MOGRIM**
Right! My bad!
**[13:44] RUTI**
Big Brother!
**[13:57] RED**
The rock wall turned to lead?!
**[14:27] YARANDRALA**
So that's the gem beast.
**[14:40] RED**
Ruti?!
**[14:43] RUTI**
Sacred Shield.
**[14:52] RUTI**
It's shattering.
**[14:57] RED**
Ruti!
**[15:07] YARANDRALA**
Thorn Bind!
**[15:33] RED**
It must have a vulnerability somewhere.
**[15:56] RED**
The impact was weaker than I expected.
**[15:59] RED**
Given how big it is, it could've
made the entire mountain crumble.
**[16:03] RED**
Is it propping up its whole body with magic?
**[16:08] RUTI**
My Sacred Shield?
**[16:17] YARANDRALA**
My Thorn Bind?
**[16:26] YARANDRALA**
Are you kidding me?!
**[16:28] RUTI**
Sacred Shield.
**[16:34] TISSE**
It can replicate its opponents' magic spells?
**[16:39] YARANDRALA**
What a troublesome foe.
**[16:47] YARANDRALA**
It can use fire and water magic
at the same time? That's absurd!
**[16:50] YARANDRALA**
What's going on with its Blessing?!
**[16:55] RUTI**
Wait, could the gem beast be...
**[16:57] RED**
...using multiple Blessings to
boost its physical abilities.
**[17:01] RED**
That's why it can reflect physical and
magical attacks, and support its massive weight.
**[17:06] RED**
In which case...
**[17:08] YARANDRAMA**
You don't mean...
**[17:31] RUTI**
Sacred Shield.
**[17:40] MOGRIM**
Did that work?!
**[17:45] RIT**
What now, Red?
**[17:47] RIT**
Lowering its Blessing level might help.
**[17:51] RIT**
For that...
**[17:52] YARANDRALA**
We need the wild elves' medicine, yes?
**[17:54] RED**
Yeah. I think this is our best bet.
**[17:57] RIT**
Is that the thing you used against Ademi?
**[17:59] RED**
That's right. But making it
drink this won't be easy.
**[18:03] YARANDRALA**
I'll stop it.
**[18:05] RED**
Use this.
**[18:05] YARANDRALA**
Thanks.
**[18:11] YARANDRALA**
O origin of mana, ruler of all creation...
**[18:15] YARANDRALA**
Great spirit of the mighty tree!
**[18:41] RIT**
Take that!
**[19:04] RED**
This thing can't even stand
without its Blessings?
**[19:32] MOGRIM**
Man...
**[19:33] MOGRIM**
I didn't expect to find this beauty
inside the gem beast's body.
**[19:37] RED**
I'm glad you got the earth
crystal you came for.
**[19:41] MOGRIM**
Aye! With this, the childbirth
should go smoothly.
**[19:46] RED**
On the other hand...
**[19:51] RIT**
Wow.
**[19:52] RIT**
Such a pretty view.
**[19:53] RED**
Yeah.
**[19:54] MOGRIM**
I'll be home soon.
**[19:56] MOGRIM**
Wait for me!
**[20:03] YARANDRALA**
Red, Rit, you two are content
with your current lives, yes?
**[20:07] RED**
Yeah.
**[20:08] RED**
I plan to continue leading a perfectly
normal life together with Rit.
**[20:13] YARANDRALA**
And you can do that in Zoltan?
**[20:16] RED**
Yeah.
**[20:17] RED**
For the first time in my life,
I'm living for myself.
**[20:22] YARANDRALA**
Good to know.
**[20:24] YARANDRALA**
I've decided to try living
in Zoltan for a while.
**[20:28] RIT**
What? Really?
**[20:30] YARANDRALA**
I've taken an interest in the place
that gives you two so much joy.
**[20:34] RED**
Yeah? We'd love to have you!
**[20:36] YARANDRALA**
Is that okay, Ruti?
**[20:39] RUTI**
Of course.
**[20:40] RIT**
Better get everyone together
for a welcoming party.
**[20:43] MOGRIM**
Hurry up! Or I'll leave you behind!
**[20:49] VAN**
Ljubo.
**[20:51] VAN**
I believe I am plenty strong now.
**[20:53] VAN**
I would like to join the front lines as
the hero and fight the demon lord's army.
**[20:59] LJUBO**
Van, you mustn't rush things.
**[21:02] LJUBO**
We should plan everything out
and execute it flawlessly.
**[21:05] LJUBO**
I have prepared a new battlefield for you.
**[21:09] LJUBO**
Head out with Esta to defeat this monster...
**[21:13] LJUBO**
Come in.
**[21:16] LJUBO**
It's fine.
**[21:19] UNDERLING**
There has been a sighting of the
former demon lord's airship.
**[21:23] VAN**
The demon lord's vessel?!
**[21:25] UNDERLING**
It was supposedly headed for
the remote town of Zoltan.
**[21:31] VAN**
Zoltan...
**[21:33] LJUBO**
Kiggith should be back
from his scouting mission.
**[21:37] LJUBO**
Have him head to Zoltan.
**[21:40] UNDERLING**
Sire.
**[21:42] VAN**
Ljubo—
**[21:43] ESTA**
Building strength suitable for a hero and
leveling up your Blessing comes first.
**[21:49] LJUBO**
Precisely.
**[21:50] LJUBO**
Stick to the plan and go monster
hunting with Esta for the time being.
**[21:55] LJUBO**
I'll make sure Zoltan is
thoroughly investigated.
**[21:59] LJUBO**
Oh, don't you worry.
**[22:02] LJUBO**
I'll draft up a brand-new plan for you, too.
**[22:06] VAN**
Thank you.