# E11 - Rank S Promotion Exam
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**[00:03] Kelvin**
* Right now, we're in southwest*
* Gaun, in the Crest Forest.*
**[00:08] Kelvin**
* We've rushed here as fast as we could to*
* get to an elf village located in this forest.*
**[00:13] Efil**
It's strange...
**[00:15] Efil**
like I've been here before.
**[00:18] Kelvin**
You're a half-elf, after all.
**[00:21] Kelvin**
It might be your elf blood
making you think that.
**[00:23] Sera**
You think so?
**[00:25] Sera**
That's strange, though.
**[00:27] Sera**
I was taught that elves only
lived on the Western Continent,
**[00:30] Sera**
and that you couldn't find them here,
on the Eastern Continent.
**[00:33] Melfina**
Over a decade ago, some elves moved
from the Western Continent to here.
**[00:40] Melfina**
Now they seem to be under Gaun's protection.
**[00:44] Kelvin**
* As for why we're heading*
* to an elven village...*
**[00:49] (Flashback) Leo**
Those assassins from Trycen...
**[00:52] (Flashback) Leo**
Until now, Trycen's been insisting they
had nothing to do with the Black Wind,
**[00:57] (Flashback) Leo**
and are trying their best
to keep things quiet.
**[00:59] (Flashback) Leo**
And now they're attacking you, huh?
**[01:04] (Flashback) Leo**
Actually, every country on the
continent has been seeing activity
**[01:09] (Flashback) Leo**
on their borders with Trycen.
**[01:12] (Flashback) Kelvin**
Which means?
**[01:14] (Flashback) Leo**
There've been small-scale skirmishes between
Trycen and its neighboring country of Gaun.
**[01:20] (Flashback) Leo**
But nothing major.
**[01:23] (Flashback) Leo**
They've been especially reluctant
to try anything with Parth,
**[01:26] (Flashback) Leo**
a symbol of peace on the continent,
or Toraj, an important agricultural center.
**[01:30] (Flashback) Leo**
And now...
**[01:32] (Flashback) Kelvin**
Force recon. Acquiring slaves.
**[01:36] (Flashback) Leo**
Something may have changed in the
political situation in Trycen.
**[01:40] (Flashback) Leo**
There's a chance they'll attempt
an invasion somewhere.
**[01:46] (Flashback) Kelvin**
War, you mean?
**[01:48] (Flashback) Leo**
That's simply my personal
opinion, of course.
**[01:52] (Flashback) Leo**
But be careful.
**[01:55] (Flashback) Leo**
If what your attackers said is true,
odds are Trycen will come for you again.
**[02:01] (Flashback) Leo**
Oh, that's right.
**[02:03] (Flashback) Leo**
I had a job for you.
**[02:07] (Flashback) Kelvin**
A special job directly from the Guildmaster?
**[02:10] (Flashback) Kelvin**
Or...
**[02:15] (Flashback) Leo**
It's from Leonhart Gaun,
the Beast King of Gaun.
**[02:21] (Flashback) Leo**
He'll be meeting you personally.
**[02:27] (Flashback) Leo**
Good luck with your Rank S promotion exam.
**[02:32] Gerard**
A Rank S promotion exam, offered by a King!
**[02:38] Rion**
You're amazing, Brother Kel!
**[02:40] Sera**
One of the conditions for becoming a Rank S adventurer is the approval of a ruler, right?
**[02:45] Kelvin**
Yeah. I need at least two, actually.
**[02:48] Kelvin**
Leo spoke to Queen Tsubaki
from Toraj, and she agreed.
**[02:52] Kelvin**
And it sounds like King Leonhart
heard all the bragging she did.
**[02:58] Efil**
What's King Leonhart like?
**[03:02] Melfina**
*As is customary in his nation,*
**[03:04] Melfina**
* he left on a journey in his*
* teens to learn to fight.*
**[03:06] Melfina**
*He ended up a Rank S adventurer.*
**[03:09] Kelvin**
He sounds strong, right?
**[03:12] Gerard**
My King, you're not getting
any ideas, are you?
**[03:16] Kelvin**
No... I'm definitely not thinking about
how much fun it would be to fight him,
**[03:20] Kelvin**
or to kick his ass!
**[03:24] Rion**
But if he's that strong, he could just
do whatever this job is himself.
**[03:29] Sera**
Protect an elven village from an unknown
Rank S monster that came out of nowhere, huh?
**[03:36] Kelvin**
From what we've seen so far, there's a
99% chance Trycen's somehow involved.
**[03:42] Kelvin**
Well, no need to hold back!
**[03:44] Kelvin**
We're going to give it our all!
**[03:46] Sera**
Yeah!
**[03:47] Gerard**
Understood.
**[03:48] Melfina**
*That's just like you, My Lord!*
**[03:50] Efil**
But you can't let your guard down...
**[03:54] Sera**
Yup. We might get attacked out of nowhere!
**[04:01] Kelvin**
Those are...
**[04:03] Kelvin**
elves!
**[04:06] Kelvin**
I have come at the order
of King Leonhart of Gaun!
**[04:11] Kelvin**
I am Kelvin, the adventurer!
**[04:13] Kelvin**
Please, listen to me!
**[04:15] Male Elf 1**
King Leonhart?
**[04:16] Male Elf 2**
Really?
**[04:18] Male Elf 3**
That letter looks real...
**[04:25] Nelras**
Kelvin the Adventurer...
**[04:27] Nelras**
I apologize for our ignorance.
**[04:31] Nelras**
I am Nelras, the elder of the elf village.
**[04:36] Rion**
He's the elder?
**[04:38] Gerard**
He looks so young.
**[04:40] Sera**
Well, he is an elf.
**[04:42] Nelras**
King Leonhart has told me all about you.
**[04:45] Nelras**
Thank you for coming all this way...
**[04:50] Nelras**
Lumil? How are you alive...?
**[04:57] Kelvin**
Lumil?
***SIGN*** Black Summoner
***SIGN*** Black Summoner
***SIGN*** Black Summoner
**[06:41] Nelras**
I'm so sorry about what
happened back there, Kelvin.
**[06:46] Kelvin**
Before we discuss King Leonhart's request,
can we talk about something else?
**[06:51] Nelras**
You mean how I mistook Efil
there for Lumil, yes?
**[06:56] Kelvin**
Yes.
**[06:57] Kelvin**
She's a member of our party now,
**[07:00] Kelvin**
but before that, she was afflicted
with the Fire Dragon King's curse,
**[07:03] Kelvin**
and had been a slave for as
long as she could remember.
**[07:06] Nelras**
How awful...
**[07:08] Kelvin**
Please, tell us about Lumil.
**[07:11] Kelvin**
She may be a clue to where Efil came from.
**[07:19] Nelras**
Very well.
**[07:21] Nelras**
It was 20 years ago, or so...
**[07:24] Nelras**
We lived in peace, deep in a
forest on the Western Continent.
**[07:31] Nelras**
And then one day, we were attacked
by the Fire Dragon King,
**[07:35] Nelras**
one of the kings of the great dragons.
**[07:37] Nelras**
He demanded we offer up the
elf who had humiliated him,
**[07:43] Nelras**
or he would burn our village to ash.
**[07:47] Nelras**
I still don't know what had angered him so,
**[07:51] Nelras**
since we'd had barely any
contact with him prior.
**[07:56] Nelras**
But his wrath was terrible,
**[07:59] Nelras**
and over half the village died
without even knowing the reason.
**[08:04] Nelras**
My leg was injured then, too.
**[08:07] Nelras**
But one of our number rose up.
**[08:12] Nelras**
That was Lumil.
**[08:16] Efil**
Lumil...
**[08:19] Nelras**
She stood before the
Fire Dragon King and said,
**[08:24] Nelras**
"Please, turn your wrath towards me,
**[08:27] Nelras**
and spare the others."
**[08:32] Nelras**
And the Fire Dragon King said,
**[08:34] Nelras**
"You are not the elf I seek.
**[08:37] Nelras**
But if you will be my bride, I shall
forget the insult I suffered."
**[08:45] Nelras**
Lumil agreed, and...
**[08:50] Nelras**
The Fire Dragon King took her away.
**[08:55] Rion**
She's so courageous!
**[08:58] Nelras**
Yes. She was strong, and kind.
**[09:02] Gerard**
But if the Fire Dragon King left,
then the threat was gone.
**[09:07] Gerard**
And yet you fled the Western Continent...
**[09:11] Nelras**
Correct.
**[09:13] Nelras**
You see, years later, Lumil's body
was found in the forest.
**[09:22] Nelras**
We don't know what happened.
**[09:24] Nelras**
But with Lumil dead, we feared
the Fire Dragon King's return,
**[09:30] Nelras**
and fled the Western
Continent for this land.
**[09:37] Sera**
If you look so similar that
Nelras mistook you for her,
**[09:40] Sera**
does that mean Lumil is your mother?
**[09:43] Gerard**
Then perhaps Efil is Lumil and
the Fire Dragon King's...
**[09:47] Melfina**
No, that's impossible.
**[09:49] Melfina**
Half-elves are always born
of a human and an elf.
**[09:53] Melfina**
A dragon's blood would be too strong.
**[09:56] Kelvin**
But it's still possible
that Lumil's her mother.
**[10:01] Nelras**
I'm sorry, Efil.
**[10:04] Nelras**
I don't know anything else...
**[10:06] Efil**
No, thank you, Nelras.
**[10:10] Efil**
I have no memories of my mother or father.
**[10:14] Efil**
They've been gone for as
long as I can remember.
**[10:16] Efil**
But no matter what happened
in my past, I'm fine.
**[10:21] Efil**
I've got my comrades, and my master.
**[10:25] Efil**
I'm with a family that I love!
**[10:28] Nelras**
It seems you've met comrades
you can trust, then.
**[10:32] Efil**
Yes!
**[10:33] Sera**
Efil!
**[10:35] Efil**
S-Sera?
**[10:36] Rion**
I'm here for you too, okay, Sister Efil?
**[10:39] Rion**
We'll never leave you!
**[10:39] Nelras**
You have very lively friends.
**[10:41] Melfina**
I'm here for you, too!
**[10:43] Kelvin**
Yeah.
**[10:43] Efil**
Thank you!
**[10:45] Kelvin**
Now, let's get to the main subject.
**[10:48] Nelras**
Yes.
**[10:49] Kelvin**
King Leonhart had said that a new type
of monster, along with its servants,
**[10:54] Kelvin**
has been kidnapping elves.
**[10:57] Nelras**
Yes.
**[10:58] Nelras**
We have a powerful barrier in the forest
that disrupts one's sense of direction.
**[11:04] Nelras**
But the monsters seemed to know
exactly where the village was.
**[11:09] Kelvin**
* There are skills that can*
* nullify barriers, after all.*
**[11:13] Kelvin**
*We made it past the thing, for instance.*
**[11:15] Nelras**
It's come two or three times.
**[11:18] Nelras**
It looked less like an all-out attack,
and more like an attempt to kidnap us elves.
**[11:25] Kelvin**
Monsters don't usually have
that level of organization.
**[11:29] Nelras**
Of course, we fought back.
**[11:31] Nelras**
But we weren't strong enough...
**[11:34] Nelras**
And the soldiers from Gaun failed, too...
**[11:38] Gerard**
Elder, don't worry!
**[11:40] Gerard**
We're here to stop that!
**[11:43] Sera**
Yes, we'll protect you!
**[11:46] Rion**
I'll do my best, too!
**[11:47] Efil**
Yes, I'll help in any way I can.
**[11:51] Melfina**
Of course.
**[11:53] Nelras**
Thank you so much, everyone...
**[11:56] Kelvin**
Actually, Elder, I'd like permission
to renovate this village a little.
**[12:01] Nelras**
"Renovate" it?
**[12:03] Kelvin**
Yes. If you'll give me permission,
**[12:06] Kelvin**
I can promise the monsters won't
be able to lay a finger on you.
**[12:12] Nelras**
Very well. I'll let you do
what you feel you must.
**[12:16] Kelvin**
Thank you!
**[12:17] Sera**
It's gotta be more than a simple trap.
**[12:21] Gerard**
I feel some sympathy for our foes.
**[12:25] Kelvin**
Time to get busy...
***SIGN*** Name: Efil
Level: 93 Title: Perfect Maid
HP 744/744
MP 1415/1415
Age: 16 | Strength 375
Race: Half-elf | Endurance 372
Sex: Female | Agility 1424
Class: Armed Maid | Magic 918
Luck 187
Skills:
Archery (S) | Red Magic (A) | Far Seeing (B)
Stealth (A) | Service (A) | Cooking (S) Sewing (S) Ultra-Agile (S)
Boost Magic (B) | Double Growth Rate | Double Skill Points
Assist Effects:
Fire Dragon King's Curse | Concealment (S)
***SIGN*** Black Summoner
**[12:44] Soldier A**
Don't stop. Keep going.
**[12:48] Soldier B**
Commander, it looks like the Gaun
cowards are nowhere to be found.
**[12:53] Soldier C**
They probably got scared of
the Mixed Demon Beast Army.
**[12:58] Commander**
We're making an awful lot of noise.
**[13:01] Commander**
I'm sure they noticed, but...
**[13:04] Commander**
They're cowards! Watch out for ambushes!
**[13:10] Commander**
We give Gaun plenty of information, and then
take out whoever they send to stop us.
**[13:16] Commander**
General Tristan's plan is ready
for its most important stage!
**[13:21] Soldier C**
Where do you suppose General Tristan
got that collar, though?
**[13:26] Soldier C**
It's a special type that works
even on S Ranks, they say!
**[13:30] Commander**
The rumors say he got it from a merchant
that's been visiting the castle lately.
**[13:36] Soldier D**
With this kind of firepower, even the
Beast King and his men themselves couldn't...
**[13:41] Commander**
What happened?
**[13:42] Soldier C**
I don't know! He just... collapsed!
**[13:47] Commander**
What's going on?
**[13:49] Soldier E**
He was hit by something
that looked like an arrow!
**[13:51] Commander**
That's impossible!
I didn't hear anything at all!
**[13:55] Commander**
And the elf village is a long ways away!
**[13:58] Soldier B**
But he just got hit by something—
**[14:01] Soldier E**
Enemy attack! Enemy attack!
**[14:06] Commander**
Protect yourselves with the monster!
**[14:09] Commander**
They're using some kind of invisible attack!
**[14:12] Commander**
Impossible!
**[14:14] Commander**
What's going on here?!
**[14:17] Kelvin**
Next, hit the one hiding behind the troll.
**[14:21] Kelvin**
Yeah, leave the one that looks
like he's higher-ranked till later.
**[14:25] Kelvin**
We'll catch him and interrogate him.
**[14:27] Efil**
Got it!
**[14:32] Kelvin**
Okay, hit.
**[14:33] Kelvin**
Looks like the bow's working well.
**[14:35] Efil**
Yes. This Shadow Bow Merciless you made for me
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 210 0 l 210 70 l 0 70
***SIGN*** Shadow Bow Merciless (Rank S)
***SIGN*** Empowering the bow with magic creates arrows
that can be fired without making a sound.
Arrows that hit will disappear.
**[14:40] Efil**
can reach anywhere as
long as I put magic into it.
**[14:44] Efil**
It makes no noise, either!
**[14:46] Kelvin**
* I built this watchtower*
* with Adamantine Rampart.*
**[14:51] Kelvin**
* And Mel's blue magic spell False Fog makes it*
* invisible outside the walls of the elf village.*
**[14:59] Kelvin**
* I've also made those walls*
* massively stronger.*
**[15:03] Kelvin**
* And the water in the moats is now*
* enhanced by Sera's black magic.*
**[15:08] Kelvin**
* Even if the enemy gets close,*
* they won't make it inside.*
**[15:14] Gerard**
*I'm remaining on defense this time, right?*
**[15:18] Gerard**
*Have fun, everyone.*
**[15:20] Sera**
*Roger!*
**[15:21] Sera**
* You won't have anything*
* to do, so go take a nap.*
**[15:24] Melfina**
*Sera, don't go too hard, okay?*
**[15:27] Rion**
*Yup! Sister Mel is right!*
**[15:30] Rion**
* We're capturing the*
* important-looking person, right?*
**[15:32] Kelvin**
*If we can.*
**[15:34] Kelvin**
*Our main goal is to protect the village.*
**[15:37] Kelvin**
* Don't do anything that would cause too*
* much damage to the forest, either.*
**[15:41] Kelvin**
*Okay, let's get started!*
**[15:49] Soldier F**
Vice-Commander!
**[15:51] Soldier F**
Huge trouble!
**[15:53] Vice-Commander**
Calm down! What's happened?
**[15:56] Soldier F**
We almost made it to the elf village when
we were attacked by an unknown enemy!
**[16:00] Soldier F**
Unit 4 was wiped out and the
Battalion Commander taken!
**[16:05] Soldier F**
They aren't Gaun soldiers!
**[16:07] Vice-Commander**
What? If they're not Gaun, then where
are they from? Toraj? Deramis?
**[16:13] Soldier F**
They're not soldiers.
They appear to be an adventuring party.
**[16:16] Vice-Commander**
What?!
**[16:18] Soldier F**
We don't know who they are,
**[16:19] Soldier F**
but we've confirmed three
women and one Shadow Wolf!
**[16:23] Soldier F**
They're all incredibly powerful,
and Rank B monsters can't stop them!
**[16:28] Soldier F**
We cannot continue the advance!
**[16:30] Vice-Commander**
What?
**[16:31] Soldier F**
Unit 5 is engaging them now, but it won't
be long before they reach our camp!
**[16:40] Vice-Commander**
We'll have to use our secret weapon, then.
**[16:43] Vice-Commander**
It will be our main tactic
we use to defeat the enemy.
**[16:46] Vice-Commander**
Are you listening?
**[16:49] Soldier F**
Vice-Commander!
**[16:51] Rion**
Oh, there he is!
**[16:54] Rion**
That's the enemy commander,
right, Sister Mel?
**[16:57] Melfina**
Thank you for guiding us here.
**[16:59] Melfina**
Thanks to you, we didn't get lost.
**[17:03] Vice-Commander**
Don't tell me that they're...
**[17:06] Vice-Commander**
Hey!
**[17:08] Vice-Commander**
Wake up, Gigant Lord!
**[17:11] Vice-Commander**
We need you!
**[17:24] Vice-Commander**
Don't let your guard down for a second!
**[17:27] Rion**
Look at that! That giant's gigantic!
**[17:30] Rion**
Like it's out of a manga!
**[17:34] Melfina**
Rion, you and Alex go defeat it.
**[17:39] Rion**
Just the two of us?
**[17:41] Melfina**
Yes. If you can do it, that means
you're a full-fledged adventurer.
**[17:47] Melfina**
It's probably equivalent to a Rank S monster.
**[17:50] Melfina**
Can you handle it?
**[18:00] Rion**
* Grandpa Gerard and Brother Kel*
* have been teaching me swordsmanship*
**[18:04] Rion**
*and magic from dawn to dusk every day.*
**[18:07] Rion**
I can do it!
**[18:09] Rion**
I can't be the little sister
that everyone protects forever!
**[18:13] Rion**
I want to protect everyone myself!
**[18:15] Rion**
We can do it, right, Alex?
**[18:21] Rion**
Okay!
**[18:24] Melfina**
*You'll be fine.*
**[18:25] Melfina**
* If you can use your full power,*
* I'm sure you'll be fine.*
**[18:29] Vice-Commander**
She went alone!
**[18:31] Vice-Commander**
They underestimate us!
**[18:33] Vice-Commander**
Gigant Lord!
**[18:40] Rion**
Let's go, Alex!
**[18:49] Vice-Commander**
Hah! That worthless blade
can't hurt a Rank S!
**[18:56] Rion**
Then...
**[19:03] Vice-Commander**
That's what you get!
**[19:04] Vice-Commander**
Got her!
**[19:10] Rion**
This isn't good...
**[19:12] Rion**
If it gets one clean hit on me,
I'm as good as dead.
**[19:15] Rion**
But...
**[19:17] (Flashback) Melfina**
If you can do it, that means you're
a full-fledged adventurer.
**[19:24] Rion**
Clotho, back me up! You, too, Alex!
**[19:29] Rion**
Time to get serious, Mr. Giant!
**[19:34] Vice-Commander**
Dual Wielding? Only a hero can use that!
**[19:39] Rion**
Really? It was on my skill list with
the other stuff, so I didn't know!
**[19:47] Rion**
Brother Kel made me the Magic Sword
Caladbolg and the False Holy Sword Wil.
**[19:52] Rion**
And for Alex, the Raging Blade Lethal!
**[19:56] Rion**
We don't use two swords.
**[19:58] Rion**
Wolf and girl, together we use three!
**[20:01] Rion**
Generate Edge!
**[20:05] Vice-Commander**
Impossible!
**[20:08] Vice-Commander**
A little kid slew our giant?
**[20:10] Rion**
We did it!
**[20:11] Vice-Commander**
Gigant Lord!
**[20:13] Vice-Commander**
Transform! Now!
**[20:23] Melfina**
Oh, so that's its true form.
**[20:27] Sera**
Lucky. I want to fight it, too!
**[20:32] Efil**
Master...
**[20:33] Kelvin**
Rion will be fine.
**[20:37] Gerard**
Yeah.
**[20:38] Vice-Commander**
Go, Gigant Furnace!
**[20:41] Vice-Commander**
Burn her with purgatorial flames!
**[20:48] Rion**
Well, it doesn't actually change anything.
**[20:51] Rion**
Because...
**[20:57] Rion**
Those flames look a lot
weaker than Sister Efil's!
**[21:00] Rion**
Here we go, one more time!
**[21:03] Rion**
Generate Edge!
**[21:12] VIce-Commander**
A single kid wiped out the
Mixed Demon Beast Army...
**[21:18] VIce-Commander**
Wiped out Trycen's army?
**[21:25] Rion**
Sister Mel, I did it!
**[21:29] Melfina**
Great work!
**[21:30] Melfina**
You did a great job.
**[21:33] Rion**
Brother Kel will be happy, too, right?
**[21:36] Efil**
Rion won, didn't she?
**[21:40] Rion**
Yeah, she's become really
strong in such a short time.
**[21:44] Rion**
Efil!
**[21:50] Clive**
Oh? I thought I had you.
**[21:54] Clive**
But you aren't dead, are you?
**[22:00] Efil**
Master...
**[22:04] Kelvin**
*He's...*
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 300 0 l 300 30 l 0 30
***SIGN*** Episode 11: Rank S Promotion Exam
**[22:07] Kelvin**
*strong!*