# 3 - ReCycle
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GXJHM37KD/demon-lord-retry)
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**[00:01] KUNAI**
Idjit Republic?
**[00:03] KUNAI**
Is that really what the nation's called?
**[00:05] MIKAN**
Can't say I dislike the honesty.
**[00:08] MIKAN**
You complain too much, you know?
**[00:10] KUNAI**
And what's the town's name?
**[00:13] KUNAI**
Please don't tell me it's Conan.
**[00:15] MIKAN**
Rookie. That's where the Prison Labyrinth is.
**[00:19] KUNAI**
Rookie, huh? I take it beginners
flock to this place.
**[00:24] KUNAI**
By the way, Mikan.
**[00:25] KUNAI**
Why is Yukikaze lying on my lap?
**[00:28] MIKAN**
Don't ask *me*. I'm not the mom here.
**[00:30] MIKAN**
Besides, you're the one who asked us to
join you in your search for magical items!
**[00:34] MIKAN**
Then bear with...
**[00:38] MIKAN**
You saw?
**[00:41] KUNAI**
The only thing my eyes see
is the open, vast skies.
**[00:45] MIKAN**
Quit with the random asides!
**[00:46] MIKAN**
You had the eyes of a man
of culture for a sec!
**[00:49] KUNAI**
Well, twilight forms part of the sky.
**[00:52] MIKAN**
You even got the color right!
**[00:54] KUNAI**
I'm talking about the sky.
**[00:57] KUNAI**
What are you even on about?
**[00:59] MIKAN**
Why am I surrounded by these people?!
**[01:03] YUKIKAZE**
Mmm, your knee is rock hard, mister.
**[01:07] KUNAI**
Stop babbling and lick on this.
**[01:10] AKIRA**
*Ice Candy.*
***SIGN*** Ice Candy
**[01:11] AKIRA**
*It's a trash item that only recovers 7 MP.*
**[01:14] AKIRA**
* But in this scorching hot*
* land, it is a luxury item.*
**[01:18] YUKIKAZE**
Your stick tastes sweet. I
want to lick it some more.
**[01:19] MIKAN**
Can I leave now?!
**[01:22] KUNAI**
Anyway, "Prison Labyrinth"
is a rather foreboding name.
**[01:26] YUKIKAZE**
It has a gaol deep underground.
**[01:30] KUNAI**
Oh? So it was originally a facility
to keep something imprisoned?
**[01:34] YUKIKAZE**
Who knows?
**[01:35] YUKIKAZE**
Do you prefer to play the
jailer? Or the prisoner?
**[01:38] KUNAI**
Neither. I dislike the very
concept of entrapment.
**[01:43] YUKIKAZE**
You're so cool, mister.
**[01:45] MIKAN**
Yeah, right. Listen to yourself.
**[01:47] MIKAN**
You're one to talk when
you've got us trapped here.
**[01:49] YUKIKAZE**
Mikan prefers to be on the receiving end.
**[01:51] YUKIKAZE**
She's into candle wax, too.
**[01:53] KUNAI**
Oh? Far be it from me to meddle
in one's fetishes, but...
**[01:56] KUNAI**
Don't go overboard.
**[01:57] MIKAN**
These idiots...
**[01:59] MIKAN**
I'm so *done* with them!
***SIGN*** Episode 3
**[03:34] KUNAI**
So this here is Rookie, huh?
**[03:36] KUNAI**
Seems pretty prosperous, don't you think?
**[03:38] MIKAN**
Adventurers who earn big bucks in the
labyrinth pay taxes here, after all.
**[03:43] MIKAN**
Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not
trying to fill you in or anything.
**[03:46] MIKAN**
I'm just talking to myself.
**[03:48] KUNAI**
I appreciate it.
**[03:50] KUNAI**
I like people who make
up for the things I lack.
**[03:54] MIKAN**
I *don't* want you to like me.
Talking to myself again there.
**[03:58] KUNAI**
That's too bad.
**[03:59] KUNAI**
I was going to invite you to the
salt mikan bath as thanks for today.
**[04:03] MIKAN**
What? That sounds cool!
**[04:04] MIKAN**
Oh, just talking to myself again.
**[04:07] YUKIKAZE**
Mikan likes mikan.
**[04:09] YUKIKAZE**
She likes playing with herself.
You know what that means.
**[04:12] MIKAN**
Shut up, Yukikaze!
**[04:14] VILLAGERS**
Hey, the hero came back this year!
**[04:17] KUNAI**
Hero? You have a hero?
**[04:20] MIKAN**
Of course we do.
How clueless *are* you?
**[04:24] YUKIKAZE**
The Imperial State of
Right has two Holy Braves.
**[04:28] AKIRA**
*Holy Braves?*
**[04:30] AKIRA**
*Wow, that's kinda cool.*
**[04:32] VILLAGER A**
Sir Brave!
**[04:33] VILLAGER B**
Look this way!
**[04:34] VILLAGER C**
White... pure white!
**[04:37] VILLAGER D**
He looks majestic riding his white steed.
**[04:39] KUNAI**
Hmph, a hero riding a white horse?
**[04:42] KUNAI**
How stereotypical...
**[04:45] AKIRA**
*Is he on his way back from Comiket?!*
**[04:48] KUNAI**
Please tell me it's "hero" and not "ero."
**[04:52] MIKAN**
Sir Otamega is a hero through and through.
**[04:55] KUNAI**
What an awful name.
**[04:57] YUKIKAZE**
Sir Otamega is also known
as the White Comet.
**[05:01] AKIRA**
* He's probably just pale from*
* never leaving his room.*
**[05:04] YUKIKAZE**
The other Brave is known as the Red Devil.
**[05:08] KUNAI**
You've got the colors mixed up!
**[05:10] YUKIKAZE**
Sir Otamega has three aides,
**[05:12] YUKIKAZE**
Artema, Mashroom, and
Kaia: the White Tri-Stars.
**[05:17] KUNAI**
Where do I even begin?!
**[05:19] OTAMEGA**
Please line up and wait your turn.
**[05:24] KUNAI**
Distributing food to the poor?
**[05:27] KUNAI**
Does the Brave always do this?
**[05:29] MIKAN**
Yeah, though he spends half the
year traveling the northern lands.
**[05:33] MIKAN**
He's really amazing.
**[05:35] KUNAI**
Is it to build popularity?
**[05:36] KUNAI**
Or are Braves duty-bound
to perform such tasks?
**[05:40] MIKAN**
How cynical *are* you?
**[05:42] MIKAN**
Sir Otamega has been told to
stop by the State of Right,
**[05:45] MIKAN**
but he still feeds the kids out of pocket.
**[05:50] YUKIKAZE**
I heard criticism that he meddles
in foreign affairs to curry favor.
**[05:55] KUNAI**
Oh?
**[05:59] DONA**
Is that true?
**[06:01] DONA**
The Demon Lord has left
the village of Rabby?
**[06:04] AZURE**
Yes, Lord Dona.
**[06:05] AZURE**
He traveled north and is
confirmed to have crossed the border.
**[06:07] DONA**
Great. Send men to Rabby
Village right away, then.
**[06:11] DONA**
Let's see... Milligan should do perfectly.
**[06:14] AZURE**
But didn't Holy Maiden Angel White
forbid us from doing this?
**[06:19] DONA**
She forbade making contact
with the Demon Lord,
**[06:22] DONA**
not investigating the
village while he's away.
**[06:29] DONA**
Have them investigate its treasures...
**[06:31] DONA**
and see if it has any valuables like the
musical box Madam Oysterfry won in auction.
**[06:35] AZURE**
As you wish, sir.
**[06:41] AZURE**
Milligan, did you kidnap
another girl from the slums?
**[06:45] MILLIGAN**
Don't glare at me like that, Azure.
**[06:49] MILLIGAN**
I'm just having a little fun, y'know?
**[06:52] MILLIGAN**
I'm not hurting her or anything.
**[06:54] MILLIGAN**
'Cause she's long dead.
**[06:56] AZURE**
I believe I warned you not to put
Lord Dona's reputation at risk.
**[06:59] MILLIGAN**
Don't be such a spoilsport.
**[07:01] MILLIGAN**
I mean, Boss Dona messes
around more than anyone.
**[07:04] AZURE**
You have orders from Lord Dona.
**[07:06] AZURE**
Head to Rabby Village on an investigation.
**[07:09] MILLIGAN**
Hey, I finally get to play with the bunnies?
**[07:12] MILLIGAN**
That's great news.
**[07:14] AZURE**
Milligan, I said it's an investigation.
**[07:16] MILLIGAN**
Boss Dona wouldn't be such a damp squib.
**[07:19] MILLIGAN**
He's telling me to go have fun, right?
**[07:22] AZURE**
It's an *investigation*.
**[07:25] AZURE**
Please refrain from twisting his words.
**[07:29] MILLIGAN**
Fine.
**[07:30] MILLIGAN**
Yeesh. Such scary eyes.
**[07:38] AZURE**
Bury her.
**[07:41] AZURE**
With respect.
**[07:42] SERVANT**
Sir.
**[07:44] OTAMEGA**
Mister, what have you got tonight?
**[07:47] SHOP**
Wheat porridge for three copper.
Four if you don't have a bowl.
**[07:51] OTAMEGA**
With the bowl, please.
**[07:58] OTAMEGA**
The price has gone up since last year.
**[08:00] OTAMEGA**
The fried potato, too.
**[08:02] OTAMEGA**
The price has gone up two coppers,
but the portion size has shrunk.
**[08:05] KUNAI**
*Oh? Is that so?*
**[08:07] OTAMEGA**
The oil is awful.
**[08:09] OTAMEGA**
And this porridge is watery and has
lost its savory taste.
**[08:12] KUNAI**
*You really pay attention to the details.*
**[08:16] OTAMEGA**
Not as much as you.
**[08:18] KUNAI**
*You're an intriguing guy.*
**[08:20] KUNAI**
* Fake good deeds done*
* are better than good deeds undone.*
**[08:23] OTAMEGA**
Fake, huh? I can't really argue that.
**[08:26] KUNAI**
* Don't misunderstand.*
* I'm complimenting you.*
**[08:29] OTAMEGA**
I'm just doing what I want to do.
**[08:33] KUNAI**
*Are you attached to your ideals?*
**[08:36] OTAMEGA**
This is belated, but I'd
like to know your objective.
**[08:39] KUNAI**
*I want you on my team.*
**[08:42] OTAMEGA**
I appreciate the offer,
**[08:45] OTAMEGA**
but I find you terrifying.
**[08:47] OTAMEGA**
To tell the truth, I haven't stopped
trembling ever since I felt your gaze upon me.
**[08:52] KUNAI**
*Sorry about that.*
**[08:54] KUNAI**
* I prefer to verify everything*
* with my own eyes.*
**[08:58] OTAMEGA**
As do I.
**[09:01] OTAMEGA**
Could you show yourself?
**[09:03] KUNAI**
*Dispel camouflage.*
**[09:07] KUNAI**
I'm developing Rabby Village right now.
**[09:10] OTAMEGA**
I heard about it many a time
on my travels...
**[09:13] OTAMEGA**
that the Demon Lord had appeared
in Kingdom of Holy Light.
**[09:16] KUNAI**
You did?
**[09:17] OTAMEGA**
In my memories, Rabby was a poor village,
**[09:20] OTAMEGA**
and the bunnies lived
highly impoverished lives.
**[09:23] KUNAI**
That's all in the past now.
**[09:26] KUNAI**
I'd like to have your support someday.
**[09:30] KUNAI**
No, I *will* have it.
**[09:33] OTAMEGA**
*Phew. Could he be any more scary?*
**[09:38] LUNA**
They've grown bigger and
more shapely than before.
**[09:41] LUNA**
Now they're elegant carrots
befitting of *my* village.
**[09:44] ISAMI**
I don't think elegance
has any bearing on food.
**[09:48] LUNA**
Don't show up out of nowhere!
**[09:50] LUNA**
You stalker!
**[09:54] ISAMI**
Looks like a bumper crop. We could
expand the farms at this rate.
**[09:58] ISAMI**
Very impressive.
**[09:59] LUNA**
S-So, when is he coming back?
**[10:03] ISAMI**
Hm?
**[10:03] LUNA**
Y-You know, him. *Him*.
**[10:06] ISAMI**
Oh, you mean the chief?
**[10:09] ISAMI**
Sheesh. First Yu, now you?
**[10:13] LUNA**
Huh?
**[10:13] ISAMI**
Well, I'll let him know you miss him.
**[10:16] LUNA**
Wh-Why would I miss him?!
**[10:19] ISAMI**
Yeah, yeah.
**[10:21] MIKAN**
This is the entrance to the Prison Labyrinth.
**[10:25] YUKIKAZE**
The labyrinth of love.
**[10:27] YUKIKAZE**
Once you're trapped, you can never get out.
**[10:30] MIKAN**
We'll get you in as our porter.
**[10:33] KUNAI**
Me? Carry your stuff?
**[10:35] YUKIKAZE**
You aren't registered as an adventurer.
**[10:38] KUNAI**
Very well. Let's go with that.
**[10:44] MIKAN**
You'd better carry the weight!
**[10:46] MIKAN**
I'll teach you what being an adventurer is—
***SIGN*** lift...
**[10:51] YUKIKAZE**
Why would he do her before me?
**[10:54] MIKAN**
L-Let me go! I-I wasn't
telling you to carry me!
**[10:57] YUKIKAZE**
Mikan, you're dead.
**[10:59] MIKAN**
Hey!
**[11:04] AKIRA**
* This is the Prison Labyrinth.*
* Who created this thing?*
**[11:08] KUNAI**
There are so many people here that
this all feels very pedestrian.
**[11:12] YUKIKAZE**
The first three floors get lots of traffic.
**[11:14] YUKIKAZE**
The numbers dwindle after that.
**[11:17] AKIRA**
*Huge! Gross!*
**[11:19] MIKAN**
A sand snail? Takes me back.
**[11:22] YUKIKAZE**
Reminds me of my rookie days.
**[11:24] MIKAN**
Time to hunt it for old times' sake!
**[11:30] KUNAI**
Does the shell fetch a decent price?
**[11:32] MIKAN**
That's right. It gets crushed and mixed in soil.
**[11:35] KUNAI**
I see. It makes construction material?
**[11:37] YUKIKAZE**
Makes things rock *hard*. They
fetch five coppers for three.
**[11:41] MIKAN**
And an even better price right before war.
**[11:44] YUKIKAZE**
Transport, Snow Trolley.
**[11:49] YUKIKAZE**
Put it in, mister.
**[11:52] YUKIKAZE**
Stick that hard, stiff—
**[11:54] KUNAI**
Suck on this.
**[11:57] KUNAI**
How do they dispose of the monster
corpses? They'll rot if left alone.
**[12:01] MIKAN**
They disappear after some time.
**[12:02] KUNAI**
Disappear? But the shell won't?
**[12:06] MIKAN**
The spoils don't.
**[12:08] KUNAI**
Why not?
**[12:09] MIKAN**
Don't ask me.
**[12:10] AKIRA**
*How convenient... or sloppy.*
**[12:13] AKIRA**
*This, too, is so very RPG-like.*
**[12:17] MIKAN**
That noise! It's a monster parade!
**[12:19] YUKIKAZE**
Festival time!
**[12:20] KUNAI**
A festival?
**[12:22] MIKAN**
All right! Let's go, you guys!
**[12:25] YUKIKAZE**
The time has come, and so has Mikan.
**[12:27] KUNAI**
A festival, huh? Better
join in on the fun, then.
**[12:35] MIKAN**
Yeah, bring it!
**[12:37] KUNAI**
Ah, so it's a massive outbreak of monsters.
**[12:40] YUKIKAZE**
One of these helped me make
ends meet in the past.
**[12:43] KUNAI**
It's like a temporary bonus, right?
**[12:52] ADVENTURER1**
Damn, it's a tinpot!
**[12:53] ADVENTURER2**
Somebody stop it with magic!
**[12:55] ADVENTURER3**
Does nobody here have any traps?!
**[13:02] YUKIKAZE**
Mister.
**[13:04] YUKIKAZE**
Rookies can't handle that thing.
**[13:09] MIKAN**
All of you, get back!
**[13:13] MIKAN**
I'll take this one...
**[13:15] GV**
*Sodom's Flames.*
**[13:20] KUNAI**
Pardon me.
**[13:22] KUNAI**
You may return to the festivities now.
**[13:26] YUKIKAZE**
You may.
**[13:28] MIKAN**
Hey, don't just leave me behind!
**[13:31] ADVENTURER**
Who was *that*?
**[13:32] FADV1**
He was so dandy!
**[13:34] FADV2**
Was that his lover with him?
**[13:36] FADV3**
Damn it! Is it the looks?
**[13:38] FADV3**
Do looks matter most, after all?!
**[13:43] MILLIGAN**
Is that Rabby Village?
**[13:45] MILLIGAN**
I thought it'd be more rundown, but whatever.
**[13:51] MILLIGAN**
* Okay, time to help myself*
* to some little bunnies.*
**[13:59] ISAMI**
Heya, buddy.
**[14:02] ISAMI**
Where do you think you're going?
**[14:04] MILLIGAN**
*The hell is that?*
**[14:05] ISAMI**
You don't really have to answer.
**[14:09] ISAMI**
But, you know, formalities.
**[14:11] MILLIGAN**
Man, I got lost in the dark.
**[14:15] MILLIGAN**
Could you let me—
**[14:16] ISAMI**
Oh, yeah?
**[14:23] YU**
Hey, Tahara, don't rough up my specimens.
**[14:26] ISAMI**
Does it matter? You're gonna cut,
slice, and chop 'em up anyway.
**[14:30] YU**
You are truly thoughtless.
**[14:33] YU**
You have no idea how to handle guinea pigs.
**[14:36] ISAMI**
And I'm perfectly fine with that.
**[14:40] MILLIGAN**
*What's wrong? Back me up here!*
**[14:42] YU**
Oh, I'm sorry to say...
**[14:44] YU**
Your friends in the back are in here.
**[14:54] MILLIGAN**
N-No! Don't hurt me!
**[14:56] MILLIGAN**
We were lost, really!
**[14:58] ISAMI**
Dude, weren't you spying on the
village from this afternoon?
**[15:02] MILLIGAN**
No! I just got here...
**[15:05] ISAMI**
Yeah? Tron, what color do you see in him?
**[15:09] TRON**
A really muddy one.
**[15:11] TAHARA**
Sigh... Waste water after
a painting job, huh?
**[15:14] TRON**
He's lying. He's guilty.
**[15:18] ISAMI**
Figures. My gut tells me he's
the scum of the earth, too.
**[15:25] YU**
Come, let's go. I'm thinking
I'll turn you into fertilizer.
**[15:30] MILLIGAN**
Let me go! Please—
**[15:31] YU**
I'm growing a new strain of plant now.
**[15:34] YU**
It's a cute little thing that grows by
absorbing nutrients from the human body,
**[15:37] YU**
and it has really pretty flowers.
**[15:40] ISAMI**
Wow.
**[15:41] YU**
I want to gift those flowers to the chief.
**[15:44] YU**
Tahara, the chief will like it... won't he?
**[15:49] ISAMI**
I-I bet.
**[15:50] YU**
I thought so!
**[15:52] YU**
When I tried it on his companions,
**[15:54] YU**
the pain inflicted made the flower's
color more vibrant, I think.
**[15:58] ISAMI**
S-Sounds about right.
**[16:00] TRON**
Bye-bye.
**[16:02] YU**
Do your best to please the chief, okay?
**[16:05] YU**
I'll put in the work, too.
**[16:07] MILLIGAN**
S-Spare me.
**[16:11] YU**
You fool.
**[16:13] YU**
Have you ever spared anyone
that begged for *their* life?
**[16:17] YU**
No, right?
**[16:18] MILLIGAN**
Eek... please...
**[16:18] YU**
So I won't, either.
**[16:21] YU**
You will die not as a
human, but as vegetation.
**[16:25] YU**
Soon, you'll forget how to speak.
**[16:28] MILLIGAN**
No! Not like this!
**[16:31] YU**
Lately, I've been thinking...
**[16:34] YU**
Even ants have no right to be trampled
by the chief and soil his shoes.
**[16:40] YU**
They ought to get out of
his way, don't you think?
**[16:46] YUKIKAZE**
Mister's rock hard...
**[16:52] AKIRA**
*Time to do what I came for.*
**[16:55] KUNAI**
Instant Movement: Prison Labyrinth.
**[17:05] KUNAI**
You guys again?
**[17:08] KUNAI**
You don't learn, do you?
**[17:11] GV**
*Sodom's Flame.*
**[17:14] KUNAI**
But you're good for farming skill points.
**[17:20] BANDIT A**
Yo, check it out.
**[17:23] BANDIT A**
We found another idiot in here by himself.
**[17:26] BANDIT B**
Lots of marks today. We're in luck.
**[17:29] KUNAI**
I'd ask what you want, but
I think I know already.
**[17:33] BANDIT B**
Smart guy.
**[17:35] BANDIT B**
Leave all your money and scram.
**[17:37] KUNAI**
I doubt you'd let me go even if I did.
**[17:42] BANDIT A**
That one resisted, and now look.
**[17:44] BANDIT B**
Don't wanna end up like
that, right? Pay up, then.
**[17:48] KUNAI**
Trying to reason with you is a waste of time.
**[17:50] KUNAI**
Very well!
**[17:52] BANDIT B**
Sleep.
**[17:55] AKIRA**
*Magic? Damn it...*
**[18:01] BANDIT A**
Wh-What?
**[18:03] GV**
*Sodom's Flame.*
**[18:20] KUNAI**
What did you do to me, scum?
**[18:23] BANDIT A**
No... m-my face...
**[18:32] KUNAI**
Magic? What a bothersome world.
**[18:35] BANDIT B**
S-S-Spare me!
**[18:37] BANDIT B**
I won't do it anymore! You
can have all my money!
**[18:40] KUNAI**
You scum always make the same mistake.
**[18:43] KUNAI**
Begging for your life only works when
you're up against a merciful opponent.
**[18:51] KUNAI**
Foolish creator.
**[18:53] KUNAI**
They need to entertain me more.
**[18:57] KUNAI**
Wait...
**[18:58] KUNAI**
I suppose they are causing enough chaos.
**[19:08] AKIRA**
*Crap! He just did whatever he wanted.*
**[19:11] AKIRA**
*Don't just go around killing people.*
**[19:15] AKIRA**
*Huh? The corpses are gone.*
**[19:17] AKIRA**
* In these caves, even human bodies*
* disappear after some time, huh?*
**[19:28] AKIRA**
*The heck is that?*
**[19:29] AKIRA**
*It's this thing's doing.*
**[19:31] AKIRA**
* This ring seeks to bring chaos*
* and destruction to the world.*
**[19:35] AKIRA**
*Grant its wish, and it will grant yours.*
**[19:39] AKIRA**
*But I won't let you have your way.*
**[19:51] KUNAI**
If anyone's wish is to come true,
**[19:54] KUNAI**
it will be *mine*.
**[20:05] AKIRA**
*Seriously?*
**[20:07] AKIRA**
*Isn't this a gun?*
**[20:10] KUNAI**
Wow...
**[20:12] KUNAI**
I should get Tahara to take a look at it.
**[20:21] KUNAI**
What's this?
**[20:24] AKIRA**
*It's basically a factory.*
**[20:33] AKIRA**
* Are those adventurers and monsters*
* that died on the other floors?*
**[20:51] AKIRA**
*I see... So this is a recycling plant.*
**[20:57] AKIRA**
*Is that an invite?*
**[21:01] KUNAI**
So?
**[21:03] KUNAI**
What do you want from me?
***SIGN*** Let's play, Demon Lord
***SIGN*** I'll play with you, Demon Lord
**[21:30] KUNAI**
You've shown your true colors.
***SIGN*** I'll play with you, Demon Lord
***SIGN*** I'll kill you, I'll play with you
***SIGN*** I'll kill you, I'll play
**[21:40] KUNAI**
You sit here in this stupid factory
and act like you're a king?
**[21:44] KUNAI**
Simply ridiculous.
**[21:50] GV**
*Sodom's Flame.*
**[21:56] KUNAI**
I don't know who you are, but
let me tell you one thing:
**[22:01] KUNAI**
Nothing is impossible for
me and my Great Empire.
**[22:09] AKIRA**
* I thought this was just some other*
* world, but things are getting interesting.*
***SIGN*** Next Episode