# 8 - Nigun's Shadow
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GNVHKN99W/even-given-the-worthless-appraiser-class--im-actually-the-strongest)
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**[00:00] Pina**
So tell us... Are you in love with Alice?
**[00:04] Alice**
Are you?
**[00:05] Yuri**
Are you?
**[00:07] Akahane**
Are ya?
**[00:08] Kurohime**
Are you?
**[00:10] Ein(M)**
*I'm completely trapped here.*
**[00:13] Ein(M)**
*What is even happening...?*
***SIGN*** OMINOUS
**[00:19] Ein(M)**
* I couldn't take any more*
* of their questioning,*
**[00:21] Ein(M)**
*so I fled here...*
**[00:24] Ein(M)**
* But for some reason,*
* everyone just followed me in!*
**[00:27] Ein(M)**
* If anything, the situation's*
* only gotten worse!*
**[00:31] All**
So, are you?
**[00:33] Ein**
No! I mean...
**[00:35] Ein**
I...
**[00:36] Yuri**
Ein, you can't run away from this!
**[00:39] Pina**
That's right, that's right!
**[00:40] Pina**
We need an answer!
**[00:43] Ursula**
Jeez, all of you need to stop ignoring
how Ein feels and making a big fuss.
**[00:48] Pina**
Okay.
**[00:50] Ein(M)**
*Thank goodness.*
**[00:52] Ein(M)**
*But now I've got a different problem.*
**[00:55] Ein(M)**
*Honestly, I don't even know where to look!*
**[01:01] Ein(M)**
*And worse yet...*
**[01:03] Ein**
Pina, why the hell are
you sitting on my lap?!
**[01:07] Pina**
Gosh, look at that!
**[01:08] Pina**
Your face is all red!
**[01:11] Pina**
Don't tell me my soft little body
is getting you all worked up!
**[01:17] Yuri**
I'm so relieved.
**[01:18] Yuri**
Before, I was worried you were red
in the face because you'd caught a cold.
**[01:23] Pina**
Gotta hand it to Yuri.
That went right over her head.
**[01:29] Akahane**
So this is what a sauna's like, huh?
**[01:31] Akahane**
It feels great to get all this sweat out!
**[01:35] Ein**
I can't take any more.
**[01:38] Ein**
I'm getting out.
**[01:39] Ein**
Sorry.
**[01:44] Ein**
Alice?
**[01:45] Ein**
Hey, are you all right?
**[01:46] Ein**
I think you should get out.
**[01:48] Alice**
I'm fine.
**[01:49] Alice**
I want to stay.
**[01:51] Alice**
I can handle it... just like everyone else...
**[01:55] Ein**
You don't have to force yourself.
**[01:58] Alice**
I'm not forcing myself...
**[02:00] Alice**
From now on... always and forever...
I want to be by your side!
**[02:10] Ein**
Alice...
**[02:12] Pina**
Yay!
**[02:14] Pina**
This means we can all keep
going on adventures together!
**[02:18] Yuri**
I love having my big sister around!
**[02:21] Ein(M)**
*That makes sense.*
**[02:22] Ein(M)**
* She was just reunited with family,*
* so of course she wants to be with them.*
**[02:26] Akahane**
Aw, shucks.
**[02:28] Akahane**
Alice, I don't think your big
confession really got through to Ein.
**[02:36] Ein**
Ursula, could I ask you
to process Alice's spirit core?
**[02:40] Ursula**
Sure.
**[02:41] Akahane**
Well then, you'll need this too.
**[02:44] Akahane**
It's my philosopher's stone.
**[02:46] Akahane**
As Alice's mother, I'll lend ya a hand too.
**[02:50] Akahane**
I can't teleport to help directly,
but I'm sure my powers will come in handy.
**[02:56] Ursula**
All right. Get down, Ein.
**[02:58] Ein**
Okay.
***SIGN*** Mirage Double (SSS)
***SIGN*** Thousand Mile Eye (SSS)
**[03:04] Alice**
Ein, I look forward to—
**[03:18] Alice**
The ones in the books aren't so...
**[03:19] Pina**
Wow.
**[03:21] Kurohime**
Oh my.
**[03:21] Akahane**
Huh, I'd've thought this would be funnier.
**[05:01] Ein**
So next, I'll...
**[05:03] Meegan**
Ein!
**[05:05] Ein**
Meegan?
**[05:06] Meegan**
Oh, someone's gotten stronger again.
**[05:09] Jasper**
Indeed, you're definitely
growing in strength, young man,
**[05:13] Jasper**
But you can jump into my arms
anytime you want me to pamper you!
**[05:20] Ein**
What is going on here?
**[05:23] Jasper**
Today, you received a personal request
from the king via the guild.
**[05:27] Ein**
The king needs something from *me*?
**[05:29] Jasper**
That's right.
**[05:30] Jasper**
Are you familiar with demons?
**[05:33] Ein**
Demons?
**[05:34] (Flashback) Falco**
I am Falco of the Gale Winds, a baron
among the five ranks of demon nobility!
**[05:39] Ein**
Yes.
**[05:40] Meegan**
Several centuries ago,
**[05:42] Meegan**
demons were driven from the human realm
when our heroes built a dimensional wall.
**[05:47] Meegan**
But lately, there have lately been increased
sightings of them in the Rayshik domain.
**[05:53] Jasper**
Your mission is to vanquish
the demons rampaging there.
**[05:58] Meegan**
We can't have them causing any further damage.
**[06:01] Jasper**
Nonetheless, your average adventurer
can't stand up to demons.
**[06:05] Jasper**
You are the only one who can
fulfill this mission, young man.
**[06:10] Ein**
Hear me out, everyone.
**[06:12] Ein**
I want to help the people
of the Rayshik domain.
**[06:16] Ursula**
Ein, you know that our goals lie elsewhere.
**[06:19] Ursula**
Why go and help strangers?
**[06:21] Ein**
Wasn't I a stranger to Yuri and
you when you first helped me?
**[06:29] Ein**
I know the fear and despair of facing
an overwhelming enemy better than anyone.
**[06:35] Ein**
That's how I lived for ages.
**[06:39] Ein**
But I'm here today because you
lent me a hand back then.
**[06:44] Ein**
So now, I'd like to pay that forward
by stepping up like you and Yuri did for me.
**[06:49] Yuri**
I'm in perfect agreement, Ein!
**[06:52] Yuri**
Let's go help the people
who need it together!
**[06:54] Pina**
Sounds good to me!
**[06:56] Kurohime**
I concur with Einy.
**[06:58] Alice**
If that's what you want, Ein.
**[07:00] Ein**
Ursula?
**[07:03] Ursula**
If Yuri's in favor, I won't say no.
**[07:07] Ein**
Jasper, Meegan...
**[07:10] Ein**
I accept this mission.
**[07:15] Ein**
I will defeat the demons
in the Rayshik domain!
**[07:24] Mia**
Daddy, I'm hungry.
**[07:27] Dad**
It won't be long now, Mia.
**[07:30] Dad**
We're on our way to a place where you
can eat all the tasty food you want.
**[07:35] Mia**
Really? Yay!
**[07:37] Mia**
It must be like heaven, where Mommy is!
**[07:42] Dad**
You could say that.
**[07:49] Mia**
Is this it?
**[07:53] Village Chief**
Everyone, Lord Hydra is approaching!
**[07:56] Village Chief**
Prostrate yourselves!
**[07:59] Mia**
Huh? Who's Lord Hydra?
**[08:01] Dad**
A snake god who protects our village.
**[08:05] Mia**
A god?
**[08:10] Village Chief**
Now hurry with the sacrifice!
**[08:14] Dad**
Go on, Mia.
**[08:17] Dad**
This god is here to take you to heaven.
**[08:22] Mia**
Okay, got it!
**[08:24] Dad**
I can't go with you right now.
**[08:27] Dad**
But I will follow soon.
**[08:29] Dad**
Wait for me with Mommy.
**[08:32] Mia**
Back when Mommy went to heaven,
**[08:35] Mia**
all you did was cry every day.
**[08:39] Mia**
But when I go to heaven, you can't cry, okay?
**[08:44] Mia**
Because I won't be here
to wipe your tears anymore.
**[08:50] Dad**
Mia, you... You knew...
**[08:54] Mia**
See you.
**[08:57] Hydra1**
You're late, humans!
**[08:59] Hydra2**
After keeping us waiting, this is it?
**[09:03] Hydra3**
Oh my, that looks tasty.
**[09:05] Hydra4**
Famished.
**[09:08] Mia**
L-Lord Hydra.
**[09:10] Mia**
Please take me up to heaven.
**[09:13] Dad**
No!
**[09:14] Dad**
I can't do this after all!
**[09:16] Mia**
Daddy?
**[09:17] Village Chief**
What the hell are you doing?!
**[09:19] Village Chief**
We all decided on this together!
**[09:21] Villager2**
It's the only way our village can survive!
**[09:24] Dad**
Then please, eat me instead of my daughter!
**[09:29] Dad**
I beg you! I beg you!
**[09:31] Hydra2**
I don't like men!
**[09:33] Hydra3**
I'll eat all of the men, don't you worry!
**[09:36] Hydra5**
Requesting women. Rejecting men.
**[09:38] Hydra1**
Have you forgotten your pact with us?
**[09:42] Hydra1**
For a woman every month,
we wouldn't destroy your village.
**[09:47] Hydra1**
But now that you've broken it,
you leave us no choice.
**[09:50] Village Chief**
Please no!
**[09:52] Village Chief**
Hurry and offer up your daughter!
**[09:54] Hydra1**
The crime of displeasing us is heavy.
**[09:58] Hydra1**
Your sentence is death.
**[10:04] Mia**
That's... a god?
**[10:08] Hydra2**
Time to dine!
**[10:13] Mia**
Somebody...
**[10:14] Mia**
Help!
**[10:23] Mia**
A god?
**[10:26] Ursula**
*That's Hydra, an SS-rank ancient dragon.*
**[10:30] Ursula**
* It has an ability called "Generate*
* Poison and Medicine,"*
**[10:33] Ursula**
* and its hide is permanently coated*
* in a mucus of deadly toxins.*
**[10:36] Ein**
Understood.
**[10:37] Ein**
Yuri, I need your help.
**[10:39] Yuri**
*Right!*
**[10:45] Dad**
What?
**[10:46] Mia**
Daddy!
**[10:48] Mia**
Thank goodness!
**[10:49] Hydra1**
What?
**[10:50] Hydra1**
He neutralized our poison
just by looking at it?
**[10:54] Hydra1**
That's impossible.
**[10:55] Ein(M)**
* I knew Yuri's healing powers had increased*
* since I leveled up to the divine eye,*
**[10:59] Ein(M)**
*but even so, this is incredible.*
**[11:01] Ein**
I'll take care of Hydra.
**[11:03] Ein**
Everyone, please hurry up and escape!
**[11:05] Village Chief**
What's running going to do?
**[11:07] Hydra1**
He's right.
**[11:09] Hydra1**
I don't know who you are, but one puny
human more or less makes no difference.
**[11:15] Hydra1**
A sword?
**[11:16] Hydra1**
Utterly useless in the face of our poison.
**[11:18] Hydra1**
Go ahead and unshea—
**[11:24] Ein**
Drawing Strike.
**[11:31] Villager2**
I-I remember who that is!
**[11:34] Villager2**
In the royal capital, he's known as
Ein the ancient dragon slayer!
**[11:38] Ursula**
* You imbued the blade with Yuri's*
* powers of purification,*
**[11:41] Ursula**
* thereby neutralizing the poison*
* so you could slash through it?*
**[11:44] Ursula**
*Pretty good.*
**[11:46] Ein**
I mean, yeah.
**[11:47] Ein(M)**
*Wait, did Ursula just* actually *praise me?!*
***SIGN*** Tha-thump Tha-thump Tha-thump
**[11:51] Ursula**
* I've appraised its Generate Poison*
* and Medicine and Bed Bath abilities.*
**[11:54] Ein**
O-Oh, thanks.
**[11:57] Village Chief**
Master Ein, thank you so much!
**[12:00] Dad**
You saved us!
**[12:02] Mia**
Thank you, god!
**[12:03] Ein**
No, I just did what anyone would have.
**[12:07] Ein**
Now, I'd like to meet with the
lord of this domain.
**[12:13] Ein(M)**
*Huh? Talk about a quick change in mood.*
**[12:16] Father**
We'll forever be grateful for your help.
**[12:18] Father**
If not for you, we'd all be dead.
**[12:23] Father**
But perhaps it would have
been better that way...
**[12:26] Ein**
Huh?
**[12:27] Father**
Let's go home now.
**[12:36] Mia**
God!
**[12:38] Mia**
I'm so glad you saved us!
**[12:41] Mia**
So, so glad!
**[12:48] Ein**
Thank you.
**[12:49] Ein**
I'm nothing as impressive as a god,
**[12:52] Ein**
but I do want to protect
the smiles on your faces.
**[12:55] Ein**
When it comes to that,
I won't be beat, even by a god!
**[13:01] Ein**
Be careful on your way home now.
**[13:03] Mia**
Okay!
**[13:04] Mia**
See you again, god!
**[13:09] Ein**
Now then, let's go see the feudal lord.
**[13:14] Ein**
So this is the lord's manor...
**[13:16] Pina**
Something here is sus.
**[13:19] Alice**
It's the only place that's unnaturally fancy.
**[13:22] Ein**
True.
**[13:23] Ein**
We don't know what lies ahead,
so everyone should get into my eye.
**[13:26] Yuri**
Right.
**[13:29] Ein**
Excuse me! My name is Ein.
**[13:32] Ein**
I've been sent by the guild.
**[13:35] Nigun**
Well met, Ein.
**[13:37] Nigun**
I'm honored to meet the famed
ancient dragon slayer.
**[13:42] Nigun**
I'm Nigun.
**[13:44] Nigun**
Nigun von Rayshik.
**[13:48] Nigun**
Help yourself.
**[13:49] Nigun**
A confection of my own making.
**[13:51] Nigun**
And some tea.
**[13:53] Ein**
Thank you. I'll dig right in.
**[13:57] Ein(M)**
*Salty!*
**[14:00] Nigun**
Do you like it?
**[14:01] Ein**
I-It's good.
**[14:04] Ein**
It's, um, very original...
**[14:07] Nigun**
I'm glad to hear—
**[14:11] Nigun**
I'm so sorry.
**[14:13] Nigun**
It seems I mistook the salt for the sugar...
**[14:16] Ein(M)**
*That's so cliché.*
**[14:17] Nigun**
I always screw up, no matter what I do.
**[14:22] Ein**
So, could you tell me about the demons that
have started appearing in your domain lately?
**[14:28] Nigun**
Demons?
**[14:29] Nigun**
I've never seen anything
like that in my domain.
**[14:32] Nigun**
We neighbor the Abysswood,
**[14:35] Nigun**
where multitudes of monsters are said to live.
**[14:37] Nigun**
Perhaps some rumors were embellished?
**[14:40] Ein**
So you think people mistook
monsters for demons?
**[14:44] Nigun**
Yes.
**[14:45] Nigun**
I'm terribly sorry you traveled all this way.
**[14:48] Nigun**
Please send word that there
are no issues in my domain.
**[14:53] Ein**
Would you mind if I take a look
around the place just to be safe?
**[14:57] Ein**
It appears the people have it quite rough.
**[15:01] Ein**
In fact, I defeated Hydra on the way here.
**[15:05] Ein**
And the food situa—
**[15:07] Nigun**
You defeated Hydra?
**[15:11] Nigun**
What have you done?!
**[15:13] Nigun**
Now that village will be
beset by monsters again!
**[15:17] Ein**
What?
**[15:18] Nigun**
With the village protected by Hydra,
**[15:21] Nigun**
the other monsters stayed away!
**[15:25] Ein**
But Hydra was demanding sacrifices!
**[15:28] Ein**
Today, even! Was I just supposed to sit by
and watch some little girl be killed?
**[15:34] Nigun**
If the sacrifice of one life will save
a hundred, then the choice is clear.
**[15:40] Nigun**
Or are you suggesting you'd stay
here forever to protect the people?
**[15:45] Nigun**
Ein, things may be over for you
after you fell the enemy before you.
**[15:50] Nigun**
But we have to keep living
here long after you're gone.
**[15:55] Nigun**
Not everyone is as strong as you are.
**[15:58] Nigun**
Moreover, it is my duty
**[16:01] Nigun**
to keep protecting the domain
I inherited from my late father.
**[16:06] Nigun**
To that end, I will do whatever it takes.
**[16:11] Nigun**
If you will excuse me now...
**[16:17] Ein(M)**
*Did I go about this the wrong way?*
**[16:20] Ein(M)**
*I didn't even know the whole story.*
**[16:23] Ein(M)**
*Still, sacrificing one to save a hundred?*
**[16:28] Ein(M)**
*I couldn't...*
**[16:32] Yuri**
Ein.
**[16:33] Yuri**
I don't understand difficult things,
but there's one thing I *do* know.
**[16:38] Yuri**
Ein, you should follow the path
you believe is right.
**[16:42] Yuri**
I'm sure that's what matters most.
**[16:45] Ein**
Yuri...
**[16:50] Nigun**
This is bad!
**[16:51] Nigun**
Hydra's been slain!
**[16:53] Nigun**
We have to find a replacement, quick!
**[16:55] Nigun**
What should we do?!
**[16:57] Nigun**
What should I do, Shadow?!
**[16:59] Shadow**
Calm down, Nigun.
**[17:01] Shadow**
Hydra can easily be replaced.
**[17:04] Shadow**
The problem is Ein.
**[17:06] Nigun**
Ein?
**[17:07] Nigun**
Why?
**[17:09] Shadow**
Think about it.
**[17:10] Shadow**
Do you really think a mere human
could defeat an SS-rank ancient dragon?
**[17:15] Shadow**
Of course not.
**[17:17] Shadow**
Ein isn't human.
**[17:20] Shadow**
He's the demon here.
**[17:22] Nigun**
Oh no!
**[17:23] Shadow**
If you want to protect Rayshik,
**[17:26] Shadow**
you have no choice but to kill Ein.
**[17:29] Nigun**
Kill him?
**[17:30] Nigun**
I couldn't...
**[17:32] Shadow**
Have I ever led you astray even once?
**[17:36] Shadow**
I'm your friend, aren't I, Nigun?
**[17:39] Shadow**
Or are you saying you don't trust me?
**[17:42] Nigun**
I understand, Shadow.
**[17:45] Nigun**
Let's kill Ein!
**[17:48] Nigun**
Thank you as always, Shadow!
**[17:50] Shadow**
Think nothing of it.
**[17:54] Shadow**
Ah, weak-willed humans
are so easy to control.
**[18:00] Shadow**
Soon... Very soon, Nigun...
**[18:04] Shadow**
I, Demon Viscount Shadow,
will take over your body...
**[18:12] Shadow**
My sweet, sweet sucker.
**[18:19] Pina**
*Yikes, the outer wall is a mess.*
**[18:23] Ein**
It looks like it's been
left this way for years.
**[18:27] Alice**
* Not a single soldier in*
* the watch tower, either.*
**[18:29] Yuri**
*So monsters can come and go as they please?*
**[18:32] Ein**
Yeah.
**[18:35] Ein**
Excuse me.
**[18:37] Ein**
My name's Ein. The guild sent me.
**[18:41] Ein**
Could I ask you about this land or its lord?
**[18:43] Villager3**
I-I don't know anything!
**[18:45] Ein(M)**
*This again?*
**[18:46] Ein(M)**
*It's just like before.*
**[18:48] Ein(M)**
*Could it be that they all fear Nigun?*
**[18:51] Ein(M)**
*Even so, I can't give up now.*
**[18:54] Ein(M)**
*Otherwise...*
**[18:56] Ein(M)**
*I can't protect even a single smile.*
**[18:59] Ein**
Excuse me. Could I ask you something?
**[19:02] Villager4**
Oh, it's you.
**[19:04] Villager4**
There's nothing to talk about.
**[19:06] Villager4**
A bunch of adventurers and military
police have already been here,
**[19:09] Villager4**
but they couldn't do anything
and just turned their backs on us.
**[19:13] Villager4**
I'm sure you won't be any different.
**[19:15] Ein**
That's not...
**[19:16] Villager4**
Just look at this field.
**[19:18] Villager4**
As soon as Hydra was gone,
monsters appeared and wrecked the place.
**[19:24] Villager4**
This land's ruined.
**[19:26] Villager4**
I have to wonder whether we'll starve
to death or get killed by monsters first...
**[19:31] Villager4**
All we ever wanted was
to live normal lives here.
**[19:36] Villager4**
Just go home.
**[19:41] Villager4**
What are you doing?
**[19:43] Ein**
Earth Arts.
**[19:48] Ein**
Universal Garden and Universal Seeds.
**[19:58] Villager4**
Unbelievable!
**[19:59] Ein**
Next is the wall.
**[20:01] Ein**
Earth Arts.
**[20:05] Villager4**
What?!
**[20:06] Ein**
This should prevent monsters
from getting in on foot, at least.
**[20:11] Ein**
If there's anything else
you need, let me know.
**[20:14] Ein**
So please, don't give up.
**[20:17] Ein**
Instead of resolving to die,
resolve to live again.
**[20:22] Ein**
Please, allow me to help you!
**[20:30] Villager4**
Allow you to help us?
**[20:32] Villager4**
That's the second time in my life
I've gotten such a strange request.
**[20:36] Ein**
Huh?
**[20:37] Villager4**
The first was the previous lord,
Lord Nigun's father.
**[20:41] (Flashback) Villager4**
It's over. We should just...
**[20:44] (Flashback) Lord Rayshik**
Don't give up!
**[20:46] (Flashback) Lord Rayshik**
If you die, there's nothing
I'll be able to do for you!
**[20:50] (Flashback) Lord Rayshik**
Live and allow me to help you!
**[20:53] Villager4**
That's what he said.
**[20:54] Villager4**
He was very brave, yet kind and funny.
**[20:59] Villager4**
Things went to the dogs once Lord...
No, once Nigun took over.
**[21:06] Villager4**
That was right around when Hydra showed up.
**[21:09] Villager4**
Nigun went and made that
sacrificial pact by himself.
**[21:14] Villager4**
Our defenses were reduced to a minimum.
**[21:16] Villager4**
He hiked taxes up to the breaking point.
**[21:18] Villager4**
The folks who couldn't take it anymore
went for an audience and never returned.
**[21:23] Villager4**
But Ein, thanks to you,
I want to try believing again...
**[21:29] Villager4**
in a little something called hope.
**[21:34] Ein**
Right! I'll make sure you don't regret it!
**[21:40] Ein**
What?
**[21:42] Yuri**
What's wrong, Ein?
**[21:45] Ein**
Monsters.
**[21:46] Ein**
A huge horde is charging straight for us.
**[21:54] Ein**
Even if there are thousands of enemies,
**[21:58] Ein**
I won't let them lay a finger on the village!
**[23:35] Ein**
Next time: "Rise to Action."
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** Rise to Action
***SIGN*** Rise to Action