# E20 - Necessary Killing
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**[00:17] Wirbel**
*Now that's scary.*
**[00:19] Wirbel**
* She's probably using magic*
* that cuts through physical objects.*
**[00:24] Wirbel**
* It's a simple type of magic,*
* but I can't see its trajectory.*
**[00:31] Wirbel**
It's impossible to block all of them, but...
**[00:36] Wirbel**
What's the matter? You're not
going to follow up on that?
**[00:39] Übel**
I might've gone a bit too hard.
**[00:42] Wirbel**
Maybe.
**[00:44] Wirbel**
The range of your magic is
about five meters, isn't it?
**[00:48] Übel**
Correct. So, what do we do now?
**[00:51] Übel**
Are we going to whale on each
other with basic spells again?
**[00:54] Wirbel**
No, that won't be necessary.
**[00:58] Ehre**
*His magic is devoid of character.*
**[01:01] Ehre**
* It's underhanded,*
* for the sole purpose of winning.*
**[01:03] Ehre**
* The girl fighting Wirbel now*
* will probably be killed.*
**[01:10] Fern**
Now, then.
**[01:16] Ehre**
*A saturation attack?*
**[01:21] Ehre**
* How can she control so many*
* attack spells at once?*
**[01:27] Ehre**
This is an absurd feat of strength.
**[01:30] Ehre**
It doesn't have a shred of character.
**[01:34] Ehre**
I can't... handle them all.
**[01:53] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
You're there like the wind
**[01:57] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Closing your eyes at sunset
**[02:01] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
I wonder what's on your mind
***SIGN*** Beyond Journey's End
**[02:12] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
With your eyelids open
**[02:15] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Your eyes shone like glass
**[02:20] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
It faintly smelled like a sunny day
**[02:33] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Clear up the sky, let flowers bloom
**[02:38] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Bloom and blame it on the sunny sky
**[02:42] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Even the rain, when it stops
**[02:47] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Will make you shine in the sunlight
**[02:52] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Calm the stirring sounds in my heart
**[02:57] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
We go like the sunny wind
**[03:01] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Go on and fly over that cloud
**[03:05] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Further and further away
***SIGN*** Episode 20: Necessary Killing
**[03:18] Wirbel**
Sorganeil.
**[03:29] Übel**
I can't move.
**[03:32] Übel**
*I can't control my mana, either.*
**[03:35] Übel**
*It's a powerful binding spell.*
**[03:38] Übel**
* If he has this, why didn't*
* he catch a Stille himself?*
**[03:42] Übel**
* Though I suppose it's useless*
* if he can't find one.*
**[03:47] Wirbel**
My spell binds those I can see.
**[03:52] Wirbel**
As long as I keep looking at you,
you won't be able to move.
**[03:57] Wirbel**
I could easily kill you in your current state.
**[04:01] Übel**
*Not only that, but he was holding back.*
**[04:05] Übel**
*If he'd truly intended to kill me,*
**[04:07] Übel**
*he would've bound me during his initial ambush.*
**[04:12] Wirbel**
This is your last chance.
**[04:16] Wirbel**
Leave the Stille and walk away.
**[04:19] Übel**
*Aw, he's no fun.*
**[04:21] Übel**
* And I thought I'd finally*
* found a fight to the death.*
**[04:24] Übel**
* So threatening me into handing over*
* our Stille was his goal after all.*
**[04:30] Übel**
Wait a minute.
**[04:31] Übel**
Why do you need to order me to do that?
**[04:34] Übel**
You could just take the Stille
from me while I couldn't move.
**[04:58] Übel**
So you need to keep my entire body in view.
**[05:02] Übel**
No wonder you don't use it
against multiple targets.
**[05:05] Wirbel**
You were aiming for my eyes.
**[05:07] Übel**
That's the logical choice, isn't it?
**[05:09] Wirbel**
No. If I were you, I'd go for
the kill and attack the neck.
**[05:15] Wirbel**
That would end the fight.
**[05:17] Wirbel**
You should've been able to do that.
**[05:21] Wirbel**
There were people on the battlefield
who did similar things.
**[05:25] Wirbel**
They were all perverts who enjoyed killing.
**[05:32] Wirbel**
I guess I should kill you now.
**[05:37] Übel**
Have you ever killed women
and children before?
**[05:41] Wirbel**
You think I haven't?
**[05:43] Übel**
Huh. What hells have you seen?
**[05:48] Wirbel**
Trying to buy time?
**[05:52] Wirbel**
Fine. I'll play along.
**[05:57] Wirbel**
The Northern Magic Corps are mercenaries
who specialize in fighting demons,
**[06:02] Wirbel**
but in times of need, we're mobilized
to fight in wars between nations.
**[06:09] Wirbel**
People know exactly what makes
other people weak.
**[06:14] Wirbel**
The fiendish act of sending women
and children to war wasn't uncommon.
**[06:21] Wirbel**
It wasn't hell.
**[06:25] Wirbel**
It's commonplace in the far north.
**[06:28] Übel**
I see. I've heard enough.
**[06:44] Übel**
You're not going to kill me?
**[06:48] Übel**
I think the magic a person specializes in
is strongly related to their life and nature.
**[06:57] Übel**
A spell that binds your opponent feels like
a way to delay killing them.
**[07:05] Übel**
I see. That's why you let me buy time, too.
**[07:09] Übel**
I'm surprised.
**[07:11] Übel**
Your hands are already drenched in blood,
and yet you still want to remain human.
**[07:20] Wirbel**
That's right. I use this time
to prepare myself to kill.
**[07:25] Wirbel**
But you know, miss...
**[07:29] Wirbel**
Though I may hesitate,
I've always killed everyone I had to.
**[07:38] Wirbel**
Later, miss.
**[07:44] Fern**
Don't move.
**[07:51] Wirbel**
You're kidding, right?
**[07:53] Wirbel**
You beat Ehre?
**[07:55] Wirbel**
*I didn't sense her at all.*
**[07:58] Wirbel**
I'm surprised. You can
completely conceal your mana?
**[08:02] Wirbel**
You must be the one who captured the Stille.
**[08:05] Übel**
We just got lucky.
**[08:07] Übel**
We happened upon a Stille's roost,
**[08:10] Übel**
and her master had taught her
a spell that captures a bird.
**[08:14] Übel**
And you've got a spell that binds anything,
so I guess you just got really unlucky.
**[08:19] Wirbel**
Seriously. I've got no luck.
**[08:22] Wirbel**
You were fighting Ehre.
**[08:25] Wirbel**
What happened to her?
**[08:26] Fern**
I killed her.
**[08:32] Wirbel**
The conditions for passing the first test
**[08:35] Wirbel**
are possessing a Stille by sunset tonight
and having all your party members present.
**[08:44] Wirbel**
We lost. I'm getting out of here.
**[08:48] Übel**
I thought you were going to kill me.
**[08:51] Wirbel**
I've already failed the test.
**[08:53] Wirbel**
Killing you would be unnecessary.
**[08:55] Wirbel**
Later.
**[08:58] Wirbel**
You can attack me from behind if you want.
**[09:02] Wirbel**
You'll just be turning an unnecessary kill
back into a necessary one.
**[09:06] Fern**
Ms. Übel.
**[09:08] Übel**
I know.
**[09:15] Übel**
You're a good liar.
**[09:16] Fern**
We should go to assist
Mr. Land while we can.
**[09:20] Übel**
That four-eyes will be fine.
He's quite the pretender.
**[09:39] Scharf**
It's over.
**[09:42] Land**
This is impressive.
**[09:47] Land**
You turned countless petals into metal
and controlled them precisely
**[09:51] Land**
to slip them through my defenses.
**[09:54] Land**
But this is your own invention, isn't it?
**[09:56] Land**
Spells like that often
neglect the fundamentals.
**[10:01] Land**
I always watch and wait when
fighting an opponent I don't know.
**[10:08] Land**
I know exactly what your weaknesses are.
**[10:11] Land**
I'll probably win.
**[10:13] Scharf**
Talkative, aren't you?
**[10:15] Scharf**
How do you intend to win when
I've ruined your dominant arm?
**[10:21] Scharf**
If you won't surrender,
then I'll take your head off.
**[10:25] Land**
I told you, I'm still observing you
before the battle begins.
**[10:30] Land**
You're not very good at
detecting mana, are you?
**[10:41] Scharf**
Illusion magic.
**[10:43] Land**
It has substance, so strictly speaking,
it's more like a clone.
**[10:48] Scharf**
How long—
**[10:53] Land**
Since the beginning,
when the first test started.
**[10:58] Land**
I don't trust other people.
**[11:04] Wirbel**
Killed her, my ass.
**[11:06] Wirbel**
That bitch lied like it was nothing.
**[11:11] Wirbel**
Wake up, Ehre.
**[11:15] Wirbel**
Out of mana? Pathetic.
**[11:18] Wirbel**
Didn't you graduate at the top of your class?
**[11:21] Ehre**
She overwhelmed me with
ordinary offensive magic.
**[11:26] Ehre**
I couldn't block them all.
**[11:30] Ehre**
You don't believe me, do you?
**[11:33] Wirbel**
No, I do.
**[11:39] Wirbel**
Why'd you attack her head-on like an idiot?
**[11:43] Wirbel**
It's not like you couldn't have won.
**[11:48] Wirbel**
* But if she could pull off this stunt*
* with ordinary offensive magic alone,*
**[11:54] Wirbel**
*she must be one nasty monster.*
**[11:58] Wirbel**
Let's go. We'll meet up with Scharf.
**[12:01] Ehre**
Wait. I can't walk.
**[12:04] Wirbel**
Oh, fine.
**[12:11] Ehre**
Are you really going to float me
there like an object?
**[12:14] Ehre**
Carry me on your back!
**[12:20] Wirbel**
Why am I doing this?
**[12:23] Ehre**
Do you sense Scharf nearby?
**[12:25] Wirbel**
He's on the other side of those bushes.
**[12:28] Wirbel**
Hey, Scharf. Help me carry...
**[12:35] Scharf**
Wirbel, carry me on your back.
**[12:38] Scharf**
I feel numb and can't move.
**[12:45] Wirbel**
Damn it.
**[12:46] Wirbel**
Seriously, what the hell is going on?
**[12:51] Ehre**
What's this sound?
**[12:53] Wirbel**
Probably the rain.
**[12:55] Wirbel**
It's started raining outside the barrier.
**[12:58] Wirbel**
It's like my current mental state.
**[13:01] Wirbel**
The sun will set in two or three more hours.
**[13:04] Wirbel**
The first test will end.
**[13:07] Wirbel**
Two of us are out of the fight.
**[13:09] Wirbel**
We can't steal anyone's Stille like this.
**[13:12] Wirbel**
We're going to fail.
**[13:15] Ehre**
But you're helping us anyway.
You're a nice guy.
**[13:19] Wirbel**
I don't mind ditching you
two here, you know.
**[13:23] Scharf**
Please don't abandon us.
**[13:24] Wirbel**
Don't cry. You're a man, aren't you?
**[13:28] Ehre**
Is that kindness the reason
you fight demons?
**[13:38] Ehre**
You saved my village, too.
**[13:41] Wirbel**
Are you stupid?
**[13:42] Wirbel**
I couldn't risk my life for kindness.
**[13:45] Wirbel**
People fight for their own desires.
**[13:49] Wirbel**
In my case, I had ulterior motives.
**[13:52] Wirbel**
I was in love with a girl from my hometown.
**[13:56] Wirbel**
Exactly 29 years ago, the demon activity
in the northern lands increased.
**[14:02] Wirbel**
She and her entire family
fled to the central lands.
**[14:06] Wirbel**
I was a dumb kid.
**[14:08] Wirbel**
I decided to show off for her.
**[14:10] (Flashback) Young Wirbel**
I'll kill all those shitty demons.
**[14:15] (Flashback) Young Wirbel**
When I do, come back to this village.
**[14:23] Wirbel**
I was only four or five years old.
**[14:27] Wirbel**
I don't even remember
her face or name anymore.
**[14:34] Ehre**
What an idiot.
**[14:35] Wirbel**
Yeah. I'm an idiot.
**[14:44] Wirbel**
Are we sailing back home again?
I get seasick easily.
**[14:49] Ehre**
Want me to introduce you to my grandpa?
**[14:52] Ehre**
Since he's a first-class mage,
we can travel by land to...
**[14:56] Ehre**
Hey, Wirbel.
**[14:58] Wirbel**
What is it?
**[14:58] Ehre**
Look.
**[15:11] Wirbel**
You can't be serious.
What was all that effort for?
**[15:16] Wirbel**
Took long enough for luck to go my way.
**[15:25] Kanne**
Frieren, she's not doing anything.
**[15:32] Denken**
*An elf, huh?*
**[15:34] Denken**
*She's a skilled mage.*
**[15:37] Denken**
* I doubt Laufen's magic would work a*
* second time now that she's seen it.*
**[15:43] Denken**
*But just once was enough.*
**[15:45] Denken**
*We're not trying to kill each other here.*
**[15:50] Kanne**
She vanished?
**[15:52] Lawine**
Frieren, the Stille...
**[15:55] Frieren**
She took it, huh?
**[16:03] Frieren**
That's an interesting spell.
**[16:17] Sense**
It's comfortable inside the barrier
even when it's raining.
**[16:20] Genua**
Come to think of it, aren't you the proctor
for the second test, Sense?
**[16:26] Sense**
Looks like you killed a few promising
test-takers again, Genau.
**[16:32] Genau**
Don't make me laugh.
**[16:35] Genau**
No promising test-taker would die from this.
**[16:39] Genau**
Besides, first-class mages
simply have that much worth.
**[16:44] Genau**
You should know that.
**[16:47] Sense**
Either way, choosing a target immune to
mana detection for a mage test wasn't nice.
**[16:55] Sense**
Whether or not they'll catch one
comes down to luck.
**[16:59] Sense**
This is a battle masquerading
as a competition.
**[17:02] Genau**
Luck is a skill.
**[17:05] Genau**
And some test-takers seem to have captured
a Stille without relying on luck.
**[17:11] Genau**
The sun will set in three hours.
**[17:14] Genau**
The battle will grow more intense.
**[17:20] Sense**
Who do you think will survive?
**[17:22] Genau**
A third will remain.
**[17:25] Genau**
Denken will be among them.
**[17:28] Genau**
His skill is comparable
to a first-class mage's.
**[17:33] Sense**
What's an old man only interested
in wealth and political power
**[17:36] Sense**
doing getting certified now?
**[17:38] Sense**
Is he doing it for the privilege after all?
**[17:41] Genau**
Who knows?
**[17:42] Genau**
He's getting up there in years.
**[17:45] Genau**
I'm sure he's got something on his mind.
**[17:48] Frieren**
The spell that girl used
was Jilwer, wasn't it?
**[17:53] Frieren**
That's a folk spell used by a mountain tribe
in the southern lands.
**[17:58] Denken**
That's right.
**[18:00] Kanne**
What's a Jilwer?
**[18:01] Lawine**
A spell that allows you to move at high speed.
**[18:03] Frieren**
Then the two of you
should've remained hidden.
**[18:08] Frieren**
She could've simply taken
the Stille on her own.
**[18:11] Denken**
Laufen is still inexperienced.
She left too many traces of mana behind.
**[18:17] Denken**
You could have easily followed her, Frieren.
**[18:23] Denken**
You must really find
our presence troublesome.
**[18:26] Frieren**
Well, yes. You know who I am?
**[18:30] Denken**
There isn't a mage of our generation
who doesn't know that name.
**[18:35] Denken**
It's my first time seeing
you with my own eyes,
**[18:38] Denken**
but I knew who you were
as soon as I saw you.
**[18:40] Denken**
You are Frieren, the mage
from the party of heroes.
**[18:45] Kanne**
Is she famous?
**[18:46] Lawine**
She's a legendary mage.
I knew it might be possible, but...
**[18:51] Lawine**
I guess elves really don't age.
**[18:54] Frieren**
You're challenging me rather openly.
**[18:57] Frieren**
You've been sniffing around us
this whole time, haven't you?
**[19:00] Frieren**
I was expecting something underhanded.
**[19:03] Richter**
This is plenty underhanded.
**[19:06] Richter**
While Denken keeps you busy,
I'll kill one of those two kids.
**[19:13] Frieren**
I see.
**[19:14] Frieren**
If we can't pass because we're lacking a
party member, we'll be forced to back off.
**[19:21] Lawine**
Interesting. Try me.
**[19:23] Kanne**
Lawine, he's strong.
**[19:26] Lawine**
I know.
**[19:30] Denken**
Don't, Richter. All we need
to do is keep them busy.
**[19:35] Denken**
We can win this fight.
**[19:37] Richter**
Denken, I thought you were a
more merciless and cold man.
**[19:43] Richter**
You're an imperial mage, aren't you?
**[19:45] Richter**
I'm sure you've killed political enemies
more than a couple of times.
**[19:57] Denken**
I simply don't believe being a first-class mage
is worth killing someone.
**[20:02] Frieren**
I can agree with that.
**[20:05] Frieren**
"First-class mage" is just a title.
**[20:08] Frieren**
It's not that valuable.
**[20:12] Richter**
You can't be serious.
**[20:14] Richter**
You mean you took this test without
knowing the privilege that title grants?
**[20:17] Frieren**
Privilege?
**[20:20] Richter**
More than fifty years ago,
the great mage and founder
**[20:25] Richter**
of the Continental Magic Association,
Serie, suddenly appeared
**[20:31] Richter**
to reign over humanity's magic.
**[20:34] Richter**
She's still searching for mages refined
during the long war against the Demon King.
**[20:42] Richter**
So she promised to grant a special
privilege to anyone who achieved
**[20:46] Richter**
the rank of first-class mage.
**[20:50] Richter**
She will grant them any
one spell they desire.
**[20:54] Richter**
Serie is a living grimoire who knows nearly
every spell in humanity's history.
**[21:00] Richter**
She's the closest mage in our world to the
all-knowing and all-powerful Goddess.
**[21:05] Richter**
You could acquire massive wealth,
**[21:08] Richter**
cure the gravest of diseases,
or gain overwhelming power.
**[21:14] Richter**
For mages, to gain whatever spell they want
is equivalent to having a wish granted.
**[21:21] Richter**
People are simple.
**[21:23] Richter**
So modern first-class mages are all
monsters who barely seem human.
**[21:29] Richter**
It's that valuable a privilege.
**[21:31] Frieren**
I see.
**[21:33] Denken**
This is nonsense.
**[21:38] Richter**
Denken, people like you who don't care
about the privilege are the minority.
**[21:45] Richter**
Let's begin.
**[21:47] Richter**
Denken, keep her busy for one minute.
**[21:49] Richter**
That's enough time for me
to kill the two of them.
**[21:52] Denken**
Don't make me say it again, Richter.
**[21:55] Denken**
They're just kids.
**[21:57] Denken**
We're simply going to put them
to sleep for three hours.
**[22:00] Denken**
You can handle looking after
some children, can't you?
**[22:02] Richter**
Denken.
**[22:07] Denken**
I'll crush her.
**[22:10] Denken**
That should be enough.
**[22:12] Richter**
You old fart.
**[22:15] Richter**
Bargland.
**[22:35] Denken**
The young are too hot-blooded.
**[22:49] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
And I'm alright (I'll be alright)
**[22:53] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Yeah, I hear you (I care about you)
**[22:55] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
The wind teases this hair that's longer now
**[23:01] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
There's meaning in everything
**[23:04] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Even the days that came to a halt
**[23:07] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Now that I finally understand,
I've caught up to you
**[23:13] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
See, things that couldn't have been
**[23:17] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Seen if it weren't for these eyes
**[23:20] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Why? They begin to overflow
**[23:24] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
I won't ask to see you, so at least
**[23:31] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Let me remember the past, just for today
**[23:36] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
So, if we were to meet again
**[23:42] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
No more hesitations, I'd choose the present
**[23:49] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Anytime, anywhere, yah (wherever you are)
**[23:52] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Anytime, anywhere (smile for me)
**[23:57] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
I'll be there (close your eyes,
and I'll always be there)
**[24:00] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Even if there are no absolutes
**[24:03] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
I'm always aware of your thoughts
**[24:06] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Those tears will be alright,
dawn will surely break
**[24:12] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
I'm whispering our lullaby
for you to come back home
**[24:20] Denken**
You inexperienced fool.
**[24:20] Frieren**
A spell that I desire?
**[24:21] Lawine**
The difference between our mana is too great.
**[24:21] Laufen**
But she underestimates us.
**[24:22] Richter**
Give me a break.
**[24:23] Genau**
That old man fights rather spectacularly.
**[24:23] Kanne**
I know!
**[24:24] Flamme**
This is Frieren.
**[24:25] Serie**
In the world of magic, sometimes
the world is turned upside down.
***SIGN*** Episode 21
The World of Magic