E7 - The Akashic Tower Wants to Experiment

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[00:03] (Flashback) Sitri
    Krai...
[00:04] (Flashback) Krai
    Yes?
[00:05] (Flashback) Sitri
    I think I want to fill a role
    that our group is lacking.
[00:09] (Flashback) Krai
    Why's that?
[00:11] (Flashback) Sitri
    If I do that, we could all
    have fun being hunters...
[00:15] Liz
    Jeez.
[00:20] (Flashback) Sitri
    I don't have a particularly strong body.
[00:28] (Flashback) Krai
    Then maybe it'll be a good fit for you.
[00:32] (Flashback) Krai
    Becoming an alchemist.
[00:36] Sitri
    The thing with Sitri's Slime is
    that the speed of its evolution,
[00:40] Sitri
    the ability to adapt to its environment,
    has been greatly improved.
[00:44] Sitri
    But it's still a failure.
[00:46] Krai
    It is?
[00:47] Sitri
    Don't worry.
[00:50] Sitri
    I adjusted it so
    it won't attack the two of us.
[00:54] Krai
    Oh.
[00:55] Krai
    So you and I are safe?
[00:57] Sitri
    Yes.
[00:59] Krai(M)
    Wait, only us?
[01:01] Sitri
    Even if it could get out of
    the metalium alloy capsule,
[01:05] Sitri
    it couldn't get out of this safe because
    of the dimensional misalignment.
[01:08] Krai
    Uh, Sitri?
[01:11] Sitri
    The slime got out of the capsule and
    escaped when you opened the safe.
[01:17] Sitri
    Is that the right answer?
[01:18] Krai
    Huh?
[01:20] Sitri
    The room has no vents or pipes.
[01:25] Sitri
    Being a slime, it should still
    instinctively prefer high humidity.
[01:29] Sitri
    And so it escaped through this drain.
[01:33] Sitri
    Is that the right answer?
[01:34] Krai
    Yeah, that's right.
[01:37] Krai(M)
    So you're saying a slime that has the
    power to destroy the entire capital
[01:40] Krai(M)
    was oozing around this room?
[01:42] Krai(M)
    I think I'm going to puke.
[01:45] Sitri
    Please leave this matter to me.
[01:49] Krai
    Are you sure?
[01:50] Sitri
    Yes.
[01:51] Sitri
    And then, there's another matter...
[01:53] Krai
    Another matter?
[01:54] Narrator
    We are now in the golden age
    of the treasure hunters!
[01:59] Narrator
    Amid the sparkling talent on
    display in the capital of Zebrudia,
[02:02] Narrator
    there was one man who stood
    out amongst all others!
[02:05] Narrator
    His name is Krai Andrey.
[02:08] Sitri
    The White Wolf's Den.
[02:10] Krai
    Huh?
[02:11] Narrator
    This is an epic tale
    full of glory and agony,
[02:13] Narrator
    of how he became renowned
    for being the leader
[02:16] Narrator
    of the strongest party he founded
    with his childhood friends,
[02:18] Narrator
    and also the master of the strongest clan!
[02:23] Sitri
    If we don't do something,
[02:25] Sitri
    the entire investigation team
    will likely be wiped out.
[02:27] Krai
    What?!
[03:40] Sven
    For ranged attacks, hunters
    naturally resort to magic.
[03:44] Sven
    But I deliberately chose the bow instead!
SIGN    Episode 07
SIGN    The Akashic Tower Wants to Experiment
[03:47] Krai
    "The Akashic Tower Wants to Experiment."
SIGN    Let This Grieving Soul Retire
[04:19] Narrator
    Nothing in the White Wolf's Den
    treasure vault seems normal anymore.
[04:23] Narrator
    Elite hunters from Steps and
    the Association
[04:25] Narrator
    have been dispatched in order
    to conduct a large scale investigation.
[04:28] Narrator
    In turn, the secret organization Akashic Tower
    readies itself to deal a decisive blow.
[04:34] Narrator
    Is a brutal clash between the two
    factions inescapable fate?
[04:39] Narrator
    And then there's our Krai Andrey,
    who really doesn't want to get involved.
[04:43] Narrator
    His ingenious scheme is to be
    steadfast in not doing anything.
[04:47] Narrator
    Is that really all right?
[04:53] Lyle
    Good work, Sven.
[04:54] Sven
    Thanks.
[04:55] Lyle
    How's it looking?
[04:56] Sven
    Doesn't look like anything's
    happening right now.
[04:59] Sven
    Is anyone coming to take command?
[05:02] Sven
    I don't mind if people
    do their own thing,
[05:05] Sven
    but we have so many of them...
[05:07] Lyle
    Krai said to follow the
    command of the Crosses.
[05:11] Sven
    Not surprised he isn't showing up,
[05:14] Sven
    but where's Liz?
[05:15] Sven
    I know she wanted to come.
[05:17] Lyle
    Krai ended up commandeering her and Tino.
[05:20] Lyle
    Looks like he's got a job
    for them somewhere else.
[05:22] Sven
    That's good.
[05:24] Sven
    Would've been impossible to coordinate
    anything with Stifled Shadow around.
[05:28] Lyle
    You got that right.
[05:29] Sven
    All right, then.
[05:31] Sven
    Okay! Gather around!
[05:32] Sven
    Let's talk strategy!
[05:37] Sven
    Anyone here ever had a serious
    battle against slimes?
[05:42] StepsHunter1
    No.
[05:42] StepsHunter2
    Nope.
[05:43] StepsHunter3
    Have not.
[05:44] StepsHunter4
    Never done that.
[05:46] EAHunter1
    Are they even something
    you can have a proper battle with?
[05:49] EAHunter2
    I've stepped on some and
    squashed them without noticing.
[05:52] Sven
    Did anyone bring anything
    useful against slimes?
[05:55] StepsHunter1
    Slimes are weak against slashes.
[05:57] StepsHunter1
    My normal sword will do!
[05:59] StepsHunter2
    They're also weak against blunt weapons!
[06:01] StepsHunter2
    I've got my hammer!
[06:03] StepsHunter3
    They're weak against magic, too!
[06:04] StepsHunter3
    My magic flame can take
    them out in one shot.
[06:07] EAHunter3
    Or my wind magic.
[06:08] EAHunter4
    I've brought this anti-slime spray.
[06:11] EAHunter4
    It was only 700 gil, so I
    have no idea if it works.
[06:14] EAHunter6
    I'll crush them with my shield!
[06:16] Lyle
    I guess it's not surprising.
[06:18] Lyle
    Even civilians see slimes
    as harmless creatures.
[06:21] Lyle
    So telling us to be wary
    of them is a bit much...
[06:24] Sven
    You're right.
[06:25] Sven
    Did he say anything else?
[06:27] Lyle
    Just that it's not a normal slime.
[06:30] Sven
    Damn it.
[06:32] Sven
    Why does he always have to be
    so stingy with information?
[06:36] Sven
    It's always the same thing...
[06:36] Gein
    This is stupid.
[06:38] Gein
    Let's hurry up and get back to exploring.
[06:41] Gein
    If you're so afraid of the slime,
     we'll take care of it.
[06:45] Gein
    If it even appears, that is.
[06:48] Hunters
    Uh-huh.
[06:49] Hunters
    He doesn't get it.
[06:50] Hunters
    That's too bad.
[06:51] Gein
    Wh-Why are you looking at me like that?!
[06:53] Sven
    You don't get it, do you?
[06:55] Sven
    Everybody thinks you'll
    be the first to fall.
[06:58] Gein
    What did you say?
[06:59] Sven
    Just for the record.
[07:01] Sven
    I tried to stop you.
[07:03] Sven
    You got that?
[07:05] Sven
    Just don't die in vain.
[07:07] Sven
    Leave some clues.
[07:08] Sven
    We'll avenge you.
[07:10] Gein
    You're all freaking crazy!
[07:13] Gein
    Blindly believing the words of
    some guy who's not even here!
[07:19] Talia
    Excuse me!
[07:20] Sven
    Yes? A question?
[07:23] Talia
    I'm an alchemist.
[07:25] Talia
    My name is Talia Wydman.
[07:26] Sven
    An alchemist?
[07:28] Lyle
    I didn't know our clan had
    an alchemist besides Sitri.
[07:31] Talia
    I was with Sitri in the clan's laboratory.
[07:36] Talia
    We were doing research on the
    potential of slimes together.
[07:40] Sven
    Then do you know their weak points?
[07:44] Talia
    This is a potion Sitri
    created that kills slimes.
[07:50] Talia
    It won't have an effect on anything else,
[07:52] Talia
    but if anything is related to them,
     it'll most likely kill it, too.
[08:02] Noctus
    The time has come.
[08:04] Sophia
    Yes.
[08:05] Sophia
    Your research is powerful.
[08:07] Sophia
    With our preparations,
    there is no chance of failure.
[08:12] Sophia
    We're facing less than a hundred hunters,
    and only a few even have second names.
[08:16] Sophia
    It shouldn't be a problem
    to eliminate them.
[08:18] Noctus
    How do you intend to make your first move?
[08:21] Sophia
    Right. First, I will...
[08:23] Sven
    Listen up!
[08:24] Sven
    We'll start taking control of the interior in parties.
[08:27] Sven
    Be meticulously aware of everything!
[08:29] Sven
    We'll use whistles to communicate.
[08:32] Sven
    If there's an emergency, or if you
    discover something, make a sound!
[08:35] Sven
    Everybody who's not assigned to
    the interior is on rescue duty!
[08:38] Sven
    Be on standby outside, and keep an
    eye on the surrounding area as well!
[08:43] Sven
    Give it everything you've got and charge!
[08:47] Sven
    Run roughshod over them!
[08:48] Sven
    Leave your footsteps!
[08:50] Sven
    Let's all come back alive
    and tell our dumbass master
[08:54] Sven
    that we eat these kinds
    of trials for breakfast!
[09:06] Sven
    Only wolf knights, huh?
[09:08] Lyle
    I didn't expect to find nothing at all.
[09:11] Marietta
    Only the already reported fact
    that the phantoms are stronger...
[09:20] Lyle
    Has Krai's insight become clouded?
[09:22] Marietta
    At this rate, if nothing happens...
[09:25] Sven
    It means that we were lucky.
[09:27] Gein
    If you hadn't given us useless orders,
    this would have been over hours ago.
[09:32] Sven
    Save your complaints for after.
[09:34] Sven
    If you just got back stay put.
[09:38] Gein
    You better go pray to your precious master,
    who couldn't even bother to show up!
[09:43] Sven
    Hey. Don't go off on your own.
[09:45] Gein
    Shut up!
[09:46] Gein
    I'm taking a leak!
[09:48] Sven
    Sheesh.
[09:50] Henrik
    I don't know Krai very well,
    but I know I trust you, Sven.
[09:57] Sven
    Then I guess I better stay worthy
    of that and pray to our master.
[10:02] Gein
    Damn it.
[10:03] Gein
    This is so stupid.
[10:09] Gein
    Damn it.
[10:11] Gein
    Didn't expect Obsidian Cross to be
     such a pack of spineless cowards.
[10:15] Gein
    Thousand Tricks, my ass. This is ridiculous.
[10:18] Gein
    If it were Ark Rodin, that'd be one thing,
[10:20] Gein
    but this guy's kicking back in the capital,
    predicting what'll happen here?
[10:24] Gein
    What a joke.
[10:36] Gein
    Was that a wolf knight?
[10:47] Hos
    Is this really the right move?
[10:49] Hos
    We're up against close to a hundred hunters.
[10:52] Tage
    That experiment freak.
[10:54] Tage
    Just because she's our mentor's favorite...
[10:56] Tage
    She can barely even use magic!
[11:00] Hos
    "Whatever you do, don't fail,"
[11:03] Hos
    she said.
[11:04] Tage
    As if that needs to be said!
[11:06] Tage
    Let's get this forced transmogrification
    using mana material over with.
[11:11] Hos
    Yes.
[11:14] Tage
    What the...
[11:15] Gein
    I'm a hunter!
[11:27] Gein
    Why you...
[11:34] Gein
    Damn it!
[11:36] Gein
    That hurts!
[11:40] Gein
    Why you...
[11:41] Gein
    You bastard!
[11:44] Tage
    Why... are you here...
[11:47] Tage
    Is Thousand Tricks behind this again?
[11:49] Gein
    He's not here!
[11:50] Gein
    All of this is coming from me!
[11:55] Hos
    I see. So Thousand Tricks isn't here, eh?
[12:00] Gein
    You!
[12:02] Gein
    What the hell are you doing?
[12:05] Tage
    Do it, Hos.
[12:07] Gein
    Do what?
[12:30] Hos
    The body of this phantom underwent
    a forced transmogrification.
[12:33] Hos
    It will desire highly
    concentrated mana material.
[12:37] Gein
    What?
[12:40] Tage
    Now, between us and you...
[12:42] Tage
    I wonder who has absorbed
    more mana material.
[12:47] Gein
    This thing is bad news.
[12:55] Henrik
    What is it?
[12:57] Sven
    That's the whistle.
[12:58] Henrik
    You heard it?
[13:00] Sven
    That was one blow of the whistle!
[13:01] Sven
    Everyone on alert!
[13:03] Sven
    Call everyone back out!
[13:04] Sven
    It's outside!
[13:15] Sven(M)
    What are we going to face?
[13:19] Sven
    Hey, where's Gein?
[13:21] Treble
    He hasn't come back yet.
[13:22] Sven
    What?
[13:33] Gein
    It's a monster!
[13:35] Treble
    Gein?
[13:36] Treble
    You... Your arm!
[13:38] Gein
    Thousand Tricks was telling the truth!
[13:40] Gein
    It's a slime!
[14:01] Marietta
    A slime?
[14:03] Talia
    I've never seen a slime like that!
[14:06] Sven
    Don't stop moving!
[14:07] Sven
    It's slow to act.
[14:08] Sven
    Mages, keep it contained!
[14:16] Sven
    First, we stop it from advancing.
[14:29] Sven
    Henrik, help Gein!
[14:31] Henrik
    Yes, sir!
[14:34] Henrik
    Please let me see.
[14:37] Sven
    What happened?
[14:39] Gein
    These weird guys injected
    something into a wolf knight.
[14:42] Gein
    Then it turned into slime.
[14:44] Gein
    Thousand Tricks' words were true.
[14:49] Sven
    Get back.
[14:53] Marietta
    That's impossible.
[14:54] Marietta
    It's unscathed?
[14:55] Sven
    Goddamn Krai.
[14:57] Sven
    How is this a slime?!
[15:01] Sven
    Screw you!
[15:08] Sven
    This can't be.
[15:09] Sven
    How are both physical and
    magical attacks ineffective?
[15:12] Lyle
    What should we do?
[15:13] Sven
    Well, just escaping in
    the nick of time won't do.
[15:16] Sven
    We can't let this thing run loose.
[15:22] Sven
    Don't let it get close to you!
[15:23] Sven
    If it attacks you, focus on evading!
[15:25] Sven
    Let's box it in! It's slow!
[15:28] Sven
    Put everything you've got into this!
[15:31] Sven
    Talia!
[15:34] Sven
    I'll do it.
[15:36] Talia
    If it touches the liquid inside,
[15:38] Talia
    the slime should self-destruct. I think.
[15:41] Sven
    Got it.
[15:42] Talia
    Thank you!
[15:43] Sven
    Hey, you! This way!
[15:49] Lyle
    It jumped?!
[15:50] Marietta
    Sven!
[15:52] Sven
    Don't underestimate me.
[15:57] Sven
    There it is!
[16:07] Sven
    Die, freaking slime!
[16:15] Sven
    Damn it!
[16:17] Sven
    I knew it wasn't really a slime!
[16:20] Sven
    Screw you, Krai!
[16:23] Talia
    O-Oh, no...
[16:25] Sven
    Damn it!
[16:27] Lyle
    That reminds me.
[16:28] Lyle
    Krai did say it was something slime-like.
[16:30] Sven
    "Like"?!
[16:32] Sven
    He needs to quit thinking the Grievers are the
    norm when they can brute-force anything!
[16:38] Sven
    How many times is he going
     to almost get us killed?!
[16:42] Sitri
    It nullifies magic.
[16:44] Sven
    Huh? Nullifies magic?!
[16:48] Sven
    Sitri?
[16:49] Sven
    What the hell are you doing here?
[16:51] Sitri
    Krai told me things were probably
    getting pretty bad here.
[16:55] (Flashback) Sitri
    Krai.
[16:57] (Flashback) Sitri
    Please believe in me and let me take charge!
[17:01] (Flashback) Sitri
    Please.
[17:03] Sitri
    Tremendous amounts of magic
    swirl around its exterior,
[17:06] Sitri
    forming a powerful force field.
[17:09] Sitri
    That's what's deflecting your arrows
    and nullifying other magic.
[17:12] Sitri
    I haven't seen a phantom
    this strong before,
[17:14] Sitri
    not even in a level 8 treasure vault.
[17:17] Sitri
    It is extremely interesting.
[17:21] Sitri
    Its body is melting...?
[17:23] Sitri
    The mana material composing the phantom is
    forcibly being changed into magical power.
[17:29] Sitri
    Which means...
[17:31] Sven
    Hey, Sitri!
[17:34] Sitri
    It's trying to replenish its melted body
    by absorbing additional mana material?
[17:39] Sitri
    Is that why it's trying to eat me,
[17:40] Sitri
    because I've absorbed more mana
    material than anyone else here?
[17:45] Sitri
    Poor thing.
[17:47] Sitri
    This experiment is a failure.
[17:50] Sven
    It's too dangerous!
[17:51] Sven
    Fall back for now!
[17:52] Sitri
    I appreciate the concern, Sven.
[17:57] Sitri
    But how about this?
[18:00] Sven
    What?
[18:02] Sitri
    There!
[18:04] Sitri
    Please shoot it!
[18:16] Sven
    What did you throw?
[18:18] Sitri
    Anti-mana metal.
[18:20] Gark
    Is it done?
[18:22] Sven
    Branch Manager Gark?
[18:23] Sven
    Why are you dressed like that?
[18:28] Sitri
    He gave me a ride.
[18:31] Sitri
    I can't run like my sister can.
[18:34] Sven
    What is all this?
[18:35] Sitri
    Let me give you a proper explanation.
[18:37] Sitri
    I have an idea about what this phenomenon
    might be and who's pulling the strings.
[18:44] Noctus
    She defeated the transmogrified
    phantom that easily?!
[18:48] Noctus
    Sitri Smart.
[18:50] Noctus
    The one Sophia said was on our tail...
[18:54] Noctus
    She managed to understand the nature
    of the transmogrification potion?
[18:59] Sven
    The Akashic Tower?
[19:00] Lyle
    You're saying they're conducting research
    on how to control treasure vaults at will?
[19:04] Adoria
    Impossible!
[19:05] Adoria
    Noctus Cochlear... The Master of Mages,
    was permanently banished.
[19:10] Adoria
    There's no way he's in the empire!
[19:12] Sitri
    I wasn't expecting you to believe me.
[19:15] Sitri
    That's why I've been chasing after
    the Master of Mages by myself.
[19:19] Sitri
    There are already anomalies
    occurring in the treasure vaults.
[19:22] Sitri
    I assume the previous phantom was
    a by-product of their experiments.
[19:27] Talia
    Uh, Sitri?
[19:29] Sitri
    Talia!
[19:30] Talia
    Doesn't that mean they have some
    sort of equipment underground?
[19:33] Sitri
    Right.
[19:34] Sitri
    Good thinking.
[19:36] Sitri
    They would need large-scale
    equipment to carry this out.
[19:40] Sitri
    That's the heart of his research.
[19:42] Sitri
    Which means that they are
    already prepared for battle.
[19:47] Sitri
    We'll interrogate the
    mages that Gein captured.
[19:50] Sitri
    I don't think this will be the only
    monster of that type we encounter.
[19:53] Mariet
    But if you have that stick
    you threw earlier—
[19:55] Sitri
    I'm sorry.
[19:57] Sitri
    That was all of my anti-mana metal.
[19:59] Sitri
    I never imagined we'd face
    something like this.
[20:02] Sven
    Krai didn't tell you?
[20:04] Sitri
    Tell me what?
[20:05] Sven
    Damn him. Not again.
[20:08] Sitri
    But we can do this.
[20:10] Sitri
    I'll do the analysis.
[20:12] Sitri
    It shouldn't be too difficult
    with this many hunters.
[20:15] Sitri
    I'm not Krai, but I'll give it my best.
[20:18] Sitri
    I cannot fight at all,
[20:21] Sitri
    so please lend me your strength.
[20:27] Henrik
    She's such a steadfast person.
[20:29] Sven
    You mean Sitri?
[20:30] Henrik
    "I cannot fight at all"...
    I would never be able to say that.
[20:34] Sven
    She's pretty strong for being weak.
[20:37] Henrik
    Huh?
[20:39] Sven
    Watch out.
[20:40] Sven
    Don't get taken in by her.
[20:42] Henrik
    Meaning what?
[20:44] Sven
    She says she's weak.
[20:46] Sven
    So she thinks she can do
    anything and get away with it.
[20:49] Sven
    Using whatever means necessary
    is natural for her.
[20:52] Sven
    As far as I'm concerned,
[20:54] Sven
    she's just as much a monster
    as every other Griever.
[21:00] Liz
    Hey, hey, Si could die
    if she's all by herself.
[21:05] Liz
    She's as weak as can be,
[21:07] Liz
    and she said Killiam was under
    maintenance right now, too.
[21:10] Liz
    I'm really worried about her!
[21:12] Liz
    So, come on!
[21:14] Krai
    Absolutely not.
[21:16] Liz
    But why?!
[21:16] Narrator
    Even Liz's request doesn't make him budge.
[21:18] Narrator
    With his iron will, he still refuses to move.
[21:19] Liz
    I wanna go! I wanna go!
[21:21] Narrator
    Is that really all right?!
[21:22] Narrator
    You had no screen time at all!
[21:23] Liz
    I wanna go! I wanna go! I wanna go!
    I wanna go! I wanna go! I wanna go!
[21:23] Narrator
    Our Krai Andrey!
[21:25] Narrator
    Please tune in again next time?
[21:26] Liz
    I wanna go!
[21:27] Narrator
    Shut up!
[22:56] Sven
    Welcome to the White Wolf's Den!
SIGN    From Obsidian Cross, live at the White Wolf's Den
[22:59] Sven
    You still got it?
[23:00] All
    Obsidian Cross!
[23:00] Sven
    You still got it!
[23:01] All
    Obsidian Cross!
[23:02] Sven
    Pick up your weapons.
[23:03] All
    And stand up!
[23:04] Sven
    We're all going, we're all going. Yeah!
[23:06] All
    Yeah!
[23:06] Sven
    Let's go!
[23:07] All
    Yeah!
[23:07] Sven
    Let's go!
[23:08] All
    Yeah!
[23:08] Sven
    Okay, listen up!
[23:09] Sven
    Let This Grieving Soul...
[23:11] All
    ...Retire!
SIGN    Episode 08
SIGN    I Want to Rush In When It's Over
[23:12] Sven
    What happened to Krai?!
[23:13] Krai
    "I Want to Rush In When It's Over."
[23:18] Sitri
    I discovered this when I was
    still called "The Prodigy."
[23:24] Sitri
    The Nature of Mana Material and the
    Potential of Treasure Vaults...*
[23:28] (Flashback) Sitri*
    The author is the Master of Mages,
[23:31] (Flashback) Sitri
    Noctus Cochlear.
[23:33] Sitri
    At that stage, what was written there
    was little more than a pipe dream.
[23:38] Sitri
    Still, I instinctively knew that
    it was something extremely dangerous—
[23:43] Sitri
    something that could potentially
    encroach on the domain of gods.