# 12 - Lloyd is Aware He Lacks Power
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**[01:38] Sign**
Episode 12
**[01:38] Sign**
Lloyd Is Aware He Lacks Power
**[01:48] Merlin**
Teleportation is convenient,
but it's nauseating.
**[01:51] Will**
I did design this compound for *me*, you know.
**[02:00] Merlin**
There they are!
**[02:05] Will**
I see them.
**[02:16] Yui**
What should we do?
**[02:17] Cross**
It's blocking our way.
**[02:20] Silica**
Air Press!
**[02:27] Daggas**
This is bad!
**[02:28] Daggas**
What do we do?!
**[02:35] Lloyd**
Everyone, against the wall!
**[02:37] Yui**
Huh?!
**[02:41] Lloyd**
Put your equipment away!
**[02:42] Daggas**
Huh?
**[02:43] Lloyd**
I'm releasing my gravity magic!
**[02:45] Yui**
Got a plan, I take it?
**[02:47] Yui**
Storage!
**[02:48] Silica**
Storage!
**[02:49] Cross**
Storage!
**[02:50] Daggas**
Storage!
**[02:54] Lloyd**
Here we go!
**[02:58] Lloyd**
Everyone, run!
**[03:03] Therion**
That's what you were up to.
**[03:04] Therion**
Let's go!
**[03:28] Lloyd**
Time to escape!
**[03:30] Therion**
On it!
**[03:47] Lloyd**
Here he comes!
**[03:51] Lloyd**
Jump!
**[03:52] Cross**
That's reckless!
**[03:53] Daggas**
We have no choice!
**[03:54] Therion**
Ready?
**[03:55] Claire**
Yes!
**[04:03] Lloyd**
Therion! Ice!
**[04:04] Therion**
I know!
**[04:17] Cross**
I thought I was going to die.
**[04:19] Daggas**
Don't relax just yet.
**[04:21] Silica**
Storage!
**[04:29] Silica**
Lloyd!
**[04:30] Silica**
Enhance my magic!
**[04:32] Lloyd**
Okay!
**[04:36] Lloyd**
Don't cast it too soon.
The timing has to be just right.
**[04:41] Silica**
Right.
**[04:51] Lloyd**
Now!
**[04:52] Silica**
Air Press!
**[04:56] Lloyd**
Everyone, jump off!
**[05:00] Yui**
Come on, Silica!
**[05:01] Silica**
Y-Yeah!
**[05:06] Cross**
Heck yeah!
**[05:07] Yui**
We're safe!
**[05:09] Daggas**
Silica! You did it!
**[05:10] Silica**
Yes, somehow or other.
**[05:13] Lloyd**
I knew you could, Silica.
**[05:15] Silica**
Only thanks to you.
**[05:17] Lloyd**
I just cast some enhancement magic.
**[05:19] Cross**
There. There it is.
**[05:21] Cross**
That's a nice gag you've got going.
**[05:24] Yui**
It's become his running joke.
**[05:30] Therion**
This guy...
**[05:33] Therion**
I've always fought alone.
**[05:37] Therion**
Teaming up is for the weak.
**[05:40] Therion**
It's easier for me to fight by myself.
**[05:43] Therion**
That's what I thought.
**[05:47] Therion**
But...
**[05:48] Therion**
What is it about Lloyd?
**[05:51] Claire**
I don't know. He's a mysterious man.
**[05:59] Yui**
Oh no!
**[06:14] Claire**
Those monsters were still inside.
**[06:18] Therion**
It's not your fault, Claire.
**[06:20] Claire**
But...
**[06:25] Cross**
No way.
**[06:27] Yui**
It's still alive?
**[06:41] Cross**
How's that possible?!
**[06:43] Yui**
I can't believe it!
**[06:47] Lloyd**
Everyone, to the forest!
**[06:58] Merlin**
Over there?
**[07:00] Merlin**
What are they talking about?
**[07:02] Lloyd**
*Is everyone all right?*
**[07:04] Cross**
What on earth is that monster?
**[07:06] Yui**
I can't believe those different species
of monsters fused together...
**[07:10] (Flashback) Michelle**
This is—
**[07:11] (Flashback) Michelle**
Are the monsters resonating
with that woman's spell?
**[07:15] Lloyd**
Claire, your ancient magic.
**[07:18] Claire**
Huh?
**[07:19] Lloyd**
That power called out to the demon
lord's wellspring of vitality.
**[07:23] (Flashback) Grist**
Give me the wellspring of vitality.
**[07:27] (Flashback) Grist**
Give it to me!
**[07:30] (Flashback) Michelle**
The demon lord...
**[07:31] (Flashback) Michelle**
is seeking a vessel?
**[07:34] Lloyd**
The awakened wellspring of vitality
**[07:36] Lloyd**
wants a body for the demon lord's
revival, so it absorbed those monsters.
**[07:40] Claire**
Oh no!
**[07:41] Daggas**
So why is that thing coming after us?
**[07:45] Lloyd**
I don't know.
**[07:50] Daggas**
Is it searching for us?
**[07:52] Yui**
Maybe it's still chasing Claire.
**[07:56] Claire**
Me?
**[07:57] Yui**
Well, he's been transformed,
but that thing's still Grist, right?
**[08:04] Lloyd**
Meaning his mind is still in there?
**[08:07] Cross**
An "I ain't going down like this" deal?
**[08:15] Daggas**
Could we hide Claire with concealment magic?
**[08:18] Lloyd**
No.
**[08:19] Lloyd**
That might get us out of this,
**[08:20] Lloyd**
but the chimera would still pursue her.
**[08:22] Therion**
Then we have to kill it!
**[08:30] Silica**
Is there any way we can save the monsters?
**[08:41] Lloyd**
Let's have Claire sing again.
**[08:45] Lloyd**
Use a song to convey your wish
to the wellspring of vitality
**[08:49] Lloyd**
for the monsters to return to normal.
**[08:52] Yui**
Convey her wish?
**[08:54] Therion**
What are you talking about?
**[08:56] Lloyd**
I'll amplify that power,
**[08:59] Lloyd**
and if we then send it to the chimera,
**[09:01] Lloyd**
it should restore the monsters.
**[09:04] Therion**
I doubt such a thing is even possible!
**[09:07] Lloyd**
We can do it.
**[09:08] Lloyd**
Trust me.
**[09:14] Lloyd**
We have to do something about the chimera.
**[09:17] Lloyd**
Please lend me your strength.
**[09:29] Claire**
All right.
**[09:31] Lloyd**
Thank you.
**[09:45] Lloyd**
Let's go.
**[09:46] Claire**
Yes.
**[09:47] Merlin**
Don't do it, Lloyd!
**[09:49] Lloyd**
Master?
**[10:01] Merlin**
Don't do it, Lloyd!
**[10:04] Lloyd**
Master?
**[10:05] Lloyd**
What are you doing here?
**[10:07] Merlin**
We can talk later.
**[10:09] Merlin**
You musn't touch ancient magic!
**[10:12] Lloyd**
I know.
**[10:13] Merlin**
You don't know anything!
**[10:15] Merlin**
Ancient magic is taboo.
**[10:17] Merlin**
It's far too dangerous for anyone who can't
use it to be involved in casting it!
**[10:21] Lloyd**
But if I work together with Claire,
**[10:24] Lloyd**
we can make good use of her ancient magic.
**[10:32] Lloyd**
After leaving you and meeting
everyone here, I finally understood.
**[10:40] Merlin**
Everyone here?
**[10:44] Lloyd**
If I'd remained ignorant of my own power,
**[10:46] Lloyd**
I never would have dreamed
I could pull this off.
**[10:50] Merlin**
I thought I taught you
never to grow overconfident!
**[10:53] Lloyd**
This isn't overconfidence.
**[10:55] Merlin**
What?
**[10:56] Lloyd**
I believe I can do this because
I know the extent of my power.
**[11:02] Lloyd**
Which is also how I know how hard
it will be to surpass you, Master.
**[11:12] Lloyd**
Let's go!
**[11:13] Claire**
Yes!
**[11:19] Merlin**
Lloyd's just going to support
her ancient magic...
**[11:22] Merlin**
Our tragedy won't repeat itself.
**[11:25] Merlin**
I want to believe that, but...
**[11:35] Lloyd**
Therion!
**[11:38] Therion**
Take this!
**[11:45] Lloyd**
Claire, now!
**[11:48] Claire**
Okay!
**[12:05] Lloyd**
There it is!
**[12:05] Lloyd**
Let's go!
**[12:25] Lloyd**
Good!
**[12:26] Lloyd**
Keep it up!
**[12:34] Therion**
What?!
**[12:47] Yui**
They did it!
**[12:48] Cross**
It worked!
**[12:50] Therion**
Incredible.
**[12:55] Lloyd**
One last push!
**[13:02] Claire**
Lloyd, thank you so—
**[13:10] Merlin**
Backlash from the ancient magic?!
**[13:13] Claire**
Lloyd!
**[13:14] Yui**
At this rate, Lloyd's...
**[13:16] Merlin**
He'll be trapped in there forever!
**[13:25] Lloyd**
Where am I?
**[13:30] Lloyd**
Did I do it?
**[13:35] Lloyd**
What?
**[13:36] Lloyd**
What's going on?
**[13:39] Sybil**
*Your mind and body are being forced apart.*
**[13:42] Lloyd**
Who are you?
**[13:46] Lloyd**
Is this...
**[13:48] Lloyd**
due to the ancient magic?
**[13:51] Sybil**
*Ancient magic...*
**[13:52] Sybil**
* was left behind by the people who*
* flourished in times long past.*
**[13:57] Yui**
What? Where are we hearing this from?
**[14:01] Sybil**
* They were beings who transcended*
* the understanding of man,*
**[14:05] Sybil**
* and they possessed the power*
* to freely reshape this world's magic.*
**[14:09] Merlin**
That's Sybil's voice!
**[14:13] Sybil**
*Life and death, mankind and beasts,*
**[14:17] Sybil**
* lifeless objects and living things,*
* even the flow of time...*
**[14:21] Sybil**
* Eventually they meddled with all of*
* this world's established boundaries,*
**[14:24] Sybil**
* going so far as to create magic that*
* bent the very laws of reality.*
**[14:30] Sybil**
However, this power to tamper with
that which never should have been
**[14:34] Sybil**
threw the world into chaos and disorder.
**[14:38] Sybil**
They were unable to restrain themselves,
and the world sped toward ruin.
**[14:45] Sybil**
Fearing what their own actions had wrought,
**[14:48] Sybil**
they banned the use of their power
as too great for anyone to wield.
**[14:52] Lloyd**
And that's...
**[14:53] Lloyd**
ancient magic.
**[14:55] Sybil**
However, they also anticipated
there may come a time
**[14:58] Sybil**
when the power to bend the laws
of the world would be necessary,
**[15:02] Sybil**
and so they established inheritors
of this ancient magic.
**[15:06] Lloyd**
Claire.
**[15:08] Sybil**
At the same time, should anyone abuse
this power in the world to come,
**[15:13] Sybil**
it would risk plunging
all into ruin once more.
**[15:16] Sybil**
Wary of that possibility,
they cast a spell upon the entire world
**[15:22] Sybil**
to destroy anyone but inheritors
who would dare use it.
**[15:25] Sybil**
It activates when ancient magic is cast,
**[15:28] Sybil**
forcing the caster's mana
to go out of control
**[15:30] Sybil**
and leading to their demise.
**[15:32] Lloyd**
That reminds me. There was a single person
who managed to use ancient magic. Was that...?
**[15:38] Merlin**
Sybil's last words?
**[15:44] Sybil**
I used it in battle against the demon lord.
**[15:48] Lloyd**
Huh?!
**[15:49] Sybil**
At the time, we'd cornered
the demon lord in an arduous fight.
**[15:55] Sybil**
Victory was within our sight.
**[15:58] Sybil**
However, our relief at seeing the end
we'd so longed for left us vulnerable.
**[16:05] Sybil**
Certain of his pending defeat,
**[16:07] Sybil**
the demon lord took that chance
to employ his last resort.
**[16:22] Lloyd**
Self-destruction.
**[16:24] Merlin**
I wasn't able to predict it.
**[16:27] Merlin**
That momentary lapse cost Sybil...
**[16:31] Sybil**
It wiped out the city and my comrades.
**[16:34] Sybil**
Upon witnessing such catastrophe,
**[16:37] Sybil**
I used the taboo ancient magic
at the cost of my own life.
**[16:41] Sybil**
I used its power to bend the
border between life and death,
**[16:44] Sybil**
bringing my friends and the
people of the city back to life.
**[16:55] Lloyd**
What?
**[16:56] Sybil**
The boundaries of the world are closing.
**[17:01] Merlin**
Sybil...
**[17:03] Merlin**
Is it taking Lloyd from me this time?
**[17:06] Sybil**
Your presence is delaying the
restoration of the boundary.
**[17:10] Sybil**
You can escape right now.
**[17:12] Lloyd**
Escape? How?
**[17:30] Lloyd**
Everyone!
**[17:33] Yui**
Lloyd's always the one helping us!
**[17:36] Yui**
Now it's our turn to help him!
**[17:38] Cross**
Lloyd! Come this way!
**[17:40] Merlin**
Lloyd!
**[17:49] Lloyd**
That's my cue.
**[18:14] Merlin**
The tear!
**[18:16] Yui**
Lloyd!
**[18:24] Lloyd**
Everyone!
**[18:25] Yui**
Lloyd!
**[18:26] Daggas**
Lloyd!
**[18:26] Silica**
Lloyd!
**[18:33] Cross**
Lloyd!
**[18:36] Yui**
Lloyd!
**[18:41] Cross**
Don't worry us like that!
**[18:43] Yui**
Jeez! You're our friend, you know!
**[18:43] Daggas**
Are you okay?
**[18:46] Merlin**
Thank you, Sybil.
**[18:55] Yui**
Honestly, that was a shock.
**[18:57] Yui**
I never thought your master
was the great sage Merlin!
**[19:01] Yui**
Right?
**[19:02] Lloyd**
Sage?
**[19:03] Lloyd**
She doesn't seem like one to me.
**[19:06] Silica**
What are you talking about?!
**[19:08] Yui**
You've been comparing yourself
to someone in another league.
**[19:13] Claire**
Everyone, you have my deepest thanks.
**[19:19] Claire**
Are you still waiting for the king?
**[19:20] Silica**
Yes...
**[19:22] Lloyd**
How long is he going to keep us waiting?
**[19:24] Daggas**
Watch what you say!
**[19:26] Lloyd**
I just said what I was thinking.
**[19:29] Cross**
Honest to a fault, huh?
**[19:31] Therion**
Hey, Claire.
**[19:34] Claire**
What is it?
**[19:35] Therion**
Listen, the bag...
**[19:38] Claire**
The bag?
**[19:40] Therion**
I lost it back in that town.
**[19:44] Claire**
Oh, the present I gave you.
**[19:47] Therion**
I'm sorry.
**[19:48] Therion**
Please forgive me.
**[19:50] Claire**
Well...
**[19:55] Claire**
I'll just make you another one then.
**[19:58] Therion**
Huh?
**[19:59] Therion**
O-Oh, really?
**[20:01] Therion**
I-I wasn't trying to demand
anything like that...
**[20:04] Cross**
Honest to a fault, huh?
**[20:09] Guard**
His Majesty has arrived.
**[20:15] Yui**
We got praised by the king!
**[20:18] Cross**
He even gave us a bonus reward.
**[20:20] Daggas**
I didn't expect him to provide a mansion
**[20:23] Daggas**
so that we could work out of the capital.
**[20:26] Silica**
Huh?
**[20:27] Silica**
Who's that?
**[20:28] Lloyd**
A beastfolk child?
**[20:31] Lowen**
How rude! I'm an adult!
**[20:34] Lowen**
The smell of your mana
is similar to Merlin's.
**[20:38] Lloyd**
My smell?
**[20:39] Lowen**
Not your body odor!
**[20:40] Lowen**
What do you take me for, a pervert?!
**[20:42] Merlin**
Lowen is a friend of mine.
**[20:46] Merlin**
She can distinguish mana by its scent.
**[20:48] Lowen**
That's right!
**[20:49] Lowen**
Lloyd's is different from yours,
**[20:51] Lowen**
but the way you control and
use it is exactly the same.
**[20:55] Lloyd**
What's the matter, everyone?
**[20:56] Yui**
I told you, she's the great sage Merlin!
**[20:59] Daggas**
She's a member of the legendary party!
**[21:01] Silica**
To most adventurers, she's like a god!
**[21:06] Cross**
You kept quiet about her being
your master all this time,
**[21:09] Cross**
so don't play dumb now.
**[21:12] Cross**
Sages are smart.
**[21:14] Merlin**
What will you do now? Come home?
**[21:25] Lloyd**
I...
**[21:27] Lloyd**
want to keep adventuring.
**[21:31] Lloyd**
The king also asked us to stay
in the capital for a while.
**[21:36] Lloyd**
So I want to study all kinds of magic,
**[21:39] Lloyd**
not just support magic.
**[21:42] Lloyd**
Knowing the composition of spells
**[21:43] Lloyd**
should prove useful for generating ideas.
**[21:47] Merlin**
I see.
**[21:49] Lowen**
You really are just like Merlin.
**[21:53] Lloyd**
I am?
**[21:59] Lloyd**
I don't know if I like that...
**[22:01] Merlin**
Huh?
**[22:08] Credits**
John Pickett
Henry Lin
Riley Dalton
William Haggard
Sho Stifler
**[22:08] Credits**
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**[22:11] Merlin**
I really put you through the wringer.
**[22:13] Will**
It's fine.
**[22:15] Will**
It was a request from the
great Merlin, after all.
**[22:19] Merlin**
The threat of the demon lord
isn't completely gone.
**[22:23] Merlin**
There will probably come a day
when we need Lloyd's power.
**[22:28] Will**
That's true.
**[22:42] Yui**
This is a real nice mansion, isn't it?
**[22:44] Daggas**
What an exceptional reception.
**[22:47] Cross**
Still, it's been a chaotic rush of events
ever since we befriended Lloyd.
**[22:52] Silica**
We saved Ishtar and even overcame
the taboo use of ancient magic.
**[22:56] Daggas**
You're incredible.
**[22:59] Lloyd**
No, I'm still lacking power.
**[23:02] Cross**
Really, that's a nice gag you have going.
**[23:05] Yui**
He delivers it so naturally too.
**[23:08] Daggas**
No... I think he's being serious.
**[23:11] Both**
Huh?
**[23:12] Cross**
Just that earnest, huh?!
**[23:14] Yui**
Well, that's our Lloyd.
**[23:34] Silica**
Fin