# E2 - Beater
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY5VJV0EY/beater)
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**[00:12] K**
One month has passed since the game began.
***SIGN*** December 2, 2022
**[00:16] K**
During that time, two thousand people have died.
**[00:19] K**
However, no one has yet been
able to clear the first floor.
**[00:24] K**
I was a beta tester,
**[00:26] ---**
and even I haven't found the boss room.
**[00:33] K**
And today,
**[00:34] ---**
we're finally holding a meeting
**[00:36] ---**
on how to defeat the first floor boss.
***SIGN*** Beater
**[02:19] D**
Okay, let's get started, people!
**[02:23] D**
Thank you for coming today.
**[02:27] D**
My name is Diabel.
**[02:29] D**
I like to consider my "job" as Knight.
**[02:33] Players**
There's no job system in this game!
**[02:35] Players**
A knight?
**[02:35] Players**
Then, is the meeting a joke, too?
**[02:36] Players**
You should take this seriously!
**[02:40] D**
Today, our party found
**[02:42] ---**
the boss room at the top of the tower.
**[02:45] Player**
Seriously?
**[02:47] D**
We need to defeat the boss,
reach the second floor,
**[02:51] ---**
and tell everyone waiting
in the Town of Beginnings
**[02:54] ---**
that it is possible to beat this game.
**[02:58] D**
Everyone present here shares this duty!
**[03:02] D**
Do you all agree?
**[03:14] D**
All right,
**[03:16] ---**
then let us begin our planning.
**[03:20] D**
First, divide into parties of six.
**[03:24] Players**
Of course we'll be in the same party.
**[03:24] D**
An ordinary party has no chance
against a floor boss.
**[03:27] Players**
I'll be the leader.
**[03:28] D**
We'll need to form a raid group
using multiple parties.
**[03:30] Player**
Let's do this.
**[03:40] K**
You got left out, too?
**[03:43] A**
I wasn't left out.
**[03:45] A**
I just stayed out of it because everyone
seemed to know each other already.
**[03:49] K**
A solo player?
**[03:51] K**
Then, want to form a party with me?
**[03:54] K**
He just said we can't beat
the boss on our own.
**[03:57] K**
So just for this fight?
**[04:16] D**
Okay, have you formed your parties?
**[04:20] D**
Then—
**[04:20] Kb**
Just a second!
**[04:29] Kb**
My name's Kibaou.
**[04:31] Kb**
I wanna say something
before we take on the boss.
**[04:36] Kb**
Some of you here need to apologize
**[04:39] ---**
to the two thousand who have died so far!
**[04:45] D**
Kibaou-san,
**[04:46] D**
are you referring
to the beta testers?
**[04:52] Kb**
Of course I am!
**[04:54] Kb**
On the day this stupid game started,
the beta guys ditched us beginners,
**[04:58] ---**
and they all disappeared.
**[05:00] Kb**
They took all the good hunting spots
**[05:02] ---**
and easy quests for themselves,
**[05:05] Kb**
so only they could get stronger.
**[05:07] Kb**
And then, they just ignored the rest of us.
**[05:11] Kb**
I'm sure someone here was in the beta!
**[05:15] Kb**
They should get on their knees and apologize,
**[05:17] Kb**
and give up all the items and
money they've hoarded.
**[05:21] Kb**
Otherwise, we can't trust them to
protect us as party members,
**[05:24] Kb**
and they shouldn't trust us!
**[05:30] E**
May I speak?
**[05:39] E**
My name is Egil.
**[05:41] E**
Kibaou-san, tell me if I have this right.
**[05:44] E**
You're saying that because the beta
testers didn't take care of them,
**[05:47] ---**
many beginners died.
**[05:49] E**
That they should take responsibility,
apologize, and provide compensation.
**[05:52] E**
Correct?
**[05:53] Kb**
Y-Yeah.
**[05:57] E**
You got this guide book, didn't you?
**[06:00] E**
It was provided for free at the item store.
**[06:03] Kb**
Sure, I did...
**[06:04] Kb**
Why?
**[06:05] E**
It was compiled from information
given by the beta testers.
**[06:09] Players**
Seriously?
**[06:12] E**
Listen.
**[06:13] E**
Everyone had equal access to this information.
**[06:16] E**
And even still, many players died.
**[06:18] E**
I thought the topic of discussion here
**[06:20] ---**
was what we could learn from their deaths,
**[06:23] ---**
and how that can help us defeat the boss.
**[06:38] D**
All right.
**[06:40] D**
Then, can we resume?
**[06:43] D**
The latest edition of that guide book was just issued,
**[06:46] ---**
and it contains information on the boss.
**[06:50] D**
According to it, the boss's name
is Illfang the Kobold Lord.
**[06:55] D**
He is guarded by assistants
known as Ruin Kobold Sentinels.
**[06:59] D**
He is armed with an axe and a buckler.
**[07:02] D**
He has four health bars,
and when the last one enters the red,
**[07:06] ---**
he switches to a curved
sword-type weapon called a Talwar.
**[07:09] D**
His attack pattern changes, as well.
**[07:12] Players**
Wow...
**[07:15] Players**
Amazing.
**[07:19] D**
This concludes the briefing.
**[07:21] D**
Lastly, items will be
automatically distributed.
**[07:26] D**
EXP goes to the party
that defeats the monster.
**[07:29] D**
And whoever receives an item keeps it.
**[07:32] D**
Any objections?
**[07:37] D**
Okay, we leave tomorrow,
at ten in the morning.
**[07:41] D**
See you there!
**[08:18] K**
It's pretty tasty, isn't it?
**[08:22] K**
May I sit down?
**[08:35] A**
Do you really think it's good?
**[08:37] K**
Of course.
**[08:39] K**
I've been eating at least one daily,
ever since arriving in this town.
**[08:42] K**
I do change it up a little, though.
**[08:45] A**
Change it up?
**[08:48] K**
Trying putting some on the bread.
**[09:01] A**
Cream?
**[09:25] K**
It's the reward for a quest called
**[09:28] ---**
"The Heifer Strikes Back,"
one village behind us.
**[09:31] K**
If you want to do it, I'll show you the trick.
**[09:34] A**
I didn't come to this town to eat good food.
**[09:39] K**
Then, why did you?
**[09:42] A**
So I can still be me.
**[09:45] A**
I'd rather stay myself until the
very end than sit and rot away
**[09:50] ---**
at an inn, back in the first town.
**[09:55] A**
Even if I get killed by a monster,
**[09:57] ---**
I don't want to lose to this game...
**[09:59] ---**
To this world.
**[10:01] A**
No matter what.
**[10:08] K**
I wouldn't want a party
member dying on me...
**[10:12] K**
So at the least, don't die tomorrow.
***SIGN*** December 3, 2022 Floor 1: Forest Field
**[10:20] K**
Let's go over it again.
**[10:22] ---**
We leftovers are supposed
**[10:24] ---**
to target the boss's helpers,
**[10:26] ---**
the Ruin Kobold Sentinels.
**[10:28] A**
I know.
**[10:29] K**
I'll use a sword skill to
knock their pole axes up.
**[10:33] K**
The second I do, switch in.
**[10:36] A**
Switch?
**[10:38] K**
Is this the first time you've
ever been in a party?
**[10:42] A**
Yes.
**[10:58] D**
Listen up, everyone.
**[11:00] D**
I have only one thing to say.
**[11:03] D**
Let's win!
**[11:05] D**
Let's go!
**[11:38] D**
Commence attack!
**[11:52] D**
Squad A! Squad C! Switch!
**[11:55] D**
Here it comes!
**[11:56] D**
Squad B, block!
**[12:01] D**
Squad C, keep guarding
and prepare to switch.
**[12:03] D**
Now!
**[12:04] D**
Switch, draw, and prepare
to attack from the side.
**[12:06] D**
Squads D, E, and F, keep
the sentinels off us!
**[12:10] K**
Roger!
**[12:12] K**
Switch!
**[12:14] A**
Number three!
**[12:16] K**
*I thought she was a beginner.*
**[12:18] K**
*But she's incredible.*
**[12:19] K**
* She's so fast, I can't even*
* follow her blade.*
**[12:27] K**
Good job.
**[12:45] Kb**
Looks like that information was right...
**[12:47] D**
Stand back.
**[12:48] D**
I'll go!
**[12:51] K**
* We were supposed to surround*
* it with the entire group.*
**[13:06] K**
*That isn't a Talwar!*
**[13:07] K**
*It's a No-Dachi!*
**[13:08] K**
*It's not the same as the beta test!*
**[13:11] K**
No!
**[13:13] K**
Jump back as fast as you can!
**[13:24] Kb**
Diabel!
**[13:30] K**
Diabel!
**[13:35] K**
Why did you try to do it alone?
**[13:40] D**
You were
**[13:42] ---**
a beta tester, weren't you?
**[13:44] D**
You know what I was doing.
**[13:49] K**
You were after the last
attack bonus rare item.
**[13:53] K**
You were a beta tester, too?
**[14:00] D**
Please...
**[14:02] D**
Defeat...
**[14:04] D**
Defeat the boss.
**[14:08] D**
For everyone...
**[14:15] K**
*When this game started,*
**[14:18] ---**
* the only thing I thought*
* about was surviving.*
**[14:24] K**
*Okay, goodbye, Klein.*
**[14:28] K**
*However, Diabel, you were a beta tester.*
**[14:32] ---**
*But you never abandoned the other players.*
**[14:34] K**
* You led everyone,*
* and you fought brilliantly!*
**[14:38] K**
*You tried to do what I could not.*
**[14:50] A**
I'll go, too.
**[14:51] K**
Thanks.
**[14:56] K**
We'll do it just like the sentinels.
**[14:58] A**
Got it.
**[15:08] K**
Switch!
**[15:12] K**
Asuna!
**[15:33] K**
He's coming back!
**[15:45] K**
Crap!
**[16:06] Players**
Go!
**[16:08] E**
We'll hold him off till you recover!
**[16:12] K**
You're...
**[16:24] K**
Watch out!
**[16:28] K**
I'll get you first!
**[16:34] K**
Asuna...
**[16:35] K**
One last hit!
We'll do it together!
**[16:38] A**
Roger!
**[17:11] Players**
W-We did it!
***SIGN*** Coat of Midnight
**[17:35] A**
Good work.
**[17:36] E**
That was splendid swordsmanship.
**[17:38] E**
Congratulations.
**[17:40] E**
This victory belongs to you.
**[17:42] K**
No...
**[17:54] Kb**
Why?
**[17:57] Kb**
Why did you let Diabel die?
**[18:03] K**
Let him die?
**[18:05] Kb**
Of course!
**[18:07] Kb**
You knew that technique the boss used!
**[18:10] Kb**
If you'd told us about that up front,
he wouldn't have died!
**[18:21] Players**
He must be a beta tester!
**[18:24] Players**
That's how he knew all the
boss's attack patterns.
**[18:27] Players**
He knew, but he didn't tell us!
**[18:31] Players**
Other beta testers are here, too, right?
**[18:34] Players**
Come out!
**[18:50] K**
*This is bad.*
**[18:52] K**
*At this rate...*
**[18:54] D**
*For everyone...*
**[19:04] E**
Hey, come on...
**[19:16] K**
A beta tester?
**[19:20] K**
I wish you wouldn't compare
me to those newbies.
**[19:24] Kb**
W-What?!
**[19:28] K**
Most of the thousand beta
testers were beginners
**[19:33] ---**
who didn't even know how to level up.
**[19:37] K**
You guys are better than they are.
**[19:42] K**
But I'm not like them.
**[19:47] K**
I made it higher than anyone
else during the beta test.
**[19:53] K**
The reason I knew the boss's skills
**[19:55] ---**
is because I fought monsters with
katana skills on floors far above us.
**[20:01] K**
I know a lot more.
**[20:03] K**
Way more than any information broker.
**[20:07] Kb**
W-What?
**[20:10] Kb**
That's...
**[20:10] Kb**
That's way worse than a beta tester!
**[20:12] Kb**
You're cheating! A cheater!
**[20:15] Players**
Yeah, a cheater!
**[20:17] Players**
A beta tester and a cheater...
**[20:18] Players**
A beater!
**[20:21] K**
A beater...
**[20:22] K**
I like it.
**[20:25] K**
That's right...
**[20:26] K**
I am a beater.
**[20:28] K**
From now on, don't confuse
me with the other testers.
***SIGN*** Coat of Midnight
**[20:51] A**
Wait.
**[20:55] A**
You called my name when
we were fighting.
**[20:58] K**
Sorry for using just your first name.
**[21:01] K**
Or did I mess up the pronunciation?
**[21:03] A**
Where did you learn it?
**[21:06] A**
You can see another HP gauge
below yours, around here, right?
**[21:10] A**
Isn't something written next to it?
**[21:16] A**
Kirito...
**[21:18] A**
Kirito?
**[21:20] A**
Is that your name?
**[21:22] A**
Yeah.
**[21:26] A**
Oh, it's been there all this time!
**[21:32] K**
You'll be really strong.
**[21:34] K**
So if someone you trust ever
invites you to join a guild,
**[21:38] K**
don't turn them down.
**[21:40] K**
There's a big limit to what you
can do as a solo player.
**[21:44] A**
Then, what about you?
***SIGN*** Will you disband your party?
***SIGN*** Next Time: The Red-Nosed Reindeer.