The Strongest Sage With the Weakest Crest
His strength limited by the magical crest with which he was born, Mathias, the world’s most powerful sage, decides reincarnation is necessary to become the strongest of all. Upon his rebirth as a young boy, Mathias is thrilled to discover he’s been born with the optimal crest for magical combat on his first try! Unfortunately, the world he’s been born into has abysmally poor standards when it comes to magic, and everyone thinks he’s still marked for failure! Now it’s up to Mathias to prove everyone wrong…world’s strongest sage-style!
- Season 1
- E1 - The Strongest Sage Appears
- E2 - The Strongest Sage Enters the Dungeon
- E3 - The Strongest Sage Meets a Dragon
- E4 - The Strongest Sage Infiltrates
- E5 - The Strongest Sage Makes Allies
- E6 - The Strongest Sage Leaves the School
- E7 - The Strongest Sage Goes on a Journey
- E8 - The Strongest Sage Saves the City
- E9 - The Strongest Sage Duels
- E10 - The Strongest Sage Works With a Team
- E11 - The Strongest Sage Faces a Powerful Enemy
- E12 - The Strongest Sage Goes on a Journey Again.
Season 1
E1 - The Strongest Sage Appears
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:38] Gaius
It's simply no use.
[00:40] Gaius
My crest has no room left to grow.
[00:46] Gaius
The first crest, my crest,
specializes in creation.
[00:50] Gaius
The second specializes in power.
[00:53] Gaius
The third specializes in rapid firing.
[00:57] Gaius
If I want to grow stronger,
[01:00] Gaius
I must acquire the fourth crest,
the one best suited to combat.
[01:05] Gaius
One's crest appears at birth
and cannot be changed.
[01:09] Gaius
Which means...
SIGN The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest
SIGN Episode 1
SIGN The Strongest Sage Appears.
[01:37] Peddler
We'll be reaching the capital soon.
[01:40] Peddler
Impressive that you're leaving home
and taking exams at age twelve.
[01:46] Matt
I'm determined to enter the academy
and become strong.
[01:49] Peddler
It's not safe to go too quickly.
[01:51] Peddler
You might have been a big fish
where you came from,
[01:53] Peddler
but that crest of yours...
[01:57] Matt
There's a monster nearby.
[01:59] Matt
It's heading our way.
[02:00] Peddler
Eh?
[02:01] Peddler
It might be a rather large monster.
[02:04] Peddler
Many times bigger than your wagon.
[02:06] Peddler
You say the strangest things.
[02:10] Peddler
That would make it
a calamity-grade monster.
[02:22] Matt
Dispatch successful.
[02:25] Matt
Easily handled with just Enhance Physique
and Sunder Steel.
[02:50] Matt
That's the capital for you...
[02:52] Matt
Completely unlike my homeland.
[02:54] Alma
My friend's sword broke!
[02:56] Alma
Can you make me one just like it?
[02:59] Blacksmith
Stop shouting! I hear you just fine!
[03:02] Alma
I'm sorry.
[03:04] Alma
But see... She broke her magic sword
while protecting me from a monster.
[03:09] Blacksmith
Magic sword?
[03:10] Blacksmith
And you want me to remake a magic sword?
[03:12] Blacksmith
You can't possibly be serious!
[03:15] Alma
Isn't there anything you can do?
[03:18] Blacksmith
I'm afraid you're out of luck.
[03:20] Matt
These weapons are well made...
[03:22] Matt
Though the enchantments are poorly applied.
[03:25] Matt
Are there any other swords?
[03:26] Blacksmith
It simply can't be done.
[03:28] Alma
I'm begging you!
[03:30] Alma
The entrance exams are tomorrow!
[03:32] Alma
If I don't get her a sword, she'll—
[03:33] Blacksmith
If you need it that fast,
you might have better luck elsewhere.
[03:37] Blacksmith
It's not as if I can forge
a magic sword by myself.
[03:41] Alma
We've tried everyone else already!
[03:43] Blacksmith
Would one of our ready-made swords do?
[03:45] Alma
Hmm...
[03:47] Alma
It should be about this long,
[03:49] Alma
and light enough that a girl can swing it
around like this with one hand!
[03:53] Blacksmith
A sword like that
certainly would have to be enchanted...
[03:58] Blacksmith
But it won't be easy to make.
[04:01] Matt
I can handle the enchantment.
[04:03] Alma
You can?
[04:05] Blacksmith
Look, kid...
I get that you want to show off...
[04:08] Blacksmith
But it can't be done,
and she needs to accept that.
[04:12] Matt
It's true that my fourth crest
isn't well suited to enchantments.
[04:17] Matt
But I think I can handle
a basic magic sword.
[04:19] Blacksmith
Isn't that the Crest of Failure?
[04:22] Blacksmith
All the more impossible, then.
[04:24] Alma
Make me a sword!
[04:28] Alma
One with a setting for a magistone.
[04:30] Blacksmith
Wait, you mean—
[04:33] Alma
I'm going to put my faith in him.
[04:35] Blacksmith
A-Are you sure?
[04:37] Blacksmith
If he fails, the sword will be fine,
[04:39] Blacksmith
but you'll have wasted a magistone.
[04:41] Alma
I still think he can do it.
[04:43] Alma
I've got good instincts
about these things!
[04:48] Alma
Let's get on that enchantment, kid!
[04:55] Alma
Oh, I forgot to introduce myself.
[04:58] Alma
I'm Alma. Alma Lepucius.
[05:01] Alma
I didn't want my parents
marrying me off to some weirdo,
[05:04] Alma
so I set off on my own!
[05:06] Matt
I'm Matthias. Matthias Hildesheimer.
[05:10] Matt
You can call me "Matty."
[05:12] Alma
Sure! It's a pleasure, Matty!
[05:16] Alma
Oh, right! I've got a friend!
[05:18] Alma
The sword is hers.
We left home together!
[05:22] Lurie
Alma?
[05:24] Alma
Speak of the devil!
[05:26] Alma
Lurie!
[05:26] Lurie
Alma. Did you have any luck
at this shop?
[05:32] Matt
Sh-She's beautiful!
[05:34] Lurie
I'm afraid every shop I tried
turned me down...
[05:36] Lurie
It simply might not be possible
to make a magic sword by tomo—
[05:39] Alma
Oh, this guy? He's Matty!
[05:41] Alma
He said he'd enchant a sword for us!
[05:45] Matt
A-Allow me to introduce myself!
[05:47] Matt
I am humbly referred to
as Matthias Hildesheimer!
[05:49] Alma
Where'd the formality come from?
[05:54] Matt
Was my introduction that off-putting?
[05:56] Matt
This is what I get
for never having friends!
[06:00] Alma
What's wrong, Lurie?
[06:03] Lurie
I-I'm Lurie Abendroth!
[06:05] Lurie
I'm neither engaged
nor romantically involved.
[06:08] Lurie
You may call me "Lurie," if you wish...
[06:12] Matt
"Romantically involved"?
[06:13] Lurie
Um... well...
[06:16] Matt
I had no idea it was customary here
to reveal your relationship status.
[06:22] Blacksmith
It's all done!
[06:25] Matt
I'll begin the enchantment.
[06:28] Matt
Could you hand me the magistone?
[06:30] Alma
You can do it here?
[06:31] Matt
It won't take that long.
[06:35] Matt
I'm going to begin.
[06:36] Lurie
P-Please do...
[06:39] Matt
The only way to make something this long
and light sturdy enough for live combat
[06:43] Matt
is to add Enhance Fortitude
and Sunder Steel.
[06:49] Matt
That should do it.
[06:51] Matt
Here, try it.
[06:52] Alma
That was fast!
Is it really enchanted?
[06:54] Blacksmith
There's no way he could do it that fast.
[06:57] Alma
Yeah, isn't it supposed to take way longer?
[07:00] Blacksmith
And he didn't even recite an incantation!
[07:04] Lurie
Let me try it.
[07:06] Lurie
It's easy enough to tell if an enchantment—
[07:14] Lurie
The enchantment worked!
[07:16] Alma
That's crazy sharp!
[07:18] Blacksmith
And it took him just moments...
[07:20] Blacksmith
What trickery is this?
[07:22] Matt
It's just a standard enchantment.
[07:24] Alma
That's anything but "standard"!
[07:26] Alma
Who in the world are you, Matty?
[07:29] Blacksmith
It shouldn't be possible
to enchant a sword that quickly.
[07:32] Blacksmith
But the sword has clearly been enchanted,
[07:36] Blacksmith
and you didn't recite an incantation.
[07:38] Blacksmith
As I forged that sword myself,
[07:40] Blacksmith
I'd know whether you swapped it out
with sleight-of-hand.
[07:43] Blacksmith
The only possible conclusion is...
[07:45] Alma
Gulp!
[07:47] Lurie
Is...?
[07:52] Blacksmith
You wanna become an enchanter, kid?
[07:54] Matt
Nope.
[07:58] ExaminerA
The practical skills exam will now begin.
[08:01] ExaminerA
Fields tested will include
swordsmanship and casting.
[08:03] All
Yes, sir!
[08:05] Lurie
Matty!
[08:09] Lurie
You're taking entrance exams, too?
[08:12] Matt
Y-Yes...
[08:13] Alma
The tactics portion was way too hard!
[08:16] Alma
I did just fine in every other subject...
[08:21] Lurie
Alma, Matty!
[08:23] Lurie
Let's work together to pass the test!
[08:26] Matt
Sure.
[08:27] Alma
'Kay...
[08:30] Lukas
You're wide open!
[08:36] Lukas
You're doing quite well.
[08:38] Lukas
But can you dodge this next one?
[08:42] Lukas
S-S-Say what?!
[08:44] Lukas
I surrender!
[08:46] Lukas
Where did you get that sword?
[08:51] Lurie
I did it, Matty!
[08:53] Alma
Congratulations, Lurie!
[08:55] Lurie
I couldn't have done it
without that magic sword you made me!
[08:57] Matt
I-It's nothing, really...
[08:59] ExaminerA
Next up, Matthias Hildesheimer!
[09:02] Matt
Seems to be my turn.
[09:04] Lurie
Give it your best, Matty!
[09:06] Matt
I will.
[09:07] Matt
Wait, where's the examiner?
[09:10] Guile
Matthias Hildesheimer...
[09:12] Guile
I hear you're the one
who enchanted Lurie Abendroth's sword.
[09:17] Matt
And? Who are you?
[09:19] Guile
You'll need more than an examiner, then...
[09:21] Guile
I'll fight you myself.
[09:23] Guile
I'd like to see
what your father Castor taught you, as well.
[09:28] Matt
You know my father?
[09:30] Guile
Yes.
[09:31] Guile
If you handle yourself
well enough against me,
[09:33] Guile
I'll vouch for you to pass,
regardless of your other test scores.
[09:36] Matt
Very well.
[09:42] Matt
His stance leaves him wide open.
[09:44] Matt
He thinks he's taking it easy on me.
[09:47] Matt
That's also why he said,
"If you handle yourself well enough."
[09:50] Matt
I feel a bit insulted...
[09:53] Matt
This is a test!
[09:55] Matt
Its purpose is to show them
what I can do!
[10:00] Guile
What?
[10:01] Guile
A boy your age, parrying my strike...
[10:13] Guile
I surrender.
[10:15] ExaminerA
Captain of the Knights' Order, Guile, lost...
[10:17] Alma
Wow! Isn't he great, Lurie?
[10:20] Lurie
Yes!
[10:21] Lurie
Although it happened so quickly
I couldn't quite follow!
[10:25] ExaminerD
Next, we'll conduct the casting exam.
[10:28] ExaminerD
Lurie Abendroth. Step forward!
[10:30] Lurie
Yes, sir!
[10:31] ExaminerD
Please attack all five targets
with Fire Arrow!
[10:39] Lurie
Magic of flame that dwells within me...
[10:41] Lurie
Pierce my foe in the form of an arrow!
[10:47] Alma
Lurie! Keep it up!
[10:49] Matt
Incanted casting?
[10:51] Matt
As the name suggests,
it's a method for casting spells
[10:55] Matt
through the recitation of particular words.
[10:56] Matt
Anyone can use it regardless of ability,
[10:59] Matt
but it offers a poor conversion rate
on the user's magic power,
[11:03] Matt
and you're vulnerable
to attacks mid-chant.
[11:06] Matt
They're not ideal for combat.
[11:07] Matt
I'd thought the practice
was long dead, but...
[11:09] Alma
Yes!
[11:11] Student1
That's the Crest of Glory!
What an elite!
[11:13] Student2
Wish I'd been born
with the Crest of Glory, too...
[11:18] Matt
But in this day and age,
[11:19] Matt
the first crest, which is highly compatible
with incanted casting,
[11:22] Matt
is labeled the "Crest of Glory"
[11:24] Matt
and considered the best crest
for magical combat.
[11:28] Matt
Meanwhile...
[11:30] Matt
My fourth crest is...
[11:34] Matt
Excuse me.
Is Fire Arrow the only spell allowed?
[11:37] ExaminerD
Not necessarily,
but it's the most basic spell, so...
[11:43] ExaminerD
You've got the Crest of Failure,
[11:44] ExaminerD
but if you do well in the other subjects,
you might still pass.
[11:47] Matt
As long as I destroy the targets, correct?
[11:50] ExaminerD
Well, yes...
[11:51] Matt
"Crest of Failure" casting
has extremely limited range.
[11:55] Matt
I don't think I could even reach a third
of the way to the target.
[12:00] Matt
You might want to stand
a bit farther away, sir.
[12:03] Crowd
What?
[12:05] Crowd
What's he doing?
[12:06] Matt
I can assign it limited directionality,
[12:08] Matt
but it won't be free of collateral damage.
[12:10] Alma
H-How is he casting?
He didn't recite an incantation!
[12:14] Lurie
Could it be... a wordless spell?
[12:16] Matt
Wordless casting is in decline,
[12:18] Matt
and the fourth crest is scorned
as the Crest of Failure.
[12:21] Matt
That's the status quo in this day and age!
[12:35] Matt
Oh...
[12:37] Matt
I might have overdone it.
[12:44] Matt
It fits perfectly.
[12:49] Alma
Hey, Matty!
[12:59] Matt
She looks beautiful
in her uniform, too!
[13:04] Alma
What's up, you two?
[13:06] Lurie
Oh, I just—
[13:08] Matt
Uh, we'd better hurry if we want
to make the opening ceremony!
[13:13] Teach1
The headmaster will now say a few words.
[13:18] Eduard
I'm Eduard, the headmaster here.
[13:21] Eduard
I despise long speeches.
[13:23] Alma
He's the headmaster?
[13:23] Eduard
As far as I'm concerned,
formality is for First Academy!
[13:27] Eduard
Here at my Second Academy,
ability is everything!
[13:30] Eduard
We don't care about lineage or crest
the way First Academy does!
[13:35] Eduard
Work on those skills, rookies!
[13:38] Eduard
That is all!
[13:40] Lurie
That certainly was short!
[13:43] Eduard
I almost forgot...
[13:45] Eduard
Matthias Hildesheimer.
[13:47] Eduard
Drop by my office when this is over.
[13:53] Matt
Why would the headmaster be calling for me?
[13:56] Matt
Because I destroyed the grounds
during the exam?
[13:58] Matt
Is he going to expel me
on my first day?!
[14:00] Matt
But I did use a spell
to repair the damage...
[14:02] Eduard
Come in already, Matthias.
[14:08] Matt
Yes, sir.
[14:13] Matt
I knew it...
He's—
[14:16] Eduard
Matthias Hildesheimer.
[14:19] Eduard
You defeated the Captain of the Knights' Order
during your swordsmanship exam,
[14:21] Eduard
and effortlessly used wordless spells
during your casting exam.
[14:26] Eduard
Castor being your father
explains it somewhat,
[14:28] Eduard
but I'm sure there's a deeper reason
why someone your age is so powerful.
[14:33] Eduard
I won't pry as to why that is.
[14:35] Eduard
But I do want to ask for your aid.
[14:38] Matt
My... aid?
[14:40] Eduard
Yes.
[14:41] Eduard
You saw the other students cast
incanted spells, didn't you?
[14:45] Matt
Yes...
[14:45] Matt
Why do they use
such an inefficient technique?
[14:48] Matt
Wouldn't wordless spells be better?
[14:51] Eduard
"Inefficient," eh?
[14:53] Eduard
Unfortunately, Matthias,
[14:55] Eduard
wordless spells are a lost casting style.
[15:00] Matt
As I suspected...
[15:01] Eduard
I don't know that a single other person
in this kingdom can still use them.
[15:06] Eduard
I've been hoping to revive wordless spell
techniques here at Second Academy
[15:11] Eduard
and teach them to the students...
[15:14] Matt
That sounds like a great idea!
[15:16] Eduard
But there's one thing stopping me!
[15:18] Matt
There is?
[15:19] Eduard
Yes.
[15:20] Eduard
Our sister academy here in the capital,
[15:22] Eduard
the First Royal Academy.
[15:26] Eduard
The nobility endorses First Academy's teachings,
[15:28] Eduard
which have a proven track record.
[15:30] Eduard
We've had no choice
but to follow their curriculum.
[15:35] Matt
What kind of track record?
[15:37] Teach2
First Academy's published research.
[15:42] Matt
This is their "track record"?
[15:44] Matt
But it talks only about incanted spells...
[15:46] Eduard
Incanted spells are the only form
of casting accepted in academia.
[15:51] Eduard
Wordless spells are rejected.
[15:54] Matt
How do we get them accepted?
[15:55] Eduard
We'll have to prove the power
of wordless casting
[15:59] Eduard
at the next inter-school competition.
[16:03] Matt
And that's the "aid"
you're asking me for?
[16:07] Eduard
Yes.
[16:08] Eduard
I want you to instruct us
in wordless casting!
[16:14] Eduard
Matthias.
[16:16] Eduard
Can I count on you?
[16:21] Matt
Very well.
[16:25] Teach1
We will now begin the class.
[16:28] Teach1
Today, we'll be learning wordless spells!
[16:31] Student1
"Wordless spells"?!
[16:32] Crowd
Wordless...
[16:32] Student2
I didn't know there was such a thing.
[16:33] Crowd
Never heard of it...
[16:34] Teach1
Your doubts are understandable.
[16:36] Teach1
That's why we have
a special guest instructor.
[16:39] Teach1
He'll be teaching you how they work.
[16:42] Girl1
Isn't he the one who passed the
entrance exams at the top of the class?
[16:45] Alma
Yes, that's our Matty!
[16:47] Lurie
You can't take credit for him, Alma.
[16:50] Teach1
Matthias, could you demonstrate
how wordless casting works?
[16:55] Matt
Very well.
[17:04] Student4
Was that wordless casting?
[17:06] Student5
Yeah, I didn't hear an incantation.
[17:08] Student6
He's a Crest of Failure, right?
[17:10] Studen6
You don't think
he's really a demon, do you?
[17:12] Teach1
Matthias is not the only one
who can use wordless spells!
[17:16] Teach1
Mr. Gaizal?
[17:17] Gaizal
Right!
[17:23] Gaizal
I'm not particularly good at casting myself,
[17:25] Gaizal
but Matthias's teachings have gotten me
this far in just one day!
[17:30] Teach1
Well, let's get to it!
[17:33] All
Right!
[17:34] Alma
Matty, I can do it now, too!
[17:36] Matt
You can?
[17:38] Alma
Yeah, let me show you!
[17:44] Alma
How do you like my casting?
[17:46] Matt
You don't have to imitate
the way he grunts, too...
[17:50] Matt
How is it going, Lurie?
[17:52] Lurie
I seem to have the feel for it,
[17:55] Lurie
but I can't shake my
incanted casting habits...
[17:59] Lurie
I may have drained the last
of my magic!
[18:03] Lurie
They're all doing so well.
[18:05] Lurie
When I see how impressive
wordless spells are,
[18:07] Lurie
I'm forced to wonder
why we ever stopped using them.
[18:12] Matt
She's right.
[18:14] Matt
Why has wordless casting
gone into decline?
[18:17] Lurie
Matty?
[18:19] Matt
Oh, I know.
[18:20] Matt
Hold out your hand, would you?
[18:22] Lurie
All right...
[18:26] Lurie
M-Matty?!
[18:27] Matt
W-Well, I have to do this
to transfer my magic to you!
[18:32] Lurie
Y-You can transfer magic?!
[18:35] Matt
Yes.
[18:36] Matt
I'm using a spell
that attunes my magic to a target.
[18:39] Matt
It's typically used
for enchantments, of course.
[18:43] Lurie
Enchantments...
[18:46] Lurie
I did it!
[18:47] Lurie
I finally did it, Matty!
[18:49] Matt
That's the way!
[18:51] Matt
And so I taught wordless casting
to all the students.
[18:55] Crowd
Let's show 'em
what Second Academy can do!
[18:56] Matt
A month passed...
[18:58] Alma
It's finally time!
[18:59] Lurie
I hope there are
no magical chosen ones this year...
[19:03] Matt
"Magical chosen ones"?
[19:05] Lurie
That's what they call leaders
at First Academy
[19:07] Lurie
with extremely strong casting ability.
[19:09] Lurie
Any year it seems
Second Academy might win,
[19:11] Lurie
one of these "magical chosen ones" appears.
[19:14] Alma
I believe the last Captain of the
Mages' Order was one of them!
[19:19] Matt
It seems there is one here...
[19:21] Matt
With roughly ten times my own magic power.
[19:24] Lurie
Ten times your power, Matty?
[19:27] Alma
That's demon-level power!
[19:29] Matt
Demon...
[19:31] Matt
Demons and humans are
natural enemies, aren't they?
[19:34] Lurie
They certainly are!
[19:36] Lurie
Demons are the greatest threat
to humanity there is!
[19:39] Alma
Even the court magicians working together
probably couldn't beat one.
[19:43] Lurie
But why would you ask that?
[19:45] Matt
Oh, just curious...
[19:49] Matt
Demons, eh?
[19:51] Matt
So they've survived into this era...
[19:54] Devil
Well, looky here!
A Crest of Failure!
[19:59] Leisis
A Crest of Failure, all by his lonesome!
[20:01] Giaas
Hey, no buddies with you?
[20:04] Giaas
Did they all run away scared?
[20:07] GuyA
Hey, Crest of Failure!
[20:08] GuyA
Cower before the might of Devilis,
magical chosen one!
[20:11] First Academy Teach
Headmaster, I believe Second Academy
has given up on victory entirely.
[20:16] Facus
That'll be sixty-five wins in a row for us.
[20:18] Teach1
Please, Matthias!
[20:21] Devil
What, no witty rejoinder?
[20:24] Devil
Has my chosen one Crest of Glory
frightened you into submission?
[20:29] Matt
I knew it...
[20:30] Matt
He's not human at all.
[20:32] Matt
He's a demon!
[20:34] Matt
He's just using a disguise spell
to hide his true form.
[20:38] Matt
He even has a fake crest
to let him walk among humans.
[20:42] Judge
The 65th Inter-Academy Competition
will now commence!
[20:47] Judge
Begin!
[20:48] Leisis/Giaas
Magic of flame that dwells within me—
[20:58] Judge
L-Leisis and Giaas are both out!
[21:02] Devil
Brat!
[21:04] Devil
Magic of flame that dwells—
[21:06] Matt
Got him.
[21:07] Matt
He activated the spell
before he started his chant!
[21:09] Teach1
What? Did he just cast before he—
[21:10] Crowd
Get him, Devilis!
[21:13] Teach1
He did the same with his guard spell...
[21:15] Teach1
What in the world...
[21:16] Matt
In other words,
he's just been pretending to chant.
[21:20] Devil
...arrow!
[21:21] Matt
The demon's head is its weak point!
[21:25] Matt
Forget your incantation again?
[21:28] Devil
Come, flame!
[21:29] Matt
That proves it.
[21:31] Matt
A spell-casting demon,
pretending to use incantations...
[21:34] Matt
The demons are the ones
that brought wordless casting into decline!
[21:40] Matt
The demons want humans' spells
as weak as possible.
[21:44] Matt
They must have infiltrated
First Academy long ago
[21:47] Matt
and arranged to have the fourth crest
declared the Crest of Failure!
[21:55] Devil
Come, flame!
[21:57] Devil
How?
[21:58] Devil
How can you be so strong?!
[22:00] Matt
Maybe you're just lousy at fighting!
[22:09] Lurie
What's going on?
[22:12] Devil
D-Did you just use a Spell Shatter?
[22:16] Matt
Yes.
[22:17] Matt
And I tacked on a Magic Veil,
so you wouldn't notice.
[22:22] Man
Hey, is that—
[22:24] Man
Is Devilis...
[22:26] Man
What? What's going on?
[22:26] Man
Does that mean...
[22:27] Facus
A-Are you telling me...
Devilis is a demon?!
[22:31] Eduard
Contact the palace!
[22:32] Eduard
Evacuate the students at once!
[22:34] Crowd
H-Help!
[22:35] Crowd
Calm down!
[22:35] Matt
Well, what's your next move?
[22:38] Devil
Damn you!
[22:44] Matt
A retreating demon will use
a Full Flight spell...
[22:47] Matt
It will take him about 1.5 seconds
from spreading his wings to takeoff.
[22:51] Matt
0.8 seconds for my enchantment...
[22:53] Matt
0.7 seconds remain.
[22:55] Matt
Easily done!
[22:58] Matt
Now it's over.
[23:03] Eduard
Did he defeat that demon...
all by himself?
[23:07] Matt
I can't believe there are demons
infiltrating the academy.
[23:12] Matt
I thought I drove them
to the brink of destruction
[23:15] Matt
in my old life as Gaius the Sage...
[23:19] Matt
It seems there are serious problems
in this day and age.
[23:25] Lurie
Pop quiz, Alma!
[23:26] Lurie
What's the best crest for enchantment?
[23:28] Alma
Crest of Glory!
[23:29] Lurie
And for power?
[23:30] Alma
Crest of Standard!
[23:31] Alma
Now, Matty, say all the crests
three times fast!
[23:33] Matt
Eh?!
[23:34] Matt
Crest of Glory, Crest of Standard,
Crest of Lesser, Crest of Failure!
[23:36] Matt
Crest of Glory, Crest of Standard,
Crest of Lesser, Crest of Failure!
SIGN Episode 2 The Strongest Stage Enters the Dungeon.
[23:38] Matt
Crest of Glory, Crest of Standard,
Crest of Lesser... argh!
E2 - The Strongest Sage Enters the Dungeon
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:04] Matt
Seeking greater power,
I induced my own reincarnation.
[00:09] Matt
Thousands of years later,
[00:12] Matt
I was reborn as Matthias,
third son of the Hildesheimer family.
[00:20] Matt
But when I finally regained
the memories of my past life,
[00:24] Matt
I found myself in a world in which
the strongest crest was decried as the weakest,
[00:28] Matt
and spellcasting techniques were in decline.
SIGN Episode 2
SIGN The Strongest Sage Enters the Dungeon.
[02:07] Court Mage A
Don't touch the body!
[02:09] Court Mage A
It could be booby-trapped!
[02:11] Court Mage B
Say nothing of this, any of you!
[02:15] Lurie
Matty!
[02:18] Lurie
I'm so glad you're safe!
[02:19] Lurie
You weren't harmed, were you?
[02:20] Matt
W-Well...
[02:22] Alma
Say, Lurie.
[02:25] Alma
You know what you're doing, don't you?
[02:27] Lurie
Oh, what was I thinking?
[02:33] Matt
Beating one demon
really isn't that big a deal.
[02:37] Eduard
No one in history
has ever single-handedly dispatched a demon!
[02:41] servant
Please, enter.
[02:45] King
Eduard. It has been some time.
[02:49] Eduard
I am honored to be
in your presence again, Your Majesty.
[02:54] King
We know each other too well
for such formality, don't we?
[02:58] King
Is that the boy?
[03:00] Eduard
Yes, my lord.
[03:01] Eduard
The hero of the moment, Matthias!
[03:05] Matt
Currently in my first year
at Second Academy's primary school,
[03:07] Matt
I am Matthias Hildesheimer.
[03:09] King
I see.
[03:11] King
I am duly impressed
by your defeat of that demon.
[03:14] King
Under normal circumstances, I would send word
of your meritorious deed far and wide
[03:16] King
and grant you a fief...
[03:19] Matt
No, not a fief! Anything but that!
[03:21] Matt
I reincarnated to get stronger!
[03:23] Matt
I don't want to waste my time
managing a bunch of land!
[03:25] King
Unfortunately, a public proclamation
would make it known
[03:28] King
that demons have infiltrated our ranks.
[03:31] King
It could stir mass panic.
[03:33] Matt
I'll gladly take something else!
[03:37] King
A magic sword, perhaps?
[03:38] King
I recently received a magic sword
with a double enchantment.
[03:42] Matt
"A double enchantment"?
[03:43] King
The blacksmith who sold it to me said
it was enchanted by a passing child.
[03:49] Matt
Right, that store owner had me
make a spare...
[03:54] King
May I infer that
you find this insufficient reward?
[03:59] King
Is there anything else
you might desire?
[04:01] Matt
I guess I'd better go for broke.
[04:05] Matt
I request rights to all resources
found in the kingdom's dungeons.
[04:10] King
The dungeons' resources?
[04:12] King
Do you mean the ore that lies within them,
and their monsters?
[04:16] Matt
Yes.
[04:17] Matt
I'm not asking for a monopoly, of course.
[04:21] Matt
Dungeons are a kingdom's greatest asset,
[04:24] Matt
superior even to high-quality gold mines.
[04:27] Matt
In my past life, kingdoms would even go
to war over dungeons,
[04:31] Matt
and the monster parts
and magical metals they contained.
[04:34] Matt
But magical knowledge has waned
in this day and age.
[04:38] Matt
It's entirely possible that they don't know
the true worth of dungeons.
[04:41] King
If that is your wish,
then I grant you free rein.
[04:46] Matt
You have my gratitude.
[04:48] King
I shall consider the matter
of your reward settled.
[04:51] King
Now, Matthias,
I wish to hear your opinion.
[04:54] Matt
My opinion?
[04:55] King
Yes.
[04:57] King
The four magical chosen ones once present
in this kingdom have all vanished.
[05:04] King
This includes Erhard,
last Captain of the Mages' Order.
[05:09] Matt
The magical chosen ones...
[05:11] Matt
Demons?
[05:13] King
Magical chosen ones first began
to appear several hundred years ago.
[05:18] King
This suggests that demons have been infiltrating
our kingdom for centuries.
[05:25] Matt
In my past life, I drove the demons
to the brink of destruction.
[05:29] Matt
But after I died
to achieve my reincarnation,
[05:32] Matt
the few survivors
must have infiltrated human society,
[05:35] Matt
spread erroneous magical knowledge,
[05:38] Matt
and caused human power to wane over time.
[05:43] King
It seems you have driven the demons
from our kingdom.
[05:47] King
Does this mean
the threat has passed?
[05:50] Matt
I fear not, Your Majesty.
[05:52] Matt
In fact, it may be more dire
than ever!
[05:55] King
What do you mean?
[05:57] Matt
If the unmasking caused
the magical chosen ones to flee,
[06:01] Matt
it's a sign that they see no value
in maintaining the masquerade.
[06:05] Eduard
Are you saying...
[06:06] Matt
The demons' next move may be
to muster their forces
[06:08] Matt
and lay waste to this kingdom.
[06:11] Matt
That said, demons are not adept
organizing en masse.
[06:15] Matt
If they intend to gather a great force
before they attack us,
[06:20] Matt
I predict it will take them
approximately three months.
[06:23] edo
A mere three months?!
[06:26] King
Hardly enough time.
[06:29] Matt
It's more than enough!
[06:31] Matt
We just need to cover the whole kingdom
in a barrier before then.
[06:35] King
A kingdom-sized barrier?
[06:36] Matt
Yes.
[06:38] Matt
We'll use a divine-class artifact
to project a permanent barrier.
[06:42] Matt
If all the students
of Second Academy work together,
[06:45] Matt
we can finish the preparations in a month.
[06:47] Matt
I advise that we continue teaching
wordless magic in the meantime.
[06:53] King
We have no way of facing them ourselves.
[06:57] King
As you defeated a demon single-handedly,
we must place our trust in you.
[07:01] King
Matthias Hildesheimer...
[07:03] King
I appoint you leader
of the fight against the demons!
[07:07] Storage room guide
His Majesty said
you could have anything you want,
[07:10] Storage room guide
for the creation of the barrier
or otherwise.
[07:15] Matt
For the magistones, mithril,
and orichalcum I'll need for the barrier,
[07:20] Matt
I might still have to hit up a dungeon.
[07:25] Storage room guide
That was found in an ancient ruin.
[07:28] Storage room guide
Unfortunately, no one knows how to use it.
[07:33] Matt
The pattern of the magic
that runs through it...
[07:36] Matt
It is!
[07:37] Matt
It's a magic sword I made in my past life!
[07:40] Matt
A test case from when I was obsessed
with making magic swords.
[07:45] Matt
I'll take this sword!
[07:47] Storage room guide
Really? You'd like that sword?
[07:50] Matt
It's tougher than orichalcum.
[07:53] Matt
It'll be perfect for the barrier's core!
[07:56] Matt
I'll also take this pendant.
[07:59] Matt
A magic accessory I made in my past life!
[08:02] Matt
It vastly increases the gains
granted by experience points.
[08:07] Matt
It's precisely what I need right now!
[08:14] Matt
They're starting to get the hang of it.
[08:16] Matt
I entreated the king for a reevaluation
of casting theory and crest rankings,
[08:22] Matt
but it takes time for ideas
to change once they've calcified.
[08:25] Matt
Still, I can't have humanity dying out
[08:28] Matt
before I can make myself properly strong.
[08:32] Matt
I'll need to work with them for a while.
[08:35] Alma
Matty!
[08:36] Lurie
The headmaster told us!
[08:38] Lurie
You're making a barrier
to protect the kingdom?
[08:41] Matt
Yes.
[08:41] Matt
I'll be heading to a dungeon
to collect the materials needed.
[08:45] Alma
A dungeon?
[08:46] Lurie
You're going in already?
[08:48] Matt
That's right...
[08:49] Matt
It's always better
to have a party in dungeons.
[08:54] Matt
Lurie, Alma...
[08:56] Alma
Yes?
[08:58] Matt
W-Will you be...
[09:02] Matt
Will you be my party?
[09:04] Alma
P-Party?
[09:06] Lurie
Go into the dungeon with you,
you mean?
[09:12] Matt
D-Do they not feel comfortable around me?
[09:17] Lurie
We're thrilled by the invitation,
[09:19] Lurie
but are you certain
we won't hold you back?
[09:22] Alma
I'd love to get stronger,
[09:24] Alma
but I'm not great with a sword.
[09:27] Lurie
You've always been better
with a bow, haven't you?
[09:30] Alma
Yeah...
[09:30] Alma
And bows are great for hunting,
[09:33] Alma
but I was told they're bad for combat,
since they don't play well with casting.
[09:37] Matt
Oh, is that all?
[09:40] Matt
Bows are great for magical combat!
[09:42] Alma
They are?
[09:46] Matt
Watch, Alma!
[09:50] Lurie
You infused the arrow with magic?
[09:52] Matt
That was Simple Magic Enchant.
[09:55] Alma
That's incredible!
[09:56] Alma
In your hands, at least...
[09:58] Alma
I'm not sure I can measure up.
[10:00] Matt
I think you can.
[10:03] Matt
Besides, you have the Crest of Standard.
[10:06] Matt
It's the ideal crest for magical archery.
[10:08] Alma
Really?
[10:10] Alma
Maybe I will join your party, then!
[10:13] Lurie
Did you say that was an enchantment?
[10:16] Matt
Yeah, of a sort.
You're infusing an arrow with magical power.
[10:19] Lurie
Can I do the same thing?!
[10:21] Matt
Uh...
[10:22] Matt
Do you like casting enchantments, Lurie?
[10:24] Lurie
Yes!
[10:25] Lurie
Watching you do it piqued my interest!
[10:28] Lurie
And if I'm infusing equipment
with magical power, I won't have to fight!
[10:32] Matt
Oh, is that the reason?
[10:33] Matt
Your crest is better for enchantments
than for combat, anyway.
[10:38] Lurie
But that's wonderful!
[10:39] Lurie
I would love to join your party, Matty!
[10:42] Lurie
Teach me all there is to know
about enchantments!
[10:44] Matt
S-Sure...
[10:46] Alma
Lurie...
[10:48] Lurie
Oh, there I go again...
[10:50] Matt
She's so thrilled
about the properties of the crest
[10:54] Matt
that I reincarnated to be rid of.
[10:56] Matt
But now I'm ready to go.
[10:59] Matt
With my close-combat-specialized Fourth Crest,
I can hold the front line,
[11:03] Matt
while Alma reinforces me from behind,
[11:05] Matt
and Lurie, with her First Crest,
offers support.
[11:08] Matt
It's a well-balanced party!
[11:10] Matt
We're all set, then.
[11:11] Matt
Let's take our party to the dungeon!
[11:13] both
Right!
[11:18] Lurie
I had no idea there was a dungeon
beneath the academy!
[11:22] Matt
Yes, the environmental features
and monster strength
[11:24] Matt
will differ floor by floor.
[11:27] Matt
The monsters on this floor
shouldn't be particularly tough...
[11:31] Matt
I'll fetch one!
[11:33] Alma
Matty?
[11:38] Matt
Here!
[11:40] both
A monster!
[11:43] Matt
Sorry to startle you.
[11:44] Matt
I figured we'd use it for practice.
[11:49] Matt
Alma! Try to hit it
with one of your arrows!
[11:52] Alma
Sure...
[11:53] Alma
But I don't think an arrow
will get through that thing's shell.
[11:58] Matt
Just try it!
[11:59] Matt
Do what you'd do to fire off a spell,
[12:01] Matt
but channel the magic
into the arrow instead!
[12:03] Alma
Hm...
[12:05] Alma
Like this?
[12:06] Matt
Exactly! Now release the arrow!
[12:10] Alma
Here I go!
[12:14] Alma
No way!
[12:15] Lurie
That was incredible, Alma!
[12:17] Alma
That's the spell you used before, right?
[12:20] Matt
Yeah, but that's just the first trick.
[12:24] Matt
Alma. This time,
draw the bow and hold it.
[12:27] Alma
Right!
[12:30] Matt
This time, after you release it,
[12:32] Matt
try to feel the connection
between yourself and the arrow.
[12:34] Matt
It should feel like there's a thread
of magic tied to the arrow,
[12:37] Matt
and you're holding the other end.
[12:41] Alma
Like this?
[12:43] Alma
Another monster!
[12:45] Lurie
It changed course mid-flight!
[12:47] Matt
That's called a Thread-Guided Enchant.
[12:50] Matt
Practice it until you can hit two monsters
with one shot.
[12:55] Alma
Okay, I'll try!
[12:59] Alma
Monsters... Monsters...
[13:02] Matt
Magistones will appear
when you slay the monsters.
[13:04] Matt
Make sure you pick those up!
We'll need them for the barrier!
[13:07] Alma
Got it!
[13:08] Matt
While she's gone, you and I will—
[13:10] Lurie
Cast enchantments?!
[13:12] Matt
A-Actually, there's something else
we need to do first.
[13:15] Lurie
Oh.
[13:16] Matt
Don't worry!
It's part of learning enchantments!
[13:20] Lurie
Really?! I'll do my best!
[13:26] Matt
You'll want to learn
how to make your own weapons
[13:28] Matt
so you'll have something
to practice your enchantment spells on.
[13:30] Lurie
Doesn't that take decades of training?
[13:33] Matt
They're just for practice purposes,
[13:35] Matt
so you won't have
to spend too long on them.
[13:38] Matt
Now, the raw material to make weapons...
[13:41] Matt
This should do.
[13:44] Matt
Brittle Shatter.
[13:50] Matt
This is crude dungeon ore.
[13:52] Matt
We'll want to refine it
to extract metal for the weapons.
[13:56] Lurie
I thought dungeon walls were synonymous
with indestructibility...
[14:01] Matt
They should be synonymous
with valuable resources!
[14:05] Matt
Anyway, let's refine it.
[14:07] Lurie
R-Right!
[14:10] Matt
We'll use pure magic power
to melt the dungeon ore,
[14:12] Matt
and a water spell to recrystallize it.
[14:14] Matt
Then we'll use a Brittle Shatter
to smash those crystals into powder,
[14:16] Matt
followed by a magnet spell
to aggregate the elements we want.
[14:20] Matt
We'll repeat this process
again and again until...
[14:23] Lurie
I did it!
[14:24] Lurie
Pure clusters of iron and mithril!
[14:27] Matt
That was great for a first try!
[14:29] Lurie
Thank you!
[14:30] Matt
And, wow... look at that smile!
[14:33] Lurie
Will we use these
to create weapons now?
[14:36] Matt
Yes.
[14:37] Matt
You're such a fast learner.
[14:39] Matt
Let's see if we can go right
from making a weapon to enchanting it!
[14:42] Lurie
Please!
[14:46] Alma
Yes! I can do three at once now!
[14:49] Alma
I've gotten lots of magistones,
so I'll head back and check in!
[14:54] Alma
Hope Lurie and Matty are getting along...
[15:00] Lurie
I did it!
[15:01] Lurie
I enchanted the sword
to let me break through walls!
[15:06] Alma
What in the world are they doing?
[15:09] Alma
Awesome job, Lurie!
[15:10] Alma
You can make equipment already!
[15:12] Lurie
Yes!
[15:13] Lurie
But only because
Matty is such a good teacher.
[15:16] Alma
Any monsters who come after us
will regret it!
[15:19] Matt
Yes, and we're hitting
the tenth floor today.
[15:22] both
T-Tenth?!
[15:24] Matt
I think you can handle it.
[15:26] Matt
Let's use this as a test
to see how much you've learned!
[15:36] Lurie
This floor seems different
from the previous ones...
[15:40] Alma
Look! Look!
[15:41] Alma
Creepy!
[15:43] Lurie
I'll finish them
with a wide-ranging fire attack spell!
[15:48] Lurie
It didn't work?!
[15:49] Alma
I'll try my arrows, then!
[15:53] Alma
Yeah! A clean sweep!
[15:55] Lurie
You're amazing, Alma!
[16:03] Alma
Stand back!
[16:06] Alma
Hey, this one's pretty tough!
[16:08] Lurie
I'll help you!
[16:10] Lurie
New arrows!
[16:16] Alma
Thanks, Lurie!
[16:17] Lurie
Of course!
[16:23] Matt
They're really getting the swing of combat.
[16:27] Matt
My pendant consolidates the magic power
of defeated monsters
[16:30] Matt
to increase the experience points
my party gains.
[16:32] Matt
It's playing a big part
in their improvement, too!
[16:34] Matt
Great work, past me!
[16:40] Matt
But the real test is coming up...
[16:42] Matt
Be careful!
[16:44] Matt
Killer Dogs are exponentially stronger
than the monsters you've fought so far.
[16:47] Alma
E-Exponentially?!
[16:50] Matt
Should I step in to save them?
[16:54] Lurie
Alma!
[16:56] Alma
Thanks, Lurie!
[17:00] Alma
And this should do it!
[17:04] Alma
Yes!
[17:05] Lurie
Alma!
[17:07] Matt
Great work, you two!
[17:09] Matt
Alma, you managed
two simultaneous thread-guided arrows.
[17:13] Matt
And Lurie, your support was amazing!
[17:16] Matt
It should be a while
before more monsters come here.
[17:20] Matt
Let's set up a camp.
[17:21] Alma
A camp?
[17:22] Matt
A barrier to establish a safe area to rest.
[17:25] Matt
If I infuse this magistone
with my magic power...
[17:31] Matt
There we go.
[17:33] Matt
Rest a while, you two.
[17:34] Lurie
Where are you going, Matty?
[17:36] Matt
To the lower floors.
[17:38] Matt
It's the only place to get
the adamantite I need for the barrier.
[17:43] Matt
And I'm ready to find out
how far I've come.
[17:48] Alma
How far down are you going to go?
[17:51] Matt
The twenty-fifth floor, I think?
[17:53] Alma
T-Twenty-fifth?!
[17:55] Alma
But the deepest anyone's ever gone
in this dungeon is the twenty-third floor!
[17:59] Alma
And that was the legendary thirty-man party
[18:02] Alma
under the protection
of Gaius, God of Magic!
[18:05] Matt
Did she just say, "Gaius, God of Magic"?
[18:09] Matt
A coincidence, perhaps?
[18:19] Matt
These weak monsters are a waste of my magic.
[18:23] Matt
I need to hurry to deeper floors!
[18:26] Matt
There.
[18:27] Matt
The rocks here contain adamantite.
[18:30] Matt
I'll gather it up and head back.
[18:34] Matt
This sensation...
[18:35] Matt
I'm sure of it.
[18:37] Matt
There's a powerful monster there...
[18:38] Matt
What's known as a floor boss.
[18:41] Matt
Floor bosses are the leading cause
of party mortality.
[18:45] Matt
I currently have less magic power
than the average mage from my past life.
[18:50] Matt
What should I do under these circumstances?
[18:53] Matt
That's obvious, isn't it?
[18:56] Matt
I charge!
[18:57] Matt
I'll use all the knowledge,
experience, and wits I possess
[18:59] Matt
to slay that floor boss!
[19:17] Matt
It's important to set the stage for your enemy.
[19:20] Matt
I've taken out all the monsters
and pillars separating us
[19:22] Matt
and made it a path.
[19:24] Matt
Come to me...
[19:25] Matt
Compel Detect!
[19:29] Matt
It's here?
[19:30] Matt
No, wait... It's—
[19:36] Matt
Couldn't just use the path I made,
could you?
[19:40] Matt
Arc Serpent...
[19:43] Matt
One hit like that would be
the death of me for sure.
[19:48] Matt
And not just that...
[19:49] Matt
Its venom corrodes the ground itself,
[19:52] Matt
and the fumes will toxify the air
as time passes.
[19:55] Matt
I'll want to finish this quickly.
[19:57] Matt
But this will be my first proper challenge
since acquiring the Fourth Crest...
[20:03] Matt
Even if it won't last long,
[20:05] Matt
I fully intend to enjoy it!
[20:09] Matt
A single scale?
[20:11] Matt
But that should be enough
[20:13] Matt
to make an opponent unaccustomed to injury
[20:15] Matt
recognize me as a threat!
[20:21] Matt
As expected.
[20:29] Matt
Was that painful?
[20:31] Matt
But it's not over yet...
[20:33] Matt
Sunder Steel!
[20:34] Matt
Resist Acid!
[20:35] Matt
Magic Slash!
[20:36] Matt
Triple-cast!
[20:45] Matt
Still no effect?
[20:47] Matt
You're a real tough guy.
[20:50] Matt
Here's a little trick much loved
by sword-wielding casters.
[20:56] Matt
The shattering of a magistone produces a thick veil
of magic power and particles.
[21:01] Matt
I gather them all into my blade!
[21:09] Matt
Special Magic Enchant!
[21:19] Alma
Wh-What was that?
An earthquake?
[21:22] Alias
Erhard, did you feel
a massive burst of magic?
[21:26] Erhard
Just your imagination.
[21:27] Erhard
No human has power like that
in this day and age.
[21:32] Lurie
Welcome back, Matty!
[21:35] Alma
You're back sooner
than I thought you'd be!
[21:36] Matt
Yeah, I beat a really big monster,
and it kind of filled up my inventory.
[21:41] Lurie
A really big monster?
[21:43] Matt
Yeah. See?
[23:25] Alma
Lurie! The demons are coming!
[23:27] Lurie
Don't worry.
[23:28] Lurie
We'll be safe if we stay
in our camp and keep quiet!
[23:31] Alma
Well any barrier Matty's created would be—
[23:34] Lurie
A-Are you...
[23:36] Lurie
No, Alma! Don't!
SIGN Episode 3 The Strongest Sage Meets a Dragon.
[23:38] Alma
Achoo!
E3 - The Strongest Sage Meets a Dragon
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:03] Alma
Is it just me,
or are they staring at us?
[00:06] Receptionist
Sorry about them.
[00:08] Receptionist
Second Academy students are bound
to attract attention.
[00:11] Receptionist
Especially lately.
[00:13] Alma
Lately?
[00:14] Receptionist
Yes.
[00:15] Receptionist
More and more students
are completing monster hunts.
[00:18] Receptionist
First-years in particular.
[00:21] Lurie
I see...
[00:22] Lurie
Another result of Matty's teachings.
[00:24] Receptionist
Now, how can I help you?
[00:27] Alma
We've come to sell goods
we picked up in the dungeon!
[00:30] Receptionist
Goodness!
[00:31] Receptionist
You must be a strong party,
to be scouring the dungeon!
[00:35] Receptionist
Is the Crest of Failure bearer
acting as your porter?
[00:37] Lurie
No! Matty is—
[00:39] Matt
Well, I certainly am porting
my fair share...
[00:41] Matt
See?
[00:46] Matt
I'd like to sell this.
SIGN Episode 3
SIGN The Strongest Sage Meets a Dragon.
[02:30] Receptionist
A storage spell...
[02:32] Receptionist
I'd heard rumors,
but I can't believe it's real!
[02:35] Alma
It shocked us, too!
[02:39] Receptionist
Is this all you want to sell?
[02:41] Matt
Oh, plus the magistone...
[02:43] Alma
It's huge!
[02:45] Lurie
Is that truly a magistone?
[02:48] Receptionist
It could qualify as a national treasure.
[02:50] Matt
I got it by defeating the Arc Serpent.
[02:53] Matt
It's not really big enough, though.
[02:55] Alma
That's not big enough?
For what?!
[02:58] Matt
I need an even bigger one
to use for the barrier.
[03:01] Matt
Of course,
I can always get another one.
[03:05] Lurie
You're like
a national-treasure generator, Matty.
[03:10] Sis
I'm not sure
our guild can afford all this.
[03:15] Alma
I can't believe
they gave us 750 gold!
[03:18] Alma
I've never seen so much money!
[03:20] Matt
We'll split the proceeds.
[03:22] Matt
250 gold apiece, I suppose?
[03:25] Alma
250?! We don't deserve that!
[03:28] Lurie
Aren't parties supposed to split proceeds
based on individual contribution?
[03:33] Matt
Are they?
[03:35] Matt
I wouldn't know, since I hardly ever
had a party in my past life.
[03:42] Alma
Matty?
[03:44] Matt
We'd better get back to the academy.
[03:46] Lurie
Why—
[03:49] Alma
This magical aura. Could it be...
[03:52] Matt
Yeah, there are two demons
heading for Second Academy.
[03:57] Deshril
We're almost there, Lord Ashril.
[03:59] Ashril
The human that defeated Devilis
attends Second Academy, correct?
[04:04] Deshril
Yes. Let's go test his mettle.
[04:07] Ashril
Just don't go too hard.
[04:08] Ashril
Humans are so fragile, after all.
[04:11] Matt
One of the demons is on the weak end,
[04:13] Matt
but the other is stronger than Devilis.
[04:15] Alma
Devilis...
That's the one you beat, right?!
[04:19] Matt
Yes.
[04:20] Matt
So I'll handle the strong one.
[04:23] Matt
You two take the weaker.
[04:25] Lurie
Y-You want us to fight a demon?!
[04:27] Alma
Th-There's no way!
[04:29] Matt
Don't worry.
[04:30] Matt
At the level you are,
you can put up a good fight.
[04:33] Matt
I have a plan.
[04:35] Matt
I just need you to buy time
while I take out the stronger one.
[04:40] Matt
We have to stop the demons
before they reach the academy.
[04:45] Alma
Okay.
[04:47] Alma
If you say I can do it, I'll do it!
[04:50] Lurie
I shall as well!
[04:52] Lurie
Now that we're a party,
[04:53] Lurie
we can't let you shoulder all the burden!
[04:58] Deshril
What's your read, Lord Ashril?
[05:00] Ashril
We'll start with a spell from above—
[05:04] Deshril
Lord Ashril?
[05:05] Ashril
They're coming.
[05:07] Deshril
Impossible!
[05:09] Deshril
You startled me there,
you pathetic human rat.
[05:12] Deshril
But you don't have the power to match!
[05:14] Matt
He's on the weaker end,
but he's still a demon.
[05:15] Matt
I can't deal damage without enhancements.
[05:18] Ashril
Are you the human who defeated Devilis?
[05:22] Matt
What if I am?
[05:23] Ashril
Yes, a foolish question...
[05:25] Ashril
Whether you are or not,
you are still a human...
[05:28] Ashril
And thus, you must die!
[05:30] Matt
A direct hit from that
would kill me on the spot.
[05:33] Matt
I don't have much magic power,
[05:36] Matt
but if I burn about half of it...
[05:39] Ashril
Did that get him?
[05:41] Ashril
What?!
[05:42] Matt
If you don't have enough magic,
just use the enemy's.
[05:48] Ashril
You reflected my spell?
[05:50] Ashril
Well played, human.
[05:52] Matt
Demons these days seem to have
a habit of underestimating humans.
[05:56] Matt
Sorry to inform you,
but I didn't reflect it...
[05:58] Matt
I took control of it!
[06:01] Deshril
Lord Ashril!
[06:02] Matt
Once summoned, these control spheres
stick around until a spell takes them out.
[06:08] Deshril
You won't escape, human!
[06:10] Matt
Control spheres can't stop physical attacks.
[06:13] Matt
And that's why I need...
[06:15] Matt
strategy!
[06:16] Matt
Now!
[06:21] Ashril
What is it?
[06:22] Deshril
I don't know.
[06:23] Deshril
This strange arrow hit me,
and suddenly I feel—
[06:26] Alma
Yes! It worked!
[06:28] Matt
Lurie enchanted the arrows with a spell
[06:30] Matt
to disrupt their magic power
and slow them down.
[06:35] Ashril
I'll deal with this one.
[06:36] Ashril
Deshril, you take them.
[06:43] Matt
I split them up, just as planned.
[06:47] Ashril
I see you've got some odd little tricks
up your sleeve.
[06:50] Ashril
But there won't be
any more interference now.
[06:53] Matt
He thinks he split us up, now?
[06:57] Ashril
Let us end this game.
[06:59] Ashril
You cannot reflect this spell!
[07:01] Matt
A large-scale spell...
[07:03] Matt
Frightening indeed.
[07:05] Matt
It'll destroy my control spheres outright.
[07:08] Matt
But if I fire a spell
into the casting circle's weak point...
[07:13] Ashril
What?!
[07:16] Matt
What's wrong?
[07:17] Matt
First time having a spell canceled on you?
[07:22] Ashril
Impudent brat!
[07:23] Ashril
But don't let success go
to your head, human!
[07:29] Ashril
Why...
[07:31] Ashril
Why can't I hit you?!
[07:33] Matt
That's very simple!
[07:35] Matt
Your swordsmanship...
[07:37] Matt
just isn't up to snuff!
[07:41] Matt
I picked up so much combat experience
in my past life.
[07:44] Matt
There's no way he could match up.
[07:47] Ashril
In that case...
[07:49] Matt
Hey! Where do you think you're going?
[07:57] Matt
A flight spell won't save you, either.
[08:00] Matt
I have full control
over all your casting.
[08:02] Ashril
What manner of beast are you?!
[08:05] Matt
I will not abide a demon
calling me a beast!
[08:14] Ashril
You fell for it!
[08:15] Ashril
The fact that you went out of your way
to cancel my spell
[08:17] Ashril
was a sign that
you really didn't want me casting it!
[08:20] Matt
A concealed cast...
[08:22] Matt
He was constructing the casting circle
while we crossed swords, then?
[08:29] Deshril
That spell came from Lord Ashril!
[08:39] Ashril
You dodged that one, too...
[08:41] Ashril
But at least I rid myself
of those annoying spheres!
[08:45] Ashril
I'll let you go this time.
[08:48] Ashril
But the next time we meet—
[08:52] Matt
An occlusion orb.
[08:54] Matt
A spell to contract the body's
magical power conduits and stymie the flow.
[08:57] Matt
It's usually no more than a nuisance...
[09:00] Matt
But if cast on someone concentrating
vast amounts of magic power
[09:03] Matt
for a spell like Full Flight,
[09:05] Matt
the magic is denied an outlet
and runs wild within them.
[09:10] Matt
If you don't have enough magic,
just use the enemy's.
[09:16] Matt
And now—
[09:19] Ashril
You noticed... that, too?!
[09:24] Matt
He was just about
to cast a demon-exclusive spell
[09:28] Matt
that gives up one's life
to summon a vast horde of monsters.
[09:33] Matt
I sealed it before he could.
[09:39] Matt
You've started quite a panic, haven't you?
[09:42] Matt
You're a terrible thorn
in my side, you know.
[09:44] Ashril
I don't give a damn.
[09:48] Matt
That's one successful dispatch, then.
[09:53] Lurie
Alma!
[09:56] Alma
Go!
[09:56] Deshril
More of those strange arrows?!
[10:00] Lurie
Now!
[10:01] Alma
Right!
[10:03] Both
Run!
[10:04] Deshril
Damn! They got away again!
[10:07] Matt
They're doing rather well.
[10:09] Matt
Release a disruption arrow
at the demon as it approaches,
[10:13] Matt
then quickly withdraw.
[10:15] Matt
They're maintaining a distance
from which they can dodge all its attacks.
[10:19] Matt
I suppose I should finish things off, though.
[10:22] Deshril
Impudent human brats...
[10:25] Deshril
But once Lord Ashril and I reunite—
[10:27] Matt
Heya!
[10:29] Lurie
Matty!
[10:30] Deshril
What are you doing here?!
[10:32] Deshril
What happened to Lord Ashril?
[10:33] Matt
Your little friend?
He's on the ground, over there.
[10:36] Deshril
What?! You defeated Lord Ashril?
[10:39] Deshril
That can't be true!
[10:40] Matt
In the mood to find out?
[10:46] Deshril
That spell... Can it be?!
[10:48] Matt
Yes, the light of death
that can slay a demon in one strike.
[10:53] Matt
Actually, it's a simple light spell
designed to look like that.
[10:56] Matt
I can't cast the real thing
at my current magic levels.
[11:00] Matt
Well? What now?
[11:02] Deshril
You beast!
[11:03] Deshril
This isn't over!
[11:04] Matt
Alma! Fire!
[11:06] Alma
But he's too far—
[11:07] Matt
It'll work!
[11:08] Alma
Okay!
[11:09] Alma
Lurie!
[11:10] Lurie
Right!
[11:12] Lurie
Matty!
[11:14] Matt
I can't match a Full Flight
in my current state...
[11:17] Matt
But an arrow can!
[11:20] Deshril
Stay back! Stay back!
[11:32] Matt
And another successful dispatch.
[11:35] Lurie
That was amazing, Matty!
[11:37] Alma
I can't believe we fought a demon!
[11:40] Lurie
You landed almost all your hits on it, too!
[11:42] Alma
Only thanks to your enchanted arrows!
[11:45] Lurie
But that's only thanks
to the spells Matty taught me!
[11:49] Lurie
Matty?
[11:51] Crowd
Were those demons?
[11:51] Crowd
An academy student defeated demons?
[11:52] Crowd
All by himself?
[11:53] Crowd
No, with two others!
Beautiful girls!
[11:57] Matt
This isn't good.
[11:58] Matt
There are too many of them.
[12:00] Matt
This is definitely going
to get complicated.
[12:02] Lurie
What should we do, Matty?
[12:04] Matt
There's only one thing to do
when surrounded by enemies you can't slay.
[12:08] Alma
Uh, "enemies"?
[12:10] Matt
Activate a movement spell
and aim for a hole in their ranks.
[12:14] Matt
In this case, that means up!
[12:16] Lurie
But... we can't fly!
[12:20] Matt
That's right.
I haven't taught you that yet.
[12:23] Matt
Sorry about this!
[12:24] Lurie
M-Matty?!
[12:26] Matt
The thing to do now...
[12:28] Matt
is run!
[12:29] Lurie
M-Matty...
[12:30] Alma
Hey, look at that!
[12:32] Alma
It's so pretty!
[12:43] King
Let me congratulate you
on a job well done.
[12:46] Alma
Th-That's the king!
[12:48] Lurie
The real king!
[12:49] King
I'll get right to the point.
[12:51] King
Matthias. What do you ask for?
[12:54] King
If it is national treasures you seek,
[12:56] King
I'll give you run
of the storehouse once more.
[12:58] Matt
There's nothing left
in the storehouse that I want.
[13:01] Matt
Authority over Second Academy, perhaps?
[13:04] Matt
No, since I'm planning to leave the academy
once the demons are dealt with...
[13:11] Matt
Give me dungeons, then.
[13:13] Matt
As many as you can.
[13:14] King
Very well.
I'll find you as many as I can.
[13:17] Matt
Excellent!
[13:18] Eduard
More dungeons, eh?
[13:20] King
You two also contributed to this.
[13:22] King
Speak your request, and it shall be yours.
[13:25] Alma
Sir! I want money!
[13:27] Alma
You can never have too much money,
[13:29] Alma
and you can always find
a use for it later!
[13:33] King
Very well! I shall see to it.
[13:35] Matt
Alma's her usual self, even around the king.
[13:39] Lurie
I suppose I'll have the same...
[13:41] King
Indeed.
[13:42] King
I shall provide you both just compensation.
[13:45] King
We can decide
on the precise amount later—
[13:47] Matt
If I may, Your Majesty.
[13:50] Matt
Hey, come on out.
[13:52] Eduard
Matthias?
[13:53] Matt
You can't hide from me, you know.
[13:55] Matt
All that magic power you're pumping out
is just giving you away.
[13:59] Lurie
Is there someone else here?
[14:01] Matt
Yes, demons are watching us.
[14:04] Matt
Though they're not technically here.
[14:07] Matt
Cat still got your tongue?
[14:09] Matt
All right, then...
[14:10] Matt
I'll just have to force you to talk!
[14:15] Matt
That went well.
[14:17] Eduard
Majesty! Did you recognize that voice?
[14:20] King
Erhard, former Captain of the Mages' Order!
[14:23] King
Did he arrange a way
to listen in on this room?
[14:26] Matt
Yes, it's a fixed magical interface,
[14:29] Matt
a spell allowing
for long-range surveillance.
[14:32] Eduard
And you slayed the surveillant?!
[14:33] Matt
I dealt a little damage,
but I doubt I finished him off.
[14:37] King
So the demons have been listening in
on all our plans?
[14:40] Matt
Your Majesty.
[14:41] Matt
348 kilometers west
and 4425 kilometers north of this palace...
[14:47] Matt
Is there anything special in that location?
[14:50] Matt
I felt a reaction from that region
when I destroyed the magical interface.
[14:56] King
A village that was once destroyed by demons.
[14:59] Matt
The demons are hiding out in those ruins.
[15:03] Matt
Given the reverberations in the voice,
they're probably indoors.
[15:06] King
Your spell told you all that?
[15:10] Eduard
What do we do, Matthias?
[15:12] Matt
The demons have been so kind
as to give us their location.
[15:16] Matt
We really should pay them a visit.
[15:18] Alma
But it's so far away!
[15:19] Alma
Wouldn't it take half a year
to travel that far?
[15:22] Matt
True.
[15:23] Matt
Even with a teleportation spell,
my crest couldn't take us far.
[15:26] Eduard
You can use teleportation spells?!
[15:29] Matt
Yeah, but it's useless right now,
[15:32] Matt
so I'll have to figure out
another way to get there.
[15:34] Eduard
R-Right...
[15:35] Lurie
Did he just...
call a legendary spell "useless"?
[15:45] Alma
The headmaster seemed
very enthusiastic, didn't he?
[15:48] Lurie
Yes, he was over the moon
about gathering materials for the barrier!
[15:53] (Flashback) Eduard
Let's round up 1.5 tons of mithril
before Matthias and his party return!
[15:58] (Flashback) All
Yeah!
[16:00] Matt
He was about to rope me
into teaching tons of special classes,
[16:04] Matt
so I feel that I'm getting off easy.
[16:06] Alma
So, how are we going
to get to the demons?
[16:10] Matt
I told you.
You'll find out when we get there.
[16:13] Matt
I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!
[16:15] Lurie
You certainly are full of surprises, Matty...
[16:19] Matt
What's that supposed to mean?
[16:22] Matt
Although, the associated signature
has certainly weakened...
[16:26] Matt
I just hope we can still get
a ride out of this.
[16:29] Matt
Oh, here we are.
[16:32] Alma
W-We are?
[16:34] Lurie
This looks an awful lot
like a certain legendary creature...
[16:39] Matt
Think of it as a fancy carriage.
[16:41] Matt
One that happens to breathe fire.
[16:43] Lurie
B-But isn't that...
[16:45] Both
A dragon?!
[16:48] Matt
More precisely,
Iris the Darkness Dragon.
[16:50] Lurie
You mean one of
those legendary kingdom-destroyers?!
[16:55] Matt
I'll negotiate.
[16:56] Matt
You two wait here.
[16:58] Both
"Negotiate"?!
[17:00] Matt
Iris the Darkness Dragon was a member
of the dragons
[17:03] Matt
that picked a fight with me
in my past life.
[17:05] Matt
She surrendered early on,
so I let her go.
[17:09] Matt
Iris and I go a long way back.
[17:11] Matt
I'm sure she'll be happy
to see me again.
[17:14] Iris
Intruder.
[17:16] Iris
This is my domain.
[17:18] Iris
I did not grant you ingress.
[17:22] Matt
Eh?
[17:22] Iris
But I do not seek unnecessary death.
[17:25] Iris
I will allow you to leave.
[17:27] Iris
But if you take one more step inward,
you will die.
[17:32] Matt
She doesn't remember me, then?
[17:34] Iris
Die!
[17:36] Both
Matty!
[17:38] Matt
Dragon's Breath, eh?
[17:40] Matt
But with such an efficient,
intricate casting circle,
[17:42] Matt
if you can just strike the weak point...
[17:48] Iris
Er?
[17:50] Iris
Was that a disruption spell?
[17:53] Matt
Yes, it was.
[17:55] Iris
Wait, you speak dragon?!
[17:57] Matt
Come on.
It's common knowledge.
[18:01] Iris
D-Do you know a man named Gaius,
by chance?
[18:05] Iris
He died a few thousand years ago
and claimed he was going to reincarnate...
[18:08] Matt
Know him? I'm his reincarnation!
[18:11] Iris
Eek! I'm so sorry!
[18:14] Iris
I didn't realize it was you, Lord Gaius!
[18:18] Iris
This is all just a big misunderstanding!
[18:21] Iris
Please, don't kill me!
[18:22] Alma
Look at that! The dragon's groveling!
[18:25] Lurie
Hush, Alma! It'll hear you!
[18:27] Matt
You're safe. I promise.
[18:28] Matt
I didn't come here to hurt you.
[18:32] Iris
Y-You didn't?
[18:34] Matt
I need to slay some demons,
but they're rather far away.
[18:38] Matt
Could you take us there on your back?
[18:40] Iris
Sure, but...
[18:41] Iris
Why not use a teleportation spell?
[18:45] Matt
This is my crest now.
[18:47] Iris
The Fourth Crest, huh?
[18:49] Iris
That's the crest you liked very much,
[18:51] Iris
but that you should
really never be allowed to have!
[18:55] Matt
Who exactly do you take me for?
[18:57] Alma
Matty! Think we could get an update?
[19:00] Matt
I've got us a ride.
[19:01] Matt
You can come on over.
[19:03] Lurie
T-Truly?!
[19:04] Iris
Actually, I never said I could take you—
[19:08] Matt
Hm?
[19:08] Iris
Eek! Not "would"! "Could"!
[19:12] Iris
Look at my wings!
[19:15] Matt
That's awful.
[19:17] Matt
How did they get so torn up?
[19:20] Iris
After you died to reincarnate,
[19:22] Iris
a magic reactor
in a human kingdom exploded.
[19:27] Iris
This incited explosions
in other magical reactors
[19:29] Iris
and sent humans back
to the stone age.
[19:31] Matt
That explains the regression in civilization.
[19:35] Iris
Do you think you could fix my wings?
[19:39] Matt
I have the Fourth Crest now,
so it won't be a perfect fix, but...
[19:46] Matt
That should be enough
for you to fly, right?
[19:48] Iris
Yes! Thank you so much!
[19:51] Matt
I think we should start talking
in human language now.
[19:53] Matt
But my name is Matthias now.
[19:55] Matt
Keep my reincarnation between us,
if you please.
[19:57] Iris
Certainly!
[19:59] Matt
All right now...
[20:01] Matt
Lurie, Alma.
[20:03] Matt
There's no need to be frightened.
[20:04] Matt
Go on. Make pleasantries.
[20:06] Iris
It's a pleasure to meet you!
[20:08] Iris
Would you be Matthias's comrades, then?
[20:11] Iris
Oh, did they not hear me?
[20:14] Iris
Let's see...
[20:15] Both
Th-The dragon talked!
[20:21] Iris
Hold on tight, now!
[20:28] Iris
My first flight in five thousand years!
[20:31] Iris
What a feeling!
[20:32] Lurie
I'm riding a dragon.
It's like a fairy tale!
[20:36] Alma
We're so high up!
[20:38] Iris
Where would you like me to go, Matthias?
[20:42] Matt
4500 kilometers in this direction.
[20:45] Matt
Fly as fast as humans can bear,
[20:47] Matt
but maintain an altitude
no more than 1000 meters.
[20:50] Iris
4500 kilometers is a hop, skip, and a jump!
[20:53] Iris
Now here I go,
as fast as humans can bear!
[20:57] Matt
Wait!
[21:00] Iris
What's wrong with you?!
[21:01] Matt
That's my line!
[21:03] Matt
How fast were you planning on
going just now?
[21:06] Iris
I believe you said,
"Fly as fast as humans can bear."
[21:09] Iris
I know I can't base that speed on Gaius,
[21:11] Iris
so I thought I'd base it
on his old friend Reuter.
[21:14] Matt
So, basically as fast as you can go.
[21:17] Lurie
Is she talking about Gaius, God of Magic,
and Reuter, God of Swords?
[21:21] Alma
This really might be the same Iris
the Darkness Dragon from the legends.
[21:27] Matt
So the gods they worship in this era
[21:30] Matt
share names with my old self
and my friend Reuter?
[21:34] Matt
I suppose there are truths
that only gods know.
[21:38] Matt
Iris.
[21:38] Matt
Roll it back to one five-hundredth
of the speed you were about to go.
[21:41] Matt
It'll tear apart your wings otherwise.
[21:43] Iris
Consider it done!
[21:47] Matt
Okay, let's go!
[21:48] Matt
Next stop: The village
where the demons are hiding!
[21:51] ---
All right!
[23:26] Iris
A pleasure to make your acquaintance!
[23:29] Matt
Yes. What's wrong, you two?
[23:31] Alma
W-Well...
[23:32] Iris
Well?
[23:33] Both
Th-The dragon is talking!
[23:36] Iris
You're kind of hurting my feelings, now...
SIGN Episode 4 The Strongest Sage Infiltrates.
E4 - The Strongest Sage Infiltrates
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:10] Matt
Too late!
[00:18] Lurie
He slayed that demon in an instant...
[00:20] Alma
Are we sure Matty's really human?
[00:24] Iris
So glad I'm on his side!
[00:27] Matt
It's emitting the same magical signature
I felt in the palace.
[00:31] Matt
And from what I can sense...
[00:34] Matt
Two of them, eh?
[00:35] Matt
One is the Erhard
I've heard so much about,
[00:37] Matt
and he won't be a problem.
[00:39] Matt
The other...
[00:41] Matt
It has a more powerful magical signature
than that demon I fought last time.
[00:45] Matt
But my magic's fully recovered by now.
[00:50] Alma
Stop! Stop!
[00:52] Iris
I'm sorry!
[00:56] Matt
Are you all right?
[00:58] Iris
Yes. It's just been so long
since I landed.
[01:01] Matt
I didn't mean you, Iris.
[01:04] Lurie
We're...
[01:05] Alma
...okay.
SIGN Episode 4
SIGN The Strongest Sage Infiltrates.
[02:46] Matt
They're in there, then?
[02:49] Matt
Can you hear me?
[02:52] Lurie
Is this a telepathy spell?
[02:54] Lurie
Does this mean we can converse
through thoughts alone?
[02:57] Matt
Indeed.
[02:58] Matt
It'll let us coordinate in combat.
[03:01] Matt
This time around,
[03:02] Matt
do you two want to handle the offense?
[03:07] Lurie
We couldn't possibly...
[03:09] Matt
That casting circle will help
get the job done.
[03:10] Matt
And...
[03:12] Matt
I really think you can handle it.
[03:18] Matt
Now we're going in.
[03:23] Lurie
Oh, no one's here?
[03:29] Matt
It looks like...
[03:32] Matt
Don't move. Just listen.
[03:35] Lurie
Right!
[03:36] Matt
The enemy is hiding.
[03:37] Matt
You can't see them
because they're using a concealment spell.
[03:40] Lurie
"Concealment"?
[03:42] Matt
The kind they're using
completely masks emissions of magical power.
[03:47] Matt
Is there any place here
that seems suspiciously devoid of magic?
[03:53] Lurie
Devoid of...
[03:56] Lurie
That corner!
[03:57] Matt
Right answer!
[03:59] Lurie
It does seem a bit lacking
in magic power...
[04:02] Lurie
But I can't find the other.
[04:04] Lurie
You said there were two?
[04:06] Matt
Yeah, but don't worry about the other.
[04:09] Matt
You won't be finding him.
[04:11] Matt
I'm going to work a disruption spell
into his concealment one.
[04:15] Matt
Get ready.
[04:17] Matt
All right, here we go...
[04:22] Matt
Now!
[04:24] Alma
Eh?
[04:25] Alma
I'm aiming right at him,
and he's not moving...
[04:28] Matt
I don't think he realizes
he's been exposed.
[04:31] Alma
Here we go, then!
[04:38] Erhard
No freaking way!
[04:39] Erhard
My disguise was stupid good!
[04:43] Matt
Actually, it was just stupid.
[04:46] Matt
You think those little arrows
can hurt a demon?
[04:48] Matt
What's wrong with you, anyway?
[04:50] Matt
Why won't you attack me?
[04:52] Matt
You're Matthias, aren't you?!
[04:54] Matt
Yes. I am Matthia—
[04:54] Erhard
Oh, wait! I get it now!
[04:57] Erhard
If you were the real Matthias,
I'd be dead as a door nail already.
[05:01] Erhard
That means you're an impostor!
[05:03] Matt
Er?
[05:04] Erhard
The real Matthias was in the capital.
[05:06] Erhard
He couldn't have gotten here that fast.
[05:08] Erhard
And why should I have to hide
from a fake?!
[05:09] Matt
Um... What in the world
is he talking about?
[05:13] Erhard
Time to die, impostor!
[05:17] Matt
I'll keep him locked down.
[05:19] Matt
Keep firing those arrows!
[05:21] Lurie
V-Very well!
[05:23] Alma
Right!
[05:25] Erhard
Blocking my slashes, eh?
[05:27] Erhard
You might be an impostor,
[05:29] Erhard
but at least you're a worthy substitute
for that beast!
[05:32] Matt
I told you. I'm no impostor!
[05:35] Erhard
Annoying little flies...
[05:39] Erhard
Die, impostor!
[05:43] Lurie
Alma, next one!
[05:49] Erhard
You just won't knock off
the pointless attacks!
[05:52] Erhard
You humans sure are stupid.
[05:58] Erhard
He's fast!
[06:00] Erhard
No, it's me...
I suddenly...
[06:03] Erhard
Feel so sluggish...
[06:06] Matt
Seems that it's kicking in.
[06:08] Erhard
What?!
[06:13] Matt
That casting circle uses magitoxin.
[06:16] Matt
It causes a demon's internal
magical power to agglutinate.
[06:20] Matt
And the spell is designed to activate
only after it's sufficiently amassed.
[06:26] Erhard
I... I...
[06:28] Erhard
I'm gonna lose to an impostor?
[06:32] Erhard
If you think I'd let that happen,
[06:34] Erhard
you've got another thing coming!
[06:40] Alma
What's he doing?
[06:45] Matt
Haven't seen that in a while.
[06:47] Matt
That's a demonic ace
in the hole, Disfortune.
[06:50] Matt
The caster uses every last drop
of their magic and dies.
[06:55] Both
So it kills them?!
[06:56] Erhard
Damn you!
[06:57] Erhard
Damn you! Damn you!
Damn you! Damn you!
[07:00] Matt
Yes.
[07:01] Matt
But in exchange, it vastly increases
their magic power and strength.
[07:07] Erhard
I'll kill you!
[07:08] Matt
Not good. Run!
[07:15] Matt
Just fooling.
[07:17] Matt
Now, that's how you use a disguise spell!
[07:21] Erhard
Damn you!
[07:24] Matt
By the way, that wasn't just an illusion.
[07:27] Matt
I imbued it with concentrated magitoxin.
[07:31] Matt
It's over, Erhard!
[07:43] Alma
We won?
[07:44] Lurie
I suppose that's one way to beat a demon.
[07:47] Matt
Well done, you two!
[07:48] Matt
You pass with flying colors.
[07:51] Alma
Yes!
[07:52] Matt
Great work.
[07:53] Matt
Now, leave the rest to me.
[07:54] Matt
Go back and wait in the sky with Iris.
[07:56] Lurie
But what about you, Matty?
[07:59] Matt
I'm going to face
the other demon myself.
[08:05] Matt
Now, let's get started.
[08:09] Matt
One.
[08:11] Matt
Crushing the magistone releases the
magic within into the surrounding air.
[08:15] Matt
Enough to cause a magical calamity.
[08:18] Matt
Two.
[08:21] Matt
Normally, this would cause monsters
to appear in large numbers, but...
[08:26] Matt
Three.
[08:28] Matt
If there's a mist demon
in the surrounding air,
[08:33] Matt
it just forces them to materialize.
[08:36] Alias
I didn't expect you to force me
from my mist state.
[08:40] Alias
Erhard called you a beast,
[08:42] Alias
but it seems you require
a far stronger word...
[08:46] Matt
Completely untrue.
[08:48] Matt
I'd have preferred not to resort
to such brute-force measures,
[08:53] Matt
but I didn't see any other options.
[08:55] Alias
If you've summoned me here,
I'm hope you're ready to die.
[08:59] Alias
I'm on another level from Erhard.
[09:02] Matt
I'm aware of that.
[09:05] Matt
But I have no plans on dying.
[09:08] Alias
Then your imminent death
will be a lesson to you!
[09:14] Matt
He certainly is on another level
from Erhard.
[09:24] Alias
Where did all that confidence go?
[09:34] Alias
I believe that is that.
[09:38] Alias
I'll grant you the mercy
of choosing how you die.
[09:41] Matt
Sorry, but I don't plan on dying again
for at least a thousand years.
[09:45] Matt
This might be a bit early.
[09:47] Alias
False bravado.
[09:49] Matt
Almost there...
[09:50] Alias
Let me end your suffering.
[09:53] Matt
All right. Analysis complete.
[09:59] Matt
That worked out fine.
[10:01] Alias
You truly are a beast!
[10:04] Matt
What a rude thing to say.
[10:05] Matt
It seems he didn't realize it...
[10:07] Matt
That I imbued my arm
with a recovery spell in advance.
[10:12] Matt
And not just that,
[10:14] Matt
I also imbued it with an analysis spell.
[10:17] Matt
I received a complete rundown
of his magical nature through the wound.
[10:22] Alias
I can't hit him.
[10:23] Matt
Don't you see yet?
[10:24] Matt
I let you cut off my arm.
[10:34] Alias
This is... the same toxin
you used on Erhard?
[10:39] Matt
Of course he thinks that.
[10:41] Alias
You leave me no choice.
[10:42] Alias
I'll end this immediately!
[10:46] Matt
Magic Circuit Overclock...
[10:48] Matt
It's similar to the Disfortune spell
that Erhard used,
[10:51] Matt
but it's far more advanced.
[10:53] Matt
The chance of him dying
from the recoil is low.
[10:55] Alias
Now, let us finish this quickly!
[10:58] Matt
Actually, I'd prefer we take our time.
[11:04] Alias
What did you do?!
[11:06] Alias
There is no nullification spell
that can counter that one!
[11:11] Matt
It's a real puzzle, isn't it?
[11:14] Alias
In that case,
[11:25] Alias
this is the end!
[11:26] Alias
This spell turns
anything it touches to mist!
[11:30] Alias
It's instant death for those
without a materialization spell!
[11:34] Alias
H-How did you cancel it?!
[11:37] Alias
I'm the only one
who can use that spell!
[11:39] Alias
You can't possibly have
had a countermeasure!
[11:41] Matt
I told you.
I analyzed your magical nature.
[11:44] Matt
If I can anticipate
what you're going to throw at me,
[11:46] Matt
I can work out
all the countermeasures I need.
[11:50] Matt
Well, well.
Guess it's kicking in.
[11:52] Alias
What's happening?!
[11:54] Matt
It wasn't a toxin I hit you with before.
[11:56] Matt
It was a spell to disrupt your
control over your magic,
[11:59] Matt
in order to force you to draw
excess magic from your surroundings.
[12:02] Alias
Are you trying to get my magic
running wild... so I'll explode?!
[12:07] Matt
Correct answer.
[12:09] Matt
Let's give the man a prize.
[12:15] Alias
Please, no!
[12:25] Alma
What was that?
[12:27] Lurie
Matty...
[12:37] Matt
Aha. So that's it.
[12:40] Lurie
Matty!
[12:44] Matt
Lurie!
[12:47] Lurie
We were so worried!
[12:50] Lurie
Are you all right?
Were you harmed?
[12:53] Matt
No, I'm all right.
[12:55] Lurie
I'm so glad!
[12:59] Matt
Thanks for worrying.
[13:02] Alma
What's all this?
You at it again?
[13:07] Alma
And what's that?
[13:09] Matt
This is a Dragon Vein Pillar.
[13:12] Alma
"Dragon Vein Pillar"?
[13:13] Matt
Dragon Veins are conduits of magic power
that run through the earth.
[13:17] Matt
You can stick a Dragon Vein Pillar
into the ground to tap into that flow.
[13:21] Matt
Given the spell carved into it,
[13:23] Matt
their objective was probably to
bring on a horde of monsters.
[13:28] Matt
By "horde," I mean about five thousand
or so tenth-floor dungeon-class monsters.
[13:32] Matt
Plus a boss, probably.
[13:34] Alma
F-Five thousand?!
[13:35] Matt
Yeah.
[13:36] Matt
The demons were probably holed up here
so they could tap into the Dragon Vein
[13:40] Matt
and generate a horde
of monsters in a particular place.
[13:43] Lurie
And that place would be...
[13:46] Alma
I'm almost afraid to ask, but...
[13:49] Matt
You're right.
[13:50] Matt
The capital!
[13:52] Alma
A horde of monsters in the capital?!
[13:54] Alma
It'd be a slaughter!
[13:55] Lurie
We have to return and evacuate them!
[13:59] Matt
No need to panic yet.
[14:01] Matt
The explosion will have disrupted
the magic involved
[14:04] Matt
and shifted the spawn point
to about ten kilometers from the city.
[14:07] Alma
Is that why you made him
go boom like that?
[14:10] Alma
Because you knew this would happen?
[14:12] Lurie
But ten kilometers is still...
[14:15] Matt
There are ways to deal with it.
[14:17] Matt
We'll need the academy's help,
[14:20] Matt
but we should be able to repel them.
[14:22] Matt
I'll explain the details later.
[14:25] Matt
Let's head back to the capital for now.
[14:27] Matt
I think we should arrive by sundown.
[14:31] Iris
Excuse me...
[14:33] Iris
What should I do after I drop you off?
[14:36] Matt
I hadn't thought about that...
[14:39] Matt
Wasn't there a spell
to let dragons take human form?
[14:43] Matt
Can you still use that?
[14:45] Iris
Yes, that spell consumes
very little magic power.
[14:49] Iris
Although I haven't used it much.
[14:52] Matt
Really?
[14:53] Matt
Why not join us at the academy, then?
[14:56] Matt
I imagine there's not much
for you to learn there,
[14:59] Matt
but if you join the academy,
we can stick together.
[15:03] Matt
It might be easier for you
to get healed, too.
[15:05] Matt
And I'll snag myself
an easy mode of transportation!
[15:09] Iris
I know very little about human schools.
[15:13] Alma
We've already got one student
without any common sense there.
[15:17] Lurie
Though I'm starting to think we fall into
that category ourselves lately as well...
[15:22] Matt
You heard them.
[15:23] Matt
The school's already got a resident weirdo.
[15:26] Matt
Though I have no idea
whom they're referring to.
[15:27] Iris
Okay, I'll begin!
[15:38] Matt
We won't even have to adjust the age.
[15:40] Lurie
Sh-She's a girl!
[15:42] Alma
Matty, don't look!
[15:44] Matt
What? What?
[15:45] Matt
Hey, stop it! Iris is a dragon!
[15:48] Lurie
It's still wrong!
[15:53] Matt
I dispatched Erhard and brought his horns.
[15:56] Eduard
You slayed a demon thousands
of kilometers away in a few days?
[16:00] Eduard
Your rewards might empty out
the treasury sooner or later.
[16:05] Matt
Enough talk about demons for now.
[16:07] Matt
I wanted to speak with you
about something else.
[16:10] Eduard
You're the only one who could say,
"enough talk of demons" so casually...
[16:13] Eduard
What is it?
[16:14] Matt
I'd like you to accept her
as a transfer student.
[16:17] Iris
I am Iris.
[16:19] Eduard
A transfer student?
[16:20] Eduard
I'll give her a chance,
but no special treatment.
[16:24] Eduard
She'll have to take the transfer exam.
[16:26] Matt
Certainly.
[16:27] Eduard
But it won't be easy.
[16:30] Eduard
The format is the same
as the entrance exam,
[16:32] Eduard
but she'll need to score a 47
out of 50 at least.
[16:36] Lurie
That's almost a perfect score!
[16:38] Matt
She can handle it.
[16:41] Matt
But one other thing...
[16:42] Matt
Can I watch her test?
[16:45] Matt
Just in case, though.
I won't interfere.
[16:49] Eduard
If you wish, but—
[16:52] Eduard
"Just in case"?
[16:53] Matt
Iris only just became human.
[16:56] Matt
I doubt she has full control
of her casting.
[16:58] Matt
In the event that she lets
her dragon power fly,
[17:03] Matt
she might end up destroying Second Academy
before she qualifies!
[17:08] Matt
Iris.
[17:09] Matt
Give it your best.
[17:13] Lurie
When will you tell him about the
Dragon Vein Pillar and monster horde?
[17:17] Matt
I don't want to start a panic,
[17:19] Matt
so I'll wait until
after Iris's transfer exam.
[17:22] Matt
We still have plenty of time.
[17:24] Alma
Typical Matty priorities!
[17:26] Iris
This thing is so suffocating.
[17:29] Matt
Tough it out.
[17:30] Matt
Humans wear clothing, and that's that.
[17:33] Matt
That's right, Iris.
[17:34] Matt
Hold out your left hand.
[17:40] Lurie
Matty, you can make crests, too?!
[17:43] Matt
I just applied the pattern.
[17:45] Matt
Like that first demon did.
[17:48] Lurie
Ah!
[17:49] Alma
Give tomorrow's test your best!
[17:51] Iris
All right...
[17:55] Teach1
Written exam, start!
[18:03] Iris
Sniff, sniff...
[18:07] Alma
Oh, dear...
[18:08] Lurie
Iris...
[18:10] Matt
I underestimated dragon weirdness.
[18:12] Eduard
Hey. Matthias.
[18:15] Matt
I promise it's fine.
[18:16] Matt
I vouch for her, really.
[18:19] Eduard
Let's begin the practical skills exam.
[18:21] Guile
Matthias Hildesheimer.
[18:23] Guile
I expect only the best
from anyone you recommend.
[18:28] Matt
Uh, who was this guy again?
[18:30] Lurie
Guile, Captain of the Knights' Order!
[18:33] Lurie
You fought him during the entrance exam.
[18:35] Matt
Oh, right...
[18:36] Matt
I think I remember something like that.
[18:38] Alma
You totally don't!
[18:41] Matt
This might be tricky.
[18:44] Matt
A bad match-up...
[18:46] Teach1
Swordsmanship exam, begin!
[18:51] Iris
Whoops!
[18:54] Iris
Hey, hold on a minute!
[18:55] Guile
Never show your back
on the battlefield!
[19:01] Iris
I said, "hold on"!
[19:04] Guile
She caught it with her bare hand!
[19:06] Guile
And she's not even scathed...
[19:08] Guile
How strong is this little girl?!
[19:11] Iris
It's a swordsmanship exam,
so I have to beat him with a sword, right?
[19:15] Guile
What?!
[19:18] Matt
No!
[19:21] Iris
One, two...
[19:28] Iris
Hey, I broke it.
[19:30] Iris
What should I do?
[19:32] Eduard
What should you do?!
[19:33] Eduard
Hey, is she really just an ordinary girl?
[19:38] Matt
Yes, a completely ordinary girl.
[19:41] Matt
A dragon one...
[19:44] Eduard
The casting exam is next.
[19:50] Iris
Those targets are very small.
[19:58] Iris
Here I go.
[20:07] Matt
Right off the bat?!
[20:18] Eduard
What? She blew up...
What?!
[20:21] Matt
Hey, Iris...
[20:22] Iris
S-Sorry...
[20:25] Iris
I've got it this time.
[20:33] Iris
Go!
[20:39] Iris
This is inexplicable.
[20:40] Eduard
It's your casting power
that's inexplicable!
SIGN Calamity
[20:43] Eduard
Are you some kind
of calamity-grade monster?!
[20:46] Iris
This isn't working.
[20:48] Iris
I'll have to do it
the way Matthias said.
[20:51] Iris
Here I go.
[20:54] Matt
Here she goes...
[20:57] Eduard
What's she going to do now?
[21:00] Matt
You'll find out soon enough.
[21:01] Eduard
I'll hit it this time!
[21:14] Lurie
Iris...
[21:18] Iris
I beat all the targets!
[21:21] Iris
How did I do?
[21:23] Alma
But then, she is...
[21:25] Lurie
...a darkness dragon!
[21:27] Matt
What's your verdict?
[21:28] Eduard
My verdict is that she's bizarre!
[21:32] Eduard
I can't exactly fail her, but...
[21:35] Eduard
But... er...
Well, I suppose...
[21:40] Eduard
You pass!
[21:41] Alma
Yes!
[21:43] Lurie
Isn't that nice, Iris?
[21:46] Eduard
Oh, my school grounds...
[21:49] Matt
I'll fix them.
[21:53] Iris
Tee-hee.
[23:26] Alma
Let's have an interview with Iris,
who blew a large crater in the school grounds!
[23:30] Lurie
How did things end up this way?
[23:32] Iris
I mustered up all the power I had
and let it fly!
[23:36] Iris
And it just turned out like that...
SIGN Episode 5 The Strongest Sage Makes Allies.
[23:37] Iris
Tee-hee!
[23:38] Matt
It's not funny!
E5 - The Strongest Sage Makes Allies
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:01] Matt
Headmaster, how's gathering materials
for the barrier coming?
[00:05] Eduard
I wish I could say
it was coming smoothly, but...
[00:08] Matt
Not enough Crests of Glory?
[00:11] Eduard
Yes.
[00:12] Eduard
Most of the Crests of Glory in the kingdom
are enrolled at the First Academy.
[00:16] Matt
Couldn't we ask First Academy
for help, then?
[00:20] Eduard
That would be difficult.
[00:22] Eduard
First and Second Academies
have never really gotten along.
[00:26] Eduard
But I suppose things are too dire
to indulge in old rivalries.
[00:30] Eduard
I'll ask His Majesty to intervene.
[00:35] Facus
This is absurd!
[00:36] Facus
The headmaster of the inferior Second Academy
has no right to summon me!
[00:41] Facus
As my subordinate,
you should come to me!
[00:44] Eduard
His Majesty ordered this.
[00:46] Eduard
And as far as I know,
there's no hierarchy
[00:49] Eduard
between the headmasters
of our two academies.
[00:52] Facus
No hierarchy?!
[00:53] Facus
Our superiority is clear
from our Crest of Glory numbers!
[00:58] Matt
I'm getting déjà vu from this guy.
[01:01] Eduard
Can we drop the hogwash
and get to the matter at hand?
[01:04] Facus
"Hogwash"?!
[01:07] Eduard
It's about the barrier we're putting up
over the kingdom to keep out the demons.
[01:11] Eduard
I want the aid of the First Academy's
Crest of Glory users in refining the ore.
[01:16] Facus
I refuse!
[01:17] Facus
The prestigious First Academy,
working with the inferior Second Academy?!
[01:22] Eduard
It's about time you reevaluated
your views on the crests.
[01:25] Eduard
We proved ourselves at the
inter-school competition, didn't we?
[01:28] Facus
The results of that match were negated
due to demonic interference!
[01:33] Eduard
Hey, now...
[01:34] Eduard
The "demonic interference"
was one of your students!
[01:38] Matt
Well, here's an idea.
[01:41] Matt
Why don't we redo the competition?
[01:43] Matt
Each side can decide
how many people to send.
[01:44] Matt
The loser does whatever the winner asks.
[01:47] Matt
How about that?
[01:50] Facus
I like it.
[01:51] Facus
But I have a condition as well!
[01:54] Matt
A condition?
[01:55] Facus
That beast is forbidden to participate!
[01:57] Facus
As are the members of his party!
[01:59] Eduard
Excuse me, that's—
[02:01] Matt
Fine by me.
[02:03] Facus
The competition will be in two days' time!
[02:05] Facus
And I will overturn these slanderous claims
about First Academy's loss!
[02:11] Facus
Just you wait!
[02:13] Facus
Whoops...
[02:17] Eduard
Can we win under these circumstances?
[02:19] Matt
Absolutely. Let's shut them up
once and for all.
SIGN Episode 5
SIGN The Strongest Sage Makes Allies.
[04:05] Eduard
Heaven's sake...
[04:06] Eduard
First Academy really went all-out.
[04:10] Matt
I'd planned to send Iris in
if any of them seemed dangerous,
[04:15] Matt
but I don't sense any demons here.
[04:17] Matt
No need for Iris this time, I think.
[04:22] Facus
I can't believe you showed your faces!
[04:25] Eduard
Why wouldn't we?
[04:27] Eduard
We have no need to run from you.
[04:29] Facus
Our participants are our academy's
finest Crest of Glory students.
[04:34] Facus
Ladies and gentlemen!
[04:35] Facus
Fight with all you have!
[04:37] All
Sir!
[04:39] Facus
And? What about Second Academy?
[04:42] Matt
They're coming out now.
[04:46] Facus
Wh-What?!
[04:48] Facus
A mere five of them?!
[04:51] Matt
One Crest of Failure,
[04:53] Matt
two Crests of Standard,
[04:54] Matt
and two Crests of Lesser.
[04:56] Facus
You mock me at every turn!
[04:58] Eduard
Are we going to talk,
or are we going to start?
[05:01] Facus
Very well.
[05:03] Facus
The result is predetermined!
[05:05] Judge
Make-up Inter-Academy Competition...
[05:08] Judge
Begin!
[05:09] First Student
Magic of flame that dwells within me—
[05:15] First Student
Wordless casting?!
[05:16] First Student
Are you kidding me?!
[05:18] Facus
Wh-What's wrong with you?!
[05:19] Facus
There are only five of them!
[05:30] Judge
Match over!
[05:32] Judge
Winner, Second Academy!
[05:35] Matt
Even five was too many, I guess.
[05:37] Facus
Impossible!
[05:39] Facus
I refuse to accept this result!
[05:41] Eduard
Why?
[05:42] Facus
They're all obviously beasts!
[05:45] Facus
I told you, no beasts!
[05:47] Eduard
Those children may be some
of our best students,
[05:51] Eduard
but their ability is not
significantly greater than any other.
[05:55] Facus
Prove it, then!
[05:58] Matt
I'm not sure how to do that.
[06:00] Facus
Let her fight, then!
[06:04] Iris
Me?
[06:06] Iris
Sure, but I didn't bring a weapon.
[06:09] Matt
Try this.
[06:10] Eduard
Hey, when did you get my sword?
[06:13] Facus
Hold on!
[06:14] Facus
Let me look that over!
To make sure there are no tricks.
[06:17] Matt
As you wish.
[06:19] Facus
A shoddy little blade...
[06:21] Facus
Truly appropriate for Second Academy!
[06:24] Eduard
Iris?
[06:25] Iris
Right.
[06:26] Facus
H-Hey, be careful with that!
[06:31] Facus
Sh-She's a beast!
[06:34] Iris
What a mean thing to say!
[06:36] Iris
I'm a girl!
[06:38] Matt
A dragon one, of course...
[06:41] Eduard
By the way, Facus...
[06:42] Facus
Wh-What now?!
[06:44] Eduard
His Majesty ordered us
to switch to wordless casting.
[06:49] Eduard
But First Academy is still using
incanted spells!
[06:52] Eduard
What is the meaning of this?
[06:54] Facus
What's wrong with that?
[06:56] Facus
I must protect this kingdom's
educational principles
[06:59] Facus
from pathetic Crests of Failure
and mediocre Crests of Standard!
[07:02] Facus
Even if it is His Majesty's order—
[07:03] King
You refuse the command of your king, then?
[07:09] Facus
Y-Your Majesty!
[07:13] Facus
I-It was just a figure of speech!
[07:15] Facus
I certainly didn't mean—
[07:16] King
Royal guard! Seize this traitor!
[07:19] Facus
W-Wait!
[07:20] Facus
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
[07:23] Facus
Curse you, Second Academy!
[07:25] Facus
You trapped me!
[07:27] Facus
You'll pay! You'll pay!
[07:31] King
Now, students of my Royal First Academy!
[07:35] King
From this moment forward,
you will work with Second Academy,
[07:39] King
receive education in wordless casting,
[07:41] King
and assist them with the plan in progress!
[07:45] King
Any objections!
[07:46] All
No, sir!
[07:48] Matt
Bringing in the king was the right call.
[07:52] Eduard
Indeed.
[07:57] Alma
I'm glad First Academy students
were all so cooperative.
[08:01] Matt
They must've really hated that headmaster.
[08:04] Alma
No kidding!
[08:06] Matt
We'll be able to make up
the barrier at this rate.
[08:08] Matt
And wordless casting should
gain even more traction.
[08:11] Lurie
Where are we going today?
[08:13] Matt
Gathering materials for the barrier.
[08:15] Lurie
For the barrier?
Like mithril?
[08:17] Matt
That's for the students
of First Academy to handle.
[08:20] Matt
We're going to get a magistone!
[08:23] Lurie
To form the barrier's core, yes?
[08:25] Alma
But we need a 60-centimeter one
for that, right?
[08:29] Matt
It shouldn't be that hard.
[08:32] Matt
For instance...
[08:36] Iris
Er, could you please not look at me
while discussing magistones?!
[08:41] Matt
Iris is a dragon, so she likely has
a magistone exceeding 80 centimeters.
[08:46] Alma
No way...
[08:47] Lurie
You're going to take it from Iris?!
[08:48] Matt
Don't worry. I won't do that.
[08:53] Matt
There's another way to get one.
[08:55] Matt
We're going to summon a monster!
[09:05] Matt
Alma and Lurie are coming along nicely,
[09:08] Matt
but Iris is still a problem.
[09:16] Matt
Her control over her own power is poor.
[09:19] Matt
So this will partly be a test to see
if she has what it takes to join our party.
[09:26] Matt
Give it your best, okay?
[09:29] Lurie
This is my first time on the 17th floor!
[09:32] Alma
Me, too!
[09:33] Iris
Really?
[09:34] Iris
Someone I used to know made it
all the way down to the 654th floor.
[09:40] Matt
She means me in my past life.
[09:48] Matt
We'll summon the monster here.
[09:50] Matt
Lurie, could you form a casting circle
around this magistone?
[09:54] Lurie
I'll try!
[09:55] Alma
Go for it, Lurie!
[10:09] Lurie
This is rather difficult.
[10:11] Matt
Calm down. You can do this.
[10:14] Matt
Here, I'll support you.
[10:18] Lurie
S-Sorry... I'll concentrate.
[10:22] Lurie
I did it!
[10:23] Matt
Great work! You're getting better
and better at this, Lurie.
[10:26] Lurie
Th-Thank you so much...
[10:30] Alma
Gettin' hot in here, ain't it, Iris?
[10:36] Matt
Iris! Infuse this with magic,
if you would.
[10:39] Iris
Sure.
[10:40] Matt
Too much at once could lead
to disaster, so do it slowly.
[10:43] Iris
"Slowly," huh?
[10:45] Iris
Here I go...
[10:51] Iris
Slowly... slowly...
[10:55] Matt
Wait a minute! That's too—
[10:56] Iris
Too little?
[10:58] Iris
I'll ramp it up, then!
[11:02] Matt
Not up! Down!
[11:04] Matt
Actually, call it off!
[11:05] Iris
A-All right!
[11:10] Matt
It's too late.
[11:11] Matt
We might summon a monster
beyond what this floor can handle!
[11:17] Matt
It's coming down! Run!
[11:20] Matt
Iris! I told you
to infuse it with magic slowly!
[11:23] Iris
I did! I infused it very slowly!
[11:26] Matt
How could anyone call that "slowly"?!
[11:28] Iris
Well, I once knew someone who said,
"I'm going to give my casting a little test,"
[11:33] Iris
and then blew up three mountains...
[11:35] Matt
Don't confuse me
with someone so reckle—
[11:41] Matt
Are you talking about me?
[11:43] Iris
Yes. In your past life as Gaius.
[12:00] Alma
Is that... a dragon?
[12:02] Matt
Yeah, it should give up
a 60-centimeter magistone easily.
[12:06] Matt
Iris, you take the lead.
[12:08] Iris
Right!
[12:09] Iris
Here I go!
[12:13] both
Iris!
[12:14] Iris
Hey! No fair attacking
out of the blue like that!
[12:19] Matt
Iris. Can you talk him down?
[12:22] Iris
Talk him down? How?
[12:24] Matt
Let's see...
[12:28] Iris
What? No way!
[12:30] Matt
Just do it.
[12:32] Iris
Fine...
[12:34] Iris
Hey, you winged lizard!
[12:36] Iris
Just die already!
[12:39] Dragon
I will kill you.
[12:44] Lurie
Is she supposed to be talking him down?
[12:46] Alma
What did she say?
[12:48] Matt
She called him a "winged lizard."
[12:49] Matt
It's the most offensive thing
you can say to a dragon.
[12:53] Alma
That's not talking him down!
It's riling him up!
[12:55] Matt
Iris!
Keep drawing the dragon's attention!
[12:58] Iris
What am I, the bait?!
[13:01] Matt
Not the bait! A diversion!
[13:03] Iris
Isn't that the same thing?!
[13:04] Matt
Lurie! Now!
[13:06] Lurie
R-Right!
[13:08] Lurie
Alma!
[13:09] Alma
I'm on it!
[13:15] Alma
It's not dealing any damage!
[13:18] Matt
That's okay! Just keep it up!
[13:20] Matt
In the meantime,
I'll set up the casting circles!
[13:29] Lurie
It noticed us!
[13:30] Matt
Iris! Protect them!
[13:32] Iris
Very well!
[13:34] Iris
Put those eyes where they belong!
[13:42] Iris
He's not very strong
for such a big fellow, is he?
[13:55] Alma
Iris is in a slugfest with a dragon!
[13:57] Lurie
It almost feels unreal.
[13:59] Matt
Keep those attacks coming, you two!
[14:04] Iris
That attack won't work on me!
[14:06] Matt
Iris, when attacks come from above,
you should dodge them!
[14:09] Iris
Eh?
[14:11] Lurie
Iris!
[14:15] Matt
Good grief...
[14:19] Iris
The ground in these higher dungeon floors
is awfully brittle...
[14:24] Matt
That's why you shouldn't
just block every hit.
[14:26] Iris
Say, it's kinda weird how he
hasn't used Dragon's Breath, huh?
[14:31] Matt
I'm using my magic to block it.
[14:34] Iris
Oh, is that why?
[14:37] Matt
Dragon bodies are tough.
[14:39] Matt
You can't penetrate them with arrows,
[14:41] Matt
and they're not vulnerable
to the toxins I used on those demons.
[14:44] Matt
I could have Iris turn
into a dragon to fight it,
[14:47] Matt
but that would be a lot
to put on her shoulders right now,
[14:49] Matt
and she probably couldn't control
her power properly.
[14:51] Matt
Annoying as it is,
this is the only reliable way to beat it!
[14:56] Matt
Okay! We're ready to go!
[14:59] Matt
Get away from it, you two!
[15:00] Lurie
Very well!
[15:01] Alma
Got it!
[15:01] Matt
Iris! How many seconds
do you need to get away?
[15:04] Iris
Four seconds, I guess...
But I'd prefer to have five!
[15:07] Matt
Right! See if you can get it
to use its Dragon's Breath!
[15:12] Iris
Very well!
[15:14] Iris
Hey! You can't even use
one measly Dragon's Breath?!
[15:18] Iris
I guess you really are just a winged lizard!
[15:21] dra
You...
If you wish to die that badly...
[15:26] dra
Then die!
[15:28] Matt
Nice work, Iris!
[15:30] Iris
Escaping now!
[15:34] Matt
This method uses the Dragon's Breath,
[15:38] Matt
inverting its direction and attributes
to destroy the dragon with its own spell.
[15:42] Matt
But it does take time to activate.
[15:45] Matt
Iris! Watch where you're running!
[15:49] Matt
That enormous fool!
[15:53] Matt
No matter how tough Iris might be,
she can't fully tank a direct hit like that!
[15:58] Matt
Iris, get down!
[15:59] Iris
Right!
[16:13] Alma
I-Is it over?
[16:18] Alma
Dispatch successful, right?
[16:21] Lurie
But where are the others?
[16:24] Matt
I'm right here.
[16:26] Alma
Matty!
[16:27] Lurie
A-Are you all right?
[16:29] Matt
Yes. A human can survive getting thrown
a hundred meters or so.
[16:33] Alma
Uh, I don't think we can.
[16:35] Iris
Got the magistone!
[16:38] both
Iris!
[16:39] Matt
Any injuries?
[16:40] Iris
All good, thanks to you, Matthias!
[16:43] Matt
It was touch-and-go for a minute there,
but I'd say she passed the test!
[16:47] Matt
Iris!
[16:48] Iris
Yes?
[16:50] Matt
Would you like
to join our party officially?
[16:55] Iris
A-Are you sure?
[16:56] Matt
Of course I am.
[16:57] Alma
I'm all for it!
[16:58] Lurie
As am I!
[16:59] Lurie
Iris would make a powerful ally!
[17:02] Matt
It's decided, then.
[17:04] Iris
Thank you very much!
[17:06] Matt
So there's something else
we need to take care of...
[17:09] Iris
Eh?
[17:12] Matt
We need training
to improve our party's teamwork.
[17:17] Alma
But why did you ruin
the school grounds like this?
[17:20] Matt
Iris needs to get used
to her human body.
[17:24] Matt
She's particularly bad
about watching her footing.
[17:28] Matt
Training on uneven ground like this
should help her establish some muscle memory.
[17:32] Iris
I see! A very smart idea, Matthias!
[17:36] Matt
Okay, let's start the training!
[17:45] Iris
You can't hit me that easily!
[17:52] Alma
I did it! First point goes to me!
[17:54] Matt
Iris! To protect the shell on your head,
[17:57] Matt
you'll want to dodge
with the least movement possible!
[17:59] Iris
Very well!
[18:01] Iris
The least movement possible...
The least movement possible...
[18:08] Alma
Yeah!
[18:10] Iris
Human bodies really are so inconvenient.
[18:14] Alma
Ready to quit, then?
[18:16] Iris
I'm not done yet!
[18:20] Lurie
What should I do, Matty?
[18:23] Matt
Let's have you make some new equipment
to level up your enchantments.
[18:27] Matt
I'll want you making my weapon
this time, too.
[18:30] Lurie
I'll do my best!
[18:32] Lurie
I promise I'll make you
some very fine equipment!
[18:34] Matt
S-Sure...
[18:36] Matt
We'll start with a sword for me.
[18:41] Matt
We recovered a number of resources
from that dragon, in addition to the magistone.
[18:45] Matt
A dragon's claw and some mithril.
[18:48] Matt
As for the spells themselves,
let's see...
[18:50] Matt
Sunder Steel, Enhance Edge,
Magic Slash,
[18:53] Matt
Shockwave Blade, Enhance Hardness,
Enhance Fortitude,
[18:57] Matt
Resist Heat,
and Resist Abrasion should—
[18:59] Lurie
Eight spells?
How do I add all those?!
[19:03] Matt
You're right. It's impossible
to put all eight on one blade.
[19:06] Matt
So we'll layer them!
[19:08] Lurie
"Layer them"?
[19:09] Matt
Split the blade into five parts.
[19:12] Matt
Put the dragon's claw in the center,
[19:14] Matt
then add two layers
of mithril plates on each side.
[19:17] Matt
Imagine adding four spells to each part,
[19:21] Matt
then it all coming together at the end.
[19:24] Lurie
I see...
[19:25] Lurie
What an amazing idea!
[19:27] Matt
Let's try it, then!
[19:28] Lurie
Very well!
[19:37] Lurie
I did it!
[19:38] Lurie
Though it feels unreal.
[19:40] Matt
Great work!
[19:42] Matt
Now we'll make a sword for you.
[19:47] Iris
I'm getting the hang
of these minimal movements.
[19:54] Alma
You dodged one,
but that's not the end!
[19:57] Alma
You've got a long way to go!
[19:59] Iris
I let my guard down.
[20:00] Iris
But I won't get hit again!
[20:03] Matt
Seems that you're making progress.
[20:05] Iris
Yes!
[20:06] Matt
Come this way.
[20:07] Matt
Lurie made new weapons.
[20:12] Matt
First up, Lurie.
[20:14] Lurie
Okay! Here I go!
[20:22] Lurie
I did it!
[20:24] Matt
Next, Alma!
[20:26] Alma
That sword's pretty great,
[20:28] Alma
but I'll bet this bow is, too!
[20:33] Alma
W-Wow!
[20:35] Matt
And last, Iris!
[20:37] Iris
Is this a spear?
[20:39] Matt
The blade's on the dull side,
in deference to your power.
[20:44] Iris
Here I go!
[20:57] Iris
Now I can really give it all I've got!
[21:01] Matt
Unlike a sword, you can get some decent
attacks just by flailing a spear around.
[21:04] Matt
Should be easy enough for you to use.
[21:06] Alma
Okay, let's do even more training!
[21:09] trio
Yeah!
[21:10] Matt
All right...
[21:11] Matt
Let's try me against the three of you.
[21:14] Matt
Give me your best shot!
[21:20] Matt
I have a new member in my party.
[21:23] Matt
The popularity of wordless casting
is spreading.
[21:26] Matt
Once we finish the barrier around the kingdom
and drive away those demons,
[21:31] Matt
I'll have no more need to stay here.
[21:34] Matt
If things go well,
I'll be leaving this school soon enough.
[21:47] Demon
Wait for me...
[21:49] Demon
Foolish members of the human race.
[23:26] Alma
I'm tired from training!
[23:28] Alma
I know! Let's play rock-paper-scissors
to see who has to go shopping!
[23:30] Lurie
What a good idea!
[23:31] Iris
Let's do it!
[23:32] Alma
Okay! First comes rock...
[23:34] Lurie
Rock, paper—
[23:35] Iris
Rock!
[23:36] both
Eek!
[23:37] Matt
The wind generated by Iris's punch
blew everyone away!
SIGN Episode 6 The Strongest Sage Leaves the School.
E6 - The Strongest Sage Leaves the School
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:02] Eduard
We will now commence the operation
[00:04] Eduard
to cover the royal capital in a barrier!
[00:06] Eduard
Matthias, our best fighter, will be
too consumed with the barrier to engage!
[00:11] Eduard
The only ones who can protect the capital
from attacking monsters and demons
[00:14] Eduard
are us, the wordless casters!
[00:17] Eduard
Give it your all, my students!
[00:20] all
Yes, sir!
[00:22] Lilia
Report from communications team!
[00:24] Lilia
Magic detectors 25 and 26
have picked up unusual activity!
[00:28] Matt
It looks like a demon signature.
[00:31] Alma
Demon?
[00:32] Alma
That's too soon to be a coincidence.
[00:33] Lurie
Do you think someone
leaked information about our plan?
[00:36] Matt
If they had,
[00:37] Matt
I don't think we'd be able
to detect their casting so easily.
[00:40] Matt
We're probably picking up a demonic
transportation spell called Magiroad.
[00:47] Matt
I've got my hands full here.
[00:48] Matt
Can you two take care of it?
[00:51] Both
Eh?
SIGN Episode 6
SIGN The Strongest Sage Leaves the School.
[02:32] Lurie
It will just be the two of us, then?
[02:35] Alma
Matty says we can do it,
so we'll just have to trust him!
[02:39] Lilia
There it is!
[02:43] Alma
Matty said that
when the magic power starts swelling,
[02:47] Alma
that's the sign the demons are coming!
[02:49] Alma
So I guess we've got a little time?
[02:52] Lurie
We should take this time to get ready.
[02:57] Lilia
We've been running all this time...
[03:00] Lilia
How are they both fine?
[03:05] (Flashback) Matt
Use the special metal arrows you make
for Alma against the demons.
[03:10] (Flashback) Matt
You can figure out what spells
to imbue them with yourself.
[03:13] (Flashback) Lurie
Myself?!
[03:14] (Flashback) Matt
In live combat, it's important
to read the situation on the fly
[03:17] (Flashback) Matt
and work out the ideal
casting circles for yourself.
[03:23] (Flashback) Matt
You'll be fine.
[03:24] (Flashback) Matt
I've taught you the techniques you need.
[03:27] (Flashback) Matt
I know you can do this, Lurie.
[03:29] (Flashback) Lurie
I will!
[03:36] Lurie
It's finished!
[03:37] Lurie
Will these do?
[03:40] Alma
They look good, as far as I can tell!
[03:43] Alma
They seem pretty strong, too!
[03:46] Lilia
She made her own casting circle?
[03:48] Lilia
And enchanted the arrows...
[03:50] Lilia
This is what Matthias's team is capable of?
[03:54] Lurie
Alma!
[03:55] Alma
Right!
[03:56] Alma
Now!
[04:00] Alma
I did it!
[04:05] Lurie
Alma, another's coming through!
[04:07] Alma
Got it!
[04:11] Alma
Guess I needed more than one...
[04:12] Lurie
Leave this to me!
[04:18] Lurie
Look! The Magiroad!
[04:21] Alma
Guess there are no more
demons on the way!
[04:25] Lurie
And...
[04:26] Alma
For the first time, just the two of us...
[04:28] Both
...pulled off a successful dispatch!
[04:34] Lurie
Did you feel that?
[04:36] Alma
A big magic surge from the capital.
[04:39] Alma
We should get back!
[04:41] Lurie
Yeah...
[04:42] Lurie
Let's hurry!
[04:46] Matt
Great work on that dispatch, you guys.
[04:49] Lurie
But the magic surge in the capital...
[04:52] Matt
Don't worry.
[04:53] Matt
It's just what I expected.
[04:55] Alma
What does it mean, then?
[04:57] Matt
It's a more advanced version of Magiroad,
[05:00] Matt
that sacrifices a demon
to achieve long-range travel.
[05:04] Matt
But demons have no spirit
of self-sacrifice,
[05:06] Matt
so they probably sacrificed the weakest
of their group to feed the spell.
[05:10] Lurie
What should we do?
[05:13] Matt
The demons will likely appear
above Second Academy.
[05:18] Matt
The barrier will take a little more time
to get ready,
[05:20] Matt
so I'll need you
to buy time until then.
[05:22] Lurie
We will! We'll do our best!
[05:24] Alma
Let's go, Lurie!
[05:26] Lurie
Yes!
[05:29] Matt
Maybe it's because they've
gained confidence in battle...
[05:32] Matt
There's no more hesitance in their tone.
[05:34] Iris
Forty boxes of mithril!
[05:37] Iris
That should do it!
[05:39] Matt
Well done, Iris.
[05:43] Alma
Mr. Headmaster!
[05:44] Eduard
Excellent timing.
[05:47] Eduard
Matthias left these for you.
[05:50] Alma
Magistones for casting circles?
[05:52] Lurie
Matty got me this much
so that I won't have to worry if I mess up...
[05:58] Lurie
I'll make sure it works!
[06:00] Lilia
Massive magic readings detected
above the academy!
[06:05] Eduard
Into formation, all of you!
[06:16] Belias
That seems to have gone well.
[06:18] Student 1
The demon's... here?
[06:21] Belias
Oh? You intend to fight me, do you?
[06:25] Belias
What a foolish bunch of humans...
[06:27] Belias
Force of numbers won't change your fate.
[06:29] Belias
I'll send you all
to the grave together!
[06:42] Belias
How easy.
[06:45] Student 2
I thought I was a goner!
[06:46] Student 3
It really blocked it!
[06:48] Student 4
Matthias's defense spells are the best!
[06:51] Belias
Those wretched humans blocked my spell?!
[06:55] Eduard
Now! Crest of Standard!
Crest of Lesser!
[06:57] Student 2&3
Sir!
[07:00] Student 3
It's no use! We can't reach him!
[07:02] Alma
In that case...
[07:06] Belias
You don't have much
in the way of attacks.
[07:09] Alma
He's way tougher
than those earlier demons.
[07:11] Alma
Lurie! How's that enchantment coming?
[07:16] Alma
You okay?
[07:18] Lurie
This casting circle is quite complex.
[07:20] Lurie
Could you buy me a little more time?
[07:22] Alma
Sure thing!
[07:25] Belias
How long can you hold out against this?!
[07:28] Eduard
We'll endure whatever you throw at us,
[07:30] Eduard
until Lurie's enchantment is done!
[07:32] Belias
You may have learned wordless casting,
[07:34] Belias
but you can't surmount
the difference in our power!
[07:40] Student 1
That's more powerful than the last one!
[07:42] Student 2
But we'll hold it back!
[07:46] Lurie
Another failure...
[07:48] Lurie
Where's the next...
[07:52] Lurie
This is... the last piece...
[07:57] Belias
What happened
to all that confidence of yours?
[07:59] Eduard
This isn't good.
[08:00] Eduard
If this keeps up,
he'll break through our spell!
[08:05] Lurie
What will I do?
[08:07] Lurie
If this fails, they'll all...
[08:11] Lurie
I was able to succeed in the past
due to Matty's support.
[08:15] Lurie
But all on my own, I...
[08:18] Student 3
We will hold him back!
[08:21] Student 4
Until Lurie's enchantment is complete!
[08:25] Lurie
But they're all...
Matty is... counting on me!
[08:29] Alma
Keep going, Lurie!
[08:31] Lurie
I will!
I will make it work!
[08:45] Lurie
I did it! Alma!
[08:47] Alma
Thanks a bunch, Lurie!
[08:48] Alma
Leave the rest to me!
[08:53] Belias
It works only if it hits!
[08:55] Alma
I won't let Lurie's hard work
go to waste!
[09:02] Eduard
Now!
[09:03] Students
Yes, sir!
[09:11] Student 1
We did it!
[09:13] Student 1
We really did it!
[09:14] Student 1
We defeated a demon!
[09:15] Student 2
We can do it, too!
[09:21] Demon 2
Oh? You took out Belias...
[09:24] Student 3
There's another demon?!
[09:25] Student 4
But it's only one! We can still—
[09:30] Lurie
Its attacks are more powerful
than the last one's!
[09:39] Demon 2
I told him to wait
until we were all ready.
[09:44] Demon 2
There's plenty of slaughter
to go around, after all.
[09:47] Demon 2
Right, everyone?
[09:50] Lurie
It can't be true...
[09:52] Lurie
There are so many...
[09:58] Lurie
You can't do it, Alma!
[09:59] Lurie
It took everything we had
just to beat one!
[10:03] Alma
But we have to buy time
until Matty arrives!
[10:13] Lurie
We don't want Matty
to be disappointed in us.
[10:17] Alma
Lurie...
[10:21] Demon 2
Look at all those happy faces.
[10:24] Demon 2
I know. Let's compete
to see who can kill the most!
[10:29] Demon 3
The slaughter begins.
[10:31] Matt
The what begins?
[10:36] Matt
Sorry, but you're the ones
facing a slaughter.
[10:41] Matt
That's a bigger turnout than expected.
[10:44] Demon 2
Impossible. His aura is inhuman.
[10:47] Demon 2
Are you the one who killed Alias?
[10:52] Lurie & Alma
Matty!
[10:56] Matt
Now, choose!
[10:57] Matt
Will you die begging pathetically
for your lives?
[11:02] Matt
Or will you fight
and die in humiliation?
[11:09] Matt
So you know,
both choices mean you die.
[11:13] Demon 2
Don't underestimate us!
You're still just a human!
[11:15] Demon 2
You can't beat a demon
at its full power!
[11:20] Matt
Such determination.
[11:22] Matt
I'll grant you an exit
suited for a villain's role.
[11:37] Matt
Dispatch successful.
[11:39] Lurie
Matty!
[11:41] Matt
This body's reached a level
where it can fight decently, I suppose.
[11:51] Eduard
Matthias! You did very well.
[11:54] Matt
I'm just glad you're all safe.
[11:56] Alma
That was amazing, Matty!
[11:57] Alma
You beat them all in a flash!
[12:00] Matt
Yes, thanks to the sword Lurie made.
[12:04] Matt
Thank you.
[12:06] Lurie
It's nothing...
[12:07] Matt
You too, Alma.
[12:09] Matt
Thanks for buying time.
[12:12] Alma
That's right!
[12:13] Alma
Did you finish the barrier?
[12:15] Matt
Yes, I finished digging the hole
for the barrier.
[12:18] Matt
Iris and the others are handling the rest.
[12:24] Matt
You've all done very well.
[12:27] Matt
Now we add in the magistone,
and it's done.
[12:29] Iris
I'm hungry!
[12:43] Woman
What is that?
[12:44] Boy
Papa! The sky is so pretty!
[12:56] Alma
We did it!
[12:57] Lurie
It went perfectly!
[12:58] Matt
We aren't finished yet.
[13:01] Matt
The fun's just getting started, in fact.
[13:03] Alma
But we activated the barrier, didn't we?
[13:07] Alma
And I feel a lot
of magic power from it...
[13:10] Iris
This magic power isn't from the barrier.
It's from monsters.
[13:13] Iris
A ton of them.
[13:15] Alma
Monsters?
[13:17] Lurie
Do you mean the spell that the demons
set up before to summon monsters?
[13:22] Matt
That's right.
[13:23] Matt
That magic power and the power
from the demons we defeated
[13:27] Matt
traveled along the school's Dragon Vein
and had a good influence on it.
[13:31] Alma
"A good influence"?
[13:33] Alma
Don't tell me...
[13:34] Matt
It's going to be a bigger horde
than we expected.
[13:37] Eduard
Students!
[13:38] Eduard
The barrier will keep the capital safe,
[13:42] Eduard
but not the surrounding towns!
[13:44] Eduard
We have to stop all the monsters here.
[13:47] Eduard
My students, fight your hearts out!
[13:50] Students
Yes, sir!
[14:02] Student 3
What the...
[14:02] Eduard
It's the trap Matthias mentioned!
[14:05] Alma
Wow. We're really tearing
through those monsters!
[14:09] Matt
It seems that the traps
and magic items we set up
[14:11] Matt
are sparing them a lot of fighting.
[14:14] Matt
And the students of Second Academy
have improved vastly in these last few months.
[14:20] Matt
They won't lose to monsters
of such a low level.
[14:25] Iris
Hey, there's a bigger one on the way.
[14:28] Matt
Yes, with a Dragon Vein like that,
[14:31] Matt
there's a second wave for sure.
[14:35] Eduard
All forces, retreat! Hurry!
[14:37] Matt
We'll take over here.
[14:39] Eduard
Thank you!
[14:41] Matt
Are you three ready?
[14:43] All
Yes!
[14:44] Matt
Iris, take the front line.
[14:45] Iris
Yes, I shall!
[14:47] Matt
Hold it.
[14:48] Matt
This way's faster!
[14:55] Iris
That wasn't nice, Matthias!
[15:01] Alma
I did it!
[15:02] Lurie
Great work, Alma!
[15:03] Lurie
I'll get in there, too!
[15:05] Matt
Having a proper team
makes combat so efficient.
[15:10] Matt
Now I can focus
on the more powerful enemies.
[15:15] Matt
That monster...
[15:16] Alma
Matty! I'm picking up
the strangest magic readings...
[15:19] Alma
Hey, what's that?!
[15:20] Matt
A monster known as a Void Eater,
which devours monsters around it to grow.
[15:26] Matt
It's my first time ever seeing one.
[15:28] Lurie
Shouldn't we defeat it
while it's still small?
[15:30] Matt
Actually, let's let it absorb
all the monsters in the area.
[15:34] Matt
It'll save time in the long run.
[15:37] Iris
I think it's trying to absorb me, too.
[15:41] Matt
It shouldn't be powerful enough
to absorb you.
[15:44] Matt
It's just about finished, so let's give it
a hand with the finishing touches.
[15:49] Matt
Lurie. Carve this pattern into a magistone
and throw it at the Void Eater.
[15:54] Lurie
I will.
[15:55] Matt
Absorption-type monsters evolve
in a distorted way,
[15:58] Matt
so they don't provide good materials.
[16:00] Matt
So we'll use a casting circle
to drive its evolution in a particular direction
[16:03] Matt
and acquire worthwhile materials from it.
[16:06] Alma
You're really assuming we win this, huh?
[16:08] Lurie
The inscription is done!
[16:09] Lurie
I'm throwing it in!
[16:13] Matt
And here go a few more!
[16:16] Matt
Eat up! Grow big and strong!
[16:38] Lurie
M-Matty...
[16:40] Alma
Are you totally sure about this?
[16:42] Matt
It's looking good.
[16:44] Matt
Its overall magic power is stable,
and we'll get lots of experience from it.
[16:48] Lurie
Experience?
[16:50] Lurie
You're really assuming we win this, then...
[16:54] Alma
I-It's coming closer!
[16:56] Matt
Okay, let's beat it!
[16:59] Matt
As usual,
Alma and Lurie will attack with arrows.
[17:01] Matt
Iris, aim for its feet.
[17:04] Iris
Sure thing!
[17:05] Lurie
But Matty, you can't have
much magic power left!
[17:10] Matt
That's all right!
[17:12] Matt
I've just about got the muscle memory
for how a Crest of Failure fights!
[17:22] Matt
The best way to deal quick damage
to a large creature like this
[17:27] Matt
is to tick it off!
[17:37] Matt
Special Magic Enchant!
[17:42] Alma
It's working!
[17:44] Matt
No...
[17:46] Lurie
Its legs are regenerating!
[17:48] Matt
If that won't work, I'll give it
all the enhancement spells I can!
[17:58] Matt
And...
[18:00] Matt
A Special Magic Enchant, times two!
[18:04] Lurie
It regenerated again!
[18:05] Matt
I'm not done yet.
[18:10] Matt
This kind of thing is
where the Crest of Failure really shines.
[18:15] Matt
This spell will last until either I run out
of magic, or the enemy dies.
[18:23] Matt
And now... the finish!
[18:33] Matt
Dispatch successful!
[18:36] Alma
You beat it?
[18:38] Matt
Yeah, I don't think it'll regenerate again!
[18:40] Matt
It's okay to come closer.
[18:43] Matt
Well done, all of you.
[18:45] Lurie
Well done, Matty!
[18:48] Matt
Building up a barrier,
then dispatching monsters and demons...
[18:51] Matt
Even I'm a little tired after all that!
[18:54] Alma
Just "a little"?
[18:57] Iris
And I'm just hungry!
[19:25] Lurie
Matty?
[19:26] Lurie
Is something the matter?
[19:27] Matt
Well... this creature's appearance
suggests a truly intere—
[19:32] Matt
er, a potentially dangerous Dragon Vein.
[19:35] Matt
I think I'll have to look
at some dungeons outside the capital.
[19:39] Lurie
So he really is...
[19:49] Eduard
So you're leaving the academy, eh?
[19:51] Matt
Yes. I'd like to do a survey
of Dragon Veins.
[19:55] Eduard
I thought you'd say that someday.
[19:57] Eduard
I hate to say it, but there's nothing left
for you to learn here.
[20:02] Eduard
But I don't intend to expel you.
[20:06] Eduard
I'd like to keep you on our rolls
with a special scholarship.
[20:12] Eduard
The school will have greater freedom
for more effective growth
[20:16] Eduard
with your achievements under its belt.
[20:19] Eduard
And if you find yourself in trouble,
it'll be easier
[20:22] Eduard
for me and the nation to intervene
on your behalf if you're a student.
[20:26] Eduard
I think it's a good deal for both of us.
[20:29] Matt
Indeed. It's not a bad offer.
[20:32] Matt
I think I'll take it.
[20:35] Eduard
I'll prepare the documentation, then.
[20:38] Lurie
Matty...
You're really leaving the school?
[20:42] Alma
Lurie...
[20:44] Eduard
If you'd like to go off with Matthias,
[20:47] Eduard
I can give the rest of you
a scholarship as well.
[20:51] Lurie
Us, too?
[20:55] Matt
Well... Only if they want to...
[20:58] Lurie
I'll take a scholarship!
[21:00] Lurie
Matty has so much more to teach me
about enchantment spells!
[21:04] Alma
Me, too! I want to go on a journey
and become an even better archer!
[21:09] Iris
If you're all going, I'm in!
[21:13] Eduard
Seems that it's all decided, then.
[21:22] Matt
Thank you for everything, Headmaster.
[21:25] Eduard
Likewise!
[21:27] Eduard
Drop by any time you wish.
[21:29] Eduard
Second Academy will be here
for you any time.
[21:33] all
Right!
[21:34] Matt
All right, let's go.
[21:36] Alma
See you guys again someday!
[21:38] Lurie
We're off!
[21:39] Iris
Bye-bye!
[21:42] Alma
It's so exciting!
Like starting a new adventure!
[21:46] Lurie
Indeed!
[21:47] Alma
Wonder if we'll find some tasty food!
[21:48] Iris
I'm hungry!
[23:25] Matt
Iris, are you all packed for the trip?
[23:28] Iris
Yes! My possessions include
these big iron dumbbells...
[23:31] Iris
One cow for eating...
[23:33] Iris
And this body pillow I made
out of a monster corpse!
[23:35] Matt
You won't need that on a journey!
Throw it away!
SIGN Episode 7 The Strongest Sage Goes on a Journey.
[23:37] Iris
But why?!
E7 - The Strongest Sage Goes on a Journey
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:11] Boy
Hey! Are you guys adventurers?!
[00:13] Matt
Yes. We're on our way
to a dungeon!
[00:16] Boy
Awesome! Good luck!
[00:20] Lurie
Leaving the capital on a journey
is rather exciting!
[00:23] Matt
Don't forget.
We aren't out here for fun.
[00:26] Matt
We're investigating the dragon's vein.
[00:28] Lurie
Y-Yes! Of course we are.
[00:31] Matt
And our current destination
is the Melkia Dungeon.
[00:35] Lurie
I've heard that Melkia is an enormous dungeon
having hundreds of floors.
[00:39] Alma
But dungeon cities are pretty safe,
so I'm sure we'll be fine!
[00:43] Iris
"Dungeon cities"?
[00:45] Lurie
Y-Yes!
[00:47] Lurie
There's a city built over the dungeon.
[00:49] Matt
A city?!
[00:50] Lurie
Yes?
[00:51] Matt
There was nothing like that
in my past life.
[00:53] Matt
People can live on top
of a dungeon that dangerous?
[00:58] Iris
This sounds pretty neat!
[01:02] Alma
It's a town of adventurers!
[01:03] Alma
I'm sure it'll be brimming with life!
[01:06] Lurie
It will take several days
to reach Melkia.
[01:08] Lurie
Let's take our time.
[01:10] Matt
What? It's not far.
We can reach it in a day.
[01:12] Lurie
But...
[01:14] Iris
We'll arrive by tonight!
[01:19] Lurie
Do you mean...
[01:21] Lurie
You want to pass
through the Forest of Chikirisubia?
[01:24] Lurie
But it's a monster den!
[01:26] Alma
Yeah!
[01:27] Alma
And it's not just strong monsters...
[01:29] Alma
Rumors say there's a really smart monster
showing up lately.
[01:33] Matt
A smart monster?
[01:35] Alma & Lurie
Oh, no!
[01:37] Alma & Lurie
We got him curious!
SIGN Episode 7
SIGN The Strongest Sage Goes on a Journey.
[03:20] Lurie
It's awfully unsettling in here, isn't it?
[03:24] Iris
I can always fly you guys out
if it comes to that.
[03:28] Matt
Your wings are still healing, remember?
[03:30] Iris
Oh, I forgot.
[03:34] Alma
I'm beat!
[03:36] Matt
Strange that we're not seeing
many monsters, though.
[03:40] Lurie
I prefer that to the alternative.
[03:44] Iris
But I'm so hungry!
[03:46] Lurie
I'm sure you are.
Let's have lunch!
[03:48] Alma
Great idea!
[03:50] Alma
Let's pull some rations
from our storage spe—
[03:53] Matt
No. Let's find our food here.
[03:56] Matt
I'll hunt us up something.
[04:05] Matt
Countless monsters' magic signatures,
[04:08] Matt
but they're moving
in a conspicuously orderly fashion.
[04:11] Matt
Someone's commanding them.
[04:13] Matt
There's one intentionally restrained
magic signature among them.
[04:18] Matt
That must be
[04:20] Matt
the smart monster!
[04:26] Alma
I-Is that...
[04:27] Lurie
C-Can it be...
[04:29] Iris
I'm hungry!
[04:36] Matt
I was disappointed, to be frank.
[04:39] Iris
It doesn't look very yummy.
[04:42] Lurie
It's a Wism Monkey!
[04:44] Lurie
It's a famously smart monster.
[04:47] Alma
Then the monster everyone's talking about...
[04:50] Matt
It's probably this, yeah.
[04:52] Matt
But forget about that.
[04:54] Matt
More importantly...
[04:56] Matt
Oh, step back!
[05:02] Matt
Well, Iris?
[05:03] Matt
This one looks better, right?
[05:05] Iris
Yes!
[05:06] Alma
Hang on!
Are we gonna eat that?!
[05:08] Lurie
Is it even possible to eat monsters?
[05:11] Matt
Not all of them, of course,
[05:14] Matt
but this one's just fine.
[05:15] Matt
It's kind of a delicacy, really.
[05:17] Lurie
If you say so...
[05:19] Alma
Really? Are you being serious?!
[05:22] Matt
Now, let's get it cooked up!
[05:24] Lurie
Of course. Let me start...
[05:29] Matt
I see.
[05:30] Matt
Refining iron from the ground
to make a pot.
[05:33] Lurie
Yes! We'll forage for our tools as well!
[05:36] Iris
I'm gonna forage, too!
[05:38] Iris
I'll prepare the firewood!
[05:41] Alma
Then I'll gather up some local plants
to make a soup!
[05:45] Matt
I think that's enough, Iris.
[05:49] Iris
You think?
[05:54] Matt
What did you just do?!
[05:57] Alma
I don't usually have trouble with fire spells,
[06:02] Alma
but for some reason,
having the ingredients nearby makes it blow up.
[06:08] Alma
I can still handle the cooking part!
I can!
[06:10] Alma
You don't believe me?
But I really can!
[06:13] Alma
Say something, Lurie!
[06:18] Alma
I-It looks tasty enough...
[06:20] Lurie
It's quite ample...
[06:32] Alma & Lurie
So good!
[06:38] Alma
Alma's special soup!
[06:40] Alma
It might be a little
on the strong side, of course!
[06:43] Lurie
I've never seen you cook before!
[06:46] Alma
I was banned from the kitchen back home!
[06:50] Iris
I'm not picky!
[06:59] Matt
Not even a darkness dragon can tolerate it?
[07:02] Lurie
Alma, what in the world
did you put in there?
[07:04] Alma
I made it the normal way! Sheesh!
[07:08] Iris
I could stand to eat a lot more,
[07:10] Iris
but I suppose this human body
is around 80% full.
[07:13] Alma
After eating all that?
[07:15] Lurie
You have quite an appetite!
[07:17] Lurie
Were you that desperate
to cancel out the taste of the soup?
[07:21] Alma
That again? Really?
[07:22] Matt
Well, let's get going.
[07:25] Matt
I think the forest monsters
are too afraid of Iris to approach.
[07:30] Lurie
Dragon magic power! Is that why?
[07:33] Alma
Plus he beat the Wism Monkey,
which is probably an incentive to stay away.
[07:37] Matt
Yeah.
[07:37] Matt
We'll reach Melkia before sundown.
[07:56] Matt
We're here!
[07:58] Matt
So this is dungeon city Melkia...
[08:05] Matt
What is all this?
[08:07] Alma
I expected a little more life
in a dungeon city.
[08:11] Lurie
But it seems far more bleak
than the capital.
[08:19] Matt
What's that?
[08:20] Alma
A magic lamppost?
[08:22] Lurie
Yes, but there's something strange
about how the magic flows.
[08:26] Matt
You typically power magic equipment
with magistones,
[08:29] Matt
but this one seems directly tapped
into the dragon's vein.
[08:32] Matt
And in a slapdash fashion, at that.
[08:35] Matt
If it's left like this—
[08:36] Shopkeeper
Hey!
[08:37] Shopkeeper
It's not safe there!
[08:39] Shopkeeper
Those things explode sometimes.
[08:41] Shopkeeper
At least ten people have died this year alone.
[08:44] Matt
Not good!
[08:45] Matt
Get away, all of you!
[08:51] Lurie
Why would you make something
so dangerous?!
[08:54] Shopkeeper
H-Hang on! Calm down!
[08:57] Shopkeeper
We don't have a choice.
It's was on the lord's orders.
[09:01] Shopkeeper
We used to use magistones.
[09:04] Shopkeeper
But our lord said that magistones
are our most precious export,
[09:07] Shopkeeper
so he forbids us from using them.
[09:10] Lurie
How awful!
[09:11] Lurie
What could your new lord be thinking?
[09:15] Alma
Yeah!
Setting up dangerous stuff like that...
[09:19] Matt
Is the lord also the reason
why you're so underpopulated?
[09:23] Shopkeeper
Yeah, apparently a powerful monster
has appeared
[09:26] Shopkeeper
around the tenth floor
of the dungeon.
[09:28] Shopkeeper
Most of the adventurers were sent in
on the lord's orders.
[09:33] Shopkeeper
Veteran and greenhorn alike.
[09:35] Matt
I see. So that's the reason.
[09:39] Matt
Can I have one for each of us?
[09:41] Shopkeeper
S-Sure...
[09:45] Alma
The local lord sounds like a creep!
[09:46] Lurie
I feel for the poor townspeople!
[09:49] Matt
He appears quite incompetent.
[09:51] Matt
If you send a lot of inexperienced people
on a monster hunt,
[09:54] Matt
they'll just trip each other up.
[09:57] Matt
The area's weapons seem to be
of poor quality as well.
[10:00] Lurie
What will we do next?
[10:03] Matt
Let's head to the guild first.
[10:06] Matt
"To enter the dungeon,
you need a guild-issued permit," it says.
[10:12] Matt
I want to enter the dungeon
and have a look for ourselves.
[10:18] Matt
Excuse me!
[10:20] Matt
I'd like a permit to enter the dungeon.
[10:23] Receptionist
A permit?
[10:25] Receptionist
I would advise against that.
[10:26] Matt
Why? What's wrong with it?
[10:29] Receptionist
The permits aren't issued by the guild,
but by the lord himself.
[10:33] Receptionist
So as long as you stay in Melkia,
[10:36] Receptionist
you have to participate
in any special requests the lord asks of you.
[10:39] Matt
So to get a permit,
we have to serve as the lord's lapdogs.
[10:44] Matt
Are those special requests
typically dangerous?
[10:47] Receptionist
They come in many forms,
from dungeon exploration to monster hunting,
[10:52] Receptionist
but they're uniformly absurd.
[10:54] Receptionist
They come about once a month,
but every one results in casualties.
[10:59] Receptionist
Children like you could never—
[11:01] Matt
I should ask just in case.
[11:02] Matt
What do you want to do?
[11:04] Alma
I'm totally in!
[11:05] Lurie
I'll follow you anywhere, Matty!
[11:07] Iris
Me, too!
[11:10] Adventurer A
Listen to these brats run their mouths!
[11:11] Adventurer A
You see what that dungeon did
to adults like us?
[11:15] Matt
I'd like four permits, please.
[11:17] Receptionist
Very well.
We can start the application process.
[11:21] Guild worker
We have a huge number of injuries
from a monster attack!
[11:23] Guild worker
There are too many injured
for us to keep up!
[11:26] Guild worker
Does anyone know healing spells?
[11:29] Adventurer A
All the real adventurers are in the dungeon!
[11:33] Adventurer A
You really think—
[11:34] Matt
There's one right here.
[11:37] Lurie
Matty...
[11:39] Matt
Take me where I need to go.
[11:46] Nurse A
We're out of bandages! Bring some new ones!
[11:47] Matt
This is...
[11:48] Nurse B
I can't stop the bleeding!
I need healing spells, fast!
[11:53] Healer A
I'm locked down here.
[11:54] Healer A
I need help!
[11:56] Alma
This is awful...
[11:57] Lurie
Look at that.
[11:58] Matt
They can't even manage a stopgap.
[12:00] Matt
In a dungeon city full of adventurers...
[12:02] Matt
Why do they have so few healers?
[12:05] Guild worker
We used to have a number on staff,
[12:07] Guild worker
but they were all driven out by the lord.
[12:09] Guild worker
He said they were a waste of money!
[12:12] Matt
It's wrong to let people die
due to the orders of an incompetent lord.
[12:17] Matt
I will save them all!
[12:20] Matt
I'll start with a Passive Detect.
[12:22] Matt
I'll feel out the patients' magic power
to get a quick idea of their status.
[12:32] Matt
These numbers represent
their injuries' severity.
[12:34] Matt
I'll look at the worst off among them.
[12:36] Matt
The rest of you, cast healing spells
in descending order of urgency.
[12:39] Lurie
We will!
[12:42] Healer A
Hold it!
[12:44] Healer A
You can't just barge in here like this!
[12:45] Healer A
People's lives are on the line!
[12:47] Healer A
This is no place for children!
[12:49] Matt
Can you save them all by yourself?
[12:53] Healer A
Of course not!
[12:55] Healer A
I have to triage them
based on their condition
[12:57] Healer A
to keep losses to a minimum!
[12:59] Matt
Then be quiet and watch.
[13:03] Healer A
Typical nonsense,
from a Crest of Failure!
[13:05] Matt
Actually, this kind of healing is the sort
that the Crest of Failure is best at.
[13:10] Matt
Close the blood vessels
to stanch the bleeding.
[13:13] Matt
Heal the damaged organs.
[13:16] Matt
Then close the wound!
[13:20] Matt
Success.
[13:21] Patient A
Th-Thank you...
[13:24] Healer A
You healed him.
From such a severe wound...
[13:26] Healer B
The wound's completely gone!
[13:30] Matt
I'm asking you again.
[13:32] Matt
Cast your healing spells
in the order on the tablets.
[13:34] Matt
If we all work together,
we can save them all.
[13:38] Healer A
V-Very well.
[13:40] Healer A
Split up and cast those spells!
[13:42] Healer B
Sir!
[13:45] Matt
Lurie, 23's okay!
[13:47] Matt
Move on to the next patient!
[13:48] Lurie
Right!
[13:49] Matt
Recovery on 27's not going fast enough!
[13:52] Matt
Come with me, you two!
[13:53] Healer A
All right, we'll do it!
[13:57] Patient B
I'm... done for...
[13:58] Matt
Don't give up!
[13:59] Matt
We will save you!
[14:02] Adventurer A
W-We'll help, too!
[14:05] Lurie
Do your best!
[14:06] Healer A
Hey, speak to me!
[14:10] Matt
It's all done!
[14:15] Matt
Healing successful on everyone.
[14:21] Healer A
I can't believe we really saved them all...
[14:24] Healer A
Despite looking like a child,
are you a famous healer, by chance?
[14:29] Matt
Certainly not.
[14:30] Matt
I've actually used healing
only magic a few times.
[14:34] Healer A
But you orchestrated this miracle...
[14:36] Matt
"Miracle"?
[14:38] Matt
No, as I said before,
this was the act of everyone here.
[14:43] Healer A
I haven't properly thanked you yet.
[14:45] Healer A
Thank you. Truly.
[14:47] Matt
Same to you.
[14:48] Matt
Oh, there is one thing I wanted to ask...
[14:51] Healer A
What is it?
[14:52] Matt
The previous lord.
[14:55] Matt
Why was he replaced?
[14:56] Matt
Did he pass away, by chance?
[14:58] Matt
From what I've heard,
the previous lord knew what he was doing.
[15:03] Matt
If he really got replaced
with a complete incompetent...
[15:07] Healer A
Yes, and without warning.
[15:09] Healer A
He passed away abruptly in his sleep.
[15:12] Matt
Was he ill?
[15:14] Healer A
We simply don't know.
[15:17] Healer A
An abrupt, unexplained death...
[15:19] Healer A
That was all we could ascertain.
[15:24] Matt
Dungeons were considered dangerous
even in my old life.
[15:27] Matt
To build a city over one...
[15:30] Matt
I thought it was unusual from the start.
[15:32] Matt
This world has been altered by demons.
[15:35] Matt
This must be another example
of that in progress.
[15:39] Matt
The demons must have killed
the previous lord.
[15:43] Matt
There's a chance
that the current lord is a demon himself.
[15:47] Matt
I'll have to meet him and find out.
[15:49] Iris
Zoom!
[15:52] Lurie
I must say...
The current lord is quite cruel!
[15:56] Alma
We have to do something!
[15:58] Iris
Agreed!
[15:59] Matt
I agree.
[16:00] Matt
That's why I'm writing
the headmaster a letter.
[16:02] Alma
I see! You're going to have him
forward it to the king?
[16:07] Matt
Exactly.
[16:08] Matt
This is what I went with.
[16:11] Lurie
"We don't know
what the homework is while we're here."
[16:14] Alma
"May we be excused from it?"
[16:16] Alma
What in the world?
[16:18] Matt
It's a decoy, of course.
[16:19] Matt
This is the real one.
[16:22] Matt
I'll hide it under a false bottom
in the delivery box.
[16:25] Matt
Obviously, I've use magic
to make it harder to spot.
[16:29] Matt
I worked out this method of correspondence
with the headmaster in advance.
[16:33] Lurie
Protection against inspection?
[16:35] Lurie
And they must be inspecting the mail,
[16:38] Lurie
or the capital would have heard
about what's going on in Melkia earlier.
[16:41] Matt
Precisely.
[16:43] Matt
This will help us avoid the inspection.
[16:46] Alma
Wouldn't it be faster
if you went there personally?
[16:49] Matt
Most likely,
[16:50] Matt
but I want to see what's going on
in the dungeon first.
[16:53] Matt
We got our permits, after all.
[16:55] Alma
The dungeon, huh?
[16:57] Alma
It's got that monster
that hurt all the people today, right?
[17:01] Alma
Are you sure about this?
[17:02] Lurie
If we leave it at large,
it might reach the surface!
[17:05] Matt
Exactly.
[17:06] Matt
Let's check it out tomorrow.
[17:08] Matt
For today, let's all have a nice rest.
[17:23] Lurie
I just realized I'm spending the night
in the same building as Matty...
[17:27] Lurie
And the same room, at that!
[17:29] Lurie
I even let him see me in my pajamas!
[17:32] Lurie
It's so, so, so bad!
[17:34] Matt
This is my first time
spending the night with Lurie,
[17:37] Matt
though Alma and Iris are here, too.
[17:42] Matt
Just get your mind off it, man!
[17:44] Matt
She just happens to be
in the next bed over!
[17:46] Matt
She just happens...
[17:47] Iris
Let's bust in there!
[17:49] Iris
Leave it all to me...
[17:53] Lurie
She's talking in her sleep?
[17:53] Matt
Don't startle me like that!
[17:55] Alma
C'mon... Drink more...
[17:57] Iris
Can't... I'm sorry...
[18:00] Lurie
They're talking to each other?!
[18:01] Matt
Why are they in sync?!
[18:05] Lurie
Just calm down.
[18:07] Lurie
You've had a long day,
and you're tired.
[18:09] Lurie
Just close your eyes,
and before you know it...
[18:12] Matt
Remain calm. Calm.
[18:14] Matt
Sleep as you always do,
in preparation for tomorrow.
[18:22] Matt & Lurie
I still can't sleep!
[18:24] Lurie
What do I do?
[18:25] Lurie
I have to find a way to sleep.
[18:28] Matt
That's it.
[18:29] Matt
Let's count monsters until I sleep.
[18:32] Matt
One monster.
[18:33] Lurie
Two monsters.
[18:35] Matt
Three monsters.
[18:36] Lurie
Four monsters.
[18:37] Matt
Five monsters.
[18:38] Lurie
Six monsters.
[18:46] Matt
You almost used Dragon's Breath
in your sleep earlier.
[18:49] Matt
You could've blown the whole inn away.
[18:51] Iris
I'll be more careful.
[18:53] Matt
Why do you look so sleepy
when you slept all night?
[18:57] Alma
Boy, isn't morning air the best?
[19:01] Alma
Right, Lurie?
[19:04] Alma
Are you okay?
Did you get any sleep?
[19:06] Lurie
Absolutely.
[19:08] Alma
You liar.
[19:10] Lurie
This is the dungeon gate?
[19:13] Alma
It's so big!
[19:14] Iris
But it's just iron, isn't it?
[19:17] Matt
Yeah.
A monster could break through it easily.
[19:20] Alma
So it's a total paper tiger?
[19:22] Matt
Yeah, even though the gate is key to
stopping monsters from leaving the labyrinth.
[19:27] Matt
Everything about this dungeon city
seems half-baked.
[19:32] Alma
Strong as an ox, as usual!
[19:34] Lurie
There's a powerful monster in there.
[19:37] Matt
Stay on your guard, all right?
[19:51] Matt
Buy this, please.
[19:53] Matt
She underestimated her own strength
[19:55] Matt
so the head was the only thing left, but...
[19:57] Lurie
The monster was deformed
beyond recognition,
[19:59] Lurie
but Iris got off
with a bump on the head.
[20:02] Receptionist
Th-This...
[20:03] Receptionist
It's that monster!
[20:05] Receptionist
The strong monster from yesterday...
[20:07] Lurie
Oh, is it really?
[20:09] Alma
It definitely was the strongest one
we ran into.
[20:12] Receptionist
H-How did you defeat it?
[20:14] Matt
The normal way, I guess?
[20:17] Matt
Though actually,
I didn't get involved.
[20:19] Matt
The three of them did it.
[20:22] Receptionist
I can buy it,
but you won't get paid till later.
[20:26] Receptionist
The lord has to confirm it.
[20:30] Matt
I understand entirely.
[20:31] Receptionist
A moment, then, if you will...
[20:40] Matt
"If the report is to be believed,
the three girls are total beasts."
[20:45] Matt
"The boy appears to be a healer,
and so didn't participate in the battle."
[20:49] Matt
Hm?
[20:49] Matt
What a curiously wrong conclusion
to leap to...
[20:52] Matt
Ah, well.
[20:56] Iris
I'm hungry!
[20:59] Matt
Can I get gold for the rest of it right now?
[21:02] Receptionist
"The rest"? You mean there's more?!
[21:08] Lord
So they defeated that monster...
[21:11] Lord
What an interesting party.
[21:14] all
Let's eat!
[21:16] Matt
You handled the combat today
just fine without me.
[21:20] Lurie
We're really getting the hang
of our teamwork!
[21:24] Alma
Your enchantments,
and my ranged attacks!
[21:27] Iris
And once you've whittled the enemy down,
I charge in!
[21:31] Matt
Just try to rein it in a little, Iris.
[21:34] Iris
Fine!
[21:36] Lurie
That was delicious!
[21:38] Alma
I'm all full!
[21:39] Iris
I could eat more, actually.
[21:47] Matt
The lord's been spurred to action.
[21:50] Matt
Perfect.
[21:51] Matt
I'll unmask you.
[23:26] Lurie
Wasn't Matty's healing today amazing?
[23:30] Alma
Yeah, I wanna do the same thing!
[23:32] Alma
- Scalpel!
- Yes!
[23:33] Alma
- Sweat!
- Wipe, wipe!
[23:35] Alma
My surgery skills are unrivaled!
SIGN Episode 8 The Strongest Sage Saves the City.
[23:37] Matt
Is that how I looked to you?
E8 - The Strongest Sage Saves the City
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:03] Matt
This route should get us there faster.
[00:06] Iris
Huh? But the inn is this way.
[00:12] Matt
Remain calm and listen, you three.
[00:14] Lurie
Telepathy?
[00:15] Iris
What's the problem?
[00:17] Matt
We're being tailed.
[00:19] Lurie
Tailed?
[00:20] Alma
That's why you suddenly changed routes?
[00:22] Matt
Most likely the lord's flunkies.
[00:25] Matt
I doubt they're here for a friendly greeting.
[00:28] Matt
Let's use a concealment spell
and see what they do.
[00:32] Matt
If it's clear they're hostile,
we'll pull the rug out from under them.
[00:35] Chain Guy
They disappeared!
[00:36] Club guy
Damn! Where'd they go?!
[00:39] Matt
Excuse me, sir.
We're a bit lost.
[00:43] Matt
Could you tell us the way to the inn?
[00:46] Chain Guy
S-Sure...
[00:48] Chain Guy
Your inn should be down that way.
[00:52] Matt
So you know where we're staying?
[00:54] Chain Guy
Damn!
[00:56] Chain Guy
Don't move!
[00:57] Chain Guy
Do as we tell you
if you don't wanna see him dead!
[01:00] Matt
Oh, s-someone save me!
[01:05] Lurie
Matty...
[01:06] Alma
What a bad actor...
SIGN Episode 8
SIGN The Strongest Sage Saves the City.
[02:44] Matt
Someone save me!
[02:46] Chain Guy
C'mon! Pipe down!
[02:48] Alma
What do you want with us?
[02:49] Chain Guy
I know who you people are.
[02:52] Chain Guy
And that he's the weakest
out of all of you!
[02:56] Matt
Why would you assume that?
[02:57] Chain Guy
Because he's the party healer!
[03:01] Matt
Ah, I guess word reached the lord
about them handling the monster dispatch.
[03:07] Chain Guy
You'll be serving our lord now!
[03:11] Chain Guy
Do as you're told, or die!
[03:12] Matt
Iris, no weapons.
[03:15] Matt
Just knock them out, okay?
[03:16] Iris
Okay!
[03:18] Chain Guy
Huh? This some kind of joke?
[03:20] Club guy
There's no way you can beat us unarmed!
[03:25] Club guy
She's a beast!
[03:28] Iris
Okay, now it's my turn!
[03:34] Chain Guy
Hold it!
Don't you realize we have a hostage?!
[03:37] Iris
Last one!
[03:41] Matt
All right, they're out like a light.
[03:44] Matt
All that's left...
[03:46] Lurie
You're casting a tracking spell?
[03:49] Matt
Yes. And a demon-detecting one.
[03:52] Matt
I think there's a good chance
they're in bed with demons.
[04:00] Lurie
Good morning, Matty!
[04:03] Alma
What's that?
[04:05] Matt
The king's messenger delivered a letter.
[04:07] Matt
We're heading out now.
[04:11] Alma
I don't see anyone.
[04:13] Lurie
Are you sure this is
where we're supposed to meet?
[04:16] Matt
I know you're there.
[04:18] Matt
Come out, would you?
[04:21] Eik
I beg your pardon.
My name is Eik.
[04:25] Eik
I was told to hide, under the assumption
that you would find me easily.
[04:32] Matt
And you chose this for our meeting spot
so that the lord wouldn't catch on?
[04:38] Eik
Yes.
[04:39] Eik
I bear His Majesty's response to your report
[04:43] Eik
regarding the lord's exploitation
of Dungeon City Melkia.
[04:47] Matt
Tell me.
[04:49] Eik
"I hereby command that
Lord Dokiel Melkia be taken into custody.
[04:53] Eik
If you desire to take him
into custody yourselves,
[04:56] Eik
you have my permission to do so,
under the supervision of Royal Proxy Eik."
[05:01] Matt
That'll save us time. Thank you.
[05:03] Eik
You wish to arrest him yourselves, then?
[05:06] Matt
Yes. Are you three okay with that?
[05:08] Lurie
Yes! The dungeon city is
in such an awful state!
[05:11] Alma
We can't just let this go on!
[05:14] Iris
I agree, too!
[05:16] Matt
I cast a tracking spell
on the lord's underlings.
[05:20] Matt
I know where he is.
[05:23] Matt
An estate on the edge of town.
[05:25] Eik
But the estate is closely guarded.
[05:28] Eik
Shall I call for the knights' assistance?
[05:30] Matt
No need.
[05:32] Matt
We can handle it just fine
on our own.
[05:34] Eik
Really?
[05:35] Matt
All right, let's get that lord!
[05:38] Alma & Lurie &Iris
Yeah!
[05:42] Eik
Something doesn't seem right here.
[05:44] Matt
Indeed.
[05:45] Matt
The gate's closed in the middle of the day.
[05:47] Alma
No sign of any guards, either.
[05:52] Matt
I'm sensing plenty
of signatures within.
[05:55] Matt
He must be concentrating his defenses.
[05:58] Eik
Do you think they've learned
of our plans?
[06:01] Matt
It appears likely.
[06:02] Eik
It's not safe.
[06:03] Eik
We should turn back for now.
[06:05] Matt
No, we'll plow
right through the front gate.
[06:09] Matt
After the welcome they've prepared,
it'd be rude not to...
[06:14] Man 1
They came right to us!
[06:16] Man 2
And just a five-man army at that!
[06:17] Men
Are they stupid?
[06:18] Men
That reward's ours!
[06:21] Lurie
Leave this to me!
[06:25] Man 1
She deflected all of 'em!
[06:26] Man 2
A barrier spell?!
[06:28] Matt
Well done, Lurie.
[06:29] Matt
I can tell your casting's getting faster.
[06:32] Lurie
Thank you!
[06:33] Matt
You can leave the rest to me!
[06:41] Matt
Dispatch successful.
[06:43] Eik
You took them all out
with one strike?
[06:46] Iris
I wanted to hit 'em good, too!
[06:49] Eik
I see now
what His Majesty was referring to...
[06:53] Eik
When he said not to get
on Sir Matthias's bad side.
[06:57] Eik
It appears the lord's room
is on the second floor.
[07:00] Matt
Passive Detect suggests
there's no one on the second floor.
[07:03] Matt
The signatures are in the basement.
[07:04] Lurie
But there's nothing about a basement
in the blueprints.
[07:11] Matt
Here we are.
[07:17] Matt
Let's go.
[07:22] Lord
It's grown quiet.
[07:24] Lord
Did they crush the intruders?
[07:27] Sub
If they had,
we'd have heard about it.
[07:30] Sub
It's too quiet.
Could something have...?
[07:33] Lord
They couldn't possibly defeat
that many men so quickly.
[07:37] Lord
But in the interest of caution,
[07:40] Lord
let's take the secret passage
to the surface.
[07:44] Matt
You have a secret passage, eh?
[07:46] Matt
How prepared of you.
[07:48] Lord
Who in the world are you?
[07:50] Lord
Was there a child like this
in the garrison?
[07:53] Sub
No...
[07:53] Matt
You sent men to kill me
without knowing what I looked like?
[07:57] Lord
Wait...
Are you Matthias Hildesheimer?!
[08:01] Matt
Who else would I possibly be?
[08:03] Lord
How did you get here?
Where are the others?!
[08:06] Matt
Hey, guys! Come on in!
[08:10] Lord
You fool!
[08:11] Lord
You've strayed carelessly far
from your female escort!
[08:15] Matt
"Escort"?
[08:16] Lord
Get him, men!
[08:23] Lord
H-How did you...
[08:25] Lord
I thought you were the party healer!
[08:27] Lurie
I suppose he really did believe that.
[08:30] Alma
The truth should've been obvious
from his gear.
[08:33] Eik
Dokiel Melkia, I hereby arrest you
under orders from the king!
[08:37] Lord
What?!
[08:38] Eik
I am the Royal Proxy,
and under my supervision,
[08:41] Eik
Sir Matthias has the authority
to arrest you.
[08:45] Lord
I won't accept the authority
of some child!
[08:48] Matt
Excuse me for being a child.
[08:50] Lord
You'll pay for this!
[08:52] Lord
Terrible things will befall this city
if anything happens to me!
[09:00] Matt
I just knocked him out.
[09:02] Matt
An interrogation might gain you
some useful information,
[09:05] Matt
even from a blithering fool like this.
[09:08] Eik
I will see him brought to His Majesty.
[09:12] Matt
Please do.
[09:13] Matt
We have a few other things to do.
[09:15] Eik
Like what?
[09:17] Matt
I want to find out
how they anticipated our raid.
[09:20] Lurie
That's right.
[09:21] Lurie
How did they learn
about the king's orders?
[09:24] Matt
Look at this.
[09:26] Eik
A letter?
[09:28] Matt
It tells of the decision
to have the lord arrested,
[09:31] Matt
and that an authorized executor
would be arriving soon.
[09:34] Eik
Where did that come from?
[09:36] Matt
There are faint traces
of magic on the letter.
[09:40] Matt
It's clear there's a demon involved.
[09:42] All
Demon?!
[09:44] Alma
Were they using the lord
to do something else?
[09:47] Matt
Something involving the city's dungeon,
most likely.
[09:51] Lurie
Do you think
they're after the magistones?
[09:54] Matt
No.
[09:55] Matt
I think the demons are after the Dragon Vein
in the dungeon.
[09:59] Matt
The Dragon Vein here is far bigger
than the one in the capital.
[10:03] Matt
If infused with a spell,
[10:05] Matt
it could cause worldwide calamity.
[10:09] Alma
"Worldwide... calamity"?
[10:12] Eik
I must report to the capital at once!
[10:14] Matt
Please do. And hurry!
[10:16] Lurie
Wait a minute!
[10:18] Lurie
Do you hear something?
[10:24] Alma
An attack?!
[10:24] Matt
No, an earthquake!
[10:28] Matt
The demons have already started tampering
with Dragon Vein.
[10:37] Lurie
Matty...
[10:38] Alma
This magical signature...
[10:40] Matt
Yeah, they've spawned a monster horde.
[10:42] Matt
It's heading our way!
[10:45] Matt
The demons' tampering with the Dragon Vein
is calling the monsters here.
[10:49] Matt
This is what the lord was talking about!
[10:52] Matt
We have to get the demons away
from the Dragon Vein right away!
[10:56] Alma
But what about the monsters?
[10:58] Lurie
All of Melkia will be in danger
if we don't stop them!
[11:01] Matt
It'll be about two hours
before the monster horde arrives at Melkia.
[11:05] Matt
Let's hurry to the dungeon.
[11:07] Matt
We'll have to finish this
within two hours!
[11:12] Lurie
I don't see any demons here.
[11:14] Matt
They must have moved to a lower floor.
[11:17] Matt
Maybe they realized we were coming
and went to set a trap.
[11:23] Matt
Iris, can you start digging
right around here?
[11:25] Iris
Sure thing!
[11:35] Matt
This is the Dragon Vein that runs
through this great dungeon.
[11:37] Lurie
So much magical power...
[11:39] Lurie
And it has a demonic air about it!
[11:43] Matt
Well detected.
[11:44] Alma
What does it mean?
[11:46] Matt
It's probably something the demons rigged up
in the Dragon Vein a long time ago.
[11:50] Matt
Now they're trying
to put on the finishing touches.
[11:53] Alma
Can we stop...
whatever it is they're doing?
[11:56] Matt
Yes.
[11:57] Matt
Let's split up into two teams.
[11:59] Matt
I'll head to the floor
where the demons are hiding and strike.
[12:02] Lurie
What will we do?
[12:03] Matt
Stop whatever they're trying to get the Dragon Vein
to do and restore it to normal.
[12:06] Lurie
W-Wait a minute!
[12:08] Lurie
Without you?
[12:09] Matt
Yeah. And you'll be taking point, Lurie.
[12:12] Alma
Don't sweat it, Lurie!
[12:13] Alma
I'm here for you!
[12:14] Iris
I'll keep you safe, too!
[12:17] Lurie
V-Very well. I'll do my best.
[12:19] Matt
I've rigged up the Dragon Vein
with a communications casting circle.
[12:23] Matt
Its range isn't unlimited,
[12:25] Matt
but we should be able to communicate
from anywhere in the dungeon.
[12:28] Matt
Now, let's begin the operation!
[12:29] All
Yeah!
[12:32] Matt
Lurie, you hear me?
[12:34] Lurie
Yes!
[12:35] Matt
How's the Dragon Vein looking?
[12:36] Lurie
I've located the abnormal flow.
[12:38] Lurie
I'm trying to restore it to normal!
[12:40] Matt
One wrong move when messing with a Dragon Vein
could blow up the town.
[12:44] Matt
Make sure you go slow and steady!
[12:47] Lurie
I-I will!
[12:48] Matt
Only one hour
until the monster horde arrives in Melkia.
[12:53] Matt
We don't have much time.
[12:55] Matt
I'm close to the demons.
[12:56] Matt
Lurie, let's keep communications clear
for a little while.
[12:59] Lurie
I will! Be careful!
[13:05] Demon
Come on out.
[13:06] Demon
Are you the one interfering
with my manipulation of the Dragon Vein?
[13:10] Matt
What if I am?
[13:16] Matt
The slight fluctuations
in his magical power...
[13:18] Matt
Is he using a communication spell?
[13:20] Matt
I'll use Magic Align to tap into it.
[13:23] Voice
Not even Matthias Hildesheimer could interfere
with the Dragon Vein while on the move.
[13:30] Voice
The interference is his colleague's doing.
[13:32] Voice
Her casting level is low,
but she is skilled.
[13:36] Voice
Destroy Matthias and finish off the one
interfering with the Vein.
[13:41] Voice
And do not underestimate him.
[13:43] Demon
I won't.
[13:44] Demon
I'll fight cautiously, as you instructed.
[13:48] Matt
So there's a big boss giving him orders?
[13:51] Matt
And he knows a lot about casting
and Dragon Veins.
[13:55] Matt
Interesting.
[13:56] Matt
I might get a decent fight for once.
[14:10] Demon
It seems the much-rumored Matthias Hildesheimer
is still only human!
[14:15] Demon
You think you can defeat me
with a trivial attack like that?
[14:19] Matt
The kind of barrier
that blows up when you attack.
[14:22] Matt
This'll be tricky.
[14:25] Voice
The barrier appears to be working.
[14:28] Demon
Yes, sir.
[14:29] Demon
Though the power of his attacks
is greater than I imagined.
[14:32] Voice
Finish him before he breaches the barrier.
[14:35] Voice
A prolonged battle against a superior opponent
will put you at a disadvantage.
[14:38] Demon
Yes, sir!
[14:39] Matt
There's no question.
[14:41] Matt
They're tactics designed
to fight a Crest of Failure.
[14:43] Matt
To fight me specifically.
[14:45] Matt
This demon is more powerful
than any I've faced before.
[14:49] Matt
Can you hear me, Lurie?
[14:50] Lurie
Yes!
[14:51] Matt
Prepare casting circles
fourteen and seventeen.
[14:54] Lurie
Fourteen and seventeen? I will!
[14:57] Demon
Matthias Hildesheimer.
[14:59] Demon
I've made all the preparations
I need to deal with you.
[15:04] Demon
So let's have some fun!
[15:07] Demon
See?
[15:08] Demon
I know the Crest of Failure
is best in close-combat!
[15:11] Demon
So I'll fight you at close-range,
just as you want!
[15:14] Demon
Or so I'll make it seem, until...
[15:16] Demon
Take this!
[15:18] Demon
Did I get him?!
[15:19] Voice
Behind you.
[15:20] Demon
One more time!
[15:23] Demon
You seem a little desperate.
[15:25] Demon
One hit from that
might just be the end of you.
[15:27] Matt
If you can land it.
[15:30] Voice
The Crest of Failure is specialized
for close combat.
[15:32] Voice
Continue attacking with ranged spells.
Don't let him get close.
[15:36] Demon
I will!
[15:38] Matt
The demon giving the orders seems
like a force to be reckoned with.
[15:41] Matt
The Crest of Failure countermeasures
must have been his idea.
[15:44] Matt
I'd like to get a clue
to his identity.
[15:47] Matt
Let's watch what happens
a little while longer.
[15:49] Demon
Guess that last attack wasn't quite enough.
[15:53] Demon
But what about this?!
[15:55] Matt
Using a series of magic attacks
to close off my escape routes?!
[16:08] Matt
Is that the last of it?
[16:10] Lurie
Matty! Are you all right?
[16:12] Matt
Yeah. I just dodged the demon's attack.
[16:15] Matt
I'll need those spells in a bit.
Are you ready?
[16:18] Lurie
Yes! They're ready any time you need them!
[16:20] Demon
I can't seem to hit him!
[16:22] Voice
His instinct for battle
is greater than expected.
[16:25] Demon
Should I keep up the barrage
until his magic runs out?
[16:29] Voice
No, it's dangerous
to let this run too long.
[16:31] Voice
We'll have to move to Stage II
sooner than expected.
[16:35] Demon
The trap, eh?
[16:37] Matt
A trap!
Just what I've been waiting for!
[16:39] Voice
He's coming. Lure him into the trap!
[16:42] Demon
You got it!
[16:45] Matt
Lurie!
Do you have those casting circles ready?
[16:48] Lurie
Yes! Ready any time!
[16:50] Matt
Great!
Activate number fourteen first!
[16:53] Lurie
Right!
[16:54] Matt
Spell fourteen will nullify the trap
rigged up in the Dragon Vein.
[17:02] Demon
The trap didn't activate?! Why?!
[17:05] Matt
Lurie! Now go with seventeen!
[17:07] Lurie
Okay!
[17:08] Demon
The trap didn't activate!
[17:10] Demon
What now, sir?!
[17:11] Voice
Remain calm.
[17:14] Matt
Number seventeen is a spell
using the Dragon Vein
[17:17] Matt
to disrupt communications in the area.
[17:19] Matt
In other words,
it will block his communication spell.
[17:22] Demon
Dammit! What's going on?
[17:24] Matt
Something the matter?
[17:26] Demon
But I still have my barrier.
You can't harm me!
[17:29] Matt
Shall we test that hypothesis?
[17:32] Demon
Fool!
[17:34] Matt
It deflects all my attacks. But...
[17:42] Demon
It'll never work!
Your attacks won't get through!
[17:47] Demon
What?!
[17:50] Demon
Why didn't it deflect that?
[17:51] Matt
The barrier was a good idea.
[17:54] Matt
But you didn't choose the right one.
[17:57] Matt
This barrier defends you
by causing attacks to explode.
[18:01] Matt
Once it's activated, it takes at least half a second
for the next one to get through.
[18:06] Matt
So if I attack in the split-second
after it detonates the first attack,
[18:11] Matt
I can keep it from activating!
[18:17] Demon
You beast!
[18:18] Matt
No, still only human.
[18:21] Voice
Can you hear me? What's happening?
[18:23] Demon
He destroyed my barrier!
[18:25] Voice
What?
[18:27] Demon
Could Matthias Hildesheimer really be
the reincarnation of Gaius?!
[18:32] Matt
Is that rumor going around?
Good instincts...
[18:35] Voice
Impossible.
[18:37] Voice
Gaius is one of the ancient humans.
[18:40] Voice
If that were Gaius,
you'd already be dead.
[18:45] Matt
The demon giving the orders
knows about my past life?
[18:50] Matt
He must be a pretty old demon.
[18:52] Voice
It's time for your last resort.
[18:55] Voice
Use Disfortune.
[19:00] Demon
I'll finish this!
[19:09] Demon
Quit squirming!
[19:10] Matt
What's wrong?
Weren't you going to finish this?
[19:14] Demon
Impossible!
How can you dodge so many attacks?!
[19:19] Matt
I'm not anticipating them,
if that's what you're thinking.
[19:23] Matt
I'm just simultaneously casting spells
[19:25] Matt
to deal with every attack
I can imagine you sending,
[19:27] Matt
then scrapping the ones I don't need!
[19:29] Demon
What?!
[19:30] Matt
The spell-control potential granted
by the Crest of Failure
[19:33] Matt
lets me cast four or five spells
at once, easily.
[19:38] Matt
I will end this now!
[19:41] Voice
Dodge it.
[19:42] Matt
You won't be able to!
[19:49] Demon
Impossible!
[19:50] Demon
I cannot be defeated by a mere human!
[20:04] Matt
Dispatch successful.
[20:06] Matt
Lurie, I defeated the demon!
[20:09] Lurie
Of course you did!
[20:10] Lurie
I knew you'd win, Matty,
but I didn't think it would be this fast!
[20:15] Alma & Iris
Yeah!
[20:17] Matt
The monsters heading for Melkia
are disappearing.
[20:20] Lurie
Really?
[20:21] Matt
It's because you restored
the Dragon Vein, Lurie.
[20:24] Matt
Well done.
[20:25] Matt
Are Alma and Iris safe, too?
[20:27] Lurie
Yes!
[20:28] Alma
We beat all the monsters!
[20:30] Iris
Wish it weren't over so quickly...
[20:33] Matt
Now there's just one thing left undone.
[20:37] Lurie
Find the monster
that was giving the orders?
[20:40] Matt
Exactly.
[20:42] Matt
I'll pin down his magical signature.
[20:43] Matt
Get the disrupted Vein in order.
[20:46] Lurie
I will!
[20:48] Voice
You won't be able to trace me back.
[20:51] Matt
He was tapping my communication spell
with Lurie?
[20:55] Voice
Matthias Hildesheimer.
[20:58] Voice
Do you know where I am?
[21:01] Matt
The magic is coming from a place
several dozen kilometers away.
[21:06] Matt
I believe there's a town called Elenia
in the area.
[21:11] Matt
But that's just a decoy.
[21:13] Matt
I don't know.
[21:14] Matt
I just know you're not in Elenia.
[21:17] Voice
A pity.
[21:19] Voice
I would have loved
to deceive you about that.
[21:22] Matt
We'll be fighting soon enough.
[21:24] Matt
I'm sure you're trembling
in anticipation.
[21:26] Voice
I can't imagine
why I'd ever want to fight you.
[21:30] Matt
But I definitely want to fight you.
[21:32] Matt
So you'd better start cooking up
some countermeasures.
[21:34] Voice
You'll have to find me first.
[21:40] Matt
The communication's cut off.
[21:42] Matt
He must have destroyed the relay
in Elenia.
[21:46] Matt
He's definitely on another level
from previous enemies.
[21:49] Matt
About time I got something
I could sink my teeth into.
[23:26] Matt
If I may, Iris.
[23:27] Iris
What is it?
[23:28] Matt
Can you take a form
that's half-human and half-dragon?
[23:32] Iris
I'll try!
SIGN Episode 9 The Strongest Sage Duels.
[23:37] Iris
I think I strained myself!
E9 - The Strongest Sage Duels
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:02] Iris
Are we searching for
where the demons' leader is hiding now?
[00:06] Matt
Yeah.
[00:07] Lurie
But how do we do it?
[00:09] Matt
The enemy thought he could cut off
our ability to find him
[00:12] Matt
by destroying the relay in Elenia.
[00:14] Matt
But the transmission spell still carried a trace
of the caster's magic signature.
[00:19] Matt
I've recorded that signature here.
[00:22] Alma
In a magistone?
It can do that, too?
[00:24] Matt
Yeah.
[00:25] Matt
And there's a device that enables the user
to trace an enemy through a magistone.
[00:29] Matt
If we go to it, we can use it
to pinpoint his location.
[00:32] Lurie
I've never heard of such a device.
[00:35] Matt
Of course you haven't.
It's from thousands of years ago.
[00:39] Alma
Thousands of years ago?!
[00:41] Lurie
But you know how to use it?
[00:45] Alma
How?
[00:46] Matt
Because—
[00:48] Matt
Well, I just kind of stumbled into it.
[00:51] Matt
That was close.
[00:52] Matt
I almost told them I created it!
[00:55] Alma
So, where is this device?
[00:58] Matt
Here.
[00:59] Alma
The Radinia Alliance?
[01:01] Matt
Getting the king's help
will make crossing the border smoother.
[01:06] Matt
If we ask the headmaster,
I'm sure he'll probably mediate for us.
[01:09] Lurie
The king and the headmaster
are quite friendly, aren't they?
[01:14] Matt
For now, let's get back to the capital.
[01:19] Iris
Hey! I'm still eating!
SIGN Episode 9
SIGN The Strongest Sage Duels.
[02:59] Alma
We're back!
[03:01] Lurie
It's been only a few days,
but it feels as if we've been gone forever!
[03:04] Alma
I hope everyone in Second Academy
is all right.
[03:08] Iris
The school's gone...
[03:10] Alma & Iris & Lurie & Matt
Huh?!
[03:14] Lurie
This is where Second Academy was, isn't it?
[03:16] Alma
Of course it is!
[03:18] Matt
What in the world happened?
[03:21] Matt
"New Second Academy building,
under construction"?
[03:26] Matt
Headmaster!
[03:27] Eduard
Hey there, Matthias!
[03:30] Eduard
You're all back, eh?
[03:32] Iris
We beat up the demon
in the dungeon city!
[03:35] Eduard
Indeed you did. Excellent work!
[03:38] Matt
But what's going on here?
[03:40] Eduard
As you can see, we're rebuilding the academy
from the ground up.
[03:44] Eduard
We're making the walls thicker
and erecting a barrier to withstand demon attack.
[03:49] Matt
More of a fortress, then?
[03:51] Lurie
Where will they hold the classes?
[03:53] Eduard
First Academy.
[03:55] Eduard
Their students are helping
with the construction as well.
[03:59] Eduard
And it'll be good casting practice for them.
[04:03] Eduard
Good idea, don't you agree?
[04:07] Matt
There was another demon pulling the strings
in the dungeon city.
[04:12] Matt
In order to find him,
I need to cross the border.
[04:15] Eduard
I see. The border with whom?
[04:19] Matt
The Radinia Alliance.
[04:21] Eduard
That's a group of allied nations.
[04:24] Eduard
Unfortunately, not all the nations are friendly.
[04:27] Matt
Would the king be willing to help?
[04:30] Eduard
Yes.
[04:31] Eduard
I'll make a recommendation
to seek their Guild's cooperation.
[04:35] Matt
Thank you.
[04:37] Eduard
Given that there are demons involved,
I'm sure he'll make it his top priority.
[04:40] Matt
While we wait for leave to travel,
we'll help with the construction here.
[04:44] Eduard
You will?
[04:46] Matt
You don't mind, do you?
[04:47] Alma & Lurie
Of course not!
[04:48] Eduard
We'd appreciate the help.
[04:50] Iris
I wanna help, too!
[04:56] Matt
The pillars will be tougher
if you use a mithril alloy instead of iron.
[05:00] Eduard
I see!
[05:02] Lurie
Enchanting the building materials
will make things more efficient!
[05:08] Iris
Here I go!
[05:11] Matt
Hey, Iris!
Don't bite off more than you can chew!
[05:14] Iris
I won't!
[05:23] Matt
Yeah, thought so.
[05:27] Eduard
The king's granted permission.
[05:30] Eduard
This contains your border-crossing permit
[05:31] Eduard
and the king's voucher
for the Radinia Alliance.
[05:34] Matt
I appreciate this.
[05:35] Eduard
We can't let the demons
have free rein any longer.
[05:40] Eduard
Get to it.
[05:41] Matt
We will.
[05:43] Lurie
This is my first time
leaving the Eis Kingdom!
[05:47] Alma
What do you think
the Radinia Alliance is like?
[05:49] Iris
I hope they've got tasty food!
[05:53] Guard
Take care!
[05:55] Lurie
Having His Majesty's recommendation
let us pass right through!
[05:59] Matt
The Radinia Alliance is just ahead.
[06:02] Alma
We're almost at our destination!
[06:05] Matt
But now the problems start.
[06:08] Lurie
A restricted region?
[06:10] Matt
Entry to the region containing the device
is heavily restricted.
[06:15] Matt
The magic signature there
is likely so strong
[06:16] Matt
that they're afraid
a magical calamity will occur.
[06:20] Lurie
Does that mean we can't get closer?
[06:23] Alma
What do we do?
[06:24] Matt
According to the information
the headmaster gave us,
[06:27] Matt
the only way is to increase
our adventurer rank.
[06:30] Matt
We need to be Rank A
to enter a restricted region.
[06:34] Alma
How do we increase our rank?
[06:37] Matt
We head for the Radinia Adventurers' Guild
[06:39] Matt
and complete the ranking test.
[06:41] Alma
What? But we have a voucher from the king!
[06:44] Matt
Yes, but we also have
to follow the Guild's rules.
[06:48] Lurie
But won't passing their tests
take a whole lot of time?
[06:53] Matt
If they force our hand,
we'll have other ways to proceed.
[06:55] Alma
Like what?
[06:57] Matt
A darkness dragon appearing
above a restricted region
[07:00] Matt
would cause quite a panic, wouldn't it?
[07:02] Matt
We'd use that as a distraction
to reach our destination.
[07:05] Iris
Hey, I forgot I could turn into a dragon.
[07:08] Alma
You have it backwards!
[07:09] Alma
You're a dragon
who's turned into a human!
[07:19] Alma
Wow, it's so different from the capital!
[07:23] Matt
Let's hit up the Adventurers' Guild first.
[07:27] Branch Chief
Well, well!
[07:29] Branch Chief
Welcome!
[07:30] Branch Chief
So you're the Matthias party
I've heard so much about.
[07:34] Matt
You've heard of us?
[07:35] Branch Chief
The king of the Eis Kingdom
asked our Guild for help.
[07:40] Branch Chief
He's urging international cooperation,
[07:43] Branch Chief
now that the demons
are growing more active.
[07:45] Alma
That's our king!
[07:47] Branch Chief
I'm happy to help you
as much as I can.
[07:50] Matt
Much appreciated.
[07:52] Branch Chief
And you say you want
to enter the restricted zone?
[07:55] Matt
Yes.
[07:56] Matt
So I'd like to reach Rank A
as soon as I can.
[08:00] Matt
Can I take the ascension test?
[08:02] Branch Chief
Of course you can.
[08:03] Branch Chief
I'd normally require you to start at Rank G,
the lowest level there is.
[08:08] Branch Chief
But I'll let you skip right
to the Rank A test.
[08:12] Branch Chief
I'm afraid that's the best
we can offer you.
[08:15] Matt
Understood.
[08:16] Lurie
But will we be all right,
going right to the Rank A test?
[08:22] Matt
What exactly does the test consist of?
[08:24] Branch Chief
A mock battle with a prearranged proctor.
[08:28] Branch Chief
He should be arriving any time now.
[08:34] Giluas
Did I keep you waitin'?
[08:36] Branch Chief
Giluas! What are you doing here?!
[08:39] Giluas
I'm the proctor for their ascension test.
[08:43] Branch Chief
Y-You can't...!
[08:45] Matt
He has a powerful magical signature.
[08:47] Matt
High enough that I might suspect
he was a demon,
[08:51] Matt
but he's definitely human...
[08:54] Matt
Who is this man?
[08:55] Branch Chief
You haven't heard?
[08:57] Matt
Have any of you?
[08:58] Alma & Iris & Lurie
No...
[09:00] Matt
Is he famous in your lands?
[09:02] Branch Chief
He's a Rank S adventurer!
[09:05] Matt
"Rank S"?
[09:06] Branch Chief
Fighting is basically all he thinks about.
[09:10] Matt
Your average battle maniac, then?
[09:13] Giluas
Branch Chief!
[09:15] Giluas
You oughta know by now
that I'm the real deal!
[09:17] Branch Chief
But you're not the one I called for!
[09:21] Branch Chief
What are you doing here?!
[09:23] Giluas
The proctor you asked for ran off,
bitchin' about some stomachache.
[09:28] Branch Chief
What?!
[09:29] Giluas
So I'm bein' real generous
and offerin' to stand in.
[09:35] Matt
I don't mind.
[09:37] Matt
Let's begin the test.
[09:38] Branch Chief
But no one's ever passed a test
run by Giluas!
[09:43] Alma
Really?!
[09:44] Branch Chief
He's failed every previous applicant
without even fighting them.
[09:49] Iris
Hey, that's mean!
[09:51] Giluas
Shaddap!
[09:52] Giluas
It's 'cause they were all trash,
not even worth fightin'!
[09:57] Giluas
I got time only for the real strong guys.
[10:03] Matt
Intriguing.
[10:09] Giluas
You first!
[10:11] Giluas
And you!
[10:13] Giluas
And you!
[10:14] Iris
Yes?
[10:16] Giluas
You all pass.
[10:19] Giluas
That's it for the test.
You can head on home.
[10:21] Matt
What in the world?
[10:23] Giluas
Now, you...
[10:25] Giluas
You'll fight me.
[10:28] Giluas
One on one.
[10:30] Giluas
I've heard about you, Matthias.
[10:32] Giluas
You're the heroic demon-slayer
from the Kingdom of Eis.
[10:36] Matt
I see. He just wanted
to fight me from the start.
[10:40] Matt
I suppose you're on.
[10:43] Judge
We will now commence
the Rank A ascension exam!
[10:47] Judge
The proctor, Giluas,
will evaluate Matthias's skills in a mock battle!
[10:52] Giluas
Been a while since I got
to fight someone real strong.
[10:55] Giluas
Can't wait to show my stuff!
[10:57] Matt
Let's see what a Rank S fighter can do.
[11:01] Alma
He'll be okay, right?
[11:03] Lurie
It's hard to imagine
Matty ever losing, but...
[11:07] Branch Chief
Giluas is a combat prodigy.
[11:10] Branch Chief
It's said he's never lost a duel.
[11:14] Alma
He's that good?
[11:16] Matt
What are our rules here?
[11:17] Giluas
Match is over when one of us
gets knocked out or gives up.
[11:22] Matt
Very well.
[11:23] Giluas
I don't use magic,
but you can if you want.
[11:29] Matt
You don't use magic?
[11:31] Matt
Given his magical signature,
I'd pegged him as a spellsword like me.
[11:36] Matt
Are you holding back on me?
[11:39] Giluas
'Course not.
[11:41] Giluas
This ain't some handicap
I'm givin' you.
[11:43] Giluas
I just never use magic.
[11:46] Matt
What's that?
[11:46] Giluas
This is all I use!
[11:51] Matt
This feeling...
[11:52] Matt
A physique enhancement spell...
[11:55] Matt
But I don't think Giluas is lying.
[11:59] Matt
I'm ready.
[12:01] Matt
Come at me any time!
[12:02] Giluas
Don't mind if I do!
[12:06] Matt
Enhance Physique!
[12:11] Matt
He's definitely using
an Enhance Physique spell.
[12:14] Matt
But he doesn't even realize
he's casting it.
[12:19] Matt
Is he just using it instinctively?!
[12:21] Giluas
Just what I'd expect
from the heroic demon-slayer!
[12:26] Giluas
An attack like that
don't even faze you, huh?!
[12:31] Giluas
Looks like this'll be a pretty fun fight!
[12:36] Matt
He's mixing in other enhancement spells
like Enhance Fortitude and Sunder Steel.
[12:44] Matt
Most humans can't cast spells unconsciously.
[12:48] Matt
Yet he's doing it perfectly,
without a moment's thought...
[12:52] Matt
Incredible.
[12:56] Alma
Awesome!
He's matching Matty blow for blow!
[13:00] Lurie
He really is!
[13:01] Branch Chief
I never thought I'd find a man
on equal footing with Giluas...
[13:06] Giluas
Hey, you ain't holdin' back, are you?!
[13:10] Matt
Good instincts.
[13:12] Matt
Yes, I certainly am.
[13:14] Giluas
Oh, yeah?
[13:15] Giluas
Well knock it off already!
[13:17] Matt
If you want to see what I can really do,
[13:19] Matt
I'll show you!
[13:28] Giluas
Sounds good to me!
[13:30] Giluas
I'll make you get serious!
[13:31] Matt
Giluas's magic power is growing stronger?!
[13:34] Matt
His casting is improving even as we fight.
[13:38] Matt
His instincts are incredible.
[13:40] Giluas
I ain't never fought anyone
[13:42] Giluas
who got my heart racing like this before!
[13:46] Matt
I'll bet he's never fought anyone
better than him.
[13:51] Matt
Now that he's hitting a wall,
it's increasing his combat instincts.
[13:58] Matt
It's the height of foolishness
to leap that high without magical enhancement.
[14:01] Matt
He's just making himself vulnerable
until he lands.
[14:06] Giluas
Watch this!
[14:11] Lurie
Is that...
[14:12] Alma
He's fighting the way Matty does!
[14:14] Matt
He learned how I fight...
[14:17] Matt
After seeing only it once...
[14:20] Matt
He adapts that quickly?
[14:23] Giluas
Here we go!
[14:29] Giluas
How'd you like that?!
[14:39] Matt
A strike combining Enhance Physique
and the gravity of a long fall...
[14:44] Matt
An ideal fighting style if you want
to force your way past the opponent's guard.
[14:48] Matt
But your casting strength
is entirely insufficient.
[14:52] Giluas
What'd you say?
[14:54] Giluas
That was the best attack I can—
[15:13] Matt
Want to keep going?
[15:18] Giluas
I give.
[15:22] Judge
The winner is Matthias!
He passes!
[15:25] Alma & Lurie
Yeah!
[15:27] Iris
Is that a successful dispatch?
[15:30] Alma
He didn't dispatch anyone!
[15:33] Giluas
That's the first time I ever lost.
[15:36] Matt
But your skills are incredible.
[15:39] Giluas
Tell me!
How do I get as strong as you?!
[15:44] Matt
That's a good question...
[15:47] Matt
Read this.
[15:50] Lurie
Matty. What's that?
[15:52] Matt
It's a textbook I wrote.
[15:54] Giluas
A textbook?
[15:56] Alma
You wrote one of those?
[15:57] Matt
What you lack is knowledge
of spell casting.
[16:01] Matt
You might surpass me
if you put in the work,
[16:04] Matt
but you have the talent, either way.
[16:08] Giluas
You makin' fun of me?
[16:10] Matt
I'm completely serious.
[16:12] Matt
If you internalize
what's written in that book,
[16:15] Matt
you'll definitely grow stronger.
[16:17] Giluas
And spell castin' is supposed
to help me out in combat?
[16:20] Matt
It certainly will.
[16:22] Giluas
But chantin' spells leaves a guy
open for ages.
[16:26] Giluas
You didn't cast any, either.
[16:28] Matt
But I did!
[16:30] Matt
You don't need incantations to cast spells.
[16:34] Giluas
Really?
[16:36] Matt
You're actually casting spells unconsciously.
[16:38] Matt
To enhance your physique and such.
[16:40] Giluas
I am?
[16:42] Matt
If you start to do it consciously,
you can get even stronger.
[16:46] Giluas
Awright!
I'm gonna read the heck outta this!
[16:54] Giluas
It ain't stickin', man!
[16:57] Giluas
You got a spell to make me
better at readin'?
[17:01] Giluas
Tryin' to read
gives me a big damn headache.
[17:05] Matt
The healing spell on page 132
works well on headaches.
[17:18] Giluas
You really ain't gonna go for Rank S?
[17:22] Matt
I'll pass.
[17:23] Giluas
Shame.
[17:25] Giluas
You could be the strongest
in the land, for sure.
[17:28] Matt
We just needed Rank A
to enter restricted territory.
[17:34] Giluas
What restricted territory?
[17:35] Matt
The Etelis Plains in the Folkia Region.
[17:39] Giluas
Folkia, huh?
[17:41] Matt
Does that mean something to you?
[17:43] Giluas
Nah, I just hear
the city's got a weird vibe.
[17:46] Matt
What do you mean?
[17:48] Giluas
I hear the atmosphere there
has changed a lot lately.
[17:51] Giluas
Checkpoints along the nearby roads
have grown stricter all of a sudden, too.
[17:56] Giluas
And I hear parties have gone missing
on the way there.
[18:01] Giluas
So if crap goes down, just lemme know!
[18:04] Giluas
I'll help out.
[18:06] Matt
I appreciate that.
[18:12] Lurie
Is this one of the checkpoints
he mentioned?
[18:14] Alma
Seems pretty normal to me, but...
[18:18] Soldier A
Halt. Papers, please.
[18:22] Soldier B
Where are you headed?
[18:24] Matt
I'm here on adventurer work.
[18:27] Soldier B
Each of you, take one of these passes.
[18:31] Soldier B
They're valid only for the main road,
though, so be careful.
[18:34] Matt
Understood.
[18:38] Alma
That was easier than I expected!
[18:40] Lurie
I don't know why we were so nervous!
[18:42] Iris
I wanna hit that city fast.
[18:45] Matt
No, there's still trouble ahead.
[18:49] Matt
There's a magical code
inscribed in these passes.
[18:53] Alma & Iris & Lurie
"A code"?!
[18:57] Lurie
"Caution.
Party of four high-rank adventurers."
[19:02] Alma
"Motives questionable.
Deal with immediately"?!
[19:05] Iris
What do they mean by "deal with"?
[19:06] Matt
The content doesn't matter.
[19:08] Matt
What matters is that the coding technology
is the same as the one the demons use.
[19:14] Alma & Iris & Lurie
What?!
[19:15] Lurie
But those guards weren't demons, were they?
[19:19] Matt
No, they were human.
[19:21] Matt
But to set up checkpoints,
you need to hold local power.
[19:26] Lurie
Then if the checkpoint
is using demon coding technology...
[19:31] Alma
All of Folkia might be
under the demons' control?!
[19:35] Matt
It seems entirely possible.
[19:38] Matt
Look.
[19:39] Matt
We have visitors already.
[19:41] Matt
Probably someone's hired goons...
[19:45] Matt
They're out to finish us off
before we reach the city.
[19:49] Matt
And Giluas mentioned parties going missing.
[19:53] Matt
I suppose this is what he meant.
[19:55] Iris
You want us to stamp 'em out?
[19:57] Matt
No, that wouldn't be good.
[20:00] Matt
We'll put them all to sleep instead.
[20:02] Alma
To sleep?
[20:03] Iris
We can't just beat them?
[20:05] Matt
If they put up a fight
and raise a commotion,
[20:07] Matt
it could make
infiltrating the city harder.
[20:09] Matt
Iris and I will draw their attention.
[20:12] Matt
Lurie, Alma.
[20:14] Matt
Get around behind them
[20:16] Matt
and use this magic item
to put them to sleep.
[20:18] Lurie
Understood!
[20:19] Alma
We will!
[20:23] Lurie
What are these?
[20:25] Matt
I used a spell to create illusions.
[20:28] Matt
From a distance,
they should look convincing enough.
[20:31] Matt
All right, let's begin!
[20:35] Matt
We're under attack! Be careful!
[20:39] Sideburns
Looks like they saw us.
[20:41] Blond Archer
Better get started.
[20:43] Sideburns
Get 'em!
[20:44] All
Yeah!
[20:47] Matt
Now, let's have a bit of fun!
[20:50] Iris
That's what I like to hear!
[20:54] Iris
Ow!
[20:55] Iris
Ow, ow, ow!
[20:56] Sideburns
The arrows don't hurt her?
[20:58] Sideburns
What's going on here?!
[20:59] Iris
Darn you...
[21:01] Iris
This is so annoying!
[21:07] Iris
Why did you do that?
[21:09] Matt
If you run in,
someone's definitely going to die!
[21:12] Iris
Oh, right.
We're just putting them to sleep.
[21:18] Alma
Great! They haven't noticed us!
[21:20] Lurie
Let's activate the magic item now!
[21:29] Sideburns
Wh-What the...
[21:30] Brown scarf
Damn! I can't see anything!
[21:33] Mustache Beret
Gettin'... sleepy...
[21:38] Matt
That was perfect.
[21:42] Iris
He's fast asleep, huh?
[21:44] Matt
Where are Lurie and Alma?
[21:46] Iris
Good question.
[21:52] Matt
They're asleep.
[23:26] Lurie
This is Matty's handwritten textbook?
[23:29] Iris
Let me see!
[23:31] Alma
It's good to be studious!
[23:35] Matt
Sh-She's asleep...
[23:36] Lurie
She just wanted it for a pillow?
SIGN Episode 10 The Strongest Sage Works With a Team.
E10 - The Strongest Sage Works With a Team
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:12] Matt
It almost feels like a shame
to wake her, but...
[00:20] Lurie
We were using that magic item, and...
[00:22] Matt
In the future, make sure you check
its effect range before using it.
[00:27] Lurie
I'm sorry!
I'll be more careful next time!
[00:31] Alma
Huh? Where am I?
[00:36] Alma
Hey! What the heck?!
Who did this?!
[00:40] Alma
Ah! Was it you, Iris?!
[00:41] Iris
Dunno what you're talking about...
[00:43] Alma
The heck you don't!
SIGN Episode 10
SIGN The Strongest Sage Works With a Team.
[02:23] Alma
This is Folkia? It's creepy...
[02:27] Lurie
I can feel a demonic magical signature
in the city...
[02:30] Lurie
But this is...
[02:32] Matt
Did you notice it too, Lurie?
[02:33] Lurie
Yes. Faint signatures scattered all over.
[02:37] Lurie
Over thirty of them!
[02:39] Matt
Precisely.
The reason the signatures feel small
[02:42] Matt
is probably that they're concealing them.
[02:44] Lurie
What?!
[02:44] Alma
But that means...
[02:46] Matt
Yes. Folkia is full of demons.
[02:51] Lurie
Thirty demons in the city?!
How is that possible?
[02:54] Alma
Yeah! You said demons didn't like
to work in groups!
[02:57] Matt
I'm impressed you remembered that.
[02:58] Matt
It's true that typical demons
don't work in groups.
[03:01] Matt
But demidemons are different.
[03:03] Lurie
"Demidemons"?
[03:05] Matt
A rare offshoot of the demon race.
[03:08] Matt
They can't use any special spells,
[03:10] Matt
but they work in groups and fight as a team.
[03:13] Matt
If they're the ones in control of the city,
[03:16] Matt
that's the most troublesome
situation I can imagine.
[03:19] Alma
Security's pretty tight, too.
[03:21] Matt
Now that we know
the city's brimming with demons,
[03:24] Matt
there's no need
to go right through the front door.
[03:27] Lurie
Then what should we do?
[03:29] Matt
I found something very interesting.
[03:40] Alma
What in the world?!
[03:41] Matt
A hidden passage for the demons.
[03:44] Matt
It should lead us
right to the city center.
[03:48] Matt
All right, let's infiltrate Folkia.
[03:58] Iris
Kinda stinks in here...
[04:01] Lurie
Is this a sewer system?
[04:03] Alma
It's so dark.
It's almost like a maze.
[04:14] Alma
Just a rat!
[04:15] Lurie
I was so scared!
I thought it might be a small monster.
[04:19] Matt
Er, um... Lurie?
[04:22] Lurie
Oh...
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
[04:26] Matt
Seriously, it's fine.
[04:28] Matt
In fact, I...
[04:29] Lurie
What?
[04:30] Matt
N-Nothing!
Let's keep going!
[04:39] Matt
Stop here.
[04:41] Iris
Ouch!
[04:42] Matt
My detection spell is picking something up.
[04:47] Matt
There's a demon just ahead.
[04:49] Alma
What should we do?
[04:50] Iris
Should we destroy it?
[04:52] Matt
No, we're going to pass right by.
[04:55] Alma & Lurie
Huh?
[04:56] Matt
You guys wait here.
[05:01] Alma & Lurie
He went into the wall!
[05:02] Matt
A simple application of a spell.
[05:14] Matt
It went perfectly. Come over here.
[05:18] Matt
He appears to be their only lookout.
[05:21] Alma
What did you do to him?
[05:23] Matt
I used a stupefaction spell.
[05:25] Matt
It temporarily dulls the target's senses.
[05:29] Matt
Okay, let's hurry.
[05:30] Matt
Come on, Iris.
No drawing on him.
[05:35] Lurie
I can't believe we're passing
right in front of a demon.
[05:39] Iris
Nyah, nyah, nyah!
[05:52] Lurie
Now that we're in here,
it feels even worse.
[05:55] Alma
Yeah. Melkia was pretty desolate,
[05:58] Alma
but this is creepy
in a totally different way.
[06:08] Lurie
The townspeople seem to be
in a kind of a trance.
[06:12] Lurie
Are they all right?
[06:14] Matt
The magical signatures are strange, too.
[06:16] Matt
Can it be...
[06:19] Matt
If I may.
[06:24] Lurie
He has some kind of spell
cast on him, doesn't he?
[06:26] Matt
Yes. It's called Thought Paralysis.
[06:29] Matt
It's a type of stupefaction spell.
[06:31] Alma
The adventurers are all acting the same way!
[06:34] Lurie
This must be the demons' work!
[06:46] Demidemon 2
Next!
[06:50] Demidemon 2
Okay, next!
[06:50] Alma
Wow, they're casting Thought Paralysis
on everyone!
[06:54] Lurie
That one over there is a demon, isn't it?
[06:57] Matt
It definitely is.
[06:59] Matt
They're working the humans
in this factory to some end.
[07:03] Matt
We'll have to go inside
and see what it is.
[07:08] Matt
A defense spell.
[07:10] Matt
This will nullify the Thought Paralysis spell,
if they try to cast it on us.
[07:14] Matt
We'll pretend it works,
then march right through the front gate.
[07:17] Matt
That goes for you too, Iris.
[07:19] Matt
Act like you're spaced out.
[07:20] Iris
Okay! Spaced out, huh?
[07:24] Iris
Spaced out... Spaced out...
Spaced out...
[07:32] Demidemon 3
Hey, you! What are you doing?
[07:33] Matt
This isn't good.
[07:35] Demidemon 3
An overdose of Thought Paralysis?
[07:37] Demidemon 3
I guess someone went a little overboard.
[07:41] Demidemon 3
They should know
that overdosing decreases efficiency.
[07:44] Demidemon 3
You're all fine. Go on ahead.
[07:47] Matt
Yes, sir...
[07:51] Alma
I guess that went pretty well.
[07:53] Lurie
You're amazing, Iris!
[07:56] Iris
I didn't exactly do it on purpose.
[07:59] Matt
All the more reason it worked!
[08:08] Alma
Look at this huge place!
[08:10] Alma
You think they're refining ore?
[08:13] Matt
It does appear so.
[08:15] Matt
Their equipment is far more advanced
than I'd imagined.
[08:18] Lurie
It does seem
to be a rather large production.
[08:21] Alma
But why are they collecting
these weird rocks?
[08:26] Matt
This is Rankine magical ore.
[08:28] Matt
The magicrystals they refine from it
can be used in explosives.
[08:32] Alma & Lurie
Explosives?!
[08:36] Matt
With just one ton of crystals
with 100 purity,
[08:39] Matt
you can blow up an entire kingdom.
[08:43] Matt
Still, it would probably take decades
to gather that many magicrystals.
[08:48] Matt
But at least it's pretty clear
what they're going for.
[08:53] Matt
A facility massive enough to create weapons
that could destroy an entire kingdom...
[08:59] Matt
Is there a powerful demon with extensive knowledge
of magical technology behind this?
[09:03] Lurie
What should we do now?
[09:05] Matt
Obviously, the factory is too dangerous
to be left standing.
[09:10] Matt
And the Thought Paralysis spell
can have permanent negative effects
[09:14] Matt
on the human brain after extended usage.
[09:18] Alma
Then there's just one thing to do!
[09:21] Matt
Indeed.
[09:27] Matt
Wipe out the demons!
[09:30] Matt
There are thirty-two demidemons
that I can detect.
[09:33] Matt
They're distributed roughly like this.
[09:35] Lurie
They seem primarily gathered
in the city center.
[09:38] Alma
Demidemons are good at teamwork, right?
[09:41] Alma
Will we have to wait
until they're separated?
[09:42] Matt
No, it's unlikely
that they'll split up on their own.
[09:45] Matt
The major facilities are concentrated
in the center of the city,
[09:48] Matt
so they'll all remain within range
of their shared consciousness.
[09:51] Lurie
Shared consciousness?
[09:53] Lurie
So if we destroy one of them,
the other demons will know right away?
[09:57] Alma
So we have to take them all at once?
[10:00] Matt
We'd definitely die if we tried that.
[10:03] Matt
But that's fine.
[10:05] Alma
How, exactly?!
[10:06] Matt
We'll use their teamwork against them.
[10:10] Matt
Allow me to explain my plan.
[10:20] Demidemon 4
Unknown magical signature
detected in area 51.
[10:24] Demidemon 4
Full alert!
It's a massive signature!
[10:26] Boss
Locate and dispatch the source
of the signature at once.
[10:30] Boss
Surround area 51 entirely!
[10:33] Demidemon 6
I've arrived in area 50.
[10:35] Demidemon 6
No sign of the enemy.
[10:37] Demidemon 7
I'm in area 52.
No sign here, either.
[10:40] Boss
Scouts, report to me
the minute you catch sight of the enemy.
[10:44] Demidemon 8
On our way! Requesting backup!
[10:46] Demidemon 6
Currently on the move from area 50.
[10:48] Demidemon 6
We'll meet up with you soon.
[10:49] Demidemon 11
Will be there soon, too.
[10:51] Demidemon 11
Let's surround them
and clear them all out at once!
[10:55] Boss
Gradually draw in
once the encirclement is complete.
[10:58] Boss
I don't know who that is down there,
but we've got them trapped like a rat.
[11:01] Demidemon 8
Now nearing target!
[11:04] Demidemon 9
Hey, is that...
[11:05] Demidemon 9
Found you!
[11:11] Demidemon 8
What the—?!
[11:15] Demidemon 12
They got one of us?
Did they realize we're here?
[11:16] Demidemon 5
Maintain formation!
[11:20] Demidemon 12
What now?!
[11:23] Demidemon 4
They got another of us?!
What's going on here?
[11:25] Demidemon 12
An explosion? It's a trap!
[11:27] Demidemon 5
Impossible! Our earlier patrols didn't spot
anything out of the ordinary.
[11:32] Demidemon 5
Not again!
[11:35] Demidemon 4
An explosion—
[11:38] Boss
What in the world is going on here?
[11:45] Matt
This is my plan:
[11:47] (Flashback) Matt
This is our starting point.
[11:49] (Flashback) Matt
I masked Iris's tremendous magical signature
when we first arrived in the city,
[11:53] (Flashback) Matt
but I'm going to unmask it all at once.
[12:04] (Flashback) Matt
When they pick up on that,
the demidemons will start to gather around her.
[12:08] (Flashback) Matt
I mainly want you on standby,
[12:10] (Flashback) Matt
but if you see them start to form groups,
move around to distract them.
[12:13] (Flashback) Iris
Um, so I'm basically...
[12:16] (Flashback) Lurie
Iris, you'll be luring the demons away
from the center of the city...
[12:20] (Flashback) Alma
Like a decoy.
[12:22] (Flashback) Iris
Why is that always the role
I get stuck with?
[12:26] (Flashback) Matt
It just means
that I know you can handle it.
[12:30] (Flashback) Iris
I'll do my best!
[12:32] (Flashback) Matt
I'm counting on you.
[12:33] (Flashback) Matt
The rest of us will remain in hiding
and take them out one at a time.
[12:39] Iris
So I just need to hold their attention?
[12:44] Iris
Come and get me!
[12:50] Iris
That hurt, okay?!
[12:55] Boss
Don't get too far ahead.
Withdraw for now.
[13:02] Iris
Matthias!
[13:04] Iris
I beat one!
[13:06] Matt
Keep it up!
[13:08] Matt
Stay on the move, Iris!
[13:09] Iris
Okay!
[13:11] Matt
That makes eight.
[13:14] Matt
The demidemons should assume
it's just Iris picking them off.
[13:18] Matt
Time to turn up the pressure!
[13:22] Matt
Lurie! Alma!
The demons are on the way!
[13:25] Lurie
Understood!
[13:28] Lurie
Alma!
[13:29] Alma
Okay!
[13:33] Matt
Now!
[13:36] Matt
I infused the magistones
with a mere explosion spell.
[13:39] Matt
Obviously, that's not enough
to defeat a demon.
[13:42] Matt
But it's perfect for distracting them!
[13:46] Matt
That makes thirteen.
[13:48] Demidemon 4
They got another of us!
What's going on here?!
[13:50] Demidemon 12
What's going on now?
[13:51] Demidemon 12
An explosion? Another trap?
[13:53] Demidemon 5
Impossible!
Our earlier patrols didn't notice anything—
[13:58] Demidemon 4
An explosion—
[14:00] Boss
What in the world is going on here?
[14:04] Matt
Demidemons are always in contact
via shared consciousness.
[14:07] Matt
But this allows misinformation
to disseminate quickly as well.
[14:10] Matt
Right now, they probably think
the town's been rigged
[14:13] Matt
with all kinds of powerful traps.
[14:15] Boss
All of you, stay still for now!
[14:17] Boss
Use a detection spell to locate the traps!
[14:21] Matt
Just as I anticipated.
[14:22] Matt
Lurie, Alma, use Conceal Magic!
[14:25] Alma & Lurie
Right!
[14:26] Matt
It will temporarily dim their magical signatures
[14:29] Matt
to roughly the levels of the townspeople.
[14:31] Matt
Even if the demons use a detection spell,
[14:33] Matt
they won't be able to differentiate the girls
from the locals addled by Thought Paralysis.
[14:37] Demidemon 6
This is area 50.
No magical signatures of traps detected.
[14:41] Demidemon 7
Same here.
No unusual magical signatures at all!
[14:44] Matt
We cleared the demons' detection spell.
[14:46] Matt
We need to take more out
before they complete their encirclement.
[14:50] Alma & Lurie
Right!
[14:52] Demidemon 12
Moving to next area now!
[14:54] Demidemon 12
Once I confirm a safe route,
[14:55] Demidemon 12
I'll move right for the enemy
with the powerful magic—
[14:57] Demidemon 16
We have a loss in area 50!
[14:59] Demidemon 6
Impossible!
We confirmed there were no traps—
[15:02] Demidemon 17
Losses in areas 41, 53, and 48!
[15:06] Demidemon 7
Is it some kind of trap we can't detect?!
[15:09] Boss
Can't detect?
[15:11] Boss
How could they could set up traps
across such a wide area
[15:14] Boss
in a city we're monitoring at all times?
[15:18] Boss
Can it be...
[15:22] Matt
You're not the only ones
who can work as a team!
[15:26] Matt
Lurie.
[15:27] Matt
Alma.
[15:29] Matt
Iris.
[15:30] Matt
Demidemons might do well at teamwork,
but we'll disrupt it with our own!
[15:39] Matt
That makes twenty-two.
[15:43] Matt
It really is good to have a team.
[15:53] Boss
Listen, all of you!
[15:54] Boss
I'm picking up two magical signatures
on the bodies of one of the dead.
[15:58] Boss
And he wasn't killed by an explosion,
but a sword.
[16:01] Boss
Someone's hiding out there and attacking us!
[16:05] Matt
The demons' movements have changed.
[16:08] Matt
Everyone, wait right where you are!
[16:11] Matt
They're all gathering in one location?
[16:13] Matt
They must have realized
there really aren't any traps.
[16:15] Matt
We'll have to take on
however many are left face to face.
[16:20] Boss
We'll deal with the secret assassin later.
[16:22] Boss
The fact that they went
with a divide and conquer strategy
[16:25] Boss
suggests that they don't stand a chance
against our united front.
[16:28] Demidemon 17
You're right!
[16:29] Boss
We'll deal with the one broadcasting
its magical signature first.
[16:32] Boss
But that one's just a decoy.
[16:34] Boss
It'll be dangerous to approach.
[16:36] Demidemon 17
Then how...
[16:38] Boss
Meet fire with fire.
[16:40] Demidemon 18
You want to use the magicrystals?!
[16:42] Demidemon 19
Are you sure about that?!
[16:43] Boss
Desperate times call for desperate measures!
[16:46] Boss
We must purge the enemy, even if it means
blowing up half the city with it.
[16:50] Boss
Humans are replaceable, anyway.
[16:52] Boss
We can get more of them
any time we need!
[16:54] Demidemon 17
I'll fetch the magicrystals, then—
[17:02] Boss
You've finally shown yourself, assassin?
[17:06] Gil
Blow up the city, huh?
[17:08] Gil
You demons are freakin' crazy!
[17:11] Gil
Guess I was right to come...
[17:15] Matt
That magical signature...
[17:17] Matt
Then the one currently fighting them is...
[17:38] Boss
My late comrades cry out for vengeance.
[17:39] Boss
Don't expect me to grant you
a painless death.
[17:42] Gil
Now there's a fun claim...
[17:45] Gil
You damned demons!
[17:47] Boss
Surround him.
[17:49] Boss
We'll take him out quickly.
[17:51] Matt
Giluas, just as I thought!
[17:54] Matt
He's completely exposed from behind.
[18:03] Matt
Just four left!
[18:05] Demidemon 18
He came from behind?!
[18:06] Demidemon 19
There's another one?
[18:18] Iris
Are you all right?
[18:19] Matt
Yeah, well done.
[18:21] Matt
But Iris,
I told you to be on standby!
[18:23] Iris
Sorry. I got tired of playing decoy!
[18:27] Matt
Well, at least you showed up
with good timing and control.
[18:30] Iris
I figured you'd dodge,
so I threw it right at you!
[18:46] Boss
That won't work on me!
[18:50] Matt
Are you all right, Giluas?
[18:51] Gil
Looks like you're finished
over there already!
[18:54] Matt
And it appears you're struggling a bit.
[18:57] Gil
Shut up!
[18:59] Boss
You destroyed them all?
[19:00] Boss
An impressive feat...
[19:03] Boss
But I'll murder you insects
with my own hands!
[19:06] Gil
That's a pretty tall order.
[19:08] Gil
Matthias, how about you stay out of this?
[19:10] Matt
He's a strong one.
[19:11] Gil
That's just why I'm here!
[19:14] Gil
This is my fight!
I ain't gonna let you have it!
[19:21] Gil
Here we go!
[19:24] Matt
His Enhance Physique spells
have grown more precise.
[19:28] Matt
He must have been reading my book.
[19:31] Alma
Hey, look!
[19:32] Lurie
Giluas?!
[19:33] Alma
He's injured!
[19:34] Matt
Yes, but he's avoiding fatal wounds
by a hair's breadth.
[19:38] Matt
Very impressive.
[19:39] Matt
But the demon he's fighting
is quite talented as well.
[19:44] Boss
Your blade can't hurt me!
[19:47] Boss
Don't you realize that yet?
[19:49] Gil
Shut your stupid mouth already!
[19:54] Gil
Recoil Sunder Steel!
[19:58] Boss
I told you it wouldn't work!
[20:01] Gil
All right!
[20:03] Matt
"Recoil Sunder Steel"...
[20:05] Matt
Impressive that he worked that one out.
[20:07] Matt
It's a spell that gives you the cutting power
to slice through iron,
[20:10] Matt
but as the name suggests,
it's a double-edged sword
[20:13] Matt
that takes a toll on your own body.
[20:15] Boss
Arrogant fool! It's not over yet!
[20:21] Matt
Is this his limit?
[20:23] Gil
Not yet!
[20:25] Gil
Recoil Sunder Steel! Double-Strike!
[20:32] Matt
Two Recoil Sunder Steels at once...
[20:35] Matt
That really must be his limit.
[20:38] Boss
You've come impressively far,
[20:40] Boss
but I'll use my ultimate attack
to take you down once and for all!
[20:45] Gil
Sounds like fun. Bring it on.
[20:48] Gil
I'll hit you with all the magic I got!
[20:51] Boss
This is the end!
[20:53] Gil
For you, sure!
[20:55] Boss
Demonic Slash!
[21:01] Gil
Recoil Sunder Steel!
[21:22] Boss
Damn you...
[21:30] Gil
I freakin' won!
[21:33] Alma
You okay?!
[21:34] Matt
By a hair's breadth indeed...
[21:36] Matt
A magnificent victory.
[21:39] Gil
Ow, ow...
[21:40] Gil
I can't move a damn muscle.
[21:44] Matt
What are we going to do with you?
[21:46] Lurie
I'll cast a healing spell now.
[21:49] Iris
I'm hungry!
[23:27] Alma
Iris is sleeping!
[23:28] Alma
I'll have my revenge
and draw on her face instead!
[23:33] Alma
I can't do it! I can't bring myself
to draw on such an adorable face!
SIGN Episode 11 The Strongest Sage Faces a Powerful Enemy.
[23:37] Lurie
What in the world are you doing?
E11 - The Strongest Sage Faces a Powerful Enemy
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:01] Giluas
Ow, ow...
[00:02] Giluas
I can't move a damn muscle.
[00:05] Matt
What are we going to do with you?
[00:06] Lurie
I'll cast a healing spell now.
[00:09] Iris
I'm hungry.
[00:16] Matt
Lurie! Alma!
[00:22] Alma
I thought Giluas beat that demon!
[00:24] Matt
I thought he did, too.
[00:25] Matt
But its magical signature
is vastly more powerful
[00:28] Matt
than it was
when they were fighting.
[00:29] Zar
Impressive as ever,
Matthias Hildesheimer.
[00:34] Zar
I have a message for you.
[00:36] Zar
I will soon destroy the seal
and revive completely!
[00:43] Zar
You may look forward to the day!
[00:47] Lurie
Matty, what was that all about?
[00:50] Matt
Someone was using powerful magic
to animate the corpse.
[00:53] Matt
But the body couldn't take it.
[00:56] Matt
The only one capable of such a feat...
[00:58] Matt
The big boss controlling the demon
in the Melkia Dungeon.
[01:02] Matt
Was he behind these demidemons, too?
[01:04] Giluas
Hey...
[01:06] Giluas
Help a guy out, Matthias?
[01:08] Giluas
I think I'm gonna bleed out like this.
[01:11] Matt
Here, I'll help.
[01:13] Matt
Just hold still.
[01:17] Matt
That should restore your mobility.
[01:18] Matt
Don't push yourself like that again.
[01:20] Giluas
Thanks, man. Appreciate it.
[01:23] Alma
All the commotion
has really brought a crowd.
[01:25] Lurie
The defeat of the demidemons must
have lifted the Thought Paralysis.
[01:29] Giluas
Don't worry. I got this.
[01:31] Giluas
I'll work things out for this city.
[01:36] Giluas
I'm the Rank S adventurer, Giluas!
[01:39] Giluas
Under the Radinia Alliance's
Emergency Authorization Act,
[01:43] Giluas
I hereby take control of Folkia!
[01:45] Alma
Hang on.
What is this "Emergency Authorization Act"?
[01:50] Giluas
If the person in charge
of a given region goes missing,
[01:54] Giluas
a high-ranked adventurer
can temporarily take control.
[01:58] Matt
Is this really the best idea?
[02:00] Giluas
Hey! Anyone here
in a position of authority?
[02:02] Giluas
The guild branch head?
The factory foreman?
[02:06] Foreman
I'm the foreman.
[02:08] Giluas
Okay, awesome!
[02:09] Giluas
I officially appoint you
provisional lord of Folkia!
[02:14] Matt
He totally pawned it off.
SIGN Episode 11
SIGN The Strongest Sage Faces a Powerful Enemy.
[03:56] Giluas
Here's your guild-issued permit.
[03:59] Giluas
It'll let you enter
Folkia's restricted area.
[04:02] Matt
Thanks. I'll head right out.
[04:04] Giluas
Looks like I'll have to go back
to square one in my training.
[04:08] Giluas
Can't go around almost dying
every time I slay one measly demon.
[04:13] Giluas
See you someday.
[04:16] Matt
Right.
[04:17] Matt
I can't wait to see how much he's grown
the next time we meet.
[04:42] Matt
Here we are.
[04:43] Matt
This is the device we're after.
[04:45] Alma
Wow!
[04:46] Alma
From an ancient magic super-civilization!
[04:49] Lurie
I wonder what technologies
they used to make it!
[04:52] Matt
These ruins seem to be
from several thousand years ago.
[04:55] Matt
I created them myself
in my past life, in fact.
[05:01] Alma
Is this the device we're after?
[05:03] Matt
Actually, the device is inside.
[05:05] Lurie
Inside? But I don't see any sign
of an entrance.
[05:09] Iris
You want me to bust us in?
[05:11] Iris
My power's basically back to normal.
[05:15] Matt
I doubt even you could break
through this, Iris.
[05:18] Matt
I made it out of
extremely sturdy materials.
[05:20] Lurie
You made it?
[05:22] Matt
Well, maybe if Iris hit with everything she's got,
she might put a dent in it.
[05:27] Alma
I get it!
[05:29] Alma
The device is underneath!
[05:30] Alma
Like when the ground opens up
to reveal a staircase!
[05:33] Matt
Not quite.
The correct answer is here!
[05:37] Matt
If you infuse it
with magical power like this...
[05:44] Matt
Great. It's still working.
[05:47] Lurie
You figured that out
on your first-ever visit!
[05:50] Lurie
You're so smart, Matty!
[05:53] Matt
A-Anyway, let's head in!
[05:55] Alma
I don't see anything to walk on, though.
[05:59] Matt
That's intentional.
[06:01] Matt
We'll have to jump on down!
[06:04] Lurie
Matty?!
[06:09] Matt
Come on in!
It's not that far down!
[06:12] Lurie
We should use...
[06:15] Alma
...an Enhance Physique spell, right?
[06:24] Matt
Come on, Iris.
Take it easy.
[06:27] Iris
Sorry...
[06:29] Alma
Hey, I see something!
[06:30] Lurie
Is this the device?
[06:32] Matt
Yeah.
[06:33] Matt
I'll prepare the device for activation.
[06:35] Matt
In the meantime, go look around
for anything we can use.
[06:40] Lurie
"Anything we can use"?
[06:43] Matt
It's an ancient ruin, after all.
[06:45] Matt
There might be old weapons
or treasure scattered around.
[06:49] Alma
Treasure and weapons from ancient ruins!
[06:52] Alma
What an exciting thought!
[06:54] Lurie
We might really find something incredible!
[06:56] Alma
All right!
Let's dig up some good weapons!
[06:59] Matt
I'm counting on you both!
[07:01] Iris
There might be food, too!
[07:04] Iris
I'm gonna get searching!
[07:06] Matt
Even if there is food here,
it'll be from thousands of years ago.
[07:16] Lurie
Matty!
[07:18] Lurie
I found something incredible!
[07:20] Matt
"Something incredible"?
[07:21] Lurie
Yes! This sword!
[07:23] Matt
Th-That's...
[07:26] Matt
That sword I created
on an all-nighter high,
[07:28] Matt
designed to look cool
and absolutely nothing else!
[07:31] Matt
Did I forget to get rid of it
before I reincarnated?
[07:36] Matt
What was I thinking?
[07:38] Lurie
Matty?
[07:40] Alma
I found something, too!
[07:43] Matt
Not another cringey one
I made in my past life, I hope...
[07:46] Alma
This spear is way too heavy
for me to carry, but...
[07:50] Alma
Iris might like it!
[07:52] Matt
Iris has enough magical power
to wield it,
[07:54] Matt
but it's difficult to control
and could be dangerous if she messes up.
[07:58] Alma
How would it be dangerous?
[08:00] Matt
It would rapidly overheat,
evaporating the user and everything around them.
[08:05] Alma
What?!
That's way too dangerous!
[08:07] Matt
If you don't channel magic into it,
it's just a heavy spear.
[08:10] Iris
Matthias!
I found something really good!
[08:13] Matt
And here comes Iris...
[08:16] Iris
Look! Preserved foods from the ancients!
[08:19] Alma
"Preserved foods"?
[08:22] Matt
They do have a preserving spell
cast on them,
[08:25] Matt
but I'm not sure how well
it would hold over millennia.
[08:37] Matt
We should be ready to go.
[08:39] Lurie
What is that?
[08:41] Matt
A part from the refinery in Folkia.
[08:44] Matt
Analyzing it should let us
track down the person
[08:47] Matt
who gave the refining tech
to the demidemons.
[08:51] Alma
A-Are you sure it's working right?!
[08:54] Matt
This wide-range magical-detection
device can pick up
[08:56] Matt
even the smallest magical signatures
found in a piece of metal.
[09:00] Matt
I can extract the magical signature
of anyone who's ever touched it.
[09:04] Lurie
It stopped!
[09:06] Matt
Seems like it worked.
[09:13] Matt
This is the data from the magical analysis.
[09:15] Matt
There's definitely a demonic signature here.
[09:18] Matt
I guess this is all
I'll learn from this part.
[09:21] Matt
But, just as I thought...
[09:23] Matt
It seems to be the same one
that was giving orders
[09:26] Matt
to the demon in the Dungeon City.
[09:27] Lurie
You're saying that it was the same demon
sending demons into Melkia
[09:31] Lurie
and controlling the demidemons in Folkia?
[09:37] Matt
Yeah. And he might be working on a plan
to destroy all of humanity.
[09:43] Alma
Destroy all of humanity?!
[09:46] Matt
I acquired the demon's magical signature
in the dungeon.
[09:50] Alma
I remember that!
[09:51] Matt
Yes.
[09:52] Matt
Now we're going to use this
to ascertain the demon's location.
[09:58] Matt
Here we go!
[10:00] Matt
Wide Range Detect!
[10:22] Alma
What's going on?
[10:24] Matt
The seal is on the verge
of being lifted.
[10:26] Lurie
But it's not lifted yet, right?
[10:29] Alma
And you're strong enough
to put it back, right?
[10:34] Lurie
Matty?
[10:37] Matt
He's a significantly dangerous opponent.
[10:42] Matt
His name is Zardias.
[10:46] Matt
We can't defeat him
in our current state.
[10:49] Alma
You can't beat him either, Matty?
[10:51] Lurie
But there must be
something we can do, right?
[10:54] Matt
Basic tricks won't work on Zardias.
[10:58] Lurie
Then the reason he was sealed...
[11:01] Matt
Likely because the people of the time
couldn't finish him off.
[11:05] Matt
If we used immortality spells
to train for hundreds of years,
[11:10] Matt
we might eventually just manage
to beat him.
[11:14] Matt
And if we went with that plan,
we'd finish our training, beat him,
[11:18] Matt
and then have to get
to work rebuilding society.
[11:21] Matt
In the meantime, humanity would likely
be driven to near extinction.
[11:28] Lurie
You're saying that...
even if we defeated the demon,
[11:31] Lurie
pretty much everyone except us would...
[11:38] Matt
I don't want to resort to that, either.
[11:40] Matt
But I can't think
of any other way to fight him.
[11:45] Iris
If only there were
a really powerful weapon in these ruins.
[11:50] Iris
But these all seem pretty useless.
[11:53] Matt
That's it!
[11:54] Iris
Huh?
[11:55] Matt
Iris! Let me borrow that!
[11:58] Alma
Matty?
[11:59] Matt
I'm going to look for items with magical
signatures matching those in the ruins.
[12:03] Matt
We'll use powerful magic items
from elsewhere in the world against him.
[12:08] Matt
Because the weapons I made in my past life
have ended up scattered all over the world.
[12:12] Matt
If I could at least find that magic sword...
[12:19] Matt
There it is! And it's in...
[12:21] Lurie
...The capital of the Kingdom of Eis?!
[12:23] Matt
Did someone bring it in
while we were gone?
[12:27] Matt
With that magic sword...
[12:41] Matt
I'll give you these magistones
while I have the chance.
[12:44] Matt
I designed them to react
to the magic sword in question.
[12:47] Lurie
If that magic sword really is
in the royal treasury...
[12:51] Matt
You'll have to bust in
and justify your actions later.
[12:55] Alma
B-Bust in?!
[13:02] Iris
That magical signature... was that...
[13:05] Matt
Most likely Zardias.
[13:07] Matt
It appears he's completely broken the seal.
[13:09] Lurie
Then the magical signature
approaching us now...
[13:12] Matt
Most likely Zardias coming after us.
[13:15] Alma
Huh? But that's bad!
[13:17] Matt
He probably thinks
that we're the one thing
[13:19] Matt
standing in the way of his attack
on humanity as a whole.
[13:22] Matt
Will Zardias attack us first,
or will we find the magic sword first?
[13:28] Matt
It'll be a race against time.
[13:31] Iris
We're almost to the capital!
[13:33] Matt
Great.
[13:34] Matt
I'll hold off Zardias
and buy us time.
[13:37] Matt
You two will have to find
the magic sword without me.
[13:40] Both
Understood!
[13:41] Matt
The great barrier over the capital
should help prevent the demons from coming in.
[13:46] Matt
But it won't work on Zardias.
[13:49] Lurie
Matty.
[13:51] Lurie
We will find that magic sword
and bring it to you.
[13:57] Lurie
So please, defeat Zardias!
[14:00] Lurie
We know that you can win!
[14:02] Lurie
We believe in you!
[14:08] Matt
Right. Leave it to me.
[14:12] Student 1
Did you feel
a powerful magic signature just now?
[14:14] Student 2
Yeah, that was really something.
[14:18] Student 2
You think it's Matthias
on the way back?
[14:20] Girl
Huh?
Doesn't it look like something's falling?
[14:24] Alma
It's definitely pointing
to the castle's treasury!
[14:30] Lurie
Let's take the shortest route there!
[14:32] Lurie
We'll keep falling on this course,
then go straight to the castle!
[14:35] Alma
Got it!
[14:37] Alma
Wait! Hang on!
[14:38] Alma
How are we going to get
through the barrier?!
[14:40] Lurie
That's right!
[14:42] Lurie
We don't have a spell
to break through the barrier!
[14:52] Alma
Huh? We're okay?
[14:54] Lurie
It seems as if the magistones
had an enchantment for that!
[14:58] Alma
That's our Matty!
[15:00] Lurie
Indeed.
[15:01] Lurie
Let's get going.
[15:05] Student 3
Was that Lurie and Alma?
[15:08] Student 4
Yeah.
[15:13] Matt
It should be about time.
[15:14] Iris
May I ask what you're doing, Matthias?
[15:17] Matt
We've arrived at the capital
ahead of Zardias.
[15:20] Matt
I can't just sit around waiting
for him to arrive.
[15:23] Matt
I have to prepare
a first strike against him.
[15:26] Matt
He's currently traveling through a space
available only to demons.
[15:30] Matt
It's the same transportation spell
they used to attack the capital.
[15:34] Matt
I'm going to use the time before he arrives
to seal the space itself.
[15:39] Iris
You can do that?
[15:41] Iris
But if anyone could,
it would be you.
[15:44] Matt
I have to take the chance.
[15:45] Matt
Even if I fail,
it should do some damage.
[15:48] Matt
It should buy us some time as well.
[15:56] Man 1
I-It's a dragon!
[15:58] Man 2
Do you think the barrier will hold?!
[16:01] Alma
Lots of people out.
[16:02] Alma
Wanna take a different route?
[16:04] Lurie
No, let's keep going straight.
[16:06] Lurie
Matty said he would buy us time!
[16:09] Lurie
The enemy we're fighting now isn't like
the ones he's taken out in one hit before.
[16:13] Lurie
We have to get him that magic sword
to turn the tables as quickly as we can.
[16:17] Alma
Matty said we should just bust in,
[16:21] Alma
but wouldn't it be better to explain
to the headmaster or His Majesty?
[16:24] Lurie
The fate of all humanity is on the line.
[16:27] Lurie
I'm sure they would let us
make a somewhat absurd request!
[16:29] Lurie
Besides, we could easily break
through the king's guard if we need to!
[16:34] Alma
Listen to you, Lurie!
[16:36] Alma
You're starting to think
a little bit like Matty!
[16:40] Lurie
W-Well...
[16:43] Alma
Lurie! Ahead of us!
[16:47] Lurie
That was close!
[16:49] Alma
Since we're already here,
let's run along the rooftops—
[16:59] Matt
Now!
[17:04] Iris
This might just work!
[17:06] Matt
No, it won't!
[17:09] Iris
You failed?
[17:10] Matt
Yeah. I'll just have to fight him.
[17:25] Matt
Iris, can you use Dragon's Breath?
[17:28] Iris
I can manage one blast, for sure!
[17:30] Iris
I'm a little less sure
about any more than that!
[17:33] Matt
That should be enough.
[17:34] Matt
Fire off one, then pull back.
[17:36] Matt
Knowing that you're hiding nearby
should help keep him in check.
[17:41] Iris
You don't need me to fight?
[17:43] Matt
It's a lot for you to handle right now, Iris.
[17:46] Matt
So all I need from you
is one big blast!
[17:48] Iris
Understood!
[17:52] Matt
Now!
[17:53] Iris
One big...!
[18:03] Man
Did you see that?!
[18:05] Man
It's not just a dragon!
There's a demon there, too!
[18:07] Man
Don't panic!
[18:08] Man
We have the barrier!
We should be safe!
[18:10] Man
But...
[18:11] Alma
Was that Zardias?
[18:13] Lurie
I think so.
We have to hurry!
[18:16] Zar
Dragon's Breath, eh?
[18:18] Zar
Did you really think that such a pathetic attack
would put a scratch on me?
[18:26] Zar
But it woke me up for good, at least...
[18:30] Zar
I've been waiting to meet you.
[18:31] Zar
Matthias Hildesheimer.
[18:34] Matt
We've been searching for you as well.
[18:37] Matt
Zardias.
[18:40] Matt
I didn't expect the Dragon's Breath
to be particularly effective,
[18:43] Matt
but I didn't expect him
to completely shrug it off, either.
[18:46] Matt
He seems to have significant skill
and combat experience.
[18:51] Zar
I didn't come here to talk.
[18:55] Zar
Let us proceed to the prelude
to humanity's destruction!
[19:01] Matt
I won't let that happen!
[19:04] Matt
He's aiming at...
[19:07] Matt
Iris! Move!
[19:08] Iris
Right!
[19:09] Matt
Multilayer Barrier Defense!
[19:14] Matt
So much power in a single strike!
[19:20] Matt
Is he...
[19:21] Zar
How weak you are.
[19:23] Matt
He's not just powerful.
[19:24] Matt
He's orders of magnitude faster
than any other demon I've faced!
[19:28] Matt
But...
[19:31] Alma
We're here!
[19:33] Guard
State your names!
[19:36] Lurie
Lurie Abendroth and Alma Lepucius
of Second Academy!
[19:40] Lurie
We need a weapon from the treasury
to deal with an emergency!
[19:44] Alma
Please! Open the door!
[19:46] Guard
I haven't heard about this!
[19:48] Guard
I can't let anyone through
without permission from His Majesty!
[19:52] Alma
We'll get permission later!
[19:54] Guard
That's ridiculous!
Surround them!
[19:58] Alma
I guess we don't have a choice.
[19:59] Lurie
Yes. We'll have to bust through!
[20:02] Guard
Bandits, just as I thought!
[20:03] Guard
Drop your swords,
or we will arrest you!
[20:07] King
Both sides, stand down!
[20:10] Guard
Your Majesty!
[20:11] King
Lurie Abendroth.
[20:13] King
It appears that
we're in a serious situation, yes?
[20:17] Lurie
Yes.
[20:18] Lurie
Matty is currently flying over the kingdom,
[20:20] Lurie
fighting a powerful demon
for the fate of humanity!
[20:25] Lurie
He needs a weapon
from the treasury to beat it!
[20:29] Alma
Please, Your Majesty!
[20:31] Guard
Your Majesty!
[20:32] Guard
Don't listen to these ruffians!
[20:33] King
Open the door at once!
[20:35] King
This instant!
[20:37] Guard
Yes, sir!
[20:43] King
Now, hurry.
[20:44] King
I'm sure there's no time to waste.
[20:45] King
Take what you need, quickly!
[20:48] Alma & Lurie
Thank you, Your Majesty!
[20:53] Iris
They're moving so fast,
I can't make it out!
[20:57] Zar
A pity. I'd assumed you had more
to offer than this.
[21:05] Matt
It's okay.
I can still see his attacks coming.
[21:10] Zar
Oh? You didn't block that one?
[21:13] Iris
Matthias!
[21:15] Matt
I thought I'd dodged them all,
[21:17] Matt
but even the pressure
of his swings is powerful...
[21:19] Matt
He's truly something.
[21:22] Matt
If I fail to dodge once,
I'm dead.
[21:25] Matt
But blocking his attacks
drains my magic power quickly.
[21:29] Matt
It seems it's still going to take more time
for Lurie and Alma to bring back the sword.
[21:34] Matt
My chance of victory
seems exceptionally low.
[21:37] Zar
You disappoint me,
Matthias Hildesheimer.
[21:41] Zar
Is this all the strongest
in the world has to offer?
[21:45] Zar
I suppose I should finish the job!
[21:48] Matt
Then, in order to win this battle,
[21:50] Matt
I'll have to give up my life!
[23:26] Alma
If Matty's Crest of Failure
is his strongest trait,
[23:28] Alma
then maybe my energy is my strongest trait!
[23:29] Iris
I'll bet mine is my appetite!
[23:31] Alma
What about you, Lurie?
[23:32] Lurie
Me?
[23:34] Lurie
Maybe... my feelings for Matty...
SIGN Episode 12 The Strongest Sage Goes on a Journey Again.
[23:37] Matt
"Feelings"...?
E12 - The Strongest Sage Goes on a Journey Again.
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:00] Matt
In search of the mysterious puppet master
behind the demonic activity,
[00:03] Matt
I used a device
I'd invented in my past life
[00:06] Matt
to discover that the perpetrator
was the high-ranking demon, Zardias.
[00:10] Matt
We were incapable of fighting him
at our current levels of power.
[00:14] Matt
Nevertheless, we refused to give up
[00:17] Matt
and headed for the royal capital to find
a magical blade we could use to oppose him.
[00:20] Matt
On our way there,
the seal holding him broke.
[00:24] Matt
Lurie and Alma went to fetch
the magic sword from the treasury,
[00:27] Matt
while Iris and I remained behind
to hold off Zardias.
[00:31] Matt
However...
[00:33] (Flashback) Zardias
Is this all the strongest
in the world has to offer?
[00:36] (Flashback) Zardias
I suppose I should finish the job!
[00:39] Matt
Then, in order to win this battle,
[00:41] Matt
I'll have to give up my life!
SIGN Episode 12
SIGN The Strongest Sage Goes on a Journey Again.
[02:24] Alma
Not this one.
[02:26] Alma
Not this one, either.
[02:28] Alma
Or this one...
[02:32] Lurie
I'm getting something!
[02:34] Alma
Great job, Lurie!
[02:35] Lurie
I think it's inside this box.
[02:38] Alma
Open it, quick!
[02:39] Lurie
Right.
[02:46] Lurie
I can sense the incredible
magic power within it.
[02:50] Lurie
This must be...
[02:52] Alma
Let's hurry!
[02:53] Lurie
Right!
[02:55] Lurie
We're on our way, Matty!
[03:04] Zardias
How foolish of you.
[03:06] Zardias
You thought
that you could buy time against me with such meager power?
[03:20] Zardias
I know exactly what you're after.
[03:23] Zardias
You're making preparations
inside the barrier to resist me.
[03:28] Zardias
That's why you have to protect it.
[03:32] Zardias
As long as this powerful barrier
remains in place,
[03:34] Zardias
my subordinates cannot enter.
[03:39] Zardias
But what about those
who were already inside when it was erected?
[03:49] Matt
Can it be...
[03:52] Lurie
Matty's magic signature is growing weaker!
[03:55] Lurie
We have to hurry!
[03:57] Alma
Right!
[04:00] Alma
A demon?
[04:01] Lurie
But how?
We're inside the barrier!
[04:03] Alma
Could that be the one—
[04:05] Deshril
I will not waste the life
that Lord Zardias bestowed upon me!
[04:10] Deshril
I will finish you here!
[04:16] Lurie
Alma!
[04:16] Alma
Leave it to me!
[04:18] Deshril
Such petty tricks won't work on me!
[04:31] Alma
We did it, Lurie!
[04:33] Lurie
Are you all right?
[04:34] Guard
Yeah, I'm all right.
[04:37] Guard
I'm sorry that I doubted you earlier.
[04:39] Lurie
Don't worry about it.
[04:41] Guard
Forget about me.
Take that weapon and—
[04:44] ---
And give it to me.
[04:47] ---
On the orders of Lord Zardias,
I will finish you here and now.
[04:53] Alma
Another demon!
There's another one here?
[04:56] Lurie
I'm not sensing
any more demonic magical signatures.
[04:59] Lurie
We just need to defeat this demon, and...
[05:01] ---
I will ask you this once:
[05:03] ---
Surrender your weapons and give me
what you took from the treasury right now.
[05:08] ---
If you refuse...
[05:15] Student 1 Light Hair
Sorry, Lurie. Alma.
[05:18] Student 2 Dark Hair
He caught us.
[05:19] ---
I won't be as easily disposed of
as Deshril.
[05:25] Matt
Demonic signatures inside the barrier...
[05:28] Matt
I can't believe it.
[05:30] Matt
You resurrected the bodies of the demons
we had stored inside the capital?
[05:33] Zardias
Yeah, I magically ordered them
to slay your companions.
[05:38] Zardias
And they shall continue their work
for me, until their borrowed lives end.
[05:47] Matt
He's after the barrier again!
[05:49] Matt
Defensive spells won't be enough
to block it!
[05:52] Zardias
Is protecting the barrier
all you want to focus on?
[06:02] Iris
Matthias!
[06:06] Zardias
Why don't you wake up already?
[06:10] Zardias
The reason you can't exercise your full power
[06:12] Zardias
is that you keep covering
for those weaklings.
[06:18] Zardias
Just abandon
those worthless peons already.
[06:22] Zardias
Cast everything else aside,
[06:23] Zardias
and show me what humanity's strongest
really has to offer!
[06:29] ---
Well, what now?
[06:31] Student 1 Light Hair
Don't do it!
[06:33] Student 2 Dark Hair
Don't worry about us!
Just beat him!
[06:37] Lurie
Stop it!
[06:38] ---
I will, if you do as I ask.
[06:40] ---
Or are you willing
to simply watch them die?
[06:50] Matt
I hope Lurie and Alma found the sword.
[06:54] Matt
If the magic sword doesn't reach me in time,
[06:56] Matt
there will be nothing
to stop the total destruction of humanity.
[06:58] Matt
I don't have much magic power left.
[07:00] Zardias
Well, what now?
[07:03] Zardias
You've put up a good struggle,
[07:04] Zardias
but you no longer have
any hope of victory.
[07:08] Matt
If I give up on this fight...
[07:12] Matt
I can use my remaining life and magical power
to activate the reincarnation spell.
[07:17] Matt
Reincarnating over again in the next era
is one potential option.
[07:20] Matt
In the next era,
[07:21] Matt
his own power will have
weakened at least a little.
[07:24] Matt
I can improve my skills
in magical combat and plot a comeback.
[07:29] Matt
That would be the smartest option.
[07:32] Matt
It would mean the end
of this current civilization, but...
[07:35] Matt
But...
[07:37] (Flashback) Lurie
We know that you can win!
[07:39] (Flashback) Lurie
We believe in you!
[07:42] Zardias
What's wrong? Finished already?
[07:45] Matt
It's not finished until I say it is.
[07:51] Matt
My counterattack has just begun!
[07:54] Zardias
Fool.
[07:56] ---
No sudden moves, now.
[07:57] ---
Unless you want to see the hostages—
[08:01] Lilia
Sorry we're late!
[08:04] Lurie
Headmaster!
[08:05] Alma
Guys!
[08:06] Eduard
Second Academy exists
to protect the capital!
[08:11] ---
You may have more forces,
but I still have hostages!
[08:16] ---
Spell Shatter?!
[08:18] Alma
Matty's taught us a lot of tricks!
[08:24] Eduard
Students!
Initiate counter-demon tactics!
[08:27] Stu
Right!
[08:30] Eduard
Go on!
Leave this to us!
[08:32] Both
Right!
[08:36] Matt
I can channel my life energy into magic power
to increase my combat potential!
[08:43] Matt
It's a last resort...
[08:45] Matt
I'll put my faith in Lurie and Alma
and use this to hold out!
[08:51] Zardias
More cheap tricks.
[08:54] Matt
Iris, fly me right in front of him!
[08:56] Iris
Right!
[08:58] Matt
Dragon's Breath!
[08:59] Iris
Here we go!
[09:07] Zardias
It will always end the same way!
[09:11] Iris
Matthias!
[09:13] Lurie
Iris!
[09:15] Iris
Could you get him that sword already?
[09:19] Alma
Matty!
[09:20] Alma
Take it!
[09:40] Lurie
Matty...
[09:42] Zardias
What a pity.
[09:44] Zardias
Turning your back on enemy
in a fight
[09:48] Zardias
is the same as asking them
to kill you!
[09:52] Alma
No way...
[09:57] Lurie
Matty...
[10:02] Lurie
Matty!
[10:11] Lurie
What's... going on?
[10:14] Zardias
How?!
[10:16] Zardias
I pierced your heart!
[10:18] Matt
Yes, and killed me.
[10:21] Matt
That's what activated the sword's ability.
[10:24] Zardias
What?!
[10:26] Zardias
Then I need only kill you again!
[10:30] Alma
Matty... Amazing!
[10:35] Matt
The sword represents the pinnacle
of my craft from my past life.
[10:40] Matt
The condition for its activation
is loss of the wielder's life.
[10:44] Matt
And its effect, revival of the wielder
and a tremendous infusion of magic!
[10:49] Zardias
He's faster than before!
[10:51] Zardias
Damn!
[10:52] Matt
But the magic is so intense,
I can only barely control it.
[10:57] Matt
If I fail,
I could turn the entire area to ash!
[11:00] Matt
Before that happens...
[11:04] Zardias
You may have increased your magical power,
[11:06] Zardias
but your battered body
won't hold out for long!
[11:10] Matt
With this much magical power,
my physical body is irrelevant.
[11:13] Matt
I can simply animate it
with magic alone.
[11:17] Matt
Just as you did
to your demon companions.
[11:21] Zardias
How can you use such a technique?
[11:23] Zardias
No human should be capable of it!
[11:26] Zardias
I was sure I was the strongest
in the world!
[11:29] Zardias
Who exactly are you?!
[11:31] Matt
I am Matthias Hildesheimer.
[11:35] Matt
The strongest sage with the weakest crest!
[11:48] Zardias
I may have lost,
[11:50] Zardias
but I am not the only chaos demon
in this world.
[11:56] Zardias
The next demon shall surely destroy you.
[12:11] Matt
Well, at least
that's one dispatch complete.
[12:13] Matt
Right?
[12:18] Lurie
Matty!
[12:20] Matt
Ow, ow, ow...
[12:22] Matt
Lurie...
[12:26] Lurie
I'm so glad you're alive!
[12:30] Matt
Is it because I almost died?
[12:32] Matt
I feel like she's letting herself
get closer than usual...
[12:34] Lurie
Matty! You're bleeding!
You're bleeding!
[12:36] Alma
He's dying! He's dying!
[12:38] Matt
I-I'm okay. It's because I only cast
the most basic healing spell on myself.
[12:42] Lurie
But...
[12:43] Matt
I can't admit it's because
I was excited over Lurie...
[12:47] Eduard
It appears it's all over.
[12:49] Lurie
Headmaster!
[12:51] Lurie
Did you all make it through?
[12:53] Eduard
Yes.
[12:54] Eduard
The students took care of the demon
in the barrier.
[12:57] Eduard
No casualties at all.
[12:58] Lilia
Though we did destroy
quite a few of the surrounding buildings...
[13:02] Matt
Then we'd better hurry up
and repair the damage we did.
[13:06] Lurie
I'll help, too!
[13:08] Alma
Me, too!
[13:09] Iris
Me, too!
[13:10] Eduard
I'd appreciate that.
[13:13] Matt
First things first,
I should really expel its magic power.
[13:17] Matt
This magic sword is one-use-only.
[13:19] Lurie
A one-use magic sword?
[13:28] Eduard
Er... Matthias...
[13:34] Matt
There we go.
[13:35] Matt
All back to normal.
[13:37] Matt
Though it may take a little while longer
to recover my magic power.
[13:42] Alma
This is where Matty's room is, right?
[13:44] Lurie
Hush! Be quiet!
[13:46] Lurie
He might still be sleeping!
[13:48] Alma
I'm sure he's up by now!
[13:50] Lurie
But he was fighting so hard!
[13:53] Lurie
And when I picture his face
while he's sleeping...
[13:56] Iris
What are we up to?
[13:59] Iris
Can't get the door open, huh?
Leave it to me!
[14:02] Alma
That's not the problem!
[14:04] Lurie
Iris!
[14:08] Matt
Good morning!
[14:09] Lurie
G-Good morning, Matty!
[14:14] Lurie
Your Majesty. Thank you for giving us access
to the treasury the other day.
[14:19] Matt
You enabled us to defeat Zardias.
[14:22] King
No need to thank me.
The kingdom was in peril.
[14:26] King
It is the duty of a king
to do his best to save it.
[14:30] King
Besides, if I had refused your requests,
I might have made an enemy of Matthias.
[14:37] King
Now, as reward for your deeds,
[14:40] King
I'd like to grant you
a title and lands,
[14:43] King
but as I recall, Matthias,
you had no desire for title, correct?
[14:46] Matt
Yes. I'd like to live my life
as an adventurer.
[14:50] King
I see.
[14:51] King
At the very least, I shall let you
have the sword that Lurie took.
[14:57] Matt
I'm really glad
he didn't ask me to return it.
[14:59] Matt
Once its magic was gone,
the sword kind of...
[15:04] King
But it simply doesn't feel like enough.
[15:07] King
Would you like to have a look
inside the treasury?
[15:10] King
Any of you can take
anything you like from it.
[15:13] Alma
Yes! I'll always take treasure!
[15:16] Alma
Because I can always sell it!
[15:17] Lurie
Wait, Alma!
You can't just say that!
[15:20] Alma
You've gotta take it when they offer!
[15:23] Alma
Money solves most things
for you, too, right?
[15:25] Lurie
That's true, but...
[15:27] Iris
I want food!
[15:31] King
Then it sounds as though we have an agreement.
[15:33] Both
Thank you!
[15:39] Alma
Look at all the treasure!
[15:41] Alma
We were in such a hurry
when we came to get the magic sword
[15:43] Alma
that we didn't have time to look around!
[15:45] Lurie
That's so true!
[15:48] Matt
It's all pretty lousy.
[15:49] Alma
Really?
[15:50] Matt
Yeah, any of the weapons here,
I could just get Lurie to make.
[15:56] Alma
He's not talking about the treasure?
[16:00] Iris
Nothing really catches my eye.
[16:03] Lurie
Iris, your head! Your head!
[16:06] Iris
Hey, when did that get there?
[16:10] Matt
This arrow...
[16:11] Lurie
You recognize it?
[16:13] Matt
Well, I was just thinking, if there were a bow
made of the same material,
[16:16] Matt
it would make great equipment for Alma.
[16:19] Matt
This is an adamantite alloy arrow
that I created in my past life.
[16:24] Matt
I believe I made a matching bow
for it at the time.
[16:30] Matt
May I ask?
[16:31] Man
Yes?
[16:32] Matt
Was there a bow
that came with this arrow?
[16:35] Man
Let me see...
[16:36] Man
I do believe a bow was brought in
with the arrow.
[16:39] Man
It appears the bow was so badly rusted,
it was declared useless.
[16:43] Man
So it wouldn't be here.
[16:45] Matt
They didn't throw it away, did they?
[16:47] Man
It appears it was sold
to the Isis Company.
[16:49] Man
They didn't know what the metal was,
so it apparently sold for cheap.
[16:54] Iris
This is the Isis Company?
[16:56] Lurie
Yes.
[16:57] Lurie
It's the biggest shop in the area,
[17:00] Lurie
and it seems they're a major buyer
of scrap metal from the palace.
[17:03] Alma
Aw, and I thought
today was gonna be about treasure!
[17:07] Alma
The bow probably isn't even here anymore.
[17:10] Matt
Indeed.
[17:11] Matt
It might not be here
in its original form anymore.
[17:15] Man
A bow excavated from ruins?
[17:18] Lurie
We heard that
the castle treasury sold it to you.
[17:22] Man
Oh, I do remember that!
[17:25] Matt
Really?
[17:26] Man
I'm believe it's somewhere
on this shelf...
[17:29] Man
This is it.
[17:34] Matt
Um, this is...
[17:36] Lurie
You've turned it into a block of metal.
[17:38] Man
Yes, we couldn't identify the metal,
[17:41] Man
so we melted it down
and mixed it with the rest.
[17:43] Alma
I can't fight demons with that!
[17:46] Lurie
What will we do, Matty?
[17:49] Matt
I had a feeling
it would be something like this.
[17:51] Matt
This civilization didn't seem advanced enough
to be aware of adamantite.
[17:57] Matt
But since it's mixed in
with various other metals,
[18:00] Matt
if I can separate them,
I might end up with other rare metals.
[18:05] Matt
I'll buy all your metal blocks.
[18:07] Alma & Lurie
Matty?!
[18:08] Man
Thank you so much for your purchase!
[18:11] Man
Now, let's get to the paperwork!
[18:13] Matt
Can I have it sent to my inn?
[18:15] Man
But of course!
[18:22] Matt
Oh, there you are.
[18:24] Matt
C'mon, Iris, we're going—
[18:25] Iris
Look at this!
[18:28] Alma
You like this stuff, Iris?
[18:30] Iris
Yes! It's so very beautiful!
[18:34] Iris
Matthias, I want it!
[18:36] Matt
Are you interested
in making optical components?
[18:39] Iris
"Optical components"?
[18:41] Alma
What do those have to do
with pretty stones?
[18:44] Matt
Oh, I see...
[18:46] Matt
Dragons do like
to collect beautiful things.
[18:49] Iris
Sparkly!
[18:51] Matt
Very well. I'll buy that, too.
[18:53] Iris
Thank you!
[18:57] Alma
Ahem!
[18:58] Matt
What is it, Alma?
[18:59] Alma
It seems a bit gauche
to be buying jewels only for Iris.
[19:08] Matt
I-I'll buy two jewels, then!
[19:11] Alma
That's not the way!
[19:14] Matt
I see...
[19:16] Matt
All right. I understand.
[19:21] Matt
I'll try it later.
[19:24] Alma
And I never ended up with my bow...
[19:27] Eduard
There you are, Matthias!
[19:30] Matt
What is it?
[19:32] Eduard
We have an emergency situation!
[19:36] Eduard
I've brought Matthias and his party.
[19:39] Guile
It's been some time,
Matthias Hildesheimer.
[19:43] Matt
Er...
[19:45] Lurie
Guile, Captain of the Knights' Order!
[19:47] Alma
You really should remember it already.
[19:50] Guile
Have you heard the situation?
[19:52] Matt
Yes.
[19:52] Matt
The headmaster explained on the way.
[19:55] Matt
It's about this, isn't it?
[19:56] Guile
Yes.
[19:57] Knight
Two days ago,
we received report of an attack
[20:01] Knight
near the border with our neighbor,
the Syhill Empire.
[20:04] Knight
By three hundred of these puppets.
[20:06] Matt
This casting circle is quite intricate.
[20:09] Matt
The material itself is ordinary wood,
[20:12] Matt
but I think
it would have increased its durability.
[20:16] Matt
And the puppet is powered by...
[20:20] Matt
Human life energy.
[20:23] Guile
"Human life energy"?!
[20:24] Eduard
You mean, someone was killed
in order to animate this puppet?
[20:28] Matt
No, the puppet isn't powerful enough
to be worth sacrificing an entire human being.
[20:34] Matt
More likely, it's stealing small amounts
of life energy,
[20:36] Matt
gradually, from many humans at once.
[20:39] Alma
The only one who could do
something like that is...
[20:42] Matt
Yes, a demon.
[20:44] Eduard
Are you suggesting that
they could be in control of the Syhill Empire?
[20:48] Matt
Getting humans to fight each other
to gradually weaken them
[20:51] Matt
is a standard demon tactic.
[20:53] Guile
Matthias Hildesheimer.
[20:56] Guile
For the sake of the Kingdom of Eis...
[20:58] Guile
No, for the sake of all humanity...
[21:01] Guile
Can we ask for your aid once again?
[21:04] Matt
Of course.
[21:11] Lurie
What did you want to talk to me about?
[21:14] Matt
Er, well...
[21:16] Lurie
Are you hiding something, Matty?
[21:20] Matt
L-Lurie...
[21:21] Lurie
Yes?
[21:22] Matt
Would you... close your eyes a moment?
[21:28] Lurie
Like this?
[21:29] Matt
Keep them closed until I say so.
[21:31] Lurie
I will.
[21:34] Lurie
Is... Is he going to...
[21:39] Lurie
I'm not prepared...!
[21:45] Matt
You can open them now.
[21:54] Lurie
Is this...
[21:56] Matt
You were looking at the jewels
in that store,
[21:58] Matt
so I thought you might like it.
[22:00] Matt
I was told you might prefer it
in a form that you could wear,
[22:04] Matt
so I shaped it into a pendant.
[22:06] Matt
But if you don't want it,
you can always get rid of it...
[22:14] Lurie
I love it.
[22:17] Lurie
I'm so happy to get
such a wonderful present from you, Matty.
[22:21] Lurie
I'll always treasure it!
[22:31] Guile
The moment the expeditionary force is ready,
[22:33] Guile
we'll come after you.
[22:35] Eduard
You heard the man.
[22:37] Eduard
Iris, Alma, Lurie, and Matthias!
[22:43] Eduard
I'm counting on you all!
[22:44] All
Right!
[22:45] Iris
Okay!
[22:50] Lurie
A demon controlling the Syhill Empire...
[22:53] Lurie
It may be a difficult opponent.
[22:55] Alma
But we can't just run away.
[22:57] Alma
Not as long as
someone out there is suffering!
[23:00] Iris
Don't you worry!
[23:01] Iris
We already beat that Zarry guy!
[23:06] Matt
Just before he died, he said
[23:09] Matt
that he wasn't the only chaos demon
out there.
[23:14] Matt
It seems there are many powerful opponents
that I don't know about in this world.
[23:19] Lurie
What's wrong, Matty?
[23:30] Matt
Let's go.
[23:33] Matt
This adventure is only going
to get more entertaining!