# 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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UVXN3W/the-strongest-sage-appears)
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**[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](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GD9UVW4Z4/the-strongest-sage-enters-the-dungeon)
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**[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
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**[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
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**[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
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**[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
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**[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
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**[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](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZG532/the-strongest-sage-saves-the-city)
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**[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
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**[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
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**[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
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**[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](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQXP08/the-strongest-sage-goes-on-a-journey-again)
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**[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!*