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!
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[23:37] Lurie
    What in the world are you doing?