E12 - 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!