# 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!