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...
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[23:37] Iris
    Tee-hee!
[23:38] Matt
    It's not funny!