E8 - The Strongest Sage Saves the City

Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[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!