E3 - An Unknown Monster

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[00:02] RUD
    Good morning, Manicia.
[00:04] MANICIA
    Brother, good...
[00:07] MANICIA
    Good morning. I'll bring out breakfast.
[00:10] RUD
    Then, I'll help you.
[00:12] MANICIA
    I can manage it myself.
[00:17] LUNA
    Master! Ms. Manicia!
[00:19] LUNA
    I'm sorry I was late preparing breakfast—
[00:23] LUNA
    You did it already?
[00:25] MANICIA
    I see you're still not a morning person.
[00:28] MANICIA
    Your bedhead is out of control.
[00:32] LUNA
    I'm embarrassed that I can't
    seem to do anything right.
[00:35] RUD
    Don't worry about it.
    We help each other out.
[00:40] LUNA
    But...
[00:41] LUNA
    I feel like I'm not doing anything to help.
[00:44] RUD
    That's not true.
[00:46] LUNA
    But it is.
[00:48] LUNA
    Not only have you allowed me
     to live a normal life,
[00:52] LUNA
    but you've taught me so much as well.
[00:56] LUNA
    Come to think of it,
    you two are rather knowledgeable.
[01:00] LUNA
    Who taught you what you know?
[01:05] LUNA
    I see.
[01:07] LUNA
    An apprenticeship, huh?
[01:09] RUD
    Remember how I told you
    we lived in the slums?
[01:11] RUD
    The apprenticeship system is
    basically a master-student relationship.
[01:17] RUD
    At the time, there was an effort by the nobles
     to return kids in the slums to a proper life.
[01:23] RUD
    Because of that,
    we were able to attend knight school.
[01:27] LUNA
    Knight school?
[01:32] (Flashback) FEMALE STUDENT A
    He can't do what he wants
    because of his sister.
[01:35] (Flashback) FEMALE STUDENT B
    I feel sorry for Rud.
[01:38] RUD
    Manicia.
[01:39] RUD
    Manicia.
[01:41] MANICIA
    Yes?
[01:43] RUD
    I'm heading into town later.
    Is there anything you need?
[01:46] MANICIA
    N-No, not particularly.
[01:48] RUD
    Okay.
[02:03] SIGN
    The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids
[02:03] SIGN
    Labyrinth Raids
[02:03] SIGN
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[02:03] SIGN
    A Tank with a Rare 9,999 Resistance Skill
    Got Kicked from the Hero's Party
[03:28] (Flashback) MALE STUDENT A
    You're amazing, Rud.
[03:29] (Flashback) MALE STUDENT B
    I'm super impressed.
[03:31] (Flashback) MALE STUDENT C
    You'll definitely become a knight.
[03:33] MANICIA
    My brother was an incredible student
    who always achieved top marks.
[03:37] MANICIA
    So everyone expected him
    to become a knight.
[03:43] MANICIA
    But...
[03:44] (Flashback) FEMALE STUDENT A
    Did you hear?
[03:46] (Flashback) FEMALE STUDENT A
    Apparently, Rud's becoming an adventurer
     to cure his sister's disease.
[03:50] (Flashback) FEMALE STUDENT B
    No way.
[03:52] (Flashback) FEMALE STUDENT C
    But he's so talented.
[03:54] (Flashback) FEMALE STUDENT A
    He can't do what he wants
    because of his sister.
[03:57] (Flashback) FEMALE STUDENT B
    I feel sorry for Rud.
[04:01] MANICIA
    My existence closed off the many paths
    that stretched before my brother.
[04:14] MANICIA
    Come in.
[04:15] LUNA
    Are you feeling unwell?
[04:19] MANICIA
    I'm fine. I was just thinking about the past.
[04:25] MANICIA
    Luna?
[04:27] LUNA
    You looked sad, so I wanted to cheer you up.
[04:32] LUNA
    I'm sorry. I couldn't come up
    with a better way to do it.
[04:38] MANICIA
    Luna, if you...
[04:41] MANICIA
    If you knew someone was throwing away
    their life for you, what would you do?
[04:48] MANICIA
    They'd be much happier
    following another path,
[04:52] MANICIA
    but they gave all of that up
     in order to live for you,
[04:57] MANICIA
    even though they could've been
    much happier living another way.
[05:02] MANICIA
    How would you interact
    with someone like that?
[05:07] LUNA
    I'm not sure.
[05:09] LUNA
    I don't know that anyone
    would go that far for me.
[05:13] LUNA
    But perhaps doing that is
    what makes that person happiest.
[05:21] MANICIA
    What makes him happiest...
[05:24] LUNA
    You're talking about the master, aren't you?
[05:26] MANICIA
    N-No.
[05:30] LUNA
    Why don't you try talking to him about it?
[05:34] LUNA
    He rescued me, an illegal homunculus.
[05:38] LUNA
    Perhaps the way he thinks
    is different from others.
[05:43] MANICIA
    But I don't know how to
    interact with my brother.
[05:50] MANICIA
    I don't think it's right
    to rely on him too much,
[05:54] MANICIA
    so I try to keep as much distance
    between us as possible.
[05:59] MANICIA
    But I really just want be kind to him.
[06:02] MANICIA
    My head's a mess and
     I don't know what to do.
[06:08] LUNA
    Why don't you tell him
    everything you're feeling?
[06:12] MANICIA
    What?
[06:13] SIGN
    Skill:
[06:13] SIGN
    "Marker"
[06:14] MANICIA
    M-My brother's coming home!
[06:16] MANICIA
    Wh-What should I do?
    Wh-What should I say?
[06:20] LUNA
    Others can only guess
    what a person is thinking.
[06:28] LUNA
    So try talking to him.
[06:31] RUD
    Hup.
[06:33] RUD
    I'm back, you two.
    Check it out. I was given all—
[06:36] MANICIA
    Dear brother.
[06:38] MANICIA
    There's something I'd like to ask you.
[06:45] RUD
    What is it?
[06:51] MANICIA/M
    I'm scared.
[06:53] MANICIA/M
    Wh-What if he regrets saving me?
[07:10] MANICIA
    Dear brother, are you happy
    with your current life?
[07:13] RUD
    Of course I am.
[07:15] MANICIA/M
    How can he say that?
[07:18] MANICIA/M
    He would've been happier
    following another path.
[07:22] MANICIA
    Wh-Why...
[07:25] MANICIA
    Why did you save me when I was abandoned?
[07:30] RUD
    That's because...
[07:32] RUD
    You once saved me.
[07:35] MANICIA
    What? I saved you?
[07:40] RUD
    When we were little, remember how
    the other kids often called me scary
[07:45] RUD
    because I was bigger than them
    and my face looked unfriendly?
[07:49] (Flashback) CHILD A
    It's Old Man Rud.
[07:50] (Flashback) CHILD B
    So scary. Run!
[07:54] (Flashback) RUD
    But I just wanted to play.
[07:58] (Flashback) MANICIA
    Brother.
[08:01] RUD
    But you never acted
    like you were afraid of me.
[08:05] RUD
    It made me happy every time.
[08:09] RUD
    It's not like I didn't have doubts
    when I decided to live with you,
[08:15] RUD
    but I still think I made the right choice.
[08:20] RUD
    I love the time I spend with you.
    I'm happiest when I'm with you.
[08:31] MANICIA
    I'm sorry.
[08:33] MANICIA
    I assumed I knew how you felt.
[08:38] MANICIA
    I thought you might be
     unhappy because of me.
[08:42] MANICIA
    And when I thought about that, I didn't
    know how to interact with you anymore.
[08:47] RUD
    Oh, uh, I've never been any good at that stuff.
[08:51] RUD
    I'm sorry.
[08:53] MANICIA
    I know.
[08:55] MANICIA
    I know you better than anyone else.
[08:58] MANICIA
    So I should've gotten my act together.
[09:03] RUD
    I wouldn't say that, Manicia.
[09:09] MANICIA
    Brother.
[09:11] RUD
    Luna, thank you.
[09:13] LUNA
    I-I didn't do anything.
[09:16] MANICIA
    If not for you, I would've
    worried about this forever, so...
[09:22] MANICIA
    Thank you.
[09:26] LUNA
    I-It's nearly time for lunch.
    I-I'll prepare something to eat.
[09:31] RUD
    Should we help her cook?
[09:33] MANICIA
    Yes.
[09:34] MANICIA
    Brother.
[09:39] RUD
    Who dares disturb this blissful moment?
[09:45] NIN
    It's good to see you again, Rud.
[09:47] RUD
    Nin? Why are you here?
[09:48] NIN
    I came to see you, of course.
[09:51] NIN
    I got some time off.
[09:53] RUD
    I'm surprised Kyglas allowed that.
[09:56] NIN
    It wasn't Kyglas.
[09:57] NIN
    The church granted me time off.
[09:59] RUD
    What?
[10:00] NIN
    I'm not a member of
    the hero's party anymore.
[10:03] RUD
    What?
[10:04] NIN
    After you left, we kept
    failing to clear labyrinths.
[10:10] NIN
    So the hero's party disbanded.
[10:14] RUD
    What?!
[10:20] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    All of you, prepare for combat.
[10:27] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Lilia, what the hell are you doing?
     Get your act together!
[10:30] (Flashback) LILIA
    I do have it together!
[10:37] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Damn it. Why can't I deal enough damage?
[10:40] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Why have we lost so much
    of our absorb shields?
[10:43] KYGLAS/M
    What's different from before?
[10:47] (Flashback) SASHIN
    Mr. Kyglas!
[10:49] (Flashback) SAA
    The air is beginning to warp over there.
[10:51] (Flashback) SAA
    More monsters are coming.
[10:57] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Life Burst.
[11:01] KYGLAS/M
    Activating my skill causes me to lose
    1,000 points of my absorb shield?
[11:05] KYGLAS/M
    I had no idea using Life Burst cost so much.
[11:09] KYGLAS/M
    Since he left, my skills have gotten weaker,
[11:12] KYGLAS/M
    and my shield's been depleting
    faster than before.
[11:16] KYGLAS/M
    Could it be?
[11:21] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    No. No!
[11:23] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    I...
[11:26] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    I'm not wrong!
[11:29] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Yes!
[11:31] KYGLAS/M
    If I can just hit it one more time...
[11:35] (Flashback) SAA
    U-Um, Mr. Kyglas...
[11:37] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    What?
[11:38] (Flashback) SAA
    Perhaps this floor is too high level for us.
[11:42] (Flashback) SASHIN
    Forgive me, but we're allowing
     monsters to respawn
[11:44] (Flashback) SASHIN
    because we can't kill them fast enough.
[11:46] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Silence.
[11:48] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Nin, hurry up and heal us.
[11:50] (Flashback) NIN
    What are you saying?
[11:51] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    We can't retreat!
[11:55] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    We can't fail anymore.
[11:58] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Life Burst!
[12:02] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Huh? It's not activating?
[12:11] (Flashback) SAA
    He lost his entire shield.
[12:14] (Flashback) NIN
    Kyglas!
[12:15] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    W-Without my shield, it hurts so much.
[12:31] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    No!
[12:42] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    N-No! I don't want to die!
[12:44] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    I can't die!
[12:49] (Flashback) LILIA
    We're getting out of here, Lily!
[12:51] (Flashback) LILY
    Got it.
[12:52] (Flashback) LILY
    Dungeon Walk.
[13:04] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Damn it!
[13:06] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Evasion tank, my ass.
[13:08] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Because of you,
    my reputation's been tarnished.
[13:12] (Flashback) SAA
    W-We're sorry.
[13:13] (Flashback) SASHIN
    Forgive us.
[13:15] (Flashback) NIN
    You're wrong.
[13:18] (Flashback) NIN
    It's not their fault.
[13:21] (Flashback) NIN
    Both this time and the time before,
    it was your fault for recklessly charging in.
[13:25] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    What?
[13:27] (Flashback) NIN
    When did you quit training?
[13:30] (Flashback) NIN
    You're scrawny and unhealthy
    from drinking all the time.
[13:34] (Flashback) NIN
    You've been relying on
    your Life Burst up to now.
[13:38] (Flashback) NIN
    Did you really think it'd be
    enough to clear labyrinths?
[13:41] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    W-Well, it worked, didn't it?
[13:43] (Flashback) NIN
    Because Rud was around!
[13:46] (Flashback) NIN
    Now that Rud's gone, you've finally realized
    how your skill works, haven't you?
[13:50] (Flashback) NIN
    I can tell.
[13:52] (Flashback) NIN
    Life Burst enhances your physical abilities at
    the cost of a major chunk of your absorb shield.
[13:59] (Flashback) NIN
    That time Rud lost his entire shield,
[14:01] (Flashback) NIN
    you'd just unleashed the biggest
    Life Burst you'd ever cast.
[14:05] (Flashback) NIN
    Rud's unknown skill must have allowed him
    to treat others' shields as his own.
[14:11] (Flashback) NIN
    You were pushing the cost
    of your skill onto Rud.
[14:15] (Flashback) NIN
    Rud's shield value was 9,999.
    No wonder it made you so strong.
[14:21] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    You're wrong! That was all me!
[14:24] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Losing one tank shouldn't
    s-screw things up this much.
[14:29] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    I'm the hero—
[14:32] (Flashback) NIN
    Whatever. I'm quitting your party either way.
[14:35] (Flashback) NIN
    It must be so easy blaming others
     for your shortcomings.
[14:38] (Flashback) SASHIN
    I'm leaving as well. I'm sorry.
[14:40] (Flashback) SAA
    I'm sorry. I'm not strong enough, either.
[14:43] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    Damn it. I'll recover soon enough
     and prove it to you.
[14:46] (Flashback) KYGLAS
    I'm the strongest! I'm the hero!
[14:50] NIN
    So yeah...
[14:52] NIN
    That's how the party disbanded.
[14:54] RUD
    That sounds rough.
[14:56] RUD
    I finally learned what
    my own skills do recently.
[14:59] RUD
    I'm sorry for what I did.
[15:01] NIN
    It's fine. We're also responsible
    for not figuring it out.
[15:06] NIN
    Rud, I'm sorry for everything.
[15:08] RUD
    What?
[15:10] NIN
    I didn't know you were tanking
    the damage our shields were taking.
[15:14] NIN
    We let our guard down. I'm sorry.
[15:18] RUD
    That goes for me, too.
[15:20] RUD
    I should've identified
    my unknown skills sooner.
[15:24] RUD
    I'm sorry, too.
[15:26] NIN
    In that case...
[15:27] NIN
    No more talk about that.
    No point dwelling on the past forever.
[15:32] RUD/M
    She's always quick to flip her mood.
[15:39] NIN
    You're Manicia and Luna, right?
[15:41] MANICIA
    Yes, Ms. Nin.
[15:42] LUNA
    Nice to meet you.
[15:44] NIN
    I'm planning on checking out the orchard and
    stuff for a while, so I'll be seeing you around.
[15:49] RUD
    What? For a while?
[15:51] NIN
    What's that? You saying you want me to leave?
[15:54] RUD
    No, that's not what I meant.
[15:56] RUD
    There isn't a proper inn around here.
[15:58] RUD
    We have the adventurers who
    sometimes visit stay in an empty home.
[16:01] NIN
    O-Oh, really? What am I going to do?
[16:04] MANICIA
    In that case, why don't you stay with us?
[16:07] NIN
    Can I?
[16:08] MANICIA
    If you don't mind staying in my room.
[16:10] RUD
    Uh, Manicia, I didn't mention this before,
[16:13] RUD
    but Nin's the daughter of
    a duke, making her nobility.
[16:15] MANICIA
    What?
[16:16] RUD
    She's a saint.
[16:17] MANICIA
    What?
[16:18] NIN
    Hey, don't bring that up!
[16:21] NIN
    It's totally fine, Manicia.
[16:23] RUD/M
    I wouldn't want the church to rub us out for
    providing inadequate facilities for a saint.
[16:29] RUD
    Anyway, you can sleep in my room.
[16:32] NIN
    Wow, how spartan.
[16:35] NIN
    But I suppose it suits you.
     It puts me at ease.
[16:38] RUD
    I'll sleep in the living room.
[16:41] NIN
    I don't mind sharing a room with you.
[16:45] RUD
    Drop the act.
[16:47] NIN
    What? You could tell?
[16:49] NIN
    But, well...
[16:51] NIN
    That wasn't a joke, you know.
[16:57] FILLE
    Rud! Are you there, Rud?
[17:01] RUD
    Fille?
[17:02] FILLE
    Rud!
[17:03] FILLE
    The orchard...
[17:06] FILLE
    A monster I've never seen
    before has shown up there.
[17:10] RUD
    The orchard...
[17:12] NIN
    This is the work of a monster.
[17:13] NIN
    We must defeat it quickly.
[17:16] RUD
    I'm sorry you got dragged into this, Nin.
[17:19] NIN
    Don't be so reserved.
    We used to be in the same party.
[17:23] FILLE
    Over there! That's it!
[17:24] RUD
    A wolf? No, wait. A tiger?
[17:27] NIN
    I can't see it clearly
    because of its magic essence.
[17:29] RUD
    Magic essence? You mean that black miasma?
[17:32] NIN
    Yeah. I'm gonna purge it.
[17:39] RUD
    Nice work, Nin.
[17:41] NIN
    Nothing I can't handle.
[17:44] RUD/M
    This monster's biological structure seems
    different from any I've encountered before.
[17:52] RUD/M
    It's as if its magic essence
    has taken over its sense of self.
[18:02] RUD
    Are you okay?
[18:04] VUILD
    Rud.
[18:05] RUD
    Mr. Vuild?
[18:06] FILLE
    Dad, are you okay?
[18:08] GUARD A
    Sir.
[18:09] VUILD
    Sorry. I acted rashly.
[18:12] RUD
    Watch out!
[18:14] RUD/M
    Provoke.
[18:18] RUD
    Those of you who can cast spells,
    keep chain-casting healing spells on me.
[18:21] LUNA
    Got it.
[18:29] GUARD A
    Rud!
[18:32] RUD
    Now's your chance to attack.
[18:35] RUD
    I'll draw all the enemy's attacks!
[18:48] RUD/M
    They took a lot of damage.
[18:50] NIN
    Luna, here we go.
[18:51] LUNA
    Got it.
[18:57] RUD
    Nice work, Nin and Luna.
[18:59] LUNA
    Master!
[19:00] NIN
    We'll keep healing you.
    Go as hard as you want.
[19:04] RUD
    Don't be scared. Get in there.
[19:07] RUD
    My Shield of Sacrifice skill lets me tank
     the damage dealt to your absorb shields.
[19:13] GUARD B
    That's the ultimate tanking skill.
[19:16] GUARD C
    So you mean we can charge in
    without worrying about taking damage?
[19:19] RUD
    Yeah.
[19:20] GUARD B
    All right.
[19:21] GUARD C
    Let's do this.
[19:34] FILLE
    It's fleeing.
[19:36] RUD
    Don't let it escape!
[19:37] RUD
    Crap.
[19:38] RUD
    It's heading toward the town.
[19:43] RUD
    A wall sprang up from the ground?
[19:45] RUD
    Luna.
[19:47] RUD
    All right.
[19:52] RUD/M
    I'll pour the 20,000 points
    of damage I've taken so far...
[19:55] RUD/M
    into this one attack.
[19:59] RUD
    Life Conversion!
[20:13] RUD/M
    I overdid it!
[20:17] RUD/M
    I think I caused more damage
    than the rampaging monster.
[20:21] VUILD
    Rud.
[20:23] VUILD
    Thanks to you, we've defeated the
    monster without a single casualty.
[20:27] VUILD
    Thank you.
[20:29] RUD
    That's good.
[22:04] RUD
    So that was a C-rank black wolf?
[22:08] RUD/M
    But it was clearly as powerful
    as an A-rank monster.
[22:13] RUD
    Two magic stones?
[22:15] NIN
    That's odd. All creatures capable
    of using magic have magic stones,
[22:20] NIN
    but they normally only have one.
[22:22] LUNA
    Master, this magic stone resembles
    the ones used to create homunculi.
[22:28] NIN
    Which means someone forced a
    homunculus's magic stone into a monster?
[22:33] NIN
    Look at this.
[22:35] NIN
    It looks like it was stitched together.
[22:38] RUD
    In other words,
    someone created this monster.
[22:43] NIN
    Yeah.
[22:44] NIN
    Someone's using homunculus
    technology on monsters.
[22:48] NIN
    But isn't creating homunculi
    for battle prohibited?
[22:54] RUD
    It may be forbidden, but I'm sure
    there are many who are interested in it.
[22:58] NIN
    You're right.
[22:59] NIN
    Apparently, there are factories in the
    neighboring nation that employ only homunculi.
[23:04] RUD/M
    But if this was created for
    some purpose other than curiosity...
[23:11] RUD
    For now, we should report
    all of this to the local lord.
[23:15] RUD/M
    This attack by a monster with two magic stones
    was merely the harbinger of what was to come.