# 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.*