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Clevatess.

I sense an incredible power. So why doesn't he come out?

The shell is very powerful, it seems.

Hey, you!

I saw you come down from the sky.

Is that your magic?

I'm Rhode Royes, a division commander with the Eslinn army.

Wait!

Even as we speak, General Drel is attacking the capital city of Hiden!

Please, take me to him!

If you can fly...

I have good eyesight.

I saw you challenge him and lose from a distance.

What will you do if you go there?

You'll just die.

But even so...!

I can't just let the Hiden royal forge be stolen!

I can sense it...

If that happens, it will be the beginning of something terrible!

"Something"?

I don't know what that is,

but I know he's trying to use magic to change the world.

"Magic."

This is a foul omen.

What Zavthier feared?

Please! There's no time!

Take me to Hiderat!

Should I look into it, using this human?

Like Klen did?

Very well.

My name is Gart. I'll take you there.

Really?

But I have conditions.

When we land, help me.

And ask no questions about me.

Those are my conditions.

And if I should break them?

I'll kill you.

I can't do anything to betray Eslinn.

But I accept!

If I should break them, go ahead and kill me.

Then we have a deal.

I'm going to use what you call "magic."

That form...

Grab on.

W-Wait!

Your magic is incredible.

"Magic" is a convenient word.

They'll believe anything is magic as long as I tell them it is.

I guess it's just not something humanity's familiar with, then.

CLEVATESS

Did anything change?

Episode 10: Margo and Drel

No, not really...

So just holding up his hand isn't enough to open it...

I'll put him on it, maybe.

Go ahead. Let it out.

Okay, I'll clean you up.

Is something missing?

I don't know if it's okay to break it open, either.

Nelluru, I'm going to see if I can enter from above.

Wait here with him.

Okay.

All right.

The heat is incredible.

A normal dark beast would be burnt to ash before they hit the bottom.

A normal one would, yes.

It's okay.

Master Klen will be back soon.

Let's believe, and wait.

I guess I wasn't able to make it to the bottom myself.

If I hadn't hidden in this shadow, I might've burned up.

Even the stones they used to build it aren't normal.

This isn't just ordinary heat.

I'd like to look inside, but I doubt I can.

What to do...

Nelluru...

It seems it wasn't Luna who opened it.

Yes.

It wasn't this child who opened the door.

I didn't expect to be met by a headless king.

You're still nowhere near the strength of your father,

daughter of the sword master!

How can you call yourself a hero when you're so weak?!

Who is this? Is she on our side?

Damn it! He's strong, like I thought!

Where'd he go?

No!

He's heading for the forge!

I'll stop him!

Fire!

A waste of my time.

Hidden Sword Rising Dragon!

I was the one who taught the sword master this technique.

True Dragonfly Scythe Weasel!

Hero Alicia!

So you survived that attack with your limbs attached?

I guess you are the sword master's daughter.

What happened between you and my dad?

The sword master Margo was a friend who tried to master the blade in the same school I did.

And a foe who competed with me for the position of hero.

It seems you haven't heard.

Then I'll tell you...

how I became known as the Dragon Slayer,

and how your father gave up on becoming a hero!

25 Years Ago

Eslinn, Capital City Esleburg

Did you hear?

The last two competitors are from the same school?

It's the instructor and someone who studied with him, who they say is a genius!

The sword instructor Drel, who they say is the strongest...

And his opponent, Margo, is said to be a one-in-a-thousand genius.

Which of them will get the first Regalia the King of Hiden has forged in six years?

Don't hold back, Margo.

Of course. I don't think I'll get the chance.

Begin!

The winner is Margo!

If this tournament had been held six months earlier...

If you hadn't helped to train me, I never could've been this strong.

Just go get the Regalia.

You're the hero.

All right.

It's over...

My path to becoming a hero.

The man loved by the blade...

He really is a genius.

Margo, you are now truly the strongest swordsman in Edthea.

As king of Eslinn,

I bestow upon you the title of "Sword Master," as well as a family name.

You honor me, sire.

You may now call yourself "Sword Master" Margo Glenfall.

And...

Rise, Sword Master.

From the moment you take this sword, you must fulfill your duty as a hero.

Fight the dark beasts, protect humanity.

And someday defeat the Four Lords of Dark Beasts,

and expand the world of man.

Are you ready for that?

I am.

Then take this blade.

Incredible...

The power is overflowing...

So this is a Regalia...

But this blade is incomplete.

You must finish it yourself.

Finish it?

The first thing it slays...

that's what's important.

A Regalia holds a soul.

By absorbing the soul of a defeated dark beast,

it gains eternal strength, and something that makes it unique.

Choose what you will first defeat carefully.

We'll put together an expedition force.

Yes.

If I go myself, I'll have to use my blade against a weaker dark beast.

I won't be able to be a hero who reaches a Lord of Dark Beasts.

I think a northern dragon would be a good choice.

A northern dragon? Are you insane, Margo?

Those are servants of Vordin, the Lord of Dark Beasts of the north.

You're being loud, Drel.

Everybody wants to know what you're going to defeat with that sword first.

But a dragon...

They live beyond the isthmus, in the Snowfield of the Dragon!

You'll never make it with an incomplete Regalia.

That's why I have to go.

I don't think I can defeat a Lord of Dark Beasts with anything less.

A Lord of Dark Beasts?!

Are you serious about challenging one?

Legends that no one has reached for a thousand years...

Of course.

At that time, I didn't even half believe in the hero traditions.

I thought he was a fool to challenge a Lord of Dark Beasts.

Now that that's decided, let's put together a party.

You're coming too, right?

Wait!

But I knew Margo's strength more than anyone.

Looking at him, I was convinced.

If the legends were true, he was the only one who could do it.

Oh, sorry.

Not at all.

May the mana guide your journey.

Who are those guys?

Magic users.

Magic users? Like in the fairy tales?

That's right. Unlike in the traditions of Hiden,

the heroes in the fairy tales learn magic from magic users and become able to use it.

Those guys are seriously trying to do

impossible things like split the earth and seas.

Is that possible?

For the moment, it's not that much different than herbalism.

But either way, they're not strong enough to take on my journey.

Eventually, we would come to learn...

that the path was far harder than we'd imagined,

and that the dragons were incredibly powerful.

Here it comes!

Flammable stomach acid?

It's no good, Margo! We're the only ones left!

We need to withdraw!

If we retreat, we'll never make it back!

This is our only chance!

But Margo, how...?

Use the Rising Dragon on me!

What?

It's the only way for me to get that high up!

Don't blame me if you die!

Fly!

Shatter the dragon's wings!

Singular Dragonfly!

Okay!

The battle that ensued was horrific.

Even grounded, it was still a dragon.

Its speed and destructive power were incredible.

And Margo, for his part,

became stronger with each swing of his sword and each blow that landed on him.

It was all I could do to remain standing, even at a distance.

Just when I was starting to think that he could even slay a dragon...

it happened.

Hidden Sword Rising Dragon!

A stone hidden by the snow delayed his technique,

and the dragon didn't miss the opening.

Along with his leg, his chance at victory...

and his path to becoming a hero...

were blown away.

Drel!

The next thing I knew, the blade was in my hands.

I-I defeated it!

Look, Margo!

I defeated it!

I...

What?

The power's flowing into the sword...

This is...

a Regalia?

I can't move!

This presence is...

You carry it, don't you?

The next thing I knew, I was inside a massive footprint.

I felt sheer terror.

At the size of it...

At the insanity of what was going on.

And I also thought...

of what use is a hero?

I was saved by one of our surviving comrades,

and Margo and I made it back alive.

What happened to Margo after that, you, his daughter, know better than me.

Even after they began to call me the Dragon Slayer, my doubts didn't fade.

If anything, they became certainty.

The legend of the heroes was full of lies.

It was being used to deceive us.

The most important information was being deliberately concealed from us.

Instead, we had been given a method that would never work.

And only the kings of Hiden knew the truth.

No...

And you believe "magic" is what was hidden?

Yes.

The secrets of magic's deepest truths are hidden in the Hiden forge.

Ever since that day...

the voice that whispers within me has been telling me that.

Voice that whispers?

So... don't get in my way!

Summon Dead Dragon!

Dragon bones?

That's necromancy! I've read about it in ancient legends.

Flee, Princess!

Claws of Deathly Dragon!

Hero Alicia!

Alicia!

You need to escape!

Damn...

This pain is something I'll never get used to.

Drel's gone, huh?

But what he told me gave me the information

that Klen wanted to know on who's behind this.

Are you listening, Klen?

Klen?

Answer me, Klen!

Silence.

I'm witnessing something rather interesting here.

I don't know why,

but a headless king is about to throw his own grandson into the forge.

Next Time

Episode 11: Fake Hero