Original subtitles

Is that... Could it be?

A hydra!

Hi there. It's me, Arc.

We had traveled to the Holy Revlon Empire in search of kidnapped elves,

and now we have to fight this abomination.

That must be the infamous ruiner of nations...

Do you suppose the man from before is controlling it?

There can be no doubt.

To think humans can control a beast of such scale...

And there are the rings, again.

We need to prepare more before engaging this foe.

I propose a retreat.

It's noticed us!

Wiped off the bloody map! Serves 'em right!

How's that?!

How do you like a taste of my power?!

What don't you geezers understand?!

Why won't you give me the credit I'm due?!

No one in this clan can compare to me!

Fumba...

You are weak.

What?!

In your weakness, you seek out superficial strength.

How can you expect our approval when you are devoid of discipline?

Fumba, a cur of your standing would ordinarily

never be allowed an audience with His Imperial Highness.

You needn't be so caustic, Velmoas.

Sire!

A monster sorcerer... How amusing.

If your abilities benefit the empire, I will not question your standing.

Show me your power, Fumba.

This is the hydra's power!

And with it, I'm unstoppable!

Everyone who looked down on me will all be bowing to me!

It's feeding time! Go and gorge yourself on that city!

Your Imperial Highness, I'm helping myself to one of your towns

because a pet needs to have a healthy diet...

where it can eat its fill!

We're alive...?

I'm glad the shield was able to activate in time.

You defended against an attack that could level a fortress with a shield?

What in the world are you, Sir Arc?

Just the traveling mercenary hired by Lady Ariane...

Wait, where is Lady Ariane?

Lady Ariane! Lady Ariane? Lady Ariane—

L-Lady Ariane...?

I wasn't unconscious at the time, you know.

But I was under a layer of illusions that kept being re-cast...

And couldn't move.

Which means I could hear what he said. I know what he did.

Come on, Arc.

Let's find him.

And then...

for making me angry...

and especially for what he's done to my kin...

we'll fill him with regret.

I agree with wanting to defeat the monster tamer.

His control over that hydra makes him too great a threat for my people to ignore!

He'll think that we're dead already.

That'll provide the perfect opportunity for an ambush.

Arc, let's go.

Arc?

What about the hydra? It's heading towards town.

There's little that can be done.

It's a giant monster that's earned a reputation as a ruiner of nations...

It's like a force of nature itself.

We can't...

No, I'd say it's nothing like that.

Nothing can be done to stop earthquakes and cyclones,

but a hydra can be killed.

Th-That's technically true, but...

You think you can handle it, don't you?

But of course!

Chiyome, let's find the bastard.

Right!

Arc.

Take care of it.

I have an update, Holy Emperor Domitianus.

The ruiner of nations has grown as expected,

and will be ready to be fielded shortly.

That is good to hear.

The employ rings being crafted from analyzing Fumba's sorcery are nearly complete, as well.

Though control over the hydra still requires that we use him.

But all the same, I should decide what I'm going to do with Fumba.

Wh-What is that beast?!

Prepare the men for battle!

Have all the citizens evacuate to the northern side of the city!

Seal the interior gates once the soldiers have taken to the field!

We will defend the land and citizenry entrusted to us by His Imperial Highness!

Wyvern Slash!

W y v e r n S l a s h

Not a scratch after an attack like that, eh?

Shield Bash!

S h i e l d B a s h

S h i e l d B a s h

S h i e l d B a s h

S h i e l d B a s h

And then chained into an...

Armor Lariat!

Armor Lariat !!

What the hell is that rust bucket made of?!

It's bizarre enough he's alive after taking the hydra's breath!

Dimension Move!

D i m e n s i o n M o v e

Sacrificing a head in order to defeat me, eh?

Oops!

From the top-tier class, Sacred Knight...

Combat Skill: Judgment!

Regenerating, as expected. How very resilient.

It's easy to see how this creature left its mark on mythology.

I've never used this particular magic skill before...

It is powerful, and its scale is grand,

meaning I cannot maintain it for long.

This will be over in five minutes!

I summon the Infernal Demon, Ifrit!

Now, ruiner of nations, you will go no further, and know no escape!

Episode 12

I Shall Cut Through the World's Evils!

What in the world is that?

Ponta!

What the hell is that?

Did the rust bucket summon that thing?

Hydra! Show that monster—

There you are.

Oh, if it ain't the dark elf beauty.

What's this about? You here to be mine, after all?

No. I'm here to kill you.

Look, sweetheart, I know you're a tough customer...

but don't get too cocky!

Cocky?

Well, yeah!

You've seen what the hydra can do, right?

Compared to it, you're less than a fart in the wind!

You're right.

The hydra is strong. Its power is beyond comprehension.

But that power isn't yours.

What?!

You, yourself, are weak.

Weak?!

Me, the master of the bloody hydra?!

That's right.

You're weak, so you try to make a display of strength by controlling that abomination.

You trample over the powerless in an attempt to distract from your own weakness.

Fumba...

You are weak.

Show me your power, Fumba.

Damn it. Her, too, eh?

The truly strong do not become conceited.

And they don't hesitate to use their strength to defend the powerless.

I've learned that from the people around me.

That's the kind of strength I seek!

You're pissing me off.

Every last one of you is pissing me off!

No one wants to admit how good I am, so I'll crush you all!

You're pretty fast, all right! And yet...

This is the power you were talking about?

I'm not forgiving enough to fall for the same trick twice.

You piece of trash...!

Stop looking at me like that!

Maybe I'll let the hydra take another shot at you!

Stupid brat!

The pattern...!

I thought as much.

Those complex cursed markings were what let you control monsters.

It's a remarkable technique.

But because of their intricacy, the slightest disruption...

...is enough to make them stop working, right?

What have you bitches done?!

Don't blame me for what happens now!

The hydra's beyond my control!

It's not gonna stop until it's eaten everyone in that town!

It's all right, Chiyome.

That monster will never kill again.

Not with Arc around.

Now... Now, hold on a tick...

I was just doing what the damned emperor ordered me to!

I'll apologize for killing my share of elves, even!

I don't need your apologies.

You can give them to the people you killed, when you see them.

W-Wait...

Blazing embers, heed my call. Consume all to ash!

Shit! Shit, shit, shit...!

Shit!

Though I doubt you'll be seeing them, since you'll be in Hell.

You're not escaping!

Ifrit! Flame Hellion!

Flame Hellion

Um... do you suppose that's...?

For someone who talks about wanting the quiet life,

he never hesitates to make a spectacle.

It seems that's the end of it.

Hey!

I'm glad to see you two are all right.

Did you settle things on this end?

Yes, thankfully.

Putting that aside... what exactly is that?

A creature summoned from another dimension.

No worries, it should disappear after another minute.

You don't do anything in half-steps, do you?

After a display like that, you'll be lucky if people don't start worshiping it...

Oh, I highly doubt that!

Oh...

A Whispering Fowl?

It's from Danka.

This is Danka. I have news.

News?

Rhoden's second princess, Yuriarna,

has met with one of the great elven elders, Lord Fangas.

You're saying the Rhoden Kingdom will take responsibility

for searching for our missing kin?

Yes, Lord Fangas.

The persecution of these elves,

and the breaking of our long-held pact, are crimes of men.

I swear, by the honor of the Rhoden royal family, to atone for them.

I gratefully accept your offer.

I can't help but think that there's more to it, however.

My older brother, the first prince, Sekt,

has the Great Revlon Empire's backing.

And my late brother, the second prince, Dakares,

had the Holy Revlon Empire backing him.

I've heard as much.

Eastern and western Revlon are both heirs to their shared culture and history,

where other races have faced all matter of subjugation.

Should a monarch with their backing take the throne,

I fear that cases such as these, that threaten elves, will continue.

I see.

Then, in order to prevent such an outcome, you'd ask for our backing

to make sure that you obtain succession to the throne?

And in exchange, should Revlon invade elvish territory,

our kingdom will stake its survival on defending your lands.

With this arrangement in place,

I could ask for nothing more than a future where

our nations, and peoples, grow closer!

Your offer sounds good.

You're mistaken, Lord Fangas...

You've already heard how the Lord of Lamburt has taken an elf wife, yes?

Humans and elves...

The time for mutual co-existence may already be at hand.

I have the feeling we will be great neighbors, Princess Yuriarna.

Thank you so much.

Lady Ariane...

Is the news from Sir Danka not sitting well with you?

I can imagine being dismissed from your duty so abruptly is unsettling.

Well... yes.

I know I don't have to search for our missing kin anymore, but...

It's just so sudden.

True enough.

Of course, it's wonderful that Rhoden will be taking action to find the missing elves.

But...

I'm surprised that humans would be willing to take that kind of action for elves.

Do you remember what Carcy said before?

A time will come where humans and elves can live hand-in-hand.

At the time, I thought there was no chance, but...

It seems the time Sir Carcy envisioned

may be here sooner than anyone had thought.

This just feels so strange.

Since meeting you, Arc, I, and the others...

No, it's like the entire world has started to change.

You have such a vivid imagination, Lady Ariane!

I don't see how it's funny!

Still, a world where judgment is delivered to the wicked,

and salvation is offered to the just...

With Sir Arc, a world that makes the right kind of sense...

Seems like it may be possible.

Yuriarna survived?

Yes, sir.

Her negotiations with the elves have been successful, as well.

It seems she's on the verge of winning the people's favor.

And at this rate, the throne...

The assassination failed? No.

Someone working for me must have sided with Yuriarna.

Still...

If that's the case, so be it.

Rhoden's prosperity will simply take a alternate path.

I know that, in that moment, I died.

If I am alive again,

it means there is something I must accomplish in this world.

Which means I must seek that goal out, without hesitation.

Isn't that right, my angel?

The hydra was killed?

Yes, and Fumba, as well.

I see.

Well, it won't be a problem.

The employ rings have already proven their usefulness.

Of course.

Although I am curious about who exactly slew the great beast...

What was that, Arc? Are you getting sick?

No...

Perhaps someone, somewhere, is talking about me.

What are you talking about?

Well, this matter has been brought to a successful close.

I suppose I will quietly, inconspicuously, continue my adventures.

Quietly?

Inconspicuously?

After what you just did, how can you say that with a straight face?

See for yourself!

S-S-S-Skeleton?!

What's the matter, Lady Chiyome?

Oh, right, you've never seen Arc unmasked before...

He's apparently under some kind of curse that makes him look like this.

Uh, Chiyome?

So, Lady Ariane, what will you do after returning to Lalatoya?

I'll show you the way to the Lord Crown.

We need to make sure you get to the spring.

The spring...

The one that can break any curse. Did you forget?

Oh, that's right!

The spring near the lair of the dragon lord!

How truly fantastical!

F-Fantastical...?

I know, Lady Chiyome!

If it's possible, I'd love to visit your ninja village!

Uh... Well... right.

We'd love to host you... Yes.

So, here we are again. It's me, Arc.

My journey that began with a goal of living the quiet life...

will now continue, after making many new friends.

I still have no idea why I have come to this world.

But it's of no concern right now.

I'll simply enjoy my adventures here for a bit longer.

A lot of stuff got done here, and now the final episode is complete! We're grateful! #DirectorDesk HangingWithPonta

Thanks for watching!!

Director: Katsumi Ono