Original subtitles

ORIGINAL WORK: REKI KAWAHARA

Yuma...

Yuma.

Wake up, Yuma.

Where am I?

Oh, right. I'm inside the Caliculus.

Why's it so dark?

Is the power out?

What was that?

There it is.

TESTING FULLDIVE GAMING CAPSULE - CALICULUS

What the hell happened?

Sawa...

What's that smell?

Sawa?

DEVILS' CREST

EPISODE 1: ENCROACHMENT

Yu, it's headed your way!

YUMA HORNED GREAT HARE - EAST CALCINA PLAINS

Tenebri--

Damn!

You got this, Yu!

Almost there!

Tenebris!

Capere Anima!

Ignis.

HORNED GREAT HARE

Yes!

Nice going, Yu.

Thanks, Konken.

YUMA

I know, right?

I steer the mob right where we need it.

It takes some serious skill!

KONKEN

SAWA

Why are you acting so smug?

NAGI

It only works like half the time, right?

Hey, Yu.

Try summoning it with your Monster Tamer skill.

Right now?

Well, the playtest ends in 50 minutes.

Wait, seriously?

This is bad.

I bet Sugamo's group that we could beat the boss before them.

There you go again.

What did you bet?

Tomorrow's school-lunch chocolate pudding.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

And I'm not giving you any of mine.

I bet... four servings...

What? What?

Hold on, Kenji Kondo. Who said you could decide that?

I'm sorry! I really am!

I'm sorry, okay? Just stop using my real name in-game!

Hey, Konken.

That means if we win the bet,

we get four puddings, right?

Of course.

Sounds good to me.

The boss dungeon's pretty far away.

Only 50 minutes left.

We'll need time to get through the dungeon, too.

It might be pretty tight.

Don't look at me like that! I'm sorry!

No.

We can still make it, just barely.

How much time is left?

Thirty minutes.

I know I made you hurry, but...

Can we still win the bet with Sugamo's group

if someone else has already beaten the boss?

Don't worry.

In the guidebook,

it says that this boss room

is an "instance."

Instant? So it only lasts like three minutes or something?

You need to go back to elementary school.

We're both still in elementary school!

Here's what an instance is.

It's a private map that can only be cleared

by you or your party.

In this case, the moment we pass through the entrance to the boss room,

the game should teleport us to a dedicated map.

So I guess that means there's a boss

for every party that goes in.

Exactly.

So, what are we gonna do?

Stop wasting time and tell us already.

You do have a plan to make this work, right?

You're gonna summon that thing?

Aperta!

It's a bit small. - Yeah.

Cu...

Cute!

Hey, it's not a pet.

REGISTER A NAME TO ACTIVATE SKILLS

A name?

I'm terrible at naming things.

Yu, we're running out of time.

All right. You're Squeak.

What? Squeak?

That kind of sounds like a dog's name.

Squeak, command: Lead us to the end of the dungeon.

Hey, Yu!

What's it doing now?

It's Squeak's Tunnel Search skill.

It can search for items

or guide you through a dungeon.

In early dungeons like this,

beating the boss

usually opens the exit right where you are.

So if we tell it to take us to the end,

it'll lead us to the boss room, right?

So that's why you wanted to capture it?

Games are the one and only thing Yu's good at.

You could've left out "one and only."

Konken, are you scared?

I'm not scared.

I'm the Dungeon Master of Yukihana Elementary!

I'm going in!

You're supposed to stay behind us!

Wait! Hey!

Squeak, stop.

So cute!

Yeah, yeah.

Thanks.

I'll call on you again.

Clause.

HORNED GREAT HARE

Hey! Wait up, Kondo!

Sugamo...

ANCIENT CASTLE: GREAT UNDERGROUND PASSAGE

Kondo. The boss room...

LUCIUS

RIA

We're going in first!

KAI

Listen, the boss room is an insta... insta?

Instance!

It's an instance!

So, it doesn't matter who goes in first, Gamo!

We each fight the boss separately in our own zone!

Hey! I told you to stop calling me that ages ago!

Yeah! What's with the weird nickname?

We call him Lucius in here! Got it?

Yeah, yeah. I got it, Miso.

I told you to stop calling me that!

You tryin' to piss me off?

You're buying these?

They're the newest ones!

I'm still trying to decide.

There are lots of other ones too.

I think they'd all look good on you.

Which ones do you think are best?

I...

These...

Like you know anything about sneaker brands.

How many times do I gotta tell you? Call me Ria in-game!

No, no... I couldn't possibly, Misono-san.

ANCIENT CASTLE: GREAT UNDERGROUND PASSAGE

Watamaki.

SUMIKA

Why are you in Gamo's party?

Of course Watamaki's in my party.

We're on a whole different level from a group of casuals like you.

So get out of our way!

And we're off!

Hey, wait!

It's fine. Let them go first.

Good luck on the rest of your run, guys!

Don't forget our chocolate pudding bet, Kondo!

All that energy, just to be annoying.

Seriously, who just shouts people's real names like that?

Wait, you did that to me earlier, so...

Let's put that behind us and go!

Yeah. We're gonna beat this boss and win the bet.

Let's do this!

Why are you trying to act all cool? That's not like you.

TORCH

A dragon?

Right in the first dungeon?

DRAGON BOSS ROOM NO. 18

It's not exactly surprising to see one as a boss, but...

Here comes the breath! Sawa!

Got it!

Aqua! Murum!

Ardougne!

Water Wall!

Nagi, buff Konken.

Konken, attack!

Lumen.

Nubes.

Fusione...

Light Enhance!

I'll stop its breath! Get in there, Yu!

All right.

SAWA

We've totally got this!

DRAGON

Its attacks can't be this simple.

If it doesn't fly, then a dragon's other main weapons are...

its breath, its claws, and its...

Duck!

Nagi!

Sawa! Konken, take aggro! Nagi, cover me!

That hurt...

Sawa!

I'm okay!

Stay back. We'll handle the rest.

I told you, I'm fine!

I've still got healing items.

No!

Yuumy?

I'm really okay.

Let's go!

Rage Slash!

Way to go, Lucius!

Don't count me out... Tonitrus!

Sagitta!

Ignis!

Lightning Arrow!

RIA LUCIUS

Thanks, Watamaki!

Come on, Kai! Make yourself useful for once!

Yeah!

Kakeru. Breath attack.

Okay!

It's tough, all right.

Maybe we should've brought a bigger party.

We can handle this, just the two of us.

It won't even be hard.

Not compared to back then.

True enough.

Let's do this, Haruki!

Yeah!

Almost got it!

Both of you, together!

Aqua. Sagitta.

Ignis. Water Arrow!

DRAGON

Yes!

We did it!

Four minutes and 33 seconds.

There's no way Gamo's group beat that!

I wouldn't be so sure.

Their gear looked quite a bit better than ours.

VRMMOs aren't about gear. Skill is all that matters!

That's rich coming from a total beginner.

We've only been playing for three hours.

Now that you mention it, the playtest should be ending soon.

So do we just wait here, or...?

They didn't say anything during orientation about logging out.

FRIENDS SAWA - NAGI - KONKEN

Yeah, there's no logout button in the menu either.

Maybe they just didn't want the playtesters

to be able to log out on their own.

I get that, but...

But that means there's no way for us to leave the game, right?

So, we're stuck inside Actual Magic?

Well, why don't we just wait and see?

It's almost time anyway.

What the hell is this?

Sawa!

Yuumy!

Yuumy!

Sawa, Sawa!

Saps, hey!

Yu, put pressure on the wound!

Yu!

Somebody...

I'll go get a teacher!

Sawa!

Yuumy...

Sawa! I'm sorry. I'm sorry!

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry!

Where am I?

Sawa...

What's that smell?

Sawa?

Watamaki?

TRANSFORMATION

Don't kill her.

Looking for something?

What are you saying?

Until just now, it couldn't be opened from either side.

It was the same for me.

That can't be possible!

Reality was pitch black.

What're you doing, buttbrain?

Translated by Robert Edison