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Don't retreat!
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Protect the villagers!
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Beyond Journey's End
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Episode 34: A Demon-Slaying Request
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30 years after the death of Himmel the Hero,
in the Rufen region, located on the Northern Plateau
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Please.
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I have a son. He's still a child.
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Silence.
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I've heard those words
more times than I can count.
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So, where is this son of yours?
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At least try telling half-truths.
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I received a demon-slaying request
directly from Ms. Serie.
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I didn't know what I'd find,
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but it seems to be my hometown
in ruins after a demon attack.
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I bear no attachment to this place,
but it's still sad seeing it like this.
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Is that you, Genau?
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Yes.
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Genau. Demons destroyed the village...
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I know. I've already taken care of them.
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I killed them all.
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What about the others?
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They're safe. All of them.
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You'll be okay, too.
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A newly qualified
first-class mage came with me.
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She's a mage, but she can
use the Goddess's magic.
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Unusual, right?
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She'll heal your wounds right away.
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You'll be able to reopen your shop soon.
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Have you finally learned
to bake decent bread?
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I've only been able to eat
cold, hard bread recently.
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I'd love to have something freshly baked.
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In truth, it doesn't
even have to be fresh.
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I'd gladly take unsold leftovers
or loaves like your old failures.
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I'm not picky.
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Mr. Genau.
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Bring the injured over here.
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"Injured"? You don't need
to spare my feelings, Methode.
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He's already dead.
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He was beyond saving
when I found him.
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The stench is dreadful, isn't it?
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His stomach wound was
already starting to rot.
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Someone like that can't be saved.
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But he still clung to me.
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He was a baker's son.
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We often played together as children.
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He took over the shop
after his father passed,
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but his bread wasn't very good.
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I won't get to eat it anymore.
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Everyone's together now,
so he won't be lonely.
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Why does it have to be them
instead of us?
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Unlike us, the people of this village
didn't choose to fight.
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If anyone has to die,
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it should be the first-class mages
like us who chose this path.
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Mr. Genau.
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By the time the request from
the Chivalric Order of Norm
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stationed here reached
the northern branch,
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this village had already been destroyed.
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You're not responsible for what happened.
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I'm going to look around
the village again.
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Perhaps you should rest a bit.
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Why?
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Why? Because...
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Quiet.
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One of my eyes was just put out.
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One warrior and one hidden mage—
no, two mages?
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Two.
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They're quite skilled.
Do you think they're enemies?
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No, they're probably...
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Oh, it's you, Frieren.
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Which means the other one I detected
was Fern the first-class mage.
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Who do we have here?
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Methode, and one of the proctors
from the first-class mage exam...
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Genau, right?
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Honestly, there was so much bloodlust in
that spell, I thought you were a demon.
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Was there? My apologies for the confusion.
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She's right. I was worried to death.
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Fern, it's okay. They're on our side.
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Let Stark know.
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Okay.
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I see.
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So Ms. Fern also received
a demon-slaying request.
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We were on the Northern Plateau anyway.
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So, what's the situation?
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Are you praying?
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Is that a problem?
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No, I don't think so.
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My village was destroyed by demons, too.
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I see.
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Hey.
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Demons eat humans, right?
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So why are the bodies still here?
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It was the same at my village.
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Who knows? Not me, at least.
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They kill humans even when they're full.
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I wonder why.
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I see. The two of you defeated
the demons in the village.
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We were a bit too late.
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We even hurried here.
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There's still one loose end
that Mr. Genau wishes to tie up.
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These are what remains of the Chivalric
Order of Norm that was stationed here.
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The Chivalric Order of Norm?
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We saw them in Norm Company
territory, remember?
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They're the trading company's
military force.
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There are so few of them.
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This is the standard amount
to station in a village this size.
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Even then, they were far better
soldiers than the village deserved.
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This was their captain.
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He was a great man who defended
the village for years.
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I'm surprised.
He was far stronger than Stark.
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That's not a high bar to clear.
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What was the cause of death?
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An autopsy spell revealed
that they were killed by blades.
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They all died instantly.
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The demons in the village were weaklings
who'd have stood no chance against them.
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The one who attacked the village
is probably still alive.
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Good news. You didn't come here in vain.
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I see. Looks like there's still
something we can do to help.
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Let's show it how terrifying
humanity can be.
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Like this, this, this...
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and then this, perhaps?
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Those are pretty unrealistic movements.
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But based on the knights' wounds...
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Maybe...
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it fought with two swords.
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In that case...
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Typically, demons only conceal
their mana for short periods of time,
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so we can assume it's currently
outside mana detection range.
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So the immediate area
around this village is safe.
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Genau told me where demons are likely
to establish bases around here,
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so we'll focus our search there.
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Okay.
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But first, we should have dinner.
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You can't fight on an empty stomach.
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This bread again?
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We'll just have to be patient until the
logistics network is reestablished.
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Where is Genau?
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Still at the church, I believe.
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I'll bring his share of the bread to him.
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Actually, could you tell me
your analysis of the enemy?
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I'd like to know their composition first.
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I'll deliver the bread, then.
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Thank you.
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So, what's your analysis?
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It will take some more time to accurately
determine their composition,
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but there's something I know already.
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I see. Then let's hold a strategy...
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Actually, maybe we should eat first.
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What? Are we heading out already?
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No. It's time for dinner.
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It's hard.
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Sure is. What were you doing?
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The demon attack destroyed
the church's barrier.
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I replaced it with a stronger one.
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The villagers' bodies
are inside, after all.
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Hey, why are you just leaving them there?
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I'll help you bury them.
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I'm good at manual labor.
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I see.
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I suppose someone not from the
Northern Plateau wouldn't understand.
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In general, villages on the Northern
Plateau don't have graveyards.
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If they do, they're tucked into
corners of sturdy fortress cities,
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or they're nobles' graves
protected by barriers.
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Everyone else is buried
in common graveyards
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at the Plateau's southern edge,
where there are fewer monsters.
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They go to the trouble
of transporting them there
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with a Chivalric Order of Norm escort.
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Do you know why?
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No.
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Because if they're not careful,
the smell of decay attracts monsters.
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It's a hellish sight.
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Not even the bones are left behind.
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For a while now, the Norm Company has
been insisting people cremate their dead.
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It's the kind of rational thinking
you'd expect from merchants.
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I agree with them.
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But the clergy have voiced
their opposition.
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I understand how they feel. Painfully so.
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It's inhumane to suggest burning people
who already suffered painful deaths.
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But it's something we'll
eventually have to accept.
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Soon enough, no one will be able
to rest in their homeland either way.
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This really isn't how
eating bread should sound.
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It feels somehow strange
to be sharing a meal like this.
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Honestly, I never expected us
to meet again here.
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Neither did we.
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We received the demon-slaying request
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while we were camping on the
other side of the mountains.
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It really took me by surprise.
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Who's this little guy?
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He's holding a letter.
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What are you and Genau doing here?
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I find it hard to believe two other first-
class mages just happened to be nearby.
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Ms. Serie instructed me
to come to the Northern Plateau
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and slay demons with Mr. Genau.
So I'm here on her orders.
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I didn't know first-class mages
had those kinds of obligations.
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I'm glad I didn't become one.
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It's actually something
I'm doing as her student.
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Her student?
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Yes. Typically, first-class mages
become Ms. Serie's students.
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Come to think of it,
I heard something about that.
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I turned her down.
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You're a good girl, Fern.
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So that's why the two of you gave in
to Serie's unreasonable demands.
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She must be running you ragged.
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I wouldn't say that.
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If anything, I only wish
I could be more useful to her.
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She's so small and cute, you know?
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Is she?
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Of course, you're just
as cute, Ms. Frieren.
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Thanks...
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And Mr. Genau has been a perfect
example of how not to behave.
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Don't end up like me.
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Well, now that we've eaten,
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let's hold that strategy meeting.
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How's the analysis of
the enemy coming along?
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Well...
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Have you learned anything?
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Yeah. She's still figuring out
exactly how many there are,
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but we did learn one thing.
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Didn't you say the enemy
fought with two swords?
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Actually...
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That was our initial theory,
but it didn't quite add up.
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What do you mean?
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As far as I know,
most dual-wielding styles
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emphasize a balance between
attacking and defending.
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Typically, one blade is a longsword
for inflicting fatal blows,
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while the other is a more
maneuverable shortsword.
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In other words, there should naturally
be a difference in the cuts inflicted.
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Could it be an incredibly strong demon
who wields two large swords?
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We did consider that assumption
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and attempted to recreate the
same cuts based on the marks
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left on the dead and the
field of battle, but...
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A dual-wielding style still resulted
in unrealistic movements.
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What comes next is still
only speculation, but...
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Just tell us.
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Oh, sorry.
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Excuse me.
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The enemy wields...
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four blades.
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I see.
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Apparently, it was the natural
conclusion based on the cut marks
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on the knights' bodies
and surrounding buildings.
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Four blades...
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Translation
Sho Stifler
Editing & Typesetting
Geoff Mazzolini
Subtitle Timing
Edgar Cruz
Quality Check
Alicia Ashby
Translation Check
Elizabeth Ellis
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He's better than me.
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We can handle that many.
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You can't run away, though.
You'd be abandoning the village.
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Shall we begin?
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You seem to know who I am.
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She should be fun.
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It's likely that it has
a far-from-human appearance.
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One of them was a demon general.
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Episode 35
The Divine Revolte
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The Divine Revolte.