You don't have any magic. That's what you said, right?
Then what's this stuff that's flowing out of you?
Answer me, Percival!
Huh?
Wh-What is this thing?!
Weird stuff is coming out! It's gross!
No matter how much I run, it keeps following me!
Get it off!
- Hey, would you please get it off?! - Get it off? Listen, that's your... Ma--
Percival!
That's probably your magic!
Use it to take him down!
Was that attack a "destroyer" magic?
Or an "enchanter" that imbues his fists with magic?
Hey, I know I just said I can't use magic, but can I use this to fight?
How honest of you! Of course, you can!
Yay! Thanks!
Don't thank your foe for every little thing.
All right, I'm totally going to make you tell me where my dad is!
In that case, I won't go easy on you either.
Whoa!
A fireball?
This is my magic, "Pyre"!
PYRE
It's a far cry from the boss' flames.
If you take a direct hit...
What's wrong?!
If all you do is dodge, you won't be able to strike back!
You have a point!
So what are you going to do?
This!
He knocked down the attack!
Too bad.
This flame won't go out until it consumes its target or unless you dispel the spell!
Now, surrender!
No!
Percival, surrender!
It'll all be pointless if you die!
N-No.
I won't... let myself...
lose!
He spread the magic through both his arms and enveloped his entire body with it!
He adapts astonishingly fast!
Still, you're already fatally wounded.
Admit defeat.
If you get treatment now, you can survive.
I'll win.
Wh-What are these?! Magic golems?!
- I'll win. - I'll win.
Hold on, they look like...
Could it be that the kid is unconsciously creating them?
To think he could transform his magic to such a degree...
Is it a "shifter" magic?
Get off me!
Despite their incredibly adorable appearance, they're ridiculously strong!
Is it possible...
he knew the spell would be dispelled if he bound both my arms?
Damn it...
But even if he managed to dispel the spell...
His wounds are... healing.
Percival, what on earth are you...?
Go, Percival!
Impossible!
What exactly is his magic type?!
"Destroyer," "enchanter," "shifter," "healer,"
and other types, his magic doesn't fit into any of them!
Maybe his magic is one of those said to be possessed by only one in a million.
The "hero" type!
If so, the kid...
Sooner or later, my comrades will catch on and take action to eliminate him.
I must avoid that at all costs. He's too valuable to kill.
Let's continue the duel!
That boy is amazing!
He's not giving an inch against that black knight!
He might possibly be able to win.
Do you seriously believe that?
Huh?
I want you more than ever!
I'm impressed, Percival.
Your magic has only awakened a little while ago,
and yet you're already beginning to grasp how to control and manage it.
I congratulate you! You are strong!
Aw, you're making me blush!
Well, I suppose I've won this duel then.
Tell me where my dad--
That bastard likely hasn't been using even half of his strength!
In the end, you're just a novice with little experience!
You don't have what it takes to defeat me now.
Here I come!
Bring it on!
I won't let you!
Donny!
Hurry and get out of here! He's right. You have no chance of winning!
- Oh my! - No chance of winning...
So, do you mean around 50%?
You moron! I mean, zero! Zero!
But I need him to tell me where my dad is...
You have to retreat! The power gap is too great!
What a dirty trick!
The village is going to burn!
Donny!
He got what he deserved!
He interfered in a duel between men!
Wh-What is this? A-A red fox?
I saw you at the foot of the Finger of God...
Huh? Is that my stuff?
Seriously, will even a beast interfere?
Shoo!
C-Could that be a...
Wait!
That was an incantation orb.
Damn that fox, what was it?!
Where in the world are we?
Hold on, is this the Dragon's Backbone?
You know this place?
I've only looked up at it from below, but I'm sure this is it.
It's an oddly shaped rock located 30 miles away from Paysan, the village we were in.
Thirty miles?
I'm worried about everyone! Let's go back quickly.
Moron.
I went out of my way to help you. Don't do anything unnecessary.
That bastard was after you, kid.
You and this long-haired dude who meddled in your duel.
He won't bother the village anymore.
A f-fox spoke!
A fox? So there are talking animals in Britannia?
No, there aren't!
Listen carefully, kid.
I need you to follow me.
Why should I?
Because I can't let that bastard take you.
I don't really get it.
I'll explain things to you later.
This concerns your father as well.
What? It does?
Hold on. This fox seems shady.
How come you know so much?
Huh? I'm not shady.
Can't you tell?
I can't.
The problem here, kid...
is that the Black Knight has taken notice of you.
Pellegarde noticed me?
Who is he anyway?
He serves a wicked king,
and is one of the groups hunting the heads of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse.
The Four Knights of the Apocalypse? Are they Holy Knights, too?
I've never heard of such an order of knights.
Naturally. Because it doesn't exist.
Huh? Are you making fun of us?
After all, it's an order of knights prophesized
to arise in the not-so-distant future.
An order of knights... prophesized to arise in the future...
I was ordered by a group that opposes them,
and I've finally located one of the Four Knights.
So they really existed!
Hey, what are they like?
Famine, Pestilence, War, and Death.
They are four Holy Knights who will destroy the world with four calamities.
D-Destroy the world...?
Wait a minute!
If the Black Knight has taken notice of him, does that mean...
That's right.
Kid, you're one of them.
An important prophecy has been added.
This will ensure an efficient search for the Four Knights of the Apocalypse.
That is interesting.
Yo! Have you guys been doing well?
I see you are your usual self, Pel.
I've been a little busy!
The next time I see him, I'll make sure to capture him and bring him home.
One thing has become clear about the four.
The Four Knights of the Apocalypse are all boys.
Simply put, they are more likely to be Holy Knights in training
rather than real Holy Knights.
He wasn't even in training, though.
Although abstract, we have information about how they look as well.
One is a boy with golden magic.
One is a boy with holiness and wickedness in his eyes.
One is a boy of many mysteries with an undefined appearance.
And one is a boy with green hair like the wings of a bird.
Impossible.
Naturally, our enemies will be on the hunt for these four as well.
For our king,
we must locate these boys first at all costs and eliminate them swiftly.
Can it be that the boy is one of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse?
I failed.
If he is, I should have made sure he was really dead.
I was convinced you had felt some affection for your son,
but it turns out that Ironside the Assassin failed to eliminate his target!
Pellegarde,
from the way you are talking, is the child alive?
He is. I had a bout with him.
Just as I thought, he turned out to be one of the Holy Knights from the prophecy.
You ended him, of course?
Don't be ridiculous.
It'd be such a waste!
He has both courage and potential!
So, you recognized his potential and chose not to kill him?
Better to train him and make him our ally than to kill him.
Do you seriously think Percival will become a threat to King Arthur?
You should fulfill your duty as a knight of the King!
But don't you have responsibilities as a father to fulfill?
You are not understanding the problem.
He will not just become a threat to His Majesty.
That child will destroy the world!
I will destroy the world?
That's right, kid.
In the near future, as one of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse.
That won't happen!
It will, though.
Prophecies have a 100% chance of coming true.
But I'm not a Holy Knight.
And after I kick my dad's butt,
I'll venture to all the strange places in Britannia that Grandpa told me about.
I won't become a knight who will destroy the world!
Who cares?
Anyway, I was told to find you and bring you back with me.
So be good and come with me.
Wait a minute.
If I follow you Fox, will I be able to meet my dad?
I know
where your father and his comrades are.
A-Are you sure? Where?
Camelot.
Came... lot?
Oh, come on.
Just because he's a country bumpkin, you can't just...
You know? This, um, Cammymo...
Camelot is...
a kingdom that was destroyed in the Holy War against the demon clan 16 years ago.
The Demon King wiped it out with his attack, leaving nothing behind.
The King vanished with the few remaining Holy Knights and citizens.
Huh? Then what happened to Cammymott?
It doesn't exist anymore.
How dare you try to trick me!
I'm never going anywhere with you!
Let me assure you
Camelot still exists.
It's just not somewhere you can get to using normal methods.
To get there, you need to go to Liones Kingdom first.
Not somewhere you can get to using normal methods?
Liones... Kingdom?
D-Do you seriously think we'd buy into a shady story like that?
We're not going with you!
I'll go!
You're going?!
Isn't it exciting to be unable to reach an area through regular means?
Is that so?
And a kingdom is bigger than a village or town. Right, Fox?
You better not pee your pants!
One more thing, my name isn't Fox.
It's Sin.
Well then, Sin! The three of us are heading to Liones!
Huh? I'm going, too?
Let's go together, Donny!
Oh, but Katz and Elva...
Nah, they'll be fine without me.
So you'll come, too?
So, how far is it to the Kingdom?
Roughly 200 miles.
That far?!
Oh, too bad.
This is where the Dragon's Backbone ends.
I, for one, missed the feel of the ground.
No time to rest. It's a long way to Liones--
GROWL
H-How about we have something to eat first?
Oh! I have a good idea!
We might as well have a competition to see who can find the biggest catch!
This is the knight who will destroy the world, huh?
If you have a complaint, take it up with the prophecy.
The two losers will have to follow one order from the winner!
Let's start!
Wait a sec.
He took my bow and arrow.
Well, not that I ever caught anything with them.
Oh my, are these fallen rocks?
It's a gorge!
An echo!
This is fun, so I'll choose this place!
Is that a human?
Close!
You suck.
I'm way better than Percival, okay?
This is it, my chance!
Someone was there?
Quit spacing out, you clumsy piece of crap.
You sure have a foul mouth.
A-Are you all right?
A-Are you a Giant nun?
A human?
I-I'm sorry.
My arrow aimed at a deer went wild and...
I'm really sorry.
Oh... This doesn't hurt at all.
A-Are you sure?
I was in the middle of praying, so I raised my voice in surprise.
Sorry about that.
You're quite the anomaly,
a Giant who places faith in the goddess clan instead of the Great Earth.
Dolores!
We have trouble!
Bob, Nob!
A human with a weird helmet entered Echo Gorge!
What? I blocked the entrance, though.
- He hopped right over it! So curious! - Aren't they talking about Percival?
He's with us!
Is there a problem?
Don't you know Echo Gorge?
Until a little while ago, it was a fertile and beautiful place,
but now it's like hell.
The prey keeps coming to me on their own!
This is like heaven!
I'll win this for sure!
Donny and Sin are in for a surprise.
Help...
Please... Let me out...
I don't recall seeing you before. Where are you from?
What is your purpose?
I got lost...
In this gorge where people refuse to set foot...?
While I get you to tell me everything,
I suppose I'll have you cooperate with a few experiments.
You're my guinea pig now, after all.
No, help!
Excuse me!
I've come to rescue you!
How dare you barge into my home. Who are you?
He's a bad guy! Help me!
Leave it to me!
Owie!
Hurry up and help me!
Oh, right.
What on earth is his problem? Is he a moron or something?
Was that a fairy?
I've never seen one before! So they really exist!
I wish Grandpa could've... seen one, too.
There's a demon in the gorge?
That's right.
He used weird potions to make all the creatures in the gorge vicious!
My rare precious guinea pig got away.
Naturally, I'll have you take its place.
Everyone in the gorge calls him
the mad herbalist,
Nasiens the Mad Herbalist.
THE DEMON OF ECHO GORGE
Subtitle translation by: Ai Matsuoka