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If anyone can kill you,
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it's the Demon King
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or a human mage.
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ORIGINAL STORY BY
KANEHITO YAMADA / TSUKASA ABE
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She blocked it.
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Not surprising.
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From here it will be
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a battle of attrition.
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They really were here.
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It's just as Methode detected.
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Don't get in my way.
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Right back at you.
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Methode figured out the exact locations
of our enemies.
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If it turns into a melee,
we have no chance of winning.
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Let's split up and stop the clones
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before they assemble here.
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We've told each other
who our toughest opponents would be.
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If it's a tough opponent for you,
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it should be a tough opponent
for your clone as well.
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In terms of
being able to communicate and cooperate,
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we have an advantage.
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If we choose who we fight wisely,
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we can have the upper hand to some extent.
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If you can't defeat them alone,
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try to outnumber them.
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It's almost funny
how easy it is to fight her.
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If we keep this up,
we can stop the clones.
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Okay, let's go according to plan.
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All right. I wish you good luck.
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There's one concern.
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The total number of clones I can detect
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is less than the number of examinees.
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And what's more,
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I cannot detect our biggest threat,
which is Sense's clone.
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You're right, I can't detect it either.
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{\an8}We can't overlook the existence
of Sense's clone.
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If we get caught in crossfire,
I won't be able to protect Fern.
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Worst-case scenario, we both may die.
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I'm not able to detect the locations
of Fern and Denken's clones either.
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We have no choice but to use
more accurate close-range detection.
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{\an8}If you weren't here,
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{\an8}we wouldn't have to worry about this.
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First-class mages must be able to
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overcome even the most absurd adversities.
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This doesn't even count as adversity.
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{\an8}Plus, you get to pass the exam
just by covering each other's backs.
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It is such an easy, peaceful exam.
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We defeated it.
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But it's not the greatest feeling.
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A surprise attack?
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What a monster...
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I don't remember stopping
my mana detection.
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Lawine, you should break your bottle too.
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You're mature enough
to know your limits, aren't you?
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There will be another exam in three years.
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Damn it!
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I didn't make it in time, huh?
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But the outcome
wouldn't have been any different
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even if I had assisted them.
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Even while her back is facing me,
I don't see any window of opportunity.
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In any case,
I still need to at least buy some time.
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Aren't you Denken, the Imperial Mage?
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What's the situation?
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Are you planning on fighting that thing?
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I don't think you will win.
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I am aware of that.
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Hey, Denken, is this a necessary step
in raiding the dungeon?
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Right now, Frieren is...
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I don't need an explanation.
Is this a necessary step or not?
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It is.
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Then I'll defeat it.
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What are you talking about?
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Denken is the strongest among us.
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And first of all,
you couldn't even win against Wirbel.
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That's not what this is about, though.
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Indeed, I am
an inexperienced third-class mage.
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I am substantially weaker
than Denken and Wirbel.
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But I'm pretty sure I can win
against Sense.
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This is the spell I specialize in.
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Reelseiden, a spell that can cut through
pretty much anything.
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It will cut through anything
that I deem cuttable.
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And it will not cut anything
that I deem uncuttable.
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So what?
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Defensive magic
can easily block that spell.
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Oh, that's right,
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you were watching me fight Wirbel.
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Well, defensive magic
is made to block magic, after all.
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I can't really visualize myself
cutting through it.
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Is that right?
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Then it won't work
against Sense either way.
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Just from what I can detect,
that hair is covered
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with multiple layers of magic
that work like defensive magic.
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Like I said,
I don't care about all that logical stuff.
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It's all about visualizing.
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Hey, wait.
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As I thought, Sorganeil won't work.
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Hair is part of the body, after all.
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It's impossible to keep
her entire body within sight.
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Reelseiden.
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As expected,
Übel is the one fighting my clone, huh?
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I already know the outcome.
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It probably won't even
escalate into a battle.
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That was two years ago,
during the second-class mage exam...
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The proctor assigned
to the second stage of the exam
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was Burg, a first-class mage.
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Since the time he became
a first-class mage,
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he had never once suffered
a single wound during battle.
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He was a mage who specialized
in defensive magic.
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The Immovable Cloak.
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It's a cloak he made from magic
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that was embedded with defensive spells
that repelled all offensive magic.
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For the second stage of the exam,
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the examinees were to aim offensive magic
at the cloaked Burg,
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and they simply had to make him
take a step back to pass.
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The rule prohibiting the act of killing
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was only there to keep
their offensive magic
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under control for the safety
of the other examinees.
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Next.
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Nobody was worried about Burg's safety.
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I cut too much.
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But a nameless girl who was
a newly appointed third-class mage
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killed him like it was nothing.
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I'm disqualified, aren't I? I know.
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Can I go home now?
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I just have one question.
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Go ahead.
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How were you able to
break through the Immovable Cloak?
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Um, have you ever done any sewing, Sense?
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No. What about it?
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I thought so.
You look like your family is well-off.
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Or maybe you use magic
to take care of all that stuff?
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Well, you know,
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I'm clumsy, so I've never
done it myself either.
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But I used to watch
my older sister sew all the time.
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When you cut the fabric,
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you place the scissors like this
and slice it in one sweep.
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It makes a wonderful sound.
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I loved that sound.
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Where are you going with this?
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I'm talking about visualization.
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Fabrics are made to be cut.
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It's only natural to cut them.
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She is crazy.
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It's true that anyone can visualize
themselves cutting fabric.
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Even a fool can do that.
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But the world of magic isn't that easy.
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If you cannot perfectly visualize it,
you cannot actualize it with magic.
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Just as a tiny ant can't visualize
itself stomping on a huge dragon,
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hardly any mage could visualize
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themselves cutting that cloak,
which was protected by
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impenetrable defensive spells.
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That's because any mage could tell
at first glance that the cloak
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could repel any kind of offensive magic.
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Even a fool could understand.
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So long as humans
are intelligent life forms,
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we cannot break free
from those mental constraints.
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And yet, she still followed her intuition.
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Intellectually,
she knew it was uncuttable.
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But she trusted her intuition
and visualized herself cutting the cloak.
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Her mental state cannot be
that of a normal human being.
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It's a gift, at this point.
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Can I leave now?
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Sure.
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By the way, Sense,
you have such beautiful hair.
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Maintaining it must be a lot of work.
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Perhaps I had already lost at that moment.
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I cannot visualize myself
winning against Übel.
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We are just too incompatible.
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Everyone needs to stop
overcomplicating things.
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Hair is meant to be cut, isn't it?
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Maintaining my hair?
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It's a hellish process.
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I don't even want to think about it.
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She should just cut it.
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I see what's going on now.
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So all of you are buying time until
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Frieren defeats Spiegel, huh?
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Yes, that's right.
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We already took out
three clones ourselves.
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Then that saves us time.
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Well then... Oh, my...
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It seems
Sense's clone was defeated just now.
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This mana belongs to...
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It was Übel, the third-class mage,
who defeated it.
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That's surprising.
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Is it? They seem pretty incompatible.
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Battles between mages are a bit like
playing rock, paper, scissors.
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Although it's a complex
and difficult version
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of rock, paper, scissors,
with countless possibilities.
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And now you want to expand
the possibilities even more, huh?
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All right, I'll help you
in holding back the clones.
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I'm not the type to trust others,
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but I'm not stupid enough to
waste an opportunity.
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At the moment,
there are two high-risk clones that
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we must stop at all costs.
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I have located
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one of the two, which is Denken's clone.
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I will leave that one up to you three.
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In regard to the other one,
which is Fern's clone,
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you can leave that up to me.
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It seems she is especially good
at concealing her mana.
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Unless I find her, we may suffer
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casualties from surprise attacks.
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Can you really handle her alone?
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I can concentrate on mana detection
better when I'm alone.
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That girl is pretty strong, you know?
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I'm versatile, so stalling people
is what I excel at.
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-Plus, I tested my restraining spell.
-There!
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-Made sure it worked on her.
-I can't move.
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All right then, let's get this started.
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Übel, this isn't
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my imagination, is it?
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I don't think so.
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After all, you can't move, right?
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My clone has reemerged.
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Is this perhaps going to
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continue until that Spiegel
or whatever is defeated?
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It's a battle of attrition.
This is getting exciting!
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Indeed...
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{\an8}Now is the time to call it quits.
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This opening won't work either.
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Fern isn't able to notice it yet.
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I'm left with no other choice.
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The opening created
after my mana detection is
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interrupted won't be enough
to kill the clone.
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I agree.
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If only there was a bigger opening,
we could win...
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You think you can win?
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Then I will create an opening.
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You can do such a thing?
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The moment I become vulnerable,
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the clone will be even more vulnerable.
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But that means you will be...
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If I focus on my defense,
nothing will become fatal.
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What's the plan in that case?
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I'll leave that up to you.
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If you think you can win, you will win.
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How can you be so sure?
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Because I always underestimate you, Fern.
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That's good.
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We have a chance of winning then.
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It's still standing...
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But it's critically wounded.
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Let's end this...
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What just happened?
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Was I attacked?
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I don't sense any mana at all.
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My body isn't
recognizing this attack as magic.
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You're amazing, Mistress Frieren.
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So this is the highest form of magic?
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But it's uncharacteristic of you...
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You're completely vulnerable.
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Well done, Fern.
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It's been 80 years since the last time
I was forced into using that move.
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00:21:13,272 --> 00:21:16,692
Well then,
let's get this over with already.
256
00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:29,246
So it ended?
257
00:21:31,206 --> 00:21:32,958
I can't move anymore.
258
00:21:33,583 --> 00:21:35,961
Wirbel, carry me please...
259
00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:39,256
You two are constantly worn out.
260
00:21:49,099 --> 00:21:52,602
So this is the innermost depths
of the Ruins of the King's Tomb?
261
00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:57,065
You have raided
the Ruins of the King's Tomb.
262
00:21:57,733 --> 00:22:00,902
That makes you
equivalent to a first-class mage.
263
00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:03,488
Your names will go down in history
for this achievement.
264
00:22:04,781 --> 00:22:08,118
As promised, everyone who made it
to the innermost depths
265
00:22:08,201 --> 00:22:10,370
will pass the second stage.
266
00:22:12,914 --> 00:22:16,752
And where did the greatest contributor
to our success go?
267
00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:21,131
It's so dark!
268
00:22:21,214 --> 00:22:23,175
It's scary!
269
00:22:24,718 --> 00:22:26,678
It's dark... So scary...
270
00:22:26,762 --> 00:22:29,139
Well, I might do the same thing.
271
00:22:29,723 --> 00:22:31,767
-Oh dear.
-It's dark... So scary...
272
00:22:31,850 --> 00:22:35,937
Well then, the second stage
of the exam is over.
273
00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:40,942
Can you believe that it can
even use healing magic?
274
00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:43,612
See? Isn't it amazing?
275
00:22:43,695 --> 00:22:44,780
I guess.
276
00:22:48,617 --> 00:22:50,243
Who are you?
277
00:24:21,585 --> 00:24:22,836
-We've been together.
-You were unlucky.
278
00:24:22,919 --> 00:24:23,920
-Since I was small.
-Flamme's spell.
279
00:24:24,004 --> 00:24:25,839
-I'm in a terrible mood.
-This will take time.
280
00:24:25,922 --> 00:24:27,424
-Let's begin the third stage.
-Fern.
281
00:24:27,507 --> 00:24:28,842
-Let's go back.
-Make fun of me like you always do.
282
00:24:28,925 --> 00:24:30,927
"An Era of Humans."
283
00:24:31,011 --> 00:24:31,928
Subtitle translation by: Kiko Morita