ORIGINAL STORY BY KANEHITO YAMADA / TSUKASA ABE
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I see...
I remember now.
It's Frieren.
She greatly helped humans in their research and analysis of Zoltraak.
The mage who has killed the most demons in history.
Frieren the Slayer.
Another genius that I hate.
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You will have to take it easy for a while.
Thanks.
Hey!
Are you okay?
I'm alive thanks to you two.
Thank you.
I will pardon the incident with your mage friend.
Her judgement was right.
Now Frieren can return to the town.
Let's have her take down Lügner.
Mistress Frieren didn't kill the guard.
I know. The demon did that.
More importantly, did you say that mage was named Frieren?
Yes.
Don't tell me she's the elf mage who was in the party of heroes...
If that's so, that was very disrespectful of me.
The Granat family is indebted to the party of heroes.
During my grandfather's days,
they drove back an army of demons
that attacked this town.
Their opponent then was also the Sage of Destruction,
Aura the Guillotine.
It's been a while, Aura.
It sure has.
It's been about 80 years, hasn't it, Frieren?
You're heading to the town up ahead, right?
I'd appreciate it if you'd turn back.
I don't want to.
Why not?
Because I obviously have the advantage.
I see.
There are more than back then.
To think you can control this many...
Demons sure have outstanding magic.
Humans can't even dream of reaching that level with their current technology.
But it's an utterly disgusting spell.
It's repulsive.
What a rude thing to say.
After all that work I put in collecting them.
I recognize some of these suits of armor.
Aura, I will have to kill you here after all.
The Scales of Obedience.
Because of that we have not been able to win against Aura for years.
She uses
a spell that subjugates and controls her opponents.
The Seven Sages of Destruction use spells that surpass human understanding.
Aura puts her soul and her opponent's soul on the scale
and weighs the difference in mana.
Whichever side has greater mana
can subjugate the other and turn them into a puppet.
This spell lasts forever until their body perishes.
The bigger the risk, the stronger the spell.
For Aura, who has tremendous amounts of mana,
it's an invincible spell.
There is no way to counter it?
Aura's mana is weighing one side down at the moment,
but the scale itself is fair.
If a soul with more mana than Aura gets on the scale,
Aura can be defeated.
However,
it's been 500 years since Aura became one of the Seven Sages of Destruction
and that has never happened even once, or so I've heard.
So there is no countermeasure?
There was, actually.
Those with strong will
were able to resist albeit momentarily.
And such wills of steel
are often found in brilliant, courageous warriors.
But even then it's only momentarily, huh?
But it's still a critical flaw.
I'm sure she found their will to be very bothersome.
That's why...
Aura the Guillotine
did a very logical procedure on those under her control.
Something very cruel...
How do you like it?
Isn't my immortal army strong?
How surprising.
My spell on them has been dispelled.
This has never happened before.
Dispelling magic as powerful as this
must use up a great amount of mana.
Why would you go out of your way to do this?
Last time we fought, you blasted them away like nothing.
Himmel got mad at me after that.
Then there's even less of a reason for you to do this.
- Why is that? - Himmel is not here anymore.
I see. That's good to hear.
You demons are beasts after all.
Now I can kill you without remorse.
All right.
I can move a lot better now.
Father, this place is safe, right?
Yes. It's not as strong as the defense barrier,
but this church is protected by a barrier too.
Then you can wait here, Graf.
What are you planning to do, brat?
Do you think the demons are nice enough
to go away while we hide here?
Master Stark, are you serious?
That attack earlier worked because it was a surprise.
In fact, it wasn't even enough to kill him.
If we'd kept fighting,
we would have been killed.
Someone has to do this though.
You're right. Then let's do our best together.
No, you go to the guard station.
Help the townspeople evacuate.
Then are you going to...?
Yes...
I will
get on my knees and beg Frieren to come back.
Huh?
What? We have no choice but to have her defeat them!
I guess that is the most practical method.
He said the guards would listen to you if you show them this.
Okay.
I'll leave town right away.
What is it?
Your arms are in bad shape.
Will you be able to pass the gate looking like that?
I'm sure it'll be fine.
This is normal for a warrior. Is it that weird?
I've never seen a warrior walk around town with blood
running down both arms.
You're in no position to talk. Fern, you also...
Whose blood is this? It's not mine, right?
Hey! What's wrong?
Master Stark, this blood has mana...
‪Fern!
Unbelievable... Am I dreaming?
That's Master's technique.
Because you moved, I missed your vitals.
I had no intention of making you suffer.
Why are you surprised?
Is it because I am standing here despite receiving a fatal wound?
Or is it because you were not able to detect us approaching?
Concealing your presence by controlling your mana
is not a talent that is limited to just you.
Any demon can do that.
That being said, I can't possibly agree that it is appropriate conduct
in a fight between mages.
You're very talkative.
You're not going to kill me?
Since I failed to kill you, I'll ask a few things while we're here.
Or would you rather die now?
Go ahead.
Is that boy strong?
He's the apprentice of Eisen the warrior.
I see. How unfortunate.
Poor kid.
He will not experience a pleasant death with Linie.
One more thing.
Where is Frieren?
She fled this town.
Because you killed the prison guard.
Graf Granat mentioned something like that too.
Apparently, killing a guard is a serious crime.
It's the death penalty.
Death penalty?
There's no way that woman would flee just because of that.
She has a strong hatred for demons.
Strong enough to teach her apprentice the spell to kill demons.
Someone like that would not run away.
She must be after something.
Is it Mistress Aura?
Please don't move.
It seems you have a clue as to where Mistress Frieren went.
This is pointless.
You said you failed to kill me, but that's a lie, isn't it?
You just wanted to get back at me for that surprise attack.
You're prideful and haughty
and do not see us,
or anyone other than Mistress Frieren, as a threat.
That is why you went as far as giving me an opening.
At this distance, I can blow a hole through your heart.
Try it.
You'll lose your head before that.
Mistress Frieren,
am I being useful to you?
Why do you ask that?
I cannot handle magic as perfectly as you.
Well, the amount of time we've been alive is so different.
You'll never be able to catch up to me.
Is that right?
But that is only in terms of mana and techniques.
You know how I often put you in charge of fighting monsters?
Yes. You pushed it on me this time as well.
I'm sorry.
It ends faster when you do it, Fern.
Because your speed at casting spells is faster than me.
Girl,
I have dedicated most of my life to magic.
So have I.
What's with her reaction speed?
If I hadn't blocked it out of reflex,
it would've pierced my heart.
You blocked it.
As I thought, your heart is your weakness.
This girl...
I see...
I guess you weren't lying when you said you've dedicated your life.
Well then, I'll crush you with everything I've got.
Balterie.
They've begun fighting.
That's too bad.
I'm already done.
Maybe I'll watch their fight.
Master Lügner doesn't like it when I get in his way.
Oh?
It's not
over yet.
You're pretty tough. I guess I can have some fun.
In terms of mana, technique, and control,
I am considerably superior to her.
You don't even need to compare
to see the difference between us.
The only thing is that she's fast.
She's overpowering me with her sheer number of moves.
Darn that Frieren... What kind of training did you put this girl through?
Shall I wear her out and let her exhaust her mana?
That won't work.
This battle will end before that.
I need to find some kind of opening.
Linie, what are you doing? Get rid of him already!
Jeez, you're so bossy.
This guy keeps dodging me and is so persistent.
That fighting style... What is going on?
That is Master's technique.
I'm good at reading people's mana.
I memorize the way mana flows through people's bodies as they move.
Then I can copy their movements.
Like this.
When I saw you fight for the first time at the mansion, I knew for sure
that you moved the same way
as the strongest warrior in my memory.
What a coincidence.
Fate sure is strange.
Don't tell me...
I am copying the movements of Eisen the warrior.
Are you serious? This is ridiculous.
There's no way I can win...
Finally, he's knocked out.
I have to hurry
or Master Lügner will get mad again.
Knocked out?
I am knocked out?
Stand up, Stark.
No matter how battered you are, you're not allowed to be knocked out.
That's easier said than done.
There's no way I can win against you, Master.
Of course.
I am stronger than you.
Well then...
But you haven't lost to me yet.
Because you stood back up.
What are you saying...
Stark,
I'll teach you a trick to winning against a strong opponent.
It's simple.
No matter how many times it takes, get back up and keep fighting.
The warrior
who is the last one standing is the winner.
Jeez Master...
Stop pushing your weird logic on me.
Is your brain made out of muscle or what?
You should've just kept snoozing.
You've lost already.
I'm still standing.
Plus, I remembered...
Master's attacks had more weight to them.
You're just an imitation after all.
Well then, I will end your life
with this "imitation."
Erfassen.
Balterie!
A big swing with no defensive measure.
He must've gone crazy.
I was prepared to die along with you, but I scared myself for nothing.
As I thought, it has no weight to it at all.
Lightning Strike!
Linie!
- Darn... - Zoltraak.
The spell to kill demons...
It's about a fifth of it.
- Of my mana. - Frieren will lose.
- It's nothing compared to me. - An elf village.
Kill all the elves.
You're a far greater mage than me.
Subtitle translated by: Kiko Morita