01x10 - Roar of Destruction

[bunniefuu]

[suspenseful music]

[soft groaning]

- [bandits chuckling]

- [Nasiens grunts]

[Edlin] Did you come all the way

to this far-off place for a vacation,

Great Holy Knight Howzer?

Finally decided to show yourself, huh?

[Howzer] So the rumors

about you falling off the path

and becoming the leader

of the bandits were true.

Who is he?

[Howzer] This is my other pupil, Edlin.

[scoffs]

[theme music]

ROAR OF DESTRUCTION

- [bandits chuckling]

- [tense music]

I can't recall when,

but I know that I heard

a report about a group of bandits

in the Dalflare Range

that make it a point to target travelers.

I never imagined

they'd be occupying an entire town

and taking people's stuff.

[chuckles]

And thanks to that report,

we can rob Holy Knights like yourself,

who show up to suppress us

just to get taken out.

Naturally, we took your weapon and horse

you left at the inn as well.

[Howzer scoffs]

You stupid bandits are all the same.

[gasps]

You really thought you could beat

the Great Holy Knight Howzer

by simply taking his weapon?

[scared gasps]

[Howzer grunts]

[Nasiens] Despite being outnumbered,

he's not rattled at all.

They don't call him the Great Holy Knight

of Liones for nothing.

- He's so intimidating.

- [chuckles]

Master Howzer, you don't know it yet,

but you've already lost this fight.

- [Howzer groaning]

- [music fades]

[loud thud]

Uh?

[snoring]

I'm well aware of how much alcohol

you're able to handle.

Just how many times do you think

I've had to carry you out of a bar?

What do you plan on doing with us?

Moron. Isn't it obvious, kid?

[bandit] You'd better believe we're gonna

sell every one of you brats as sl*ves.

[bandit chuckles]

Is that so?

Well, I refuse.

[gasps]

What is this?

Misty Rain, Belladonna.

MISTY RAIN

BELLADONNA

Oh I feel really great all of a sudden.

[bodies thudding]

[Edlin] What on earth?

[dramatic music]

[Edlin] I see.

So you're a magic wielder!

Excuse me. I'll be taking my leave

with my companions now.

[Edlin] Companions?

This boy isn't one, is he? Hmm?

[tense sting]

That's impossible! When did you

[snoring softly]

[surprised grunt]

[thwacks]

[birds screeching]

[frustrated groan]

I totally made a run for it

in front of them again.

This is becoming a pretty bad habit.

I bet my sister's feeling let down

on the other side.

You don't think I know that?

It's the same thing I keep telling myself!

- [Edlin] There you are, Donny.

- [grunts]

Long time no see.

[soft gasp]

Edlin, is that really you?

[birds screeching]

I saw you at the bar a little earlier.

Were your fellow

traveling performers there with you?

I wouldn't call them that. Anyway

what about you?

You're still on that journey?

Training with my uncle

to become a Holy Knight?

I actually parted ways with the man

and gave up on that dream.

It's all in the past now.

Uh, what? No you're kidding, right?

What made you do that?

Thought you were so determined

on becoming one.

There's no use talking about it.

Now, what do you say we team up?

Huh?

Well, there's a simple cushy gig

that we can take on.

Wait, hold on a second.

Who are you, man? "Simple and cushy"?

It isn't like you to say things like that.

'Cause a Holy Knight

should never be motivated by gain, right?

[laughs]

Like I said,

I don't care about that stuff anymore.

Listen, Donny.

[Edlin] All we have to do

is pose as the town locals

and rob unsuspecting travelers.

- It's easy as can be.

- [uneasy music]

[Edlin chuckling]

Hah! Is this some kind of joke?

That's something bandits do.

We even have a powerful ally

who can help us.

[tense sting]

[Donny breathing nervously]

[Edlin] You'll join me, right, Donny?

Look good to see you.

I'm glad we got to catch up.

It was overdue.

But sorry,

I have to rejoin my friends now.

[Edlin] That won't be happening

because their lives are in my hands.

[Donny grunts]

[Donny] What do you mean by that?

Donny, the only friend you have

who can truly understand you is me.

Uh

If anything happens to those guys,

I'm not gonna let it slide.

[shocked grunt]

[Donny breathes angrily]

You've changed, and not for the better.

[angry grunt]

I haven't changed at all.

[inhale sharply]

[whistles]

[whistle echoing]

[gasps]

[Edlin] You see, I finally realized

[wind gusting]

what my destiny really is.

[all grunt]

[Nasiens groaning]

Take it easy. That really hurt, you know?

We're taking all this money back,

and there's nothing

you can do about it, you brats!

The hell is this? Hmm

[groans]

It's just a piece of junk.

Watch it, blockhead!

[groans]

What do we do now?

It looks like they didn't have

any valuables to take, guys.

[bandit] Seriously, I don't know

why we haven't traded those punks

for money already?

We're in trouble.

I hope Donny and the others

can sense it too.

[Howzer]

There's no way that cowardly b*stard's

- coming to help you.

- [grunts]

'Cause no matter

what you're going through,

he's only ever worried

about saving himself.

- [man] Hey! Are you all right in there?

- [surprised grunt]

I'm letting you guys out.

Wait a second.

You're the barkeep, aren't you?.

[man] You're one impressive kid.

You've had quite a bit to drink,

but you're still sober.

- [lock rattling]

- Well, that's because

a long time ago,

I snuck a taste of my grandfather's booze.

And I can neutralize

- any poison I've tasted.

- [lock clicks]

So alcohol is poison, huh?

Well, isn't that something?

[laughs]

Come on, pull yourself together, Howzer!

Who are you and how do you know me?

Just take a good look.

You beat me up a while back

at a big fighting festival!

Huh?

Oh!

[laughs]

Taizoo, is that you?

Damn, you've gotten old!

- [laughing]

- This is no time for laughing, you idiot!

'Cause at this rate,

the entire town is gonna be destroyed!

[shocked grunt]

You mean by Edlin?

[Taizoo] Not by him

[dragon growling]

but by an ancient dragon.

He's managed to tame it!

[tense music]

[snarling]

[whimpers]

Now do you get it?

As long as we have this dragon,

we're invincible.

[snarling]

[scoffs]

Oh, don't glare at me.

This is you and me we're talking about.

[growling]

[whimpers]

[Edlin] Hey! Get back here!

Neither one of us has anything, Donny!

We should work together!

- [panting]

- [Edlin] Wake up already!

[both groan softly]

[both gasp]

Ah! Thank goodness!

[Percival grunts]

Where are we?

[Anne] Last I remember,

we were all in a bar.

About that,

it appears we've gotten entangled

in a complicated situation.

- Complicated?

- [Anne] Huh?

[shouts]

You!

Why in the world are you in here with us?

[gasps]

Does he know

that I'm the daughter of Duke Kalden

and tried selling me off

when I was passed out?

[gasps]

Or worse,

maybe he wanted to do

disgusting things to me!

[grunts in disgust]

I've got no interest in a kid

who's still wet behind the ears.

[angry grunt]

[Anne wails]

My pride as a girl

has been torn to shreds!

Oh, Percival!

Not only did you punch Donny,

but you made Anne cry!

I can't forgive people

who try and hurt my friends!

- [Anne] Hmm

- Wait! You don't understand. That man is

[laughs]

I made her cry? It's not my fault

I spoke the truth about her.

And Donny, I only socked him because he

- [grunts]

- This is for Donny!

And this one is for

- [Nasiens] Stop!

- [gasps]

Don't interrupt him

when he was just about

to punch the guy for me!

This man's

the Great Holy Knight of Liones.

He's also Donny's uncle!

[Percival and Anne] What?

[groaning]

[retches]

- [Howzer vomiting]

- [all screaming in disgust]

[Anne] Gross!

A man with red hair

is making his way down!

You're to capture him at all costs!

[Edlin]

But just make sure not to hurt him!

[suspenseful music]

- [bandits panting]

- We don't even know who he is,

and we're supposed to capture him

without hurting him?

- [panting]

- [bandit] Yeah, forget what he said.

I say we just k*ll the guy!

I'll call again if I need you.

Back to your den.

[dragon growling]

I said go back.

You do care what happens to this,

don't you?

[dragon snarls]

Sorry, boss, we looked all over,

but we couldn't find

a man with red hair anywhere.

Then search harder!

- [Edlin] Don't the three of you have eyes?

- [Donny panting]

Or more importantly, boss,

about those little brats

we captured earlier

Yeah, can't we have

just a little taste of them

before you sell them off somewhere?

I won't allow such foolishness.

If you've got time

to entertain stupid ideas,

then go find that redhead!

[bandits sigh]

Fine.

[all grunt angrily]

[Taizoo] About this time last year,

I first met Edlin.

And even though he was just a kid,

he had this extremely sulky attitude.

[Taizoo] He wore the same expression I had

when I lost my sense of purpose.

[Edlin grunts]

I couldn't help feeling concerned,

so I tried talking to him.

But a few days later

- I want drinks for all these gentlemen.

- [bandits chuckling]

[Taizoo grunts worriedly]

I know, right?

[Taizoo]

Are you folks bandits of Dalflare?

Huh?

No, I'm not complaining

about it or anything.

Just noticed that you have a young leader.

That's all.

Yeah, well,

if you judge him by his looks like that

then you'll get your a*s kicked,

just like the rest of us.

Really? He's that strong, huh?

Right. But that guy's not just strong,

he's got the guts to back it up.

[bandit] I mean, get this, he climbed into

an ancient dragon's den all by himself

and even managed

to steal himself a dragon's egg.

[worried grunt]

Since then, the same dragon's

been under the boss's thumb.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

[bandit] No ordinary person could do that!

And you know

how the rest of the story goes, right?

[Taizoo]

Edlin made himself the king of Cant.

How can a human have a dragon

under their thumb with only one egg?

That creature's been around a long time.

It may very well have been her last egg.

[Percival] I feel sorry for her then.

So, you heard rumors about your pupil

and then you made your way

to this town, right?

[groaning]

Sorry, kid. But what I'm doing out here

really isn't any of your business.

You understand me?

You mean to tell me

that this lousy drunk

is a Great Holy Knight?

The only thing that makes sense here

is that he's Donny's uncle.

Grandpa was super strong,

but why is this Great Holy Knight so weak?

- [Nasiens] It is a bit odd, isn't it?

- [Percival] Huh?

[Nasiens] I mean about the dragon.

[Nasiens] An egg like that

could easily hatch at any moment.

Meaning you wouldn't be able to use it

as leverage over the mother forever.

That's right.

The egg in his possession now

is nothing but a fake.

- [Nasiens and Percival] Huh?

- But could that really fool

the eyes of a dragon?

[Howzer] Imitation.

It's Edlin's magic ability.

He can create replicas

exactly like the original

in both their appearance and texture.

[Howzer] But they're still just illusions.

[gasps]

[Nasiens] So, the Percival

I saw back there was just an illusion?

Oh, I get it! He needs a fake

because he ate the real one!

Yeah, well, I don't know

if that's exactly what happened.

[Taizoo] Anyway, the dragon has slowly

started piecing things together.

Soon, she'll have this all figured out.

So please, Howzer

Stop him before it's too late.

[Taizoo] Otherwise, there'll be no time

to turn things around.

What do I care?

It serves him right if you ask me.

That dragon isn't the only thing

Edlin should worry about.

He's hated

by every single member of his crew.

[Howzer gasps]

[Taizoo] After all, he doesn't let them

harm women or children.

He doesn't even let them

k*ll the Holy Knights they defeat.

And he eventually ends up

releasing each human

that the bandits tried to capture.

[surprised grunt]

[hesitated grunt]

[Taizoo]

He's a kind-hearted kid deep down.

[bandits laughing]

[Taizoo] He's only putting on a tough act

for the others.

[laughing continues]

[Edlin grunts in pain]

[tense music]

[gasps]

Now that we have this,

the dragon will do anything we say!

- [bandit] The world is ours!

- [laughing continues]

Give it back! It's for your own safety!

Ha! We're all fed up

with taking orders from the likes of you!

Oh, don't you worry.

We'll put this dragon egg to good use!

[all grunting]

[bandits whimpering]

[all scream]

Oh, no!

[Sylvan munching]

- [yelps]

- What?

What the? Uh an illusion?

[dragon growls]

[roars]

[dramatic music]

[grunts]

[all whimper]

- [rumbling]

- [all grunt]

The hell's going on?

I thought the dragon was under control!

Edlin must have messed up!

- Run for it!

- [all whimper]

[roaring]

[panting]

[screams]

Master! We're in trouble if we stay!

[grunts]

[Sin] We're heading underground!

I sense Percy and the others' magic.

[dragon roaring]

Why is it that humans always have to go

and stir up some kind of trouble?

[dragon roaring in distance]

That dragon is really upset.

Please, Howzer, he needs your help

right now! This is serious!

[Howzer grunts]

- [low growling]

- [all gasp]

- What the Do you hear that?

- [Percival] Huh?

- [Taizoo grunts softly]

- [both] Huh?

- Huh?

- A secret room?

[low growling]

[gentle music]

[Anne] Wait! Is this the dragon's baby?

It's so cute!

Ah, the real egg must have already hatched

a while ago.

Yeah. But as you can see,

it isn't feeling well.

- [Percival exclaims]

- [Taizoo] And Edlin said

that he felt bad about returning the baby

to its mother in such a state.

I can't tell at all if he wants to be

bad or good, talk about confusing.

In a way, he's just like Donny.

The baby is weakened

and its breathing is shallow.

[Nasiens]

It won't last three days like this.

I know. I'll try giving it some medicine.

- [Sylvan neighs]

- [Anne gasps]

- Sylvan! But how?

- [Percival chuckles]

[chuckles]

Hey, Sin! Did you happen

to see Donny out there?

Mm-mm.

I bet you that coward's halfway

to the next village by now.

[Howzer] He's already abandoned you guys.

I know Donny, he's not a coward.

He might run, but he always comes back.

- [grunts]

- Mister,

I want you

to return that to him personally.

I'll go start looking for him now.

Hang on, it's dangerous to go alone!

Sylvan!

[Sylvan grunts, neighs]

[Howzer] Donny

[Howzer] I want an answer!

[Howzer] This entire time,

I thought you were dead set

on becoming a Holy Knight!

And I was, but I just don't have

magic like yours, Uncle.

I'm sorry to disappoint you both.

[grunts]

What are you talking about?

Depending on how you apply your training,

you can come up

with countless ways to use your magic!

[Donny] And besides

I'm not ready to die.

[both] Uh

Damn it, Donny

That's what you told yourself

when you ran away, wasn't it?

[dragon roaring]

[grunting]

- [grunts]

- [tense music]

[Edlin] Oh. I'm gonna die.

Uh?

Huh?

I'm making you float for now,

but you gotta hurry up and grab something!

[Edlin] The guy who gave up

on becoming a Holy Knight is helping me?

[Donny] You're not even gonna

say thank you for that?

Nothing I do works out anymore.

Whether I try to be

a champion of justice or a villain.

You're way too young

to be musing about your life.

[Edlin] What about you?

Are things working out?

I quit being a performer.

[soft grunt]

You did?

I'm gonna give

becoming a Holy Knight another shot.

[gasps]

[Edlin]

But you said you didn't want to die.

Of course! I don't want to put my life

on the line to save strangers!

[Donny] At least I didn't until I met

someone I didn't mind risking my life for.

There!

[Percival] Donny! You've gotta jump!

Right! Edlin, jump after I do!

I'll hold you up!

[grunts]

[dragon roars]

[gasps]

[inhales deeply]

- [Sylvan whimpers]

- [screams]

[tense music continues]

[Percival] I get why you'd be angry

after having your egg stolen.

Huh?

That being said,

I also have things I wanna protect!

All my friends!

[shouts]

[dramatic music]

[shrieking]

[soft grunt]

[snarling]

[whimpers]

[shocked grunt]

- [suspenseful music]

- [dragon growling]

[determined grunt]

[closing theme music]

A REAL HOLY KNIGH