Clevatess (クレバテス-魔獣の王と赤子と屍の勇者)

Clevatess.

I sense an incredible power. So why doesn't he come out?

The shell is very powerful, it seems.

Hey, you!

I saw you come down from the sky.

Is that your magic?

I'm Rhode Royes, a division commander with the Eslinn army.

Wait!

Even as we speak, General Drel is attacking the capital city of Hiden!

Please, take me to him!

If you can fly...

I have good eyesight.

I saw you challenge him and lose from a distance.

What will you do if you go there?

You'll just die.

But even so...!

I can't just let the Hiden royal forge be stolen!

I can sense it...

If that happens, it will be the beginning of something terrible!

"Something"?

I don't know what that is,

but I know he's trying to use magic to change the world.

"Magic."

This is a foul omen.

What Zavthier feared?

Please! There's no time!

Take me to Hiderat!

Should I look into it, using this human?

Like Klen did?

Very well.

My name is Gart. I'll take you there.

Really?

But I have conditions.

When we land, help me.

And ask no questions about me.

Those are my conditions.

And if I should break them?

I'll kill you.

I can't do anything to betray Eslinn.

But I accept!

If I should break them, go ahead and kill me.

Then we have a deal.

I'm going to use what you call "magic."

That form...

Grab on.

W-Wait!

Your magic is incredible.

"Magic" is a convenient word.

They'll believe anything is magic as long as I tell them it is.

I guess it's just not something humanity's familiar with, then.

CLEVATESS

Did anything change?

Episode 10: Margo and Drel

No, not really...

So just holding up his hand isn't enough to open it...

I'll put him on it, maybe.

Go ahead. Let it out.

Okay, I'll clean you up.

Is something missing?

I don't know if it's okay to break it open, either.

Nelluru, I'm going to see if I can enter from above.

Wait here with him.

Okay.

All right.

The heat is incredible.

A normal dark beast would be burnt to ash before they hit the bottom.

A normal one would, yes.

It's okay.

Master Klen will be back soon.

Let's believe, and wait.

I guess I wasn't able to make it to the bottom myself.

If I hadn't hidden in this shadow, I might've burned up.

Even the stones they used to build it aren't normal.

This isn't just ordinary heat.

I'd like to look inside, but I doubt I can.

What to do...

Nelluru...

It seems it wasn't Luna who opened it.

Yes.

It wasn't this child who opened the door.

I didn't expect to be met by a headless king.

You're still nowhere near the strength of your father,

daughter of the sword master!

How can you call yourself a hero when you're so weak?!

Who is this? Is she on our side?

Damn it! He's strong, like I thought!

Where'd he go?

No!

He's heading for the forge!

I'll stop him!

Fire!

A waste of my time.

Hidden Sword Rising Dragon!

I was the one who taught the sword master this technique.

True Dragonfly Scythe Weasel!

Hero Alicia!

So you survived that attack with your limbs attached?

I guess you are the sword master's daughter.

What happened between you and my dad?

The sword master Margo was a friend who tried to master the blade in the same school I did.

And a foe who competed with me for the position of hero.

It seems you haven't heard.

Then I'll tell you...

how I became known as the Dragon Slayer,

and how your father gave up on becoming a hero!

25 Years Ago

Eslinn, Capital City Esleburg

Did you hear?

The last two competitors are from the same school?

It's the instructor and someone who studied with him, who they say is a genius!

The sword instructor Drel, who they say is the strongest...

And his opponent, Margo, is said to be a one-in-a-thousand genius.

Which of them will get the first Regalia the King of Hiden has forged in six years?

Don't hold back, Margo.

Of course. I don't think I'll get the chance.

Begin!

The winner is Margo!

If this tournament had been held six months earlier...

If you hadn't helped to train me, I never could've been this strong.

Just go get the Regalia.

You're the hero.

All right.

It's over...

My path to becoming a hero.

The man loved by the blade...

He really is a genius.

Margo, you are now truly the strongest swordsman in Edthea.

As king of Eslinn,

I bestow upon you the title of "Sword Master," as well as a family name.

You honor me, sire.

You may now call yourself "Sword Master" Margo Glenfall.

And...

Rise, Sword Master.

From the moment you take this sword, you must fulfill your duty as a hero.

Fight the dark beasts, protect humanity.

And someday defeat the Four Lords of Dark Beasts,

and expand the world of man.

Are you ready for that?

I am.

Then take this blade.

Incredible...