Shikkakumon Anime Episode 08

"The Strongest Sage Saves the City." is the 8th episode of the "Shikkakumon no Saikyokenja" Anime adaptation.

''Matthias and his party easily dispatch the assassins sent against them by the corrupt local lord. Then, with the king's permission, they formulate a plan to take that lord in!''

Summary
On their way back to the inn, Matty has the group take a detour through a side street. Telepathically, Matty tells the girls to stay calm and warns them that they're being tailed by the lord's henchmen. To what the tailers would do after a concealment spell is cast on them and if they're hostile, then they'll act accordingly. Shocked by the sudden disappearance of Matty's group, the tailers search the area for them, until Matty's group appears before them asking for directions. One of the men reveals the direction to the inn they were staying at and Matty calls them out for knowing that. Hence, one of them captures Matty in a chain rope and threatens to kill him if they don't do what he says. Both Alma and Lurie try their best to not laugh at the situation.

Matty calls out for help, but his capture tells him to stay quiet and reveals to the girls that they captured him because they figured he was the weakest. They based this on the fact that Matty was the party healer and threatens the girls to follow the lord's orders or be killed. Calling out to Iris, Matty asks her to use no weapons against them and Iris then proceeds to defeat the men without her weapons. Once the men are all defeated, Matty casts a tracking and demon-sensing spell onto the men.

The following day, the group awakens in their room at the inn and Matty informs the group that they received a message from the king. Later the group meets with Eik the king's messenger in one of the mine's tunnels. He informs the group of the King's response to Matty's report that Lord Dokiel Melkia is to be arrested for his exploration of the mines. Furthermore, Matty is able to perform the arrest himself under the supervision of Eik. Matty agrees to these terms and Alma, Iris, and Lurie agree to help. Revealing the location of the Lord, Eik notes how heavily guarded it is, but Matty is confident that they'll be able to handle it.

At the manor where the lord resided, there were no guards stationed outside, but Matty's magic reveals that the inside of the place is heavily guarded. Charging into the manor, the men inside attack the group with a bombardment of spells, but Lurie's barrier protects the group. Matty then counterattacks with a lightning spell that kos all of the men there. Following Matty's lead, the group locates the lord in a hidden basement who thinks Matty's group was dealt with by his men. This is disproven by Matty's appearance and Lord Melkia then summons a swarm of men to attack Matty who handily defeats them all with a fire spell. Astonished that Matty was capable of doing this despite his intel being that Matty was a mere healer. Eik then reads Melkia his rights and informs him that he's under arrest. Protesting these claims, Melkia states his refusal to accept this from a child and warns Matty that bad things will befall the town without him. Matty then knocks out Melkia with a snap of his fingers and Eik promises to take the unconscious Melkia to the king for interrogation. Wanting to stay in the town to investigate how Melkia and his men were privy to the investigation into the corruption in the city; Matty then shows Eik a burnt piece of paper about the investigation. Using his magic to scan it, Matty believes the culprit is a Demon. Lurie asks if the Demons are after the magistones inside the dungeon, however, Matty claims what they're after is the Dragon Vein. Matty claims that the Magistone inside of the dungeon is far bigger than the one in the capital and if it's infused with a spell then it'd cause a worldwide calamity. Before Eik is able to leave to report this finding to the king, the ground starts to tremor and Matty deduces that the Demons have already begun endowing their magic into the vein. Figuring they only have two hours until a monster hoard reaches and decimates the town, Matty and the group head into the dungeon.

Upon reaching the dungeon, the group notices that no Demons are around and Matty believes that they've headed into the deeper levels to lay a trap for them. Locating the Vein behind a wall, Matty has Iris dig it up and he goes to the lower level to confront the Demons while the girls try and purify the Vein. He also casts a communication spell onto the vein so that they'll be able to communicate with one another while Matty deals with the Demons in the lower level. As Matty deals with the monsters on his way down to the lower level of the dungeon, he keeps an open communication channel with Lurie.

Confronting the Demon, Matty magically wiretaps into its communication channel with another demon and learns that the Demon on the other side is aware of Matty's plans. Once their conversation is over, Matty attacks the Demon with his magically amplified sword, but the Demon manages to block the attack with its own barrier spell. Wary of the type of barrier used to deflect his attack Matty hears the Demon Boss instruct the Demon there to use tactics designed to deal with someone with a Crest of Failure. Noting that the Demon is stronger than any other Demon that he's face to that point, Matty contacts Lurie to prepare casting circles fourteen and seventeen. The battle between the two then continues as the Demon unleashes long-ranged attacks against Matty, who hopes to get a clue to the Demon bosses' identity. After dodging the Demon's attacks, Matty learns from the Demon's communication with its boss that they plan on using the trap against him. In retaliation, Matty has Lurie activate the casting circle fourteen to nullify the trap's power and then the seventeenth to disrupt the Demon's communication channel. Matty then exploits the weakness in the barrier that was protecting the Demon. The Demon now able to communicate with their boss again informs him that he really may be the reincarnation of Gaius. However, the Demon Boss refutes that notion and orders him to use Disfortune, but despite this, Matty still defeats the Demon by decapitating it. With the Demon destroyed, Matty claims that the monster horde outside is disappearing and both Iris and Alma have dealt with the monsters on their side. Trying to track down the boss demon's location, Matty is surprised to learn that it hacked into his own communication channel as well. Learning that the Demon's location was near a town known as Elenia, but that was a decoy. After a brief back and forth with the Demon, it cuts off communication with Matty, who looks forward to facing off against it.

Characters in Order of Appearance
Characters in italics debuted here.


 * Matthias Hildesheimer
 * Alma Lepucius
 * Lurie Abendroth
 * Iris
 * Eik
 * Dokiel Melkia