Shikkakumon Anime Episode 02

"The Strongest Sage Enters the Dungeon." is the 2nd episode of the "Shikkakumon no Saikyokenja" Anime adaptation.

''Matthias's victory at the intra-academy competition brings to light a terrible truth: demons have infiltrated humanity! To prepare for the demons' next attack, he brings Lurie and Alma into the dungeon.''

Summary
While the students and some of the faculty surround the dead body of Devilis, Matty is hugged by Lurie for beating the Demon in disguise. Later at the royal castle, Matty and Edwart are allowed an audience with the king who wanted to grant Matty a Fief, but that would cause a panic within the kingdom. That was mainly due to the recent news of demons infiltrating their ranks as normal citizens. Instead, the king grants Matty's request for all rights to the possessions gained within the dungeon. Once that's settled with, the King asks for Matty's opinion on the disappearance of the four magical chosen ones. It's the King's opinion that since the appearance of Magical Chosen ones several hundred years ago, demons have slowly managed to infiltrate human society. From Matty's internal monologue, during Matty's past life, he drove the demons to the brink of extinction. It's speculated that the remaining demons infiltrated human society and spread magical misinformation causing human's magical power to wane over time. Although the King believes that the situation involving the demons has been resolved, Matty clarifies that the situation is direr than ever. In Matty's opinion, if the Demons believe that it's no longer necessary to masquerade themselves as humans. Their next move would be mustering their forces for an all-out attack that would destroy the kingdom. Matty surmises it'd take three months for the Demons to gather enough forces to accomplish this task. With the situation looking bleak, Matty assures the King that what's needed is a barrier that would cover the entire kingdom to protect it. All that Matty needs to cast the barrier is a divine-class artifact and the help from all 2nd-year students to project a permanent barrier around the kingdom. Preparations for this task can be completed within a month's time and suggests that the students continue learning chant-less magic. Taking what Matty said into consideration, the King appoints him the leader of the fight against the Demons.

Inside the castle treasure room, Matty finds a couple of old artifacts that he created in his previous life. Those artifacts are a magical sword and a pendant which is a magical accessory that greatly increases the exp gained from battle. Later outside, Matty oversees the students of the academy practice chant-less magic. Both Lurie and Alma then approach Matty about what they heard from Edwart concerning the barrier. Matty confirms it and claims that he'll be exploring a dungeon to collect the necessary items for him to accomplish it. The news surprises the two and Matty has an epiphany to have the two of them join him as a party to explore the dungeon with him. At first, the two are reluctant to join him due to their self-confessed inadequate fighting capabilities, but after giving them some tips on archery and enchantment magic, they agree to the offer.

Eventually, the group makes it to the dungeon, and there Matty fetches a tiny monster and they use it as target practice to allow Lurie to get the hang of her newly learned enchanted archery. The practice continues for a bit and after Lurie learns the basics of the Thread Guided Chant, she's tasked by Matty to kill two monsters with a single arrow. Alone with Alma, Matty teaches her how to filter and compound the dungeon material or its ore into metal. By doing this, they gain Mithril and Iron clusters and Matty promises to teach her how to make the newly acquired ore into enchanted weapons. Elsewhere, Lurie manages to kill three monsters with her Thread Guided Chant skill while only using a single arrow. Regrouping with Matty and Alma, Lurie witnesses Alma trying out some weapons that she created, and Lurie then makes some plated armor for her and Alma. Matty then announces that they'll be hitting the 10th floor of the dungeon and will serve as a test for the skills that they've learned to that point. During their way to the 10th floor, both Lurie and Alma excel in their combative capabilities and gain enhanced exp due to the pendent Matty wore. Soon the group faces off against a Killer Dog and it's thanks to the cooperative teamwork between Lurie and Alma they manage to kill it.

Once the Killer Wolf was dealt with, Matty sets up camp and leaves temporarily leaves the party to explore deeper parts of the dungeon. Down in one of the lower floors, Matty finds Adamantite and gets interested by the presence of a boss monster on the floor below where he was currently. Following his interests, Matty goes down a floor and faces off against the boss monster which is a Arc Serpent. The battle against it is tough, but Matty in the end wins against it. Two demons feel the massive burst of magic, but think nothing of it as it's figured that Humans are incapable of wielding such potent magic in that day and age. Upon returning to the two ladies, Matty shows them the corpse of the boss monster he defeated, which shocks them immensely.

Characters in Order of Appearance
Characters in italics debuted here.


 * Matthias Hildesheimer
 * Alma Lepucius
 * Lurie Abendroth
 * Edwart
 * Ayrias (Silhouette)
 * Elhart (Silhouette)