Shikkakumon Anime Episode 12

"The Strongest Sage Goes on a Journey Again." is the 12th episode of the "Shikkakumon no Saikyokenja" Anime adaptation.

''The revived demon Zardius is so powerful that not even Matthias can stop him. Alma and Lurie head for the castle treasury to retrieve a sword that might do the trick... but will a demon resurgence make that impossible?!''

Summary
As Lurie and Alma find the sword in the treasury that Matty needed to face off against Zardias. Matty struggles to fight against Zardias who is fully aware of Matty's plans and hints that he already has subordinates already inside the city's barrier. This is proven to be true as both Ashril and Deshril are shown to have been revived by Zardias. Although Deshril was beaten, Ashril has two student hostages and demands that the two surrender and hand over the treasure they recovered.

Back outside, Matty continues to struggle against Zardias who tries to attack the barrier surrounding the city. Despite his attempts to deflect the magical attacks from Zardias, the Demon deflects one attack onto Iris who is protected by another barrier erected by Matty. This leaves an opening for Zardias to attack Matty who is unable to protect himself against the attack. Zardias then taunts Matty to ditch trying to protect the city and fully concentrate on facing off against him.

Meanwhile, Lurie and Alma continue to face off against Ashril and lay down their weapons, while Matty contemplates his options and decides to enchant his sword and attack Zardias. Just before Ashril could take Lurie and Alma's weapons, Edwart accompanied by a group of students intervene in the scene allowing the girls to counterattack. The students then bind Ashril in a magical ring allowing the girls to try and deliver the sword to Matty. On the other hand, Matty uses Iris as a feint to get a sneak attack on Zardias, but the plan fails. Iris lands down on the city below and Alma throws Matty the sword that he wanted, but this allows Zardias to fatally stab him in the back. However, the sword's special ability revives Matty and infuses him with an immense amount of magical power. With this new power, Matty defeats Zardias, who warns Matty of another Chaos Demon out there that will surely defeat him and then disintegrates. On the ground, Matty is embraced by Lurie and is soon joined by Alma, Iris, Edwart, and the students that accompanied him. After offering to rebuild the broken parts of the city, Matty uses up the remaining power in his sword and in the process creates a giant hole in a mountain.

Time passes by and Matty nearly fully recovered, is visited by Iris, Lurie, and Alma in his room. They along with Edwart then visit the king whom they thank for allowing them to use the treasury again. The king in turn thanks them for slaying Zardias and rewards them with the sword that was from the treasury and another treasure from the treasury. While inspecting the treasury, Iris happens to find an arrow made of adamantine and Matty asks the guard there if it came with a bow made of the same material. The guard claims that it was so badly rusted that it was sold to a company called Isis. The group then visit the place and learn that the bow was melted down and mixed with various other metals. Despite the situation, Matty decides to buy the metal along with the other metals as a way to abstract rare metals in the blocks. Matty also purchases two gems for Iris and Lurie.

Outside of the company, Edwart warns the group of an emergency situation. They all then are briefed about the situation by Guile about a wooden puppet that was retrieved which originated from the neighboring country of Syhill. From Matty's deduction, it was powered by human energy and is most likely was created by demons. With the belief that Syhill is under demon control, Guile asks that Matty travel to Syrill and deal with the Demon problem. That night, Matty gifts Lurie a pendant that he created for her and she loves it.

The following day, Matty and the group are seen off by Edwart and Guile before they head to Syhill. On route to their destination, Matty briefly reflects on what Zardias told him about the other Chaos demons out there. However, he's not discouraged by what's ahead and hopes to continue the adventure.

Characters in Order of Appearance
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Matthias Hildesheimer
 * Alma Lepucius
 * Lurie Abendroth
 * Iris
 * Zardias
 * Deshril
 * Ashril
 * Edwart
 * Guile