Shikkakumon Anime Episode 03

"The Strongest Sage Meets a Dragon." is the 3rd episode of the "Shikkakumon no Saikyokenja" Anime adaptation.

''When two demons attack the city, Matthias outsources one to the girls while he fights the other in a weakened state. Can his sage's knowledge get them through the battle?!''

Summary
Matty, Lurie, and Alma visit the local adventurers guild to turn in the goods they found during their time in the dungeon. The receptionist there mistakes Matty as the porter of the party, to which, he claims that he's carrying his own material and summons the severed head of the Arc Serpent from his inventory. Outside, the receptionist appraises the Arc Serpent head and then the magistone that came from the body of the boss monster. Although believed to be equivalent to a national treasure, Matty claims it's not big enough to power the barrier to protect the kingdom. Despite the receptionist claiming the guild doesn't have funds to buy what Matty's party provided, in the end, they still earn 750 gold.

While walking back to the academy, it's decided that the money will be split 3-ways, and after that was settled, Matty notices the presence of two powerful Demons. After a brief moment, both Lurie and Alma sense it too. Up in the sky, Demons Ashril and Deshril plan on launching an attack on the Royal Academy. Back to Matty's group, Matty gauges their power and warns that one of them is stronger than Devilis. The group then separates into two groups, where Matty plans to face off against Ashril and both Lurie and Alma will face off against Deshril. Wasting no time, Matty confronts the two demons and goes on the offensive. He manages to take control of the fire spell cast at him by Ashril with one of his magic control spheres and propels the spell back at Ashril. Furious that Matty attacked his master, Deshril tries to attack Matty, but is instead struck by a couple of arrows shot by Lurie. The arrows have a waning power effect on Deshril and he's then tasked by Ashril to deal with the girls while he deals with Matty.

Alone with Matty, Ashril starts to cast a large spell that's great enough to destroy his control spheres, but Matty casts a small fireball at the spell's weak point to destroy it outright. As Matty gets the upper hand in the battle, Ashril tries to escape, but is stopped by the elusive Control Spheres that Matty scattered across the battleground. When Matty tries to attack Ashril again, he reveals the concealed spell casting circle that he was cast protects him. The two continue skirmishing until Ashril decides to stop it then and he's then encapsulated in what's called an Occlusion Orb. It manages to floor Ashril to the ground and when he tries to cast a sacrificial spell to summon monsters, Matty cancels it out as well. Focusing on the girls fight against Deshril, their guerrilla tactics against him work greatly and in the end, Matty steps in to help finish things off against the Demon. Although the demons were dealt with, the battle against them drew attention from onlookers around the city, hence Matty takes the girls in his grasp and uses a levitation spell to flee the scene.

The following day, Matty, Edwart, Lurie, and Alma are granted an audience with the king who offers Matty another reward for his group's recent accomplishment. After carefully contemplating it over, Matty requests more dungeons and the King honors his request. Turning his attention to the girls, the King asks what they'd like, and both Lurie and Alma decide on money for their reward. Once that was settled with, Matty calls out the Demon spy surreptitious watching their conversation. Because the demon refuses to reveal itself, Matty disrupts the magical visual feed cast to watch their conversation making him scream in pain. The King recognizes the voice as Elhart former captain of the magic order. Astonished by this, Matty explains to the King how Elhart was able to accomplish this feat. Gauging the coordinates of the location where the spell was cast, Matty asks the king what location it would be. The King answers that it's a ruined village. Although the distance from the castle to the village is a great one, Matty has a backup plan that'll help them reach their destination in no time.

Matty and the party then head to a dark and desolate location while Edwart and the academy students prepare 1.5 tons of mithril in his absence in preparation for the barrier. Within the desolate location, the group finds a giant black dragon and Matty talks with it revealing it to be an old acquaintance of his from his previous life named Iris. After Matty repairs Iris' tattered wings as much as he so can, Iris allows the party to ride on her back and rides at a slow enough speed so that they don't die in the process.

Characters in Order of Appearance
Characters in italics debuted here.


 * Matthias Hildesheimer
 * Lurie Abendroth
 * Alma Lepucius
 * Iris
 * Edwart
 * Elhart (Silhouette)
 * Ashril
 * Deshril