Slayers Evolution-R

Though twilight may come,

and darkness may attempt to swallow all that is,

oh starlight

that shines forever in my heart,

flare up now like the morning sun!

Even if the place

where you direct your unwavering gaze

is swirling with an incredible rage

A person can rise up,

again and again,

using the life given to them

to the fullest.

The flame dancing in the palm of my hand,

is a power that everyone

holds deep inside their heart.

Rather than fretting about the dilemmas of the distant future,

if I crash through the reality in front of me,

little by little,

it'll all turn into plain sand.

I don't care what it looks like.

I'll take it head on!

*SUBBED BY: Anon*

After meeting the mysterious little animal Pokota,

a series of enigmatic events ended up entangling me, Lina Inverse,

along with my self-proclaimed bodyguard Gourry!

And even though they said it was all to save

the uncanny country, Taforashia,

why'd they have to frame me?

And moreover, they said the crime was "being Lina Inverse!?"

Not only that, but a weird assassin and some noblewoman keep on attacking us,

and on top of that, the legendary beast, Zanaffar, was raised once again!

Really, this is too much!

However!

Against Lina Inverse,

even things like legendary beasts are just a moment's work!

...or so I thought.

But there are still lots of riddles to solve.

Who knows what'll happen now?

Newcomer? A brand new journey!

So that's like this...

Miss Lina!

These are all the texts we have pertaining to magical items.

Ah, really? Thanks.

Hey, Amelia! Just what do you think you're doing!?

I'm sorry...

Honestly.

So, did you find anything?

No, not really...

But I didn't really expect the clues to the jar Ozel mentioned

to be found so easily.

Tell me about it.

I would most appreciate it

if you were to find the jar which holds Rezo the Red Priest's soul,

and destroy it.

A jar in which the Red Priest Rezo's soul slumbers, huh...

Rezo, the Red Priest.

A blind sorcerer known as the legendary sage.

With his enormous reserves of magic and incredible knowledge,

he saved countless people.

And he's also,

the man who cast a magical sleep over the people of the plagued country Taforashia, and sealed them away,

my savior!

However,

in reality, he concentrated only on repairing his own eyes,

and after setting free the Demon King

in exchange for regaining his lost sight,

finally met his end.

The jar holding Rezo's soul

is somewhere in this world.

Right.

That's why I have to find that jar,

in order to break the seal on my homeland, Taforashia.

I see.

Well, it'd be nice if it ended simply like that, but...

What do you mean?

There are still lots of mysteries.

Why did Ozel ask us to destroy the jar holding Rezo?

And what is Ozel, in the first place?

What's her relation to Rezo?

And one more thing.

Xelloss is involved in this, too.

At first I thought it was because of Zanaffar,

but it turned out he wasn't in this because of that.

Do you mean that guy who goes, "That's a secret?"

He's not someone who'd move on a whim.

Since he's made his move, that means there's bound to be some sort of reason.

Something big enough that he ignored Zanaffar.

So you mean, uh...

It's something even more troublesome than Zanaffar?

Well, probably, yeah.

Excuse me.

I've brought you your meal.

How do you feel?

But anyway, a jar...

Even in the great library of Saillune,

we couldn't find anything that resembled a clue...

I don't even know where to begin searching.

The only thing that comes to mind about jars is...

Break free from the shackles of your flesh,

and transfer your soul to this false container.

Like that.

All I can think of is the jar that he used when he made us like this...

Hey, what's up with everyone?

You blockhead!

Why'd you do that!?

Why d'you think!?

That's it! That's the jar we're searching for!

You... honestly.

Maybe it's true what they say about the Sword of Light draining the brains of its wielder.

Well, I can't really say that's not-

That's not a good thing!

We haven't even seen a single person for quite a while.

It's to be expected,

since this earldom was hit particularly hard by Zanaffar.

So, to continue that conversation we were having a while ago,

one jar can move one human's soul, right?

Right. Rezo called the jar, "Hellmaster's jar."

Hellmaster... Do you mean Hellmaster Phibrizzo?

A fitting name for a jar that can hold and transfer human souls.

That means, Rezo made it so that his soul would move

into that jar in case something happened to him?

I see. So that's how it is.

But where do they sell these jars?

They don't!

First, we'll just have to return to Gioconda's castle,

and dig up everything that looks like it might be related to the jar, one by one.

Why do I have to do it?

Shut up and dig! Move it!

I'm really not cut out for this kind of menial labor...

Is the jar really here, anyway?

I told you.

We have no choice but to search every likely place, one by one.

We can't go back to Pokota's homeland Taforashia because of the seal,

so first let's look around here.

This is the place.

Right.

Visfarank!

We found it!

This place is...?

It's bound to be connected to an underground lab.

There's no doubt about it.

Duclis was here.

Like we expected, he was doing some pretty high level research.

Yeah, since he was using resources he stole from Taforashia.

So there's a chance he took the Hellmaster's jar with him when he left.

These are...

Was he trying to make a complex chimera to use as a reagent?

In that case...

Hey, hey.

Not that we don't know how you feel, Zel,

but for now we should focus on finding the Hellmaster's jar, don't you think?

Yes. I understand.

Gourry!

Right!

Bingo.

I didn't think there'd be another path leading deeper inside.

Were they trying to hide something?

Trying to seal something, perhaps.

Shh. I can hear something.

A song?

Well, what do you think it'll be? Some kind of monster?

A singing monster?

This way!

But it's a very lovely song.

A pretty rose has sharp thorns!

Like me.

Hey, what're you all acting like that for?

Miss Lina! There!

The song seems to be coming from over there.

Here we go.

Right!

These are all...

Suits of armor.

Why would they be in a place like this?

Is this some kind of armory?

Shh!

This suit of armor...

There you are, monster!

A quick Bram Gash!

Hey, Lina...

Sorry.

This might have been a clue to the Hellmaster's jar.

What were you thinking all of a sudden?

We, well, you see, my body suddenly moved as if by reflex...

Reflex?

This thing is empty.

Huh? But didn't the singing clearly come from this suit of armor?

It did, for sure.

But look.

What's going on?

That's strange. I was sure it felt like...

The... the armor!

It's floating!

Look here. What do you think you were doing, attacking so suddenly like that?

It, it spoke!

Wha, what's going on?