Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (葬送のフリーレン)

Shall we go, then?

Beyond Journey's End

It's unusually warm today.

Yeah, but...

we sure could use some cold, hard cash.

We'll have to look for work in the next town.

You're already thinking about that, Fern?

It's important.

Mr. Stark,

unless we think two steps ahead, our journey will come to a premature end.

I suppose that's true.

Work, huh?

I hope we can find something suitable.

Huh?

This feels familiar.

Thank you for the ride.

Don't mention it. It was most reassuring to have a first-class mage along.

Anyway, you're headed to Ende?

To those of us who never travel far from home,

that sounds like an unimaginably long journey.

Maybe it is.

Beyond Journey's End

29 years after the death of Himmel the Hero, in the Saum Marshes, located in the northern lands

I caught a fish.

I'll add it to our breakfast.

I'll catch a big one next time.

That's odd. It should be around here.

Frieren's not usually up this early.

Apparently she woke up because she was curious about something.

Huh.

Did you praise her?

Of course.

Found it.

Now this is a big one.

That's a pretty stone. What is it?

Here.

Huh?

I can't conjure fire.

It's called a magic-nullifying crystal.

It's a mineral that neutralizes magical effects.

A crystal of this purity has an effective radius of three meters.

Stark, try stepping away a bit.

Huh? Okay.

There it goes.

They're extremely rare.

Even a pebble-sized crystal is worth several gold pieces.

You could buy a mansion with one this large.

Wow.

But if it stops us from using magic, we can't bring it with us.

It'd endanger us on our journey.

That's the problem.

Get rid of that stone right away.

If a monster attacked us right now, we'd be wiped out.

Before that, I want to show you an unusual property of this stone.

It's really interesting.

When you imbue these stones with lots of mana...

they glow really brightly.

It's blinding.

Please just throw it away already.

It's still glowing.

We'll probably reach the next village today.

By the way, are we near the Northern Plateau?

That's still a ways away.

It's beyond a vast forest and volcanic area.

A volcanic area, huh? Sounds dangerous.

It really isn't.

There hasn't been an eruption in centuries.

These days, it's a relatively safe hot spring region.

Hot springs?

A warm bath sounds pretty appealing.

It sure has been a while.

Huh? Hold on.

The ground here...

I knew it. It's an underground cave.

I hate how unstable the ground is in marshland.

Huh? Ms. Frieren...

Oh...

We might be in trouble.

Huh? What?!

No wonder we found that magic-nullifying crystal on the surface.

I've never seen a deposit this large before.

Please get off.

Almost the entire cave is filled with magic-nullifying crystals.

If we brought it all back with us, we'd be billionaires.

I doubt that's possible.

Huh?

Magic-nullifying crystal is one of the hardest materials in existence.

And unlike other materials, it can't be cut or processed using magic.

Some things are simply out of humanity's reach.

In any case, we're not climbing our way out of here.

Let's look for another exit.

What is it?

We're counting on you, Stark.

Since we can't use magic, we're just ordinary girls in here.

Girls?

I haven't forgotten that you called me an old hag, Stark.

Sorry about that.

You still haven't let that go?

I never thought we'd end up camping in a place like this.

This cave complex is unbelievably vast.

We found lots of animal bones, too.

Ms. Frieren said this might be the den of a large monster.

I'm amazed she can sleep so soundly.

She sure is carefree.

Ms. Frieren still seems to be having fun, even here.

But it scares me too much.

I can't even detect mana.

I've never experienced anything like this.

It's like I've been plunged into total darkness.

Fern...

A monster!

Frieren, wake up! Run—

It's a venomous apex dragon.

Venomous?

It's a bad matchup for you.

You'll die from poison again.

I didn't die the first time!

But what are we supposed to do, then?

I can't believe you were sleeping so comfortably, either.

How can you be so—

I trust you with my life.

I have ever since I recruited you to be our front-liner.

Parties don't function otherwise.

I'm a man who flees during critical moments.

I'm desperate to run away right now.

Are you?

Shall we run away together, then?

Stark, Fern.

Close your eyes.

Himmel, how can you trust me with your life?

That's not something you should say so readily.

I abandoned my village and fled.

Is that right?