ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! (「お前ごときが魔王に勝てると思うな」と勇者パーティを追放されたので、王都で気ままに暮らしたい)

This ain't how I expected my life to go.

Sorry about that.

It's too dark to see nothin' in here.

We need to find a way out.

Right you are.

LIGHT DARKNESS

DARKNESS AND LIGHT

Another dark room.

And it looks completely deserted.

Sara.

There's a passage this way.

Comin'.

This room's a lot bigger.

Miss...

There's a magical lamp here.

You're right.

This type is activated by mana.

I couldn't use it before.

It's lit.

This place is kinda crazy.

Is this...

some kind of research facility?

That looks familiar...

What's the matter?

N-No! Don't look!

O-Okies.

Anyway, miss, look at this.

What is that?

I found it by the entrance.

It's dirty, but it doesn't look that old.

What's it say?

"Two days have passed since it went out of control.

Were the links not robust enough?

They did seem quite weak.

To hell with divine revelation.

To hell with the good of the nation.

I am me.

Nobody but myself.

Will I pass on? No, I won't.

I want to connect.

I want to be linked.

That's the only way I'll attain wisdom.

True wisdom—true peace—

requires judgment, maybe even total control."

Huh?

On that dirty sheet of paper,

written in spiraling letters...

were the words "Flum Apricot."

It's your name again.

PAY F0R Y0UR SINS FLUM APRIC0T

How?

Why?

Why is my name here?

...lp.

Help...

What's up, Sara?

Didya hear somethin' just now?

Help...

Yeah, hear that?

Help...

There's somebody else here?

Let's go help.

Yeah.

Help...

Help...

I think she's this way.

Help...

This way.

Help...

I hear it coming from here.

Let's go inside.

Help...

Help...

Help...

Help...

Miss Flum!

There you are! Are you okay?

Let's get out of here together.

Come on.

Found you.

The woman had no face.

In its place was a spiral vortex.

No!

Stop that! Let me go!

What the heck?

It ain't budgin'!

Sara, cast a healing spell on my arm!

But if I do that...

Hurry!

Gotcha.

Recover!

Are you okay?

Thanks to you making it quick,

the pain's gone already.

That's good...

But not that!

You're not catching us that easy!

Did we lose it?

Dunno...

I don't think we can just run away.

But I'm not strong enough to take that ogre down.

We'll have to up your attack stat somehow.

Sara, we're heading back to that lab.

What are you thinkin' of?

Just come this way.

Let's go, Sara.

Go where?

Not this again!

What's this stench?

A-Are these all corpses?

Sorry. I didn't want you to see this.

Come this way.

What're you lookin' for?

Cursed gear.

With so many corpses here, I might find something.

Ah, you want it for Reversal, right?

Yeah.

I'll help!

You don't have to.

I can't ask a nun to rob corpses.

Nah, I'll do anything it takes to survive.

We'll survive, find that kialahri, and save Mr. Leitch's wife.

You've got Miss Milkit waiting for you, too!

Yeah, you're right.

It was then, as their fates faded into darkness,

that a ray of hope manifested itself.

It came after us?

That thing just doesn't give up.

Duck!

Miss!

You did it!

You found somethin', didn't ya?

GOD HATER LEATHER BOOTS EPIC THIS EQUIPMENT LOWERS YOUR TOTAL STATS BY 2,203. THIS EQUIPMENT FREEZES YOUR BODY.

Don't celebrate just yet, Sara.

How is that possible? You lopped its head off.

So why?

Why won't it go down?

A vortex!

Just getting close to it breaks things.

How am I supposed to fight that?

Flum.

When you're up against an enemy several times stronger than yourself,

this method will help you unleash a power that surpasses your limits.

Cavalier Arts...

Huh? What's that?

If this works, I might be able to kill it.

You have a plan?

Yeah. It's just...

I'll need some time.

Let me buy you some time.

I ain't all that good at defensive magic, but I'll do my best.

Sorry to ask this of you, Sara.

Divine Protection!

Gadhio... Gadhio?

Gadhio!

What are you doing so early?

Oh, a light workout of sorts.

I need to practice this daily, or it won't come in handy when it counts.

Cavalier Arts.

It's a technique that converts your stamina to a power called prana

and uses that to boost your physical capabilities.

Now that my stats are higher, I might be able to pull it off.