Skeleton Knight in Another World (骸骨騎士様、只今異世界へお出掛け中)

Good evening. It's me, Arc.

And what we found upon our search of the mysterious facility was...

Is that me?!

Stay back, everyone!

Bring War Wind!

Bring War Wind

Not bad at all!

Keep it up, Arc!

And now for the stragglers...

Rock Fang!

Rock Fang

Rock Fang

What?!

Hang on, Arc!

Uh, Arc?

If you use earth magic down here...

I must say, at that size...

"The ultimate colossus! Mega Golem!"

...Is the impression it gives!

Mega Golem

How thrilling!

Intruders?

Who are they?

They appear to be elvish warriors.

There is no need for concern, however.

If anything, this may be to our benefit.

What just happened?

Lady Ariane? Are you alright?

Chiyome?!

I see. Then that was Lord Arc...

You really saved me. Thanks.

But what are you doing here?

The Jinshin clan had gotten word of the Leeza Sanctuary,

and found it to be suspicious.

I was dispatched to investigate,

and upon infiltration, sensed the taint of death,

which led me to your voices.

Then beastmen can sense the taint of death, too?

Yes. We can't see it visually, the way that elves can, though.

Ponta, can you tell where Arc and my sister are?

Well, we probably don't have to worry about those two.

Let's get going.

Right.

Earth magic effects the terrain,

so it's a bad idea to use it in caves or confined spaces. Didn't you know that?

Come to think of it, I feel as though Lady Ariane had warned me about it once...

I am rather ashamed.

I have to wonder what undead are doing, down here.

This calls for an investigation.

Do you suppose Lady Ariane and Ponta are all right?

You don't have to worry about Arin.

I was the one who trained her, after all.

That is a great deal of trust.

I was looking forward to seeing how much she had improved, though.

It looked like you had seen through her every strike.

Well, she's so serious. So she tends to stick to the fundamentals...

It makes me wonder if she can really make it.

Is that why you requested her presence on this mission?

No. I just wanted to make sure a troublesome pest

hadn't attached himself to her.

After we went our separate ways,

I returned to my village to gather information.

Did you find anything?

That man, Udolan, was controlling monsters.

And there have been other individuals using similar powers to

kidnap elves, beastmen, and humans.

Those who are taken are apparently

being gathered in a particular location at Rhoden,

instead of being shipped beyond our borders.

And this is it?

Yes. Yakof, who created the Leeza Sanctuary,

was formerly an international merchant.

That much I knew. But what country did he come from originally?

There was no information on that, no matter how much I looked.

There simply aren't any clues.

What did Lord Fangas have to say?

It appears the rescue and release of elves isn't proceeding very well.

Those who were freed from nobles and merchants

seem to end up being kidnapped again by some other party in short order.

I see.

I'm not sure if it's related,

but there's something else that's caught my attention.

Have you heard of the Hilk Order?

Yes. They've been quietly gaining followers in our Kingdom of Rhoden lately.

Praying to the gods, wishing for peace...

their dogma seems common enough at first,

but they apparently advocate for the persecution

of elves and beastmen for being inferior to humans.

What is it, Lady Eevin?

This is...

It's massive...

But what is it?

Looks to be a rune stone mine.

Rune stones?

You've never heard of them? How have you survived this long?

Well, uh, you know...

Light this on fire.

Egads.

They're used as fuel.

And from what I can see, this is more than enough to fatten a kingdom's purse.

You there! No breaks!

Work, damn you!

Of all the cruelty.

That's...

This is where they went?

Do you know them?

They're two of the elves who went missing.

What?!

Look out! It's caving in!

No!

Bart! Bart?!

Speak to me, Bart!

You're in the way! Move!

Well, he's a goner.

And this one was relatively fresh, too. What a waste.

Hey! Take him to the lab.

No! Let me go!

Bart?! Bart!

Bart, please! Let me go to him!

Let me go!

Bart! Bart! No! Bart!

This is inexcusable.

We'd better do something fast.

They mentioned a laboratory.

Let's see where it is.

This is the laboratory?

It looks more like a morgue.

Ponta!

Arc! Eevin!

Arin!

Oh, Lady Chiyome! You've returned.

Yes. I'm pleased to see you're doing well, Sir Arc.

Who's this?

Chiyome, a member of the Jinshin clan.

This is my sister, Eevin.

I'm Chiyome. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

Likewise. Good to meet you!

Even if Arin won't call me "Big Sis"!

Right, right...

So, what is this place?

An area for storing corpses?

We're not sure.

They called it a laboratory.

A laboratory?

He's still alive!

Over here, too.

This one as well.

It looks like there are others who are still alive.

Very well...

Overheal!

Overheal

Thank goodness.

Unbelievable...

Anything is possible when Sir Arc is involved.

Thank you!

We're saved!

Did you come to help us?

Just who are you?

We're warriors from Maple. Just what happened here?

It seems Yakof has tricked us.

What's the matter, Ponta?

There are others who survived?

No! They're undead!

This is Yakof's doing!

He's working everyone he can get his hands on to death in the mines,

and once they die, he starts experimenting on them as undead!

You mean he was actually able to manufacture undead?

Then the ones that attacked us before...

Exactly!

Yakof!

Welcome, elven warriors.

Episode 5:

Terror! Shadows of Undeath Lurking Down Below