1. It's been
quite a while, Flamme.
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2. Bargland, earth control.
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3. I find the young
to be far too hot-blooded.
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4. That so-called privilege
is nonsense.
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5. Really?
What makes you say that?
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6. You of all people
shouldn't have to ask.
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7. The pursuit of magic stirs
a far greater joy
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8. than any good fortune
a spell could possibly bring.
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9. Plain and simple.
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10. I see.
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11. It feels
as if the march of time
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12. has become a sprint.
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13. The apprentice
I brought up on a whim
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14. has already found
an apprentice of her own.
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15. Meet Frieren.
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16. An elf, huh?
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17. Must be strong. I like her.
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18. If there is any spell
you so desire,
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19. just name it and it is yours.
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20. Any spell I desire?
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21. Few grimoires have been written
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22. that haven't passed
through my hands.
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23. As such, their knowledge
is now mine.
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24. Work that would take
a lifetime,
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25. any spell you want,
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26. is yours for the taking
if you so crave.
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27. Tell me what you want,
and I shall grant it to you.
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28. No, thanks.
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29. The pursuit of magic brings
far greater joy
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30. than any spell ever could.
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31. Well, Flamme.
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32. My initial appraisal was wrong.
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33. There is no fire within her.
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34. No blazing ambition.
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35. Master, she will someday
defeat the Demon King.
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36. If it's peace that
we're truly after,
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37. we'll need a mage like her
to clear the way.
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38. Are you saying a mage
like me can't?
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39. I'm saying the Demon King
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40. will never be the trophy
of one who seeks battle.
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41. We exist in chaos and fear.
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42. Think about it, Master.
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43. Can you even
begin to imagine
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44. yourself living
in a world of peace?
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45. Frieren is a mage who belongs
to a peaceful era.
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46. Good answer.
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47. Yours is the mindset
all mages should have.
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48. Damn it.
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49. No matter what I throw at him,
he won't freeze.
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50. The difference between
our mana is too great.
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51. Nephtear.
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52. You'll have to try harder.
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53. - Kanne!
- I'm already on it!
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54. You ladies put on quite
the show earlier.
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55. I was right in thinking you
gave away most of your tricks.
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56. One mage with relatively
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57. non-lethal ice magic.
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58. And one mage
who can't fight without water.
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59. You're much more of
an annoyance than a threat.
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60. "Babysitting"
was the appropriate term.
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61. You'll change
your tune soon enough.
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62. If you keep casting
such flashy spells,
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63. you'll be out of mana
in minutes at most.
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64. You graduated
from a magic academy, yes?
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65. Are the geezers who run
the place
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66. still teaching their students
to fight
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67. overly defensive battles
of attrition?
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68. What are you talking about?
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69. You both could use a lesson
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70. in the history of magic
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71. The defensive spell
we use today
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72. was created to combat Zoltraak,
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73. and while it is excellent at
defending against magic itself,
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74. its effectiveness
against physical objects
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75. has hardly increased
since its conception.
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76. Naturally, there's a clear
reason why that is the case.
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77. The barrier created
is enough to defend
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78. against the physical attacks
of monsters and warriors.
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79. Defensive magic
will never succeed
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80. if it's over-engineered.
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81. If we seek perfection,
technique grows too complex.
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82. This has a fatal
effect on activation time.
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83. The history of magic is rooted
in attack and defense.
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84. This explains the trend
for modern attack spells
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85. to involve controlling matter
over magic.
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86. Do you understand
what I'm getting at?
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87. Move, Kanne!
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88. My strategy
is to overwhelm opponents
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89. with high-volume
physical attacks.
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90. Now, be smart and stay down.
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91. Huh?
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92. Have I not earned a break?
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93. I'm not here to hurt you girls,
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94. but that can change if you keep
acting like you want to die.
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95. Should you really be
approaching us so carelessly?
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96. 60% of the human body
is made up of water, after all.
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97. And what good does that do you?
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98. Magic
is the realm of imagination.
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99. Can you picture how that
water is distributed
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100. throughout a person's body?
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101. Can you imagine how you would
draw it out and manipulate it?
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102. How you would drive through
the mana that protects me?
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103. A mana greater than yours?
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104. Spells can only achieve
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105. what you can see
in your mind's eye.
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106. And besides,
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107. even if there was water
within reach,
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108. a child like you
is not a threat to me.
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109. Old men like you
take the fun out of everything,
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110. bluffing included.
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111. But I have figured out
one thing about you.
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112. You do think she's a threat.
You're lying.
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113. If you love fighting as much
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114. as your lecture indicates,
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115. you wouldn't have weakened
one of your opponents
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116. by taking her away from water.
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117. You're afraid of something.
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118. What do I have to fear?
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119. The only thing
I need to worry about
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120. is putting you kids to sleep.
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121. As long as Denken
doesn't lose, that is.
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122. At this rate,
our battle will end
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123. when she exhausts my mana.
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124. This is a bit tough
on my old bones.
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125. It's been an honor, Frieren,
but I need to settle this.
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126. Quickly.
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127. Waldgose.
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128. Daosdorg.
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129. Very subtle.
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130. What is that curmudgeon up to?
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131. It seems that old man
is not one to hold back.
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132. Think the barrier
will survive this?
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133. Yes, of course.
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134. The great mage
Serie's construction
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135. is not a thing that needs
to be questioned.
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136. It cannot be destroyed
by brute force.
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137. I see. Well, that's good.
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138. By the way, since last night,
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139. someone has been analyzing
the barrier.
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140. Why would they do that?
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141. I don't know.
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142. In any case,
they're wasting their time.
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143. Do you think there's a mage
in this world
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144. more powerful than Serie?
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145. Huh?
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146. Catastravia.
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147. A counterattack? Impossible.
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148. My arrows of light
were launched
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149. in a continuous barrage.
There was no opening!
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150. I'm out of mana.
So, this is the end.
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151. I don't believe it.
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152. She was able to best me
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153. using only the most basic
of combat spells.
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154. This felt no different from
a training match
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155. between a master
and their apprentice.
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156. I'm surprised.
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157. No matter how far I've come,
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158. there is still someone
above me.
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159. Tell me where your teammate
Laufen is.
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160. And don't pretend
you don't know.
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161. I'm going to take back
our Stille.
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162. If you were in my position,
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163. how do you suppose
you would answer that demand?
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164. Good point.
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165. Laufen?
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166. You've been hiding nearby,
haven't you?
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167. I need you
to bring me the Stille.
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168. If you don't,
I will kill Denken.
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169. Do not listen to her, Laufen.
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170. She doesn't intend to kill me.
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171. You can tell that much.
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172. She's a much
better mage than I am.
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173. Even better than Richter.
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174. If she can beat the old man,
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175. she could pummel the both of us
in an instant.
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176. But she's letting
her guard down.
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177. She's not maintaining
contact with him.
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178. Whatever you do,
don't use Jilwer.
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179. If you move,
our failure is sealed.
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180. Release any mana at all,
and she will detect you.
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181. From this distance,
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182. I can retrieve him quickly
and flee!
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183. Stay where you are.
It's a trap.
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184. You leave me no choice.
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185. Please know this doesn't
bring me any joy.
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186. There you are.
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187. You fool.
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188. You knew she wouldn't kill me.
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189. If you had any experience,
you would have trusted in that.
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190. She may not have killed you,
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191. but she was obviously going to
hurt you if I didn't come out.
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192. And when we won,
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193. the pain would
soon be forgotten.
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194. I don't get it.
Why is someone like you
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195. so desperate to be
a first-class mage, anyway?
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196. You're wealthy and powerful.
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197. What could this bring you
that you don't already have?
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198. My homeland
is located out in the depths
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199. of the Northern Plateau.
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200. With the increase in
demon activity,
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201. only first-class mages
can enter the area now.
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202. I want to visit a grave
I haven't been to in a while.
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203. Plain and simple.
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204. Don't you think you should go
help your party members?
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205. There's a decent chance
you may already be too late.
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206. Richter will surely dispose
of those children
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207. before he comes down
to challenge you.
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208. He's capable of a harsh
pragmatism
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209. that many of us are not.
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210. My party will be just fine.
In fact, they will win.
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211. Huh?
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212. I just finished
analyzing the barrier.
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213. Hmm...
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214. I wasn't expecting
Denken to lose.
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215. Sorry, ladies.
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216. I suddenly have more
important things to do
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218. With his boss down,
he's actually
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220. I don't think
we'll last a full minute.
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221. You're done
"analyzing the barrier?"
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222. What does that even mean?
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223. Wait, Frieren.
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224. Don't tell me
you're planning to...
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225. Genau.
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226. It will never fracture.
That much I'm sure of.
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227. Not even if the world
were turned upside down.
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228. Then "never" is here.
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229. Sense?
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230. I need you to tell me
just who that elf is.
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231. According to the list
of test-takers,
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232. her name is Frieren.
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233. That's the name of the mage
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234. who traveled with the party
of Heroes.
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235. Not only that,
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236. but she was carrying
a holy emblem with her.
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237. The last
great mage is before us.
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238. Now you've done it, Frieren.
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239. It's been a thousand years,
and this is how you say hello?
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240. You've reminded me
why I will never retire.
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241. For in the world of magic,
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242. creation itself can be
turned upside down.
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243. I didn't take you for the type
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244. to break the games
you cannot win.
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245. Why'd you destroy the barrier?
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246. Largely because
I felt sorry for Kanne.
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247. Everyone should have access
to their magic.
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248. She's the young mage
who manipulates water, yes?
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249. Magic's the realm
of imagination.
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250. Can you picture a world
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251. in which you'd win a fight
against a mage
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252. who can control the rain?
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253. I know that I, for one,
surely cannot.
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254. And I doubt your
friend Richter can, either.
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255. The barrier's down.
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256. What happened?
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257. It's raining.
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258. No. This is not the
time to assess the situation.
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259. I must finish them off imme—
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260. After all that talk,
you gave us an opening.
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261. Your panic
is disrupting your mana.
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262. You've only
bought yourselves time!
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263. Now it makes sense.
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264. I understand the reason
you were too scared
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265. to fight us by the water.
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266. This is the perfect example
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267. of the high-volume
physical attacks
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268. you mentioned being hard
to defend against.
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269. Lawine, don't let him escape.
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270. Reamstroha!
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271. You realize there's
nowhere for me to escape to.
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272. This is exactly
why I hate the water.
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273. You claimed the victory, then.
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274. Let's move before we rejoice.
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275. We have two hours until sunset.
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276. Conceal your mana until then.
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277. Yeah, I don't have
any mana left to conceal.
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278. I see. Great work, you two.
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279. Don't pat me.
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280. Sorry.
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281. It was inevitable.
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282. Denken and I are
both completely out of mana.
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283. There are only two hours left,
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284. which means we're as good
as finished.
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285. Hmm.
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286. Laufen.
Can you dispel the binding?
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287. You have to be kidding.
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288. There's enough mana here
to hold back a dragon.
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289. Let's get creative, then.
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290. Fell the tree.
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291. Denken.
There's nothing we can do.
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292. I'm running so low on mana
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293. that it's safe to say using
Jilwer is out of the question.
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294. Come, now. Both of you.
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295. What do you suppose
an imperial mage would do
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296. in a situation like this?
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297. No matter how ugly it may be,
we fight until the end.
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298. Let's see if we can pick up
on the trails of other parties
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299. and track them down.
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300. So, Fern, are you aware
of how deeply boring you are?
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301. I've only ever seen you cast
the most basic of spells.
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302. You should take your complaints
to Mistress Frieren.
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303. It's so strange to me
that mysterious elf lady
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304. is your master.
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305. Speaking of, it's her fault
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306. we're soaking wet right now.
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307. Make sure that you give her
an earful.
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308. Trust me, I intend to.
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309. And I have cast
interesting spells.
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310. She only limits my combat.
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311. Oh, yeah, that bird-catching
spell you used
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312. is actually impressive.
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313. What other exciting stuff
are you sitting on?
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314. Well, um...
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315. I have a spell that allows you
to see through clothes.
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316. I am not going to cast it.
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317. Wise decision.
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318. While I hate to interrupt
pleasant conversation,
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319. perhaps we shouldn't reveal
too many
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320. of our tricks just yet.
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321. From the second test onward,
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322. we'll be competing
against one another.
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323. Mm. You make a good point.
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324. I'm sorry.
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325. Teamwork's
not your strong suit,
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326. but you could've opened up
to us a little bit, four-eyes.
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327. There they are.
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328. That must be the party
that fled.
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329. The corpse of their third
member is just up the road.
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330. Even though there's no way
for them to pass the exam,
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331. they're holding tight
to their Stille all the same.
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332. Well, should we try to
negotiate with them, then?
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333. They wouldn't cooperate.
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334. If I were in their position,
nothing would sway me.
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335. I'd refuse even money.
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336. Why's that?
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337. Because
it wouldn't sit right with me.
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338. Those men are past
the point of logic.
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339. Mm.
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340. You will wait here, Laufen.
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341. If you see an opportunity,
take their Stille.
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342. Richter, you come with me.
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343. But what is our plan?
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344. Huh?
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345. Approaching them
head-on won't work.
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346. Both of us are fully depleted
of mana.
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347. Use your head for a moment.
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348. They are clearly
in the same boat.
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349. Prepare yourself.
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350. We're all men here,
are we not?
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351. Come on. You're joking.
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352. We will
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353. It is time.
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354. Now that the sun has set,
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355. the first test
is officially over.
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356. Six parties
and eighteen individuals remain
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357. and will move
to the next trial.
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358. The second test will take place
in three days.
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359. You will be informed
of the details later.
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360. That is all. You're dismissed.
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361. It's only been two days
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362. since they headed off
for the exam.
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363. I can stay up as late
as I want,
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364. and Fern isn't around
to get mad at me.
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365. I'm so happy that
it's almost frightening.
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366. Bless you, buddy.
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367. Sounds like
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