All right...
Create Water!
Well, that's about what I'd expect from elementary magic.
Now that I've learned a skill, maybe I'm a bit more of an adventurer.
Kazuma!
Look!
I repaired my armor with the reward I got for the cabbages,
and it's so shiny now! What do you think?
Looks like the sort of armor some newly-rich aristocrat's son would wear.
There are times when I'd like some genuine praise, too.
You never show any mercy, do you, Kazuma?
I don't have time to pay attention to you right now.
Do something about that pervert who's well on her way to surpassing you.
Irresistible. Irresistible!
The luster of this Manatite staff brimming with magical power...
What was that?!
Hey, you, what's the meaning of this?!
Just how many cabbages do you think I caught?!
W-Well...
What?
Most of what you caught is actually lettuce...
Why is there lettuce mixed in?!
Th-There's nothing I can do about it!
It is true that lettuce has a low redemption rate.
I went through a lot of trouble, so do something!
Is it? I wouldn't know.
Oh, she's coming this way. This isn't good.
Kazuma-san!
About how much was your reward from our last quest?
About a million.
Yes.
Thanks to the quest that was sprung on us out of the blue,
I suddenly obtained a small fortune.
KONOSUBA God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!
Episode 4
"Explosion Magic for This Formidable Enemy!"
A million...
Many of the cabbages I harvested
were apparently packed with lots of XP.
I guess high luck makes all the difference.
K-Kazuma-sama,
I've thought this for quite some time, but you're, um...
fairly cool, you know?
If nothing praiseworthy about me comes to mind, don't force it.
K-Kazuma-san!
I thought my reward for this quest would be pretty hefty,
so I used up all the money I had!
In fact, I expected to rake in a bunch of money,
so I have a bar tab of nearly 100,000 eris!
You know what's next.
What do I care?
You're the one who suggested we each keep our rewards for ourselves!
But that was because I thought only I'd make a killing off it!
You're real scum.
Please, lend me money!
Just enough to pay my tab is plenty!
Shut up, you useless goddess!
I'm going to use this money to escape life in the stables once and for all!
Well, you are a boy,
and I know you rustle around beside me at night sometimes,
so I'm sure you'd like a private room as soon as possible...
Got it! All right, I got it!
I'll lend you the money, so shut up!
KONOSUBA!
Kazuma, allies sure are great!
We're the greatest party ever!
Oh, thanks for your business.
Damn her...
The Next Day
Kazuma looks like a real adventurer now.
Wearing a tracksuit ruins that fantasy feel, doesn't it?
Fantasy feel?
It's elementary, but I did acquire a magic skill.
I was thinking of going for a sword mage style, with no shield.
Only the things you say sound mature...
Let's go on a kill quest right away, then.
One with lots of small-fry monsters!
I want to test out my new staff's magic power!
No, one with super strong monsters that hit with a heavy, pleasant blow!
No, let's do a profitable quest!
I paid my tab, so I don't have enough money for meals today!
They're not on the same page at all!
Okay, it's the giant toads' mating season,
and I hear they're infesting areas near the city...
No frogs!
Not the frogs!
Why?
Oh, these two have been traumatized by frogs.
They got eaten head-first and covered in slime.
Covered in slime?!
You're turned on right now, aren't you?
I am not.
KONOSUBA!
Huh? What's going on?
There are hardly any requests.
Kazuma! This is it! Let's do this one!
A kill quest for a giant beast called Black Fang!
No! No way!
What's this all about?
There are only high-difficulty quests left!
I am very sorry.
The truth is, one of the Devil King's top leaders moved in near town recently.
Huh?
All the weak monsters in the area have gone into hiding because of that,
so there's been a sharp decline in requests.
What?
Honestly... I don't care if he's a top leader or whatever.
If he's an undead, just watch me!
So this means that
until capable adventurers and knights are sent here from the imperial capital,
we won't be able to find any decent work?
Look, this is incredible! It's such fine work!
I wonder if the sale price will go up.
A thrilling adventure in a parallel world, huh?
Say, if you want to do magical training, can't you go on your own?
If I did that, who would carry me home?
After one shot, I can't move anymore.
Is she
going to make me tag along for this every day?
Hey, right here's fine, isn't it?
Just use your magic on whatever and let's go back.
I can't do that!
If I don't do it somewhere far from town, I'll be scolded by the guardsmen again.
You just said "again," didn't you?
Did they get mad and call you a nuisance because of the noise?
Guess we have no choice...
KONOSUBA!
Is that an abandoned castle?
It's so eerie.
I'll use that!
Surely nobody will complain if I obliterate that!
Uh, yeah...
Crimson-black blaze, king of myriad worlds,
though I promulgate the laws of nature,
I am the alias of destruction incarnate
in accordance with the principles of all creation.
Let the hammer of eternity descend unto me!
Explosion!
Burn to ashes within the crimson.
This is fantastic...
And that's how
my new daily routine with Megumin began.
It's cheap, dirt cheap! Fresh cabbage!
Left dead broke, Aqua worked hard at her part-time job every day.
How about some, ma'am? And you, too, mister!
Darkness said she was going to do weight training back at her family home for a while.
Megumin, who had nothing in particular to do,
commuted to that abandoned castle every day and kept unleashing explosion magic on it.
Explosion!
On cold, rainy evenings...
—plosion!
On calm, early afternoons, right after lunch...
—sion!
On invigorating, early morning walks...
Explosion-plosion! Explosion-plosion!
—on!
I'd give that one 60 points, I think.
It was lacking in volume.
Explosion!
No matter the occasion,
Explosion...
Megumin unleashed magic upon that abandoned castle every day.
Explosion!
I kept close, observing her magic,
and eventually came to understand the quality
of each day's explosion magic.
Explosion!
It feels pretty good today.
The explosion's shock waves practically reverberate through my flesh and bones,
and yet the delayed vibrations of the air seem to stroke my skin.
Nice explosion!
You've come to understand the path of explosions, Kazuma.
How about it?
Why not learn explosion magic for real?
It could be fun to acquire it in the future, if I can afford to.
That's a great attitude.
The future, huh?
I'm back!
Take a look at this!
We had some cooking leftover, so they said I could bring it home.
It's a huge score!
Hey, Aqua, I don't want to say this, but...
What?
To be blunt, I'm starting to think we're incapable of taking down the Devil King.
Listen.
I never had any amazing powers like the protagonists in fairy tales do.
Shouldn't some group endowed with powerful abilities, equipment,
and so forth be sent in to fight the Devil King's army instead?
Don't say that! I'll never be able to go home that way!
Save lines like that for after you've done something a goddess would do,
like guiding the hero or buying time by sealing the Devil King
until the hero can stand on his own.
You deadbeat who's only useful for party tricks!
That's the situation, so come up with some profitable business that's simple to do.
Also, hurry up and teach me recovery magic, the last thing you've got going for you.
No!
Anything but my recovery magic!
Don't take away my reason for being!
You've got me for that! Isn't that enough?!
Your verbal lashings are pretty nasty.
Meanie! Demon! Brute!
Most women would cry if you said what was on your mind without holding back.
If you're feeling stressed out,
I wouldn't mind if you verbally abused me instead.
You're so cruel!
Why you little...
Emergency! Emergency!
All adventurers, please arm yourselves at once
and gather at the front gate of the city, ready for battle!
That's no laughing matter!
What is it?
Hey, what's going on?
He looks crazy strong!
I'm the leader from the Devil King's army
who moved into a nearby castle recently.
Is that a dullahan?
Day after day, after day, after day!
Wh-Who's the screw-loose imbecile who keeps firing explosion magic
at my castle every single day?!
One of the Devil King's top leaders
was utterly enraged with us.
Day after day, after day, after day!
Who's the screw-loose imbecile who keeps
firing explosion magic at my castle?!
Explosion magic?
Who comes to mind that can use explosion magic?
If we're talking explosion magic...
Huh? M-Me?!
Why are you looking at me?
I can't use explosion magic!
Um, I'm still a novice.
Uh, I really didn't do it! Please, believe me!
I don't want to die yet!
I have little brothers to take care of!
Megumin?
So it was you?
You're the imbecile who fired explosion magic at my castle day after day?!
If you're picking a fight with awareness that I'm a leader in the Devil King's army,
come attack my castle fair and square!
If you don't have the nerve,
then stay in the city, trembling in fear!
Tell me, why the underhanded harassment?!
Just because we left this city alone since there's nothing but small fry here,
don't get cocky and make my castle go boom, boom, boom, boom every single day!
Are you crazy, you wench?!
My name is Megumin!
An arch wizard who commands explosion magic!
What's "Megumin" supposed to be?
Are you making a fool of me?
N-No!
I am a crimson demon, the greatest magician in this city.
Firing explosion magic at you continuously was a strategy
to lure you, a leader in the Devil King's army, out here.
You fell for it, and came to this city alone.
Seems you're out of luck.
When did this turn into a strategy?
Not to mention she just proclaimed herself the greatest magician in this city.
Shh! Do her a favor and keep quiet!
She hasn't used explosion magic yet today,
and she has lots of adventurers behind her,
so she's acting tough.
This is the good part, so stand here and watch!
Very well.
It's not as though I came to this land to meddle with you small fry.
I'll likely be staying in that castle for a while longer,
so don't use your explosion magic on it again. Got it?
Impossible.
We crimson demons must unleash explosion magic once a day, or we'll die.
H-Hey, I've never heard anything like that before!
Don't make up convenient lies!
Are you saying you don't intend to stop using explosion magic, no matter what?
Yes.
I may have given myself up to evil, but I was once a knight.
I'm not interested in mowing down weaklings. However...
You can't act so composed for long.
Teacher, if you would!
Hey.
Guess I have no choice.
Huh?!
I don't care if you're one of the Devil King's leaders!
Coming here while I'm around was bad luck!
I can't accept any decent quests because of you!
Now, are you ready?!
What do we have here?
An arch priest?
I am one of the top leaders in the Devil King's army.
I'm not so lowly that I'd be purified by a low-level priest from this city.
I know.
Why don't I make that crimson demon girl suffer a bit?
I'll purify you with my prayer!
You're too late!
I sentence thee to death.
You will die in one week.
Darkness!
Damn, he got us! A death sentence?
Darkness! Darkness!
Are you all right?
It doesn't appear to be serious...
It appears this method may actually be more effective against
tightly-knit adventurers such as yourselves.
Listen, crimson demon girl.
That crusader will die in one week's time.
Your precious ally
will suffer as she trembles in terror of death until then.
Yes, because of you!
Watch as your ally suffers
for the next week and repent for your actions.
You should have just done as I said.
How terrible...
You're basically saying you cast a death curse on me,
and to obey your orders if we want it removed?
Is that what you're after?!
Huh?
I don't even want to understand what Darkness is talking about.
I won't give in to a mere curse!
I won't give in, but...
Wh-What should I do, Kazuma?
Yes, I'm Kazuma.
Look at that dullahan's filthy eyes, hidden beneath his helmet!
Huh?
Those are the eyes of a degenerate who plans to take me back to his castle,
Huh? What?
tell me to shut up and submit to him if I want the curse removed,
and demand I perform hardcore acts of perversion for him!
Huh?
You may do as you please with my body,
but don't think you'll be free to do as you please with my heart!
A lady knight imprisoned in a castle,
having outrageous demands made of her by the Devil King's minion...
Oh, what should I do?! What should I do, Kazuma?
Yes, yes, I'm Kazuma.
This is an unexpectedly moe situation!
I don't want to go.
I don't want to go, but I have no choice!
I'll resist as long as I can, so don't stand in my way!
Okay, I'll be back!
What a maniac...
Stop! Don't go!
You're bothering the dullahan!
Let go!
Don't stop me!
Pitiful...
Cut it out!
KONOSUBA!
A-Anyway!
Stop firing explosion magic at my castle!
And you, crimson demon girl!
If you wish to lift the curse on that crusader, come to my castle.
If you're able to make it all the way to me, I'll lift the curse.
However, will you all really be able to make it that far?
Hey, where do you think you're going?
I'm going to go to the castle,
nail the dullahan with a direct hit of my explosion magic,
and lift the curse on Darkness.
You know I'm going with you.
If you go alone, you'll use your magic on some peon,
and then it'll be all over.
Besides,
I'm the fool who went with you every day
and didn't realize the castle belonged to one of their leaders.
Shall we go together, then?
However, I hear there's a bunch of undead in the castle.
That means weapons won't work very well.
My magic should be more effective.
So...
Please rely on me at times like these!
Don't...
Give it up, you two. Don't do all this for me.
Hey, Darkness! We'll definitely do something about your curse!
So rest assured—
Sacred Break Spell!
Huh?
For me, lifting a dullahan's curse is child's play!
Well? I can be priest-like once in a while, don't you think?
Oh, it was nothing. Actually, maybe it wasn't!
Megumin and I were so excited.
Give us back our motivation...
Hup!
Nature's Beauty of victory!
Emergency Quest
Repel the Dullahan!
Emergency Quest
Quest Clear!!
This is the goddess, Aqua. I'm reporting my progress. We ran into a bit of trouble, but just about everything is going favorably. In fact, it appears as though I've saved the extremely incompetent and reclusive Mr. Satou Kazuma. Mr. Kazuma appears grateful for my devotion from the bottom of his heart. Therefore, I would like to request permission to return home... Huh? I can't? Please, I beg you!
Episode 5
A Price for This Cursed Sword!