This is a world overflowing with a power known as Fantasia.
Those who wield this power can become either heroes or demons.
Monsters fall from the sky.
Is this a punishment sent by God
or an attack by demons?
Or could it be the wrath of Mother Nature?
The one thing known for certain is that these monsters—
called Nemesis—bring disaster.
They bring fear and death to all humans they touch.
Even those who do survive their touch are permanently cursed.
There are those who stand to fight these dangerous foes.
People who survived contact with the Nemesis,
tainted humans who bear their curse
and are, at times, more fearsome than the Nemesis themselves.
They are sorcerers.
This is the story of a boy who strives to become a great sorcerer
and save the world.
True Courage -Bravery-
"True Courage."
Seth is a young sorcerer who lives in the peaceful village of Pompo Hills.
He was training hard,
hoping to be accepted by the people and by Alma, the sorcerer who raised him,
when a Nemesis suddenly appeared in the village.
While protecting his friend Tommy,
Seth put himself in grave danger.
He was then saved by an unfamiliar group of sorcerers.
W-Wow...
You guys are sorcerers, too?
You bet your butt we are, kiddo!
We're—
Whoops. Guess we should do something about that first.
Yo, boys!
Got it!
It stopped moving!
Wow...
That'll hold it for a while.
Who are you guys?
We are a team of four wandering Nemesis Hunters!
You can call us the...
Bravery...
...Quartet!
Damn it, Jiji! You were turned the wrong way again!
You always screw up the important part!
W-W-W-Wait, Boss!
You gotta keep your cool! The seal's gonna break!
Ahem!
Listen up, people of this village!
We've come here to save you from this Nemesis!
Y-You're gonna save us?
Of course. If you wanna survive, just do as we say.
Do that and you'll be saved.
Just leave everything to the Bravery Quartet!
Bravery Quartet Leader Don Bossman
I've never met any sorcerers besides Alma before now.
Hey! Please...
Let me fight with you guys!
You, kiddo?
I got a little careless earlier,
but I'm a full-fledged sorcerer, too!
I've been training hard to prepare myself to fight the Nemesis!
Please! Let me fight with you!
I see. Is that so?
I'm impressed! You impress me, kiddo!
The courage you showed when you faced that Nemesis alone
earned you my respect!
Y-Yeah!
Perhaps it was God's will that brought us face to face here.
You know what we are? We're potters!
Boss, I think you mean "partners."
Yeah, that's it! Partners!
At any rate, you impress me, kiddo!
We're partners now!
Partners?
You mean I can fight with you?
W-Wait a second!
That kid can't be trusted!
That's right! He's brought nothing but trouble to this village!
A menace like him will never be of any use!
Get outta here, you snot-nosed brat!
Beat it!
You infected scum!
Here, now. There's no need to talk like that.
You're hurting my feelings.
He and I are both sorcerers.
As far as you lot are concerned, we're birds of a feather.
I have faith in this kid.
Well, no time for dawdling.
That's not gonna keep it down for long.
You're kidding!
First, we need to get you all out of here.
But our families are still in their houses!
Mom... Dad...
Not to worry!
We, the Bravery Quartet, will tell everyone to evacuate.
But while we do, we'll need someone to act as a decoy
and hold that beast's attention.
Can you do that, kiddo?
Of course!
In fact, why stop at being a decoy? I can defeat it!
That's what I like to hear!
But that's what you call being rootless.
Boss, I think you mean "reckless."
Oh, right! That's it!
Kiddo, don't be reckless. Run when the time is right.
You can't brute force your way through everything.
If you wanna survive, you gotta be smart.
That's what it means to be a full-fledged sorcerer.
R-Right... I get it.
H-Hey, I think time's almost up!
Oh, sorry about that! We're off, then!
See ya, kiddo. I believe in you.
Right!
Seth...
Tommy, your dad's still at the bank, isn't he?
I'll go there with you. Hurry!
Okay...
All right!
Relying on tools was useless earlier.
This time, I'll use my magic!
Titan Punch!
What's with this thing? First it's soft, then it's hard.
Oh, crap!
Why does this keep happening to me lately?!
It's close! I'm in real trouble here!
What a goofy face!
Attacking from the front won't work.
In that case...
Titan Punch!
I won't even stall it this way.
What am I supposed to do?
Listen up.
If you wanna survive, you gotta be smart.
Smart...
There must be something.
That's it!
Dad!
Tommy.
We gotta get out of here! There's a Nemesis!
What?!
Sir, let's gather up the essential documents and evacuate.
R-Right...
Well, now, this ain't good.
Who are you guys?
Th-The Bravery Quartet?
People are still in here?
You need to get out as fast as you can.
Here it is!
Hey, Squishy!
Over here!
All right!
It's fast!
But...
Gotcha!
How d'ya like that? Now you can't do evil anymore!
Hey, what the heck is your deal?
What'd you come here for?
Quit looking so carefree!
Say something!
Don't you grunt at me!
Do you realize how bad you messed up this village?!
Huh? I-It's mad?!
This can't be good!
[Sorcerer's Gloves] To use magic, a sorcerer needs a tool, made from a tree with feathers.
Boy, does that ever piss me off.
Calling me out here because you mistook a wild cow for a Nemesis...
I swear, I never knew there were people as scatterbrained as Seth out there.
And here I showed up in my full gear.
This stuff's heavy as—
What is this unpleasant sensation?
It's a strangely uneasy feeling.
It can't be!
Don't do anything rash before I get there, Seth!
One direct hit from that thing, and I would've been dead.
Alma told me that the Nemesis
could use Fantasia to produce something like magic, too,
but this is way more than I imagined.
Tommy!
You guys...
Now, now. It's the brat's own fault for acting up.
Sheesh...
Heave-ho, heave-ho...
Don't put me through all this trouble.
Y-You villains!
You just wanted to rob us while our village was in crisis?!
And you call yourselves the righteous Bravery Quartet?!
We were wrong to put our trust in sorcerers after all!
Hey, now. Don't insult us like that.
It's true that we tried to help you all escape the Nemesis.
But you guys just didn't want to leave here on your own.
We didn't want to get a little runt like this involved, too, but...
Well, I feel for ya, but why don't we call this God's will, too?
Check out how much these guys had stashed away, Boss!
We're rich!
Now I can't stop laughing!
What's going on here?
Ah! I wondered who that was. If it isn't my brave decoy boy!
You were a great help.
Huh?
While you were keeping the Nemesis busy, we made a fortune!
Thanks a lot!
What—
The brat was working with them all this time?!
He and that old hag were just casing out the place!
And he made friends with Tommy only because his dad worked at the bank!
That's not true!
Hey, aren't you guys Nemesis Hunters at all?!
That's something like our alter ego.
Really, we're just
treasure hunters who take advantage of the Nemesis to steal riches.
That's the Bravery Quartet.
So...
You tricked us?!
Even when you said you had faith in me?!
You sure are dumb, kiddo!
It's true!
"I believe in you."
I could tell right away that
you were the kind of half-fledged nobody who'd love to hear that!
I'm a full-fledged sorcerer, too!
I've been training hard to prepare myself to fight the Nemesis!
Please! Let me fight with you!
You were kind enough to tell me so yourself!
Why?! Why did you do this?!
Isn't it the duty of all sorcerers to fight the Nemesis?!
Look...
Do you actually think there's any value in fighting for these people?
We sorcerers are blamed for every bad thing that happens.
We're treated as infected creatures who taint everyone we touch.
They only turn around and ask for help when threatened by the Nemesis,
and once the threat is gone, they try to hand us over to the Inquisition.
If you hadn't been here, that Nemesis wouldn't have come!
How could you involve me and my son in this, you infected scum?!
There, you see?
You fought until you were battered from head to toe,
and still, all they do is shout these nasty things at you.
They won't even thank you.
Do you really believe you live in the same world as these people?
As far as they're concerned, we're the same as the Nemesis.
So why should we have to work ourselves to death fighting for them?
You can try to be a hero, but you'll just be betrayed and persecuted.
You know what I'm talking about, don't you?
What did I tell you? If you wanna survive, you gotta be smart.
And getting rich like this is the smart way to live!
Boss!
Let's get outta here.
There's no tellin' when that Nemesis will head this way.
Yeah, you're right.
See ya. Here's a parting gift, my bird of a feather.
Can't have people thinking the Bravery Quartet doesn't show gratitude.
Boss!
You guys are pathetic!
Y-Ya little...
The sorcerer...
I want to become...
is nothing like you pathetic losers!
Seth!
Sheesh...
No matter when I see it, that's some terrifying magic.
As I always say, if you weren't such a moron,
you might've been the boss, Jiji.
This brat...
What should we do with him, Boss? Finish him off?
No.
You'll learn soon enough
that what I said was right.
In the end, we're birds of a feather.
We're both hated just the same.
Don't... p-put me on your level.
I'm...
Bah! It must have responded to Jiji's magic.
We're gettin' outta here, boys!
Hey! You're just leaving us here?!
We'll all be killed! Untie us!
Shut up!
See ya, normies!
Wait!
Hey, kiddo.
You've at least got the strength left to crawl, right?
If you don't wanna die, you'd better take off and leave these guys here!
No, wait!
I don't wanna die!
At least save my son!
We're done for!
I don't want to die yet!
It's... gonna be okay... Tommy.
I... won't leave you!
In the end, we're birds of a feather.
We're both hated just the same.
We're not birds of a feather!
The sorcerer I want to become
is an amazing sorcerer who protects everyone!
Wh-What power...
Hate to say it, but they're all goners.
Foolish kid.
B-Boss!
Look at that!
I-It can't be!
That's impossible!
He can barely even use magic!
Just what is that kid?!
To Be Continued
Next Time
The Bravery Quartet turned out to be villains who were deceiving the people.
Seth is conflicted:
What is right? What can he do?
If there were no Nemesis, would all the fighting end, too?
Alma worries about Seth as he makes a very rash decision.
Just what happened in Alma and Seth's pasts?
The Day of Departure -Alma-
Next time on Radiant, "The Day of Departure."
We'll Be Brave Again Next Week!!
End