Mashle: Magic and Muscles (2023) s02e04 Episode Script

(MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES
The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc)
The second round of
Divine Visionary Candidate Exam
is called Deadervant's Haunt.
You need to find the gas bladders
of Troll-goosefish hidden in the arena,
pop them with magic
to get the keys inside,
and thus escape.
However,
you must also avoid
three Deadervant's Haunts.
SPLASH
Seriously?
The exam is about to start.
Deadervant's Haunt.
Those who fail to pass this round
cannot participate in the final.
The competition will be broadcast live
at the venue through the mirror.
Cheating is impossible.
All contestants, are you ready?
So, the exam begins.
I want to go back.
I want to lie in bed and sleep.
Just find the key, right?
Esepecial!
By the way,
the Deadervant's Haunts resist all magic,
so be careful.
The moment an axe touches you,
it's game over.
You will be teleported out
of the arena in severe pain.
1 ELIMINATED, 11 LEF
One person has already been eliminated!
1 ELIMINATED, 11 LEF
Then, there are eleven
1 ELIMINATED, 11 LEF
left in the exam!
Just keep avoiding the Deadervant's Haunts
while looking for the key, right?
No hint about the location of the key.
Hiding while searching for the key
is really too arbitrary for an exam.
I should look to see
if there's a clear strategy.
In the end, this is an exam.
Is it trying to test our ability
to use magic to escape?
Exactly!
These hypothetical enemies
Deadervant's Haunts
only appear in the arena,
but they are also magical creatures.
When facing an opponent you cannot defeat,
it's wise to run away.
This exam is designed to test
what choices you will make
when you have to flee.
What a terrible taste.
It'll only make people
think this is a nasty school.
Someone got disqualified so quickly.
This year's contestants are a bit poor.
But last year there was Rayne.
How can they compare to him?
Come on, please run away!
No way! He knocked down
the Deadervant's Haunts with one punch!
That Deadervant's Haunt is still groaning.
How far you can go
when you have to run away.
That's supposed to be
the essence of this exam.
I couldn't even fight
the Deadervant's Haunts.
He's so reckless!
Now I have to find the key.
That's right. The Deadervant's Haunt
is undead after all.
It is not a living thing.
Even if it gets hurt, it can
quickly recover. So be careful.
DOWN
That's not fair.
Well, I won't fight it then.
By the way, where is
the balloon with the key?
Small.
No, my brain can't figure it out.
What?
I've shrunk.
It's the magic I cast on you.
Over here.
Has it gone?
The Deadervant's Haunt has poor vision.
But its hearing is very sensitive.
We can deal with it better based on that.
Dispell.
I've changed back.
My personal magic can
change the size of objects.
So that's why you could shrink me.
Exactly.
Well, thank you.
You helped me in an exam.
What are you talking about?
It's more efficient
in this exam if we cooperate.
It's no trouble.
So, the two of us have
formed an alliance now.
Let's pass the exam together.
Eh, an alliance?
Oh well, he did help me after all.
You really are a good person.
First, we need to find where the key is.
It should be hidden within
those Deadervant's Haunts' moving range.
Eh, why is that?
Ultimately, this is an exam.
Although they want to
test our reaction ability,
there should still be
a theoretically correct answer.
No way, he passed out.
Sorry, I don't get it.
In short,
we need to follow the Deadervant's Haunt.
Understood.
Where on earth is the key?
Where?
This is
- ABSOLUTELY DO NOT MAKE A SOUND.
- UNDERSTOOD.
SAFE
SENIOR, THAT.
As I expected,
the Deadervant's Haunts
patrol around the key.
That thing under the balloon is
An air pump?
It'd be too easy if we just
inflate it until it bursts.
Wait, you idiot! This is
Are you an idiot?
I screwed up.
You speak as if it wasn't your concern.
If air is pumped into that balloon,
it will make noise and
attract the Deadervant's Haunt.
My magic changes the size of objects.
How can we get the air in?
Can't we just pop the balloon?
Good, no sign of the Deadervant's Haunt.
- Pop it now.
- Okay.
Didn't expect that touching the balloon
would also make a noise.
But it makes sense.
So to get the key
directly from the balloon
Take the key out is not so feasible.
If we destroy that air pump,
would the key just fall out?
The key didn't fall out,
and the balloon is still inflated.
The key is still floating inside by magic.
The only option left is to use magic
to blow up the balloon.
But which spell should I use?
Besides, the air pump is already broken.
I'm ready.
Big!
Hey, he's using magic
to make the balloon bigger.
Is he crazy?
Doesn't it make it harder to pop?
What is he trying to do?
By the way, even if you touch the inside
of the balloon, the alarm will go off.
Theoretically, a person cannot enter.
Mashle.
Hmm? What is he doing?
Is that
The position for a breakdance!
No way.
Is he going to do that?
Could it be
Scary, scary.
The answer has always been simple.
I'll use magic to enlarge the balloon.
Then he blows air into
the enlarged air hole
by breakdancing.
I see.
As expected of Mashle.
HEART FLUTTERING
Humanoid mecha.
He's simply a humanoid mecha.
Got the first key.
Mashle and his senior got the key,
while in other places
Graviole.
Now I passed this round.
Hey you.
Don't attack me, don't hit me.
I'm very afraid of pain, sorry.
Are you alright, Finn?
Dot?
Did you get the key?
Oh well.
I'll help you out.
Dot, you're bleeding.
- Oh well.
- You're bleeding.
- Oh well.
- I said you're bleeding.
Ah, finally got it.
I almost thought there was no way out.
Senior.
- What's up?
- Here.
I got this key thanks to you.
Please take it.
You really are a good person.
No, I have a long way to go.
You take this key.
The exit is over there.
I heard that getting out earlier
would help with the next exams.
Eh, but
Actually, I heard a lot about you
from Rayne.
That rabbit-loving guy.
I never thought
you really are such a good person.
I already know how to get the key.
I can do it on my own.
Mashle, consider me trying to act cool.
I want to do something
for someone like you.
It's my own wish.
Don't mind it.
It's important for juniors
to listen to their seniors.
Okay.
Thank you very much.
Alright.
The bad premonition has come true.
Orca Dorm.
Carpaccio Luo-Yang
Do I look a bit like a senior now, Rayne?
Bring it on.
Alright, all the contestants
who have obtained the keys
are returning to the venue.
Mashle.
Dot, Finn.
Balloons and explosion magic
are a pretty good match.
You're badly injured.
I also helped Finn get his key.
Are you okay?
You can't use magic,
yet you passed this round.
I got some help and made it through.
But why did the senior give me the key?
Seems like there was something.
- What's wrong?
- Nothing, I just
There are a total of nine contestants
entering the next exam!
Who will the last one be?
Senior.
It's been decided.
The last person.
Orca Dorm, Carpaccio Luo-Yang.
But isn't that too much?
So much blood.
Was it necessary to beat him up like this?
Is this a declaration of war
to the other contestants?
This world does not need trash.
Trash has no value.
So I can do whatever I want to trash.
Hey.
What have you done?
Stop it now or I'll beat you up.
Did you have to go that far?
I said.
I can do whatever I want.
Carpaccio Luo-Yang.
Ranked first among students
for direct admission this year.
Just like Lance,
he's a genuine elite.
Here, your drink and towel.
Trash has no right to criticize.
SHAKE
Is that
HA
Sorry.
It's three o'clock.
Time to drink my homemade
muscle-building shake.
Protein powder!
Grind the beans into powder,
and then you can extract the protein.
He used the water that was
supposed to be poured on his head
to mix with the protein powder.
Scary response.
Sorry.
The timing of protein intake
is very important.
Moreover,
you kept ranting about trash,
but I have yet
to meet anyone stronger than me.
Besides, the meaning of strength
varies from person to person.
Eh?
DAYDREAMING
What exactly is strength?
You blurt it out without knowing it.
That's it!
Please save the disputes for the exam.
Do you understand?
Let's continue with the exam.
The robe's color changed.
The next exam is this.
It's called the Life Crystal.
It's a team battle this time.
Three people for each team.
I've divided the nine of you
into three teams.
After that,
carry your own crystal
and break the other teams' crystals.
The team that loses
all crystals is disqualified.
I see.
That's why it's a team battle.
Hey!
It's too complicated
for our leader's brain!
You've burned it!
Make it simpler!
Uh, anyway.
Fight other teams and
destroy their crystals.
In short, break all the crystals
the opponents have. Simple, right?
I'll break the crystal.
I'll break the crystal.
Yes, break it!
Break crystal.
More importantly,
Lance was assigned to another team.
What should we do?
Now let's allocate the crystals.
This crystal is very fragile.
Please handle it with care.
This crystal
decides the outcome of
this exam and our fate.
Three people for each team.
We'll be disqualified
when all crystals are broken.
Even if mine gets broken, we
I slipped.
It's okay.
Dot has one crystal too.
This thing is slippery.
DOWN
TWO CRYSTALS IN LOVE TEAM
SURVIVED 23 SECONDS
It's over!
If my crystal also breaks, it's over.
Don't worry.
We will protect your crystal.
You two
That's true.
As long as they are here
Why are you two looking so smug?
Reflect a little.
Without further ado, everyone!
The exam starts now!
Teleport to the stage.
Just like before,
all contestants are randomly
assigned to different locations.
So, which team
can protect their crystals
and pass the exam?
BANG
It's a team battle.
Why do they have to separate us?
Darn it!
He's all alone.
(Next Episode: Finn Ames and the Friends)