01x05 - With His Grace!

[bunniefuu]

["One Room Adventure"

by MADKID plays]

[audience cheering]

[rousing music]

[bell dings]

[contestant groans]

[Leo chuckles]

- Insane, that dude is awesome.

- [Spectator] This guy is

head and shoulders

and armpits above the rest.

- An easy victory.

- [Joe] At this rate,

you're bound to win.

Make us proud.

- You are the only one here

fit to be the hero.

- Thank you.

[audience cheering]

Hmm?

[contestants grunting]

[swords clanging]

- Whatever. Lucky shot.

- Oh, this fella's not half bad!

Hey, I think this guy might

give you a run for your

[birds chirping]

- What's up?

Hmm?

Are you going out?

- I'm feeling cooped up lately.

I feel like gettin' some air.

What do you want?

- I, um

I wanna tag along

with you, okay?

- [Max] Seriously?

[light music]

- Where are we going?

- Didn't plan on being

out for very long, so

I ain't got anywhere

specific in mind to go.

- Then let's go

clothes shopping!

[Max groans]

[light music continues]

- What do you think of this one?

You think it's my color?

Adorbs, right?

- Sure. Can we go now?

- [sighs] Then again

I wish they had something

that's a little more my style.

Oh, what about this one?

- [Max] Yeah, it's great.

Get that one.

- I'm just not sold on it yet.

- Jesus H. Christ.

Hey, um, you are a guy, right?

- Uh.

Yeah, well

it doesn't really matter

where I come from.

[Max grunts]

- Hello there, girl. Shall I

show you to the fitting rooms?

- Lead the way.

Thine offer humbles me!

- [Max] Stop it,

nobody talks like that.

- [Demon Lord] Oh,

I almost forgot.

We should buy some

kids clothes too.

- Oh, goodness gracious me.

[giggles]

Just adorable!

- It's not like that.

We're not

You're giving her

the wrong idea! Stop it!

- Ugh, I'm exhausted.

- Don't be a wussy.

You're supposed to be

a hero, remember?

[lively music]

Hang in there, Max.

Once we finish up here,

we're done for the day.

What do you want to eat?

I'll make anything you want.

- Hmm.

Let me think a minute. Huh?

[oil sizzling]

- Sausage samples.

They're finger-lickin' good!

- [chomps] Mmm.

So crisp and juicy!

We should get some!

- Thank you so much. Enjoy.

Wait a minute, aren't you

You're Max, right?

- [Max] Uh, uh, yeah, that's me.

- How exciting!

- You got recognized again,

Maxie.

- Running into you at

a grocery store,

- Good job, hero.

- of all places.

- Shut up.

- [Sales Clerk] Are you his

girlfriend? You must be a model.

- Oh, stop it. You're too kind!

- [Sales Clerk] Uh,

would you mind if I

shook your hand, Mr. Hero?

- Look lady, nobody's called me

a hero in a long time.

[strong grip]

[Max exclaims]

- [Sales Clerk] Small world.

I didn't expect to

see you again.

[tense music]

Guess I'm just lucky. [chuckles]

- It's you.

- Huh?

- Now it makes sense

why you got man hands.

- You always were an expert

when it came to insulting women.

Such chivalry.

I'm about to go on my break.

Why don't we have

a little chat out back?

- What happens if I say no?

[Max grunts]

- [Anego] We wouldn't wanna

cause a scene.

I'm sure you understand.

That is, if your girlfriend

doesn't mind waiting, right?

- Who is this?

- Pretend to be a normal person.

She and I need to have a talk.

You can go on home without me.

- What's going on?

And who the heck is this woman?

- One of Leo's flunkies,

and currently a citizen of the

Gamma Republic, I'm guessing.

- Whoa, whoa. Hold on, Max.

And just who exactly

is she to you?

Hey, don't be like that! Hey!

- She seems nicer than

your previous girlfriends.

- Not my girlfriend.

- [Anego] I don't know, Max.

Looks to me like she's

a little on the younger side.

- [Max] You need to stay

outta my business.

The hell are you doing

in a place like this?

- Oh, you know

Spying on the enemy.

[steady music]

[crowd chattering]

[Demon Lord groans]

- One of Leo's people.

Now I'm curious.

Max told me to

head home without him,

but maybe I ought to keep

an eye on him instead.

Something tells me he might be

in some sort of trouble.

Wait! Oh hell no!

He better not be doing

what I think he's doing

with that floozy!

I'll kick his human a*s!

- Pardon me.

You're Max's friend, right?

- [groans] Why, yes.

That's right.

- I can take you

out back to see him.

Would you mind coming with me?

I'm not saying you

have to or anything.

Although if you don't,

you might not ever,

never ever see him again.

- Oh really, you'll take me

to him? You're the best!

Here, thanks so much.

- Here.

How long has it been?

- Let me think here

I last saw you about two years

before you guys defected,

so it's been at least

five years then.

- Sounds about right.

You aged like milk, Max.

- Pft!

- I, on the other hand,

still look great.

Kept up with my training.

That's why I've got

such "man hands."

- How's your bossman

doing these days?

- He's just as spry as ever.

I had a feeling that you'd ask.

You know, he's never

stopped thinking about you

after all this time.

It's always, "I wonder

how Max is doing,"

or, "What do you think

he's up to?"

- [Max] Well, you got

your answer now.

[can thuds and clatters]

[Anego chuckles]

- So I'm assuming that you are

from the Gamma Republic.

- I am.

- Which makes you

a t*rror1st, right?

Ooh.

[Will groans]

[Will's hand thuds]

- Now you listen to me, toots.

We are not t*rrorists.

Ya hear me?

The Kingdom is in

the wrong here, not us.

- You're gonna smash

all my eggs.

- How do you possibly think

Leo felt when they forced him

out into that

godforsaken wasteland?

Do you have any idea

how hard we worked

to make that place livable?

And of course,

as soon as those greedy b*stards

realized it had magic ore, they-

- [whimpers] I'm sorry!

Don't hurt me, big boy!

[Will and Demon Lord grunts]

I'm guessing by all this,

you're here to try

and recruit Max

to help you fight

against the Kingdom.

- Sounds kind of ridiculous,

doesn't it?

Sure, he k*lled a demon lord

or whatever.

But what's one retired,

old, washed up loser

joining our ranks

supposed to do for us?

But you know, no one ever shuts

up about Max this and Max that.

So I figured I might as well

play along,

in my own way that is.

- [Demon Lord] Oh, yeah?

You think he's lost it?

You're an idiot.

If you tried to fight Max,

he'd crush your skull

in two seconds flat!

- [Will] I'd like to

see him try.

- So Fred beat me to it, huh?

What did you tell him?

- Turned him down, of course.

I don't wanna get involved.

- Well, that's good, I suppose.

- Is it though?

Aren't you gonna try and drag me

into this bullcrap too?

- Hmm To be honest with you,

that's only part of it.

Here, there's something

I wanna give you.

- Hmm?

- [Anego] Ta-da!

Airship tickets to

the Gamma Republic

with a layover in Trachigo.

As long as you've got

valid tickets,

even residents of the Kingdom

can get in without a problem.

- What a heapin' crock of sh*t.

Trachigo?

Aren't they just a bunch of

wackos and crazies?

- Well, yeah.

But for us, they're an

important business partner.

Doesn't mean you can't use

their port for a puddle jump.

I think you'd like the trip.

And I think it'd make

the boss happy too.

- [Max] Hmm, I'll think it over.

- [Will] You're too easy

on that chump.

Giving him those tickets

ain't gonna do sh*t.

You finally found the guy,

and now you're just gonna

let him walk away?

- S'cuse me?

- Please, Max!

Save me from this brute!

This meanie's scaring me!

[Max groans]

- The hell are you doing, Will?

Get your hands off her

this instant.

- Help me

- Sometimes, the situation

calls for

- I'm a damsel

- more dastardly,

drastic measures.

- You think he's gonna come

just 'cause you gave him

- Save me, Max

- a pair of tickets

and a sales pitch?

[Demon Lord grunts]

Now look, now he's got no choice

but to do what we say.

- [sighs] Damn it to hell.

Taking hostages?

Now you're actually doing

the t*rror1st stuff

that they say we do.

This is what the boss

wants to avoid.

- She's right. You should

listen to man-hands, dude.

- [Anego] Don't call me that.

- Everyone knows that

the Kingdom's spreading

false information about

the Gamma Republic.

It's a bunch of twisted lies.

I'm extending an invite to

you and your girlfriend.

I think you'll like it.

Much more than this

sh*thole country.

- Hah! "Girlfriend," huh?

Where's this so-called imaginary

girlfriend you'd speak of?

'Cause I don't see

anybody hot enough!

- Huh? Oh real nice, as*h*le!

Do you care what happens to me?

Hurry up and rescue me,

you damn idiot!

You're a worthless freeloader.

You stupid, lazy bum!

- Are you mooching

off your girl?

- [Will] And here I'd

hope for a chance

to talk to the

world-famous Hero.

What a pathetic joke.

He doesn't even have

the guts to face me

when his little

girlfriend is in trouble.

If we brought this chump to the

boss, he'd just let us down.

- Stop it! Knock it off, Will!

- That's right.

Ain't no point having this

old has-been on your team.

Just wasting my damn time.

- Oh, I agree, but it's not like

I can just let you walk away

now that you know about

the two of us.

- You dumb sack of sh*t.

You are the one who

came looking for me.

- And you are the overhyped

waste of space I thought.

I knew it all along-

[Demon Lord groans]

[Will screams]

[water splashes]

[Anego sighs]

[Demon Lord giggles]

- Nice, this works perfectly.

If I defend myself,

they might discover who I am,

and that would put you in an

even worse position than before.

- Don't get captured in

the first place, dumbass!

- [sighs] Ah, hell.

[catchy music]

I'm so sorry about that, Max.

He was still just a

little kid ten years ago.

He doesn't understand

what it is you did.

[Will coughs and groans]

We owe you a big apology, too.

For scaring you like that.

- You ought to be

ashamed of yourself!

You'd have to be a

major dingus not to know

how amazingly cool Max is!

- Will?

- I was in the wrong

on everything.

I apologize to you, I am scum.

- Mm. Learning from your

mistakes is important.

Don't go causing

trouble for Leo.

- I won't.

- On that note,

we should head back to

the Gamma Republic.

We were planning on

leaving soon anyway.

- [Max] I might end up snitching

on the two of you to Fred.

- [Anego] [laughs] I'm sure.

That's why we need to

hightail it outta here.

- Take care of yourself.

- Thanks, Max.

Catch ya later!

[pensive music]

- Those buttholes.

We finally go on

a shopping trip,

and they had to ruin it.

- [Max] I'm beat.

- [Demon Lord] So,

you're not gonna take

the Gamma Republic's offer?

- [Max] Not a chance.

Leave me out of it.

- I don't mind tagging

along, you know.

If you do end up deciding

to pay them a little visit.

[gasps] You could overthrow

the corrupt system

and create a brand-new nation

alongside your friend!

I mean, the whole thing

screams the stuff of heroes.

- 'Cause if I did that, then I'd

end up having to fight Fred.

- [Demon Lord] Wait, what?

- [Max] Nevermind.

Let's just go home.

[boat engine revving]

- How's your arm doing?

We're almost back,

so hang in there.

- Okay. Sorry about all that.

- Oh, it's the Seahorse.

Hey there, Joe!

- What's up, Anego?

It's been a long minute.

Oh, hey Will.

- It's good to be back.

Is President Leo on board,

by chance?

- [Joe] Nope, not at the moment.

- Where did he run off to?

- Oh look, just in time.

[water burbling]

[water splashing]

- Hell, yeah! [laughs]

[Leo grunts]

Whoo.

- [Anego] Hey, boss!

- Hmm?

- I still haven't gotten

used to the loin cloth.

- Welcome back, you two!

Perfect timing!

Let's have some breakfast!

[birds chirping]

[phone camera clicks]

- Oh, it's the tickets

that muscle woman gave you

to the Gamma Republic.

Is there a reason you're

taking pictures of them?

- [Max] You can't get your hands

on these babies in the Kingdom.

I can sell 'em online

for some cash.

- [Demon Lord]

You're such a sh*t.

- [Max] What's the big deal?

She gave 'em to me.

I can use 'em however I want!

- Max! Come on, this is a free

trip to the Gamma Republic.

You're not going?

- Listen, from an

official standpoint,

it's a zone occupied

by t*rrorists.

It's way too risky

for me to be there.

I'd never be able to come back.

- I feel like reselling tickets

to a place like that

would be the riskier

of the two options.

That's it!

Teleportal!

[laughs] My powers are nearly

back to their full potential.

I put the return point for my

teleportation magic in here.

That way, no matter

what happens anywhere,

we can always come right back.

- [Max] Hey, come on! Don't you

spawn weird crap in my closet.

[Demon Lord whistles]

[door latch clicks]

[clothes rustle]

- You rang, Your Grace?

- Pay attention, Zenia.

I shall be away for two days.

While I'm gone, I need you to

[whispers]

- [Zenia] Of course.

Understood, milord.

Leave it to me.

- [Max] I never agreed

to go, you know.

Why don't you just go

by yourself, Your Grace?

[Demon Lord grunts]

- Please, Max.

How come you won't take

my feelings into consideration?

Do you really hate being seen

in public with me that much?

- No, it's just that I think

Ah!

[upbeat music]

- [laughs]

Ah, so you're finally awake.

It's about time.

There's nowhere to run now.

- Ya got me. Son of a b*tch.

How did you do that?

- The Max I knew 10 years ago

would've easily

repelled a simple

grade school mind

enchantment spell like that.

You're taking peace time

for granted, getting sloppy.

- [Max] I'll get you for this.

- [Demon Lord] Yeah, yeah.

But don't worry.

This is only a

reconnaissance mission.

But to be on the safe side,

we must stay aware of

the situation

going on in the Republic.

Totally not a vacation.

Are we clear?

- [Max] Yer in an awfully good

mood for a recon mission.

- Ah, are you seeing this, Max?

The ocean looks incredible

from way up here.

These human airships are

actually pretty cool.

[catchy music]

- [Announcer]

We'll be arriving at

the Trachigo International

Airport momentarily.

All passengers on the deck,

please return to your-

- I know a lot of

Leo's flunkies,

aside from the woman you met.

It'll be a headache

if they spot me.

- Don't you worry.

I've got just the thing for ya.

Put these on.

[Max growls]

[Demon Lord laughs]

- [Demon Lord] Oh my God,

they look perfect on you!

So sophisticated!

- I oughta put you to sleep

for another ten years!

- [Crowd Member] [laughs]

Cannonball!

- Hey look!

There's smoke in the air.

Is there a battle going on?

- [Max] Nah. It's just the

steam from the hot spring.

- Ooh! This city has a hot

spring flowing through it?

How cool!

You know, my hometown had

lava flowing through it

in certain places.

Brings back memories.

- Hello, hello, hello!

Excuse me, hi there.

Howdy do, please help yourself

to a sample of

our delicious hot spring buns.

Have some, don't be shy!

- Ooh!

[chomps] Mm, delicious!

- Go on, have some more!

Eat up, we got plenty, hun!

Oh, and have some tea, too!

- Argh! Lady!

- This place is pretty great,

don't you think?

Where's all the

terroristy stuff?

- Of course, they're gonna

do it up all nice and pretty

at the front door for

all the tourists to see.

I guess they got enough

money to afford it.

- [Demon Lord] So does that

mean you still think

that the Gamma Republic is

an evil den of scumbags?

- Evil has nothin' to do

with it, all right?

This place is a ticking b*mb.

It's gonna cause problems,

regardless what the

circumstances are.

As far as the Kingdom is

concerned, it's a nuisance.

End of story.

- You know, it's hard for me

to take you seriously

when you're wearing

those things.

- [Max] Why are you doing this?

- Me?

- [Max] Why's a demon like you

poking their nose into

a stupid argument

between humans?

- Well, I

You humans

If you humans get in

a reckless fight

and end up destroying

each other in the process,

I see it as an absolute win

for all demonkin!

It'll be much easier

for my underlings

to resume their invasion!

And if you were to help

Leo or Fred

and end up meeting your

demise along with them,

that'd be even better for me!

- I'll try not to live up to

your expectations, Your Grace.

- Yo, look at him go!

- Hmm?

- Is that President Leo?

- Hear that? He just said

that Leo's here.

[crowd clamoring]

What could he be doing

to draw such a big crowd?

- Probably gracin' us all

with a pompous speech.

- All right, here goes!

Come on, let's get it!

[laughs] Come on, boys!

Keep at it!

What's he doing with

that big stick?

- Lookin' like a jackass.

- That right there is

what we call "yumomi."

- You again?

[crowd member groaning]

- As it is, the hot spring

is far too hot to bathe in.

And if we were to add

cold water,

it would dilute its

natural mineral content.

So we stir the water

like this instead,

which cools it down to

the perfect temperature.

- Makes a lot of sense.

- Yet this dude's down there

frolickin' in the pre-stirred

water like a maniac.

- Yeah! Pour it all over me!

[laughs]

Whoa, that's hot!

- Guess that's why he's the

Republic's fearless leader.

- Looks like he's just

dickin' around to me.

- All right! That oughta

do it for you, right?

Now, ladies and gents!

Thanks very much!

Now hop in and enjoy

the hot spring!

- He seems to be doing well.

That's good, right?

[pensive music]

- [Max] Heh

He hasn't changed a bit.

- One of these guys is

gonna win the whole thing!

- Yeah, I bet it's gonna

get super heated.

[pensive music continues]

- You do understand, don't you?

The true significance

of this tournament?

- [Max] I do.

- [Leo] Are you prepared

to give your life

in the w*r against the demons?

- I am!

- Fight!

[bell dings]

[Max screams]

[Leon grunts]

[both grunting]

[swords clanging]

[audience gasping]

- Kick his a*s, Leo!

- Beat him to a pulp!

Crush that noob!

[sword thuds]

[Leo groaning]

[Leo and Max grunting]

[swords clanging]

[Max and Leo screaming]

- [Anego] Leo

[both panting]

- Huh?

- Hmm.

[steady music]

[audience applauding]

[Joe and Denetra chuckle]

[Leo laughs]

- Mm.

[Max laughs]

["Mirai=Teleport"

by Nenne plays]