01x07 - A Good Warrior Isn't Always A Good Boss

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What the heck...

is this thing?!

My father...

He only thinks about things
from his own perspective!

All right, I get it.

Julietta, I definitely
understand how you feel.

Why don't you calm down and have some tea?

These are exquisite leaves from Laldadora.

Excuse me.

Anyway,

if I summarize what you heard from Edvard...

Despite his severe training,
the infantry under his command

lost to a mere arch-chimera.

What an embarrassment.

What lack of resolve!

As your commander,
I am to blame for your incompetence.

At this rate,

I must take responsibility
by ending my own life!

He's reached the top ladder of idiocy.

Just because you yourself die...

-Lord Leo?
-Oh, it's nothing.

Even if he were to die, that wouldn't
make his subordinates stronger.

It wouldn't solve the problem at all.

That's right.

My father is no longer thinking
of ending his own life.

And in the first place,

Arch-chimeras are among
the most powerful of all chimeras.

His current squad is made up
of mixed forces recruited after the w*r.

Unpolished rookie soldiers

could never defeat a monster like that.

You have a point.

It would probably
be easy for Edvard himself,

but why did he make the rookies
fight such an opponent?

My father wants his subordinates
to be as strong as him.

I see.

Do you follow me?

He thinks that the rookies
couldn't defeat the arch-chimera

because they didn't try hard enough.

Lack of effort, huh?

There's another of those
troublesome phrases.

Most of the time,

it's strong people who say such things.

From their perspective,

they want to convey that their strength
comes from their own hard work.

But that may not be true.

For instance, someone
who is strong in battle,

may have been born
with natural athleticism.

A smart person

might have received a superior
education from an early age.

External contributions
from others play a big role.

Why doesn't my father understand that?

When you are born strong,

you don't realize
how exceptional your skills are.

You assume that what comes easy to you

should be easy for everyone.

You're right.

The more capable a person is, the more
they think from their own perspective.

A good warrior might not
necessarily be a good teacher.

And that is the reason why.

What do you do

when you want someone to improve?

Most people look back
on how they improved themselves

and ask others to perform the same steps.

If the other person can't do it,

they just have to adjust the difficulty.

However,

people who are born strong
can't take that route.

They think that failure

can only come from a lack of effort.

Plus, Edvard is a pretty
hard worker himself, isn't he?

That only makes thigs worse.

Of course, Lord Leo, when...

I'm sorry. I should call you Lord Onyx.

It's fine. There's no one around.
Continue.

Since he lost to you,

he's been down on himself,
saying that he should have tried harder.

He's worked himself to the bone

and continually increased
his daily training regimen.

Whatever complaints you might have,

you really respect him, huh?

Yes.

Since I was little, my father
has been the role model I aspire to.

But...

This time, his stoicism
has exacerbated the problem.

Some of his subordinates
have collapsed under his harsh training.

I'm impressed
that they haven't run away yet.

The soldiers take things seriously.

They listen to his orders and work harder.

Lord Leo, is there anything you can do?

Leave it to me.

I'll think of something.

Lord Leo!

A bioweapon used to defeat demons?

Is that true?

Don't ask me.

But that's what he said.

At the very least, joining the demon army
to annihilate humans was a lie.

If that's so, what is his real reason?

If he plans to destroy the demon army,

he needn't take all these extra steps.

On the contrary, he said
that he wants to cooperate with us.

Although I don't know why.

The reason is simple!

He sees that we're having problems
and wants to help us out!

"Help us out"? That's...

He's a good person, isn't he?

I know it!

You're too carefree.

Huh? But that must be it!

Well, it's true that all of us here
have received his help.

And of course,
if he does anything suspicious,

we'll inform Queen Echidna.

But for now, why don't we believe him

and keep him under observation?

I agree!

Fine by me.

I told her to leave it to me, but...

what am I gonna do?

Speaking to him probably won't help.

Is there a more direct way?

I remember! In Lily's report...

It's huge, white, and super sturdy!

This will do the trick.

Lord Onyx, are you there?

The Demon Queen wishes to see you.

R-Resignation?!

Er. he said that?

He suddenly insisted.

He said that he wasn't fit
to serve as a general anymore.

Is he leaving the demon army?

No, that's not it.

He wants to resign from his training role

and start over as a rank and file soldier.

Excuse me, sir!

To achieve strength, shouldn't we
do battle with some powerful demons?

Let's go!

No, that won't solve anything.

It will only makes things worse!

I asked him to reconsider,

but he seems determined this time.

Lord Onyx, what should I do?

Is there some way...

No, this won't do.

It's shameful of me
to depend on you for everything.

I'll figure something out!

Your Majesty, if I may.

I have an idea.

Can you leave this to me for now?

But...

I promise to find a solution.

All right. I'll leave it to you, then.

Right. And now your Majesty,
there are things I must prepare.

I shall take my leave.

By the way, Lord Onyx.

When this is settled,

I have something to speak with you about.

Yes, your Majesty.

This is it, Leo!

This is what you spoke of, Lord Leo?

Yes. A remnant from the industrial age
that was excavated not long ago.

It's a forbidden weapon,
much stronger than an S-ranked chimera.

They call it the Golem Machine.

Golem machine...

What's more, this is a late-era model.

Its codename is Phantom 9.

It was designed to defeat high-ranking
demons and the Demon King Belial.

With this, I'll...

I gathered all of you today,
not for training,

but because I have something to tell you.

What could it be?

As of today,

I will be resigning
my position as general.

The next general

will be Vice-Commander Julietta.

You're far too naive, Edvard.

This world is too complicated
to allow you to simply walk away.

I will teach you that lesson now.

What is that?

It dares to invade
our territory, blade drawn?

What are you guys waiting for?!

Hurry up and confront the enemy!

I'm still the general until day's end!

On my command!

-Yes sir!
-Yes sir!

That's right.
Don't approach it carelessly.

You all are no match for that thing.

What are you doing?

You can't just quiver before the enemy!
You call yourself demon army soldiers?!

But sir, our weapons are ruined!

Even without weapons,
you can distract the enemy

and create confusion!

If you have time to whimper
and cry, then get moving!

What's wrong? Why did it stop?

Don't tell me it's been broken
by being in the ground that whole time.

No way. This puts my plan...

No, wait! That's...

Reflection barrier!

Man! That was close!

That blast was crazy!

The Armor melted.

Which means the safety mechanism
has stopped working.

I swear on my name as a hero,
I won't let anyone die!

What's going on?

General, you should retreat too!
That thing is invincible!

We're all gonna die!

It's definitely stronger than I thought.

What do I do?

I prepared this for Edvard.

Is it okay for me to defeat it myself?

It's merely a puppet.

Fascinating! I'll crush it to pieces!

Stop! It's dangerous!

What in the...

It's a laser weapon from ancient times!

If it hits you, it will burn
through your dragon scales!

Lord Leo!

Listen, Edvard.

I'll advise you.

If you don't want to die, do as I say!

It will sh**t a laser beam
three seconds after its eyes glow.

Just focus all your
defense spells in one spot

and repel the attack with your scales!

I can't just immediately do as you say!

I told you.

That thing it just pulled out...
It's a Vibro blade!

It's just as dangerous.
Don't let it hit you!

The blade itself is fragile,

so attack from the side
and try to break it in half.

Vibro... I don't even know what that means!

How can you not know, you fool?

It's one of a machine
golem's basic weapons!

I've never fought anything like this.

It might be common knowledge for you,

but it's brand new to me!

Whatever the case, it's dangerous,
Attack from the side!

Got it!

There.

"It might be common knowledge for you,
but it's brand new to me."

That's just what I want to hear. Thanks!

Now!

Father, I will join you!

Julietta!

Don't get in our way!
Lord Leo and I will defeat it!

You're no match for this thing!

Father, please listen to me.

Shut up! This is my battle!

Stand back before you get hurt!

Its weak point is its right midsection!

What?

According to the records,
its right midsection

is where the main... the umm...

the main wires... are all concentrated.
Aim for those!

Do as she says, Edvard!

Julietta is right.
Its weak point is its right midsection!

Destroy it!

Father, are you okay?

Yes. But I only managed to defeat it
with advice from you two.

Julietta, Lord Leo.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

You did your job well.

All that's left is the final phase.

Don't tell me...

It moved.

I was right.
It was a signal calling for assistance!

Damn it. One was hard enough to deal with.

Now there are three of them.

I'll have to defeat them myself.

And after we finally got to this stage...

There's no choice. I'll have to abort...

Worry not!

What?

Steina, deploy a barrier
to protect the miners.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Mernes, evacuate the miners.

Right.

Lily, check the surrounding area
for other activated machine golems.

Leave it to me!

How did they...

I see. So that is Onyx's plan.

That's what he said.

Your majesty, where are you going?

I said I would leave it to him,

but there may be unexpected situations.

They might need more help.

Besides,

Edvard is an important subordinate.

If I keep depending
on Onyx for everything,

I don't deserve the title of demon queen.

Queen Echidna.

Onyx, just you watch.

We will take care of them.

Just focus on the final
phase of your plan.

Echidna...

All right. I'll leave it to you.

Stay back, you useless puppets.

Do you know who I am?

I am the leader and ruler
of the demon world,

Demon Queen Echidna.

Be consumed by the fires of my purgatory.

Inferno!

Lord Leo,

I would like to thank you again...

Who'd have thought the great
Dragon General was so useless!

Lord Leo?

As one of the Four Generals,

how can you not know anything
about laser weapons and Vibro blades?

Isn't that common knowledge?
Common knowledge I said!

Common knowledge?

No, that's not true at all!

Oh, yes it is. You should know better.

You didn't try hard enough!

You can't even deal with a machine golem
and you call yourself the Dragon General?

Isn't this the kind of thing
you always tell your subordinates?

Why?

How could the entire platoon
get wiped out by a single chimera?

General, it was impossible.

We've never fought anything like that.

Nonsense!

When I was a rookie, I built experience
fighting powerful enemies to the death!

Quit making excuses
for your own lack of effort!

But...

The hind legs are its weak point.

Cut the tendons to stop
its movement and aim for its head!

Isn't that common knowledge?

None of you have tried hard enough!

You should just quit.

Go back to the country and become
a fisherman or something.

Lord Leo.

Please stop insulting my father.

Julietta...

You cannot expect everyone to have
the same level of knowledge as you.

You have experience
fighting machine golems,

but for us, it was
a completely unknown enemy.

Come on,

are you saying it's okay to fail
when taking on an unknown enemy

or a new job for the first time?

Isn't that just making excuses
for your own lack of effort?

That's not true.

It's natural to struggle when doing
something for the first time

and It's natural to not understand
an opponent you've never faced before!

That's exactly why

you should never assume that everyone
is capable of the same things as you.

No matter how minor the task,

people must be trained from the beginning
by passing down knowledge and technique.

Isn't that the most
important aspect of teaching?

I understand now.

General, I'm sorry that we...

Everyone forgive me.

All I ever did was criticize you
for not trying hard enough.

I'm the one who didn't put in the effort

as your superior.

I'm really sorry.

Please hold your head high, General.

No one wants to see that
from the Dragon General.

That's right!

Besides, we asked to be
assigned to this platoon

because we admire your strength.

So please don't say you're stepping down!

We will all work even harder.

Please continue to train us!

You guys...

Right, I still have a lot to learn,
but I look forward

to continuing our work together!

-Yes sir!
-Yes sir!

A good warrior doesn't always
make for a good superior.

However

when a good warrior learns
the right teaching methods,

that makes for the best superior of all.

This too is all thanks to them.

It's still moving. I'm impressed.

Take this then!

Explode!

Fireball!

Plasma Cannon!

Hellfire!

Meteor b*mb!

Queen Echidna,

that's enough. Really!

This is how she releases stress.

Just let her do it.

You've changed somehow, Mernes.

Shut up.