Clevatess (Kurebatesu) (2025) s01e08 Episode Script

We know you're in there, Hero!
We've been playing out here
since we were kids!
You're wasting your time trying to hide!
Come on out!
You thought you were hot stuff just
'cause you knew how to use a sword!
And then you challenged
the dark beast king with
no chance of winning,
and now look what happened!
Hey, are you listening?
Get your ass out here!
We've always hated you heroes!
You never do any real work.
You just kill a dark beast once in a while
and everyone acts like it makes you special!
They used our tax money
to give you that fancy sword,
and what did you do with it?
That's right!
Did you plant the trees in the forest?
Did you cut down trees and carry logs,
and use them to make houses and furniture?
You heroes aren't special at all!
Right, everyone?
That's right! That's right! Come on out!
You are special, Miss Alicia!
You saved my life!
Get away from the window, Nelluru.
But
The most important thing here
is keeping you and Luna safe.
Get out here!
Since we couldn't leave town,
I knew this would happen at some point.
Come on out!
But I didn't think they'd find us so soon.
It doesn't seem like the wizard
with the bugs is here yet
But even if we run here, it won't make
a difference if we don't have a place to hide.
Hey! Get out here!
What do I do?
Hey! We're done waiting!
If you're not coming out,
we'll have to smoke you out!
Take this!
What's wrong, brother? Don't try to stop me!
Enough, Phil.
CLEVATESS
Dad! And Mom!
Our forefathers built this waterwheel
over two centuries ago.
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I'm not letting you burn it down.
But Dad!
We have to hand them over
to those guys, don't we?
Ow!
Why do we have to listen
to what outsiders say?
This is our problem. Our country's problem,
and our town's problem.
We've got those two waiting in the middle
of town so we can keep an eye on them.
To keep them from causing trouble.
Then what do we do?
Just back off.
Let me handle this.
I'm Mark! I run the town guard!
Come on out, Hero!
I have a question for you!
I promise that until we're done talking,
I won't let them hurt the ones inside.
I'm only interested in talking to you!
Come on out!
Miss Alicia
Wait here.
What does he want to ask them?
I dunno!
Just shut up and watch, you two.
So you're the hero.
That's right.
Where's your Regalia?
I'm afraid I lost it.
You lost it?
By "lost it," you don't mean
you sold it, right?
No.
I dropped it when I was fighting Clevatess.
So it's true that you fought him.
And you lost.
Yeah. We were utterly annihilated.
It's only natural for you to hate me
for things ending up like this.
I'm sorry. But for now--
Then there's no problem.
Huh?
If you'd sold the Regalia
and run away, I'd've killed you.
But if you fought and lost,
then I have no complaints.
It was our king who sent you off.
Because that's our tradition.
Dad, are you really okay with that?
You don't hate me?
The question is, Hero, what comes next?
Do we continue the tradition?
Is it worth continuing,
after the price we've paid?
When the next king is decided,
should we citizens support him?
You're the only heroes to make it to the Lord
of Dark Beasts in the last thousand years.
You saw what was beyond
Luna Mountain, right?
What lies beyond the edge of the world?
Well? Was the cost worth paying for?
I was flung into the air,
and I only saw it for a second.
But I did see it.
It was round.
There was no end to the world.
The horizon stretched on forever.
Was it worth it?
Of course it was!
I don't know if I have the right
to say this after having failed,
but there are so many things you can't learn
when your world is small!
There're so many things you can't obtain
unless you've got the courage to take the leap!
There are people you'll never meet
I learned that only recently,
from someone arrogant and terrifying,
and who treats me like a dishrag
But if I'd never met him,
my world would've ended
without ever getting bigger.
So
There's meaning in making the world bigger!
It's worth trying to go beyond those peaks!
For the sake of the heroes
who died in the attempt, too
I won't let anyone say there isn't!
It seems the one thing the last king
didn't screw up was his choice of heroes.
You can go, Hero.
We elders will calm
the young ones behind me down.
We need our next king
to give it their all, after all.
Wait, does he know
You'll have to deal
with the wall of bugs yourself.
We'll handle the soldiers
That's
Honey!
Dad!
You didn't think you could let them go
without talking to me, did you?
You bastard!
How could you!
He ruined my game!
Of course I'm mad!
"Game"?
The game where I got to watch the Hidenean
hero get lynched by the people of Hiden!
Rising Dragon!
Heh. No warning at all, huh?
Get into the building!
The bugs are coming!
Bugs?!
They really are coming!
Into the building! Now!
Hang in there, Dad!
Shit! They're here!
Close the doors!
U-Um
Dragonfly!
So strong.
Just what I'd expect from a hero.
You killed all those bugs. Amazing!
And now you're staying behind
to fight on your own.
Such a spirit of self-sacrifice.
Marvelous, simply marvelous.
But what can you actually protect like that?
Oh, I forgot to mention,
but they're poisonous.
If you let the big ones distract you,
the little ones' poison will get you.
Bees in the air, ants on the ground.
Even little caterpillars
hiding in the leaves.
The scariest of them all is the spider's
poison that destroys your very blood.
Destroys your blood?
A powerful poison that can make a smaller
living creature melt from the inside out.
I've always hated heroes, you know.
Or I should say I loved them,
but now I hate them.
They never came when I wanted them to.
And when I lost everything,
the old couple next door seemed
a lot more helpful than they were.
Heroes are just useless figureheads.
You can't protect anything.
The only people who can
are me, and General Drel,
who overcame the same despair
about the heroes as I did!
This poison works on dark ichor as well?
If that's right, then this is bad!
Hey, servant.
This is very bad!
Servant!
Finish up. You've got a job to do.
Klen?
No, Clevatess!
What are you doing here?
What's wrong, Hero?
You're not looking so good!
I can see you struggling to stand upright.
Is the poison getting to you?
Miss Alicia?
Aah! Bugs!
Crush them! Crush them!
Fill the gaps in the building's planks!
Crush every bug that gets inside!
We can't let them take those two
We can't let them take the baby!
That baby is our country's future!
We'll just have to believe that
the hero will deal with the bugs outside,
and protect them!
Right!
We've got the tools we'll need!
Take this!
Seal it up tight!
Come on, what's wrong?
Is that all you've got, Hero?
Did you really think you could open up
the world when you're that weak?
You and the other heroes
are nothing but frauds!
A scorpion?
I see.
You're moving slow because
you were weakened by the poison?
Yes, that's right.
I'm moving slow and
my wounds aren't healing.
Does this poison work on dark ichor?
Yes, it does.
It's not strong enough
to destroy your dark ichor,
but you won't be able to heal yourself
until the poison wears off.
So I'm not immortal right now, is that it?
That's correct.
What's wrong, Hero?
You're not coming out?
Did you think being
in the water would keep you safe?
Fine by me!
If you're not coming out,
then I don't mind at all!
But
Hey, this sound
It's coming from above.
A larva? How is it so big?
Uwah!
A hole!
Seal it up!
There's more of them!
They're eating the building!
Die! Die!
Disgusting!
There's more in the forest!
They're eating the whole forest!
I hear something in the direction the bug guy
went off to Near the water wheel.
Yeah, I don't like it.
It's begun.
What has?
Wait, why didn't they go with the bug guy?
Why go? That's a stupid question.
Because I don't want to die, obviously.
Once he gets serious, he won't stop
until there's nothing left.
Meynard Swann is the master of all insects.
The strongest, most terrible wizard
in the Boelate army.
Do you hear that, hero?
The sound of leaves being devoured!
The screams of the forest!
These are larvae
of the Giganisant, a giant moth!
Once in a century, they hatch,
and devour everything in their path.
They're unique to a single island
in the east.
Once every hundred years,
it goes from being covered in trees
to completely barren.
The bugs are clever enough
to not eat the seeds.
Instead, they wait in their eggs until
the seeds have sprouted into a huge forest.
Amazing, huh?
I can use my magic to speed up the cycle.
That building won't last a minute
in the face of their appetite.
And what will happen to the ones inside
when there's no place for them to hide?
Oh, and what was this town's
main industry again?
They're sure going to miss
that forest, aren't they?
Cocoons?
It's begun.
You don't have long before
there's a lot more of them!
Try and stop them, if you're a hero!
Not that there's a chance you can!
Dust from their wings
In the end, you're just another fake.
You can't protect anyone! Anyone!
Miss Alicia!
Ridiculous.
That crimson light
That's a Regalia!
Where were you hiding it?
Let me tell you something, servant.
All living creatures in this world
are mostly made of water.
Insects are no exception.
A horde of insects is no different
than a ball of water.
Think of them as a river.
And this sword has the power
to slice them apart.
I'll say it again, servant.
Finish up. Now.
Regalia: Stream Splitter!
Flowing Water Slash!
No way
All the bugs
She's a hero
She really is a hero!
Impossible
I'm not going to surrender.
I still--
I'm afraid I don't have time
for long chats.
Hero!
Hmph
You spent too much time on that weakling.
Master! You're back?
Things have changed.
I came to call you back.
Changed
What happened to Drel?
Did you defeat him?
Yeah, about Drel
It looks like another
Lord of Dark Beasts is behind him.
Next Time
Episode 9:
War Zone Hiderat