Level 1 Demon Lord & One Room Hero (2023) s01e08 Episode Script

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["One Room Adventure"
by MADKID plays]
[tenants screaming]
[Zenia coughing]
[building crumbling]
[Zenia gasps]
[soft, dramatic music]
- What in the world
happened just now?
Nevermind. I need to
get out of here.
[footsteps tapping]
[handle clicks]
[soft piano music]
- [Past Demon Lord]
Humans are fragile.
They shall never awaken
from death's sweet slumber.
You mustn't kill them
so hastily, is that clear?
[Zenia grunts]
[handle clicks]
- Come on, you hang in there!
Can you hear me?
[hand tapping]
[Lim grunts]
Time for Seven Spy Tools
number eight:
First-aid Kit Wrap!
Don't you worry, Lim.
I'll get you out of here safely.
[sirens blaring]
- [First Responder 1]
Everyone stand back!
- [First Responder 2]
Go! Keep moving!
[sirens blaring]
- [Zenia Voiceover]
I can't just leave like this.
I'd be a disgrace to
the demon race.
There's gotta be
something, anything!
What can I bring back?
- Oh, I know!
[Max yawns]
[door slams]
- Hey, Max! We've got trouble!
- [Newscaster] A surprise
to officials,
there was a mysterious explosion
at the Royal Bureau of Magic
at approximately 4:00-
- What?
Wait, is this stuff live?
- [Newscaster] We're being told
that most personnel
have been accounted for-
- Gotta be a terrorist
attack, right?
- Isn't that the building
where Fred works?
- Knowing him, he'll be fine.
Blasts like that ain't nearly
enough to kill that guy.
- Um, that's good.
To tell you the truth,
I might've asked Zenia
to do some digging at
the Magic Bureau.
- Huh?
Wait, you don't think she's
the one who did this?
- Why would she do that?
I mean, I never told her to
actually go to the Magic Bureau,
and I'd never ever tell her
to blow it up.
- Yeah, I figured that.
- [Newscaster] Mr. Oi-
[TV static crackling]
- Uh.
- [Mr. Oi] Things for years-
[Demon Lord laughs]
- [Newscaster] I'm very sorry
[Max chuckles]
for our technical
difficulties, folks.
For those of you just tuning in,
there was a mysterious-
- Let's watch a variety show.
- [Newscaster] Royal Bureau
of Magic
at approximately 4:00
this afternoon.
- Good idea.
[door creaks]
- Hmm?
- Huh?
[Zenia panting]
- Your Grace!
[Max and Demon Lord scream]
I've returned from
my visit to the
[Zenia and Lim thud]
[Max and Demon Lord scream]
[soft music]
[bird squawking]
- Oh, something
smells like Ah!
What? What the
[Lim gasps]
- Oh, are you feeling better?
Good to see you up.
How ya doing?
- What?
Um, sorry, but just who are you?
[soft music]
[Lim grunts]
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.
- You got a bump on the head.
Don't overdo it.
You were injured pretty badly.
I found you passed out outside.
- Oh.
[explosion rumbles]
That's right, the explosion.
I must've lost consciousness
after that.
But how did I end up here
instead of the hospital?
- [Demon Lord] You should
take it easy
and try to get some rest.
I'll make you something to eat.
- [Lim Voiceover]
This apartment.
Where have I seen it before?
[water splashing]
[dishes clanking]
- Thank you.
Are you the one
who dressed my wound?
- I am.
- Do you live here
all by yourself?
- Oh no, I live with my husband,
but he's not home now.
- [Lim Voiceover] Is that
some sort of work uniform?
It seems unreasonably small.
- Anything in particular
you'd like to eat?
- No, and unfortunately though,
I should be
getting back to work.
Excuse me.
- What? Oh, but you shouldn't!
You really oughta lie down.
- That's not an option.
You see, I-
[Lim sighs]
- Just relax for
a little while longer.
- Oh.
- Relax.
- But, but I-
- Such promising talent
with such strong magic powers.
[Lim whimpers]
What a pity it would be
to let you stay human.
Forget about being
Fred's underling.
Come work for me instead.
You shall live seven
lifetimes just like us,
plus biannual bonuses,
a flexible insurance package,
and a substantial
housing allowance.
What's your name?
- It's, um, my name's Lim.
- Very well.
Come along, Lim.
Take a hold of my hand
and walk the honorable path
of eternal life by my side.
- Stop it!
[pan thuds]
- Ow!
What the hell, Max!
That's domestic violence!
- This ain't the time
for your unethical shit.
I never shoulda let you
handle all of this.
- All right sign the pact.
- Before anything else,
I'd like to apologize
for this whole mess.
- You're saying that
Ms. Long Hair over here
ordered spandex glasses girl
to sneak in and infiltrate
the Bureau of Magic?
- That's exactly right!
Except the decision to
infiltrate the Bureau
was my own.
The blame rests on my shoulders.
- Forgive me.
It was my vague instructions
that caused the whole confusion.
She is not at fault.
And so you know, Max may be
the one who owns this apartment,
but he had absolutely
nothing to do with this.
So please, please
don't be mad at him.
[Lim grumbles]
- [Lim] The two of you,
you are demons, aren't you?
- We are. That's correct.
[Max sighs]
- So Max, would you care to
explain yourself?
- Uh, please allow me
to explain.
After the sad death
of our beloved Demon Lord,
[soft, somber music]
we underlings had nowhere to go.
We were forced to live a hard
life of poverty and starvation.
Going hungry every night
exposed to the elements
and nearly freezing to death.
- [Max And Zenia] Literally
none of that happened.
- It was a well deserved karma
for all the trouble
we'd caused, yes.
But you can imagine
how hopeless we felt.
But then, much to our
utter astonishment,
Max, the world's greatest hero,
took pity on us poor,
master-less wretches
and saved us from the streets!
After what us demons did,
he had every right
to leave us to die!
Our hearts were deeply moved
by Max's pure,
unwavering generosity.
From then on, we vowed to
dedicate our lives to mankind
and to society at large!
Right, Zenia?
- Yeah, sure, you're correct!
- All I wanted was to
investigate the Bureau of Magic
so that we could
learn more about
humans and their professions,
but it went downhill fast!
It's my fault!
I'm so ashamed of myself
right now!
- I see.
I understand the situation.
- [Max Voiceover]
You bought that crap?
This woman's way too trusting.
- So the explosion
at the Bureau,
I take it that was not
your doing, Ms. Glasses?
- No, of course
I didn't do that!
- I would never allow
my dear Zenia
to handle something
as dangerous as a bomb!
- To be honest, I thought
for sure your fire magic
had ignited some gas
or something.
- My magic flames
would never catch gas
or oil on fire like that.
I'm in complete and
total control
of when they burn and stop.
- Wow!
- [Demon Lord Voiceover]
I gotta get this woman
on the team!
- But if that's the case,
then who on Earth could've
[phone chiming]
That's right! I totally forgot!
I have your phone, Ms. Lim!
Here you go!
- [Lim] Huh? Oh.
- We noticed that you
received quite a few calls
while you were unconscious.
- Do you mind?
- [Max] Go ahead.
- Hello, Chief?
- [Fred] Lim, where
are you right now?
[sirens blaring]
[bystanders chattering]
- My apologies, Chief Secretary.
I was injured in the blast
and lost consciousness,
so, um, I'm being treated
as we speak, sir.
- [Fred] You're at the hospital?
Doesn't sound like it.
Where are you?
- My location?
- It's fine. You can tell him.
- I'm at Max the Hero's
apartment, sir.
- Put him on.
[Max grunts]
- Hey, Fred.
- Okay, Max.
[soft, guitar music]
Would you mind giving me
an explanation please?
Colluding with demons and
attacking government buildings?
My, how the Hero has fallen, hm?
- Fine, I admit it.
I hang out with demons.
But me and them had nothing
to do with that explosion.
- Oh yeah? A likely story.
What's to stop me from telling
everyone you were responsible?
In fact, that'd be
much more convenient,
letting you take the fall.
[Max grumbles]
- [Max] Look, I can
explain everything.
Can we meet up?
- Fine by me.
You just wait there.
I'll stop by.
And no hiding the demons
this time.
- Yeah, yeah, sure thing.
But answer this.
Last time you came to my place,
you sensed the demons
almost immediately, right?
So why'd you-
[static drowns out Max]
- Huh?
- [Ghost] Who's there?
[Fred gasps]
[Fred yells]
- Fred? Hello?
Can you hear me?
[ghost growls]
[Fred whimpering]
- Yeah, on second thought,
your apartment's
a little too cramped.
- What?
- [Fred] I, uh, know
a good restaurant.
I'll make the reservations, so,
uh, why don't we meet there?
- Sure.
- You better show up.
- I'll be there.
- I should've known.
You're not one for this
type of petty behavior.
[phone vibrating]
[Fred gasps]
- You can hear me, can't you?
Answer the damn phone!
[Fred whimpers]
- This area is directly
below the blast.
Be careful of the ceiling.
- Roger!
- Roger!
[door clicks]
- Hey, we've got
a survivor over here!
- [Ghost] Coward!
[Fred whimpering]
- [Emergency Staff]
Chief Secretary Fred!
He must've gotten
caught in the blast.
- [Captain] Oh, God
We need to get him outta here!
[Emergency staff grunt]
- I don't get it, Captain.
How could something like this
happen at the Bureau?
- I don't know.
But if this really was
a terrorist attack
carried out by the Republic
[dramatic music]
then things are gonna get ugly.
[soft, ominous music]
[Grimms sighs]
- A dreadful mishap.
You were at the
Magic Bureau, yes?
- Unfortunately so.
Barely made it out.
A harrowing episode.
- We're relieved that
you're safe.
However, we now have a very
serious problem on our hands.
- I knew this would happen
the day you lot opted to
expel Leo from the Kingdom.
Happy with yourselves?
Finally got your excuse for war.
- This isn't the
underhanded scheme
you're making it out to be.
It is clear terrorist behavior
on behalf of the Republic.
They're endangering the
Kingdom and its people.
- I do wonder
if there's some way
that we could reach
an amicable agreement.
- And just what are you
suggesting we do?
Bow our heads and politely
ask them to stop attacking?
- We are prepared to mobilize
our troops at a moment's notice.
However, the purpose thus far
has been to "exercise our
territorial claims."
Because of that, we have
avoided full-blown war
as well as a loss of
human life on both sides.
But this time is much different.
If our Royal Army were to invade
using its full force,
they would respond in kind.
Though chances of defeat
are slim,
there would be tremendous
casualties,
and I refuse to let any men die.
- "The chances of defeat
are slim?" Oh, really?
You might as well be out there
poking 'em with a stick, George.
Quit your tough talk.
It's just sad.
- That was unnecessary, Sezek!
- You know it's true.
- So what we need
is enough power
to be able to take on
Leo and his friends.
The only people
who can challenge
one of the Hero's companions
are the Hero's other companions.
Minister Grimms,
you and Fred are particularly
close, are you not?
Can you convince him to do it,
seeing as the rest of them
are useless?
- Dear, dear.
Not sure, but I'll see
what I can do.
[Grimms chuckles]
[car rumbling]
- [Demon Lord] Wow.
This place seems pretty fancy,
don't you think?
- Uh, it's one of the
Chief Secretary's
favorite restaurants.
- Shave your frickin' beard,
ya slob!
They're not gonna let ya in
looking like a hobo!
[Demon Lord growling]
[shaver buzzing]
[water trickling]
- Uh.
- Hoo-boy, that's
quite a spread.
You always eat like a king?
[Fred sighs]
Weirdo.
- I don't make a habit of it.
It's been a long time since you
and I last had a meal together.
Please feel free
to help yourself.
- Thank you so kindly!
Whoa, this is amazing!
Look, Max!
The sashimi is see-through,
and it practically sparkles!
I can't wait to taste!
Mm-mm!
- You must be pretty powerful
to pull that off.
You're nearly indistinguishable
from a real human.
I'm surprised a dangerous demon
like you managed to live.
[Max sighs]
[Demon Lord groans]
Zenia, was it not?
The woman with the glasses?
She works for you, I take it.
- Yes.
- I'm sorry, Fred,
for all the trouble we caused.
- My sincerest apologies.
- Well, at least you seem
to be enjoying yourself.
[sake trickling]
I guess you just can't find
a respectable human woman
to settle down with,
mighty Hero or not.
- Shut up, jerk!
[Fred laughs]
- Can't say I'm not jealous.
I mean, who wouldn't
wanna live with
two drop-dead gorgeous women?
- Aw, you're making me blush.
- Yeah, if only he knew
what you really looked like.
[Past Demon Lord laughing]
I wanna explain everything,
you know, clear the air.
The explosion at the
Magic Bureau wasn't my-
- I am more than well aware
that you played no part
in the explosion.
After Zenia infiltrated the
Bureau through the roof,
she left evidence of her
presence all around the place.
If she had planted
the bomb herself,
she wouldn't have just sat there
and waited inside the building,
no matter how stupid she is.
- Ah! Thank God.
You totally understand!
You are the man, Fred!
And thanks a million.
Everybody needs
a good friend like you.
- Knock it off.
- Well, I guess we got it
all sorted out.
Thanks for the grub.
Catch ya later.
- Hold it.
What I'm saying is
I'll let this little
incident slide.
But in exchange, you have to
do something for me.
- Oh, um
then how's about I let you
borrow her for the night,
no questions asked.
- What the!
You cannot be serious!
What the hell is wrong with you?
Chauvinistic pig!
- You know, for being known
as a great hero,
that was pretty gross.
- Oh, come on. Zenia's your
very own underling, isn't she?
Taking responsibility for
a subordinate's
incompetency is your job.
[Demon Lord growls]
- Uh, fine then.
If I must, I will do
whatever needs to be done.
- No! Put your damn clothes on!
We need to have a talk.
[mischievous music]
Now, sit your butt down.
- Gotcha.
- [Demon Lord]
So not even a peak?
- There's about to be
a full scale war
against the Gamma Republic.
All because they went and
pulled some stupid crap
like blowing up
a government building.
- Are you positive
they're the ones behind it?
- Well, of course.
Who else would it be?
- How would I know?
I just think it coulda
been a lot bigger.
[ominous music]
- Just what are you
trying to imply with that?
- Nothing much.
[Max slurps]
[Demon Lord groans]
- So hey, Max
I'm starting to get the feeling
that you think I wanna go to war
with the Gamma Republic.
Which is just dumb.
It's the complete opposite.
Though that's not to say
the Kingdom
wouldn't appreciate
your cooperation.
But if you continue to
refuse to help us,
then I might have to implicate
you and your demon buddies
in the terrorist attack
on the Bureau.
It'd allow us to avoid
all-out war with the Republic,
at least for the time being.
As far as I'm concerned,
I don't care what happens
either way.
So this is your final chance
to rethink your decision.
Return as the Hero, and fight
on behalf of the Kingdom,
or be an accomplice to demons,
be branded a criminal,
and kiss your life goodbye.
[Demon Lord whimpers]
[glass clinks]
- Ah! For real,
talk about a pain!
Come on! Time to go
house shopping.
Guess I gotta move to
the Gamma Republic
with this little lass!
- Wait Huh?
- Come again?
Huh?
- Man, that water sure was nice.
[Demon Lord whimpering]
The Gamma Republic is a very
lovely place indeed, right?
Let's get outta this
sad excuse for a country!
Livin' out my golden years as
a prune in those hot springs
sounds great!
Plus, they got plenty of
magic ore mines over there!
For all we know, I can become
a frickin' billionaire!
- I can't turn a blind eye, Max.
[intense music]
I have to take this as
intent to aid terrorists.
You are going to make an enemy
out of the Kingdom.
- That's the whole point.
Don't wanna piss off
the big bad Hero,
who slayed the
Demon Lord, do ya?
So maybe you oughta try asking
me a little more nicely, huh?
- Egotistical bastard!
You haven't been a hero
in a very long time.
You're just a lazy deadbeat,
who happens to be
annoyingly strong!
- Now ya done it!
I'm sick of your shit!
I'll fucking do it now!
Don't you dare think I won't
move to the Gamma Republic!
- Even the Gamma Republic
wouldn't want
a useless piece
of garbage like you!
Wake up, you big stupid asshole!
- Hey, um, take it down
a notch, you guys.
- Shut your mouth!
You're the stupid assholes here!
Waging your stupid little wars.
Do whatever you want, but you
better leave me out of it!
- I wanna put
an end to this war!
Why can't you get that through
your thick meat-head skull?
- If we're lucky,
maybe you morons
will manage to kill each other!
If both you and Leo die,
I'll finally get
some peace and quiet!
- You son of a bitch!
[foot thuds]
[table rumbles]
[Max and Fred growl]
[Demon Lord grunts]
- That's enough!
[power whirring]
[Fred gasps]
[Demon Lord grunts]
- [Max] Let go of me!
- Okay, Max, just,
who is this demon?
- Does it even matter?
We're done.
[footsteps thudding]
[door whooshes]
- You haven't heard
the last of us.
Your strength is a liability.
You know what happens
if we can't rein you in.
- Oh, that reminds me.
[soft, guitar music]
Forgot my wallet today,
so I'll let you
handle the bill.
That's what
taxpayer money's for.
- I should've poisoned you
when I had the chance.
[Demon Lord grunts]
[door whooshes]
- [Fred] Dick.
- [Max] Home, sweet home.
[Demon Lord sighs]
[Max sighs]
- You shouldn't leave
your dirty clothes
on the floor like that.
- [Max] Mm.
- Especially not your
nice suit jacket.
- [Ghost] Welcome back.
[Max groaning]
[Demon Lord whimpers]
[Demon Lord gasps]
- Max! What's the matter?
No! Don't tell me!
[toilet flushing]
[Max yelling]
[upbeat music]
- [Max] Goddammit, he got me!
- You had me worried.
For a second there,
I thought he really did
sneak you some poison.
- [Max] Laxative, poison
same difference.
That jerk!
[Max groaning]
- Ah, I see.
It must've been mixed into your
sake from the very beginning.
- [Max] What exactly
was he gonna do
if I decided to comply
with his demands?
[Max cries]
- [Demon Lord] I have
a sneaking suspicion
he knew you'd never
go along with it.
It was probably payback for
the whole mess with Zenia.
Anyway, happy poopin'!
[Max screams and cries]
[water trickling]
[Anego, Joe, and Will gasp]
[ominous music]
- No frickin' way!
This is how they justify a war?
- They're a bunch of
evil damn bastards!
Rotten to the core!
- I swear, boss.
We would never try to do
something dangerous like this!
- I know.
The time is upon us
[hand slaps]
[water sloshes]
If you think that I'm going to
let this go unpunished,
then you are no
motherland of mine!
So bring it on!
["Mirai=Teleport"
by Nenne plays]