Anime Episode 01

"The Wandering Knight Sets Out to Make the World a Better Place" (流浪の騎士、世直し旅にて候ふ) is the 1st episode of the "Skeleton Knight in Another World" Anime adaptation.

''A video game lover awakes to find himself in a medieval fantasy world as his character, a Holy Knight named Arc. As exciting as the opportunity seems at first, he realizes that his comical selection of the skull face for his avatar has resulted in a ghastly appearance that will make him a target if revealed. Will Arc be able to undertake the daring life of an adventurer without revealing his identity?''

Summary


Lauren Laraiya du Luvierte and her maid Rita Farren are both captured by bandits and Lauren was about to be manhandled by one of them. That is, until the arrival of a large armored knight named Arc who promptly slays them with a single swipe of his sword. Before all of this, Arc awakens in front of a tree and is left perturbed by his situation. After calming himself down he assesses himself and his equipment and realizes that he's inside of the body of his game character Arc. Recalling that he fell asleep after playing the game, Arc tries out his Wyvern Slash move and is left stupified by the power behind it. Trying out magic next, Arc casts a simple fire spell that incinerates a tree. Contemplating how he's able to use magic despite his class being incapable of doing so. Arc then surmises that he's able to utilize all of the previous skills from the upgrade path of his main skill Holy Knight which led him to believe he's "Super Strong".



Growing hungry and sadly without food or funding, Arc casts a Gate spell to teleport him somewhere, but is instead teleported off a cliff he stood close by. Reflecting on how the Gate spell works, Arc instead uses another spell called Dimension Move. Landing safely by a river stream, Arc takes off his helmet to drink from it, but realizes that his head is that of a skeleton. Remembering that he chose the skeleton avatar back in his old world, Arc fathoms that if he entered a town without wearing his helmet he'd be treated as a monster. Hence, he plans to try and avoid drawing any attention to himself and teleports to a nearby town. The name of the town is Luvierte and after exploring the place a bit, Arc encounters a woman arguing with an investigator over his failure to obtain the information she hired him for. As it turns out, the woman was an elf, which amazes Arc, but he soon loses sight of her. He, however, then finds the town's Mercenary Guild and upon entering it, tries to acquire a license. Initially, the male receptionist, claims that it'd be pointless for him to get one as he appears to be well employed already due to the armor he's wearing. So, Arc gives an excuse and the receptionist believes it, but informs him that before he can get one he'll have to pass a trial. The trial entails that Arc must bring back proof of subjugation of one of three things: A beast, monster, or bandit. Wasting no time, Arc leaves the guild as the receptionist and a fellow guild member draw a conclusion to Arc's backstory of why he decided to join the guild.



Afterward, Arc slays a couple of boars and then an Orc. Carrying the proof of subjugation, Arc spots a group of bandits surrounding a carriage who slays the guards and surround a noble lady and her maid. Reflecting on how different the situation is from killing beasts or monsters, the bandits take advantage of the noble lady and her maid. We see again Arc, slaying the bandits and this time finishing off the remaining bandits with his Wyvern Slash move. Once the bandits were dealt with, Arc checks upon the two ladies and learns of their names, and when Rita asks if Arc belongs to a noble. Briskly, Arc comes up with a make-shift story of how he's a cursed knight that's on a journey to find a remedy for his condition, but withholds that from the two for now. As Rita and Lauren step into the forest to take care of themselves, Arc cremates the bandits' bodies with his fire spell and notes his lack of guilt for killing them all. Before the ladies return, Arc loots the bandits' belongings and uses their horses to carry it all.



Heading back to the town, Arc rides parallel to Lauren's carriage driven by Rita who thanks Arc for what he did, while Lauren makes Arc feel uncomfortable as he puts it, staring holes into him. Rita then asks for Arc's name and he introduces himself as a humble traveler by the name of Arc. Back at the guild, Arc turns in his subjugated prey and receives a rune stone from the Orc that he slew and is advised by the receptionist to remove them whenever you kill a monster. After a brief explanation of what runes can be processed into, Arc is given his license and he immediately checks into an inn and has the food served there delivered to his room. Indulging and imbibing in the food and drinks that he was served, Arc looks forward to completing some quests the following day.

Characters in Order of Appearance
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Arc
 * Lauren Laraiya du Luvierte
 * Rita Farren
 * Ariane

Triva

 * This Episode Adapts from Light Novel Volume 01 Prologue & Chapter 1 (Part 1)