Anime Episode 11

"The Monster-Taming Barbarian Laughs in the Darkness" (蛮族の魔獣使いは闇に嗤う) is the 10th episode of the "Skeleton Knight in Another World" Anime adaptation.

Arc and Ariane have followed the trail of kidnapped elves to a fortress within the Holy Revlon Empire, but they have no way of knowing the vicious threats waiting inside.

Summary


Arriving at the border town of Kaysehk, Arc figures they've finally arrived in the Revlon Empire, the place where the captured Elves were being imprisoned in. Because of the tight security in the vicinity, they decide to ask around town while trying not to draw attention themselves. By dusk, Arc reviews what he's learned that noises are coming from the castle and that people from the town have mysteriously disappeared over time. However, there's still no word about Elves being held captive there. Before Arc and Ponta regroup with Ariane, they hear a woman screaming and find a lady in an alleyway being confronted by a trio of men. Arc arrives at the scene and deals with the brutes. Soon, Ariane arrives and after seeing Arc with the lady at his bosom, "suggests" she leaves, and terrified of Ariane's malignant voice, the lady scurries off.



That night in his fortress, Fumba learns from the three men who tried to capture the lady in the alleyway of their failure, so he feeds them to his white tiger monster. Outside of the fortress, Arc and the group proceed toward the fortress while Arc notes Ariane's "prickly" nature. Once inside the fortress, Ariane locates a hidden stairway, and as they walk down it, the pungent smell of beasts is noted. At the bottom of the stairs, the two guards guarding the solid iron gate are swiftly dealt with; however, Ariane has trouble trying open it. Arc then tries and figures out that it slides open, which upsets Ariane that a door functions like that. Behind the gates were rows of jail cells reeking an intense stench, and Ariane finds bits of animal fur littered across the ground. Ponta then finds another iron gate that Arc opens, and behind it, the group finds a massive underground space with pillars all around the area. Fumba then arrives and notes that he came to investigate what was alerting his monsters. He then spots Ariane and, finding her pretty, orders her to be his and deal with Arc. Seemingly possessed, Ariane attacks Arc and reveals that she's a Dark Elf, which gets Fumba elated and riled up. He then demands that Ariane deal with Arc faster, so Arc tries to use Uncurse on her, but it doesn't work.

Ariane has a dream where she's met by her sister Eevin underneath a large tree who says it's time for them to train. Eevin's reason is that Ariane is weak, and weakness is evil and to combat this, she has to become strong, so she can protect the Elves being captured by Humans. Eevin then demands that Ariane draw her sword and show just how strong she is.



Back in reality, Arc casts Uncurse multiple times, which never works. Arc accesses the situation about Ariane's condition and spots something in Ariane's hood and has Ponta deal with it. Ponta finds an Imp inside of her hood and once revealed, Arc casts Fireball to eliminate it. As a reward for Arc figuring out his trick for possessing Ariane, Fumba introduces himself by his full name and job title, Monster Sorcerer. He goes on to explain the extent of his skill in his profession which concerns Arc and then spots the rings attached to his belt match the ones he's encountered before in his travels. Figuring that Arc doesn't believe him, Fumba summons his white tiger monster to deal with him. Arc places Ariane at a safe distance and asks Fumba about the Elves who arrived there four months ago. Fumba then reveals that while most of them were sent to the empire for their magical experiments, the remaining ones were used for his amusement. Hearing that, Arc slices off the monster's head with a single swipe and admits that he's encountered a fair amount of villainy since he's arrived in that land. However, to Arc's confession, Fumba's actions have fervently stroked the flames of his rage to a fever pitch. Unfazed by this, Fumba summons a horde of monsters, but Arc briskly deals with them all with his sword and skills like Shield Bash. Still unfazed by this outcome, Fumba points out that Ariane is in a pinch, and Arc then sees that an Orc was about to crush her with its club. However, the Orc is entrapped in a body of water called Liquid Prison created by Chiyome. Although Fumba tries to summon more monsters, he's told by Chiyome that her comrades have eliminated them all. Surprised by Chiyome's arrival, Chiyome reveals that she told Ariane that she and her comrades would arrive later. Arc realizes that Chiyome was Ariane's intel and did not learn any of this from Ariane due to her "prickly" attitude. Just then the ground starts to tremor and Fumba claims that his masterpiece is hungry and they'll settled the score outside and flees the scene.

Teleporting outside with Ariane in his arms and both Ponta and Chiyome on his shoulders, Arc recognizes the monster that escapes from the fortress as a Hydra.

Characters in Order of Appearance
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Arc
 * Ponta
 * Ariane Glenys Maple
 * Eevin Glenys Maple (Dream)
 * Chiyome
 * Goemon
 * Fumba Soodu Rozombanya

Triva

 * This Episodes Adapts from Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 4 (1st Half)