Episode 6

**Rice and Thieves and Heroes** is the sixth episode of the Black Summoner anime series.

## Summary

Kelvin formally tames Sera as one of his tamed monsters and later shows off the fruits of his S-Rank Blacksmithing and Efil's S-Ranked Sewing in his room. Sera showcases the weapon Arondight, created from Victor's armor and armor Queen's Terror. Onto Gerard, he receives a new magical sword called Dáinsleif. As for Kelvin and Sera's weapons, they'll have to wait to show them until they get into battle. Tired and hungry, Efil asks Kelvin what he wants and responds that he wants some rice. However, Efil and the others have no clue what rice is and go on a tirade about what rice is to his clueless companions.

Eventually, the group ride on a wagon heading toward Toraj, and Seraj spots a river, which Kelvin asks if she'd like to go fishing. Ignorant of what fishing is, Kelvin promises to show her what it is when they reach Toraj, where rice is said to grow. Just then, Gerard reports that Melfina has gone missing, and Kelvin recalls wanting to summon her, but cannot due to her God status. As a compromise, Melfina allows Kelvin to summon one of her avatars as she goes on vacation for a while. After a brief chat about a boat that Sera saw and a page in the book Efil was reading, Sera notes that some hidden people were watching them. At that moment, a group of bandits led by a lady introduced themselves as the infamous Black Wind gang. The wagon driver recognizes them as an infamous gang that mainly work around Toraj, but were said to have been taken out by an A-Rank Adventurer from Trycen. Using an appraisal of the bandits, Kelvin allows Sera to handle them independently, but doesn't allow her to use the Arondight.

Exiting the wagon, Sera first handily defeats the bandit Ensu who tries to capture her. Frightened by Sera's unnatural strength, the head of the bandits sends out the others to deal with her, but quickly gets overwhelmed as well. A large mallet-wielding bandit named Gilda also gets overpowered by Sera despite having above 200 level strength. Kelvin from the wagon then comments on how the bandits didn't stand a chance since Sera's level was 75 compared to the bandits' levels of 25-30. With the bandits now captured, the head bandits claim their boss is level 70, which intrigues Kelvin and asks her for more information.

Finally reaching their destination of Toraj, Kelvin notes how it resembles old Japan. Gazing at the sea, Sera internally notes to Victor that she finally made it to the sea and that Victor would be proud of her and of his promise that he'd teach her how to swim. Hence, an elated Sera asks Kelvin to teach her how to swim, and blushing, Kelvin agrees to the request.

Afterward, the group reaches Toraj's Adventurer's Guild and turns in the bandits they captured. They're formally thanked by the Guildmaster Mist. As Mist informs the group, she and Leo were at the same party back in the day, and his title was **The Analyzer**. Moving onward, they discuss the matters involving the Black Wind, where Trycen's famous adventurer Christoph supposedly destroyed the group. However, they're now back and capturing people for the slave trading business. Despite knowing that the group is in Toraj, no actions can be taken against them because it would cause a rift between the Trycen and Toraj. Wanting to find the bandits, Kelvin has Sera try and locate one of them. Upon trying, Sera finds a level 50 person by the town entrance. Hearing this excites Kelvin as the Heroes of Deramis arrives in the town.

Later, the Heroes of Deramis learn of the bandit situation, and although Toya wants to deal with them, Setsuna admonishes him from getting involved. She reasons that they're to head west under the guidance of Melfina, but Toya insists they stay and help the people that are in need. While Toya and Setsuna bicker about the situation, Mist notes how Kelvin requested she relay this information to the heroes and recalls how Kelvin had a plan that'd suit his needs.

Down in the bandits' base, a bandit named Hope was about to violate a little slave girl named Ruka, but Kelvin's party arrives at the scene in the nick of time. Hope then tries to attack them, but is taken out by a Gerard in a single punch. Upstairs, Christoph revealed to be the bandit leader, talks with Prisra, informing her that Karna, the head bandit from earlier had been captured. Prisra reveals that Trycen pays them to capture people and sell them off as slaves. At that moment, Hope appears at the room door and faints to the ground upon its opening. Kelvin then goes after Christoph, Sera after Prisra, and Gerard after another member named Ado. Although Christoph is excited to fight against Kelvin, he corrects them that they're not there to fight, but to prepare themselves for "the main course".

Soon the heroes of Deramis reach the bandits' hideout and reaching the room where the slaves were held captive; the heroes also encounter Clotho. Drawing his sword against Clotho, Luca stands in the protection of Clotho, claiming it's the pet of their savior. Understanding his mistake, Toya introduces himself as the Hero of Deramis to them all. A member of the group named Nana communicated with Clotho and revealed it was there simply to protect the slaves from any harm. Also, Luca's mom asks the heroes that they save the Rank A heroes who are in trouble. Wasting no time, the heroes rush to where Christoph and his companions were at and find them all knocked out on the ground. They then confront Kelvin's group, who had awaited the heroes' arrival.

## Characters

* Kelvin Celsius
* Gerard Fragarach
* Clotho
* Victor
* Efil
* Sera Baal
* Leo
* Melfina
* Ensu
* Gilda
* Karna
* Mist
* Christoph
* Kanzaki Touya
* Mizuoka Nana
* Shiga Setsuna
* Kuromiya Miyabi
* Ruka
* Hope
* Prisra
* Ado