Episode 1

## Angler

**Angler** (拾人者[アングラー], *Angurā*) is the first episode of the Ultramarine Magmell anime.

## Synopsis

A terminally ill boy asks Inyo for his assistance in finding his older brother, who has gone missing in Magmell while searching for a rare fruit with strengthening properties.

## Summary

A brief narration explains that thirty-five years ago, a brand new continent known as "Magmell" appeared out of thin air; a place brimming with new species of flora and fauna, as well as unique mineral resources.

The news of this caused many would-be explorers, driven by wild ambition, to journey towards this new land in droves in the hopes of striking it rich. We're then shown such a group being approached by a pack of wild beasts, with their leader loudly proclaiming he'd be the "king" of this new land before charging into battle.

We then cut to a young man, named Inyo, who arrives to rescue the explorers, now beaten and unconscious from battling the creatures. The narrator explaining that he is an "Angler" and that its people like him [Inyo] that are charged with protecting and rescuing foolhardy travelers like these from the continent.

A young girl called Zero tells Inyo its noon already, but he wants to sleep-in for the day, she prepares him a plain piece of toast and explains they don't have money for anything else and that their power will be cut off tomorrow.

They then hear their bell ring at their front door and find a young boy named, Kriks who is looking for the best Angler, but looses consciousness when Zero opens the door. When he wakes up, he asks Inyo to save his older brother, Kunuris, but Inyo refuses as he doesn't have enough money until Kriks explains that he'll die soon and he can have his insurance money.

He then goes on to explain that his parents and brother went to Magmell in search of the "Tear of Epona" to heal Kriks of his illness. However, only Kunuris returned home alive, with Kriks blaming himself for the death of their parents. Kunuris kept training and received an A-Class Explorer's license before going back to Magmell to look for the Tear of Epona, Inyo decides to accept his request as he comments that he can sell it off for a hefty sum.

Inyo takes Kriks to the Bohdoka Mountain Woods located in the Sixth Ward of Magmell. As they proceed on foot, Kriks explains that the Epona fruit can return a body to full strength and improve one's physical abilities tenfold, Inyo then says that it is called Tear of Epone because it of the fact that it only blooms atop a mountain of corpses.

Inyo asks Kriks that after he is healed if he'll become an explorer, but Kriks says he wants to be a Lachter, a person who can construct physical objects at will. The two continue to travel until they spot a strange man asking for help, Kriks tries to get Inyo to assist him but the Angler explains they'll both die if they do; picking up a rock and throwing it toward the man, causing giant centipedes to come out of the ground.

Inyo then comments that they take control of humans and use them as bait to attract others. Meaning it was already too late for that man, as he was already dead. But, as they're leaving, Inyo uses a strange power to kill the centipedes without Kriks noticing.

Zero informs Inyo that a Prinz Hawk nest is ahead of them and Inyo instructs Kriks to stay back while he continues ahead alone, killing a few Prinz Hawks which causes the rest to flee. Meanwhile, Kriks stumbles upon his brother, Kunuris who ecstatically greets his brother and takes him to the Tear of Epona.

However, the happy reunion soon turns dark when Kriks notices all the bones underneath it, Kunuris explaining that Epona can only bloom on corpses and that two dead bodies weren't enough and that even after gathering a team of allies, it didn't do anything. He then stabs Kriks in the back with a sharpened piece of bone, the Epona proceeding to absorb the freshly spilt blood and finally blooming in full, Kunuris then climbs up and takes the fruit, but Inyo arrives and tells Zero to help Kriks.

Inyo then guesses that Kunuris murdered his parents and allies for the Tear of Epona which he confirms, saying that even if Kriks got the Epona it wouldn't fully heal him and he still would've died anyway so it was better to use the fruit for himself. Barely conscious, Kriks desperately begs Inyo to save his older brother, believing that he wouldn't do something like this and that he must be under the control of some creature, before passing away from his injury.

As Kriks dies, Inyo turns towards Kunuris, in anger he attacks Kunuris, who after being knocked back, eats the Tear of Epona and buffs himself up, but is still easily defeated by Inyo. Just before he dies, Kunuris realizes that Inyo is a Lachter and recalls how his brother wanted to be one to assist him. Inyo buried him and his brother together freeing "saving" both of them. As he leaves he comments how there is no way to save people like him and explains the greatest danger of Magmell is not any kind of plant or animal but rather how it amplifies the greed and hatred within humans.

## Characters

* Inyo
* Zero
* Kriks
* Kunuris