Episode 6

## Episode Chronology

**Mash Burnedead and the Magic of Iron** is the sixth episode of the Mashle anime.

## Synopsis

Mash and Dot are spotted by Silva, a Lang dorm student known for his bad behavior. Silva offers a bet on whether the boys can endure five hits each of his magic. Silva says he'll give up a silver coin if he can endure, and Dot says he'll take hits for Mash, too. Dot withstands ten hits, but Silva reveals the brutal reality. Looking on, Mash takes decisive action.

## Summary

Dot is surprised by Silva's strength and wonders what to do to save Lauren. Silva decides to give them a chance and proposes that if they endure five hits from his magic, he will leave the girl alone, and he will also bet one silver coin. Dot agrees, since its only five hits, but Silva states Mash also needs to endure five hits. Dot explains that Mash has nothing to do with this, but Silva doesn't care. Dot then suggest that he takes Mash's five hits as well.

Dot prepares to take a hit and Silva uses Iron Fist. The power of the blow, causes Dot to spit blood, but he stands up and proceeds to take more hits from Silva. After nine hits, Dot still stands up. Recalling Lauren's tears, he states he is an idiot and can't ignore a girl's tears. Silva is impressed he took nine hits and prepares a more powerful final tenth hit. However, to his surprise, Dot still stands up after it. He tries to approach Silva, stating he should keep his promise, but collapses. Dot asks Mash to take Lauren and run. Silva laughs and calls him an idiot and then hits him again. Lauren joins Silva's side, calling Dot an idiot as well and states she hates stuffy guys like him. While they keep laughing, Mash throws a cream puff and shuts Silva's mouth. Mash states they gone far enough and calling Silva a scumbag, he states its Mash's turn to take on the ten-hit challenge.

Elsewhere, after defeating a scorpion, Lance wonders if Mash will be alright. Finn and Lemon are sure about it, but Lance explains that there is different magic and that Mash has been facing White Mages so far, who excel at scholarship and support magic. However, the Reg Mages excel at combat and those past their first year are really tough with some being even double-liners.

Silva states he really hates hypocrites that act tough, but are really weak, making him want to mess them up. He picks up Dot and prepares to slam him to the ground due to Dot having ruined his clothes a bit earlier, however as Mash rushes in to punch him, Silva releases Dot and puts an iron wall to stop Mash. Silva wonders if Mash thinks he can beat him and explains that he won two gold coins in his first year. He proceeds and attacks Mash with his Iron Fist magic. After several hits, Mash stops his magic and prepare to use Triceps Magic Ballista Knuckle. Silva states he never heard of such magic and proceeds attacking Mash, however Mash dodges or breaks his iron pillars and reaches Silva and punches him. That angers Silva, who attacks Mash again, but Mash breaks through his iron magic attack and punches him in the guts. Silva falls on his knees, shocked that he can't stand nor win, and notes he can't take any more hits. Mash then backs off and sits, stating that this was two hits from the ten that Silva must endure.

Mash stands up and approaches Silva, and wonders if he is ready to take the third hit. Silva feels that if he takes another hit, he will die and starts wondering on what to do. In that moment, a scorpion appears. Silva sees its with a star-shaped stone, making it worth more than a silver coin. He then hopes he will be able to escape while Mash fights the scorpion. The scorpion attacks Mash, but he just blows him far away, stating he is busy right now. Silva turns pale. Mash proposes that they end this as he starts to feel bad for Silva. Mash then turns towards Lauren, who didn't expect Silva to lose. Wondering what to do, she starts crying, saying that Silva forced her to do it. Mash then hugs her from behind, telling her everything is alright, making her think that her charms worked. However, Mash does a suplex, smashing her to the ground and noting that he treats everyone equally.

Mash later reunites with Lance and the rest, who are impressed that he fought Silva and also defeated a star-shaped scorpion who is worth two silver coins. Seeing Dot all beat up, Lemon asks him if he is alright, which makes him super excited. Dot apologizes for getting Mash involved and thanks him. Mash states that isn't typical for Dot, which angers Dot as he was quite embarrassed saying those words. Lance explains that Mash was targeted by Lang. He heard that they are hunting coins, which is why Silva attacked him. Lang dorm is made up of the upper crust and their cronies. They are moralist who value birthright above all else and will do anything they can to prevent nobodies like Alder dorm members to get into the Bureau of Magic. Lance guesses that a war for coins is starting between them and Lang dorm elites, Magia Lupus. Since Mash had collected five silver coins, they turn into one gold coin.

Mash didn't knew there were dorms and Finn reminds him that they were sorted when they entered the school. Mash then recalls the time they had to touch a Skeleton Unicorn, who will read their thoughts and ideas and assign them to a dorm. After several students were assigned, the unicorn is quite confident in his skills as even centuries later, he never had misjudged anyone as he can read their thoughts. When its Mash turn, the unicorn is shocked that Mash is only thinking of cream puffs. He wonders on what to do and comes out with a long logic that assigns him to Adler. Lance then tells Mash and the rest that Magia Lupus consists of seven members and Silva must have been one of their lackeys. Since Mash has a gold coin, Lance tells him to stay away from Lang and stick to his dormmates.

The next day, Mash heads to class. While looking around for his class, he faces a door and wonders if he had to pull or push to open it. Meanwhile, Silva is apologizing to Abel. Wirth states that Abel gave him a chance, since he wanted to join them, however he let Adler take a coin. Silva asks for another chance, but Abel states that Wirth misunderstood. Giving him a chance makes it sound that he expected something from him. Abel explains that those who will control the world must be chosen individuals with perfect education, overwhelming talent and noble bloodline. They are collecting coins to create a world free of impurities, yet Silva can't even become a sacrificial pawn for their objective and his life is worthless, however he shouldn't worry about that anymore. Abel then turns Silva into a doll. Mash then comes in holding the door, stating he couldn't figure if he should push or pull. Seeing Abel, he wonders if he knows he is talking to a doll.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Mash Burnedead
* Lauren Cabasse
* Dot Barrett
* Silva Iron
* Lance Crown
* Finn Ames
* Lemon Irvine
* Abel Walker
* Wirth Mádl
* Anser Shinri
* Milo Genius
* Andrew Olore
* Love Cute
* Abyss Razor

## Manga & Anime Differences

* In the anime, the star from the scorpions forehead lands on the ground after Mash swats it away. In the Manga, this isn't shown.