Ryner, sweating and shaking, seals the relic with his own magic. He tells Ferris, “These aren’t weapons. They’re cages.”
Opening Scene: The Aftermath of a Nightmare The episode opens on a grim, rain-soaked battlefield. Corpses of soldiers lie scattered across a muddy plain. Standing alone amidst the carnage is a exhausted, disheveled young man with spiky black hair and deadened green eyes: Ryner Lute . He clutches his head, muttering about the "curse" within him—the Alpha Stare , a magical eye that can analyze and disassemble any form of magic it sees. The Legend of the Legendary Heroes Episode 1
Ryner almost smiles. For the first time, he isn’t entirely alone. Ryner, sweating and shaking, seals the relic with
Then Ryner’s Alpha Stare activates involuntarily. He sees the structural formula of the relic—a broken sword. But more than that, he glimpses a horrifying truth: the relic is not a weapon of salvation. It is a containment device for a —a fragment of a "Demon" from the legendary past. Touching it nearly unleashes the entity. Corpses of soldiers lie scattered across a muddy plain
Ferris and Ryner arrive at a ruined castle said to house a Hero Relic. Inside, they are ambushed by a rogue magician using forbidden magic. Ryner tries to avoid fighting, but Ferris effortlessly kills the attacker.
Cut to the royal capital of Roland. Ryner, now chained in a dark prison cell, is visited by a beautiful, cold blonde woman in military regalia: Princess Ferris Eris . She is notorious, nicknamed the "Corpse Princess" for her emotionless demeanor and unmatched swordsmanship.