RUDEUS’ Reunion With PAUL & ROXY + Why The Labyrinth Is So Dangerous | MUSHOKU TENSEI Cut Content

two heartfelt reunions captivated us throughout this episode but in between all that were the finer details defining this brand new adventure I'm talking the Labyrinth its monsters and the way Paul and his party approached them all the way to the city of rapan and how it became like this they are the enriching elements of mushoku tensei's lore that further brings to life an already well-developed story so while I will go deeper into how exactly Rudy's reunions went there's quite a bit more to be said about the world around him too specifically the Labyrinth the danger within and the party Rudy will be challenging it with before I get started though there's only three weeks left to secure these amazing designs from The moku tensei Inspired New Beginnings collection and a week left for the tensor inspired Genesis tea I know I mentioned them in my last videos but I just want to shout them out again since the demand for them has actually been amazing they are onetime drops which probably won't release again though so if you like the way they look and are in the market for more subtle anime inspired fashion I promise the quality of these is something you won't be disappointed in just check out mugan pro.com to see the collection or if you want a chance to win one I'll be giving one away to those who follow the Instagram the winner for that will be decided on stream on Sunday but anyway episode 44 into the Labyrinth covering chapters 1 to 4 from volume 12 of the light novel to start things off with a bit of lore ran wasn't always the most prominent City in bearit before was just a small Oasis but after a chain reaction of events it had become this bustling hub for fame-seeking adventurers what particular series of events caused it to take off then well it all stems back to how these massive bones got here you see this was once a behemoth causing havoc in the area up until the north God calman came and defeated it I know I said no person had ever witnessed one being slain before but for a powerful Warrior who's defeated an immortal Demon King and Dragons alike a simple Behemoth was probably nothing for him so Colman came feasted on the Behemoth then left and what was left behind was nothing but a rotting carcass one that would eventually attract all sorts of monsters of those ants were a good number of the monsters that had come to Feast to and it was their tunnels that would create the numerous labyrinths surrounding rapan they had come and droves to take part in What was essentially free food then created nests nearby so that they could continue to take part the thing about monsters eating the Flesh of other stronger monsters though was that the resulting Offspring will usually be mutated so these ants who had an endless supply of food from the strongest monster in the desert were now giving birth to mutated kin who would also eat the Behemoth flesh continue this cycle for a few more generations and the expansive nests which now spread across the area as the labyrinths we see today also became home to powerful mutated Offspring it was the number one attraction for adventurers across the world each Labyrinth was a potential Treasure Trove of riches and the fact that there were so many meant adventurers could tackle multiple it was the perfect place to either get rich quick or come face to face with tragedy now Rudy wasn't so sure that the monster meat theory was true or not but it did make sense with regards to the demon continent you see there monster meat was the only thing to eat and it just so happened that a higher rate of strong people were born there this made Rudy wonder if his child would turn out freakishly strong because of that since he himself had eaten so much monster meat when he was Trav there in any case a short walk would bring Rudy and Alina Le to the guild and it was here that he would find geese struggling to find help to save Roxy the guy he was talking to was supposedly some really strong Adventurer but no matter what geese offered it wasn't enough to face the certain death which came with traversing the teleportation Labyrinth he had made comments about it already being a month which was the first hint Kei wasn't referring to Zenith geese was still adamant about at least finding roxxy's remains but once again budget otar said no the reason I'm reiterating such a point is because the desperate Expressions geese was making was Far different from the ones that Rudy was familiar with Rudy didn't even know that such a face was possible for him but according to Alina L that was actually more his standard look it seemed whatever time Rudy spent with him back in the forest was actually just geese trying to act more mature for him geese would then bring Rudy to Paul and what Rudy was expecting was a Paul similar to how he was back in Millis a Broken Man frustrated to no end running away from his problems via bottles of alcohol what he saw was instead a person far more tame but deep in Paul's eyes was nothing but emptiness he was this hollow shell in which all emotion was absent sure he was going through the motions and asking Rudy how he was doing but the way he did just seemed lifeless it was a pitiful display that made the entire Journey worth it already even if Paul's Spirit was broken for good Ry was going to do everything he could to make things better he truly believed that he could fix everything it was as soon as Rudy had mentioned his child though that life immediately returned back to Paul's eyes whatever concerns Rudy had before were seemingly unwarranted since Paul was actually just half asleep he had thought the Rudy in front of him was nothing but a dream thus the distant question and answers Paul would then ask Rudy about his life right there and then and Ry would recount everything up until his marriage the thing about a conversation like that though was that there was a constant fear that Paul would react similarly to last time unless he spoke super objectively and chose his words carefully Rudy was worried Paul might have another one of his jealousy driven outbursts hiding his happiness turned out to be a bit more difficult than Rudy imagin though since the more he spoke of his time in renoa the more he realized he had nothing but good memories there there were certainly times when things were tough but as he remembered all that happened with silie and everyone else he truly believed he was having the time of his life there so much so that hiding that fact was just impossible it was once he finished that Rudy was expecting a Stern scolding but instead Paul simply responded with an apology he truly felt remorse for removing Rudy from his life this way this definitely came as a surprise since Rudy was sure the implication of him sleeping with someone while Paul couldn't would 100% trigger at least some sort of reaction I mean Paul did promise to wait until he saved Zenith so Rudy couldn't even imagine the pain of not doing it for over 6 years now that's when he found out he did get it on with Lilia once though but the reason for that was simply because they were attacked by a succubus a reasonable excuse since I'm sure you don't need me to describe how depraved a lust driven Paul would be yes they did have a Healer capable of detoxification magic but with Paul acting the way he was the physical touch necessary to cast such magic would be way too dangerous for her Lilia would volunteer to take one for the team instead and that's how the ended up doing it together now that's not to say that was a bad thing though since Lilia and Paul are technically officially married too it's just Paul did promise to wait until he saved Zenith before doing it again aside from that there was a quick mention of talhan not being affected by the succubus's poison and that relates to the reason why he was staring at Rudy's ass later but going back to Paul and Rudy Paul would actually comment on how Rudy sounded more confident it was one of the many signs that he had grown and that was enough to make him cry even more Rudy would then Embrace Paul himself and as soon as he realized he no longer had to reach to wrap his arms around him that's when Rudy would start crying too their years apart had just become so much more apparent to each other it was after this that Paul would confront alen Li but no context behind their beef was given in the novels either the whole matter was resolved so quickly though that Rudy was starting to wonder if it was actually just something very trivial now to give a bit more context behind the whole Zenith situation the wording they used to describe it was captured this was a strange Choice since that could imply multiple things but more than anything Rudy was confused as to who or what would be holding Zenith captive for six long years now like it probably wasn't a person if it was in the depths of the labyrinth and the notion of it being the Labyrinth itself wasn't something Rudy knew was even possible supposedly a party that went in mentioned seeing someone who resembled but that party hasn't been heard from since the last time they went in and that was information geese had acquired almost 4 years ago the reason they could still continue searching with the hopes that she was alive now was mostly because of the information that Roxy came with you see after hearing from kashera that Zenith was alive 2 years ago it was more than likely that she was still alive now if she was able to survive that 2-year gap between when she went missing and when Kashira found her then it's definitely probable she could have gone another 2 years just fine this was why geese was so certain they could still find Zenith despite him being all doom and gloom for the Roxy situation talhan would then come in shortly after this and alen liis would deliver a warning about how Rudy needed to be careful around him apparently he stole what men held most dear of course Rudy had no idea what she was talking about but I'm sure you can make your own assumptions based on the detail with the succubus before now the news about Roxy was actually more shocking than the news of zenith since while Rudy had 6 years to mentally prepare for zenith's potential death there was nothing which helped him to prepare for that scenario with Roxy it was an Abrupt Revelation that left him stunned fortunately he wasn't so naive as to devolve into Panic since while yes he wanted nothing more than to leave right away and go safer he knew more than anything the most important step right now was careful preparation sure time was definitely of the essence but to rush into the Labyrinth without any any plan whatsoever well that could very well be the difference between life and death for Roxy so Rudy would confirm the situation as best he could then reveal the book which would help them adequately prepare I had talked about this back in episode 5 so I'll include that segment about the book's contents now just in case you forgot about it the book was a creative non-fiction that told the tale of animus exploration of the teleportation Labyrinth with the Labyrinth housing traps only related to teleportation the actual Travers veral of it became rather difficult it was from what animus and his companions could find that they were able to narrow the traps down into three broad categories the first was a one-way teleporter that sent people to the same fixed location the second a reciprocal teleporter that led to a magic circle allowing for teleportation back then the third or random teleporter which well could take you anywhere all of which had a good chance to send you straight to a pack of monsters since the creatures inhabiting this Labyrinth were both intelligent and cunning not only did they understand the labyrinths complex layout but they also knew where every teleporter would sense someone often waiting at the destination to hunt whoever it was that was using them in any case it was after animus had found a way to determine which teleporters were reciprocal and which were not that he would only use reciprocal to bring himself deeper the plan itself was working rather fine but it was a single misstep that would cause him to use a random one by accident a fatal mistake that would cause him to lose his entire party and one of his arms fortunately he survived but with no way to defend himself in The Labyrinth anymore he decided to leave the Conquering of it to the reader thus the reason he had written this book now it was possible this book pertained to a completely different teleportation Labyrinth so naturally it was best to evaluate whether that was true or not if you're wondering why geese was the person to do that well ridy wasn't quite sure himself but it was clear by everyone's reactions that he was the person responsible for this type of stuff he seemed to be this Flex type member responsible for everything that wasn't battle this included anything from mapping and directions all the way to managing supplies choosing what drops to take and even how to extract them he was both the commander and the aand boy the group's manager planner and coordinator he would even be the one to decide whether it was best to retreat or not so given that this was his role it made sense that he would be the one to sift through the books information like that it was while he did that Rudy would ask Paul four key questions about the labor what were the monsters how many floors were there what was the interior like and what were the shape of the teleportation circles the monsters were divided into five main types and these were giant poisonous tarantulas capable of projectiles tank-like caterpillars with sturdy defenses human-shaped mud creatures intelligent enough to cast magic armored Warriors similar to these guys from Elden ring then the devouring devil which was a beast with long Limbs and knif likee Claws and fangs there was an unknown number of FL leading to the bottom but the most reliable rumor was that it was something like six or seven of course since no one had actually reached the bottom the Labyrinth Guardian was just as much of a mystery as the depths itself they did however know what enemies to expect on each floor since the deeper you went the more dangerous they got so floor one was only spiders Floor 2 both spiders and caterpillars floor 3 the mud skulls which exhibited command over the monsters before floor four only mud skulls and armored Warriors floor five only armored Warriors and devouring Devils then floor six devouring Devils alone the reason the Labyrinth follows this type of hierarchy is because the first three floors were part of those ant nests I had mentioned earlier and floor 4 and Below were ancient ruins that somehow became connected to it so whereas the initial floors are complex winding Pathways with rooms connected to them the later floors were more of what you'd expect from a dungeon clear paths and hallways with larger rooms branching off from them now the teleporter shape was no different from the one Rudy knew himself so that only provided confirmation for what Rudy already suspected it was once that confirmation was made that a proper formation would then be decided upon alen Li would be the party's tank Paul the secondary DPS alongside talhan Tan's secondary DPS and the occasional off tank then Rudy the primary DPS and primary healer these four would be in charge of combat and geese would hand everything else Tan's role was a bit more vague than everyone else's though since while he was an all-purpose fighter capable of Close Quarters combat he was also a magician capable of intermediate tier Earth Magic that being the case his position was one in which he could always do both he would hover around Rudy and cast magic if need be or step up to the front and join the fight as well it really just depended on what the circumstances called for as for Lilia Vieira and Shara their job was to Simply house sit since Rudy and Elina Le were the replacements for them they were now tasked with making sure the group had somewhere to come back to an important job that pretty much every large Clan had someone do the preparations were then done mostly by alen L or tand but if there was ever a time where Rudy felt his knowledge would be helpful he figured he would only mention it as a suggestion perhaps his experience playing Rogue likee RPGs could actually be useful but considering the others were all real life veterans Rudy figured it was best to leave everything to them so the plan as of now was to get to the third floor and rescue Roxy then Retreat immediately after and see if she was good enough to regroup and go save Zenith it was a fairly straightforward set of objectives that Rudy assumed would become long and complicated he honestly had no idea how long any of this would actually take this brings us now to his conversations at night and aside from Lilia asking about Aisha and Paul talking about his proclivities there was an interesting cut scene involving Rudy thinking about the man God he was lying in bed trying to concentrate and it was as he did that he wondered if this was what the man God wanted all along I mean had he not told Rudy to go to ranoa and study teleportation then he wouldn't have found this book which would conveniently turn out to be so helpful in challenging the Labyrinth it was clear the man God's words always hid some sort of deeper meaning and his last conversation was certainly no exception to that this this brought into question why the man God would suggest the ridiculous things that he did and the only answer Rudy could come up with was that he was purposefully trying to agitate him it was as if the man God knew Rudy was trying to be rebellious and as a way to counter that he did a bit of reverse psychology this was confirmed by Rudy saying he would have done the opposite regardless of what the man God said so had he told him to go to begrit and leave silie instead then he 100% would have stayed behind and sent someone else so now that the man got had shown yet again his words were to Rudy's benefit it made Rudy think that perhaps the man God just truly enjoyed watching him he had no clue what was going on in his head but considering how at every step he's always been incredibly helpful Rudy could no longer deny the fact that he was genuinely an ally to him he did after all send him to the one place that had everything he needed to save Zenith fast forward now to the day of the rescue and Rudy's Spirit Scrolls would turn out to be far more useful than you may think not only did it mean that Paul and geese didn't have to carry torches but the light was brighter and lasted longer even if the user had summoned it with the fraction of the Mana that Rudy did it would still more than likely last the length of an expedition more than anything freeing up a hand was invaluable so these Lamplight Scrolls could very well put torches out of the market if Rudy wanted to so Gees had one to himself 10 steps ahead of the group while the other hovered by elen Li and Paul as they followed behind the special shoe he wore made identifying his footsteps easier and the general rule was to follow them precisely now the first floor was as I said tarantulas and the renate knowledge of the labyrinth inadvertently identified where traps were we saw this in this scene here since the way they avoided it indicated it was a trap rookie adventurers would see it as a way to avoid stepping on the spiders but in actuality it was a one-way ticket to getting teleported Paul would typically be the one to dispatch these spiders and the weapons he used were both familiar and unfamiliar his main hand carried the sword he trained with all the time back in fowa while his off hand was a sword too long to be called short and too short to be called long it was a completely different type of weapon that Rudy had never seen before Paul wasn't really using it much to fight at all though so Ry wondered if it was just there to look cool or something now alen Li's reveal about Paul being her son was actually something that got way more of a reaction from him the moment he heard that she was now family he immediately broke formation went to Rudy and verified it the news of laws being her son came as quite the shock to him all that stuff aside though it took 5 hours and five teleporters to get down to the second floor each teleporter led to a path to another teleporter and the time it took to get between them was about 1 hour occasionally there'd be two teleporters side by side but geese had marked the right ones beforehand the second floor brought with it a new enemy and these iron crawlers were worked together with the spiders the spiders would mobilize their targets from a distance then iron crawlers would trample them using their one ton bodies and heavy defenses they weren't so tough that Rudy couldn't take care of them but unlike the spiders these iron crawlers weren't an enemy Paul could oneshot anymore they're actually the reason why they couldn't make it very far without Roxy on their team the iron crawlers were just an extremely bad matchup for them now that Rudy was here things were a whole lot easier so Not only was this their easiest Expedition yet but talland even found himself bored since there wasn't anything for him to do anymore he was literally on standby while Rudy cleaned up everything this would lead to him becoming the lookout while everyone was on break and it was while on break that geese would talk with Rudy he wanted to know based on the rough Maps he put together where Rudy's intuition might think Roxy was the map showed where they'd been and where they've searched before so it was based on that that Rudy would point to an empty spot east of where they were a brand new area yet to be searched that Ry honestly just picked at random it was a good distance away from the trap that had teleported her so it seemed like a good place to start rather than searching everywhere that's when the group would head to floor 3 and almost immediately after entering he would smell something familiar it was a presence he would never mistake for anything else and 100% proof that Roxy was close that's when the novel switches over to roxxy's perspective and it actually explains how it is she survived so long I do believe that something will get at the beginning of next episode though so right here is a pretty good place to stop all in all things do feel a little bit quick but they're definitely on track to finish the arc and slow down at the more important parts they also really killed it with Rudy's timely entrance and that was probably one of my favorite scenes in the series so far so I hope you enjoyed hearing more about this episode and if you did feel free to leave a like and comment don't forget to check out the new mugan collection too but for now as always thank you so much for watching watching and if you enjoy this type of anime content then you already know what to do so until next time ciao

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Id: 8u0qEUhkPBY

Length: 21min 35sec (1295 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 07 2024