Children and Warriors

Children and Warriors (子供と戦士 Kodomo to Senshi) is the eleventh episode of the Mushoku Tensei anime series originally broadcasted on March 21, 2021.

Synopsis
With their new money-making scheme in place, Dead End heads out to track down a mysterious monster. Unfortunately, the job doesn't go as smoothly as they hope, and Rudy's plans may turn out to be a lot less safe than he thought.

Plot
After the Mana Surge in Fitoa, Roxy begins looking for news about Rudeus and his family. Aside from Paul and Norn, all members of the Greyrat family are missing. She is is introduced to Elinalise Dragonroad and Talhand. Paul left a message for Rudeus to be contactable at <>, <>.

Meanwhile, to accomplish a quest, Rudeus' party look for a mysterious monster in the middle of a forest. They encounter two other parties also searching for the monster. The boar-like leader of one party insists on "first come, first served" and do not welcome competition. <> follows after. Ruijerd expresses concern for the young demon team.

One of the parties is ambushed by monsters: a big spider and an Almond Anaconda, but Rudeus decides to wait before attacking to maximize soft reputation, which ends with one of the adventurers being killed. Ruijerd and Rudeus have a falling out, which is diffused by Kurt.

The monster they are looking has killed most of other party, with the leader in its maw. This time, Rudeus decides to intervene early and slays it with his team.

Back at Rikarisu, Rudeus is approached by another adventurer, who discovers his scheme and attempts to blackmail him. Rudeus believes the only solution is to blow up the town. Moved by Rudeus' resolve to protect Eris, Ruijerd drops his disguise, revealing himself as a Superd and threatens to kill the adventurer should he reveals their secret. Rudeus is disappointed with Kurt and Bachirou being scared of the Superd.

After leaving the city, Rudeus reconciles with Ruijerd.

The next morning, they find Ruijerd with a shaved head. Rudeus gives him a headband while the rest gets matching accessories. He starts his first strategy meeting which involves Asura Kingdom. Rudeus keeps traveling with Eris and Ruijerd all the way to a coastal city on the edge of the Demon Continent, unaware that Roxy is also arriving at the continent to look for him, accompanied by two of Paul's former companions.

Characters

 * Roxy Migurdia
 * Elinalise Dragonroad (unnamed)
 * Talhand (unnamed)
 * Paul Greyrat (only voice)
 * Rudeus Greyrat
 * Eris Boreas Greyrat
 * Ruijerd Superdia
 * Kurt
 * Bachirou
 * Gablin (unnamed, killed)
 * Blaze (unnamed, killed)
 * Nokopara
 * Jalil
 * Vizquel

Locations

 * Central Continent
 * Asura Kingdom
 * Fittoa Region
 * Demon Continent
 * Biegoya Region
 * Petrified Forest
 * Rikarisu City

Adaptation Notes
This episode adapts the following material:


 * Light Novel Volume 2
 * Epilogue
 * Light Novel Volume 3
 * Chapter 11: A Smooth Start.
 * Chapter 12: Children and Warriors.
 * Chapter 13: Failure, Chaos, and Resolve.
 * Chapter 14: The Beginning of Our Journey.

Differences with the light novel:


 * Some short PoV of some people about the teleport incident was cut.
 * In the LN, Roxy meets Talhand and Elinalise offscreen before the events of Light Novel Volume 4.
 * All the development with Jalil and Vizquel was cut.
 * In the LN they buy his new equipment (the most notable, Rudeus Coat made of Mackey Rat) before the battle against the Cobra, meanwhile in the anime was after they leave Rikarisu.
 * In the LN, Kurt's party was attacked by a group of Executioners (a humanoid monster that can use swords) and a group of Almond Anacondas, while in the anime it's against a single spider and a single anaconda.
 * A short scene where Rudeus licks Eris hand was cut.
 * The definition of Ruijerd of what is a warrior in LN happens after Kurt's party left the forest, meanwhile in the anime happens after Ruijerd left Rikarisu.
 * The backup plan if they find that the party Dead End interchange jobs with the party P-Hunter was cut.
 * A short scene after Ruijerd left Rikarisu of how Rudeus prepare something for the travel was cut
 * The explanation for "What are the demon kings of the Demon Continent?" was cut.
 * A reunion of Dead End that explain all the future plans about the travel was cut
 * How all those months traveling was changed in the anime.

Trivia

 * The ending sequence use re edited scenes of the first PV.