Raphtalia confront Idol for all of his crimes, as it was he who makes Raphtalia and her villagers into slaves, torturing her and her friends for his own sick amusement.
Tropes for this episode include:
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Idol would keep his demihuman slaves in his dungeon so that the could torture them, Raphtalia already knowing about it because she survived it.
- Cruel to Be Kind: Idol tries painting himself in a better light by saying that if he didn't enslave Raphtalia and her village, they would have died. She doesn't buy it for a second.
- Dramatic Irony: It is when Raphatalia's friend Rifana says that she would want to marry someone like the Legendary Shield Hero when the very first wave hits their village.
- Finally Found the Body: Raphtalia finds Rifana's long-dead corpse in the cell she was left in.
- Heroic BSoD: Raphatalia suffers one after finds Rifana's long-dead corpse in the cell she was left in.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Idol frees the dragon imprisoned in the obelisk so that it could kill Naofumi and his party... and immediately gets stepped on by it.
- If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!: While she does get a few hits in, Raphtalia decides not to kill Idol in Revenge.
- Irony: The dragon was imprisoned in the obelisk by previous iterations of the Legendary Heroes, only for a fanatic of the Three Heroes Church to be the one to set it free.
- Redemption Rejection: When Raphtalia proclaims that she was going to spare his life so that he could atone for his many sins, he responds by taking the moment to pull his sword on her.
- Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: While Rifana died and Raphtalia was sold (and eventually became Naofumi's swordmaster), Keel was still in Idol's dungeon, alive but still in chains.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: The Tyrant Dragon Rex, an Emperor-type Dragon that was sealed beneath the earth by a previous set of Cardinal Heroes due to them not being strong enough to kill it. Idol Rabier releases it in order to have it kill "The Devil of The Shield".
- Self-Disposing Villain: The fate of Idol after releasing the Tyrant Dragon Rex from it's obelisk: being promptly stomped upon.
- She Is All Grown Up: Keel did not recognize Raphtalia because she aged quicker leveling up with Naofumi, so he is still a kid while she is in her late teens.
- T. Rexpy: Tyrant Dragon Rex, the dragon imprisoned in the obelisk, bares a remarkable resemblance to the extinct dinosaur.
- Victory by Endurance: It is implied that Idol sold Raphtalia instead of torturing her to death because she refused to cry out when he whipped her and "boring" him.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Raphtalia feels ashamed that she has had to do bad things to survive and even for (supposedly) killing Idol (coupled with her feeling like she was a failure after seeing that Rifana has died). Keel and Naofumi say otherwise, saying that she has been very brave for enduring everything she had and for helping morale.
