11 - The Hero's Challenge
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[00:03] LJUBO
There are ancient elven ruins
up in Zoltan's mountains.
[00:07] LJUBO
The girl is a humanoid weapon created there.
[00:11] LJUBO
You can read more about her in
that investigation report.
[00:15] LJUBO
She is not a threat to humanity,
so there's no reason for us to remain here.
[00:19] LJUBO
We'll return at once.
[00:20] VAN
I'm afraid I cannot accept that.
[00:22] LJUBO
And why is that?
[00:23] VAN
Because we must always live
as our Blessings tell us to.
[00:28] VAN
Mine tells me it's not time to go.
[00:32] LJUBO
Well, I'm not about to drag you away.
[00:35] LJUBO
I hope that your Blessing will
encourage you to begin a new journey.
[00:40] VAN
It appears that Lord Demis has
given me a trial to overcome.
[00:44] LAVENDER
What trial?
[00:46] VAN
I don't know why...
[00:48] VAN
But my Blessing's impulses,
which have kept me going all this time,
[00:52] VAN
seem to have completely disappeared.
SIGN Banished from the Hero's Party,
I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside 2nd
SIGN The Hero's
Challenge
[02:33] ESTA
Delicious.
[02:37] ESTA
The tea you make helps one relax, Red.
[02:40] RED
Glad to hear it.
[02:42] RED
So, how's Van looking?
[02:45] ESTA
He's been acting strange ever since
he went on that mission with you.
[02:50] ESTA
He holes up in his room all day, praying.
[02:52] ESTA
He speaks much less now, too.
[02:56] ESTA
We knows what new
crazy ideas he might get,
[02:59] ESTA
so Ljubo and I are taking
turns checking in on him.
[03:02] TISSE
Hello.
[03:04] RIT
Welcome. Is something the matter?
[03:06] TISSE
I wanted your opinion on something.
[03:08] TISSE
There was a request to look for a
child who went missing in the forest,
[03:13] TISSE
but Miss Ruti and I can't do
anything lest we run into Van.
[03:18] TISSE
Other adventurers won't take the mission
because they doubt there's foul play involved,
[03:23] TISSE
so the Guild is at a loss.
[03:24] ALBERT
I'll go, then.
[03:26] TISSE
Huh?
[03:27] RED
You sure?
[03:28] ALBERT
Yeah. Let me handle this.
[03:30] ESTA
But...
[03:32] ALBERT
I used to be a Zoltan adventurer,
[03:34] ALBERT
so I know my way around the woods here.
[03:36] ALBERT
And, while I know this won't
make up for how I used to be,
[03:42] ALBERT
I want to help this region
out in any way I can.
[03:45] RED
Albert...
[03:47] ALBERT
I'm no hero or champion,
but I'm traveling with Esta now.
[03:53] ALBERT
That makes me so happy, and it's
a constant source of pride for me.
[03:57] ALBERT
I want to act in a way
that befits her partner.
[04:02] ESTA
I-I'm honored you would feel that way.
[04:06] ESTA
What?!
[04:06] RIT
We can trust Albert to handle matters.
[04:09] ESTA
Y-Yeah, I suppose so.
[04:12] TISSE
Here's all the information
we have at the moment.
[04:15] TISSE
It's up to you now.
[04:17] ALBERT
Right.
[04:43] LJUBO
Hey, I'm out. Bring me another bottle.
[04:48] ESTA
What do you think you're doing here, Ljubo?
[04:51] LJUBO
It's you, Esta.
[04:53] LJUBO
Join me for drinks.
[04:55] ESTA
Where's Van? Still at the inn?
[04:58] LJUBO
No. He went off somewhere on his own.
[05:01] ESTA
What do you mean?
[05:03] LJUBO
I don't know the details.
[05:05] LJUBO
He heard that a child had gone missing,
[05:08] LJUBO
so he and Lavender went to search.
[05:13] LJUBO
He ignores everything I say.
[05:16] LJUBO
But why? What has gotten into my Hero?
[05:23] LJUBO
He can still be fixed, though. He has to be.
[05:29] LJUBO
Was it not the Almighty who
brought the Hero before me?
[05:40] ALBERT
I didn't expect to run into
an ogre in this forest.
[05:43] ALBERT
I hope the child is all right.
[05:50] ALBERT
Oops.
[05:51] ALBERT
Sorry about that.
[05:54] GIRL
Kurukururu!
[05:56] GIRL
Don't kill him!
[05:57] KURUKURURU
I... I'm fine...
[05:59] ALBERT
Wait, I'm just an adventurer.
I came looking for you.
[06:03] GIRL
For me?
[06:04] ALBERT
Yeah. Your parents were worried
you got lost in the woods.
[06:09] GIRL
I was playing with Kurukururu.
[06:11] GIRL
But then, that monster showed up.
[06:14] ALBERT
It's all right now.
[06:16] ALBERT
You kept her safe, did you?
[06:18] GIRL
Yeah! Kurukururu protected me!
[06:21] KURUKURURU
But there's a scarier one around.
[06:24] KURUKURURU
The fay are all afraid!
[06:26] ALBERT
What?
[06:27] LAVENDER
Found her.
[06:29] ALBERT
Sir Hero.
[06:30] VAN
Is the child hurt?
[06:31] ALBERT
No.
[06:33] VAN
That's good.
[06:34] ALBERT
What's with his oppressive aura?
[06:37] ALBERT
Something's off about him.
[06:39] ALBERT
I'll take her home now.
[06:41] ALBERT
Let's go.
[06:43] VAN
Before that, we need to kill
the evil that caused all this.
[06:46] ALBERT
The... evil?
[06:48] VAN
Didn't that thing lure the
child into the forest?
[06:52] VAN
Evil must be slain.
[06:54] ALBERT
C-Calm down, Sir Hero.
[06:58] ALBERT
Fairy dragons aren't malicious monsters.
[07:01] ALBERT
They're fay, just like Lavender,
and they're friendly to humans!
[07:05] LAVENDER
You're using me to beg for its life?
[07:08] VAN
Albert. I will wait ten
seconds for you to move.
[07:10] VAN
If you get in my way, then you
too are evil and must be slain.
[07:16] ALBERT
Run! I'll hold them off!
[07:19] KURUKURURU
B-But...
[07:20] ALBERT
Just go!
[07:25] VAN
Do you know that fay?
[07:27] ALBERT
No. I just met it.
[07:30] VAN
Are you confident that you can defeat me?
[07:34] ALBERT
Not in the least.
[07:35] VAN
Then why are you throwing your life away?
[07:40] ALBERT
You're right.
[07:42] ALBERT
I'm shaking in my boots, to be honest.
[07:45] ALBERT
But I won't stand back and watch
you take an innocent life.
[07:49] ALBERT
And I won't run from this fight!
[07:52] VAN
What is this feeling?
[07:54] VAN
I don't know why, but it seems
like I wish to kill you.
[08:13] VAN
Lavender, can you track them?
[08:15] LAVENDER
Of course I can!
[08:25] VAN
What are you trying to pull?
[08:27] ALBERT
Don't... kill it.
[08:31] VAN
Why would you do this for a mere fay?
[08:33] ALBERT
Because I'm part of the Hero's party.
[08:40] ALBERT
I want to act in a way that befits that.
[08:43] VAN
Let me go.
[08:48] VAN
Let me go.
[08:57] VAN
Let me go!
[09:08] VAN
I'm the Hero, damn you!
[09:23] LAVENDER
Van!
[09:26] ESTA
You fought well.
[09:28] ESTA
Regenerate.
[09:31] ESTA
Albert, you are a champion.
[09:35] ESTA
I am truly proud of you.
[09:41] VAN
Esta, that man stopped me from slaying evil.
[09:47] ESTA
Van, do you think I'm in any
mood for a conversation?
[09:50] ESTA
I am...
[09:52] ESTA
filled with rage!
[10:01] VAN
Why?
[10:02] VAN
I looked up to you!
[10:05] VAN
Perhaps you've made a grave mistake?
[10:08] LAVENDER
Get away from him!
[10:13] LAVENDER
You say you're mad and
then fight like a bitch!
[10:17] ESTA
And what happened to you?
[10:19] ESTA
I thought you never wanted to
show Van how you really fought.
[10:23] LAVENDER
Shut your mouth.
[10:24] LAVENDER
I've hated you from the
moment I laid eyes upon you.
[10:29] UNDINE
Okay, that's quite enough.
[10:34] LAVENDER
What, a lowly water archfay
thinks she can stop me?
[10:39] UNDINE
Your anger is ruining your cute little face.
[10:42] UNDINE
Are you trying to expose yourself?
[10:44] LAVENDER
You're dead!
[11:12] LAVENDER
Van...
[11:15] VAN
Healing Hands.
[11:20] VAN
That girl is within my reach.
[11:23] VAN
Soon, I can...
[11:33] KURUKURURU
Will Mr. Adventurer be okay?
[11:36] RED
His wounds have completely healed.
[11:38] RED
He's just resting now.
[11:42] RED
I'm glad the kid made it out
all right, too. Albert did well.
[11:46] ESTA
Do we know if he'll wake up?
[11:48] RED
Yeah. He pushed himself past
his limits to deal with Van.
[11:53] RED
He needs some time to rest.
[11:55] ESTA
I see.
[11:56] RED
It's great that you realized
what was going on.
[12:00] RUTI
I just guessed. I felt something
dangerous in the air.
[12:04] RUTI
Van's out of control.
[12:06] RUTI
The impulses of the Hero's
Blessings are very strong.
[12:10] RUTI
Normally, it wouldn't let
you fight emotionally.
[12:14] RUTI
He must so confused that it's
repressing his Blessing's impulses.
[12:19] RUTI
I've experienced that before.
[12:21] RED
He must be panicking at how he's wavering.
[12:25] RED
My goal was to change his mentality,
but I wasn't expecting this.
[12:28] ESTA
It's not your fault.
[12:30] ESTA
The responsibility lies with us, the people
who have spent so much time with him.
[12:34] RED
Esta.
[12:37] ESTA
Let me go cool off.
[12:45] RUTI
Big Brother.
[12:46] RED
I know.
[12:57] ESTA
For the first time in my life,
I let my anger take over.
[13:03] ESTA
When I saw Albert on the verge of death, I...
[13:05] RED
You couldn't stop yourself?
[13:07] ESTA
I was terrified of losing him.
[13:12] ESTA
Even now, the very thought
drives a stake into my heart.
[13:16] ESTA
And I once tried to kill you in order
to keep Ruti fighting as our Hero.
[13:22] ESTA
I've changed so much,
and that scares me most of all.
[13:25] ESTA
I might eventually make
the wrong decision again.
[13:29] ESTA
I may lose myself and do
something irrevocable.
[13:34] ESTA
And that frightens me.
[13:36] RED
Are you going to cast aside
your feelings for Albert, then?
[13:45] ESTA
No...
[13:47] ESTA
I can't.
[13:50] ESTA
I don't want to.
[13:53] RED
Then that's, fine.
[13:55] RED
Those emotions don't come
from your Blessing,
[13:58] RED
but from deep within your heart.
[14:01] RED
And I think that's really worth something.
[14:04] ESTA
Emotions that have nothing to
do with our Blessings, huh...
[14:10] ESTA
Meeting you people has turned me
into a terrible woman of faith.
[14:16] RIT
Red. Esta.
[14:34] LJUBO
Who's there?
[14:35] VAN
Cardinal Ljubo, it's me.
[14:37] LJUBO
O-Oh, Van. Come in.
[14:44] VAN
I came to let you know that
I'm leaving Zoltan.
[14:47] LJUBO
Y-You are? You finally understand!
[14:51] LJUBO
Let us prepare to leave at once!
[14:53] VAN
But first, I'm going to head
to the Undine's dwelling.
[14:56] LJUBO
What?
[14:57] VAN
And I'll kill all the fay there.
[14:59] VAN
I think Esta, Gideon,
and others will be there, as well,
[15:01] VAN
and I'm going to kill them all.
[15:03] LJUBO
What are you talking about?
[15:06] VAN
That's sure to draw the girl out,
and I'll kill her.
[15:10] VAN
If she doesn't show,
I'll destroy Zoltan until she does.
[15:13] LJUBO
Settle down, Van.
[15:15] LJUBO
You are the Hero. You must act like one.
[15:23] LJUBO
Van...
[15:25] LJUBO
Why?
[15:28] VAN
I don't feel the impulses of
the Hero's Blessing anymore.
[15:31] VAN
My Blessing doesn't tell me
what I need to do as the Hero.
[15:35] VAN
As such...
[15:36] VAN
I'll carry out the last impulse
my Blessing gave me...
[15:39] VAN
I'll kill that girl and all the
evil that stands in my way.
[15:44] LJUBO
Wai...
[15:54] RED
Van will be here soon.
[15:56] RED
Lavender will no doubt be with him.
[15:58] UNDINE
I can't stop that fairy alone.
[16:02] RIT
She's stronger than a water archfay?
[16:05] RIT
What exactly is Lavender?
[16:08] UNDINE
I didn't want to out her,
[16:12] UNDINE
but I guess it's too late for that now.
[16:16] UNDINE
She's a calamity.
[16:19] RIT
A what?
[16:20] UNDINE
She's one of the archfay Ketu.
[16:23] UNDINE
Avatars of power and destruction.
[16:26] UNDINE
They've wreaked havoc like natural disasters
since this planet came into existence.
[16:30] UNDINE
As civilization advanced, the ancient
elves and dragons wiped the Ketu out,
[16:35] UNDINE
leaving her the sole survivor.
[16:37] UNDINE
I'd thought she was living
in hiding, deep in a jungle...
[16:41] TISSE
We've gone past legendary and
into mythical territory here...
[16:46] YARANDRALA
So, what's our plan?
[16:47] YARANDRALA
A mythical archfay and the Hero, the ultimate
human, are on their way to attack us.
[16:52] RED
This will probably be our last
chance to talk things out with Van.
[16:55] TISSE
Talk things out?
I don't think that's possible.
[16:59] RED
Yeah, there's no avoiding a battle.
[17:02] RED
But unlike how Van used to be,
I think we stand a good chance.
[17:05] TISSE
But we just talked about
how he's out of control.
[17:08] VAN
Yeah, he's out of control.
[17:10] VAN
The Hero, who never wavers, is wavering now.
[17:13] VAN
My words should be able
to get through to him.
[17:16] VAN
I can change his extreme views.
[17:18] RIT
I believe in Red.
[17:21] RUTI
I'll back him up if it comes down to it.
[17:23] RUTI
So please let him handle this.
[17:26] TISSE
If you two say so...
[17:29] TISSE
So, how exactly do you
intend to go about this?
[17:33] RED
By settling things one-on-one with Van.
[17:35] YARANDRALA
You want to fight Van one-on-one?
[17:37] DANAN
That's crazy.
[17:40] RED
Van's strong, and there are
no guarantees in battle.
[17:43] RED
So I can't say I'll win for sure, but...
[17:46] RED
I'll win.
[17:51] UNDINE
I'll put up a field to minimize the damage.
[17:55] UNDINE
Would any of you be willing to help me out?
[17:57] ESTA
I can.
[17:59] YARANDRALA
I'll help, too.
[18:01] UNDINE
I would also like someone
to help defend the village.
[18:04] TISSE
Mr. Crawly Wawly and I will see to it.
[18:08] RED
Okay, I'm counting on you all.
[18:10] RED
Now for the finishing touches.
[18:12] ALL
Yeah!
[18:22] RUTI
Good luck,
[18:25] RUTI
Big Brother.
[18:30] RED
Thanks.
[18:33] VAN
I finally get to see you again.
[18:35] VAN
I know I can go back to being
a Hero once I kill you.
[18:58] VAN
Gideon, I can tell.
[19:02] VAN
She's Ruti the Hero, isn't she?
[19:05] VAN
This is the destiny
Lord Demis has laid out for me.
[19:09] VAN
In order to become the true Hero,
I must defeat the old one.
[19:14] VAN
Inheriting Ruti the Hero's power,
[19:17] VAN
Van the Hero will save the world!
[19:19] RED
That's stretching it.
[19:22] RED
You don't know what to do anymore,
[19:25] RED
so you're forcibly assigning significance
to random happenings around you.
[19:28] VAN
That's not true!
[19:30] RED
Isn't it?
What's your Hero's Blessing telling you?
[19:33] VAN
It's telling me to kill Ruti!
[19:36] RED
You're not actually feeling
that impulse at all, are you?
[19:41] VAN
This only started after I spoke to you.
[19:44] VAN
Wavering is painful.
[19:46] VAN
I feel like I'm losing myself.
[19:49] RED
Everyone doubts themselves
at some point in life.
[19:52] VAN
The Hero never wavers.
[19:54] VAN
It is not allowed!
[19:55] RUTI
I did.
[19:58] RUTI
I did so over and over while
fighting the demon lord's army.
[20:02] RUTI
I worried if I was
doing the right thing.
[20:04] RUTI
I wasn't sure if I should trust my judgment,
and regretted plenty of things I did.
[20:09] RUTI
In particular,
after Big Brother left the party,
[20:12] RUTI
I didn't know what to believe anymore.
[20:15] RUTI
At some point, I was distancing myself
from the people I could trust.
[20:19] RUTI
And yet, they're helping me out now.
[20:23] RUTI
After all this time,
[20:25] RUTI
I finally truly believe that
we've become an actual party.
[20:29] VAN
I don't believe you!
[20:30] VAN
A Hero never wavers!
[20:32] VAN
That is the role assigned by the Almighty!
[20:34] RED
Quit running, Van!
[20:37] RED
If you truly want to be the Hero,
[20:39] RED
quit running from the doubts you have.
[20:41] RED
Muster up the courage to face them.
[20:43] VAN
Courage?
[20:44] RED
That's right.
[20:45] RED
No matter how painful things might get,
[20:47] RED
stand your ground and walk
the path you choose.
[20:49] RED
That's what you call courage.
[20:51] VAN
A Hero is completely immune to fear.
[20:54] VAN
Isn't that good enough?
[20:56] RED
As the Guide, allow me to show you the way.
[21:03] RED
Fight me. Grab that sword.
[21:06] VAN
A bronze sword?
[21:07] RED
This is a battle between
the Hero and the Guide.
[21:10] RED
Try besting me, Van.
[21:13] RED
That should clear your doubts.
[21:21] VAN
I understand.
[21:23] LAVENDER
Don't let him fool you, Van!
[21:25] RIT
Stand back, Lavender.
[21:27] LAVENDER
Back off! I'll kill you!
[21:29] RIT
We have no right to stop them.
[21:32] LAVENDER
Shut your mouth!
[21:33] LAVENDER
Anyone who gets in the way of my love
deserves to die a miserable death!
[21:38] RIT
And I won't let anyone
mess with my love, either!
[21:41] RIT
It doesn't matter if it's a mythical fay,
the Hero, or even the Almighty.
[21:45] RIT
Interfere, and I will cut you down!
[21:51] VAN
We'll stop our swords at the last second,
and the loser will admit defeat...
[21:54] VAN
I really hope that's not how
you think this is going to go.
[21:58] RED
Of course not. We're fighting
until one of us goes down.
[22:02] VAN
Excellent!
[22:04] VAN
Because I can't stop until
I unleash all of this anger on you!