E20 - The Journey of Death
Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:03] Glenda
Is this a monster?
[00:05] Glenda
Or is it...
[00:06] Hako
I... I don't know...
[00:08] Jezby
Father?
[00:09] Glenda
What?
[00:10] Hako
D-Did she just say "Father"?
[00:12] Jezby
No... Why did this happen?
[00:15] Yotsuya
Don't!
[00:16] Glenda
Yuusuke?!
[00:18] Yotsuya
I heard from the other
players we contacted online
[00:21] Yotsuya
that there's a parasite called a wireworm
[00:23] Yotsuya
that parasitizes other creatures'
brains to control them.
[00:25] Glenda
So that thing is feeding on him?
[00:28] Yotsuya
You can't kill them by
cutting or crushing them.
[00:30] Yotsuya
The best way is to burn them
along with their host.
[00:32] Jezby
Burn...
[00:33] Jezby
No!
[00:34] Jezby
Let me go!
[00:36] Yotsuya
The moment that thing attached to his brain,
[00:38] Yotsuya
he was already dead.
[00:42] Yotsuya
I'm sorry, but we can't let
our whole party be wiped out.
[00:46] Glenda
Yuusuke...
[00:48] Glenda
Shit!
[00:50] Hako
Glen-san!
[00:52] Yotsuya
Hakozaki-san, cut it off!
[01:00] Yotsuya
Hey!
SIGN Dead
SIGN Reviving in
SIGN Hakozaki Kusue
[01:09] Jezby
F-Father...
[01:11] Jezby
No! Don't!
[01:23] Shindou
What happened?!
[01:25] Yotsuya
Oh... Tokitate-san, perfect timing.
[01:28] Toki
Huh?
[01:29] Yotsuya
Would you mind burning him?
[01:35] Toki
Why do I have to do this?
[01:37] Yotsuya
If you don't burn the body
as soon as possible,
[01:39] Yotsuya
it can apparently progress
into a pandemic very quickly.
[01:44] Jezby
Father...
[01:54] Glenda
Jezby!
[01:55] Glenda
Jezby!
[03:32] Shindou
Looks like she just lost consciousness.
[03:36] Yotsuya
Why didn't you bring the sword down?
[03:40] Hako
I tried to... but I couldn't.
[03:44] Hako
How can you be so calm about this?
[03:47] Yotsuya
This isn't the time to
talk about being calm.
[03:49] Yotsuya
The monsters have gotten stronger,
and we need to get used to it.
[03:53] Yotsuya
We came close to losing
Glen-san right off the bat.
[03:57] Glenda
What are you talking about, Yuusuke?
[03:59] Glenda
Kusue's reaction is correct.
[04:01] Yotsuya
Huh?
[04:02] Glenda
He may have been taken over by
a parasite, but he was human.
[04:05] Glenda
Not only that...
[04:08] Yotsuya
I lost my grasp on my sensibility.
[04:11] Yotsuya
Getting used to this is what's abnormal.
[04:15] Yotsuya
Hakozaki-san...
[04:17] Yotsuya
From now on, if you don't think
you can do something, say so.
[04:21] Yotsuya
I'll handle tasks like this.
[04:24] Yotsuya
I've already killed a man, after all.
[04:28] Hako
Yotsuya-kun...
[04:30] Yotsuya
Though I didn't realize at the
time that this world was real...
[04:34] Yotsuya
But it doesn't matter. I'm already tainted.
[04:37] Yotsuya
You don't want to see things like
that, do you, Hakozaki-san?
[04:41] Hako
I don't.
[04:43] Hako
I don't, but...
[04:46] Hako
If someone has to do this no matter what...
[04:49] Hako
If the same thing has to happen
whether I watch or not...
[04:52] Hako
That won't make it okay that I
was the only one not looking!
[04:57] Glenda
You try to bear too much
weight alone, Kusue.
[04:59] Glenda
I don't like dead bodies, either.
[05:02] Glenda
There was a time when I almost
became depressed because of it.
[05:05] Toki
U-Um... Did you say "dead bodies"?
[05:09] Glenda
There's such a thing as the
right person for the job.
[05:11] Toki
You're ignoring me?
[05:12] Glenda
There are hundreds of thousands of things
that must be done in this world.
[05:17] Glenda
Why should you force yourself to
do one that you're not good at?
[05:22] Glenda
A hidden passage?
[05:24] Jezby
Yes.
[05:25] Jezby
The entrance is just ahead.
[05:29] Torii
What made her suddenly decide
to take us there, though?
[05:32] Shindou
It must've been... what happened yesterday.
[05:36] Torii
Also, we still haven't been told
any details at all, have we?
[05:42] Jezby
Everyone, this is it.
[05:46] Torii
Ooh, it opened!
[05:48] Yotsuya
It looks pretty deep.
[05:55] Glenda
A limestone cave?
[06:04] Shindou
Say, Jezby...
[06:06] Shindou
How much farther is it to the village?
[06:08] Jezby
About... half a day.
[06:11] Torii
Half a day?!
[06:13] Toki
I wish you had told us that sooner...
[06:16] Torii
Also...
[06:17] Torii
If we fall, we're dead, aren't we?
[06:19] Toki
And if a strong monster showed
up here, we'd be goners.
[06:25] Yotsuya
Vampire bats?
[06:27] Toki
I knew it!
[06:28] Torii
They're even weaker than goblins.
[06:30] Torii
This time, I'll take care of it!
[06:33] Toki
Okay, they're all yours.
[06:34] Torii
Huh?
[06:35] Yotsuya
These guys might be stronger now, too.
[06:38] Yotsuya
Be careful.
[06:39] Torii
Huh? Hey, wait a—
[06:48] Glenda
Let's take a break here.
[06:50] Torii
D-Damn it, you guys...
[06:53] Shindou
I'm glad you got some experience out of it.
[06:56] Yotsuya
The Journey of Hope?
[06:58] Jezby
A chosen few leave the village to search
[07:01] Jezby
for a place where we can
all live more safely.
[07:05] Jezby
My father was one of them.
[07:07] Glenda
Why would they do that?
[07:09] Jezby
The monsters that attack
us have gotten stronger,
[07:12] Jezby
and every year, we're able to
harvest fewer and fewer crops.
[07:15] Jezby
The village chief said we couldn't keep
living in this village much longer.
[07:21] Yotsuya
So the monsters have
definitely gotten stronger.
[07:25] Jezby
Normally, it's older people who are chosen.
[07:29] Jezby
Since they can't do their jobs anymore,
[07:32] Jezby
the idea is that they can at
least help the village that way.
[07:35] Hako
What sort of reasoning is that?
[07:37] Torii
That's just harsh, man.
[07:39] Yotsuya
Fewer mouths to feed, huh?
[07:41] Yotsuya
I've heard of the same thing happening in
poor mountain villages in Japan long ago, but...
[07:46] Jezby
That's why the villagers
call the Journey of Hope
[07:51] Jezby
"the Journey of Death" in secret.
[07:55] Jezby
My father and a young man named Dan
[07:58] Jezby
tried to convince the village chief
that we shouldn't do this anymore,
[08:03] Jezby
but the chief listed a bunch
of reasons to keep doing it,
[08:06] Jezby
so the two of them ended up being
sent on the Journey of Hope anyway.
[08:11] Jezby
After that, my mother fell ill...
[08:15] Jezby
It was just me and my little brother,
and we didn't know what to do...
[08:20] Jezby
So I left the village to
bring our father back home.
[08:25] Jezby
I happened to stumble upon the
shack Father had been living in,
[08:29] Jezby
but he said he couldn't break the rules.
[08:33] Jezby
Not only that, but I would probably
be executed for bringing him back.
[08:39] Jezby
The next day, Father left, saying he was
going to talk to the village chief.
[08:45] Jezby
I never saw him again.
[08:46] Glenda
So when you said you thought
we were from the village...
[08:49] Jezby
I thought he had failed
to convince the chief
[08:52] Jezby
and the villagers had come to get me.
[08:55] Jezby
But not only did he never come
back, he ended up like that...
[09:02] Hako
What about the man who left
the village with your father?
[09:07] Jezby
By the time I got here,
[09:08] Jezby
he was already gone.
[09:10] Jezby
Father said he went to find a place
called New Eden somewhere in the world.
[09:15] Yotsuya
New Eden?
[09:16] Jezby
I don't know anything about it.
[09:19] Jezby
My father was against it,
but he couldn't stop him...
[09:22] Jezby
and Dan never came back.
[09:25] Torii
Wait, Jez-chan... Isn't it a bad
idea for you to go to the village?
[09:29] Torii
Didn't you say they might execute you?
[09:32] Jezby
But I need to tell my mother and
brother that Father is dead.
[09:42] Jezby
We're almost at the entrance to the village.
[09:45] Jezby
We don't want the chief's
friends to find us,
[09:48] Jezby
so I'll scout ahead.
[09:49] Shindou
I'll go with you.
[09:51] Jezby
That's all right.
[09:52] Jezby
I'll just take a look outside,
and then I'll be right back.
[09:56] Shindou
Our quest was to stop the village
of Zagroth from being destroyed,
[10:01] Shindou
but it doesn't seem like it's
in imminent danger, does it?
[10:04] Yotsuya
Maybe there's some hidden something
that could destroy it?
[10:08] Glenda
There's no telling what might happen. Right?
[10:12] Yotsuya
But I do think I'm starting
to see what we need to do.
[10:16] Jezby
Nobody's there! Now's our chance!
[10:18] Yotsuya
We need to make sure Jezby isn't executed
upon returning to the village.
[10:23] Hako
Right.
[10:33] Yotsuya
So this is...
[10:35] Yotsuya
the village of Zagroth.
SIGN m 0 0 l 260 0 l 260 170 l 0 170
SIGN
SIGN Threat level: E
Controls its host body by
parasitizing its brain. It can be
immobilized by crushing its
host's head, but the parasite itself will not die if cut or
crushed. The only ways to kill it are by burning it,
boiling it, or desiccating it. When there are fresh
corpses available, it can multiply indefinitely.
[10:47] Glenda
Looks like the population might
only be a hundred or so.
[10:51] Glenda
You'd be just barely squeaking
by if you had to live here.
[10:56] Froc
Who are you people?!
[11:00] Froc
Heroes?
[11:02] Froc
Are you really heroes?
[11:03] Froc
What are you doing here?
[11:05] Jezby
Froc!
[11:06] Froc
J-Jezby?
[11:10] Froc
You're... alive?
[11:13] Hako
Are they friends?
[11:15] Shindou
Looks like they're closer than that.
[11:17] Jezby
He's my neighbor. We grew up together.
[11:19] Froc
You just vanished without warning.
What were you thinking?
[11:23] Jezby
I left to tell Father about Mother...
[11:25] Jezby
Oh, how are my mother and Lanan?
[11:30] Jezby
Froc?
[11:32] Servant
Milady, we should really head back now.
[11:35] Servant
It's starting to get dark.
[11:37] Iris
No!
[11:38] Iris
I'm going to find that flying monster today!
[11:41] Servant
Milady!
[11:42] Servant
Please wait!
[11:44] Soldier
Let her do what she wants.
[11:46] Servant
But...
[11:47] Soldier
It's the same thing as always.
[11:49] Soldier
She's lying and dragging us
around for her own jollies.
[11:55] Jezby
No...
[11:56] Jezby
I don't believe it... When?
[11:59] Froc
Two days ago.
[12:01] Froc
Her condition suddenly got worse...
[12:03] Jezby
M-Mother...
[12:06] Jezby
Mother...
[12:08] Jezby
Mother!
[12:15] Jezby
Froc, where is Lanan?
[12:17] Froc
At my house, but...
[12:21] Froc
Wait here. I'll bring him.
[12:26] Jezby
Lanan?
[12:29] Jezby
Lanan... Hey, Lanan?
[12:32] Jezby
Don't you recognize me?
[12:35] Froc
He's been like this since your mom died.
[12:39] Froc
He won't talk to anyone,
[12:41] Froc
and he doesn't answer when
anyone talks to him.
[12:43] Jezby
Lanan, please! Answer me!
[12:46] Glenda
It's probably from the shock
of watching his mother die.
[12:50] Yotsuya
I'm going to take a look around the village.
[12:53] Glenda
I'll go with you.
[12:55] Yotsuya
Huh?
[12:56] Glenda
Problem with that?
[12:57] Yotsuya
N-No...
[13:00] Glenda
This definitely doesn't seem
like an easy place to live.
[13:04] Glenda
Do you think they had a reason to
cling to this place so tightly
[13:07] Glenda
that they'd reduce their own numbers by
sending people on the Journey of Hope?
[13:12] Yotsuya
I think I get it.
[13:15] Yotsuya
When you've lived so long in a place like
this, where it feels like time has stopped...
[13:20] Yotsuya
Before you know it, you can no longer escape.
[13:25] Glenda
You think so?
[13:27] Glenda
Sometimes the only way to
move forward is to escape.
[13:32] Yotsuya
As if she understands anything...
[13:34] Glenda
I'm surprised, though.
[13:36] Yotsuya
By what?
[13:38] Glenda
You came out here because it
hurt you to watch Jezby, right?
[13:41] Yotsuya
Huh?
[13:44] Glenda
I thought you were a lot more stoic.
[13:47] Yotsuya
I think it's closer to regret, actually.
[13:51] Glenda
Regret?
[13:52] Yotsuya
If we had gotten here just a little sooner,
[13:55] Yotsuya
maybe I could've saved Jezby's
mother with my creature magic.
[14:01] Glenda
If you start thinking like that,
there'll be no end to it.
[14:04] Yotsuya
You're right.
[14:07] Glenda
Someone's coming.
[14:14] Servant
Milady!
[14:16] Glenda
Hi there.
[14:17] Yotsuya
Hello.
[14:19] Iris
Why did you come to this village?
[14:22] Yotsuya
Uh, we... um...
[14:26] Servant
Please don't, milady. These people are...
[14:29] Iris
Yes, I know!
[14:31] Iris
And I'll have you know that this
village doesn't need heroes!
[14:35] Glenda
Well, thank you for the warm welcome.
[14:38] Iris
If there are any problems,
Grandfather will make them all better!
[14:43] Glenda
Wait, are you...
[14:45] Iris
I'm Iris DiRaio.
[14:47] Iris
Don't take that condescending tone with me.
[14:50] Glenda
I do apologize, Miss Iris.
[14:53] Iris
"Miss"?
[14:55] Iris
Gosh... No one's ever
called me that before...
[14:58] Yotsuya
Um... By any chance, is this
young lady's grandfather...
[15:03] Servant
Yes, he is the village chief, Cox DiRaio.
[15:10] Shindou
So you're Dan's younger brother?
[15:14] Froc
So Bayne is dead and my
brother is missing? Damn it!
[15:18] Froc
That stupid village chief thinks
that just because he's old,
[15:21] Froc
our village needs him or whatever,
[15:23] Froc
so he never leaves it himself.
[15:26] Froc
But he'll make up his own selfish reasons
to send anyone inconvenient to him
[15:29] Froc
on the Journey of Hope,
regardless of their age.
[15:37] Cox
Well, if it isn't the great heroes!
[15:39] Cox
I had heard rumors of great heroes who
traveled the world saving people,
[15:46] Cox
but I never would have expected
them to visit this remote village.
[15:49] Cox
What an honor!
[15:51] Cox
However...
[15:52] Cox
I'm afraid you've wasted your time.
[15:55] Yotsuya
What do you mean?
[15:57] Cox
Oh, nothing.
[15:58] Cox
It's just that Zagroth is
the very image of peace,
[16:01] Cox
so there is nothing here for which we
require the aid of the great heroes.
[16:07] Cox
Perhaps you would be better
off trying elsewhere.
[16:10] Glenda
Is he trying to get rid of us?
[16:13] Yotsuya
Wait a moment.
[16:15] Yotsuya
Um... I heard you've had frequent
attacks by unusually strong monsters.
[16:20] Yotsuya
Could you please let us
protect this village?
[16:23] Glenda
Don't, Yuusuke!
[16:26] Cox
And who told you this?
[16:29] Yotsuya
Oh, crap...
[16:30] Yotsuya
I can't tell him about Jezby
before I know what he might do.
[16:35] Iris
It was Jezby.
[16:38] Iris
I saw her walking with them.
[16:42] Cox
I see. So it was Jezby...
[16:47] Cox
I did feel terrible for what
I did to that poor girl.
[16:51] Cox
Even if it was to help the village,
I took her from her father,
[16:54] Cox
with no way of knowing that her
mother would die, as well...
[16:57] Cox
I'm so grateful that she
returned to the village.
[17:01] Cox
And as for the monsters, you need not worry.
[17:05] Cox
We have a secret plan, you see.
[17:07] Glenda
You do?
[17:08] Cox
Yes, we do!
[17:10] Cox
And I would love to show it to you.
[17:14] Cox
It may be of some help to you
in your future exploits.
[17:17] Cox
Ah, perhaps I've said too much.
[17:27] Cox
Great Heroes.
[17:31] Cox
Over there.
[17:32] Cox
Please take this opportunity
to give it a close look.
[17:36] Glenda
I can't imagine it being
anything that special,
[17:38] Glenda
but it wouldn't benefit us to
take an attitude with him here.
[17:41] Yotsuya
Yeah.
[17:47] Yotsuya
Um, is this it?
[17:52] Glenda
You bastard!
[17:53] Cox
Do forgive me, Great Heroes.
[17:55] Cox
You are a greater threat
to me than any monsters.
[17:59] Cox
But I do thank you
[18:01] Cox
for bringing back the scoundrel
who broke the rules.
[18:07] Yotsuya
What are you gonna do to Jezby?!
[18:09] Cox
What would that knowledge do for you?
[18:11] Cox
You two won't be leaving
here until you're dead.
[18:14] Glenda
What?!
[18:16] Cox
I've heard that heroes can come
back to life when they die.
[18:20] Cox
But if I leave you in there for a year,
[18:23] Cox
I'm sure you'll finally wither away.
[18:26] Yotsuya
Wait! Chief!
[18:29] Torii
What... is this?
[18:31] Froc's Mother
Frog eggs from the pond out back.
[18:34] Toki
Ew!
[18:35] Froc's Mother
I'm sorry we can't offer anything special.
[18:38] Hako
N-No, really, there's no
need to trouble yourself...
[18:41] Froc's Mother
Ever since that happened,
[18:43] Froc's Mother
we've had little contact with
the rest of the villagers.
[18:47] Froc
Our family and Jezby's
are treated as outcasts.
[18:52] Froc
They're even making me work
outside the village as a guard.
[18:55] Froc
All because the chief wanted
to make an example of us...
[18:58] Shindou
Oh, so that's why you were out there.
[19:01] Toki
Anyway, what's taking those two so long?
[19:03] Hako
Maybe something happened...
[19:06] Torii
Oh, there they are.
[19:08] Froc's Mother
Village Chief!
[19:11] Shindou
That's him?
[19:13] Cox
I'm sorry to drop in so late.
[19:15] Cox
But you see, two heroes
just paid me a visit...
[19:19] Cox
What's this? There are more heroes here?
[19:23] Cox
Well, well, what a surprise!
[19:26] Froc
Are you here to take Jezby?!
[19:28] Froc's Mother
No, Froc!
[19:29] Cox
Relax.
[19:31] Cox
I've come here per the heroes' request.
[19:35] Cox
They asked me to forgive Jezby.
[19:38] Hako
I guess the two of them
managed to convince him.
[19:41] Torii
Jeez, they said they were
just gonna look around,
[19:43] Torii
but they got the jump on us like that?
[19:45] Shindou
And... where are they now?
[19:47] Cox
Hmm?
[19:48] Cox
Oh, the heroes are at my mansion.
[19:53] Cox
I've ensured that they are being served
the finest meal we could offer.
[19:56] TokiTorii
A meal...
[19:57] Cox
You are all welcome to join them if you—
[19:59] TokiTorii
We're in!
[20:00] Cox
Jezby...
[20:02] Cox
According to our rules,
it sets a poor example
[20:04] Cox
if those who leave the village without
permission are not harshly punished,
[20:09] Cox
but if it is the heroes' wish,
the villagers will surely agree.
[20:14] Cox
You can tell your story
in more detail later.
[20:16] Cox
For tonight, you and your brother
should get plenty of rest.
[20:19] Cox
Now, shall we go, Great Heroes?
[20:21] Toki
'Kay!
[20:22] Torii
Iu-chan, Kusue-chan, let's get going.
[20:26] Hako
S-Sure...
[20:27] Shindou
Something seems shady about all this...
[20:30] Shindou
But I guess just sitting
around won't do any good.
[20:35] Cox
Once I've left with the
heroes, capture Jezby.
[20:38] Both
Yes, sir.
[20:38] Both
Yes, sir.
[20:39] Cox
Who would have thought there
were more heroes here?
[20:47] Glenda
It's not working.
[20:50] Glenda
Yuusuke?
[20:51] Yotsuya
I'm sorry. This happened
because I told him too much.
[20:54] Yotsuya
It was my fault.
[20:58] Jezby
Help me!
[20:59] Froc
What are you doing?! Stop!
[21:02] Jezby
Froc!
[21:07] Toki
Hey! Where do you think you're grabbing?!
[21:09] Torii
Oops, sorry.
[21:10] Cox
Please do be careful.
[21:13] Hako
Um, Chief, is your mansion...
[21:18] Cox
It's beyond that forest.
[21:20] Cox
I apologize for making you walk so far.
[21:23] Shindou
What is it?
[21:25] Cox
I truly do apologize.
[21:30] Toki
I'm slipping!
[21:31] Torii
What the hell are you doing?!
[21:33] Cox
Now I don't need to go through the trouble of
locking you in the dungeon, like the other two.
[21:38] Hako
Dungeon?!
[21:39] Cox
Yes. The bog beneath you
is bottomless, you see.
[21:43] Cox
Once you fall, it's all over.
[21:45] Cox
Even monsters never make it back out.
[21:47] Cox
Not for all eternity.
SIGN The Journey of Death
[23:24] GM
Next week on Million Lives...
SIGN Draining All the Water from the Well
SIGN Discovery of the Legendary Non-Native Species, the Basilisk!?
SIGN A Super Huge Monster Appears!
SIGN Preview
[23:26] GM
"Draining All the Water from the Well,"
[23:28] GM
"Discovery of the Legendary Non-Native
Species, the Basilisk!?"
[23:30] GM
and "A Super Huge Monster
Appears!" Three altogeth.
[23:33] GM
Don't miss next week's episo!
[23:35] GM
Rock, paper, scissors!
SIGN Rock, Paper, Scissors!
[23:37] GM
Bye!