# E4 - The Labyrinth of Bonds
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**[00:07] Vilma**
* If you bring me the Sword of Bonds,*
* I'll pay a fine price for it.*
**[00:11] (Flashback) Nick**
And if we can't find it?
**[00:13] (Flashback) Vilma**
30,000 dinah per excursion.
**[00:18] (Flashback) Zem**
For a beginner-level labyrinth?
**[00:20] (Flashback) Tiana**
That's quite the offer.
**[00:22] (Flashback) Nick**
And if we do find this "Sword of Bonds",
**[00:25] (Flashback) Nick**
I don't want you claiming
**[00:26] (Flashback) Nick**
it's in bad condition, or we got
the wrong one, or something.
**[00:29] (Flashback) Nick**
Let's make this more specific.
**[00:33] (Flashback) Vilma**
You're so suspicious.
**[00:35] (Flashback) Nick**
First, a map and a list
of monsters in the area.
**[00:38] (Flashback) Nick**
You tell us all the places that
have already been searched.
**[00:40] (Flashback) Nick**
Give us details on the sword, too.
**[00:41] (Flashback) Nick**
And guarantee us a minimum
price regardless of condition.
**[00:44] (Flashback) Nick**
And we need that all in writing.
**[00:59] Zem**
So we're looking for a sword
that amplifies a party's power
**[01:03] Zem**
based on the bonds between them.
**[01:06] Zem**
It's ironic, isn't it?
**[01:07] Tiana**
I think it's perfect for us.
**[01:09] Curran**
That's right. We're trusting
each other more and more!
**[01:12] Zem**
That's good to hear.
**[01:29] Zem**
Automatic lighting, a corridor
built with everything at almost
**[01:32] Zem**
obsessive-compulsive levels
of regular spacing.
**[01:34] Zem**
What kind of civilization was this?
**[01:37] Tiana**
Even the monsters are artificial.
**[01:41] Nick**
There might be secret passages.
Let's keep an eye out.
**[01:44] Tiana**
Yeah.
**[01:45] Curran**
True.
**[01:50] Sword of Bonds**
New adventurers? I wonder if they
can make it all the way here.
***SIGN*** Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't
Believe in Humanity Will Save the World
***SIGN*** Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't
Believe in Humanity Will Save the World
***SIGN*** "The Labyrinth of Bonds"
***SIGN*** "The Labyrinth of Bonds"
***SIGN*** "The Labyrinth of Bonds"
***SIGN*** "The Labyrinth of Bonds"
***SIGN*** "The Labyrinth of Bonds"
***SIGN*** "The Labyrinth of Bonds"
***SIGN*** "The Labyrinth of Bonds"
***SIGN*** "The Labyrinth of Bonds"
**[03:36] Zem**
Now we go straight ahead for a bit.
**[03:38] Nick**
Roger.
**[03:45] Nick**
Hold up.
**[03:48] Nick**
What's that?
**[03:51] Zem**
There're lamps at dead ends,
just like our information said.
**[03:54] Nick**
No, didn't the documents we
got say the lamps were red?
**[03:59] Zem**
True.
**[04:02] Tiana**
Wait!
**[04:03] Nick**
Our mission is to explore.
**[04:06] Nick**
We should be thorough.
**[04:08] Nick**
And also...
**[04:10] Zem**
You smell money?
**[04:13] Nick**
That's part of it, but this is weird, isn't it?
**[04:16] Curran**
Nick!
**[04:17] Zem**
Nick!
**[04:18] Tiana**
That was just supposed to be a wall!
**[04:24] Sword of Bonds**
Now, here's where you're
going to run into problems.
**[04:33] Tiana**
Are we supposed to find it inside all these?
**[04:36] Nick**
No.
**[04:43] Nick**
It's that one.
**[04:44] Zem**
Nick?
**[04:51] Nick**
This way.
**[04:57] Tiana**
Wait.
**[04:58] Tiana**
Detect Magic.
**[05:06] Tiana**
There's no magic within a
one-kilometer radius at a minimum.
**[05:11] Tiana**
I'm not sure if that means it's safe,
or if somebody is blocking the search.
**[05:21] Nick**
So we'll have to find out who
"someone" is and report that, too.
**[05:27] Curran**
I-Is that it?
**[05:34] Sword of Bonds**
Adventurers!
**[05:35] Nick**
What?
**[05:37] Sword of Bonds**
You've overcome great trials
to reach this corridor.
**[05:43] Sword of Bonds**
You are worthy of possessing my power!
**[05:43] Nick**
Is this what's talking?
**[05:46] Tiana**
Is this the Sword of Bonds?
**[05:46] Sword of Bonds**
Be your foe man, beast, angel, or devil,
this power will lead you to a glorious...
**[05:48] Nick**
I don't think so.
**[05:50] Sword of Bonds**
Yes, a glorious victory!
**[05:50] Zem**
I don't see an actual blade.
**[05:52] Curran**
Think it's broken?
**[05:53] Sword of Bonds**
You're listening, aren't you?!
**[05:55] Tiana**
Hey, you think this is a magic sword?
**[05:58] Nick**
A magic sword?
**[06:00] Nick**
I don't know what good it'll
do without a blade, though.
**[06:03] Curran**
It's broken.
**[06:04] Tiana**
With some of these, the wielder's
magic actually forms the blade.
**[06:08] Zem**
Is that how this one works?
**[06:10] Curran**
It's broken.
**[06:11] Sword of Bonds**
Who do you think I am?
**[06:14] Nick**
No idea.
**[06:15] Nick**
We're busy looking for the Sword of Bonds.
**[06:18] Nick**
We don't have time to learn
the names of broken swords...
**[06:20] Sword of Bonds**
I am the legendary Sword
of Bonds which you seek.
**[06:26] Sword of Bonds**
I am the finest masterpiece
of the Terane Magic Armory...
**[06:29] Nick**
The hell you are.
**[06:31] Sword of Bonds**
What?
**[06:32] Curran**
We weren't looking for any broken swords!
**[06:34] Tiana**
We don't know for sure that it's broken.
**[06:35] Sword of Bonds**
I am not broken!
**[06:37] Zem**
Guys, let's listen to the nice old man...
**[06:41] Sword of Bonds**
How dare you call me a "nice old man"?!
**[06:44] Zem**
I was trying to help you!
**[06:46] Tiana**
Zem, calm down.
**[06:48] Zem**
Sorry, I was just caught off guard by
a sword talking like it was normal.
**[06:52] Sword of Bonds**
I am a proud sacred blade! I only help
those who value justice and friendship.
**[06:58] Sword of Bonds**
I am the Terane Magic Armory's
greatest masterpiece.
**[07:02] Sword of Bonds**
The Angel-Class Psychic Weapon.
Product Name: The Sword of Bonds.
**[07:06] Zem**
Product Name?
**[07:08] Sword of Bonds**
That was also the project name.
**[07:09] Nick**
Cool. Very cool.
**[07:11] Nick**
Now, don't make a fuss. We promise not
to drop you before you're in the bag.
**[07:14] Sword of Bonds**
You're not going to equip me?
**[07:16] Nick**
I only use short swords.
**[07:18] Sword of Bonds**
How about the Dragonian girl?
**[07:20] Curran**
I only use my Dragonbone Sword.
**[07:23] Sword of Bonds**
You didn't come here in search of me?
**[07:25] Nick**
Sure we did.
**[07:28] Sword of Bonds**
Then shouldn't you be rejoicing?
**[07:31] Sword of Bonds**
Wait, what are you going to do with me?
**[07:34] Nick**
What else?
**[07:37] All**
Sell you.
**[07:41] Sword of Bonds**
No!
**[07:44] Curran**
The contract says we only get
half the money if it's busted.
**[07:47] Sword of Bonds**
Wait! I don't want to end up
in some warehouse somewhere!
**[07:50] Sword of Bonds**
Do you have any idea how many years
**[07:52] Sword of Bonds**
I've wasted after being deceived
by those liars at the guild?
**[07:55] Tiana**
"Liars"? "Deceived"? What do you mean?
**[07:59] Sword of Bonds**
The guild sealed me in a labyrinth,
**[08:01] Sword of Bonds**
saying it would help me find
someone worthy to wield me.
**[08:05] Sword of Bonds**
But I waited and waited, and nobody came.
**[08:09] Sword of Bonds**
And do you know why?
**[08:10] Sword of Bonds**
Because they never intended
to let anyone have me.
**[08:17] Nick**
I'm sympathetic, sure,
but we've got bills to pay.
**[08:21] Sword of Bonds**
Yes, if you sell me, you'll get
enough money to last ten lifetimes.
**[08:25] Sword of Bonds**
But if I travel with you, I can
provide you with unparalleled power!
**[08:31] Tiana**
If we've got all that money,
we won't need to adventure, right?
**[08:37] Sword of Bonds**
I want to apologize for something.
**[08:41] Sword of Bonds**
The Guardian system has been activated.
**[08:44] Nick**
I don't speak Ancient. What does that mean?
**[08:47] Sword of Bonds**
In other words, my guardian has awakened.
**[08:52] Sword of Bonds**
You won't be able to leave this hall
without defeating the Amalgam Golem.
**[08:57] Nick**
Amalgam Golem?
**[09:20] Tiana**
Icicle Dance!
**[09:25] Curran**
It's working!
**[09:29] Sword of Bonds**
Wait, Dragonian girl!
**[09:36] Nick**
Something's wrong!
**[09:37] Nick**
Get away, Curran!
**[09:51] Nick**
Curran!
**[09:54] Nick**
* Crap. If we're not careful,*
* the Survivors are all going to die here,*
**[09:58] Nick**
*in a beginner labyrinth!*
**[10:03] Nick**
Retreat! Head for the exit!
**[10:05] Nick**
Hurry!
**[10:13] Nick**
*Damn it! Nothing's working!*
**[10:16] Nick**
* But while I'm attacking it,*
* it's focusing on me.*
**[10:19] Nick**
* I have to let everybody get away*
* while it's coming after me.*
**[10:23] Sword of Bonds**
Its body is comprised of nanomachines.
**[10:26] Sword of Bonds**
Ranged or sharp weapons won't touch it.
**[10:29] Nick**
Which means?
**[10:30] Sword of Bonds**
Use me as your blade!
**[10:32] Sword of Bonds**
You can do what you want with me
after you make it out of here.
**[10:36] Sword of Bonds**
This is my first and last
request, as a weapon.
**[10:40] Nick**
I can't promise what happens
to you after we leave.
**[10:42] Sword of Bonds**
Then the contract is made.
**[10:50] Tiana**
Ice Spear!
**[10:54] Tiana**
It's no good! It's not even budging!
**[10:56] Tiana**
Magic and physical attacks aren't working!
**[11:00] Sword of Bonds**
Hmm...
**[11:02] Tiana**
That's...
**[11:03] Zem**
The power of the sacred blade.
**[11:05] Curran**
It wasn't broken?
**[11:06] Sword of Bonds**
That girl will do nicely.
**[11:08] Sword of Bonds**
Nick, was it? Envision her in your
mind and shout this word: "Union"!
**[11:15] Nick**
Envision Curran?
**[11:18] Sword of Bonds**
Just do it! "Union"!
**[11:21] Nick**
Union, right?
**[11:24] Nick**
Okay.
**[11:26] Nick**
Union!
**[11:30] Nick**
Huh?
**[11:32] Nick**
You tricked me, you old bastard!
**[11:34] Sword of Bonds**
That's strange.
**[11:36] Sword of Bonds**
You met the conditions to use it!
**[11:40] Nick**
It's working?
**[11:41] Sword of Bonds**
Even my blade can't kill it!
**[11:44] Sword of Bonds**
Below you!
**[11:47] Nick**
What is this thing?!
**[11:54] All**
Nick!
**[11:58] Zem**
We'll have to deal with it ourselves.
**[12:01] Curran**
But our attacks don't work.
**[12:04] Tiana**
What about this?
**[12:06] Tiana**
Freezing!
**[12:16] Curran**
It stopped.
**[12:17] Tiana**
I tried freezing it, instead of attacking it.
**[12:20] Tiana**
Curran, go get Nick!
**[12:22] Curran**
Okay!
**[12:30] Tiana**
It's trying to get free by discarding
the parts of itself that froze?
**[12:45] Zem**
Quick Heal!
**[12:46] Tiana**
Freezing!
**[12:48] Tiana**
*We can't do anything more than buy time.*
**[12:51] Tiana**
*But we have to do it anyway!*
**[12:56] Zem**
* Let's show them what a*
* pair of casters can do!*
**[13:14] Nick**
I guess I broke a few bones, huh?
**[13:17] Nick**
Unyielding Fortress's duration ran out, too.
**[13:19] Curran**
Nick, where are you?!
**[13:22] Nick**
Curran! Are you guys okay up there?
**[13:25] Curran**
The two of them are buying time!
**[13:28] Nick**
If we lose one more person, we're finished.
**[13:30] Nick**
Take them and run!
**[13:33] Nick**
We need to get out of here!
**[13:35] Nick**
Getting as many people back alive as
possible is what the Survivors do!
**[13:39] Curran**
Not "as many people as possible".
**[13:41] Curran**
We all go back together!
**[13:42] Nick**
You can't survive if you keep
hoping for the impossible!
**[13:45] Curran**
We're all going back together!
**[13:53] Nick**
I'm sorry...
**[14:02] Nick**
for breaking your pendant...
**[14:06] Curran**
I told you...
**[14:07] Nick**
You said not to worry about it,
but it was important to you, wasn't it?
**[14:13] Curran**
My last party leader gave it to me.
**[14:17] Curran**
I wanted to throw it away,
but I just couldn't do it.
**[14:22] Curran**
I was never able to believe it...
**[14:25] Curran**
That I was tricked,
that they left me to die...
**[14:30] Curran**
I never could believe it...
**[14:35] Curran**
I kept hoping that one day I'd wake up
and Calios would be there like always,
**[14:38] Curran**
and that we'd go back to
adventuring like we always did.
**[14:45] Curran**
Seeing the pendant made me
want to believe in Calios,
**[14:49] Curran**
even if I knew I was just
running away from reality.
**[14:54] Curran**
I knew it, but I couldn't
forget my days with Calios.
**[15:00] Curran**
I chose to spend my time with my memories,
instead of with the people around me.
**[15:04] Curran**
It was...
**[15:06] Curran**
It was so much fun!
**[15:11] Curran**
So when the pendant broke that day...
**[15:16] Curran**
it wasn't a bad thing for me at all.
**[15:20] Nick**
Curran.
**[15:22] Curran**
It wasn't a bad thing at all.
**[15:35] Sword of Bonds**
Nick, say the word again.
**[15:44] Tiana**
Freezing!
**[15:47] Zem**
Unyielding Fortress! Quick Heal!
**[15:49] Zem**
Unyielding Fortress! Unyielding Fortress!
**[15:52] Tiana**
That's enough, Zem.
**[15:53] Zem**
But... But...
**[15:55] Tiana**
Use the rest of your spells
when Nick gets back.
**[15:59] Tiana**
I'm done for.
**[16:01] Zem**
But... But...!
**[16:05] Zem**
This can't... This can't be how it ends!
**[16:08] Tiana**
We did great, didn't we?
**[16:11] Tiana**
We did all this without Nick and Curran.
**[16:18] Tiana**
Don't you dare smirk at us!
**[16:40] Sword of Bonds**
He has a core that controls his movements.
**[16:43] Sword of Bonds**
The core moves at random
throughout its liquid metal body,
**[16:47] Sword of Bonds**
keeping it perfectly safe at all times!
**[17:00] Sword of Bonds**
But the lesson here is this: nothing
can save you from ultimate power.
**[17:22] Zem**
Nick!
**[17:23] Tiana**
Curran!
**[17:34] Nick**
Ignition!
**[17:37] Vilma**
An aura blade, just like we were told.
**[17:43] Curran**
Wow, it looks just like the real thing!
**[17:45] Tiana**
I think you meant to say that the
real thing looks so incredible!
**[17:50] Curran**
That's right!
**[17:51] Curran**
It looks just as incredible
as the real thing!
**[17:53] Kizuna**
It's nothing impressive.
**[17:55] Zem**
Very true!
**[17:56] Zem**
Though if you keep saying "real thing",
**[17:58] Zem**
someone might start wondering if there
was a fake out there somewhere!
**[18:00] Zem**
What a wonderful sacred blade!
**[18:01] Zem**
It's such a shame we have to let go of it.
**[18:03] Kizuna**
It's nothing impressive, at all.
**[18:05] Vilma**
It's not as powerful as we'd
thought, but I guess it is old.
**[18:09] Kizuna**
It's nowhere as strong as me.
**[18:14] Vilma**
Very well. We'll pay the agreed upon amount.
**[18:17] Nick**
Good. It would suck if we got lied to.
**[18:22] Vilma**
So?
**[18:28] Vilma**
Who's the boy...? girl...? who's been
standing there this whole time?
**[18:31] Vilma**
A new member of the Survivors?
**[18:33] Kizuna**
Indeed! I am Kizuna!
**[18:35] Vilma**
How peculiar. Doesn't that just mean
"Bonds", same as the sword?
**[18:39] Vilma**
Well, good luck, I guess.
**[18:41] Kizuna**
Of course! Leave it to me!
**[18:44] Tiana**
We were lucky that there was that
stock of mass-produced copies.
**[18:49] Kizuna**
Those guys at the guild were easy to fool!
**[18:52] Nick**
Didn't you say something about
valuing justice and friendship?
**[18:55] Kizuna**
Saving somebody's life sounds like
friendship and justice to me.
**[19:00] Nick**
"Life"? You're a sword.
**[19:02] Kizuna**
I'm a sword and a person!
**[19:04] Kizuna**
I've got a parallelization function!
**[19:07] Zem**
A function that lets a sacred
blade take human form.
**[19:10] Curran**
I still don't really
understand how it works.
**[19:13] Zem**
I was scared for a second
when you said your name.
**[19:17] Kizuna**
Why?
**[19:18] Nick**
'Cause people will figure it out!
**[19:21] Kizuna**
Well, I can't help it.
**[19:23] Tiana**
Sentient magic items have a lot of
their power tied to their names.
**[19:27] Nick**
They do?
**[19:28] Tiana**
For instance, if we named it "Mop" it
might gain the power to clean our rooms.
**[19:33] Nick**
That's pretty simplistic.
**[19:36] Nick**
Here's our pay for this job!
**[19:47] Tiana**
We've finally got money
to spend on our hobbies!
**[19:51] Zem**
Until now it's all gone to rent and bills!
**[19:54] Curran**
It's been so long.
**[19:58] Nick**
Let's go, then.
**[20:00] Kizuna**
You going to the tavern?
**[20:02] Nick**
We're a little different when
it comes to that, actually.
**[20:05] Nick**
Survivors Rule #1!
**[20:08] All**
No interfering with other peoples' hobbies!
**[20:10] Kizuna**
What?
**[20:12] Nick**
We all have something we must protect.
**[20:14] Nick**
A forbidden holy ground where
no one else may tread.
**[20:18] Kizuna**
O-Oh! I don't understand,
but that sounds very important!
**[20:23] Nick**
So we're going to take some time off.
**[20:26] Nick**
What will you do?
**[20:28] Nick**
I'm going to an idol concert.
**[20:29] Nick**
If you want to come,
you have to come in blade mode.
**[20:33] Kizuna**
How boring!
**[20:35] Kizuna**
I'll read a book or something, then.
**[20:38] Nick**
Sure.
**[20:43] Kizuna**
You're not going?
**[20:45] Tiana**
There's still time until the race starts.
**[20:47] Tiana**
Want to come with me?
**[20:49] Kizuna**
Really?
**[20:52] Kizuna**
It's uh... forbidden ground, right?
**[20:55] Tiana**
You can come, but no complaining
about how I use my money!
**[21:01] Kizuna**
Okay!
**[21:02] Kizuna**
I'm a member of the
Survivors, too, after all!
**[21:21] Tiana**
Hey, Kizuna.
**[21:23] Kizuna**
What?
**[21:25] Tiana**
You waited hundreds of years
for us to come, right?
**[21:30] Kizuna**
Oh, that's right.
**[21:32] Kizuna**
I waited hundreds, no, thousands of
years, for someone to come use me!
**[21:37] Tiana**
I see.
**[21:43] Tiana**
You really hung in there, right?
**[21:46] Kizuna**
Don't treat me like a kid!
**[21:49] Tiana**
You're a good kid.
**[21:51] Kizuna**
Hey, don't make fun of me!
**[21:53] Kizuna**
I'll slice you in two!
**[21:55] Tiana**
Don't you dare, Mop!
**[21:57] Kizuna**
I'll clean your clock, damn it!
**[22:01] Tiana**
Oh, no! He'll wipe the floor with me!
**[22:01] Kizuna**
I'm not a mop!
**[22:03] Old Man Kizuna**
This was where it started.
**[22:05] Old Man Kizuna**
Their, no, our
true adventure... started here...
**[22:13] Old Man Kizuna**
Looking back, it all started here...
***SIGN*** Next time:
"A Meeting with the Iron Tigers."
**[23:34] Sword of Bonds**
"A Meeting with the Iron Tigers."