E15 - The Queen of the Lake

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[00:02] Gi
    There are only three days left in this year.
SIGN    Tokyo
[00:05] Gi
    How are you all doing?
[00:08] Su
    Were you up late again, Brother?
[00:11] K
    Homework for school, mechatronics.
[00:14] Su
    Mechatron...
[00:18] Su
    Brother.
[00:20] Su
    Look at this.
[00:22] K
    What?
[00:23] K
    Someone found the Holy
    Sword Excaliber in ALO?!
[00:28] K
    Someone finally got it, huh?
[00:31] Su
    Read it carefully... It's only
    been found. That's all.
[00:34] Su
    No one actually has it yet.
[00:38] K
    What? Don't scare me like that.
[00:43] K
    Several months ago,
[00:44] K
    on an Arun plateau, Leafa and I were
    swallowed by a giant worm monster,
[00:50] K
    and dropped into the underground
    world known as "Jötunheimr."
[00:53] K
    There, we saw a Tyrant-class humanoid
    with four arms attacking a Tyrant
[00:57] ---
    that looked like a combination
    of an elephant and a jellyfish.
[01:03] K
    Leafa asked me to save the one
    that was being bullied,
[01:07] K
    so I baited the four-armed Tyrant away,
    and lured it into a lake,
[01:10] K
    where the elephant-jellyfish Tyrant finished it.
[01:14] K
    Leafa named the jellyfish thing "Tonkii,"
[01:18] K
    and it grew eight wings, and carried us
    to the path to the upper world.
[01:28] K
    On our way there, we saw a huge labyrinth
[01:31] ---
    hanging from beneath the World Tree,
[01:35] K
    and a golden long sword that glistened at its base,
[01:44] K
    Excaliber.
[01:47] K
    I was planning to get it at some point, but...
[01:51] Su
    You've been spending all your
    time on the New Aincrad.
[01:54] K
    But how did they find it?
[01:57] K
    Players can't fly in Jötunheimr.
[02:00] K
    And it's high enough that, unless you fly,
[02:02] ---
    you can't see its location.
[02:04] Su
    Maybe someone succeeded in
    saving one of Tonkii's friends,
[02:08] Su
    and triggered the quest flag like we did.
[02:11] K
    That'd make sense.
[02:13] K
    That creepy...
[02:17] K
    No, "unique" appearance that that
    Tyrant has means only a weirdo...
[02:22] K
    I mean, a very nice person
[02:25] K
    would save it. I'm surprised
    you aren't the only one.
[02:27] Su
    He isn't creepy.
[02:29] Su
    He's cute.
[02:31] Su
    But that means it may be only a matter of time
[02:34] ---
    until someone clears the dungeon
     and gets the sword.
[02:38] K
    You're right...
[02:41] Su
    What will you do, Brother?
[02:46] K
    Sugu, there's more to a VRMMO
    than looking for rare items.
[02:53] K
    Yeah.
[02:54] K
    Even if the weapon's stats make you stronger...
[02:57] K
    But I think Tonkii wanted us to find it,
    and that's why he showed it to us.
[03:02] K
    I bet, in his heart, he's hoping
    we can clear the dungeon.
[03:08] K
    You know... Tonkii's our friend, right?
[03:13] Su
    You were just saying he was creepy.
[03:17] K
    So, Sugu, are you free today?
[03:21] Su
    Well, my club's off for the rest of the year.
[03:23] K
    Okay!
[03:24] K
    Up to seven people can ride Tonkii, right?
[03:28] K
    Which means you, me, Asuna,
    Klein, Liz, and Silica...
[03:34] K
    That leaves one.
[03:36] K
    Agil has his shop to look after,
[03:38] K
    and we can't rely on Chrysheight.
[03:40] K
    Recon's in Sylph territory.
[03:43] K
    I know!
[03:44] K
    Let's ask Sinon-san!
[03:46] K
    Great!
[03:47] Su
    I'll contact everyone.
[03:51] Su
    You talk to Asuna-san.
[03:53] K
    Sure.
[03:59] A
    I want to see Kirito-kun once more
    before I have to return to Kyoto.
[04:09] A
    Hello? Kirito-kun?
[04:11] K
    Good morning, Asuna.
[04:12] K
    Do you have a moment?
[04:14] K
    This afternoon, I'm trying to do a quest,
    with everyone, in ALO.
[04:20] A
    I'm free all day today.
[04:22] K
    Okay.
[04:23] K
    I'll send you a message with the
    time and place we're meeting.
[04:26] A
    Sounds great!
[04:27] A
    See you on the other side!
[04:31] A
    Okay!
SIGN    The Queen of the Lake
[06:12] Sl
    Are you already on break
    for New Year's, Klein-san?
[06:15] Kl
    Yeah, since yesterday.
[06:17] Kl
    Even if I wanted to work, at this
    time of year, nothing comes in.
[06:21] Kl
    The CEO keeps bragging about how great we are
[06:25] ---
    to have a whole week off for New Year's.
[06:29] Kl
    Hey, Kirito...
[06:30] Kl
    If we do get Excaliber today,
[06:33] Kl
    help me get the Spirit Blade Kanedzuchi.
[06:39] K
    That dungeon's so freaking hot, though.
[06:41] Kl
    Sure, but Jötunheimr is so freaking cold!
[06:46] S
    Then, I know what I want...
[06:48] S
    The Light Bow Shekinah.
[06:50] K
    You've had your character for two weeks,
[06:52] ---
    and you already want a legendary weapon.
[06:55] S
    The bow Liz made me is wonderful,
[06:58] S
    but I'd like a bit more range.
[07:00] L
    Listen...
[07:01] L
    In this world, bows have more range than
    spears, but less range than magic.
[07:06] L
    You're the only one who's trying to hit the
    target from a hundred meters away.
[07:11] S
    Honestly, I'd like to double that.
[07:18] Su
    We're here!
[07:20] A
    Sorry to keep you waiting!
[07:22] Si
    Welcome back!
[07:23] Kl
    I've been waiting!
[07:26] Y
    While we were out shopping,
    we did some information-gathering.
[07:30] Y
    It doesn't look like any players, or parties,
[07:33] ---
    have made it to that mid-air dungeon, Daddy.
[07:37] K
    Then how did they find Excaliber's location?
[07:41] Y
    It seems someone found a different quest
[07:45] ---
    than the one we found with Tonkii.
[07:48] Y
    And as a reward, an NPC showed Excaliber to them.
[07:54] A
    And evidently, it isn't a very peaceful quest, either.
[07:59] A
    It wasn't a fetch or an escort quest.
[08:01] ---
    It was a slaughter-type, in which you try to kill
    more than a certain number of monsters.
[08:05] A
    And so, everyone in Jötunheimr is trying
    to kill as many monsters as they can.
[08:10] K
    That isn't very peaceful, no.
[08:13] Kl
    But isn't that weird?
[08:16] Kl
    The Holy Sword Excaliber
[08:18] ---
    is sealed at the bottom of a mid-air
    dungeon swarming with Tyrants.
[08:24] Kl
    So why is an NPC revealing it as a quest reward?
[08:29] Sl
    That's true.
[08:32] Sl
    If the NPC just took them to the
    dungeon, I'd understand...
[08:39] S
    Well, we'll know when we get there.
[08:43] L
    Okay!
[08:44] L
    All weapons are fully restored!
[09:00] Kl
    Our party is still a bunch of muscle-heads, though.
[09:04] L
    Then raise your magic skills.
[09:08] Kl
    No way.
[09:09] Kl
    A samurai never selects any magic skills.
[09:13] Kl
    It isn't allowed.
[09:14] L
    Listen...
[09:15] L
    In RPGs, the samurai has been
[09:18] ---
    a "warrior plus black magic" class for a long time.
[09:22] Kl
    I'd rather snap my katana and quit
    being a samurai than use magic.
[09:26] Sl
    But earlier, you were using
    a flame Sword Skill, weren't you?
[09:31] Sl
    I think that was half-magic.
[09:34] Kl
    Seriously?
[09:36] Y
    Yes, Silica-san is correct.
[09:39] Y
    In the May update, Sword Skills
    were introduced into ALO,
[09:44] Y
    and high-level skills are also divided by magic
    classes of earth, water, fire, wind, dark,
[09:49] ---
    and holy, in addition to physical...
[09:53] Kl
    Is that right?
[09:55] L
    So, weren't you going to snap your
    sword, rather than use magic?
[10:01] Kl
    Kirito...
[10:02] K
    To perform a Sword Skill,
    you don't say any incantations.
[10:05] K
    Let's say it doesn't count.
[10:07] L
    Oh, fine.
[10:12] K
    Thanks for coming so quickly, everyone.
[10:17] K
    Somehow, I'll find a way to express my gratitude.
[10:21] K
    Let's do this, then!
[10:23] All
    Yeah!
[10:29] L
    How many steps are there here?
[10:34] A
    I think it's maybe about the size
    of an entire dungeon floor in New Aincrad...
[10:39] K
    Listen, it takes two hours to reach
    Jötunheimr by the normal route,
[10:45] K
    and this takes five minutes.
[10:47] K
    Don't complain.
[10:49] ---
    Give thanks with every step you descend, everyone.
[10:53] S
    You're bragging like you
     were the one who made it.
[10:56] K
    Thanks for pointing that out—
[11:00] S
    Hey!
[11:04] S
    Next time you try that, I'll shove
    a fire arrow up your nostril.
[11:11] Kl
    You aren't afraid of anything, man.
[11:19] Kl
    It's so cold!
[11:28] S
    Wow.
[11:41] Kl
    Kirito!
[11:45] A
    Ous. Sharl. Raise. Wind. Hard. Halca. Storms.
[11:54] A
    Okay.
[11:55] A
    I applied some cold-resistance magic to you.
[12:12] Su
    Tonkii-san!
[12:20] K
    It's fine.
[12:22] K
    He may not look it, but he's an herbivore.
[12:25] Su
    But when we brought him
    some fish from the surface,
[12:28] ---
    he gulped them in a single bite.
[12:34] K
    He's saying to get on.
[12:37] Kl
    But...
[12:39] Kl
    My grandpa's dying words were to never
    ride American cars or flying elephants.
[12:44] Kl
    At the Dicey Café, you just gave me dried
    persimmons you said your grandpa made.
[12:49] Kl
    They were good, so give me some more.
[12:54] L
    Okay, there!
[12:58] K
    Thanks, Tonkii.
[13:04] Su
    All right!
[13:06] Su
    Tonkii, take us to the dungeon entrance!
[13:21] L
    Hey, what happens if you fall?
[13:26] Su
    I'm sure the guy over there,
    who once tried to climb
[13:30] ---
    to Aincrad's next level via the outer pillars
    and fell, will find out for us someday.
[13:34] K
    I think a feline would be better
    at falling from high places.
[13:51] K
    Yahoo!
[14:04] Su
    Brother! Look at that!
[14:13] A
    What's going on down there?
[14:17] A
    Did someone tame that humanoid Tyrant?
[14:19] Sl
    That's impossible!
[14:21] Sl
    The success rate for taming a Tyrant is zero percent,
[14:25] Sl
    even for a Cait Sith with a full boost
    and special equipment!
[14:30] Kl
    So they're... What?
[14:31] Kl
    Taking advantage of it?
[14:36] Kl
    When the four-armed thing
     is fighting the elephant-jellyfish,
[14:39] Kl
    they're hitting it, too.
[14:41] S
    But is controlling a monster's aggro that easy?
[15:07] K
    Why aren't they starting combat
    with the humanoid Tyrant?
[15:11] K
    Look over there.
[15:14] Kl
    What?
[15:15] Kl
    What's going on down there?
[15:18] L
    Is this the new
[15:21] ---
    Jötunheimr slaughter quest that
    Asuna was talking about?
[15:26] L
    Like, you work with the humanoid Tyrants
    to eliminate the bestial ones?
[15:39] Kl
    She's huge...
[15:43] Gi
    I am Urd, Queen of the Lake.
[15:48] Gi
    You fairies who have formed
    a bond with my servants...
[15:51] Gi
    My two younger sisters and
    I have a request for you.
[15:57] Gi
    Please save this land from the frost giants.
[16:02] Y
    Daddy, that's an NPC.
[16:05] Y
    But something's strange.
[16:08] Y
    She isn't using the set response
    routines, like normal NPCs.
[16:13] Y
    She's connected to a language-engine
    module that's near the core program.
[16:18] K
    In other words, she's been turned into an AI?
[16:21] Y
    That's right, Daddy.
[16:23] Gi
    Once, Jötunheimr was like ALfheim.
[16:28] Gi
    It enjoyed the blessings of the World Tree, Yggdrasil,
[16:31] Gi
    and was covered in beautiful water and greenery.
[16:34] Gi
    We, the hill giants, and our servants,
    the animals, lived in peace.
[16:42] Gi
    Below Jötunheimr is the land of frost, Niflheim.
[16:49] Gi
    The King of the Frost Giants who rules
     that land, Thrym, snuck into this realm
[16:55] Gi
    and cast Excaliber, the
     "sword which cuts all trees and iron,"
[16:59] Gi
    into the Urd's lake, at the center of the world.
[17:04] Gi
    The sword cut the deepest root of the World Tree,
[17:07] Gi
    and when it did, Jötunheimr was
    cut off from Yggdrasil's bounties.
[17:31] K
    That's Excaliber?
[17:35] Gi
    Thrym's frost giants attacked Jötunheimr,
    from Niflheim, en masse,
[17:42] Gi
    building many fortresses and castles,
[17:44] Gi
    and capturing and imprisoning us, the hill giants.
[17:49] Gi
    They built a castle, Thrymheim,
[17:53] ---
    on the massive block of ice that
    used to be the lake of Urd,
[17:56] Gi
    and they now rule this land.
[17:58] Gi
    My two sisters and I escaped to
    the bottom of a frozen lake,
[18:04] Gi
    but we lack the power we once had.
[18:08] Gi
    The frost giants are not satisfied, however,
[18:10] Gi
    and they are trying to kill all our servants,
    the animals, that live in this land.
[18:17] Gi
    If they succeed, our power will vanish,
[18:21] ---
    and they will be able to elevate
    Thrymheim to ALfheim's surface.
[18:28] Kl
    What?
[18:29] Kl
    If they do that, it will destroy the town of Arun!
[18:33] Gi
    King Thrym desires to cover ALfheim in snow,
[18:38] Gi
    and rise to the top of the World Tree, Yggdrasil.
[18:43] Gi
    He desires the golden apple said to grow there.
[18:49] Gi
    Thrym and his generals have grown upset
[18:53] ---
    at their inability to slay my servants,
[18:55] Gi
    and have begun to ask for the help of you fairies.
[19:00] Gi
    He offers Excaliber as a prize,
[19:03] Gi
    and his goal is to have my servants annihilated.
[19:07] Gi
    But King Thrym has no intention
    of giving that sword to anyone.
[19:13] Gi
    When Excaliber vanishes from Thrymheim,
[19:16] Gi
    Yggdrasil's bounties will return to this land,
[19:20] Gi
    and that castle will melt and fall.
[19:23] L
    Then it's a lie that Excaliber is the quest reward?
[19:28] L
    Can you have a quest like that?
[19:30] U
    Thrym probably plans to bestow
    the false sword, Caliburn,
[19:34] U
    which looks identical to Excaliber.
[19:37] Su
    That's cheating!
[19:38] Su
    Is a king allowed to do that?
[19:41] U
    That cheating is Thrym's most potent weapon.
[19:45] U
    But he has made one mistake.
[19:50] U
    He sent most of his giants down from Thrymheim,
[19:55] ---
    to assist the fairy warriors.
[19:58] U
    That castle's defenses are weaker
    than they've ever been.
[20:03] K
    I see.
[20:11] U
    When this stone turns completely dark,
[20:14] U
    it signals that my servants all lie
    slain and my power gone.
[20:20] U
    Fairies, infiltrate Thrymheim, and draw
    Excaliber from the keystone dais.
SIGN    Holy Sword of the Frozen Palace
[20:32] U
    I am counting on you, fairies.
[20:42] Sl
    This has turned into a really big deal.
[20:45] S
    This is a normal quest, right?
[20:49] S
    But the scale seems a little too big for that.
[20:53] S
    Didn't she say something about how
[20:55] ---
    if all bestial Tyrants are wiped out,
    frost giants will invade the surface?
[20:59] K
    She did.
[21:01] K
    But I don't know if the GMs would
    do something like that
[21:04] ---
    with no update or warning.
[21:07] K
    Normally, you'd have at least a week's notice.
[21:12] S
    But we must do it for Tonkii's sake.
[21:15] S
    Right, Brother?
[21:16] K
    That's right.
[21:17] K
    The reason we came here today was
     to enter that castle and get Excaliber.
[21:23] K
    If it isn't as heavily defended,
    that's exactly what we want.
[21:29] Kl
    Okay! It's our last big quest of the year.
[21:33] Kl
    Let's do this, and earn ourselves
    a spot on the front page
[21:35] ---
    of tomorrow's MMO Tomorrow!
[21:38] All
    Yeah!
[21:45] Su
    Just wait, Tonkii.
[21:46] Su
    We'll take back your country.
[21:59] Su
    Let's go!
SIGN    Next Time  The King of the Giants