Season 2 - The Lord of the Rust Mountains

E1 - The Paladin and the Troubadour

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[00:15] Menel
    You're awfully cheery about a
    little stack of papers, Will.
[00:19] Will
    You could tell?
[00:20] Menel
    Yeah.
[00:21] Menel
    You were grinning and stroking that paper
[00:23] Menel
    the way someone would stroke a woman's skin.
[00:27] Menel
    Is that the stuff those
    craftsmen presented to you?
[00:30] Will
    They said these were the best of
    all the trial sheets they made.
[00:35] Menel
    You really are happy, aren't you?
[00:41] Will
    Well, these...
[00:43] Will
    are the future of this town, after all.
[00:51] Menel
    Man, it's cold.
[00:54] Will
    It's almost the winter solstice.
[00:58] Menel
    It's a lot livelier these days.
[01:00] Will
    Yeah.
[01:02] Will
    Two years ago, I left the City of the Dead
[01:04] Will
    and followed the river north,
[01:06] Will
    until I found a deserted, half-sunken city.
[01:10] Will
    Now, two years after rebuilding began,
[01:13] Will
    people are calling this place
    Torch Port, the port of light.

[01:18] Menel
    Will, what did you mean when you said
    that paper was this town's future?
[01:23] Will
    If all we do is cut down all the lumber
    around here and sell it to Whitesails,
[01:26] Will
    the city will eventually run
    out of trees and die out.
[01:29] Will
    So we need to diversify trade in this town.
[01:33] Will
    We'll be better off for it in ten years.
[01:34] Menel
    And that's what that paper is?
[01:37] Will
    It's the first step,
    and one worth celebrating.
[01:39] Menel
    Hmm...
[01:40] Menel
    You know, you think like an elf sometimes.
[01:45] Will
    You're just the type that
    lives in the moment.
[01:47] Menel
    We're basically at the ends of
    the earth. I could die tomorrow.
[01:52] Menel
    So I want to feel satisfied today.
[01:55] Menel
    I'm sure most people living here
    feel that way, including me.
[02:01] Will
    And I want to change that.
[02:07] Menel
    Well, maybe that's why the
    goddess of light chose you.
[02:11] Will
    Huh?
[02:12] Menel
    You're right in the middle of the front
    line, where you could die at any time,
[02:15] Menel
    talking about planting the seeds
    that'll benefit us in ten years.
[02:23] Menel
    By the way...
[02:24] Menel
    The brother of the crown prince
    of Whitesails invited us
[02:27] Menel
    to the new year's ceremony. Gonna go?
[02:30] Will
    Oh... That's right.
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
[04:36] Bee
    Wow! How pretty!
[04:39] Bee
    Well? Did you enjoy the
    winter solstice festival?
[04:42] Will
    Yeah, it was fun. I'm worn out, though.
[04:45] Bee
    Going around greeting all the
    important people with a smile
[04:49] Bee
    isn't as easy as it looks, huh?
[04:52] Will
    But thanks to Menel putting
    my outfit together
[04:54] Will
    and all the help I got from Bishop Bagley,
[04:57] Will
    I managed to pull it off.
[04:59] Bee
    I wanted to see Menel in formal clothes!
[05:02] Bee
    Where is Menel, anyway?
[05:04] Will
    I invited him, but he said,
[05:06] Will
    "Shut up! At least let me sleep
    in on the day of the event!"
[05:11] Will
    What about you? Did you make a profit?
[05:13] Bee
    Of course!
[05:14] Bee
    This is the most profitable
    time of year for a troubadour!
[05:25] Bee
    What is it?
[05:27] Will
    I was just thinking,
    this town really is beautiful.
[05:30] Will
    The forests around the
    Beast Woods are still very poor.
[05:33] Will
    We have to work a lot harder.
[05:38] Bee
    Will.
[05:47] Bee
    Bop!
[05:49] Bee
    You're worrying too much.
[05:52] Will
    Bee...
[05:53] Bee
    You do have a tendency to do that.
[05:59] Will
    I made a promise...
[06:01] Will
    that I'd be as the goddess's
    sword to banish evil,
[06:04] Will
    and be as her hand to save the suffering.
[06:11] Bee
    It's wonderful of you to have
    such benevolent intentions,
[06:13] Bee
    and it's very noble of you,
[06:15] Bee
    but if that's the case, you should be
    trying to please the goddess more!
[06:19] Will
    Please her?
[06:20] Bee
    Just think about it!
[06:22] Bee
    What if a villager brought you
    food to show his gratitude,
[06:24] Bee
    but he himself was scrawny
    and unsteady on his feet?
[06:28] Will
    I'd tell him to eat it himself...
[06:32] Bee
    Don't you think the goddess
    would feel the same?
[06:36] Will
    Yeah.
[06:39] Will
    Thanks, Bee.
[06:40] Will
    To thank you, I'll take you
    wherever you want to go.
[06:44] Bee
    My, what an enthusiastic proposition!
[06:47] Bee
    I accept!
[06:52] Will
    Bee, were you serious?
[06:54] Bee
    Absolutely serious!
    There's something I want to see.
[06:57] Bee
    But it's not the kind of place a lowly
    troubadour can get into just by asking nicely.
[07:03] Bee
    You could sneak in, though, right?
[07:05] Bee
    'Cause on top of being a warrior
    priest, you're a great sorcerer!
[07:11] Will
    A school attended by sorcerers
    studying the Words of Creation,

[07:15] Will
    located in the woods in a forbidden land...
[07:17] Will
    The Academy.
[07:19] Bee
    Well, then, let's go!
[07:20] Will
    Wait.
[07:23] Will
    I think...
[07:25] Will
    this is Maze Alley magic.
[07:28] Will
    And several Signs...
[07:30] Will
    "Warning."
[07:31] Will
    "Paralysis."
[07:32] Will
    "Sleep."
[07:33] Will
    "Blind."
[07:34] Will
    Yeah, we can't go in.
[07:36] Bee
    What?!
[07:38] Bee
    Shouldn't you be able to go in?!
[07:40] Bee
    With, you know, brute strength?!
[07:42] Will
    If we tried to force our way in,
[07:45] Will
    it'd be raining blood.
[07:46] Will
    And that's not a metaphor.
[07:48] Bee
    Huh?!
[07:49] Will
    It's set up to prevent anyone
    from sneaking in uninvited.
[07:52] Bee
    Oh...
[07:57] Bee
    Well, if even you can't get it,
    I guess that's that!
[08:00] Bee
    Let's head back to town and eat at a—
[08:01] Will
    We can't sneak in, but...
[08:04] Bee
    Will?
[08:07] Will
    Let's just go up to the front door.
[08:10] Bee
    That's a good idea!
[08:21] Bee
    Er... huh?
[08:23] Bee
    Which way did we get here from?
[08:27] Bee
    Wait, what? I know in my head
    where we came from, but...
[08:30] Will
    It's okay. Just keep holding on to my hand.
[08:45] Will
    Well, this is just mean.
[08:47] Bee
    Wh-Which is the wrong path?
[08:52] Will
    Ne Fronti Crede.
SIGN    Do Not Believe the Pretense
[08:59] Bee
    Wha...
[09:00] Will
    This is the right one.
[09:06] Will
    "Either learn... or leave."
[09:09] Will
    If you will not learn, you must leave?
[09:14] Bee
    Will...
[09:15] Bee
    Don't push this, okay?
[09:17] Bee
    Even the Wandering Sage in his youth
[09:20] Bee
    couldn't pass through this route on his own.
[09:23] Will
    What?
[09:24] Will
    Gus couldn't?
[09:25] Bee
    He was a child prodigy,
[09:27] Bee
    yet he still couldn't visit the
    Academy without his master's help.
[09:32] Bee
    That's how he learned just
    how immature he still was.
[09:36] Will
    I see.
[09:38] Will
    So even Gus couldn't get through
    here when he was young.

[09:44] Bee
    What is this? A curse?
[09:47] Bee
    Looking at it makes me feel really uneasy.
[09:50] Will
    Hmm... I can't really
    sense any mana at work...
[09:54] Bee
    D-Doesn't that make it all
    the more suspicious?
[09:56] Bee
    Setting a little trap in something
    obviously suspicious is classic!
[10:03] Will
    You're right. There's a Sign carved into
    it that makes one just a little uneasy.
[10:07] Bee
    Boy, talk about twisted!
[10:09] Bee
    I could write a song about this alone!
[10:20] Old Man
    Oh?
[10:22] Old Man
    What's this? Visitors?
[10:24] Will
    It's a pleasure to meet you.
[10:27] Will
    My name is William G. Maryblood.
[10:30] Bee
    I'm Bee. Robina Goodfellow.
[10:33] Bee
    Would you kindly tell
    us your name, good sir?
[10:39] Old Man
    I'm just an old man who's built
    up nothing but a lot of years.
[10:44] Old Man
    I'm the Academy's groundskeeper.
[10:47] Old Man
    My name is not worthy
    of giving to a paladin.
[10:51] Old Man
    More importantly, you must be cold.
[10:53] Old Man
    Why don't you rest here for a bit?
[10:56] Will
    Thank you very much.
[10:59] Bee
    Tell us, kind groundskeeper.
[11:01] Bee
    Is the Academy still far from here?
[11:05] Old Man
    For what purpose might you be
    visiting the Academy, young lady?
[11:10] Old Man
    You do not appear to be a new student.
[11:14] Bee
    There's something I want to see!
[11:16] Old Man
    Oh? But the Academy has a rule
    that only sorcerers may enter.
[11:24] Will
    We were hoping to ask them if we might
    be allowed in for just a brief look.
[11:28] Old Man
    Well, I do hope you succeed
    in earning permission.
[11:33] Old Man
    Now, toast and eat these.
    They'll warm you up.
[11:37] Bee
    Wow! Thank you!
[11:39] Will
    We gratefully accept.
[11:57] Bee
    This is so good!
[11:59] Bee
    It's cheese made from goat milk, isn't it?
[12:02] Old Man
    That's absolutely right.
[12:03] Will
    It really is good!
[12:05] Old Man
    Incidentally, I hear the Faraway Paladin
    has knowledge of magic.
[12:11] Will
    Yes, I have learned a bit.
[12:14] Old Man
    As the Academy's groundskeeper,
    I witness magic occasionally,
[12:19] Old Man
    but I am most interested in seeing
    what sort of magic you have.
[12:26] Will
    I bet I'm being tested.
[12:29] Will
    I'm unable to use my magic for mere sport.
[12:33] Will
    Please understand.
[12:35] Old Man
    Even if I beg to see it?
[12:38] Will
    Please understand.
[12:39] Old Man
    Has that always been your stance?
[12:42] Will
    Yes.
[12:43] Will
    It's what my master taught me,
[12:45] Will
    and I want to uphold it to
    the best of my ability.
[12:48] Old Man
    Hmm... In that case,
    might I ask a favor of you?
[12:52] Will
    Of course.
[12:54] Old Man
    Last night's snow has left
    all the trees quite damp,
[12:57] Old Man
    and my fire continues to smolder today.
[13:00] Old Man
    This is all quite tough on my old bones.
[13:03] Old Man
    I would like to have some dry firewood.
[13:06] Old Man
    Could you prepare some for me?
[13:13] Will
    This problem would've been solved
    if I uttered the Words of Drying.

[13:19] Will
    But...
[13:24] Will
    You can dry damp wood over a fire.
[13:27] Will
    It's such common knowledge.
[13:32] Old Man
    I do appreciate this. It's so nice and warm.
[13:36] Old Man
    Now, I have a question for the two of you.
[13:41] Old Man
    If great magic were to exist in this world,
[13:44] Old Man
    what do you think it would be like?
[13:50] Bee
    Maybe it'd be magic that would
    bring people happiness?
[13:53] Old Man
    Oh?
[13:55] Bee
    Whether it's the simplest Words
    used to create a smokescreen
[13:58] Bee
    or a highly elaborate, artistic Sign...
[14:01] Bee
    If it was woven with a
    prayer to bring happiness,
[14:05] Bee
    I think it's plenty great.
[14:08] Old Man
    What an intriguing opinion.
[14:11] Old Man
    And why is it that you feel that way?
[14:14] Bee
    Because that's how Will uses his magic.
[14:18] Bee
    It's why I like him so much.
[14:21] Bee
    Though I'm not crazy about the way he
    tends to put off his own happiness.
[14:26] Will
    B-Bee...
[14:28] Old Man
    I see, I see.
[14:31] Old Man
    Splendid.
[14:50] Hiram
    Allow me to properly introduce myself.
[14:53] Hiram
    I am a professor of the Academy
    and the Master of the Woods.
[14:56] Hiram
    My name is Hiram.
[14:59] Hiram
    I also serve as groundskeeper.
[15:02] Will
    Groundskeeper?
[15:04] Hiram
    It will be a bit of a special exception,
[15:07] Hiram
    but I will assume the responsibility of
    allowing you to tour the Academy.
[15:11] Hiram
    Now, young lady...
[15:13] Hiram
    What part of the Academy
    did you wish to see?
[15:17] Bee
    W-Well...
[15:22] Bee
    Um...
[15:24] Hiram
    I see, I see.
[15:27] Hiram
    In that case, let us go.
[15:36] Bee
    What, what?! What is that?!
[15:38] Bee
    There's a doll out there cleaning!
[15:40] Hiram
    That is a golem created by
    a previous Master of Forms.
[15:45] Hiram
    It's quite a handy thing to have.
[15:47] Will
    Incredible... Its movements are so delicate.
[15:51] Will
    Even if the mana here is very stable,
[15:54] Will
    I can't imagine the work
    that must've gone into it.

[16:05] Will
    By the way...
[16:06] Will
    How do you determine whether
    someone has a talent for magic?
[16:11] Will
    The words of those with talent have power.
[16:15] Hiram
    Both our Words of Creation and the everyday
    words we use have the same roots.
[16:21] Hiram
    The words of a child with talent
    just naturally make things happen.
[16:26] Bee
    I know about that!
[16:28] Bee
    When a kid like that really puts
    their all into cheering for you,
[16:31] Bee
    you'll feel an inexplicable rush,
[16:33] Bee
    or if someone who hates you
    says mean things to you,
[16:36] Bee
    you can actually get hurt.
[16:39] Hiram
    Yes.
[16:41] Hiram
    It's said that the ones
    who make ideal sorcerers
[16:44] Hiram
    are often docile, easygoing,
    patient, and quiet.
[16:47] Hiram
    Those who are fierce by nature cannot
    help but use intense language.
[16:52] Hiram
    And if one continually
    uses intense language,
[16:55] Hiram
    they will eventually bring
    about their own ruin.
[16:58] Will
    Gus used to tell me stories like
    that as warnings when I was little.

[17:03] Will
    It's a shared teaching that's omnipresent
    among those who use magic,

[17:09] Will
    and it's a teaching that's alive
    and well here at the Academy.

[17:15] Hiram
    Well, here we are.
[17:21] Hiram
    This is what you wished to see:
    the Academy's library.
[17:32] Hiram
    I will personally authorize you
[17:34] Hiram
    to browse anywhere you like,
    excluding the forbidden shelves downstairs.
[17:38] Bee
    I know my request was unreasonable.
[17:41] Bee
    Thank you very much for granting it.
[17:44] Hiram
    Well, I shall be out in the courtyard.
[17:48] Hiram
    Should you need anything, just call me.
[17:53] Will
    So it was the books you wanted to see?
[17:55] Bee
    Yep. Surprised?
[17:57] Will
    A bit.
[17:58] Will
    I thought you wanted to see
    where the sorcerers learned
[18:01] Will
    so you could use it as a
    reference for your songs.
[18:04] Bee
    There's a book I'm hoping to find.
[18:06] Will
    Want some help?
[18:09] Bee
    I'll search on my own for now.
[18:12] Bee
    I might've made you bring me
    here only to end up boring you.
[18:15] Bee
    Sorry.
[18:20] Will
    An introduction to the history of magic...
[18:22] Will
    I learned a fair amount from Gus,
[18:25] Will
    but I wonder how much changed in
    the 200 years he wasn't aware of.
[18:35] Will
    Bee.
[18:37] Will
    I'll hold those.
[18:38] Bee
    Thanks.
[18:44] Will
    A record of Academy graduates...
[18:47] Will
    and a collection of local historical records?
[19:28] Will
    Hey, Bee...
[19:29] Bee
    Wondering why was I looking
    for books like those?
[19:36] Bee
    Long ago, before I became a troubadour,
[19:40] Bee
    there was someone I traveled with.
[19:42] Bee
    A lady with dull gold hair and eyes
    the same beautiful blue as the sea.
[19:47] Bee
    We ended up together by chance,
    but we got on pretty well.
[19:51] Bee
    I learned later that she
    was an amazing sorcerer.
[19:55] Bee
    Apparently, she was traveling all around
[19:57] Bee
    searching all kinds of ruins for
    Signs that have long been lost,
[20:01] Bee
    but she was such a nice person that she
    took on a lot of people's problems.
[20:04] Bee
    She wasn't that famous or anything,
[20:07] Bee
    but in certain areas,
    she was known as a hero.
[20:10] Bee
    I was having fun, too, so I made all
    kinds of detours to stay with her.
[20:14] Bee
    Then, when it was time
    to go our separate ways,
[20:17] Bee
    we waved at each other and
    said, "See you later."
[20:21] Bee
    She died not long after we parted ways.
[20:25] Bee
    I heard she died fighting a bunch
    of spectres to protect a town.
[20:35] Will
    That's so...
[20:37] Bee
    Oh, don't get the wrong idea.
[20:39] Bee
    It's not that I'm upset because she died.
[20:42] Bee
    I mean, yeah, I'm sad,
    but she'd made up her mind, right?
[20:46] Bee
    I'm not into criticizing things that
    someone's made up their mind about.
[20:51] Bee
    But... still...
[20:54] Bee
    I can't just sit around and let that kind
    of resolve be immediately forgotten.
[20:59] Bee
    She was a hero, so her
    death was mourned by many.
[21:02] Bee
    But even that was washed away by
    the passage of time and forgotten,
[21:06] Bee
    until nobody even spoke her name anymore.
[21:09] Bee
    This world is filled with dangers.
[21:12] Bee
    Every time a hero is born,
    they're quickly forgotten.
[21:15] Bee
    I guess that's just how it
    works, but... but still...
[21:19] Bee
    They lauded her and thanked her,
    but when she died, that was the end of it.
[21:22] Bee
    I can't stand that.
[21:24] Bee
    A person's determination isn't
    something to use up and throw away!
[21:28] Bee
    So I've been singing about her
    to keep her story alive.
[21:32] Bee
    And along the way, I realized...
[21:34] Will
    Realized what?
[21:35] Bee
    Songs of heroes hold hope!
[21:39] Will
    Hope?
[21:40] Bee
    There's someone out there trying to save
    people with exceptional strength or magic.
[21:44] Bee
    There's someone who's fighting,
    who's always been fighting, perhaps.
[21:47] Bee
    And that brings a lot of hope to people!
[21:51] Bee
    Just like the Three Heroes
    you're so fond of...
[21:55] Bee
    and maybe even just like who you are now!
[21:59] Bee
    Look!
[22:02] Bee
    The first star that shines before
    the darkness of night sets in.
[22:06] Bee
    That's what a hero is!
[22:08] Bee
    When you walk, there are
    people who follow after you.
[22:15] Bee
    Don't you think that's a great thing?
[22:17] Will
    Yeah, I do.
[22:19] Bee
    And that's why I sing.
[22:22] Bee
    To tell people there's a
    shining star right here!
[22:27] Bee
    Okay, we're all done talking about me.
[22:31] Bee
    Whew, after all that talking,
    I kind of want to sing now.
[22:35] Will
    Want to go sing somewhere?
[22:37] Bee
    Yeah, yeah! Ready to make some money?
[22:40] Will
    Let's go.
[22:41] Bee
    Well, then, since you'll be there,
[22:42] Bee
    you can keep the crowd going
    and collect offerings!
[22:45] Will
    Right, got it.
[22:47] Will
    I don't think Bee will ever
    settle down where I am.

[22:52] Bee
    Imagine, a paladin picking up coins for me!
[22:54] Bee
    Talk about luxury!
[22:56] Will
    Her conviction, as one who
    seeks and spreads songs,
[23:00] Will
    won't ever allow her to stay
    in one place for long.

[23:04] Will
    But even if she leaves, I know
    she'll come back eventually.

[23:09] Will
    Hey, sing me the song about
    that sorcerer when it's done.
[23:13] Bee
    Hmm...
    Okay, I'll let you hear it.
[23:16] Bee
    I've stocked up on plenty
    of information on her now!
[23:21] Will
    One day,
[23:22] Will
    even if I meet my end in battle somewhere,
[23:26] Will
    I'm sure...
SIGN    The Paladin and the Troubadour
SIGN    The Mad Forest

E2 - The Mad Forest

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[00:26] Menel
    All right. Got a new sword in the process.
[00:32] Menel
    If the demon commanders
    were the gatekeepers...
[00:35] Will
    Yeah. The lord of the forest is ahead.
[00:44] Menel
    We're going in.
[00:45] Will
    Got it.
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    The Mad Forest
[02:26] Will
    That big tree is...
[02:28] Menel
    Yeah. The Lord of Holly that rules
    over this forest's winters.
[02:43] Menel
    Words of Creation?
[02:44] Will
    That's... a curse.
[02:48] Will
    They're blasphemous words.
[02:49] Cernunnos
    What has happened to my gatekeepers?
[02:52] Menel
    What do you think?
[02:54] Cernunnos
    I see, I see.
[02:57] Cernunnos
    I presume, then, that you are the
    Faraway Paladin, Sir William,
[03:02] Cernunnos
    and you are the one called
    Meneldor of Swift Wings.
[03:07] Will
    General...
[03:08] Will
    Cernunnos.
[03:10] Cernunnos
    If the two celebrated heroes have come here,
[03:13] Cernunnos
    we need not waste time.
[03:18] Cernunnos
    I will see that you die right here.
[03:24] Will
    A few days ago, on the summer solstice...
[03:27] Will
    I saw snowdrops blooming out of season,
[03:31] Will
    and that's where it started.
[03:34] Will
    Crown Prince Ethel of Whitesails asked
    me to find out why it was happening,

[03:39] Will
    so we came here, where we found...
[03:49] (Flashback) Will
    What in the world...
[03:51] (Flashback) Menel
    The forest...
[03:53] (Flashback) Menel
    The forest has gone mad.
[03:58] (Flashback) Menel
    This entire forest region is
    ruled by two ancient trees,
[04:03] (Flashback) Menel
    the Lord of Oak and the Lord of Holly.
[04:05] (Flashback) Will
    Ancient trees?
[04:07] (Flashback) Menel
    They're twin brothers.
[04:09] (Flashback) Menel
    The Lord of Oak rules from the winter
    solstice to the summer solstice.
[04:12] (Flashback) Menel
    The lord brothers yield the royal authority
    to one another at each solstice,
[04:16] (Flashback) Menel
    keeping the four seasons turning
    throughout the forest.
[04:19] (Flashback) Will
    Then...
[04:20] (Flashback) Menel
    The transfer of the royal authority
    may have stagnated for some reason.
[04:26] (Flashback) Menel
    If it's been thrown off right
    on the summer solstice...
[04:29] (Flashback) Menel
    It must be the Lord of Oak.
[04:33] (Flashback) Menel
    Great Lord of Oak, ruler of the forest,
[04:37] (Flashback) Menel
    why do you refuse to transfer the
    royal authority to the Lord of Holly?
[04:41] (Flashback) Oak
    Nay, children of man.
[04:43] (Flashback) Oak
    It is the Lord of Holly who will
    not accept the transfer of power.
[04:50] (Flashback) Menel
    Why not?
[04:51] (Flashback) Oak
    I do not know.
[04:53] (Flashback) Oak
    My communication with the
    Lord of Holly has been severed,
[04:56] (Flashback) Oak
    and the transfer of power
    cannot be performed.
[05:00] (Flashback) Oak
    The royal authority is great.
[05:02] (Flashback) Oak
    If it does not lie with the correct
    owner at the correct time,
[05:06] (Flashback) Oak
    it will only foster the spread of evil.
[05:08] (Flashback) Oak
    It may be only a short time before
    this forest suffers a fatal collapse.
[05:14] (Flashback) Menel
    Then, give it to me.
[05:16] (Flashback) Will
    Menel?!
[05:17] (Flashback) Menel
    Lord of Oak, entrust your
    royal authority to me.
[05:23] (Flashback) Oak
    I cannot.
[05:25] (Flashback) Oak
    It may have been possible for
    the true fae from days of old,
[05:29] (Flashback) Oak
    but because you carry human blood in
    your veins, you would not last a month.
[05:33] (Flashback) Oak
    Your soul would be destroyed.
[05:36] (Flashback) Menel
    One month is no problem.
[05:39] (Flashback) Menel
    He and I will resolve this
    whole matter in that time.
[05:42] (Flashback) Oak
    Why would you go to such lengths?
[05:46] (Flashback) Menel
    Because I swore I'd live
    my life looking forward
[05:49] (Flashback) Menel
    to atone for my sins.
[05:51] (Flashback) Menel
    Through a friend who saved the
    soul of the one who saved me,
[05:55] (Flashback) Menel
    I made a vow to the great goddess.
[05:57] (Flashback) Menel
    No greater reason than that.
[06:11] (Flashback) Oak
    This trial is a secret rite
    known only to this forest.
[06:16] (Flashback) Oak
    You, agent of the goddess of light,
[06:20] (Flashback) Oak
    do not have the right to participate.
[06:24] (Flashback) Will
    I realize that.
[06:25] (Flashback) Will
    I'll wait here, for days if I must.
[06:32] (Flashback) Menel
    I won't make you wait for days. Don't worry.
[06:43] Will
    I don't know what happened in there,
[06:46] Will
    what hardships Menel went
    through, or what he overcame.

[06:53] Will
    But...
[07:11] Will
    That was how Menel received
    the royal authority.

[07:20] Will
    Menel, you ready?
[07:21] Menel
    Perfectly. You handle the rest.
[07:24] Menel
    Lord... Lord of Holly!
[07:27] Menel
    Twin brother who rules from the summer
    solstice to the winter solstice!
[07:31] Menel
    I bestow upon thee the power I received
    from your lord brother, the Lord of Oak,
[07:35] Menel
    the power that makes a king!
[07:56] Cernunnos
    You will regret that.
[07:58] Cernunnos
    To think you had already
    won over the Lord of Oak!
[08:02] Will
    We will defeat you. For this forest...
[08:05] Will
    By the light of Gracefeel,
    goddess of the cycle of death and rebirth!
SIGN    From smoke to flames
[08:14] Cernunnos
    De fumo ad fla—
SIGN    Be Silent, Mouth
[08:16] Will
    Tacere, Os!
[08:20] Menel
    It went off anyway?
[08:23] Cernunnos
    Well done, well done.
[08:41] Cernunnos
    Are you really human?!
[08:52] Holly
    I am the Lord of Holly.
[08:55] Holly
    For your bravery and valor in
    eliminating those insolent invaders,
[08:58] Holly
    and for performing the transfer
    of the royal authority,
[09:02] Holly
    I commend you and thank you
    from the bottom of my heart.
[09:05] Holly
    I must first restore order
    to this maddened forest.
[09:25] Menel
    He uses that insane power like
    it's just another hand or foot.
[09:30] Holly
    Child of both elf and man,
[09:32] Holly
    you will be like me one day.
[09:36] Menel
    Huh?
[09:37] Holly
    You forged a contract with
    my brother, the Lord of Oak.
[09:42] Holly
    Though only briefly, you held within
    yourself the authority to rule the forest.
[09:47] Holly
    The human and fae blood and power within
    you is already inclining toward fae,
[09:52] Holly
    bringing you closer to being a suitable
    vessel for a Lord of the Forest.
[09:57] Will
    Huh?
[09:58] Menel
    I had no intention of doing any of that.
[10:01] Holly
    That is what it means to entrust
    the royal authority to another,
[10:05] Holly
    young sprout.
[10:09] Holly
    Worry not.
[10:11] Holly
    This does not mean you will
    transform right away.
[10:14] Holly
    So long as you do not neglect your training,
[10:16] Holly
    then perhaps after well
    over a hundred years,
[10:20] Holly
    you will become a new Lord of the Forest.
[10:23] Menel
    Can I refuse?
[10:25] Holly
    It is not impossible.
[10:26] Holly
    If you wish it, you may still
    die as a child of man.
[10:30] Holly
    Give it plenty of thought.
[10:32] Holly
    And you, child of man, disciple of light...
[10:36] Will
    Yes?
[10:37] Holly
    There is something I must tell you.
[10:41] Holly
    Do you know of the mountain range to
    the west whose rocks have turned red?
[10:47] Will
    You mean the Rust Mountains?
[10:51] Holly
    In a future that is not so distant
    for you children of man,
[10:54] Holly
    the Fire of Black Calamity will break out.
[10:59] Holly
    The flames will spread, and may even
    consume this land in its entirety.
[11:05] Will
    You mean...
[11:06] Holly
    Those demon beasts came here from
    the Rust Mountains, as well.
[11:11] Holly
    That land is now a nest of demons.
[11:14] Holly
    A land where the enormous
    Lord of Hellfire and Miasma sleeps,
[11:19] Holly
    making his bed from the riches
    of the mountain people.
[11:22] Will
    Lord of Hellfire and Miasma?
[11:25] Holly
    Whether you choose to fight
    it or accept it, be prepared.
[11:29] Holly
    That day is not far off now.
[11:31] Holly
    This is both a warning and an act of duty.
[11:35] Holly
    Child of man, young sprout,
[11:39] Holly
    I promise you a bountiful
    harvest this autumn.
[11:44] Will
    The Fire of Black Calamity...
[11:49] Ethel
    I truly asked too much of you this time.
[11:52] Ethel
    Or perhaps I should say "again"?
[11:55] Menel
    I'll say. You put us to work every
    damn time something happens.
[11:59] Ethel
    Well, the paladin here is a
    retainer of mine, after all.
[12:03] Ethel
    And if I send for Sir William, I get
    a fine hero like you along with him.
[12:07] Ethel
    A real bargain!
[12:09] Menel
    I'm not some bonus from a market stall!
[12:12] Ethel
    But you are the paladin's friend.
[12:15] Ethel
    Just as a friend fights for his friend,
[12:17] Ethel
    a knight fights for the people
    and for his lord.
[12:21] Ethel
    Am I wrong?
[12:22] Menel
    Service, devotion, loyalty...
[12:25] Menel
    It all sounds nice on the surface,
    but what's the reality?
[12:29] Menel
    If you burden someone too
    much, you breed discontent.
[12:32] Menel
    So what if, the next time you really
    need them, they don't want to help?
[12:35] Ethel
    That's true. I wouldn't want the
    paladin to run away from me.
[12:39] Ethel
    So I must make sure to compensate
    him generously so he sticks around.
[12:43] Menel
    Exactly. It's important to
    have that kind of attitude.
[12:48] Menel
    That makes him feel good about
    demonstrating his loyalty.
[12:51] Ethel
    I'll give you money and whatever
    goods you want later.
[12:55] Will
    Leave it to Menel.
[12:56] Ethel
    That aside, Sir William...
[12:59] Will
    Y-Yes? What is it?
[13:01] Ethel
    I have a big favor to ask of you.
[13:04] Ethel
    Would you give Meneldor here to me?
[13:07] Will
    Huh?
[13:08] Ethel
    He's a talented fairy user as
    well as a masterful hunter.
[13:12] Ethel
    Plus he's a half-elf who doesn't age,
    and he doesn't hesitate to tell me off.
[13:17] Ethel
    Yes, I want him. I truly want him.
[13:20] Will
    Your Highness, Menel isn't property.
[13:26] Bagley
    I apologize for the wait, Your Highness.
[13:29] Ethel
    Thanks for coming, Bagley.
[13:31] Will
    It's good to see you again, Bishop Bagley.
[13:34] Bagley
    Hah. Victorious again, I suppose?
[13:38] Bagley
    My word, hero... After all the flattery
    for your peerless acts of valor,
[13:41] Bagley
    I thought perhaps you'd have gotten
    cocky and lost at least once by now.
[13:46] Ethel
    Now, why don't you give us
    your report on this incident?
[13:50] Will
    "The Fire of Black Calamity will
    break out in the Rust Mountains.
[13:55] Will
    The flames will spread, and may even
    consume this land in its entirety."
[14:00] Will
    That's what the Lord of Holly told me.
[14:03] Ethel
    I thought the matter of the demon
    beasts and demons had settled down...
[14:07] Ethel
    Now we have an unknown
    "Fire of Black Calamity"
[14:09] Ethel
    and "Lord of Hellfire and Miasma"?
[14:11] Ethel
    I'm also concerned about
[14:13] Ethel
    the story you once told me about the demons'
    High King sealed in the City of the Dead.
[14:18] Ethel
    It's just one disturbance
    after another, isn't it?
[14:22] Ethel
    Honestly... Never a dull
    moment on this continent.
[14:25] Bagley
    Hunter, what sort of power does
    this Lord of the Forest have?
[14:31] Bagley
    Can this prophecy of his be trusted?
[14:34] Menel
    Call me by my name, old man.
[14:36] Bagley
    Are you in any position to talk?!
[14:39] Will
    Um, could you two please get along?
[14:42] Bagley
    With this insolent brat?
    Spare me your jokes!
[14:45] Menel
    I hate pompous oafs like him.
[14:49] Ethel
    But he makes a fine business
    partner, doesn't he?
[14:54] Bagley
    Well, I do admit that he is talented.
[14:58] Menel
    I wouldn't be sitting at the
    same table with you otherwise.
[15:06] Menel
    Look here.
[15:07] Menel
    The Lords of the Forest rule the entire
    region adjacent to this ley line.
[15:11] Menel
    It can be a spirit dwelling
    within a great tree or rock,
[15:15] Menel
    an aged beast that's acquired intelligence,
    or one of many other forms,
[15:18] Menel
    but they've all lived for
    at least a century or two.
[15:22] Menel
    They're known as the
    forest's heart and brain,
[15:26] Menel
    and they know everything that
    happens in their domain.
[15:29] Menel
    If a prophecy comes from
    a Lord of the Forest,
[15:31] Menel
    there's probably solid
    grounds to back it up.
[15:33] Menel
    You can consider it a forecast.
[15:37] Bagley
    This seems like a matter we should
    treat as a high priority.
[15:41] Ethel
    Yes.
[15:43] Ethel
    The Rust Mountains,
    the ruined dwarf capital,
[15:47] Ethel
    is a nest of demons now, eh?
[15:49] Will
    That sounds great!
[15:52] Will
    In other words, we can go
    as crazy as we want, right?
[15:56] Will
    We know where the problem is located.
[15:58] Will
    A desolate, hostile land where there's
    no fear of harming bystanders!
[16:01] Will
    In other words, this is a case meant for me!
[16:06] Ethel
    Yes, I suppose you're right.
[16:10] Ethel
    Would you take care of this matter, paladin?
[16:14] Will
    Of course.
[16:16] Bagley
    Good grief...
[16:17] Ethel
    If a Lord of the Forest
    promised a bountiful harvest,
[16:21] Ethel
    we can probably assume we're
    safe until autumn, at least.
[16:24] Ethel
    The first step is to gather information.
[16:26] Will
    I'll talk to my troubadour friend and
    the dwarfs living in Torch Port.
[16:32] Ethel
    Can I entrust all of this to you?
[16:34] Will
    Yes.
[16:35] Ethel
    This matter will remain a secret
    between the four of us for now.
[16:40] Will
    Not a problem. I'm sure it'll all work out.
[16:43] Ethel
    When you say that, it makes
    me feel like it really will.
[16:46] Bagley
    Hmph! Don't get cocky after all this
    hero treatment and let your guard down!
[16:54] Bee
    About the Rust Mountains?
[16:56] Will
    Yeah. I want to learn all I can about them.
[17:01] Bee
    A troubadour's song doesn't
    come free, you know.
[17:04] Bee
    What'll you pay for my information?
[17:05] Will
    U-Uh...
[17:07] Menel
    If we end up having to go
    to the Rust Mountains,
[17:09] Menel
    we'll tell you any stories
    we pick up there first.
[17:11] Menel
    Is that good enough?
[17:13] Bee
    Okay! It's a deal!
[17:17] Bee
    Two hundred years ago, the Rust Mountains
[17:19] Bee
    were known as the Iron Mountains.
[17:23] Bee
    It was home to the Iron
    Country, where the dwarfs,
[17:26] Bee
    mountainfolk who followed the god of
    fire and technology, Blaze, lived.
[17:31] Bee
    It was a powerful country that
    was once included in the Union.
[17:36] Will
    The Iron Country...
[17:38] Bee
    But it was lost in the great
    uprising two hundred years ago.
[17:42] Bee
    To stop the advance of the demons,
[17:45] Bee
    the dwarf monarch of the mansion on the rock
[17:47] Bee
    led many powerful warriors to fight them,
[17:50] Bee
    but they all died in battle on the mountain.
[17:52] Bee
    Much blood was shed, many
    weapons were dispersed,
[17:56] Bee
    and the mountain became the demons' nest.
[17:58] Bee
    Then, at some point, the area became
    known as the Rust Mountains.
[18:03] Menel
    Because that's what happens when iron dies?
[18:05] Bee
    The details of what happened in that
    battle didn't survive, even in song.
[18:10] Bee
    There's really no information
    about it at all.
[18:12] Will
    Why?
[18:13] Bee
    Because all the dwarf warriors
    and citizens were wiped out.
[18:17] Bee
    And...
[18:19] Bee
    The fate of any dwarf who fled the country
[18:22] Bee
    was just too cruel to speak of.
[18:25] Menel
    Half a year ago,
[18:27] Menel
    we took in some dwarf
    refugees at Torch Port.
[18:31] Menel
    I'll never forget it.
[18:33] Menel
    All of their eyes looked utterly exhausted.
[18:36] Menel
    It made me realize that if we'd
    taken one wrong step somewhere,
[18:38] Menel
    that could've been us.
[18:41] Will
    Menel...
[18:42] Bee
    Everyone knows what befalls people who
    are driven out of their homeland.
[18:47] Bee
    That's why none of them want to
    talk about their home mountain,
[18:51] Bee
    or what happened in that final battle.
[18:53] Will
    So that's why...
[18:55] Bee
    So that's all I can tell you. I'm sorry.
[18:59] Will
    No, you were a big help.
[19:02] Bee
    But you know, Will...
[19:03] Bee
    If you were to talk to them with
    the understanding you have now,
[19:08] Bee
    they just might talk to you, if no one else.
[19:12] Will
    All right. Thanks.
[19:19] Menel
    This way.
[19:26] Will
    The fairies' path...
[19:28] Will
    Is this the right way?
[19:30] Menel
    Yeah, I can tell. I mean, I can tell now.
[19:33] Will
    Because of the royal authority?
[19:35] Menel
    Apparently. Not that I asked for it.
[19:38] Will
    You know, if you and I get
    separated, I'm done for.
[19:42] Menel
    Don't worry. I won't lose you.
[19:45] Menel
    If you stray away, I'll drag you back.
[19:46] Will
    You can do that, too?
[19:49] Menel
    I was planning to train myself to do this...
[19:51] Menel
    But hey, whether you get it free
    or work for it, power is power.
[19:55] Menel
    It's all the same once you
    make it a part of yourself.
[19:59] Will
    It's amazing, though. You're going
    to be a Lord of the Forest someday?
[20:04] Menel
    In two or three hundred years, if not more.
[20:08] Menel
    It's probably somewhere in that realm.
[20:12] Will
    I'll be long dead by then.
[20:15] Menel
    True.
[20:16] Menel
    Maybe I'll be your gravekeeper
[20:19] Menel
    while I watch where your kids
    and grandkids end up...
[20:22] Menel
    I guess everything will
    have settled down by then.
[20:26] Will
    You've been planning to do that?
[20:28] Menel
    Yes, I have.
[20:30] Menel
    I have all kinds of debts to
    you that I can never repay.
[20:35] Menel
    All half-elves have to make a
    life-altering decision at some point.
[20:40] Menel
    To live as an elf, almost like the fae
    for perpetuity alongside the earth and water...
[20:45] Menel
    Or to live the human life, like a
    flickering fire or a gust of wind.
[20:51] Menel
    That's the fate of those
    born with both bloodlines.
[20:58] Menel
    I want to see what becomes
    of all your accomplishments.
[21:03] Will
    I might not be able to
    do anything that great.
[21:06] Menel
    You're already enough of a legend.
[21:09] Menel
    And you'll keep making more legends,
    all with that spacey face of yours.
[21:14] Menel
    I'll be fighting by your side,
    and if I survive until your life ends...
[21:19] Menel
    Yeah... It might not be so bad to wrap it
    all up by fading away into the forest.
[21:24] Menel
    After I say some awesome line to make
    myself look good in the end, of course.
[21:30] Will
    You'll be a legend.
[21:32] Menel
    As will you. Doesn't sound bad, right?
[21:35] Will
    Yeah.
[21:43] Will
    Amazing... That distance should've
    taken days to cover...
[21:47] Menel
    Pretty handy, aren't they?
[21:48] Will
    It's a little scary that you
    use them so easily, though...
[21:58] Will
    We've made it back to our Torch Port home.
SIGN    The Last King

E3 - The Last King

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[00:01] Tonio
    If you notice any—
[00:03] Tonio
    Will! Menel!
[00:08] Tonio
    The Rust Mountains?
[00:11] Tonio
    It sounds like things have
    gotten awfully troublesome.
[00:14] Will
    We were hoping the dwarfs
    might know something.
[00:18] Will
    So, how are the immigrants who
    arrived not long ago doing?
[00:23] Tonio
    They seem to have settled
    in, for the most part.
[00:27] Will
    That's good to hear.
[00:30] Will
    A year ago, when I said our city would
    support the new dwarf arrivals,
[00:35] Will
    it put many of the citizens on their guard.
[00:38] Menel
    Well, after what those guys went through...
[00:42] Will
    Yeah...
[00:43] Tonio
    Perhaps their leader, Agnarr,
    could tell you something?
[00:48] Will
    Perhaps. I'll go see him tomorrow.
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    The Last King
[02:26] (Flashback) Gus
    Listen to me, Will.
[02:28] (Flashback) Gus
    Exactly what are the spirits?
[02:31] (Flashback) Gus
    Through the words of the Creator,
[02:33] (Flashback) Gus
    water, fire, wind, and trees came
    into existence before man or the gods.
[02:39] (Flashback) Gus
    And all of them possessed a
    definite will of their own.
[02:42] (Flashback) Young Will
    And those were the spirits?
[02:44] (Flashback) Gus
    Correct.
[02:46] (Flashback) Gus
    And because they had their own will,
[02:48] (Flashback) Gus
    they divided themselves into two lines.
[02:50] (Flashback) Gus
    One aligned themselves with
    the unstable phenomena
[02:53] (Flashback) Gus
    that are the Lords of the Sea
    and the Lords of the Forest,
[02:55] (Flashback) Gus
    choosing to live long lives alongside them.
[02:58] (Flashback) Gus
    The other chose to live definite
    lives and die definite deaths
[03:02] (Flashback) Gus
    as beings with bodies of
    flesh—the human way of life.
[03:06] (Flashback) Gus
    Those affiliated with wind, water, and trees
[03:09] (Flashback) Gus
    consulted with the goddess
    of the forests, Rhea Silvia,
[03:12] (Flashback) Gus
    leading to the birth to the elves.
[03:14] (Flashback) Gus
    The spirits of earth, stone, and fire
    longed for human craftsmanship,
[03:19] (Flashback) Gus
    so they consulted the god of
    fire and technology, Blaze,
[03:22] (Flashback) Gus
    which resulted in the dwarf race.
[03:25] (Flashback) Gus
    This is why the dwarfs are
    such excellent craftsmen,
[03:29] (Flashback) Gus
    as well as superior warriors.
[03:31] (Flashback) Blood
    Yeah, those guys are the real deal.
[03:34] (Flashback) Young Will
    Tell me more, Blood!
[03:37] (Flashback) Blood
    Not sure there's much more to tell.
[03:42] (Flashback) Blood
    They're a quiet lot, but they
    know the meaning of courage.
[03:46] (Flashback) Blood
    It's constantly on their minds.
[03:49] (Flashback) Young Will
    What is?
[03:50] (Flashback) Blood
    What's worth throwing away
    their own lives to fight for.
[03:56] (Flashback) Blood
    They go into battle with
    their very souls on fire.
[04:00] (Flashback) Blood
    They don't fear death.
[04:04] (Flashback) Blood
    I have genuine respect for dwarven warriors.
[04:07] (Flashback) Blood
    The ones I met and fought
    alongside, at least,
[04:11] (Flashback) Blood
    were true warriors.
[04:24] Will
    Good morning.
[04:25] MaidA
    Oh, young master. Good morning.
[04:28] Will
    I'm heading out for morning training.
[04:29] MaidA
    Of course.
[04:31] MaidB
    That's some bed head you've got there!
[04:43] Menel
    As always...
[04:46] Menel
    Your look really doesn't match
    your superhuman strength.
[04:49] Will
    I would've liked to have the looks to match.
[04:52] Menel
    You're approachable, though.
    Maybe you're best as you are.
[04:55] Will
    People seek things in others that
    they don't have themselves.
[05:00] Will
    Menel, stay right there for a bit.
[05:03] Menel
    Sure.
[05:09] Will
    Good morning.
[05:15] Al
    U-Um...
[05:17] Al
    G-Good... mor...
[05:20] Will
    Would you like to watch before you move on?
[05:24] Al
    U-Um...
[05:26] Menel
    Hey. What're you doing?
[05:29] Menel
    Who are you? Haven't seen you before.
[05:31] Menel
    What's your deal?
[05:33] Menel
    If you're that interested, just watch us.
[05:35] Al
    N-No, that's quite all right!
    I'm sorry for intruding!
[05:43] Will
    Menel...
[05:44] Menel
    Sorry. That backfired on me.
[05:47] Will
    Yes, it did.
[05:49] Menel
    I'm not sure if he was
    interested in our training,
[05:51] Menel
    or in the paladin everyone talks about.
[05:54] Will
    Probably the training.
[05:56] Will
    The dwarfs are a warrior race, after all.
[05:58] Menel
    He didn't seem like much of a warrior.
[06:00] Will
    You think so?
[06:21] Agnarr
    Welcome.
[06:23] Agnarr
    Thank you for coming.
[06:25] Will
    I'm sorry to visit on such short notice.
[06:28] Agnarr
    Oh, no. There's someone I want
    to introduce to you, as well.
[06:33] Agnarr
    He represents the immigrants who
    recently arrived in this city,
[06:37] Agnarr
    and he is my grand-uncle.
    His name is Grendir.
[06:41] Grendir
    At your service.
[06:43] Will
    I serve His Highness the Crown
    Prince Ethelbald Southmark,
[06:46] Will
    who has entrusted me with
    governing Beast Woods.
[06:49] Will
    My name is William.
[06:52] Will
    Why did you and your people come here?
[06:57] Grendir
    To die.
[07:00] Will
    Pardon me...
[07:02] Agnarr
    Uncle Grendir, you will only startle
    him by speaking so frankly.
[07:08] Grendir
    We haven't long left in this world.
[07:11] Grendir
    We wish to die with our
    eyes on our homeland.
[07:15] Agnarr
    Uncle Grendir is one of the last survivors
    from the mountains to the west.
[07:19] Will
    The Iron Mountains?
[07:22] Grendir
    I gaze at those mountains from a distance,
[07:27] Grendir
    dreaming of the day when we reclaim them.
[07:30] Grendir
    I would truly die happy if this
    dream could come to pass.
[07:36] Grendir
    While I realize it may inconvenience you,
[07:39] Grendir
    I am willing to do any type of work.
[07:41] Grendir
    If you could just allow me to stay
    in some little corner of the city...
[07:47] Will
    Please rest at ease.
    I'll do everything I can.
[07:51] Will
    I promise I'll protect all
    of you from injustice.
[07:59] Grendir
    Thank you... Thank you...
[08:04] Agnarr
    Two hundred years ago,
[08:05] Agnarr
    a monarch lived in the Iron Country.
[08:09] Agnarr
    Of short stature and frail constitution,
[08:11] Agnarr
    he did not excel in the martial
    arts and preferred to write.
[08:14] Agnarr
    He was Aurvangr, the last
    king of the Iron Country.
[08:18] Agnarr
    It was an age of peace.
[08:20] Agnarr
    The land was blessed with
    prosperity and well-being.
[08:24] Agnarr
    But then... a storm came.
[08:28] Agnarr
    An invasion by demons from the abyss,
[08:30] Agnarr
    led by the High King of the Eternals.
[08:35] Agnarr
    When the fires of war encroached
    upon the Iron Country,
[08:38] Agnarr
    an emissary of the demons appeared.
[08:40] Agnarr
    That emissary told our people
    to follow the High King.
[08:45] (Flashback) WarriorA
    Today's our last day to answer!
[08:47] (Flashback) WarriorB
    If the only change is who sells us weapons,
[08:49] (Flashback) WarriorB
    does it really matter?
[08:51] (Flashback) WarriorC
    Those demons can't be trusted!
[08:53] (Flashback) WarriorC
    We must fight them to the death!
[08:55] (Flashback) WarriorD
    But if we're dragged into a
    war, our children will die!
[08:58] (Flashback) WarriorE
    What are we to do?
[09:03] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    I will make the decision.
[09:10] (Flashback) Demon
    What is your answer?
[09:16] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    This.
[09:21] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    This is the iron you and
    your brethren wanted.
[09:23] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    I'll give you as much of it as you want!
[09:27] (Flashback) Demon
    The dragon is coming!
[09:29] (Flashback) Demon
    Valacirca will destroy all!
[09:36] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    I will not allow it.
[09:38] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    We will draw the demons of the abyss here
    and slay them all in the bowels of the earth!
[09:42] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    This underground corridor
    shall be their tomb!
[09:46] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    Those who are not warriors,
    or who are inexperienced warriors,
[09:49] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    are to retreat from the Iron Mountains.
[09:52] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    My people...
[09:54] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    I will die,
[09:56] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    and all the warriors who remain
    here will likely die, as well.
[10:00] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    But we must not let the Iron Country die!
[10:04] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    The pain of issuing such a selfish
    order tears my heart asunder,
[10:08] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    yet I issue it regardless!
[10:10] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    Even if you lose your homeland and
    drown in regret and disgrace...
[10:14] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    Live!
[10:16] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    That is the battle I order you to fight!
[10:20] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    You are not running away!
[10:22] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    You are simply given command
    over a different battlefield!
[10:25] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    We, the king and warriors,
    to protect our name and our pride,
[10:29] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    will die in these mountains where
    our ancestral spirits sleep!
[10:31] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    All of you must abandon your pride
    and wager everything on living!
[10:35] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    Do not let the flames in our kilns die!
[10:38] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    Live! Live and fight until
    we make our comeback!
[10:43] (Flashback) Aurvangr
    That is my last order!
[10:50] Agnarr
    This is the legend of the Iron
    Mountains that has been handed down.
[10:55] Agnarr
    I wasn't even born yet at the time.
[10:59] Grendir
    We had only just become royal guards.
[11:02] Grendir
    We didn't even get to fight.
    We could only obey his order...
[11:06] Grendir
    and with the common folk...
[11:12] Grendir
    Amid the bitter cold and
    the treacherous path,
[11:16] Grendir
    my child...
[11:18] Grendir
    A cheerful child, all smiles,
    who encouraged all of us to keep going...
[11:23] Grendir
    could not even smile any longer,
    and then... passed away.
[11:28] Grendir
    I can no longer even remember how many died.
[11:33] Grendir
    And yet... I lived!
[11:36] Grendir
    I overcame that time of
    chaos and lived 200 years!
[11:41] Grendir
    And you have now returned this
    land to the hands of man.
[11:46] Grendir
    Not only that, but you
    even shed tears with me.
[11:50] Grendir
    We can return home someday.
    We can fulfill the words of our king.
[11:56] Grendir
    How noble it is to continue
    believing such thoughts...
[12:03] Grendir
    Sir William...
[12:05] Grendir
    Thank you...
[12:08] Grendir
    Thank you...
[12:13] Will
    Aurvangr, the king of the Iron Country, huh?
[12:16] Will
    And what is this dragon?
[12:21] ManA
    Bastard!
[12:24] Al
    Stop it!
[12:25] ManA
    That hurt, damn it!
[12:25] Al
    Stop!
[12:28] ManA
    Damn you!
[12:29] Al
    You're causing a disturbance!
[12:30] ManB
    Piece of dung!
[12:31] Al
    Take this outside!
[12:33] ManA
    Shut yer hole, damn it!
[12:35] ManB
    Hey! Hold him still!
[12:44] Will
    Stop this.
[12:45] ManA
    Huh?! Shut up!
[12:47] ManB
    The hell?!
[12:48] Will
    I won't let you take this any farther.
[12:52] Will
    You two have just had a bit
    too much to drink, right?
[12:57] ManAB
    We're sorry for the disturbance!
[12:59] ManAB
    Please take this and spare us!
[13:15] Will
    Ah, you're awake?
[13:21] Will
    What's your name?
[13:25] Al
    It's... Al.
[13:26] Will
    Al, eh?
[13:28] Will
    You might already know, but I'm
    William. Nice to meet you.
[13:33] Will
    Yeah, looks like everything's fine.
[13:36] Will
    It's amazing that you're not even
    scratched after taking that many hits.
[13:40] Al
    My toughness is the one thing
    I've got going for me.
[13:44] Will
    Are you the owner?
[13:46] Will
    Allow me to apologize for the commotion.
[13:49] Daughter
    My father is sick in bed.
[13:51] Daughter
    I couldn't stop them on my own.
[13:55] Will
    Shall I examine him?
[13:56] Daughter
    What?! I couldn't ask that of you!
[13:59] Will
    I don't mind.
[14:00] Will
    If I knew someone was ill and did nothing,
[14:04] Will
    the goddess would be furious with me.
[14:08] Will
    Al, I'll be right back. Please rest a while.
[14:12] Al
    All right...
[14:25] Will
    I think you'll be fine now.
[14:29] Daughter
    Thank you so much!
[14:31] Will
    I received this power from
    the goddess of light.
[14:34] Will
    You can thank her.
[14:35] Owner
    Of course!
[14:37] Owner
    Oh, I know! Please let us
    provide a meal for you!
[14:41] Daughter
    Please!
[14:43] Will
    I'd appreciate that.
[14:45] Will
    I actually forgot to have dinner tonight.
[14:52] Will
    What are you doing?
[14:59] Will
    Wow, this is amazing.
[15:02] Al
    It's really nothing, compared to you.
[15:06] Al
    You're so strong and courageous...
[15:08] Will
    You shouldn't say things like that.
[15:11] Al
    Huh?
[15:13] Will
    Don't curse yourself by saying
    you're weak and cowardly.
[15:19] Will
    Why don't you try being your
    own strongest supporter?
[15:27] Al
    I...
[15:28] Al
    I will!
[15:34] Daughter
    Enjoy it before it gets cold.
[15:36] Will
    Thank you!
[15:39] Will
    Earth-Mother Mater,
[15:41] Will
    and all the virtuous gods,
[15:43] Will
    we give thanks for your grace
    as we partake in this meal.
[15:48] Will
    Please bless the food before us.
[15:51] Will
    Now, then... Cheers.
[15:54] Al
    Ch-Cheers.
[16:01] Will
    Delicious.
[16:03] Al
    It is!
[16:04] Will
    So, tell me, why were you here?
[16:07] Al
    W-Well... um...
[16:10] Al
    I-I just migrated here, and well...
[16:15] Al
    I wanted to get my bearings...
    you might say... so... um...
[16:19] Al
    I was sort of... exploring...
[16:21] Will
    I don't think that's such
    an odd thing to do.
[16:24] Al
    But... all the others in my
    clan are keeping busy...
[16:28] Will
    You mean Grendir?
[16:31] Will
    You don't need to worry about that.
[16:33] Will
    I just came from speaking
    with him and Agnarr.
[16:39] Al
    You are... remarkable.
[16:42] Al
    So strong and dependable...
[16:45] Al
    Nothing like me at all.
[16:47] Will
    Then why don't you try it, too?
[16:49] Al
    Huh?
[16:52] Will
    You can get a certain degree of
    strength by eating well and training.
[16:56] Will
    Dependability comes from your conduct
    and getting used to things.
[16:59] Will
    There must be a reason we met here this way.
[17:01] Will
    If you wouldn't mind... I mean, if you want,
[17:05] Will
    why don't you help me out as,
    say, something like a thane?
[17:10] Al
    U-Um, do you really mean...
[17:14] Will
    If there's anything you truly long to do,
[17:18] Will
    I want to help you do it.
[17:24] Al
    I might cause trouble for you, but...
[17:30] Al
    Please... let me learn from you!
[17:46] DwarfA
    Young master!
[17:48] DwarfA
    Where have you been?!
[17:50] DwarfB
    When you go somewhere, you must tell us!
[17:52] DwarfA
    Regardless, I'm so glad you're safe!
[17:55] Al
    I'm sorry...
[17:59] Will
    Al has been raised with great care.
[17:59] Dwarfs
    We were worried about you!
[18:01] Dwarfs
    Do you understand?!
[18:02] Will
    Perhaps too great, even.
[18:09] DwarfA
    Anyway, you must never do
    something like this again!
[18:12] Will
    Pardon me.
[18:16] Will
    My name is William G. Maryblood.
[18:22] Will
    Allow me to apologize.
[18:24] Will
    I met Al by chance, but we
    happened to hit it off,
[18:27] Will
    and I kept him for quite
    a long time just to talk.
[18:29] DwarfA
    Not at all...
[18:31] DwarfB
    That's the paladin?
[18:33] DwarfC
    He's dreadfully strong!
[18:35] Ghelreis
    He's more than just strong.
[18:37] Ghelreis
    He could crush everyone here.
[18:42] Ghelreis
    My name is Ghelreis.
[18:44] Ghelreis
    I accept the apology you've given
    on behalf of our young master.
[18:47] Ghelreis
    You have my most humble thanks.
[18:50] Ghelreis
    Now... what brings you here?
[18:52] Will
    I would like to make Al my thane.
[18:57] DwarfB
    You want to make the young master a thane?!
[18:59] DwarfC
    But that would mean he'd have to
    accompany you on beast hunts!
[19:02] DwarfA
    Young master! Being the paladin's
    thane is too dangerous!
[19:06] DwarfA
    Please give this more thought!
[19:10] Will
    What do you want to do?
[19:23] Al
    I-I...
[19:25] Al
    I want to learn from him!
[19:32] Al
    I want to find what a warrior
    is, what courage is,
[19:36] Al
    with my own two hands!
[19:38] Al
    If I never face danger or even
    take a single step on my own,
[19:43] Al
    what can I know about being a warrior?!
[19:45] Al
    What can I know about courage?!
[19:48] Al
    Before our ancestral spirits and gods,
[19:52] Al
    I want to be someone I won't be ashamed of!
[19:54] Al
    If I know nothing of battle, courage,
    or conducting myself nobly,
[19:58] Al
    how can I call myself a dwarf?!
[20:00] Al
    I have no intention of
    reversing this decision!
[20:10] Will
    Wow...
[20:12] Al
    Sir Will!
[20:13] Al
    Please accept me as your
    thane right here and now!
[20:28] Will
    I will guard with my own hands
    the loyalty that you offer now.
[20:40] Will
    Brief though it was, he has
    given me his oath as a thane.
[20:43] Will
    Thus, as the knight he serves,
    I will hear what you have to say.
[20:48] DwarfA
    Our young master will be the
    Faraway Paladin's thane...
[20:52] Ghelreis
    So it must be.
[20:54] Dwarfs
    You're agreeing to this?!
[20:56] Ghelreis
    Since he was young, he has
    asked no selfish favors of us
[20:58] Ghelreis
    out of concern for the
    predicament we have lived in.
[21:01] Ghelreis
    And this is what he desires.
[21:06] Ghelreis
    Young master, I will
    explain this to Grendir.
[21:11] Al
    Th-Thank you.
[21:13] Ghelreis
    However, as of today,
    you are as a dead man to me.
[21:19] Al
    B-But—
[21:21] Ghelreis
    Now that you have entrusted your
    loyalty to a great warrior,
[21:24] Ghelreis
    you must not, under any circumstances,
    value your life above his.
[21:27] Ghelreis
    Serve him faithfully,
[21:29] Ghelreis
    prepared to die for him without hesitation
    if it ever becomes necessary.
[21:35] Ghelreis
    Understand?
[21:39] Al
    I understand!
[21:42] Ghelreis
    Grendir and I will ask after you later.
[21:46] Ghelreis
    Take care of our young master.
[21:48] Will
    I most certainly will.
[21:56] Will
    I look forward to working with you.
[21:59] Al
    O-Of course!
SIGN    The Meaning of Courage

E4 - The Meaning of Courage

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[00:00] Will
    Let's talk about your pay.
[00:02] Al
    Huh?
[00:03] Will
    There's a lot involved with being a thane,
[00:06] Will
    but I'll pay you and provide your equipment.
[00:10] Al
    I'm...
[00:12] Al
    happy just to serve you...
[00:14] Will
    Not enough.
[00:16] Will
    There's something someone once told
    me over and over again, and that is:
[00:20] Will
    money is important.
[00:22] Al
    Right...
[00:23] Will
    If I didn't give you fair compensation,
[00:26] Will
    it could be interpreted as saying I
    don't value your work, or your loyalty.
[00:32] Will
    It may be in bad taste to
    put a price on everything,
[00:36] Will
    but money is always the clearest indicator.
[00:39] Al
    You are quite the grown-up.
[00:44] Will
    I'm just trying my hardest to be one.
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    The Meaning of Courage
[02:23] Will
    You all right?
[02:25] Al
    I'm... just... fine!
[02:28] Will
    Great! One more lap, then!
[02:30] Al
    R-Right!
[02:38] Will
    How hard did Blood, Mary,
    and Gus work to come up with ways

[02:43] Will
    to instill things in me so efficiently?
[02:47] Will
    Last lap! Full strength!
[02:49] Al
    Right!
[02:51] Will
    Regardless, I'll just keep doing my best
[02:53] Will
    so I can catch up to them someday.
[03:08] Will
    Good effort.
[03:10] Will
    Do some light walking to catch your breath,
[03:12] Will
    and then we'll start muscle training.
[03:14] Al
    R-Right!
[03:17] Will
    Muscles are the most fundamental
    aspect of combat.
[03:20] Will
    As my master said, the brute
    force that muscles give you
[03:23] Will
    can solve most problems.
[03:25] Al
    Right!
[03:35] Will
    Okay, that's enough.
[03:39] Will
    That's it for your muscle training.
[03:42] Al
    I have to do this... every morning?
[03:44] Will
    Of course. We worked on your arms today,
[03:46] Will
    but we'll alternate focus on your
    legs, back, and other areas.
[03:51] Al
    That makes sense...
[03:53] Will
    I actually want to do some
    practice swings later,
[03:56] Will
    to check your footwork and body movements...
[03:58] Al
    Uh-huh...
[04:00] Will
    But first...
[04:05] Will
    I think you've met him before,
[04:07] Will
    but this is my friend, Menel.
[04:09] Menel
    Hey.
[04:10] Al
    H-Hi...
[04:14] Menel
    So, uh... I guess...
[04:17] Menel
    I'm sorry for scaring you the other day.
[04:22] Al
    It's all right.
[04:25] Will
    Menel will be joining in your
    training sessions from now on.
[04:28] Will
    I'll also be asking him to work
    with you when I'm not around.
[04:33] Al
    R-Right! I appreciate your guidance!
[04:36] Menel
    Sure.
[04:38] Will
    I need to go attend an assembly.
[04:40] Will
    After that, I'm going out to check
    on the people we treated before.
[04:44] Will
    I'll let you take over now.
[04:45] Menel
    Sure.
[04:48] Menel
    All right, let's start with practice swings.
[04:51] Al
    Right!
[04:54] Owner
    I'll be counting on you, then.
[04:56] Ghelreis
    No problem. I'll take care of it.
[05:01] Owner
    Hey, if it isn't our lord!
[05:03] Ghelreis
    Well... hello there.
[05:19] Will
    So, what were you doing at that pub?
[05:23] Ghelreis
    They were booked for a big
    celebration ten days from now,
[05:27] Ghelreis
    and they asked me to supply the meat for it.
[05:30] Will
    You hunt for a living, then?
[05:33] Ghelreis
    No, I work as a mercenary,
[05:35] Ghelreis
    but I can handle crossbows
    and traps to some extent.
[05:40] Will
    So it's like a side job?
[05:42] Ghelreis
    Something like that.
[05:47] Kid
    Hurry up!
[05:49] Woman
    That's right!
[05:51] Dwarf
    Hey, watch where you're playing, boys.
[05:53] Kid
    Okay!
[05:54] Ghelreis
    It's a fine city.
[05:56] Will
    Yes.
[05:57] Will
    People from many walks of life
    worked to make it that way.
[06:04] Ghelreis
    You know, paladin...
[06:06] Will
    Yes?
[06:08] Ghelreis
    I was once a warrior in
    service to the Iron Country.
[06:13] Ghelreis
    I was inexperienced as a fighter,
[06:16] Ghelreis
    so I was not granted the
    honor of dying with our king.
[06:22] Ghelreis
    To uphold our king's final command,
[06:24] Ghelreis
    we took up weapons and worked for
    many different employers to get by.
[06:30] Ghelreis
    Living in peace and contentment is not easy.
[06:33] Ghelreis
    We traveled across many
    lands before arriving here.
[06:39] Ghelreis
    Please give our young master
    the best guidance you can.
[06:46] Will
    I will.
[06:50] Will
    I swear on her light.
[07:02] Will
    Al, is this your full strength?
[07:08] Will
    Surely you've got more than this in you!
[07:12] Will
    If this is your best...
[07:18] Will
    Okay, you lose.
[07:21] Will
    Getting used to pain is
    another part of training.
[07:25] Al
    H-How did you do that move you just did?!
[07:29] Will
    The one I just did?
[07:31] Will
    Hey, Menel, come here a sec.
[07:34] Menel
    So you can experiment on me?
[07:36] Will
    He'll understand more easily
    if he sees it second-hand.
[07:38] Al
    S-Sorry for the trouble!
[07:42] Menel
    Damn it...
[07:43] Menel
    All right, fine.
[07:45] Menel
    But you'd better make it a clean throw!
[07:51] Will
    There.
[07:53] Will
    This should get Bishop
    Bagley to investigate.

[07:59] (Flashback) Holly
    The Fire of Black Calamity will
    break out in the Rust Mountains.
[08:05] (Flashback) Demon
    The dragon is coming!
[08:07] (Flashback) Demon
    Valacirca will destroy all!
[08:09] (Flashback) Chimera
    Although I detest this dragon power,
    you leave me with no choice!
[08:15] Will
    Tough scales,
[08:18] Will
    a massive body,
[08:21] Will
    born with the ability to use Words...
[08:24] Will
    The dragon, Valacirca.
[08:28] Will
    The dragon's power is
    second only to the gods'.
[08:31] Will
    When I fought the Echo of a god back then,
[08:35] Will
    I nearly died at one point.
[08:37] Will
    Things were bad enough with
    just an Echo, and now...

[08:42] Will
    An Echo and a dragon...
[08:48] Will
    I don't like this.
[08:51] Will
    I'm scared.
[08:55] Menel
    Don't lose your nerve!
[08:57] Menel
    Come on! One more round!
[09:00] Menel
    Why would you hesitate to attack
    when I'm wearing armor?
[09:03] Menel
    You're even more naïve than Will!
[09:06] Menel
    What's wrong? Giving up already?
[09:09] Menel
    Gonna run home with your tail
    between your legs, Young Master?
[09:13] Al
    I-I'm not done!
[09:22] Menel
    You got me right in the head,
    and that's the hardest you can hit?
[09:26] Menel
    Are those chunky arms just for show? Well?!
[09:29] Menel
    Oh, yeah, you're clearly scared now.
[09:32] Menel
    Gonna start crying and run away? Are ya?!
[09:35] Al
    I-I won't run!
[09:37] Menel
    Then keep hitting! Put some
    force into it, you weakling!
[09:49] Will
    I can always count on Menel.
[10:03] Menel
    You actually put some spirit into that one.
[10:06] Menel
    Keep it up!
[10:08] Al
    Th-Thank you!
[10:11] Will
    Incredible...
[10:13] Will
    I can see Al getting stronger
    with each round of combat.

[10:20] Will
    Hey, Blood...
[10:22] Will
    Did you ever feel like this, I wonder?
[10:31] Will
    Here you go.
[10:33] Al
    I don't... know if I can get this down...
[10:37] Will
    Your training will go to waste if you don't.
[10:39] Will
    Force it down if you have to.
[10:41] Will
    You need to take in more food than the
    amount you burn through activity.
[10:45] Will
    You can take it slow, but eat all of this.
[10:49] Al
    O-Okay...
[10:59] Al
    Um... Thank you again.
[11:04] Will
    For what?
[11:06] Al
    For accepting me as your thane,
[11:09] Al
    and for training me.
[11:12] Al
    You even pay me and give me
    food. I'm truly grateful.
[11:19] Al
    Um, are you aware of my background?
[11:23] Will
    I have a guess... I suppose.
[11:27] Al
    I was... well...
[11:30] Al
    born of noble blood within my clan.
[11:34] Al
    My parents died of illness
    while I was young,
[11:37] Al
    so the people of my clan shielded
    me from all hardships.
[11:41] Will
    So it seems.
[11:42] Al
    But I wondered if that was
    really the right way to live.
[11:46] Al
    Should the one who bears responsibility
    for his clan be so weak and cowardly?
[11:54] Al
    That was when I heard a song about you.
[11:59] Al
    I dearly wished that I could be like you.
[12:05] Al
    Being able to serve you now
    is like a dream come true.
[12:09] Al
    I'm so happy I can learn from you
[12:11] Al
    what it means to be a warrior,
    and what courage is.
[12:16] Will
    Thank you.
[12:17] Will
    I'll do everything in my power
    to be a worthy master for you.
[12:22] Will
    But I'm not so sure I can
    teach you what courage is.
[12:26] Al
    Um...
[12:28] Will
    I just mean I don't actually
    have that much courage.
[12:31] Al
    Even though you faced a
    wyvern and a chimera?
[12:36] Will
    Al, can facing opponents you know you
    can defeat be called courageous?
[12:42] Al
    You knew you could defeat them?
[12:45] Will
    To give you a frank analysis
    of my combat strength...
[12:47] Will
    I'm overwhelmingly more powerful
    than a wyvern or chimera.
[12:51] Will
    I can kill them just using the
    movements I was trained in.
[12:55] Will
    Wyverns and chimeras don't scare me.
[12:59] Will
    Beating opponents you're not
    afraid of isn't courage.
[13:04] Al
    Then... just what is courage, exactly?
[13:09] Will
    I'd like to know the answer to that myself.
[13:15] Will
    How can I face an opponent that
    I have no hope of defeating?
[13:29] Reystov
    I'm back.
[13:32] Will
    Reystov!
[13:33] Will
    Welcome back. How did it go?
[13:36] Reystov
    Nothing seemed particularly out of place.
[13:39] Reystov
    Should I report my findings
    to Anna, as usual?
[13:42] Will
    Yes, please do.
[13:46] Reystov
    I had heard you took in a new thane.
[13:57] Reystov
    Your back's too hunched.
[13:59] Reystov
    Your shoulders fall too far forward.
[14:01] Reystov
    It makes you look like a wimp.
[14:03] Reystov
    Pull in your chin, straighten your
    back, and tighten your lips.
[14:08] Reystov
    Don't let your eyes dart around.
[14:10] Reystov
    Look at the eyes or mouth of
    the one you're speaking to.
[14:13] Al
    R-Right!
[14:15] Reystov
    Good. That's a bit better.
[14:18] Reystov
    I'm Reystov. What's your name?
[14:20] Al
    I-It's Al.
[14:22] Al
    I see. And what do you think of William?
[14:25] Al
    I-I have great respect for him!
[14:27] Al
    Then don't do anything to harm
    his reputation as your master.
[14:32] Reystov
    Keep your back straight and your
    eyes facing forward at all times.
[14:36] Al
    R-Right!
[14:38] Reystov
    When you speak, do so with
    confidence, and choose your words.
[14:42] Reystov
    If you can't do that,
    stay silent. Understand?
[14:45] Al
    Yes!
[14:46] Reystov
    You don't mind, right?
[14:48] Will
    Not at all. I was going to
    ask for your help, actually.
[14:51] Reystov
    Good to hear.
[14:53] Reystov
    You said your name is Al?
[14:55] Reystov
    I'll be butting into your training a bit.
[14:58] Al
    Right!
[15:00] Will
    Oh, right. Reystov...
[15:04] Reystov
    Yes?
[15:05] Will
    What do you think courage is?
[15:10] Reystov
    I don't know what you're thinking about,
[15:13] Reystov
    but as long as you're thinking
    like that, you'll never know.
[15:17] Will
    Yeah, you're right.
[15:20] Will
    I kept an eye on the Rust
    Mountains for a while,

[15:23] Will
    but throughout summer and fall,
    they were as peaceful as could be.

[15:26] Will
    Just as the Lord of Holly promised,
[15:29] Will
    the forest was plentiful,
    which made everyone happy.

[15:32] Will
    They even held a festival when the
    time came for the wheat harvest.

[15:37] Will
    My third winter in
    Torch Port was drawing near.

[15:46] Will
    Well done.
[15:47] Will
    That was very good.
[15:49] Al
    Th-Thank you!
[15:54] Anna
    My lord! My lord!
[16:02] Will
    Sightings of undead were reported?
[16:04] Anna
    I'm sorry this always happens.
[16:06] Will
    It's all right. I give priority
    to matters involving undead.
[16:11] Anna
    What shall we do this time?
[16:14] Will
    Good question...
[16:17] Will
    Al, I'm going to go handle
    this matter myself.
[16:21] Will
    Would you come with me?
[16:22] Al
    Y-Yes! I would be honored to accompany you!
[16:37] Will
    I've heard dwarf eyes can
    see even in darkness,
[16:41] Will
    but try not to rely too
    heavily on your sight.
[16:43] Al
    R-Right!
[16:44] Will
    Let's review. Where are we headed?
[16:47] Al
    To... Pillar Mound... in the west, right?
[16:50] Will
    It's where the most recent
    sighting was reported,
[16:53] Will
    but it's deep in the forest
    and hasn't been explored yet.
[16:56] Al
    Right.
[16:58] Will
    The main reason is the fog.
[17:00] Will
    Though no one knows if it's due to the
    geography or a magical barrier...
[17:05] Will
    Let's proceed with caution.
[17:07] Al
    Right.
[17:17] Al
    I-It's very eerie, isn't it?
[17:21] Will
    But also... magnificent.
[17:35] Alu
    Sir Will?
[17:36] Will
    It's all right.
[17:38] Will
    Take a good look.
[17:42] Al
    What is it?
[17:43] Will
    A grave keeper, perhaps.
[17:45] Al
    Grave keeper?
[17:47] Will
    This is a burial site.
[17:49] Al
    It's a burial site?
[17:52] Will
    He's probably here to
    scare off grave robbers.
[17:56] Will
    And the fog is probably
    either a magical barrier
[17:58] Will
    or a contract with the land spirits.
[18:01] Will
    This place was probably created as a place
    of rest for loved ones who went on before.
[18:12] Will
    Please rest in peace.
[18:27] Al
    Um... So where was the undead, then?
[18:32] Will
    Considering this is a burial site,
[18:34] Will
    I'm beginning to think there's a good
    chance someone was just seeing things.
[18:37] Al
    But I would think undead are more
    likely to show up at burial sites.
[18:41] Will
    Why? They all received proper burials.
[18:44] Al
    Huh?
[18:45] Will
    It's people who have been
    killed and then concealed,
[18:47] Will
    or bodies left out in the open,
[18:49] Will
    who tend to receive the god
    of undead's blessing.
[18:52] Will
    Even the god of undead
    is kind, in his own way.
[18:56] Al
    The god of undead... is kind?
[18:59] Will
    He is kind. Terribly kind.
[19:02] Al
    Um... What do you mean by that?
[19:06] Will
    The god of undead, Stagnate,
[19:08] Will
    can't bear to see people die
    miserable, hopeless deaths.
[19:12] Will
    So he grants all dying creatures the
    right to overturn tragic deaths.
[19:18] Al
    But, um...
[19:20] Will
    Naturally, that kind of blessing
    is a real inconvenience to others.
[19:25] Will
    But still, he believes from
    the bottom of his heart
[19:29] Will
    that no one should have to die in misery,
[19:33] Will
    and if they do, they can overturn their
    death with the radiance of their soul.
[19:37] Al
    Um, Sir Will... You, uh, seem to
    know quite a lot about this...
[19:42] Al
    An Echo of Stagnate...
[19:45] Al
    Surely you've never met one of those, right?
[19:48] Al
    Have you had an encounter
    with a Herald, perhaps?
[19:53] Al
    Wh-Why won't you look at me?!
[19:55] Will
    Well, I mean... How do I put it...
[19:59] Al
    Don't just laugh!
[20:03] Will
    It really looks like someone
    was just seeing things.
[20:06] Al
    S-So our search was all in vain, then?
[20:11] Will
    Is that...
[20:13] Will
    Al, this way.
[20:18] Al
    Is it an entrance to the
    interior of the mound?
[20:22] Will
    Let's check it out.
[20:23] Al
    Right.
[20:28] Al
    I don't see anything.
[20:32] Will
    Lumen.
SIGN    Light
SIGN    Burn, Flames
[20:34] Will
    Flammo Ignis.
[20:37] Will
    Al, carry this one.
[20:40] Al
    Okay.
[20:41] Al
    Why did you use two types of light?
[20:44] Will
    When you go up against an
    opponent with no night vision,
[20:47] Will
    what do you target first?
[20:50] Will
    Right.
[20:52] Will
    Well, shall we go?
[20:53] Al
    Yes.
[21:17] Al
    Is this the innermost chamber?
[21:19] Will
    Yeah. Beyond here...
[21:36] Will
    No!
[21:37] Will
    This is...
[21:48] Stagnate
    Welcome to my temporary dwelling place.
[21:52] Stagnate
    Has it really been two years,
[21:54] Stagnate
    warrior of the light?
[21:56] Will
    Stagnate...
SIGN    The Messenger in
    the Burial Chamber

E5 - The Messenger in the Burial Chamber

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SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    The Messenger in the Burial Chamber
[01:30] Stagnate
    Has it really been two years,
[01:32] Stagnate
    warrior of the light?
[01:35] Will
    Stagnate...
[01:36] Al
    The god of the undead?
[01:38] Will
    Defending isn't an option here.
[01:41] Will
    We have to—
[01:41] Stagnate
    Now, wait just a minute.
[01:43] Stagnate
    If you intend to fight, you two will win.
[01:46] Stagnate
    I'm not an Echo today, after all.
[01:51] Will
    A Herald?
[01:53] Stagnate
    Very astute.
[01:55] Stagnate
    Thanks to the utter thrashing
    you gave me last time,
[01:58] Stagnate
    it's unlikely I'll be able to send
    an Echo to this world for a while,
[02:02] Stagnate
    no matter how hard I try.
[02:04] Will
    Heralds...
[02:06] Will
    Messengers of the gods
    that convey their will.

[02:08] Stagnate
    I had no choice but to send a Herald...
[02:11] Will
    Enjoying a little fishing?
[02:13] Stagnate
    Again, very astute.
[02:15] Stagnate
    You are as sharp as ever, I see.
[02:18] Will
    They knew if they tossed enough bait
    for the undead around here,

[02:22] Will
    there was a good chance I'd bite.
[02:25] Will
    That's despicable.
[02:27] Stagnate
    Regular fishing is despicable, too,
    from the fish's point of view.
[02:31] Stagnate
    But that's just how gods are.
[02:35] Will
    You don't appear to be seeking
    revenge for last time.
[02:40] Stagnate
    First, let me apologize.
[02:42] Will
    Apologize?
[02:44] Stagnate
    The Echo you faced last time behaved
    shamefully in its dying moments.
[02:48] Stagnate
    For that, I am deeply ashamed.
[02:51] Stagnate
    Newborn Echos tend to be very emotional,
    rash, and generally infantile.
[02:58] Stagnate
    Still, that is no excuse.
[03:00] Al
    Th-The god of the undead is apologizing?
[03:03] Stagnate
    Young dwarf, that strong warrior
    you're with killed me.
[03:09] Stagnate
    All that stabbing and being stabbed...
[03:11] Stagnate
    What a fiery night that was.
[03:14] Will
    I wasn't aware that gods
    had a fondness for jokes.
[03:17] Will
    Just tell me what it is you want.
[03:19] Stagnate
    Oh, you're no fun.
[03:21] Stagnate
    Would it kill you to humor
    me while I chat a little?
[03:25] Will
    This god can speak the Words.
    That's what makes them so dangerous.

[03:29] Stagnate
    Brave warrior who defeated me,
    Paladin of the Light...
[03:34] Stagnate
    This is my revelation.
[03:42] Al
    Sir Will!
[03:44] Stagnate
    William, armed with the blessing of
    light, you will face the dragon...
[03:49] Stagnate
    and you will die in defeat.
[03:54] Stagnate
    If you do not wish to die in vain,
[03:56] Stagnate
    do not fight the Gods' Sickle,
    the evil dragon Valacirca.
[04:00] Stagnate
    If you do not believe me,
[04:02] Stagnate
    feel free to ask the goddess Gracefeel.
[04:06] Will
    Why are you telling me this?
[04:09] Stagnate
    Because you proved that you have
    what it takes to be a hero.
[04:13] Stagnate
    I love humans,
[04:16] Stagnate
    and I am especially partial to heroes.
[04:19] Stagnate
    I find the radiance of their
    souls to be truly beautiful.
[04:23] Stagnate
    That is exactly why I desire
    undeath and eternity for them.
[04:27] Stagnate
    I cannot bear to see souls dragged
    down by the fools of this world
[04:30] Stagnate
    so that they lose their radiance
    among bitterness and regret,
[04:33] Stagnate
    and I would hate to see you killed by the
    likes of a vulgar beast like Valacirca.
[04:39] Will
    Vulgar?
[04:40] Stagnate
    In the age of myth, when I was
    still on the side of good,
[04:45] Stagnate
    I met him once—
[04:47] Stagnate
    the Gods' Sickle, the evil dragon Valacirca.
[04:51] Stagnate
    He fought not for any beliefs,
[04:53] Stagnate
    but for the sake of victory and plunder.
[04:57] Will
    I'm surprised the virtuous
    gods employed him.
[05:00] Stagnate
    If a mercenary is not on your side,
    he will end up on your enemy's side.
[05:05] Stagnate
    After that, I betrayed the virtuous
    gods for the sake of my beliefs.
[05:10] Stagnate
    Many battles were fought,
[05:12] Stagnate
    and many of the old gods left this world.
[05:16] Will
    It's the same myth Gus told me.
[05:19] Stagnate
    But he was different.
[05:21] Al
    Do you mean...
[05:22] Al
    he is a remnant of the age of the gods?
[05:26] Stagnate
    Precisely. And he remained a mercenary...
[05:30] Stagnate
    including during the great uprising
    led by the demons from the abyss.
[05:36] Will
    The Great Cataclysm of
    two hundred years ago...
[05:39] Will
    The end of the Union Age.
[05:41] Stagnate
    He was hired by the demon army,
[05:43] Stagnate
    caused the fall of the Rust Mountains,
[05:46] Stagnate
    and then fell asleep.
[05:48] Stagnate
    His battle wounds were too severe.
[05:50] Al
    W-Wait a moment!
[05:52] Al
    Did you say "battle wounds"? My ancestors...
[05:56] Stagnate
    Ah, of course. You are a survivor
    of the mountain people?
[06:00] Al
    Y-Yes.
[06:03] Stagnate
    Well, well! Perhaps there really
    is such a thing as fate!
[06:08] Stagnate
    Very well, then.
[06:09] Stagnate
    Descendant of the Iron Country,
[06:12] Stagnate
    I, Stagnate, God of Undead,
    shall tell you the truth:
[06:16] Stagnate
    that the king of the Iron Mountains,
    Aurvangr, was a true hero!
[06:23] Stagnate
    You should be proud.
[06:24] Stagnate
    The famed sword handed down through
    the generations, Calldawn,
[06:27] Stagnate
    took an eye from the evil dragon
    that survives from the age of gods!
[06:31] Al
    I-Is that true?
[06:33] Stagnate
    How exhilarating it was!
    He was truly a great hero!
[06:40] Al
    I'm so glad...
[06:42] Al
    I'm so glad...
[06:45] Will
    I wouldn't have expected such
    kindness from an evil god.

[06:48] Will
    But this is a god who distorts the rules
    of life and death and brings disaster

[06:52] Will
    because their emotions lead them to.
[06:54] Stagnate
    William...
[06:56] Stagnate
    In time, you may surpass even
    Aurvangr's great achievements
[07:00] Stagnate
    and succeed in slaying Valacirca.
[07:02] Stagnate
    But now is not that time.
[07:12] Stagnate
    The dragon's sleep grows shallow.
[07:16] Stagnate
    The dragon has just given
    us a show of his power.
[07:20] Stagnate
    Go home at once. Chaos is imminent.
[07:42] Will
    Al!
[07:51] Stagnate
    This is the cry of the dragon...
[07:54] Stagnate
    The Dragon Roar.
[08:01] Will
    The overwhelming might of a ruler,
    striking fear into all living things...

[08:12] Stagnate
    Something troublesome is
    coming along with it.
[08:15] Stagnate
    Even you will likely
    struggle a bit with this.
[08:30] Al
    A g-giant?!
[08:32] Will
    That's a forest giant!
[08:34] Will
    They're normally a mild-mannered race!
[08:37] Stagnate
    He's been hit by the Dragon Roar.
    He is not in his right mind.
[08:41] Stagnate
    What will you do? Kill him?
[08:44] Will
    Of course not.
[08:45] Will
    The brute force that well-trained
    muscles give you
[08:48] Will
    can solve most problems, you know!
[08:51] Al
    Sir Will!
[08:58] Will
    This is nothing!
[09:08] Al
    H-He just...
[09:11] Stagnate
    ...flung a giant, yes.
[09:14] Will
    Shine the light of reason
    upon the fog of confusion.
[09:21] Gangr
    I'm awful sorry about that.
[09:25] Will
    Can you make it home?
[09:26] Gangr
    I think so.
SIGN    I speak... giant language...
SIGN    little bit.
SIGN    You do? Well, that's great!
[09:36] Will
    Uh...
SIGN    Dragon... roaring... dangerous.
[09:41] Gangr
    Yeah, it sure is scary, but...
SIGN    I must return to my clan.
SIGN    I will move to a safer place after that.
[09:55] Gangr
    I am Gangr of the Jotunn.
SIGN    William, hero of man, I will never forget this debt.
[10:07] Al
    This is the first time
    I've ever seen a giant.
[10:11] Will
    Me, too.
[10:12] Al
    Yet you can speak their language?
[10:14] Will
    My magic teacher had immense
    knowledge and an amazing memory.
[10:18] Stagnate
    You saw it.
[10:20] Stagnate
    That is the power of the ancient
    dragon that even the demons fear.
[10:24] Stagnate
    Should he awaken and seek another uprising,
[10:27] Stagnate
    you will have no choice but to defeat
    him, but you won't be enough.
[10:32] Will
    So I'm supposed to accept
    sacrifices for the cause?
[10:34] Will
    Even if you're my enemy, that doesn't
    seem like something you'd say.
[10:38] Stagnate
    A thousand lives cannot take
    the place of ten thousand.
[10:41] Stagnate
    As infuriating as it is,
[10:43] Stagnate
    so long as you live, more people can
    be saved, so there is no choice.
[10:48] Stagnate
    Think long and hard on it,
[10:51] Stagnate
    bringer of the light... the Faraway Paladin.
[10:55] Stagnate
    Farewell. We will meet again.
[10:59] Al
    They seem partial to you.
[11:02] Will
    They had their eye on me, that's all.
[11:04] Al
    They say the gods wish for heroes.
[11:07] Al
    That they send proxies to the living
    world to make their divine will known.
[11:12] Al
    You are the hero who symbolizes the
    goddess of light. Is that why...
[11:16] Will
    The god of undead wants me
    to feel indebted to them.
[11:20] Al
    What do you plan to do from here?
[11:24] Will
    Good question...
[11:26] Will
    I wonder what I should do...
[11:30] Will
    The Dragon Roar caused great
    damage throughout Beast Woods.

[11:35] Will
    In order to take in people
    who lost their homes,

[11:38] Will
    treat the injured,
[11:40] Will
    and subjugate the demons
    now running rampant,

[11:42] Will
    I sent out adventurers all over the place.
[11:45] Will
    If the dragon were to awaken
    and fly this way on a whim,

[11:49] Will
    it would destroy not only Torch Port,
    but likely Whitesails, as well.

[11:54] Bagley
    There's no doubt about it.
[11:55] Bagley
    The evil dragon is accompanied
    by high-ranking demons.

[11:59] Bagley
    I sincerely doubt you can
    defeat them on your own.

[12:02] Will
    Of course...
[12:06] Bagley
    There's nothing shameful about running away.
[12:11] Will
    You said that under the assumption that
    I'd be the one going, right, Bishop?
[12:22] Will
    Goddess...
[12:24] Will
    If you would only tell me that
    there's a way for me to win,
[12:28] Will
    or if you told me to fight,
    even if I couldn't win...
[12:31] Will
    If you ordered me to prove my
    righteousness, I'm sure I...
[12:36] Will
    Back when I couldn't move forward,
    when I was mired in frustration,
[12:40] Will
    when time was just passing
    me by as I sat idle...
[12:44] Will
    I was reborn, raised with love,
[12:47] Will
    respected and acknowledged,
[12:49] Will
    and regarded as the central
    figure among my peers.
[12:56] Menel
    I'm coming in.
[13:02] Menel
    Wrestling with yourself again?
[13:04] Will
    Yeah.
[13:06] Menel
    So that's why you didn't notice.
[13:08] Menel
    Look outside. We've got a bit of trouble.
[13:11] Will
    Huh?
[13:18] Old DwarfF
    We want to know your intentions, paladin!
[13:20] Old DwarfE
    Are you going to slay the dragon?
[13:23] Al
    What is the purpose of asking him that?!
[13:26] Old DwarfC
    Failure to slay the dragon is a
    sin that falls upon us dwarfs!
[13:29] Old DwarfD
    If you intend to slay it,
    let us accompany you!
[13:33] Al
    Stop this! The dragon is a formidable foe!
[13:35] Al
    The paladin is trying
    to come up with a plan!
[13:39] Old DwarfA
    I don't know what he's ordered you to do,
[13:41] Old DwarfA
    but stop trying to buy him time!
[13:44] Al
    He hasn't ordered me to do anything!
[13:46] Al
    I'm telling all of you not to panic!
[13:48] Old DwarfB
    Did you say "panic"?!
[13:50] Al
    Even if we all banded together, we couldn't
    even leave a mark on the dragon!
[13:55] Old DwarfA
    I'm going in there!
[13:57] Al
    I'm telling you to stop!
[14:04] Al
    You... All of you are too
    old to even defeat me now!
[14:09] Al
    I don't want to see you all die in vain!
[14:12] Grendir
    Young Master.
[14:14] Al
    Grendir...
[14:16] Grendir
    You have grown well.
[14:19] Grendir
    However... However, that is
    precisely why I... why we...
[14:27] Grendir
    wish to die.
[14:31] Grendir
    We wanted to die by our king's side.
[14:39] Grendir
    But we were not permitted to.
    We had to abandon our pride.
[14:42] Grendir
    These two hundred years of miserable
    wandering have been so long.
[14:47] Grendir
    Surely that is enough.
    We have done more than our share.
[14:52] Grendir
    We have persisted in
    believing that, and now...
[14:55] Grendir
    At long last, we have learned
    that the loathsome dragon lives!
[15:00] Grendir
    What is so wrong with wishing
[15:02] Grendir
    for the continuation of that day,
    that we may die fighting?!
[15:06] Grendir
    Let me through! I will ask the
    paladin what he intends to do!
[15:10] Al
    I will not!
[15:12] Al
    Grendir!
[15:27] Al
    You ask what's so wrong
    with that wish, Grendir?
[15:31] Al
    All of you are already so fixated on dying
[15:34] Al
    that you aren't even thinking of winning.
[15:37] Al
    And that won't do.
[15:39] Al
    You know that won't do.
[15:42] Al
    The proud warriors of the mountain
    only throw down their lives
[15:45] Al
    for the sake of victory!
[15:48] Al
    It was all of you who taught me that!
[15:51] Olf DwarfD
    Young Master...
[15:52] Olf DwarfB
    Young Master...
[15:53] Olf DwarfC
    Young Master...
[15:54] Al
    I promise you that the paladin
    will make his decision!
[15:58] Al
    And when he does, I will
    be there by his side
[16:01] Al
    to win back the dwarfs' honor!
[16:05] Al
    I swear on the name of Aurvangr,
    the last king of the Iron Country!
[16:10] Al
    As his grandson, I, Vindalfr,
[16:13] Al
    will take back the mountains
    that belonged to my ancestors!
[16:19] Menel
    He's pretty valiant, huh?
[16:22] Will
    Yeah.
[16:23] Menel
    He can't afford to lose.
[16:25] Will
    Yeah.
[16:26] Menel
    You usually never think about pros and cons
[16:30] Menel
    or whether or not you can
    actually win, do you?
[16:35] Menel
    So that's how you should be now, too.
[16:49] Will
    I will slay the dragon.
[16:52] Will
    I've made up my mind to slay the dragon.
[16:55] Will
    Al... Vindalfr.
[16:57] Will
    I commend your proclamation that you'll
    reclaim your ancestors' mountains.
[17:01] Will
    Will you accompany me?
[17:03] Al
    I had faith that you would ask me to!
[17:07] Al
    With pleasure!
[17:08] Menel
    You sure you want to agree that quickly?
[17:10] Al
    You ask that, but I know you had every
    intention of following him yourself.
[17:15] Menel
    Hey, you've grown a spine, I see.
[17:18] Menel
    We're up against a dragon.
    Numbers won't help.
[17:22] Menel
    We can't spare a lot of the
    city's defenses, either.
[17:25] Menel
    So there's me, you, and Will,
[17:28] Menel
    and we'll need a guide who knew
    the mountains 200 years ago.
[17:31] Grendir
    I will—
[17:32] Ghelreis
    No, I will go.
[17:35] Ghelreis
    This is no job for a man who wants to die.
[17:37] Ghelreis
    Besides, you have an obligation
    to keep our people united.
[17:42] Ghelreis
    I shall be your guide.
[17:45] Will
    Ghelreis! I appreciate it!
[17:49] Reystov
    And then there's me.
[17:51] Will
    Reystov?
[17:53] Reystov
    I came to see what the
    big crowd was all about.
[17:57] Will
    You're as sharp as ever.
[17:59] Menel
    So we're five men picking a fight
    with demons and an evil dragon.
[18:04] Menel
    Do we have a chance?
[18:06] Will
    No.
[18:08] Will
    There's no surefire method
    for killing a dragon.
[18:12] Will
    We'll be at a disadvantage.
[18:13] Will
    Will you still accompany me?
[18:16] Al
    Yes!
[18:17] Reystov
    That's exactly where glory and honor lie.
[18:20] Ghelreis
    That is a warrior's true worth.
[18:22] Menel
    I'm used to having to go
    along with your crazy ideas.
[18:26] Will
    Let's go slay a dragon and
    take back the mountains!
[18:36] Anna
    So you're going?
[18:40] Reystov
    Yeah.
[18:41] Anna
    Please... Please, be safe.
[18:51] Bee
    I'm here!
[18:53] Will
    Bee!
[18:55] Bee
    You're going to slay a dragon, right?
[18:57] Will
    Yeah.
[18:58] Bee
    Then I can write a song about it,
    like I promised, right?
[19:02] Will
    Of course!
[19:04] Bee
    I get to write a new dragon-slaying saga!
[19:07] Bee
    It's a troubadour's dream!
[19:10] Bee
    I'll start by spreading
    the prequel far and wide.
[19:13] Bee
    You need that, right?
[19:14] Will
    Yeah, definitely. Thank you.
[19:18] Bee
    But don't give me a sad ending, you hear?
[19:20] Will
    I'll try my best not to.
[19:23] Bee
    Yes, do that! Nobody likes
    tragic twists anymore!
[19:31] Tonio
    Please don't leave me behind...
[19:34] Bee
    Sorry about that!
[19:36] Tonio
    I've secured the supplies
    I figured you would need.
[19:40] Will
    You determined so quickly that I'd be going?
[19:43] Tonio
    Yes, and I was still anxious that I
    might not reach you before you left.
[19:48] Will
    I was just hesitating for a while.
[19:49] Bee
    I'll write in your song that you were
    just waiting for the right time!
[19:53] Bee
    That sounds cooler, right?
[19:55] Will
    You exaggerating like that is
[19:56] Will
    what makes Sir William look more and
    more like some incredible strategist!
[20:02] Will
    I hesitate just like anyone else.
[20:05] Will
    I don't want to die, and I don't like pain.
[20:08] Bee
    But you're still going, right?
[20:09] Will
    Yes.
[20:11] Will
    The vow I made to the goddess
    was just that important.
[20:13] Bee
    I'll be using that line in
    my song, just so you know!
[20:17] Bee
    Pious warrior, devoted to his
    goddess, and hero of the light!
[20:21] Bee
    May the wind of fortune
    be ever at your back!
[20:26] Tonio
    Will, I won't tell you not to
    be reckless or try too hard.
[20:29] Tonio
    I know now is the time
    when this must be done.
[20:32] Tonio
    If there are any other supplies
    you need, please let me know.
[20:37] Will
    In that case, there's one big
    thing I'd like to ask for...
[20:56] Gracefeel
    You are going, then?
[21:00] Gracefeel
    I do not wish to see you die.
[21:03] Will
    I am honored. Thank you.
[21:06] Gracefeel
    You still insist on going?
[21:09] Gracefeel
    In order to keep your promise to me?
[21:12] Will
    Yes.
[21:13] Gracefeel
    Then I cannot say your
    decision defies my will.
[21:17] Gracefeel
    That promise is shared by
    the two of us, after all.
[21:22] Gracefeel
    Kneel.
[21:30] Gracefeel
    I command you, William...
[21:34] Gracefeel
    Do not fear. I am with you at all times.
[21:39] Gracefeel
    I am your goddess.
[21:41] Gracefeel
    I will strengthen you,
    aid you, and protect you.
[21:46] Gracefeel
    Go. Slay the dragon,
    and fulfill your promise,
[21:50] Gracefeel
    my knight.
[21:58] Will
    On your light.
SIGN    A Brief Return Home

E6 - A Brief Return Home

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SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    A Brief Return Home
[02:11] Tonio
    Will...
[02:13] Tonio
    I arranged the thing you asked for.
[02:18] Will
    Thank you.
[02:20] Tonio
    Well, then, take care.
[02:22] Will
    I will.
[02:23] DwarfA
    Young Master, I wish you well!
[02:25] DwarfB
    Our spirits are with you!
[02:27] Al
    Right!
[02:34] Anna
    I will be awaiting your return.
[02:39] Bee
    Oh, come on! Can't you even be a
    little sociable at a time like this?
[02:45] Menel
    Well, y'know...
[02:46] Menel
    Look forward to the stories I'll bring back.
[02:52] Will
    All right, we'll be going now.
[02:55] Bee
    Time for the heroes to take off!
[03:24] Will
    We'll disembark here.
[03:26] Al
    Huh?
[03:37] Marcus
    Okay, we'll take it from here.
[03:40] Will
    Yes, as we discussed earlier, please.
[03:43] Marcus
    Yep.
[03:44] Marcus
    We'll be counting on your continued
    favor after this, too.
[03:48] Will
    Of course.
[03:50] Marcus
    Keep it together.
[03:51] Reystov
    Yeah.
[03:57] Al
    Um... who was that?
[04:00] Al
    And why did we get off the boat here?
[04:03] Al
    Shouldn't we have gained
    a bit more distance?
[04:06] Will
    After that grand start
    to our voyage downriver,
[04:09] Will
    the demons will be on the move, too.
[04:12] Will
    While Marcus and his group act as
    our body doubles to confuse them,
[04:17] Will
    we'll go upriver.
[04:19] Menel
    When did you...
[04:21] Will
    I had Tonio arrange it for us.
[04:24] Will
    Marcus and his group, too.
[04:26] Menel
    So that's what you did.
[04:29] Will
    I checked with the dwarfs, too.
[04:31] Will
    Once we enter the tributary upriver,
[04:33] Will
    we'll be able to reach the
    mountains from the other side.
[04:36] Will
    While the demons are lying
    in wait at the front door,
[04:39] Will
    we'll kick down the back
    door and enter by force.
[04:43] Menel
    Sylphs, sylphs, put the wind at our backs,
[04:46] Menel
    to accompany us as we make our way.
[04:56] Menel
    I put Conceal and Silence on us,
[04:58] Menel
    so we won't be found easily.
[05:00] Will
    At this speed, we should
    be there by morning.
[05:14] Menel
    Calm down. He always does stuff like
    this as if it's totally natural.
[05:18] Al
    No, it's... If you go even
    farther south than Torch Port,
[05:22] Al
    there's a lakeside town that the
    High King took over, and it's very dangerous.
[05:27] Al
    I heard that even veteran adventurers are
    helpless amid the swirling mists of magic.
[05:32] Al
    The suggestion that we break through that
[05:34] Al
    is an incredible idea
    and remarkably courageous!
[05:39] Will
    Actually...
[05:42] Will
    That's where I grew up.
[05:44] Menel
    What?!
[05:49] Al
    So the Three Heroes still
    lived there as undead?
[05:54] Menel
    And is that stuff about the god of
    the undead for real? Gimme a break.
[05:58] Will
    I mean, I don't think we'll
    be attacked or anything.
[06:01] Menel
    Damn, I can't believe you
    never told me. Some friend.
[06:04] Will
    Sorry.
[06:05] Menel
    Oh, that's right.
[06:07] Menel
    You did cry when you heard that
    song about the Three Heroes.
[06:10] Will
    I-I didn't cry!
[06:17] Ghelreis
    This is the Maze Fog, isn't it?
[06:20] Will
    Yes. It's my grandfather's magic.
[06:23] Reystov
    The higher version of the Maze Alley
    magic that protects the Academy?
[06:28] Reystov
    I'd heard rumors, but this
    is my first time seeing it.
[06:31] Menel
    That makes it top-ranked magic, then!
[06:33] Menel
    So a human who'll only live a few decades
    can learn this and put it to use?
[06:37] Menel
    For real?
[06:38] Will
    For real.
[06:39] Will
    He'll even whip out the
    Words of Obliteration in battle.
[06:43] Menel
    What?!
[06:44] Will
    Hang on. I'll create a path through this.
[06:50] Will
    That's so like Gus.
[06:56] Will
    This Word goes here, and...
[06:59] Will
    Knowing Gus, this will be set up here...
[07:03] Will
    And this... is a trap.
SIGN    Through Hardships to the Stars
[07:16] Will
    Well, let's go.
[07:53] Menel
    Hey!
[07:56] Menel
    Go on.
[07:59] Will
    Thanks!
[08:16] Will
    Blood! Mary!
[08:26] Will
    I've just come home!
[08:27] Will
    And I brought my friends and companions!
[08:30] Will
    I'll be back later, okay?
[08:40] Will
    Gus! I'm home!
[08:48] Will
    Huh?
[08:49] Will
    Gus?
[09:02] Will
    No... It couldn't be...
[09:14] Gus
    Carelessness is the greatest enemy, boy!
[09:23] Gus
    Will...
[09:25] Gus
    Did you make a ton of money?!
[09:27] Will
    That's the first thing you say to me?!
[09:28] Will
    Shouldn't it be, "You're actually alive?"
    or something?!
[09:31] Gus
    I know the boy Blood, Mary,
    and I raised wouldn't die that easily.
[09:36] Gus
    I wasn't even worried.
[09:37] Will
    Yes, yes! I'm getting good,
    meaningful use out of my money!
[09:41] Will
    I'm the lord of the entire
    downstream region now!
[09:44] Gus
    A lord, you say?
[09:46] Gus
    I get it.
[09:48] Will
    What?
[09:48] Gus
    You were taken in by some
    nobleman's widow. You poor thing.
[09:53] Will
    Why would you assume that?!
[09:54] Will
    I earned it through my own strength!
[09:57] Will
    I'm quite a famous paladin now, in fact!
[09:59] Gus
    Hm... I'm impressed you got so far in
    so little time, at such a young age,
[10:04] Gus
    and with no connections.
[10:06] Gus
    And? What of your love life?
[10:10] Will
    I... uh...
[10:12] Gus
    Wussing out, are you?
[10:15] Gus
    Oh, and I so wanted to meet my
    great-grandchild before moving on in the cycle!
[10:21] Gus
    Why did my grandson have to be a wuss
    who can't even win over a single woman?
[10:25] Will
    I-I'm not a wuss!
[10:26] Gus
    Shouldn't something happen
    if you're out adventuring?
[10:29] Gus
    Like you save a strong-willed
    girl disguised as a bandit,
[10:33] Gus
    or you help out a peddler girl
    who's running from guards?
[10:38] Gus
    What's that look for?
[10:40] Will
    I did...
[10:41] Will
    and they were all guys.
[10:51] Gus
    Yes, I'm so glad you've come home, Will.
[11:02] Gus
    The dragon?!
[11:04] Gus
    You're going to fight
    the Calamity's Sickle?!
[11:07] Will
    It's the only way.
[11:08] Gus
    Are you planning to try to finagle him?!
[11:11] Will
    F-Finagle him?
[11:12] Gus
    The gods hired Valacirca to
    work for them, didn't they?
[11:16] Gus
    Which means there's a chance you can
    resolve everything with money and goods!
[11:19] Menel
    Oh, yeah. I remember hearing
    ideas like that before.
[11:21] Gus
    How disappointing! After all the times
    I told you bargaining is crucial!
[11:23] Al
    What a coincidence, Sir Menel.
    I remember, as well.
[11:26] Ghelreis
    Mm.
[11:27] Reystov
    Yeah...
[11:28] Gus
    I'm just saying, there's no need to limit
    yourself to just one possible solution.
[11:33] Gus
    Always be flexible with your ideas!
[11:36] Gus
    Don't let your focus get too narrow!
[11:38] Will
    Okay.
[11:42] Gus
    Now, then...
[11:44] Gus
    Friends of my grandson, allow me to
    extend to you my warmest welcome.
[11:50] Gus
    Make yourselves at home while you are here.
[11:56] Ghelreis
    I never thought I would see you again.
[11:59] Gus
    Oh? And where have we met before?
[12:02] Ghelreis
    I am the soldier the three of you saved
    after I fled the mountains 200 years ago.
[12:08] Ghelreis
    I had no idea you were the
    renowned Wandering Sage.
[12:13] Gus
    Ah, that inexperienced,
    injured soldier was you?
[12:17] Gus
    You have aged.
[12:21] Ghelreis
    Indeed. I have aged.
[12:24] Ghelreis
    Thanks to you, I lived to serve a new ruler,
[12:28] Ghelreis
    and am able to walk the same path
    as your grandson, Sir William.
[12:34] Gus
    How serendipitous.
[13:00] Menel
    Hey. I'm coming in.
[13:03] Menel
    Was this your room?
[13:05] Will
    Yeah.
[13:09] Menel
    Y'know... that Gus guy is really something.
[13:13] Will
    I thought you'd say he was more
    low-brow than you expected.
[13:16] Menel
    I mean... he is, but... it's more like...
[13:22] Menel
    When he showed me to your room,
[13:24] Menel
    I felt like he could see
    everything about me.
[13:28] Will
    Yeah. He's amazing, huh?
[13:30] Will
    I'm proud to call him my grandpa.
[13:33] Menel
    Cool.
[13:36] Menel
    Also...
[13:37] Menel
    He asked me, "Oh, are you the bandit girl?"
[13:40] Menel
    What did he mean?
[13:48] Will
    Gus, got a minute?
[13:52] Gus
    You want to know about Valacirca?
[13:54] Will
    Yeah.
[13:55] Gus
    The evil dragon Valacirca...
[13:58] Gus
    I've never seen him with
    my own eyes, either.
[14:01] Will
    I see...
[14:02] Gus
    I would have liked to try bargaining
    with him if I had a chance.
[14:06] Gus
    Had he not been employed by the demons,
[14:09] Gus
    all those heroic lives would
    never have been lost.
[14:14] Gus
    If you do intend to fight him,
    you'll want to aim for his old wounds.
[14:18] Gus
    Dragon scales are tough.
[14:20] Gus
    I doubt even Blood could cut
    through them to his flesh.
[14:25] Will
    What about the Words of Obliteration?
[14:27] Gus
    Only if they land successfully.
[14:29] Will
    I thought so.
[14:37] Gus
    Do you know why the true dragons
    of old could fly so quickly,
[14:41] Gus
    despite their enormous size?
[14:44] Will
    Because Words race through the air.
[14:46] Gus
    Exactly.
[14:48] Gus
    The dragons of old dwell within myths.
[14:51] Gus
    They are far closer to the Words
    than those of us who live today.
[14:55] Gus
    If it comes down to a battle
    of magic, you will lose.
[14:59] Will
    So I'm at a disadvantage
    in a magic battle...
[15:01] Gus
    His constitution and the physical
    strength and hardiness it gives him
[15:06] Gus
    are no joke, either.
[15:09] Gus
    You would be at a disadvantage
    in close combat, as well.
[15:13] Gus
    To phrase it like Blood would,
    he's got you beat in muscle.
[15:16] Gus
    The typical strategy for slaying
    a dragon is an ambush,
[15:19] Gus
    but Valacirca is likely using
    the demons as a warning system.
[15:22] Will
    I'm starting to see why the god
    of the undead tried to stop me.
[15:26] Gus
    Stagnate, eh?
[15:28] Gus
    Did a Herald come to you?
[15:29] Will
    It was a crow.
[15:31] Gus
    Hah! Sounds like you've got an admirer.
[15:33] Will
    Much as I hate to agree...
[15:35] Gus
    Stagnate thinks the way gods think.
    There's no keeping up with them.
[15:39] Gus
    And talk about being overly friendly
    for a god! And impertinent to boot!
[15:46] Gus
    I must admit I am somewhat grateful, though.
[15:51] Gus
    Stagnate gave me the opportunity to live
    as an undead and continue raising you,
[15:55] Gus
    and allowed Blood and Mary to die happy.
[16:06] Gus
    Say... Did you know?
[16:09] Gus
    Yeah. That's why I came alone.
[16:13] Will
    I have basically no way to
    bargain with the dragon.
[16:21] Gus
    Will, you are going to die.
[16:23] Will
    I made up my mind to fight anyway.
[16:26] Will
    If the dragon is left alone,
    there'll be chaos.
[16:30] Gus
    Could you not just run away?
[16:34] Will
    Gus...
[16:35] Will
    Being alive and not being
    dead aren't the same thing.
[16:46] Gus
    Well, I suppose there's nothing I can say.
[16:50] Will
    Oh, yeah.
[16:51] Will
    There's something I've
    been wanting to ask you.
[16:53] Will
    I heard the tale of how you
    three killed the wyvern.
[16:57] Gus
    Oh?
[16:58] Will
    Do you remember the boy and
    half-elf girl you lent money to?
[17:02] Gus
    Oh, that brings back memories!
    Of course I do!
[17:06] Will
    They were promoted to the nobility,
[17:08] Will
    and the old half-elf lady is still
    waiting for you to this day.
[17:11] Will
    Mind if I collect the debt
    she owes in your place?
[17:14] Gus
    Well, getting one's money
    is important, after all!
[17:18] Gus
    Can't do that if you're dead!
[17:20] Will
    And when you borrow something,
    you have to return it.
[17:23] Gus
    Fine by me, then.
[17:25] Gus
    If you're going to collect that debt for me,
[17:28] Gus
    I can't just sit around and let you die.
[17:32] Gus
    The equipment used by the comrades who
    battled the High King still rests in this city.
[17:38] Gus
    Why not refurbish it for
    yourself and your companions?
[17:48] Will
    In here?
[17:49] Gus
    Erasus.
SIGN    Erasure
[17:55] Will
    Delusion magic?
    I didn't know there was a door here.
[17:59] Gus
    We couldn't let a child like
    you find out about it.
[18:03] Gus
    You took matters to the
    extreme with Mary, as it was.
[18:11] Menel
    Whoa...
[18:13] Gus
    This was originally an alcohol storehouse,
[18:16] Gus
    which is why it has a basement.
[18:18] Gus
    Take whichever pieces you like.
[18:21] Gus
    I'm sure the owners will permit it.
[18:27] Gus
    A great shield?
[18:29] Will
    Yeah.
[18:30] Will
    To protect against the dragon's breath.
[18:32] Will
    Was it Blood who looked after this armory?
[18:36] Gus
    Yes.
[18:37] Gus
    And everything in it belonged to the
    warriors who battled the High King with us.
[18:43] Will
    You're all done?
[18:44] Reystov
    Yeah. I don't need anything.
[18:46] Reystov
    It's certainly a fine sight,
    but no matter how well it performs,
[18:50] Reystov
    I can't put my trust in a
    weapon I'm not used to.
[18:52] Reystov
    That said, Gus the Sage...
[18:56] Reystov
    I would like to borrow
    your talent for Signs.
[18:58] Gus
    Oh?
[19:00] Reystov
    Engrave some Words into this that
    won't detract from its usability.
[19:04] Reystov
    I should be able to master a change
    that small within a few days.
[19:07] Gus
    I see.
[19:09] Gus
    Very well. Give it here.
[19:13] Gus
    Hmm...
[19:14] Gus
    while nameless, it is a fine sword.
[19:17] Gus
    It has long been used with care.
[19:20] Gus
    One day, it will be memorialized
    in song as the Sword of Reystov.
[19:24] Reystov
    Yeah... I hope so.
[19:29] Menel
    Hey, Gus the Sage.
[19:32] Gus
    You can just call me Gus.
[19:33] Menel
    Okay, old Gus.
[19:35] Menel
    Who owned this?
[19:37] Gus
    That belonged to Telperion
    the Silver-String.
[19:41] Menel
    I see.
[19:43] Gus
    Are you, perchance, from
    the Great Forest of Erin?
[19:46] Menel
    Yeah. Same as him.
[19:48] Gus
    That silver hair...
[19:50] Gus
    Are you related to Telperion?
[19:53] Menel
    Distantly, but yeah.
[19:55] Menel
    I'll take this.
[19:57] Gus
    Do you think you can use it?
[20:00] Gus
    They say if one who is unworthy uses a
    mithril bowstring, he'll lose his fingers.
[20:05] Menel
    Not a problem.
[20:10] Menel
    See?
[20:16] Ghelreis
    What about these?
[20:18] Gus
    That is the full armor set of
    Bavore, the Blade-Breaker.
[20:22] Ghelreis
    It appears to be dwarf armor.
[20:25] Gus
    Indeed.
[20:26] Gus
    Bavore was a wandering dwarf warrior.
[20:29] Gus
    He participated in our battle
    against the High King,
[20:32] Gus
    calling it a battle of revenge
    for the Iron Mountains.
[20:35] Ghelreis
    I see...
[20:37] Ghelreis
    I shall take this.
[20:41] Al
    And I'll take this.
[20:43] Gus
    It takes remarkable strength
    to swing that as you just did.
[20:47] Al
    What was the person who used this like?
[20:50] Gus
    It was Ewing the Fierce.
[20:52] Gus
    He was always smiling so cheerfully.
[20:54] Gus
    He didn't much care for fighting.
[20:58] Gus
    If our world had been at peace,
[21:00] Gus
    perhaps he would have been a fine farmer...
[21:05] Will
    That's right. Ewing, Bavore, Telperion...
[21:09] Will
    They all gave their lives
    to defeat the High King.

[21:15] Will
    All the weapons and armor
    pieces in this armory...

[21:19] Will
    Every single one of them was
    so important to someone,

[21:23] Will
    and each has its own story.
[21:26] Will
    I pray, wherever they are,
    they find guidance and repose.

[21:35] Will
    Hey...
[21:37] Will
    Once we take care of the demons
    and the dragon and come back,
[21:40] Will
    can I bring a troubadour girl I know here?
[21:43] Will
    She's a halfling,
    and she's a tad rambunctious...
[21:46] Gus
    Of course. Do as you please.
[21:49] Gus
    I'll tell her all the stories she wants.
[21:51] Will
    Okay. Thanks.
[21:53] Gus
    Is this girl, by any chance...
[21:55] Will
    She's a good friend.
SIGN    Asleep Beneath the Water

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[00:00] Will
    Al, here.
[00:07] Menel
    What's up with that dagger?
[00:09] Menel
    Isn't the hook on the wrong side?
[00:11] Al
    You're right. It is an unusual design.
[00:14] Will
    It's a right-handed stiletto.
[00:16] Will
    Since the halberd is strong, but unwieldy.
[00:18] Al
    And... who did this dagger belong to?
[00:21] Will
    My father.
[00:24] Al
    I can't accept this!
[00:26] Al
    It's a memento, isn't it?
[00:29] Will
    Yeah, but...
[00:31] Will
    I feel like it's better off
    in your hands, somehow.
[00:39] Will
    It's okay.
[00:41] Will
    I've already received plenty
    of valuable things from him.
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    Asleep Beneath the Water
[02:18] Will
    Anyway, let's finish up before
    the others come back with food.
[02:26] Al
    You could have just let
    me take care of all this.
[02:29] Will
    It'll go faster if we work together.
[02:32] Will
    Besides, you're royalty, aren't you?
[02:35] Al
    Only in name.
[02:36] Al
    I've often wondered why I couldn't
    have been born to a family
[02:40] Al
    that ran a simple workshop.
[02:42] Will
    And if you'd been born to a family that
    ran a simple workshop, you'd think,
[02:47] Will
    "Maybe I'm actually a prince descended
    from the royalty of some fallen nation,
[02:51] Will
    and it is my duty to rebuild my kingdom!"
[02:56] Al
    I'd want to tell myself that
    it's not as great as it sounds.
[03:01] Will
    But you'll still do it, right?
[03:04] Al
    Yes, I will.
[03:06] Al
    In truth, all of my people
    long for their homeland.
[03:10] Al
    If putting my life on the line
    will set their souls alight,
[03:14] Al
    I think that would be truly wonderful.
[03:19] Al
    But I feel as if I've dragged
    you into my own problems.
[03:23] Will
    You haven't.
[03:24] Will
    I knew I'd have to fight, too.
[03:28] Will
    If I abandoned all this now,
[03:29] Will
    I'd never be able to face
    my parents or Gus again.
[03:33] Will
    Besides, I want to take pride in myself.
[03:36] Will
    When I return to the goddess
    of light's side one day,
[03:39] Will
    I want to proudly tell her I
    lived my life the best I could.
[03:42] Will
    Show off a little, you know?
[03:44] Will
    So I won't run from the
    dragon. I'll fight it.
[03:48] Will
    It's thanks to you that I was
    able to make that decision.
[03:51] Will
    Thank you.
[03:53] Al
    I should be the one to thank you.
[03:56] Al
    I swear on your father's dagger
[03:58] Al
    that no matter how this ends,
    I will regret nothing.
[04:01] Will
    Good. I trust you to have my back.
[04:04] Will
    I'll be counting on you.
[04:09] Al
    Right!
[04:11] Menel
    You guys!
[04:17] Menel
    I'm back.
[04:28] Menel
    Hey, don't feel bad that
    you didn't catch any fish.
[04:30] Reystov
    It was a fluke.
[04:31] Ghelreis
    Indeed.
[04:35] Will
    Well, great warriors aren't
    always great fisher—
[04:39] Reystov
    I said it was a fluke. Got it?
[04:41] Will
    Uh, right.
[04:43] Al
    But... how did you fell this deer?
[04:47] Menel
    Huh? Oh...
[04:48] Menel
    I concealed my presence and
    kinda just walked into it.
[04:51] Menel
    Then I fired by pure reflex,
[04:54] Menel
    and it was as if its heart just
    pulled the arrow right toward it.
[04:57] Al
    You certainly have the blessings
    of the god of spirits...
[05:00] Ghelreis
    He just got lucky.
[05:02] Reystov
    And luck was not on our side.
[05:06] Menel
    Just admit you suck at
    fishing. You'll feel better.
[05:10] Reystov
    It was a fluke.
[05:11] Menel
    You just don't know when to give up.
[05:16] Al
    Now, now, leave them be.
[05:19] Will
    That's so like you, Reystov.
[05:30] (Flashback) Mary
    Are you afraid of me, Will?
[05:33] (Flashback) Young Will
    No, not at all.
[05:35] (Flashback) Mary
    Yes, of course not.
[05:39] (Flashback) Mary
    Listen to me.
[05:41] (Flashback) Mary
    Humans have flesh that feels warm
    to the touch, and they breathe.
[05:47] (Flashback) Mary
    Get used to the appearance of humans.
[05:49] (Flashback) Mary
    The friends you'll make one day
    won't look like the three of us.
[05:57] (Flashback) Young Will
    It's okay. I'm not afraid of you, Mary.
[06:00] (Flashback) Young Will
    I won't be afraid of any
    people I meet, either.
[06:05] (Flashback) Mary
    That puts my mind at ease.
[06:09] (Flashback) Blood
    Will, you might feel regretful one day.
[06:14] (Flashback) Young Will
    Huh?
[06:15] (Flashback) Blood
    Valor is the strength to destroy
    injustice, but it's also a curse.
[06:21] (Flashback) Young Will
    A curse?
[06:23] (Flashback) Blood
    There are times when you can't give
    up because you know you're strong,
[06:26] (Flashback) Blood
    even if means your own death.
[06:29] (Flashback) Blood
    I'm only teaching you how to
    fight because it's what I want,
[06:33] (Flashback) Blood
    so if it ever comes to that,
    feel free to hate me.
[06:36] (Flashback) Young Will
    Blood, there's no way I could ever hate you!
[06:41] (Flashback) Blood
    That so?
[06:56] Will
    I'm home.
[06:59] Will
    Mary, I actually made some friends.
[07:03] Will
    Blood, it's thanks to you
    that I've made it this far.
[07:07] Will
    It's tough not having you two
    around, but I'm managing.
[07:12] Will
    Because I remember the last
    things you both said to me.
[07:15] Will
    I'll keep seeing them through... so...
[07:21] Will
    I'm going now.
[07:24] Will
    Gus, you were here?
[07:27] Gus
    You're leaving, then?
[07:29] Will
    In the morning.
[07:30] Gus
    Valacirca is a warmonger
    through and through.
[07:34] Gus
    He can only survive amidst the chaos of war.
[07:37] Gus
    It's unlikely you can avoid a fight...
[07:40] Gus
    and the only one who might even
    pose a threat to him is you.
[07:46] Will
    But as I am now, I'm not strong enough.
[07:49] Will
    I'd be an easy obstacle for a dragon
    to overcome, even if he was hesitant.
[07:54] Gus
    You will die. Both you and your friends.
[07:59] Gus
    And even if you survive,
    someone else might die.
[08:04] Gus
    This place is your last stop.
[08:08] Gus
    You could run away.
[08:12] Will
    If I threw away everything to survive,
    it would just mean I wasn't dead.
[08:16] Will
    And I learned in both my past life and
    this one that that's not good enough.
[08:22] Will
    I'm pretty sure all the
    others feel the same way.
[08:25] Will
    Al, Menel, Reystov, and Ghelreis...
    They've all come prepared.
[08:30] Will
    Maybe even more so than me.
[08:33] Will
    Besides, none of us have
    any intention of dying.
[08:37] Gus
    Honestly... Who did you take after, boy?
[08:42] Will
    Good question.
[08:43] Gus
    In that case, your only chance is now,
    before his wound has fully healed.
[08:49] Will
    The eye wound that King Aurvangr gave him...
[08:53] Gus
    Yes.
[08:55] Gus
    How deeply I wish that I could
    go with you and help you out...
[09:00] Gus
    But I am of no use to you
    when it matters the most.
[09:05] Will
    Just hearing you say that is enough.
[09:08] Will
    It's okay. You can just wait
    here with Blood and Mary.
[09:13] Gus
    Yes.
[09:14] Gus
    I'll be waiting.
[09:28] Will
    Let's go.
[09:53] Menel
    We need to take this tributary, right?
[09:55] Will
    Going by the map, yes.
[09:57] Will
    If we see any changes in the
    terrain, we'll turn back.
[10:00] Menel
    Right.
[10:02] Menel
    Sylphs, sylphs, put the wind at our backs,
[10:04] Menel
    to accompany us as we make our way.
[10:13] Will
    Do you have a guess as to
    what we might find up ahead?
[10:19] Ghelreis
    I know nothing beyond the Great Collapse.
[10:22] Will
    Okay.
[10:24] Ghelreis
    However, before the Great Collapse,
[10:26] Ghelreis
    there was an elven forest to
    the west of the Iron Country.
[10:30] Ghelreis
    It was called Lothdor.
[10:32] Will
    Lothdor? As in, "land of flowers"?
[10:35] Ghelreis
    You know the elven language?
[10:37] Will
    Enough to get by. Gus taught me.
[10:40] Menel
    Lothdor? I've heard of it.
[10:44] Menel
    "Pass through the Iron Country,
    where dwarfs live in caves,
[10:49] Menel
    cross the shining rainbow
    bridge, and there is Lothdor.
[10:54] Menel
    Lyres of silver and flutes of gold
    sing the song of Remmirath."
[11:00] Will
    What's that?
[11:01] Menel
    A travel song known throughout my homeland.
[11:03] Ghelreis
    Ah, that song brings back memories.
[11:06] Ghelreis
    Though the Iron Country did not have
[11:08] Ghelreis
    a very good relationship
    with the elves of Lothdor.
[11:11] Menel
    Oh, because of all the logging?
[11:13] Ghelreis
    You know the history well.
[11:15] Menel
    Nah. Something similar
    happened in my own homeland.
[11:19] Ghelreis
    Skirmishes between our peoples
    grew violent at times.
[11:23] Ghelreis
    Sometimes there was only hatred between us.
[11:25] Ghelreis
    But at the same time, they
    were still our neighbors.
[11:29] Ghelreis
    They excelled at song and the spirit arts,
[11:33] Ghelreis
    yet they were a proud, ill-tempered people.
[11:36] Ghelreis
    We had a certain respect for them,
[11:39] Ghelreis
    and they surely felt the same way about us.
[11:43] Will
    And during the Great Collapse?
[11:46] Ghelreis
    I only know they secluded themselves
    in the forest and resisted.
[11:50] Ghelreis
    They absolutely would not give up.
[11:53] Ghelreis
    Perhaps they survived.
    Elves live long lives.
[11:58] Ghelreis
    Maybe even—
[12:12] Ghelreis
    Is no one there?
[12:15] Ghelreis
    I don't... see anyone...
[12:22] Ghelreis
    How regrettable.
[12:25] Reystov
    It looks like the river's
    flow changed in 200 years.
[12:33] Menel
    You know, this scenery looks familiar.
[12:37] Will
    Words of Taboo?
[12:38] Menel
    Yeah.
[12:39] Menel
    If the elves really secluded themselves
    in the forest, no one could do anything.
[12:42] Menel
    So those damned immoral demons used the
    Words of Taboo to rot the entire forest.
[12:48] Will
    We have to destroy them.
[12:50] Menel
    You said it. We can't let them live.
[12:52] Will
    But first...
[12:54] Menel
    Yeah.
[13:08] Will
    There!
[13:10] Al
    A serpent?!
[13:12] Will
    Don't gawk! There are more coming!
[13:20] Will
    Menel! Full speed!
[13:22] Menel
    I know!
[13:23] Menel
    Sylphs, sylphs, put the wind at our backs,
[13:25] Menel
    to accompany us as we make our way!
[13:28] Menel
    Damn it! The response is too slow!
[13:30] Will
    Focus on the incantation!
[13:31] Will
    Reystov and Ghelreis, take the port side!
[13:33] Will
    Al, back up Menel!
[13:36] Will
    We're in a real pinch here.
[13:38] Will
    It's risky, but...
[13:40] Will
    Vastar—
[13:40] Will
    Devasta—
[13:45] Menel
    Will!
[13:51] Will
    I can't see a thing... In which case...
[14:14] Al
    Sir Will!
[14:19] Reystov
    You all right?
[14:28] Will
    Vastare.
SIGN    Devastate
[14:36] Will
    There.
[14:37] Menel
    You're merciless, man.
[14:39] Will
    I have to be.
[14:41] Will
    Menel, let's move carefully.
[14:43] Menel
    Yeah.
[14:46] Al
    Um, the water suddenly
    turned clear back there...
[14:50] Will
    Huh? That was just a prayer of cleansing.
[14:53] Al
    Huh?!
[14:54] Al
    Isn't a prayer of cleansing only
    strong enough for a bottle's worth,
[14:57] Al
    or at most, a small pond?
[14:59] Will
    Uh...
[15:00] Menel
    He brute-forces things. Get used to it.
[15:02] Al
    Right...
[15:03] Menel
    He looks so calm,
[15:05] Menel
    but he uses some straight-up
    barbarian tactics to brute-force things.
[15:08] Menel
    I'm used to it by now.
[15:10] Will
    That's just mean.
[15:11] Reystov
    The river has swallowed up the forest.
[15:14] Reystov
    The change in the terrain here is a problem.
[15:16] Al
    Ghelreis, do you see anything
    that looks familiar?
[15:20] Ghelreis
    No...
[15:22] Ghelreis
    Not in this mess.
[15:26] Al
    What about that?
[15:33] Ghelreis
    That style of architecture...
    It's definitely elven.
[15:38] Menel
    Where are we on the map?
[15:41] Ghelreis
    I would say... right about here.
[15:45] Will
    Which means... that's the way we need to go.
[15:50] Menel
    The fae around here are weakened.
    I can't call on them.
[15:54] Menel
    Maybe if I could use my
    Lord of the Forest powers...
[15:57] Reystov
    No, we probably shouldn't try
    to clean this up any more.
[16:01] Reystov
    We might catch the demons' attention.
[16:04] Will
    Well, then...
[16:07] Will
    Let's row.
[16:32] Menel
    Enemies?
[16:34] Will
    No. They're just in pain.
[16:42] Will
    It's all right. Everything's all right now.
[16:45] Will
    None of you will curse anyone anymore.
[16:48] Will
    You won't haunt. You won't torment.
[17:01] Will
    I'll take care of things from here.
[17:03] Will
    You can just rest now.
[17:07] Will
    Gracefeel, goddess of light,
    grant them peace and guidance.
[17:52] Will
    We should go that way, then?
    As quickly as possible?
[18:08] Will
    Please grant us the blessing of your light.
[18:24] Menel
    Let's go! Full speed in that
    direction! Now! Move it!
[18:28] Will
    Huh?
[18:29] Menel
    Don't trust an elf's sense of time!
[18:31] Menel
    Sylphs, sylphs, put the wind at our backs!
[18:33] Menel
    Accompany us with all haste and speed!
[18:37] Menel
    You know the saying,
    "When an elf says, 'Wait a sec,'
[18:39] Menel
    he really means 'See you in a year'"?
[18:40] Menel
    That's a true story!
[18:43] Menel
    So when someone with such
    a lousy sense of time
[18:45] Menel
    says "as quickly as possible," you—
[18:50] Menel
    I knew it, damn it!
[18:52] Menel
    Maidens of water, give us your blessing!
    Race with us over the surface!
[19:00] Will
    Row! Hurry!
[19:16] Will
    Menel!
[19:18] Will
    Is she oka—
[19:19] Menel
    It's not dead!
[19:28] Menel
    Damn it!
[19:34] Menel
    It's coming! Brace yourself!
[19:41] Reystov
    A hydra?
[19:41] Will
    Sagitta Flammeum!
SIGN    Flame Arrow
[19:47] Will
    Fire is effective!
[19:49] Will
    Al, Ghelreis, Reystov! Stay in front!
[19:52] Will
    Menel, take her and swap with me!
[19:54] Menel
    Got it!
[19:55] Will
    I'll stay in the rear and burn the heads!
[19:58] Will
    The rest of you, stay in front!
[20:00] Al
    Got it!
[20:01] Ghelreis
    Right!
[20:02] Reystov
    I'm on it!
SIGN    Flame Arrow
[20:11] Will
    Sagitta Flammeum!
[20:16] Ghelreis
    Now, young master!
[20:22] Will
    Wow...
[20:23] Menel
    Well, looks like I'm not
    needed here anymore.
[20:27] Menel
    But that's fine.
    I don't wanna waste my arrows.
[20:38] Al
    Did we kill it?
[20:40] Ghelreis
    Do not let your guard down.
[20:41] Ghelreis
    A hydra's poison cannot be neutralized
    by your everyday miracle.
[20:45] Reystov
    A snake like this can still fight
    even when all its heads are cut off.
[20:51] Reystov
    You don't wanna get hurt
    fighting its death throes.
[20:57] Menel
    Will!
[20:58] Menel
    Take her! She's been bitten!
[21:02] Will
    Hang in there! I'll heal you right away!
[21:08] Dine
    You... can't...
[21:10] Dine
    Hydra poison... deadly...
[21:14] Will
    This is bad. The prayer of healing
    won't work if she refuses it.
[21:18] Menel
    Stop talking!
[21:21] Dine
    No...
[21:23] Dine
    North... my people's... village...
[21:28] Menel
    Seriously, stop!
    Just let him help you, brethren!
[21:33] Dine
    Breth...ren?
[21:36] Menel
    He's no ordinary priest.
[21:38] Menel
    Fellow forest dweller, you can be saved.
    So accept his miracle.
[21:44] Menel
    Pray!
SIGN    The Land of Flowers

E8 - The Land of Flowers

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SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    The Land of Flowers
[01:39] Dine
    What are you doing?!
[01:40] Menel
    Waking you up with an intense kiss.
[01:43] Menel
    How are you feeling, fellow forest dweller?
[01:45] Menel
    Feel like you want to puke,
    head hurt, anything like that?
[01:48] Dine
    S-Such crude speech!
[01:51] Menel
    Sure sounds like you're feeling well.
[01:54] Dine
    Wait... When you said k-kiss...
[01:58] Dine
    Don't tell me you...
[01:59] Menel
    Relax. It was just a wine bottle.
SIGN    The stars shine upon our meeting.
[02:11] Menel
    Sorry for startling you.
    I wasn't brought up that well.
[02:15] Menel
    I'm Meneldor of Isil.
[02:18] Dine
    I am Dinelind of Remmirath,
[02:20] Dine
    swift-winged eagle of the silver moon.
[02:25] Menel
    May our meeting be blessed,
[02:28] Menel
    young lady embodying the enchanting
    silence of the shining net of stars.
[02:33] Dine
    So you can speak normally.
[02:36] Menel
    Elf etiquette really isn't my thing.
[02:39] Menel
    Don't make me say any more than that.
[02:44] Dine
    My apologies.
    Might you be the leader of this group?
[02:49] Dine
    A pleasure to make your acquaintance.
    I am Dinelind.
[02:53] Will
    I'm William G. Maryblood.
[02:57] Dine
    You saved my life.
[02:59] Dine
    I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
[03:04] Dine
    Slay the dragon?
[03:06] Dine
    Just the five of you?
    Are you serious?
[03:09] Menel
    You think we'd come this far into the
    middle of nowhere if we weren't?
[03:13] Dine
    You, perhaps, but I'm sure
    William would do no such thing.
[03:17] Dine
    He seems quite honest and sincere.
[03:19] Menel
    Tch.
[03:21] Will
    I realize it's crazy.
[03:24] Will
    But we still have to do it.
[03:27] Dine
    I see. You are brave.
[03:31] Will
    Why were you taking on a
    hydra in a place like that?
[03:35] Dine
    It is somewhat of a long story...
[03:38] Menel
    Let's eat first, then.
[03:41] Menel
    You can't trust an elf's "somewhat."
[03:50] Al
    Um... Is that okay?
[03:53] Dine
    Huh?
[03:54] Al
    I mean... I thought elves didn't eat meat...
[03:58] Dine
    The only elves who don't eat meat
[04:00] Dine
    are those who have undergone a great deal of
    training to enhance their spirit qualities.
[04:06] Dine
    This is delicious.
[04:08] Menel
    You look like you haven't eaten in ages.
[04:11] Dine
    Do you not have some inkling as to
    what I was doing in that place?
[04:17] Menel
    Because a proud elf cannot
    abandon the weak, right?
[04:24] Dine
    Yes.
[04:26] Menel
    It's how they reduce their numbers.
[04:29] Menel
    Even if there's not enough
    food to support everyone,
[04:32] Menel
    elves never cast the sick or elderly aside.
[04:36] Menel
    The young, healthy ones who can fight
[04:39] Menel
    voluntarily leave their
    own communities instead.
[04:42] Dine
    Exactly. To banish those who
    are weak is unthinkable.
[04:47] Menel
    You're an elf through and through.
[04:49] Dine
    What does that mean?
    Are you belittling me?
[04:51] Menel
    It was a compliment. Jeez...
[04:54] Ghelreis
    Elves never change, I see.
[04:57] Will
    Dinelind, would you take us to your village?
[05:01] Will
    If you can show us how
    to get to the mountains,
[05:04] Will
    we'll do everything we can.
[05:07] Dine
    You can call me Dine.
[05:14] Reystov
    Looks pretty bad.
[05:17] Menel
    There's more than just the demons'
    Words of Taboo at work here.
[05:21] Dine
    Yes. It's the evil dragon's miasma.
[05:25] Al
    The evil dragon?
[05:26] Dine
    It defiles the forest,
[05:28] Dine
    degrading it year after year,
    as if it is necrosing.
[05:32] Dine
    There are more and more
    strange beasts, as well.
[05:34] Dine
    The fog and mire block our
    contact with other clans.
[05:39] Dine
    The mountains, our only landmark,
[05:42] Dine
    are now the dragon's and demons' den.
[05:51] Dine
    That sums it up.
[05:53] Al
    But the dragon is supposed
    to be in the mountains.
[05:56] Al
    How has the miasma come this far?
[06:00] Dine
    Through underground tunnels
    built by the dwarfs.
[06:06] Dine
    The dragon's miasma pours into all parts
    of the forest from underground tunnels.
[06:11] Al
    Th-That's...
[06:15] Dine
    Don't worry.
[06:16] Dine
    Your people are not to blame.
[06:29] Dine
    The powers of the fae have
    weakened throughout this region,
[06:32] Dine
    and the water, air, and food are all poisoned.
[06:38] Dine
    Lothdor...
[06:40] Dine
    The days when it was a beautiful
    land of flowers have long passed.
[06:44] Dine
    Now it is, at best, the land of the half-dead.
[06:48] Dine
    So we never imagined heroes would come
    from outside to slay the dragon.
[06:56] Dine
    Welcome to Lothdor.
[06:58] Dine
    I warmly welcome you, heroes.
[07:03] Will
    Please allow me to heal your critically ill.
[07:05] Elf ElderA
    Can we allow human strangers who
    have appeared from nowhere...
[07:10] Elf ElderB
    ...access to our weakened compatriots?
[07:14] Dine
    These people—
[07:15] Chief Elder
    This offer has come...
[07:16] Chief Elder
    from a warrior with weapons most impressive.
[07:23] Will
    Let me cure that cough for you.
[07:25] Chief Elder
    Wait... I should not be the one...
[07:28] Will
    Goddess of light, Gracefeel...
[07:42] Chief Elder
    The coughing stopped...
[07:46] Will
    Gather together those who display
    the most severe symptoms.
[07:49] Will
    I'll visit those who are too
    critically ill to move in order.
[07:52] Chief Elder
    But healing through blessings takes a great
    toll on one's vitality and concentration.
[07:59] Chief Elder
    If you heal so many...
[08:01] Will
    If it's a hundred or two,
    it won't be a problem.
[08:05] Will
    I'll heal them all.
[08:40] Will
    Goddess of light...
[08:51] Stagnate
    Using a poison-neutralizing
    blessing to sober yourself up?
[08:53] Stagnate
    How very tasteless.
[08:55] Will
    This is enemy territory.
    I can't let my guard down.
[08:59] Stagnate
    Is your journey going well?
[09:01] Will
    Yes, for now—ouch!
[09:07] Stagnate
    A warning from Gracefeel, eh?
[09:10] Stagnate
    Gracefeel truly does love you.
[09:14] Stagnate
    What do you say?
    Wouldn't you like me to love you, too?
[09:18] Will
    Spare me your jokes.
[09:20] Will
    Well? What do you want?
[09:22] Stagnate
    Only to warn you.
[09:26] Stagnate
    If you wish to turn back,
    this will likely be your last chance.
[09:31] Stagnate
    If you attempt this, you will die.
[09:35] Stagnate
    Flee now and amass more strength.
[09:39] Will
    If I do that, Al and his
    people will probably die.
[09:42] Stagnate
    Yes, the dwarfs will die.
[09:45] Stagnate
    When the dragon eventually awakens for real,
[09:48] Stagnate
    many thousands will die,
    human and elf alike.
[09:53] Stagnate
    But the damage done by the evil dragon
[09:56] Stagnate
    will bring more followers to you
    and your goddess, Gracefeel.
[10:00] Stagnate
    Many skilled warriors from across the
    land will rise to slay the dragon.
[10:06] Stagnate
    Among them will surely be
    disciples of the virtuous gods,
[10:09] Stagnate
    and you will lead them.
[10:12] Stagnate
    Gracefeel will have regained her power,
    and you will earn her blessing.
[10:16] Stagnate
    Then it will be possible for your blade
    to reach the evil dragon's throat.
[10:21] Stagnate
    I am loathe to even suggest this,
[10:25] Stagnate
    but it would be best to
    permit some sacrifices.
[10:28] Stagnate
    It would not be cowardly. It
    would be an act of bravery.
[10:34] Will
    I can't do that.
[10:35] Stagnate
    Why? Are you so desperate to save everyone?
[10:39] Stagnate
    Even if several thousand are
    sacrificed in this way,
[10:42] Stagnate
    should you die now, tens of thousands
    more will die in the future.
[10:48] Stagnate
    You would rather endanger ten times,
    even a hundred times, as many lives?
[10:53] Stagnate
    And a warrior comparable to you
    will not show up immediately.
[10:59] Will
    I understand what you've said.
[11:01] Stagnate
    Then—
[11:02] Will
    But the moment I accept your proposal,
[11:05] Will
    my promise and my faith
    will be both be broken.
[11:09] Will
    You've made a sound argument
    with full knowledge of that
[11:13] Will
    in hopes of breaking my spirit...
[11:15] Will
    In hopes of bringing me to your side.
[11:18] Will
    Am I wrong?
[11:22] Will
    I'm a weak person.
[11:24] Will
    I'll just drift in the easiest
    direction, lose heart, and give up.
[11:27] Will
    I realize I'm just a human
    with an ever-changing heart.
[11:33] Will
    But the goddess taught me
    that I can still start over.
[11:39] Will
    I met family and friends I could cherish,
[11:43] Will
    and I found things I need to
    do and things I want to do.
[11:46] Will
    And that's why I'm going
    to see them through.
[11:49] Will
    Until the moment I fall over dead,
[11:51] Will
    I will continue to serve
    as her hand and her sword.
[11:55] Will
    On the light of Gracefeel.
[11:58] Stagnate
    Rats. I've failed to persuade you yet again.
[12:04] Stagnate
    You are correct.
[12:07] Stagnate
    Your soul is not very strong.
[12:10] Stagnate
    If you give up, you will lose heart
    and fall. That's all it's worth.
[12:15] Stagnate
    Still, you have turned my
    expectations on their head.
[12:19] Stagnate
    You took me on and defeated me.
[12:25] Stagnate
    In a paradoxical way,
    I suppose that's what makes you a hero.
[12:31] Will
    I never set out with the
    intention of being a hero.
[12:35] Stagnate
    You realize your own weakness,
[12:37] Stagnate
    but you make it your reason
    not to give up or lose heart,
[12:40] Stagnate
    and even death cannot deter you
    from doing what you believe in.
[12:43] Stagnate
    That is precisely what
    people call being a hero.
[12:47] Stagnate
    I will say it one more time.
[12:49] Stagnate
    Become mine, paladin.
[12:52] Stagnate
    You will serve as my right hand.
[12:55] Stagnate
    Let us kill the dragon, take down
    all heroes, destroy all the gods,
[13:00] Stagnate
    and conquer this world.
[13:03] Stagnate
    You and I.
[13:06] Will
    I respectfully decline.
[13:08] Will
    After all, I know you don't like
    to see heroes fall from grace.
[13:17] Will
    I won't be swayed by your invitation.
[13:19] Will
    I will continue to be your enemy.
[13:23] Will
    Because I respect you.
[13:28] Stagnate
    Still, what a shame!
[13:30] Stagnate
    You will die. The dragon will rip you apart.
[13:34] Stagnate
    Farewell, my foolish, clever enemy!
[13:43] Menel
    Come on, just let me go already.
[13:45] Dine
    I told you, I can't let you go!
[13:48] Dine
    I see it's true that elves
    of Isil have no principles!
[13:51] Menel
    I don't wanna hear that from a "keep
    it face-to-face" Remmirath elf!
[13:54] Will
    Oh, just a lovers' squabble?
[13:58] Menel
    Hang on, now.
[13:59] Dine
    What did you just say?
[14:01] Will
    E-Eh...
[14:04] Dine
    We have no time to waste on love affairs.
[14:08] Will
    Th-That's true...
[14:10] Menel
    Yeah, not at a time like this.
[14:12] Menel
    Even I can catch that much of a clue.
[14:14] Will
    And if it wasn't a time like this?
[14:16] Menel
    I'd say it, sure. I mean, she's pretty.
[14:18] Dine
    Pr—
[14:19] Menel
    Dropping a slick compliment or two
    whenever I see her is just good manners.
[14:25] Will
    I guess I just don't get it...
[14:27] Dine
    You really are just ectoccako niragamose!
[14:31] Menel
    Yeah, well, I'd say you're onomoc nag.
[14:34] Dine
    Excuse me?!
[14:37] Will
    The local Lord of the Forest?
[14:38] Menel
    Yeah. I should be able to
    heal it, at least a little.
[14:42] Will
    Oh, right. The way you are now...
[14:46] Dine
    Absolutely not!
[14:47] Menel
    Okay, look...
[14:49] Will
    You know, Menel can be trusted.
[14:52] Dine
    I do trust what you two say.
[14:56] Dine
    There's no telling how many
    elves you saved last night.
[14:59] Dine
    I'm grateful to you.
[15:01] Will
    Then, why?
[15:03] Dine
    The area around the Lord of the
    Forest is demon beast territory.
[15:07] Dine
    It's not our land.
[15:09] Will
    Then...
[15:10] Dine
    We should depend on you?
[15:13] Dine
    Ask you to fight yet another battle,
[15:17] Dine
    when you're heading into one already?
[15:20] Dine
    Beg you to help us because we
    can't handle it ourselves,
[15:23] Dine
    to put off what you came here to do?
[15:26] Dine
    I absolutely refuse!
[15:28] Dine
    I will not make such a shameless request!
[15:32] Menel
    See? That's an elf for ya.
[15:35] Ghelreis
    The elves truly haven't changed.
[15:38] Will
    What should we do?
[15:40] Ghelreis
    Whatever you want.
[15:42] Will
    I see. Okay, let's do that.
[15:45] Will
    Do you know where in the forest he is?
[15:47] Menel
    He's weak, but I can sense him.
[15:49] Will
    Ghelreis, round up Al and Reystov for us.
[15:53] Will
    Have them come fully armed.
[15:54] Ghelreis
    Right.
[15:55] Dine
    Wait a minute!
    What are you talking about?
[15:58] Will
    A demon beast extermination, of course.
[16:00] Dine
    I just told you, we—
[16:02] Menel
    But there's no reason to
    complain if we do it, right?
[16:05] Menel
    Just so you know, a few magic beasts
    aren't enough to beat me or him.
[16:12] Dine
    Oh, fine, then!
[16:14] Dine
    I'll go call for some of our best talents!
[16:17] Dine
    Don't you dare leave on your own!
[16:20] Dine
    The demon beasts who've made the Lord of the
    Forest's throne their turf are insect-types.
[16:26] Dine
    The earwigs' defensive power
    is particularly troublesome.
[16:30] Al
    This must be it!
[16:35] Ghelreis
    This will make good training.
[16:38] Dine
    And purple moths attack from the sky!
[16:41] Menel
    Right.
[16:44] Dine
    Careful! Their wing scales are poison!
[16:47] Menel
    Got it.
[16:52] Menel
    Okay, let's go.
[17:31] Will
    Good job.
[17:32] Menel
    Yep.
[17:34] Dine
    William, are you sure about this?
[17:37] Will
    Why do you ask?
[17:39] Dine
    If the dragon or the demons
    notice you doing this...
[17:44] Will
    That would be bad.
[17:45] Dine
    Then—
[17:47] Will
    But...
[17:49] Will
    To ignore this and move
    on would be even worse.
[17:52] Will
    Al, Reystov, Ghelreis...
[17:56] Will
    I'm sorry for getting you all
    involved in my own problem.
[17:59] Al
    You don't need to worry.
[18:00] Al
    Without you, we wouldn't
    have even made it this far.
[18:06] Ghelreis
    The young master is correct.
[18:08] Reystov
    Yeah. Nothing new.
[18:10] Reystov
    I'm more worried about you.
[18:12] Reystov
    You're planning to just charge
    straight in, aren't you?
[18:14] Will
    Yes.
[18:15] Dine
    What? Straight in?
[18:17] Will
    Could you show me to the
    nearest underground tunnel?
[18:20] Will
    One that leads to the Rust Mountains,
    where the dragon is.
[18:25] Will
    If the enemy is going to find us,
    better sooner than later.
[18:29] Will
    Please.
[18:31] Dine
    Very well.
[18:35] Dine
    I will send one back to the
    village to inform them.
[18:38] Dine
    So take the rest of us with
    you to where the dragon is.
[18:41] Dine
    We can be decoys or shields, at least.
[18:44] Will
    No need for that. You lack the strength.
[18:48] Will
    We can't afford to take
    people who'll slow us down.
[18:52] Dine
    After you've done so much for us,
[18:55] Dine
    you'll simply march on to your death?
[18:58] Will
    Yes.
[18:59] Dine
    How humiliating.
[19:02] Dine
    Very well. We shall do as you say.
[19:06] Elf WarriorA
    But, Dinelind!
[19:07] Elf WarriorB
    This is just too—
[19:09] Dine
    Would you add another layer to our shame
    by averting your eyes to our weakness?
[19:15] Dine
    Right now, no matter how hard we fight,
    we are sick and weak.
[19:21] Dine
    We are weaklings.
[19:25] Dine
    This way. Follow me.
[19:30] Menel
    You should've let me do that.
[19:32] Will
    No, I needed to be the one to say it.
[19:38] Ghelreis
    The west gate...
[19:40] Ghelreis
    I never dreamed I would come here again.
[19:44] Al
    This is the entrance to the Iron Country...
[19:48] Dine
    You're really going on?
[19:51] Will
    Yes.
SIGN    Knock, and it shall be opened
[19:53] Will
    "Pulsate et aperietur vobis."
[19:57] Will
    Al, knock on the door. That's the signal.
[20:01] Al
    Sir Will...
[20:03] Al
    Are you sure I should do it?
[20:05] Will
    No one has the right to
    open this door but you.
[20:11] Al
    Right.
[20:46] Will
    Fortia!
SIGN    Strength
[20:54] Will
    They did notice us.
[20:57] Ghelreis
    The Calamity's Sickle...
[20:59] Al
    The evil dragon, Valacirca...
[21:03] Menel
    Damn it.
[21:08] Dine
    You...
[21:10] Dine
    You intend to go up against this?
[21:13] Will
    Yes. That's what we came for.
[21:17] Will
    Lumen.
SIGN    Light
[21:20] Will
    We came to reclaim the mountains,
[21:22] Will
    to reclaim peace.
[21:25] Will
    So we'll be going now.
[21:30] Dine
    Wait!
[21:33] Dine
    We, the elves of Lothdor,
    will not forget our debt to you.
[21:38] Dine
    I hereby swear to our
    ancestral god, Rhea Silvia,
[21:42] Dine
    that we will return the favor one day.
[21:47] Dine
    I pray the blessings of the virtuous
    gods and the spirits of courage
[21:51] Dine
    will be with you as you go.
SIGN    A Warrior's Fire

E9 - A Warrior's Fire

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[00:03] Dine
    Wait!
[00:06] Dine
    We, the elves of Lothdor,
    will not forget our debt to you.
[00:10] Dine
    I hereby swear to our
    ancestral god, Rhea Silvia,
[00:15] Dine
    that we will return the favor one day.
[00:20] Dine
    I pray the blessings of the virtuous
    gods and the spirits of courage
[00:24] Dine
    will be with you as you go.
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    A Warrior's Fire
[02:10] Menel
    Ugh.
[02:12] Will
    Wouldn't want to be in here too long.
[02:14] Reystov
    We were right not to use fire.
[02:17] Reystov
    The air is stagnant.
[02:19] Al
    Sir William cast a spell of
    poison resistance on all of us,
[02:22] Al
    but it's still a nasty feeling.
[02:25] Al
    Poor visibility, too.
[02:27] Al
    The possibility of enemy encounters
    and traps is terrifying.
[02:31] Will
    We are up against demons, after all.
[02:33] Will
    Some crawl on the walls and ceilings.
    Some even have wings.
[02:38] Will
    Keep that in the back of your mind as we
    keep our focus in front and to our sides.
[02:43] Will
    We'll post a guard occasionally
    and take short breaks.
[02:46] Al
    Right.
[02:55] Menel
    Stop.
[02:58] Menel
    There's a trap. I'll disarm it.
[03:02] Will
    Do you know where we are?
[03:05] Ghelreis
    We should be coming up on the Hall of Stone.
[03:07] Ghelreis
    The paths diverge drastically from there.
[03:12] Menel
    All good. Let's go.
[03:15] Will
    Yeah.
[03:20] Ghelreis
    Surprising.
[03:22] Will
    Yes. We weren't attacked
    by demons even once.
[03:26] Al
    Could that mean... well...
[03:28] Al
    that the dragon and the demons
    are not actually a monolith?
[03:33] Menel
    We can't say that for certain yet.
[03:36] Menel
    Maybe they're all assembled in
    the Hall of Stone just ahead
[03:39] Menel
    and are waiting to ambush us.
[03:41] Will
    But if there's no ambush,
    it'll mean Al's right.
[03:45] Menel
    Wait.
[03:52] Reystov
    What is it?
[03:54] Menel
    I hear something.
[03:55] Menel
    The sound of clanking metal...
    and footsteps coming and going.
[04:00] Will
    Is it an ambush?
[04:01] Menel
    I don't know.
[04:03] Menel
    All I can say for sure is
    that something's out there.
[04:06] Al
    Um... Does that mean this is, uh...
[04:09] Will
    Yeah.
[04:13] Will
    Ghelreis and I will go in
    first with our shields up.
[04:16] Will
    Menel, back us up from the corridor.
[04:19] Will
    Al and Reystov, stand by.
[04:21] Will
    We'll watch for our chance to charge in.
[05:08] SkeletonA
    Ah, we have dwarfs. Humans and an elf, too.
[05:13] SkeletonB
    I thought Lothdor had fallen.
[05:16] SkeletonC
    Did this one escape?
[05:17] SkeletonC
    Don't worry, brethren. You're safe here.
[05:28] SkeletonD
    How goes the battle?
[05:30] SkeletonE
    You must have had a rough time.
[05:36] Ghelreis
    Everyone...
[05:37] SkeletonD
    Oh! I know you! You're Ghelreis!
[05:41] SkeletonD
    I thought you got out.
[05:44] SkeletonE
    Did you get out and then come back?
    That's just like you.
[05:49] SkeletonC
    You've got guts, though.
[05:51] SkeletonC
    You'll add the strength of
    a hundred to our ranks.
[05:54] SkeletonC
    Fight with us!
[06:05] Will
    Al...
[06:07] Al
    I think... I should be the one to tell them.
[06:22] SkeletonA
    King Aurvangr?
[06:24] SkeletonB
    No, this isn't the king.
    He should be in the throne room.
[06:31] Al
    My name is Vindalfr!
[06:35] Al
    I carry within me the blood of Aurvangr,
    the last king of the Iron Country!
[06:40] SkeletonB
    The last? He is not the last!
[06:43] SkeletonA
    We are still here.
    The Iron Country has not yet fallen.
[06:49] Al
    That is a fine estacade.
    You are well-prepared.
[06:53] Al
    I can tell you have continued
    to repair and improve it.
[06:57] SkeletonC
    That's right.
    It is the pinnacle of our technology.
[07:01] SkeletonE
    We will not allow the demons to enter here.
[07:06] Al
    I see.
[07:08] Al
    But...
[07:14] Al
    Despite all this,
    the Iron Country has fallen!
[07:17] Al
    All of the warriors died!
[07:20] Al
    The great King Aurvangr died!
[07:22] Al
    Lothdor has tragically withered away,
[07:24] Al
    and the Iron Country
    is now the Rust Mountains,
[07:28] Al
    where a dragon and demons lurk!
[07:30] SkeletonA
    That... cannot be.
[07:34] SkeletonD
    The Iron Country... cannot fall...
[07:38] Al
    You know it to be true!
[07:39] Al
    Do not avert your eyes from the
    truth, brave dwarf warriors!
[07:47] Al
    My grandfather, Aurvangr,
    struck back at the evil dragon
[07:51] Al
    and took one of his eyes!
[07:53] Al
    It was a heroic act celebrated
    by the gods themselves!
[07:56] Al
    And I, Vindalfr, have committed
    myself to carrying on his heroism,
[08:02] Al
    alongside the heroes of the present day!
[08:05] Al
    It is true that the Iron Country has fallen.
[08:08] Al
    But I pray they may now sit at the
    side of our ancestral god Blaze,
[08:14] Al
    as well as that of Gracefeel,
    goddess of light!
[08:18] Al
    I hereby swear on the names of all the
    virtuous gods and our ancestral spirits
[08:24] Al
    that I will bring back the Iron
    Country's former prosperity!
[08:28] Al
    The kiln fires have not yet gone out!
[08:30] Al
    Their flames will spread,
    burning off all the rust,
[08:34] Al
    and the Rust Mountains will be
    the Iron Mountains once more!
[08:45] Al
    So... please rest now.
[08:50] Al
    You have all done more than enough.
[09:26] Ghelreis
    Young master... Well said.
[09:29] Ghelreis
    Let us drive away the demons
    and see your promise through.
[09:34] Ghelreis
    I will protect you even if
    it costs me my ancient life.
[09:38] Al
    I wouldn't exchange that for your life.
[09:42] Al
    There is still much I
    need to learn from you.
[09:45] Al
    About these mountains...
[09:48] Al
    and about how to fight.
[09:52] Menel
    Who makes pain-in-the-ass promises
    about rebuilding nations?
[09:57] Menel
    Talk about dumb.
[09:58] Al
    Unlike the vows you and Sir Will made,
[10:01] Al
    at least mine has an end in sight,
    so it's not as dumb as yours.
[10:07] Reystov
    We must win first, and then survive.
[10:11] Al
    Yes.
[10:13] Al
    Sir Will, I apologize for the delay.
[10:16] Al
    Let us proceed. Your orders?
[10:18] Will
    You don't need to call me "Sir" anymore.
[10:22] Will
    I can't make a king be my thane.
[10:25] Al
    But that's...
[10:26] Al
    No. You are still Sir Will,
[10:30] Al
    the peerless knight that
    I admire and respect.
[10:35] Will
    I see. I guess I can't stop you, then.
[10:40] Will
    That was very commendable. Well done.
[10:44] Will
    I'm sure they all felt blessed, as well.
[10:47] Al
    Yes!
[10:49] Al
    U-Um...
[10:51] Al
    Should I be somewhat grateful to
    the god of the undead, as well?
[10:55] Will
    Uh...
[10:57] Will
    J-Just a little bit couldn't hurt, I guess?
[11:11] Will
    I know it was necessary,
[11:14] Will
    but it looks like we lost
    a little too much time.
[11:21] Will
    Let's go.
[11:23] Will
    We must take back the Iron Country,
[11:25] Will
    the nation of the dwarfs.
[11:30] Will
    By the light of Gracefeel!
[12:01] Ghelreis
    Go right at the next branch!
[12:03] Al
    Right!
[12:06] Menel
    Having such rough-and-tumble guys
    out in front makes this easy.
[12:12] Menel
    Will, doing okay?
[12:13] Will
    Yeah. There's not that much
    pressure from the rear.
[12:16] Will
    I can handle it on my own.
[12:19] Menel
    Just fine covering our
    rear on your own, huh?
[12:21] Menel
    You're as brilliant as ever, I see.
[12:24] Will
    I'm really not.
[12:27] Will
    I'm not alone, after all.
[12:31] Ghelreis
    We will soon reach the Hall of Light.
[12:33] Ghelreis
    The dragon is likely in the
    Great Cavern just beyond there.
[12:37] Ghelreis
    I imagine the demons will be waiting
    to intercept us in the Hall of Light.
[12:41] Ghelreis
    It is the throne room where the great
    King Aurvangr delivered his last speech.
[12:47] Al
    We have to take it back.
[12:49] Will
    Yeah. Let's take it back!
[12:51] Menel
    Well, if you say so.
[12:53] Menel
    I'll back you up, at least.
[12:55] Reystov
    Yeah. Everything that was
    stolen should be taken back.
[13:08] Will
    Is that...
[13:32] Will
    I think that's...
[13:34] Will
    The general... Scarabaeus.
[13:44] Al
    Sir Will, please let me handle him.
[13:49] Will
    Al... no, Vindalfr.
[13:52] Will
    I wish you luck.
[13:54] Al
    Thank you.
[13:57] Menel
    Wha... Hey!
[13:58] Will
    It's all right, Menel.
[14:00] Will
    Let him go.
[14:01] Menel
    Hang on a minute!
[14:02] Menel
    That's a general!
    It's way out of his league!
[14:08] Will
    Still...
[14:10] Will
    This is Al's battle.
[14:12] Will
    A king's battle for his throne.
[14:34] Ghelreis
    I don't like that look on its face.
[14:36] Will
    It's strong.
[14:38] Menel
    You're gonna let him die for
    some warrior's hang-up?
[14:41] Menel
    You're not the only one
    who taught him, you know.
[14:45] Reystov
    Yes, but either way...
[14:48] Will
    I doubt we'll have a chance to interfere.
[14:58] Menel
    Guess that's what you meant!
[15:05] Menel
    Hey, Al! If you can't handle it,
    just stay alive until we win!
[15:08] Menel
    Don't die!
[15:10] Al
    Thank you, Sir Menel. But...
[15:14] Al
    I will win! I will beat him!
[15:17] Al
    I swear on her light, and on his flames,
[15:21] Al
    that this denizen of the
    mountains will defeat you!
SIGN    We will slay you all! Taste the axe of the dwarfs!
[16:07] Will
    Currere, Oleum!
SIGN    Run, Oil
[16:28] Will
    A blessing?!
[16:38] Will
    I want to use Words that erase magic, but...
[16:42] Menel
    Damn it!
[16:52] Will
    Al!
[16:53] Al
    It's... all right.
[16:57] Al
    I will... not lose.
[17:00] Al
    On my vow... and on the
    hopes of my brethren...
[17:06] Al
    I will...
[17:12] Al
    take back our homeland!
[17:40] Al
    I'll be taking back what you stole from us!
[18:07] Blood
    They go into battle with
    their very souls on fire.

[18:11] Blood
    They don't fear death.
[18:14] Al
    I've taken out the enemy general!
[18:22] Will
    It's not over yet, Al!
    Keep it up a little longer!
[18:25] Al
    Of course!
[18:34] Will
    We're nearing our limit.
[18:39] Will
    But this is their last commander!
[18:47] Will
    Discede!
SIGN    Leave
[18:59] Will
    Ghelreis, stand guard.
[19:02] Ghelreis
    Right.
[19:03] Will
    Let's heal you.
[19:21] Menel
    Man, I really thought we were all dead meat.
[19:25] Menel
    Five of us charging into the demons'
    base was definitely reckless.
[19:30] Menel
    Well done, my man. You did great.
[19:33] Al
    N-No, I didn't really...
[19:42] Will
    You took it all back.
    The mountains and the crown.
[19:46] Al
    No, not quite.
[19:49] Al
    I haven't taken everything back yet.
[19:52] Will
    Yeah, you're right.
[19:54] Al
    But as soon as I do,
[19:57] Al
    I'd like you to put this crown on my head.
[20:00] Will
    Huh? Isn't that something only
    high-ranking clergymen can do?
[20:05] Menel
    Isn't that what you are?
[20:06] Will
    Oh.
[20:12] Will
    Let's go.
[20:13] Reystov
    Wait.
[20:14] Reystov
    Look over there.
[20:17] Al
    Scarabaeus's body is gone...
[20:19] Ghelreis
    Hm? But his head is still here.
[20:22] Reystov
    Demons are supposed to turn
    to dust when they die.
[20:25] Al
    Yet even after being beheaded, he...
[20:27] Will
    Let's track him.
[20:33] Ghelreis
    He's heading toward the Great Cavern.
[20:36] Will
    To get help from the dragon?
[20:38] Reystov
    He may also just be wandering around
    blindly on reflexive bodily movements.
[20:43] Will
    The miasma is getting thicker and thicker.
[20:46] Will
    Everyone, be careful.
[20:56] Ghelreis
    This is the Great Cavern.
[21:01] Will
    Let's get searching.
[21:14] Will
    There he is!
[21:17] Will
    What is he...
[21:33] Valacirca
    So weak...
[21:53] Valacirca
    Welcome to my bedchamber.
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains

E10 - The Lord of the Rust Mountains

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[00:14] Valacirca
    So weak...
[00:34] Valacirca
    Welcome to my bedchamber.
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
[02:26] Valacirca
    Weak one...
[02:28] Valacirca
    One destined to die...
[02:32] Valacirca
    I ask your name.
[02:40] Valacirca
    What is the matter?
[02:43] Valacirca
    Will you not give your name?
[02:47] Valacirca
    Can you not even speak?
[02:52] Will
    This is...
[02:53] Will
    an overwhelming predator...
[03:13] (Flashback) Mary
    You may try to deny feelings
    like fear and anxiety,
[03:16] (Flashback) Mary
    but it won't make them go away.
[03:18] (Flashback) Mary
    What you need in order to
    be confident is not pride,
[03:23] (Flashback) Mary
    and what you need in order to be
    courageous is not false bravado.
[03:32] (Flashback) Mary
    Everything begins with acceptance.
[03:50] Will
    If you're going to ask someone's name,
[03:52] Will
    should you not give your own first?
[03:55] Valacirca
    Ah...
[03:58] Valacirca
    It would seem that
[04:00] Valacirca
    you are not one of the lowly rabble
    who merely seek to plunder.
[04:07] Valacirca
    Then I shall give you my name.
[04:10] Valacirca
    I am the sickle of the gods:
    Calamity's Sickle.
[04:15] Valacirca
    I was born with the last flicker of a star,
[04:18] Valacirca
    and my life is eternal.
[04:22] Valacirca
    I am the lord of miasma and sulfur,
[04:24] Valacirca
    and brother of the lava...
[04:28] Valacirca
    Valacirca.
[04:34] Valacirca
    Now, answer me, small one.
[04:43] Will
    My grandfather was the Wandering Sage.
[04:45] Will
    One of my parents, my father,
    was the War Ogre of the star of Leo,
[04:50] Will
    and my mother was the beloved
    daughter of Mater.
[04:53] Will
    I am known as the Light of the Hinterlands,
[04:55] Will
    the Faraway Paladin,
[04:57] Will
    disciple of Gracefeel, the goddess of flux:
[05:00] Will
    William G. Maryblood.
[05:02] Will
    It is an honor to make your acquaintance,
    dragon of the age of gods.
[05:13] Valacirca
    What serendipity!
[05:16] Valacirca
    Those names fill me with nostalgia.
[05:19] Will
    Nostalgia?
[05:20] Valacirca
    Had they called on me
    before the demons did,
[05:26] Valacirca
    perhaps we may have fought side by side.
[05:34] Valacirca
    I detect a faint hint of the god
    of the undead's scent on you,
[05:37] Valacirca
    and you proclaim yourself a disciple
    of the goddess of light.
[05:41] Valacirca
    I see.
[05:43] Valacirca
    That explains the age disparity.
[05:48] Valacirca
    Now, I believe that concludes our
    introductions and inquiries.
[05:53] Will
    Yes.
[06:09] Valacirca
    Faraway Paladin...
[06:13] Valacirca
    Do you wish to take me as your servant?
[06:18] Valacirca
    Why does that surprise you so?
[06:21] Valacirca
    You and your companions
    destroyed the demons.
[06:25] Valacirca
    You are a danger even to me,
    and that is inconvenient.
[06:29] Valacirca
    So it is only natural that I would
    seek something new to depend upon.
[06:37] Valacirca
    I do have my ulterior motives, of course.
[06:42] Valacirca
    I will seek appropriate compensation.
[06:50] Valacirca
    Have no fear.
[06:53] Valacirca
    I do not wish to fight a brave
    warrior such as yourself.
[06:57] Will
    Yet in a few decades,
[06:59] Will
    you'll kill me, destroy everything,
    and change loyalties again.
[07:04] Will
    That's how you operate.
[07:19] Valacirca
    Splendid! Splendid! You are correct!
[07:31] Valacirca
    But it is not such a bad deal, is it?
[07:39] Will
    He's right.
[07:41] Will
    If I accept, I won't have to
    fight a losing battle now.
[07:45] Valacirca
    What reason do you have to fight me?
[07:50] Valacirca
    It is because you perceive me
    as a threat to innocent people
[07:54] Valacirca
    that you came to me armed with spear
    and determination, is it not?
[08:09] Valacirca
    Look. Now I am no threat.
[08:13] Valacirca
    I lower my head to you.
[08:21] Will
    What... is this?
[08:24] Valacirca
    Now, make your choice,
[08:27] Valacirca
    Faraway Paladin, hero of the modern age!
[08:31] Valacirca
    Show me that you have what
    it takes to control me!
[08:36] Valacirca
    Will you choose peace,
    or a battle resulting in your demise?
[08:41] Valacirca
    I am not a patient creature.
[08:45] Valacirca
    Choose quickly.
[08:55] Will
    What is this?
[08:57] Will
    Should I refuse?
[09:00] Will
    No, if I do that...
[09:03] Will
    What should I do?
[09:06] Will
    What choice should I make?
[09:27] Will
    Someone...
[09:49] Will
    That's right.
[09:51] Will
    I've already been saved... by her.
[09:55] Will
    If courage is something that
    can take a physical form,
[09:59] Will
    then in my heart now is...
[10:02] Will
    Menel, Reystov,
[10:05] Will
    Al, Ghelreis...
[10:08] Will
    The outcome of this conversation
    will decide everything.
[10:12] Will
    Be ready!
[10:18] Valacirca
    Well?
[10:20] Valacirca
    Have you decided?
[10:22] Valacirca
    Then choose, Faraway Paladin.
[10:27] Valacirca
    Will it be peace or death?
[10:30] Will
    I will not choose.
[10:31] Will
    It is you who must choose, Valacirca.
[10:36] Valacirca
    Oh?
[10:38] Valacirca
    And what choice am I to make?
[10:41] Will
    Will you mend your ways or not?
[10:50] Will
    Let's confirm one thing.
[10:52] Will
    The peace you speak of
[10:55] Will
    is a limited peace between you and me.
[10:58] Will
    It is not specifically peace for me,
[11:00] Will
    or for the innocent people.
[11:03] Will
    Am I wrong?
[11:08] Valacirca
    Indeed, you are correct!
[11:12] Will
    In which case, I have only one condition:
[11:16] Will
    mend your ways!
[11:19] Valacirca
    What am I to improve?
[11:22] Will
    Your extreme enthusiasm for constantly
    scheming and seeking conflict.
[11:27] Will
    If you swear to mend your ways
    and truly seek my patronage,
[11:33] Will
    I will also swear to the goddess
    of light that I will protect you.
[11:37] Will
    For as long as I live, I will defend
    you from all who are hostile to you.
[11:41] Will
    That is how I operate.
[11:45] Will
    Well?
[11:46] Will
    Will you choose to improve, or to fight?
[11:49] Will
    I would like your answer, dragon!
[12:11] Valacirca
    Well done!
[12:13] Valacirca
    You have successfully answered the
    dragon's riddle, Faraway Paladin!
[12:20] Valacirca
    You are no reckless boy flourishing
    his own strength for a lark,
[12:25] Valacirca
    nor are you cunning for the sake
    of protecting your own life.
[12:29] Valacirca
    You walk the path you consider to be
    righteous with valor and wisdom.
[12:35] Valacirca
    Marvelous!
[12:38] Valacirca
    You are in every way the successor
    to those heroes of old!
[12:42] Valacirca
    I acknowledge you as a true hero!
[12:53] Valacirca
    However, I refuse to make the
    choice to change my ways!
[13:10] Valacirca
    I am Valacirca!
[13:15] Valacirca
    I am the sickle of the gods:
    Calamity's Sickle.
[13:18] Valacirca
    I am the lord of miasma and sulfur,
[13:21] Valacirca
    and brother of the lava.
[13:23] Valacirca
    I live only because miasma
    poisons and kills,
[13:27] Valacirca
    and because lava boils hot!
[13:29] Valacirca
    War, disasters, feats of valor, treasure,
[13:33] Valacirca
    death, sacrificial maidens, and heroes:
[13:37] Valacirca
    what is a dragon without any of these?!
[13:41] Valacirca
    I am Valacirca!
[13:44] Valacirca
    The oldest and most powerful of dragons,
    feared even by the gods:
[13:48] Valacirca
    Valacirca!
[14:07] Valacirca
    Hero,
[14:09] Valacirca
    and warriors led by the hero...
[14:12] Valacirca
    I could kill all of you here
[14:15] Valacirca
    and add another new page
    to my terrifying history,
[14:20] Valacirca
    or I could be slain by you and be sung of
    as a feat of valor until the end of time.
[14:30] Valacirca
    Now, if you are prepared for the dragon's
    flames to burn your body and soul to naught
[14:34] Valacirca
    and erase you from the cycle
    of death and rebirth,
[14:38] Valacirca
    then I permit you to challenge me!
[14:44] Will
    This is the great dragon
    of the age of the gods...
[14:49] Will
    He's definitely an opponent I can respect.
[14:53] Will
    The Faraway Paladin,
    William G. Maryblood, is coming for you!
[15:03] Will
    Acceleratio!
SIGN    Accelerate
[15:13] Will
    Lamina!
SIGN    Blade
[15:19] Will
    Dragon scales...
[15:23] Gus
    If you do intend to fight him,
    you'll want to aim for his old wounds.
[15:27] Gus
    Dragon scales are tough.
[15:30] Gus
    I doubt even Blood could cut
    through them to his flesh.
[15:37] Will
    I can't keep chasing after Blood forever!
[15:47] Will
    Acceleratio!
SIGN    Accelerate
[15:59] Valacirca
    You can break through the protection
    of a dragon's scales, eh?
[16:01] Valacirca
    What perfect light exercise
    to keep me awake!
[16:08] Menel
    Hey!
[16:11] Menel
    Will's not the only one you're fighting!
[16:42] Valacirca
    I see.
[16:44] Valacirca
    Impressive teamwork!
SIGN    Burn, Flames
[16:54] Will
    Flammo Ignis!
[16:58] Menel
    Sylphs, sylphs, maidens of wind!
[17:27] Will
    Now!
SIGN    Be Tied, Knot, Binding
[17:28] Gus
    Ligatur, Nodus, Obligatio!
[17:34] Will
    Conciliat, Sequitur!
SIGN    Unite, Follow
[17:42] Valacirca
    Vastare!
SIGN    Devastate
[17:48] Will
    A triple cast! Gus's specialty!
[17:51] Will
    The trump card of trump cards that
    I burned into my eyes that day!
[17:55] Will
    Pallida Mors Aequo Pulsat Pede...
SIGN    Pale Death Kicks Equally
[18:01] Valacirca
    You would use that in a real battle?!
[18:03] Will
    Pauperum Tabernas Regumque Turres:
SIGN    Both Huts of Paupers and Towers of Kings
[18:10] Will
    Damnatio Memoriae!
SIGN    Damnation of Memory
[19:07] Al
    Did we win?
[19:09] Menel
    Looks like it.
[19:10] Ghelreis
    The moment of victory is
    surprisingly... unsatisfying.
[19:21] Menel
    Will?
[19:28] Will
    The dragon is destroyed...
[19:31] Will
    isn't it?
[19:34] Will
    Yet I don't feel certain of our victory.
[19:37] Will
    Not everything is resolved
    by a battle to the death.
[19:40] Will
    Sometimes, you win by pure chance.
[19:44] Will
    And yet...
[19:51] Will
    Is that... wind?
[19:56] Will
    No! It's not over!
[20:31] Will
    He... transformed?
[20:36] Valacirca
    Precisely!
[20:47] Will
    Words of Transformation...
[20:50] Will
    Words so risky that humans
    can't use them...
[20:54] Will
    But that's a good point.
[20:56] Will
    How was a huge beast like Valacirca able
    to get to this underground country?
[21:02] Valacirca
    Have you caught on?
[21:05] Valacirca
    That's right.
[21:11] Valacirca
    The Words are all too well-known to us!
[21:17] Valacirca
    I see.
[21:18] Valacirca
    With the Words of Obliteration,
    you could erase even me...
[21:24] Valacirca
    if your aim was true, that is.
[21:34] Will
    He even knows how to counter
    the ultimate destructive magic.
[21:39] Will
    No, the result would likely be the same,
    no matter what magic I chose.
[21:44] Will
    This dragon has fought every kind of
    Word on every kind of battlefield,
[21:49] Will
    and defeated them all.
[21:52] Will
    This...
[21:54] Will
    This is... a dragon.
SIGN    The Evil Dragon and the Goddess

E11 - The Evil Dragon and the Goddess

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[00:00] Will
    This dragon has fought every kind of
    Word on every kind of battlefield,
[00:05] Will
    and defeated them all.
[00:08] Will
    This...
[00:10] Will
    This is... a dragon.
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    The Evil Dragon and the Goddess
[01:46] Valacirca
    Well, now, Faraway Paladin...
[01:50] Valacirca
    You have fought bravely. I commend you.
[01:55] Valacirca
    Out of respect for the
    fight you have put up,
[01:58] Valacirca
    I offer you this proposal.
[02:03] Valacirca
    Have you any interest in serving me?
[02:10] Valacirca
    I see that you are wise to my intentions.
[02:13] Valacirca
    I am prepared to give you justification.
[02:18] Valacirca
    Should you refuse to accept my proposal,
[02:20] Valacirca
    I will burn your companions'
    very bones and souls to ashes.
[02:27] Valacirca
    Thus threatened, you had no choice
    but to capitulate to the dragon
[02:30] Valacirca
    in order to save your companions' lives.
[02:33] Valacirca
    Well? It serves as an appropriate
    excuse, does it not?
[02:41] Valacirca
    I have seen many humans with
    that very look in their eyes.
[02:46] Valacirca
    Even if I threaten to burn
    you to ashes yourself,
[02:49] Valacirca
    you will not bend or falter.
[02:53] Valacirca
    You are still trying to ensure that
    your companions do not catch on
[02:57] Valacirca
    as you continue to search for a
    way out of this predicament.
[03:01] Valacirca
    But no matter how hard you try,
    your effort is in vain.
[03:07] Valacirca
    Am I wrong?
[03:10] Valacirca
    No... There is one way
[03:14] Valacirca
    for you to avoid giving in to me.
[03:20] Valacirca
    You need only kill yourself.
[03:25] Valacirca
    You are loved by the goddess
    of flux, are you not?
[03:28] Valacirca
    Simply cut off your own head.
[03:32] Valacirca
    After all, the next world awaits you, yes?
[03:35] Valacirca
    And the next one after that?
[03:38] Valacirca
    And after that, and after that—
    you have infinite chances, do you not?
[03:45] Valacirca
    If you wish to prevent tragedy,
[03:47] Valacirca
    simply end your life, as you would throw
    a game board if you could not win.
[03:52] Valacirca
    Tell yourself, "Not here. Next time.
    This is not the time for me to fight."
[03:58] Will
    I won't choose that.
[04:01] Valacirca
    Very well, then.
[04:03] Valacirca
    One who sees his own life as
    no more valuable than that
[04:07] Valacirca
    is not worth having in my service.
[04:11] Valacirca
    Choose, then.
[04:14] Valacirca
    Will you side with me,
[04:16] Valacirca
    or will you fight me and die?
[04:19] Will
    I can well imagine what would
    happen if I sided with you.
[04:23] Will
    I cannot bow to you.
[04:26] Valacirca
    Your companions will die.
[04:28] Will
    We came here prepared for that possibility.
[04:32] Will
    If any of us are lost,
[04:34] Will
    so long as just one of us survives to put
    a blade to your throat, that's enough.
[04:39] Valacirca
    But surely you see that you
    have no chance of winning.
[04:44] Will
    I do.
[04:46] Will
    If I hit you thousands—millions—
    of times with this blade, I will win.
[04:53] Will
    Am I wrong?
[04:57] Valacirca
    Perhaps after many thousands of miracles.
[05:02] Will
    It doesn't matter how many thousands,
    millions, or billions it takes.
[05:06] Will
    If I have a chance at winning,
    at keeping my promise,
[05:10] Will
    I will bet on it.
[05:12] Will
    You're about to see how stubborn I can be.
[05:18] Will
    Evil dragon Valacirca!
[05:21] Valacirca
    Faraway Paladin.
[05:23] Will
    I will slay you!
[05:30] Valacirca
    I will strike you down before you can!
SIGN    Strong Life
[05:33] Will
    Fortis Vita!
[05:37] Will
    Acceleratio!
SIGN    Accelerate
SIGN    Falling Spiderweb
[05:41] Will
    Cadere Araneum!
[05:54] Will
    I need to try to keep them out of this!
SIGN    Words Fly
[05:59] Will
    Verba Volanto!
SIGN    Thunder
[06:01] Will
    Tonitrus!
SIGN    Devastate
[06:16] Will
    Vastare!
SIGN    Accelerate
[06:38] Will
    Acceleratio!
[06:57] Will
    Pale Moon...
[07:06] Will
    Valacirca is wounded all over, too.
[07:09] Will
    If I can just get Overeater into him
    somewhere and extract his life force...
[07:14] Valacirca
    Truly a shame.
[07:27] Valacirca
    I am familiar with that demonblade.
[07:31] Valacirca
    It is quite a threat, indeed.
[07:36] Valacirca
    It is said to have been
    forged by a demon king
[07:41] Valacirca
    in order to confront and kill
    the sword-obsessed High King.
[07:48] Valacirca
    But if one knows how it works,
[07:51] Valacirca
    it can be defeated.
[07:53] Valacirca
    Much like this.
[08:01] Will
    I guess he has no intention of
    fighting at close range anymore.
[08:06] Valacirca
    While it has been entertaining,
[08:08] Valacirca
    I never dreamed a mere human could
    make a fight so difficult,
[08:16] Valacirca
    Faraway Paladin, William G. Maryblood.
[08:22] Will
    My mana's already...
[08:24] Valacirca
    I commend you for giving me so many wounds.
[08:30] Valacirca
    Were we merely testing each other's skills,
[08:34] Valacirca
    I might have placed a wreath
    of victory on your head
[08:38] Valacirca
    for putting up such a
    fight against a dragon.
[08:41] Valacirca
    Your strength rivals that of the
    heroes of the age of gods.
[08:46] Valacirca
    You are a true man of power—
[08:50] Valacirca
    a hero of the present age!
[08:53] Valacirca
    However...
[08:55] Valacirca
    This is a battle to the death!
[09:02] Valacirca
    I will not make you suffer.
[09:05] Valacirca
    At the very least, you can...
[09:07] Valacirca
    die quickly!
[09:11] Will
    I swore an oath to the goddess!
[09:24] Valacirca
    A Herald? Too weak to send an Echo, then?
[09:28] Valacirca
    A wasted effort, goddess of light!
[09:45] Will
    Goddess...
[09:49] Valacirca
    You value your hero's life that much?
[09:54] Valacirca
    But the intervention of a mere Herald
    from a single god changes nothing!
[10:14] Valacirca
    Paladin...
[10:16] Valacirca
    You have proven yourself
    worthy to die by my breath.
[10:21] Valacirca
    I will hold your image within my memory,
[10:25] Valacirca
    but I will burn you to ash,
    body and soul, down to the last bone!
[10:30] Stagnate
    No, no. I can't have that.
[10:33] Valacirca
    Who goes there?!
[10:45] Stagnate
    This hero is my prey. My enemy.
[10:50] Stagnate
    I am certain of that
    after seeing him fight.
[10:54] Stagnate
    And I won't have him defeated by
    another right in front of me.
[10:58] Valacirca
    The god of the undead, Stagnate?!
[11:07] Stagnate
    Well, now, evil dragon Valacirca...
[11:12] Stagnate
    I believe you said the intervention of a
    mere Herald from a single god changes nothing.
[11:21] Stagnate
    You are right.
[11:23] Stagnate
    That is the prophecy I gave him, as well.
[11:26] Stagnate
    Heroes are insufficient,
[11:28] Stagnate
    and heroes with the goddess of light
    on their side are still insufficient.
[11:32] Stagnate
    They stand no chance of slaying the
    evil dragon, Calamity's Sickle.
[11:37] Stagnate
    But come to think of it,
[11:38] Stagnate
    I didn't consider what the intervention
    of two gods could do.
[11:42] Stagnate
    I wonder what would change.
[11:45] Stagnate
    Would these heroes have
    a chance of winning?
[11:48] Stagnate
    I believe they would have at
    least some chance, Valacirca.
[11:54] Valacirca
    You are as loquacious as ever,
    god of the undead.
[11:58] Stagnate
    You and I are two of a kind.
    A detestable kind.
[12:02] Stagnate
    I feel we have similar tastes.
[12:05] Valacirca
    My taste is not as bad as yours.
[12:08] Valacirca
    A life—a soul—only has value if
    it burns out with a final twinkle.
[12:14] Valacirca
    What is the point of living
    forever, you worldly fool?
[12:19] Stagnate
    That itself is poor taste.
[12:21] Stagnate
    Beautiful things should last forever.
[12:24] Stagnate
    That is natural. You only seek to destroy.
[12:29] Valacirca
    What a lady killer you are, paladin.
[12:33] Valacirca
    Even in the age of gods,
    I never saw the like.
[12:36] Valacirca
    Imagine! Two goddesses rushing to
    your side when you are in peril!
[12:40] Will
    Goddess?
[12:43] Stagnate
    Does it matter whether I
    am a god or a goddess?
[12:48] Stagnate
    To a god, gender is only decorative. Right?
[12:55] Stagnate
    Don't be so angry, Gracefeel.
[12:58] Stagnate
    Where's the harm in enjoying
    a little perk like this?
[13:02] Stagnate
    "Why now?" you ask?
[13:06] Stagnate
    After seeing such a furious battle,
[13:09] Stagnate
    I would regret not intervening much more.
[13:12] Valacirca
    You would interfere in the great Valacirca's
    fight for a reason like that?
[13:19] Valacirca
    You hero-obsessed hedonist!
[13:22] Stagnate
    Precisely.
[13:23] Stagnate
    This hero, this strange paladin,
    is worth going mad for.
[13:30] Stagnate
    Now, this battle is not yet over.
[13:34] Stagnate
    Do you have the will to fight once more,
[13:37] Stagnate
    William G. Maryblood?
[13:39] Stagnate
    My foolish yet clever enemy,
[13:42] Stagnate
    paladin of the light...
[13:44] Stagnate
    Uphold your vow and hold your
    conviction in your heart.
[13:47] Stagnate
    You stated that you would fight until
    the moment you fell over dead.
[13:52] Stagnate
    Surely that was not a lie, was it?
[13:57] Will
    I can't get out of doing this, can I?
[14:01] Will
    Valacirca!
[14:03] Valacirca
    What?
[14:05] Will
    Remember when I said you were about
    to see how stubborn I can be?
[14:12] Valacirca
    Indeed, you are dreadfully stubborn!
[14:16] Valacirca
    Was it this persistence that set
    the gods in action at last?
[14:20] Valacirca
    You truly are a hero!
[14:23] Valacirca
    Very well.
[14:25] Valacirca
    The gods have given you their
    utmost blessings and protection,
[14:28] Valacirca
    allowing a man and a dragon
    to stand as equals.
[14:32] Valacirca
    And burning the hero lauded by the gods
[14:36] Valacirca
    is what makes me a dragon!
[14:39] Valacirca
    Now, merciful goddesses
    who oversee the soul!
[14:44] Valacirca
    Lovely maidens who have lost
    the protection of war!
[14:47] Valacirca
    What protections will you give this hero?
[14:50] Valacirca
    How will you kill me?
[14:52] Stagnate
    I won't give him any.
[14:56] Stagnate
    This man is my enemy.
[14:59] Stagnate
    He declared that he always would be.
[15:02] Stagnate
    I have no reason to grant
    him any protection.
[15:05] Valacirca
    Oh?
[15:07] Stagnate
    But surely you haven't
    forgotten, Valacirca,
[15:11] Stagnate
    where you are right now?
[15:14] Stagnate
    Yes! This is the Iron Country!
[15:17] Stagnate
    The mountains where the regretful souls
    of the warriors of flame reside!
[15:22] Stagnate
    Now is the time to return!
[15:25] Stagnate
    Your compatriots,
    your descendants, have come back!
[15:29] Stagnate
    They have brought one who
    is undeniably a hero
[15:32] Stagnate
    to defeat the demons, challenge the dragon,
[15:35] Stagnate
    and take back the mountains they call home!
[15:39] Stagnate
    A warrior should not wander about, asleep,
    and merely observe such an event!
[15:43] Stagnate
    Now, take up the sword of vengeance!
[15:47] Stagnate
    Set the flames of courage ablaze once more,
[15:51] Stagnate
    dwarven warriors!
[16:17] Will
    You haven't become undead, have you?
[16:20] Menel
    Relax. We're alive.
[16:23] Al
    Yes, as you can see.
[16:25] Reystov
    Cut it pretty close, though.
[16:27] Menel
    That solo battle of yours
    distracted the dragon.
[16:30] Al
    And then, with the protection
    of our ancestral god...
[16:34] Al
    It took a while, since I'm not used
    to it, but I healed us all.
[16:37] Will
    I see.
[16:39] Will
    Al, when you were fighting that demon,
[16:42] Will
    you earned the divine protection
    of Blaze, god of fire.
[16:45] Al
    Yes.
[16:47] Ghelreis
    Sir William, what is this?
[16:50] Will
    They're our allies.
    Reinforcements we can rely on.
[17:14] Al
    Grandfather...
[17:38] Will
    Huh?
[17:40] Will
    Shouldn't you give that to Al?
[18:01] Ghelreis
    Calldawn.
[18:03] Ghelreis
    An enchanted sword handed down among
    the dwarfs since the age of gods,
[18:08] Ghelreis
    and the blade that took
    one of Valacirca's eyes.
[18:11] Aurvangr
    Hero of the light...
[18:14] Aurvangr
    Take care of my grandson...
    and these mountains.
[18:18] Aurvangr
    Please.
[18:24] Al
    Grandfather!
[18:25] Reystov
    Valacirca's flames burn
    everything up, even souls.
[18:29] Al
    No...
[18:31] Gracefeel
    Not yet.
[18:33] Gracefeel
    It's not over yet.
[18:40] Will
    Goddess...
[18:42] Gracefeel
    Hear me, you who cannot
    preserve your souls.
[18:47] Gracefeel
    You who have been burned
    by the dragon's breath
[18:49] Gracefeel
    and cannot return to the cycle of rebirth.
[18:52] Gracefeel
    You who were born into this
    world, who lived well,
[18:55] Gracefeel
    and lived to the fullest.
[18:57] Gracefeel
    I bestow upon you this final blessing.
[19:00] Gracefeel
    If, even in death,
    even after your souls have perished,
[19:03] Gracefeel
    you still wish to pursue
    what is good and right...
[19:06] Gracefeel
    I shall guide you!
[19:08] Gracefeel
    Gather under the heroes who
    live in the present day!
[19:44] Al
    Grandfather...
[19:47] Aurvangr
    I will not apologize.
[19:51] Aurvangr
    My grandson...
[19:53] Aurvangr
    Look after our country,
    and all of our people.
[19:57] Aurvangr
    Please.
[20:04] Al
    I will.
[20:09] Al
    You can count on me.
[20:24] Stagnate
    Sheesh...
[20:26] Stagnate
    I guess she could never
    let me have all the fun.
[20:38] Valacirca
    It seems you are ready,
[20:41] Valacirca
    Faraway Paladin.
[20:43] Will
    You weren't just being nice, were you?
[20:48] Valacirca
    Certainly not. I merely like
    to let my wine age a bit.
[20:54] Valacirca
    Once you have made your preparations
    and gathered all you need,
[20:57] Valacirca
    you, the heroes, come for me filled
    with hope, and I crush you.
[21:03] Valacirca
    The moment your faces distort in despair...
[21:07] Valacirca
    For me, that is the greatest joy!
[21:15] Valacirca
    Now, challenge me once
    more, Faraway Paladin!
[21:20] Valacirca
    Will I kill all of you and add a
    new entry to a history of terror,
[21:25] Valacirca
    or will you slay me and be celebrated
[21:29] Valacirca
    for your tremendous feat
    until the end of time?
[21:33] Valacirca
    Now is the time to finish this battle!
[21:40] Will
    I'm going.
[21:41] Gracefeel
    Yes. I order you once more:
[21:45] Gracefeel
    Go.
[21:46] Gracefeel
    Slay the dragon and keep your promise,
[21:49] Gracefeel
    my knight.
[21:52] Will
    On my sword, on the light,
[21:55] Will
    on the souls of the warriors
    that dwell within my chest...
[21:59] Will
    I will slay the evil dragon!
SIGN    Calldawn

E12 - Calldawn

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[00:00] (Flashback) Gracefeel
    Slay the dragon and keep your promise,
[00:03] (Flashback) Gracefeel
    my knight.
[00:05] (Flashback) Will
    On my sword, on the light,
[00:09] (Flashback) Will
    on the souls of the warriors
    that dwell within my chest...
[00:12] (Flashback) Will
    I will slay the evil dragon!
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    Calldawn
[01:52] DwarfA
    Burn, flames of courage!
[01:54] DwarfB
    The time for retribution has come!
[01:56] DwarfC
    Evil ends now!
SIGN    Warrior! Warrior!
[01:58] Dwarfs
    Bellator! Bellator!
SIGN    Fortis fortuna adiuvat!
[02:00] Dwarfs
    Fortune favors the bold!
[02:22] Will
    Divine protection of light!
[02:41] Valacirca
    I will crush you!
[02:45] Menel
    Will!
[02:46] Al
    Sir Will!
[02:55] Menel
    I swear, Will...
[02:58] Reystov
    He's grown accustomed to his movements.
[03:06] Menel
    That comes with a bonus gift of hydra venom!
[03:14] Ghelreis
    Fire!
[03:21] Al
    Charge!
[03:29] Ghelreis
    Defend!
[03:31] Al
    Burn, flames of courage!
[03:44] Al
    We will take back our homeland!
[03:58] Valacirca
    I didn't want to do this, as it
    would also harm my treasure...
[04:02] Will
    If he breathes that stuff at us, it's over!
[04:04] Valacirca
    Brave warriors,
[04:06] Valacirca
    this shall bring your demise!
SIGN    Maximum Accelerate!
[04:07] Will
    Maxima Acceleratio!
[04:16] Will
    Solis Ortus!
SIGN    Rise, Sun!
[04:47] Will
    If I go down with the dragon,
    that's just fine.
[04:50] Mary
    You must not give up.
[05:09] Will
    I swore to the goddess...
[05:12] Will
    that I would not give up on
    life until the very end!
[05:25] Menel
    Will! Hey, Will!
[05:28] Al
    Sir Will!
[05:33] Will
    Huh?
[05:34] Will
    I...
[05:35] Menel
    Hey, can you talk?
[05:37] Menel
    Will, do you know what's going on?
[05:40] Will
    I'm fine, Menel.
[05:47] Menel
    Don't get up yet.
[05:49] Will
    No. I feel really good, for some reason.
[06:16] Menel
    You saved us.
[06:17] Will
    Thank you.
[06:19] Reystov
    I appreciate your aid.
[06:22] Ghelreis
    Farewell, my friends, my precursors.
[06:26] Ghelreis
    The young master and I
    will take over from here.
[06:30] Al
    I will restore the Iron Country
    to its former glory.
[06:49] Menel
    What's wrong?
[06:50] Will
    My body... seems weird.
[06:53] Menel
    No kidding. Do you know how many
    times you were turned to charcoal?
[06:57] Menel
    Just rest.
[06:58] Will
    No, I don't mean like that.
[07:05] Menel
    Hey...
[07:07] Menel
    Huh?!
[07:10] Will
    What is this?
[07:12] Stagnate
    You sucked up the dragon's life
    force through your demonblade.
[07:15] Stagnate
    It should be no surprise.
[07:17] Stagnate
    Your body and soul were burned
    red-hot by the dragon's breath,
[07:22] Stagnate
    tempering you,
    and his blood then hardened you.
[07:25] Will
    Uh, what?
[07:26] Stagnate
    To put it plainly,
[07:28] Stagnate
    Valacirca's dragon factor has interwoven
    itself deeply into your body and soul.
[07:33] Stagnate
    Ordinary blades can no longer cut you,
[07:36] Stagnate
    and weak Words will feel like
    no more than a light breeze.
[07:40] Will
    Um...
[07:41] Stagnate
    However, this state does bring about
    an increase in one's animal nature.
[07:46] Stagnate
    Do not let this power make you arrogant,
[07:48] Stagnate
    but make every effort to keep
    the dragon factor quiet.
[07:51] Stagnate
    If you do not, it will bring you to ruin.
[07:55] Stagnate
    And I do not wish to see you
    die such a pitiful death.
[07:59] Will
    Stagnate...
[08:04] Stagnate
    I carelessly used my power.
[08:08] Stagnate
    But then, as I helped you slay
    the dragon, you now owe me.
[08:12] Stagnate
    It was not a bad trade-off.
[08:14] Stagnate
    You do feel indebted to me, do you not?
[08:17] Will
    Yes.
[08:18] Stagnate
    Good.
[08:19] Stagnate
    When dealing with a hero such as yourself,
[08:22] Stagnate
    pinning you down and forcing you to yield
[08:25] Stagnate
    is less effective than making you
    feel grateful and indebted to me.
[08:29] Stagnate
    It is a shame that Gracefeel guided
    those dwarf warriors away,
[08:34] Stagnate
    but why seek them out simply
    to make trouble for you
[08:37] Stagnate
    when asking for nothing and making
    you more and more indebted to me
[08:40] Stagnate
    will prove more profitable later?
[08:42] Will
    That's exactly what scares me about you.
[08:47] Stagnate
    Then I shall go now.
[08:49] Stagnate
    And farewell to you, Gracefeel.
    I have troubled you on this occasion.
[08:53] Gracefeel
    Stagnate, goddess of the undead...
[08:55] Gracefeel
    Will you not consider giving up on
    your ideal? It is not too late.
[09:00] Gracefeel
    Would you discard your undead powers
[09:02] Gracefeel
    and work with me to guide souls once more?
[09:05] Gracefeel
    If you would—
[09:07] Stagnate
    Don't finish that thought.
    And no, I will not.
[09:10] Stagnate
    I will follow my own ideals.
[09:14] Gracefeel
    I see.
[09:15] Gracefeel
    Farewell, my elder sister.
[09:18] Stagnate
    Yes. Farewell, my little sister.
[09:23] Stagnate
    Well, then, William G. Maryblood...
[09:27] Stagnate
    You now shine even more brightly as a hero,
[09:30] Stagnate
    and you have acquired great power.
[09:33] Stagnate
    But as light grows,
    so too does the darkness.
[09:36] Stagnate
    Do try to avoid becoming war-crazed
    and detesting people,
[09:39] Stagnate
    and keep your womanizing in check...
[09:41] Stagnate
    Oh, dear, that's right.
    You don't have a woman, do you?
[09:45] Will
    Mind your own business!
[09:47] Stagnate
    I understand that you have
    devoted yourself to my sister,
[09:51] Stagnate
    but you should have at least one mate.
[09:54] Stagnate
    How else will I have the pleasure
    of seducing your offspring?
[09:58] Will
    That's the worst reason you
    could give for saying that.
[10:00] Stagnate
    In fact...
[10:01] Stagnate
    If I create a female Echo one day,
[10:04] Stagnate
    would you care to produce offspring with me?
[10:08] Stagnate
    I am not requesting that you do so for me,
[10:12] Stagnate
    but what harm could one child do?
[10:14] Stagnate
    Rhea Silvia creates demigod children
    with heroes all the time.
[10:21] Stagnate
    Very well. I will give up for now.
[10:24] Stagnate
    Also...
[10:26] Stagnate
    I once asked if you would like
    me to love you, did I not?
[10:31] Stagnate
    That was a lie.
[10:53] Stagnate
    I do love you, William G. Maryblood.
[11:05] Will
    Um...
[11:07] Menel
    Man, goddesses sure are impetuous.
[11:10] Menel
    Be happy, Will.
[11:14] Gracefeel
    My knight, and you heroes,
[11:17] Gracefeel
    you have done well to slay the evil dragon.
[11:20] Gracefeel
    Splendid work.
[11:23] Will
    I really can't believe we won.
[11:26] Gracefeel
    I shall reward your efforts.
[11:29] Gracefeel
    If there is anything you desire, speak.
[11:32] Will
    A wish...
[11:34] Al
    If I may...
[11:35] Al
    Goddess of light,
[11:37] Al
    would it be possible to expel
    the evil dragon's miasma
[11:40] Al
    from the area around these
    mountains, including Lothdor?
[11:43] Gracefeel
    Now that the evil dragon is gone,
[11:45] Gracefeel
    this request can be granted, to an extent.
[11:52] Al
    Then I ask you:
[11:53] Al
    please purify our homeland!
[11:56] Menel
    I'll ask that as my request, too.
[11:59] Menel
    Gotta think about Dine and her people.
[12:02] Ghelreis
    I make the same request, for the
    sake of my fallen compatriots.
[12:07] Reystov
    I'm fine with that, too.
[12:09] Reystov
    Just being able to fight the
    dragon was enough for me.
[12:14] Will
    Then I also....
[12:15] Will
    request your purification and blessing.
[12:18] Gracefeel
    I have heard your wishes.
[12:29] Gracefeel
    Sorrow for those who have been lost...
[12:32] Gracefeel
    Blessings upon those who are born...
[12:35] Gracefeel
    Peace, prosperity, and joy upon the land.
[12:48] Gracefeel
    Heroes who have slain the dragon,
[12:51] Gracefeel
    you who have reclaimed and
    restored this land...
[12:54] Gracefeel
    May the blessing of the
    light be with you always.
[13:09] Will
    Let's clean up here and head home.
[13:11] Al
    Of course. You should get
    some rest, Sir Will.
[13:14] Al
    We'll handle the rest.
[13:16] Will
    No, I can't—
[13:17] Menel
    Just rest, damn it.
[13:19] Menel
    You're way too reckless, you know.
[13:22] Reystov
    For real. I wasn't expecting you to
    take a swing at a time like that.
[13:27] Reystov
    It was a brilliant slash, though.
[13:29] Ghelreis
    Indeed. I don't think I'll ever forget
    that flash, bright as sunlight.
[13:36] Ghelreis
    We must celebrate our victory
    when we return home.
[13:38] Menel
    Sounds good.
[13:39] Menel
    We can invite the people of Lothdor
    and have them play music for us.
[13:43] Al
    That sounds wonderful!
    And we'll have food and drink, too!
[13:47] Menel
    Tonio and Bee probably have
    it all prepared already.
[13:50] Menel
    We can celebrate to our hearts' content.
[13:53] Will
    I'm starting to look forward to it!
[14:07] Will
    We took a few of the dragon's scales and
    his treasure as proof of our conquest
[14:14] Will
    and returned to town for a time.
[14:31] Elf Youth
    Hey!
[14:35] Dine
    You're safe?!
[14:37] Menel
    Well, yeah. Can't you tell?
[14:39] Dine
    I heard the dragon's roar,
    and then suddenly, all was silent.
[14:43] Dine
    Then a strange fire spread,
    and the entire area was cleansed...
[14:49] Dine
    Truly... I am so glad!
[15:06] Dine
    I thought perhaps you wouldn't return.
[15:09] Menel
    I'm not gonna die. I still have stuff to do.
[15:13] Dine
    Like what?
[15:14] Menel
    Well, rebuilding this place, for starters.
[15:17] Menel
    The after-effects of the dragon's
    miasma are still hanging on, right?
[15:20] Reystov
    True. The miasma isn't completely gone.
[15:25] Reystov
    There are still surviving demons, too.
[15:27] Elf Chief
    You'll give some of the
    dragon's treasure to us?
[15:30] Will
    Yes. There's more than enough of it.
[15:34] Will
    Use it to rebuild for the time being.
[15:36] Elf Chief
    But I fear that would be...
[15:39] Ghelreis
    I think we should take him up on his offer.
[15:42] Al
    Now that we've taken back the mountains,
[15:44] Al
    the former residents of the Iron
    Country will surely return, as well.
[15:48] Al
    We should work together to restore
    our land to its former prosperity.
[15:55] Menel
    But we don't want an influx of wealth
[15:57] Menel
    throwing off the balance of money and goods.
[16:00] Menel
    Consult with Tonio first.
[16:02] Al
    Sure.
[16:03] Menel
    We'll need to be ready to
    take in new residents, too.
[16:07] Will
    We won't run out of things
    to do anytime soon.
[16:09] Menel
    I don't really want to,
[16:12] Menel
    but I guess I'll drop by the
    forest where I was born
[16:14] Menel
    and ask if they'll send some
    skilled folks to help.
[16:18] Dine
    Then, I'll go with you.
[16:20] Menel
    You will?
[16:21] Dine
    The one making the request should
    be there to plead in person.
[16:25] Menel
    Yeah, I guess so.
[16:27] Menel
    Guess we'll cross the ocean
    once spring comes, then.
[16:30] Menel
    I gotta go with you, huh?
[16:31] Dine
    Just admit you're happy!
[16:53] Will
    Gus!
[16:54] Al
    Wandering Sage!
[16:58] Gus
    You're all here! You didn't die?!
[17:02] Gus
    The flow of your mana seems odd.
[17:05] Gus
    A dragon factor?
[17:08] Will
    Nailed it, as always.
[17:18] Gus
    That is a curse, you know.
[17:21] Will
    I know. And I accept it.
[17:23] Gus
    Well, as long as you understand.
[17:27] Gus
    More importantly, go on and let them know.
[17:30] Will
    Yeah.
[17:33] Will
    I'm home.
[17:35] Will
    I made it back from defeating the dragon.
[17:38] Will
    You two saved me again.
[17:41] Will
    Thank you.
[17:47] Al
    Allow me to return the weapon you lent me.
[17:50] Gus
    No need for that. Keep it.
    I have no use for it.
[17:54] Al
    But isn't it a memento
    of your beloved comrade?
[18:00] Gus
    How very sincere you are.
[18:03] Gus
    It is because it belonged to my comrade
[18:05] Gus
    that I cannot bring myself to
    let it rot away in storage.
[18:09] Al
    In that case, I accept
    this gift with gratitude.
[18:12] Gus
    Indeed. I'm sure there could be
    no greater honor for that weapon
[18:16] Gus
    than to serve the new king of the dwarfs.
[18:19] Will
    Oh...
[18:21] Will
    I'll return Calldawn.
[18:23] Al
    That sword belongs to you, Sir Will.
[18:26] Will
    No, I couldn't. It's been treasured
    by the dwarfs for generations.
[18:30] Al
    And they entrusted it to you.
[18:32] Al
    Fierce battles are a hero's destiny.
[18:35] Al
    Please make good use of that sword.
[18:42] Will
    I'll take good care of it on loan
[18:44] Will
    and return it to the Iron Country one day.
[18:47] Al
    Right!
[18:47] Will
    That makes it sound like even more
    tough enemies will be coming my way...
[18:55] Will
    Hello?!
[18:56] Reystov
    Well, you know... Live strong.
[19:00] Reystov
    I'll help you out a bit.
[19:01] Will
    That doesn't make me feel much better...
[19:08] Will
    Jeez!
[19:21] Tonio
    Welcome back! How did it go?
[19:32] Will
    We have slain the demons in the mountains,
[19:35] Will
    as well as the evil dragon, Valacirca!
[19:45] Bee
    Congratulations!
[19:46] Will
    Bee!
[19:48] Bee
    And everyone's okay? That's great!
[19:51] Bee
    Wait, that's a dragon horn, isn't it?
[19:53] Bee
    Let me see! I'm gonna write a song about it!
[19:56] Bee
    Whoa, what's that? New equipment?
[19:58] Bee
    It's awesome! Where did you get it?!
[20:02] Grendir
    Young master...
[20:04] Grendir
    You have grown into a fine man.
[20:06] Al
    There are so many things I
    want to tell all of you.
[20:09] Al
    About the Iron Country,
[20:11] Al
    about its brave warriors,
[20:13] Al
    and about our great king.
[20:28] Anna
    It's good to see you back.
[20:31] Reystov
    Yeah.
[20:33] Tonio
    All right, now. Our lord and
    his companions must be tired.
[20:37] Tonio
    They've just returned from
    defeating a dragon, after all.
[20:40] Tonio
    We must give them some time to rest...
[20:43] Tonio
    and then kick off the party tomorrow!
[20:46] Will
    We're celebrating the dragon's defeat.
[20:47] Will
    Tomorrow, you can all eat, drink,
    and sing to your hearts' content,
[20:51] Will
    and help us celebrate!
[22:31] Glen
    I'll give you a demon beast's head!
[22:34] Alex
    D-Don't do it, Glen.
[22:36] Alex
    It's dangerous.
[22:37] Glen
    Shut up, Alex! Don't stop me!
[22:39] Will
    Are you adventurers?
[22:42] Glen
    So what if we are?
[22:44] Will
    You can't handle the quests offered here.
[22:46] Will
    You should try that shop over there.
[22:49] Glen
    What?!
[22:50] Alex
    Who are you?
[22:51] Will
    And don't hold back on spending
    money on good equipment.
[22:55] Will
    Something like...
[23:02] Alex
    Oh, wow! It has Signs!
[23:05] Glen
    A magic dagger?!
[23:07] Will
    It's yours.
[23:08] Will
    It has Words of Light engraved in it,
[23:10] Will
    so it'll work in place of a torch, too.
[23:12] Alex
    Huh?
[23:14] Glen
    What are you after?
[23:16] Will
    Ah...
[23:17] Will
    Okay, are you willing to listen
    to a long story, then?
[23:21] Glen
    A long story?
[23:22] Will
    Yeah.
[23:23] Will
    When a warrior gives someone a magic weapon,
[23:26] Will
    it's customary to explain
    its history, after all.
[23:30] Will
    Are you listening? That dagger was
    forged by dwarfs in ancient times,
[23:35] Will
    and was used to slay a chimera
    and pierce a dragon's scales...