# The Faraway Paladin
In the ruined city of the dead far from human civilization lives a single child named Will. He is raised by three undead: Blood the heroic skeleton warrior, Mary the ladylike mummy priestess, and Gus the crotchety ghost wizard. The three of them teach the boy what they know and pour their love into him. One day, the boy begins to wonder, "Who am I?" Will uncovers the mysteries of the undead hidden in this faraway land. He learns of the love and mercy of good gods, as well as the paranoia and madness of evil gods. And once he learns it all, the boy embarks on the path to becoming a Paladin.
# Season 1
# E1 - The Boy from the City of the Dead
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUN92J4/the-boy-from-the-city-of-the-dead)
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**[00:00] Blood**
Don't you agree, Will?
**[00:02] Na**
My memories of that time are vague and murky.
**[00:07] Na**
My life felt like stagnant water.
**[00:10] Na**
I grew more and more impatient,
**[00:12] Na**
but everything felt tiresome.
**[00:15] Na**
I wanted to take a step
forward, but I was scared.
**[00:22] Na**
But...
**[00:24] Na**
This pain in my chest,
**[00:27] ---**
this agony...
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[00:44] Gus**
A long, long time ago, at the
very beginning of the world,
**[00:48] Gus**
the mana that made up the world
was too great to hold its shape,
**[00:53] Gus**
and it swirled in a muddy mass of chaos.
**[00:55] Guy**
Then the first of the gods appeared.
**[00:57] Gus**
The god said, "Let there be earth,"
**[01:00] Gus**
and the mana solidified beneath the
god's feet, becoming the earth.
**[01:03] Gus**
The mana overhead thinned and became the sky.
**[01:06] Will**
Hey, Gus, all I asked was how
words are related to magic.
**[01:10] Gus**
Be quiet and listen!
**[01:12] Gus**
I'm not even getting paid to
teach you all this, you know!
**[01:15] Will**
Fine.
**[01:17] Gus**
The creator god made the sun and the moon,
**[01:19] ---**
and separated the land from the sea.
**[01:22] Gus**
Fire, wind, and trees came next,
**[01:25] Gus**
followed by other gods as
well as humans and animals.
**[01:25] Will**
* Gus the ghost is a little eccentric,*
* and he can be overbearing,*
**[01:27] Gus**
The creator god was pleased and said, "It is good."
**[01:30] Will**
* but he's smarter than anyone else,*
* and he teaches me things.*
**[01:30] Gus**
But good cannot exist without bad,
**[01:34] Gus**
and evil gods then came into being.
**[01:36] Gus**
And the words and symbols—in other words,
writing—that the creator god used
**[01:40] Gus**
are called the Words of Creation.
**[01:43] Gus**
These words, whether spoken
or written, have power.
**[01:45] Will**
Power?
**[01:47] Gus**
Yes.
**[01:53] Gus**
If you write the word "Ignis,"
it defines the existence of fire.
**[01:57] Gus**
And... Erasus!
***SIGN*** Erasure
**[01:59] Gus**
When followed by the word for
"erasure," the fire is extinguished.
**[02:03] Gus**
That's what magic is.
**[02:05] Will**
*The power of words...*
**[02:07] Will**
Magic...
**[02:15] Will**
The god of justice and lightning, Volt.
**[02:20] Will**
The earth-mother, Mater.
**[02:22] Will**
The god of fire and technology, Blaze.
**[02:27] Will**
The god of wind and commerce, Whirl.
**[02:31] Will**
The goddess of water and
greenery, Rhea Silvia.
**[02:35] Will**
The god of knowledge, Enlight.
**[02:41] Will**
* Ancient words of magic*
* offered up to the gods...*
**[02:45] Will**
*Words of Creation.*
**[02:47] Will**
Oh, I get it. Parts are scratched
out so their powers won't activate.
**[02:55] Will**
Gracefeel...
**[03:10] Mary**
Are you curious?
**[03:11] Will**
Yeah, sort of.
**[03:14] Mary**
The god of light, who governs
the cycle of death and rebirth,
**[03:17] Mary**
Gracefeel.
**[03:18] Mary**
He is the child of the lightning god
Volt and the earth-mother Mater.
**[03:21] Will**
You worship the earth-mother Mater, right?
**[03:25] Mary**
Yes, that's right.
**[03:28] Mary**
She is the god of child-rearing
and the bounties of the earth.
**[03:32] Mary**
Of the six principal gods,
**[03:34] Mary**
she is particularly revered
by people in rural areas.
**[03:37] Will**
You pray to the earth-mother
every day, don't you?
**[03:44] Will**
Mary?
**[03:46] Mary**
Shall we head back and have dinner now?
**[03:49] Will**
Yeah!
**[03:57] Will**
Blood!
**[04:00] Will**
That's a really nice boar!
**[04:02] Blood**
You get to eat some tasty meat
from this guy today, Will.
**[04:06] Will**
Thanks!
**[04:09] Will**
Hey, that hurts.
**[04:12] Will**
Wow, it looks so good!
**[04:14] Mary**
Eat up.
**[04:15] Will**
I will!
**[04:18] Will**
It's great!
**[04:20] Will**
Thanks, Blood! And you, too, Mary!
**[04:23] Blood**
That's right. Be grateful.
**[04:25] Blood**
Once you're a little bigger,
I'll teach you how to hunt.
**[04:29] Will**
What? Hunt?
**[04:31] Blood**
Hunting teaches you all kinds of lessons.
**[04:34] Blood**
You're gonna have to get
used to taking lives.
**[04:38] Blood**
What's the matter? Losing your nerve?
**[04:40] Mary**
He's still too young for that!
**[04:43] Gus**
That's right.
**[04:44] Gus**
He needs to learn the basics first.
**[04:47] Gus**
I couldn't believe it.
**[04:49] Gus**
He's only three, and he's already
learned to read and write.
**[04:53] Gus**
He might be just as much a genius as me.
**[04:56] Gus**
It couldn't hurt to teach him some magic.
**[04:59] Blood**
Hey, give us a break!
**[05:01] Blood**
What if he grows up to be an old miser
with an over sized brain, like you?
**[05:03] Will**
* Blood the skeleton looks scary,*
* and he can be unruly,*
**[05:05] Gus**
What?!
**[05:06] Blood**
What Will needs is some muscle!
**[05:08] Blood**
We gotta put some meat on his bones first!
**[05:08] Will**
but he always keeps things
lively and friendly.
**[05:09] Gus**
What are you talking about?
**[05:11] Gus**
Also, the "miser" part aside,
what was that about an over sized brain?
**[05:13] Will**
Hey, Mary...
**[05:13] Blood**
What's wrong with strengthening
the body, anyway?
**[05:15] Will**
When do you bake this bread?
**[05:16] Gus**
Oh, just shut up!
**[05:20] Mary**
That's a secret.
**[05:24] Will**
*The three of them keep a lot of secrets.*
**[05:26] Will**
*Like why they live here,*
**[05:29] Will**
*and why there are no humans other than me.*
**[05:32] Will**
* I've never met anyone but the*
* three of them since I was born.*
**[05:37] Will**
*And above all...*
**[05:38] Will**
*Why are they undead?*
**[05:42] Will**
* There are so many things I*
* want to ask them, but I can't.*
**[05:47] Will**
* Because I'm keeping a*
* secret from them myself.*
**[05:52] Will**
*And that is...*
**[06:01] Will**
Thanks for dinner!
**[06:02] Will**
* ...that I'm a human with*
* memories of my previous life.*
**[06:08] Will**
*They're vague, murky memories,*
**[06:11] Will**
*and my vision won't focus...*
**[06:14] Will**
*A ceiling?*
**[06:17] Will**
*A monster!*
**[06:26] Will**
*A mummy?!*
**[06:28] Will**
*A ghost?!*
**[06:34] Will**
*They're gonna kill me!*
**[06:41] Will**
*Huh?*
**[06:46] Will**
*This is the 186th morning since then,*
**[06:49] Will**
* half a year since I started living*
* with these walking corpses.*
**[06:54] (Flashback) Mary**
Time to eat.
**[07:01] (Flashback) Mary**
What a good boy you are, Will.
**[07:06] (Flashback) Mary**
Are you all full now?
**[07:09] Will**
*I can't say them very well,*
**[07:11] Will**
* but I can generally understand*
* the language they speak now.*
**[07:16] (Flashback) Mary**
Shall we take a little walk outside today?
**[07:18] Will**
*Outside? I've never been outside before!*
**[07:25] Will**
*It smells like incense.*
**[07:29] Will**
*What's it like outside the temple?*
**[07:38] Will**
*The breeze was refreshing.*
**[07:40] Will**
* It smelled of the plants,*
* wet with morning dew.*
**[07:48] (Flashback) Mary**
Isn't it beautiful, Will?
**[07:53] Will**
*It really was beautiful.*
**[07:59] (Flashback) Mary**
It's all right.
**[08:01] (Flashback) ---**
There's nothing to be afraid of.
**[08:03] Will**
*At first, I thought I'd fallen into Hell.*
**[08:07] Will**
*After living such a hopelessly vague life,*
**[08:10] Will**
*I was in Hell, being punished.*
**[08:12] Will**
*But I was wrong. This is no punishment.*
**[08:15] Will**
*It must be...*
**[08:18] Will**
*the grace of God.*
**[08:19] Will**
* I felt as if something I had wastefully*
* thrown away without a thought*
**[08:24] Will**
*had been given back to me again.*
**[08:27] (Flashback) Mary**
Will, my sweet little boy...
**[08:31] Will**
*This time... This time...*
**[08:34] Will**
*I'm going to live.*
**[08:38] Will**
*I'm going to live in this world.*
**[08:46] Will**
*Finally done...*
**[08:47] Blood**
We gotta build your muscle and stamina first.
**[08:49] Blood**
Skills are useless without
the muscle to back 'em up.
**[08:53] Will**
Isn't making up for your
lack of strength a skill?
**[08:56] Blood**
Think you can knock me down?
**[08:59] Will**
No.
**[09:00] Blood**
With the right skill,
you could knock me over,
**[09:03] Blood**
but there'll be times when
that skill won't work for you.
**[09:06] Blood**
But you can't separate
muscles from your body.
**[09:08] Blood**
The brute force that muscles give
you can solve most problems.
**[09:12] Blood**
Skills come after that.
**[09:13] Blood**
Understand?
**[09:15] Will**
Muscles are super masochistic, huh?
**[09:24] Will**
Flammo Ignis!
***SIGN*** Flames Ignite
**[09:27] Gus**
Erasus!
***SIGN*** Erasure
**[09:28] Gus**
Fool! Your pronunciation is too precise!
**[09:31] Gus**
Given your talent, you need to
learn to control your accuracy,
**[09:34] Gus**
or you will kill yourself!
**[09:36] Will**
That's scary...
**[09:38] Gus**
Magic is a scary thing.
**[09:40] Gus**
Do you know why words have so much power?
**[09:44] Will**
I think it's for the same reason we
think a chair is "a chair," right?
**[09:48] Gus**
Indeed.
**[09:49] Will**
When we see a wooden stool with four legs,
**[09:52] Will**
no matter what color it is or
what kind of wood it's made of,
**[09:56] Will**
we don't think of it as
"four sticks and a round slab,"
**[10:00] Will**
nor would we call it a "table."
**[10:01] Will**
We categorize it under the "chair" label.
**[10:05] Will**
So in short, words are what define
and differentiate the way things are.
**[10:10] Will**
* I'm just repeating what*
* someone told me, though.*
**[10:12] Gus**
Hmm...
**[10:13] Gus**
Will, you might just be a genius after all.
**[10:17] Will**
But isn't there anything I can
do about my mixed results?
**[10:20] Gus**
No! That is what words are all about.
**[10:23] Gus**
Words have fluctuations.
**[10:26] Gus**
No one can say a word in
exactly the same way twice.
**[10:29] Gus**
The only answer is to let your
instincts determine the ideal level.
**[10:33] Will**
My instincts?
**[10:34] Gus**
You'll start by learning how to use
minor magic skillfully and accurately.
**[10:39] Gus**
But do your best to get by
without even using that.
**[10:42] Will**
Without using magic? How?
**[10:45] Gus**
I'm talking about money.
**[10:47] Will**
That again?
**[10:49] Will**
How can a ghost be such a money worshiper?
**[10:51] Gus**
What are you talking about?
Money is important!
**[10:54] Gus**
Money drives this world!
**[10:56] ---**
With the power of money, you can
solve anything without magic!
**[10:59] Gus**
You can buy the necessary
tools, hire people...
**[11:02] Gus**
The ability to make a quick profit
is just as important as magic!
**[11:07] Gus**
Why, oh, why must I have hands that are
incapable of stroking silver and gold?!
**[11:12] Gus**
I want to feel money! I want to
count gold coins with my own hands!
**[11:15] Gus**
Curses!
**[11:17] Will**
You are not normal...
**[11:22] Mary**
Creatures such as these are "beasts."
**[11:24] Mary**
"Demon beasts" are a particular type
of beast that are extremely aggressive.
**[11:29] Will**
That's...
**[11:31] Mary**
Old Gus taught you the myths, right?
**[11:35] Mary**
The minions of the god
of despotism and tyranny,
**[11:38] Mary**
spectres and phantoms...
**[11:39] Mary**
and the demons of the god of
dimensions, who lurks in Hell.
**[11:44] Mary**
And the god of the undead,
Stagnate, commands undead.
**[11:49] Mary**
People like the three of us.
**[11:52] Mary**
We used to be humans, as well.
**[11:55] Will**
What? Really?
**[11:56] Mary**
Yes.
**[11:57] Mary**
When we died, we clung to
powerful emotions that led us
**[12:00] Mary**
to form a contract with
the god of the undead.
**[12:03] Mary**
We are traitors to the virtuous gods.
**[12:07] Will**
Mary...
**[12:10] Mary**
I'm sorry for talking
about such strange things.
**[12:14] Will**
Hey, Mary, do you think
I should get stronger?
**[12:18] Mary**
It would certainly put me at ease if you did.
**[12:32] Blood**
Don't make it suffer.
**[12:34] Blood**
Snap its neck quick.
**[12:41] Blood**
Still can't get used to it, huh?
**[12:45] Will**
I don't like killing.
**[12:47] ---**
Am I just naïve?
**[12:49] Blood**
Hey, I don't like it, either.
**[12:50] Will**
Huh?
**[12:51] Blood**
I don't like taking lives,
whether it's a bird's or a human's.
**[12:54] Blood**
But these guys are necessary
sustenance to keep you alive.
**[12:58] Blood**
In life-or-death situations, you put all
that aside and go for the kill reflexively.
**[13:04] Blood**
That's what it means to be a warrior.
**[13:06] Blood**
In battle, it determines
whether you live or die.
**[13:09] Blood**
Okay, let's bring down a few more.
**[13:12] Will**
Okay.
**[13:14] Will**
*Blood seems a lot like a father.*
**[13:19] Blood**
You're almost eight years old.
**[13:22] Blood**
I think it's time you started
some real-life training.
**[13:25] Will**
What?
**[13:26] ---**
It's bad enough when you
stop just before hitting me.
**[13:28] Will**
If I take a hit with your
ridiculous strength, I'm dead!
**[13:31] Blood**
I'm nothing but bones now.
**[13:32] ---**
You'll be fine... probably.
**[13:34] Will**
Probably?!
**[13:35] Blood**
This is why I said you can use the
magic you're learning from the old man!
**[13:40] Gus**
Go on. Do just as I taught you.
**[13:42] Blood**
That's right. Do it well,
and you could actually hit me...
**[13:46] Blood**
Maybe!
**[13:47] Will**
Hey!
**[13:48] Blood**
And don't cry that I'm playing dirty!
**[13:50] Blood**
The battle has begun!
**[13:52] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[13:54] Will**
Currere!
***SIGN*** Run
**[13:55] Will**
Oleum!
***SIGN*** Oil
**[13:58] Will**
Cadere Araneum!
***SIGN*** Falling Spiderweb
**[14:00] Blood**
Hey, not too shabby!
**[14:04] Gus**
Fool! Distance yourself!
**[14:13] Blood**
C'mon. I told you never to
close your eyes during a fight.
**[14:17] Will**
Ow!
**[14:20] Blood**
I'd like to say you've got a long way
to go, but frankly, you surprised me.
**[14:23] Blood**
I thought you'd unload a
bunch of crazy magic on me.
**[14:27] Will**
Gus keeps telling me I should learn to use
minor magic skillfully and accurately.
**[14:31] Blood**
That style of not relying on sheer firepower
**[14:34] Blood**
is exactly the style of the great
sorcerer hailed as the Wandering Sage.
**[14:39] Will**
Are you talking about Gus?
**[14:41] Blood**
Yep.
**[14:42] Blood**
He's exterminated monsters,
calmed raging rivers,
**[14:45] Blood**
and rediscovered ancient languages.
**[14:48] Gus**
Hmph. That was long ago.
**[14:50] Gus**
You were known as the War Ogre yourself.
**[14:53] Blood**
And Mary was known as the Daughter of Mater.
**[14:55] ---**
At one time, the three of us...
**[14:57] Will**
Wow!
**[14:58] Blood**
Never mind.
**[14:59] ---**
That subject runs a little too deep.
**[15:02] Blood**
Not long ago, you were just a little baby.
**[15:06] Blood**
Keep up your learning and get even stronger.
**[15:09] Will**
Blood...
**[15:11] Gus**
When you brought back a human child,
**[15:14] ---**
I thought you shouldn't have bothered,
**[15:16] Gus**
but it occurred to me that if I
educated him, he might be of use—
**[15:20] Blood**
Hey, old man!
**[15:20] Gus**
Nothing I said was incorrect!
**[15:23] Gus**
I now recognize his talent and
am teaching him, am I not?!
**[15:27] Blood**
That's not the point.
**[15:29] Blood**
I know that's just how you are.
**[15:32] Blood**
I don't expect you to change that now.
**[15:35] Blood**
I even think it suits you.
**[15:37] Blood**
But what you just said was unnecessary.
**[15:39] Blood**
Can't you imagine how it feels to
be the one on the other end of it?
**[15:44] Gus**
You are right. It was a
thoughtless thing to say.
**[15:47] Gus**
I will be more careful in the future.
**[15:49] Gus**
I apologize, Will.
**[15:51] Will**
Oh, it's okay. It didn't bother me.
**[15:54] Will**
*I couldn't believe it.*
**[15:56] ---**
*Gus was apologizing?*
**[15:58] Blood**
It was rude of me to get all
intimidating like that, too.
**[16:00] Blood**
Sorry.
**[16:02] Gus**
You being impolite is nothing new.
**[16:05] Blood**
What?!
**[16:08] Blood**
Will...
**[16:09] Blood**
You might not realize it since it's been
**[16:12] ---**
this way for as long as you've been aware,
**[16:15] Blood**
but you know that you're not
like the three of us, right?
**[16:19] Will**
Yeah.
**[16:21] Will**
I'm the only one who breathes and feels warm.
**[16:24] Blood**
Yeah, basically. There's a lot to the story.
**[16:28] Blood**
Sorry, though. I can't explain it to you yet.
**[16:31] Will**
I know.
**[16:32] Blood**
Don't be too mad at Old Gus.
**[16:35] Blood**
He never bothers to choose his
words or show consideration.
**[16:40] Will**
I'm not mad. I respect Gus.
**[16:43] Blood**
That so?
**[16:45] Blood**
You've got a big heart.
**[16:48] Blood**
Once your body's grown big
enough to match that heart
**[16:51] Blood**
and you're able to accept things,
I'll explain everything.
**[16:57] Will**
Okay.
**[16:59] Will**
*Blood was genuinely angry at him for my sake.*
**[17:03] Will**
* Could I have gotten angry for someone*
* else's sake in my previous life?*
**[17:11] Will**
Thanks.
**[17:12] Will**
*Blood, Mary, Gus...*
**[17:16] Will**
* All three of them are undead*
* who aren't alive anymore...*
**[17:19] Blood**
Will...
**[17:20] Blood**
You've got another hundred years before you
**[17:22] ---**
can land a hit on me from behind!
**[17:24] Will**
H-Huh?!
**[17:25] Will**
*But right now, they're my precious family.*
**[17:31] Will**
* Gus teaches me academic lessons,*
* and Blood teaches me how to fight,*
**[17:36] Will**
*but Mary is the one I learn the most from.*
**[17:39] Will**
* The things she teaches me are*
* little, everyday matters,*
**[17:40] Will**
*but they're important.*
**[17:42] Mary**
Will, can you take care of things here?
**[17:45] Will**
Oh, it's almost time for
your prayer, isn't it?
**[17:48] Mary**
Yes.
**[17:49] Will**
* A few times a day, Mary sequesters*
* herself inside the temple dome.*
**[17:54] Will**
* I've been told I'm not allowed to*
* go in the dome while she's in there.*
**[17:58] Blood**
All right, it's time for
your physical training.
**[18:06] Will**
I can't lift my arms...
**[18:08] Will**
Mary?
**[18:12] Will**
*Bread?*
**[18:13] Will**
*Why is she carrying it out of the temple?*
**[18:17] (Flashback) Will**
When do you bake this bread?
**[18:19] (Flashback) Mary**
That's a secret.
**[18:32] Will**
*I'm sorry, everyone,*
**[18:34] Will**
*but I just have to know.*
**[18:42] Will**
Ma—
**[18:45] Will**
*No...*
**[18:46] Will**
*I don't want to feel that again...*
**[18:49] Will**
*I don't want to lose anyone again!*
**[18:53] Will**
Mary!
**[18:55] Will**
Mary!
**[18:56] Will**
Mary! Mary!
**[18:59] Will**
Mary!
**[19:00] Will**
Blood! Gus! Come in here!
**[19:03] Will**
Help Mary... Help Mary!
**[19:09] Mary**
It's...
**[19:11] Mary**
It's all my fault.
**[19:13] Mary**
I kept it a secret...
**[19:15] Blood**
Sorry. I was careless.
**[19:18] Gus**
All those times we told him to be careful...
**[19:20] Blood**
Will his arms heal?
**[19:22] Gus**
Thankfully, his fingers
didn't adhere to each other,
**[19:26] Gus**
but scarring will be unavoidable.
**[19:28] Will**
Mary...
**[19:29] Mary**
Will! I'm sorry... This is my...
**[19:33] Will**
No, it's not. It's my fault for prying.
**[19:37] Will**
So don't apologize.
**[19:39] Will**
I'm glad you're all right.
**[19:42] Mary**
Will...
**[19:44] Will**
*The smell of incense that Mary has calms me.*
**[19:49] Blood**
Why'd you try to look in on her?
**[19:52] Will**
I got curious.
**[19:53] Will**
I thought I might find some hint about
**[19:57] ---**
what you guys are hiding from me.
**[19:59] Blood**
I told you I'd explain someday.
**[20:01] Mary**
Blood!
**[20:02] Blood**
Be quiet, Mary.
**[20:04] Blood**
Well, Will? Want to give me an excuse?
**[20:07] Will**
No. I'm sorry.
**[20:10] Blood**
From now on, consult with me
or Mary before doing anything.
**[20:14] Will**
Okay.
**[20:15] Blood**
That said, Will,
**[20:16] Blood**
the way you jumped in there
to help Mary was impressive.
**[20:18] Blood**
Those wounds you bear are
your badge of manhood.
**[20:21] Will**
Well, I'm your student.
**[20:22] Gus**
All it got you was unnecessarily
wounded, though.
**[20:26] Gus**
Well, out of respect for your lack of fear
toward the fire, I'll teach you this.
**[20:30] Gus**
That bread is a gift from
the earth-mother Mater.
**[20:34] Gus**
They are the goddess's divine protection,
her blessing... call it what you will.
**[20:39] Will**
Then why were you on fire?
**[20:41] Mary**
That happens because I betrayed
the earth-mother Mater.
**[20:45] Mary**
The impure god of death, Stagnate,
is the earth-mother Mater's enemy.
**[20:51] Mary**
Since the three of us formed
a contract with him,
**[20:53] Mary**
just coming in contact with her
divine presence causes us to burn.
**[20:57] Will**
That's awful...
**[20:59] Mary**
I do not expect to be forgiven.
**[21:02] Will**
Why do you still pray to her?
**[21:04] Will**
For my sake?
**[21:06] Mary**
No, Will.
**[21:08] Mary**
Praying to the earth-mother
every morning and evening
**[21:11] Mary**
has been my daily routine
since long before I met you.
**[21:15] Will**
Doesn't it hurt?
**[21:16] Mary**
Of course it does. So badly that I could cry.
**[21:19] Will**
Mary...
**[21:20] Mary**
But even if I've betrayed her,
even if I must endure pain in retribution,
**[21:24] Mary**
I still continue to revere the earth-mother.
**[21:29] Mary**
Mater never says anything,
**[21:31] Mary**
but she blesses me with
bread for you every day.
**[21:35] Mary**
That alone is more than
enough saving grace for me.
**[21:39] Mary**
I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
**[21:41] Mary**
I hope you will continue to eat the bread.
**[21:46] Will**
Yes, I will.
**[21:48] Will**
Also, I want to ask a favor.
**[21:50] Mary**
What is it?
**[21:52] Will**
From now on, let me pray with you.
**[21:55] Will**
* I want to understand what Mary sees*
* and feels, even if only a little bit.*
***SIGN*** Episode 1
The Boy from the City of the Dead
**[22:01] Will**
*That was the thought I had.*
***SIGN*** Episode 2
The Wandering Sage
# E2 - The Wandering Sage
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZ87N4/the-wandering-sage)
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**[00:00] Gus**
The original Creation was destroyed by the
evil gods that it had brought into existence.
**[00:07] Gus**
Thus began the age of war among the gods.
**[00:11] Will**
The big statues in the temple
are the virtuous gods, right?
**[00:14] Gus**
To a human, yes, they would be.
**[00:18] Will**
What does that mean?
**[00:20] Gus**
Among the legends told since ancient times
**[00:22] Gus**
is a battle between the lightning god Volt,
**[00:25] Gus**
the king of the gods who
governs order and judgment,
**[00:27] Gus**
and his elder brother, the war god Iltreat.
**[00:30] Gus**
The elder brother had the
advantage in the beginning,
**[00:33] Gus**
but Volt, with the divine protection
of his wife, the earth-mother Mater,
**[00:36] Gus**
banished the war god to
the depths of the earth.
**[00:39] Gus**
The war god continues to lurk within the
earth, vigilantly plotting his revenge.
**[00:45] Gus**
There are other similar stories,
but they all take the same general shape.
**[00:49] Gus**
What are your thoughts?
**[00:51] Will**
Isn't it just a fable?
**[00:53] Gus**
Oh?
**[00:54] Will**
Ruling in this world starts
with violence and despotism,
**[00:58] Will**
but eventually,
agriculture starts to thrive,
**[01:00] Will**
and law and order begin to reach everyone.
**[01:02] Will**
But over time, that also leads to violent
overthrows... Something like that.
**[01:07] Gus**
You are very sharp indeed.
**[01:11] Gus**
Volt, the god of order and
judgment, is a virtuous god.
**[01:15] Gus**
The war god, on the other hand,
is considered an evil god.
**[01:18] Gus**
But if that order becomes corrupt,
Volt could become an evil god,
**[01:22] Gus**
and by defeating that corruption,
Iltreat could become a virtuous god.
**[01:26] Gus**
In short, the concept of
virtuous gods and evil gods
**[01:29] Gus**
is a distinction applied by those
who place their faith in them.
**[01:33] Gus**
The priests would not be pleased
with me for saying so, however.
**[01:38] Gus**
Naturally, you must not
speak of this to Mary.
**[01:40] Will**
I won't.
**[01:41] Gus**
Besides, the gods think about things
based on different standards than ours.
**[01:47] Gus**
It is impossible for one with a
human's sense of good and evil
**[01:51] Gus**
to gauge their true intentions.
**[01:52] Will**
You know, Gus, you're pretty rock 'n roll.
**[01:55] Gus**
What on earth does that mean?
**[01:56] Will**
Er...
**[01:57] Will**
It means, like... you don't fit in any mold!
**[02:00] Gus**
Children truly make up some
bizarre words sometimes...
**[02:03] Gus**
But I do like the sound of that.
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[03:40] Will**
* Becoming free from obstructive thoughts*
* doesn't mean thinking about nothing.*
**[03:45] Will**
*You just block out the past and future,*
**[03:47] Will**
*and focus only on the present.*
**[03:50] Will**
* I need to offer all of my current*
* insignificant self to the gods,*
**[03:55] Will**
*and then dive in deep.*
**[03:58] Will**
*As far as I can.*
**[04:07] Mary**
This concludes the five-day Silent Prayer.
**[04:11] Mary**
You did very well.
**[04:14] Will**
* I've done nothing but pray continuously*
* for the past five days.*
**[04:18] Mary**
Do you feel all right physically, Will?
**[04:21] Will**
Yeah, I'm fine.
**[04:22] Mary**
And you're only thirteen.
How remarkable you are.
**[04:25] Will**
Only because I've been praying
with you all these years.
**[04:31] Will**
* It's been five years since*
* my arms were burned.*
**[04:35] Will**
* Mary says she could heal the*
* scars with her blessing,*
**[04:39] Will**
*but I chose to keep them.*
**[04:41] Will**
* Blood said they were my badge*
* of manhood, after all.*
**[04:44] Mary**
I'll prepare all of your favorite
things for dinner tonight.
**[04:47] Will**
Yay!
**[04:50] Gus**
Memorize all of this by tomorrow.
**[04:52] Will**
Huh?!
**[04:54] Will**
*Gus's lessons became more difficult,*
**[04:56] Will**
*and there was a lot more to keep track of,*
**[04:59] Will**
*but I stuck to it for all I was worth.*
**[05:02] Will**
* And then his lessons became*
* even more intensive.*
**[05:06] Will**
* It's as if he wants me*
* to get fed up and quit.*
**[05:11] Will**
* Still, Mary and Gus were*
* nothing compared to...*
**[05:15] Blood**
All right!
**[05:17] Blood**
Let's move on to our main event of the day.
**[05:20] Will**
What is that?
**[05:22] Blood**
Your opponent. I caught him in the ruins.
**[05:25] Will**
Uh, that's not what I mean!
**[05:27] Blood**
What's the problem?
It's just a low-ranked demon's corpse.
**[05:30] Will**
*Demons can become undead, too?*
**[05:33] Blood**
Okay, go.
**[05:34] Will**
Wait a—
**[05:42] Will**
*I got him!*
**[05:45] Will**
Blood, I win!
**[05:47] Blood**
Y-Yeah... Good job.
**[05:50] Will**
So this is what they mean
**[05:51] Will**
when they say a trained warrior
can kill with mechanical reflexes!
**[05:54] Blood**
Y-Yeah, I guess so...
**[05:57] Will**
Blood?
**[05:59] Blood**
Well, for your first killing
match, that wasn't bad.
**[06:02] Blood**
Hear me? It just *wasn't bad*!
**[06:04] Blood**
Don't get a big head!
**[06:05] Will**
Oh, that's what you meant?
**[06:08] Will**
Well? I'm a genius, right?
**[06:11] Blood**
You might just be a genius...
**[06:13] Will**
C'mon, aren't you gonna
chew me out for that?
**[06:15] Blood**
Okay!
**[06:16] Blood**
Why don't we speed things up and
try something harder, genius?
**[06:20] Will**
Huh?
**[06:23] Will**
* The ruined city that I always*
* saw from the top of the hill.*
**[06:27] Will**
* That day was the first*
* time I set foot in it.*
**[06:38] Will**
I didn't know there were passages
like this underground.
**[06:41] Blood**
Humans and dwarfs used to live here.
**[06:44] Blood**
Their blacksmith helped me out a lot.
**[06:47] Blood**
But now it's just a danger zone filled
with mindless, wandering undead.
**[06:52] Blood**
That's why we never allowed
you to enter here before.
**[06:57] Blood**
This spot should be good.
**[06:59] Blood**
You've got all your stuff, right?
**[07:00] Will**
Yeah.
**[07:01] Will**
My sword, shield, bread,
jerky, and a waterskin.
**[07:05] Blood**
Those things are everything
to you right now.
**[07:07] Blood**
Okay. Now escape from here.
**[07:09] Will**
Huh?
**[07:09] Blood**
I'll be waiting outside. Don't die, now.
**[07:12] Will**
W-Wait a minute! Blood!
**[07:15] Will**
*H-He can't be serious!*
**[07:18] Will**
Lumen!
***SIGN*** Light
**[07:20] Will**
Blood?
**[07:23] Will**
The exit is this way, right?
**[07:26] Will**
But what was it Blood said a minute ago?
**[07:29] Will**
This place is...
**[07:34] Will**
Of course.
**[07:44] Will**
* I'm pretty sure Blood is testing*
* my overall practical ability.*
**[07:50] Will**
I didn't know being alone was such
a lonely, anxious feeling...
**[07:55] Will**
*I had forgotten even that fact.*
**[07:58] Will**
* Even though I spent all of*
* my previous life alone...*
**[08:01] Will**
Ever since I came here,
Blood and Mary have been by my side.
**[08:07] Will**
* In this world, people reach*
* adulthood at fifteen,*
**[08:09] Will**
*so I'll be striking out on my own soon.*
**[08:12] Will**
* That's probably part of why all of their*
* lessons have gotten so much harder.*
**[08:16] Will**
*In that case...*
**[08:18] Will**
I want to give back the best results I can.
**[08:21] Will**
I want them to boast that I was a pupil
worth teaching, that they're proud of me.
**[08:33] Will**
*That's probably an undead Vraskus demon.*
**[08:37] Will**
* They can use the Words. They're stronger*
* than any opponent I've faced.*
**[08:42] Will**
* Should I stay hidden and slip*
* past it? Go another route?*
**[08:46] Will**
*What would Blood do?*
**[09:09] Will**
*It's strong, but not as strong as Blood!*
**[09:15] Will**
Tacere, Os!
***SIGN*** Be Silent, Mouth
**[09:32] Will**
Oh, no... This is not the place
to be stuck without a weapon...
**[09:43] Will**
This isn't a demon weapon.
**[09:45] Will**
A dwarven magic spear?
**[09:48] Will**
It's better than nothing.
**[09:56] Will**
There's a draft here.
**[09:59] Will**
Maybe I'm near the exit.
**[10:01] Will**
I wonder how long this
place has been deserted.
**[10:04] Will**
It sounded like Blood knew
it while it was populated...
**[10:07] Will**
Does that mean the three of them
became undead around the same time?
**[10:11] Will**
From the level of degradation,
it's been more than just a decade or two.
**[10:15] Will**
* I already know there are no humans*
* living anywhere near here.*
**[10:19] Will**
*I wonder where my birth parents are...*
**[10:23] Will**
*And why am I in these ruins?*
**[10:27] Will**
*My real parents...*
***SIGN*** Episode 2
The Wandering Sage
**[10:44] Will**
Gus?
**[10:47] Will**
You're Gus, right?
**[10:51] Will**
Why aren't you saying anything? And...
**[10:55] Will**
*Why are you glaring at me like that?*
**[10:58] Will**
Did Blood tell you I was here?
**[11:02] Will**
Or is this another lesson of some kind?
**[11:05] Will**
It's a lesson, right? With conditions for—
**[11:07] Gus**
Expergisci!
***SIGN*** Awaken
**[11:14] Will**
A golem?!
**[11:20] Will**
Gus!
**[11:23] Will**
*He's serious!*
**[11:27] Will**
*I'm aiming for...*
**[11:40] Will**
Stone Blast can carry that much force?!
**[11:45] Gus**
Cadere Araneum!
***SIGN*** Falling
***SIGN*** Spiderweb
**[11:47] Will**
Mendacium!
***SIGN*** It Is False
**[11:53] Will**
*Grease magic?*
**[11:54] Will**
*When did...*
**[11:57] Will**
*His magic projection is way too quick!*
**[11:59] Will**
*A double cast?!*
**[12:01] Gus**
Robigus!
***SIGN*** Slow
**[12:02] Will**
Mendacium!
***SIGN*** It Is False
**[12:03] Gus**
Somnus!
***SIGN*** Sleep
**[12:03] Will**
Mendacium!
***SIGN*** It Is False
**[12:05] Will**
*Why? Why, Gus?*
**[12:07] Gus**
Expergisci!
***SIGN*** Awaken
**[12:09] Will**
*A triple cast?!*
**[12:12] Will**
* I'm gonna be killed by one of my own*
* parents, and I don't even know why...*
**[12:17] Will**
*This can't be real!*
**[12:20] Will**
*No... No!*
**[12:22] Will**
*No! No! No!*
**[12:24] Will**
*I don't want that! I don't want to die!*
**[12:27] Will**
*What can I...*
**[12:28] Will**
* Oh, right! This spear should*
* work on a ghost like Gus!*
**[12:32] Will**
*He's the one who tried to kill me first.*
**[12:36] Will**
*No one can complain if I kill him!*
**[12:39] Will**
*Pierce!*
**[12:40] Will**
*Pierce!*
**[12:42] Will**
*Pierce him!*
**[12:43] Will**
*Kill him!*
**[12:53] Will**
Tell me, Gus...
**[12:55] Will**
Grandpa...
**[12:58] Will**
If you really have to kill me...
**[13:02] Will**
There must be some reason you're
being forced to do it, right?
**[13:08] Will**
I know you wouldn't do this
if you didn't have a reason.
**[13:12] Will**
I know that.
**[13:14] Will**
* If Gus was really serious, he wouldn't*
* need to play around like this.*
**[13:18] Will**
*If he throws around a lot of fire magic,*
**[13:21] Will**
*I'll die of oxygen deficiency and toxicity.*
**[13:23] Will**
*If he makes the ceiling collapse,*
**[13:25] Will**
* his ghost body won't be hurt,*
* but I'll be crushed and die.*
**[13:29] Will**
I know... I know that, but...
**[13:33] Will**
I still don't want to fight you to the death.
**[13:38] Will**
Hurting you would make me feel
worse than dying myself.
**[13:44] Will**
If that's really important
to you, that's fine.
**[13:51] Will**
You can kill me.
**[13:54] Will**
I'm not afraid.
**[13:57] Will**
I'm your pupil.
**[14:01] Will**
B-But... I'd appreciate it if you
didn't make it hurt too much...
**[14:05] Gus**
Ah, forgive me!
**[14:07] Gus**
I took that a bit too far for a lesson!
**[14:10] Gus**
This place did give me an
advantage, but still, I win.
**[14:13] Gus**
Yes, I'm sure that was a shock to you,
**[14:15] Gus**
but now you've gained experience in
combat against a sorcerer! Right?
**[14:15] Will**
*What shocks me isn't that this was a lesson.*
**[14:19] Will**
Gus...
**[14:20] Gus**
Now, don't ask questions!
**[14:21] Gus**
If you managed to defeat a
Vraskus and take his spear,
**[14:24] Gus**
even Blood will congratulate you heartily!
**[14:27] Gus**
Oh, yes! Weren't the double
and triple casts amazing?
**[14:28] Will**
* It's that Gus is trying to pass*
* all of this off as a lesson.*
**[14:31] Gus**
I'll teach you some ill-mannered
tricks like that soon!
**[14:35] Gus**
So...
**[14:36] Gus**
Please don't be upset.
**[14:39] Gus**
Come, Will.
**[14:40] Gus**
The best thing to do in a gloomy
place like this is leave.
**[14:44] Will**
* This city, the three of*
* them, my own history...*
**[14:49] Will**
*There's something more to it all.*
**[14:56] Mary**
Oh, my! Will found a fine spear
like this beneath the ruined city?
**[15:00] Blood**
Yeah. The steel is so vivid and
bright, it absolutely shines.
**[15:04] Blood**
It's a good, sharp blade.
**[15:06] Mary**
It's a short spear made with functionality
in mind. Truly the work of dwarfs.
**[15:10] Gus**
It appears to have several
Words engraved in it.
**[15:13] Gus**
It will be perfect for
our lesson on appraisal.
**[15:16] Will**
Yeah. Teach me all about it.
**[15:19] Will**
* Gus hasn't brought up that*
* incident at all since then.*
**[15:23] Will**
* There must be a reason why*
* he won't talk about it.*
**[15:27] Will**
* That's why I decided not*
* to tell Blood or Mary.*
**[15:32] Will**
*Later, I appraised the spear with Gus,*
**[15:34] Will**
* and we found that it had*
* the name "Pale Moon."*
**[15:37] Will**
* Words of Creation are engraved on*
* both the spearhead and the shaft.*
**[15:41] Will**
*The spearhead can emit light magic,*
**[15:44] Will**
* so it can serve as a light*
* source or distract enemies.*
**[15:46] Will**
* The shaft is imbued with*
* magic that allows one*
**[15:48] Will**
*to expand or shorten the spear at will.*
**[15:52] Will**
*That should make it easy to carry.*
**[15:55] Will**
*Above all,*
**[15:56] Will**
* I was excited to have a magic*
* weapon of my very own.*
**[16:04] Will**
* After that, I returned to the city underground*
* every now and then for Blood's lessons.*
**[16:09] Will**
*I head underground with only a short sword*
**[16:11] Will**
* to collect any weapons*
* and armor that I found.*
**[16:14] Will**
*It was tough at first,*
**[16:15] Will**
*but I can handle it without any trouble now.*
**[16:20] Will**
* Even if I encounter Vraskus*
* or similarly strong enemy,*
**[16:22] Will**
*I don't struggle anymore.*
**[16:25] Will**
Huh?
**[16:26] Will**
This is it?
**[16:28] Gus**
You have acquired more
than enough knowledge.
**[16:31] Gus**
It is time for you to learn something else.
**[16:34] Will**
Something else?
**[16:35] Gus**
You will enter the city
underground and collect coins.
**[16:39] Gus**
I'm going to teach you
something very important.
**[16:43] Will**
Is this enough?
**[16:45] Gus**
Yes, it will do.
**[16:47] Blood**
Hey, you finally gonna
do that again, old man?
**[16:52] Will**
Um, Gus?
**[16:53] Gus**
Yes?
**[16:54] Will**
Isn't this what they call... gambling?
**[16:57] Gus**
What a vulgar way to describe it!
**[16:59] Gus**
Call it something refined,
like a game of intellect.
**[17:01] Will**
It's gambling!
**[17:02] Will**
Come on! I was all excited when you said
you'd teach me something important!
**[17:06] Gus**
Now, now, don't get angry.
**[17:08] Gus**
Besides, games such as these
should not be underestimated.
**[17:12] Gus**
They are often used in
duels between sorcerers.
**[17:15] Will**
Do I really have to place a bet, though?
**[17:17] Blood**
Where's the fun in it if you don't?
**[17:19] Blood**
I get it. You're scared, aren't you?
**[17:22] Will**
Huh?!
**[17:23] Gus**
Yes, you should flee.
**[17:25] Gus**
You very well should be scared to compete
against the one hailed as the Wandering Sage.
**[17:31] Will**
How dare you?!
**[17:34] Blood**
Two sixes!
**[17:35] Blood**
Yeah! I win!
**[17:37] Gus**
Your competitive intuition
never fails to astound me...
**[17:41] Will**
Once more! I've got it this time!
**[17:45] Mary**
What are you two teaching Will?
**[17:47] Gus**
Ah, er...
**[17:48] Blood**
Mary, there's a reason for—
**[17:50] Will**
It was Gus!
**[17:51] Mary**
All three of you, sit down right there.
**[17:56] Will**
*Mary's lecture was long and scathing.*
**[17:59] Will**
*I learned something very important.*
**[18:02] Will**
*It's not good to get hooked on gambling.*
**[18:08] Gus**
Will.
**[18:10] Gus**
I have been observing the heavens for the
past several years to pass the time,
**[18:15] Gus**
so I know when the winter solstice is.
**[18:17] Gus**
That will be the day you turn fifteen
**[18:20] Gus**
and undergo your coming-of-age ritual.
**[18:22] Will**
Yeah.
**[18:23] Gus**
I believe that, shortly before
your coming-of-age ritual,
**[18:27] Gus**
Blood will challenge you to a one-on-one
swordfight, an earnest duel.
**[18:33] Will**
I get that feeling, too.
**[18:35] Will**
I know it won't be easy,
but I'll do my best to win.
**[18:38] Will**
I can't make the three of you
feel at ease if I don't.
**[18:44] Gus**
I would like you to do something for me.
**[18:46] Will**
Sure.
**[18:48] Gus**
Could you find a way to lose the duel
in a way that Blood won't notice?
**[18:55] Will**
Why?
**[18:56] Gus**
I need you to.
**[18:58] Will**
No, not that!
**[19:00] Will**
I'm asking why you're always
leaving me out of the loop!
**[19:03] Will**
I know you would never trample on
someone's feelings without a reason!
**[19:08] Will**
Didn't I tell you before that I trust you?
**[19:12] Will**
If you'd just explain your reasons,
I'd be glad to throw the duel!
**[19:16] Will**
I'd even risk my life,
just like that last time...
**[19:19] Will**
So why won't you tell me anything?!
**[19:22] Will**
Don't you trust me at all?!
**[19:24] Will**
Am I just that useless to you?!
**[19:29] Gus**
Forgive me. I cannot explain.
**[19:33] Will**
I see.
**[19:34] Will**
Well, then, I can't help you.
**[19:37] Will**
I'll pretend I didn't hear a
word of what you just said.
**[19:48] Mary**
In your coming-of-age ritual, you will
need to swear an oath to one of the gods
**[19:52] Mary**
and decide which one will
be your guardian deity.
**[19:55] Mary**
Will?
**[19:56] Blood**
Something wrong?
**[19:58] Will**
No, nothing.
**[19:59] Will**
Anyway, which of the gods do you recommend?
**[20:02] Mary**
The one that is the most widely followed
**[20:04] Mary**
is the god of justice and order,
the lightning god Volt.
**[20:07] Will**
But you worship the earth-mother Mater,
**[20:10] Will**
Blood worships Blaze,
the god of fire and smithing,
**[20:12] Will**
and Gus worships the wind god Whirl, right?
**[20:14] Blood**
Yeah, and what you swear
to them is important.
**[20:18] Blood**
I swore to Blaze that I would
train every day and grow strong.
**[20:22] Mary**
I swore to Mater that I would live
in a way that would honor her will.
**[20:27] Will**
And Gus?
**[20:28] Mary**
There is a god of knowledge,
**[20:30] Mary**
but he says he swore to the wind god that
he would do as he pleased and enjoy life.
**[20:36] Mary**
He hates being bound by anything, after all.
**[20:40] Will**
I wonder if he's really enjoying life.
**[20:43] Mary**
Sometimes being very smart also
makes you very transparent.
**[20:47] Mary**
That goes for both you and Gus.
**[20:50] Will**
When you swear an oath to a god,
you earn some divine protection, right?
**[20:54] Blood**
Yeah. The stronger your vow,
the easier it is to earn it.
**[20:58] Blood**
But they also say that you'll be destined
to suffer many hardships in exchange.
**[21:02] Blood**
So don't swear your oath
in the heat of a moment.
**[21:06] Blood**
As they say, either you
become a hero or you die.
**[21:11] Will**
An oath, huh?
**[22:45] Mary**
You'll probably start
growing facial hair soon.
**[22:48] Will**
Maybe I should have Blood
teach me how to shave.
**[22:52] Mary**
I don't think he's shaved in
a very long time himself.
**[22:55] Will**
Hey... What did Blood look like before?
**[22:59] Mary**
It was very different from you.
**[23:02] Mary**
He had a thick neck and
thick arms, broad shoulders,
**[23:06] Mary**
a mane like a lion's, and keen eyes.
**[23:08] Mary**
He might have looked a bit scary, in fact.
**[23:11] Will**
I can kind of picture it.
**[23:13] Mary**
He was quite dashing.
**[23:16] Mary**
There, all done.
**[23:17] Mary**
I think you look very handsome.
**[23:20] Will**
I wish I looked more like Blood.
**[23:23] Will**
A strong, intimidating face seems
like it would be more useful.
**[23:27] Mary**
Come the next winter solstice,
you will be an adult.
**[23:30] Mary**
Your face has truly begun
to look like that of a man.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
Payday
# E3 - Payday
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU4W7JZ/payday)
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**[00:07] Blood**
Okay, that's enough.
**[00:09] Blood**
You've gotten a lot stronger.
**[00:13] Will**
What are we gonna do today?
**[00:15] Will**
Spar?
**[00:17] Blood**
Nope, today's all about this.
**[00:20] Will**
What is it?
**[00:21] Blood**
Here.
**[00:24] Blood**
Take a sniff.
**[00:27] Will**
Why do you have this?
**[00:28] Blood**
I thought we could drink it together.
**[00:30] Blood**
I made it by putting honey
in some forest grape juice.
**[00:34] Blood**
The honey wasn't easy to get, y'know.
**[00:39] Will**
Is something wrong?
**[00:40] Blood**
Nah, just... come the winter
solstice, you'll be an adult.
**[00:44] Blood**
And a man's gotta get used to this stuff.
**[00:47] Will**
Won't Mary be mad about this?
**[00:49] Blood**
Nah, we'll keep it a secret.
**[00:51] Blood**
It'll be just between us men.
**[00:55] Will**
Okay, let's drink.
**[00:56] Blood**
All right! Here y'go!
**[00:59] Will**
Cheers!
**[01:03] Blood**
Whoa, that's good! Delicious!
**[01:06] Blood**
And I even get to drink it with you!
**[01:09] Will**
Yeah. It's good.
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[02:44] Blood**
Okay! Time to test your courage!
**[02:47] Will**
My courage?
**[02:49] Blood**
We're gonna take a little peek
at Mary while she's changing.
**[02:52] Will**
But won't we get in trouble?
**[02:54] Blood**
Say what?!
**[02:55] Will**
The hallway's spinning...
**[02:56] Blood**
C'mon, follow me!
**[02:58] Blood**
Hey, you okay?
**[03:00] Will**
I'm fine, I'm fine!
**[03:12] Will**
*I can erase my presence easily.*
**[03:14] Will**
*This'll be a piece of cake!*
**[03:16] Blood**
Wait! You idiot!
**[03:20] Mary**
Who's there?!
**[03:21] Blood**
Crap!
**[03:22] Mary**
Blood!
**[03:23] Mary**
What's the meaning of—ugh, you stink!
**[03:26] Mary**
What did you make Will drink?!
**[03:28] Will**
Oh, this is just...
**[03:29] Blood**
Oh, we were just gonna have a
little peek while you changed.
**[03:33] Mary**
Wha... Wha... Wha...
**[03:35] Will**
I told him we shouldn't...
**[03:36] Mary**
What do you think you're doing, you idiot?!
**[03:51] Will**
*My voice has been changing,*
**[03:53] Will**
* so I knew I was due for*
* my first ejaculation...*
**[03:55] Will**
* But it was inspired by Mary*
* changing... Mary changing...*
**[03:58] Blood**
What're you washing there, Will?
**[04:01] Blood**
Hey, is that...
**[04:03] Will**
Don't laugh!
**[04:06] Will**
* I really gotta be careful*
* not to drink too much.*
**[04:11] Will**
*Today's the day of my battle with Blood.*
**[04:14] Will**
*Once this is over,*
**[04:16] Will**
* I'll probably be leaving*
* this temple by spring.*
**[04:21] (Flashback) Gus**
Could you find a way to lose the duel
in a way that Blood won't notice?
**[04:28] Will**
*Okay...*
**[04:29] Mary**
Will.
**[04:31] Mary**
I'll help you get changed.
**[04:34] Mary**
As of tomorrow, you'll be an adult.
**[04:37] Mary**
Have you decided which god
you'll swear your oath to?
**[04:41] Will**
Well... Yeah, I've got an idea.
**[04:44] Mary**
I see.
**[04:46] Will**
Mary, I'm gonna win today.
**[04:52] Mary**
Okay.
**[05:02] Will**
Where's Gus?
**[05:06] Blood**
Hey, Will. Ready to do this?
**[05:09] Will**
Anytime. Let's do it.
**[05:11] Blood**
Good. Then, let's go over
things one more time.
**[05:14] Blood**
No magic, no trying for instant kills.
**[05:16] Blood**
Otherwise, anything goes.
**[05:18] Blood**
If anything happens, Mary will
fix it with her blessing.
**[05:21] Blood**
The first one to admit defeat or
become unable to fight loses.
**[05:29] Blood**
Try your best not to die!
**[05:51] Will**
*He's like a storm.*
**[05:52] Will**
* If I take just one solid hit,*
* I'll be out of the fight!*
**[06:07] Blood**
Thought you could get in close, didn't ya?
**[06:09] Will**
Ugh, this is infuriating!
**[06:15] Will**
* It's a challenge to avoid one*
* of Blood's strikes perfectly,*
**[06:19] Will**
* but if I receive one with just my*
* sword, it'll shatter along with me.*
**[06:23] Will**
* So how do I survive his strike*
* and get into the gap between us?*
**[06:28] Will**
*There's only one answer!*
**[06:32] Will**
Here it comes!
**[06:43] Blood**
*Will...*
**[06:52] Will**
He's holding my sword between his ribs?!
**[06:56] Blood**
That was pretty good.
**[06:58] Will**
I concede.
**[07:00] Blood**
Yep. Man, having no muscles
really is a disadvantage.
**[07:04] Mary**
Blood!
**[07:05] Blood**
Ack!
**[07:06] Mary**
Don't you "Ack!" me!
**[07:07] Mary**
You promised you wouldn't
use that trick again!
**[07:10] Blood**
N-Not sure what you're talking about...
**[07:12] Mary**
The one where you use your ribs
to trap an opponent's weapon!
**[07:15] Blood**
Yeah, but I don't have
organs or anything, so...
**[07:17] Will**
What?! He did that when he was alive?!
**[07:20] Mary**
Yes, he did! Can you believe it?!
**[07:23] Blood**
Well, my opponent at the
time was really quick!
**[07:26] Blood**
And it looked like he was
gonna stab you, so I just...
**[07:28] Mary**
You did not "just" anything!
**[07:30] Will**
I can't believe he survived.
**[07:32] Mary**
Without my blessing, he wouldn't have!
**[07:35] Blood**
Look, I did it 'cause I
trusted your prayer to work!
**[07:38] Mary**
I was genuinely concerned
that you had instantly died!
**[07:42] Mary**
Didn't I ask you to never do that again?!
**[07:44] Will**
*Even I know what this is.*
**[07:45] Mary**
Do you understand what
"please don't do it again" means?!
**[07:46] Will**
* This is one of those things even*
* a dog wouldn't butt in on.*
**[07:47] Mary**
It means "*don't* do it again"!
**[07:50] Blood**
Will, even if you couldn't beat me,
**[07:53] Blood**
what you've accomplished is still remarkable.
**[07:55] Blood**
Even if you couldn't beat me.
**[07:57] Will**
You didn't have to say
it twice for emphasis!
**[07:59] Will**
I'll make sure you lose next time!
**[08:03] Blood**
That's the spirit, little Will!
**[08:05] Blood**
Ow.
**[08:06] Mary**
Don't get carried away!
**[08:08] Mary**
Both of you need to take this seriously!
**[08:11] Blood**
But you know,
**[08:13] Blood**
if I had a killer slash or secret technique,
I could've taught it to you.
**[08:16] Will**
You don't?
**[08:17] Blood**
Nope.
**[08:19] Blood**
The way I fight and the way
you fight aren't the same.
**[08:22] Blood**
My goal was never to raise
you into an imitation of me.
**[08:26] Blood**
So the moves that I rely on
won't be the same for you.
**[08:31] Blood**
It's the basics that matter most.
**[08:33] Blood**
Make sure you can use all the things
you've learned at any time.
**[08:37] Blood**
Both Mary and I have already taught
you everything that's important.
**[08:42] Will**
Okay...
**[08:45] Will**
Dad, Mom.
**[08:48] Blood**
"Dad," eh?
**[08:50] Blood**
Yeah, I guess that's
pretty much what we are.
**[08:52] Mary**
That's true.
**[08:54] Blood**
I can't teach you any secret techniques,
**[08:56] Blood**
but to mark your new independence,
I'll give you this.
**[09:00] Blood**
It's the most powerful of
all the demonblades I own.
**[09:03] Will**
What? But I didn't even win...
**[09:06] Blood**
I told you, it's to mark
your new independence.
**[09:09] Blood**
Go on, try it out.
**[09:16] Blood**
It's called "Overeater."
**[09:18] Blood**
It ranks at the highest
level of demonblades.
**[09:21] Blood**
It can even cut down one of the gods'
Echoes, so long as it can reach them.
**[09:25] Blood**
The Words engraved in it are
too difficult to understand,
**[09:28] Blood**
but I can sum up its effects:
**[09:31] Blood**
"If a living being is cut with this blade,
**[09:33] Blood**
its wielder recovers life
force with each cut."
**[09:36] Will**
Huh? Recover life force?
**[09:39] Blood**
Yep. In other words,
**[09:41] Blood**
you can just swing it around without
thinking and still be the last man standing.
**[09:46] Blood**
You're a smart kid, so I'm
sure you understand this,
**[09:50] Blood**
but don't use it any more than you have to.
**[09:52] Blood**
It makes its wielder feel a lot stronger,
**[09:56] Blood**
but it's not the type of demonblade
that enhances your spirit.
**[09:59] Blood**
The more you use it, the more
dependent you'll become,
**[10:01] Blood**
until you're so weak that
there's nothing left of you...
**[10:04] Will**
And then I'll go back to the start
of the life-and-death cycle.
**[10:06] Blood**
That's probably part of what
makes it a "demonblade."
**[10:09] Blood**
Anyway, I've said a lot,
but I'm sure you'll be fine.
**[10:15] Will**
* They both have faith that I*
* can use this sword properly.*
**[10:21] Will**
* But am I really someone*
* worthy of their faith?*
**[10:27] Blood**
Well, if I'm gonna give you a demonblade,
**[10:29] Blood**
I guess I gotta tell you
about its history, too.
**[10:33] Blood**
Along with what you've been
wanting to know, of course.
**[10:38] Will**
* He's talking about what I've*
* wondered all these years.*
**[10:45] Mary**
You are a grown-up now, after all.
**[10:48] Blood**
I promised I'd tell you once you grew up.
**[10:50] Blood**
Your mind and body are both
plenty big enough now.
**[10:55] Blood**
This is the tale of the king among demon
kings who tried to conquer this continent,
**[11:00] Blood**
the one known as the High
King of the Eternals...
**[11:04] Blood**
the tale of the defeat and death of
many heroes, as well as our own...
**[11:09] Blood**
and the tale of why you grew up here.
**[11:17] Mary**
The Undying Bladefiend.
**[11:19] Mary**
The King Among Kings.
**[11:21] Mary**
The Purest Evil.
**[11:22] Mary**
The Inexhaustible Darkness.
**[11:23] Mary**
The Rider of Warstorms.
**[11:25] Mary**
They are all names for the
High King of the Eternals.
**[11:28] Mary**
About 200 years ago,
**[11:31] Mary**
the demon kings led a great uprising.
**[11:34] Mary**
An army of countless demons invaded
our continent of Southmark.
**[11:39] Blood**
All the continents were crawling
with demon kings, generals...
**[11:43] Blood**
The kinds of demons you really
don't wanna see showing up.
**[11:47] Will**
Demons?
**[11:49] Blood**
And these swarms of demons offered up
massive amounts of flesh and blood
**[11:52] Blood**
in a number of great rituals to
their deity, the god of dimensions.
**[11:57] Mary**
In response to this, the minions
of the god of tyranny, Iltreat,
**[12:01] Mary**
and those of the god of
the undead, Stagnate,
**[12:03] Mary**
also became active all over the world.
**[12:05] Mary**
The virtuous gods expended
a great deal of strength
**[12:08] Mary**
in a series of battles intense
enough to change the map.
**[12:12] Blood**
I know you learned geography from Gus,
**[12:15] Blood**
but don't think it's the
same now as it was then.
**[12:17] Blood**
Because of that,
**[12:19] Blood**
even we don't know much about what the
other continents were like back then.
**[12:22] Blood**
All we know is that the High King
went on a rampage in Southmark.
**[12:27] Will**
He sure has a lot of scary nicknames.
**[12:30] Blood**
Frankly, they don't even
come close to the truth.
**[12:32] Blood**
His abilities were absolutely insane.
**[12:34] Blood**
He could turn any blood
he shed into soldiers,
**[12:37] Blood**
and any flesh cut from his body into
commanders, in unlimited amounts.
**[12:42] Blood**
In other words, he made demons
from his own flesh and blood.
**[12:45] Will**
That's serious hax...
**[12:47] Blood**
Hax?
**[12:48] Will**
It means he's a cheater.
**[12:50] Blood**
Also, only blades could harm him.
**[12:53] Blood**
Arrows and magic wouldn't
even leave a mark...
**[12:56] Blood**
and his weapon of choice was Overeater.
**[12:59] Blood**
He was a madman who'd roar with laughter
**[13:02] Blood**
as he created armies by cutting down
enemies and getting cut himself.
**[13:05] Mary**
Eventually, he came to
be called the High King,
**[13:08] Mary**
meaning the king of all kings.
**[13:11] Mary**
This city was once a vital
hub for lake transportation,
**[13:15] Mary**
but it only held out for a
matter of days before it fell.
**[13:18] Mary**
The High King made his home in the
city and mass-produced demons,
**[13:23] Mary**
which used the water routes to
attack surrounding settlements.
**[13:27] Mary**
No one could kill the High King.
**[13:29] Mary**
The destruction of the continent
of Southmark was assured.
**[13:33] Mary**
Just when everyone had begun
to believe that, Gus...
**[13:35] Mary**
Augustus, the Wandering Sage,
**[13:38] Mary**
suggested that now was the perfect
time to strike down the High King.
**[13:41] Will**
"Now"? Was it even possible to kill him?
**[13:47] Will**
* An army of demons, a demonblade,*
* the city underground,*
**[13:51] Will**
* Blood's combat techniques,*
* Mary's blessing, Gus's tactics...*
**[13:56] Mary**
Gus—
**[13:57] Will**
I get it.
**[13:58] Blood**
You do?
**[13:59] Mary**
Really?
**[14:00] Will**
Yeah, I think so.
**[14:02] Will**
Gus was hoping to pinpoint
the enemy's location,
**[14:05] Will**
then invade via the underground
with a few elite soldiers
**[14:08] Will**
and steal his demonblade in battle.
**[14:10] Will**
It was probably the only way.
**[14:12] Will**
The High King couldn't be killed.
**[14:14] Will**
The premise was that he could
heal using the demonblade,
**[14:18] Will**
but the demonblade is a
weapon that can be stolen.
**[14:21] Will**
Stealing it would change everything.
**[14:23] Will**
To do it, Gus would use great magic
to wipe out all of his minions
**[14:27] Will**
and face him one-on-one.
**[14:29] Will**
As long as Mary kept them both
healed with her blessing,
**[14:31] Will**
no new demons would appear.
**[14:33] Will**
From there, Blood would just do what
it took to steal the demonblade.
**[14:36] Will**
This was almost certainly successful.
**[14:38] Blood**
How can you be so sure?
**[14:39] Will**
The proof is that you own the demonblade.
**[14:42] Will**
That's how the High King died... I guess.
**[14:46] Will**
And after that—
**[14:47] Blood**
Not quite, Will.
**[14:48] Blood**
You really are a genius,
**[14:51] Blood**
but you've got the wrong conclusion there.
**[14:53] Blood**
We... I... didn't succeed in killing him.
**[14:59] Will**
You... didn't succeed?
**[15:02] Mary**
That's right.
**[15:03] Mary**
Gus made use of every factor visible to him
**[15:06] Mary**
to draw in any possibility
of killing the High King.
**[15:09] Mary**
But...
**[15:12] Mary**
The factors he could see
were not all of them.
**[15:16] Mary**
The High King revealed his true nature,
**[15:18] Mary**
taking on the appearance of a
hideous, grotesque warrior.
**[15:22] Mary**
And then... well...
**[15:25] Blood**
He was a better swordsman than me.
**[15:28] Blood**
I couldn't touch him.
**[15:30] Blood**
I'd fought opponents bigger than
me many times before,
**[15:33] Blood**
but he was the first one that
nothing I did could reach.
**[15:35] Will**
Even you were no match for him?
**[15:38] Blood**
Yeah, even as my buddies who
were forming a wall outside
**[15:41] Blood**
after entrusting everything to me
were crushed one after another.
**[15:44] Blood**
I had the support of Gus's
magic and Mary's blessing,
**[15:48] Blood**
and he was wounded.
**[15:51] Blood**
Despite all that, I'm pretty sure
he had made it one level higher...
**[15:55] Blood**
enough to become something I
couldn't kill so long as I lived.
**[15:59] Blood**
To this day, I still wonder
what I was lacking.
**[16:05] Blood**
But it's too late now.
**[16:06] Blood**
You know why, don't you?
**[16:08] Will**
The undead don't grow.
**[16:11] Blood**
My sword skills can't improve any further.
**[16:14] Mary**
And when it became clear
that we were bound to lose,
**[16:18] Mary**
Gus and I placed a seal on the High King.
**[16:22] Mary**
If we couldn't kill him,
we could, at least, do that.
**[16:24] Will**
You mean...
**[16:26] Will**
*They gave up on Blood's chance of winning.*
**[16:30] Mary**
Thankfully, the technique worked,
**[16:32] Mary**
and the High King was sealed
deep beneath this land.
**[16:37] Mary**
In other words...
**[16:39] Mary**
In the very end, we couldn't
fully believe in Blood.
**[16:44] Mary**
And then...
**[16:46] Will**
Mary?
**[16:47] Mary**
And then an Echo of Stagnate descended.
**[16:51] Will**
What?! An Echo is a body
double of a god, right?
**[16:55] Will**
But why would...
**[16:56] Mary**
The evil gods act individually,
each following their own principles.
**[17:00] Mary**
They will cooperate if it is in
all parties' best interests,
**[17:03] Mary**
but the opposite is also true.
**[17:05] Blood**
I guess Stagnate wasn't
too happy with any of it.
**[17:08] Blood**
The High King was a monster that could
slay a god's Echo using Overeater.
**[17:13] Blood**
He thought it'd be better for him
if the High King was sealed,
**[17:16] Blood**
so he offered us a deal.
**[17:18] Blood**
"You three are exceptionally gifted,
**[17:20] Blood**
so become undead and fight
on my side," he said.
**[17:24] Will**
But that's...
**[17:25] Blood**
If we did that, he'd get rid
of the demons in this city.
**[17:28] Blood**
After that, we could just watch over the
seal as we pleased in our immortal bodies.
**[17:33] Mary**
Stagnate couldn't bear to watch
the tragedies of life and death,
**[17:36] Mary**
so he hoped to create an eternally
stagnant world with no tragedies
**[17:40] Mary**
by turning as many exceptional
souls as he could into undead.
**[17:45] Mary**
And we had caught Stagnate's eye.
**[17:48] Blood**
Isn't it more accurate to
say he set his eyes on us?
**[17:52] Blood**
He told us to choose, but there
was no choice for us to make.
**[17:58] Blood**
We accepted his hand.
**[18:02] Blood**
Since my flesh was all cut
up, I became a skeleton.
**[18:05] Blood**
Mary was burned by Mater's
flames, becoming a mummy.
**[18:09] Blood**
And perhaps because he had no
attachment to his aged body,
**[18:12] Blood**
Gus became a ghost.
**[18:15] Will**
*Mary did tell me once...*
**[18:17] (Flashback) Mary**
That happens because I betrayed
the earth-mother Mater.
**[18:22] Blood**
The god of the undead then
cleared out the entire city.
**[18:26] Blood**
His overwhelming power turned the
lower-ranking demons undead,
**[18:29] Blood**
something that shouldn't even be possible.
**[18:32] Will**
And the undead demons still
roam the city to this day...
**[18:36] Blood**
And we became the guardians
of the High King's seal,
**[18:40] Blood**
as the highest-ranking undead.
**[18:42] Mary**
In the 200 years since then,
**[18:44] Mary**
we buried our former allies,
**[18:46] Mary**
and Gus set up a security net using magic,
**[18:48] Mary**
allowing us to continue protecting the city.
**[18:51] Blood**
We didn't have anything else to do.
**[18:54] Blood**
We were bound to this city by our contract.
**[18:57] Blood**
We can't even find out what goes on outside.
**[18:59] Blood**
The three of us talked about the possibility
that humanity had already died out.
**[19:05] Blood**
And then...
**[19:07] Blood**
you came along.
**[19:09] Blood**
Or, more accurately,
demons brought you here.
**[19:13] Will**
Oh...
**[19:15] Will**
So I was meant to be a sacrifice
to break the High King's seal.
**[19:20] Will**
No wonder you couldn't tell me before.
**[19:23] Will**
You couldn't bring yourselves to.
**[19:25] Mary**
Yes. As crude as he is,
even Blood was careful about that.
**[19:29] Blood**
You really just called me crude, huh?
**[19:31] Mary**
After the demons were defeated,
**[19:33] Mary**
we argued with Gus a bit over
what we should do with you.
**[19:37] Will**
Argued?
**[19:38] Mary**
Gus was against it,
**[19:40] Mary**
but we decided to raise you.
**[19:43] Will**
So that's why Gus said...
**[19:45] (Flashback) Gus**
When you brought back a human child,
**[19:48] (Flashback) Gus**
I thought you shouldn't have bothered...
**[19:51] Mary**
The fact that the demons
were able to bring you here
**[19:55] Mary**
means there must be a place inhabited
by humans relatively close by.
**[19:58] Blood**
The situation outside might
be pretty gruesome right now,
**[20:02] Blood**
but if it is, you just need to build
the strength to bust through it.
**[20:06] Blood**
Like you have.
**[20:08] Will**
And that's why I'm here right now, huh?
**[20:12] Will**
* I'm about to head into a nation of people*
* who survived the great uprising.*
**[20:17] Will**
* I'll take with me the strength*
* that the three of them gave me.*
**[20:20] Will**
*One day, I'll come back to this city.*
**[20:23] Will**
*I'll bring my family and friends*
**[20:25] Will**
*and introduce them.*
**[20:27] Will**
*I could even rebuild this city.*
**[20:29] Will**
*One day... I know I'll...*
**[20:31] Mary**
Be happy, Will.
**[20:33] Mary**
And don't forget to do good and pray.
**[20:36] Will**
Huh?
**[20:37] Blood**
You were the best pupil
I could've asked for.
**[20:39] Blood**
Even in today's test, in terms
of substance, you bested me.
**[20:43] Blood**
You clever, precocious son of mine...
**[20:46] Blood**
I love ya. Get stronger, okay?
**[20:49] Mary**
In no time at all, we became a
real family, and I was so happy.
**[20:53] Mary**
Will, my sweet boy...
**[20:56] Mary**
Your mother loves you.
**[21:00] Will**
Wait... Why are you...
**[21:03] Will**
talking like this is our last goodbye?
**[21:19] Stagnate**
Have you said your farewells, heroes?
**[21:22] Blood**
Yeah.
**[21:23] Mary**
Go ahead. We are ready.
**[21:25] Stagnate**
At last, you have lost your attachment.
**[21:29] Stagnate**
In accordance with our contract,
**[21:31] Stagnate**
place your souls in my hands right now.
**[21:34] Will**
*I can't do anything... I can't move!*
**[21:37] Will**
*Why?!*
**[21:39] Will**
*Please, move!*
**[21:41] Gus**
Vastare!
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[21:50] Stagnate**
Oh, yes. There was a magic
user left among you.
**[21:53] Gus**
Will, take Blood and Mary
and get out of here!
**[21:59] Gus**
Don't you worry.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
Payday
**[22:01] Gus**
I will stop him!
***SIGN*** Episode 4
The Goddess of the Divine Torch
# E4 - The Goddess of the Divine Torch
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**[00:01] Will**
*A nearly-forgotten memory came back to me.*
**[00:04] Will**
* The old sorcerer in a novel I*
* loved when I was a child...*
**[00:08] Will**
*looked so glorious to me.*
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[01:43] Gus**
Ligatur, Nodus, Obligatio!
***SIGN*** Be Tied, Knot, Binding
**[01:48] Will**
*That immense amount of mana...*
**[01:51] Stagnate**
Sage... You know all,
and still you fight it?
**[01:56] Gus**
Conciliat, Sequitur!
***SIGN*** Unite, Follow
**[02:01] Will**
*He reacted instantly?!*
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[02:04] Stagnate**
Vastare!
**[02:05] Gus**
Pallida Mors Aequo Pulsat Pede...
***SIGN*** Pale Death Kicks Equally
**[02:09] Will**
*A quadruple cast?!*
**[02:11] Will**
* Normally, that's the ultimate destructive*
* magic that reduces all to nothing,*
**[02:14] Will**
* only usable by several*
* people working together!*
**[02:16] Gus**
Pauperum Tabernas Regumque Turres:
***SIGN*** Both Huts of Paupers and Towers of Kings
**[02:20] Gus**
Damnatio Memoriae!
***SIGN*** Damnation of Memory
**[02:27] Stagnate**
Curse you, Sage!
**[02:37] Gus**
Quaerere, Ambulare Alevita.
***SIGN*** Search, Treading Softly
**[02:40] Gus**
Noli Fugito.
***SIGN*** Do Not Let Even a Sigh Escape
**[02:43] Gus**
He didn't take your souls, did he?
**[02:45] Blood**
N-Nah...
**[02:46] Mary**
It seems not.
**[02:49] Gus**
That must have been scary for you.
**[03:00] Blood**
Sorry about that.
**[03:02] Blood**
It really turned out just
like you were thinking.
**[03:05] Mary**
I was hoping we could hold out
until Will was ready to leave.
**[03:09] Gus**
You two made your decision.
**[03:12] Gus**
I am not so unreasonable that I would
demean the intentions behind your choice.
**[03:17] Gus**
But it has all worked out, so—
**[03:30] Blood**
Old man!
**[03:30] Mary**
Blood!
**[03:36] Stagnate**
To think you were able to destroy
my body all on your own.
**[03:42] Stagnate**
Had I not divided my
strength into two bodies,
**[03:45] Stagnate**
that would have hindered
me for quite some time.
**[03:49] Stagnate**
I commend you.
**[03:51] Stagnate**
You are indeed an exceptional,
great sorcerer.
**[03:56] Gus**
Stagnate...
**[03:58] Will**
*Stagnate?*
**[04:00] Stagnate**
It would be a shame to destroy you.
**[04:02] Stagnate**
I will wait until you've
lost your attachment.
**[04:07] Stagnate**
Now...
**[04:09] Will**
Gus!
**[04:11] Stagnate**
As for you...
**[04:16] Stagnate**
You did well.
**[04:18] Stagnate**
This is all thanks to you,
and you have my gratitude.
**[04:21] Stagnate**
These great heroes formed contracts with
me and became the highest-ranked undead...
**[04:31] Stagnate**
with the condition that, when they eventually
lost their attachment to the High King,
**[04:35] Stagnate**
they would fully become my servants.
**[04:38] Will**
Because... of me?
**[04:40] Stagnate**
That's right.
**[04:41] Stagnate**
Thanks to you, the Sage's
attachment weakened,
**[04:44] Stagnate**
and the War Ogre and Beloved Daughter
lost theirs completely.
**[04:49] Stagnate**
You did a fine job living as their son.
**[04:53] Will**
*But... that's... I was reborn...*
**[04:57] Will**
*And I wanted to live right this time...*
**[05:03] Stagnate**
It seems that was quite the
shock, and for good reason.
**[05:07] Stagnate**
Oh, I know. Why don't you join my army?
**[05:11] Stagnate**
Then you can continue to live
harmoniously with the three of them.
**[05:15] Stagnate**
But there would be no appeal in
forcing you to decide right away.
**[05:18] Stagnate**
Tomorrow happens to be the winter solstice.
**[05:20] Stagnate**
On that loathsome day when the
sun loses the most strength...
**[05:26] Stagnate**
I will seek your answer in the evening.
**[05:42] Will**
*I...*
**[05:43] Will**
* I took Blood and Mary's*
* attachment away from them.*
**[05:48] Will**
*When Gus was against raising me,*
**[05:51] Will**
* when he taught me excessive*
* amounts of knowledge,*
**[05:53] Will**
*when he tried to kill me,*
**[05:55] Will**
*when he asked me to lose on purpose...*
**[05:57] Will**
* It was all to stop the two of them from*
* losing their attachment to the High King.*
**[06:03] Will**
*Still, when Gus tried to kill me,*
**[06:05] Will**
*I think he was conflicted.*
**[06:08] Will**
* I was just living without*
* a care, knowing nothing.*
**[06:11] Will**
* I just sat comfortably on Gus's mental anguish,*
* and Blood and Mary's self-sacrifice...*
**[06:17] Will**
* I was all hyped up about living*
* my life right this time...*
**[06:22] Will**
*All I did for my parents was cause trouble,*
**[06:24] Will**
* and I couldn't do anything*
* in return for them...*
**[06:27] Will**
*before they died.*
**[06:30] Will**
* How could I think it'd*
* be better "this time"?*
**[06:32] Will**
*They're going to die because of me again,*
**[06:35] Will**
* while I've only caused trouble*
* and done nothing in return...*
**[06:38] Will**
*Someone who dies useless...*
**[06:41] Will**
*isn't going to be reborn any better!*
**[06:47] Will**
*I'm sorry.*
**[06:55] Blood**
Hey.
**[07:01] Blood**
Damn, your face is a wreck.
**[07:03] Mary**
Goodness, it is.
**[07:04] Mary**
You shouldn't sleep on the floor
in the middle of winter, Will.
**[07:12] Will**
I'm... sorry.
**[07:14] Blood**
Don't be, Will.
**[07:16] Blood**
We had to pay off our debt for the dumb
stuff we did a long time ago, that's all.
**[07:21] Blood**
Though Old Gus tried to knock
the debt collector into orbit,
**[07:24] Blood**
blowing off his contract, and failed hard.
**[07:27] Gus**
Hmph! A contract forced on someone by
extorting their weakness is no contract at all.
**[07:32] Gus**
He deserved to be knocked into orbit.
**[07:35] Mary**
It was rather exhilarating to see
Stagnate's pale face being erased.
**[07:41] Blood**
You took one of 'em down.
**[07:43] Blood**
Maybe all three of us together could
take the other one down with us.
**[07:47] Gus**
That's the spirit!
**[07:49] Mary**
Yes, I think it's a great plan.
**[07:52] Will**
*They're faking it.*
**[07:54] Blood**
Anyway, Will, you're all grown up now.
**[07:58] Blood**
G'wan, get outta here.
**[07:59] Gus**
Just be content to accept everything
we've taught you as our farewell gift.
**[08:05] Gus**
I'm sure you'll be just fine, Will.
**[08:07] Mary**
Yes, that's what I believe, as well.
**[08:10] Will**
No.
**[08:11] Will**
You're wrong... I'm not...
**[08:15] Will**
I'm not who you three think I am...
**[08:20] Blood**
Talk to us.
**[08:24] Will**
I have my memories of my past life.
**[08:28] Will**
I was an absolutely useless person.
**[08:31] Will**
So when I was reborn, I thought I'd
live my life right this time...
**[08:37] Will**
but I just made you three suffer
without ever knowing anything.
**[08:41] Will**
Even in my past life,
when my parents died...
**[08:44] Will**
I have no idea how I felt. I can't remember!
**[08:50] Will**
After all the trouble I caused for
them, I don't even know if I cried!
**[08:55] Will**
I'm garbage.
**[08:57] Will**
And again, I can't do anything...
**[09:00] Will**
I can't give you anything in return!
**[09:02] Will**
I'm useless garbage!
**[09:05] Mary**
Will.
**[09:07] Mary**
Grit your teeth.
**[09:15] Will**
Mary?
**[09:18] Mary**
Will, your mother will not allow
you to hurt yourself any further!
**[09:22] Mary**
You say you're garbage?
**[09:24] Mary**
You've always been very serious and earnest!
**[09:28] Mary**
And what of your past life memories?
**[09:30] Mary**
Why are you so shaken up just
because Stagnate upset you?!
**[09:35] Mary**
If you feel so much regret just
because your memories are vague...
**[09:39] Mary**
If you're crying so much just for us...
**[09:43] Mary**
Why would someone like you *not* cry?!
**[09:48] Mary**
Will, stand up.
**[09:51] Mary**
Stand up!
**[09:52] Mary**
William! Stop kicking
yourself and straighten up!
**[09:59] Mary**
Where's your answer?!
**[10:01] Will**
Yes, ma'am!
**[10:03] Blood**
You got chewed out 'cause
you're being mopey.
**[10:05] Gus**
It would seem the little
whiner has gone now.
**[10:09] Will**
*I'm fine. I'm fine now.*
**[10:13] Will**
*Mary protected me.*
**[10:15] Will**
*So...*
**[10:16] Will**
I have a favor to ask.
**[10:19] Will**
Please allow me...
**[10:21] Will**
to protect all of you.
**[10:24] Will**
Virtuous gods,
**[10:26] Will**
I will soon go and fight an evil
god for the sake of my beloved
**[10:30] Will**
mother, father, and grand father.
**[10:32] Will**
If you would see fit to observe my exploits,
**[10:35] Will**
please grant me a bit of your protection.
**[11:00] Stagnate**
So, have you made up your mind?
**[11:02] Will**
Yeah, I've decided, Stagnate,
**[11:05] Will**
evil god.
**[11:07] Will**
I'm not giving you a single thing!
**[11:11] Will**
Surely a god such as yourself
**[11:13] Will**
wouldn't run away from a human child, right?
**[11:17] Stagnate**
You have thought this through quite well.
**[11:20] Stagnate**
You hope to restrict my actions by focusing
my consciousness on you alone, yes?
**[11:27] Will**
*He figured me out!*
**[11:28] Stagnate**
Very well. I will play along.
**[11:31] Stagnate**
But you are challenging a god.
**[11:33] Stagnate**
You must first show me you are
worthy of such a challenge.
**[11:42] Will**
*This is...*
**[11:43] Will**
* Those three said that when they*
* became the seal's guardians,*
**[11:46] Will**
* they buried all of their allies*
* who had been sacrificed.*
**[11:48] Will**
*But where?*
**[11:50] Will**
*That's obvious.*
**[11:53] Will**
*Right here!*
**[11:54] Stagnate**
I am the god of the undead,
Undead God Stagnate,
**[11:58] Stagnate**
who leads an army of undead soldiers.
**[12:02] Will**
So what?! I'll take all of them on!
**[12:12] Will**
Cadere Araneum!
***SIGN*** Falling Spiderweb
**[12:20] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[12:27] Stagnate**
Oh? So, somehow or other,
it's this against a hundred heroes?
**[12:43] Stagnate**
Hold!
**[12:47] Stagnate**
I thought I would deal with you
along with the three heroes,
**[12:49] Stagnate**
but you exceeded my expectations.
**[12:51] Stagnate**
What is your name?
**[12:55] Will**
Will.
**[12:56] Stagnate**
I see.
**[12:58] Stagnate**
Will, I ask you again: will you join me?
**[13:01] Stagnate**
I have taken a liking to you.
**[13:03] Stagnate**
Your strength, your backbone...
everything about you is desirable.
**[13:07] Stagnate**
I will welcome you as a
general in my undead army.
**[13:11] Will**
What are you...
**[13:13] Stagnate**
If you choose to come with me,
**[13:15] Stagnate**
I will free your body from
an unpleasant death.
**[13:18] Stagnate**
You will be able to live closely and
harmoniously with your three parents.
**[13:23] Stagnate**
There will be no goodbyes or sorrows.
**[13:25] Stagnate**
If we conquer this dimension,
your relationship will last for eternity.
**[13:30] Stagnate**
Do you not find this world unfair,
with its endless tragedies?
**[13:35] Stagnate**
I wish to overturn that reality,
**[13:38] Stagnate**
to create an eternally kind world
free from the threat of death!
**[13:44] Will**
*He's probably not lying.*
**[13:46] Will**
*I can actually sense affection in his words.*
**[13:50] Stagnate**
Come, Will! Enter a contract
with me, as they did!
**[14:00] Stagnate**
Now, drink my blood.
**[14:03] Stagnate**
By doing so, you can bid farewell to death.
**[14:49] Will**
You're mine!
**[15:01] Stagnate**
First the Sage, and now you...
**[15:03] Stagnate**
I truly cannot let my guard down around you.
**[15:24] Will**
Huh?
**[15:31] Will**
Did I... die?
**[15:35] Will**
This place feels familiar.
**[15:37] Will**
Like I've walked through here before...
**[15:51] Will**
It has been a long time,
**[15:52] Will**
Goddess of Light.
**[15:56] Will**
*I'm starting to remember.*
**[15:59] Will**
*I walked under this starry sky before.*
**[16:03] Will**
*She was silent then, too,*
**[16:05] Will**
* but I remember her footsteps being*
* filled with care and compassion.*
**[16:10] Will**
*That's...*
**[16:12] Will**
*I thought it was a star, but it's not.*
**[16:14] Will**
*It's a planet.*
**[16:16] Will**
What are those lights?
**[16:18] Gracefeel**
Traversing souls.
**[16:20] Gracefeel**
They cross worlds to prevent
the stagnation of all things.
**[16:25] Will**
Why had I forgotten this sight?
**[16:30] Gracefeel**
A question.
**[16:32] Will**
Yes?
**[16:33] Gracefeel**
Why did you reject Stagnate's invitation?
**[16:40] Will**
In my previous life, I was a shut-in.
**[16:44] Will**
Whenever anything got me down,
I didn't bother to get back up.
**[16:48] Will**
It was a pathetic way to live.
**[16:51] Will**
But...
**[16:52] Will**
There's one thing I realized.
**[16:54] Will**
Being alive and not being dead
aren't the same thing at all.
**[16:59] Will**
In my previous life, I wasn't
dead, but that was all.
**[17:03] Will**
I didn't have the courage to do anything.
**[17:05] Will**
Just the fact that I had to
keep living was a burden.
**[17:09] Will**
I didn't care if I died,
so I wasn't really alive,
**[17:13] Will**
and by not being alive,
I didn't have to fear death.
**[17:18] Will**
So...
**[17:19] Will**
Because just a little of
that memory stayed with me,
**[17:23] Will**
I was able to make the decision to
live a good life in this world.
**[17:28] Will**
I think that if I live right, I can die right.
**[17:32] Will**
Denying death like Stagnate
promised and living forever
**[17:37] Will**
would be no different from being
shut up in that room again.
**[17:40] Will**
No matter how much added value
that has, I'll still refuse.
**[17:43] Will**
I want to live and die as part of
the same family as those three.
**[17:51] Will**
And who wouldn't want to protect
their family, at least?
**[17:54] Will**
So please.
**[18:06] Gracefeel**
You are William, child of Blood and Mary,
**[18:10] Gracefeel**
soul who has crossed worlds.
**[18:12] Will**
Yes.
**[18:13] Gracefeel**
You now fully understand
the gravity of life?
**[18:17] Will**
Yes.
**[18:18] Gracefeel**
And still you are prepared to accept death?
**[18:21] Will**
Yes.
**[18:22] Gracefeel**
You fully understand the
despair of death, yes?
**[18:25] Will**
Yes.
**[18:26] Gracefeel**
And still you love all of the
lives that will one day burn out?
**[18:30] Will**
Yes.
**[18:32] Will**
I finally realized that,
**[18:35] Will**
thanks to your grace.
**[18:42] Will**
Thank you,
**[18:44] Will**
Gracefeel.
**[18:47] Gracefeel**
I have heard your wish.
***SIGN*** Episode 4
The Goddess of the Divine Torch
**[18:50] Gracefeel**
William, so long as you do
not forget your resolve,
**[18:54] Gracefeel**
you possess the qualification.
**[18:58] Gracefeel**
Now, wake.
**[18:59] Gracefeel**
Make your oath, and we shall walk together.
**[19:02] Gracefeel**
Until your life ends and I
come to guide you once again,
**[19:07] Gracefeel**
I shall be your guardian deity.
**[19:23] Will**
Goddess of the cycle of death
and rebirth, Gracefeel,
**[19:28] Will**
please walk by my side.
**[19:31] Stagnate**
The blessing?
**[19:33] Stagnate**
Even if you can use it,
what do you hope to do?
**[19:35] Stagnate**
Such a vague technique is no match for
my blood coursing through your—
**[19:39] Stagnate**
Stigma?!
**[19:43] Will**
* This is the badge I earned*
* when I learned Mary's prayer,*
**[19:46] Will**
*my arms burned by divine fire.*
**[19:48] Stagnate**
Now that I look more closely, your body...
**[19:51] Stagnate**
How many Holy Communions
have you partaken in?!
**[19:54] Will**
* Every day, Mary prayed to*
* Mater for food to sustain me.*
**[19:58] Will**
* Mary's daily prayers, her unyielding*
* heart, will not bend to you!*
**[20:04] Will**
And I swear to you, my god...
**[20:07] (Flashback) Blood**
Yeah. The stronger your vow,
the easier it is to earn it.
**[20:10] (Flashback) Blood**
But they also say that you'll be destined
to suffer many hardships in exchange.
**[20:17] Will**
*I will offer up my life to you!*
**[20:20] Will**
*I will be as your sword to banish evil,*
**[20:23] Will**
*and be as your hand to save the suffering!*
**[20:25] Will**
*I swear it on the flame of Gracefeel!*
**[20:28] Stagnate**
You've earned the divine
protection of Gracefeel?!
**[20:31] Stagnate**
A shame... Such a shame.
**[20:34] Stagnate**
I had so hoped to add you to my ranks.
**[20:37] Stagnate**
But if you have been taken
in by her, I have no choice.
**[20:41] Will**
Stagnate, God of the Undead,
**[20:43] Will**
I will defeat you and fulfill my oath!
**[20:45] Stagnate**
Young hero, die amidst your own resolution!
**[20:49] Stagnate**
Kill him!
**[20:53] Will**
*It's okay. I know what I need to do.*
**[21:01] Stagnate**
Th-The Divine Torch?!
**[21:04] Will**
Gracefeel's divine protection grants peace
and guidance to the souls of the dead!
**[21:09] Stagnate**
How dare a fledgling priest—
**[21:11] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[21:14] Stagnate**
Vastare!
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[21:23] Will**
*Where will he come from?*
**[21:25] Will**
* If he makes any careless moves,*
* I'll leap straight at him*
**[21:27] Will**
*and deal the finishing blow!*
**[21:30] Will**
* Stagnate is consumed by*
* the desire to kill me.*
**[21:33] Will**
*We're on even footing.*
**[21:35] Will**
*If I fight him now...*
**[21:42] Will**
Was that a warning?
**[21:46] Will**
*What if he's not consumed at all?*
**[21:51] Will**
No! The temple!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[21:53] Will**
Acceleratio!
**[21:55] Will**
*It was all a bluff!*
**[21:56] Will**
*He was pretending to be consumed by rage,*
**[21:58] Will**
*and then he used the cloud of dust...*
**[22:01] Will**
*It's Blood and Mary that he's after!*
***SIGN*** Episode 5
The Helmet of Will
# E5 - The Helmet of Will
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQKEZ5/the-helmet-of-will)
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**[00:06] Will**
* Stagnate is consumed by*
* the desire to kill me.*
**[00:09] Will**
*We're on even footing.*
**[00:11] Will**
*If I fight him now...*
**[00:18] Will**
No! The temple!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[00:19] Will**
Acceleratio!
**[00:22] Will**
*It was all a bluff!*
**[00:23] Will**
*He was pretending to be consumed by rage,*
**[00:25] Will**
*and then he used the cloud of dust...*
**[00:28] Will**
*It's Blood and Mary that he's after!*
**[00:31] Will**
*Let me get there in time!*
**[00:34] Will**
*Please!*
**[00:35] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[00:39] Will**
*If I can believe what Stagnate says,*
**[00:41] Will**
* maybe I'm someone he considers*
* worth being cautious of.*
**[00:45] Will**
* But that's not going to mean anything*
* to an undead god who can live forever.*
**[00:51] Will**
* His priority right now is getting*
* to Blood and Mary, and then Gus.*
**[00:55] Will**
* Now that I have the divine protection of the*
* goddess of light and can pray for her blessing,*
**[01:00] Will**
* I can return the three of them to*
* the cycle of death and rebirth!*
**[01:02] Will**
*That's what he was being cautious of!*
**[01:04] Will**
* He weighed Blood and Mary's*
* souls against the risk I posed,*
**[01:08] Will**
*and tried to play the fool...*
**[01:11] Will**
* That's what I was trying*
* to do in the beginning!*
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[01:21] Will**
Mary! Blood!
**[01:42] Will**
*It's no use. I won't get to him in time.*
**[01:46] Will**
*I borrowed the strength of a goddess*
**[01:48] Will**
* and finally managed to stand*
* on even footing with him,*
**[01:51] Will**
*but then I fell for a trick like that...*
**[01:54] Will**
*And now it's all over?*
**[02:07] Will**
*I don't remember seeing her before... but...*
**[02:19] Will**
*And then everything was clear to me.*
**[02:23] Will**
*Mary had been forgiven all along.*
**[02:27] Will**
*She never resented Mary at all.*
**[02:31] Will**
*Mary never sought forgiveness,*
**[02:33] Will**
*nor did she expect lenient treatment.*
**[02:37] Will**
* That's why she continued to watch over*
* her and admonish her as she wished.*
**[02:41] Will**
* And she's kept that up for 200 years,*
* never revoking her divine blessing,*
**[02:47] Will**
*until Mary could forgive herself.*
**[02:50] Will**
* What mother wouldn't protect*
* an imperiled daughter*
**[02:53] Will**
*who's devoted her life to worshiping her?*
**[02:56] Will**
* The earth-mother Mater that Mary*
* reveres is truly a great goddess.*
**[03:01] Will**
*In this moment that Mater has granted me...*
**[03:04] Will**
Gracefeel, Goddess of Light!
**[03:06] Will**
Grant this soul peace and guidance!
**[03:09] Will**
* The Divine Torch guides souls into*
* the cycle of death and rebirth,*
**[03:12] Will**
* but it still can't completely*
* defeat Stagnate.*
**[03:15] Will**
*So what I need to do is...*
**[03:17] Blood**
Wha—
**[03:18] Will**
*That's right.*
**[03:19] Will**
* Since these two aren't resisting, the Divine*
* Torch will guide them back to that cycle.*
**[03:23] Will**
*Which means...*
**[03:25] Will**
*You have to protect them!*
**[03:26] Stagnate**
Delay the cycle!
**[03:28] Stagnate**
Flummox the guidance!
**[03:33] Will**
* And in the moment when he*
* erases my technique...*
**[03:42] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[03:46] Stagnate**
Vasta—
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[03:47] Gus**
Tacere, Os!
***SIGN*** Be Silent, Mouth
**[03:50] (Flashback) Gus**
You'll start by learning how to use
minor magic skillfully and accurately.
**[03:56] Will**
* An exhilarating strike like*
* that is far more Gus's style*
**[03:58] Will**
* than extravagant magic that*
* would erase his existence!*
**[04:11] Stagnate**
Curse you...
**[04:12] Stagnate**
Curse you!
**[04:15] Stagnate**
Will, child of Blood and Mary,
disciple of Gracefeel!
**[04:19] Stagnate**
I will remember that name!
**[04:21] Stagnate**
Until you surrender to me, your nights
will bring you no rest or repose!
**[04:30] Will**
That's the kind of thing a
third-rate villain would say,
**[04:33] Will**
God.
**[04:41] Will**
I swear on Gracefeel's light
**[04:43] Will**
that I will never become like you.
**[04:46] Will**
I will live right...
**[04:48] Will**
and then die.
***SIGN*** Search
**[05:01] Will**
Quaerere,
**[05:02] Will**
Ambulare Alevita.
***SIGN*** Treading Softly
***SIGN*** Do Not Let Even a Sigh Escape
**[05:04] Will**
Noli Fugito,
***SIGN*** Nor Any Sign of Trembling
**[05:06] Will**
Etiam Sigillum.
**[05:13] Will**
*That was way too close.*
**[05:15] Will**
*This Overeater that Blood gave me,*
**[05:18] Will**
*Gus defeating the double of the Echo,*
**[05:22] Will**
*Mary's earth-mother Mater buying me time...*
**[05:26] Will**
* All the things that the three*
* of them have given me...*
**[05:29] Will**
* The sword, the magic,*
* and the prayer technique,*
**[05:32] Will**
* and most importantly, the part that's*
* essentially my core as a person...*
**[05:37] Will**
* If I'd been without any one of them,*
* I never would've stood a chance.*
**[05:42] Will**
* It's all thanks to the goddess's*
* divine protection...*
**[05:45] Will**
*and the three of them.*
**[05:48] Mary**
Will...
**[05:50] Mary**
Will, I'm so glad you're all right.
**[05:53] Will**
Mary...
**[05:57] Blood**
You did great.
**[05:59] Will**
Blood...
**[06:01] Gus**
You may not share blood, but you are
still the child of Blood and Mary.
**[06:05] Gus**
It's only natural that you
could accomplish this.
**[06:10] Will**
Yeah... I did it.
**[06:13] Will**
I did it.
**[06:19] Will**
* I protected them. I'm here*
* now with the three of them.*
**[06:22] Blood**
Okay, then!
**[06:23] Blood**
I guess this calls for a party to celebrate
this victory and Will's adulthood.
**[06:27] Mary**
You're right. I think cleaning up
here can wait until another day.
**[06:31] Gus**
Well, in that case, we'll have to break
out the you-know-what from 200 years ago.
**[06:36] Blood**
You mean that stuff from the dwarfs?!
**[06:38] Blood**
You've been hiding something
like that from us, Old Gus?
**[06:40] Gus**
Well, it seemed a waste
to let a child drink it.
**[06:44] Will**
What is it? Something tasty?
**[06:46] Gus**
So tasty that even I would love to
drink it, if I had a corporeal body.
**[06:48] Blood**
Well, you can still fake it,
can't you? We're celebrating!
**[06:51] Will**
Yeah! Drink with us, Gus!
**[06:54] Mary**
Will...
**[06:55] Mary**
Be careful not to drink too much.
**[06:57] Mary**
If you repeat what happened last time,
**[07:00] Mary**
I won't show mercy again.
**[07:02] Will**
Y-Yes, ma'am.
**[07:03] Mary**
That also goes for you, Blood.
**[07:04] Blood**
S-Sure...
**[07:05] Gus**
What on earth are you doing?
**[07:08] Gus**
Anyway, I suppose I should go and get it.
**[07:11] Blood**
We should go, too.
**[07:12] Will**
Yeah.
**[07:18] Will**
Huh?
**[07:19] Will**
Mary?
**[07:21] Will**
Blood?
**[07:24] Blood**
I guess we can't after all, huh?
**[07:26] Mary**
Yes, it seems we can't.
**[07:28] Mary**
But that's how it goes.
**[07:29] Mary**
We lost our attachment,
**[07:31] Mary**
denied selling our souls
to the god of the undead,
**[07:33] Mary**
and insisted we wanted to remain undead.
**[07:36] Mary**
This couldn't last.
**[07:37] Blood**
Yeah, that's for sure.
**[07:39] Blood**
I wish we could be spared just one night,
but I guess that ain't happening.
**[07:43] Mary**
Gracefeel has been exceedingly easy on us.
**[07:47] Mary**
Under normal circumstances,
we might have vanished instantly.
**[07:51] Will**
What are you guys talking about?
**[07:53] Blood**
Listen, Will...
**[07:55] Blood**
This is the end for Mary and me.
**[07:58] Will**
Y-You're joking, right?
**[08:00] Will**
We're supposed to be celebrating!
That's just mean!
**[08:04] Mary**
Will...
**[08:06] Mary**
You are a clever boy.
I'm sure you understand.
**[08:12] Blood**
Sorry about this.
**[08:14] Mary**
We are sorry.
**[08:19] Will**
Can't anything be done?
**[08:21] Mary**
No.
**[08:22] Mary**
Even if something could be
done, we mustn't do it.
**[08:25] Blood**
It's like you said. You gotta
live right, and then die.
**[08:30] Blood**
We got lost for a couple of centuries,
but you could just call that a detour.
**[08:34] Mary**
Besides, parents should always
die before their children.
**[08:37] Mary**
That's the first rule of nature.
**[08:42] Will**
Right...
**[08:44] Will**
Yeah. I guess so.
**[08:49] Will**
But... I'm going to say something I'm
not supposed to, just this once.
**[08:54] Will**
I still don't want to see you two die.
**[09:00] Will**
I want to see you again when
I come back here someday.
**[09:05] Will**
I want to duel with Blood,
defeat him, and be defeated.
**[09:09] Will**
I want us to say silly things to each other.
**[09:12] Will**
I want to do chores with Mary,
**[09:14] Will**
and hear her say that I've gotten better.
**[09:17] Will**
I want you to meet my children
and grandchildren someday,
**[09:20] Will**
and I want you to teach
them lots of things, too!
**[09:23] Will**
It's just cruel to say
you're going away now!
**[09:26] Will**
I don't want you to!
**[09:28] Will**
If you two go away, I...
**[09:31] Will**
I don't know how I'm supposed to go on...
**[09:34] Will**
Don't go...
**[09:36] Will**
I can't take it.
**[09:38] Will**
Stay here, even if you
have to cheat somehow.
**[09:47] Blood**
Don't be selfish, now.
**[09:49] Mary**
Blood is right. Be reasonable.
**[10:01] Blood**
First time I've felt like a dad in ages.
**[10:03] Mary**
Will was always a good boy.
**[10:07] Blood**
Listen, Will. Even if we go away,
**[10:10] Blood**
humans can live just fine as
long as they eat and sleep.
**[10:13] Blood**
You'll find something else to hold dear.
**[10:16] Blood**
When all's said and done,
you'll go on living.
**[10:18] Blood**
Once you leave here,
you're gonna make lots of friends,
**[10:22] Blood**
bag yourself two or three pretty girls,
**[10:24] Blood**
and have all kinds of fun.
**[10:26] Mary**
Blood! Don't encourage him to be insincere!
**[10:29] Mary**
Will, you must be sincere
in love and marriage.
**[10:34] Mary**
Now that you've sworn your oath to the
goddess of light and killed a god,
**[10:39] Mary**
the path you walk is sure
to be filled with troubles.
**[10:43] Mary**
You will most likely experience setbacks
**[10:45] Mary**
and be a target for unjustified criticism.
**[10:48] Mary**
You may be betrayed by people you help,
**[10:50] Mary**
your good deeds may be forgotten,
**[10:52] Mary**
you may lose all that you had gained,
**[10:54] Mary**
and you may end up with nothing but enemies.
**[10:58] Mary**
Even so...
**[10:59] Mary**
love others.
**[11:01] Mary**
Do good things.
**[11:04] Mary**
Do not fear loss, build rather than destroy,
**[11:07] Mary**
forgive sins, offer hope in despair,
**[11:11] Mary**
and be a source of joy in sad times.
**[11:14] Mary**
And protect the weak from
violence of all kinds.
**[11:19] Mary**
Just like the way you challenged
the undead god for our sake.
**[11:24] Will**
Okay.
**[11:26] Mary**
Oh, Will... William...
**[11:29] Mary**
Blood's and my sweet child...
**[11:32] Mary**
May the divine protection of the spirits of courage
and the virtuous gods be with you always.
**[11:39] Blood**
Listen. Move forward with faith
in the results you'll achieve.
**[11:43] Blood**
Once a person makes up their
mind, they can do anything.
**[11:47] Blood**
You might get lost in your
own thoughts sometimes,
**[11:49] Blood**
but don't get so stressed
that you freeze in place.
**[11:52] Will**
* I engraved the images of them and*
* the words they said into my heart.*
**[11:58] Will**
*I won't forget them.*
**[11:59] Will**
*Just like the light of the goddess,*
**[12:02] Will**
*I know they'll always light my path.*
**[12:06] Gus**
Uh... Ahem!
**[12:08] Gus**
Did I get here a bit too soon?
**[12:16] Will**
* After that, we all celebrated*
* my victory and my adulthood.*
**[12:21] Will**
* The first drink I had with*
* all four of us together*
**[12:24] Will**
* left a lasting impression with*
* its strong burn and rich aroma.*
**[12:50] Will**
*That day, the holy light guided my parents*
**[12:54] Will**
*back into the cycle of death and rebirth.*
**[13:04] Will**
Yeah.
**[13:05] Will**
The view really is the best from right here.
**[13:09] Will**
Mary, Blood...
**[13:11] Will**
I know you're not here anymore,
**[13:14] Will**
but I'll still come back to let
you know how things are going.
**[13:17] Will**
If I make friends or start
a family, I'll bring them.
**[13:21] Will**
I'll become an adult who
can tell you with pride
**[13:24] Will**
that your child is living well.
**[13:28] Will**
So, for now, I'll be leaving
you for a little while.
**[13:33] Gus**
Are you all done?
**[13:35] Will**
Yeah.
**[13:36] Will**
By the way...
**[13:38] Will**
Why didn't you die, too?
**[13:40] Gus**
How cruel! You would wish
death upon an old man?!
**[13:44] Gus**
Evil grandchild!
**[13:45] Will**
Aw, you're making me sad.
**[13:47] Will**
I was just thinking all your treasures
would be mine if you died.
**[13:53] Gus**
You *are* an evil grandchild!
**[13:55] Gus**
The evil grandchild just outed himself!
**[13:57] Will**
C'mon, I just meant all the money you have
no use for would finally have a use!
**[14:02] Will**
Right, Grandpa?
**[14:04] Gus**
That is true. Fine, take it.
**[14:07] Will**
Huh?
**[14:10] Will**
What is all this?!
**[14:12] Gus**
My treasure.
**[14:13] Gus**
I'll lend it to you interest-free.
**[14:15] Gus**
Make it grow, you hear?
**[14:16] Will**
Er, b-but... I-I mean...
**[14:19] Gus**
Stagnant money that never gets
spent might as well be dead.
**[14:22] Gus**
I don't like stagnant money.
**[14:24] Gus**
Make good use of it.
**[14:26] Will**
Gus...
**[14:29] Will**
*So this is my last gift from Gus...*
**[14:32] Gus**
Not that I'll be passing on for a
good ten more years, of course.
**[14:35] Will**
Huh?
**[14:36] Gus**
Well, you know, there is still the matter
of guarding the High King's seal.
**[14:40] Gus**
I made a little deal last
night with your goddess.
**[14:44] Gus**
She granted me permission to
continue wandering this city
**[14:47] Gus**
for at least ten more years, until the
god of the undead regains his power.
**[14:50] Will**
What?!
**[14:51] Gus**
I have become something like
Gracefeel's errand boy, it seems.
**[14:57] Will**
Th-Then... what about Mary and Blood?
**[14:59] Gus**
It seems they did not want that.
**[15:04] Gus**
Giving them another ten years would make
them greedy and reluctant to end it.
**[15:08] Gus**
If given ten years, they would want
another ten, then another ten,
**[15:12] Gus**
and then to remain at
least until you pass on.
**[15:15] Gus**
They knew they would want that,
so they chose to die.
**[15:20] Gus**
Just like you, who tried to appear strong
**[15:23] Gus**
when you were crying and
screaming on the inside.
**[15:28] Gus**
Granting a position that inspires such
greed to just one old man is enough.
**[15:34] Will**
You really are so rock 'n roll, Gus.
**[15:40] Will**
What will you do with the seal in ten years?
**[15:43] Gus**
You'll have to figure that out before then.
**[15:46] Will**
Huh? You're dumping it on me?!
**[15:47] Gus**
It seems the worship of Gracefeel has
gone out of style in the world outside.
**[15:52] Gus**
She used a great deal of strength
just intervening for us.
**[15:57] Gus**
So the goddess of light's future
depends on your efforts, as well.
**[16:02] Will**
I haven't even left, and I keep picking up
more baggage, both physical and mental.
**[16:06] Will**
I guess this is one of the hardships
I'm destined to suffer.
**[16:09] Gus**
In any case, you'll need money.
**[16:11] Gus**
Take it, take it!
**[16:12] Will**
Yeah... It seems like I'm
gonna have a lot to do,
**[16:16] Will**
so I'll accept it gratefully.
**[16:34] Will**
Well, I'm going now.
**[16:45] Gus**
Say, Will...
**[16:46] Gus**
If you're going out into the world,
you'll need a last name to go by.
**[16:52] Gus**
Those two gave you the name "William,"
so I thought I'd give you a last name.
**[16:57] Gus**
How about it?
**[16:57] Will**
Okay, sure.
**[16:59] Gus**
Then perhaps I'll hijack a custom used
by certain clans of elves and halflings.
**[17:04] Gus**
They put their two parents' names
together to form their last names.
**[17:10] Gus**
Maryblood.
**[17:12] Gus**
You are William Maryblood.
**[17:16] Will**
Maryblood...
**[17:18] Gus**
Take their names with you.
**[17:22] Will**
Thank you, Gus.
**[17:24] Will**
I like that name a lot!
**[17:28] Will**
Well, take care.
**[17:30] Gus**
Indeed.
**[17:32] Will**
Oh, and I'll add "G" for my middle name!
**[17:35] Gus**
You fool! You don't need my initial!
**[17:38] Gus**
What did you learn in
those classes of yours?!
**[17:40] Will**
Well, you're Gus, after all!
**[17:42] Will**
"Old Man Augustus" is just
too much work to say!
**[17:45] Gus**
Hmph. What a hopeless grandson you are.
**[17:49] Gus**
Well, so long, William G. Maryblood!
**[17:53] Will**
Goodbye, Gus! I'll see you again sometime!
**[19:39] (Flashback) Blood**
Hey, fortress general! Doin' good?
**[19:43] (Flashback) Blood**
It's only natural
**[19:45] (Flashback) Blood**
for two warriors to introduce themselves
and say a few words before facing off...
**[19:56] (Flashback) Blood**
But you demons are just so damn boorish.
**[19:59] (Flashback) Mary**
Being told that by the likes of you
must leave that demon at quite a loss.
**[20:03] (Flashback) Blood**
What a mean thing to say.
**[20:06] (Flashback) Blood**
How's it going on your end?
**[20:07] (Flashback) Mary**
I performed the funeral quite easily
**[20:10] (Flashback) Mary**
and stopped the transformation to undead.
**[20:14] (Flashback) Blood**
Looks like Old Gus's group did just fine.
**[20:17] (Flashback) Mary**
It appears so.
**[20:18] (Flashback) Blood**
In any case, we've taken down the fortress.
**[20:21] (Flashback) Blood**
It won't hurt anything for
Old Gus's group to retreat.
**[20:24] (Flashback) Mary**
The fortress general fell
at the hands of so few.
**[20:27] (Flashback) Mary**
Any more is just reckless.
**[20:28] (Flashback) Blood**
Don't praise me. You'll make me blush.
**[20:30] (Flashback) Mary**
I wasn't praising you.
**[20:32] (Flashback) Mary**
How many days will destroying the
bridge over the Great Canyon buy us?
**[20:36] (Flashback) Blood**
A few at most.
**[20:38] (Flashback) Blood**
We're never gonna get anywhere
unless we take out the High King.
**[20:41] (Flashback) Mary**
Gus seems to have a plan in mind.
**[20:43] (Flashback) Blood**
Probably still a one-way street, though.
**[20:46] (Flashback) Blood**
There won't be any way back.
**[20:49] (Flashback) Blood**
You're not coming.
**[20:51] (Flashback) Mary**
That's rather sudden.
**[20:52] (Flashback) Mary**
I am a valuable asset in
battle, if I do say so myself.
**[20:56] (Flashback) Blood**
I know. But you're still not coming.
**[20:59] (Flashback) Blood**
Seeing you die would make me sick.
**[21:02] (Flashback) Blood**
What?
**[21:04] (Flashback) Mary**
Couldn't you, at least, add,
"because I love you," to that?
**[21:08] (Flashback) Mary**
It would be pleasing, primarily to me.
**[21:10] (Flashback) Blood**
L-Like hell I'm gonna say
something that irritating!
**[21:13] (Flashback) Mary**
You really are hopeless, you know that?
**[21:16] (Flashback) Mary**
And what if I refuse to stay behind?
**[21:18] (Flashback) Blood**
I'll send you back if I have to
knock you unconscious to do it.
**[21:20] (Flashback) Blood**
I even got Old Gus's permission.
**[21:23] (Flashback) Mary**
I see. And I suppose it would
be pointless to resist.
**[21:25] (Flashback) Blood**
Yeah. Your skills aren't bad,
**[21:28] (Flashback) Blood**
but they're no match for the skills
of the great and peerless Blood.
**[21:31] (Flashback) Mary**
Then, let's do this.
**[21:33] (Flashback) Mary**
If you leave me behind,
I will kill myself on the spot.
**[21:35] (Flashback) Blood**
Y-You—
**[21:37] (Flashback) Mary**
Did you not hear me?
**[21:38] (Flashback) Mary**
I said that if I can't go with you,
I will kill myself on the spot.
**[21:42] (Flashback) Mary**
Now, you will take me along, yes?
**[21:43] (Flashback) Blood**
Th-That's not fair! In a lot of ways!
**[21:46] (Flashback) Mary**
You may be the strongest man there is,
**[21:49] (Flashback) Mary**
but no man can win against a woman.
**[21:51] (Flashback) Blood**
You're so damn stubborn...
**[21:54] (Flashback) Blood**
Man, I landed one crazy woman.
**[21:57] (Flashback) Mary**
We haven't even done anything,
and you call me your woman?
**[22:00] (Flashback) Blood**
Listen, Mary...
**[22:02] (Flashback) Blood**
If I make it back alive,
**[22:04] (Flashback) Blood**
let's find some quiet,
peaceful place to get married.
**[22:11] (Flashback) Mary**
Okay.
**[22:14] (Flashback) Mary**
I would love to.
**[22:18] (Flashback) Blood**
I'd like a quiet house,
maybe up on a hill with a nice view.
**[22:22] (Flashback) Mary**
That sounds lovely.
**[22:24] (Flashback) Mary**
I'm sure the breeze would feel nice.
**[22:26] (Flashback) Mary**
We could even start a vegetable garden.
**[22:28] (Flashback) Blood**
And if we ever have a kid,
**[22:30] (Flashback) Blood**
we can ask Old Gus to tutor them.
**[22:33] (Flashback) Mary**
Despite all that he may say,
I believe he would agree to that.
**[22:37] (Flashback) Blood**
And if our kid is a boy,
I'll teach him how to fight.
**[22:42] (Flashback) Blood**
Between that and Old Gus's magic,
**[22:44] (Flashback) Blood**
he'll be the strongest man around,
even stronger than me!
**[22:47] (Flashback) Blood**
How's that sound?
**[22:48] (Flashback) Mary**
I'm terrified that he would turn out
to be a very strong, clever failure.
**[22:52] (Flashback) Blood**
Harsh!
**[22:53] (Flashback) Mary**
So I suppose I'll have to
teach him the smaller things.
**[22:58] (Flashback) Mary**
I'm sure our child will be adorable.
**[23:00] (Flashback) Blood**
Yeah.
**[23:02] (Flashback) Mary**
What name should we choose?
**[23:03] (Flashback) Blood**
I've already got one for a boy.
**[23:05] (Flashback) Mary**
I hope it's not some weird name.
**[23:07] (Flashback) Blood**
It's a perfectly good name!
**[23:09] (Flashback) Blood**
Look, we're talking about *our* kid.
**[23:11] (Flashback) Blood**
You know he's gonna have an unbending will.
**[23:15] (Flashback) Blood**
So we'll call him "William,"
meaning "helmet of will."
***SIGN*** Episode 5
The Helmet of Will
**[23:20] Mary**
William... That's a fine name.
**[23:23] Mary**
I like it, as well.
**[23:26] Make**
Will... My little boy.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
Archer of Beast Woods
# E6 - Archer of Beast Woods
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**[00:10] Will**
* I've fought demons several times*
* since I left the city of the dead.*
**[00:15] Will**
* As someone trained by Blood and the others,*
* and after fighting an undead god,*
**[00:19] Will**
* everyday demon riffraff*
* are no match for me.*
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[02:10] Will**
*It's been quite a while since I departed,*
**[02:12] Will**
*but I still haven't met any humans.*
**[02:15] Will**
*All I see is the occasional wild animal*
**[02:17] Will**
*and bizarre, distorted demons.*
**[02:22] Will**
It's so cold...
**[02:24] Will**
* It's been 200 years since Blood*
* and the others were alive.*
**[02:28] Will**
* Does that mean no humans have*
* returned in 200 years?*
**[02:33] Will**
*It's cold, but not cold enough for snow.*
**[03:13] Will**
No people here, I guess...
**[03:21] Will**
A scar left by immense magic?
**[03:26] Will**
Gracefeel, Goddess of Light...
**[03:30] Will**
Bring peace and guidance to the
wandering souls in this land.
**[03:51] Will**
Yeah, of course.
**[03:54] Will**
It *has* been 200 years.
**[03:56] Will**
The terrain's gonna change.
***SIGN*** Alarm
***SIGN*** Magic Ward
***SIGN*** Insect Ward
**[04:09] Will**
*I'm running out of preserved food.*
**[04:12] Will**
* I can get bread by praying*
* for the blessing,*
**[04:14] Will**
* and I can purify water,*
* so I'll hold out for a while...*
**[04:20] Will**
* but I hope I reach someplace*
* populated soon.*
**[04:32] Will**
If I keep walking downriver,
I should eventually...
**[04:43] Will**
A demon? No!
**[04:45] Will**
It's a huge boar!
**[04:55] Will**
I should finish it...
**[04:59] Will**
What's this?
**[05:03] Will**
*The same white fletching...*
**[05:06] Will**
*A hunter?*
**[05:07] Will**
*This is not an ideal scenario.*
**[05:09] Will**
* We both found our weapons*
* in a place like this.*
**[05:12] Will**
*Depending on what he does...*
**[05:15] Will**
*I finally met another person.*
**[05:17] Will**
*I should show him I'm not a threat.*
**[05:19] Will**
*Should I drop my weapon?*
**[05:21] Will**
*He might attack, though.*
**[05:23] Will**
* Pray for the blessing and show*
* what a devout follower I am?*
**[05:26] Will**
*That might be mistaken for an attack.*
**[05:30] Will**
*I need to choose my words carefully.*
**[05:32] Will**
* I'm an outsider with no way*
* to prove my identity.*
***SIGN*** When we meet, the stars gleam.
**[05:43] Menel**
*Ancient Elvish?*
**[05:45] Menel**
Are you related to the elves?
**[05:47] Will**
No.
**[05:48] Will**
But I could see that
you're related to them.
**[05:52] Will**
Your bow is elven, is it not?
**[05:57] Menel**
Heh. Well, you're not wrong.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
Archer of Beast Woods
**[06:05] Menel**
Well, whatever.
**[06:06] Menel**
Anyway, did you finish off that boar?
**[06:09] Will**
Oh... Yes, it was me.
**[06:11] Menel**
That was my quarry.
**[06:14] Menel**
You took the kill from me.
**[06:15] Will**
S—
**[06:17] Will**
* I almost said "sorry" out of*
* habit from my previous life.*
**[06:21] Will**
You're right. It charged
at me out of nowhere,
**[06:25] Will**
so I had no choice but to protect myself.
**[06:27] Will**
Still...
**[06:28] Will**
*This will take some negotiation.*
**[06:31] Will**
Since I'm the one who killed it,
**[06:33] Will**
I believe I, at least,
have that much right to it.
**[06:39] Menel**
Well, you do have a point.
**[06:42] Menel**
Oh, damn it. It's broken.
**[06:44] Menel**
And I don't have many left...
**[06:46] Will**
*Is metal hard to come by?*
**[06:50] Will**
* We negotiated a few other*
* things after that.*
**[06:52] Will**
* The silver-haired half-elf*
* was a skilled negotiator,*
**[06:55] Will**
* so I was sort of at his*
* mercy for the most part,*
**[06:58] Will**
* but he agreed to give*
* me the boar's shoulder*
**[07:00] Will**
*in exchange for helping him butcher it.*
**[07:03] Menel**
Wow, you know your stuff, huh?
**[07:08] Will**
*I'm sorry. You have my gratitude.*
**[07:11] Will**
*We'll make good use of you.*
**[07:13] Menel**
You're pretty devoted.
**[07:15] Menel**
Anyway...
**[07:17] Menel**
The front leg is yours.
**[07:20] Menel**
And that takes care of the portioning.
**[07:22] Will**
Yeah.
**[07:24] Menel**
I guess we should eat the liver, at least.
**[07:27] Menel**
It'll go bad fast.
**[07:28] Will**
Oh, I've got a pan we can use.
**[07:34] Will**
Flammo Ignis.
***SIGN*** Burn, Flames
**[07:37] Menel**
Hey, you're pretty good with your hands.
**[07:39] Will**
Yeah, sorta.
**[07:41] Will**
*I should keep my magic a secret for now.*
**[07:45] Will**
So, now we just wait.
**[07:47] Menel**
Yeah.
**[07:49] Will**
Earth-Mother Mater,
**[07:50] Will**
and all the virtuous gods,
**[07:52] Will**
we give thanks for your grace
as we partake in this meal.
**[07:56] Will**
Please bless the food before us,
**[07:59] Will**
that it may nourish our
bodies and our souls.
**[08:02] Menel**
You really are devoted, huh?
**[08:05] Will**
*He doesn't seem to be much of a believer.*
**[08:08] Menel**
Okay, let's eat.
**[08:08] Will**
* But I'm the one with memories of my past*
* life, while he seems closer to nature.*
**[08:09] Will**
We give thanks for this bounty.
**[08:11] Will**
Let's eat.
**[08:17] Will**
Hot!
**[08:18] Menel**
Good stuff!
**[08:19] Will**
*Ah, this is the best!*
**[08:24] Menel**
Huh?
**[08:25] Menel**
You want directions?
**[08:27] Will**
Well, I mean...
It's kind of hard to explain...
**[08:30] Will**
I'm not sure how to put it...
**[08:31] Menel**
You don't look familiar, either.
**[08:33] Menel**
Seriously, where *are* you from?
**[08:36] Will**
* Telling him I was raised in the ruins by*
* three undead probably wouldn't help.*
**[08:41] Will**
I came from the south.
**[08:43] Menel**
The south? Bro, there's nothing
further south than this.
**[08:46] Will**
Huh?
**[08:47] Menel**
This is as far south as
mankind has ever gone,
**[08:49] Menel**
Beast Woods in Southmark.
**[08:52] Will**
I did come from the south, though.
**[08:54] Will**
It's a long story.
**[08:56] Menel**
Oh, are you an adventurer who
scrounges for treasures in ruins?
**[09:00] Will**
Yeah, something like that.
**[09:02] Menel**
And you got lost?
**[09:04] Will**
Yeah.
**[09:05] Menel**
I've never seen an adventurer
as absent-minded as you.
**[09:09] Menel**
Well, whatever.
**[09:10] Menel**
Just keep following the river downstream,
**[09:12] Menel**
and you'll reach a small
town in a couple of days.
**[09:15] Menel**
You can figure the rest out from there.
**[09:17] Will**
Thanks.
**[09:18] Menel**
Yeah, well, good luck.
**[09:20] Will**
Hey, if it's on the way, can we stop
by the settlement you're living in?
**[09:29] Will**
Um...
**[09:29] Menel**
No.
**[09:30] Menel**
I don't wanna get involved
with you for even a second.
**[09:33] Menel**
Get a clue.
**[09:35] Will**
*Yeah, of course not.*
**[09:36] Will**
* Who'd want a total stranger in armor*
* like this following them home?*
**[09:40] Will**
Sorry.
**[09:41] Menel**
So don't follow me.
**[09:43] Will**
W-Will you be okay with no light?
**[09:45] Menel**
That's nothing you need to worry about.
**[09:53] Will**
Are those...
**[09:55] Menel**
Fairies.
**[09:57] Will**
I've never seen them before.
**[09:58] Will**
* They say elves, as followers*
* of the goddess of fae,*
**[10:01] Will**
* have a strong affinity*
* with other fae minions.*
**[10:05] Will**
*I guess that goes for him, too.*
**[10:06] Menel**
Later.
**[10:07] Will**
Uh... I'm Will.
**[10:09] Will**
William G. Maryblood.
**[10:11] Will**
What's your name?
**[10:13] Menel**
Menel. Meneldor.
**[10:16] Menel**
Not that we'll ever see each other again.
**[10:19] Menel**
Try not to die on the road.
**[10:25] Will**
*Meneldor...*
**[10:27] Will**
* In Elvish, I think that means*
* "a very fast-flying eagle."*
**[10:31] Will**
* He was a bit crude, but it*
* was fun talking to him.*
**[10:36] Will**
* He looked around my age, but they*
* say half-elves are long-lived,*
**[10:40] Will**
*so he might be a lot older than me.*
**[10:44] Will**
Oh, right... I should be close to a town.
**[10:51] Will**
If I'll be getting more soon,
I might as well indulge tonight.
**[10:58] Will**
* I'll start by heading*
* downriver to the town,*
**[11:01] Will**
*and I'll try to get some information there.*
**[11:10] Gracefeel**
O light, my light...
**[11:14] Gracefeel**
As you travel, I pray:
**[11:18] Gracefeel**
bring light to the faraway darkness.
**[11:29] Will**
Menel!
**[11:32] Will**
Was that... a divine revelation?
**[11:35] Will**
Lumen!
***SIGN*** Light
**[11:38] Will**
*A tragedy is about to befall a nearby village,*
**[11:41] Will**
*and Menel is going to be caught up in it!*
**[11:46] Will**
Inveniret Humanum!
***SIGN*** Find Human
**[11:48] Will**
That way!
**[11:53] Will**
There it is!
**[11:58] Will**
Did I make it in time?
**[11:59] Will**
Erasus!
***SIGN*** Erasure
**[12:08] John**
I thought I saw something
shining in the forest.
**[12:12] Youth**
Sure you weren't just seeing things?
**[12:15] Will**
* Thank goodness. If I tell*
* them I know Menel—*
**[12:19] John**
Wha—
**[12:20] Will**
Hide! Get behind me!
**[12:22] John**
Huh?!
**[12:22] Will**
Hurry!
**[12:26] Will**
*Raiders?!*
**[12:28] Will**
*Menel's village is going to be attacked?*
**[12:30] Will**
*Menel's going to caught up in a disaster?*
**[12:33] Will**
* No... How a divine revelation is*
* interpreted is up to the interpreter!*
**[12:38] Will**
*It can't be...*
**[12:41] Will**
*How could I have been such a fool?*
**[12:44] Will**
*Meneldor isn't the victim of this tragedy.*
**[12:48] Will**
*He's the perpetrator.*
**[12:51] Menel**
Go. Secure the village.
**[12:53] Menel**
I'll deal with this one.
**[12:56] Will**
Menel! Why?!
**[12:57] Menel**
I told you not to follow me.
**[13:01] Menel**
Die.
**[13:05] Youth**
Everyone! Wake up! Wake up!
**[13:06] John**
We're under attack!
**[13:08] John**
Get your weapons!
**[13:11] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[13:15] Menel**
Gnomes, O gnomes, slip underfoot!
**[13:20] Will**
* I have no strategy against*
* someone who can use fairies.*
**[13:23] Will**
*In that case...*
**[13:27] Menel**
Huh?!
**[13:28] Will**
*He doesn't even realize*
**[13:29] Will**
*that if your muscles are built up enough,*
**[13:32] Will**
*you can solve most any problem by force!*
**[13:35] Menel**
Damn it!
**[13:36] Menel**
Salamander, burn him alive!
**[13:42] Menel**
Seriously?!
**[13:47] Menel**
You're really damn strong.
**[13:58] Will**
* I need to subdue them all before*
* anyone gets hurt or killed.*
***SIGN*** Spiderweb, Bind
**[14:03] Will**
Araneum, Obligatio.
**[14:05] VillagerA**
I'm telling you...
**[14:06] VillagerB**
We oughta string them up!
**[14:06] VillagerD**
First off... Hey! I said *first off*...
**[14:07] VillagerC**
Listen to me!
**[14:09] VillagerA**
They attacked us outta nowhere!
**[14:11] VillagerC**
Look, in the first place...
**[14:13] John**
Hate to let a warrior priest
see us actin' like this.
**[14:16] John**
Thank you again for your help earlier.
**[14:19] John**
My name's John.
**[14:21] Will**
My name is William.
**[14:23] John**
Folks from many places, all with different
ideas about law, drift to this village naturally.
**[14:27] John**
It's always like this.
**[14:30] Will**
* This village is in an area of*
* Southmark known as Beast Woods,*
**[14:33] Will**
* and it apparently falls under the*
* rule of the Fertile Kingdom.*
**[14:36] Will**
* But the law and authority of the kingdom*
* doesn't reach these dangerous remote regions,*
**[14:41] Will**
* so the area is dotted with villages populated*
* by criminals, fugitives with no relatives,*
**[14:47] Will**
* adventures who scavenge the*
* ruins, and other outsiders.*
**[14:50] John**
Of course, I'm one of them myself.
**[14:55] Will**
What's going to happen to them?
**[14:58] John**
I don't know, either.
**[15:02] John**
They're from a neighboring village
about a day's travel from here.
**[15:06] Will**
A neighboring village?
**[15:08] John**
Neither of our villages
are all that well-off,
**[15:10] John**
but I thought they, at least,
had enough stored up for the winter.
**[15:13] John**
And we've always gotten
along well enough...
**[15:16] John**
Also, that silver-haired half-elf is a
well-known wandering hunter in these parts.
**[15:22] John**
He's helped us get rid of dangerous
beasts lots of times, but now...
**[15:26] Tom**
Now, now.
**[15:28] Tom**
I'm sure everyone's worn out
from all this talking.
**[15:31] Tom**
Take a break and have some water.
**[15:34] John**
This is Tom, our chief elder.
**[15:36] Tom**
Warrior priest, John has told me about you.
**[15:41] Tom**
Allow this old man to offer
his gratitude, as well.
**[15:44] Will**
Oh, no. This is all thanks to the
guidance of the goddess of light.
**[15:49] Tom**
Ah...
**[15:50] Tom**
In that case, I must thank
this goddess, as well.
**[15:55] Tom**
Now, warrior priest...
**[15:59] Tom**
Can I assume that if anything were to
happen here, you would protect us?
**[16:08] Will**
Yes.
**[16:09] Will**
I swear on Gracefeel's light that
I will protect everyone here.
**[16:14] Tom**
Then we don't need to worry about our
safety if those ruffians attack again.
**[16:19] Tom**
Everyone, I believe we should wake
them and ask why they've done this.
**[16:24] Tom**
Do you agree?
**[16:25] VillagerA**
We should hang them!
**[16:26] VillagerB**
That'll be hard to do if you get attached.
**[16:28] VillagerC**
Guys like them oughta be ended quick!
**[16:30] Tom**
But it's dangerous to do that
before we know anything.
**[16:34] Tom**
The warrior priest will help us.
**[16:37] Will**
* It seems like he wants to question*
* them before proceeding.*
**[16:42] GuyD**
Demons. Our village was
destroyed by demons.
**[16:45] GuyA**
Many died. Half of our village.
**[16:49] GuyB**
With our women, children, and wounded,
**[16:51] GuyB**
we were left with no food or
shelter in the cold of winter.
**[16:55] GuyC**
If we're doomed to die with only the shirts
on our backs, then we might as well...
**[17:01] Menel**
I'm the one who suggested the raid.
**[17:03] Menel**
We wouldn't stand a chance
fighting the demons.
**[17:06] Menel**
I said we'd be better off looting a village and
going somewhere, anywhere, than just dying.
**[17:12] Menel**
An old lady in that village,
Marple, helped me out a lot.
**[17:16] Tom**
What became of Marple?
**[17:19] Menel**
She died.
**[17:22] Tom**
I see.
**[17:23] Menel**
Just hang me. It was my idea.
**[17:27] Menel**
I deceived these guys, that's all.
**[17:29] Menel**
Let them go.
**[17:32] Menel**
Please.
**[17:33] VillagerA**
No way we can do that!
**[17:34] VillagerB**
Like hell!
**[17:35] VillagerE**
Hang 'em all!
**[17:37] Tom**
We owe a debt to this hunter.
**[17:40] Tom**
And I sympathize with the
people of your village.
**[17:45] Tom**
However...
**[17:46] Tom**
We have no choice but to hang you.
**[17:52] Will**
*Since they have nowhere to go,*
**[17:54] Will**
* if they're set free,*
* they'll just loot again.*
**[17:57] Will**
* They have to be killed,*
* for the safety of the village.*
**[18:01] Will**
*That's the smart choice.*
**[18:03] Will**
*But my mother told me,*
**[18:07] Will**
* "Love others without fear of*
* loss, and do good things."*
**[18:12] Will**
*And my father told me,*
**[18:13] Will**
* "Move forward with faith*
* in the results you'll achieve,"*
**[18:16] Will**
* and "Don't get so stressed*
* that you freeze in place."*
**[18:19] Will**
* I still carry their words*
* with me, right here.*
**[18:23] Will**
Excuse me!
**[18:26] Will**
* I will overturn this hopeless*
* situation before me.*
**[18:30] Will**
Can this be resolved with money?
**[18:34] Will**
Compensation, monetary atonement...
**[18:36] Will**
Do you have that custom here?
**[18:38] VillagerA**
Well, yeah, we do...
**[18:40] VillagerB**
But who's gonna pay that?
**[18:42] VillagerC**
These guys are flat broke.
**[18:43] Will**
I'll pay the money.
**[18:50] Tom**
Why do this, warrior priest?
**[18:53] Will**
Because demons are my archenemies.
**[18:57] Will**
They killed my parents.
**[18:59] Will**
Plus, I swore to the goddess
of light that I would
**[19:02] Will**
banish evil and save the suffering.
**[19:05] Will**
We should assist those who have
suffered at the hands of demons.
**[19:10] Will**
We can't allow a village
occupied by demons to exist.
**[19:13] Will**
I'll go and fight them.
**[19:15] Will**
And I would like to hire that
young man there to accompany me.
**[19:22] Will**
He is an excellent hunter who
knows this forest, right?
**[19:25] Will**
I will need his talents to
help me pursue the demons.
**[19:29] Will**
Of course, I will pay handsomely.
**[19:31] Tom**
Are you sure about this?
**[19:33] John**
I feel like we're the only ones
benefiting from this deal...
**[19:36] Will**
It must be a reward for your
exemplary day-to-day conduct.
**[19:41] Will**
Gracefeel, the goddess of light who governs
souls and the cycle of death and rebirth,
**[19:46] Will**
is always looking upon your daily
lives with compassionate eyes.
**[19:53] Villagers**
Wow...
**[19:54] Villagers**
What is this?
**[19:59] Tom**
Untie them.
**[20:01] John**
Right!
**[20:03] Will**
I managed to overcome that... I think?
**[20:08] Will**
* I had a feeling that, somewhere,*
* some god was giving me a tiny smile.*
**[20:15] Will**
*The people of the village that was attacked*
**[20:17] Will**
* took in all of the villagers who*
* weren't involved in the raid.*
**[20:21] Will**
* Part of it was to use them as hostages,*
* I'm sure, but safe is safe.*
**[20:26] Menel**
What are you after?
**[20:29] Will**
I'm not hiding anything.
I meant what I said.
**[20:32] Menel**
Because you're a warrior priest?
**[20:35] Will**
Well...
**[20:36] Will**
Oh, I almost forgot.
I know it's already after the fact,
**[20:39] Will**
but you will let me hire you to take back
the village and destroy the demons, right?
**[20:43] Menel**
I'm the guy who instigated
a raid and murder.
**[20:47] Menel**
You don't think I should be punished?
**[20:49] Will**
I already cleared your debt
by paying reparations.
**[20:52] Will**
Besides, it was the only way you could
help those starving people, right?
**[20:56] Menel**
You don't think I might betray you?
**[20:58] Will**
If you do, it's the people of the
neighboring village who'll suffer.
**[21:02] Menel**
You're too damn nice.
**[21:04] Menel**
One of these days, you'll be
picked apart and left for dead.
**[21:07] Will**
W-Well, I'll be careful.
**[21:10] Menel**
Okay, sure. I'll work for you.
**[21:13] Menel**
I do need money, after all.
**[21:15] Will**
Thanks.
**[21:25] Menel**
So what are you gonna
do for the time being,
**[21:27] Menel**
boss?
**[21:29] Will**
The demons have occupied the
neighboring village, right?
**[21:35] Will**
I guess we'll just charge in.
We don't have much time.
**[21:38] Menel**
Whoa, are you insane?
**[21:40] Menel**
There are a lot of them,
and they've got demon beasts.
**[21:42] Menel**
You got a plan? What are our odds?
**[21:44] Will**
It'll be fine. I'm used to them.
**[21:48] Menel**
Well, you're right that we gotta hurry.
**[21:51] Menel**
The people who died might've
turned undead by now.
**[21:55] Will**
* If that's true, I need to*
* return them to the cycle*
**[22:00] Will**
*before they get lost and end up stuck here.*
***SIGN*** Episode 7
Traumatic Memory
# E7 - Traumatic Memory
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**[00:03] Menel**
This way.
**[00:05] Will**
Can we get through here?
**[00:15] Menel**
We'll camp here tonight.
**[00:17] Menel**
Green ones, grant me shelter for the night:
**[00:20] Menel**
a bed of grass, a roof of trees,
and tolerance for an unannounced guest.
**[00:28] Will**
Wow!
**[00:30] Menel**
It's no big deal.
**[00:41] Will**
Um, did I do something wrong?
**[00:44] Menel**
I wasn't raised in the best circumstances.
**[00:46] Menel**
I don't deal well with people who
were brought up as well as you.
**[00:49] Menel**
But I'll repay my debt to
you, and I'll do my job.
**[00:52] Will**
I wasn't brought up *that* well.
**[00:56] Menel**
We'll reach the village by morning.
**[00:59] Menel**
Remember, I'm only leading you there.
**[01:02] Menel**
I won't be fighting demons
by your side or anything.
**[01:04] Will**
I know. That's fine.
**[01:10] Will**
Shouldn't we keep watch?
**[01:11] Menel**
The fairies will do it.
**[01:13] Menel**
They'll make noise to wake
us if anything happens.
**[01:17] Will**
Hey, why don't we chat for a bit?
**[01:19] Menel**
I'm tired.
**[01:21] Menel**
If you wanna be awake, be awake on your own.
**[01:26] Will**
* How long has it been since*
* I began my travels?*
**[01:29] Will**
* This was my first night spent with*
* someone else since my departure.*
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[03:08] Will**
Ruins?
**[03:09] Menel**
Used to be.
**[03:11] Menel**
The stones and stuff are
pretty useful for building.
**[03:15] Menel**
The village is ahead.
**[03:24] Menel**
They're there.
**[03:25] Will**
Yeah.
**[03:26] Menel**
I'll scout it out. Wait here.
**[03:35] Will**
A ritual?
**[03:36] Menel**
Yeah, at the ruins of the village temple.
**[03:40] Menel**
Damn demons...
**[03:42] Will**
How's the temple laid out,
and how are the demons organized?
**[03:47] Menel**
About like this.
**[03:48] Menel**
There's no ceiling, and some
of the walls have collapsed.
**[03:52] Menel**
They've formed a ring in the
center to perform their ritual.
**[03:55] Menel**
There are two commanders.
**[03:56] Menel**
They have faces like lizards.
I forget what they're called...
**[03:59] Will**
Vraskus?
**[04:00] Menel**
Yeah, something like that.
**[04:02] Will**
What else?
**[04:03] Menel**
They have several soldiers
patrolling outside the temple.
**[04:06] Menel**
I know there's, at least,
one demon beast inside.
**[04:09] Will**
What's the demon beast like?
**[04:10] Menel**
It has a human-like head
and a lion-like body,
**[04:14] Menel**
and wings like a bat's.
**[04:16] Will**
A manticore.
**[04:17] Menel**
You know a lot about these guys, huh?
**[04:18] Will**
I've studied them a fair bit.
**[04:21] Will**
Still...
**[04:22] Will**
I'm glad it's no more than that.
**[04:24] Menel**
No more than that?
**[04:25] Will**
Let's just go in head-on and crush them.
**[04:51] Will**
Cadere Araneum!
***SIGN*** Falling Spiderweb
**[05:02] Will**
Currere!
***SIGN*** Run
**[05:03] Will**
Oleum!
***SIGN*** Oil
**[05:09] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[05:13] Will**
Vastare!
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[05:21] Will**
I thought you weren't going to fight.
**[05:24] Menel**
I just jumped in because I
could tell you were winning.
**[05:27] Menel**
There aren't many people who could
tackle those guys alone and win.
**[05:30] Will**
The conditions were in my favor.
**[05:32] Menel**
Regardless, your strength is abnormal.
**[05:34] Menel**
Do you do some special
training or something?
**[05:36] Will**
Uh... I eat a lot of bread, I guess.
**[05:39] Menel**
Humans don't get stronger just from that.
**[05:43] Menel**
Well, anyway, I think we took care
of the bulk of their forces.
**[05:46] Will**
I guess all that's left is to
clean up any surviving demons.
**[05:49] Menel**
I hope some of the villagers survived.
**[05:52] Will**
Yeah.
**[05:53] Will**
Oh, hang on a second.
**[06:24] Dead Boy**
Bro...ther...
**[06:33] Dead Boy**
Brother Menel...
**[06:37] Dead Boy**
The demons... attacked the village.
**[06:41] Dead Boy**
It was so hot...
**[06:43] Dead Boy**
But I stayed strong and
didn't make any noise.
**[06:46] Dead Boy**
Because... I had faith...
**[06:51] Dead Boy**
that you would come...
**[06:54] Dead Boy**
And you really did.
**[06:58] Dead Boy**
Thank you.
**[07:04] Dead Boy**
What... Why?
**[07:09] Dead Boy**
Huh? I...
**[07:13] Menel**
H-Hey!
**[07:14] Will**
You did very well.
**[07:16] Will**
Good job.
**[07:17] Dead Boy**
Who are you?
**[07:20] Will**
I'm a friend of Brother Menel's.
**[07:22] Will**
I'm sorry.
**[07:24] Will**
He's a bit unsteady on his
feet because he's very tired.
**[07:27] Dead Boy**
Oh, okay.
**[07:29] Will**
That's it. Good boy.
**[07:30] Will**
Here...
**[07:32] Will**
Menel.
**[07:37] Menel**
Sorry I showed up a little late.
**[07:41] Dead Boy**
No, it's okay.
**[07:43] Menel**
You must be tired. Go to sleep.
**[07:46] Dead Boy**
You're... right.
**[07:49] Dead Boy**
I feel... kind of sleepy...
**[07:53] Menel**
Dream happy dreams.
**[07:55] Dead Boy**
Okay.
**[07:58] Will**
Gracefeel, Goddess of Light,
**[08:01] Will**
grant him peace and guidance.
**[08:11] Menel**
Hey...
**[08:12] Will**
What?
**[08:14] Menel**
Sorry.
**[08:16] Will**
For what?
**[08:17] Menel**
I didn't take you seriously.
**[08:20] Menel**
I thought you were some rich
boy with money and muscles
**[08:22] Menel**
who happened to earn a god's
divine protection and got cocky,
**[08:25] Menel**
spouting nothing but useless platitudes.
**[08:29] Menel**
So... I'm sorry.
**[08:32] Will**
I don't mind.
**[08:35] Will**
* There was still a markedly*
* pained look on his face,*
**[08:38] Will**
*but still, Menel smiled just a little bit.*
**[08:41] Will**
*He didn't hesitate any more after that.*
**[08:44] Will**
*He held the hands of the undead*
**[08:47] Will**
*and exchanged farewells with them.*
**[09:00] Will**
I think we've checked all
of the major locations.
**[09:03] Will**
I don't sense any demons.
**[09:06] Menel**
One more place...
**[09:17] Menel**
Hey, Old Marple! You in there?
**[09:21] Marple**
Oh?
**[09:22] Marple**
That voice... It's you, Menel!
**[09:26] Will**
This ghost appears to be
close to the highest rank!
**[09:30] Will**
*Her soul must be extremely tough.*
**[09:33] Will**
* If she resists, my power*
* might not be enough...*
**[09:39] Will**
* If it comes to that, I'll have to use*
* a magic weapon that works on spirits.*
**[09:44] Marple**
You don't need to worry so much, young man.
**[09:48] Marple**
I haven't gone senile yet.
**[09:51] Menel**
Really? Well, that's good to hear.
**[09:54] Menel**
It seems like you stayed behind because
of some lingering attachment,
**[09:58] Menel**
but this kid here is a genuinely
virtuous high priest.
**[10:03] Menel**
Returning lost souls like you to
the cycle of death and rebirth,
**[10:06] Menel**
as well as treating wounded
people, are what he does best.
**[10:09] Marple**
Oh?
**[10:09] Menel**
We'll take care of the village.
**[10:12] Menel**
You can just move on already.
**[10:16] Menel**
Or is there something you
still want to say to someone?
**[10:20] Menel**
I'll deliver the message for—
**[10:21] Marple**
Menel!
**[10:22] Marple**
You've been bad again!
**[10:24] Menel**
No, I haven't...
**[10:26] Menel**
Where'd that come from, anyway?
**[10:27] Menel**
Maybe you really are senile?
**[10:29] Marple**
I can read you like a book!
**[10:32] Menel**
What do you mean?
**[10:33] Marple**
You're lying, that's what!
**[10:35] Marple**
I can always tell when you're lying!
**[10:38] Marple**
You're twisted, but at your core,
you're upright and fastidious.
**[10:43] Marple**
All this killing and stealing isn't for you.
**[10:48] Marple**
You see that now, don't you?
**[10:49] Menel**
Shut up.
**[10:50] Marple**
Excuse me?
**[10:51] Menel**
Shut up! What makes you
think you know anything?!
**[10:55] Menel**
What was I supposed to do, then?!
**[10:59] Menel**
You died, everyone else was starving...
**[11:01] Menel**
What else could I have done?!
**[11:03] Menel**
You think I should've prayed
to the gods or something?!
**[11:06] Menel**
The gods... The gods have
never once helped me out!
**[11:15] Menel**
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
**[11:18] Menel**
Damn it! Damn it!
**[11:28] Menel**
Damn it all...
**[11:30] Menel**
I've had enough!
**[11:32] Menel**
Just let me die with you!
**[11:36] Menel**
The life of a half-elf is too long for me.
**[11:42] Will**
* Those with elven blood live*
* for hundreds of years.*
***SIGN*** Episode 7
Traumatic Memory
**[11:46] Will**
* Even after they lose the*
* people and places they love,*
**[11:52] Will**
*it still doesn't end.*
**[11:54] Marple**
Listen to me, Menel.
**[11:56] Marple**
Meneldor!
**[11:58] Marple**
Despite all that, the gods have
given you a second chance.
**[12:02] Marple**
It is your *last* chance.
**[12:04] Marple**
Stop living like some useless bum.
**[12:07] Marple**
You may hate the gods,
**[12:09] Marple**
but the gods will never stop loving you.
**[12:13] Marple**
Even if you don't notice it,
**[12:15] Marple**
they will always shine down on you,
**[12:17] Marple**
never growing bored or tired of you.
**[12:20] Marple**
So all you need to do now is
realize that light is there.
**[12:28] Marple**
Now, priest, if you don't mind...
**[12:31] Will**
Yes?
**[12:32] Marple**
Would you mind looking after this poor fool?
**[12:35] Marple**
He's not a bad boy at heart.
**[12:38] Marple**
So... please treat him well, won't you?
**[12:44] Will**
I will.
**[12:45] Marple**
And as for the demons and demon
beasts that attacked the village...
**[12:49] Marple**
I'm certain they weren't just strays.
**[12:52] Marple**
The stronghold where their boss
dwells is deep in the forest,
**[12:55] Marple**
and he sends his demon minions
all over the place from there.
**[12:59] Marple**
They command demon beasts, attack people...
**[13:01] Marple**
It looks like they're routing all
their effort into some evil plot.
**[13:06] Will**
Um, if I may, is your
lingering attachment...
**[13:09] Marple**
Well, I couldn't go and pass on without
making sure someone knew this!
**[13:14] Marple**
Anyway, I appreciate the offer,
but I don't need your guidance.
**[13:19] Marple**
You see, someone's already waiting for me.
**[13:22] Will**
*Oh... She has someone.*
**[13:25] Marple**
So I'll be on my way now.
**[13:29] Marple**
Menel, take care.
**[13:33] Marple**
So many things happen in this world
that can never be taken back.
**[13:38] Marple**
So stand up and face forward.
There are things you need to do.
**[13:42] Menel**
Damn it, old woman, you're too selfish!
**[13:48] Marple**
Well, so are you.
**[13:51] Marple**
My goodness. What are we
going to do with you?
**[14:01] Marple**
Well, I leave the rest in your hands.
**[14:06] Will**
Of course. You can count on me.
**[14:19] Will**
*The present state of this world is dark.*
**[14:21] Will**
* At the very least, in this*
* area known as Beast Woods,*
**[14:25] Will**
* demons and demon beasts still run*
* rampant, never fully exterminated.*
**[14:30] Will**
*No nation's laws reach here,*
**[14:32] Will**
* so even among humans,*
* robbing and mugging are widespread.*
**[14:36] Will**
* Of course, as an outsider*
* just passing through,*
**[14:39] Will**
*I'm not obligated to do anything.*
**[14:41] Will**
*I could just walk right by it.*
**[14:44] Will**
*But...*
**[14:48] (Flashback) Gracefeel**
As you travel, I pray:
**[14:51] (Flashback) Gracefeel**
bring light to the faraway darkness.
**[15:05] Will**
*A few days later, the villagers returned.*
**[15:09] Will**
* Though they were shocked to see*
* the state the village was in,*
**[15:13] Will**
* they eventually gathered up*
* their remaining farm tools*
**[15:16] Will**
*and started digging holes to bury the dead,*
**[15:18] Will**
*and we all laid them to rest together.*
**[15:24] Will**
So...
**[15:25] Will**
What will you do now?
**[15:28] VillagerB**
Well, just look at this.
**[15:37] VillagerA**
Just for tonight,
we're throwing a bit of a party
**[15:40] VillagerA**
to mark our return to the village
and to honor our fallen.
**[15:43] VillagerB**
You're the savior who got
our village back for us,
**[15:47] VillagerB**
so we'd really like you to join us.
**[15:49] Will**
I'd be glad to.
**[16:04] Will**
Menel...
**[16:22] Menel**
Hey.
**[16:25] Will**
It's a nice view.
**[16:27] Menel**
*Looks* nice, anyway.
**[16:30] Menel**
Those ruins are an undead nest.
**[16:34] Menel**
Countless adventurers have gone in,
**[16:36] Menel**
but none ever came back.
**[16:39] Will**
I see.
**[16:40] Will**
Okay, then, tomorrow I'll go there.
**[16:42] Menel**
Huh? Were you even listening to me?
**[16:45] Will**
Yeah. It's an undead nest, right?
**[16:48] Will**
If it is, I need to go and
return them all to the cycle.
**[16:53] Menel**
I guess that's the kind of guy you are.
**[16:55] Menel**
Being around you throws me off my pace.
**[16:58] Menel**
I thought I was a colder person than that.
**[17:02] Will**
Little late to say that after the
way you were wailing earlier.
**[17:05] Menel**
You—
**[17:07] Menel**
You're saying that to someone
who's already depressed?
**[17:10] Will**
Menel, what was Marple like?
**[17:14] Menel**
She was a weird old woman,
like you just saw.
**[17:18] Menel**
I was born up north in Grassland,
**[17:20] Menel**
in the Great Forest of Erin,
where elves live.
**[17:24] Menel**
My mother was a woman of
insatiable curiosity.
**[17:27] Menel**
She took off somewhere outside the forest,
**[17:29] Menel**
came back pregnant with
some stranger's child,
**[17:33] Menel**
gave birth to me,
and died immediately after.
**[17:36] Menel**
I grew up at a different pace
than everyone around me,
**[17:39] Menel**
and the thing with my mother didn't help.
**[17:41] Menel**
They said I was a disgrace,
and I didn't fit in anyway,
**[17:45] Menel**
so I ended up fleeing the forest.
**[17:48] Menel**
Of course, the world outside
was no paradise, either.
**[17:52] Menel**
But luckily for me, I could use a
bow and arrow as well as knives.
**[17:55] Menel**
And above all, I could see fairies.
**[17:57] Menel**
When I ran into enemies
that wanted to eat me,
**[18:00] Menel**
I had the strength to kill them instead.
**[18:03] Menel**
If I didn't, I'd probably be whoring
myself out in some back alley.
**[18:08] Will**
You do have a pretty face.
**[18:10] Menel**
Huh?!
**[18:10] Will**
Uh, nothing... Please go on.
**[18:13] Menel**
Anyway, I became an adventurer
**[18:16] Menel**
and made my way to Southmark,
where there were still a lot of old ruins...
**[18:20] Menel**
but a member of my party betrayed me
**[18:23] Menel**
in a fight over the loot
we found in some ruins.
**[18:27] Menel**
He poisoned my food, and I nearly died.
**[18:30] Menel**
I killed him with my own hands,
**[18:32] Menel**
but all of them except me died anyway.
**[18:35] Menel**
I didn't even know where I was wandering.
**[18:38] Menel**
It was near that village
that I finally passed out.
**[18:46] Menel**
Marple was the one who
found me and took me in.
**[18:49] Menel**
At the time, she wasn't that old yet,
**[18:52] Menel**
but she was such a weird old woman.
**[18:55] Menel**
She lent her bed to the antisocial
kid she'd found lying on the ground,
**[18:59] Menel**
let me eat her food,
**[19:01] Menel**
and even lectured me about
living a decent life.
**[19:05] Menel**
A lot of people ended up at that
village after being found by her.
**[19:09] Will**
What was she, exactly?
**[19:11] Menel**
I have no idea.
**[19:14] Menel**
Of course, she's dead now,
so we'll never know.
**[19:18] Menel**
That happens a lot on this continent.
**[19:22] Menel**
She did take me in and look after me.
**[19:24] Menel**
That's when I started
pretending to be a hunter.
**[19:27] Menel**
There are a lot of nasty creatures
and demon beasts in this area.
**[19:31] Menel**
I was relatively useful,
I had a place to belong...
**[19:35] Menel**
and I lost it all without any warning.
**[19:38] Menel**
I got all the survivors together so we
could be the ones doing the stealing,
**[19:43] Menel**
but thanks to you, we failed miserably.
**[19:46] Menel**
It sucks having a longer life than
anyone else in a place like that.
**[19:51] Menel**
It sucks so much,
**[19:53] Menel**
I just want to die sometimes.
**[20:02] Menel**
Right then.
**[20:03] Menel**
I gotta get back on my feet soon, though.
**[20:06] Will**
Huh?
**[20:06] Menel**
What? Done making all those faces at me?
**[20:09] Will**
Uh... wha... huh?!
**[20:11] Menel**
There's a huge difference between your
priest self and your normal self, huh?
**[20:16] Will**
Wh-What?!
**[20:18] Menel**
Will... Priest of the goddess of light...
**[20:22] Menel**
I'm grateful to you.
**[20:24] Menel**
You stopped me before I could
do something irreversible,
**[20:27] Menel**
and you saved the people of the village.
**[20:31] Menel**
So...
**[20:32] Menel**
I ask to receive the goddess of light's
divine protection through you.
**[20:40] Menel**
Do you accept?
**[20:43] Will**
I will act as the medium
**[20:45] Will**
for you to establish a bond with my goddess.
**[20:48] Will**
I will pray for you.
**[20:50] Will**
May the goddess of light, Gracefeel,
**[20:53] Will**
hereby love you, shine her light upon you,
**[20:56] Will**
and walk by your side in your travels.
**[20:59] Menel**
I swear to my guardian deity
**[21:01] Menel**
that I will atone for my sins and
live my life facing forward.
**[21:05] Menel**
Please shine your light upon my path.
**[21:13] Menel**
There'll be a lot of tough times,
and I might want to die now and then,
**[21:17] Menel**
but I'm not gonna just stay down.
**[21:19] Menel**
I'll get up and face forward,
like the old woman said.
**[21:23] Will**
Menel... You are strong.
**[21:26] Will**
It's amazing. I admire that.
**[21:28] Menel**
C'mon, don't be gross.
**[21:30] Menel**
You're the strong one.
**[21:32] Menel**
Where the hell does your power come from?
**[21:34] Will**
W-Well... It's not that I'm strong.
**[21:37] Will**
I just had amazing teachers.
**[21:40] Menel**
Well, I'm not gonna pry.
**[21:42] Menel**
Anyway, ready to head back?
**[21:44] Will**
Yeah.
**[21:51] Will**
*Blood, Mary...*
**[21:54] Will**
*So, um... I think, maybe...*
**[21:57] Will**
* I just might have found the first*
* person I could ever call a friend.*
***SIGN*** Recap Episode
The Path Taken
# E7.5 - The Path Taken
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GJWU2JWE9/the-path-taken)
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***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[00:02] Will**
* My memories of that time*
* are vague and murky.*
**[00:07] Will**
*My life felt like stagnant water.*
***SIGN*** Recap Episode: The Path Taken
**[00:10] Will**
*I grew more and more impatient,*
**[00:12] Will**
*but everything felt tiresome.*
**[00:15] Will**
* I wanted to take a step*
* forward, but I was scared.*
**[00:22] Will**
*But...*
**[00:24] Will**
*This pain in my chest,*
**[00:27] Will**
*this agony...*
**[00:38] Will**
*They're vague, murky memories,*
**[00:41] Will**
*and my vision won't focus...*
**[00:45] Will**
*A ceiling?*
**[00:47] Will**
*A monster!*
**[00:56] Will**
*A mummy?!*
**[00:58] Will**
*A ghost?!*
**[01:04] Will**
*They're gonna kill me!*
**[01:12] Will**
*Huh?*
**[01:28] Blood**
Hey, Will. Ready to do this?
**[01:31] Will**
Anytime. Let's do it.
**[01:39] Blood**
Try your best not to die!
**[02:00] Blood**
Will, even if you couldn't beat me,
**[02:03] Blood**
what you've accomplished
is still remarkable.
**[02:06] Blood**
To mark your new independence,
I'll give you this.
**[02:09] Blood**
It's the most powerful of
all the demonblades I own.
**[02:13] Blood**
"If a living being is cut with this blade,
**[02:16] Blood**
its wielder recovers life
force with each cut."
**[02:19] Will**
Huh? Recover life force?
**[02:22] Blood**
You're a smart kid, so I'm
sure you understand this,
**[02:25] Blood**
but don't use it any more than you have to.
**[02:27] Blood**
It makes its wielder feel a lot stronger,
**[02:31] Blood**
but it's not the type of demonblade
that enhances your spirit.
**[02:36] Will**
* They both have faith that I*
* can use this sword properly.*
**[02:57] Will**
*I can't do anything... I can't move!*
**[03:01] Will**
*Why?!*
**[03:02] Will**
*Please, move!*
**[03:04] Gus**
Vastare!
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[03:13] Gus**
Conciliat, Sequitur!
***SIGN*** Unite, Follow
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[03:18] Stagnate**
Vastare!
**[03:19] Gus**
Pauperum Tabernas Regumque Turres:
***SIGN*** Both Huts of Paupers and Towers of Kings
**[03:23] Gus**
Damnatio Memoriae!
***SIGN*** Damnation of Memory
**[03:30] Stagnate**
Curse you, Sage!
**[03:41] Gus**
That must have been scary for you.
**[03:47] Gus**
But it has all worked out, so—
**[03:55] Stagnate**
To think you were able to destroy
my body all on your own.
**[04:01] Stagnate**
Had I not divided my
strength into two bodies,
**[04:05] Stagnate**
that would have hindered
me for quite some time.
**[04:08] Stagnate**
As for you...
**[04:14] Stagnate**
You did well.
**[04:16] Stagnate**
This is all thanks to you,
and you have my gratitude.
**[04:19] Stagnate**
Oh, I know. Why don't you join my army?
**[04:23] Stagnate**
Then you can continue to live
harmoniously with the three of them.
**[04:27] Stagnate**
But there would be no appeal in
forcing you to decide right away.
**[04:30] Stagnate**
Tomorrow happens to be the winter solstice.
**[04:32] Stagnate**
On that loathsome day when the
sun loses the most strength...
**[04:38] Stagnate**
I will seek your answer in the evening.
**[04:52] Blood**
Hey.
**[04:58] Blood**
Damn, your face is a wreck.
**[05:01] Will**
I have my memories of my past life.
**[05:05] Will**
I was an absolutely useless person.
**[05:08] Will**
So when I was reborn, I thought I'd
live my life right this time...
**[05:14] Will**
but I just made you three suffer
without ever knowing anything.
**[05:18] Will**
Even in my past life,
when my parents died...
**[05:23] Will**
I have no idea how I felt. I can't remember!
**[05:27] Will**
After all the trouble I caused for
them, I don't even know if I cried!
**[05:32] Will**
I'm garbage.
**[05:34] Will**
And again, I can't do anything...
**[05:37] Will**
I can't give you anything in return!
**[05:39] Will**
I'm useless garbage!
**[05:42] Mary**
Will.
**[05:44] Mary**
Grit your teeth.
**[05:49] Mary**
And what of your past life memories?
**[05:52] Mary**
Why are you so shaken up just
because Stagnate upset you?!
**[05:56] Mary**
If you feel so much regret just
because your memories are vague...
**[06:00] Mary**
If you're crying so much just for us...
**[06:05] Mary**
Why would someone like you *not* cry?!
**[06:09] Mary**
Will, stand up.
**[06:13] Mary**
Stand up!
**[06:14] Mary**
William! Stop kicking
yourself and straighten up!
**[06:20] Mary**
Where's your answer?!
**[06:22] Will**
Yes, ma'am!
**[06:24] Blood**
You got chewed out 'cause
you're being mopey.
**[06:27] Gus**
It would seem the little
whiner has gone now.
**[06:31] Will**
*I'm fine. I'm fine now.*
**[06:34] Will**
*Mary protected me.*
**[06:49] Stagnate**
So, have you made up your mind?
**[06:51] Will**
Yeah, I've decided, Stagnate,
**[06:54] Will**
evil god.
**[06:57] Will**
I'm not giving you a single thing!
**[07:03] Gracefeel**
You are William, child of Blood and Mary,
**[07:07] Gracefeel**
soul who has crossed worlds.
**[07:10] Will**
Yes.
**[07:11] Gracefeel**
You now fully understand
the gravity of life?
**[07:14] Will**
Yes.
**[07:16] Gracefeel**
And still you are prepared to accept death?
**[07:19] Will**
Yes.
**[07:20] Gracefeel**
You fully understand the
despair of death, yes?
**[07:23] Will**
Yes.
**[07:24] Gracefeel**
And still you love all of the
lives that will one day burn out?
**[07:28] Will**
Yes.
**[07:29] Will**
I finally realized that,
**[07:32] Will**
thanks to your grace.
**[07:39] Will**
Thank you.
**[07:48] Will**
Goddess of the cycle of death
and rebirth, Gracefeel,
**[07:52] Will**
please walk by my side.
**[07:55] Stagnate**
The blessing?
**[07:57] Stagnate**
Even if you can use it,
what do you hope to do?
**[08:00] Stagnate**
Such a vague technique is no match for
my blood coursing through your—
**[08:04] Stagnate**
Stigma?!
**[08:08] Will**
* Every day, Mary prayed to*
* Mater for food to sustain me.*
**[08:13] Will**
* Mary's daily prayers, her unyielding*
* heart, will not bend to you!*
**[08:20] Will**
*I will offer up my life to you!*
**[08:23] Will**
*I will be as your sword to banish evil,*
**[08:26] Will**
*and be as your hand to save the suffering!*
**[08:29] Will**
*I swear it on the flame of Gracefeel!*
**[08:31] Will**
Stagnate, God of the Undead,
**[08:33] Will**
I will defeat you and fulfill my oath!
**[08:36] Stagnate**
Young hero, die amidst your own resolution!
**[08:40] Stagnate**
Kill him!
**[08:43] Will**
*It's okay. I know what I need to do.*
**[08:52] Stagnate**
Th-The Divine Torch?!
**[08:54] Will**
* Gracefeel's divine protection grants peace*
* and guidance to the souls of the dead!*
**[09:00] Stagnate**
How dare a fledgling priest—
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[09:02] Will**
Acceleratio!
**[09:04] Stagnate**
Vastare!
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[09:14] Will**
*Where will he come from?*
**[09:15] Will**
* Stagnate is consumed by*
* the desire to kill me.*
**[09:19] Will**
*We're on even footing.*
**[09:20] Will**
*If I fight him now...*
**[09:28] Will**
Was that a warning?
**[09:32] Will**
*What if he's not consumed at all?*
**[09:36] Will**
No! The temple!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[09:38] Will**
Acceleratio!
**[09:40] Will**
*It was all a bluff!*
**[09:42] Will**
*He was pretending to be consumed by rage,*
**[09:44] Will**
*and then he used the cloud of dust...*
**[09:46] Will**
*It's Blood and Mary that he's after!*
**[09:53] Will**
Mary! Blood!
**[10:10] Will**
*In this moment that Mater has granted me...*
**[10:13] Will**
Gracefeel, Goddess of Light!
**[10:15] Will**
Grant this soul peace and guidance!
**[10:17] Will**
* The Divine Torch guides souls into*
* the cycle of death and rebirth,*
**[10:21] Will**
* but it still can't completely*
* defeat Stagnate.*
**[10:24] Will**
*So what I need to do is...*
**[10:25] Blood**
Wha—
**[10:27] Will**
*That's right.*
**[10:28] Will**
* Since these two aren't resisting, the Divine*
* Torch will guide them back to that cycle.*
**[10:31] Will**
*Which means...*
**[10:33] Will**
*You have to protect them!*
**[10:35] Stagnate**
Delay the cycle!
**[10:36] Stagnate**
Flummox the guidance!
**[10:42] Will**
* And in the moment when he*
* erases my technique...*
**[10:50] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[10:55] Stagnate**
Vasta—
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[10:55] Gus**
Tacere, Os!
***SIGN*** Be Silent, Mouth
**[11:07] Stagnate**
Curse you...
**[11:10] Stagnate**
Curse you!
**[11:12] Stagnate**
Will, child of Blood and Mary,
disciple of Gracefeel!
**[11:16] Stagnate**
I will remember that name!
**[11:18] Stagnate**
Until you surrender to me, your nights
will bring you no rest or repose!
**[11:27] Will**
That's the kind of thing a
third-rate villain would say,
**[11:30] Will**
God.
**[11:38] Will**
I swear on Gracefeel's light
**[11:40] Will**
that I will never become like you.
**[11:43] Will**
I will live right...
**[11:45] Will**
and then die.
**[12:03] Will**
The view really is the best from right here.
**[12:06] Will**
Mary, Blood...
**[12:09] Will**
I know you're not here anymore,
**[12:11] Will**
but I'll still come back to let
you know how things are going.
**[12:15] Will**
If I make friends or start
a family, I'll bring them.
**[12:18] Will**
I'll become an adult who
can tell you with pride
**[12:22] Will**
that your child is living well.
**[12:26] Will**
So, for now, I'll be leaving
you for a little while.
**[12:47] Will**
Well, I'm going now.
**[13:05] Will**
If I keep walking downriver,
I should eventually...
**[13:16] Will**
A demon? No!
**[13:18] Will**
It's a huge boar!
**[13:25] Will**
What's this?
***SIGN*** When we meet, the stars gleam.
**[13:40] Menel**
*Ancient Elvish?*
**[13:42] Menel**
Are you related to the elves?
**[13:44] Will**
No.
**[13:45] Will**
But I could see that
you're related to them.
**[13:49] Will**
Your bow is elven, is it not?
**[13:54] Menel**
Heh. Well, you're not wrong.
**[14:01] Menel**
Just keep following the river downstream,
**[14:03] Menel**
and you'll reach a small
town in a couple of days.
**[14:06] Menel**
You can figure the rest out from there.
**[14:08] Will**
Thanks.
**[14:09] Menel**
Yeah, well, good luck.
**[14:11] Will**
Hey, if it's on the way, can we stop
by the settlement you're living in?
**[14:20] Will**
Um...
**[14:20] Menel**
No.
**[14:21] Menel**
I don't wanna get involved
with you for even a second.
**[14:24] Menel**
Get a clue.
**[14:26] Will**
*Yeah, of course not.*
**[14:27] Will**
* Who'd want a total stranger in armor*
* like this following them home?*
**[14:31] Will**
Sorry.
**[14:32] Menel**
So don't follow me.
**[14:34] Menel**
Later.
**[14:35] Will**
Uh... I'm Will.
**[14:36] Will**
William G. Maryblood.
**[14:38] Will**
What's your name?
**[14:41] Menel**
Menel. Meneldor.
**[14:44] Menel**
Not that we'll ever see each other again.
**[14:46] Menel**
Try not to die on the road.
**[14:53] Will**
* I'll start by heading*
* downriver to the town,*
**[14:56] Will**
*and I'll try to get some information there.*
**[15:12] Will**
Menel!
**[15:14] Will**
Was that... a divine revelation?
**[15:19] Will**
There it is!
**[15:30] John**
I thought I saw something
shining in the forest.
**[15:34] Youth**
Sure you weren't just seeing things?
**[15:37] Will**
* Thank goodness. If I tell*
* them I know Menel—*
**[15:41] John**
Wha—
**[15:42] Will**
Hide! Get behind me!
**[15:44] John**
Huh?!
**[15:44] Will**
Hurry!
**[15:47] Will**
*It can't be...*
**[15:50] Will**
Menel! Why?!
**[15:52] Menel**
I told you not to follow me.
**[15:55] Menel**
Die.
**[16:00] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[16:04] Menel**
Salamander, burn him alive!
**[16:11] Menel**
Seriously?!
**[16:15] Menel**
You're really damn strong.
**[16:26] Menel**
Just hang me. It was my idea.
**[16:29] Menel**
I deceived these guys, that's all.
**[16:31] Menel**
Let them go.
**[16:34] Menel**
Please.
**[16:36] Will**
*Since they have nowhere to go,*
**[16:38] Will**
* if they're set free,*
* they'll just loot again.*
**[16:41] Will**
* They have to be killed,*
* for the safety of the village.*
**[16:45] Will**
*That's the smart choice.*
**[16:47] Will**
*But my mother told me,*
**[16:51] Will**
* "Love others without fear of*
* loss, and do good things."*
**[16:56] Will**
*And my father told me,*
**[16:57] Will**
* "Move forward with faith*
* in the results you'll achieve,"*
**[17:00] Will**
* and "Don't get so stressed*
* that you freeze in place."*
**[17:03] Will**
* I still carry their words*
* with me, right here.*
**[17:07] Will**
Excuse me!
**[17:10] Will**
* I will overturn this hopeless*
* situation before me.*
**[17:14] Will**
Can this be resolved with money?
**[17:17] Will**
I'll pay the money.
**[17:21] Will**
We should assist those who have
suffered at the hands of demons.
**[17:26] Will**
We can't allow a village
occupied by demons to exist.
**[17:29] Will**
I'll go and fight them.
**[17:31] Will**
And I would like to hire that
young man there to accompany me.
**[17:45] Menel**
So what are you gonna
do for the time being,
**[17:48] Menel**
boss?
**[17:49] Will**
The demons have occupied the
neighboring village, right?
**[17:55] Will**
I guess we'll just charge in.
We don't have much time.
**[17:58] Menel**
Whoa, are you insane?
**[18:10] Will**
Cadere Araneum!
***SIGN*** Falling Spiderweb
**[18:13] Will**
Currere!
***SIGN*** Run
***SIGN*** Oil
**[18:14] Will**
Oleum!
**[18:21] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[18:24] Will**
Vastare!
**[18:36] Dead Boy**
Bro...ther...
**[18:45] Dead Boy**
Brother Menel...
**[18:48] Dead Boy**
Huh? I...
**[18:52] Menel**
H-Hey!
**[18:53] Will**
You did very well.
**[18:55] Will**
Good job.
**[18:56] Dead Boy**
Who are you?
**[18:59] Will**
I'm a friend of Brother Menel's.
**[19:01] Will**
I'm sorry.
**[19:02] Will**
He's a bit unsteady on his
feet because he's very tired.
**[19:06] Dead Boy**
Oh, okay.
**[19:07] Will**
That's it. Good boy.
**[19:09] Will**
Here...
**[19:11] Will**
Menel.
**[19:16] Menel**
Sorry I showed up a little late.
**[19:19] Dead Boy**
No, it's okay.
**[19:23] Will**
Gracefeel, Goddess of Light,
**[19:26] Will**
grant him peace and guidance.
**[19:49] Menel**
Hey, Old Marple! You in there?
**[19:52] Marple**
Oh?
**[19:54] Marple**
That voice... It's you, Menel!
**[19:59] Marple**
Listen to me, Menel.
**[20:01] Marple**
Meneldor!
**[20:04] Marple**
You may hate the gods,
**[20:06] Marple**
but the gods will never stop loving you.
**[20:10] Marple**
Even if you don't notice it,
**[20:12] Marple**
they will always shine down on you,
**[20:14] Marple**
never growing bored or tired of you.
**[20:17] Marple**
So all you need to do now is
realize that light is there.
**[20:25] Marple**
Now, priest, if you don't mind...
**[20:28] Will**
Yes?
**[20:29] Marple**
Would you mind looking after this poor fool?
**[20:32] Marple**
He's not a bad boy at heart.
**[20:35] Marple**
So... please treat him well, won't you?
**[20:41] Will**
I will.
**[20:51] Menel**
Will... Priest of the goddess of light...
**[20:55] Menel**
I'm grateful to you.
**[20:57] Menel**
You stopped me before I could
do something irreversible,
**[21:00] Menel**
and you saved the people of the village.
**[21:04] Menel**
So...
**[21:05] Menel**
I ask to receive the goddess of light's
divine protection through you.
**[21:14] Menel**
Do you accept?
**[21:16] Will**
I will act as the medium
**[21:18] Will**
for you to establish a bond with my goddess.
**[21:21] Will**
I will pray for you.
**[21:23] Will**
May the goddess of light, Gracefeel,
**[21:26] Will**
hereby love you, shine her light upon you,
**[21:29] Will**
and walk by your side in your travels.
**[21:32] Menel**
I swear to my guardian deity
**[21:34] Menel**
that I will atone for my sins and
live my life facing forward.
**[21:38] Menel**
Please shine your light upon my path.
**[21:52] Will**
*Blood, Mary...*
**[21:55] Will**
*So, um... I think, maybe...*
**[21:58] Will**
* I just might have found the first*
* person I could ever call a friend.*
**[22:09] Gracefeel**
As you travel, I pray:
**[22:13] Gracefeel**
bring light to the faraway darkness.
***SIGN*** Episode 8
Songs of Heroism
# E8 - Songs of Heroism
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**[00:02] Will**
This looks bad.
**[00:03] Villager1**
They got all of the livestock,
**[00:06] Villager1**
and they destroyed a bunch of
tools that can't be replaced.
**[00:09] Villager2**
We'll have to go to Whitesails to buy more.
**[00:12] Menel**
With what money?
**[00:13] Villager1**
Well, we won't be able
to replace everything.
**[00:16] Will**
Um... what is Whitesails?
**[00:20] Menel**
Seriously, who *are* you?
**[00:23] Menel**
Could you be any more sheltered?
**[00:24] Will**
Sorry.
**[00:26] Menel**
Uh, so... Whitesails is...
**[00:29] Will**
Oh, um... if you could tell me about
the history of this place, too...
**[00:32] Menel**
Yeah, fine.
**[00:34] Menel**
You know this is the remote southern
continent known as Southmark, right?
**[00:38] Will**
Yes, that I know.
**[00:40] Menel**
So around... two hundred years ago, was it?
**[00:42] Menel**
Southmark was engulfed
by a horde of demons.
**[00:45] Menel**
The Hundred Heroes took out
the king of the demons,
**[00:49] Menel**
but the humans abandoned this continent,
**[00:51] Menel**
crossing the sea to retreat
to Grassland in the north.
**[00:54] Menel**
* The Hundred Heroes...*
* That's Blood and his buddies.*
**[00:58] Menel**
Since the Fertile Kingdom unified the
southwestern region of Grassland,
**[01:02] Menel**
they've been cultivating the land with
the intention of reclaiming it.
**[01:05] Menel**
And Whitesails is the port town that became
the center for immigration from the north.
**[01:11] Will**
I see.
**[01:12] Menel**
A lot of folks with histories
and aspiring heroes go there.
**[01:16] Menel**
People who've received
divine revelations, too.
**[01:19] Menel**
You're hoping to gather more faithful
on this trip, too, right?
**[01:21] Menel**
Gracefeel used to have a lot of devoted
followers on the southern continent.
**[01:26] Will**
Could you tell me more?
**[01:27] Menel**
I think her followers were scattered
in the Great Collapse...
**[01:32] Villager1**
Yeah, that's right.
**[01:33] Villager1**
And the ones who managed to escape
to Grassland kept her name alive.
**[01:38] Villager2**
But still, her following
has declined a lot.
**[01:41] Will**
*Rampant demons and demon beasts,*
**[01:43] Will**
*villages that resort to thievery,*
**[01:45] Will**
*faith in the goddess dying out...*
**[01:47] Will**
Was doing something about all this
the mission the goddess gave me?
**[01:53] Menel**
Anyway, enough with the old legends.
**[01:55] Will**
We need to deal with the village first.
**[01:57] Menel**
Yeah, about that...
**[02:00] Menel**
The people of this village have no money.
**[02:02] Will**
Menel, wanna go explore some ruins?
**[02:05] Will**
We'll divide the loot evenly.
**[02:07] Menel**
Huh?
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[03:39] Menel**
I never would've guessed you'd
be so good at scavenging ruins!
**[03:42] Will**
I'm used to them.
**[03:44] Menel**
Seriously, who *are* you, anyway?
**[03:46] Menel**
We did get enough money to
rebuild because of it, though.
**[03:49] Menel**
We can even buy new livestock and tools.
**[03:51] Will**
I made up for my own expenses, too.
**[03:54] Will**
I can't wait to get to town.
**[03:56] Menel**
When we do, the first thing
we gotta do is eat.
**[03:58] Menel**
The seafood in season right now is—
**[04:01] Tonio**
Someone!
**[04:02] Tonio**
Help!
**[04:06] Will**
A giant ape!
**[04:08] Bee**
Hey! What are you doing?!
**[04:09] Menel**
The two running from it are a
halfling and... is that a hawker?
**[04:11] Bee**
Just throw that away already!
**[04:13] Tonio**
But—
**[04:14] Bee**
No ifs, ands, or buts!
**[04:15] Bee**
Oh, for crying out loud! Over here, you!
**[04:23] Bee**
Come here!
**[04:25] Bee**
Huh?
**[04:27] Bee**
Who are you?
**[04:29] Bee**
Wait, that's dangerous!
**[04:31] Will**
*Blood told me*
**[04:33] Will**
*that when facing a wild animal,*
**[04:34] Will**
*the moment you break eye contact, you lose.*
**[04:38] Will**
*Well, come at me if you're going to.*
**[04:40] Will**
*We can do a little wrestling.*
**[05:01] Will**
Thank goodness. I didn't have to fight it.
**[05:04] Will**
Are you okay?
**[05:05] Bee**
Hey, who the heck are you?! An adventurer?!
**[05:08] Bee**
Not many people can stop an agitated
giant ape just by looking at it!
**[05:11] Bee**
You're awesome! Awesome!
**[05:13] Bee**
Oh! I'm Robina! Robina Goodfellow!
**[05:16] Bee**
I'm a troubadour! I sing, I dance,
I go where the wind takes me!
**[05:19] Bee**
You can call me Bee!
**[05:21] Bee**
And that dork over there
is Antonio the hawker.
**[05:23] Bee**
I call him Tonio!
**[05:25] Bee**
The company he worked for went under,
**[05:27] Bee**
so now he passes himself off as a
hawker on remote country roads!
**[05:31] Tonio**
I didn't even get a chance to speak.
**[05:34] Tonio**
I'm on my way back to
Whitesails, my home base.
**[05:38] Will**
Whitesails?
**[05:39] Tonio**
Boy, you really saved our hides.
**[05:41] Tonio**
Thank you so much.
**[05:44] Menel**
I'm Meneldor. I hunt around here.
**[05:47] Menel**
We were just heading toward the
town to do some shopping.
**[05:49] Will**
And that's...
**[05:51] Will**
William. William G. Maryblood.
**[05:54] Will**
I'm a priest in service to Gracefeel,
the goddess of light.
**[05:58] Will**
You can call me Will.
**[05:59] Bee**
Wow, that's a totally noble-sounding name!
**[06:01] Bee**
And Gracefeel's the one they love
in the southern continent, right?
**[06:04] Bee**
Wow, wow! I didn't know
she still had priests!
**[06:07] Bee**
And you're not just a priest, but a
capable warrior priest! Aren't you?
**[06:09] Bee**
Aren't you?! Aren't you?!
**[06:11] Menel**
Yeah, he may look pretty spacey,
but he's stupidly skilled.
**[06:15] Menel**
I mean, I hardly ever get attacked by
any beasts when I'm walking with him.
**[06:19] Bee**
You mean the beasts know how
strong he is and avoid him?!
**[06:22] Bee**
What the heck?! That's so cool!
**[06:24] Will**
What? You usually see more?
**[06:26] Tonio**
Of course.
**[06:28] Tonio**
That's why this place
is called Beast Woods.
**[06:30] Will**
* It feels like their eyes*
* are piercing me...*
**[06:33] Menel**
Anyway, is it just the two of you?
**[06:35] Menel**
No escort? Or were they killed?
**[06:37] Tonio**
Actually, when we ran into
that giant ape back there...
**[06:41] Tonio**
I'm embarrassed to say that they ran away.
**[06:45] Menel**
Some guys who were there for show conned
you out of their up-front pay and bolted?
**[06:48] Menel**
You gotta get some better
judgment, peddler.
**[06:52] Tonio**
I'm so ashamed...
**[06:53] Bee**
And they made a big ol' racket
when they ran! It was nuts!
**[06:57] Bee**
Giant apes don't even attack people,
usually. They just *look* scary!
**[07:01] Will**
*They both lost their guards?*
**[07:04] Will**
What are you going to do now?
**[07:05] Menel**
We could take you with us, if you want.
**[07:08] Menel**
We'll just say you owe us one.
**[07:11] Menel**
I'll do the deal-making, not you.
**[07:14] Tonio**
Owe you one... of what?
**[07:17] Menel**
We want to buy some cows and
horses and such in Whitesails.
**[07:20] Tonio**
Ah, I get it.
**[07:22] Tonio**
If that's what you want, I'm glad to help.
**[07:25] Tonio**
I'll introduce you to a dealer I know.
**[07:27] Menel**
We appreciate it. And sorry for butting in.
**[07:31] Menel**
He doesn't know much about how
the world works, you see.
**[07:33] Bee**
Oh, so he really was born a noble?
**[07:36] Bee**
He has that air about him!
Like he's pure and untainted!
**[07:40] Will**
N-Nah...
**[07:41] Will**
If I told you about my origins,
I doubt you'd even believe me...
**[07:45] Bee**
You mean you're of such noble birth that
you can't talk about your family?!
**[07:49] Bee**
And a priest to an unsung god, no less!
**[07:52] Bee**
Wow, that's fantastic! Fantastic!
**[07:54] Bee**
My bardic heart is filling
with inspiration!
**[07:57] Will**
R-Right...
**[07:58] Will**
* Wait... No matter what I say,*
* it leads to misunderstandings...*
**[08:02] Will**
*What?*
**[08:03] Menel**
Okay, that's settled. Let's get moving.
**[08:06] Bee**
Yeah! Let's go, let's go!
**[08:16] Bee**
Oh, this place looks perfect!
**[08:18] Bee**
Whee! Here I am!
**[08:21] Will**
*Bee and Tonio warmed up to me quickly.*
**[08:24] Will**
* Tonio has a gentle demeanor, and he's*
* good at getting close to others.*
**[08:28] Will**
* As for Bee, she doesn't seem to have*
* any concept of distance from people.*
**[08:32] Bee**
Okay, I guess it's time
to give you all a song!
**[08:36] Bee**
Will, clap along for me,
and collect any donations!
**[08:39] Will**
Sure. You can count on me, Bee.
**[08:49] Bee**
*Listen now to the notes of my song*
**[08:55] Will**
It's amazing.
**[08:57] Will**
Every time we walk into a village,
she goes wild and gets everyone in on it.
**[08:57] Bee**
*As my words ring out by the silently burning fire*
**[09:00] Menel**
She's always like that.
I'm impressed she doesn't get tired.
**[09:03] Tonio BG**
I see.
**[09:04] Tonio BG**
Then these items here should
fulfill your needs.
**[09:05] Menel**
They make a good combination
for doing business.
**[09:05] Bee**
*Gloriously blooming spirits of spring*
**[09:08] Will**
Huh?
**[09:08] Menel**
A lot of hawkers use high-pressure
tactics or even petty thievery.
**[09:09] Tonio BG**
She's hurt?
**[09:11] Tonio BG**
Let's see if I can get the
priest to take a look at it.
**[09:13] Bee**
*Joyfully laugh and dance*
**[09:13] Will**
I see...
**[09:14] Menel**
Looks like he wasn't lying
about working for a company.
**[09:17] Tonio**
Hey, Will...
**[09:18] Tonio**
there's something I'd like to ask you.
**[09:20] Bee**
*Gloriously blooming spirits of spring*
**[09:21] Will**
What is it?
**[09:23] Tonio**
Can the blessing you invoke
heal sickness and injury?
**[09:28] Will**
Yes, it can.
**[09:28] Bee**
*Joyfully laugh and dance*
**[09:29] Tonio**
I see. Then I have a proposal for you.
**[09:33] Will**
Goddess of Light...
**[09:36] Will**
You're all better now.
**[09:39] Mom**
U-Um... How much do I owe you?
**[09:43] Will**
Oh, don't worry about that.
**[09:45] Will**
You can offer your gratitude to Gracefeel.
**[09:47] Will**
And if Tonio has anything you like,
please buy something from him.
**[09:51] Will**
I'm still just in training.
**[09:54] Mom**
Okay! Thank you so much!
**[09:57] Mom**
We'll get something to
celebrate your recovery.
**[10:00] Tonio**
How about this hair ornament?
**[10:03] Menel**
So Bee attracts people, Will offers
healing, and both bring him business.
**[10:08] Menel**
That Tonio's pretty smart.
**[10:10] Will**
Yeah. And it'll help with the return
of the goddess of light, too.
**[10:14] Menel**
That power of yours is pretty
damn impressive, though.
**[10:16] Will**
Well, the blessing is a rewrite of
reality through the power of a god.
**[10:21] Will**
That's how it can heal a wound
as if it had never happened.
**[10:24] Menel**
Huh...
**[10:25] Will**
I'm borrowing this power from the goddess.
**[10:28] Will**
I have to be careful not to
mistake it for my own power.
**[10:32] Will**
Wh-What?
**[10:34] Menel**
Still in training, huh?
**[10:36] Will**
Er... I really am still training.
**[10:39] Bee**
Will!
**[10:40] Bee**
Done with your free treatments?
**[10:41] Will**
Oh, yeah.
**[10:42] Bee**
Then come with me!
**[10:44] Will**
Huh? What for?
**[10:44] Bee**
There's a party to celebrate
everyone's recovery!
**[10:47] Will**
Right now?!
**[10:48] Menel**
If they're at the party,
she can sing again,
**[10:50] Menel**
and he can sell more goods.
**[10:52] Menel**
He really is a good salesman.
**[10:57] Will**
* We continued to pass through several*
* villages, earning money in the same way,*
**[11:02] Will**
* as we made our way north*
* for a couple of weeks.*
**[11:04] Will**
*Then we emerged onto Wheat Road.*
**[11:09] Menel**
Let's sleep over there tonight.
**[11:12] Menel**
Man, you guys went too
crazy. It's already dark.
**[11:16] Will**
Sorry about that.
**[11:17] Bee**
I'm in a good mood today!
**[11:20] Bee**
I'll give you a free performance!
**[11:22] Menel**
Wow, how generous of you.
**[11:24] Bee**
Hee hee! Now, what should I sing, I wonder?
**[11:27] Bee**
"Reystov the Penetrator" is
too common these days...
**[11:33] Bee**
I know! How about the epic of the *Three Heroes* from *The Killing of the High King*,
**[11:36] Bee**
*The Wandering Sage*, *The War Ogre*,
and *The Beloved Daughter of Mater*?
**[11:42] Tonio**
Ah, that sounds great.
**[11:43] Menel**
It's a fitting subject.
**[11:46] Bee**
I guess I haven't performed it for a while.
**[11:48] Bee**
Hey, what's wrong, Will?
**[11:50] Will**
Oh, it's nothing.
**[11:52] Will**
Go ahead and sing it. I'd love to hear it.
**[11:54] Bee**
Oh, I like that! You latched right on!
**[11:57] Bee**
Okay, let's get started!
**[12:00] Bee**
Time passes by... no, perhaps
it is us who pass by.
**[12:04] Bee**
Be it the strong warrior, the brilliant sage,
or the holy woman,
**[12:09] Bee**
with the turning of the moons, naught but
their ashes and their names remain.
**[12:09] Will**
*Their names really are remembered...*
**[12:14] Bee**
This is precisely why their
song must be lifted up high,
**[12:17] Bee**
with a prayer that their
deeds live forever,
**[12:19] Bee**
that their heroic names resound
throughout the world.
**[12:22] Bee**
I sing this night of the Wyvern Killer,
**[12:25] Bee**
one of the many heroic exploits
of the Three Heroes.
***SIGN*** Episode 8
Songs of Heroism
**[12:28] Bee**
Keep quiet, now, and listen, all of you...
**[12:37] Bee**
*Carrying the demonblade forged by the stars,*
**[12:43] Will**
*Jeez, Blood...*
**[12:43] Bee**
*onward walks the man with fiery red hair.*
**[12:44] Will**
*You never talked about yourself at all.*
**[12:47] Will**
*So this is what you did in your past.*
**[12:49] Bee**
*He has cast aside all names man has given him*
**[12:54] Bee**
*As time has passed, now no one knows*
**[13:00] Bee**
* The true name of the man*
* who walks in the fields*
**[13:02] Will**
* So I guess no one knows*
* Augustus's real name...*
**[13:06] Bee**
* When asked if she is*
* a princess from another land*
**[13:12] Bee**
*The healer merely smiles and does not answer*
**[13:16] Will**
* Mary's refined manner definitely gave*
* the impression of noble origins,*
**[13:20] Will**
* but I'd believe it if someone told me*
* she came from a poor village, too.*
**[13:26] Bee**
These days are now long in the past.
**[13:30] Bee**
O countless wishes now
left with no way home,
**[13:33] Bee**
I can but play your melody loudly,
to be carried on the passing winds.
**[13:39] Will**
* The story takes place before*
* they were known as heroes,*
**[13:42] Will**
* when the three of them*
* were traveling together.*
**[13:45] Will**
*A certain remote village that they visited*
**[13:47] Will**
*was attacked by a wyvern,*
**[13:50] Will**
* and a beautiful half-elf was chosen*
* as a sacrifice to appease it.*
**[13:54] Will**
* Upon hearing of this,*
* Mary said they should save her,*
**[13:58] Will**
* but Blood asked where they*
* could possibly get the money,*
**[14:00] Will**
*and Gus said nothing.*
**[14:03] Will**
* Their personalities in the*
* song are a bit off, I think.*
**[14:07] Will**
* But still, it brings their voices, words,*
* and expressions clearly to my mind.*
**[14:31] (Flashback) Mary**
Who are you?
**[14:35] (Flashback) Blood**
You think we're gonna take
on a wyvern for that?
**[14:44] (Flashback) Gus**
Ah, what fine money. Look how it shines.
**[14:48] (Flashback) Gus**
If we're given such fine payment...
**[14:51] (Flashback) Mary**
Then we have no choice but to do the job.
**[14:54] (Flashback) Blood**
Damn, you're such pushovers.
There's no profit in this.
**[14:57] (Flashback) Boy**
If it's not enough, I'll pay more!
**[14:59] (Flashback) Boy**
Sell me to a slave trader
or whatever you want!
**[15:01] (Flashback) Blood**
You think even that would be enough?
**[15:09] (Flashback) Blood**
But you do have some guts on ya.
**[15:10] (Flashback) Blood**
You're small, but you're a warrior.
**[15:13] (Flashback) Blood**
It's only right to help a warrior who
swallows his pride to ask for help.
**[15:19] (Flashback) Blood**
Let's do it.
**[15:20] (Flashback) Mary**
Yes.
**[15:21] (Flashback) Gus**
Indeed.
**[15:30] Gus**
Ligatur!
***SIGN*** Be Tied
**[15:31] Gus**
Nodus!
***SIGN*** Knot
***SIGN*** Binding
**[15:32] Gus**
Obligatio!
**[16:09] (Flashback) Blood**
So what're you gonna do now?
**[16:11] (Flashback) Mary**
Neither of you can stay
in that village anymore.
**[16:14] (Flashback) Boy**
We'll figure it out.
**[16:17] (Flashback) Blood**
Then take this with you.
**[16:18] (Flashback) Blood**
Old Gus here carved Words on it.
**[16:21] (Flashback) Blood**
It'll serve you better than
some cheap good luck charm.
**[16:24] (Flashback) Blood**
You can't be a warrior if you don't
have at least one dagger, after all.
**[16:28] (Flashback) Mary**
Take this, as well.
**[16:30] (Flashback) Mary**
Take care of yourselves, and of each other.
**[16:33] (Flashback) Mary**
You will face many difficulties,
**[16:35] (Flashback) Mary**
but never forget the value of perseverance.
**[16:38] (Flashback) Boy**
This is more than what I paid you!
**[16:40] (Flashback) Girl**
We can't accept this.
**[16:41] (Flashback) Gus**
Hah! Who said we were giving it to you?
**[16:44] (Flashback) Gus**
It's an investment.
We're only lending it to you.
**[16:47] (Flashback) Girl**
Lending?
**[16:48] (Flashback) Gus**
Listen.
**[16:49] (Flashback) Gus**
You two must live the best you can,
**[16:52] (Flashback) Gus**
build up savings, and make
names for yourselves.
**[16:54] (Flashback) Gus**
If your names someday reach our ears,
**[16:57] (Flashback) Gus**
we will come to collect what
we've lent you, plus interest.
**[17:01] (Flashback) Gus**
In preparation, I will
give you my real name.
**[17:05] (Flashback) Gus**
This will be our password. Listen well.
**[17:08] Bee**
Thus the boy and girl learned the
true name of the Wandering Sage,
**[17:12] Bee**
known to no one else in the world.
**[17:16] Bee**
Hand in hand, the boy and girl
made their way to the city,
**[17:20] Bee**
and the Three Heroes walked down the
road in search of a new adventure.
**[17:26] Bee**
That's the end of the song,
**[17:28] Bee**
but there's more to the story.
**[17:30] Bee**
Count Dagger of the Fertile Kingdom...
**[17:33] Bee**
His actual surname was Wizardsdagger.
**[17:36] Bee**
To this day, an elderly half-elf
woman still waits at his mansion.
**[17:41] Will**
*Does that mean...*
**[17:42] Bee**
She believes someone who knows the sage's
true name will come to her one day,
**[17:47] Bee**
so that she can return what he lent to her,
**[17:50] Bee**
along with what he lent to her husband.
**[17:53] Bee**
She plans to offer her thanks
to him when that day comes.
**[17:57] Bee**
That's what the story is about...
**[17:59] Bee**
A story of three great heroes
that still echoes to this day.
**[18:03] Bee**
Huh? Will, are you crying?
**[18:06] Will**
N-No, I'm not. I'm not crying.
**[18:09] Bee**
Aw, c'mon, now!
**[18:11] Bee**
You must've been really
moved by Bee's story, huh?
**[18:14] Will**
No, it's not that!
**[18:16] Bee**
Aw, don't be shy!
**[18:18] Will**
* There are still many people in this*
* world who remember you three.*
**[18:23] Will**
*There always were.*
**[18:25] Will**
*That makes me so happy.*
**[18:37] Will**
*The Fertile Kingdom, huh?*
**[18:39] Will**
* Once we cross the sea, we'll meet people who*
* still talk about Blood and the others.*
**[18:44] Tonio**
Hi there.
**[18:45] Tonio**
You're working hard.
**[18:48] Will**
Tonio.
**[18:51] Tonio**
Will, you are strong.
**[18:53] Will**
You think so?
**[18:55] Tonio**
I can clearly see how polished
your movements are.
**[18:59] Tonio**
Then again, maybe you don't
want to hear that from a guy
**[19:03] Tonio**
who got conned by phony adventurers...
**[19:05] Tonio**
But you're obviously used to
handling that fine dwarven spear.
**[19:10] Tonio**
Anyone who can wield a dwarven masterpiece
is a masterpiece themselves.
**[19:14] Tonio**
But there's one thing I don't understand.
**[19:17] Will**
Something you don't understand?
**[19:20] Tonio**
What is it that you want?
**[19:23] Will**
What do I... Why do you ask?
**[19:25] Tonio**
Because I'm a merchant.
**[19:28] Tonio**
It's my job to move merchandise
and grant people's wishes
**[19:33] Tonio**
in exchange for fair compensation.
**[19:36] Tonio**
You are quite a mystery.
**[19:39] Tonio**
I've never met anyone like you before.
**[19:42] Tonio**
You are strong, and you have courage.
**[19:45] Tonio**
You have good manners, you are educated,
**[19:47] Tonio**
and you aren't hurting for money.
**[19:50] Tonio**
But you're not quite like a noble.
**[19:52] Tonio**
You're more like a holy knight
I've heard stories about.
**[19:57] Tonio**
Which is why I decided to ask you directly.
**[20:01] Tonio**
What is it that you,
as an individual, wish for?
**[20:05] Tonio**
Or are you strictly a representative
for your goddess?
**[20:10] Will**
Um... I...
**[20:12] Will**
I had a happy little life up until now,
**[20:16] Will**
but I lost it shortly before
I set out on my own.
**[20:19] Will**
I gained the divine protection of
the goddess of light in its place.
**[20:24] Will**
I still don't know anything
about this world.
**[20:27] Will**
So I want to start by learning about it.
**[20:30] Will**
I think that, among the things I learn,
**[20:32] Will**
I'll find what it is I want.
**[20:35] Will**
Oh... and friends.
I also want companions, I guess.
**[20:40] Tonio**
Is Menel not your friend?
**[20:43] Will**
Well, actually...
**[20:44] Will**
I think we get along fairly well,
**[20:47] Will**
but he won't acknowledge me as a friend.
**[20:50] Will**
He just calls me "priest,"
like he's putting me on a pedestal.
**[20:55] Will**
Yeah... I want friends.
**[20:59] Tonio**
I see.
**[21:00] Tonio**
Then perhaps I'll volunteer for
the third-place position.
**[21:04] Will**
Huh?
**[21:05] Tonio**
Menel and Robina would be angry
if I tried to get ahead of them.
**[21:09] Tonio**
That would be scary.
**[21:14] Tonio**
Well, shall we get some water
and start preparing breakfast?
**[21:18] Will**
Okay.
**[21:21] Tonio**
Here you go.
**[21:23] Bee**
It's so good!
**[21:24] Will**
It really is. You're a great cook, Tonio.
**[21:27] Bee**
He sure is!
**[21:29] Bee**
To tell you the truth,
that's why I travel with him!
**[21:33] Will**
We're eating a lot better
now, thanks to Tonio.
**[21:37] Menel**
Yeah, since you can't cook worth a lick.
**[21:39] Will**
Well, I...
**[21:41] Will**
Your cooking isn't so hot either, Menel!
**[21:44] Menel**
What? All you gotta do is eat it.
**[21:47] Tonio**
And we always get bread
from Will at lunchtime.
**[21:50] Bee**
Isn't that so cool?
He prays, and bread appears!
**[21:53] Tonio**
I'd prefer to stop as little as possible,
**[21:56] Tonio**
so I'm grateful to have
food I can eat as I walk.
**[21:59] Menel**
Then let's get ready to leave
as soon as we're done eating.
**[22:02] Will**
Yeah.
**[22:03] Bee**
You ask when we will return home,
**[22:05] Bee**
but there is no way to know
when we will return.
**[22:07] Menel**
By the way, what's going
on at Whitesails now?
**[22:08] Bee**
As the rain falls, the water
in the lake stagnates,
**[22:10] Bee**
and the two fall silent.
**[22:10] Menel**
I've been holing up in
Beast Woods for a while,
**[22:12] Bee**
As the rain pounds, someday,
someday... ah, someday...
**[22:13] Menel**
so I haven't been to the port in ages.
**[22:15] Tonio**
A new ruler has taken over
the Fertile Kingdom.
**[22:16] Bee**
the two will draw closer together.
**[22:18] Menel**
So Egbert II is...
**[22:19] Bee**
His posthumous name is "Egbert the Bold."
**[22:21] Bee**
He wasn't a half-bad king.
**[22:24] Menel**
I see... So he's dead...
**[22:27] Tonio**
Yes... but there's a bit of a problem.
**[22:29] Tonio**
His legitimate heir,
Prince Owen, succeeded him,
**[22:32] Tonio**
but he falls short of his father,
**[22:34] Tonio**
and the lords have suggested that
now is the time to advance south.
**[22:38] Will**
That sounds bad...
**[22:40] Tonio**
Fortunately, this hasn't had any
great effect on Southmark yet.
**[22:44] Tonio**
The king's brother, who was dispatched
to Whitesails, is a great, wise man.
**[22:49] Tonio**
The crown prince, Ethelbald Rex Fertile.
**[22:53] Tonio**
He comes from a different
mother than King Owen,
**[22:55] Tonio**
but he excels with both the pen
and the sword, like his father.
**[22:59] Tonio**
It is due to Prince Ethel's rule
**[23:02] Tonio**
that the government of
Whitesails continues to run.
**[23:05] Will**
Sounds like a complicated situation...
**[23:11] Bee**
Will!
**[23:12] Bee**
C'mon, this way!
**[23:12] Menel**
What now?
**[23:14] Bee**
This is your first time seeing it, right?
**[23:16] Bee**
There, look!
**[23:20] Will**
*The city...*
**[23:22] Will**
* Just one symbol of what Blood, Mary,*
* and Gus gave their lives to protect.*
**[23:29] Bee**
That's Whitesails!
***SIGN*** Episode 9
Whitesails
# E9 - Whitesails
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**[00:01] Bee**
We made it to Whitesails!
**[00:04] Menel**
Haven't been here in a while.
**[00:06] Menel**
Will?
**[00:09] Will**
It's amazing...
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[01:44] Will**
There's no entry inspection or toll?
**[01:47] Tonio**
That's right.
**[01:48] Tonio**
It's the policy of His Excellency
Ethel, the city's ruler.
**[01:52] Tonio**
Goods enter this city by boat
in tremendous amounts,
***SIGN*** Episode 9
Whitesails
**[01:55] Tonio**
and then they're distributed throughout
Southmark by land and water.
**[02:00] Will**
Wouldn't that mean a massive amount
of goods pass through here?
**[02:04] Tonio**
Yes, and if all of them
are checked at the gate,
**[02:06] Tonio**
it would be a hotbed for smuggling
of both goods and people.
**[02:09] Will**
I see...
**[02:11] Tonio**
So Ethel imposed docking fees
for ships and rental fees
**[02:13] Tonio**
for companies setting up shop here
to make money for the city,
**[02:17] Tonio**
keeping the movement of people and
goods as unrestricted as possible.
**[02:21] Will**
Oh...
**[02:23] Will**
* It seems like the economy*
* is their top priority.*
**[02:26] Will**
* It's a very advanced city,*
* with a real sense of freedom.*
**[02:30] Bee**
Quit talking about all that boring stuff!
**[02:33] Bee**
It's Will's first time here!
Let's have fun!
**[02:35] Bee**
C'mon, this way!
**[02:39] Bee**
Will, this is the city's biggest market.
**[02:42] Will**
Wow... People...
**[02:44] Menel**
Why is that surprising?
**[02:46] Bee**
Oh, over there!
**[02:47] Bee**
Look! These accessories
are in style right now!
**[02:51] Will**
In style?
**[02:52] Bee**
Yeah!
**[02:53] Will**
*There are things "in style" here?!*
**[02:54] Menel**
Is this stone worth a lot?
**[02:55] Bee**
Aw, jeez, Menel...
**[02:55] Will**
* That means these people can*
* afford to think about fashion!*
**[03:01] Will**
It's just one shock after another.
**[03:05] Will**
Is that...
**[03:06] Menel**
A street light.
**[03:08] Will**
Street light?!
**[03:09] Bee**
You don't know what those are?
**[03:10] Bee**
Gosh, Will, you're so behind the times!
**[03:12] Bee**
Apprentices from the Academy of Sages
**[03:15] Bee**
come by in the evenings, lighting up posts
**[03:17] Bee**
that have Words of Light engraved on them.
**[03:21] Bee**
So the people here have
light even at night!
**[03:23] Tonio**
It serves as training for
apprentice sorcerers,
**[03:26] Tonio**
and they earn a little pocket money, too.
**[03:29] Tonio**
That over there is also a large source
of income for apprentice sorcerers.
**[03:34] Will**
What's that?
**[03:36] Bee**
Even you must know what that is!
**[03:39] Bee**
It's the public bathhouse, Balnea!
**[03:42] Will**
Balnea?
**[03:45] Menel**
What's wrong?
**[03:46] Will**
*A public bathhouse?! They have baths?!*
**[03:50] Will**
The water's so clean,
you can see through it.
**[03:53] Tonio**
Yes, that's an effect of the
Words of Purification.
***SIGN*** Heat
**[03:57] Tonio**
Instead of the massive amounts of fuel
it would take to heat the baths,
**[04:00] Tonio**
they use Words of Heat.
**[04:02] Will**
I see.
**[04:04] Will**
* So it's less like a bath and more*
* like a sauna and a cold water pool,*
**[04:08] Will**
*but it's still amazing!*
**[04:13] Will**
The breeze feels so nice.
**[04:16] Will**
* I used Words of Purification to*
* keep up good hygiene on the road,*
**[04:20] Will**
*but it's great to have actual baths.*
**[04:23] Bee**
Boy, it feels good to have
a bath after so long.
**[04:26] Tonio**
That's for sure.
**[04:27] Menel**
I just hope things don't get all messy now.
**[04:31] Will**
What are we doing next?
**[04:33] Bee**
Next is...
**[04:36] Bee**
Man, I'm always so hungry after a bath!
**[04:41] Bee**
You two must've been starving, huh?
**[04:44] Tonio**
The food is quite good.
**[04:46] Bee**
Yeah.
**[04:47] Bee**
I think it could've been a
little juicier, though.
**[04:50] Will**
* It's absorbed the flavor*
* of the fish so well,*
**[04:53] Will**
*and the saltiness is just right.*
**[04:54] Will**
* I haven't eaten anything like*
* this since I left the temple!*
**[04:57] Will**
*It tastes like... civilization!*
**[05:02] Will**
It's all so good,
**[05:04] Will**
we lost track of the conversation.
**[05:10] Will**
This is good, too!
**[05:11] Menel**
Can I get a refill on this?
**[05:13] Will**
Me, too!
**[05:14] Server**
Coming right up.
**[05:16] Tonio**
When we're finished eating,
we'll head to the temple.
**[05:19] Tonio**
Since you're a priest, Will,
you need to pay your respects, right?
**[05:22] Will**
Oh... Yes, you're right.
**[05:27] Menel**
Wow...
**[05:28] Menel**
They spent a lot of money on this.
**[05:30] Bee**
Jeez, Menel...
**[05:32] Will**
I'll be back as soon as I'm done.
**[05:34] Will**
Please wait here for just a bit.
**[05:39] Will**
*Are temples in cities always this big?*
**[05:42] Will**
*They all look like works of art.*
**[05:45] Will**
*It feels more like a tourist destination.*
**[05:48] Will**
Um, excuse me.
**[05:49] Deacon**
Yes, how can I help you?
**[05:51] Will**
Is there a high-ranking priest here?
**[05:54] Will**
I've received divine protection
and become a priest,
**[05:57] Will**
so I wanted to pay my respects.
**[05:59] Deacon**
Ah... Pardon my asking,
but which deity do you serve?
**[06:03] Will**
Gracefeel, the goddess of light.
**[06:06] Deacon**
Oh... The goddess of light?
That is a problem...
**[06:09] Will**
Why?
**[06:11] Deacon**
Priests of the goddess of
light are quite uncommon,
**[06:13] Deacon**
so our rules compel me to use
the Prayer of Faith Detection.
**[06:16] Will**
Okay, that's fine.
**[06:18] Will**
*I guess that makes sense.*
**[06:20] Will**
* It's inevitable that people*
* would be skeptical*
**[06:23] Will**
*of a priest to a minor god.*
**[06:24] Will**
* I could be a priest to an*
* evil god in disguise.*
**[06:27] Deacon**
The thing is... all those
with the divine protection
**[06:31] Deacon**
that qualifies them to determine
another's faith are out right now.
**[06:34] Will**
They're all out?
**[06:36] Deacon**
Yes. Attacks by demon beasts have been
on the rise everywhere recently.
**[06:41] Deacon**
All but the vice bishop are
extremely busy at the moment.
**[06:44] Will**
*Vice...?*
**[06:46] Bagley**
What are you doing in the
middle of the aisle?
**[06:48] Deacon**
Bishop Bagley!
**[06:50] Bagley**
I asked you what you're doing!
**[06:52] Deacon**
Uh, well... j-just...
**[06:54] Will**
It's an honor to meet you.
**[06:56] Will**
I am William G. Maryblood.
**[06:59] Will**
I have earned the divine protection
of Gracefeel, goddess of light,
**[07:03] Will**
and have come to the temple of
Whitesails to pay my respects.
**[07:07] Bagley**
Hmm...
**[07:09] Bagley**
Bart Bagley. I am in charge of this temple.
**[07:12] Bagley**
Gracefeel...
**[07:14] Bagley**
The goddess of light, a deity
who has been all but lost?
**[07:17] Bagley**
And how do I know that you are not some
suspicious individual using her name
**[07:21] Bagley**
for some insidious plot?
**[07:23] Will**
You have every right to be suspicious.
**[07:25] Will**
Is there anything I can
bless to prove myself?
**[07:28] Bagley**
Hah! You novices are so quick to
rely on your divine protection!
**[07:33] Bagley**
Listen to me. Divine protection is
not something to be used lightly,
**[07:38] Bagley**
nor is it something to use ostentatiously.
**[07:41] Will**
*He has a point.*
**[07:43] Will**
*Gus said the same thing about using magic.*
**[07:46] Will**
* I was using my blessing without concern*
* since it poses little risk, but...*
**[07:50] Will**
You are right, of course.
**[07:52] Will**
I truly thank you for reminding
me of my lack of exper—
**[07:55] Bagley**
Hmph!
**[07:56] Bagley**
What are the teachings of the
goddess of light to you?
**[07:59] Will**
Light can only exist where
there is darkness,
**[08:01] Will**
words can only exist
where there is silence,
**[08:03] Will**
and life can only exist
where there is death.
**[08:08] Bagley**
You. Put his name in the registry
and show him around the temple.
**[08:12] Deacon**
What?
**[08:13] Deacon**
But we haven't performed the Prayer of Faith
Detection or the Prayer of Lie Detection...
**[08:17] Bagley**
Fool!
**[08:17] Bagley**
What did I just say, you imbecile?!
**[08:20] Bagley**
I need to make an appearance at
the Weaver's Guild banquet.
**[08:24] Bagley**
Spend your time as you please,
but do not cause any trouble.
**[08:28] Bagley**
And do offer some money.
**[08:31] Deacon**
W-Well, then, right this way.
**[08:34] Will**
R-Right.
**[08:36] Deacon**
How unpleasant it must have been for
you to have met Bishop Bagley.
**[08:40] Deacon**
But you handled yourself very well.
**[08:42] Will**
Huh?
**[08:43] Deacon**
Well, the head of the temple loses himself
in parties and pleasure-seeking.
**[08:47] Deacon**
He's quick to anger and
complains constantly.
**[08:49] Deacon**
Despite all he says,
he never uses his blessing.
**[08:52] Deacon**
The vice bishop, on the other hand,
is a wonderful, virtuous person.
**[08:56] Will**
Um...
**[08:58] Deacon**
Oh, dear, I'm sorry!
Don't tell anyone I said that!
**[09:00] Will**
Sure...
**[09:02] Will**
Hey, what do you know about
the head of the temple?
**[09:05] Bee**
Hmm... I haven't heard many
good things about him.
**[09:09] Bee**
Like, they say he's vulgar.
**[09:10] Tonio**
He seems to have some
sort of influence behind-the-scenes
**[09:12] Tonio**
of the city's commercial and
industrial guilds, as well.
**[09:16] Will**
So that's how he's seen around here?
**[09:18] Bee**
Still, talk about living it up!
**[09:20] Bee**
I can't believe he let us use
the temple's guest room!
**[09:23] Bee**
Two of them, even!
**[09:24] Tonio**
Anyway, what shall we do next?
**[09:27] Tonio**
We could take in the sights,
or visit some guilds...
**[09:30] Bee**
Oh, if we do that, I'd recommend the...
**[09:33] Will**
Hang on. Something's going on outside.
**[09:35] Bee**
That's not the bell that gives the time.
They're hammering it...
**[09:37] Bee**
Is there a fire or something?
**[09:39] Tonio**
It's an emergency alert.
**[09:41] Townie**
It's a wyvern! Everybody run!
**[09:44] Menel**
What?
**[10:01] KnightA**
Move! Be ready for anything!
**[10:03] ManA**
Someone come help us!
A person's pinned under rubble!
**[10:06] InjuredB**
Ow, ow, ow!
**[10:07] ManB**
What's going on?!
**[10:08] Priest**
Don't push! Please stop pushing!
**[10:10] WomanA**
Has anyone seen my child?!
**[10:11] Old**
Oh, gods...
**[10:21] Menel**
Will, wait! Will!
**[10:30] Will**
*Why is a wyvern here?*
**[10:33] KnightB**
Fire!
**[10:37] Will**
* He said all the high-ranking*
* clergy are out right now...*
**[10:46] Will**
*Their civilization... Their city...*
**[10:48] Will**
*Everything the three of them protected...*
**[10:51] Will**
*The place where people can live freely...*
**[10:56] Will**
Verba!
***SIGN*** Words
**[10:57] Will**
Volanto!
***SIGN*** Fly
***SIGN*** Thunder
**[10:58] Will**
Tonitrus!
**[11:01] Will**
*It missed!*
**[11:02] Will**
* But those are the longest-ranged*
* Words I can use!*
**[11:06] Will**
* Then I'll just have to keep*
* firing until I hit it!*
**[11:09] Menel**
You idiot! What are you doing?!
**[11:11] Menel**
Why are you shooting off high magic
like that in a blind fury?!
**[11:14] Menel**
You'll get yourself killed!
**[11:16] Will**
But—
**[11:16] Menel**
No buts!
**[11:17] Menel**
You're fighting a wyvern!
I'm telling you to be more efficient!
**[11:21] Menel**
You've got smarts, so use 'em, moron!
**[11:23] Menel**
Don't just rush in!
**[11:25] (Flashback) Gus**
You'll start by learning how to use
minor magic skillfully and accurately.
**[11:32] Will**
Right.
**[11:33] Menel**
Good.
**[11:35] Will**
* Think. What can I do about this*
* wyvern using what I know?*
**[11:41] Will**
Menel, would you help me?
**[11:43] Will**
I need you and your fairies.
**[11:45] Menel**
Sure.
**[11:46] Will**
Bee, Tonio!
**[11:48] Will**
Work with the people nearby to get everyone
clear of the temple's front garden!
**[11:52] Will**
I'm going to bring the wyvern down there!
**[11:54] Priest**
Your Excellency!
**[11:55] Priest**
You must take shelter below, quickly!
**[11:57] Ethelbald**
How could this happen?
**[11:59] Ethelbald**
Dozens of people... hundreds of
people... are going to die.
**[12:04] Menel**
Now, then...
**[12:05] Menel**
Sylphs, Sylphs, maidens of wind.
**[12:09] Menel**
Your steps are the wind's steps.
**[12:11] Menel**
Your song is the wind's song.
**[12:13] Menel**
Sing in chorus, sing in rounds,
cheer and applaud.
**[12:17] Menel**
Your harmony shall spread the Words
of Origin in the ten directions.
***SIGN*** Words
**[12:21] Will**
Verba.
***SIGN*** Fly
**[12:22] Will**
Volanto.
**[12:23] Will**
Conciliat.
***SIGN*** Unite
***SIGN*** Follow
**[12:24] Will**
Sequitur.
***SIGN*** Thunder
**[12:25] Will**
Tonitrus...
**[12:26] Will**
Araneum!
***SIGN*** Spiderweb
**[12:37] KnightC**
Is that... magic?
**[12:40] KnightD**
There's a fairy user, too?
Boy, are we lucky!
**[12:43] KnightC**
We've got this! We can do it! Hurry!
**[12:50] Will**
*I'm probably not hurting it that much.*
**[12:54] Will**
*But that's fine.*
**[12:56] Will**
* So long as the wyvern identifies*
* us as its enemies.*
**[12:58] Will**
* Almost all beasts of this*
* type are highly aggressive.*
**[13:01] Will**
* Even in situations where*
* they could get away,*
**[13:03] Will**
*they'll choose to take the offensive.*
**[13:05] Menel**
Here it comes.
**[13:06] Will**
Right.
**[13:09] Will**
* The rest depends on how close*
* my skills have come to theirs.*
**[13:14] Will**
* Goddess, I now fight for*
* the sake of my oath.*
**[13:18] Will**
*To banish evil and save the suffering.*
**[13:21] Will**
*Pray! Pray!*
**[13:23] Will**
*Be as unbreakable as adamantine!*
**[13:25] Will**
*For eternity... For all eternity...*
**[13:29] Will**
*Reject all that is evil!*
**[13:31] Will**
On the flame of Gracefeel!
**[13:43] Townie**
What the heck is that?!
**[13:51] Menel**
Sylphs! Beautiful maidens of
wind, dancers in the gale!
**[13:54] Menel**
Show those foolish enough to fancy themselves
**[13:57] Menel**
better dancers the bitter taste of earth!
**[14:05] Will**
Ligatur!
***SIGN*** Be Tied
***SIGN*** Knot
**[14:06] Will**
Nodus!
**[14:07] Will**
Obligatio!
***SIGN*** Binding
**[14:11] KnightE**
It's bound!
**[14:12] KnightD**
No, it's trying to tear them off!
Damn, it's strong!
**[14:15] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[14:20] Townfolk**
All right!
**[14:25] Bee**
No way...
**[14:26] Will**
*That didn't finish it off?!*
**[14:29] Bee**
Run! It's gonna use its breath!
**[14:31] Will**
*There are still people back there.*
**[14:33] Will**
*What do I do? What can I do?!*
**[14:38] (Flashback) Blood**
Get 'em!
**[14:40] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[14:44] Blood**
*If you don't know, use your muscles!*
**[14:46] Blood**
*Be violent! Get 'em!*
**[14:56] Priest**
A n-neck throw?!
**[15:01] Will**
You're not getting away!
**[15:06] Will**
Your fangs and claws will harm no one!
**[15:29] Tonio**
Well done! Excellent work!
**[15:32] Tonio**
I give thanks to all the gods for allowing
me to serve a hero such as you!
**[15:38] Bee**
It's the birth of a new Wyvern Killer!
A brand new hero!
**[15:42] Bee**
Sing his praises with your applause!
**[15:49] People**
Thank you!
**[15:51] People**
Thank you!
**[15:52] People**
Thank you!
**[15:57] KnightD**
I guess we were too late, huh?
**[16:00] KnightC**
Still, I had no idea so many magic users
**[16:02] KnightC**
and a warrior strong enough to
kill a wyvern were staying here!
**[16:05] KnightC**
It is truly divine providence!
**[16:15] Menel**
I guess anything goes with you, huh?
**[16:18] Will**
You're surprised?
**[16:19] Menel**
I'm used to the way you defy logic.
**[16:22] Will**
Well, I was reminded of
how inexperienced I am.
**[16:26] Menel**
Huh?
**[16:26] Will**
It was great for a first attempt,
**[16:29] Will**
but I was just lucky to
land a surprise attack.
**[16:31] Will**
And what was that black miasma around it?
**[16:34] Menel**
Hey!
**[16:35] Menel**
You brought down a real monster!
**[16:36] Menel**
Critique yourself all you want,
but at least be a little bit happy.
**[16:39] Menel**
It's hard for me to be happy if you're not.
**[16:41] Will**
Okay.
**[16:43] Will**
*When he puts it that way...*
**[16:44] Will**
*There's a lot I could've done better,*
**[16:46] Will**
* but now I'm a Wyvern Killer*
* like the three of them.*
**[16:49] Will**
*That makes me happy.*
**[16:52] Will**
Yeah... Yeah.
**[16:53] Will**
Thanks, Menel! I owe it all to you!
**[16:56] Menel**
Yeah. We did it, man.
**[17:00] Menel**
Also, you know damn well it was
nearly all your doing, idiot!
**[17:05] Priest**
Wyvern Killer!
**[17:08] Will**
Yes, that's me! What can I do for you?
**[17:10] Priest**
Please come with me, quickly!
**[17:12] Will**
Uh...
**[17:13] Priest**
The crown prince wishes to see you.
**[17:18] Ethelbald**
Welcome to my mansion, hero.
**[17:22] Will**
* So this is the crown prince of the*
* Fertile Kingdom, the lord of Whitesails,*
**[17:27] Will**
*and the ruler of Southmark...*
**[17:31] Will**
It is a greater honor than I deserve
to stand in Your Highness's presence.
**[17:35] Will**
I have come here per your request.
**[17:38] Will**
My name is William G. Maryblood.
**[17:41] Ethelbald**
Oh? You are well-versed
in the old etiquette.
**[17:44] Ethelbald**
I assume you are of high birth?
**[17:46] Will**
No, um...
**[17:48] Will**
If Your Highness could please refrain
from asking about my origins...
**[17:52] Ethelbald**
You have your circumstances, then.
I understand.
**[17:57] Ethelbald**
Please, have a seat.
**[17:59] Will**
Thank you.
**[18:14] Ethelbald**
William, there are four or five
in your group, are there not?
**[18:18] Will**
Yes, four of us.
**[18:19] Ethelbald**
Which makes you a magic user, a priest,
a fairy user, and a warrior?
**[18:23] Will**
Huh?
**[18:26] Will**
A traveling priest, hunter,
merchant, and bard, actually.
**[18:32] Ethelbald**
One who shot lightning at the wyvern,
one who made a wall of light,
**[18:35] Ethelbald**
one who controlled air currents,
and one who broke its neck.
**[18:39] Ethelbald**
That makes four, no?
**[18:40] Will**
If that makes four people,
it is indeed correct we are two of them.
**[18:45] Ethelbald**
What does that mean?
**[18:46] Will**
My friend there, Meneldor,
called the fairies,
**[18:48] Will**
spread Words,
and manipulated the air currents
**[18:51] Will**
to bring the wyvern down to the ground.
**[18:54] Ethelbald**
So he is the fairy user, then?
**[18:58] Ethelbald**
And the rest?
**[18:59] Will**
Was me.
**[19:03] Ethelbald**
I'm sorry, but would you mind
telling me what you did?
**[19:09] Will**
I used brute force to break its neck.
**[19:12] Ethelbald**
You kill a wyvern and feel no pride?
**[19:15] Ethelbald**
You really are a warrior
of unparalleled bravery.
**[19:18] Will**
Uh...
**[19:20] Will**
Does anything need to be done to fix
the damage that the wyvern caused?
**[19:23] Ethelbald**
Of course, work has already been
done, and more is yet to come.
**[19:27] Ethelbald**
But there is something more
important that must be done.
**[19:30] Ethelbald**
Yes. Offering my thanks to
the hero, for example.
**[19:35] Will**
No, I—
**[19:36] Ethelbald**
Do not be modest.
**[19:38] Ethelbald**
I do not want my people to see
me as an ungrateful man.
**[19:42] Ethelbald**
I, Ethelbald, thank you both on behalf
of the people of Whitesails.
**[19:49] Ethelbald**
You did well to minimize the damage
caused by a wyvern's surprise attack.
**[19:53] Will**
I am unworthy of such praise.
**[19:57] Ethelbald**
I would like to give you a reward.
Is there anything you want?
**[20:03] Will**
I traveled here today via
Beast Woods to the south.
**[20:09] Will**
The villages in that area
are currently under threat
**[20:11] Will**
by an army of demons commanding
savage demon beasts.
**[20:17] Will**
Um, if I may ask...
**[20:19] Will**
Would it be possible for Your Highness
**[20:21] Will**
to send soldiers to hunt down the demons?
**[20:24] Ethelbald**
It's not impossible,
**[20:26] Ethelbald**
but it would be difficult.
**[20:28] Ethelbald**
You saw that wyvern.
**[20:30] Ethelbald**
Demon beasts much like it have
been causing frequent incidents
**[20:32] Ethelbald**
within the parts of
Southmark that I govern.
**[20:35] Will**
You mean...
**[20:36] Ethelbald**
Yes. It's that toxic miasma.
**[20:39] Ethelbald**
Any being it touches is corrupted
by the poison and turns savage.
**[20:43] Ethelbald**
Are you certain you are
well yourself, William?
**[20:46] Will**
I am naturally resistant to poisons.
**[20:48] Ethelbald**
That is good to hear.
**[20:50] Ethelbald**
Under the previous king's policies,
**[20:52] Ethelbald**
we expanded our domain too much.
**[20:54] Ethelbald**
We cannot even sufficiently protect
the villages we directly govern.
**[20:59] Ethelbald**
Do you understand my meaning?
**[21:04] Will**
Then... would you give me permission
**[21:07] Will**
to hire adventurers and
mercenaries with my own money
**[21:09] Will**
and organize an army to
drive out the demons?
**[21:14] Ethelbald**
William, do you realize
what that would mean?
**[21:19] Will**
I understand that I am asking
a great deal of you.
**[21:23] Ethelbald**
Yet you stand by your request?
**[21:26] Will**
Yes.
**[21:27] Will**
If I do not,
**[21:28] Will**
how many tragedies would we be
forced to simply overlook?
**[21:32] Ethelbald**
But to save everyone is a task
not even the gods can achieve.
**[21:42] Ethelbald**
Honestly...
**[21:44] Ethelbald**
If only you were some nameless man
making this request of me...
**[21:48] Will**
You are right.
**[21:49] Will**
That said, had I not killed the wyvern,
**[21:52] Will**
I may never have had the opportunity
to speak with Your Highness.
**[21:55] Ethelbald**
That is also true.
**[21:57] Ethelbald**
But...
**[21:59] Ethelbald**
I must also consider the
option of killing you.
***SIGN*** Episode 10
Renowned Glory
# E10 - Renowned Glory
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***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[01:31] Ethelbald**
I must also consider the
option of killing you.
**[01:36] Will**
How frightening.
**[01:38] Will**
And how would you have me die?
**[01:41] Ethelbald**
I will say you were poisoned in
the battle with the wyvern,
**[01:45] Ethelbald**
and that treatment came too late
when you started to spit up blood.
**[01:49] Will**
*I understand what he's saying.*
**[01:51] Will**
*A hero who can't even prove his identity*
**[01:53] Will**
* is asking him for forces to operate*
* in a region he doesn't even govern.*
**[01:58] Will**
*Of course he'd see it as dangerous.*
**[02:02] Will**
* I can handle those two, but there's*
* still the risk of projectile weapons,*
**[02:06] Will**
*and the prince is pretty skilled himself.*
**[02:10] Will**
*No, it's pointless to think about it.*
**[02:14] Will**
* In any case, I have to get*
* through this somehow.*
**[02:18] Will**
* I need to speak from the heart*
* and plead my case earnestly.*
**[02:23] Will**
Your Highness...
**[02:24] Ethelbald**
What?
**[02:25] Will**
If all saltiness were to
disappear from the world,
**[02:28] Will**
what would give salt its salty flavor?
**[02:32] Will**
If all those who carry a flame
live only in the sunlight,
**[02:38] Will**
upon what do they shine their flames?
**[02:41] Will**
I have received a part of that flame
from Gracefeel, the goddess of light.
**[02:48] Will**
I believe the ones who carry that flame
**[02:49] Will**
are the ones who should march
first into the darkness.
**[02:54] Will**
They must shine the light upon
those who lament in darkness,
**[02:56] Will**
and light the path for
those who follow behind.
**[03:02] Will**
So please, I beg of you.
**[03:04] Will**
Can you somehow grant permission
for this undertaking of mine?
**[03:13] Ethelbald**
William, this path will
only lead to despair.
**[03:18] Ethelbald**
It won't work, and even if it does,
you will pay the price.
**[03:22] Will**
I have business with that
despair you speak of.
**[03:26] Ethelbald**
Oh? How so?
**[03:28] Will**
I don't like its face, so I want
to kick it as hard as I can.
**[03:38] Ethelbald**
Kick it in the face? I like that!
**[03:42] Ethelbald**
Come to think of it, you are
a high priest, aren't you?
**[03:46] Ethelbald**
And you have quite a good friend, too.
**[03:50] Ethelbald**
What, you didn't notice?
**[03:53] Ethelbald**
When I said I was going to kill you,
**[03:55] Ethelbald**
that half-elf there gave me
quite the murderous glare.
**[04:00] Menel**
Wh-What're you talkin' about?
**[04:02] Menel**
I was just steeling myself 'cause
I figured you'd kill me, too.
**[04:05] Menel**
Damn it, don't look so happy!
**[04:06] Priest**
Bishop, please stop!
**[04:08] Priest**
His Highness is with a guest at the moment!
**[04:09] Anna**
Please wait, Father!
**[04:11] Bagley**
Stay out of my way!
**[04:13] Bagley**
You damned fools!
**[04:17] Bagley**
Prince Ethelbald, do not act irrationally!
**[04:21] Ethelbald**
Oh? Whatever do you mean, Bishop Bagley?
**[04:26] Bagley**
Do not play dumb with me!
**[04:27] Bagley**
This young man is registered
with my temple!
**[04:31] Bagley**
Though it may be temporary,
he is a member of the temple!
**[04:34] Bagley**
And you beckon him here
without a word to me?
**[04:37] Bagley**
Do you mean to disregard
the temple's authority?!
**[04:40] Ethelbald**
Oh, I had no idea.
**[04:42] Ethelbald**
Is this true?
**[04:44] Will**
Uh, yes.
**[04:45] Bagley**
Ignorance is no excuse!
**[04:48] Bagley**
You cannot forego verification
protocol simply because I was away!
**[04:51] Ethelbald**
So you say, but the people from your
temple seemed happy to send him to me.
**[04:56] Bagley**
Hmph! A total lack of discipline!
**[04:59] Bagley**
I will give them a stern talking-to later!
**[05:01] Bagley**
In any case, he—
**[05:02] Ethelbald**
The thing is, Bishop Bagley...
**[05:05] Ethelbald**
He is not what you think he is.
**[05:07] Bagley**
Huh?
**[05:08] Ethelbald**
He came here asking me to
assemble a private army.
**[05:11] Ethelbald**
Says he wants to save the
poor people of Beast Woods.
**[05:14] Bagley**
What?!
**[05:16] Bagley**
Y-You—
**[05:17] Ethelbald**
I would be lying if I said it never
crossed my mind to kill him right here.
**[05:23] Ethelbald**
But he's just so frank.
**[05:25] Ethelbald**
Somehow, I started to
find it quite amusing.
**[05:28] Ethelbald**
Which is why...
**[05:30] Ethelbald**
I'm thinking of appointing him as a knight.
**[05:34] Ethelbald**
Would your temple give him its blessing?
**[05:39] Ethelbald**
You know, a paladin.
**[05:42] Ethelbald**
The temple and I will share the
responsibility and the profits equally.
**[05:46] Ethelbald**
What do you say?
**[05:48] Bagley**
What?!
**[05:49] Ethelbald**
He would, of course,
fall under our joint authority.
**[05:53] Ethelbald**
If it comes to it, you could always
have him excommunicated.
**[05:55] Bagley**
Th-Th-That is not the issue here!
**[05:58] Ethelbald**
The temple can attest to his character,
**[06:01] Ethelbald**
and as the Wyvern Killer, he should
have no problems with the rest.
**[06:05] Bagley**
This is proceeding too quickly!
**[06:07] Bagley**
I will return to the temple and think it over!
Is that acceptable?!
**[06:11] Ethelbald**
Yes.
**[06:13] Ethelbald**
But it would make me truly happy
to see this happen, Bagley.
**[06:17] Ethelbald**
I've taken a liking to this young man.
**[06:19] Bagley**
Assuming I do become his patron,
**[06:22] Bagley**
spare me your silly games!
**[06:25] Bagley**
You, novice boy! We're leaving!
**[06:27] Will**
R-Right.
**[06:36] Bagley**
Honestly, what a troublemaker.
**[06:38] Bagley**
Demanding a private army?
What were you thinking?
**[06:40] Menel**
What's that old geezer's deal?
**[06:42] Will**
Uh, Menel, he's...
**[06:43] Bagley**
Especially you, novice!
**[06:46] Bagley**
How dare you go and take matters
into your own hands?!
**[06:48] Menel**
So what if we did?
It's not like you're our boss or anything.
**[06:52] Bagley**
Excuse me?!
**[06:54] Bagley**
I am the head of the temple,
in case you forgot!
**[06:55] Menel**
So what? You wanna fight over it?
**[06:57] Bagley**
How dare you speak to me
that way?! Insolence!
**[06:58] Anna**
I'm sorry.
**[06:59] Anna**
My father has struggled with many unresolved
issues of late, and it has him on edge.
**[07:00] Menel**
And I'm saying it ain't your business.
We don't work for you.
**[07:03] Will**
No, I apologize for my friend's behavior.
**[07:04] Bagley**
Excuse me?!
**[07:05] Menel**
Just so you know...
**[07:06] Bagley**
Just so *you* know, you
two came to *my* temple!
**[07:06] Will**
Anyway, um... So you're
Bishop Bagley's daughter?
**[07:09] Menel**
I'm saying—
**[07:10] Bagley**
*I'm* saying, don't create problems for me!
**[07:10] Anna**
Yes, though not by blood.
**[07:13] Menel**
Look, first of all—
**[07:13] Bagley**
*First* of all, you—
**[07:13] Anna**
He was once in charge of a temple in the
capital that had a large orphanage.
**[07:14] Menel**
Will you quit cutting me off?!
I'm still talking!
**[07:17] Bagley**
What?! You—
**[07:19] Menel**
And stop talking down to me!
Who do you think you are?!
**[07:19] Will**
Ah, I see.
**[07:21] Anna**
When His Highness Ethelbald asked
my father to relocate here,
**[07:22] Bagley**
I am—
**[07:23] Menel**
The head of the temple, right?
**[07:25] Menel**
I'm telling you,
that's got nothing to do with us!
**[07:25] Anna**
I came to this continent along
with a dozen or so others.
**[07:26] Bagley**
If you—
**[07:27] Menel**
Ugh, I can't deal with this!
**[07:28] Will**
So that's what happened.
**[07:29] Bagley**
Don't you interrupt me! I'm still speaking!
**[07:30] Will**
* He's in a position where he*
* can throw his weight around,*
**[07:31] Menel**
What?!
**[07:32] Bagley**
Have you no respect for your superiors?!
**[07:33] Will**
* he has connections everywhere,*
* and he has loyal subordinates.*
**[07:35] Menel**
And I keep telling you, that's got
nothing to do with anything!
**[07:38] Will**
Bishop Bagley.
**[07:40] Will**
Thank you for your help.
**[07:42] Will**
Your intervention with the
crown prince saved us.
**[07:46] Bagley**
Hmph! I did nothing to
warrant your gratitude!
**[07:49] Bagley**
I only defended the temple's authority
from the crown prince's selfishness.
**[07:53] Bagley**
You only happened to be a part of that.
**[07:56] Bagley**
Besides, when he becomes
amused by something,
**[07:58] Bagley**
he has a habit of doing unthinkable things.
**[08:00] Bagley**
It's truly a problem.
**[08:02] Bagley**
But be that as it may,
**[08:04] Bagley**
I must respect his worldly authority.
**[08:07] Bagley**
I will be taking his proposal
into consideration.
**[08:10] Bagley**
You will remain in the chapel
after the evening prayer.
**[08:14] Will**
All right, I understand.
**[08:16] Will**
Oh, but... um...
**[08:18] Bagley**
What?
**[08:20] Will**
What is the "evening prayer"?
**[08:22] Bagley**
You absolute fool!
**[08:28] Anna**
You know the prayer by the names
"vespers" and "compline"?
**[08:31] Bagley**
Those holy practices were
revised 200 years ago.
**[08:34] Bagley**
Did you serve your apprenticeship
under one of such a long-lived race?
**[08:38] Will**
Uh... Yes, you could say that.
**[08:42] Bagley**
Hah! So you aren't entirely ignorant, then.
**[08:46] Bagley**
Anna, fetch some books on the
revisions to the liturgy,
**[08:49] Bagley**
and find a suitable teacher
for him, as well.
**[08:53] Anna**
Yes, Father.
**[08:54] Bagley**
This boy is a novice,
**[08:56] Bagley**
and on top of that, an ancient who's
come here from 200 years in the past.
**[09:00] Bagley**
He'll take a lot of work.
**[09:18] Will**
Greetings, Bishop.
**[09:20] Bagley**
Wait here a moment.
**[09:22] Will**
Of course.
**[09:36] Will**
* His praying form looks almost*
* frighteningly masterful.*
**[09:40] Will**
* Other than Mary,*
* I've never seen such an expert.*
**[09:50] Bagley**
Now, then...
**[09:51] Will**
Um...
**[09:52] Bagley**
What?
**[09:53] Will**
As head of the temple,
**[09:54] Will**
you have most certainly earned a high
level of divine protection, yes?
**[09:58] Will**
*Equal to my own, if not even higher.*
**[10:01] Will**
The people of the temple told me
that you don't use the blessing.
**[10:05] Will**
And when you pray, either you
don't let anyone watch,
**[10:08] Will**
or you don't apply yourself
fully when others are present.
**[10:10] Will**
Why is that?
**[10:11] Bagley**
Hah! Foolish novice!
**[10:14] Bagley**
What do you think the blessing is?
**[10:16] Will**
Divine protection bestowed by a god.
**[10:19] Bagley**
Then why did a god bestow
divine protection upon you?
**[10:23] Bagley**
To give you special treatment?
**[10:25] Bagley**
Not so, correct?
**[10:28] Bagley**
To act through you.
**[10:30] Bagley**
Understand? The god wishes to
achieve something through you.
**[10:36] Bagley**
And in order to live up
to the gods' ideals,
**[10:39] Bagley**
we must constantly be in thought
about how to use the blessing.
**[10:43] Bagley**
To use it as a tool for one's own convenience
does not contribute to the gods' glory.
**[10:46] Bagley**
It only detracts from it.
**[10:48] Bagley**
Most of those dimwits fail
to understand that,
**[10:51] Bagley**
which is why they will one
day lose the blessing.
**[10:54] Bagley**
I am the head of the temple.
**[10:56] Bagley**
This land is wild, and development
on it has barely begun.
**[10:59] Bagley**
To secure funding and rights,
I must yell and intimidate.
**[11:03] Bagley**
To lay the groundwork,
I must do favors and use bribery.
**[11:07] Bagley**
If I were to use such a high
blessing in these circumstances,
**[11:12] Bagley**
the people would question why a man
like me received divine protection.
**[11:16] Bagley**
Now, youngster,
do you think this would contribute
**[11:19] Bagley**
to the glory of Volt, my guardian deity?
**[11:23] Will**
No.
**[11:24] Bagley**
Precisely.
**[11:25] Bagley**
The correct course of action for blessings
and prayers is to store them inside.
**[11:29] Bagley**
I have entrusted the vice bishop with the
glorification of the gods through blessings.
**[11:36] Bagley**
He is a very capable man,
**[11:38] Bagley**
skilled at winning the hearts of the
people to the extent it is needed.
**[11:41] Bagley**
I can trust him with the bothersome,
stressful role of being the face of the temple.
**[11:45] Will**
*Bishop Bagley really is talented.*
**[11:49] Will**
* He's rude, and he looks like a greedy*
* monk who's always complaining,*
**[11:53] Will**
*but he's an amazing man.*
**[11:55] Bagley**
And what about you?
**[11:57] Bagley**
Making a youngster who has yet to fully
comprehend what the blessing is into a paladin?
**[12:02] Bagley**
The crown prince does so love his jokes!
**[12:07] Bagley**
Listen.
**[12:08] Bagley**
Don't do it. Nothing good will come
of a novice attempting this.
**[12:12] Bagley**
I'll go to him and refuse
for you, if you want.
**[12:15] Bagley**
Even the crown prince will surely
give up if I give a firm rejection.
**[12:19] Bagley**
What say you?
**[12:20] Will**
Regardless, my goddess still wishes
to achieve something through me.
**[12:26] Bagley**
You will not change your mind?
**[12:27] Will**
I will not.
**[12:30] Bagley**
You are a fool.
**[12:31] Will**
I agree.
**[12:33] Bagley**
What did you swear to the goddess of flux?
**[12:36] Will**
To offer her my life, banish evil,
and save the suffering.
**[12:43] Bagley**
Rejoice!
**[12:44] Bagley**
You are the most dimwitted of all
the dimwits I have seen here!
**[12:50] Bagley**
I will send a few with you.
The rest is up to you.
**[12:56] Will**
Thank you.
**[12:58] Will**
* I should respect this man,*
* no matter what anyone else says.*
**[13:06] Pub Man**
Let's go!
**[13:06] Pub Woman**
Welcome!
**[13:06] Pub Woman**
You're really putting those
drinks away, mister!
**[13:13] Menel**
Don't go for people who use
adventuring as a job.
**[13:16] Menel**
Find people who seek adventure, for
the glory and prestige of it.
**[13:20] Will**
Yeah. We need real ruffians
who'll put their lives
**[13:23] Will**
on the line for battle and adventure.
**[13:26] Will**
*Right, just like Blood.*
**[13:29] Will**
Demon beast horns... and demon beast hide?
**[13:32] Menel**
Those are their battle spoils.
**[13:34] Menel**
It's the easiest way to
show off their strength.
**[13:37] Menel**
C'mon, let's go.
**[13:43] AdventurerA**
A chestnut-haired boy with a
silver-haired elf-mix buddy...
**[13:46] AdventurerA**
There's no doubt.
**[13:48] AdventurerB**
He's been through a whole lot of training.
**[13:50] DrunkA**
Hey, what's the famous Wyvern Killer
**[13:53] DrunkA**
doin' in some pub in the middle of nowhere?
**[13:56] Will**
I'm looking for help.
**[13:58] BlowhardA**
Exploring Beast Woods?
**[14:00] BlowhardA**
Low pay... Your reward is glory and praise,
**[14:03] BlowhardA**
and there's no guarantee you'll survive?!
**[14:04] BlowhardA**
We're doin' this for a living, y'know!
**[14:06] BlowhardA**
We're not takin' a quest
like this! Right, guys?
**[14:09] BlowhardB**
Yeah! Don't be so stingy!
**[14:15] Reystov**
Shut up, you blowhards.
**[14:27] (Flashback) Blood**
When you see a swordsman,
look at his fingers.
**[14:29] (Flashback) Blood**
You can tell by looking at his hands
whether he'll allow any thoughts
**[14:34] (Flashback) Blood**
that prevent him from drawing his weapon.
**[14:38] Reystov**
Looks to me like what you want
is a madman. Am I right?
**[14:42] Reystov**
Not a bunch of blowhards with
good manners but no skills,
**[14:44] Reystov**
who've picked up the etiquette
and patience to do any job,
**[14:49] Reystov**
but a bunch of shitheads who
know no fear or manners.
**[14:52] Reystov**
The worst kind of scumball adventurers
**[14:55] Reystov**
who'll risk their lives for
the dumbest ideals, right?
**[14:57] Will**
That's why we've come here.
**[15:01] Reystov**
Hey, you hear that? Just like I said!
**[15:03] BlowhardA**
Tch! Bunch of damn lunatics!
**[15:05] BlowhardA**
You oughta buy our drinks for a change!
**[15:07] BlowhardB**
Yeah, that's right!
**[15:11] AdventurerC**
What're you hoping to get out
of exploring Beast Woods?
**[15:14] AdventurerD**
Where we goin'? Ruins? Outdoors?
**[15:16] AdventurerD**
We don't bother with small fry!
**[15:18] Will**
The demon boss.
**[15:24] Will**
The leader of the demons running rampant
in the western part of Beast Woods,
**[15:28] Will**
whose subordinate demons are
thought to command demon beasts.
**[15:31] Reystov**
That's a big fish.
**[15:33] Will**
Yes.
**[15:33] Reystov**
The location is unclear.
Just finding him will be hell.
**[15:38] Reystov**
We're talkin' instant death if
we're ambushed during the search.
**[15:42] Will**
Most likely.
**[15:44] Reystov**
In other words,
**[15:45] Reystov**
this is gonna be a nice, fun,
stupid little jaunt.
**[15:55] Reystov**
Let me in on it.
**[15:57] Reystov**
All I need is food and a bed.
**[15:59] Reystov**
Even better if I make a
little pocket change.
**[16:01] AdventurerC**
Me, too!
**[16:02] AdventurerD**
And me!
**[16:02] AdventurerB**
Leave it to us!
**[16:02] AdventurerA**
I'm in!
**[16:02] Will**
Of course, I'll have those for you!
**[16:08] Will**
I'm William G. Maryblood.
**[16:12] Reystov**
I'm Reystov.
**[16:19] Bee**
Whence cometh this disciple
**[16:21] Bee**
to the lost goddess of
flux, goddess of light?
**[16:26] Bee**
The Disciple of the Light, the Wyvern Killer,
the Peerless Powerhouse...
**[16:27] Will**
*It's almost time for the ceremony.*
**[16:30] Will**
* I heard they wanted to make this a*
* happy event to give work to people*
**[16:32] Bee**
The Faraway Paladin, William G. Maryblood.
**[16:33] Will**
* who lost their homes and jobs*
* in the wyvern attack, but...*
**[16:36] Bee**
Know the name of the new hero who has
appeared in the city of white sails!
**[16:41] Bee**
Hmm... I guess that should do it.
**[16:44] Will**
Bee, could you not write an epic
about me right in front of me?
**[16:48] Bee**
What? Why not?!
**[16:50] Menel**
You actually did do all that.
What did you expect?
**[16:55] Bee**
Look forward to hearing it!
I'm gonna make it awesome!
**[16:59] Tonio**
Hmm...
**[17:00] Tonio**
This many cows and horses will
indeed come at a hefty price.
**[17:05] Will**
Oh, about that...
**[17:07] Will**
Can you negotiate to get us the sick
and injured ones at a lower price?
**[17:12] Tonio**
What?
**[17:13] Will**
And then I'll heal all of them.
**[17:16] Tonio**
Oh... That makes sense.
**[17:17] Will**
Also, it would be a big help
if you could start trade
**[17:21] Will**
between Beast Woods and Whitesails.
**[17:24] Tonio**
Hmm...
**[17:25] Will**
How much do you need me to
give you to fund that?
**[17:28] Tonio**
Will, why don't you and I
have a serious business chat?
**[17:33] Tonio**
Now, then...
**[17:34] Will**
G-Go easy on me...
**[17:36] Menel**
I say go for it.
**[17:38] Menel**
You need to have a good understanding
of how money works.
**[17:41] Will**
Right.
**[17:42] Reystov**
You're gonna be negotiating with
Reystov and those other guys next.
**[17:45] Bee**
Reystov?!
**[17:46] Bee**
Reystov the Penetrator is here?!
**[17:49] Will**
Y-Yes, he is...
**[17:50] Bee**
That's perfect! Let me interview him!
**[17:53] Will**
Huh?
**[17:55] Reystov**
Making a habit of flaunting your own
accomplishments leads to arrogance.
**[17:59] Will**
And arrogance dulls one's blade?
**[18:01] Reystov**
Exactly.
**[18:03] Bee**
That again?!
**[18:04] Bee**
This is why you're so useless!
**[18:06] Bee**
I can't get any good ideas out of you!
**[18:09] Will**
So you two know each other?
**[18:12] Reystov**
We've talked a few times.
**[18:14] Bee**
No matter how many times I interview
you, it's always the same!
**[18:16] Bee**
I thought it'd be different this time!
**[18:18] Bee**
You're just a stubborn, broody guy!
**[18:20] Reystov**
The answers don't change,
no matter how many times you ask.
**[18:23] Bee**
All of your tales of heroism
are so ambiguous!
**[18:26] Bee**
I was gonna make something that came
a little closer to the truth!
**[18:29] Bee**
I can't believe how mean you're being!
**[18:31] Bee**
Isn't reputation important
to an adventurer?!
**[18:34] Bee**
Whether it's to make a living
or get ahead in life!
**[18:37] Reystov**
As long as you've got skills,
those things come naturally.
**[18:40] Bee**
I know you realize that even people with
skills can be ruined by a bad reputation!
**[18:46] Bee**
Even a warrior never knows what's
going to be his downfall!
**[18:49] Bee**
Don't you agree, Will?
**[18:50] Will**
Uh...
**[18:52] Will**
A lot of Reystov's tales
of heroism are ambiguous?
**[18:55] Bee**
Yeah, exactly!
**[18:56] Bee**
This guy will accept a job
to take down a huge threat,
**[19:00] Bee**
then he just wanders off, kills it with
one fatal stab, and wanders back!
**[19:03] Bee**
He hardly ever works with anyone else,
**[19:05] Bee**
and he works so fast, hardly anyone
knows what actually happened!
**[19:09] Bee**
And he takes such a broad range of jobs!
**[19:11] Will**
So the stories end up more
and more embellished?
**[19:13] Bee**
Yep!
**[19:14] Bee**
I try to interview people, but all they
do is fill in the gaps however they can!
**[19:18] Bee**
I do embellish them a little bit,
**[19:21] Bee**
but I like to add a little
more truth to my tales!
**[19:24] Reystov**
No need.
**[19:25] Bee**
That's what I'm talking about!
**[19:27] Bee**
If only I had a little more to work with...
**[19:32] Bee**
I know!
**[19:33] Bee**
How about the Penetrator
versus the Paladin?
**[19:35] Will**
Huh?! That sorta came out of nowhere...
**[19:38] Will**
You're putting Reystov on
the spot, too! Right?
**[19:42] Reystov**
If I receive a challenge from a
strong opponent, I have no choice.
**[19:46] Will**
Reystov?!
**[19:47] Bee**
See?! You heard him!
**[19:51] Will**
Well, maybe when we're
done in Beast Woods...
**[19:54] Bee**
Yay!
**[19:55] Bee**
That's a promise!
**[19:56] Bee**
This is great!
**[19:58] Bee**
I'll make this into a song that'll be sung for
centuries, millennia—until the end of time!
**[20:25] Ethelbald**
I, Prince Southmark,
**[20:28] Ethelbald**
Ethelbald Rex Southmark,
hereby declare you a knight.
**[20:36] Ethelbald**
May you become the protector of
your temple, of those in need,
**[20:39] Ethelbald**
and of all those who
believe in the virtuous gods,
**[20:42] Ethelbald**
who defy the evil gods and their violence.
**[21:06] Vice Bishop**
You who strive to become a knight...
**[21:09] Vice Bishop**
Uphold the teachings of the virtuous gods,
**[21:12] Vice Bishop**
and protect all who suffer along
with all who work through prayer.
**[21:50] Vice Bishop**
I pray to my guardian deity,
Enlight, the god of knowledge,
**[21:54] Vice Bishop**
to serve as the intermediary to
this young man's guardian deity.
**[21:58] Vice Bishop**
May Gracefeel, the goddess of light, forever shower this young man with her grace.
**[22:04] Vice Bishop**
Uphold your oath steadfastly, honor the
teachings, and protect the weak.
**[22:10] Vice Bishop**
Be the light of the world!
**[22:12] All**
Be the light of the world!
**[22:14] All**
We celebrate the birth of a new knight!
***SIGN*** Episode 10
Renowned Glory
**[22:18] All**
Bring light to the farthest
reaches of the earth!
**[22:20] All**
Long live the paladin!
**[22:31] Will**
Vice Bishop.
**[22:33] Will**
Thank you for blessing me.
**[22:35] Vice Bishop**
Think nothing of it.
**[22:38] Vice Bishop**
It was an honor to receive such an
important duty from the bishop.
**[22:41] Vice Bishop**
Ordinarily, this would be his job, but...
**[22:45] Will**
I asked him, and he said he finds it
bothersome to show people his pious side.
**[22:49] Will**
It's too bad.
**[22:51] Vice Bishop**
I agree.
**[22:52] Vice Bishop**
For a man of his caliber to be
so unknown to the public...
**[22:55] AdventurerD**
So this is where you were!
**[22:57] AdventurerD**
We're having grappling matches over there!
**[23:00] AdventurerD**
Come join us for a round!
**[23:01] Will**
Uh, okay...
**[23:03] Will**
Come with us, Menel!
**[23:04] Menel**
No way.
**[23:05] Townie**
Hey, it's the paladin's servant!
**[23:09] Will**
Not my servant. He's my friend.
**[23:11] Menel**
I'm not your friend!
**[23:12] Will**
Huh?!
**[23:13] Bee**
Will!
**[23:14] Bee**
We're making a fortune!
**[23:16] Bee**
And it's all thanks to your song!
**[23:20] Will**
*Goddess, are you watching?*
**[23:23] Will**
* I'm getting by somehow.*
* And I'll continue to.*
**[23:29] Will**
* And that's how I became*
* the Faraway Paladin.*
***SIGN*** Episode 11
Valley of Despair
# E11 - Valley of Despair
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**[00:01] Will**
*Many things happened at a very rapid pace.*
**[00:07] Will**
* Having earned official permission from*
* the crown prince and the temple,*
**[00:10] Will**
*I set off with my team of rowdy adventurers*
**[00:13] Will**
* to begin the process of exterminating*
* the dangerous demons*
**[00:16] Will**
*and demon beasts infesting Beast Woods.*
**[00:19] Will**
*For areas that were relatively safe,*
**[00:21] Will**
* we brought human resources and supplies,*
* two things every poor village needs.*
**[00:26] Will**
The village is within sight!
**[00:28] Caravan**
Yeah!
**[00:31] Will**
* A village with access to supplies*
* becomes more productive.*
**[00:35] Will**
* Even if it starts out in debt,*
* it should eventually make a profit.*
**[00:39] Will**
* Tonio handled all that*
* with remarkable skill.*
**[00:43] Will**
* It was also Tonio who funded our activities*
* by soliciting donations and contributions.*
**[00:49] Tonio**
I could go on to become the
head of a trade company.
**[00:52] Will**
Feel free to go big!
**[00:54] Tonio**
When I do, I'll be counting on your patronage.
**[00:58] Will**
* Officially, this is just a lone*
* priest doing charitable work,*
**[01:02] Will**
*so no one gets offended.*
**[01:04] Will**
* Of course, that means I need to remain loyal*
* to the crown prince and the temple, though.*
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[02:45] Anna**
Will, you're back.
**[02:48] Will**
I appreciate the work all of you have done.
**[02:52] Will**
* Bishop Bagley assigned a few*
* priests to me, including Anna.*
**[02:57] Will**
*They're all experienced priests*
**[03:00] Will**
* who can use the blessing,*
* as well as lead ceremonies*
**[03:02] Will**
*such as festivals and funerals.*
**[03:05] Anna**
Reystov's party should be
returning soon, as well.
**[03:09] Will**
* When we got reports about demons*
* or demon beasts appearing,*
**[03:12] Will**
* Reystov and the other adventurers*
* would pursue them as a party.*
**[03:17] Will**
Incredible... They were all killed
with a single fatal blow!
**[03:21] Will**
*No wonder they call him the Penetrator.*
**[03:25] Will**
Can you do this to wyverns, too?
**[03:28] Reystov**
If it's within range of my sword.
**[03:32] Will**
* I would intervene in any*
* disputes between villagers*
**[03:34] Will**
* and try to help them settle*
* things reasonably.*
**[03:38] Will**
I wasn't planning to do all this...
**[03:41] Menel**
Well, once you've done it the
first time, you're kinda stuck.
**[03:45] Will**
*Word of my interventions spread,*
**[03:47] Will**
* and I was called to intervene*
* in other villages' disputes.*
**[03:50] Will**
* My sudden role as an arbitrator*
* gave me a lot more to do.*
**[03:53] Will**
* And whenever I had to visit other*
* villages for friendly purposes*
**[03:57] Will**
*or had a message I wanted to get out,*
**[03:59] Will**
*Bee was a big help.*
**[04:26] Will**
* And so we traveled back and forth across*
* Beast Woods, time and time again.*
**[04:40] Kid**
Mom, this way!
**[04:45] Will**
The atmosphere has changed so much.
**[04:47] Menel**
This area is relatively safe now,
**[04:50] Menel**
so there's more merchant traffic.
**[04:53] Will**
* A village that once had such*
* a dark cloud hanging over it*
**[04:55] Will**
*was now full of life and smiles.*
**[04:59] Will**
*Gus, I finally understand now.*
**[05:01] (Flashback) Gus**
Money drives this world!
**[05:03] (Flashback) Gus**
With the power of money, you can
solve anything without magic!
**[05:06] (Flashback) Gus**
You can buy the necessary
tools, hire people...
**[05:09] (Flashback) Gus**
The ability to make a quick profit
is just as important as magic!
**[05:15] Will**
*Everything you taught me was exactly right.*
**[05:19] Will**
*Making people smile and giving them hope*
**[05:22] Will**
*is more magical than actual magic.*
**[05:29] Will**
*And then...*
**[05:31] Will**
* Just as we were feeling the first*
* signs of summer approaching...*
**[05:36] Reystov**
Hey.
**[05:37] Will**
What is it?
**[05:39] Reystov**
Pip's party went west on recon,
and they're not back yet.
**[05:43] Will**
How long?
**[05:44] Reystov**
They were planning to spend no
more than ten days investigating,
**[05:47] Reystov**
but it's two days past that.
**[05:49] Will**
So Pip and his party...
**[05:51] Reystov**
They're talented guys.
**[05:53] Will**
All right. We'll go and search for them.
**[05:56] Will**
You, Menel, and I are
definitely going, and...
**[06:00] Will**
Could you put together two parties of
people who excel in forest exploration?
**[06:06] Reystov**
I'll get them together right away.
**[06:12] Will**
There's a chance that
**[06:13] Will**
they didn't simply get lost,
but wound up in the demons' base.
**[06:17] Will**
If that's the case...
**[06:18] Reystov**
There'll be a battle.
**[06:25] Menel**
What do you think?
**[06:26] Will**
Frankly, given the skills
Pip and his buddies have,
**[06:29] Will**
it's hard to believe they just got lost.
**[06:31] Menel**
So you think it was demons, then?
**[06:34] Will**
I think there's a good chance it was.
**[06:36] Menel**
If we beat them,
things'll settle down a bit here, too.
**[06:39] Will**
I just hope they're all right.
**[06:41] Menel**
Hey...
**[06:42] Will**
What?
**[06:44] Menel**
I guess I should say... thanks.
**[06:48] Will**
Uh... For what?
**[06:51] Menel**
A lot of things.
**[06:53] Menel**
If it hadn't been for you,
I would've sunk as low as I could sink.
**[06:57] Menel**
It's thanks to you that I'm here now,
living for a respectable reason.
**[07:03] Menel**
So... uh...
**[07:07] Menel**
Thanks.
**[07:08] Will**
No, I should thank you.
**[07:11] Will**
I knew nothing of the world,
and you saved me.
**[07:14] Will**
But you know...
**[07:15] Menel**
What?
**[07:17] Will**
You could look at me and say it.
**[07:18] Menel**
Shut up!
**[07:43] Menel**
Hey.
**[07:47] AdventurerA**
It's huge...
**[07:48] Menel**
What kind of demon beast made this?
**[07:50] AdventurerB**
I don't know.
**[07:51] AdventurerC**
It's even bigger than a manticore.
**[07:54] Reystov**
A stray living in the valley... or...
**[07:57] AdventurerD**
Well, they died fighting a big one.
**[08:00] AdventurerD**
Pip, Harvey, and Brennan must
be pretty happy with that,
**[08:04] AdventurerD**
but pretty pissed off, too.
**[08:06] AdventurerE**
Yeah, like, "We didn't get to kill it!"
**[08:08] AdventurerF**
They died a good death,
worthy of adventurers.
**[08:11] AdventurerD**
G'wan, drink up.
**[08:14] AdventurerE**
Virtuous gods, grant their souls rest!
**[08:18] Will**
Gracefeel, goddess of light,
**[08:21] Will**
please grant them peace and guidance.
**[08:25] Reystov**
There's a head missing.
**[08:27] Reystov**
The damage is so bad,
it's hard to tell, but...
**[08:30] AdventurerB**
It probably got eaten.
**[08:31] AdventurerA**
Yeah, I'd bet on it.
**[08:33] Menel**
No, wait.
**[08:35] AdventurerD**
He tossed all his gear as he ran?
**[08:39] AdventurerC**
Why go deeper into the valley, though?
**[08:41] Reystov**
If the path to the forest is blocked,
this valley's the only way.
**[08:44] Reystov**
He had no choice but to run deeper down.
**[08:46] AdventurerB**
I guess that's true...
**[09:03] Will**
Something's strange.
**[09:04] Reystov**
Yeah.
**[09:05] Menel**
It's not right.
**[09:07] AdventurerD**
What's not right?
**[09:09] Will**
The footing in this valley is poor.
**[09:12] Will**
Even if they fled, getting this far would be...
**[09:18] Will**
It's a trap!
**[09:19] Will**
Get out!
**[09:26] AdventurerD**
Get back!
**[09:27] AdventurerF**
It's no use!
**[09:27] AdventurerC**
They're coming!
**[09:28] Will**
Stay calm! Keep your backs to the rocks!
**[09:30] AdventurerA**
Don't panic! Form a shield wall!
**[09:36] Will**
*We have to break through them.*
**[09:39] Will**
* It'll be fine! We should be*
* able to handle these guys!*
**[09:46] Will**
Menel!
**[09:47] Menel**
Yeah?
**[09:48] Will**
I'll give us a boost with
magic and the blessing!
**[09:50] Will**
Goddess of flux, repel the
poisons that rain down upon us!
**[09:54] Will**
Fortis...
***SIGN*** Strong
***SIGN*** Life to
**[09:55] Will**
Vita ut Omnis!
***SIGN*** All
**[09:58] AdventurerB**
Much appreciated!
**[09:59] AdventurerA**
Thanks!
**[10:00] Menel**
Gnomes, O gnomes, guardians of treasure,
**[10:03] Menel**
link to form a stronghold
against our enemies.
**[10:06] Menel**
Sylphs, Sylphs, maidens of wind,
**[10:09] Menel**
send your winds of protection
for these brave warriors.
**[10:11] AdventurerC**
Much obliged!
**[10:13] Reystov**
Now, let's show these beasts who
think they've trapped us...
**[10:18] Reystov**
which of us is really the prey.
**[10:29] Reystov**
Shoot!
**[10:35] AdventurerA**
Hang in there!
**[10:51] Will**
Menel, help!
**[10:53] Menel**
Gnomes, O gnomes,
**[10:54] Menel**
gather to us!
**[10:55] Menel**
Build a fortress and surround with fences!
**[10:58] Will**
*If he can just buy me time...*
**[11:10] Will**
Don't...
**[11:12] Will**
Stop!
**[11:18] Will**
Stop!
***SIGN*** Thunder...
**[11:27] Will**
Tonit—
**[11:29] Will**
*It cut my Words short!*
**[11:34] AdventurerA**
What happened?!
**[11:34] Reystov**
He misfired?!
**[11:39] Will**
*Why...*
**[11:42] Will**
*Everything was going so well up until now.*
**[11:46] Will**
*And yet...*
**[11:47] Will**
*Where did I...*
**[11:50] Will**
*What did I do wrong?*
**[11:51] Reystov**
William!
**[12:17] Will**
*The techniques that I had honed...*
**[12:19] Will**
*The spirit that I had refined...*
**[12:22] Will**
*The tactics that I had accumulated...*
**[12:25] Will**
*None of it was there.*
**[12:28] Will**
*All I could rely on*
**[12:29] Will**
* was blind fury and the abilities*
* of my demonblade as I hacked away*
**[12:34] Will**
* in an ugly, unsightly battle*
* that made me want to cry.*
**[12:57] Will**
*I felt I had wronged the three of them.*
**[12:59] Will**
*I felt pathetic.*
**[13:03] Reystov**
Stop! That's enough!
**[13:21] Reystov**
Go heal Meneldor, quick! He's gonna die!
**[13:24] Will**
Menel!
**[13:37] Will**
Gracefeel, goddess of light...
**[13:40] Will**
Shine this healthy soul's light
**[13:43] Will**
upon these wicked wounds,
**[13:45] Will**
and banish these shadows!
**[13:48] Will**
Please...
**[13:50] Will**
Open your eyes!
**[13:52] Will**
No! Don't leave me!
**[13:57] Will**
*My head feels fuzzy.*
**[13:59] Will**
*Because I used the demonblade's power?*
**[14:04] Will**
*But... I have to heal Menel...*
***SIGN*** Episode 11
Valley of Despair
**[14:10] Reystov**
William!
**[14:11] AdventurerA**
Snap out of it!
**[14:28] Reystov**
You're awake?
**[14:31] Will**
Where...
**[14:32] Reystov**
A village not far from that valley.
**[14:38] Reystov**
After that battle, we retreated with
you and Meneldor on our backs.
**[14:44] Reystov**
The chimera fled.
**[14:47] Will**
I se—
**[14:49] Will**
Where's Menel?!
**[14:50] Reystov**
He's still alive.
**[14:52] Reystov**
Between the magic and protection
you put on him before the fight
**[14:56] Reystov**
and Meneldor's own quick retreat,
**[14:58] Reystov**
it seems like your blessing
was just in the nick of time.
**[15:02] Will**
Thank goodness...
**[15:03] Reystov**
He hasn't woken up yet, though.
**[15:06] Will**
Then, I have to go to him!
**[15:08] Reystov**
You need to rest a bit longer.
**[15:11] Will**
But—
**[15:12] Reystov**
Meneldor's condition is stable.
**[15:15] Reystov**
He's had all the care he needs.
**[15:18] Reystov**
You burned up too much strength.
**[15:21] Reystov**
So rest.
**[15:33] Will**
*Where did I screw up?*
**[15:36] Will**
*When I left Menel to handle the chimera?*
**[15:39] Will**
*No...*
**[15:41] Will**
* Given the circumstances,*
* I didn't have any other choice.*
**[15:43] Will**
*Then, when was it?*
**[15:46] Will**
* Was it getting caught in that*
* trap in the first place?*
**[15:51] Will**
*If I had been more careful*
**[15:53] Will**
* and taken the time to send out*
* scouts in all directions,*
**[15:56] Will**
* we wouldn't have wandered*
* blindly into that valley.*
**[16:00] Will**
* We had plenty of people,*
* we'd been successful up to that point,*
**[16:04] Will**
* and we were rattled after*
* seeing some of our men dead.*
**[16:09] Will**
*All of that led to a simple lack of caution.*
**[16:14] Will**
No, I think I'm missing something...
some fatal flaw...
**[16:20] MercenaryA**
Anyway, they retreated, huh?
**[16:22] MercenaryB**
The Wyvern Killer and the Penetrator?
**[16:25] MercenaryC**
I heard they ran into some absurdly huge
mixed-up demon beast called a chimera.
**[16:28] MercenaryA**
Wonder what they're gonna do.
**[16:30] MercenaryC**
Also, that elf mix was hurt bad, wasn't he?
**[16:33] MercenaryA**
Yeah, he's really got it rough.
**[16:35] MercenaryA**
When you're stuck with a monster
like the Wyvern Killer,
**[16:39] MercenaryA**
no amount of lives is ever gonna be enough.
**[16:41] MercenaryB**
Yeah.
**[16:43] Will**
A monster?
**[16:45] Will**
Yeah... I guess I am.
**[16:55] Will**
*It wasn't my battle tactics that were wrong.*
**[16:59] Will**
*It was my estimation of our strength.*
**[17:01] Will**
*I trusted Menel.*
**[17:03] Will**
*I just believed that he'd have my back,*
**[17:06] Will**
* that he could keep any*
* enemy in check for me.*
**[17:11] Will**
* I thought he could handle*
* that much... but...*
**[17:15] Will**
*I came so close to getting Menel killed.*
**[17:21] Will**
*I just one-sidedly decided he was my friend,*
**[17:24] Will**
* and in my innocent naïveté,*
* without even thinking,*
**[17:28] Will**
* I put him up against dangers*
* he wasn't ready for.*
**[17:32] Bee**
Will!
**[17:34] Will**
Bee... Tonio.
**[17:36] Tonio**
We got your message and rushed here.
**[17:39] Tonio**
Anna should arrive here
with the priests later.
**[17:45] Will**
I see.
**[17:47] Bee**
Will, we heard you saved Menel's life!
**[17:51] Bee**
You ran into a beast as
impossibly tough as a chimera,
**[17:54] Bee**
but you still beat an insane
number of magic beasts
**[17:56] Bee**
and even saved Menel's life!
**[17:58] Bee**
You really are incredible!
**[18:01] Will**
I doubt Menel and the others who've
been stuck with me would agree.
**[18:06] Bee**
Huh?
**[18:08] Will**
I'm going to check on Menel.
**[18:10] Bee**
Will?
**[18:12] Tonio**
Will, shouldn't you rest a bit longer?
**[18:15] Will**
I'm fine.
**[18:17] Will**
I'm very strong, after all.
**[18:29] Will**
*Ever since I left the city of the dead,*
**[18:31] Will**
* people have constantly told me*
* that in no uncertain terms.*
**[18:35] Will**
* Every time, I've just laughed*
* wryly and shrugged it off.*
**[18:40] Will**
* I think, subconsciously, I was*
* trying not to think about it.*
**[18:45] Will**
*But I can't avoid it anymore.*
**[18:49] Will**
* In this world,*
* my strength is beyond the pale.*
**[19:09] Will**
*This is... my sin.*
**[19:13] Will**
Menel... I'll fix you up right now.
**[19:17] Will**
* Gods, please take pity*
* on Menel and heal him.*
**[19:24] Will**
*I'm sorry, Menel.*
**[19:26] Will**
*I wanted a friend who could be my equal.*
**[19:30] Will**
*I wanted what the three of them had,*
**[19:32] Will**
* comrades who had each other's backs,*
* supported each other,*
**[19:35] Will**
*and respected each other.*
**[19:38] Will**
*But maybe I was forcing that on you*
**[19:40] Will**
*without even realizing it.*
**[19:44] Will**
* I didn't want to acknowledge*
* just how strong I was.*
**[19:47] Will**
*If I did that...*
**[19:50] Will**
*If I set myself above everyone else*
**[19:53] Will**
*and had to admit that I was different...*
**[19:57] Will**
*I'm scared.*
**[20:00] Will**
*I'm lonely.*
**[20:02] Will**
*It hurts.*
**[20:04] Will**
*I hate this.*
**[20:07] Will**
*Oh... Of course.*
**[20:11] Will**
*It was just that simple.*
**[20:14] Will**
*I was afraid to be alone.*
**[20:17] Will**
* I couldn't bear not having*
* someone beside me.*
**[20:20] Will**
* That's why I tried to see the people*
* I should have been protecting,*
**[20:23] Will**
*should have been saving, as my equals.*
**[20:29] Will**
*I was averting my eyes from the truth,*
**[20:31] Will**
*when really, I was just scared.*
**[20:34] Will**
*And for that despicable reason...*
**[20:37] Will**
*Because of that...*
**[20:40] Will**
I almost killed you.
**[20:44] Will**
But I finally get it now.
**[20:47] Will**
I couldn't go on that way.
**[20:55] Will**
Oh, Goddess.
**[20:57] Will**
You're here because you're worried about me?
**[21:00] Will**
Up until now, I was foolish.
**[21:03] Will**
But everything is fine now.
**[21:06] Will**
Please rest at ease.
**[21:08] Will**
I'll put a stop to your sadness right away.
**[21:12] Will**
I'll save everything,
everything within my reach,
**[21:16] Will**
as your sword, and as your hand.
**[21:21] Will**
It's all right.
**[21:23] Will**
I'll solve all of this on my own.
**[23:30] Menel**
Will...
***SIGN*** Episode 12
The Faraway Paladin
# E12 - The Faraway Paladin
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UX7NW2/the-faraway-paladin)
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**[00:14] Menel**
Hey.
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[00:38] Menel**
Where do you think you're going?
**[00:41] Will**
Where?
**[00:43] Will**
To kill the demon beasts.
**[00:48] Menel**
Alone?
**[00:50] Will**
Yeah.
**[00:51] Will**
I doubt you can keep up with me.
**[00:54] Will**
*Which is why I need to protect him.*
**[00:59] Will**
Don't worry. It'll be okay.
**[01:03] Will**
I'll take care of everything.
**[01:06] Will**
I'll kill the chimera and the
whole herd of demon beasts.
**[01:10] Will**
If there are demons controlling
them, I'll kill them, too.
**[01:14] Will**
That's just the kind of
monster I am, apparently.
**[01:20] Menel**
You...
**[01:24] Menel**
Stop screwing around!
**[01:26] Menel**
Wake the hell up!
**[01:27] Menel**
You idiot!
**[01:30] Will**
*Oh, so this is how it has to be.*
**[01:35] Will**
Is that all, Meneldor?
**[01:47] Menel**
Damn it!
**[01:53] Will**
*I can't have him following me.*
**[01:59] Menel**
Damn it!
**[02:03] Menel**
Damn it!
**[02:06] Menel**
Damn it!
**[02:08] Menel**
Damn it!
**[02:09] Will**
*I guess I could break just one arm.*
**[02:26] Will**
Get someone to heal you.
**[02:30] Menel**
I'm...
**[02:32] Menel**
I'm not done!
**[02:35] Will**
Oh? You're more resilient than I thought.
**[02:39] Will**
*What should I do?*
**[02:41] Will**
*Use Words to hold him in place?*
**[02:43] Will**
* No, I'll constrict his carotids*
* so he loses consci—*
**[02:45] Menel**
Gnomes, O gnomes, clench your fists!
**[02:48] Menel**
Use them to strike the enemy!
**[02:51] Will**
Useless incantation.
**[02:54] Will**
*No! If I dodge it, the magic will hit Menel!*
**[03:05] Menel**
What's this crap about
fixing everything alone?
**[03:08] Menel**
You're just being a coward!
**[03:17] Will**
Did you really have to go that far?
**[03:20] Menel**
What?
**[03:21] Will**
We were only together because
things worked out that way.
**[03:24] Will**
There was no reason for you to do that.
**[03:26] Menel**
Yeah, that's true.
**[03:29] Menel**
I have no reason to go out of my way
**[03:31] Menel**
to stop an emotionally unstable
coward who's completely lost it
**[03:35] Menel**
just because he got his
ass handed to him once.
**[03:37] Will**
Then—
**[03:38] Menel**
But...
**[03:40] Menel**
You're my friend.
**[03:42] Menel**
And friends stick together.
**[03:45] Menel**
If my friend goes nuts,
I want to do something for him.
**[03:50] Will**
Menel...
**[03:51] Menel**
You don't know much about your own origins,
**[03:54] Menel**
and you're clueless about the world.
**[03:56] Menel**
There've been times when I
thought you seemed suspicious.
**[03:58] Menel**
But you're a nice guy.
**[04:01] Menel**
I know you're trying to do things right,
and doing your best at everything.
**[04:07] Menel**
You saved my life, you saved that village...
**[04:11] Menel**
We traveled together, we fought together...
**[04:15] Menel**
And I enjoyed spending time with you.
**[04:18] Menel**
I'm grateful to you from the bottom of my
heart for sending off those villagers.
**[04:22] Menel**
Will, you are my friend,
and I don't abandon my friends.
**[04:33] Menel**
Well, you still wanna fight?
**[04:40] Will**
I surrender.
**[04:42] Menel**
I'm still weaker than you now,
**[04:45] Menel**
but just wait.
**[04:46] Menel**
I'll catch up before you know it.
**[04:49] Will**
Menel...
**[04:50] Menel**
I'll prove to you soon enough
**[04:52] Menel**
that you're no monster.
**[05:01] Will**
Okay.
**[05:03] Will**
I'll wait. I'll be waiting for you.
**[05:06] Menel**
Man, you're a real pain in the ass!
**[05:11] Will**
Sorry. I kinda lost control of myself.
**[05:15] Menel**
Well, it happens—ow!
**[05:17] Will**
I'll heal that—
**[05:18] Menel**
But a surrender's a surrender.
**[05:21] Menel**
That means I win!
**[05:22] Will**
I only surrendered because
you wouldn't give it a rest!
**[05:26] Menel**
Keep whining!
**[05:29] Menel**
Wow...
**[05:32] Will**
* And so we kept exchanging*
* dumb jokes and laughter.*
**[05:32] Menel**
What a pretty sight. The moon's
congratulating me on my victory.
**[05:36] Will**
What? Want me to break your other arm?
**[05:37] Will**
*It was my first ever argument with a friend,*
**[05:41] Will**
*and I guess I lost.*
**[05:46] Adventurer**
Oh, you're back, eh?
**[05:47] Adventurer**
Welcome back!
**[05:49] Bee**
Will! Menel!
**[05:51] Adventurer**
Welcome back!
**[05:51] Bee**
You jerks! You had me worried!
**[05:55] Will**
Sorry, Bee.
**[05:57] Tonio**
Will...
**[05:58] Tonio**
If you don't mind, would you
please tell me what happened?
**[06:07] Will**
Sure.
**[06:14] Reystov**
That's an illness of the strong.
**[06:16] Reystov**
The stronger you are,
the harder it hits you.
**[06:19] Reystov**
Depending on the case, it can even kill you.
**[06:22] Will**
I'm really sorry for
making all of you worry.
**[06:27] Will**
But I'm all right now.
**[06:36] AdventurerA**
You were just stuck in bed not long ago,
**[06:38] AdventurerA**
and you were off slugging it out?
**[06:40] AdventurerC**
We even set a trap for a surprise attack.
**[06:42] AdventurerC**
That chimera's got no chance!
**[06:45] Adventurer**
You said it!
**[06:47] Menel**
I've got a debt to repay to that bastard.
**[06:49] Menel**
I won't be humiliated like that again.
**[06:52] Reystov**
You're gonna fight that thing again?
**[06:55] Will**
Yeah. We're going for a return match.
**[06:57] Menel**
I refuse to just get beat
up and leave it at that.
**[07:00] Menel**
I'll split all three of that
demon beast's heads open.
**[07:07] Will**
Chimeras don't occur naturally.
**[07:09] Will**
That thing is, without a doubt,
the product of a demonic ritual.
**[07:12] Will**
Let's take all of them out at once,
before they can escape.
**[07:16] AdventurerD**
So soon after it roughed us up that bad?
**[07:18] AdventurerA**
I can't just give up and leave it like this.
**[07:20] AdventurerA**
Let's bust 'em up good!
**[07:22] AdventurerD**
All right, guess we should
round up some help, huh?
**[07:24] AdventurerA**
It's gonna be a good, fun,
stupid-as-hell adventure!
**[07:28] Will**
You'll get one silver coin
for a demon beast's head,
**[07:30] Will**
and ten gold coins for the demon boss's!
**[07:48] Will**
* After that, we spent a few days*
* getting a force together,*
**[07:51] Will**
* sent out several rounds of scouts,*
* and made our preparations.*
**[07:55] Will**
*We didn't arrange any special tricks.*
**[07:58] Will**
* We'd just get enough people together,*
* make preparations ahead,*
**[08:01] Will**
*and face our enemy head-on.*
**[08:12] Will**
Let's set up our formation and gear here.
**[08:15] Will**
Anna and the other priests,
please support us from here.
**[08:19] Anna**
Right!
**[08:20] Will**
When we're all ready, we'll send
our front line to the battle zone!
**[08:32] Menel**
If we can wipe out all of those,
**[08:34] Menel**
this whole area's gonna be
a whole lot more peaceful.
**[08:37] Will**
Yeah.
**[08:38] Will**
Let's wipe them out.
**[08:40] Menel**
Sometimes you say the wildest
things so casually.
**[08:43] Reystov**
Here they come.
**[08:52] Menel**
I'll back you up.
**[08:53] Will**
Okay. I'm counting on you, Menel.
**[08:56] Will**
We'll break through head-on!
**[09:02] AdventurerA**
By Volt's blade of lightning!
**[09:05] AdventurerF**
Burn bright, Blaze's flames of courage!
**[09:10] AdventurerG**
Whirl, send us a tailwind of good fortune!
**[09:12] AdventurerB**
Grant us the divine protection
of all the virtuous gods!
**[09:18] Menel**
Shoot!
**[09:20] Sorcerer**
Sagitta Flammeum!
***SIGN*** Flame Arrow
**[09:28] Will**
*It's war!*
**[09:32] Will**
Stand ready!
**[09:35] Will**
Goddess of flux, repel the
poisons that rain down upon us!
**[09:40] Will**
Fortis...
***SIGN*** Strong
**[09:40] Will**
Vita!
***SIGN*** Life
**[10:07] Will**
*How could I say I'd fix all this alone?*
**[10:09] Will**
* I was never any more than*
* one factor in this battle.*
**[10:12] Will**
*The battlefield isn't so easy*
**[10:14] Will**
* that just one dose of penetrating*
* strength is enough!*
**[10:19] Will**
By the flame of Gracefeel!
**[10:27] Ethelbald**
According to reports,
**[10:28] Ethelbald**
the campaign to eliminate the demon
beasts should be starting by now.
**[10:33] Ethelbald**
I wonder, will these great Wyvern Killers
**[10:36] Ethelbald**
succeed in a new heroic feat
for the bards to sing about?
**[10:40] Bagley**
Hmph.
**[10:41] Bagley**
The temple has bent over backwards
to facilitate that novice boy.
**[10:46] Bagley**
If he fails to succeed in this,
**[10:49] Bagley**
he will not be worthy of our backing.
**[10:51] Ethelbald**
By the way, Bishop,
**[10:53] Ethelbald**
I hear you entrusted your daughter, Anna,
**[10:55] Ethelbald**
and many other brilliant
priests to the paladin.
**[10:59] Bagley**
Losing valuable talent to the philanthropic
exploits of such a novice
**[11:04] Bagley**
has caused nothing but trouble for me!
**[11:11] Menel**
What's this?
**[11:12] Will**
The abandoned remains of a monastery?
**[11:15] Will**
Looks like we're the first ones here.
**[11:18] Menel**
Be careful. There might be traps.
**[11:34] Will**
Omnia...
***SIGN*** Everything
**[11:35] Will**
Vanitas.
***SIGN*** In Vain
**[11:35] Will**
Erasus.
***SIGN*** Erasure
**[11:43] Will**
Hi there.
**[11:44] Menel**
It was waiting in ambush with Invisibility?
**[11:47] Menel**
Careful, Will.
This thing's pretty damn smart.
**[11:50] Will**
Do you think maybe it's
got some demon in it?
**[11:57] Will**
Are you after the High King?
**[11:59] Chimera**
Oh?
**[12:01] Chimera**
You know the High King's seal.
**[12:03] Chimera**
Are you a warrior sent by one of the gods?
**[12:07] Will**
*That answer... I'm certain now.*
**[12:11] Will**
* Basically, this is like taking*
* a square on a chess board.*
**[12:15] Will**
* The city of the dead, where*
* the High King was sealed,*
**[12:17] Will**
*isn't yet under either side's control.*
**[12:21] Will**
* If the demons take control,*
* they'll undo the seal,*
**[12:25] Will**
* and disaster will ravage*
* the continent again.*
**[12:28] Will**
*But if the people take control,*
**[12:29] Will**
*the seal will likely become even stronger.*
**[12:33] Will**
*The demons are in a position*
**[12:34] Will**
* where they need to keep Beast Woods*
* permanently devastated.*
**[12:37] Will**
* They need to keep it in a state of*
* chaos, destitution, and lawlessness.*
**[12:41] Will**
* That's why they're commanding demon beasts*
* to attack villages and keep the pressure on.*
**[12:46] Will**
* They can't let mankind*
* advance any further south.*
**[12:49] Will**
*They can't let people head toward the south.*
**[12:52] Will**
* They can't let them think*
* there's hope in the south.*
**[12:57] Will**
*If you consider the existence of their king,*
**[12:59] Will**
* it's incredibly easy to figure*
* out what their objective is.*
**[13:04] Will**
In the name of the goddess of flux,
I will destroy all of you.
**[13:09] Chimera**
Oh? But wait.
**[13:12] Chimera**
There seems to be some sort of mistake,
or perhaps a misunderstanding.
**[13:16] Will**
A misunderstanding, you say?
**[13:19] Chimera**
Yes.
**[13:21] Chimera**
In truth...
**[13:31] Will**
Demons like to stick to the classics
in their surprise attacks, don't they?
**[13:38] Will**
Menel!
**[13:39] Menel**
Yep!
**[13:40] Chimera**
Sagitta Flammeum!
***SIGN*** Flame Arrow
**[13:42] Menel**
I'm not takin' that hit!
**[13:43] Menel**
Sylphs, sylphs, maidens of wind!
**[13:48] Will**
Gracefeel, grant us your protection!
**[13:52] Will**
*Don't stop it!*
**[13:54] Will**
*Divert it!*
**[13:58] Menel**
Gnomes, O gnomes, slip underfoot!
**[14:00] Menel**
Tighten, bind, and tie it down!
**[14:13] Will**
*It has multiple heads.*
**[14:15] Will**
* If each one takes a different*
* reflexive action,*
**[14:17] Will**
*they're sure to end up confused.*
**[14:19] Will**
* This demon beast is unnatural*
* in terms of living beings!*
**[14:25] Will**
* I don't need to score a clean*
* victory in one strike.*
**[14:28] Will**
* I just need to fight it the right*
* way and win by being better.*
**[14:31] Will**
*I don't need a flashy secret technique.*
**[14:33] Will**
*I'll just use all three of their teachings*
**[14:35] Will**
*and do what it takes to win!*
**[14:38] Will**
* That's the fighting style*
* that's best for me!*
**[14:42] Menel**
Maidens of wind,
bless this arrow with your kiss!
**[14:55] Will**
That's one down!
**[15:02] ChimeraMale**
Although I detest this dragon power,
you leave me with no choice!
**[15:07] Will**
*Dragon?*
**[15:11] Menel**
This one, too?
**[15:12] Will**
Menel.
**[15:13] Will**
Get back a little farther.
**[15:16] Will**
I'll strike it down now.
**[15:18] Will**
*I was raised on Mary's bread,*
**[15:20] Will**
*and my arms bear Mater's stigma,*
**[15:23] Will**
*so poisons don't work on me.*
**[15:26] Will**
* I'm sure you'd like some*
* glory of your own, too, huh?*
**[15:40] Menel**
Gnomes, O gnomes, clench your fists!
**[15:42] Menel**
Use them to strike the enemy!
**[15:51] Will**
*There's nowhere to run to the left or right!*
**[15:53] Will**
*Then...*
**[15:55] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[16:01] Menel**
Gnomes, O gnomes, slip underfoot!
**[16:03] Menel**
Tighten, bind, and tie it down!
**[16:20] Will**
We won!
**[16:21] Menel**
All right!
**[16:29] Will**
On to the next one.
**[16:30] Menel**
Yep.
**[16:41] Reystov**
Took you long enough.
**[16:43] Will**
Reystov?
**[16:46] Reystov**
I'll be taking those ten gold coins.
**[16:49] Will**
What?! He beat us to it?!
**[16:51] Menel**
You're kidding! How'd you do it?!
**[16:53] Reystov**
Came around from the side.
**[16:55] Reystov**
Since you guys were taking
care of the chimera for me,
**[16:58] Reystov**
it was actually pretty easy.
**[17:00] Will**
That's Reystov the Penetrator for you.
**[17:03] Menel**
He's way too good at getting
the jump on people.
**[17:06] Reystov**
You have to be, if you want to
get to the strongest opponents.
**[17:09] AdventurerC**
Careful! No telling what
kinda traps are in here!
**[17:12] AdventurerD**
Heh, we're the first ones here!
**[17:14] AdventurerE**
And those ten gold coins are ours!
**[17:16] AdventurerE**
Huh?
**[17:20] AdventurerA**
To our victory!
***SIGN*** Episode 12
The Faraway Paladin
**[18:50] Bee**
What do you think?
**[18:51] Will**
I'm happy, but still kinda embarrassed...
**[18:54] Will**
I feel like you embellished a bit too much.
**[18:56] Menel**
This kinda thing is supposed
to be a little embellished!
**[18:59] Bee**
Hey, someone who gets it!
**[19:02] Bee**
I'll write a song about you next, Menel!
**[19:05] Menel**
Huh?
**[19:05] Bee**
Maybe I'll give you the nickname
"Meneldor the Beautiful"!
**[19:09] Bee**
The one who walks the hero's path
along with the Faraway Paladin!
**[19:12] Menel**
Hey, isn't that gonna make people
think I'm actually a woman?
**[19:16] Bee**
And you can be Will's girlfriend!
**[19:18] Menel**
Don't you dare!
**[19:19] Bee**
Aw, it's fine!
**[19:20] Menel**
It is not!
**[19:21] Will**
* After his vehement objections,*
* Menel's nickname was revised*
**[19:23] Will**
* from "Meneldor the Beautiful"*
* to "Meneldor of Swift Wings."*
**[19:30] Will**
It's so much more lively now.
**[19:32] Menel**
And it's gonna get more and
more lively from now on.
**[19:35] Will**
I hope so.
**[19:37] Menel**
What're you talking about?
Of course it will.
**[19:39] Menel**
The threat of the demons and
demon beasts has faded.
**[19:42] Menel**
People searching for new lands
are gonna flock to the south.
**[19:45] Menel**
There'll probably be problems,
too, but that's how it goes.
**[19:48] Will**
I guess so.
**[19:50] Menel**
Also, I'll say this since you'll
find out eventually anyway.
**[19:54] Menel**
The villagers are building a shrine.
**[19:56] Will**
A shrine?
**[19:58] Menel**
The one they talked about
back at the meeting hall.
**[20:00] Menel**
They made an altar to hold votive candles,
**[20:02] Menel**
and they decided to make
it a shrine to Gracefeel.
**[20:06] Will**
To the goddess of light?
**[20:08] Will**
* It's the first step toward*
* growing her following again!*
**[20:12] Menel**
By the way, what are you gonna do next?
**[20:15] Will**
Next?
**[20:16] Will**
Well, there's still a lot of clean-up to—
**[20:19] Menel**
I mean after that.
**[20:20] Will**
After that?
**[20:21] Menel**
Gonna be the lord of a domain?
**[20:23] Will**
Huh? A lord? For what domain?
**[20:25] Menel**
The villages of Beast Woods.
**[20:27] Will**
Who is?
**[20:28] Menel**
You.
**[20:32] Will**
Oh, come on!
**[20:33] Will**
I am a knight, but a
single-generation one with no land.
**[20:37] Will**
I'm no different from an
adventurer, really...
**[20:39] Menel**
Is that seriously what you think?
**[20:41] Will**
Huh?
**[20:43] Menel**
For real? You didn't even
know what you were?
**[20:46] Will**
Huh?
**[20:46] Menel**
Just so I'm clear here...
**[20:48] Menel**
If you wanted to do business in this
forest, who would you talk to?
**[20:51] Will**
Tonio?
**[20:53] Menel**
But didn't most of the funds come from you?
**[20:55] Will**
Well, yeah, but...
**[20:57] Menel**
Listen to me!
**[20:58] Menel**
First of all, you're a paladin with the
goddess of light's divine protection
**[21:02] Menel**
and the approval of both the
country and the temple.
**[21:04] Menel**
You have all kinds of power!
**[21:06] Menel**
On top of that, you have the military
authority to gather all these adventurers,
**[21:09] Menel**
and by arbitrating for the villages,
you effectively have jurisdiction over them.
**[21:13] Will**
So, um, you're saying...
**[21:15] Menel**
In the process of exterminating the demons,
**[21:17] Menel**
you took control of the flow
of goods, ruling power,
**[21:19] Menel**
military force, jurisdiction,
and every other kind of authority.
**[21:24] Menel**
If you say you don't wanna do all that now,
**[21:27] Menel**
*that* would be the disaster.
**[21:29] Menel**
Are you saying...
you seriously didn't realize it?
**[21:34] Menel**
You...
**[21:35] Will**
I just hoped I could do
something about the demons,
**[21:38] Will**
and improve the impoverished conditions
in the villages a little bit...
**[21:44] Will**
* From there, I just thought I'd make a*
* slick exit, like Blood and the other two.*
**[21:50] Will**
Um... Menel?
**[21:53] Will**
Wh-What do I do? Should I start
by getting people together?
**[21:57] Will**
You've already got a merchant
and priests who know the law.
**[22:00] Menel**
If you need more,
**[22:01] Menel**
just have the crown prince
set you up with someone.
**[22:06] Will**
*How the heck did I end up in this position?*
**[22:09] Will**
*Please tell me,*
**[22:11] Will**
*goddess!*
**[22:15] Will**
Then again...
**[22:17] Will**
That does sound like it might
be a goal worth working toward.
**[22:22] Menel**
It's probably gonna be some
damn hard work, though.
**[22:25] Will**
But as long as I have all of you,
I'm sure it'll work out.
**[22:31] Will**
You'll help me, right?
**[22:36] Menel**
Oh, fine.
**[22:38] Menel**
I'll stick with you.
**[22:40] Will**
First, we should figure out what
the demons are plotting...
**[22:43] Menel**
Who cares?
**[22:44] Menel**
Just grab the bastards and crush 'em
as soon as you find 'em!
**[22:46] Will**
That's so violent...
**[22:48] Bee**
Hey! Will! Menel!
**[22:51] Bee**
Stop hiding in your own little
world and get over here!
**[22:58] Will**
* If more people come in and*
* everything goes well,*
**[23:04] Will**
*maybe we'll be able to return to that city.*
**[23:09] Will**
*Maybe we can make the city of the dead*
**[23:11] Will**
* a regular city where living*
* people can laugh together.*
**[23:19] Will**
* Up on the hill where*
* Mary and Blood's graves are,*
**[23:23] Will**
*the laughter of children will resound,*
**[23:25] Will**
* and the sounds of people working*
* to make a living will return.*
**[23:32] Will**
* Somehow, that seemed like*
* such a wonderful thing to me.*
# Season 2 - The Lord of the Rust Mountains
# E1 - The Paladin and the Troubadour
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UD2PQK/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U3M51N/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU8E517/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
# E7 - Asleep Beneath the Water
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZX491/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU4MXQK/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQJP5K/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQ1ENX/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G14U49WN2/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...