# E12 - 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.*