E2 - 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.
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