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