# 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