# E7 - 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