# E2 - The Rookie and the Veteran
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**[00:17] Rentt**
*Goblins can be dangerous in groups,*
**[00:20] Rentt**
* but I can use the layout of the dungeon*
* to force them into one-on-one fights,*
**[00:23] Rentt**
*where they're helpless against me.*
**[00:28] Rentt**
* I existential evolved into a ghoul,*
* and I've got some muscle now.*
**[00:31] Rentt**
* I'm much more agile than*
* I was as a skeleton.*
**[00:34] Rentt**
* And the biggest surprise was*
* that my mana, spirit energy,*
**[00:38] Rentt**
*and divinity have all increased.*
**[00:40] Rentt**
* Now I can strengthen not*
* only myself, but my sword.*
**[00:56] Rentt**
* Maybe... I'm even stronger*
* now than I was as a human!*
***SIGN*** The Rookie and
the Veteran
**[03:03] Rentt**
*It's been so long since I've seen a human.*
**[03:07] Rentt**
*No, I can't go out there like this.*
**[03:11] Rentt**
* I'm a ghoul. She'd either*
* try to kill me or run away.*
**[03:15] Rentt**
*So I'll just watch from a distance.*
**[03:20] Rentt**
*I'm so jealous she gets to be human.*
**[03:23] Rentt**
*I don't recognize her. Is she a rookie?*
**[03:27] Rentt**
* I know pretty much every*
* adventurer in Maalt, actually.*
**[03:31] Rentt**
* The reason I know them is because*
* adventurers can be a rough crowd,*
**[03:35] Rentt**
* and a lot of them will make*
* fun of weaklings like me,*
**[03:38] Rentt**
* or try to get us to take the*
* fall for something they did.*
**[03:41] Rentt**
* Knowing their abilities and who*
* their friends are can help a lot.*
**[03:46] Rentt**
* Having fewer bad guys around made the*
* adventurers in Maalt a lot better than most.*
**[03:52] Rentt**
*And the guild seems to like having me around.*
**[03:55] Rentt**
* As weak as I am, hasn't*
* told me I need to retire.*
**[04:10] Rentt**
*That way leads to...*
**[04:26] Rentt**
*She's received proper training.*
**[04:30] Rentt**
* But she's weak, so she needs*
* to land a lot of hits.*
**[04:33] Rentt**
* She's probably planning on taking her*
* time and dodging while she defeats it...*
**[04:38] Rentt**
* But she's not watching*
* her surroundings at all.*
**[04:45] Rina**
I'm going to become a real adventurer!
**[04:50] Rina**
I won't let a skeleton beat me!
**[05:02] Rentt**
*I guess I've got no choice.*
**[05:08] Rina**
A ghoul?!
**[05:11] Rentt**
* Come on... The enemy just turned*
* its back to you! Attack it!*
**[05:16] Rentt**
* No, I guess she's too stunned*
* to think about that.*
**[05:27] Rina**
Wow.
**[05:30] Rentt**
Um...
**[05:32] Rentt**
I'm glad you're safe...
**[05:37] Rentt**
H-Hello... I'm R-Rentt...
**[05:43] Rentt**
Rentt!
**[05:46] Rina**
Stay away from me!
**[05:48] Rentt**
Please! Listen to me!
**[05:51] Rentt**
I'm not your enemy...
**[05:57] Rentt**
P-Please...
**[05:59] Rina**
It's... talking?
**[06:01] Rentt**
Y-Yes!
**[06:03] Rentt**
I'm Rentt...
**[06:06] Rentt**
An adventurer...
**[06:08] Rina**
An adventurer? An adventurer!
**[06:11] Rentt**
Yes!
**[06:12] Rentt**
I'm an adventurer!
**[06:15] Rentt**
My name is Rentt!
**[06:18] Rina**
Rendo?
**[06:20] Rentt**
Renro... Rentt!
**[06:23] Rina**
Rentt!
**[06:25] Rentt**
Yes!
**[06:27] Rina**
So, why do you look like that, Rentt?
**[06:33] Rina**
Some kind of disguise?
**[06:34] Rentt**
N-No! I died...
**[06:38] Rentt**
But... I'm alive!
**[06:42] Rina**
Yes, you don't look like a normal monster.
**[06:46] Rina**
Thank you for saving me.
**[06:49] Rentt**
Adventurers... look out for each other...
**[06:54] Rina**
Um... I appreciate you saying that.
**[06:56] Rina**
So... I hate to ask, but...
**[07:00] Rentt**
What?
**[07:02] Rina**
Can I go back?
**[07:05] Rina**
You're not going to kill me, right?
**[07:07] Rentt**
I-I'm not going to kill you...
**[07:10] Rentt**
But I want your help...
**[07:14] Rina**
Help?
**[07:15] Rentt**
I want you... to buy me clothes.
**[07:20] Rina**
Clothes?
**[07:22] Rentt**
I want to go back to Maalt.
**[07:25] Rina**
Oh... so perhaps a robe
that would hide your body?
**[07:30] Rentt**
Thank you...
**[07:32] Rentt**
M-Money...
**[07:36] Rentt**
If you... buy me those clothes...
you can have the rest.
**[07:47] Rentt**
Please...
**[07:52] Rina**
My name is Rina Rupaage.
**[07:54] Rina**
As the daughter of a knight,
I shall repay this debt.
**[08:04] Rina**
Just wait for me, Rentt...
**[08:10] Rentt**
*She's pretty cautious around me.*
**[08:12] Rentt**
* For an adventurer, that's*
* the right way to be, but...*
**[08:16] Rentt**
*A proper adventurer would report*
**[08:18] Rentt**
* something as strange as a ghoul*
* like me to the guild immediately.*
**[08:23] Rentt**
*But I don't think she'll betray me.*
**[08:27] Rentt**
* Even if I'm wrong, though, I'll cross*
* that bridge when I come to it.*
**[08:40] Rina**
Excuse me!
**[08:42] Sheila**
Aren't you...?
**[08:47] Sheila**
You don't look hurt. I'm glad.
**[08:50] Sheila**
I was worried because you didn't
come back after sunset.
**[08:55] Rina**
Well, a lot happened.
**[08:58] Rina**
There's something I want
to ask you, actually...
**[09:08] Rentt**
* I can't believe it... but I'm a lot*
* stronger than I was as a human.*
**[09:13] Rentt**
*It's not just that I'm stronger.*
**[09:15] Rentt**
*My body moves exactly how I want it to!*
**[09:22] Rentt**
*And I think my vision's better, too...*
**[09:25] Rentt**
* No, this is probably just what*
* they call combat intuition.*
**[09:29] Rentt**
* Something you can't learn*
* from training or studying.*
**[09:31] Rentt**
* So this is how the world looked to all*
* the adventurers that succeeded...*
**[09:36] Rentt**
* To think I only got the power I wanted*
* most after I ended up in this body...*
**[09:41] Rina**
Rentt?
**[09:43] Rina**
Rentt, where are you?
**[09:50] Rina**
Rentt?
**[09:53] Rentt**
S-She really came back...
**[09:57] Rina**
Rentt!
**[10:02] Rina**
Um... you're Rentt, right?
**[10:06] Rina**
Or are you another ghoul, perhaps?
**[10:09] Rentt**
I'm Rentt.
**[10:11] Rentt**
Ghouls don't show up on the
early levels like this.
**[10:16] Rina**
I see...
**[10:19] Rina**
I feel like you've gotten a
little better at talking.
**[10:23] Rentt**
I-I practiced...
**[10:26] Rina**
G-Great idea!
**[10:28] Rina**
Oh, right. This is what you
asked for and your change.
**[10:40] Rina**
S-Sorry... I'm still a little scared.
**[10:45] Rina**
Give me a little more time... Just a
little more time until I get used to you!
**[10:49] Rentt**
No, it's fine...
**[10:53] Rentt**
Now, may I look at the clothes?
**[10:56] Rina**
Of course! Go ahead!
**[11:05] Rentt**
Wow.
**[11:07] Rina**
Do you like them?
**[11:09] Rentt**
Yes.
**[11:11] Rentt**
* A plain color that nobody*
* would give a second glance,*
**[11:14] Rentt**
* and a robe that conceals the whole body,*
* like a mage would wear! Wonderful!*
**[11:19] Rentt**
It's perfect!
**[11:22] Rina**
I brought other things I
thought you might need.
**[11:25] Rina**
I just got to Maalt, so I had someone
in the guild show me the best shops.
**[11:35] Rina**
It felt like a bad idea to let
anyone see your arms or legs...
**[11:40] Rentt**
*What a kind, considerate girl!*
**[11:45] Rentt**
* I feel like I could cry!*
* Except I physically can't!*
**[11:49] Rina**
Rentt?
**[11:50] Rentt**
No, it's nothing...
**[11:53] Rentt**
I'll try them on right away.
**[12:01] Rentt**
*It's easier to move in this than I thought.*
**[12:04] Rentt**
* I lose some visibility, but it would be*
* easy enough to fight a monster or two...*
**[12:08] Rina**
How do you like them?
**[12:10] Rentt**
They're perfect.
**[12:11] Rina**
Great!
**[12:13] Rina**
You look pretty imposing,
too. Almost like a wight!
**[12:21] Rentt**
I stand out too much...
**[12:25] Rentt**
I guess that won't work.
**[12:26] Rina**
Um, how about this?
**[12:31] Rentt**
What's this?
**[12:33] Rina**
I thought it might be a bad idea for you to try to
go into town with your face looking like that.
**[12:39] Rentt**
Thank you...
**[12:50] Rina**
When I first saw you, I thought
you were a rare or named monster.
**[12:55] Rentt**
A special type of monster,
huh? You may be right.
**[13:08] Rina**
You look great!
**[13:13] Rentt**
I can't get it off.
**[13:23] Rentt**
No luck...
**[13:24] Rina**
I'm sorry.
**[13:26] Rina**
I saw it at a market stall and
couldn't stop thinking about it...
**[13:30] Rina**
But looking back, it did
seem a little suspicious.
**[13:33] Rentt**
A market stall? Not a place
introduced by the guild?
**[13:37] Rina**
It wasn't. The mask was the one thing
I bought at that market stall.
**[13:40] Rina**
It was shockingly cheap.
**[13:43] Rentt**
How much?
**[13:45] Rina**
Three coppers.
**[13:47] Rentt**
That's three loaves of bread.
**[13:50] Rina**
Yeah, that's just too cheap.
**[13:53] Rina**
I did check for curses! And nothing
happened when I touched it...
**[14:00] Rentt**
* A curse that activates*
* when you put it on, huh?*
**[14:03] Rentt**
*I really do have the worst luck...*
**[14:06] Rentt**
Let me try this out.
**[14:10] Rina**
You can use divinity?!
**[14:12] Rentt**
Just a little...
**[14:15] Rentt**
* Now that I have more divinity, I might*
* be able to break a basic curse.*
**[14:25] Rentt**
I'm out of energy...
**[14:29] Rina**
No luck?
**[14:30] Rina**
I'm so sorry for bringing you a cursed item!
**[14:34] Rentt**
It's fine!
**[14:36] Rina**
But it's all my fault!
**[14:39] Rentt**
Right now, I need to
hide my face anyway...
**[14:44] Rentt**
It responded to the divinity.
**[14:47] Rentt**
I just need to save up money and ask
a powerful cleric to break the curse.
**[14:53] Rentt**
So don't worry about it...
**[14:58] Rentt**
I'm sorry.
**[15:02] Rentt**
What...?
**[15:05] Rina**
I can tell...
**[15:08] Rina**
you're not a bad person.
**[15:11] Rina**
So I'm not scared anymore!
**[15:15] Rina**
I'm... not scared.
**[15:22] Rentt**
Thank you.
**[15:25] Rentt**
But you don't have to force yourself...
until the day when you really are used to me.
**[15:32] Rina**
It won't take long at all!
It won't! I'm sure of it!
**[15:38] Rina**
Now Rentt, let's head back to Maalt.
**[15:48] Rina**
I registered as an adventurer
in the capital city guild.
**[15:52] Rina**
But there are a lot of famous
adventurers there...
**[15:56] Rina**
Since there weren't any
jobs for rookies like me,
**[15:59] Rina**
they recommended I come to Maalt.
**[16:01] Rina**
There are two labyrinths
close by, for one thing.
**[16:03] Rentt**
A good choice.
**[16:06] Rentt**
But I'm surprised you were willing to
come all the way out to the countryside.
**[16:10] Rina**
I wanted to see the outside
world, and more than anything,
**[16:14] Rina**
I want to get stronger and become
a full-fledged adventurer fast!
**[16:18] Rentt**
I understand how you feel. But it's better
for an adventurer to be a coward.
**[16:25] Rentt**
You've only got one life.
**[16:31] Rina**
Yes!
**[16:32] Rentt**
Guys like me are pretty rare.
**[16:53] Rina**
What's wrong?
**[16:55] Rentt**
A lot of people here know me.
**[16:58] Rentt**
They'll know something's
wrong if I show my ID.
**[17:02] Rina**
Then shall we go in from a different gate?
**[17:05] Rentt**
Yes. One that's not normally used.
**[17:10] Rina**
All right. We'll head to the west gate, then.
**[17:15] Rentt**
Rina, thanks.
**[17:20] Rentt**
I only made it this far thanks to you.
**[17:24] Rina**
No, don't act like we're saying goodbye!
**[17:27] Rina**
I'll help you as much as I can until
we get in town. No, even after that!
**[17:32] Rentt**
Yes, I do need someone to help me. But...
**[17:38] Rentt**
I'm a monster. If you help me get
inside, you'll be a criminal.
**[17:45] Rentt**
You might lose your adventurer's license.
**[17:51] Rentt**
I don't want to cause trouble for you.
**[17:56] Rina**
Um...
**[17:58] Rina**
If I hadn't met you, I'd be dead.
**[18:02] Rina**
So at least once, I think it's okay
for me to risk my life for you!
**[18:08] Rina**
Now let's go, Rentt!
**[18:14] Soldiers**
We're about to close the gate!
**[18:16] Soldiers**
Next!
**[18:19] Soldiers**
A man and a woman?
**[18:21] Soldiers**
Show us your IDs.
**[18:24] Soldiers**
Adventurers?
**[18:26] Soldiers**
Rentt Faina the bronze-class, and
Rina Rupaage the iron-class, right?
**[18:30] Soldiers**
Fine.
**[18:35] Soldiers**
You've got quite an unusual appearance.
**[18:38] Rentt**
Do I?
**[18:40] Soldiers**
Have you seen him before?
**[18:43] Soldiers**
You ever been to Maalt?
**[18:47] Soldiers**
Let us see your face!
**[18:50] Rina**
I'm sorry... His mask is cursed,
and he can't take it off!
**[18:55] Soldiers**
Cursed?
**[18:56] Soldiers**
Is that why he talks weird?
**[18:58] Rina**
That's because he was horribly
injured after fighting a monster..
**[19:07] Rina**
He bought the mask to hide the
scars, and it was cursed.
**[19:11] Rina**
Now he can't take it off.
**[19:14] Soldiers**
That's awful luck.
**[19:16] Rentt**
Try to pull it off yourself, please.
**[19:19] Rina**
It's safe to touch!
**[19:21] Rina**
I've touched it too.
**[19:25] Soldiers**
Okay!
**[19:28] Soldiers**
It really won't come off!
**[19:30] Rina**
We need to donate a lot to the
church to have a cleric remove it.
**[19:35] Rina**
And we're having trouble
saving up the money...
**[19:38] Soldiers**
That's rough.
**[19:41] Soldiers**
Fine! You may pass!
**[19:47] Soldiers**
Okay, next!
**[19:49] Rina**
We did it, Rentt!
**[19:51] Rentt**
It's all... thanks to you.
**[19:54] Rentt**
Thank you.
**[19:56] Rina**
I'm just repaying the debt I owe you!
**[20:03] Rina**
What's the plan now?
**[20:07] Rina**
Huh? Rentt?
**[20:09] Rina**
Rentt? Rentt?
**[20:12] Rina**
Rentt? Where did you go?
**[20:15] Rentt**
*She really is a good kid.*
**[20:18] Rentt**
* Her equipment's cheap, but*
* it's been well-maintained.*
**[20:21] Rentt**
* She has a knack for swinging that*
* sword, and she's pretty smart.*
**[20:24] Rentt**
*Brave, too.*
**[20:25] Rentt**
*She'll make a fine adventurer. I can tell.*
**[20:30] Rentt**
* All the people I know with talent like*
* that left me behind really fast...*
**[20:35] Rentt**
* I'm sorry. When I look a little*
* more human, I'll come apologize.*
**[20:45] Rentt**
* Now, it's hard to manipulate*
* a kind girl like Rina...*
**[20:49] Rentt**
*but I do need a human cooperator.*
**[20:52] Rentt**
* Somebody who's got a bit of a past,*
* and who can be trusted to keep secrets.*
**[21:21] Rentt**
Lorraine...
**[21:24] Rentt**
Lorraine... wake up.
**[21:27] Rentt**
I said wake up!
**[21:30] Lorraine**
Let me sleep just a little more...
**[21:34] Rentt**
I'll drop a book on your head.
**[21:39] Lorraine**
Please don't do that...
**[21:47] Lorraine**
Rentt, you...?!
**[21:51] Lorraine**
Oh, it's just a mask.
Don't scare me like that.
**[22:01] Lorraine**
Rentt... What happened?
***SIGN*** The Undead Infiltrates the Town