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A deep, dark Abyss manifests when
the mana in the air reaches critical mass.
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It opens a gate to the demonic realm of Void,
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and the deeper it goes,
the stronger the beasts that emerge.
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On that fated night,
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my hometown manifested an Abyss
with a depth rating of 12...
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Severe enough for beast lords to appear.
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Never thought I'd have
to wield you again, buddy.
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Grandpa...
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Noel.
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We're leaving the house at once.
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Listen up, Noel. You stay right here.
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You'll be safe in this underground shelter.
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But what about you?
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I must go buy us time until help
arrives from the capital.
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You're lying!
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There's no telling when
or if help will arrive.
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You're going to fight alone, aren't you?!
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You can't! You'll end up—
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Don't look down on me.
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Who do you think I am?
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You're looking at the feared Overdeath,
the indomitable devil.
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Don't you worry.
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Grandpa will keep you safe,
if it's the last thing I do.
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Grandpa?
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Grandpa!
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Noel, my boy...
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A man never lets anyone look down on him.
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No matter when, no matter where!
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Grandpa...
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Grandpa.
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Grandpa?
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Grandpa!
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Father Time comes for us all, eh?
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So much for being Overdeath...
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This is a Seeker's final destination.
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When you make battle your purpose,
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you walk hand-in-hand with death himself.
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Noel, do you still desire to be a Seeker?
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Would you tread the same path as this old man?
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Yeah.
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I'm going to become a Seeker.
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Then you must be a Seeker
who never accepts defeat.
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Can you promise me that?
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I promise.
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I will become the ultimate Seeker.
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Attaboy...
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That's my grandson.
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Noel...
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I'll... always... love you...
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My grandfather's name was Brandon Stollen.
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In his heyday, he felled Cocytus the Silver,
a beast from an abyssal depth of 13,
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and came to be known as the indomitable devil
Overdeath, the strongest Seeker ever.
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It's now been two years...
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and I've become a Seeker,
just as I promised him.
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Lloyd, Walter! Intercept the enemy!
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Tanya, provide rear support!
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Gotcha!
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Eat it!
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"Talker" is considered the weakest
support class of all.
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And that's what I am.
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Lesser vampires...
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As an inferior subspecies,
they're incapable of using magic skills.
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But the queen at the heart of them
can reproduce by herself
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and issue forth countless kin at will.
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So these things are all the main body's babies?
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Yeah, but don't take them lightly.
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They may only be kin, but they're capable
of tearing an ox apart barehanded.
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And unless you lop off their heads,
they recover as many times as they like.
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Isn't that right, Noel?
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Yeah.
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Say, Noel.
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If there's a queen out there,
why waste time on the kin?
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Why not go straight for the queen?
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If she dies, her kin stop moving, right?
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So pick the most efficient—
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Bad idea.
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Normally, this quest would be
too much for C-rankers like us.
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But if we clear out all the kin
before we take the queen,
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our odds of success shoot up.
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Quit obsessing over speed and efficiency.
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You'll die.
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Aye, aye, sir.
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You've got the final say
on all battle strategy as our buffer.
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Wouldn't wanna buck
Blue Beyond's iron-clad rule.
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Enough, Walter.
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The only reason we can even attempt
this B-rank quest as C-rankers
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is thanks to Noel's skill
and silver tongue, after all.
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We owe it all to our Talker here.
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"Talker" is a specialized support class.
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By invoking words with buff effects,
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we jack up the combat strength of our parties.
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But our own combat abilities
rank among the worst.
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We're dependent on our parties to survive,
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which is why we're ridiculed
as the weakest class.
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Walter, just so you know...
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Everyone take cover!
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What's that awful smell?
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It's gas. Poisonous, at that.
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Noel's in trouble!
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We need to rescue him, and fast.
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Tanya, provide backup.
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Got it.
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Tanya!
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Damn, I can't fight like usual.
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We're helpless without Noel...
without our Talker's buffs.
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Give us orders, Noel!
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Say something, damn it!
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You call yourself a Talker?!
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Don't look down on me.
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Don't you dare look down on me.
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Noel!
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Go ahead and take a good look...
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at how a Talker fights.
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Talker skill!
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Begin strategy:
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TACTICIAN
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Tactician!
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By giving the party orders,
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I enhance all their abilities by 25 percent.
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Area attack incoming!
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You two up front, dodge!
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Increase morale: Battle Voice!
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BATTLE VOICE
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This increases my party members'
stamina and mana by 25 percent.
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Tanya, deploy shields on those two!
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Got it!
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Lloyd, Walter, resume attacking!
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Roger!
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You got it!
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Noel!
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There were more of them in hiding?
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No way... We're done for
if reinforcements reach the queen!
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Mental clarity: Peer Support!
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PEER SUPPORT
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This stabilizes the target's mental state
and restores their will to fight.
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Seventy-four seconds.
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I'll take the small fry.
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You three focus on the queen!
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Tanya, keep deploying their shields!
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Lloyd and Walter, focus on
checking and dodging the foe
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while you ready your biggest attack skills!
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Halt!
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STUN HOWL
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Wolf's bellow: Stun Howl!
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My magic gun, Silver Flame...
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As a Talker, it's my only
trusty anti-beast weapon.
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Ice Bullet!
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I missed one?
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I only have one round left.
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So far, 31 of the 74 seconds
have elapsed, leaving us 43.
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Its talons will pierce me in 28.
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Right on schedule!
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Limit break: Assault Command!
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ASSAULT COMMAND
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Now! Lloyd, Walter!
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Activate your attack skills on the queen!
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Aura Blade!
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Deadly Drive!
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All right!
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We did it, Noe—
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When the queen dies,
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her kin stop moving too.
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Seventy-four seconds exactly.
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Death of the enemy boss confirmed.
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Battle complete.
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Good work, everyone.
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Blue Beyond's mission is accomplished.
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We knew the kin would stop moving
once the queen died, but still...
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That was too reckless.
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You idiot.
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Stop crying, Noel!
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But I got assigned the weakest class.
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I wanted to be a Warrior like you, Grandpa.
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Noel, you're the spitting image
of your late mother.
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But I can tell...
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Unlike her and just like me,
you have an innate talent to be a Seeker.
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So what if you're a Talker?
I'll train you into the greatest Seeker.
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Trust me.
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I trust you.
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I'll be just like you... No.
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I'll become the ultimate seeker,
surpassing the notorious Overdeath.
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Even as a Talker, the weakest of them all.
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Why the Weakest
Aims to be the Strongest
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Etrai, the imperial capital
of the Velnant Empire.
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It's thriving in prosperity, and it has
magi-engineering to thank for it all.
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Velnant's lands are more
susceptible to the Abyss than others.
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Thus the empire spearheaded
magi-engineering,
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the research and use
of materials harvested from beasts.
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It's now grown into the
empire's biggest industry.
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And Seekers, those who hunt beasts
and purify lands tainted by the Abyss,
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have naturally become the people's champions.
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Cheers!
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Once I turned fifteen
and became certified as a Seeker,
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I decided to move to Etrai
and start looking for allies.
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After all, Talkers can't fight without a party.
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That was a good day's work!
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We made a cool five million!
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Walter the Warrior.
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Look how far we've come.
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Tanya the Healer.
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Given how well we're doing in just
our first year, we can aim much higher.
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And Lloyd, our Swordsman and leader.
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To be honest, having a Scout would
make things even better, but oh well.
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For now, I'll focus on building
experience with these guys.
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That's step one to fulfilling my ambitions.
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Hey, what's wrong?
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I thought we came here to celebrate.
You not in the mood?
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It's not that.
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Come on, then what is it? If you've got
a problem, you can talk to me.
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Drop it.
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You still mad about our payout?
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You were so sure we could've
haggled another 500 grand.
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You care too much about the money.
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Seekers gotta be bigger than that.
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I bet your darling gramps
would say the same thing.
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Listen up.
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Seekers need to be particular about money.
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Always go into the field with
the best gear and items you can buy.
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Without money, you're powerless.
You can kiss your dreams goodbye.
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Pay no mind to the squawking
of the people around you.
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Notoriety is but a badge
of honor for us Seekers!
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Look at me! They call me a devil!
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Just remember: don't let anyone
look down on you.
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I'm not mad. That's a done deal already.
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Yeah, you're the one
who keeps bringing it up, Walter.
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It's pathetic.
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He's the pathetic one, not me!
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Noel, your greed's gonna affect
Blue Beyond's reputation!
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You better be sorry!
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Yes, yes, I'm terribly sorry.
My apologies for being wrong all the time.
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But you, Sir Walter? You're always
in the right! A brilliant example to us all!
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What's with the attitude?!
I'm two years older than you!
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What does age have to do with it?
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Don't make me laugh.
Skill is all that matters to a Seeker.
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You think you can use your seniority
to strong-arm everyone?
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Stop being such a big baby, widdle Walter.
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Screw you! All you do is hide
behind us and give orders!
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You get to chill in safety while we
put our lives on the line out there!
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So watch your damn mouth!
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Oh, so that's how you really feel, huh?
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I guess that makes sense.
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You're a veritable god of war out there,
unlike me and my useless ass!
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Really, a true Seeker among us!
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You're dead.
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Bring it. You're on.
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Knock it off.
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We're in public,
and you're making us look like fools.
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I swear, you two are such idiots.
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Don't say that. They're our teammates.
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Let's call it a day and split the reward.
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Is this all?
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Party funds, equipment repair costs,
and the contracting clan's commission...
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After subtracting all that,
we're left with 250,000 fil a person.
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But that was such a big job...
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Our party's assets
are growing steadily, though.
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If we get another big job,
we can bring home another good haul.
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Tch.
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Lloyd, high-paying jobs
like the last one are rare.
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Unlike clans, who can get gigs
from the government,
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we're just subcontractors.
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Yeah, I get that.
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Normally, clans keep big jobs
like Abyss purification for themselves.
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And if they do subcontract them out,
they charge a huge commission.
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By the way, where do our
party funds stand right now?
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Huh?
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Well, after today,
we're up to 12.8 million fil.
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Then let's use that money
to start our own clan.
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Noel...
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You know the government charges
20 million fil to start a clan.
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Yeah, I do.
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So I'll cover the remaining 7.2 million fil.
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We'll still come out ahead having our own clan
rather than taking other people's scraps.
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But we'd also need a building in Etrai
to serve as our clan base.
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Think of the rent!
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I know a place we can rent on the cheap.
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But we're still just rookies!
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We're only C-rank, and we're not
ready to manage a whole clan.
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Then when will we be ready?
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How many years will it take for us
to build the confidence to manage a clan?
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How are we supposed to learn the ins and
outs of management without starting one?
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Well...
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As a Seeker, I've been
studying clan structures for ages.
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I have all the knowledge we need.
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All that's left is experience, which we can
only gain by actually doing this for real.
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We'll never get it
if we don't take the plunge.
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But we're young and inexperienced.
If we can't win the government's trust,
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the big jobs will still
go to established clans.
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You've got it wrong, Lloyd.
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We're young and good-looking.
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That counts for a lot.
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The empire is promoting Seekers.
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It wants masses of citizens
to aspire to be like us.
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Famous Seekers become celebrities,
heroes to the people.
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Youth, looks, and charisma...
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Most successful clans have
members blessed in those areas.
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And if we sign endorsement deals with
companies, we'll also get sponsorship money.
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You're saying the bigwigs will favor us
for jobs because you guys are young and hot?
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Yeah. And no need to count
yourself out, Walter.
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You've got your own appeal,
even if it's not for everyone.
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Huh?
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But I don't like the idea
of selling myself like that...
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I'm on board.
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No point twiddling our thumbs.
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Let's start our own clan already.
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Walter!
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I'm serious, Tanya.
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I want fame, power, and money.
Is that so wrong?
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I'll even get to bag all the babes I want!
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Do you have a better offer?
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Will you be mine if I side with you?
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Walter!
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That makes two against one.
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Lloyd, you're our leader.
Tell us what you think.
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You really want to start a clan
right away, no matter what?
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It's one thing I won't back down on.
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If you say no, then I want
my share of our assets returned.
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I'll leave the party.
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I told you this when we joined up.
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I have a dream...
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to become an even greater Seeker
than the great Overdeath.
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A dream, huh?
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Got it. Let's start a clan.
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Lloyd, are you serious?!
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We had to make the call sooner or later.
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Noel, this is my decision as leader.
Are you satisfied?
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Yeah. No complaints here.
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Let's talk more tomorrow...
No, how about the afternoon the day after?
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Let's rest and sober up.
Then we'll hash out the details at my place.
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Gotcha. See ya the day after tomorrow.
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I'm glad you came around, Lloyd, Tanya.
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See you.
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Noel...
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Hmm?
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Good night.
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Night.
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Big trouble, Noel!
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S-Stay calm and hear me out!
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L-Lloyd and T-Tanya...
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They screwed us!
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This Talker Is Ruthless