WEBVTT 00:04.610 --> 00:07.400 Have the player killers left all the hunting grounds? 00:07.400 --> 00:08.650 Yeah. 00:08.650 --> 00:15.730 You said Figaro would figure something out about the PKs in the south. 00:15.730 --> 00:19.730 I wonder if he did anything to clear out the others, too. 00:19.730 --> 00:21.730 Highly unlikely. 00:21.730 --> 00:23.070 Why's that? 00:23.070 --> 00:25.690 Since he's based in Duel City, 00:25.690 --> 00:29.150 he'd likely open up the southern grounds, on the way there. 00:29.150 --> 00:32.070 But he has no reason to clear out any other area. 00:32.070 --> 00:36.900 He did say it was a bother that the road there was blocked. 00:36.900 --> 00:41.320 So why did all the other PKs vanish off the map? 00:41.320 --> 00:44.860 Either they retreated once the southern group got done in... 00:44.860 --> 00:46.570 Or... 00:46.570 --> 00:51.570 Or someone else just happened to defeat them at the same time. 00:51.570 --> 00:52.900 I see. 00:52.900 --> 00:56.150 And you've hit the nail on the head! 02:31.230 --> 02:35.190 "Chapter 3: Superior" 02:31.230 --> 02:33.480 Um... and you are? 02:33.480 --> 02:35.190 Oh, I beg your pardon! 02:35.190 --> 02:37.610 This is who I am. 02:38.150 --> 02:44.440 "Name: Marie Adler" "Job: Journalist" "Affiliation: DIN" 02:38.570 --> 02:42.780 Marie Adler... and your job is Journalist. 02:42.780 --> 02:44.440 What's "DIN"? 02:44.440 --> 02:48.820 It stands for " Dendrogram Information Network." 02:48.820 --> 02:50.860 In old-school lingo, we're newshounds. 02:50.860 --> 02:54.360 If I'm being fancy, we're a borderless information agency. 02:54.360 --> 02:56.860 Do you know the facts here? 02:56.860 --> 02:59.110 Yeah! Want to hear 'em? 03:00.650 --> 03:04.280 Information isn't free, you know. 03:05.610 --> 03:06.860 I'll pay. 03:06.860 --> 03:10.320 Oh, Ray, I'll cover half. 03:11.480 --> 03:13.480 Much obliged! 03:13.480 --> 03:15.440 Let's start at the end. 03:15.440 --> 03:18.110 The bands of player killers that had occupied the hunting grounds 03:18.110 --> 03:23.190 in all four corners of the kingdom are now paying the penalty for dying. 03:23.190 --> 03:24.230 Bands? 03:24.230 --> 03:25.190 That's right. 03:25.190 --> 03:30.440 K&R in the east, Mad Castle in the south, and Goblin Street in the west: 03:27.570 --> 03:33.900 "Mad Castle" 03:29.280 --> 03:33.900 "Goblin Street" 03:30.440 --> 03:33.900 These three PK clans had staked their claims. 03:33.900 --> 03:36.440 Huh? What about the north, where I was killed? 03:36.440 --> 03:39.150 And who defeated them? 03:39.150 --> 03:43.230 Masters who'd evolved their Embryos to their seventh form. 03:43.230 --> 03:46.780 These four Superiors, affiliated with the Kingdom of Altar, 03:46.780 --> 03:50.150 sprang into action to wipe out the player killer clans. 03:50.150 --> 03:51.570 Superiors... 03:51.570 --> 03:54.280 King of Destruction, the Unknown. 03:54.280 --> 03:56.070 Figaro, the Endless Chain. 03:56.070 --> 03:58.400 Tsukuyo Fuso of the Lunar World. 03:58.400 --> 04:00.650 Lei-Lei, the Prodigal of Feasts. 04:00.650 --> 04:04.690 Each of these four wiped out one clan apiece. 04:08.150 --> 04:08.980 What's this? 04:08.980 --> 04:11.530 A video, of sorts. 04:11.530 --> 04:17.320 What you are about to see are certain portions of this event. 04:17.320 --> 04:21.150 Let's start in the south, shall we? 04:25.690 --> 04:27.940 That's right--run! 04:33.530 --> 04:40.570 Do just one point of damage to me, boy, and I'll let you go. 04:48.690 --> 04:51.610 Our boss is one mean dude! 04:51.610 --> 04:52.820 He sure is! 04:52.820 --> 04:56.150 He's using Damage Decrease and Damage Reduction-- 04:56.150 --> 05:02.690 try as he might, that kid'll never do a lick of damage to the ol' bossman. 05:05.230 --> 05:08.530 Okay, time's up! 05:15.690 --> 05:19.900 Damn , I love being a player killer! 05:19.900 --> 05:23.860 That 10K lir per player is pretty sweet! 05:23.860 --> 05:28.440 But we ain't gettin' many players lately. Mebbe they're scared. 05:28.440 --> 05:31.320 I know the gang out east is twiddlin' their thumbs. 05:31.320 --> 05:36.440 The western gang is still hunting tians, too. Business is booming! 05:36.440 --> 05:39.190 That bunch is so nuts, it's scary. 05:39.190 --> 05:41.150 I'm more interested in the north. 05:41.150 --> 05:44.360 The north? Let's see, um... 05:44.360 --> 05:47.190 There's no gang in the north-- it's just one person. 05:47.190 --> 05:49.440 And their name is-- 05:48.280 --> 05:49.440 Boss! 05:49.440 --> 05:51.900 Fresh meat incoming! 05:51.900 --> 05:53.690 Ah! Send them our way. 05:53.690 --> 05:58.400 Roger that! This one looks real-- 05:58.400 --> 06:02.400 "Joke α has logged out as a penalty for dying" 05:58.690 --> 06:02.400 Joke α has logged out as a penalty for dying. 06:02.400 --> 06:04.780 Huh? True to your name, eh, Jo-- 06:04.780 --> 06:10.730 Loward Beltmars has logged out as a penalty for dying. 06:06.860 --> 06:10.730 Dread Murdaw has logged out as a penalty for dying. 06:11.440 --> 06:11.730 "Killing Intent Perception" 06:11.690 --> 06:13.230 Astro Guard! 06:16.070 --> 06:18.030 Tch. Instant defeat. 06:18.030 --> 06:23.820 Still, what can damage a foe who's quintupled his defense with Astro Guard? 06:23.820 --> 06:26.400 This chain attack... 06:29.400 --> 06:32.530 So many roadblocks today. 06:32.530 --> 06:36.110 The Over Gladiator--Figaro! 06:36.110 --> 06:40.900 Are you an Armor Giant? You've got great defense. 06:40.900 --> 06:43.360 You don't see that kind of toughness very often. 06:43.360 --> 06:46.730 Is your Embryo built for defense, too? 06:48.230 --> 06:52.070 Looks like I've taken care of all the other player killers. 06:53.400 --> 06:57.230 Oh, and... you're their boss? 06:57.230 --> 06:59.070 What if I am? 06:59.070 --> 07:03.150 I just want to get traffic moving here again, 07:03.150 --> 07:06.150 so if you retreat, I'll let you live. 07:08.820 --> 07:11.650 Equipping multiples of special Unique Boss Monster weapons 07:11.650 --> 07:14.570 like it's no big deal... 07:14.570 --> 07:19.030 Can't steal them--it'd be a tough fight, and for what? 07:19.030 --> 07:23.400 Understood. Mad Castle will withdraw completely. 07:23.400 --> 07:26.230 Oh, really? Great. 07:27.190 --> 07:30.110 I do have this Contract. Should we use it? 07:30.110 --> 07:33.150 Yes, let's. Since you have one and all. 07:36.150 --> 07:39.650 "Barbaroy." 07:39.650 --> 07:41.820 There, done. Take a look. 07:45.360 --> 07:49.070 Once someone like you shows up, I mean, it's time. 07:49.070 --> 07:50.360 Four meters. 07:50.360 --> 07:53.030 Our members are all wiped out. 07:53.030 --> 07:54.320 Three meters. 07:54.320 --> 07:57.480 Really, all we can do at this point is retreat. 07:58.440 --> 08:01.610 After killing you , that is! 08:01.610 --> 08:05.610 Heaven's Weight! 08:02.570 --> 08:03.570 "Heaven's Weight" 08:10.690 --> 08:13.110 Figures you wouldn't be crushed to death! 08:13.110 --> 08:16.980 But now it's time for my Embryo's ultimate skill! 08:16.980 --> 08:19.360 Astro Guard! 08:21.190 --> 08:24.190 Atlas! 08:22.730 --> 08:24.190 "Emancipated Giant -- Atlas" 08:26.690 --> 08:29.320 This converts defensive power to offensive power-- 08:29.320 --> 08:32.900 and boosts offense tenfold for just ten seconds! 08:32.900 --> 08:37.190 Even if you are a Superior, a direct blow means instant death! 08:38.530 --> 08:43.860 Shatter and die! 08:43.860 --> 08:45.480 Hah! 08:50.480 --> 08:54.980 Th-This is ridiculous! That was 500 times standard gravity! 09:11.780 --> 09:13.980 C-Can't... breathe... 09:13.980 --> 09:19.030 Could all this nonsense be thanks to his Superior Embryo? 09:22.280 --> 09:26.230 It's a game ! With no pain perception! And yet... 09:26.230 --> 09:29.820 I can feel myself falling! 09:42.940 --> 09:45.650 That was an incredibly brutal fight. 09:45.650 --> 09:51.360 Thus Mad Castle came to a bitter end. 09:51.360 --> 09:54.780 Now for the east. 10:05.480 --> 10:07.360 Wh-What the...? 10:07.360 --> 10:09.480 The Lunar Society... 10:55.480 --> 11:01.530 She heads the Lunar Society clan-- which is a religious sect in Japan. 11:01.530 --> 11:05.570 Founder of the Lunar Society: Tsukuyo Fuso. 11:12.110 --> 11:14.780 Why bring it into the game? 11:14.780 --> 11:18.650 As the first tenet of her religion says: "Depart your shackled physical body 11:18.650 --> 11:21.980 for a new world of the soul." 11:21.980 --> 11:26.940 I imagine she thought Dendro was that "new world of the soul." 11:26.940 --> 11:32.110 Wouldn't she have fulfilled that belief as soon as she arrived? 11:32.110 --> 11:34.190 Then you have their second tenet: 11:34.190 --> 11:39.360 "Revel in a world of freedom to your very soul's content." 11:39.360 --> 11:41.280 Something like that. 11:42.780 --> 11:46.440 Incidentally, she only joined the anti-PK effort 11:46.440 --> 11:49.780 because they picked off one of her newbie believers. 11:49.780 --> 11:55.940 And that gets the whole clan after you? Terrifying! 11:59.190 --> 12:02.610 Next up: The west. 12:28.610 --> 12:31.110 Jeez, talk about terrifying! 12:31.110 --> 12:33.820 That's Lei-Lei, Prodigal of Feasts. 12:33.820 --> 12:38.280 Has a nasty habit of poisoning newbies with an alcohol lookalike. 12:38.280 --> 12:42.320 We don't know why she joined the PK rout. 12:42.320 --> 12:44.650 Now, the last one is up north. 12:44.650 --> 12:46.150 The north... 12:48.820 --> 12:52.730 Um, who exactly was the player killer in the north? 12:54.280 --> 12:58.730 The identity of the PK in Noz Forest is unknown. 12:58.730 --> 13:00.650 They're a Superior Killer. 13:00.650 --> 13:02.860 A Superior Killer... 13:04.150 --> 13:06.730 Here, let me play the video. 13:18.900 --> 13:20.690 Er, isn't this--? 13:20.690 --> 13:23.190 Just watch, okay? 13:24.730 --> 13:27.650 Here! Watch this part right here! 13:30.730 --> 13:32.440 That shadow... 13:32.440 --> 13:35.480 The mysterious King of Destruction. 13:35.480 --> 13:41.190 We have it on good authority that his Embryo is a battleship. 13:42.230 --> 13:44.860 That's a thing, huh? 13:44.860 --> 13:47.030 Well, it's all rumors, anyway. 13:47.030 --> 13:52.190 I doubt even that unidentified Superior Killer stood a chance against that spectacle. 13:52.190 --> 13:56.230 As it turns out, despite those flames blasting Noz Forest to cinders, 13:56.230 --> 14:00.030 the Superior Killer made it out in one piece. 14:00.030 --> 14:01.780 Huh... 14:02.860 --> 14:05.530 That's good news, indeed. 14:08.190 --> 14:10.530 They're still alive. 14:14.530 --> 14:19.900 So this is the power of the King of Destruction--and his Superior Embryo. 14:19.900 --> 14:22.820 I understand the Knights put out the fire. 14:25.650 --> 14:30.650 You're a Paladin now, Ray-- the least you could do is pitch in. 14:35.150 --> 14:39.320 This Superior Killer managed to escape a forest-leveling attack. 14:39.320 --> 14:41.900 We should be grateful they did. 14:41.900 --> 14:44.360 After all, we did swear we'd defeat them ourselves. 14:44.360 --> 14:47.320 We sure did. 14:47.320 --> 14:48.610 What's that? 14:48.610 --> 14:51.650 Hey, Nemesis, what's up? 14:51.650 --> 14:53.940 Wha--? Nemesis! 15:11.190 --> 15:13.110 What took you so long? 15:16.440 --> 15:17.940 Cheshire? 15:24.030 --> 15:27.110 What are you doing here, Cheshire? 15:27.110 --> 15:29.820 Environmental maintenance prep, you might say. 15:29.820 --> 15:32.940 Though it's not strictly my job. 15:32.940 --> 15:39.070 I'm surprised to see the two of you here. Players can't normally get in. 15:39.070 --> 15:40.190 Really? 15:40.190 --> 15:41.530 Yes, really. 15:41.530 --> 15:44.900 Although it looks like you've got a Maiden Embryo there. 15:44.900 --> 15:47.320 I suppose this kind of thing can happen. 15:47.320 --> 15:49.780 What's different about a Maiden? 15:49.780 --> 15:52.400 They're closer to us in some ways. 15:52.400 --> 15:55.070 They retain ***** functionality, for example. 15:55.070 --> 15:58.110 Huh? What was that again? 15:58.110 --> 16:01.980 Sorry! That data couldn't be put into words. 16:01.980 --> 16:05.980 It's no big deal. Just forget about it. 16:05.980 --> 16:08.280 Some duty of confidentiality? 16:13.030 --> 16:16.030 So you're going to fix up this area, then? 16:16.030 --> 16:18.150 Well, we won't recreate it directly. 16:18.150 --> 16:23.030 But we'll make it easier to build a similar environment. 16:23.030 --> 16:24.730 I see. 16:24.730 --> 16:31.440 We won't engage directly with the marks that autonomous acts leave on this world. 16:31.440 --> 16:35.150 Although the control AI for punishments is an exception. 16:35.150 --> 16:36.530 Punishments? 16:36.530 --> 16:39.440 If player killers aren't punished, who is? 16:39.440 --> 16:43.820 Hmm. Someone on a country's most-wanted list, say? 16:43.820 --> 16:49.940 A player in state custody can always log out or die and come back a free person. 16:49.940 --> 16:52.980 We do have player gaol, you know. 16:52.980 --> 16:54.400 Makes sense. 16:54.400 --> 16:58.650 If the penalty for dying were the only punishment, you'd get repeat offenders. 16:58.650 --> 17:03.780 Even someone on the most-wanted list has to be defeated before they can be jailed. 17:03.780 --> 17:07.530 Which means the toughest criminals would remain at large. 17:12.820 --> 17:15.570 It's been a while since I've met with anyone in this form-- 17:15.570 --> 17:17.860 apart from registration, that is. 17:17.860 --> 17:20.570 Wish I could give you something to mark the occasion, 17:20.570 --> 17:23.570 but that's a no-no for us admin types. 17:23.570 --> 17:27.150 That's all right. We did have tea and snacks. 17:27.150 --> 17:28.030 Thanks! 17:28.030 --> 17:30.110 Yeah--it was delectable! 17:30.110 --> 17:32.570 You've got something on your face. 17:33.650 --> 17:38.110 Oh, right: You're headed for Gideon, was it, Ray? 17:38.110 --> 17:41.730 Yes. I need to thank someone out that way. 17:41.730 --> 17:43.400 Well, be careful. 17:43.400 --> 17:46.690 Oh? Any particular reason? 17:46.690 --> 17:50.400 Let me just say this as tactfully as possible: 17:50.400 --> 17:53.280 The ogre's heart is in its stomach. 17:53.280 --> 17:54.320 Huh? 17:54.320 --> 17:57.070 Something to keep in mind. 17:57.070 --> 18:00.650 I hope we'll run into each other again sometime! 18:13.900 --> 18:16.610 This is seriously a ton of requests. 18:16.610 --> 18:17.980 It really is. 18:17.980 --> 18:22.980 With the roads open again, there's been a surge in merchant security requests. 18:22.980 --> 18:27.650 Hey, I've been meaning to ask-- what job did you take, Rook? 18:27.650 --> 18:28.690 Pimp! 18:28.690 --> 18:31.190 Pimp? That's a job here? 18:31.190 --> 18:32.900 What skills does that have? 18:32.900 --> 18:35.900 I've got these so far. 18:35.900 --> 18:42.480 "Job: Pimp" Skills: Male Temptation Female Monster Enhancing" 18:36.280 --> 18:38.860 I'm sensing a theme here. 18:38.860 --> 18:42.480 Maybe Pimp is some kind of monster-taming job. 18:42.480 --> 18:45.360 Something like that... 18:45.360 --> 18:49.900 Now, I can't have you show me yours without showing mine. 18:49.900 --> 18:53.860 Paladin's Aegis and Instant Wield? How cool is that?! 18:53.860 --> 18:59.780 Say, can Nemesis use Counter Absorption and Vengeance Is Mine on her own? 18:59.780 --> 19:02.190 Not Vengeance Is Mine. 19:02.190 --> 19:05.820 For that, I become a weapon and am equipped. 19:05.820 --> 19:07.980 Oh, is that right? 19:07.980 --> 19:10.070 But hey, Master, check this out! 19:10.070 --> 19:13.610 The big-money boss monsters Lobohta, King of the Pack, 19:13.610 --> 19:18.070 and Great Miasmic Ogre Gardranda can show up on the road to Gideon! 19:18.070 --> 19:19.400 I hope we see them! 19:19.400 --> 19:22.900 I'm not big on such blatant danger... 19:22.900 --> 19:24.320 Say, Rook! 19:24.320 --> 19:29.360 Wouldn't the Special Pudding à la Mode be yummy with Death Sauce? 19:29.360 --> 19:30.900 You want some, too? 19:30.900 --> 19:34.440 I'm not big on such blatant danger... 19:37.190 --> 19:38.320 Huh? 19:42.530 --> 19:44.820 Stands to reason. 19:44.820 --> 19:50.360 When three of the five of us are stunners, we'll draw attention. 19:50.360 --> 19:51.400 Wait... 19:51.400 --> 19:52.650 Five ?! 19:53.940 --> 19:57.150 Where'd you come from? And what are you doing here? 19:57.150 --> 19:59.940 I just happened to have some business in Gideon. 19:59.940 --> 20:02.480 I figured I'd pick up a request along the way 20:02.480 --> 20:06.030 when I heard you two discussing your own trip to Gideon. 20:06.030 --> 20:08.940 And well, I just had to tag along. 20:08.940 --> 20:12.440 I don't particularly mind. What about you, Rook? 20:12.440 --> 20:15.900 That's fine by me. I'd feel better, actually. 20:15.900 --> 20:20.150 True. It'll be the first time we've traveled to another city. 20:20.150 --> 20:24.980 I'm used to long-distance travel. Leave it to me! 20:24.980 --> 20:27.480 Okay, how about this one? 20:27.480 --> 20:29.650 A level 2 quest. 20:30.860 --> 20:36.530 Deliver goods from the local Guild to the one in Gideon. For 30 thousand lir! 20:36.530 --> 20:38.110 I like the sound of that. 20:38.110 --> 20:39.610 Okay by you, Marie? 20:39.610 --> 20:41.650 Just dandy! 20:41.650 --> 20:42.940 Then it's settled. 20:42.940 --> 20:47.280 Is it? But Babi hasn't had her pudding yet! 20:47.280 --> 20:50.070 Okay, I'll go sign us up. 20:55.780 --> 20:59.780 Let's split up for today. We'll head out tomorrow morning. 20:59.780 --> 21:01.780 You don't have any plans, do you? 21:01.780 --> 21:04.860 No--nothing in particular. 21:04.860 --> 21:08.650 I'm fine, too, seeing as I'm jobless at the moment. 21:10.570 --> 21:14.440 Then we start our quest tomorrow! 21:23.070 --> 21:23.940 Goblins? 21:23.940 --> 21:26.190 A-And so many of them! 21:26.190 --> 21:29.650 There's no way we can handle this crowd, sir! 21:29.650 --> 21:31.820 Just take the cart and go! 21:39.230 --> 21:41.320 Are they trying to intimidate us? 21:43.070 --> 21:44.900 Looks like we'll ma-- 21:50.650 --> 21:52.110 Wh-What?! 21:52.110 --> 21:54.570 It can't be... 21:54.570 --> 21:55.980 Gardran-- 23:36.940 --> 23:41.400 "Like a Flag Flying the Reversal" 23:38.480 --> 23:40.650 "Like a Flag Flying the Reversal."