01x04 - The Forest and the Elves

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One hundred years have passed

since the Battle of Galluah Plains,

where King Kyle defeated

the Dark Lord Angmund.

The Demons rise again,

threatening the world,

spreading fear and unrest to all.

Kasel is told that he is the son of King Kyle.

He seeks to find and acquire the Holy Sword Aea,

to protect those dear to him.

He departs on a journey to find

the keys to unseal the Holy Sword.

In order to acquire the Holy Sword,

you must first break its seal.

First, go meet Lorraine,

the Grand Sage of the Forest of Elidora.

Let's go.

The Forest and

the Elves

That's the Forest of Elidora.

Ugh, a forest.

And here I thought I'd get to go

to lots of interesting places!

Well, um, the Forest of Elidora isn't

some place you can enter usually, so

It's still a forest.

Anyway

Kasel is the son of King Kyle?

I don't buy that at all!

How about you?

Do you, like, have a gut feeling or something?

Huh?

No, I

The legendary King Kyle, my father?

No

I know right? I mean, it's King Kyle,

legendary hero, slayer of the Dark Lord.

Meanwhile, you, heroic? Not one bit.

Hey, you

I believe.

I believe we are being guided

by Lua, our goddess.

Frey

Hey, what's this?

Here they come.

Demons!

Roi!

We have to go, too!

It's fine.

Incredible.

Dammit.

More?

Um!

Thank you for saving us. I'm Kasel.

I'm Cleo.

My name is Frey.

A great sorceress from the Tower of the Sage!

I didn't think it was possible to see Demons

so close to the Forest of Elidora

They have recently started

to appear quite frequently.

I see.

I was waiting for you.

I will guide you to Master Lorraine.

What?!

Hey, is this

Um

Let's follow along, for now.

I guess.

This is

the Forest of Elidora

Is that

A treant!

I've never seen them so close up!

Um Who are you?

And where is Lorraine,

the Great Sage of the Forest?

It's "Master" Lorraine.

Oh, I'm sorry!

But anyway, who are you?

You didn't even introduce yourself,

and you're all like, "Follow me."

Kind of rude, don't you think?

I am Selene.

Master Lorraine instructed me

to bring to her the human, Kasel.

And us?

What about us?

I am only following

Master Lorraine's wishes.

Um

We must hurry.

What's wrong, Roi?

I keep getting the feeling that

I'm being looked at.

Yeah, or more like stared or gawked at.

--Humans

--Why did the Princess?

--A blight on the forest.

--Go away.

--This is no place for you.

Did the Princess bring them?

Stay away.

Princess?

Leave.

I heard that, too! Are you the princess?

Yes.

Ah, so you're a princess!

Lowly humans

--How vile.

--Useless.

--Such a travesty.

--Who'd have thought we'd have to see one?

--Leave as soon as possible.

Hey, if you've got something to say,

come out and say it to my face!

Leave this place.

We're not exactly on

a sightseeing tour either, you know!

It doesn't seem like we're welcome here.

Isn't it obvious?

This forest is sacred to us elves.

Why must we welcome you humans?

That's not nice.

We're the outsiders here.

We have no quarrel with the elves.

Let's get to Master Lorraine quickly.

Huh?

Where's Miss Selene?

She was just here a moment ago

We have to catch up to her quickly.

It's a dead end!

What?!

By the way

Do you know the other name

for the Forest of Elidora?

No.

Forest of the Lost.

The elves and treants play tricks

on travelers to make them lose their way.

You're telling us this now?!

Kasel? Everyone?

Are you okay, Princess?

Humans no longer coming.

You're safe now.

Princess.

Forest is safe.

No fear of contamination.

Princess. We're glad.

You

Open the way.

Princess.

Are you defying my order?

Princess.

I know you don't want to trust the humans.

Neither do I

But Master Lorraine wishes it.

We're sorry to bother you.

Please, could you let us through?

Fine, then I'll burn this whole place down!

Definitely not.

I'm obviously kidding.

Oh, so cute!

Is it a baby treant?

Is it guiding us?

Weren't you listening?

Elves and treants make travelers get lost.

But we can't just stand around.

Let's see where he'll take us.

Necha!

You startled me. What is it?

You?!

The little one brought us here.

Necha did that?

Necha is his name? But since it's cuter,

can I just call him Chibi?

Weren't you playing in your usual place?

You guided them, thank you. But

You can't stay around them.

Humans are dangerous.

Chibi! Chibi!

Chibi sure has a cute face.

If you do anything bad to Necha,

you will be punished.

I won't, sheesh.

It's getting darker.

Yeah, I'm starting to get hungry.

I'm sorry, I don't have any more smoked spiders.

I should have saved some for you.

Um, no thanks, sir.

Let's rest here for tonight

and prepare for tomorrow.

I couldn't figure out which ones were edible,

so I just grabbed them all.

This one is edible.

That one's totally poisonous!

It is not.

The color, the patterns,

it's obviously completely deadly.

You don't have to trust me

if you don't want to.

Thank you for the food!

--What?!

--Seriously?!

--Kasel!

Don't you at least want to cook it first?

He picked the nastiest looking one first

Yes! Delicious!

Delicious? Seriously?

It's okay.

Good, you're getting it!

Yes! Stronger!

They're getting along quite well.

So Kasel has a student now.

Maybe the student has more potential.

Kasel, he's beating you.

Impressive, Chibi. Let me rest a little.

All right, my turn next!

You can't handle this.

I don't know unless I try!

Do you even know how to use a sword?

He has grown fond of you.

Huh?

Perhaps Necha sees something

completely different in you

Something only he sees, that we cannot see

Who are you?

Nobody. I'm a nobody.

I want to protect the people dear to me,

but I have no strength at all.

That's why I have to meet

Master Lorraine, to gain that power.

The son of King Kyle

Can he inherit the Holy Sword?

I'm going to take a look around.

No more swords!

I think the staff suits you better.

Yeah, sorcerers use staves.

Kasel is like, totally a sword guy.

What are you talking about?

You know, like

Maybe he was born to wield the Holy Sword.

It's hard to explain, but

The only time a Holy Sword appeared

in history was the one time with King Kyle.

At least there are no other

documented instances.

Of course.

Dominix also said, Lua the goddess

gave the Holy Sword to King Kyle.

Yes. King Kyle was chosen by Lua.

If Kasel really is the heir,

then he was destined to do so

from the day he was born.

Don't you think that's a big difference?

I guess I don't know.

There's not much difference.

Really? I think there is.

Sorcerers can be so roundabout.

At the end of the day, you're going

to use the Holy Sword to fight, that's all.

Yeah, I guess so

Come on, you're oversimplifying.

Hesitation is dangerous during a fight.

You can't fight while

second guessing everything.

That's why you have to think simple.

Thinking about what you're doing

is important, I think.

King Kyle, the Holy Sword

There are so many things I don't understand.

But I want to protect everyone.

And that's why I want power.

I guess that's about right.

But power, huh?

I wonder what power the Holy Sword has.

What I was taught in church was that it has

the power to defeat even the Dark Lord.

That's basically saying

you don't know anything.

I guess.

A sword that can supposedly combat

the Dark Lord, an exceptionally strong Demon.

But what if the user was just

an ordinary human? How will he fight then?

I mean, if he died,

wouldn't that be the end of it all?

True.

He's so ordinary!

True.

He might not seem that way, but he does

look a bit more impressive than before.

Nice backup!

Whatever the case,

our goal is to get to the Holy Sword.

No matter how ordinary Kasel is.

Also, there's no guarantee that

the Dark Lord is coming back.

Doesn't someone need

to bring back the Dark Lord?

If the sorcerer Malduk is alive, yeah.

It makes sense to act assuming the worst.

That the Dark Lord is coming back.

Angmund, the Dark Lord

He, too, has only appeared in history once.

Really?

Yes. Just once, in King Kyle's era.

And only King Kyle and his companions

were able to confirm it when they fought.

Do you know what that means?

What do you mean?

It means they made it in time.

The heroes King Kyle and

his companions, 100 years ago,

defeated the Dark Lord

before he came into our world.

Oh

Whatever happened 100 years ago, what we

need to do now is to help Kasel get that sword.

Right.

Let's grab it quick before

the Dark Lord comes back.

Yeah.

Yes.

Humans are evil creatures.

But

Kasel There's something about him.

What?!

Is everyone all right?!

Yes. What was that?

Watch out!

Treants are supposed to be peaceful, why?

This way!

This

Ew, gross

Disgusting Demon, leave this forest!

No! Stop!

Chibi!

Let him go!

Watch out!

Are you okay?

I am but

That thing If I could use

my fire magic, I can easily

But it'll also hurt Chibi

Kasel!

Miss Selene!

Escape now! This does not concern you!

I can't leave Chibi behind!

He's right!

I'll get Chibi!

I can't get any closer like this!

Frey!

Kasel!

Kasel!

Huh?

You

You! You!

You!

Kasel

This! This thing!

Kasel Please stop

Kasel Please stop

Kasel!

Please stop!

Please stop You've done enough for Necha

Master Lorraine

Kasel loses his calm because

of his rage against the Demons.

The Great Sage, Master Lorraine,

poses a question to Selene.

Is Kasel truly worthy

of inheriting the Holy Sword?

The Power of

the Holy Sword