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ORIGINAL WORK BY RYOKO KUI

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[narrator] It all began in a tiny village.

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One day, the ground shook
and the floor of the catacombs split,

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from the fissure, emerged a man.

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He claimed to rule the Golden Country,
which vanished 1,000 years ago.

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"The land had prospered," he said,

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until a mad mage cast a spell
that sunk it deep underground,

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trapping his subjects there.

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"I shall bestow my kingdom
to whomever defeats the mage," he cried.

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Then, the man turns to dust and blew away.

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[gloomy music]

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DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON

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[intense music]

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[roars]

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[Laios] Stand fast.

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This dragon should be no problem for us.

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Get 'em!

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[Laios] With our skills…

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-[shouts]
-…we can't lose.

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[grunting]

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-[roars]
-Although…

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I'm really hungry.

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[groaning]

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Heck, everyone seems a bit sluggish.

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There was a mistake on our map.
So we wasted a day getting here.

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Then we lost three days of food
in a trap we fell into.

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-[thuds]
-[all yelp]

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[sighs]
After we slay this dragon,

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we'll have to go back for more supplies.

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-[Falin] Brother!
-[gasps, grunts]

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[Laios] What's with her?

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Did she get hit with a confusion spell?

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-[thuds]
-[shocked grunt]

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Huh?

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No way.

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We came all this way… just to fail?

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[breathing heavily, groaning]

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[Falin] Get out of here!

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[groans]

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[birds chirping]

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[stomach grumbles]

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[grunts]

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-[Marcille] Laios!
-[surprised grunt]

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[Marcille panting]

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[Marcille sighs]
Thank goodness.

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That was close.

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We'd all be dragon food
if it weren't for that spell.

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Speaking of, have you seen Falin?

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[gasps]

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[Laios] She got eaten.

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What?

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The spell couldn't reach her
in the dragon's stomach.

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[Marcille] Oh, no.

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The dragon's sleeping now.

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I'll go back for her.

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Hey… Hey, wait a second!

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We're broke.

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When we teleported,
all of our inventory was left behind.

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All except the gear on our backs.

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[Laios] What?

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[Chilchuck]
I've got some more bad news for you.

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Chilchuck?

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Two of our party members
just decided to quit.

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RESIGNATION LETTER

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[Laios] What?

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[Chilchuck] They've been getting offers
from another party for a while now.

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Oh, jeez.

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[Laios] Raiding dungeons takes money.

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The cost of party members, gear and food
can get expensive.

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Let's say we sold
all the gear we have on us.

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Would that give us enough cash
to buy cheaper gear, a little food,

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some medicine, a few daily essentials,
and hire a couple more party members?

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-What do you think?
-[Chilchuck] Not even.

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By the time we figure this out,
my sis will be digested.

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[Laios] You can't come back
from being chewed to pieces, right?

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Wasn't someone resurrected
after being pooped out?

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-Ugh…
-Not that I heard of.

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[Laios sighs]

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-[stomach grumbles]
-[all gasp]

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[Marcille] Put financial problems aside,

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we need to find something to eat.

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We almost died today
'cause we were so hungry after all.

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Now then, where to eat?

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If we want something really cheap,
there's the public dining hall.

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The Laughing Wolf Tavern
has bigger portions, so…

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Oh, but that place has a fantastic menu!

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They make a soup with meat dumplings
that's to die for.

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-[Laios] No.
-Uh?

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[Laios] I have to go back to the dungeon.

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[Marcille] But… you need to eat.

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[Laios] Here's the plan.

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I want the two of you to leave the party.

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-What?
-[gasps]

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I'll take your gear and sell it,
and raid the dungeon by myself.

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[Marcille gasps]
No! That's a horrible plan!

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[Chilchuck] You'll get killed.

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Listen, this way,
I won't have to downgrade my armor.

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And if I'm alone, I can avoid monsters
and get back to that floor faster.

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[Laios] It's totally doable.

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Besides, this was all my fault.

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I don't want to risk your lives too.

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Uh…
[sighs]

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I'm going back there with you!

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You're not the only one
who cares about Falin.

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I would do anything to save her.

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Oh?

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I'm not going to slow you down.

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And a powerful magic user like me
will come in handy.

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My skills are nothing to sneeze at either.

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You never know when you'll need
a trap disarmed or a door unlocked.

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You guys are the best.

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[both chuckle shyly]

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[both grunt]

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Are you absolutely, positively sure
you want to come?

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Even though you'll face death?

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-[whimpering]
-Y-Yeah…

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We're going to get all of our food
from the dungeon.

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[both] Huh?

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This place is full of monsters, right?

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So then, the dungeon
has to have an ecosystem in it.

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[Laios] The carnivorous monsters
eat the monsters that are herbivores,

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and the herbivore monsters eat plants

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which need water, light, and dirt to grow.

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Thus, we humanoids
can sustain ourselves in the dungeon too!

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[quirky music]

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[Marcille] So, that's it then?

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We're really eating monsters?

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Yup. Every meal.

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Think about
all of our adventures up to now.

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[Laios] Some of those monsters
were tasty-looking, remember?

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[Marcille] Uh…

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No, they weren't! Are you insane?

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There are lots of people here
who hunt monsters for food.

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Sure, and they're all criminals
who've been banished down here!

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They're always sick from food poisoning
and blowing chunks from both ends!

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Well, you did say
you'd do anything to save poor Falin.

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I didn't say I'd eat monsters!

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[Laios] We don't have money for food,
what else can we do?

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[Marcille]
Right, but if we eat something weird

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and get food poisoning,
we could all die from that!

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-[people screaming]
-[gasps]

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Run!

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[people whimpering]

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[Marcille grunts]

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Why do they keep letting newbs down here?

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If they're that scared
of walking mushrooms,

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they should stay out. Oh?

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[Marcille] Laios, no. No!

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I think we just found our lunch.

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-[dramatic sting]
-That's gross!

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[Marcille] Ew! No! I don't wanna!

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How do you even know
that thing's safe for us to eat?

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The Dungeon Gourmet Guide says so.

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[Laios] It's a basic ingredient, actually.

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They're supposed to be meaty
with a mild flavor.

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-Gourmet Guide?
-Looks like it's been read a lot.

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Let's find a more open space
and build a fire.

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[sighs] I wish we had
a few more ingredients though.

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-[rasping]
-[grunts]

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Hear that scuttling? That's a Scorpion!

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-I lost my appetite.
-[quirky music]

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[narrator]
Even though we are in a dungeon,

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this section is always bustling
with adventurers and merchants.

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It used to be the catacombs

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where the villagers' ancestors
were laid to rest.

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Six years ago,
it was connected to the dungeon proper,

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and has become quite the busy location.

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They say monsters come
from the bottom of the dungeon.

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Are they creatures from the surface
transformed by dark magic

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or are they from the bowels of hell?
No one knows for sure.

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Either way, they look strange
and attack without hesitation,

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as if they were protecting something.

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If these monsters can exist
deep below the dungeon floor,

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so too could the Golden Country.

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[squelches]

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You caught it like a crayfish.

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That's how it's done.
And actually, it's easier than a crayfish.

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[Chilchuck] Hey.

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You're a little too into this.

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Is eating monsters

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-some kind of weird fantasy of yours?
-[grunts]

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Saving my poor sister
is the only thing on my mind.

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Sure it is.

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All right, I admit it, I do love monsters.

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I love how they look, how they sound,
how they live, and…

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I always wondered how they'd taste.

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-[Marcille groans]
-He's a psychopath.

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Do we have to cook this right here?
Everyone's staring at us.

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But we need the water,
and it's just a few steps away.

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[Marcille] All right, how do we cook it?

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[Laios] I was thinking we could boil it.

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-[surprised grunt]
-What happened?

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[Laios] It's easy to cut vertically,
but cutting across is hard.

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[Laios]
That means diagonal and horizontal slashes

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will have little effect
on walking mushrooms!

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-[dings]
-I learned something new.

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It looks more like food
now that it's sliced.

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No, it doesn't.

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[burbling]

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[Marcille] Uh… hold on!

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You're cooking the whole thing?
Aren't they poisonous?

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The venom from it
won't hurt us if we eat it.

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Uh…

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Are you sure?

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Yep, the guide says
it's totally safe to eat.

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[Laios retches, coughs]

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-Uh-huh.
-I knew it.

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-[man] Excuse me, folks.
-[both] Uh?

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[man] A Scorpion Hot Pot, eh?

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Can't say I agree with your method.

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Who are you?

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[man]
These have to be prepared for cooking.

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You have to chop off
the pincers, head, legs, and tail.

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Especially the tail.

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Gives you the run or something fierce.

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But the guide said it was safe to eat.

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[man] You won't die,
but it tastes like gas.

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Next, you have to slice the sucker up
so it heats even,

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and the juices can seep out.
This way, you get all the flavor.

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It's easier to eat this way.

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Then you pull out the innards, like so.

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They're bitter
and the texture's all wrong.

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As for the Walking Mushroom,
skin it and lose the butt,

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save the feet and throw 'em in the pot.

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They're delish.

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The feet taste good, huh?

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-[man] Yep. Take a whiff.
-[Laios] Hmm?

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-[man] Unique, ain't it?
-[sniffing]

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[Marcille] Mushroom foot sniffer.

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[man] Your pot's not big enough though.

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So, we'll use mine.

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You're weirdly prepared.

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It will be bland
with just a scorpion and mushroom.

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[man] Add this.

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Hold on! You can't put those in!

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-Why not?
-There's no way I'm eating that.

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You see those? Those are corpses.

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I'll eat a monster if I have to,

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but not plants from a graveyard!

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Tell 'em!
Tell 'em this tastes great on its own!

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-[Laios] Marcille!
-Who the hell are you anyway?

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-[Laios] Up!
-Up what?

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[gasps, grunts]

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[ominous music]

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[gasps]

246
00:11:01,577 --> 00:11:02,411
[Chilchuck] A Slime!

247
00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:04,914
[Marcille] Oh, no, it's covering my face.

248
00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:07,917
I can't cast my spells now.

249
00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,921
The first time I ever died
was because a Slime got me.

250
00:11:12,004 --> 00:11:14,757
-[squelching]
-[man grunts]

251
00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,426
[gasps, coughs]

252
00:11:18,135 --> 00:11:20,012
-Are you okay?
-Doing great.

253
00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:21,806
A little got up my nose though.

254
00:11:21,889 --> 00:11:23,057
Use my hanky.

255
00:11:23,140 --> 00:11:26,102
I had no idea
you could kill those with a knife.

256
00:11:26,185 --> 00:11:28,813
[man] It's easy if you know
how its organs are laid out.

257
00:11:29,397 --> 00:11:31,190
Sure, it looks like a globby ooze,

258
00:11:31,273 --> 00:11:33,734
but it's actually not that different
from a humanoid.

259
00:11:34,402 --> 00:11:37,446
This here is how the organs of a Slime
are arranged.

260
00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:39,073
Compared to a human's anatomy,

261
00:11:39,156 --> 00:11:41,409
it's like if you turned
your stomach inside-out

262
00:11:41,492 --> 00:11:44,078
and surrounded your head and organs
with digestive fluid.

263
00:11:44,161 --> 00:11:47,373
[man] They can sense your breath
and like to attack when you exhale.

264
00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,293
That's why if you shout or pitch a fit
like the good lady here,

265
00:11:51,377 --> 00:11:52,711
-you get slimed.
-[Marcille groans]

266
00:11:52,795 --> 00:11:54,338
[man] You can't eat these raw,

267
00:11:54,422 --> 00:11:58,217
you first have to wash it with hot water
and a splash of citrus juice.

268
00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:00,678
Then, you can either pat it dry

269
00:12:00,761 --> 00:12:03,472
or rub some salt on it
and let it dry in the sun.

270
00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:06,475
After that, you got yourself
one high-quality ingredient.

271
00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,020
If you can, starve one for two weeks,
then dry it.

272
00:12:10,104 --> 00:12:12,481
I promise the taste is worth the wait.

273
00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:15,985
By the way, this is a portable Slime dryer
I made myself.

274
00:12:16,068 --> 00:12:17,987
Just lock it in there like so,

275
00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:20,531
and it will dry out nicely
as you're walking around.

276
00:12:21,073 --> 00:12:23,200
It will be a while before that one's good,

277
00:12:23,701 --> 00:12:26,328
-but this one's ready to go.
-[Laios] Oh.

278
00:12:26,412 --> 00:12:28,122
[man] We'll add it to your pot.

279
00:12:28,706 --> 00:12:31,500
-[Laios] Thanks, but can you spare it?
-[man] Sure.

280
00:12:32,084 --> 00:12:33,419
You don't know how happy I am

281
00:12:33,502 --> 00:12:36,589
to have found someone else
who's as into monster food as I am.

282
00:12:37,214 --> 00:12:39,008
I've been studying the monsters in here

283
00:12:39,091 --> 00:12:41,260
and how to cook 'em up
for over ten years now.

284
00:12:41,343 --> 00:12:42,553
Ten years?

285
00:12:42,636 --> 00:12:44,763
Has this dungeon been around
for that long?

286
00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:45,848
[Marcille] Mm?

287
00:12:45,931 --> 00:12:47,516
I'll have this ready in a bit.

288
00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,518
[exciting music]

289
00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:57,443
[slurps]

290
00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:01,530
[fire crackling]

291
00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:03,532
[hisses]

292
00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:07,203
[man] It's ready.

293
00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:09,288
HUGE SCORPION
AND WALKING MUSHROOM HOT POT

294
00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:15,503
So Huge Scorpions turn red when boiled.

295
00:13:15,586 --> 00:13:17,963
This turned out better
than the recipe looked in the guide.

296
00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:19,006
[sniffs]

297
00:13:19,089 --> 00:13:21,175
This shouldn't smell as good as it does.

298
00:13:21,258 --> 00:13:24,220
Cook it long enough and the heat
shrinks the meat in the shell,

299
00:13:24,303 --> 00:13:25,804
makes it easier to pull out.

300
00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:27,806
[Laios] You're right.

301
00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:31,810
[gasps]
It's good!

302
00:13:31,894 --> 00:13:33,938
[man] I know, isn't it?

303
00:13:34,021 --> 00:13:36,315
The preparation
totally changed the flavor.

304
00:13:36,398 --> 00:13:38,359
[man] I know, didn't it?

305
00:13:38,442 --> 00:13:40,319
[Chilchuck] Mm! It tastes so good!

306
00:13:40,402 --> 00:13:42,821
-[man] I know, doesn't it?
-[gulps]

307
00:13:42,905 --> 00:13:44,198
-[stomach grumbles]
-[gasps]

308
00:13:44,281 --> 00:13:45,324
[whimpers]

309
00:13:45,407 --> 00:13:47,576
All right, let me try it!

310
00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:50,704
What are these?

311
00:13:50,788 --> 00:13:52,456
[man] Dried Slime innards.

312
00:13:53,290 --> 00:13:54,458
Ugh…

313
00:13:55,417 --> 00:13:57,336
[slurps]
So good!

314
00:13:57,419 --> 00:14:00,464
I never thought
a Slime could taste like this.

315
00:14:00,548 --> 00:14:03,175
[man]
They're amazing soaked in fruit juice too.

316
00:14:03,259 --> 00:14:06,428
[Chilchuck] Mm. These yummy roots
you put in are nice and fluffy.

317
00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:08,264
[man] Technically, those aren't roots.

318
00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:11,600
They're the stems of a plant
that grows upside down in the dungeon.

319
00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:14,103
This algae is soft and delicious too.

320
00:14:14,186 --> 00:14:16,272
Is this something that also grows here?

321
00:14:16,814 --> 00:14:20,234
Nah, that's just plain old algae.
You find it wherever it stank.

322
00:14:20,317 --> 00:14:21,318
-[Marcille] Uh…
-All this time

323
00:14:21,402 --> 00:14:24,238
and I never knew this dungeon
had so much yummy stuff in it.

324
00:14:28,325 --> 00:14:30,953
-[bowls and chopsticks clink]
-[Chilchuck] Oh. I'm stuffed.

325
00:14:31,036 --> 00:14:33,247
Perhaps now is a good time
for introductions.

326
00:14:33,831 --> 00:14:35,082
Yes, of course.

327
00:14:35,165 --> 00:14:38,252
My name's Senshi.
It means "seeker" in Dwarvish.

328
00:14:38,335 --> 00:14:39,837
My name's Laios.

329
00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,756
That's Marcille, the mage,
and Chilchuck, the picklock.

330
00:14:43,340 --> 00:14:45,843
Something tells me
you three are on a mission.

331
00:14:45,926 --> 00:14:47,386
[Laios] Oh, well…

332
00:14:48,095 --> 00:14:49,388
On one of the lower levels,

333
00:14:49,471 --> 00:14:51,765
a member of our party
got eaten by a monster.

334
00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:54,768
We have to save her before she's digested.

335
00:14:54,852 --> 00:14:58,147
I'm sorry, that's horrible.
But which monster?

336
00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:00,399
[Laios] A dragon with crimson scales.

337
00:15:00,482 --> 00:15:03,569
Crimson scales on a lower level?

338
00:15:03,652 --> 00:15:05,154
That's a Red Dragon.

339
00:15:05,738 --> 00:15:08,115
[Senshi] I hear dragons mostly sleep
'cause they're so big

340
00:15:08,198 --> 00:15:09,783
and need to conserve their energy.

341
00:15:09,867 --> 00:15:12,912
[Senshi] Their digestion should be slower
than other monsters.

342
00:15:13,495 --> 00:15:15,331
I sure hope that's true.

343
00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:16,665
-[Senshi] Please.
-Hmm?

344
00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:19,209
Would you allow me to join your party?

345
00:15:19,877 --> 00:15:21,670
[Laios] Sure, if you'd like to.

346
00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:24,173
Actually, you'd be a great help to us.

347
00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:26,675
I would? Fantastic.

348
00:15:27,384 --> 00:15:29,428
-Thanks so much.
-No. Thank you.

349
00:15:29,511 --> 00:15:33,432
[Senshi] For years, how I've dreamed
of cooking one of those Red Dragons.

350
00:15:34,016 --> 00:15:36,477
I have so many recipes in mind.

351
00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,688
Steaks or hamburgers
are classic and easy enough.

352
00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:42,566
[Senshi]
Ooh, shabu-shabu would be amazing too.

353
00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:45,444
Or oyakodon
as long as we have enough eggs…

354
00:15:48,405 --> 00:15:51,200
[narrator]
"Is it right to eat what ate one of us?"

355
00:15:52,534 --> 00:15:56,580
The thought crossed everyone's minds then,
but no one said anything.

356
00:16:00,084 --> 00:16:01,961
The second floor.

357
00:16:02,544 --> 00:16:05,464
Here, strange vistas stretch before them,

358
00:16:05,547 --> 00:16:08,467
unlike the village's musty catacombs
on the first floor.

359
00:16:09,051 --> 00:16:12,846
Scholars say this is the tallest tower
of the Golden Castle,

360
00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:14,974
stretching up from deep below.

361
00:16:15,057 --> 00:16:17,685
[Chilchuck] These trees are so tall
and I always wondered,

362
00:16:18,435 --> 00:16:20,980
how come they don't poke through
to the surface?

363
00:16:21,063 --> 00:16:23,732
Maybe the curse on this place
won't let 'em.

364
00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:25,234
-[Marcille groans]
-[thuds]

365
00:16:25,317 --> 00:16:27,486
[Chilchuck] You okay there, Marcille?

366
00:16:27,569 --> 00:16:29,947
Yeah, my foot got stuck on a plank.

367
00:16:30,030 --> 00:16:31,991
[Laios] We've been walking a while now.

368
00:16:32,074 --> 00:16:33,993
-We should rest.
-[Marcille] Uh…

369
00:16:34,076 --> 00:16:36,453
[Laios] Let's find a place to set up camp
and get some sleep.

370
00:16:37,579 --> 00:16:39,164
Hey, do you remember that time

371
00:16:39,248 --> 00:16:41,625
we spent the night here
in one of the hollowed-out trees?

372
00:16:41,709 --> 00:16:42,751
[chuckles]
Yeah, I do.

373
00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:45,671
[Laios]
I made pork soup and got burned so bad.

374
00:16:45,754 --> 00:16:46,755
[Chilchuck laughs]

375
00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:48,173
Soup…

376
00:16:48,257 --> 00:16:49,466
[Senshi] Are you hungry?

377
00:16:49,550 --> 00:16:53,012
I got some of that scorpion broth
from lunch if you want.

378
00:16:53,095 --> 00:16:54,263
No, thanks.

379
00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:55,931
Oh, I know.

380
00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,017
We should hunt us a monster for our lunch.

381
00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,019
[groans]

382
00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:03,147
-What would you like to eat instead then?
-[Marcille] Huh?

383
00:17:03,230 --> 00:17:05,733
[Laios] If you're craving something,
I'll try making that.

384
00:17:06,233 --> 00:17:08,152
That's nice of you to offer, but…

385
00:17:10,404 --> 00:17:12,197
it's gonna have monster in it, right?

386
00:17:13,449 --> 00:17:15,451
[sighs]
As long as it's edible,

387
00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,161
I'm fine with whatever.

388
00:17:17,745 --> 00:17:20,039
What kind of monsters
appear around here again?

389
00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:22,041
Well, hmm…

390
00:17:22,624 --> 00:17:24,543
Big Bats and Giant Rats.

391
00:17:24,626 --> 00:17:26,670
I'm not eating unhygienic things!

392
00:17:26,754 --> 00:17:27,671
Forest Goblins.

393
00:17:27,755 --> 00:17:29,298
Same with demi-humans.

394
00:17:29,381 --> 00:17:30,424
Living Armor.

395
00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:32,009
Metal?

396
00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:36,305
That's it? There's nothing normal?
Aren't there birds or fruits?

397
00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:37,598
Oh, my God.

398
00:17:37,681 --> 00:17:39,475
First, you say, "I'm fine with anything,"

399
00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:41,977
then hate whatever we suggest,
you're that type.

400
00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:44,313
[Marcille] What? I just don't want to eat
gross things!

401
00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:47,441
[Laios] There are normal animals here,
but they're docile,

402
00:17:47,524 --> 00:17:49,318
we'd have to set traps and wait.

403
00:17:49,985 --> 00:17:52,488
A duck isn't gonna walk by
carrying a green onion.

404
00:17:53,030 --> 00:17:55,074
I know. You have a point.

405
00:17:55,157 --> 00:17:56,825
But… this is a dungeon,

406
00:17:56,909 --> 00:17:59,661
so it might have dire ducks
with man-eating green onions!

407
00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:01,580
Now there's something funny and tasty.

408
00:18:02,164 --> 00:18:04,458
-I don't share your optimism for it.
-Huh?

409
00:18:04,541 --> 00:18:08,462
[Senshi] Well, this time of year,
there's plenty of nuts and fruits around.

410
00:18:09,046 --> 00:18:10,464
What? There are?

411
00:18:11,048 --> 00:18:12,466
Mm-hmm.

412
00:18:12,549 --> 00:18:15,469
[ominous sting]

413
00:18:15,552 --> 00:18:18,472
A-ha! A Man-eating Fruit Plant!
I should have known!

414
00:18:18,555 --> 00:18:22,476
[Laios] Actually, "Man-eating"
is just a general term for it.

415
00:18:22,559 --> 00:18:25,979
See that flower?
Its formal name is Baraselia.

416
00:18:26,063 --> 00:18:28,482
And it grows along trails animals use.

417
00:18:28,565 --> 00:18:31,819
It produces fluid strands,
like spider silk,

418
00:18:31,902 --> 00:18:33,237
and when a creature touches it…

419
00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:34,738
[squeaks]

420
00:18:35,322 --> 00:18:38,575
It can't digest anything,
so it doesn't eat the things it catches,

421
00:18:38,659 --> 00:18:40,202
it uses them for fertilizer.

422
00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:43,747
It can use a human
for fertilizer too then?

423
00:18:43,831 --> 00:18:46,291
You know the vegetables
you have no problem eating?

424
00:18:46,375 --> 00:18:50,045
Those grow in soil,
fertilized by animal corpses and poop.

425
00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:52,756
[Marcille] Right. But I don't have
a problem eating those.

426
00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,133
Don't freak out.

427
00:18:54,216 --> 00:18:55,551
We're on the second floor.

428
00:18:56,051 --> 00:18:59,680
A corpse retriever would've come
and picked up any dead bodies by now.

429
00:18:59,763 --> 00:19:03,225
They check these plants all the time.
This ain't the lower floors,

430
00:19:03,308 --> 00:19:06,228
so there's no way
someone was left here for fertilizer.

431
00:19:06,770 --> 00:19:08,397
I don't know.

432
00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,150
[Laios]
Sneaking up to pick one will be tough.

433
00:19:11,233 --> 00:19:13,110
[Senshi] All right, then we fight it.

434
00:19:13,735 --> 00:19:15,154
[sighs]

435
00:19:15,237 --> 00:19:17,030
-[Marcille] Step aside.
-[Senshi] Hmm?

436
00:19:17,614 --> 00:19:19,950
I can destroy them all with one spell.

437
00:19:21,076 --> 00:19:23,453
-Sperae Yeptum Rufermus.
-[whimsical music]

438
00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:26,415
Alamandras Proju.

439
00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:28,542
Nexant Aslam.

440
00:19:28,625 --> 00:19:30,169
[Senshi] Stop that, you idiot!

441
00:19:30,252 --> 00:19:31,837
What? Why?

442
00:19:33,922 --> 00:19:35,966
-[screams]
-[tense music]

443
00:19:36,049 --> 00:19:38,719
[Senshi]
Do you want to destroy all the fruit too?

444
00:19:38,802 --> 00:19:42,222
There's an ironclad rule here.
Take only what you can eat.

445
00:19:42,306 --> 00:19:44,600
Stop lecturing and help! Uh?

446
00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:48,228
No. No, no, no, let go!
[groans]

447
00:19:51,356 --> 00:19:52,733
[screams]

448
00:19:52,816 --> 00:19:54,693
[Marcille]
"It can't digest anything," huh?

449
00:19:54,776 --> 00:19:56,612
It's totally digesting him!

450
00:19:56,695 --> 00:19:59,531
What? Oh, well,
some have digestive tracts.

451
00:19:59,615 --> 00:20:01,241
It depends on the species.

452
00:20:01,325 --> 00:20:04,203
By the way,
the species that has you is parasitic,

453
00:20:04,286 --> 00:20:05,829
it plants its seed under your skin.

454
00:20:05,913 --> 00:20:08,123
[groans]
You're not helping!

455
00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:10,751
Stay as still as you can.

456
00:20:11,335 --> 00:20:14,004
[Laios] These plant-type monsters
have lots of limbs.

457
00:20:14,087 --> 00:20:16,798
If I took 'em on one at a time,
we'd be here all day.

458
00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:19,426
I only have to attack one spot.

459
00:20:20,093 --> 00:20:21,511
Its root.

460
00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:24,473
[grunts, groaning]

461
00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:27,434
Ouch.
[sighs]

462
00:20:27,517 --> 00:20:28,602
[Laios] Are you okay?

463
00:20:28,685 --> 00:20:30,896
Uh? Yeah, nothing's broken.

464
00:20:31,563 --> 00:20:33,273
-[Laios] How was it?
-Huh?

465
00:20:33,941 --> 00:20:37,194
Like I told you before, this species
leaves its seeds under your skin,

466
00:20:37,277 --> 00:20:38,779
it's called a Shadowtail.

467
00:20:38,862 --> 00:20:42,908
[Laios] Unlike the Baraselia type
that squeezes you till your bones break,

468
00:20:42,991 --> 00:20:46,286
this type needs to keep
whatever it traps with its vines alive.

469
00:20:46,370 --> 00:20:49,665
It squeezes its prey just enough
so it can't escape,

470
00:20:49,748 --> 00:20:52,292
but it's still relatively comfortable
in its clutches.

471
00:20:52,376 --> 00:20:55,796
Which could feel kind of cozy. Did it?

472
00:20:55,879 --> 00:20:57,798
[silence]

473
00:20:57,881 --> 00:20:59,800
I upset her again.

474
00:20:59,883 --> 00:21:02,803
Yeah, you got intensely weird
at the end there.

475
00:21:02,886 --> 00:21:04,805
-[birds chirping]
-[wings flapping]

476
00:21:06,890 --> 00:21:08,809
[exciting music]

477
00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:13,438
-[fire crackling]
-[blowing air]

478
00:21:14,022 --> 00:21:15,941
[Senshi] First, a light steaming.

479
00:21:16,650 --> 00:21:18,944
Then you cut around the stem like so.

480
00:21:19,027 --> 00:21:23,282
Give a little twist and pull,
and the seeds will come right out.

481
00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:24,783
-[amazed gasp]
-[annoyed grunt]

482
00:21:24,866 --> 00:21:28,453
[Senshi] Next, you peel the skin off,
and pound it till it's nice and soft,

483
00:21:28,537 --> 00:21:30,956
then line the bottom of the pan with it.

484
00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:33,709
Give the unripe fruit a good mashing,

485
00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:36,295
add a dash of Slime
and a bit of scorpion broth,

486
00:21:36,378 --> 00:21:38,463
and mix till it's good and thick.

487
00:21:38,547 --> 00:21:42,467
Once it's got a smooth consistency,
pour in the rest of the scorpion broth

488
00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:44,386
and a handful of the chopped fruit.

489
00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:47,472
Mix it up a little bit
and pour it into the frying pan.

490
00:21:47,556 --> 00:21:49,224
Let it cook a bit.

491
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:51,560
I just want to see
if I can grow this on the surface.

492
00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:53,228
That's a stupid idea!

493
00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:54,813
-[fire roaring]
-[Laios] No!

494
00:21:55,856 --> 00:21:57,983
[Senshi] And when you see it
start bubbling like that,

495
00:21:58,066 --> 00:21:59,735
drop in the rest of the fruit.

496
00:22:01,403 --> 00:22:02,237
Perfect.

497
00:22:02,904 --> 00:22:04,114
[man] It's ready.

498
00:22:04,197 --> 00:22:06,241
MAN-EATING PLANTS FRUIT TART

499
00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:07,659
It's a tart?

500
00:22:07,743 --> 00:22:09,244
[Senshi] Looks like it but it's not.

501
00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:12,289
The crust keeps it from burning.
Don't eat that part.

502
00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:16,335
It's real salty.
I thought it'd taste more sweet.

503
00:22:16,418 --> 00:22:18,003
Yeah, it's good though.

504
00:22:18,628 --> 00:22:21,757
[Laios] Go on, try it.
I'm pretty sure you'll like the flavor.

505
00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:26,094
You didn't make this with the plant
the corpse fell out of, did you?

506
00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:27,637
[Senshi] No, just its fruit.

507
00:22:27,721 --> 00:22:29,639
The gelatin from the stem of that species

508
00:22:29,723 --> 00:22:32,517
would've made this dish come out
a whole lot better though.

509
00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:34,770
It's just not firm enough with the Slime.

510
00:22:40,358 --> 00:22:41,193
[Marcille] Hmm?

511
00:22:41,276 --> 00:22:43,278
Wow, this is really good!

512
00:22:43,361 --> 00:22:45,864
[Marcille] The fertilizer-type fruit
is juicy and sweet,

513
00:22:45,947 --> 00:22:48,283
while the digesting-type fruit is savory.

514
00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:50,535
I bet the animals love these too.

515
00:22:50,619 --> 00:22:53,789
Must be hard for the plant to make
enough fruit to keep up with demand.

516
00:22:53,872 --> 00:22:57,209
What's the point making it
if it's just gonna get eaten?

517
00:22:57,292 --> 00:22:59,461
Well, it is a carnivorous plant.

518
00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:02,380
It makes fruit to attract
the animals it eats to survive.

519
00:23:02,464 --> 00:23:03,673
[Marcille] That makes sense.

520
00:23:03,757 --> 00:23:07,427
Then… being delicious
is part of the plant's strategy.

521
00:23:08,011 --> 00:23:09,221
How clever!

522
00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:11,681
-[gasps]
-[whimsical sting]

523
00:23:11,765 --> 00:23:15,018
Now you see the appeal of monsters.
Aren't they great?

524
00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:16,186
As if!

525
00:23:18,021 --> 00:23:19,940
[light music]

526
00:23:22,442 --> 00:23:23,944
[sighs]

527
00:23:24,027 --> 00:23:26,279
[Marcille] Well, what do we do about him?

528
00:23:26,363 --> 00:23:28,698
[Laios]
We'd lose time dragging him back to town.

529
00:23:29,282 --> 00:23:31,660
Maybe I can resurrect him with my magic?

530
00:23:31,743 --> 00:23:34,663
Don't risk it. The spell could backfire.

531
00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:37,165
If we just leave him
where people can see him,

532
00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:38,834
he'll get picked up eventually.

533
00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:40,210
That's a great idea.

534
00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:43,505
[Laios] This works… I think.

535
00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:47,217
Kind of reminds you of the gallows,
doesn't it?

536
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,557
[narrator] That night,
Marcille had a nightmare.

537
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:54,641
[groans]

538
00:23:54,724 --> 00:23:56,476
Dungeon food.

539
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,562
Eat or be eaten.

540
00:23:59,563 --> 00:24:01,398
There is no hierarchy to it.

541
00:24:01,481 --> 00:24:04,609
Just the reality that to eat
is the privilege of the living.

542
00:24:05,152 --> 00:24:06,987
Oh, dungeon food.

543
00:24:07,070 --> 00:24:09,489
Delicious in dungeon.

544
00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:10,991
[insects chirping]

545
00:24:11,658 --> 00:24:13,660
[closing theme music]

546
00:25:33,406 --> 00:25:37,911
DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON