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[NA] Previously on Teogonia.

[ADOHRA-KAHN] How dare you?!

[EPTITLE] Truthseeker

[NA] "Truthseeker".

[POREK] My lord. My lord.

[KAI] Oh, it's you guys.

[KAI] What happened?

[KECHAK] We could ask you the same thing.

[KECHAK] After eating the armored warrior's godstone, there was a sudden gust of wind.

[KECHAK] I've never seen anything like it.

[KAI] So whatever that was, it was something incredible...

[POREK] This armored warrior...

[POREK] Someone as strong as Adohra-khan must have a powerful land god as well.

[POREK] But you took his godstone and severed Adohra-kahn's connection to his god.

[KAI] I took his power, huh?

[POREK] The strange event that just took place may have been the god screaming.

[KAI] Is the power granted by gods so extraordinary that it can cause that sort of thing?

[KAI] How am I supposed to use this power going forward?

[KAI] By the way, did you guys notice it?

[POREK] What?

[KAI] While we were fighting...

[KAI] I felt an unpleasant gaze, like we were being watched.

[POREK] I felt it, too.

[KAI] I knew it.

[POREK] I ignored it since I didn't detect any hostility,

[POREK] but I don't know what that was.

[POREK] We're returning to the valley.

[KAI] Be careful.

[POREK] Yes, my lord.

[KAI] Oh, right.

[KAI] These things saved me.

[KAI] Thanks, Elsa.

[KAI] These are rice balls, huh?

[MANSO] Kai? You're back.

[TURAL] Kai!

[TURAL] Lady Jose collapsed!

[KAI] What?!

[KAI] What happened to her?

[MANSO] She developed a fever and suddenly collapsed.

[KAI] What's this mark?

[NADA] I believe I recognize it.

[KAI] What?

[NADA] Kai, what did you learn about the orgs?

[KAI] What matters more right now is—

[NADA] We'll take Lady Jose home right away.

[NADA] So, the orgs?

[KAI] By the time I found them, they'd already been defeated by someone else.

[AKIZA & RAHAT] What?!

[TURAL] You're kidding, right?

[KAI] There was an org corpse wearing armor, probably a captain.

[KAI] The other soldiers were already gone. Maybe they fled.

[AKIZA] Would the defeat of their captain be enough to make them run off?

[RAHAT] Yeah, if their commander was a guardian bearer.

[NADA] Then taking Lady Jose back to the village comes first.

[NADA] Let's return to Lag Village.

[NADA] You have blood on you.

[KAI] Huh?

[KAI] I probably got it on me while running through a pool of blood.

[NADA] Is that right?

[TURAL] What is this?

[CARICK] Were they attacked by macaques?

[RAHAT] While we were pursuing the orgs?

[MANSO] Kai, go scout ahead.

[MANSO] We can't take Lady Jose into the village like this.

[KAI] Got it.

[LAG SOLDIER A] Someone bring me something to bind this wound!

[LAG SOLDIER B] Take these people to the barracks!

[BASCO] Ah, Kai! You've returned.

[KAI] Master Basco, what happened here?

[BASCO] We were attacked by macaques.

[KAI] So much destruction...

[BASCO] They attacked with unbelievable numbers.

[BASCO] Thanks to the baron, we just barely drove them off, but as you can see,

[BASCO] the village was badly damaged.

[KAI] This is awful.

[BASCO] Macaques are skilled rock-throwers.

[BASCO] Kai!

[KAI] Elsa!

[ELSA] Kai!

[ELSA] Kai.

[ELSA] I'm glad you're safe.

[KAI] Yeah.

[VEZIN] Jose!

[VEZIN] You, too?

[NADA] Lord Vezin, her symptoms probably indicate...

[VEZIN] I know what it is and who did this to them.

[MANSO] Lord Olha, too?

[VEZIN] How dare those apes do this to both of my children?

[LAG SOLDIER C] There's even more of them now with reinforcements.

[LAG SOLDIER D] They're planning to attack again.

[ELSA] Thank you.

[KAI] I can't believe the damage extends this deep into the village.

[ELSA] I evacuated here with my mother and younger sister.

[ELSA] I was scared, but recalling your face made me feel safe.

[OLD WOMAN] I should go now.

[OLD WOMAN] Thank you.

[ELSA] Be careful.

[KAI] Oh, right. I need to thank you, Elsa.

[ELSA] Huh?

[KAI] Thanks to your rice balls, I...

[KAI] Manso.

[MANSO] There you are.

[MANSO] The baron wants to see you.

[VEZIN] I see. Then the orgs are no longer a threat.

[KAI] Yes.

[KAI] I can't believe what's happened to not only Lady Jose, but Lord Olha as well.

[NADA] This is the result of a curse being cast on the land gods' gravestones.

[KAI] A curse?

[VEZIN] It was the macaques.

[VEZIN] They took out our most powerful combatants so they could attack the village.

[VEZIN] Not only that, but according to our scouts, the next attack should come soon.

[NADA] Lord Olha will be able to fight once more if we dispel the curse.

[NADA] Kai, I'd like you to join me in dispelling it.

[KAI] We're going to remove the curse, right?

[NADA] I'd like you to escort me.

[KAI] Why me?

[NADA] Because I believe in your strength.

[VEZIN] You'll be going to the abandoned villages where you tend the graves every month.

[VEZIN] Lord Olha's god is in Elg Village, and Jose's god is in Eda Village.

[VEZIN] Lag Village's survival depends on this mission. Got it?

[VEZIN] We're in a race against time.

[VEZIN] We're counting on you, Kai.

[KAI] Yes, sir.

[GANDAL] More! Bring me more to drink!

[LADIES] R-Right away, sir!

[GANDAL] Why are you looking at me like that, you swine?

[KAI] The lord inspector is a guardian bearer. Couldn't he at least help us?

[NADA] I wish he would.

[NADA] I'll meet you at the north gate once you're ready.

[KAI] Yes, sir.

[KAI] Are you there, Elsa?

[ELSA] Kai?

[ELSA] What is it?

[KAI] Those rice balls were great.

[KAI] They saved me out there.

[ELSA] Really? That's great.

[KAI] But I have to go again.

[ELSA] What?

[KAI] But don't worry. This time, I'll come back right away.

[KAI] Once this is over, I'll take you someplace special.

[KAI] We can eat rice balls there together.

[ELSA] Okay. I'll be waiting.

[KAI] I'll be back.

[KAI] Sorry to keep you waiting.

[KAI] What's that?

[NADA] Something from Lord Vezin.

[NADA] We need it to dispel the curse.

[NADA] Did you go see someone?

[KAI] It's not like that.

[NADA] Within these gates are the worldly life I left far behind.

[NADA] I was the second son of an impoverished noble.

[NADA] I studied hard so I could inherit my family's god,

[NADA] but I wasn't chosen to be a guardian bearer.

[NADA] As I no longer belonged at home, I went to the monastery.

[NADA] After that, I began training every day.

[NADA] A life filled with love, joy, and sometimes sadness...

[NADA] That is what we must protect.

[KAI] Sir priest...

[NADA] Let's go.

[NADA] That's Elg Village, where Lord Olha's land god is enshrined.

[KAI] Yeah.

[KAI] How many macaque guards are there?

[NADA] I'll take a look.

[KAI] What?

[KAI] It's that same feeling of being watched as back then.

[NADA] Back when?

[KAI] Oh, uh...

[NADA] This ability is called hundred eyes.

[NADA] It's a secret technique I learned at the monastery.

[NADA] I can see anything, no matter how far away.

[NADA] I saw the situation in Elg Village.

[NADA] There are five guards.

[NADA] Shall we go?

[KAI] Impressive, sir priest!

[NADA] You've finally revealed it.

[KAI] Huh? Oh!

[NADA] I'd been wanting to see that with my own eyes.

[NADA] Allow me to reintroduce myself.

[NADA] I am truthseeker Nada, dispatched by Maas to seek the truth about gods.

[NADA] Please forgive me for my rudeness.

[NADA] I ask that you use the power of your savage god to benefit the Unified Kingdom of men.

[KAI] Please stand.

[KAI] Come on. We've got to lift Lord Olha's curse.

[NADA] By your leave.

[NADA] The Unified Kingdom of men needs a new and powerful god.

[KAI] Did you bring me here to discuss this?

[NADA] Kai, do you know why we need a powerful god?

[KAI] To make the kingdom stronger, right?

[NADA] Allow me to be honest with you.

[NADA] Our Unified Kingdom is declining with each passing year.

[KAI] Impossible.

[NADA] Sir Gandal is a good example of it.

[NADA] The guardian bearers of the central plain

[NADA] who support the king drown in excess and forget their studies.

[NADA] As a result, the power of the gods supporting the king has weakened greatly.

[NADA] If the kingdom were as strong as it once was,

[NADA] an army could've been dispatched immediately to retake this village instead of abandoning it.

[KAI] The kingdom is weakening?

[NADA] The number of tragedies like the one that happened

[NADA] in this village will continue to increase.

[NADA] Our decaying mausoleum can hardly support the king anymore.

[NADA] We must adopt new gods, even if it means

[NADA] tearing down the existing hierarchy within the kingdom.

[NADA] Olha masa, lag zo lag.

[KAI] What's that?

[NADA] The god of this village serves the god of Lag Village.

[NADA] It is the blood of its guardian bearer, Lord Vezin.

[NADA] The dispelling ritual is complete.

[NADA] Great change is coming to our world.

[NADA] The macaques sought to take Lag Village by

[NADA] cursing the gravestones and disabling the guardian bearers.

[NADA] They were so desperate that they were

[NADA] willing to weaken the land gods and impoverish the land.

[KAI] Desperate?

[NADA] According to my research, the macaque nation currently faces a great threat.

[NADA] One that prevents them from continuing to live there.

[NADA] I believe the macaques are invading to find a new place to live.

[NADA] The same is true of the orgs we were pursuing.

[KAI] The orgs are desperate, too?

[NADA] I hear they are threatened by strange beings from the north.

[NADA] They needed the power of a new god to stop them.

[KAI] That's why they sent a Rigdaros like Adohra-kahn.

[NADA] At this rate, with such great change approaching,

[NADA] the kingdom of men could be destroyed as well.

[NADA] Do you understand, Kai?

[NADA] Could you lend the kingdom your god's strength to save a million lives?

[KAI] Sir priest...

[GOD] Kill him!

[NADA] Kai?

[GOD] Kill him! Kill him!

[KAI] This is all too much. Let me think about it.

[NADA] Very well.

[NADA] We head to Eda Village next.

[NADA] I'd like a response by the time we dispel the curse there.

[AKUI] What? The young lord's marks are receding.

[VEZIN] Olha is?

[BASCO] Yes, though he's still unconscious.

[VEZIN] I see. Then Sir Nada is succeeding.

[VEZIN] If Olha can fight, our forces will be significantly stronger.

[KAI/ID] This god's power is so incredible that I wasn't sure how to use it.

[KAI/ID] But if it's to save the kingdom of men...

[KAI/ID] So there will be no more villages like this one...

[KAI/ID] That could be a good way to use it.

[KAI/ID] But why is the valley god angry?

[NADA] Have you gathered your thoughts?

[KAI] No...

[NADA] If your god joins the kingdom's mausoleum, you will gain the favor of the god king as well.

[NADA] Your power will increase even further.

[NADA] Then you could easily save the people of Lag Village.

[NADA] And the people important to you as well, of course.

[NADA] What is it?

[KAI] What if there are people I need to protect besides Lag Village?

[NADA] Ah, you mean the koror? They were at that battle.

[KAI] I have a responsibility to protect them, too.

[NADA] Have they already devoted themselves to you?

[KAI] Yeah.

[NADA] I ask that you abandon them.

[KAI] What?

[KAI] Why do I have to do that?

[NADA] The kingdom's mausoleum cannot accept lowly demi-human devotees.

[NADA] Humans are born human and tested by the heavens.

[NADA] The idea of associating with other species is out of the question.

[KAI] They're not lowly!

[NADA] I ask that you offer all of your god's power to the Unified Kingdom alone.

[KAI] If that's the case, then I can't do it.

[KAI] Guardian bearers

[KAI] have a responsibility to protect the land god and the people who live there.

[KAI] I can't serve the kingdom if it means abandoning the people who look up to me.

[NADA] Would anything change your mind?

[KAI] No. I flatly refuse your request.

[NADA] You're stubborn, aren't you?

[NADA] It doesn't seem as though I can change your mind.

[NADA] So I will give up.

[NADA] I will find a way to explain this to Maas.

[KAI] Sir priest...

[GUARDIAN MACAQUE A] Fouba ruo.

[GUARDIAN MACAQUE B] Zugiya takademun ragderag.

[NADA] Now then, I wonder what's happening in Lag Village.

[KAI] I just hope they haven't been attacked yet.

[KAI] I'm worried about Lady Jose, Elsa, and the others.

[KAI] Let's hurry back.

[KAI] Huh?

[KAI] Wh-What are you...

[OLHA] We must defeat the macaques...

[AKUI] Young lord! Please wake up!

[SIGN] Next Time

[NA] In destruction and slaughter, both winners and losers end up in the same place.

[NA] Next time, "To Ispi Rio".

[NA] What waits for them at the end?

[SIGN] To Ispi Rio