ARE YOU ASLEEP?
WHY?
ARE YOU WAITING FOR ME TO FALL ASLEEP BEFORE YOU KILL ME?
OR WILL YOU DO IT IN THE MORNING?
YES. I THOUGHT THAT IF I DID IT WHILE YOU SLEPT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER.
EPISODE 11
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO FORGIVE ME. THIS SIN, TOO, WILL BE MINE TO BEAR.
BUT, PLEASE, IF YOU CAN... FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO UNDERSTAND.
IF THINGS WERE DIFFERENT, I WOULD HAVE GLADLY FACED THAT MONSTER TO LET YOU ESCAPE.
BUT MY LIFE... DOES NOT BELONG TO ME ALONE.
THERE IS AN UNENCOMPASSABLE DUTY I AM SWORN TO FULFILL.
UNTIL IT'S DONE, I CANNOT ALLOW MYSELF TO DIE.
YOU PEOPLE...
LOOK AT YOU! PLANNING TO KILL ME AND STILL INSISTING ON HAVING A GOOD EXCUSE.
HOW VERY CONVENIENT! I REALLY HATE HYPOCRITES LIKE YOU THE MOST. WHY DON'T YOU JUST BE HONEST FOR ONCE?
DON'T GIVE ME THAT CRAP... JUST SAY IT! 'I'M GOING TO KILL YOU BECAUSE IT'S EASY.'
'I'M GOING TO KILL YOU BECAUSE I WANT TO SURVIVE.'
I'M SORRY.
I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND.
UNDERSTAND? WHAT IS THERE TO UNDERSTAND?!
TELL ME!
WHY DO I HAVE TO DIE?
THAT MAN WAS A VILLAIN... BUT HE WAS ALSO RIGHT.
THE SCENT OF BLOOD IS TOO HEAVY ON YOU. IT WILL ATTRACT THE BEAST.
YOU CAN JUST LET ME GO, YOU KNOW.
WE'LL PART WAYS.
AFTER THAT, WHETHER OR NOT THE MONSTER FINDS ME WON'T BE YOUR PROBLEM.
DYING IN THAT CREATURE'S MAW... IS TOO CRUEL A FATE.
IT'S BETTER IF I DO IT MYSELF. YOU ARE MY RESPONSIBILITY, AFTER ALL.
HOW VERY NOBLE OF YOU.
YOU KNOW...
WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, I WAS READY TO DIE.
AFTER ALL, IN THIS WHOLE WORLD - TWO WORLDS, ACTUALLY -
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE SOUL WHO CARES WHETHER I LIVE OR DIE.
WHEN I'M GONE, NO ONE WILL BE SAD.
NO ONE WILL EVEN REMEMBER THAT I EXISTED.
BUT THEN I CHANGED MY MIND.
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, I DECIDED TO SURVIVE. I MUST SURVIVE, NO MATTER WHAT.
TO LIVE A LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING?
NO.
TO SPITE YOU ALL.
I SEE.
DON'T WORRY. I'LL MAKE IT QUICK.
AREN'T YOU OVERLY CONFIDENT?
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KILL ME? MAYBE I'LL KILL YOU INSTEAD.
I DOUBT THAT.
FINALLY.
COUGH COUGH WH... WHAT IS THIS...?
WHY... ALL OF A SUDDEN...?
YOU HELD OUT LONGER THAN I THOUGHT.
WHAT... WHAT MAGIC IS THIS?
WAS... WAS THAT THIEF RIGHT?
DID YOU PUT THE CURSE OF SHADOW GOD ON US?
I WISH THAT I HAD THE ABILITY TO THROW DIVINE CURSES AROUND, BUT NO.
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I DON'T HAVE ANY ABILITIES AT ALL.
THEN... HOW?
THAT'S WHY I POISONED YOU ALL.
WHAT?
DID YOU FORGET? AFTER THE TYRANT FIRST ATTACKED, YOU SENT ME TO SEARCH FOR WATER.
WHILE GATHERING FLAGONS FROM THE DEAD SOLDIERS, I SQUEEZED BLOODBANE JUICE INTO EACH ONE—
EXCEPT MY OWN, OF COURSE.
NOT ENOUGH TO TASTE IT.
BUT ENOUGH TO SLOWLY KILL ANYONE WHO WOULD DRINK FROM THEM.
SO THAT'S WHY THE OTHER TWO WERE IN SUCH BAD SHAPE.
SHIFTY DRANK THE MOST, SO HIS CONDITION WORSENED THE FASTEST.
SCHOLAR WAS ALSO NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD.
BUT YOU FINISHED HIM OFF BEFORE THE POISON COULD.
AS FOR YOU... IT WAS AS THOUGH BLOODBANE HAD NO EFFECT ON YOU AT ALL.
I WAS REALLY STARTING TO GET WORRIED.
I SEE... IT MAKES SENSE NOW.
BUT BACK THEN...
YOU COULDN'T HAVE POSSIBLY KNOWN... THAT WE WOULD TURN ON YOU.
OH, PLEASE.
IT WAS OBVIOUS.
...?
SHIFTY WAS THE KIND OF MAN WHO WOULD KILL FOR A PAIR OF BOOTS.
SCHOLAR WAS A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.
PEOPLE ARE SELFISH AND CRUEL IN THE BEST OF SITUATIONS...
WAS I SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THAT THOSE TWO WEREN'T GOING TO DO SOMETHING TERRIBLE TO ME WHEN FACED WITH CERTAIN DEATH?
THEN... WHAT ABOUT ME?
YOU? YOU ARE THE WORST OF ALL.
WHY?
I MIGHT HAVE NOT LEARNED MUCH IN MY SHORT LIFE,
BUT I DO KNOW ONE THING.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE PATHETIC THAN A SLAVE WHO BEGINS TO TRUST HIS SLAVER.
I SEE.
YOU... YOU ARE A WICKED LITTLE SHIT, AREN'T YOU?
THERE'S NO NEED TO BE RUDE.
GOOD. THIS IS GOOD. MY CONSCIENCE WILL BE CLEARER.
WHAT ARE YOU MUMBLING ABOUT?
JUST DIE ALREADY!
WHAT...?
YOU SEE, THAT PLAN WOULD HAVE WORKED IF I WAS A MUNDANE HUMAN.
BUT, ALAS, MY SOUL CORE HAS AWAKENED LONG AGO.
HE'S... AN AWAKENED?
I'VE SLAIN COUNTLESS ENEMIES AND ABSORBED THEIR POWER.
AS UNPLEASANT AS IT MIGHT BE...
BLOODBANE POISON CAN NEVER KILL ME.
DAMNATION!
I HAVE TO GET AWAY!
SHADOW GOD IS ALSO THE GOD OF DEATH.
SO LET ME SEND YOU INTO HIS EMBRACE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS?
The wounded captive, awake at midnight, interrogates the person who planned to kill him in his sleep. The other person invokes their sacred duty and responsibility, saying they do not expect forgiveness. As the argument escalates, the truth about the poison comes out: kankan herb juice was added to the canteens. However, the poisoned person reveals that thanks to their awakened spirit core, they will not die, and the deadly confrontation begins.
