...?
IS HE DEAD?
EPISODE 4
GHK!
Help Me!
THIS IS TERRIBLE. BUT... COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
AT LEAST IT'S GOING AFTER THE OTHERS.
TH-THEY'RE... RUNNING AWAY...
FOOLS.
RUN INTO THE FOREST!
MOVE!
THEY'RE DOOMING THEMSELVES.
WITHOUT A FIRE, WE'LL FREEZE TO DEATH BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER.
UNTIL THE SUN RISES, RUNNING AWAY IS SUICIDE.
S-SO WHAT?!
I PREFER FREEZING TO DEATH THAN BEING EATEN BY THAT MONSTER ANYWAY!
WE NEED TO HIDE!
COME ON! FOLLOW ME!
NGH!
WHAT'S WRONG?
CAN'T YOU MOVE?!
CALM DOWN!
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?!
I'M CHAINED TO THAT BIG BASTARD!
W-WAS HE STILL ALIVE...?
YOU JUST HAD TO THINK ABOUT HOW THINGS COULD GET WORSE, RIGHT, YOU IDIOT?
MUTATION!
THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
WHAT IS A TYRANT DOING HERE?!
Tyrant: A Nightmare Creature ranked above Beasts, Monsters, Demons, and Devils. Only creatures of Tyrant class or higher can create minions.
I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD ABOUT ANYTHING STRONGER THAN A SINGLE DEVIL APPEARING IN THE FIRST NIGHTMARE.
JUST HOW POWERFUL IS THAT DAMN FATED ATTRIBUTE?!
FATED
ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION: THE STRINGS OF FATE ARE WOUND TIGHTLY AROUND YOU. UNLIKELY EVENTS, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, ARE DRAWN BY YOUR PRESENCE. THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE BLESSED, AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE CURSED... BUT RARELY BOTH.
WE HAVE TO FINISH IT BEFORE IT FULLY TRANSFORMS!
HESITATE AND WE BOTH DIE!
I'LL LOOP THE CHAIN AROUND ITS NECK—
WHEN I GIVE THE SIGNAL, PULL WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!
O-OKAY...
NOW!
DIE!
DIE, YOU BASTARD!
[YOU HAVE SLAIN A DORMANT BEAST, MOUNTAIN KING'S LARVA.]
MOUNTAIN KING... SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
W-WE...
WE KILLED IT!
THREE SECONDS...
I CAN REST FOR THREE MORE SECONDS.
KID...
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
?
MORE LARVAE?
GRR...
FUCK... THIS IS ABSOLUTE HELL.
I WISH I COULD JUST WAKE UP ALREADY.
COME AT ME, YOU BASTARDS!
The group's attack by a giant creature scatters them; as those fleeing run toward the forest, the chained youth says they will freeze to death without fire and thinks this is suicide. It is revealed that the giant on the ground is still alive and is mutating into a Tyrant. Before the transformation is complete, the duo wraps the chain around its neck and kills the beast, the Mountain King Larva. However, their relief is short-lived; more larvae appear.
