Buddy: "If you are going for rare monster hunts then this is preferable because that is when they spawn. Very good!"
LMAO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvsYpeTacrc
"Ketriiiick! Ketrick, Ketrick! Hahahaa! How was it!? You have to tell me!!"
"Hmm. Well, how do I put this..."
"I am so so proud of you! Come on!"
"For once."
"Oh pleaaase!"
"Okay, all right. It was something I would describe aaaaas..."
"Yes?"
"As something you will see for yourself once you become an Archmagia. Yeah."
"...Dimwit."
"You would not belieeeeve it, Lorica! Simply brilliant! I. Signed. A paper!!"
"Oh... Okay."
"Come oooon! Loriii-iii-iii! Wake up!!"
"Hee-eee-eey stooo-ooop thaaaa-aaaa-t!"
"Gehehe! Look, you already asked others and you got the same response!"
"What? You know she is very much insane and pulls knowledge out of her butt half the time. And Archmagus Wy wiped most of his memories at one point so nobody knows what you can consider to be real just the same. Ketrick, you tend to overlook things! Are you really-"
"Haaa..."
"-like reaaaaally sure you did everything you were supposed to do?"
"It is a darn title, Lori! I am not suddenly more powerful or anything! People look at me slightly differently, NOT YOU THOUGH, and I guess I did something right!"
"For once..."
"Suuuure. Sure. ...Anyways! Lord Commandant Zalbak was there, and so was Grand Inquisitor Elimnee! Not because of me, mind you, but-"
"Definitely not."
"-maaaaan! The Grand Inquisitor is looking good! I mean, whoa, those-- HEY!!"
"Mmmmhm! I am glad we can agree you did not grow up; not one bit! Hmmmhm."
"Gihihihii!"
"Ppfha."
"That is Archmagus for youuuu nooooo-oow! Hmmm?"
"Clause one hundred twenty says that you can disrespect the authority of others if they disrespect yours."
"Gaaah! Daaaaamn! Oh dear, oh my, Lori!! Making up clauses now!? Haaaaaa! THE HORROR! ...I know that you made that up. Hehehe. Does not even sound like Magic laws at all!"
"What did they want anyway?"
"...I am not sure. I just took care of the business with His Excellency. However, I overheard something about a whole bunch of shadowy beings swarming across two villages..."
"..."
"They did not hurt anybody at all, but left the villagers very obviously scared for life! Weird! Lori-"
"I BET they were the same Shadows... Haaahrh. My throat tightens when I remember them, and we did not even approach them... Gah! Hrhhhr... hhhr."
"Forget about it! Sorry!"
"N-no, it is nothing, really!"
"Weeeell, that is that!"
"...Um, Ketrick, well, that is that for going together on missions too, huh."
"...Lori, come again?"
"THAT IS THAT FOR-"
"Ghaah! I thought you did not like going anywhere anymore!"
"Not without you! Not on your own!!"
"Hey hey hey! Hehe. Nothing has changed. Okay, I do have some other duties now, but if it is required, then I can always just say I need you to come with me. Whatever help accomplishes the task!"
"You are that help."
"...Gahahahaaa!"
"Paper Magic Archmagus."
"Hahahahaaa! Whatever, whatever! I just do not understand why there should be a problem! You frustrate yourself."
"I do... Hahaha!"
"Well, check... hrh... THESE out!!"
"Whoa!! Ketrick! What in the- Did you receive those too!?"
"Of course not! Just something... little... I have been saving up for for a while! Gheheh!"
"P-Platinum Clams get us Platinum Coast Hot Springs!"
"Looo-riiii! HELLO!?"
"Mrmrmrmh..!"
"I DID SAY I have been saving the gold!"
"...Give me that paper. NOW you did something right!"
"Gahahahaaa!"
https://youtu.be/vqZP-WlysZM
"What... do you know. A Portal is really here. This is exactly what must have attracted that pseudo-Dragon... Huhuhu. Selestina, you sneak. You have always been clumsy hiding things from me and Vladrym. It was the only time that irked me - when you wanted a Magic duel instead. Such things pass with the change in seasons. Quint would say that you have your reasons.
Hrrh... Let's see. Mmh. Somebody was here relatively recently considering how secret this place is. ...Did he tell you about this Portal? If you knew, perhaps Barthollem learned before as well.
...
...Not good enough. Quite the old way to perform a Magic ritual, but... huh. This... is ways above anything... Magicians can do. It... might as well take a Miracle to activate it again. Huhuhu. Interesting... Sorry, Selestina, I will not have you disappear just like your predecessor.
Mmmmmh. Uuhh... Nothing. No sense of death or lingering Lifeforce. If these are linked to the Soulsphere, then the Portals themselves are not the key... Dammit. Huhuhu. Would that be a little too easy? Who... performed... this ritual. Ghh.
Which Portal is this... Looks like a map, but... where am I? How about... hrrh... one... two... hrh... three... four, five... Cry- No. Mmh. If the Demon told you, and you stopped by here, then... I would assume here is Alyahan. And that makes... this position... my position? Perhaps. Huhu. Alyahan, then this... would be Crystana with our Portal under the Crystal Tower. Fits? Over here... would be Kazauss, and it has always been assumed the Demon King owns a Portal just the same. For what reason? Hm. This corresponds to what is now the Moyaraara Swamps, and we did discover a Portal there a long time ago. No idea... what this could be, but here it is certainly... Nemora. ...Seventeen..? Twenty there... Fif- No. Mmh. All the way... Right. Huhuhuhu! Seggesmund! What else?
Hah... If there is a Portal in Seggesmund, then it must buried very, very deep within the complete unknown. So far all the Portals have been inactive. We do not know about the Demons, and... we have no clue whatsoever what is there in Seggesmund at all.
...Hate to say it... but that place leaves us no choices indeed. I am but a hamster in comparison to what it might require after... all this time. I should have truly just gone there first thing.
Selestina... pray to the Goddess that your hunch is correct... or this might be short for you too."
https://youtu.be/BZ57wgjAWmE
"Hrh... haaaa... ha-haaa.. I... uuh... mwhaa..."
"Are you okay?"
"I... I think so... but we-"
"Yeah. I know, but you could not run anymore."
"Mrrh. Mrrhm. End of the line, boys and girls. Now, hamster. Scram. This has nothing to do with you."
"..."
"...Aaaah? How is THAT gonna help you, sonny? Tsch... See THIS? Perhaps when you are way older, WAY OLDER, you will get one of your own too! Get... OUT OF HERE! NOW!!"
"What do we... do... uu..?"
"Even a hamster cares for its teeth for the time it needs to bite back."
"Gahahahaaaa! Boss! That was the most Zehibirian threat I have EVER heard! Gwuahahaa! Maan..."
"I know, you dimwit. Still a Zehibirian. ...This is your last warning, sonny. We are only after the girlie. She is royalty, ya know. Geheh. She will be treated as such for ransom money, and then returned! See? Just business. Why hurt what can make you gold? Use that farm brain, redhead!"
"Listen..."
"I... I ran away. I..."
"I see. Look, if you run away, then you need someone to protect you. Big mistake. What is done is done though."
"Boss?"
"Gimme that Sleep Powder. Geeehee! THAT is the stuff! Aha! ...Hrh, those dimwitted Magic users are missing out. Powders are as good as certain Magic, cheap too."
"Goohoho! Remember that one who was totally baffled when we paralyzed him all of a sudden?"
"Gwahahaaa!"
"Provided you hit with it."
"What is that? Kheh... You might be small and nimble, but your position is bad, and there is more of us."
"..."
"A-Are you sure? Maybe... we..."
"Your Highness, give me your hand."
"...Um... Eh?"
"You cannot. I understand."
"N-No... Here."
"Good. That was your decision then. ...Like... this, okay?"
"Ah! What is... this?"
"A Zehibirian trick. Do not worry, I will not move your hand more. Any little slight movement, and the pain comes in."
"..."
"This puts your opponent in a position where... it is THEIR choice if they want to end up with their hand broken or not."
"O-Oh!! But I... I am not sure if I can do it."
"Heh. Not immediately, and it requires a little more strength, but practice. Practice."
"Understood, Sir..!"
"That... Fair enough. Worlds apart. Just a boy. Yeah?"
"I thank you."
"Not yet, but if they know any healing, then broken kneecaps will not be a problem."
"O-Oh..!"
"In Zehibirian fighting styles, you are the weapon. Keep in mind that you should not use them or practice them for offense in mind. They are at their most powerful when they are used to protect others."
"Alrighty, boy! Time is up! You had your chance to run for supper instead, but now meddling little children need to be punished! Huogh! GRAB THE GIRL, boys!! But DO NOT hurt her!"
"Gotcha! Mwehehee!"
"Boss, what about the hamster?"
"Do NOT kill him. That is messy, but if he hightails to his Mommy crying about a broken arm, that is fine!"
"Princess, duck over there. If they even brush against your dress, then I failed. Heh. I cannot take you back afterwards, but we will find somebody!"
"I... look forward to another meeting then. Thank you for this service."
"Saying, sure thing, is enough, hahaha! And... I highly doubt it, but... potatoes are known to be found in the most unlikely of places!"
https://youtu.be/bY3Qgeri-aM
"Iiiish! Ish, Ish! Hello! Pff-ahahaha! Look at youuuu! Ahahahaaa! They... aaahahahaa! They even guessed your grin right! Krrrch-chr-chr-ahahaa! This is EXACTLY what you would do! ...Pffff... pfhaaaffh... Damn! You are... hrrrhh... a little dirty... pffffhaaa. Ahahaaaa! What a thing! You look kinda... PETRIFIED! Pfff-ahahahaaaa!!
...Strange, is it not? Imagine telling somebody that you saw the statue of one of your best friends. ...Still here! Yeeees! Observing... Pfff-ahaha! YOU KNOW WHAT!? What is a few more centuries when it has been this many already!? Krr-chr-chr-chr... I have NO IDEA what I am doing sometimes!! Pff-ahahaaaa! Buuuuuut!! Ish... I met many Excellencies after you! I wonder what you would say! Huh? Huuuh? Stubborn as a... ahahhaaa... wait... pff-hahahaaa... as A ROCK!! AHAHAAAAA! Haaa...
Befriended some of them too! Excellencies... Tamanna, Mikolai, Orevva, Roderik, Alcya, Tomas, Ketrick, Sananella... Recently Barthollem and now Selestina too! Pff-ahahaaa!
Haaa... Well NOW!! I have not had much LUCK this long, but I am still at it! Slowly... SURELY! ...YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE!? I met this... hrrrrhnnn... this... hrrrrhhnhn... pfff-ahahahaaaa! ZEHIBIRAN badass!! AND HE IS PACKING!! OOOOH BOY!! AHAHAAAAAAA-slllrp-AHAHAAAAAAAA!! Haaa... ahahaaa...
It has been a while, has it not? I remember when you said it... He did so much for us. Many times. Saved us all. After what happened... you said that he will be remembered as something evil, while you just told the right things, and you will go down in history. Ish... It took me some time to realize that you suffered much twice. What happened to him, and then... watching Astara dealing with it. They never wished for anything, so they took everything from them. From him..."
"Having... fun?"
"Oooooh! What is thiiiis!! Niiice! Did you get everything!? Hmmm? Hmm?? ...Pff-ahahaaa!"
"It was the fastest escape from a general store I ever pulled off! Imagine some lunatic screaming about Zehibirians... PACKING IT... and GUESS WHO IS THE ONLY Zehibirian in the TOWN! Dammit!"
"Pffff-ahahahaaHAHAAAAA!!"
"Just... hhrh. Goddess!"
"Wh-"
"NO! ...Hm. Ah, yes. His Holy Excellency Lord Ishmaiyel, huh? The Founder. He would be your very, very, very old boss!"
"..."
"He seems like he was a pretty cool guy."
"..."
"Clearly things were different back then. He probably came up with the Goddess Emblem and the Magic Crest too. Maaan... Magic must have been something, huh? ...Ghh. Sorry."
"..."
"I get that I just say stuff that is obvious, and everyone talks about it. Perhaps you know something more as usual."
"... YOU ARE SUCH A BADASS ZEHIBIRIAN SWEETHEART!! AHAHAAAAAAA!! NNHIIIIIII..!"
"DAMMIT!! What did I even do!? Half the time I have no idea why!"
"Pfff-ahahaaaaa! Wheeee-heee-heee!"
"You... Gah! S-Stop it! ...Hrh. Mm. It is said that the statues often point towards Seggesmund - one reason why some people risked it. If you ask me, that is just a coincidence."
"...They were clever like that."
"I was never sure, but... I just have to ask, dammit! Did you ever have an accident with a mind altering potion or spell!? SERIOUSLY."
"...Pffff-ahahaaaa-haaaaaa! Krrrrr-chr-chr-hahaa, it is not like I would... REMEMBER it, riiight? Ahahahahaaa!"
"This is ridiculous! What are you going to claim next!? That you know or knew the Goddess as well!? Sheesh!"
"Ahahaaaa! AHAHAHAAAAA! Pfff-ahahahaaaa! KYAAA-HAHAHAHAAAAA-AHAHHAHAHAAAA-HAAAAAA!!"
https://youtu.be/UsAh1vdfckw
"Well, well, if it is not Archmagia Mya! Coming outside of her chambers and all! Your presence can be as rare as some of the creatures you like!"
"I... um... ehehe... I-If you do not mind, Your Excellency, I would um... like these signed."
"Hm? Magic pet store receipts? Archmagia, you know that is hardly an issue at all."
"O-Of course, but... um... the situation is that... um... well. You see..."
"...Wait a moment, Archmagia. What is going on here? You never purchased any of this, but... Goddess... here is your signature, but here... here is somebody else's?"
"Y-Your Excellency! Um... it was never my intention to... um... well, it was like..."
"Archmagia Mya."
"Haaaa... I am so sorry!"
"You should not apologize for helping others, but you should understand that you have other duties, and this in particular was not necessary. I do not even understand how all of these came to be now, and what it has to do with us."
"Mmmhm."
"Liandra. Shh-shh. I never heard of a book that translates itself."
"..."
"Ehehe... All r-right. This man had a few membranes taken from Ploaters. They resemble Fairy wings at a certain stage of a Ploater's growth. I believe he thought as much - that they are Fairy wings that were given to him. He took them to a few magic pet stores for restoration, I think, and they could not do anything with them. They are Ploater membranes after all, not Fairy wings! Fairy wings turn into flowers and plants in time! It is also said that under some unknown circumstances, a Fairy like creature could sprout from them, but this was never observed to the best of my knowledge."
"Archmagia Mya, that is common knowledge. What happens to Fairy wings."
"Uuu... Y-Your Excellency, I beg your p-pardon, but it... um... really is not outside of um, people who are more in the know. A-And I would not um... even consider it for people who specialize in magic pets. B-Besides, Your Excellency, um... the store owners probably did not want to deal with such a case anyway. Fairies are not um... magic p-pets."
"Fair enough! Did I pull a Liandra there? Hoh!"
"Eehehe..."
"I heard that, Your Excellency."
"Yes, you did because you mastered the selective hearing of Upean hunters."
"Thank you, Your Excellency."
"Anyways. Hm?"
"R-Right, so after a chain of recommendations, no owner could deal with this so they ended up just sending the poor man straight to the Crystal Tower for help. Uuu... I told him what is going on, restored at least the membranes since they were still covered in enough Ploater mucus. I-If nothing else, they um... can be used in potions and such. Um..."
"Archmagia Mya... Do not tell that we are supposed to cover all of this."
"Y-Yes, that is the idea um... yes. We are... um.. supposed to do th-that, and that is why I am here. Ehehe..."
"Krcchh. What a waste of gold. That could have been used to pay a Monster Hu-"
"Shhh! ...Dammit... Well, it cannot be helped. ...Mhm. Signed. Take these to Archmagus Turzo."
"Eeeek!!"
"Oh ho ho ho! Archmagia, he will not bite, he will just grumpily complain a little. Look, we need to verify that he is still here with us too! Simply be glad it is not anything that would require you to go ALL the way to visit District Administrat Mruzcek. Even I would think twice about that! Haaa... Thank you for your work, Mya, but you do need to deal with it now."
"A-As you wish, Your Excellency! Right away! I am so sorry!!"
"Do not bow to me, please. The act makes me feel old."
"Heh."
"Shhh! Tsk-tsk."
https://youtu.be/7FsKdL82YHk
"Quint, hello! Um... May I come in? Uum... a-are you busy?"
"A little late for that since you are already here."
"Oh oh oh..! I-I am sorry! I-"
"Ahaha, no, no. It is all right. I always find the time for you, Mya. There is always time when the Demon is away."
"Eheheheee! "
"I would... hahahahaa... I would start learning the language if I were you!"
"Hahaha!"
"Besides, Mya, you always knock on the door. You do not tend to somehow slam into it. Tell me, the small step in front of the door. How long do you think it is there?"
"Well... uhhmm... should be since the Crystal Tower was built, really."
"Exactly. Certainly did not just appear out of nowhere."
"Hahahaha!! ...D-Dumb question probably, but where... is she?"
"Heh. Who else, right? Mmh... I thiiink... I think she is still with the Lord Commandant and the Grand Inquisitor. It is the matter of the dead Nemoran Basilisk from a while ago."
"I... um..."
"Ah, but I will not miss a chance to explain then! Hahaha! Somebody killed the Basilisk. In itself, that is not the problem, but... whoever they were, they never claimed the kill. That makes a lot of people uneasy. It is... strange to say the least. It took a bit of time for a patrolling group of Knights to notice that it was way too quiet in the underground passage. They found the Basilisk dead, with a large boulder stuck in its body, and lying in a place where it could not have been an accident."
"An especially skilled group of Monster Hunters would be happy to report the hunt, right? Anyone famously powerful too. So... um.... Huuh."
"Indeed! Both Her Excellency and the Lord Commandant fought their share of powerful opponents too. That is probably what makes them worry. There is another thing. The Basilisk was, sort of, a double-edged sword. It was a matter of time before it would eventually decide to rampage outside."
"Haaaa... oookay, but Quint, it WAS also blocking the path through the mountains, and straight to Nemora."
"That is that, yes. Oh, and something more about it is bothering Liandra too. She thinks whoever did it, did not want to only help, but they clearly intended to pass through there. Perhaps did not want to make themselves known in the process. She also says that there were similar occurrences to this case in the past."
"Nemora these days houses a good number of Demons though."
"It does, so I am not sure how well they will fare undetected if that is the case. Strange things happened when I was more active, and strange things are happening now."
"You found yourself quite the successor though! Ehehehee! ...Um, I mean, um..!"
"Mya, it is fine. You speak the truth. I... could not do it anymore. Not... like this. No."
"Where did he go? I only know something about Seggesmund and... uuu... it scares me!!"
"Sorry, I cannot tell. I asked Lemrey, and he said that it is between him and Her Excellency. He sticks to it, and... heh... I would too, so I did not press it further. Nobody would send him to do something no person was able to accomplish there ever, so it should be okay."
"Haaahrh... Everyone is away. Ooooh!! Quint, I got a letter from Zelios!"
"Oh boy..."
"Ehehehee! Well, he did not specify where he is, but... BUT!! He saw a Foam Jelly! Aah, monsters like those make me mad! They appear sometimes, somewhere, under specific circumstances... Very rare! They form from water foam when Fairies wash their wings. Already rare since they do that at homes, and with milk or honey!"
"...I do not wish to know what he was doing... but that is nice!"
"Ummm... p-p-probably... for the best! Y-Yes..."
https://youtu.be/JLSAv8vhgsQ