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Pushed to his absolute limits, Duke has survived years of public humiliation from his famous wife, Kai. She loves showing off her glamorous playboy ex, treating Duke like dirt in front of everyone. What she doesn’t know is that the "worthless" man standing next to her is an ancient deity waiting for a five-year curse to lift. Once his godly powers are fully restored, will he expose her toxic behavior and ruin her surfing career?
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00:00:00I've seduced many sailors in my day.
00:00:04One had strong swimmers.
00:00:06But I'm immortal.
00:00:07If I marry your daughter, she'll age. I won't.
00:00:10It could never last.
00:00:12Five years.
00:00:15Look after her for five years.
00:00:17Help her find success.
00:00:19On your fifth anniversary, the spell will break.
00:00:22You can surf again.
00:00:24And if you love her, reveal your true identity.
00:00:31Okay.
00:00:32Hey, so this might be weird, but your daughter doesn't look like you, does she?
00:00:39You tell me.
00:01:06I can't believe she's marrying some sponge or simp.
00:01:11I give it six months.
00:01:22We look so cute.
00:01:24I do wish you had listened to me and not worn that shirt, though.
00:01:29Someone just commented, Sponger in a stupid shirt.
00:01:33I thought you didn't care that I don't surf.
00:01:35I don't.
00:01:36I don't.
00:01:38Spoiler alert.
00:01:39She did care.
00:01:41And that wasn't her only complaint about me.
00:01:43But I made a vow to stay with her for five years.
00:01:46And I was determined to keep that vow, no matter how hard it was.
00:01:49And it was very hard.
00:01:51Kai became one of the top female surfers on Earth, and I've been her loyal supporter.
00:01:58In three days, I get my koa board back and I can surf again.
00:02:02But until then, my mission is to give Kai everything she wants.
00:02:07She loves coconut water.
00:02:09Today, it'll be the freshest in the world.
00:02:11Morning, sunshine.
00:02:12Don't sunshine me.
00:02:14You tracked sand all over the kitchen.
00:02:16That beach life, though, right?
00:02:18What were you even doing out there so early?
00:02:20Getting stoned?
00:02:22Something like that.
00:02:23Unbelievable.
00:02:24I need you on point today.
00:02:26I heard Angela Lee, the CEO of Quick Mapple, might arrive early for the expo.
00:02:30Don't worry, babe.
00:02:32I got you.
00:02:33Well, this is not the brand I like.
00:02:35It's not any brand.
00:02:36It's fresh.
00:02:38How hard is it to get the right brand?
00:02:41Did you forget because you were high?
00:02:43I'll get the kind you like next time.
00:02:46We were happy once, but the honeymoon is over.
00:02:59Oh my god, that's her.
00:03:01Angela Lee, the single most important person in the world of surfing.
00:03:06No, that's the most important person in the world of surfing.
00:03:09That old guy?
00:03:10Angela's father, Mickey Lee, he's the real power.
00:03:12Started Quick Mapple as a surf shack in Malibu, and grew it into the most important surf brand on earth.
00:03:19Oh no.
00:03:22Oh.
00:03:22I gotta go.
00:03:25No.
00:03:27Dad, no!
00:03:29Dad, no!
00:03:40He's here!
00:03:44Pretty gnarly moves before the shark interrupted.
00:03:47Not as good as I used to be, but I can still catch a wave.
00:03:51Thank you for saving my life.
00:04:02You're the god of the island.
00:04:04Please, no one can know my identity.
00:04:07Whatever you say, but how can I ever repay you?
00:04:10Actually, there is a solid you could do me in return.
00:04:14Anything.
00:04:14My wife, Kaikua, is one of the best surfers in the world, and her sponsor just went bankrupt.
00:04:20Angela!
00:04:26Your leg!
00:04:27It's completely healed!
00:04:30Did you do this?
00:04:31I wish I had healing powers.
00:04:34I told you I went after him, but the god of the island rescued your dad.
00:04:38He must have put a healing spell on his leg or something.
00:04:41Well, thank you for helping.
00:04:43He needs our help, too.
00:04:45His wife, Kaikua, needs a sponsor.
00:04:47Wife?
00:04:48Don't worry, she's one hell of a surfer.
00:04:53Hey, Kai.
00:04:55Remember Chad from high school?
00:04:57How could she forget?
00:04:58If he hadn't dumped her to move to L.A. and become an Olympic gold medal surfer,
00:05:02she wouldn't have settled for that burnout sponger duke.
00:05:06Chad was my past.
00:05:07Yeah, the one that got away.
00:05:09He was so hot.
00:05:11And strong.
00:05:13God, I bet he could pick you up and flip you around.
00:05:17You guys!
00:05:18If Chad came back today and asked you to take him back, what would you say?
00:05:24Well, I am married, and I haven't seen Chad since high school.
00:05:28Hey, ladies.
00:05:29Kai, we should get going.
00:05:31I'm not ready to go yet.
00:05:32Did you forget?
00:05:33We have dinner reservations for our anniversary.
00:05:36The expo is the same day as our anniversary, so I made the reservation for today.
00:05:41I can't.
00:05:42Angela still hasn't seen me surf.
00:05:45Don't worry about that.
00:05:47You're going to get the quick maple sponsorship.
00:05:49What would you know about it?
00:05:50No way, bro.
00:05:52Is it really him?
00:05:53I'd like to see what's under those board shorts.
00:05:57Chad?
00:05:58Hey, boo.
00:05:59I'm in town for the expo.
00:06:00We knew who'd be here.
00:06:02But we didn't want to spoil the surprise.
00:06:06Chad, can you sign my board?
00:06:08Are you going to win gold at home in 2028, Chad?
00:06:11Duh.
00:06:11Of course I am.
00:06:12He's even hotter in person.
00:06:14How could you let a guy like that get away?
00:06:15So are we going to catch some waves or what, boo?
00:06:17I really think Angela should see me surf.
00:06:20And Chad is already sponsored by them, so it would help to see us together.
00:06:23For branding.
00:06:24You don't mind, right?
00:06:26No worries.
00:06:27We'll celebrate our anniversary later.
00:06:34So which one is your wife?
00:06:35The one on the board with Chad?
00:06:37Interesting.
00:06:38She's good.
00:06:39Really good.
00:06:40She's the best.
00:06:41You know, quick maple sponsors, man.
00:06:43Yeah?
00:06:43I can help you get a sponsorship, too.
00:06:45Thank you, Chad.
00:06:46But I can handle it.
00:06:48I'm a big girl.
00:06:49I know exactly what kind of girl you are.
00:06:51I know every single part of you and would love to get reacquainted.
00:06:55I just want to help, since your husband obviously can't.
00:06:58Oh, hey, dude.
00:06:59You must be Duke, the sponger who waxes Kai's board.
00:07:04I'm Kai's husband.
00:07:06Want to go grab Kai's board for us?
00:07:12Five years.
00:07:13For five years, I protected and loved you.
00:07:16But now I'm starting to see you never really loved me back.
00:07:21I caught your favorite fish myself.
00:07:24And you've been out all day with Chad.
00:07:27You're cold.
00:07:27I can feel the goosebumps on your skin.
00:07:29Hey, don't sweat quick, maple.
00:07:31I'm tight with Angela.
00:07:32I got your back like a bikini string.
00:07:34Thanks so much, Chad.
00:07:35It's the least I can do.
00:07:37You know, I never forgot you.
00:07:38I'm married.
00:07:40You're not going to be this hot forever, Kai.
00:07:42Don't you want a real man who knows what to do with a girl like you?
00:07:45Duke's actually really sweet.
00:07:47Sweet?
00:07:48Yeah.
00:07:48He's a total simp.
00:07:50Dump him.
00:07:51Or don't.
00:07:53I don't mind being Mr. Steel, your girl.
00:07:55There's an extra board here.
00:07:57It's a gift for you.
00:08:00A fish.
00:08:02This bad boy will unlock all the speed in that tight little bod.
00:08:05Duke designed my board himself.
00:08:07You think that sponger knows more about surfboards than me?
00:08:11Plus, this is a quick maple board.
00:08:13That's what Angela wants to see you on.
00:08:16Good point.
00:08:19See you on the beach, boo.
00:08:21Catch any big ones?
00:08:22It was okay.
00:08:23Lots of close outs today.
00:08:25I made dinner for our anniversary.
00:08:27Our patio's got a better view than any restaurant anyway.
00:08:29Sorry.
00:08:30I ate already.
00:08:32New board?
00:08:32Angela should see me on a quick maple board.
00:08:35Quick maple should build a board for you.
00:08:36Like I did.
00:08:38This fish can't make the drop on a barrel.
00:08:40It'll pearl the second you go vertical.
00:08:41Babe, no offense, but Chad knows surfing.
00:08:44He won gold.
00:08:44You don't even surf.
00:08:46I know the island's waves.
00:08:48I'll think about it.
00:08:49So you're not hungry, but you've been surfing all day.
00:08:51Are you sore?
00:08:52Do you want a massage?
00:08:54I am sore.
00:08:55I'm going to go in the hot tub.
00:08:56Want some company?
00:08:57No, thanks.
00:08:59I'm not in the mood.
00:08:59Too sore.
00:09:02She said she wasn't in the mood, but she really meant she wasn't in the mood for me.
00:09:07You forgot your towel.
00:09:08Didn't want you to get cold walking back to the house.
00:09:11Aren't you going to say anything?
00:09:13What do you want me to say?
00:09:14Do you even care?
00:09:16Or are you too stoned and lazy to even give a shit?
00:09:18I care.
00:09:20If you paid attention, you'd know how much.
00:09:22Why did you never learn to surf?
00:09:28I was the best surfer in the world, but your mom cursed me.
00:09:34What does that have to do with anything?
00:09:36Because it's weird.
00:09:38You're like obsessed with surfers.
00:09:41You make custom surfboards.
00:09:43You wear that stupid surfboard necklace, but you can't even surf.
00:09:49That's probably why you want to stay in this dead marriage.
00:09:52So you can leech off me.
00:09:55That's why you didn't even react to me screwing that jet and calling it another man's name.
00:09:59Because you don't actually care about anything except using me to get closer to the glory you'll never have.
00:10:07You want me out of your life?
00:10:11Give it a few more days.
00:10:13Nah, bro.
00:10:13You're caking it on.
00:10:15You're going to glue her feet to the board.
00:10:16That's right for cold water like Malibu.
00:10:19On a warm break like ours, soft thin wax will be greased by noon.
00:10:22This sponger's lecturing a gold metal surfer on wax?
00:10:25Not on wax.
00:10:26On the water I live on.
00:10:28I hoped I'd find you here.
00:10:30She looked pretty good with you yesterday, Chad.
00:10:32Let's see how she looks on her own.
00:10:34Angela!
00:10:34That bikini!
00:10:35Still being worn by your boss.
00:10:40There she goes.
00:10:42I told her that fish can't make the drop on a barrel.
00:10:45It's purling.
00:10:54See what your garbage waxing did, sponger?
00:10:57It wasn't the wax.
00:10:58It was your board.
00:11:01So it's my fault?
00:11:02I was trying to unlock her power.
00:11:04You've been holding her back.
00:11:06Up.
00:11:08What?
00:11:09I think what you meant to say was,
00:11:11you've been holding her up.
00:11:14You're a pro surfer.
00:11:15Props on that.
00:11:16But I know my island.
00:11:17I know my break.
00:11:20And I know how to kick your ass.
00:11:23You think so?
00:11:24Let's go then.
00:11:34Chad's a professional athlete.
00:11:35You're a professional stoner.
00:11:36You don't want to fight him.
00:11:41Is that the kind of guy you are?
00:11:42Need to be rescued by your girl?
00:11:45I don't know what happened out there.
00:11:47I swear I'll do better in the expo tomorrow.
00:11:48Don't sweat it.
00:11:49The sponsorship's yours.
00:11:51You looked amazing.
00:11:52But I just had an epic wipeout.
00:11:53It's not just about your surfing.
00:11:55You're hot.
00:11:56And you've got a great man behind you.
00:12:01Looking forward to having you both represent Quick Mapple at the expo tomorrow.
00:12:04Fix the wax on my new board.
00:12:07She thinks Chad is the great man behind her.
00:12:10One more day, and she can have him.
00:12:15I can't believe.
00:12:17She gave me the sponsorship, right?
00:12:19After I wiped out.
00:12:21And it's all thanks to you.
00:12:24I'd do anything for you.
00:12:26Why don't you come up to my room and rinse off in the shower?
00:12:29You can borrow a t-shirt, too, if you want.
00:12:32Yeah.
00:12:33I am really sticky, actually.
00:12:37What are you doing?
00:12:41Stop denying yourself.
00:12:43We both know you want this.
00:12:46Put your clothes on, Chad.
00:12:48You first.
00:12:52Ride this.
00:12:57How are you so strong?
00:13:00Does it make you feel strong?
00:13:03Taking another man's sloppy seconds?
00:13:05That's beta behavior.
00:13:08I thought you were a chad.
00:13:09What are you doing to him?
00:13:12Enough!
00:13:14What is wrong with you?
00:13:16Me?
00:13:17He was assaulting my wife.
00:13:19This is a misunderstanding.
00:13:20Really?
00:13:21You were crying for help.
00:13:22He spilled a drink on me.
00:13:24I was just cleaning up.
00:13:25And how did he end up naked?
00:13:27He was just changing.
00:13:28Timing, bro.
00:13:29It's everything.
00:13:30In surfing and in love.
00:13:31Can you please just take me home?
00:13:33You can stay here if you want, boo.
00:13:35We all need to just chill out before the expo tomorrow.
00:13:37I shouldn't have slapped you.
00:13:38You were being crazy, though.
00:13:40I thought you were going to kill him.
00:13:43Do you have anything to say?
00:13:45Why were you in his hotel room?
00:13:49I told you.
00:13:50He spilled a drink.
00:13:50I should have been there.
00:13:53But instead, you made me...
00:13:54If you wanted to come, you should have come!
00:13:56You are always doing this.
00:13:58You act like a total simp and then bitch and complain when I don't tell you what to do.
00:14:01Act like a man for once!
00:14:03You used to like that I was kind and giving.
00:14:06No.
00:14:07I like the way you fucked me that first time.
00:14:09I was totally digmatized and I made the biggest mistake of my life.
00:14:13That's really how you feel about our marriage?
00:14:15You're a sweet guy, Duke.
00:14:17But I need a strong man behind me.
00:14:19Not a slacker.
00:14:22If you cared to look closer, you'd see that the truth is, you'd never be this successful without me.
00:14:28Get real, Duke.
00:14:30I could make my own meals and wax my own board.
00:14:33I only let you do it because you're so pathetic.
00:14:37I feel bad for you.
00:14:38You think I'm just a glorified servant?
00:14:40Like you said, a leech.
00:14:43I need a real man.
00:14:45Not some stoner, beta, board waxing sponger.
00:14:49All the things you do for me just make you seem weak.
00:14:52How am I supposed to be attracted to you?
00:14:59Then let's get a divorce.
00:15:03You want to divorce me?
00:15:05If you're not attracted to me anymore, then what's left here?
00:15:08What's left is me.
00:15:09I do everything.
00:15:11I built my career as a surfer from scratch.
00:15:13Is that really what you think?
00:15:14Yes!
00:15:15You don't even surf!
00:15:16I made custom boards for you.
00:15:18Which I wrote out of obligation, even though they probably only held me back.
00:15:24Every photo shoot.
00:15:25Holding me down is more like it.
00:15:26I was dragging your dead weight around.
00:15:28As a matter of fact, I should be asking you for a divorce.
00:15:31Okay.
00:15:32That's all you have to say?
00:15:34It's been five years since the sea hag cursed me.
00:15:37Five years since I've been able to surf.
00:15:39And I can leave Kai if I choose.
00:15:41When we got married, I wanted to give her everything.
00:15:44We love you, Kai!
00:15:45She's using the board I made her.
00:15:47Maybe she finally sees that I've always been there for her.
00:15:50Let's give another round of applause.
00:15:52Beautiful surfing.
00:15:53But you know what I like more than beauty?
00:15:55The impossible.
00:15:56Over a hundred feet.
00:15:57No one except the mighty and mysterious god of the island has ever ridden it.
00:16:02And the god of the island hasn't been seen on a surfboard in five years.
00:16:06No mortal has ridden those waves and lived.
00:16:08Expo participants only.
00:16:10He's my husband.
00:16:11It's fine.
00:16:11I don't need to go on the beach.
00:16:12Oh my god!
00:16:13You cannot be serious!
00:16:14How dare you!
00:16:15Are you seriously that pathetic and jealous that you're trying to ruin her shot at the
00:16:20biggest moment of her career?
00:16:22What are you even doing here anyway?
00:16:23Yeah, security, can we get this stoner out of here, please?
00:16:26I'm just doing what I've always done.
00:16:28Protecting you.
00:16:29I know you're bored.
00:16:30I know you're surfing better than anyone.
00:16:32You can't handle those waves.
00:16:40I knew she could do it!
00:16:46She really is incredible.
00:16:49Thank girl.
00:16:50Thank girl.
00:17:01Where is she?
00:17:14No way, bro.
00:17:17It's him.
00:17:18Let's go out of the island!
00:17:20Let's go out of it!
00:17:25That's right.
00:17:26The god of the island.
00:17:34Man, I miss surfing!
00:17:51it's okay the god of the island's protecting you just ride the wave
00:18:09i think a crab got me kai help me
00:18:18duke you're tough chad's a professional surfer a foot injury would ruin his whole life
00:18:26what is wrong with you can't you see your husband is seriously hurt
00:18:31angela i thought since chad is one of your sponsored athletes his injury would be the
00:18:36priority and i thought since duke is your husband you would at least show an ounce of
00:18:39compassion for him you don't understand duke has always been tough he's a sponger you don't
00:18:45need your feet to lay down on a boogie board you clearly don't understand who you're dealing
00:18:49with here you are both an embarrassment to the quick maple brand this is not the kind
00:18:53of example i want my athletes to set
00:18:59um it really hurts go with him
00:19:23i'll help him protect everything he has and together we'll gain even more
00:19:27i now pronounce you husband and wife
00:19:41richard clara julian from now on thomas is your father
00:19:48i love all of you like my own then can i come to your sawmill they say you've got several
00:19:53when i grow up will i run all of them of course as long as you're willing to learn i'll
00:19:57teach you
00:19:58the business i want the prettiest carriage a new dress every season and the whole town at my ball
00:20:03of course i'll give you all the very best
00:20:08so the timberland the estate all the money that's all going to be mine one day too
00:20:19they grew up without a father now they suddenly have a papa who loves them they got a little
00:20:23carried away
00:20:26yes mother we're just so happy
00:20:30thomas thank you for giving the children a real home from now on my children are yours too
00:20:35and they'll be good to you i know it
00:20:37and thank you for giving me the finest children and the finest wife in the world
00:20:45hey kid it's getting dark what are you doing out here leave me alone i've still got a deal to
00:20:55finish up a deal
00:21:02thomas my business partner
00:21:06wherever you are i'll find you
00:21:19you've stalled us three months already pay us today
00:21:23i can't even buy flour for my family
00:21:29stay calm everyone mr bennett's going through the books he'll make this right
00:21:33pay us pay us pay us pay us
00:21:38sir i just got word from the doctor your mother's been diagnosed with stomach cancer
00:21:42she needs treatment right away it'll cost at least four hundred thousand dollars
00:21:47what
00:21:57send the treatment money first
00:21:59there's only a few thousand dollars left in the company accounts
00:22:02impossible
00:22:03there were eight million last month
00:22:05and it's not just the cash
00:22:06the lumber receipts we kept at victor's dock warehouse are gone too
00:22:09without them we can't even claim that timber
00:22:14who has access to that money
00:22:16besides you and your wife
00:22:18only richard clara and julian
00:22:23they're my family
00:22:24they'll help me get to the truth
00:22:38richard
00:22:38you kids are all in town
00:22:40good timing there's serious trouble at the company
00:22:43no
00:22:45sign the sawmill and the timberland over to us
00:22:48and the trouble outside takes care of itself
00:22:52what
00:22:53you're old and you're soft
00:22:55a worker cries poor you give him a raises
00:22:57a dealer stiffs you you give him more time
00:22:59you will ruin bennett timber
00:23:02you're at that mill all day
00:23:04you always stink of sawdust and machine oil
00:23:06everyone at the club laughs at us for having a crude country yunker for a father
00:23:13clara
00:23:13father
00:23:15you're leaving us the company sooner or later anyway
00:23:17step aside now
00:23:18have a nice quiet retirement
00:23:20why work yourself to the bone
00:23:23so you took all the company's money and receipts
00:23:27you're right
00:23:27i gave you the best house
00:23:30sent you to the best schools
00:23:32i loved you like my own
00:23:34your mother's in the city on business
00:23:38if she knew you were treating me like this
00:23:41it would break her heart
00:23:47break her heart
00:23:50over you
00:23:53think it over
00:23:55those workers outside are losing their patience
00:24:11my god
00:24:12they're going to wreck the saw table
00:24:29god almighty what are you doing
00:24:31that table goes the whole mill is finished
00:24:34no pay no mill
00:24:35we'll tear it down
00:24:36my family's had no bread for two days
00:24:38no one cares if we live or die
00:24:47stop
00:24:50yes stop
00:24:54well look who's here
00:24:55great philanthropist thomas bennett
00:24:57tired of your fancy cigars
00:25:00stop
00:25:02that saw is our only chance to save the mill
00:25:06to hell with your mill
00:25:07my family's got nothing to eat
00:25:09what about us
00:25:12you black-hearted crook
00:25:13if you love that table so much
00:25:15climb up and go down with it
00:25:33mr bennett my god
00:25:34get off of them
00:25:38pull the main switch now
00:25:49you almost died
00:25:51i'd give my life to save this mill
00:25:54hundreds of families depend on it
00:25:56we don't want to do this mr bennett
00:25:58but it's been three months
00:26:00my landlord's at my door every day
00:26:02asking for rent money
00:26:04since my husband died in the woods
00:26:06my paycheck's the only thing keeping my kids alive
00:26:11now my little girl's sick
00:26:13and i can't even afford a doctor
00:26:15i haven't been able to afford a single sack of coal for three months
00:26:21my mother has to sleep under all her old rags for warmth
00:26:26you live in a big house and own a fancy carriage
00:26:29of course you'd have no idea how we're scraping by
00:26:32we just want our wages
00:26:34yes
00:26:34give us our money
00:26:36yes
00:26:41you're right
00:26:42you did the work but you didn't get paid
00:26:45it's my fault
00:26:46no matter what
00:26:48i know how much these paychecks matter
00:26:51they put bread on your table
00:26:52pay for your children's doctors
00:26:54and buy the firewood that gets your parents through winter
00:26:57they're how your families survive
00:26:59then why haven't you paid us
00:27:05the company's funds were transferred
00:27:08all the lumber receipts are gone
00:27:09there isn't a cent left in the accounts
00:27:12bennett timber owes you all
00:27:14and i won't run from this debt
00:27:17i won't let you work for nothing
00:27:20i'll sell my house
00:27:21my carriage
00:27:22and all my valuables
00:27:24even my family's timberland
00:27:26and i will put every last cent in your hands
00:27:30we're supposed to believe that
00:27:31i'm not asking you to trust me right now
00:27:33please
00:27:34just give me one more day
00:27:43mr bennett
00:27:45i failed you
00:27:47so now
00:27:48i'm begging you
00:27:49one day
00:27:50by the end of tomorrow
00:27:51i'll make this right
00:27:57we want our wages
00:27:58your apologies won't put bread on our tables
00:28:01i'm already two months behind on rent
00:28:03i can't wait another day
00:28:04pay us now
00:28:05pay us now
00:28:11Henry you've been at this mill for 15 years
00:28:14when the blade took your hand two winters ago
00:28:16i made you a promise
00:28:17as long as bennett timber stands
00:28:19your family will never go hungry
00:28:21mary
00:28:23you lost your husband to an accident in the woods
00:28:26since then you've raised three children on your own
00:28:28and never missed a single day of work
00:28:30last winter when i heard your youngest had no shoes
00:28:33i bought two pairs for each of your children
00:28:37and george
00:28:38peter
00:28:39andrew
00:28:41i remember every last thing you gave to this mill
00:28:44you never failed this company
00:28:46it is i
00:28:47thomas bennett
00:28:48who's failed you
00:28:49i'm not asking for forgiveness
00:28:51just one day
00:28:52that's all
00:28:54i'll sell my house
00:28:55my carriage
00:28:56all my valuables
00:28:57and i'll pay your wages first thing
00:28:59i've worked for mr bennett for 15 years
00:29:01he's never shorted me a single demi
00:29:06after my husband's accident
00:29:08he kept paying his wages for six months
00:29:11and during last year's blizzard
00:29:12he gave us firewood to keep our family warm
00:29:15but what if we give him another day and he runs
00:29:18i'll trust him one more time
00:29:19so will i
00:29:24everyone
00:29:24go home for now
00:29:26we'll meet back here this time tomorrow
00:29:28and hear mr bennett out
00:29:31thank you
00:29:32all of you
00:29:41you're really selling the house and the carriage
00:29:44where will you and mrs bennett live
00:29:46if the workers don't get paid today
00:29:48their children could go hungry tonight
00:29:50i have to save them first
00:29:59get this to my wife in the city right away
00:30:01tell her to sell the house
00:30:02the carriage
00:30:03and every piece of jewelry and art we own
00:30:06all of it
00:30:07all of it
00:30:08i've explained everything in the letter
00:30:15president walker
00:30:16this is the man you've been looking for
00:30:27thomas bennett
00:30:28that's him
00:30:2915 years
00:30:30and i finally found you
00:30:32my long lost partner
00:30:34bring the car around
00:30:35tell our lawyers
00:30:37bank rep and guards
00:30:38we'll leave for bennett timber in 10 minutes
00:30:40but
00:30:40you're meeting with the chairman of the state railroad commission at three
00:30:43he can reschedule
00:30:53i'll see you soon my business partner
00:30:59all eight million from bennett timber's accounts has been transferred
00:31:02and the lumber receipts are in our names now
00:31:05thomas won't be able to pull anything out
00:31:07didn't think he'd hand you the company's most important account so fast
00:31:10in a matter of days you've taken his life's work
00:31:13what a fool
00:31:14all it took was calling him dad
00:31:16and suddenly he'd do anything for me
00:31:18he still thinks mother's gonna bail him out
00:31:21he's probably sitting in that shabby little office right now
00:31:23waiting for the whole family to come save him
00:31:29he always said trusting family is the foundation of good business
00:31:32turns out his trust was worth a cool eight million
00:31:35that's his fatal flaw
00:31:36he thinks everyone's as saintly as he is
00:31:39well time for saint thomas to pay
00:31:41still bennett timber's just an empty shell now
00:31:44we've got the money and the timber
00:31:45why do we even want those old sawmills
00:31:47because all you took was the cash
00:31:49the real value is bennett timber's decades of hard-earned reputation
00:31:53its vast timberland
00:31:54and its long-term port contracts
00:31:56meaning
00:31:58the walker group is hunting for a long-term lumber supplier
00:32:01and a port partner
00:32:02whoever holds bennett timber gets a seat at walker's table
00:32:05the walker group
00:32:07that name's always in the headlines
00:32:09but president walker's never shown his face in public
00:32:11they say he's a young handsome gentleman
00:32:14every banker and railroad baron in the city is desperate to win his favor
00:32:17if i use bennett timber to get close to him
00:32:19the entire city elite will have to answer to me
00:32:38mr walker welcome to our city
00:32:41mr walker your improved derricks brought three dead oil fields back to life
00:32:46even the banks back east want to invest now
00:32:48partner with us and we'll give your oil and equipment top priority on the rails
00:33:03first of all
00:33:04i'm no mister
00:33:06second
00:33:07i'm not here to talk business
00:33:09i came here to find someone
00:33:16mother the doctor has told me everything
00:33:18i know my body
00:33:21i'm worried about you
00:33:22it's only been a few days and you've gone so much grayer
00:33:27trouble at the company
00:33:28or those three children
00:33:31the company's accounts have been drained
00:33:33the lumber receipts are all gone
00:33:35the workers are demanding pay outside the mill
00:33:37and i can't even give them what they're owed
00:33:40then don't worry about me
00:33:42get through the crisis in front of you first
00:33:44mother it's stomach cancer
00:33:46the doctor says you need surgery as soon as possible
00:33:49i'm so sorry i'm your son and i can't even afford the treatment you need
00:33:54mother
00:33:56i've failed you
00:33:58nonsense
00:34:00your workers have wives
00:34:02children aging parents
00:34:04their families rely on their paychecks
00:34:07go do what you have to do
00:34:10i've already asked grace to sell the house the carriage and the art in the city
00:34:14she'll take care of it
00:34:15i know she will
00:34:17thomas
00:34:19i've never trusted grace
00:34:21she'd been married three times before she met you
00:34:24each husband richer than the last
00:34:27now that your fortune is gone
00:34:28what makes you think she'll stay
00:34:31mr bennett an urgent letter has just arrived from mrs bennett
00:34:35grace has raised the money
00:34:39only two hundred thousand
00:34:42dearest thomas
00:34:43the buyers learned we're desperate for cash
00:34:46so they shorted us
00:34:47i had to take a two hundred thousand dollar deposit for now
00:34:51so the workers wouldn't be kept waiting
00:34:54the check is enclosed
00:34:56i'll keep working on the rest
00:35:00our house
00:35:01the carriage
00:35:02the art collections
00:35:04they're worth at least eight million
00:35:06and she only got two hundred thousand
00:35:08mr bennett
00:35:09perhaps you should review the accounts in the city yourself
00:35:12leaving everything to your wife
00:35:14grace would never betray me
00:35:18she took that price because she knew the workers couldn't wait
00:35:21she raised two hundred thousand dollars in one day
00:35:25she did everything she could
00:35:27but we're still five million short
00:35:38i have two hundred thousand i've saved over the years
00:35:41take it
00:35:46no you need that money for your surgery
00:35:48i can't take it
00:35:49you're my son
00:35:51how could i stand by when you're in trouble
00:35:54but this money would save your life
00:35:56if those workers don't get paid
00:35:57their families can't get by
00:35:59take it
00:36:00put food on their tables first
00:36:01even with grace's two hundred thousand and yours
00:36:04the workers rages are still more than four million short
00:36:07then find another way
00:36:08you've been in business your whole life
00:36:10and helped so many people
00:36:11someone will lend you a hand
00:36:13but it's four million
00:36:15now the company's in trouble
00:36:17no bank will lend us that kind of money
00:36:21there's one person i can think of
00:36:23who
00:36:25victor crane
00:36:27we came to america together and now he controls the city's dock warehouses and freight business
00:36:33four million should be well within his reach
00:36:40mr crane mr thomas bennett would like to see you
00:36:42send him in he's an old friend i can't keep him waiting
00:36:51well look who it is the great thomas bennett himself
00:36:57what brings you to my little company today
00:37:03victor
00:37:04it's been a long time
00:37:06it has
00:37:07back then
00:37:08you were busy running your woodlands and sawmills
00:37:11rubbing elbows with bankers and big merchants
00:37:13of course you wouldn't have time for an old friend hauling freight and minding warehouses
00:37:18i never forgot you
00:37:19well then i'm honored
00:37:20come set that cane aside and let your old friend help you
00:37:25oh dear
00:37:26thomas
00:37:27i didn't mean to
00:37:29i'm
00:37:30i'm fine
00:37:31i had no idea
00:37:32you can't even stand on your own now
00:37:38i got hurt in an accident at the mill a few years back
00:37:41oh
00:37:43what a shame
00:37:49victor
00:37:49could you give me a hand
00:37:53oh
00:37:54then just say what you came to say on all fours
00:37:56stop beating around the bosh
00:37:58i don't have time for chit chat
00:38:09victor
00:38:10i'd like to borrow four million dollars
00:38:12my workers are still waiting on their wages
00:38:14i promise i'll pay it back in a month
00:38:16principal and interest
00:38:18four million
00:38:20that's pocket change to me
00:38:22you'll lend it to me
00:38:25i can
00:38:28but only if you crawl over here and beg on your knees
00:38:40victor you're joking right
00:38:42i'll pay you back the four million within a month
00:38:44whatever interest you name
00:38:46we came to america together
00:38:48we've known each other for years
00:38:50i really am in trouble victor
00:38:52and i'm hoping you can help me
00:38:53help you
00:38:57thomas
00:38:57do you think you're still that big shot lumber baron that your word is law
00:39:01i never thought that
00:39:04we both came here with nothing
00:39:06you made your fortune a few years before i did and suddenly you were lecturing me
00:39:10telling me how to live as if you always knew better
00:39:13i never looked down on you
00:39:14oh really
00:39:16did you forget the first time i came to you for money
00:39:26bring us what you owe in three days
00:39:28if you set foot inside again we'll break your legs
00:39:43thomas
00:39:44please
00:39:45lend me 500
00:39:47i'll go back in there and win it all back
00:39:52here's 50
00:39:53enough for three days food and lodging
00:39:55i'm sorry my friend but i won't stand by and watch you throw your life away
00:40:06thomas
00:40:06the party's about to start
00:40:12remember
00:40:13you shoved 50 dollars at me like i was some beggar
00:40:15i really wanted to help
00:40:17if it happened again i'd do the same thing
00:40:19exactly what i hate about you
00:40:20you're always right always noble
00:40:22saint thomas
00:40:23you had the mills the name and everyone's respect
00:40:26even the woman i wanted she married you
00:40:29the past has nothing to do with what i'm asking for today
00:40:31oh it has everything to do with this
00:40:33i begged you once
00:40:35today at last it's your turn to beg me
00:40:39if you don't
00:40:40if you don't
00:40:41your workers won't get paid
00:40:42tonight their families will go hungry
00:40:45by winter their children will have no shoes
00:40:48and their parents will freeze to death
00:40:51you keep calling them your responsibility
00:40:54so prove it
00:40:56get on your knees
00:40:57that's all it takes to save them
00:41:00or is that pride of yours worth more than their lives
00:41:04if i kneel
00:41:05you'll lend me the four million
00:41:23wait
00:41:25great
00:41:29victor is this how you treat an old friend
00:41:31have you forgotten how he helped you
00:41:50whatever he owes i'll cover it this time
00:41:53walk away from the tables victor
00:41:56stop gambling your life away
00:42:02mr bennett you've paid his bail in full
00:42:04but next time we catch him smuggling no one can save him
00:42:11victor you can make good money running a warehouse or freight
00:42:14why in god's name are you smuggling
00:42:15oh save it i'm out of cash if i don't smuggle the company goes under tomorrow
00:42:18a businessman lives and dies by his reputation
00:42:20keep breaking the law and no one will ever do business with you again
00:42:28i'm finished i can't pay what i owe they'll lock me up
00:42:35draw money from my account help him save the warehouse
00:42:38yes sir
00:42:44your old friend bailed you out
00:42:49and put up the money to save your warehouse
00:42:52now you hate him because he saw you at your lowest
00:42:55grace that's right
00:42:57so you waited 15 years for him to get old and crippled so you can watch him lose everything he
00:43:05built
00:43:07that's right and you dangle those workers livelihoods over the man who saved you twice
00:43:12to force him to crawl at your feet
00:43:18exactly i can hardly wait to see it
00:43:21victor you really are an ungrateful wicked hopeless son of a bitch
00:43:26grace never mind all that
00:43:28tell me how much more were you able to raise
00:43:38but i happen to have a weakness for bad boys
00:43:42grace what the hell
00:43:48from what i've dug up grace has been moving thomas's assets into victor's accounts all along
00:43:53she and victor have been colluding for a long time
00:43:57drive faster
00:43:59we need to get there as soon as possible
00:44:04oh thomas that look on your face is priceless
00:44:08don't worry your eyes aren't lying
00:44:09victor and i we've been together a long time
00:44:12grace
00:44:13you
00:44:18i'm a man of my word
00:44:20get on your knees and i'll sign the check right now
00:44:23no i still have some dignity left
00:44:27sorry to trouble you good day
00:44:30i treated you well for 15 years
00:44:32why are you doing this
00:44:34because you're finished
00:44:37you can't get back up
00:44:38let me get up we'll talk face to face
00:44:40face to face
00:44:41with your height
00:44:43your stature
00:44:43you'll always stand ahead above me
00:44:45but now
00:44:46i finally got you under my boot
00:44:48i'll never let you get back up
00:44:49i want your children to see you in all your glory
00:44:59you don't know yet huh
00:45:01mr crane is our new father now
00:45:04from now on i'm only calling him dad
00:45:06at least he won't keep me in some sawdust covered backwater dump
00:45:09that's right
00:45:10dad promised everything you were too stingy for
00:45:12he'll give us all of it
00:45:14you
00:45:15you'd call him father
00:45:17one more thing
00:45:18moving the company's money and the receipts
00:45:20mr victor taught us exactly how to gut bennett timber
00:45:23so it was him
00:45:25i just pointed the way
00:45:27it was your three fine children who handed me everything you had with their own hands
00:45:33don't blame them
00:45:34this was all my idea to begin with
00:45:36you had them steal my money
00:45:38how can you call it stealing
00:45:40isn't a man supposed to provide for his family
00:45:42i just taught them to take what's rightfully theirs
00:45:45so you've been lying to me
00:45:49for 15 years
00:45:50i married you because you were the richest lumberman around
00:45:53i thought i'd live in the grandest house in the city
00:45:55and go to the finest balls
00:45:57instead i was stuck in the country with you
00:45:59breathing sawdust and machine oil
00:46:00i've been so sick of you that sawmill and your filthy workers
00:46:05the heartwarm family reunion's over
00:46:07now let's talk business
00:46:09sign here
00:46:10hand me the sawmills the timberland and every dock contract
00:46:12then this four million dollar check is yours
00:46:15never
00:46:16bennett timber is my life's work
00:46:18if you don't sign your workers will never see their wages
00:46:21their children will go hungry
00:46:22their old folks will freeze to death
00:46:24oh great mr bennett
00:46:25is your company more important than their lives
00:46:28you're using the workers livelihoods to force my hand
00:46:31yes
00:46:31and you have no other choice
00:46:33i won't sign
00:46:34that's not up to you
00:46:39let go of me
00:46:44sign it
00:46:45you've got nothing left anyway
00:46:46once i have bennett timber and partner with the walker group
00:46:50this whole city will answer to me
00:46:52just sign it you old wretch
00:46:55sir president walker has arrived
00:46:58stop
00:47:07stop
00:47:09stop
00:47:12you must be mr walker
00:47:13forgive me for not greeting you properly
00:47:20quick
00:47:22get this old bugger out of here
00:47:29mr bennett
00:47:30what have you done to him
00:47:31a misunderstanding that's all
00:47:34i'm an old friend of bennett's
00:47:35he owes his workers a great deal in back pay
00:47:38and he came here to shake me down and make a scene
00:47:40mr merson
00:47:40you've completely misunderstood
00:47:42thomas hasn't been well for years
00:47:44his mind's gone foggy
00:47:46that's why the company's been failing
00:47:47he simply lost control of himself today
00:47:49so it came to this
00:47:50the company's been failing
00:47:52because of you
00:47:53right
00:47:54mrs bennett
00:47:56we're taking him to the hospital
00:47:58i'm his wife
00:47:59i have to go with him
00:48:02save it
00:48:02mr bennett
00:48:03hold on
00:48:06idiots
00:48:07you defend the walker group
00:48:09he's just a secretary
00:48:11you are
00:48:12harriet walker
00:48:13you may have forgotten we've met before
00:48:16perhaps you're mistaken
00:48:17a lady as striking as you
00:48:19i'd certainly remember you
00:48:21i'm not mistaken
00:48:22you were my first mentor
00:48:23you taught me how to build my own business
00:48:25now you're in trouble
00:48:26i've come to help
00:48:2850 million
00:48:29good heavens miss
00:48:3150 million
00:48:31enough to cover your workers wages
00:48:33and your mother's cancer treatment
00:48:34no
00:48:35i can't take this much money for nothing
00:48:37miss 50 million is far too much
00:48:39listen thomas
00:48:40just take it
00:48:41walker petroleum
00:48:42the company with the refined light fuel technology
00:48:44you're working with them
00:48:46that's right
00:48:48i'd like you to come
00:48:49all right
00:48:51i'll be there
00:48:52get the cash to lakeport as fast as you can
00:48:54yes ma'am
00:48:56and
00:48:56buy a stake in bennett timber in the walker group's name
00:48:59then inject one billion under my personal name
00:49:03boss
00:49:04bennett timber's cash flow has collapsed
00:49:06it's on the brink of bankruptcy
00:49:08your investment will go straight down the drain
00:49:10do as i say
00:49:10just sign it
00:49:11it's the only way to make things right for me and the children
00:49:14grace you're a viper
00:49:15i will not let bennett timber fall to you snakes
00:49:19quit while you're ahead old man
00:49:21julian richard clara
00:49:23look me in the eye
00:49:24tell me
00:49:24who provided for you all these years
00:49:26sent you to the finest schools
00:49:27your wish was his command
00:49:29thomas really loved you as his own
00:49:30not this again
00:49:31he cheated
00:49:32he stiffed the workers
00:49:33he ran the company into the ground
00:49:35he's not our father
00:49:35clara what about you
00:49:37thomas doted on you most of all
00:49:39dresses
00:49:40carriages
00:49:41jewels
00:49:41he could never say no to you
00:49:43john miller
00:49:44three months wages
00:49:45two kids waiting on winter coats
00:49:46sam wilson
00:49:47sick wife
00:49:48no food left in the house
00:49:49peter brown
00:49:50still can't afford the cost of his mother's funeral
00:49:52you hear that
00:49:53your workers can barely survive
00:49:55all because of your bad decisions
00:49:58this house is only borrowed
00:50:00there's no money hidden here
00:50:02then
00:50:03let us search it
00:50:04you are not going in there
00:50:06learn your place
00:50:08from now on
00:50:09everything belongs to the new management
00:50:10the sawmills
00:50:12timberland
00:50:12dock contracts
00:50:13and railroad tie supply rights
00:50:16thomas bennett
00:50:17you're finally nothing now
00:50:19does this mean we'll get our back pay now
00:50:21oh
00:50:22a transfer of ownership
00:50:24is complicated business
00:50:25until the books are sorted out
00:50:27the wages will have to wait
00:50:28wait
00:50:29we only agreed to come out here
00:50:31for our wages
00:50:31in that case
00:50:32don't go home empty-handed
00:50:34thomas hid years of stolen money
00:50:36in this house
00:50:37now's the time to take it from him
00:50:39see this money
00:50:40mr bennett sent me to withdraw it from the bank
00:50:42to pay your wages
00:50:43you couldn't wait even one day
00:50:45you beat up his mother and his assistant
00:50:47and you tore his house apart
00:50:52we didn't know
00:50:56don't blame them mr mercer
00:50:58mr bennett they nearly destroyed the last home you have
00:51:02they worked hard all year
00:51:03they just want their pay to get their families
00:51:06through the winter
00:51:06i withheld their wages
00:51:08someone turned them against me today
00:51:10it's understandable
00:51:15consider yourselves lucky
00:51:17your souls get to
00:51:23help me
00:51:26run
00:51:28run
00:51:29stay back
00:51:43who are you
00:51:45i've never heard of a wizard with power like this
00:51:48of course you haven't
00:51:49because a year ago
00:51:50i was just a nobody
00:51:52just
00:51:53a year ago
00:52:19Master, I've finished sweeping the room.
00:52:21I'll go ring the bell now.
00:52:23Go on.
00:52:34You brought it?
00:52:38Lady Lauren, the seals binding the warlocks are failing.
00:52:42Even the Dark Lord is on the verge of breaking free.
00:52:45Please, we need you to stop him.
00:52:50Me?
00:52:51No, not this time.
00:52:54But...
00:52:56He might be able to help.
00:53:01If you become his woman.
00:53:02If it saves the Academy, I'll do anything.
00:53:05I'll marry him right now.
00:53:08Marry?
00:53:08Don't flatter yourself.
00:53:10You'd be lucky if he kept you around as a servant.
00:53:13Jason, come here.
00:53:20Jason, the Gaven family's failure of a son.
00:53:23I thought he was born without magic.
00:53:25He can't even hold mana.
00:53:26How's he supposed to help us?
00:53:28Jason, you've always wanted to know how your mother died, right?
00:53:3620 years ago, the Dark Lord saw a vision of his death.
00:53:41That a prodigy wielding golden mana would rise and kill him.
00:53:46Terrified, he ordered a per-
00:53:49Then my mother.
00:53:52Yes.
00:53:53She sacrificed her life to protect you.
00:53:57To keep the Warrocks from finding you, I laid a seal on you.
00:54:01The last 20 years, it hid every drop of your mana.
00:54:14What's this?
00:54:15Drink this, and the seal breaks, unleashing all your mana.
00:54:20However, the Warlocks will sense it immediately, and they will come for you.
00:54:24The weak ones can't touch you anymore.
00:54:26But once the seal is broken, your life becomes a battlefield.
00:54:33Choose carefully.
00:54:40I'll do it.
00:54:42To avenge my mother.
00:54:44Good.
00:54:46Zarath was one of the Warlocks who killed her, and his seal is about to break.
00:54:50Maybe fate's giving you a chance to settle the score.
00:55:14Impossible!
00:55:15How can he have so much mana?
00:55:2020 years sealed, undone in a breath.
00:55:23Let it out!
00:55:24All of it!
00:55:25Yes.
00:55:31This-
00:55:31This is just a seal coming off?
00:55:33How much mana is in there?
00:55:36S-rank mana?
00:55:37I only just made S-rank after 50 years of study!
00:55:40The rank-measuring orb couldn't take it.
00:55:43It just crumbled.
00:55:45Jason's mana.
00:55:47It's far past S-rank.
00:55:49Wait for it.
00:55:50One day, this whole continent will know his name.
00:55:57Go, Jason!
00:55:58Let Zorath, the Dark Warden, be your first medal!
00:56:21Finally, after 10 years, I've finally broken through that cursing field!
00:56:27No!
00:56:41We're too late.
00:56:42Zorath's already broken the seal.
00:56:44Jason, stay close and stay sharp.
00:56:46Dark magic suppresses my power.
00:56:48I can't fight at full strength here.
00:56:49Ha!
00:56:51The headmaster of the Magic Academy herself!
00:56:54I was just about to come looking for you, and you walked straight into my hands.
00:57:02Be careful!
00:57:03He's a legend, even among the Warlocks.
00:57:06A rank at least.
00:57:07Perfect.
00:57:08You think you can stop me?
00:57:12No!
00:57:20The...
00:57:22What?
00:57:23Golden mana.
00:57:25Impossible.
00:57:26I killed you 20 years ago.
00:57:28I watched your mother take her last breath!
00:57:30Sorry to disappoint, but I'm alive.
00:57:33And you're dying today.
00:57:41Time to join your mother in...
00:57:43Ow!
00:57:45Damn it!
00:57:46The boy's far stronger than I thought.
00:57:47I can't beat him like this.
00:57:48I need my power back foot!
00:57:51He's running already.
00:57:56Ah!
00:58:01That was easier than I expected.
00:58:04One move.
00:58:05He destroyed Zorath with just one move.
00:58:08This shouldn't be possible.
00:58:10Headmaster Graves, I should go.
00:58:12After I say goodbye to my master, I'm heading home.
00:58:14The Warlocks took my mother and countless others.
00:58:17I can't change that.
00:58:18But I can make damn sure they don't take anyone else.
00:58:21Let me take you.
00:58:31Ah!
00:58:32Damn him!
00:58:33One strike nearly destroyed me.
00:58:35If my necromancy hadn't dragged my soul back, I'd be finished.
00:58:39My master will return soon.
00:58:42I need to find the gem of revival and rebuild myself fast!
00:58:48The seals are breaking.
00:58:51And Zorath's undead are already at our borders.
00:58:54Every fighter who can still stand, take up your arms and join me!
00:58:57We hold this land together or we die, defending it!
00:59:02Drive out the Warlocks!
00:59:04Drive out the Warlocks!
00:59:07Relax, Father.
00:59:09Relax, Father.
00:59:09I'm a C-rank wizard.
00:59:10A handful of undead grunts, please.
00:59:18Father!
00:59:19I want to go too!
00:59:23Andrew's already a C-rank mage.
00:59:25Jason's been training for over ten years and still can't even hold mana.
00:59:29And he thinks he's fit for battle.
00:59:32He's cursed too.
00:59:33His mother died the day he was born.
00:59:35You really want someone like that fighting beside us?
00:59:38He'll get us all killed.
00:59:40Only that old hag in the bell tower would take him in.
00:59:43If you ask me, Lord Leon should exile the reject then for himself.
00:59:49Jason?
00:59:50You're supposed to be minding the bell tower.
00:59:52What are you doing here?
00:59:53Go back!
00:59:53We're going to war!
00:59:54Not on some reckless adventure!
00:59:56Father, I'm part of this family too.
00:59:58I want to do my part.
00:59:59I can do this!
01:00:01Don't worry, darling.
01:00:02I'll pass the wizard's exam this time.
01:00:04I want to do my part for this family too.
01:00:08The dark magic ate through her.
01:00:11She spent the last of her life for to keep the child alive.
01:00:19My Lord, Jason is asking to see you.
01:00:22Send him away.
01:00:23Tell him I'm out.
01:00:24My Lord, rumors are floating around the Domain.
01:00:27They say you can't stand the sight of young Master Jason.
01:00:32Find whoever started it.
01:00:34Make an example of them.
01:00:39I'm sorry, Jason.
01:00:41I don't want to shut you out, but I just...
01:00:43I can't look you in the face.
01:00:45Not when you look so much like your mother.
01:00:48Jason.
01:00:49Wanting to serve this family, that's a good thing.
01:00:52Getting a little too confident up in that bell tower, aren't you?
01:00:55Don't forget what you are.
01:00:56A reject who can't even hold mana.
01:00:58What are you going to do?
01:00:58Polish the undead to death?
01:01:00Blind them with that broken lamp?
01:01:02Enough, Andrew.
01:01:03Jason is your brother.
01:01:05Watch your mouth.
01:01:06Father, I don't agree.
01:01:08Jason doesn't even have a proper magic weapon.
01:01:10He'll just drag the rest of us down.
01:01:13He's right, my Lord.
01:01:14We need a real wizard in battle, not a bell ringer with no mana.
01:01:18Father, I do have a magic weapon.
01:01:20My Master gave me this lantern.
01:01:22I know how to use it.
01:01:24Lorraine gave you that?
01:01:29Strange.
01:01:30It looks like junk, but the inside is shrouded by some kind of magic.
01:01:34I can't make out what it's made of.
01:01:37Jason.
01:01:38This will be a dangerous journey.
01:01:40If you want to see the world, fine.
01:01:43But you must stay by my side at all times.
01:01:47Understood?
01:01:48Yes, Father.
01:01:49I will.
01:01:49I promise.
01:01:51We start tonight.
01:01:53We will patrol the borders in shifts.
01:01:56Andrew, first squad with me.
01:02:00Don't worry, Father.
01:02:01I'll prove myself.
01:02:03Care for little reject?
01:02:06Don't wander too far without Daddy holding your hand.
01:02:21Hand over the gem of revival and you keep your lives.
01:02:25Refuse.
01:02:25We level this city!
01:02:27A red robe.
01:02:29Only warlocks above B-rank can wear those.
01:02:33That's it.
01:02:34Her mana barely registers.
01:02:36She's nothing special.
01:02:42Legions of the dead.
01:02:43With me!
01:02:47My Lord.
01:02:49The gates will fall at this rate.
01:02:55Father.
01:02:56Leave this to me.
01:03:02Oh my God.
01:03:03I will marry you.
01:03:40See that little reject? That's what real magic looks like.
01:03:49No! Those skeletons aren't finished yet!
01:03:54Stay there! Hang on!
01:03:57Andrew wiped out dozens of undead in one move. He's more powerful than an entire army.
01:04:02So much for the red-rogue warlack. Andrew drove her back without breaking a sweat.
01:04:06With Andrew here, no warlock can touch us.
01:04:09My lord, with Andrew on our side, what warlock could possibly threaten us?
01:04:13You should be proud, Lord Leon. Raising a prodigy like Andrew is an achievement in itself.
01:04:21The boy's done well. He really has.
01:04:29Andrew! Don't drop your guard! Those skeletons aren't dead!
01:04:40What's wrong, Jason?
01:04:42I'm scared of something I can crush under my boot.
01:04:45Born to the same father.
01:04:46But how is Jason so far behind Andrew?
01:04:49I bet he nearly wet himself from that little battle just now.
01:04:52He's just a useless coward.
01:04:53Who let him near a battlefield?
01:04:55Ha ha ha ha.
01:04:59Andrew! Your leg! Expel your mana now!
01:05:05So one of you has a brain after all.
01:05:08Shame. It's already too late.
01:05:13God! Did you hear that?
01:05:15The reject's giving me orders!
01:05:17Ha ha ha!
01:05:19Father!
01:05:20Make Andrew Jason-
01:05:21Enough, Jason!
01:05:25Andrew's already been marked by the Necromancer's mana.
01:05:28If he doesn't purge every drop of it right now, he'll become her puppet.
01:05:31Jason, I warned you.
01:05:33You're here to observe, not make trouble.
01:05:36Andrew is risking his life for House Gaville.
01:05:39Don't let your jealousy turn you against your own brother.
01:05:45No. It's too late.
01:05:48Andrew! For the honor of House Gavin!
01:05:51Drive every last warlock from our land!
01:05:57Don't worry, Father. I'll...
01:06:04Master Andrew, are you all right?
01:06:21What's happening? I can't control my body!
01:06:23He... he... he's turned into the warlock's puppet. We have to bind him, now.
01:06:30Binding? That's my specialty.
01:06:39Father...
01:06:39We need to help Andrew now, or it's all over!
01:06:43That doesn't mean you have to throw your life away.
01:06:46Father!
01:06:47Enough, Jason!
01:06:49You'd only be dead weight.
01:06:50I can't fight. I can't fight a warlock with one hand and keep you alive with the other.
01:07:06But...
01:07:11Andrew! Wake up!
01:07:13Don't let the warlock consume you.
01:07:18You lot think you can stop me.
01:07:21I won't let you take me.
01:07:27The gate's fallen.
01:07:30We're finished.
01:07:31Andrew!
01:07:32What the hell are you doing?
01:07:34No!
01:07:34I don't want this either!
01:07:41Father!
01:07:44How did you come to this?
01:07:47C-rank mage.
01:07:48Pathetic.
01:07:49Worthy or not even worth controlling.
01:07:51Die.
01:07:53This is bad.
01:07:54That warlock has to be above B-rank.
01:07:57We're screwed.
01:07:59Get out of my way.
01:08:00I can save them.
01:08:01Master Jason, Lord Leon is just trying to keep you alive.
01:08:05He's right.
01:08:06We won't let you run to your death.
01:08:07Move.
01:08:08I need to help my father.
01:08:10No!
01:08:11I don't want to die!
01:08:13I...
01:08:13Shhh.
01:08:15Father, you're alive?
01:08:21Father, let me help.
01:08:23I won't let my son just die.
01:08:25Not while your old man's still kicking.
01:08:33I'll hold it here!
01:08:34Everyone, start casting!
01:08:38Stay out of my way.
01:08:42That titan's just a corpse running on necromancy.
01:08:45The source is in the head.
01:08:47Father!
01:08:47Aim for its forehead!
01:08:57Master Jason, stop making things worse.
01:08:59If you knew the first thing about necromancy, you'd know a re-amated corpse's weak point is the heart.
01:09:03No!
01:09:03This titan is different!
01:09:05Jason, really?
01:09:07Even now, you're still trying to prove yourself.
01:09:10Aim at its heart!
01:09:11You...
01:09:27It worked!
01:09:29Thank the gods!
01:09:31I don't know why, but that titan felt off.
01:09:34Just like Jason said, the necromancy was strongest at the brow, not the heart.
01:09:38But, no.
01:09:39It had to be a coincidence.
01:09:44All thanks to Lord Leon.
01:09:45He led us to defeat the titan and the warlock.
01:09:48That's our lord.
01:09:58Father!
01:09:59The titan isn't dead!
01:10:01What?
01:10:05Your domain actually produced a genius.
01:10:07What a shame.
01:10:08Even a genius gets dragged down by idiots.
01:10:14What is that thing?
01:10:16It's an A-ranked parasite tree.
01:10:18That's it.
01:10:19That's why it felt so wrong.
01:10:21The real undead wasn't the titan.
01:10:23It was a parasite tree nesting in its brain.
01:10:27You can't.
01:10:34What do you want?
01:10:35Yes!
01:10:43We're finished.
01:10:45We lost our one chance to kill it.
01:10:49A city this prosperous, a gem of revival, all of it will be mine!
01:10:56And once I deliver you to Lord Zora, I'll be raised to Dark Warden and take my place at his
01:11:03side!
01:11:18I failed this city.
01:11:19Protect my sons.
01:11:21I'll end this here!
01:11:22Lord Leon is burning through his life force for power.
01:11:25Father?
01:11:26No.
01:11:28Lord Leon!
01:11:29Father!
01:11:29No!
01:11:43Jason?
01:11:48Jason?
01:11:51Our realm is under dragon attack.
01:11:54The only way to end it is for one human to willingly enter the Dragon Valley as a sacrifice
01:12:00Will anyone step forward to save the realm?
01:12:04I volunteer as sacrifice
01:12:08You are young to have such a death wish
01:12:10I'm 18, your majesty
01:12:13My only wish is that my life means something
01:12:15Very well
01:12:17You shall travel to the Dragon Valley in three days' time with the arrival of the full moon
01:12:23And there you will die
01:12:25Before you go, I must ask
01:12:26You are so young, why would you give up your life so freely?
01:12:29I'm an orphan
01:12:31Found near the Dragon Valley as a child, I have no true family to mourn me
01:12:35That is because my family already treats me like I'm dead
01:12:37Though it was not always the case
01:12:39Lord Quinn taught me to run
01:12:42I'm doing it, Father, look!
01:12:43That's it, Alistair
01:12:44Soon you shall be riding a horse like a knight
01:12:47My mother, Lady Quinn, taught me to be gentle
01:12:52Remember, Alistair
01:12:53Delicate
01:12:55My older sister, the brave knight Kaya, taught me to fight
01:12:59Better luck next time, brother
01:13:03And my sister Elaine, blinded by a fever
01:13:06Taught me to see more than just what was on the surface
01:13:14Dorian, the son of a defeated noble sent to my father as payment
01:13:18I thought I found a brother that was like me
01:13:21An orphan
01:13:22Except he came from noble birth
01:13:25But it was not meant to be
01:13:29While hunts, Dorian blamed me for a stab wound he gave himself
01:13:35There is room for only one foundling in this family
01:13:40My family believed him
01:13:42Father banished me from the house
01:13:45Ordering me to live in the stables
01:13:49I've been there ever since, despite the pain
01:13:52The Quinns loved me for many years
01:13:55They saved my life
01:13:57Now I can repay them by saving their lives
01:14:00And the realm
01:14:02No one will miss me
01:14:04You are very brave to do this, Alistair
01:14:06I will make sure you have the finest clothes from my palace
01:14:08And you can travel home in my private carriage
01:14:11Majesty, I do have one request
01:14:13Name it and it is yours
01:14:14I wish that my identity stays a secret
01:14:17That no one outside of the people in this room
01:14:19Will know what I have volunteered to do
01:14:21I promise no one will know
01:14:24Let no one here ever speak Alistair's name
01:14:26Or mention what he promised to do today
01:14:28So long as Alistair is alive
01:14:30This is my command, under penalty of death
01:14:33Three days
01:14:35In three days I will be gone
01:14:38Thank you
01:14:41Just as I had hoped, the manor was quiet this early
01:14:44There would be no family around to see me arriving from my secret trip to the capital
01:14:50Though perhaps I've spoken too soon
01:14:53They seem angry
01:14:57And where have you been?
01:14:58There are dragons on the loose, boy
01:15:00You should be guarding this manor with your life
01:15:02Not disappearing like a common coward
01:15:04Forgive me, my lord
01:15:08A stable rat dressed as a prince
01:15:10He probably stole these clothes
01:15:12You're lying
01:15:13A thief in fancy clothes
01:15:15Are the clothes we give you not enough?
01:15:17Did you have to go steal these?
01:15:19Yet again you embarrass our family
01:15:22Your stolen clothes don't look so nice now
01:15:24Come on, Kaia, ignore him
01:15:26You are just a stable boy
01:15:28The mud is where you belong and where you should stay
01:15:32In three days I will be gone
01:15:37Tell me
01:15:37When do you plan to tell the Quinns that you volunteered as the dragon sacrifice?
01:15:41You know
01:15:42But how?
01:15:45People see me as nothing more than a loyal butler
01:15:48But there is more to me than meets the eye
01:15:54I've decided not to tell them
01:15:55They'll find out soon enough
01:15:58Will you keep this between us?
01:16:01Yes
01:16:02I will keep your secret
01:16:03The realm needs a sacrifice, not a family scandal
01:16:06A heart can break twice, boy
01:16:07Once from cruelties
01:16:09And once from silence
01:16:13Then let mine break quietly
01:16:14Certainly more than my family
01:16:16That scream came from Lady Quinn's rose garden
01:16:19Mother
01:16:21My roses
01:16:23My beautiful, innocent roses
01:16:25They're dead
01:16:31Mother
01:16:32Someone put salt in the soil
01:16:34Nothing can survive in your garden
01:16:36Who could have done this?
01:16:37Alistair was angry that you praised my pruning yesterday
01:16:39That's not true
01:16:41I've been gone and only just now returned
01:16:42Gone where?
01:16:44To destroy the evidence
01:16:45We should search his room
01:16:47There is nothing to find
01:16:49I swear, please believe me
01:16:51There, under his bed
01:16:57I don't believe my eyes
01:16:58A sack of salt
01:17:00Half empty
01:17:02I told you he did it
01:17:04Those roses were the one thing I trusted you with
01:17:08How could you?
01:17:10Oh
01:17:12I swear I didn't harm your roses
01:17:14I haven't even been here long enough to do it
01:17:16You saw me arrive early this morning
01:17:18That's true
01:17:19Alistair wasn't here this morning
01:17:21Yes, very
01:17:22Thank you
01:17:22All right
01:17:23Thank you
01:17:24Thank you
01:17:42I'm going to be here

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