- Well, we did it.
- Well, we did it.
- Yet you're still the saddest-looking fighter in camp.
Why the long face?
- Because we only barely got the job done.
Everything else was a miserable failure.
- Because we only barely got the job done.
Everything else was a miserable failure.
- Sure, we saved Lonato and put Jeralt and his
[cdb]mercenaries to rout.
- Sure, we saved Lonato and put Jeralt and his
[cdb]mercenaries to rout.
- But we let the Kingdom's troops get away in the
[cdb]process.
- But we let the Kingdom's troops get away in the
[cdb]process.
- And if that wasn't bad enough, I failed to beat the
Ashen Demon.
- And if that wasn't bad enough, I failed to beat the
Ashen Demon.
- Basically, we lost in nearly every way you can lose.
- Basically, we lost in nearly every way you can lose.
- Wrong! You were hired to do a job and you did it.
- And in the process, you've received a valuable
[cdb]reminder about the unique danger the Ashen
Demon poses.
- Agree with Arval.
- Disagree with them.
- You're right. I can't believe one fighter could turn
[cdb]the tide of an entire battle like that.
- You're right. I can't believe one fighter could turn
[cdb]the tide of an entire battle like that.
- Precisely. They're surely going to continue standing
[cdb]in our way, so do try to dig a little deeper the next
[cdb]time you square off.
- Unique danger? Not sure I'd go that far.
- Unique danger? Not sure I'd go that far.
- And what other phrase would you use for a mercenary
[cdb]that can single-handedly change the tide of battle?
- If we're to win this war, the Ashen Demon needs to
[cdb]be eliminated as soon as possible.
- Then I guess my goal hasn't changed. Thanks for the
[cdb]encouragement.
- Then I guess my goal hasn't changed. Thanks for the
[cdb]encouragement.