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and a slightly different area
because I decided, as long as I'm gonna have to make a long trip back to that boss
fighting the four kings
anyway, might as well leave the area
use that fancy new ember I got
and make my weapons stronger
and I think this is the right blacksmith to talk to about that
Why yes!
I hot shiny shiny! I make weapons shiny!
He knows what he likes
Okay, it seems I was wrong. This guy is not the one who can, uh...
Who can upgrade my weapons beyond +10, but he could do other fancy, uh... weapon upgrading, so...
I went ahead and ascended my...
Painter Guardian Sword to a Quelogged Fury Sword
Which was the, kind of, end goal...
for that weapon, and this does look pretty sweet
Ooh...
That's cool
So it has a largely, uh...
fire element attack, rather than physical damage
Which for some enemies, I expect would be great
Actually, these probably would have done very well against the, uh...
crystal enemies of the last area
That's okay, though
I've got it now
And I'm going to make my way back...
to our other blacksmith friend, who can...
hopefully help me out with the, uh...
+15-ning of my scythe
Okay, here we are. Back to our old friend
Well...
Well, I'll be. That's a brilliant ember you've got there. For all my years in the trade, that might be the finest.
How's about you leave that ember with me? I'm just an old smith. I'd give my left arm for a gem like that.
That's the plan.
Thank you mightily for that. Now, just leave the rest to me. Andre of Astora gets the job done, you shall see.
And as we go, I think I will also keep upgrading the sidesword here.
To make it stronger as well, because I also like it, so it'll be the next one in line.
And as long as I'm here, I mean it takes Demon Titanite to do it, but this seems like a good sword to invest some points in as well.
So, yeah, let's... why not? Let's do it. Let's upgrade this a couple of times. See what becomes of us.
Let's leave it at +2 for now. I'll come back to that a little bit later, once I'm certain I'm happy with it.
But, yeah, I guess with this longbow we should be upgrading this too, shouldn't we?
Oh, actually, you know what? I'll sit on this a little bit. Just in case we get some other fancy bow really soon here.
Wouldn't want to have any regrets.
All right. Well, that takes care of that business, so...
Next step, get ourselves back to Firelink, and I think Reverse Hollowing.
I think I'm going to see if I can summon some help into that fight.
Actually, no. You know what? I'm gonna try one more time without help with this slightly upgraded equipment, just to see how that goes.
And then, when that fails, then I'll come back with Reverse Hollowing and summon help.
We've got ourselves a game plan. We're gonna do it.
I checked. I went looking to see if there is like a bonfire I could take advantage of around here, and there's not, but I think I can just drop down here?
Uh, which doesn't take me directly where I'm going, but it's definitely closer.
Let's see how this sword does. Eh.
It's definitely more about chipping away than it is getting a couple of big hits in.
But, that's kind of okay. I mean...
When you kill this fast...
Okay, so let's...
Get our scythe on...
Swap back to the Abyss Ring...
Heal up real fast...
And... take three!
I got a good feeling. I feel ready.
I'm gonna get myself down to at least the first little ledge, just so I don't...
...kill myself with fall damage like an idiot.
And...okay, here we go!
There's our stuff!
Where are you, pal?
Where...there. Alright!
Let's see if we can take you out fast before you get your friends.
That's not helpful. Ow.
Well, that's definitely more damage. I'll take it.
Ow.
Reckless, though. I should be healing up.
Can I get two? Yeah, there we go! Okay, he's down. Next guy, next guy!
Kill 'em fast!
Ow! That hurt.
Oh, jeez. Don't grab me or anything, please.
One more hit and I got him.
Agh! Missed. Not good. Come on.
Yeah!
Okay, where's the next guy?
It's going well. If I can keep this pattern up, I win.
This trick seems to be to kill them as fast as you can...
...before new ones spawn.
And, I mean, so far so good...
...so long as they don't change up their pattern or anything.
So far so good!
Yeah! This is going really well!
Can't complain.
Leveling up your weapon five times will do that, I guess.
Come on, who's next?
Oh, you're next.
I'm gonna get you, buddy.
Ow.
Going. To.
Ow. Okay.
Yes! Okay!
Whoa! That's awesome! Bequeathed Lord's Soul Shard and a bunch of humanity, four of them specifically, which seems right.
Awesome! All right, then! That takes care of that!
Let's go ahead and spend this absurd number of souls!
All right, so I've got Vitality up to 30, I've got Endurance up to 30...
It is my understanding that, like, once you...
the higher you push a stat, the more diminishing returns you see, and I think 40 is generally the magic number where...
returns start becoming so diminished that they're not really worth it anymore, at least not...
early on when you've got a bunch of other stats that are in the teens or the tens like I do.
So I'm gonna get Dexterity...
up to...well, all the way up to 40.
And...then I'm cutting it off there.
That's probably as high as I'm gonna push Dexterity for the rest of this playthrough.
Vitality and Endurance...maybe higher, maybe Vitality goes up to 40 as well?
And then after that, I guess it's just...
All right, so once I've got those three up to 40, and you guys let me know if I should not be pushing Vitality and Endurance that high...
What should be the fourth stat?
What is the next thing I should put points into?
Given my current build, given what you guys have seen of my playstyle...
given what equipment I have handy and...
the sort of stuff that would complement the way I play, I am curious to hear.
So, I may ask on Twitter just so you guys can answer sooner...
just because it's gonna be like weeks before you guys see these episodes, so...
I don't know, we'll figure it out.
But yeah, there we go, Dexterity effectively maxed for this playthrough.
Kabam!
Level 80...
not...bad.
There's nothing else for me to do out here, right?
I don't think so.
Let me do a quick sweep, but it kinda feels like the Abyss...
is just...that.
Yeah, kind of seems like there's nothing out here...in the abyss.
Back to Firelink, 'cause why not?
Well, I'd say this is going rather well, wouldn't you?
Collecting quite a lot of souls...quite a lot of important ones, at that.
Eh, look at this loser. Still sleeping.
Eh, whatever. Don't need 'em.
We've got other things we can do.
I guess two destinations remain, to my knowledge.
The Demon Ruins...
or the Artorias DLC area, which would require heading back to Darkroot, I think, to enter.
You know what? I hear the DLC area is quite challenging, so maybe Demon Ruins is the better first stop.
Let's plan on that.
So let's head in that general direction, which I think requires warping to...
I think it's Daughter of Chaos.
I guess we'll see.
Still got some time in this episode, we can get something done.
All right.
Haven't tried talking to you in a while.
Anything new?
Actually, let me, uh...
...rest here...
...just in case something bad happens...
...on my journey's...
...talkative as ever.
Can I enter your covenant?
I don't even remember what one I was in last.
I guess it's the one I got kicked out of, huh?
Ooh, wow, that's a pretty...
...big reward, thank you!
"Offer humanity." Huh.
"Reinforce S.S. Flask," and you know what? I'm not gonna spend that one. I'm not ready to yet.
Uh... I already did enter the Covenant, I thought.
Uh, "talk"? Nope, still won't talk to me, but that's okay.
Well... this was fun.
I assume she just wants me to offer up the... kinda humanity... item... units... that I have... on me.
Which... I don't even know how many I have. Eight? And one twin humanities? Yeah, that's...
Not tons. Kinda feel like I need to hang onto those.
She was yet another... like... person and bonfire and warp points and everything hidden behind an invisible wall... or an illusory wall.
That dark soul's... quite a rascal.
Alright, and back into the Demon Ruins.
Feels good to be here... kinda. Feels familiar, anyway.
Oh yeah... didn't really deal with the Ceaseless Discharge person last time.
And come to think of it, I'm not actually sure where else... I would go.
'Cause if memory serves, when I came out here last time, I looked down there... ah, that's bright...
I... went down there and it... that... kinda just dead ends into lava.
Uh...
Eh, no thank you. You... you guys do... you guys do your thing.
I have no quarrel with you.
Yeah, I don't see anywhere to go down here that is not... very steep and a long drop.
Heading toward the discharge feels like... my best bet... for finding... a new direction to head.
Fingers crossed on it at least being a more enjoyable place to be... than the Tomb of Giants.
Which, if I recall correctly, could be found... up in there somewhere?
Think it's up in there.
Very few fond memories of that particular region.
And here we are!
I wonder if it remembers me.
Wow.
That is an unpleasant look.
And I get the sense...
...that it does, in fact...
...remembers me.
I think I'm just gonna kinda run...
...if that's okay.
Ho-ho!
I've still got...
...the Abyss...ring...equipped, don't I?
That's not helping me on stamina.
Gah!
Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
I don't know what you did, but that was intense.
Let me swap rings real fast while I've got a...
...though I don't have a moment at all, but let me do it anyway.
Okay, there we go! Got it!
Uhh...
Let's see...this is where you were when I found you...
Uhh...
Let's see...this is where...
...this is where I found that gear set that then woke you up and you got mad.
So...
Yeesh, there's lava down there...
Yeah, I'm not entirely sure where I'm headed...
...but you look mad.
You look very mad.
And this doesn't...feel like it's - ow!
'Scuse me.
This doesn't feel like it's, uh...
I don't see any...
...stairs or anything - yikes!
That's intense.
Guess I gotta fight you, huh?
Ow!
You're strong!
I'm kind of strong too now, though, so you might be in trouble... huge thing.
[laughs] Oh, man. That's intense.
Yeah, I gotcha.
So long as I don't do anything stupid, I gotcha. Ha!
Well, didn't dodge, but it's okay. I can get up.
I can get up, and then I can heal.
And then you're in trouble... hopefully.
Ow.
Yeah, my dodging game is not strong right now. That's okay. Neither is yours.
What do you say to that?
That's right... I defeated...
What?
Ooh!
Oooh! I see now!
Clever!
Very clever!
Okay, so now I can...
...travel around a bit down there! Nice!
Well, then let me make my way back down there!
Alright!
Took a bit of a hike, but I got there!
Now here we are!
I hope...
...this doesn't...
...still kind of hurt to walk on.
Nope, seems safe!
As long as we avoid the obvious lava...
...I think we're okay!
I do see some things over there!
Might those be...
...the demons...
...of the demon ruins?
It would make sense tha- yeah...
It would make sense that some would have to actually exist!
I mean, how bad can they be, right?
They're just demons!
Ow!
Oh, you're not so bad!
Down you go...
...Mr. Demon!
And let that be a lesson to you!
Hmm, which way should I go first?
I mean, this place definitely feels threatening over here, what with...
...all the demons.
But...
...part of me kinda feels reckless!
You seem bigger than that other demon I tangled with.
Yeah you're bigger. You're much...bigger.
Wow.
You are large.
Wow!
My side still works, though!
And then you died, so...
What say you to that?
I wonder if I can hit 'em with my bow from here.
Might be easier to pull one at a time that way.
Mmm... boop!
Yeah! There we go.
All right. Boop. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.
There. There we go.
Nope.
I got very lucky there. That should have hurt a lot more.
Let me use an item real fast just 'cause I, uh...
...make bad decisions.
One hit away from killing him, and I decide to just stand there and use an item instead.
Even as I was doing it, I was realizing...
that's a dumb thing to do.
Tactically, nothing about that decision makes sense.
Eh, I don't even have to pull you.
So accommodating.
Oh, man! I can almost two-shot you guys with a hat!
If I two-hand this, I might be able to two-shot you guys, though then I wouldn't be able to block.
Decisions...
Hope I can do this without pulling two of them. I don't want to deal with two.
Fire!
Tink!
Yeah!
That's the stuff.
Sorry, by the way, this is taking a while. I'm just...
wanting to use caution fighting these fellows for some reason.
And down you go! Alright.
Yeah, two-handing this is the... way to go with these guys.
Okay, last one.
Should be able to just run up and fight him, I think.
Assuming there are no other surprises around the corner.
Looks clear.
And down you go! That's the stuff. Okay.
So... large demons taken care of.
What were they guarding?
It better have been something or this was all a huge waste of time
There's an item in the middle of the Lava, that's useless
Huh
I suppose one thing that needs testing and I feel
absurd even saying this is
How bad does Lava hurt?
I
Really don't feel like testing that though because it really feels like the answer should be completely
Because why wouldn't it it's Lava
There must be some way to harden the rest of this Lava here because like otherwise, how would you get there?
Yeah, I don't trust that there is a way for me to just walk through this stuff.
I'm just gonna moooove on.
So, this is all new.
What lies ahead?
Various demon-y looking things. Lots of stuff on that stair bridge.
That'll probably be an ordeal. There are a lot of demons down here.
I mean, I don't know what I expected, but there's a lot of 'em.
Can I fight off two at once?
Safely.
Not safely, I'm sure, but...
Well, there you go.
There's one.
And a two... and three... and four... five...
Oh, there's another little smaller bridge here.
Wonder what's on it.
Let us investigate!
What are you?
Besides dead, I mean.
We may never know.
Hello. You're large...
and somewhat intimidating in guarding an item.
An item which I kind of want.
So... how do we handle this...
large thing?
You I don't trust.
But I guess you're fine.
You I definitely don't trust.
You are not fine.
You're just a jerk.
Come on, take another swing at me.
I dare you.
Okay, well...
I wasn't ready that time.
One more time, try it again.
Try it again, I dare you. Come on.
Take a swing. Do it!
This time I'm gonna run and I'm gonna hit you.
Okay, you're gonna hit me back, but...
I hit you once and that felt... kinda good.
Not a very good trade, though. Not a very good trade.
Okay... get a hit.
Oh, okay, you're not so bad.
Hey, and you were guarding important things!
You should tell people!
I guess I shouldn't have done that, now everyone's responding.
But... that's okay.
We do have an item.
And lots of stuff lying ahead.
Indeed, quite an eventful episode.
Thank you guys for watching, and uh...
when we come back, I will...
either... test out the lava...
or... more likely...
head toward that door, which isn't lava.
So, thank you for watching and I'll see you then.