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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to SideQuest, and to Dark Souls II, and to this very, very pretty area.
That really does look like a dragon, though, back there, doesn't it?
Yeah, I get the feeling...
I'm going to end up tangling... with a dragon.
Maybe even today!
Who knows?
One thing that is for sure...
is I want to check out the other side of this area.
And I really want to sneak up on...
and hit this guy in the back.
Can I do it?
Come on...
Ah, come on!
Well...
that'll have to do.
Where are you going?
You don't look well.
Looks like he's kind of limping.
Will you be super bothered if I come steal your stuff?
Oof, that does not look stable.
Hope it doesn't fall!
Whew! Okay.
What have we got?
Ring of Binding
I'm gonna need to check out some item descriptions. Maybe we'll do that toward the end of, uh, this crap.
[laughs]
That's not good.
Let's leave. Let's leave.
Okay. Now let's have a fight.
You and I. Or you can just fall off the edge. You know, I don't know.
Live your life, man.
I won't tell you what to do.
"Other than die," definitely.
Definitely do that.
And get hit!
Whew! All right.
Get-- ow! Come on! Cheap!
That's annoying, that move.
Not a fan.
Eh, I'm gonna get hit this time.
Why did I do that? That's...
not even the kind of attack that's gonna hit him.
And...kabam! Down you go!
What do you drop? Ooh, Hide the Knight's Sword.
I'm going with "hide" for now, but...
I'm not 100% confident in that pronunciation.
Where's the sword?
It looks pretty good...
as swords go.
Kind of in love with this mace, though.
Hate to break up the family.
Ah, man, these guys are everywhere now.
But okay, so they're hide knights. They're knights of this place.
And they were...
all, like...
despondent and sad-looking and just resting...
against, uh...
against, like, the, uh...railings and stuff.
And a lot of them have what look like...arrows stuck in their helmets?
These guys have seen some stuff.
Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky, sneaky die! Sneaky die! Okay.
I'll take it.
And now you!
Would you also like to sneaky die?
[swords clashing]
One and a two. All right.
Who else?
You else.
And a palestone! Ooh!
Is that one of those stones for, uh...
modifying equipment? I bet it is.
I didn't need to roll there.
Or there.
Gotta learn these things.
I'm loving the item drop rate here.
These guys are dropping stuff left and right, and I welcome it.
Uh-oh.
Alright, two at a time, two at a time. Let's go.
Let's go for the big guy. Get him down. There we go! Alright!
Now we got us a fight!
You and me, let's go!
And... down you go! Alright!
[fire crackling]
Feel like I'm getting the hang of this now.
Feels good.
Feels like there should be something in there.
Bug. Hm.
Is there a way to get in here?
Maybe not from here, but uh...
That's some sturdy glass.
[fire crackling]
Eh, well.
So... nothing down here.
Try stabbing in the back. Weakness, jump, attack?
"Ranged battle?" I don't think so.
Ooh.
Yeesh, spear this time.
What am I doing that for? That was a... poor decision.
Eh, get outta there.
Use that estus.
Jumping attack. All right. Ah!
Boy, he's tough.
Let's use another estus.
Yeah, that's right.
I'm out of estus, though, so that's not great.
Oh my.
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope! Aw, come on!
I feel like I was out of range.
Come on!
Fine!
Friggin' dragons.
Get outta here!
So what do that... what do this one comment say?
Bravery required?
What does this one comment say?
Bravery required ahead.
"And then dashing through." Hmm...
So... do I dare...
I mean, I guess that's why I'm here, right? To, uh...
Dash through to what, though? I don't...
I don't wanna dash AT the dragon.
That seems like a poor decision.
Yeah.
Yeah, I can't see exactly what I'd be dashing to.
'Cause the drawbridge is up, so...
Can't do that.
Hmm...
Now here I sit in quite a pickle.
Wanna get in there. Looks pretty.
Hmm...
Got a little bit of an angle here. Let's see if I can spot something.
Yeah, to get that drawbridge to come down...
Ah, I don't know where there is a switch...
or anything. Maybe I need to get further to be able to hit the switch.
Or maybe the switch is near that.
Maybe that's... ugh.
I don't know, man.
That is really annoying, getting hit through the wall there.
Doesn't feel like that should happen.
Yeah, what happens if I just shoot it?
Then it probably moves. Maybe it comes after me.
Ugh!
This may be worse.
[laughs]
Hmm.
Well, I'm definitely not standing here long enough to, uh...
to kill you.
That seems boring.
Yeah, that seems really boring.
And I don't know if I have the arrows for it.
Yep, I just do not see a viable option for getting across just yet, but um...
I don't know, I'll uh...
I may try it another time.
Tactical retreat.
Discretion's the better part of valor.
What was that bit of wisdom Sigmayer said?
I don't remember it.
I'm sure it had something to do with letting a more capable knight handle your problems for you.
Rest in peace, buddy.
So, okay, let's go ahead and spend some of these souls, get ourselves back down into that cave...
and start moving in that direction!
Whichever way I go, it feels nice making a bunch of progress.
We had a lot of episodes of not much progress for a stretch there, and it got really tedious.
Seek lest this...
I'm sure for you...
even more than for me.
Let's see here...
Let's bump strength up a little bit this time.
Why not?
We are making a strength build, after all.
Alright.
Back out into the field.
No man's wharf?
Thought I was at uh... Knight's Tower of Flame.
I guess this cave is the start of a new zone area.
Neat!
Even more progress than I realized!
Well, alright then!
Rear...
Whoa!
This... is cool looking.
Oh, man!
Ah!
You know, I'm gonna come back here with a torch.
I bet this looks really dark for you guys, but trust me when I say it looks neat.
So this makes for an interesting comparison to Dark Souls 1, where...
a lot of the areas looked very nice, but...
many of the zones looked fairly humble and small and not...
really large in scale, for the most part.
Until you got to some of the areas that did, and then it really stood out and made those places...
feel really special and interesting and different.
Here we've already run into - oh, dear -
Here we've already run into several...
bad decisions.
We've already run into several big, impressive-scale places.
Like, that just looks gorgeous.
And, I don't know, the artist in me really loves seeing all the eye candy.
I am a fan.
But, uh... Whoa, hey, watch it!
You're a little different. Ah!
Gotcha.
Did I just... run intentionally into the path of that arrow?
Get outta here.
Let's see...
Oops.
Yeah, having an archer...
gunnin' for me makes me a little more reckless in the directions I run...
to get out of their path.
Uh-oh. Viking.
Hey!
Jerk.
Get outta here...
with your nonsense.
Let's see, what's upstairs?
Oh, there's a chest for one. I'll take that.
Titanite Shard. Can never have too many of those.
And a torch.
Soul of a Proud Knight. Lots of nice things. Glad I came up here.
Kind of wish torches weren't in limited supply. Like, I've got tons of them, so I'm not in any danger of running out of torch time right now, but...
Given that equipping them is kind of a... self- challenge anyway, since you're giving up one of your equipable hands...
I wonder why put a limitation on... the amount of time you can keep torches lit.
Interesting design decision.
Ooh, can I walk down here? Is that safe?
It's pretty, I'll tell you that.
This is...
This is really neat.
Something about this, like, being in a cave, walking half-submerged in water with a torch and it's all lit up like...
I love the look of this.
Get outta here.
[water splashing]
All of you, stop bothering me. I'm looking at the pretty place you live in.
Oop, incoming. Multiple.
Multiple hostiles.
Alright, one, two...
Take care of those, take care of you...
And, uh...
Hmm.
More hostiles.
Dark pine resin? That's new.
Who's doing all that splashing?
Hmm.
All right, come on down you. I know you wanna...
That's right.
Think you're so smart.
You're... different.
What's going on with you?
Let's find out.
I hope you were hostile.
I'll take your torch, though. Thank you!
Hmm, how do I get up there?
Can I go up through... here, perhaps? Nope.
Maybe I can go up this way! Hello!
Ah! Dog! Dog!
Yeesh, down boy.
Ah! Dog! Dog! Dog!
Yeah, this mace is really working for me.
Good tip, commenters!
Ooh, is this different? Is this a place I've not been?
Nah, I think I was in there.
This is new, though.
Many dogs.
Eesh.
Yeah, archers as well. Not a good place, not a good place.
Need to be careful.
Hey, small smooth silky stone, large solar proud knight, lots of nice things,
but I gotta deal with this stuff first. Also the dog, which I guess felt like jumping off a roof.
And... aw, can't get back up? Annoying. Well, all right, dog. Catch! Ha!
Is there anything else I should see this way? I don't think there was.
I guess I could walk across. Eh, later.
Hmm...
Let's go this way.
There's a big zone!
Lots of branches.
Varangian Helm.
That's neat.
Hey!
Watch it!
Don't throw stuff!
Stop it!
Uh-oh.
Many of them.
Welp, wake up!
It is morning time. Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
I know I'm the rude one here, but...
It's closing time.
Hm.
What... do you hide?
Whoa!
Bandit Axe. Brigand Stuff.
That is a good chest to find.
Anything in here?
No?
Gah!
Um, I think. Where are you?
Oh, below me!
Where'd you come from?
Sneaky, sneaky.
Another Titanite Shard.
Love it.
And...
At least one person out here.
There's you, for instance.
And...
Ah, archer.
Can't have that.
People still throwing stuff at me?
Varangian Cuffs, cool!
Uh...
Oh, hello. Who are you?
Don't suppose I can open this.
Nope.
Ah! Hello. Didn't realize I was a giraffe.
Good thing I'm wearing that ring.
That worked out.
Let's maybe do that right this time.
Yep. Yeah, there we go.
Good morning!
Infantry Axe...finding all kinds of stuff!
Light dogs! Get out of here!
More dogs!
Still more dogs!
And vikings...or brigands...ah, wow, that hurt!
Yeeeeeaaaaah!
Bad timing...bad choice of time to try and drink.
Ah, I made such progress, too!
Ah, we'll get back there.
Oh, this brings me right back up to around where I died. Nice!
Okay, so I don't have to backtrack through the exact same path I used to get up here last time. That's great.
Let's see if we can get this torch lit again.
Ah! Hello.
Get outta here.
Meh.
I'd rather not die to you again. It's all the same to you.
Eh, dog.
Stop. It.
You're bothering me.
Alright, I need to be a little more careful.
Try rolling, eh?
Hmm.
Poor soul ahead.
I don't get any of your cryptic hints!
Makes sense!
Eh, annoying.
Light!
Oh, well, I guess that was an error.
In judgement.
So is that a hazard...
inherent to having a torch lit?
The guys throw oil on you and you explode.
That's an interesting risk/reward decision.
Alright, here's another guy...
and I kill you!
There's a door...
which may or may not open.
Another room with a person in it!
A person I can maybe talk to!
Oh, where'd it go?
I guess we should talk to the person first, huh?
That's... not a real door, I guess?
Knock knock!
Anyone?
Eh.
Ah, it's you again! Hello!
I like you!
That hasn't been that long.
Yeah.
Ah, yes. I have not thanked you for humoring me the other day.
This is for you.
Aw, thank you!
Of course. I've no idea what it is.
Really?!
I suspect you have SOME idea.
Our land of Mirrah is surrounded by enemies and constantly at war.
There is only one way up in Mirrah.
Join the Order and prove yourself in battle.
My family had little fortune and no name.
I had to carve out a piece of the world for myself...
with two things...
my sword and my loyalty to my lord.
I was raised to wield a sword from birth.
Life was hard, but I never gave it a second thought.
I had swift success on the battlefield and quickly attained respectable stature.
And then I...
And then I came here...
to...
To what?!
Have you heard of the undead?
These poor souls affected by the curse.
Uh, yeah...
An undead gradually loses his humanity until his wits degrade completely.
Finally, he turns hollow and preys upon others.
And a hollow can never be human again.
One can skirt this wicked fate only with the help of the souls found here.
Assuming, of course, that the legends are true...
I can only hope...
that they are.
I'm sorry. To burden you with talk of my fate...
I suppose I've grown weary these days.
I'm sorry. I suppose...
Did I already roll through here? I guess I did.
All right, then this way.
I guess up through this building.
Upward!
Um...
There is nothing here.
Pfft! Indeed so.
Well, okay. Um... where to go next?
Guess there's another ramp up in this direction, isn't there?
Yeah, here we go.
Let's see what's up here.
Oh my!
You're an unsettling thing.
I'm going to kill you if you don't mind.
Too much?
Oh no! That's not good.
Well, let's kill you and then let's, uh...
heal up quickly.
That's gonna kill me, isn't it?
[blood stasis]
So is the bleeding gone?
So...
Okay, so what was the bleeding status effect? Is that... different than...
I don't know. I can't tell exactly what that was.
I should have gone down and checked out the--ah! That other pier.
Ugh, jeez. Scared me.
Scared me, you nightmare thing.
Gonna hit you.
Ugh, boy.
Die, please.
Seriously now.
So what does bleeding do?
Hmph.
So, I kind of want to go down there and get those remaining items...
that I see.
But I've kind of worked hard to get my way up here, so...
I don't know. Maybe I should, uh...
Push forward until that is no longer an option.
I'm going to kill you now.
Ah! Annoying.
Boy, that does a lot of damage.
Yeesh.
Not a fan of these guys.
What are they even doing here?
"Emit force"? That sounds like a spell, or a miracle.
Alright, what's in here?
There's a door.
Gyeh!
I don't like y- oh gosh, okay.
This just turned into an ordeal.
Alright.
Slow and steady.
Alright.
Slow and steady.
Oh, missed. Completely.
Alright. Careful, careful, careful.
Down you go. Alright, there's one.
Ah, missed. Bad. Bad!
Alright.
Okay.
Ah!
Terrible.
Hit it and kill it, please.
Yeesh.
There we go. Okay.
That's two.
Where are you, number three?
There you are.
And nearly dead, so good.
That could have gone a lot worse.
Tattered cloth robe.
I imagine you three killed the previous owner.
Bunch of nightmares.
And another one. Cool, that's, uh...
not getting old at all.
[chuckles]
Die, please.
Whew! I'm tense now.
I am sufficiently tense.
Hey, chests!
That's nice, at least.
A good reward for all this... nightmare work.
Hey, a greatsword!
Hooray! Probably can't equip it for a while 'cause I gotta raise that strength, but...
I got one!
Gah!
Eh, I guess rolling away probably doesn't do a whole lot, does it... in that scenario?
Silver talisman. What does that do?
I-I got a lot of item descriptions to read at some point.
Uhh...
Oh, "transform to blend into environment."
Use this talisman to hide from invaders.
Only provides the most superficial camouflage, but sometimes that's enough to do the trick.
Oh, that's cool. It's like stealth mode when you get invaded.
Hah!
That's a neat idea.
I love the creativity...
of, uh, Dark Souls PvP.
And all the little fun... twists they find for it.
So, uh...
Are you hostile or... yep.
Get outta here.
You and all your nightmare friends.
If I can get back to just fighting bandits and, uh...
foot soldiers...
I will be juuuust fine with that.
Hello!
Hello, bandits and foot soldiers.
Heh heh.
Ah! Oh, I thought you were dead.
"Beringian Helm," cool.
Whew! I am all nerves.
That last section really, uh...
was more rattling than I expected.
Hey, a lever!
Yank!
What did I do?
Hi, boy.
Oh, here comes a boat!
Neat!
Very neat.
That is really cool.
Try silence
Life gem, homeward bone
Be wary of jumping off, therefore try right
What's to the right?
Ah, a better path
Good tip!
Hmm
I don't know, I'm really liking Dark Souls 2.
Like, admittedly, I was off to a very rocky start at first, given my class choice.
Ah, another one of you.
Two of you.
Blech.
Gross.
All right.
Die, die, die.
Okay, well, there's one of you.
I'm gonna use a life gem, get healed up...
Wait for that punk to come up here...
Or not. I mean, maybe he'll just stay where he is.
Agh, thought I could dodge.
Didn't work out.
Agh!
Sloppy.
Sloppy play!
Both the things are dead.
That's the important thing.
And when I come back next time...
I will progress further.
I get the feeling I'm almost done with this little zone here.
But I've kinda liked it.
It's like...
It's like if Blighttown didn't suck.
It'd be this.
I dig it.