Buddy: "You can never ever make up that there simply IS a village right after a lengthy mountain dungeon, and the first thing you want is to get healed in an inn."
LMAO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA5WiJtleQs
"This is a foregone place..."
"Ancient AND confusing! We should not be in this room. If the Heresiarch-"
"What about me? I am here if you need anything, Brothers and Sisters."
"Ghh..! He-Heresiarch! We did not see you come in!"
"Mmh. I do not expect just anyone to understand the qualities of Stealth Magic. One magic art long lost. I would be surprised if it was extensively practiced by Magicians nowadays."
"We apologize, Mistress."
"There is no need. I have been thinking here all day. I make myself... invisible... if I do not wish to be bothered, but... Mhm. I cannot make that apparent then, can I?"
"Navigating the chambers is still somewhat... like a labyrinth. We take our leave then."
"I see. Well then, tell me something."
"Y-Yes?"
"Why are you here?"
"I... They... They are all dead. And... that crest started choking me. I could not take it anymore. This is... Hrh... It is one way out as I learned."
"I can understand. Brothers and Sisters who find the way. You would be told otherwise, but we know better from experiences."
"Heresiarch..."
"There was once somebody I truly cared for. When all is said and done, what good that was once he turned up dead? I prayed to the Goddess that day. All day, all night. I cried my eyes out! Nothing helped! The very eyes under the mask... that no longer are there! DISTRACTIONS! I plucked them... OUT!"
"..."
"Distractions... I spent hours in pain, and... the crest choked me! Choked! Choked choked choked CHOKED!! ...And then... I finally saw her. I had an Astral revelation! I could see through Magic! We do not need eyes to show us what is not right! She was... THERE! Sad. Waiting... waiting for somebody who never came back. Broken."
"The... Goddess?"
"WHO ELSE!? Blind! Everyone is! Everyone everyone EVERYONE!! BLIND! But... so was I, and it is not a dead end."
"Ghh!"
"Hrrh... It was revealed to me! That only we truly understand her. She was... just like me. They have no idea who they are following! NO IDEA AT ALL!! Only we do. There in the desert... I was so close! Had I realized back then whose corpse that was... I could have HELPED HER!"
"I... do not think she is talking to us."
"Shh! Be silent, dammit."
"No matter. We continued to be who we once were... and eventually... he died. On a mission. For nothing! NOTHING!"
"Heresiarch... You are... uh..."
"AROUND for a long time? YES! I am... yes. There are ways. Forgotten, and for very few to try. Painful ways. Mhm. Long enough to comprehend how much still stayed the same. But now... SOULS! Bring me more souls! It is the only currency that matters! WE NEED MORE SOULS! Even those who have nothing to give, have souls to offer."
"As you wish, Heresiarch! It shall be done."
"...Haa... If I can repay her, then perhaps I can see him again. Ketrick... you have been waiting for another chance too. None of us can usually be granted one, but if there is a way... A Miracle... then you shall have it."
https://youtu.be/-u_QQKVZKXE