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Kai thought her husband was nothing more than a useless burden. Blinded by fame and her toxic ex-boyfriend, she constantly belittles Duke, unaware of the massive sacrifices he made just to stay by her side. But Duke isn’t just an ordinary guy—he’s an immortal god stripped of his powers. When the Sea Hag's curse finally shatters, Kai’s perfect world is about to turn upside down. What will happen when she discovers who she really married?
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Kai thought her husband was nothing more than a useless burden. Blinded by fame and her toxic ex-boyfriend, she constantly belittles Duke, unaware of the massive sacrifices he made just to stay by her side. But Duke isn’t just an ordinary guy—he’s an immortal god stripped of his powers. When the Sea Hag's curse finally shatters, Kai’s perfect world is about to turn upside down. What will happen when she discovers who she really married?
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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 the island!
00:17:25That's right.
00:17:26The god of the island.
00:17:34Man, I miss surfing.
00:17:42Let's go out of the island.
00:17:43Let's go out of the island.
00:17:45No!
00:17:47No!
00:17:47No!
00:17:49No!
00:17:51It's okay.
00:17:53The god of the island's protecting you.
00:17:55Just ride the wave.
00:18:09I think a crab got me!
00:18:11Kai, help me!
00:18:14Help me!
00:18:17Duke.
00:18:18You're tough.
00:18:20Chad's a professional surfer.
00:18:21A foot injury would ruin his whole life.
00:18:26What is wrong with you?
00:18:28Can'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.
00:18:36And I thought, since Duke is your husband, you would at least show an ounce of compassion
00:18:40for him?
00:18:40You don't understand.
00:18:42Duke has always been tough.
00:18:43He's a sponger.
00:18:44You don't need your feet to lay down on a boogie board.
00:18:47You clearly don't understand who you're dealing with here.
00:18:50You are both an embarrassment to the quick maple brand.
00:18:53This is not the kind of example I want my athletes to set.
00:18:59Mom!
00:19:00It really hurts!
00:19:02Go 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.
00:19:43From now on, Thomas is your father.
00:19:48I'll love all of you like my own.
00:19:50Then can I come to your sawmill?
00:19:52They say you've got several.
00:19:53When I grow up, will I run all of them?
00:19:55Of course.
00:19:56As long as you're willing to learn, I'll teach you the business.
00:19:58I want the prettiest carriage, a new dress every season, and the whole town at my bowl.
00:20:03Of course.
00:20:04I'll give you all the very best.
00:20:07So 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.
00:20:21Now they suddenly have a papa who loves them.
00:20:23They got a little carried away.
00:20:26Yes, mother.
00:20:27We're just so happy.
00:20:30Thomas, thank you for giving the children a real home.
00:20:33From 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.
00:20:49Hey, kid, it's getting dark.
00:20:51What are you doing out here?
00:20:53Leave me alone.
00:20:54I've still got a deal to finish up.
00:20:56A deal?
00:21:01Thomas, my business partner.
00:21:06Wherever you are, I'll find you.
00:21:19You've stalled us three months already.
00:21:22Pay us today.
00:21:23I can't even buy flour for my family.
00:21:26No!
00:21:29Stay calm, everyone.
00:21:30Mr. Bennett's going through the books.
00:21:32He'll make this right.
00:21:34Pay us!
00:21:35Pay us!
00:21:36Pay us!
00:21:37Pay us!
00:21:39Sir, I just got word from the doctor.
00:21:41Your mother's been diagnosed with stomach cancer.
00:21:43She needs treatment right away.
00:21:45It'll cost at least $400,000.
00:21:47What?
00:21:57Send the treatment money first.
00:21:59There's only a few thousand dollars left in the company accounts.
00:22:03Impossible.
00:22:04There were eight million last month.
00:22:05And it's not just the cash.
00:22:07The lumber receipts we kept at Victor's Dock Warehouse are gone, too.
00:22:10Without them, we can't even claim that timber.
00:22:14Who has access to that money?
00:22:16Besides you and your wife, only Richard, Clara, and Julian.
00:22:23They're my family.
00:22:24They'll help me get to the truth.
00:22:38Richard, you kids are all in town?
00:22:41Good timing.
00:22:42There's serious trouble at the company.
00:22:45Sign the sawmill and the timberland over to us.
00:22:49And 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.
00:23:00You will ruin Bennett timber.
00:23:02You're at that mill all day.
00:23:04You always stink of sawdust and machine oil.
00:23:07Everyone at the club laughs at us for having a crude country yunker for a father.
00:23:13Clara.
00:23:13Father, you're leaving us the company sooner or later anyway.
00:23:18Step 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.
00:23:28I 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.
00:23:37If she knew you were treating me like this, it would break her heart.
00:23:47Break her heart?
00:23:51Over you?
00:23:54Think it over.
00:23:55Those workers outside are losing their patience.
00:24:11My God.
00:24:13They're going to wreck the saw table.
00:24:29God Almighty, what are you doing?
00:24:31That table goes.
00:24:33The whole mill is finished.
00:24:34No pay.
00:24:35No 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.
00:24:48Yeah, stop.
00:24:53Well, look who's here.
00:24:55Great philanthropist Thomas Bennett.
00:24:58Tired 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.
00:25:08My family's got nothing to eat.
00:25:10What about us?
00:25:12You black-hearted crook.
00:25:13If you love that table so much, climb up and go down with it.
00:25:33Mr. Bennett, my God.
00:25:35Get off of them.
00:25:39Pull 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.
00:25:57We don't want to do this, Mr. Bennett, but it's been three months.
00:26:00My landlord's at my door every day, asking for rent money.
00:26:04Since my husband died in the woods, my paycheck's the only thing keeping my kids alive.
00:26:11Now my little girl's sick, and I can't even afford a doctor.
00:26:16I 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!
00:26:35Give us our money!
00:26:37Yes!
00:26:41You're right.
00:26:42You did the work, but you didn't get paid.
00:26:45It's my fault, no matter what.
00:26:48I know how much these paychecks matter.
00:26:51They put bread on your table, pay 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.
00:27:10There 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, my carriage, and 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.
00:27:34Please, just give me one more day.
00:27:43Mr. Bennett!
00:27:45I failed you.
00:27:47So now, I'm begging you.
00:27:49One day, by the end of tomorrow, I'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! Pay us now!
00:28:12Henry, 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.
00:28:22Mary, you 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, Peter, Andrew,
00:28:40I remember every last thing you gave to this mill.
00:28:44You never failed this company.
00:28:46It is I, Thomas Bennett, who's failed you.
00:28:49I'm not asking for forgiveness.
00:28:51Just one day, that's all.
00:28:54I'll sell my house, my carriage, all my valuables,
00:28:57and I'll pay your wages first thing.
00:28:59I've worked for Mr. Bennett for 15 years.
00:29:02He'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.
00:29:20So will I.
00:29:24Everyone, go home for now.
00:29:26We'll meet back here this time tomorrow
00:29:28and hear Mr. Bennett out.
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,
00:30:03the 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.
00:30:29Fifteen years,
00:30:30and I've finally found you,
00:30:32my long-lost partner.
00:30:34Bring the car around.
00:30:36Tell our lawyers, bank rep, and guards.
00:30:38We'll leave for Bennett Timber in ten minutes.
00:30:40But you're meeting with the chairman
00:30:42of the State Railroad Commission at three.
00:30:44He can reschedule.
00:30:53I'll see you soon, my business partner.
00:30:59All eight million from Bennett Timber's accounts
00:31:01has 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
00:31:08the company's most important accounts so fast.
00:31:11In a matter of days,
00:31:11you'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
00:31:22shabby little office right now,
00:31:24waiting for the whole family to come save him.
00:31:29He always said trusting family
00:31:30is the foundation of good business.
00:31:32Turns out his trust was worth a cool eight million.
00:31:35That's his fatal flaw.
00:31:37He thinks everyone's as saintly as he is.
00:31:39Well, time for St. 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
00:31:51of hard-earned reputation,
00:31:53its vast timberland,
00:31:54and its long-term port contracts.
00:31:57Meaning?
00:31:58The Walker Group is hunting
00:31:59for a long-term lumber supplier
00:32:01and a port partner.
00:32:02Whoever holds Bennett Timber
00:32:04gets 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.
00:32:12They say he's a young, handsome gentleman.
00:32:14Every banker and railroad baron in the city
00:32:16is desperate to win his favor.
00:32:17If I use Bennett Timber to get close to him,
00:32:19the entire city elite
00:32:21will have to answer to me.
00:32:38Mr. Walker, welcome to our city.
00:32:41Mr. Walker, your improved derricks
00:32:43brought three dead oil fields back to life.
00:32:46Even the banks back east want to invest now.
00:32:48Partner with us
00:32:49and we'll give your oil and equipment
00:32:50top priority on the rails.
00:33:03First of all,
00:33:04I'm no mister.
00:33:07Second,
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.
00:33:19I know my body.
00:33:21I'm worried about you.
00:33:22It's only been a few days
00:33:24and 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.
00:33:43Get through the crisis in front of you first.
00:33:45Mother, it's stomach cancer.
00:33:46The doctor says you need surgery as soon as possible.
00:33:49I'm so sorry.
00:33:51I'm your son and I can't even afford the treatment you need.
00:33:54Mother,
00:33:56I've failed you.
00:33:58I'm your son and I can't do it.
00:33:58Nonsense.
00:34:00Your workers have wives,
00:34:02children,
00:34:03aging 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,
00:34:12the carriage,
00:34:13and the art in the city.
00:34:14She'll take care of it.
00:34:16I know she will.
00:34:17Thomas,
00:34:19I've never trusted Grace.
00:34:21She'd been married three times
00:34:23before she met you.
00:34:24Each husband richer than the last.
00:34:27Now that your fortune is gone,
00:34:29what makes you think she'll stay?
00:34:31Mr. Bennett,
00:34:32an urgent letter has just arrived from Mrs. Bennett.
00:34:35Grace has raised the money.
00:34:39Only $200,000?
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 $200,000 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 $8 million.
00:35:06And she only got $200,000?
00:35:09Mr. Bennett,
00:35:10perhaps you should review the accounts
00:35:11in the city yourself,
00:35:12leaving everything to your wife.
00:35:14Grace would never betray me.
00:35:18She took that price
00:35:20because she knew the workers couldn't wait.
00:35:22She raised $200,000 in one day.
00:35:25She did everything she could.
00:35:27But we're still $5 million short.
00:35:38I have $200,000 I've saved over the years.
00:35:41Take it.
00:35:46No.
00:35:47You need that money for your surgery.
00:35:49I can't take it.
00:35:49You're my son.
00:35:52How 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.
00:36:02Even with Grace's $200,000 in yours,
00:36:04the workers' rages are still more than $4 million short.
00:36:07Then find another way.
00:36:09You've been in business your whole life
00:36:10and helped so many people,
00:36:12someone will lend you a hand.
00:36:13But it's $4 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
00:36:28and now he controls the city's dock,
00:36:30warehouses, and freight business.
00:36:33$4 million should be well within his reach.
00:36:40Mr. Crane?
00:36:41Mr. Thomas Bennett would like to see you.
00:36:43Send him in.
00:36:44He's an old friend.
00:36:45I can't keep him waiting.
00:36:50Well, look who it is.
00:36:52The 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
00:37:15hauling freight and minding warehouses.
00:37:18I never forgot you.
00:37:19Well then, I'm honored.
00:37:21Come, set that cane aside
00:37:22and let your old friend help you.
00:37:25Oh dear.
00:37:26Oh 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.
00:37:33You 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,
00:37:50could 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 Bosch.
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.
00:38:17Principle 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,
00:38:41you'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
00:39:00that 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,
00:39:08and suddenly you were lecturing me,
00:39:10telling me how to live,
00:39:11as if you always knew better.
00:39:13I never looked down on you.
00:39:15Oh, 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,
00:39:30we'll break your legs.
00:39:43Thomas!
00:39:45Please,
00:39:45lend me 500.
00:39:47I'll go back in there
00:39:48and 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,
00:39:56but I won't stand by
00:39:57and watch you throw your life away.
00:40:06Thomas,
00:40:07the party's about to start.
00:40:12Remember?
00:40:13You shoved $50 at me
00:40:14like I was some beggar.
00:40:16I really wanted to help.
00:40:17If it happened again,
00:40:18I'd do the same thing.
00:40:19Exactly what I hate about you!
00:40:20You're always right,
00:40:21always noble.
00:40:22St. Thomas!
00:40:23You had the mills,
00:40:25the name,
00:40:25and everyone's respect.
00:40:26Even the woman I wanted,
00:40:27she married you.
00:40:29The past has nothing to do
00:40:30with what I'm asking for today.
00:40:32Oh, it has everything to do with this.
00:40:33I begged you once.
00:40:35Today, at last,
00:40:36it's your turn to beg me.
00:40:39If you don't,
00:40:41your workers won't get paid.
00:40:43Tonight,
00:40:44their families will go hungry.
00:40:45By winter,
00:40:46their children will have no shoes,
00:40:48and their parents will freeze to death.
00:40:51You keep calling them your responsibility.
00:40:53So,
00:40:54prove 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,
00:41:06you'll lend me the four million?
00:41:23Wait.
00:41:25Grace.
00:41:29Victor,
00:41:29is this how you treat an old friend?
00:41:31Have you forgotten how he helped you?
00:41:50Whatever he owes,
00:41:51I'll cover it this time.
00:41:53Walk away from the tables,
00:41:55Victor.
00:41:56Stop gambling your life away.
00:42:02Mr. Bennett,
00:42:03you've paid his bail in full.
00:42:04But next time we catch him smuggling,
00:42:05no one can save him.
00:42:11Victor!
00:42:12You can make good money running a warehouse or freight.
00:42:14Why in God's name are you smuggling?
00:42:15Oh, save it!
00:42:16I'm out of cash.
00:42:17If I don't smuggle,
00:42:17the company goes under tomorrow.
00:42:18A businessman lives and dies by his reputation.
00:42:21Keep breaking the law
00:42:21and no one will ever do business with you again.
00:42:28I'm finished!
00:42:30I can't pay what I owe,
00:42:31they'll lock me up!
00:42:35Draw money from my account.
00:42:37Help him save the warehouse.
00:42:39Yes, sir.
00:42:41Oh, no!
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,
00:42:57that's right.
00:42:58So you waited 15 years
00:43:00for him to get old and crippled
00:43:03so you can watch him lose everything he built?
00:43:07That's right.
00:43:08And you dangle those workers' livelihoods
00:43:10over the man who saved you twice
00:43:12to force him to crawl at your feet?
00:43:17Exactly.
00:43:18I can hardly wait to see it.
00:43:21Victor,
00:43:22you really are an ungrateful,
00:43:24wicked,
00:43:25hopeless son of a bitch.
00:43:27Grace,
00:43:27never mind all that.
00:43:29Tell me,
00:43:29how much more were you able to raise?
00:43:38But,
00:43:39I happen to have a weakness
00:43:41for bad boys.
00:43:43Grace?
00:43:44What the hell?
00:43:48From what I've dug up,
00:43:50Grace has been moving Thomas' assets
00:43:51into Victor's accounts all along.
00:43:53She and Victor have been colluding
00:43:55for a long time.
00:43:57Drive faster.
00:43:59We need to get there
00:44:00as soon as possible.
00:44:04Oh, Thomas,
00:44:05that look on your face
00:44:06is priceless.
00:44:08Don't worry,
00:44:09your eyes aren't lying.
00:44:10Victor and I,
00:44:10we'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
00:44:21and I'll sign the check right now.
00:44:23No,
00:44:23I still have some dignity left.
00:44:27Sorry to trouble you.
00:44:28Good day.
00:44:30I treated you well for 15 years.
00:44:33Why are you doing this?
00:44:35Because you're finished.
00:44:37You can't get back up.
00:44:38Let me get up.
00:44:39We'll talk face to face.
00:44:41Face to face.
00:44:42With 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.
00:44:50I want your children
00:44:51to see you
00:44:52in all your glory.
00:44:59You don't know yet,
00:45:00huh?
00:45:01Mr. Crane is our new father now.
00:45:04From now on,
00:45:05I'm only calling him Dad.
00:45:06At least he won't keep me
00:45:07in some sawdust-covered
00:45:08backwater dump.
00:45:09That's right.
00:45:10Dad promised everything
00:45:11you were too stingy for,
00:45:12he'll give us all of it.
00:45:15You'd call him Father?
00:45:17One more thing.
00:45:18Moving the company's money
00:45:19and the receipts,
00:45:21Mr. Victor taught us
00:45:21exactly 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
00:45:29who handed me everything
00:45:30you had with their own hands.
00:45:33Don't blame them.
00:45:34This was all my idea
00:45:35to 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
00:45:41to provide for his family?
00:45:43I just taught them
00:45:44to take what's rightfully theirs.
00:45:46So you've been lying to me
00:45:49for 15 years?
00:45:50I married you
00:45:51because you were
00:45:52the richest lumberman around.
00:45:53I thought I'd live
00:45:54in the grandest house
00:45:55in the city
00:45:55and go to the finest balls.
00:45:57Instead,
00:45:57I was stuck in the country
00:45:58with you breathing
00:45:59sawdust and machine oil.
00:46:01I've been so sick of you,
00:46:02that sawmill,
00:46:03and your filthy workers.
00:46:05The heart-warm family reunion's over.
00:46:07Now, let's talk business.
00:46:09Sign here,
00:46:10hand me the sawmills,
00:46:11the timberland,
00:46:12and every dock contract.
00:46:13Then,
00:46:13this $4 million check is yours.
00:46:15Never.
00:46:16Bennett timber
00:46:17is my life's work.
00:46:18If you don't sign,
00:46:19your workers will never
00:46:20see their wages.
00:46:21Their children will go hungry.
00:46:22Their old folks
00:46:23will freeze to death.
00:46:24Oh, great,
00:46:25Mr. Bennett.
00:46:26Is your company
00:46:26more important
00:46:27than their lives?
00:46:28You're using
00:46:28the workers' livelihoods
00:46:30to force my hand.
00:46:31Yes,
00:46:32and you have
00:46:32no other choice.
00:46:33I won't sign!
00:46:35That's not up to you.
00:46:39Let go of me!
00:46:44Sign it.
00:46:45You've got nothing
00:46:46left anyway.
00:46:47Once I have
00:46:47Bennett timber
00:46:48and partner
00:46:49with the Walker group,
00:46:50this whole city
00:46:51will answer to me.
00:46:53Just sign it,
00:46:54you old wretch!
00:46:55Sir,
00:46:56President Walker
00:46:57has arrived.
00:46:58Stop!
00:46:59Stop!
00:47:00Stop!
00:47:02Stop!
00:47:02Stop!
00:47:04Stop!
00:47:04Stop!
00:47:04Stop!
00:47:12You must be
00:47:13Mr. Walker.
00:47:13Forgive me
00:47:14for not greeting
00:47:15you properly.
00:47:21Quick,
00:47:22get this old
00:47:22bugger out of here.
00:47:29Mr. Bennett,
00:47:30what have you
00:47:31done to him?
00:47:31A misunderstanding,
00:47:32that's all.
00:47:34I'm an old friend
00:47:35of Bennett's.
00:47:36He owes his workers
00:47:37a great deal
00:47:37in back pay
00:47:38and he came here
00:47:38to shake me down
00:47:39and make a scene.
00:47:40Mr. Merson,
00:47:41you've completely
00:47:42misunderstood.
00:47:43Thomas hasn't been
00:47:43well for years.
00:47:45His mind's gone foggy,
00:47:46that's why the company's
00:47:47been failing.
00:47:47He simply lost control
00:47:48of himself today,
00:47:49so it came to this.
00:47:50The company's been failing
00:47:52because of you,
00:47:53right?
00:47:55Mrs. Bennett?
00:47:57We're taking him
00:47:57to the hospital.
00:47:59I'm his wife!
00:48:00I have to go with him!
00:48:02Save it,
00:48:02Mr. Bennett.
00:48:04Hold on.
00:48:06Idiots!
00:48:07You defend
00:48:08the Walker Group!
00:48:09He's just a secretary!
00:48:11You are...
00:48:12Harriet Walker.
00:48:14You may have forgotten
00:48:15we've met before.
00:48:16Perhaps you're mistaken.
00:48:18A lady as striking
00:48:19as 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
00:48:24how to build
00:48:25my own business.
00:48:26Now you're in trouble,
00:48:26I've come to help.
00:48:28Fifty million?
00:48:29Good heavens, Miss.
00:48:31Fifty million.
00:48:32Enough to cover
00:48:32your workers' wages
00:48:33and your mother's
00:48:34cancer treatment.
00:48:35No.
00:48:36I can't take this much
00:48:37money for nothing.
00:48:38Miss,
00:48:38fifty million is far too much.
00:48:39Listen, Thomas,
00:48:40just take it.
00:48:41Walker Petroleum.
00:48:42The company with the
00:48:43refined light fuel technology?
00:48:45You'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
00:48:53as fast as you can.
00:48:54Yes, ma'am.
00:48:56And buy a stake
00:48:57in Bennett Timber
00:48:58in the Walker Group's name.
00:48:59Then inject one billion
00:49:01under my personal name.
00:49:03Boss,
00:49:04Bennett Timber's cash flow
00:49:05has collapsed.
00:49:06It's on the brink of bankruptcy.
00:49:08Your investment will go
00:49:09straight down the drain.
00:49:10Do as I say.
00:49:10Just sign it.
00:49:11It's the only way
00:49:12to make things right
00:49:13for me and the children.
00:49:14Grace, you're a viper.
00:49:16I will not let Bennett Timber
00:49:18fall to you snakes.
00:49:19Quit while you're ahead,
00:49:21old man.
00:49:22Julian Richard Clara,
00:49:23look me in the eye.
00:49:24Tell me.
00:49:25Who provided for you
00:49:26all these years?
00:49:26Sent you to the finest schools?
00:49:28Your wish was his command.
00:49:29Thomas really loved you
00:49:30as his own.
00:49:30Not this again.
00:49:32He cheated.
00:49:32He stiffed the workers.
00:49:33He ran the company
00:49:34into the ground.
00:49:35He's not our father.
00:49:36Clara, what about you?
00:49:37Thomas doted on you
00:49:38most of all.
00:49:40Dresses, carriages, jewels.
00:49:42He could never say no to you.
00:49:43John Miller.
00:49:44Three months wages.
00:49:45Two kids waiting
00:49:46on winter coats.
00:49:47Sam Wilson.
00:49:48Sick wife.
00:49:48No food left in the house.
00:49:49Peter Brown.
00:49:50Still can't afford
00:49:51the cost of his mother's funeral.
00:49:52You hear that?
00:49:54Your workers
00:49:54can barely survive.
00:49:56All because of
00:49:56your bad decisions.
00:49:58This house is only borrowed.
00:50:00There's no money
00:50:01hidden 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
00:50:09to the new management.
00:50:11The sawmills,
00:50:12timberland,
00:50:13dock contracts,
00:50:14and railroad tie
00:50:14supply rights.
00:50:16Thomas Bennett,
00:50:18you're finally nothing now.
00:50:19Does this mean
00:50:20we'll get our back pay now?
00:50:22Oh,
00:50:22a transfer of ownership
00:50:24is complicated business.
00:50:25Until the books
00:50:26are sorted out,
00:50:27the wages
00:50:27will have to wait.
00:50:28Wait!
00:50:29We only agreed
00:50:30to come out here
00:50:31for our wages!
00:50:32In that case,
00:50:33don't go home empty-handed.
00:50:35Thomas hid years
00:50:35of stolen money
00:50:36in this house.
00:50:37Now's the time
00:50:38to take it from him.
00:50:39See this money?
00:50:40Mr. Bennett sent me
00:50:41to withdraw it from the bank
00:50:42to pay your wages.
00:50:44You couldn't wait
00:50:44even one day,
00:50:45you beat up his mother
00:50:46and his assistant,
00:50:47and you tore his house apart.
00:50:52We-we didn't know.
00:50:56Don't blame them,
00:50:57Mr. Mercer.
00:50:58Mr. Bennett,
00:50:59they nearly destroyed
00:51:00the last home you have.
00:51:02They worked hard all year.
00:51:03They just want their pay
00:51:05to get their families
00:51:06through the winter.
00:51:06I withheld their wages.
00:51:08Someone turned them
00:51:09against me today.
00:51:10It's understandable.
00:51:15Consider yourselves
00:51:16lucky.
00:51:18Your souls get to...
00:51:24Help me!
00:51:28Run!
00:51:29Run!
00:51:29Stay back!
00:51:30Run!
00:51:32Run!
00:51:33Run!
00:51:42Run!
00:51:44Who are you?
00:51:46I've never heard
00:51:46of a wizard
00:51:47with power like this.
00:51:48Of course you haven't.
00:51:49Because a year ago,
00:51:51I was just a nobody.
00:51:55Just...
00:51:58You...
00:52:03You...
00:52:05You...
00:52:07You...
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.
00:52:53But he might be able to help if 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?
00:53:21The 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.
00:53:53She 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.
00:54:27But 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.
00:54:46Xurath 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.
00:55:02I'll do it.
00:55:05I'll do it.
00:55:05Oh, it sucks.
00:55:14Impossible!
00:55:15How can he have so much mana?
00:55:1920 years sealed, undone in a breath.
00:55:23Let it out!
00:55:23All of it!
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 is 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.
00:56:23After 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.
00:56:56And 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?
00:57:13No!
00:57:20The...
00:57:21What?
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.
00:57:32But 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 for...
00:57:51He's running already.
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.
00:58:32Damn 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!
00:58:49The 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!
00:59:22Huh.
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 manor.
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, not 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 manor.
01:00:58What are you going to do?
01:00:58Polish the undead to death?
01:01:00Blind them with that broken lamb?
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.
01:01:33I can't make out what it's made of.
01:01:38Jason, this 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.
01:01:48I 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.
01:02:02I'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.
01:02:34Hermana barely registers.
01:02:36She's nothing special.
01:02:42Legions of the dead.
01:02:44With me!
01:02:47My lord.
01:02:49The gates will fall at this rate.
01:02:55Father.
01:02:56Leave this to me.
01:02:59The gates will fall at this rate.
01:02:59The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:03The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:07The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:08The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:16The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:17The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:17The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:18The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:18The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:19The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:19The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:19The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:19The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:20The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:20The gates will fall at this rate.
01:03:40See that little reject?
01:03:41That's what real magic looks like.
01:03:49No!
01:03:50Those skeletons aren't finished yet!
01:03:54Stay there!
01:03:55Hang on!
01:03:57Andrew wiped out dozens of undead in one move.
01:04:00He's more powerful than an entire army.
01:04:02So much for the red-robed warlock.
01:04:04Andrew 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?
01:04:14You should be proud, Lord Leon.
01:04:15Raising a prodigy like Andrew is an achievement in itself.
01:04:21The boy's done well.
01:04:23He really has.
01:04:29Andrew!
01:04:30Don't drop your guard!
01:04:32Those 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?
01:04:59Andrew!
01:05:00Your leg!
01:05:01Expel 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 knee orders.
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.
01:05:46It's too late.
01:05:48Andrew!
01:05:49For the honor of House Gavin!
01:05:52Drive every last warlock from our land!
01:05:57Don't worry, father.
01:05:58I'll-
01:06:04Master Andrew!
01:06:05Are you alright?
01:06:07No.
01:06:09No.
01:06:16Oh, no.
01:06:18...
01:06:21What's happening?
01:06:22I can't control my body.
01:06:24He...
01:06:24He's turned into the Warlock's puppet.
01:06:26We have to bind him, now!
01:06:29Binding?
01:06:30That's my specialty.
01:06:39father we need to help andrew now or it's all over that doesn't mean you have to throw your
01:06:45life away father enough jason you'd only be dead weight i can't fight a warlock with one
01:06:52hand and keep you alive with the other
01:07:11andrew wake up don'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 we're finished andrew what the hell are you doing no i don't want this either
01:07:41father
01:07:44how did come to this c-rank mage pathetic
01:07:49worth you're not even worth controlling die
01:07:53this is bad that warlock has to be above b rank we're screwed get out of my way i can
01:08:01save them
01:08:01master jason lord leon is just trying to keep you alive he's right we won't let you run to your
01:08:07death
01:08:07move i need to help my father
01:08:10no i don't want to die
01:08:16father you're alive
01:08:21father let me help i won't let my son just die not while your old man's still kicking
01:08:33i'll hold it here everyone 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
01:08:46father aim 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 reumated corpse's weak point is the heart
01:09:02no
01:09:03this titan is different
01:09:04jason
01:09:06really
01:09:07even now you're still trying to prove yourself
01:09:09aim at its heart
01:09:27it worked
01:09:28thank the gods
01:09:30i don't know why but that titan felt off
01:09:33just like jason said
01:09:35the necromancy was strongest at the brow
01:09:37not the heart
01:09:38but no it had to be a coincidence
01:09:43all 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 the 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
01:10:15what 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
01:10:20the real undead wasn't the titan
01:10:23it was a parasite tree nesting in its brain
01:10:26it was a myth
01:10:28but you sebelum
01:10:34it was vicious
01:10:37it was a mystery
01:10:44and we could not solven me
01:10:46thanks toividad
01:10:47it was any毒
01:10:53I used myorted
01:10:55that was what did you mean me
01:10:56and you didn't mikä
01:10:56And once I deliver you to Lord Zorah, I'll be raised to Dark Warden and take my place at his
01:11:02side!
01:11:18I failed this city! Protect my sons! I'll end this here!
01:11:22Lord Leon is burning through his life force for power.
01:11:25What, Father?
01:11:28Lord Leon!
01:11:29Father!
01:11:43Jason?
01:11:48Father!
01:11:51Our realm is under dragon attack. The only way to end it is for one human to willingly enter the
01:11:58Dragon 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.
01:12:11I'm eighteen, your majesty. My only wish is that my life means something.
01:12:15Very well. You shall travel to the Dragon Valley in three days' time with the arrival of the full moon.
01:12:23And there you will die. Before you go, I must ask, you are so young, why would you give up
01:12:28your life so freely?
01:12:29I'm an orphan. Found 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, though 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. Soon you shall be riding a horse like a knight.
01:12:48My mother, Lady Quinn, taught me to be gentle.
01:12:52Remember, Alistair. Delicate.
01:12:55My older sister, the brave knight Kaya, taught me to fight.
01:12:59Better luck next time, brother.
01:13:04And my sister, Elaine, blinded by a fever, taught 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, except 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, ordering 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.
01:13:56They saved my life.
01:13:58Now I can repay them by saving their lives and 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 and you can travel home in my private
01:14:10carriage.
01:14:11Majesty, I do have one request.
01:14:13Name it and it is yours.
01:14:15I wish that my identity stays a secret.
01:14:17That no one outside of the people in this room will 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 or mention what he promised to do today so long as Alistair
01:14:29is alive.
01:14:30This is my command under penalty of death.
01:14:33Three days.
01:14:35In three days I will be gone.
01:14:41Just 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, not disappearing like a common coward.
01:15:05Forgive 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, when do you plan to tell the Quinns that you volunteered as the dragon sacrifice?
01:15:41You know, but 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.
01:15:56They'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.
01:16:08Once from cruelties and 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!
01:16:26They're dead!
01:16:31Mother, someone 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.
01:16:40That's not true.
01:16:41I've been gone and only just now returned.
01:16:43Gone where?
01:16:44To destroy the evidence?
01:16:45We should search his room.
01:16:47There is nothing to find.
01:16:50I swear, please believe me.
01:16:52There!
01:16:52Under his bed!
01:16:57I don't believe my eyes.
01:16:59A 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...
01:17:10I swear I didn't harm your roses.
01:17:15I haven't even been here long enough to do it.
01:17:16You saw me arrive early this morning.
01:17:19That's true.
01:17:20Alistair wasn't here this morning.
01:17:21Yes.
01:17:22Very...
01:17:26My mom is very close.
01:17:26It's very close.
01:17:27You've been there.
01:17:27You need a process and many.
01:17:27You, I don't fail.
01:17:30Who knows?
01:17:41You're going to get a little more.
01:17:42You need a little better.