Dungeon People (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

1
- [Brance] Listen up, Clay.
When you head into a
dungeon all on your own,
a single mistake can
spell your death.
Never let your guard down.
- [Clay] Right!
- [Brance] For example-
[Clay whimpers]
Relaxing to blink could have
cost you everything just now.
- Relaxing.
- Do you understand?
- Yes, sir.
- Don't rely on your eyes.
You've got to feel their
presence.
In many a dungeon, by the
time you can see them,
it's too late.
- Right!
[swords clang]
- [Brance] You'll find
monsters and dungeons
with scales tougher than steel.
This should be easy
for you to manage.
- Right.
- If you want to be able to
dodge traps in a dungeon,
you should be able
to make it this far
in a single leap.
- Right!
- [Brance] We thieves don't
have a warrior strength
and can't use magic like a
wizard,
and yet monsters
don't show any mercy.
Dodge 'til you take him
down, attack 'til you win,
concentrate, and keep moving.
- Right.
- [Brance] You need
to be able to fight
for 10 hours straight at
minimum.
Ideally over 20.
- Right. Got it.
My father was abnormally
strong, and yet
- [Brance] You've got it now.
Just 12 more hours.
- [Clay] Right.
I'm pretty sure he
was an awful teacher.
My father.
[wolves growling]
Three years have passed
now since he vanished
in the dungeon.
[Opening Theme Song]
[wolves growling]
[wolves howling]
[electrical humming]
- [Clay] According to the
thieves guild I belong to,
the deepest the adventurers'
guild has officially reached
in this dungeon of Antomurg
is the seventh floor.
In other words, even the
highest grade adventurers
who made it back alive didn't
clear the seventh floor.
Just now I took down the
eighth floor's floor guardian
all by myself,
and I'm preparing to
challenge the ninth floor.
- [Brance] No getting tired.
- [Clay] Right.
- You've got 10 seconds
to climb up here.
- [Clay] Right.
- If someone attacks
you from behind,
you're as good as dead.
- [Clay] Right.
Thanks to what my father taught
me.
I've continued training
diligently
in the three years my
father has been gone,
and yet I still don't feel
like I've caught up to him.
Just how far down did my father
go?
Dungeons follow their
own unique set of rules.
For underground dungeons,
the monsters known as floor
guardians protect the stairs
leading to that level.
They are roughly equal in
strength
to the monsters wandering
the following floor.
However, that only applies
when they're on their own.
[Clay scoffs]
[mystical music]
There they are.
[suspenseful music]
[footsteps thudding]
[ogre growling]
After passing the fifth floor,
the monsters began forming
parties and working together.
They possess intelligence.
Goblins, buff goblins.
I've never seen goblins with
muscles like that before.
Okay, so we've got some buff
goblins
and behind them that one's
skinny.
So I'll call it a lanky goblin.
I'll start with the
lanky one in the rear.
- [Goblins] Huh?
Hmm.
- [Clay] You can form parties,
sure,
but you can also tear them
apart.
Take them out from the rear.
At least that's where
theory suggests I start.
[tense music]
[goblins growl]
- Nice. The paralysis
is working.
[electrical humming]
[gems clattering]
- Once you get this deep,
pretty much all of them
start dropping gems.
Nice.
In this dungeon, monsters
can turn into gems
when they die.
That trend grows stronger
the deeper you go.
So a lot more
adventurers aim for those
rather than wasting
their time and energy
trying to find packed
treasure chests.
If the goblins were
placed there as a party,
then there's a good chance
that
[ominous thudding]
there's a strong one
on the other side of that door.
I can't sense anything
else in the area.
My healing items
aren't running low
and I've got stamina to spare.
Would it be best
to tackle it now
rather than putting
it off for later
and risking additional
hindrances then?
[door creaks]
Oh!
[ominous music]
Paralysis won't work
on this one.
[creature growling]
I see that it's not
just big and powerful.
It's surprisingly fast too.
It's strong.
So why try to weaken me
with the goblins first?
[creature growls]
It's tough.
It probably has plenty
of stamina too,
so this may take a while.
I'm glad it's on its own.
I'll start with the legs.
[creature growls]
Or at least I'd like to.
Holy cow.
I hit that hard enough
to open up a hole in
steel armor and yet,
so since the legs won't work,
I'll start with
its dominant arm.
[creature growls]
[Clay grunts]
[Clay exclaims]
[creature growls]
Okay, so it's even
faster bare handed,
and it only needs brute
force to take me down, huh?
[rock clattering]
The dungeon wall collapsed.
I didn't even know
that could happen.
- Seriously?
I've never heard of a
wall collapsing before.
[sighs] What am I doing?
- [Clay] That monster's
speaking?
- Well, hold on. There's
no need for that.
Let's just call a timeout. Okay?
- Timeout?
- Seriously, do you think
that dungeon walls just
crumble every day?
Because they don't.
This right here is a
serious issue. Okay?
The administrator's
gonna be here soon.
- [Clay] It's true that
his blood lust is gone.
Is he seriously
asking me to stop?
- Take a look at
that room there.
- [Clay] Still, he sure
is an eloquent talker.
- What does it look like?
- Uh, a hotel room
that's in a dungeon.
- You're close.
It's a private room.
- A private room?
But who's-
[ominous thudding]
what is that?
I sense an abnormally
massive power source.
Something's coming.
No.
[door creaks]
- Oh, it really did
collapse, didn't it?
[playful music]
- [Clay] Dungeon people.
[bright music]
- [Belle] Dungeon people.
Oh, it really did
collapse, didn't it?
[Belle whimpers]
Oh, my apologies.
Please just hold on one moment.
- Uh yeah. Okay.
- Sorry for the trouble.
I'll handle the rest
of it from here
so you can return to your post
now.
Okay?
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, you were talking with her.
Am I right about that?
[creature exclaims]
- Moo, moo moo.
- [Clay] He's acting like a cow?
I mean, it didn't seem
like the two of you
were fighting at all,
and an explorer would
never let their guard down
with a monster right
in front of them
just because a wall collapsed.
- I'm so ashamed. I'm sorry.
This girl's such a quick one
that I figured it'd be big
trouble
if she ran off into that room.
- No worries. The wall
falling down was my fault.
You're normally so much more
careful than this, right?
- Of course!
- That was a long pause.
- Sorry for the wait.
- [Clay] She just looks
like an ordinary girl.
That intensity I felt,
it came from her?
- I'd like to explain
everything in detail.
So could you please accompany
me?
[Belle exclaims]
- Oh, okay.
- Right this way, please.
- Don't let your guard down.
Think this through.
Is there a chance this girl
is another of this dungeon's
monsters
and she's trying to
lure me into a trap?
I can't get caught relaxing.
Oh!
- [giggles] There aren't any
monsters
deployed in the residential
quarters,
so you don't need to be on edge.
Relax!
This area is a safe zone.
A safe zone?
You mean this isn't
part of the dungeon?
- Lemme explain.
Dungeon functions are never
allocated
to the residential quarters,
so this area is different!
- [Clay] Residential quarters.
So she lives in this
dungeon. But why?
- After you.
[tense music]
[Clay groans]
- Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Beilleheila Langdass.
I am the manager of
dungeon Antomulgra.
You're Ms. Clay, am I correct?
- [Clay] Oh, how do
you know my name?
- I'm the administrator.
I am able to sense any
and all skilled explorers.
You can? But how's
that even possible?
- Before getting into that,
the details about the
residential quarters
and management and all that,
let's get to the main topic.
- Main topic?
- Ms. Clay, will you
work here with me?
- [stammers] You want me to
work?
- Yes. Here in this dungeon!
You see, I've been wanting
to have more help here
for a while now, and
living in a dungeon
means that there are a lot
of encounters with monsters.
But I just haven't been
able to find anyone
the monsters didn't look
down upon, you know?
- That does sound like a tough
one.
If those were your conditions,
then why didn't you turn
to the Explorer's guild?
- [Belle] This job
wouldn't be possible
for anybody who gets
stuck at floor seven.
- [Clay] Harsh.
So that's what brought
you to me then.
- [Belle] Yes! You made it to
the eighth floor all on your
own.
You're plenty skilled
enough to qualify.
So what do you say?
- Mm, if this place behind the
wall
is next door to a floor that
deep,
then it is undoubtedly
a part of this dungeon.
Beilleheila Langdass, was it?
This girl is the
dungeon's administrator.
If you're the administrator,
does that mean that
you're the big boss
of this dungeon?
- Yes, that's right.
- We are on floor nine, but
there are actually 10 floors.
One has to reach the 10th floor
and battle me for victory.
For you, that means we
would need to fight next.
- Great.
Then let's do it.
Let's get this battle started.
- [Belle] Oh, a practical
test won't be necessary.
- I'm asking that we do this.
If I win, you have
to let me leave.
If I lose, I'll work here.
Acceptable?
- Oh, I don't especially mind,
but I'm not sure I'll be
able to hold back is all.
- That's fine.
- Oh.
Mm.
- Holding back?
My father disappeared
into the dungeon.
I'm weaker than him and I
made it to the ninth floor.
I believe he made it to
the 10th basement floor.
If this girl was
waiting for him there,
then that would mean
my father lost to her.
It's possible that she
would tell me if I asked,
but knowing that she
did or didn't defeat him
wouldn't bring me any
satisfaction.
- Acceptable.
Now then, hand please.
- [Clay] Okay.
[electrical humming]
[Clay exclaims]
- Welcome Clay, to the
10th floor and basement,
the final room!
- There aren't any
walls on this floor.
- Ah, yes. The final boss
room is a closed space.
So you normally can't enter it
without going through
some very specific steps.
Pretty neat, huh?
Normally I ask two
demons to accompany me,
but if you don't mind, can
we skip that for today?
- [Clay] You're
taking on a handicap?
- Not at all!
This way I can fight
unencumbered.
[Clay gulps]
- Uh sounds good.
It's no surprise that my
father would die in a dungeon.
He kept on challenging
them, so it's only natural
that one would eventually do him
in.
My father accepted that,
and so I just want to
know, are you ready?
- [Belle] Yes. Whenever.
- [Clay] Just how far
did my father make it?
Can I catch up to him?
Is this girl
- [exclaims] She threw it!
- [Clay] Worthy of
having taken him down?
She can parry all
that with her staff?
I should distance myself.
No, wait, I should keep close.
If I back off, I'd
fall in range of magic
and that'd be even worse.
[Belle yelps]
I've gotta keep going
and take her down.
[sword clangs]
[Belle yelps]
[tense music]
- [Belle] You're better
than I expected.
I'm completely shocked.
I really am.
Rain down a rolling clouds.
- [Clay] A spell, this is bad.
- Twinkling light, crucify
with a 1,000 thunderbolts!
Come forth.
- Oh, no way.
Even my father couldn't
handle this.
[Clay gasps]
- Ah! Well good morning, Clay.
- Oh, hey, it's morning?
Where am I?
- We are in my room.
Oh, I fixed the wall
and I shifted the floor
coordinate
so it was no longer right
up against the dungeon.
We are now in the basement.
This is the 11th floor.
[squeals]
- Oh sure. That makes sense.
11 floors?
- You're gonna work here!
- We are gonna have
so much fun together.
I know it!
- I suppose I did
promise that, didn't I?
Managing a dungeon, huh.
I never expected to
end up doing any job
other than exploring dungeons.
[Clay groans]
[Clay gasps]
So does managing a dungeon
mean serving as its boss?
- Of course not, silly.
Managing a dungeon. Hmm.
It's like handling
day-to-day operations.
- Day-to-day operations?
- Right!
- Operations?
A dungeon's operations.
What does that mean?
Isn't a dungeon just
a normal dungeon?
- Huh? Well
Actually there are all sorts
of different dungeons out there,
but I happen to be the manager
of our awesome dungeon.
- Our dungeon?
- [Belle] I'll provide your
specific job duties later,
but it involves stuff like
restocking low level slimes
and the undead, repairing traps,
and interviewing monsters to
hire.
It's a very busy job.
- [Clay] Hiring monsters?
- Of course, we have to hire
monsters from the demon world.
See, unlike being in
a living dungeon,
we're not able to get
monsters to grow here.
- Monsters grow?
I don't get it.
Well, I can see that
there's a lot of work
to do around here.
[Belle laughs]
However, I am still
a registered member
of the thieves guild.
I can't just start working here
without giving them the
proper notice first.
I'll have to head back and-
- [Belle] Oh, if you're worried
about the thieves guild,
I can handle that from here.
- Hmm?
- The previous administrator
was the one who started
up the thieves guild.
So you see I have some
connections.
- I see.
If you manage a dungeon,
then the thieves guild
is no big deal.
I understand.
I now see that this is a matter
beyond my powers of
understanding.
In other words, I have no choice
but to start working
here immediately, do I?
- It would be a huge
help if you could do so.
That way I won't have to
suppress your memories
to conceal information.
- [Clay] But isn't that
supposed to be taboo?
- Okay, now that that's decided,
next, we'll have to prepare
a room for you, Ms. Clay.
- [Clay] A room?
The hall would be fine though.
Visibility is good
and it would make it easy to
respond if anything happened.
- Oh no, that would bother me
if you were in any discomfort.
Allow me to go ahead and
hand you your contract.
- Right.
[bright music]
[Clay gasps]
- Five gold coins a day?
- [Belle] It's okay.
I've got plenty of money.
- Are you a noble?
10 years after I first
started heading into dungeons,
that all came to a close.
Look at me now.
I ended up working in one.
[Ending Song]
- [Clay] The job I
gained beyond the wall
pays an enormous sum,
but shatters my shallow
confidence and lacking
knowledge.
Rocks walk all about and a
girl laughs amidst the chaos.
I can see that all of
this was plotted out.
- [Belle] Ah, Ms. Clay?
- Hmm?
- That's too heavy of a tone.
Can't you have more fun with it?
- [Clay] Fun? Okay.
- Like this! Next time on
"Dungeon People," episode two!
- [Clay] "Starting
Work in the Dungeon."
- [Belle] Oh boy.