[all panting]
[whimpering]
[demons yelling]
[Kimura] Go, go! Get 'em!
They killed the god called Davari
and have the Immortality Scroll.
Don't let them get away!
[man] Fire!
Is that all you've got?
I thought this was supposed to be easy once we got the scroll.
I thought we'd won. Didn't we win?
Less talk, more run!
[man] Yeah!
[Monkey panting]
This way. Stay close.
[demons grunting]
Whew. [chuckles]
[demon grunts]
[all grunting]
[panting]
Hey, Sandy, look out!
[gasps]
-What did you do that for? -You said look out.
Well, look out for me, too, would ya?
[all grunting]
[both grunt]
Give me that scroll!
[gasping]
Now!
[grunts]
[Kimura grunts]
You okay?
[both grunt]
It's probably best if I hang onto this.
My fellow gods, you're free to go.
Go where?
Our homes have been destroyed.
Everything we love is lost to demons.
Round up any gods that you can find
and tell them to take refuge in the Western Mountains.
Tell all you pass
that the Monkey King defeated Davari
and reclaimed the Sacred Scroll of Immortality.
Let them know I won't rest until I've found the other six.
We now journey to the Archive of the Infinite Scrolls.
-Good luck, Lior. -Go well, Monkey.
You're our last hope.
[exhales sharply]
[Tripitaka] Are you sure it was a good idea
to announce our mission to everyone?
It will inspire people to know that Monkey has returned.
-[Sandy] Demons will know, too. -Let them know.
My staff and I will send them to smoke town.
From what I remember of battle strategy,
you shouldn't tell an enemy your secret plans.
Well, try remembering I'm unbeatable.
I'll meet you back here.
-What? Why? -[Monkey] I got my cloud powers back.
[whistles and clicks tongue]
Wouldn't it be safer if we all stayed together?
No. My cloud can't carry Pigsy.
Let alone the three of us and Pigsy.
I'm right here.
What if nobody goes on a cloud
and we all journey on together... using our legs?
If you leave us here, the rest of us will be in danger.
Oh, don't worry. You've got Pigsy.
He's a big guy.
Boop.
We just let the one guy who can't read
fly off to search for sacred scriptures
in an inescapable labyrinth of scrolls.
[Sandy sighs]
Only the worthy may enter.
-[Monkey] Don't you know who I am? -No.
But that brazen look in your eye
would suggest you're about to tell me.
[Monkey] I'm the Monkey King.
Protector of the Gods, Scroll Bearer,
Slayer of the Demon Davari, and Great Sage Equal of Heaven.
Could you spell that, please?
[sucks teeth]
[derisively] Mon... key... King?
[chuckles] A great sage who can't spell?
Spell this.
Sorry. We don't have a Monkey King,
Protector of the Gods,
Slayer of the Demon Davari, Great Sage Equal of Heaven.
But I do see a Monkey King.
Betrayer of Gods, Stealer of Scrolls,
Banished from Heaven.
Does your little list say that I kill demons for fun?
I am no demon. I'm a servant of the scroll,
empowered by the scroll
-to guard it from all that is-- -Oh, great.
Cool.
Boring. Get out of my way.
My life is dedicated to protecting what lies within these walls.
[imitating Scribe] And what lies within these walls?
Knowledge that can be used for great evil,
should it fall into the wrong hands.
Well, lucky I'm the right hands.
[Scribe] Hmm.
We'll see about that.
Time to teach you a lesson.
[chuckles]
Slow-roasted, wood-fired quail with parsnip three ways,
with wild flowers sautĂ©ed in a fennel jus,
with a side of pomegranate
-and lotus root... -[distant screaming]
[gasps]
[groaning]
Are you serious? [inhales sharply]
It took me two and a half hours to cook that.
It smells delicious. I can't wait to try some.
Did you get the scrolls?
The scrolls... Yeah, so, I was...
I thought it'd be better if we went together.
I missed you guys.
I missed you so much, Pigsy.
You lost a fight, didn't you?
I never lose a fight.
Then how come you've got...
no hands?
Uh...
[man] Demon lords, take your place at the table.
It has been 500 years
since the demon lords last met.
The Monkey King has returned.
There is no such thing as a Monkey King.
He's just a tale made up to scare us.
You are young, merely a child...
I'm 250 years old.
So you know nothing but these times of prosperity.
It wasn't always this way.
Before Monkey was housed in his mountain prison,
the demon lords cowered at his name.
Am I right, General Khan? No need to answer.
[Khan] Kimura One Eye. Report what you've seen.
The Monkey King is real.
He escaped with the Sacred Scroll of Immortality.
Tell us what you know about the Sacred Scroll.
Only that the Monkey King wanted it.
He could've killed me. But he took the scroll instead.
But you and Davari's demons let him get away.
He was eight-foot tall.
He had lightning fists,
and a stick which he controlled with his mind.
Yet here you are to tell the tale.
[both grunt]
[Gorm] Coward.
[thunder rumbling]
The Monkey King must die.
Bow before me, and I'll give you his head by day's end.
-[Dreglon] I'll bow to no one. -Over my dead body.
Demons have not unified under one leader
since the Dark Queen Hakuru herself, and for good reason.
Seven heads are harder to cut off than one.
Then you are all doomed!
[choking]
Silence, worm.
You have no voice at this table.
-[woman] Yes! -[Dreglon] Rip his head off!
Send word to every demon, bandit, and bounty hunter.
Find the Monkey King.
[Pigsy] Monkey, do you think I'll ever get a magic cloud?
[Monkey] No, Pigsy. But maybe you'll get a magic pig.
You can roam the Earth on a pig, Pigsy.
[people screaming]
Where's the Monkey King?
Are you harboring an enemy of darkness?
Anyone with information on the Monkey's whereabouts gets a reward!
[girl] Daddy!
Like I said, there's a big reward if you can tell me where he is!
Big reward!
[Tripitaka] It could be dangerous to use the Scroll of Immortality
to restore Monkey's hands.
I can't imagine he'll be much help
in hand-to-hand combat without hands.
Um, I've still got my wits.
Monkey, I'll gladly have you on my side in any fist fight,
but your upstairs is basically for growing hair.
-Beautiful hair. -Ah, thank you.
Says here, to regenerate flesh and bone,
we need to find a pepper bud flower.
Looks like a buttonwort but without the orange crest.
Okay, everyone. Let's all split up.
Pigsy, you stand guard.
Why do I always have to stand guard?
Because you're the biggest, that's why.
You know that finding plants is a hobby of mine
that I do in my spare time.
Oh.
Well, then find a new hobby... like standing guard.
Let's go.
Oh, and keep an eye out for demons.
[twig snaps]
[eerie growling]
[sniffs]
[eerie hissing]
[low growling]
[eerie growling]
Sandy? Is that you?
Tripitaka?
Monkey?
[eerie growling]
[exhales sharply] Hello, Sandy.
-[Monkey sighs] -Sorry.
[Tripitaka] Monkey?
Sandy, where are you?
Hello, dear.
What are you doing here?
Just a bit of gardening, love.
This forest has some special herbs
that can't be found nowhere else.
You see this mist?
The spirit energy of the fallen gods.
Those symbols hanging from them trees...
those who died fighting the demon armies
when they were double-crossed by the Monkey King.
The Graveyard of the Gods.
-[twig snaps] -Halt!
-Who goes there? -I do.
And I found your flower.
Oopsie.
You shouldn't pick a pepper bud flower,
you have to pull up the whole plant by the roots.
-[sneezing] -[Pigsy gasps]
-[coughs] -Hold your nose, dear.
[sneezes]
[both sneezing]
-[snorts] -[both sneeze]
[coughs and groans]
Drink.
There you go, Pigsy.
[Pigsy] What have you done with my friends?
Oh, that's the plant that knocked us out.
Ah, the pepper bud is poisonous and medicinal.
Depends on what you do with it.
If it's used all willy-nilly with no respect for its power,
then yeah, there will be consequences.
Bit like that scroll you have there.
You're brave.
A human using a Sacred Scroll.
What do you know about Sacred Scrolls, Mycelia?
I know that everything comes at a cost, my dear,
and our world would always find a way to keep itself balanced.
Now all you need to do is stay put for seven hours
while your hands grow back.
-Yeah, good luck with that. -[Monkey] It'd be easy.
I'll just meditate.
I'm the best meditator.
Has it been seven hours yet? [clears throat]
[chuckles] No.
[Monkey sighs] What are you writing?
A chronicle of our quest,
to show the Gods of the Resistance how we defeated Davari and recovered
-the Sacred Scroll of Immortality. -Mm.
Thought so.
Thought I recognized my name.
Monkey, you learned some of the ancient language?
Well, the, um...
That word.
The... No, no, no. The triangly one.
It's, uh... It's gotta be "Monkey."
You've written that the most.
That's not "Monkey," that's "and."
"After defeating Davari,
Monkey, and Pigsy, and Sandy, and--"
That makes it sound like you all defeated Davari.
-That's not the point. -It was more Monkey.
Each word is shown by a symbol.
And how many demons have you slayed, hmm?
[chuckles] We're just looking at words.
It's a stupid word. Let's get rid of the "and" bits.
That "and," and that...
And you know what? Here, give me that.
Monkey, your hands.
[screams]
We must never speak of this again.
To blossom and reach its full potential,
a plant requires good soil,
the warmth of sunlight,
the sustenance of water, perhaps a guiding hand.
Pigsy, the plant that sprouts from this seed
will one day save your life.
-Cool, just a bit more info about that... -[Mycelia] Sandy.
I entrust it to you.
What? Why?
-You're giving it to mist for brains? -Hey!
My brain is not just made of mist.
Water most of the time.
She's never nurtured anything in her life.
That's why I'm entrusting it to her.
Thank you...
for believing in me, flowery stranger.
[Pigsy] I'm gonna die, aren't I?
[Pigsy muttering quietly]
[rattling]
Good. I was bored of living.
Oh!
My hands are so soft and smooth!
-I can't wait to punch someone's head off. -[people gasp]
-Hello, everybody. -[man] You all are demons.
Okay, we're not demons.
-We're gods. -[man] Go away!
I'm Monkey, and my merry misfits
-will save the world. -[man] Get out!
[people murmuring]
You're welcome.
This is a thankless pursuit.
Speaking of which,
can you stop referring to us as your "merry misfits"?
It's quite condescending.
Not to mention inaccurate. I'm not merry.
[Tripitaka] We should get a move on.
I'd like to get to the Infinite Archive by nightfall.
[woman crying]
[man] Go away!
[Monkey] Oh, hey, Mr. Nerd Burger.
Stand aside. We're comin' in.
Didn't you learn your lesson last time, Mr. Monkey?
Oh, I did. And that's why I brought my friends with me.
What's happening?
I'm gonna smash this geek, that's what's happening.
[Scribe] Very well, then. If you have no respect for your own limbs,
I fear I'll have to rid you of your feet as well.
"Knives." What does he mean by "knives"?
[whizzing]
I knew it! Whatever he writes in the god language
-is what's coming for you. -Why didn't you tell us about this?
I didn't think it was important.
-Pass me the plant. -No.
Mycelia gave it to me.
"Arrows"!
[all grunting]
Get in here.
-"Hammer"! -[Pigsy grunts]
Sandy. Give it to me.
-No, Pigsy! -Seriously, Sandy.
The plant is destined to save my life.
"Stones"!
[Pigsy groaning]
-[Pigsy] Give it to me. Give it to me. -[Sandy whimpering]
[Pigsy groans]
-"Wind"! -[Pigsy groaning]
[wind gusting]
[Monkey grunts]
[Sandy yelps]
[both grunting]
Well, look where we are.
Back where we started.
[grunts]
-[groans] -Will you never learn?
-[Scribe grunts] -[Monkey] Yes! I got you!
Who's the smart one now, nerd?
[groans]
Please. Wait.
You've surprised me, Monkey King.
Perhaps there is more to you than what they say in the history books.
May I?
You may enter.
You did it, Monkey.
Eh, it was "and."
He wrote the symbol for "and,"
so I knew another attack was coming.
It gave me the opportunity to strike.
And you learned your first word.
[Pigsy] Okay. It's my turn now.
No, Pigsy.
This is my burden to carry.
Well, it'd be less of a burden for me,
more of a privilege, actually.
Still, I'd like to see this through.
I'd like to know that I'm capable
of keeping a small thing alive.
[Monkey] Come on, guys. Relax.
The hard bit is over. It only gets easier from here.
I don't know, Monkey.
I've read about quests.
They don't traditionally get easier.
I mean, all we have to do
is walk through those doors and collect the next scroll.
Come on, let's go.
Ah, just like I said, it's a library.
This is gonna be easy-peasy.
[hollow rumbling]
This is bigger than expected.
[sarcastically] Yeah, this is gonna be a real breeze.
Imagine how many "ands" there are in here. [echoes]
"And"... [echoes]
"And" and "and." [continues echoing]
-A... -And we're lost already.
[Sandy] Where's the door?
[Monkey] It's... gone. Uh...
Hello! [echoing]