The Valley of Gold V

The Valley of Gold V (also known as Page 17: A True Hero and Page 18: A True Hero) is the fifth checkpoint in The Valley of Gold.
==Dialogue==
===Start===
Faust
: Faust pants as he runs through the valley. His breathing is labored, and his limbs feel heavier than that goblin stew he ate once on a dare. He tries to put more distance between himself and the sword-wielding Siegfried, but he keeps encountering obstacles along the way.
Siegfried
: "Halt, demon!" Siegfried is hot on his heels, and Faust has no choice but to run for his life. Unfortunately, he runs straight into a dead-end, with no way out but through Siegfried.
: "Die, die, DIE! I will rid this land of you, foul demon!" Siegfried moves in for another deadly strike.
Faust
: Faust sighs and accepts the inevitable, though he's not pleased about it. "Oh, Thoth's beak! Very well!" He braces himself for the impending duel. But just as he's awaiting Siegfried's first move, an entire swarm of goblins comes pouring out of the surrounding forest and Faust is drawn into a conflict of an entirely different sort!
===Against <Flamecaller> Ghodroon===
===Finish===
Siegfried
: "How dare you?!" Faust sends Siegfried's weapon flying through the air, rendering it unreachable by either of them. Siegfried continues the barrage with his fists, but Faust's ebony cloak springs to life, slamming Siegfried to the ground and holding him there as Faust finally gets a word in.
Faust
: "Just calm down! I'm really not interested in fighting you. I was just trying to explain that I am not a demon—I'm a man." Faust says it calmly enough, but he can't help but feel exasperated at how many times he's had to explain this recently. There's absolutely no reason for people to keep overreacting like this! Besides the dark mist swirling around him, of course.
: "And to prove it... I'm going to find the source of the deathly miasma creeping through the region. You're welcome to join me if you need to see it for yourself. Then perhaps you will believe me and see that I have not deceived you." Obnoxious as it was to repeat himself, Faust was getting pretty good at these explanations. They were almost like a mantra for him, and they seemed to be taking effect—Siegfried looked significantly calmer now that he had heard the truth.
Siegfried
: "I don't fancy acting as your sidekick or your witness," sulks Siegfried. No matter what this Faust claimed, he was clearly in cahoots with demons. Why else would he be shrouded in darkness like that? Any injuries he'd sustained were just the devil's due.
Faust
: "Of course not. In that case... Why not head back to the village and tell them what we've seen? You can wait there in relative safety, then follow me in deeper. See if I've survived," Faust suggests lightly, trying to change Siegfried's tune.
Siegfried
: "Oh, very well. I still have a few things to take care of here, anyway. But if you skip town, I'll find out. I'll add you and that dirty dragon to my bucket list, and I'll be on you like white on rice, friend. I'll hunt you to the ends of the earth... once I've found that treasure, of course." Faust had no doubt that Siegfried meant what he said, and he had no intention of running from this swashbuckling sword-swinger for the rest of his life.
Faust
: "I know, I know. I'll be there waiting. I'll even make a little sign with your name on it so you know it's me." Their somewhat tenuous bargain sealed with a suspicious glare from each, they nod sharply and go their separate ways. Faust walks with purpose to the place where the deathly miasma appears thickest.
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