A Hero’s Journey Begins in a Land of Wonders
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Heat.
Heat. Heat. Heat.
One day at the end of the galactic
era, a massive ship crossed the infinite
ocean of space to arrive at the planet
Kepler.
The astronauts in this
vessel were from the planet Earth.
They came in search of Kepler's
legendary special plant,
Carlo. A source of
astonishing powerful super
energy. Like
barbarians, the Earthers harvested
Caralo to the point of extinction. Their
unchecked greed left Kepler in total
desolation. A deserted wasteland where
not a single drop of rain ever
falls. But there was one earther who
felt guilty and ashamed.
One dark fateful night, he hid the Carl
mother tree in a secret
place, protecting it with his
life. No one has seen him
since. His name was Counta.
Without his
navigation, their spaceship did not make
it back to
Earth. It is said there was only one
greedy earther who survived and stayed
on Kepler.
This man climbed to the top of the
volcano Sicy and awakened the fire
dragon. He retrieved from its mouth a
lone Caralo seed which he used to seize
control of the entire burning city,
claiming that only when everyone yielded
to his throne could the Caralo seed
sprout again. This man was the
ferocious, the
formidable Louis Baba.
Hurry up. You search over there.
Search everywhere. Louis Baba commands
it. Dig 13 ft down if you have to. Yes,
sir. Louis Baba.
Axel, where are we going? To find
Caralo.
Have you figured out where it is? No,
but I will find it.
Axel, stop. Darn. How did he find us?
Why is Papa Chi after us? Come back with
me. There is no Countum. There is no
Kylo. You're wrong. It's written in the
book. Crazy
kid. Misleading Jonno like that.
See you.
What was that?
Axel, I'll tell you one more time. Don't
believe anything in this silly book.
It's all just nonsense. There's no
count. There's no Louis Baba. Just stop
dreaming. I mean it. You too, Jonno.
Hey, give it. You're not my dad.
You go ahead and find your stupid
Carlo. Go on then,
Papa. Stop.
Axel. Papa. Gaga. You can't believe that
you were a colonel in the Kepler army,
but now you're just a giant coward.
Silence.
Gaga, I don't want to be like you. Not a
coward.
P
drunk. I'm so sorry for all this.
It's always been my wish that Gaga would
grow up brave and strong, but as she has
grown, I've become very worried and
afraid of so
much. She says that I'm a coward. I
guess she's
right. You know what I'm most scared
of? Her growing up to be too brave.
Ah,
no. But I don't blame them.
They're just too young to know how
dangerous true bravery can
be. It's time to let them go explore the
world. Please take good care of them.
Puto
Axel.
Axel. So, you've decided? Of course.
That's great. Come on, let's go. Wait
up. What are you doing? Finding Carl.
Ah, you're kidding, right? Stay here
with Papa Chi. Leave the Caralo search
to Axel.
Papa wants to keep me safe, but still,
I'm no longer a kid. I must show him
that. Stay where you're safe.
If you don't want me, fine. I'll just go
on my own. All right, fine. Come if you
want. Wake up,
Jonno. Aren't we going to test out my
car? Hey, Gaga, check it out. Isn't my
piggy car awesome? It's got four wheels
and everything.
Look. Let's go.
Gaga, come
up. Hey, what are you waiting for? Come
on.
Regret coming already. Putron, let's
ride. Papa, I'll be back.
Hurry. They may think I'm just a coward,
but they never saw what I could do when
I was
young. Let's go. Follow them.
I thought this was a test drive. Where
are we going? Go through the
stars reflected in your twinkling
eye. Just let your imagination
spark. Find inspiration in the
dark. Remember
nothing's impossible.
Little guy, you could be
great. Just take a chance and change
your chase your dreams and let your
passion
flow. Don't just sit and watch the
show. Remember,
nothing's impossible.
The forest was once seen. A little bit
of courage is all you need. You'll be
shining
brighter than every star in the sky.
Look at you. Oh, it's true. The ocean
was
once. Just hop into your dream and never
stop.
Everything is
possible. So spread your wings out and
fly.
You've got the seed.
Ah, so this is Louis Baba's Carnalo seed
that never
sprouts. Let me take care of it.
Even an unspouted Carlano seed can yield
a great deal of super energy. And with
more super energy, I can activate my
Vector
engines. Beginning energy test.
Go find enough Caralo to fill all my
energy rods.
My Caralo seed was
stolen. These shameless enemies are
everywhere.
This can't get out. Everyone needs to
believe I still have the seed.
My lord, we must find a truly brave
warrior in this year's birdie
tournament. One strong enough to
retrieve the seed. Come in,
my lord. I've made a special potion to
help you rest. You'll sleep like a baby.
Um,
but a Vance, no one but you understands
me. Don't forget, my lord. In the
morning, you have to be at the birdie
tournament. I have to have a good
night's sleep. Leave me alone. But my
lord, the sisip volcano is preparing to
erupt. You can be my
representative at the tournament
tomorrow with Dr. events.
Warriors have gathered from all over
Kepler. Meet Air Bomber, Alpha Power
Fan, Brutal Rocket, and Lethal Engine.
They'll race through the dangerous
valley course and compete to be this
year's Birdie King.
Airbomb power, brutal rocket, lethal
engine. All right, referee Bird, clear
the track. The tournament's about to
begin. Everyone stand by.
Do you think Carl could be in the
burning city? Well, if you're so smart,
do you know how to get us there? Can we
just get out of this valley first?
Forget your map. I'll get us out.
Not big deal. Are you going to fly as
well?
J, keep up.
I better stay in my pig car. See my
sweet moves? You here to show off or
find a path? To show off, duh.
Hey, watch out. Gaga, you okay?
Stop it.
You don't know the air. Just back up.
That's come back. Woohoo.
You're too slow to keep up with me.
Come on.
I can't see you. Wait for me.
I
found Woohoo! We're here to look for
Caralo, not our trouble.
Woohoo!
Guys, run.
Gaga, who are these people?
Be careful.
Who's going to be the lucky guy this
year? Not us, anyway.
Where did those guys come
from? Interesting. The Cobra device.
I've never seen such quick, responsive
movement. Dr. Vance, I don't know what
you're talking about, but if we mess
this up, both of us are doomed.
Wa! We're already in the final zone.
Time to bug
out. They're cutting an updraft. I can't
control it.
My engine's dead. I'm going down. Well,
these guys are getting better at making
disasters, that's for sure. At this
rate, we'll end up without a birdie king
again this year.
All players into the final zone.
Careful. Stay away from them.
I'm sorry. Good luck to you guys.
Gaga,
prepare the bird. Just get in there.
Fire the champion bird.
the world's worst tournament because no
one wants to win it. If there isn't a
winner, I'll launch all of you into the
volcano.
That poor girl. I'll save it.
Yes, he's almost there. Would you look
at that? The tournament's interesting
this year.
Oh my goodness. Oh no, I got it. I'm
safe.
Easy as pie.
Axel, when you do down that way, like a
flash whooshing by.
That was awesome.
The Axel is amazing. You're the best.
It's nothing, just saving a bird. Peace
of Congratulations, Birdie King. Today,
you have proven your bravery. Everyone,
hail this year's Birdie King.
What is a birdie king?
That is one silly name. It's not that
funny. You're just jealous, Captain.
This just isn't right. That girl didn't
save the champion bird. Oh, it's right.
All right. The rule is whoever catches
the champion bird is the one who becomes
birdie king. Back to the fortress.
Let's go. The bird ain't no thing but a
trumped up jump with a broken wing. The
birdie king is a tangling. Yo yo,
microphone check. Yesterday's pass,
tomorrow's coming fast in the birdie
king race, bro. You want to come in
last? Who wants to be the king bird?
A sucker's a word. Yeah, the birdie king
races a big disgrace. I don't even know
why we all bother to try. Cuz the better
you fly, the quicker you die. Kiss your
rear goodbye. Going to boogie to the
rhythm. Hop around and look real dumb.
What's the move like a turkey made a
drive? Cuz I'm happy that I made it home
alive. Say no, there's no way no I'm not
going
into shocking and ra along came gaga.
The bird race is a big disgrace by a big
fat meanie from outer space. Say where
you want to finish, son. Me last place.
Take that blue baba in your face.
Ain't no thing. Wow. Just take a look at
who's here. Welcome, Captain. Four dozen
large sticky buns. Like always, we're
here honoring the new Birdie King.
Birdie King. Order anything you want. Of
course, whatever you want. Come on.
This doesn't make sense. They lost the
tournament. Why are they happy? You're
just jealous. You'll never be jealous of
being called birdie.
Birdie king, you're everything. Flying
high in the sky so my friends and I
don't have to die. Say goodbye. Let's
get that bird something yummy to put
inside her tummy. What can I get you,
dummy? I mean chummy.
I want ice cream. Can we have ice cream?
Ice cream. Nice and cool. Get some ice
cream for the birdie fool. No problem.
Oh, the birdie race is a big disgrace.
But a big fat mini from out of space.
Say where you want to finish, son. Last
place. Take that Louis Ba in your face.
The birdie king is everything. You go
gaga. You're the birdie king. Enjoy it
while you still can.
What do you mean by that? Nothing. I'm a
waiter. I don't mean anything. Here's to
the birdie king. Birdie king.
Yes, it's okay to jingling.
The birdie king is the burning city's
bravest.
The burning city. Louis Baba. We're in
Louis Baba's burning city. I knew
something was off. Let's go. Weren't we
trying to get here? Move it,
Captain. That girl can't retrieve a seed
from the volcano. There's no way. The
seed, huh? Could anybody really get one?
Better her than us. So, stop whining.
Hey. Hey, Birdie King. Where do you
think you're going? Uh, outside for some
fresh air. Yeah. What's your problem?
Fresh air. All right. If the birdie king
wants some fresh air, let's get her some
fresh air. Axel, you are the birdie king
now. You have to try to get the seat. If
you should fail, let me go. You won't
leave here alone. Think so. All right.
You started this, but my flying fist
will end it.
Who take it away?
Go
get that. You're flying, sis. Try to fly
it now. Right. But you asked for it.
Jun, where am I?
Where's Gaga and
Putron?
Putron, who are you? Please call me Dr.
Vance. Louis Baba's thugs captured your
friend. What? She's been caught. Hurry
up, Jonno.
Let's save Gaga.
Hang on. Let's not rush it. You are no
match for Louis Baba. But if you really
want to save her, I can help. But first,
we'll need a plan. Don't you work for
Louis Baba?
I work for myself. Okay, now let's come
up with that plan.
H. Do you know how to defeat an enemy
that's much stronger than you are, my
boy?
Huh? Timing.
Excellent. Wait for
me. I'm coming.
The biggest obstacle for galactic space
travel is the enormous scale of distance
in time and space. artificial wormhole
test initiated. Even going faster than
the speed of light doesn't solve this
problem.
However, reversing this planet's
gravitational force will bend the
magnetic fields around it, creating a
gravitational whirl
pool, which when bombarded with super
energy will form a stable time space
wormhole through which you can instantly
travel to another planet across the
universe.
This galactic energy bridge will be my
ticket home.
Go spy on the burning city closely.
Report back to me the second Louis Baba
finds Carl.
We stand here in the name of all gods to
give the birdie king great power and
light, guiding her through plight and
danger, repelling the curse with God's
own mighty fire, and blessing her with
an immortal life.
Jonno, you stay below. Copy that. We
don't have much time. Putron, I'll save
Gaga. You go find Papa
Chi. On your feet. Listen well everyone.
Here is the new birdie king. She is the
hope of the burning city. You behave.
Back off. The Sisphy volcano is
awake. The gods are challenging the new
birdie king to go and retrieve the holy
seed. Let us
everyone pray for her.
The gods have chosen a brave warrior to
face the fire and gain the holy sea for
us.
Axel, you only have one chance.
Remember, timing is
everything. If you miss your moment, you
will surely both die.
Aim the
launcher. Stand
ready.
Fire.
Gaga. Huh?
Mother Axel.
What
the
Axel, I'm going to count to three and
Axel will fly out. Stay right there.
Stay away. Oh my goodness.
Huh?
Huh? Caralo.
Get
the How is it possible?
The boy actually made it
out. Nobody Nobody has ever come out of
the volcano
alive.
It's impossible.
Impossible. Throw all of them into the
volcano. Sesame.
Dr. Vance.
Axel. No one's ever come back from the
volcano with a seed. All the others died
trying. It's Louis Baba's conspiracy to
prove only he can beat the fire dragon.
Your success threatens that. There's no
way he will let you live. You follow me.
Okay, green hair.
Let's go. John, follow me. Me first.
Stay close. I know a safe place.
Wait, I have to return to the volcano.
Say what? Why would you do that? I think
I found Caralo.
Did all that heat melt your brain? Why
don't you believe me? Those seeds are
coming from the volcano. There's caralo
inside it. Impossible. Lava. Yes, Lo.
No. Going in there would mean certain
death. We need to leave the burning city
now. But wait, it's too dangerous to
leave now. So, we'll just hide in here
for the night.
Oh, my lord.
It's all clear now. Dr. Vans is the one
who helped the prisoners escape. Even
the little green-haired thief is gone.
Vance, how dare that worm betray me?
Bring all of them back, dead or alive.
Yes, sir. Wait. Block off the volcano.
Nobody's allowed to get near it. Open
up. Everywhere.
Where should we look, sir? Everywhere.
Even if we have to tear down the whole
city. They can't get away. Find anyone
who's wearing a turtle shell. Who? Find
the traitor in the turtle shell.
Everywhere
Dr. Vance,
do you believe the story of Counta?
Story,
huh? Believing in stories is a luxury of
the young.
Well, I believe it. I will find Carl.
It's nice to be young.
H Axel, how did you get out of the
volcano?
That dawn tank breaking down when we
really need it.
Fix it quick.
It's nearly morning.
How far are we, Pron?
Dr. Vance, sorry that you can't stay in
the burning city because of us. It's all
right. It wasn't my home anyway. I had
to leave
eventually. It's been so long since I
left my
home. Whenever I miss it, I look up at
the starry sky. Dr. Vance, which star is
your home?
My world is full of water. It's covered
in vast oceans.
I would sit on a rock by the sea at
twilight listening to the sound of waves
breaking on the beach.
Sounds beautiful. Not just beautiful,
it's magical.
Just imagine if all this desert were as
blue as the
sky with rolling waves instead of
dunes. Waves caressing the shore at your
feet. Do you hear it?
I can't hear anything. Listen with your
heart.
Well, I can hear the
wind.
Doctor, it's working. I can hear the
waves. When I left home, my son was just
your height.
and he loved to put his head onto my lap
and sleep to the song of the waves.
Dr.
Vance, after I find the
Caralo, you should come and live with
us.
All right. So, we have a deal.
Deal?
Heat. Heat.
Putron, is this the right way?
I've decided I'm going to the volcano
now. But don't try to stop me. My
decision's final.
Oh, Dr. Vance, you can fly as well. It's
been a while, but it feels really good.
Axel, you were right. If we time it
between the volcano's breaths, we can
make it.
I, Dono, am always very, very brave. I'm
with you, Axel. Boys, uh, you're cutting
me out, right? You're not leaving me
behind. Better all together.
Let's fly.
When the heat pushes up, it will create
negative pressure when it passes by a
cave. Axel, you said you felt cool air
behind you in the tunnel, which means
there must be a hidden cavern.
The volcano is breathing. Find the cave
before the next
eruption. Stay
close. Oh my
greasy. The lava's becoming active.
Jotto, careful.
The volcano's about to erupt. Where's
the cave?
Where?
The lava's boiling up.
It's there. I see it.
Axel
This is
Is this real? Caralo.
Wow.
Caralo,
I found you in love. Axel, I'm sorry for
doubting. It's all right. Hey, Axel, can
you pinch me, please? Ow, it hurts. So,
this isn't a dream.
20
years. I should have guessed
it.
Here I come.
Too sit still.
Oh my goodness.
Oh my goodness gracious. So much water.
Gaga, look. This is water. I know.
Full of
caralo. Look, look. The caralo seeds.
Thin caralo. Thin caralo. Greener
caralo. Greener carlo. And there is
ginger leaf caralo. The book says it's
the sweetest kind. It makes me hungry.
Look, the Caralo mother
tree. Magical.
Wow, so many seeds. The mother tree is
spreading seeds. There will be lots of
baby caralos.
What is
this?
Hello. I'm glad to be meeting you in
this
way. My name is
Counta. The count. Dr. Vance. This is
Counta's journal. Let me see. Let me
see.
I am from Earth in the solar system. I
work for the MQ Super Energy Company and
I'm sorry that our work here has brought
such devastation to Kepler. All I can do
is hide the Caralo mother tree here and
hope that one day Kepler can again be
the paradise that it was. This is from
Counta. This is where Counta hid
Carlalo. When you read these words, this
cavern will have grown into a great
oasis. I believe you will come through
the burning flames one day and bring
Caralo back to the surface. My goodness.
Come through the burning flames one day.
That's so awesome. The square stone at
your feet is the key to the land above.
Oh no.
It's opening.
The seeds are flying out.
I holy moly. That was one seriously
crazy dream.
Good heavens. What happened?
Who is that guy?
Louis Papa. But isn't he an earther?
What
the Louisa?
What on earth is going on? Don't be
afraid. I have become one of you. And I
have a feeling Caralo is going to be
coming up. Carlo,
the Caralo is growing.
Look, look.
Look at him. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You
see that? It's like I said, when you all
obey me, Caralo will finally blossom
again. The fire dragon blesses me with
this power. I revive the burning city. I
promised and I delivered. Why is it you
again? Darn you meddling kids. Arrest
them all. I told you to throw all of
them into the volcano.
Wait, stop. Arrest them. I said arrest
them.
It looks like Colonel Papa G. Colonel
Papa G is back. Stop it. It'll destroy
the Carado. Papa G is coming to save us.
Axel Gaga, just stay back.
After 20 long years, I'm done hiding.
Colonel Papa of the Emperor Army is
here.
You can't tread on me.
Axel, protect dark.
Axel, you were right. Without courage,
life is meaningless.
Gaga, wait.
Gaga. Papa
G. Papa.
You attack my Caralo, I'll kill you.
What is this monster?
No, he just attacked my lava.
Axel,
Dr. Vance, please. We must stop this
monster.
Wait. Be careful. Don't go near it.
Huh?
Huh? What?
Dr. Vance is an earther.
Vance. Foolish cunter. You tried to trap
me here, but I finally found a way home.
Did you think hiding the Caralo and
wrecking our spaceship meant that I'd
never get back? Now the Caralo super
energy is all mine and this entire
wretched planet will be my
spaceship. Nobody can stop me returning
home now after all these years. I am
going
home. advance. There's no way Louis
Bubba's going to let you do this. You
turtle cell trainer. I'm going to kick
your What are you doing? Stop it. My
car. Dr. Van, please stop. What's
happening? Stop it, please.
Thank you, Axel, for helping me find
Carl.
I am sorry
count. I let you down.
What
the
heat? Heat. Heat.
Caralo.
Caralo. It's
my Caralo everywhere. I wasn't a big
fake after all. Just like I said,
right? I'm an awful person.
Papa, you are not a
coward. I was wrong.
Hama.
Hama. Where are you?
This is all my
fault. I got you into this
mess. I took away our planet's hope.
And
now the dream is gone forever.
Papa, now I understand everything that
you did for us.
I can't even save one tiny
sprout. I can't do anything at all.
I'm useless.
Axel, we must stop ants.
It's all because of me that the Caralo
was
destroyed. I never should have come
here. Axel, you've always been brave.
It's you who led us all the way here.
But now
you, Axel, you said to look for Caralo,
and I listened and followed you. You
said go in the volcano, and I went. I
always follow you, Axel. Well, that was
a big mistake because I ruined
everything.
And I guess I was wrong about you. Well,
fine then. Come on,
Jonno.
Axel. Axel. Fine then. I'll go with
Gaga.
Brothers of the Burning City, today
Vance has robbed us of our last hope.
And he's going to destroy our world. But
we cannot let him get away with that. So
I choose to be a fight like my papa.
Brothers, today we fight for ourselves.
We fight for ourselves. That's swell.
But what if instead you fight for Louis
Bubba? That's better, right? Quiet.
I order you to stop. Why isn't anyone
stopping?
Alert. Alert. Defense mechanism
activated.
dance.
George.
George, tear that thing apart.
Where are you?
In your dreams, chuckleheads, wait till
you see the force of my deontagon.
12.
Come
on. No.
Axel. Axel. We have to do something
about these tentacles so we can attack
them all.
Axel, cover me. Ward them away. I'll go
through. Axel, come.
Today I'm Axel. Come on.
Gaga, come in.
J. Where are you?
Jono. Gaga.
Gaga Gaga.
Hey, big jerk. You want
me? Come and get me. I'm not afraid.
threat eliminated. Alarm cancelled.
Fools, that was a waste of time.
Planet gravitational force will reverse
in 10 minutes. Devonticon standing
by. Alert. Alert. Defense mechanism
activated.
Dr. Vance, it's me again.
Too late, Axel. In 10 minutes, Kepler
will be forced into my
wormhole. Stop this pointless fighting.
It's like this. You're not going to hurt
this planet anymore. Well, it's like I
said, timing is everything. You're
right. But there's one thing that's way
more important than
timing. Huh?
Oh, heat, heat.
Come on, you snake monsters. Look here.
Right
here. 1 2 3 4 go.
Alert, alert. Unidentified intruder.
Unidentified
intruder. Planet reverse gravitation at
120°.
Planet reverse gravitation at 135°.
You want to be another quitter
who thinks himself so just and so
upright. Who thinks that he could save
the world?
Misguided fool couldn't even save
himself. Couldn't have found a way to
give hope to Kepler. But you
hope? What about my hope? If it wasn't
for Countter, would I still be here? Am
I wrong?
I want to go home. Am I
wrong? Go
home? What gives you the right to
destroy our Caralo? To destroy our
entire planet?
right now. I am the god of this world.
Alive cancelled. Resuming normal
function. Space travel wormhole is
formed. Okay, it's
time. Landing gear
locked. Life support system engaged.
Even if you smash everything, you can't
stop the reversal now. You can't stop me
from going home.
Axel, stop wasting your energy.
reverse gravitation at 115°.
Unauthorized input.
Authorized input. It's all done. Reverse
gravitation at 155°.
It's all done. Planet reverse
gravitation at 158°.
Experiencing energy rise. I'll see you
on Earth.
All entrances sealed.
Reverse gravitation
at60°. Space travel wormhole is warning.
My goodness. Oh no. What's that fool
doing?
Axel, without courage, life is
meaningless.
Just a little
closer. Let's go.
Woo! Heat.
Yeah, let's
move.
Come on.
Axel. It's Axel. Set him down,
Potron. Axel's alive. I knew that you
wouldn't die.
Why,
Axel? That was my very last chance. You
I did it for all of Kepler. I did what
you would have done to protect your
homeland.
Wow. Is that raining? It's raining.
It's raining.
Never thought I'd feel rain on my face
again.
Rain
rain. This
rain. Oh my goodness. I've never seen
rain in my whole life. Huh? What's
that?
Caralo. Look, the Caralo is growing.
Carlo, how badly I wish that papa was
here to see him.
Papa Carlo is back.
I
am
not my God.
Oh
yeah.
Oh my god.
The birdie king ain't no thing but a
trumped up jump with a broken wing. The
birdie king is a dangling. Yo yo
microphone check. That birdie king
something yummy to put inside her tummy.
Ice cream nice and cool. Get some ice
cream for the bird fool. No problem. Oh
the birdie race is a big disgrace by a
big fat mini from outer space. Take
where you want to finish, son. Last
place. Take that Louis Baba in your
face. The birdie king is everything. You
go gaga on the wing. Birdie king you
makes me want to jump and dance and
sing. Birdie king got the bravest thing.
You go go gaga on the wing. Birdie king,
you're everything.
