softening.
Nine men like you are worth an army.
If we succeed, unlock them.
Otherwise, I'll die with them.
Well, you heard him.
We are now an army!
- An unpaid army.
- You got a problem, Rhun?
Look, can't a man even talk to himself
without being interrupted?
- Let's go.
- Saddle up!
Move!
Gooseberries!
In here. Help!
Horrible! There was
a terrible creature over there!
And over there,
a creature with only one eye!
- One eye?
- A cyclops.
And he was aiming a spear
straight at me.
Had that been so,
you would now be dead.
He was aiming at a Slayer...
for they have ancient hatred
between them.
Long ago, his ancestors...
lived in a world far from Krull...
and had two eyes like other men.
Then they made a bargain
with the Beast...
who was the leader of the Slayers.
They gave up one of their eyes
in exchange for the power...
to see into the future,
but they were cheated.
And the only future they are permitted
to see is the time of their own death.
They're sad, solitary creatures.
Born to know...
the day they will die.
Today would have been my day,
if it hadn't been for him.
We three will go on.
The rest will remain here.
We four will go on. I'm not
staying behind with these criminals.
We four will go.
He marches us towards
a solid face of rock.
The man has raisins
in his brain case.
I recognize an old friend.
Mad. They're all mad.
We seek the Black Fortress!
Such a vision will be opposed.
Who seeks it?
The new king.
With an old voice?
You know the voice?
Yes, my friend.
We're trying to find it.
I will seek the fortress for you.
Got any sugar bowls?
Gum drops?
What kind of boy are you?
Boys always have candy.
I have a cinnamon bar.
Share and share alike.
I am Ergo the Magnificent.
Short in stature, tall in power...
narrow of purpose
and wide of vision.
That is very impressive.
- I should hope so.
- I'm Titch.
That's not impressive,
but adequate.
The Black Fortress.
Where?
Are you all right?
Yes.
The Beast does not like
curious seers poking into his affairs.
His power is too great
for you to overcome?
Yes, here.
But there's one place
where his power cannot reach.
- The Emerald Temple.
- Yes, in that place...
he cannot oppose my vision.
Will you travel there with us?
It is in the great swamp--
a treacherous place.
Our need is great.
The temple is at the center
of the swamp...
where three trees grow as one.
How could anything grow in that place?
It smells of death.
Death and power are close cousins.
Don't think I like
your relatives, old man.
Have a look.
The profit of this journey.
They're worth a fortune.
Maybe, to someone
who's very nearsighted.
What?
But they were emeralds.
Hey, Rhun. Emeralds.
I swear it!
They were emeralds.
Rocks in our pockets
and gravestones above our heads...
is what we'll get from this journey.
Slayers!
- From the lake!
- Take cover!
- Get over there!
- There's more over here!
- Get down!
- They're over here!
Quick! Over there!
Over here!
There's one over here!
That's the second time
you've saved my life.
- I am Ergo.
- The Magnificent.
- Hasn't he got a name?
- His name is Rell.
He visits the seer sometimes.
He doesn't speak much.
So I've noticed, except to be sarcastic
to people who wish to be friends.
Or jest with those
who already are his friends.
My name is no jest, beanpole.
It's all very well to have a short name
when you're 20 feet tall.
But small people need large names
to give them weight.
Your actions give you weight,
my friend.
I saw you save the boy
from a spear.
Well, that's what friends
are supposed to do for each other.
-Quite so.
-You've been with us for a long way now.
Since the beginning.
When I learned that the old one
had come down...
I knew the time had come.
Join us, then.
All men need company.
Yes. All men.
That way.
If I had my wish,
I'd be out of this place right away.
If I really had my wish...
I'd be sitting
on top of a