Hard to believe that the game that originally began the console RPG craze can be boiled down to less time than it takes to make a grilled cheese sandwich.
Very Important: you can continually fight the axe knight where you find Edrick's armor by stepping on and off the trees. It's the best way to grind for a while.
I honestly don't know how many months it took me to beat this game when I got it when it first came out as a kid. Level grind level grind level grind seems to be the only part of that whole experience I actually remember.
Watching this makes me extremely proud of myself for figuring out and beating this all by myself at the age of 9. What a feeling when I finally finished it!!!
Me too.. same with zelda.. ninja turtles was my nemesis, i could never get past some sewer level. I seem to remember the game always glitched out or something.
The title is not misleading. While I also ASSUMED that this was a 5 minute speed run/glitch exploit video, we can't down-vote his hard work due to our misconceptions. Great tutorial.
I wouldnt suggest buying the magic armor, its very expensive and by the time you can buy the magic armor with all that grinding you'd probly be strong enough to just take out the armor guy who has edrick's armor in the abandoned town at least thats what I do. Just put that guy to sleep and wail on em! I actually beat him at a very low level once when i was a kid just out of mostly luck because he was sleep for like 8 turns lol , and I just run from the monsters. In these type of games I used to love to just explore way beyond where I was suppose to go and just run from the monsters . Back when everything was so new and refreshing
IDK about the flame sword as I've never bought it. from the last description it sounds useless. I don't regret getting the magic armor though. It's super useful.
I always get the flame sword, never the magic armor, I agree that it's pretty easy to just beat the axe knight if you've leveled properly and get Erdrick's armor for free.. On the other hand I was a player that never ran unless I had the orange screen of death and was trying to make it to a town (or castle Tantagel), so for me trying to go get Erdrick's sword right away wasn't worth it and the flame sword isn't bad, it was often actually the broadsword that I skipped buying.
@@adamavery3906 Says something that even a simple RPG like DW allows players chocies like that. Espicially since DW progression both levelling and equipment wise is rather linear. Just like, for me, I barely if ever use the fire based spells while I've seen others swear by them. L0L
As an affluent Alefgard scholar with 2 Ph. D.'s in the history of Erdrick's descendants who is fluent in Tantegel Greek, I concur with Dr. L's methods. This is hands down the most efficient path to the eliminating the dragon lord and his minions thus acquiring the ball of light. The only thing I would add as a tip for finding Edricks sword, if you're unfortunate enough to encounter a red dragon or armored knight on this step, stopspell as a first move is appropriate in most cases, it gets pretty unforgiving when a red dragon puts you to sleep in level 18. This of course does not apply to your final journey to confront the dragon lord. Use good judgement when running from enemies, this point should be stressed.
Dragon Warrior 1 was the first RPG game I ever played. I got it for free with Nintendo Power subscription back in the late 80s. I didn't even know what an console RPG game was. So when I bought it, I didn't understand why there was no action. Why was I walking around, and the screen kept changing into this other screen with pitcture of monsters that I had to kill and then change back to "world map". Why when my character moved on top of a little picture of "castle" I was suddenly transported into a new place. I entered a town but that concept was foreign to me. Then when I exited, I was back in world map. And no matter which side I exited, I always ended up back in same world map. I was so confused. I kept thinking, "Ok. So this is some weird preliminary thing before the REAL game begins." I kept waiting for the REAL fight to start not realizing that when I pressed fight and the HP for monsters went down, this WAS the fight. It took me a while to understand that this is how a turn based JRPG works. LOL
As many others, I read the title wrong and was expecting a glitch to beat the game in less than 5 minutes. This video is actually much more useful. I'm currently playing the game in Japanese, and my Kanji reading skills are weak at best. Very helpful video. It's funny how before I clicked on the video it was listed as "5:01" minutes, and when watching the video it's "4:59". Lives up to the claim.
@@volourn9764 Old comment but the ending is pretty much identical just without the princess being there. You just save the world, speak to the king and then leave alone.
this was the greatest game ever for me when it first came out. i even drew my own maps and wrote down everything while playing it. i remember it being such a pain the ass to get the dragonlord took me a while to finally say yes when getting there to see what he says. it would be kinda cool to see them remake this game with todays graphics but same story line and items so i could bust out my original maps
"how to EXPLAIN how to beat DW in 5 mins" That would mean it's a how to video, telling you how to explain to someone else how to beat dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes. He's not telling you how to explain anything, he is the one explaining. And no one is beating dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes.
Beating Dragon Warrior comes down to 12 mandatory accomplishments: 1. Purchase and maintain a supply of magic keys 2. Find stones of sunlight 3. Find silver harp 4. Swap silver harp for staff of rain 5. Find and rescue princess 6. Purchase silver shield 7. Find Erdricks Armor 8. Find Erdricks Token 9. Obtain rainbow drop 10. Use rainbow drop to create bridge to Dragon Lord's castle 11. Learn spell of Healmore 12. Find Erdricks Sword
You don't need the sword or armour, I believe. I doubt it, but I bet some hardcore dude has likely beaten the game without healmore (not me lol). I don't think you need the princess at least others say you don't.
Not what I expected, but was not disappointed. Hilarious as hell! Perfect way to maks quickplays of these long ass games that I want to play, but never will. Thanks!
Spent so many hours playing this game one summer as a kid. Finally, after a whole summer, I beat it. Me and a friend had to figure most of the stuff he's talking about on our own.
Lol I grew up on this and the original Final Fantasy game, it's because of those two games that RPG's are my favorite genre to play. This was a hard game back then especially when you had to figure everything out by yourself. No internet or TH-cam made it so you had no choice but to learn on your own. I love the 4 Dragon Warrior games on the NES, I still go back and play them. I was so excited for Dragon Warrior II when it came out, I think it's my favorite of the four due to the nostalgia I get / got then and now.
Yup. I've gotten lazy in my old age, too. I remember spending time trying to figure things out on my own only to go 'how could I not know that earlier it is so simple you dumb ass'. L0L Now, I end up 'cheating' way too much when I get 'stuck' and go searching on the net. I also really loved playing these games with my brother and cousin , too.
The four "endings" of Dragon Warrior - its silly stuff ... but it shows how much i played the game. 1) save the princesss then beat the dragonlord, princess comes out of stairwell 2) dont save the princess, beat the dragonlord - it skips that scene at the end 3a) save the princess, then carry her the rest of the game and beat the dragonlord. - she just appears in front of you 3b) beat the dragonlord, then go save the princess - thats amusing. All the enemies are gone... except that green dragon.
Ok guys it takes a LITTLE longer than 5 minutes to beat the game but nice video anyways! This was my first RPG and have loved the whole series of them ever since
That description pretty much sums it up, lol! A lot of the time playing it on a first run is "I don't know what to do or where to go" and the grinding aspects. So players end up doing a lot of character chatting and backtracking to find out what to to, it seems a lot longer and vast than it actually is. I'm not saying that as like some insulting way towards the game of course. It's just one of those things where it becomes really noticeable on a repeat playthrough because everything you do becomes a lot more efficient due to acquired knowledge, including grinding because you'll know where you can go at what level with so-and-so equipment. Sure that could be said of other games as well when one's skill in a game improves. But for Dragon Warrior, you'll cut off several hours with ease and notice it as you go. Like saying "Oh, I remember it taking me much longer to reach X-thing".
I remember being at a friend's house and digging through their Nintendo games when I came across this cartridge for this.It's a pretty laid back game where you don't have to strain to figure things out.
My dad beat this game when I was a kid. Granted, he needed help from my mom who acted as a navigator (and possibly an advisor) but still, my dad did the grinding and legwork. Can't believe he did that AND beat the second game as well. :O
Jarrett Eakins I think dragon warrior 4 was the last one I played. they changed the name of the game, at least in US, and I never knew they went by another name till like 3 years ago. still it would be nice to purchase the dragon warrior games I played as a kid for PC.
I found this VERY amusing lol. At first I thought I wasn't going to like it, but then... BUT THOU MUST!!! :D (For everyone else who didn't get the joke, he was showing that even if you try to summarize everything that happens in the game to five minutes of sub-quests involved in finishing it, it still looks like every part of those subquests is super time-consuming with tons of grinding, lol. Also, for those of you who actually think this game sucks... it came out so long ago that it was really amazing when it came out. *sigh*
i played this with my best friend through most of the 80s when we were less-than-ten. lots of memories. i've watched this video many times over the last 7 years. my friend likes it too. we don't talk any more. but thou must.
Rescue the princess & game over? Well you could leave her there till after you slay the dragon lord, & go back to the king with her in your arms. (Or never bother rescuing her at all.)
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*How to beat Dragon Warrior in 5 seconds*
1) Kill stuff
2) Progress through story
3) Win
HowDoUPlay haha
Oh man it worked!
"""""story"""""
What story?
Get good
Keep grinding.
I don't wanna.
But thou must.
Best fucking comment. 🤣🤣🤣
Lol! Awesome!
Lotsa grinding in DW1
"How to beat Dragon Warrior...in less than 5 minutes" - Start game > Get equipment > Grind for 40 hours > Beat the Dragonlord.
just pretend you did it in 5 minutes
@@itzmeggy0074 the gameplay loop is 5 minutes over 40 hours. And it's great.
Ok I was hoping for a 5 minute speed run.
+truerubberlegs I think we all were.
+Link's Awakening. lol, same here! I never clued into that when I was a kid
I was too because I was wondering how on earth you could possibly do that
Yea I saw the title and I was like, Oh no way lol when it he started rambling I was like ok I was right LOL
It’s fucking clickbait, ugh 😑
"5 Minute Dragon Warrior Tutorial"
Lol you like the Dragon Quest series as well?
lolnopound same
Abdul Jackson had to do a double take to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
LOL It's your returning champion! Wtf are you doing here man?
ZEEEEERROOOO!!
The title is confusing, but this video is exactly what I needed! Perfect walkthrough, thanks bro!
I died at "BUT THOU MUST". Love it. Hadn't played the game in years and this refresher course was just what I needed.
Don’t forget to also…Git Gud
5 Second Mario Bros Tutorial:
Move to the right
Just go right hard
mom i dont wanna go to school
mom: *BUT THOU MUST*
A final, "But Thou Must" at the very end would've made it EPIC.
I loved this game as a child, I remember getting it with a copy of Nintendo Power when i was like 11 years old.
Same. As soon as I read about the giveaway I was bugging my parents to opt in. I think I still have the pocket sized strategy guide that went with it.
haha so many people got this free for getting 6-12 months of Nintendo power eh? me @ 9 WTF is an RGP? i don t wanna play it ,..but thou must!
That’s the only reason I got that game. Ended up playing it for countless hours.
Same!
Clickbait is clickbait.
+Zombero Brilliant explanation of the reflexive property.
It's an important rule to remember.
Very Important: you can continually fight the axe knight where you find Edrick's armor by stepping on and off the trees. It's the best way to grind for a while.
I honestly don't know how many months it took me to beat this game when I got it when it first came out as a kid. Level grind level grind level grind seems to be the only part of that whole experience I actually remember.
how nice is it to have my child hood summed up in a little over 5 minute video...
"Put the Golem to seel with the Fairy Flute, hope it doesn't wake up" 😂😂😂
This is incredibly well edited for 2011, and still solid now.
Watching this makes me extremely proud of myself for figuring out and beating this all by myself at the age of 9. What a feeling when I finally finished it!!!
Me too.. same with zelda.. ninja turtles was my nemesis, i could never get past some sewer level. I seem to remember the game always glitched out or something.
Same
That freakin' princess just won't take 'no' for an answer.
The title is not misleading. While I also ASSUMED that this was a 5 minute speed run/glitch exploit video, we can't down-vote his hard work due to our misconceptions. Great tutorial.
I wouldnt suggest buying the magic armor, its very expensive and by the time you can buy the magic armor with all that grinding you'd probly be strong enough to just take out the armor guy who has edrick's armor in the abandoned town at least thats what I do. Just put that guy to sleep and wail on em! I actually beat him at a very low level once when i was a kid just out of mostly luck because he was sleep for like 8 turns lol , and I just run from the monsters. In these type of games I used to love to just explore way beyond where I was suppose to go and just run from the monsters .
Back when everything was so new and refreshing
Syndo true. the flame sword is equally a waste of gold and time it costs 8300 more gold than a broadsword for like 6 more attack power
IDK about the flame sword as I've never bought it. from the last description it sounds useless. I don't regret getting the magic armor though. It's super useful.
I always get the flame sword, never the magic armor, I agree that it's pretty easy to just beat the axe knight if you've leveled properly and get Erdrick's armor for free.. On the other hand I was a player that never ran unless I had the orange screen of death and was trying to make it to a town (or castle Tantagel), so for me trying to go get Erdrick's sword right away wasn't worth it and the flame sword isn't bad, it was often actually the broadsword that I skipped buying.
@@adamavery3906 Says something that even a simple RPG like DW allows players chocies like that. Espicially since DW progression both levelling and equipment wise is rather linear. Just like, for me, I barely if ever use the fire based spells while I've seen others swear by them. L0L
As an affluent Alefgard scholar with 2 Ph. D.'s in the history of Erdrick's descendants who is fluent in Tantegel Greek, I concur with Dr. L's methods. This is hands down the most efficient path to the eliminating the dragon lord and his minions thus acquiring the ball of light. The only thing I would add as a tip for finding Edricks sword, if you're unfortunate enough to encounter a red dragon or armored knight on this step, stopspell as a first move is appropriate in most cases, it gets pretty unforgiving when a red dragon puts you to sleep in level 18. This of course does not apply to your final journey to confront the dragon lord. Use good judgement when running from enemies, this point should be stressed.
Tim Hackett I just run from everything in the castle. I've already done my leveling up, no point in fighting the toughest monsters in the game.
How to explain Dragon Warrior... in less than 5 minutes
How to beat Dragon Warrior in one sentence....
"Try not to get killed"
How to beat Dragon Warrior in less than 5 minutes*
*combat and walking not included
Just picked this game up for dirt cheap and I absolutely love it! Thanks for the fast, clear breakdown, much appreciated!
I cannot tell you how proud of myself I was upon beating a metal slime.
love how simple and to the point this video is. great work dude
Alternate title: A 5 minute summary on how to beat Dragon Warrior 1.
Came for the speed run, stayed for the nostalgia.
BUT THOU MUST. Best line in the game
That is indeed a good explanation of how to beat Dragon Warrior which lasts for five minutes.
Dragon Warrior 1 was the first RPG game I ever played. I got it for free with Nintendo Power subscription back in the late 80s. I didn't even know what an console RPG game was. So when I bought it, I didn't understand why there was no action. Why was I walking around, and the screen kept changing into this other screen with pitcture of monsters that I had to kill and then change back to "world map". Why when my character moved on top of a little picture of "castle" I was suddenly transported into a new place. I entered a town but that concept was foreign to me. Then when I exited, I was back in world map. And no matter which side I exited, I always ended up back in same world map. I was so confused. I kept thinking, "Ok. So this is some weird preliminary thing before the REAL game begins." I kept waiting for the REAL fight to start not realizing that when I pressed fight and the HP for monsters went down, this WAS the fight. It took me a while to understand that this is how a turn based JRPG works. LOL
This title is... kind of misleading. ^^;
If you could jump cut like he does then you would beat the game in 5 minutes.
More like.. How to beat Dragon Warrior - explained in less than five minutes. lol
Kind of??? lol
As many others, I read the title wrong and was expecting a glitch to beat the game in less than 5 minutes. This video is actually much more useful. I'm currently playing the game in Japanese, and my Kanji reading skills are weak at best.
Very helpful video. It's funny how before I clicked on the video it was listed as "5:01" minutes, and when watching the video it's "4:59". Lives up to the claim.
as bs 漢字を勉強したいなら漫画を読んだほうがいいと思う
This is such a well-done video. So much nostalgia. I don't understand how anyone could dislike it. Thumbs up, get!
This was my role playing game. I miss that. It seem like over thirty years. Wow. This was one of my first game after my Atari 500 system on the NES
"Hope he forgets to cast sleep on you"
Lmao that one got me.
this game actually has 3 endings one with gwen one without and one where you say yes to the dragonlord lol
What happens without Gwen. I don't think I've ever not rescued her. I mean, recuing princesses is the main reason to play rps.
@@volourn9764 Old comment but the ending is pretty much identical just without the princess being there. You just save the world, speak to the king and then leave alone.
Playing the game for the first time right now. Best tutorial of it that I have seen.
thank you for this video, i used it as a walkthrough to beat the game on a 3 day video game binge.
this was the greatest game ever for me when it first came out. i even drew my own maps and wrote down everything while playing it. i remember it being such a pain the ass to get the dragonlord took me a while to finally say yes when getting there to see what he says. it would be kinda cool to see them remake this game with todays graphics but same story line and items so i could bust out my original maps
But thou must
And the moral of the story is... but thou must!
I'm sure it's been done to death, but that title is very misleading.
true, but Cliff Notes are ok too.
lol that was how to EXPLAIN how to beat DW in 5 mins...
"how to EXPLAIN how to beat DW in 5 mins"
That would mean it's a how to video, telling you how to explain to someone else how to beat dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes. He's not telling you how to explain anything, he is the one explaining. And no one is beating dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes.
Thank goodness for apt use of ellipses.
This was actually the most useful walkthrough I have seen.
buying clothes and a club actually slows you down. You can punch slimes naked and buy yourself a copper sword in the first 5-10 minutes
Beating Dragon Warrior comes down to 12 mandatory accomplishments:
1. Purchase and maintain a supply of magic keys
2. Find stones of sunlight
3. Find silver harp
4. Swap silver harp for staff of rain
5. Find and rescue princess
6. Purchase silver shield
7. Find Erdricks Armor
8. Find Erdricks Token
9. Obtain rainbow drop
10. Use rainbow drop to create bridge to Dragon Lord's castle
11. Learn spell of Healmore
12. Find Erdricks Sword
You don't need the sword or armour, I believe. I doubt it, but I bet some hardcore dude has likely beaten the game without healmore (not me lol). I don't think you need the princess at least others say you don't.
He managed to create and use an inside joke in less than five minutes, while also still doing the explanation.
I beat this back in the 80ies and I needed this to remember what to do now
Hell this was great and hilarious! I would love to see more how to beat in 5 min vids.
Thanks for the summary, currently playing on my phone, so i know what to expect :)
Not what I expected, but was not disappointed. Hilarious as hell! Perfect way to maks quickplays of these long ass games that I want to play, but never will. Thanks!
It takes five minutes just to travel around the land, forget the battles.
Got this game when it came out. It's the first RPG I completed. This game started my love affair for RPGs.
great idea for a series. I would want to see more of these.
BUT. THOU. MUST. < That randomly pops in my head sometimes and it always makes me come back here just to hear someone else say it.
I played this 100 times.. so good.
I am very disappointed that I didn't learn how to beat the game in 5 minutes. Instead, I learned how to beat the game, in 5 minutes.
“Grind levels.” Thank you
I tried this...
but it still takes me more than 5 minutes to beat this game.
Try harder, then.
But thou must.
Spent so many hours playing this game one summer as a kid. Finally, after a whole summer, I beat it. Me and a friend had to figure most of the stuff he's talking about on our own.
A game that takes 50 years to beat in 5 minutes. Awesome.
Lol I grew up on this and the original Final Fantasy game, it's because of those two games that RPG's are my favorite genre to play. This was a hard game back then especially when you had to figure everything out by yourself. No internet or TH-cam made it so you had no choice but to learn on your own. I love the 4 Dragon Warrior games on the NES, I still go back and play them. I was so excited for Dragon Warrior II when it came out, I think it's my favorite of the four due to the nostalgia I get / got then and now.
Yup. I've gotten lazy in my old age, too. I remember spending time trying to figure things out on my own only to go 'how could I not know that earlier it is so simple you dumb ass'. L0L Now, I end up 'cheating' way too much when I get 'stuck' and go searching on the net. I also really loved playing these games with my brother and cousin , too.
Love the post game content in this game. No monsters. No levelling. No cash. Yeaaah.
Its...
Great...
OOooooohhhh.... i get the title now.
"How to beat Dragon Warrior (explained) in less than 5 minutes."
The four "endings" of Dragon Warrior -
its silly stuff ... but it shows how much i played the game.
1) save the princesss then beat the dragonlord, princess comes out of stairwell
2) dont save the princess, beat the dragonlord - it skips that scene at the end
3a) save the princess, then carry her the rest of the game and beat the dragonlord. - she just appears in front of you
3b) beat the dragonlord, then go save the princess - thats amusing. All the enemies are gone... except that green dragon.
Interesting. I wonder if the Golem hangs out in Cantlin if you never went into town.
Ok guys it takes a LITTLE longer than 5 minutes to beat the game but nice video anyways! This was my first RPG and have loved the whole series of them ever since
Grind grind grind. The more you grind the easier this game gets.
That description pretty much sums it up, lol! A lot of the time playing it on a first run is "I don't know what to do or where to go" and the grinding aspects. So players end up doing a lot of character chatting and backtracking to find out what to to, it seems a lot longer and vast than it actually is.
I'm not saying that as like some insulting way towards the game of course. It's just one of those things where it becomes really noticeable on a repeat playthrough because everything you do becomes a lot more efficient due to acquired knowledge, including grinding because you'll know where you can go at what level with so-and-so equipment.
Sure that could be said of other games as well when one's skill in a game improves. But for Dragon Warrior, you'll cut off several hours with ease and notice it as you go. Like saying "Oh, I remember it taking me much longer to reach X-thing".
You know dragon warrior bears a striking resemblance to dragon quest, huh.
Thanks for the laugh. Simplistic as it is, I still love the game.
This is great. No way I would have found the hidden doors.
My opinion is the only one that matters and I thought this was a great idea. More 5 min tutorials, please!!!
Yes, 5 min. Plus 50+ hours of grinding. Oh, I still miss it.
Even though the title was a little misleading, it helped me because I couldn't find that Sunstone!
The title is misleading, but thou must find this satisfying.
I remember being at a friend's house and digging through their Nintendo games when I came across this cartridge for this.It's a pretty laid back game where you don't have to strain to figure things out.
Best NES game ever. I put more hours into this game than any other as a kid
Honestly am amazed that I beat this game. This game took some serious dedication to see all the way through.
Unironically helped me. Thank you.
Not enough mentions of "Keep grinding."
My dad beat this game when I was a kid. Granted, he needed help from my mom who acted as a navigator (and possibly an advisor) but still, my dad did the grinding and legwork. Can't believe he did that AND beat the second game as well. :O
you summed up my childhood in 5 minutes.
Same here
King Possum Same here as well.
Wish dragon quest 7 would come to the USA...then i might have a reason to buy a 3ds and relive a epic story!
Jarrett Eakins I think dragon warrior 4 was the last one I played. they changed the name of the game, at least in US, and I never knew they went by another name till like 3 years ago.
still it would be nice to purchase the dragon warrior games I played as a kid for PC.
Thats too bad cause DW 7 is my all time favorite.
I just got this for my nes should arrive Monday; can't wait to play.
Geprodis amen that music is killing me. I had to mute the tv.
Is it just me that thought this video was a 5 minute speedrun before clicking?
this is truly a fantastic tutorial
The clothes are extremely optional. I usually skip both the leather armor _and_ the clothes, going straight from naked to chain mail.
I loved this game so much as a kid I rolled the Nintendo cart with the TV into the bathroom so I could play while I crapped.
Nice video! I just started to collect NES games and this is my first one.
I was not disappointed, Subscribed.
+Fenris Yuri Prepare to be disappointed.
+Loogaroo1 Should I unsubscribe.
I found this VERY amusing lol.
At first I thought I wasn't going to like it, but then...
BUT THOU MUST!!!
:D
(For everyone else who didn't get the joke, he was showing that even if you try to summarize everything that happens in the game to five minutes of sub-quests involved in finishing it, it still looks like every part of those subquests is super time-consuming with tons of grinding, lol.
Also, for those of you who actually think this game sucks... it came out so long ago that it was really amazing when it came out. *sigh*
i mean the titl.. isnt really wrong,... it was i who made it misleading. but indeed it was explained in 5 minutes to save time. i approve.
I don't want to use a tutorial to beat the game.
"But thou must."
But I
"But thou must."
Bu-
"But thou must."
You missed the ability to go straight to HURTing magidrakes and scorpions in the hills just southwest of Tantagel.
This was better then I thought. Lol beautiful.
i played this with my best friend through most of the 80s when we were less-than-ten. lots of memories. i've watched this video many times over the last 7 years. my friend likes it too. we don't talk any more. but thou must.
Lol intentional or not that title is hilarious. Better title "How to troll YT in 5 minutes". Well played, sir. Well played.
Rescue the princess & game over?
Well you could leave her there till after you slay the dragon lord, & go back to the king with her in your arms. (Or never bother rescuing her at all.)