PAIN... Hollow Knight
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- Hollow Knight Playthrough Episode 23! With commentary / reactions.
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The real path of pain is reading all of zote's dialog
No, it`s the path of stupidnes/ patients
Then leave him to die
Beat it 3 times
Not that difficult, just needed wayward compass
one time i did a challenge of walking in a game for about 5 hours
roblox citadel :p
Me: *Checks length of video after Merg defeats Grey Prince Zotes third battle*
Video: *More than 5 minutes left*
Me: *Gets hyped for the fourth Zote battle*
Merg: *Reads like twenty of Zotes precepts*
Any form of Zote is good content.
Any of that:
Angry me: *literally eats life ender*
I gotta admit tho (and sorry I'm super late for binging the Hollow Knight series) but no matter how much I hate Zote, a lot of his precepts are pretty wise.
@fdjk hkjl precept 35 is the real deal tho lmao
@fdjk hkjl bruh precept 44 is so useful tho
*Dashmaster and Fast Saw walk into office and glance at each other*
“You, uh, wanted to see us sir?”
*Pale King swivels around in office-throne to face them*
“Yes, a certain ‘Merg’ has filed a very angry formal complaint against you two. Care to explain?”
uhhh, ok
Fast Saw:Well um I got um kinda salty about people no hitting the path of pain so I uhhh just wrecked him.
Pale King: OK how about you dashmaster.
Dashmaster:I had to much bacon soup.
Pale king:Ok fast saw you shouldn't get salty about the PEOPLE no hitting pop because they go through pain actually trying to no hit it so bad excuse THE PALE PAT OF SHAME FOR YOU dashmaster I understand bacon soup is addictive THE PALE PAT OF HALLOWNESTNESS FOR YOU both of you dismissed *Pale king turns around on office throne chair*.
the dashmaster looks similar too sans...
huh...
i guess you could say...
he is...
Bone-ly
"I mean, it's not MY fault he had a bad time, he just happened to be wearing the charm that looks like Sans while attempting PoP"
Pale King: Buzzsaw, why are you so fast?
Buzzsaw: *I am SPEED*
44:08 The ending to this storyline happens after defeating GPZ 4 times, but his difficulty will keep increasing until his tenth defeat.
Pain.
Only Pain And Buzzsaws.
Oh, And Spikes. aaaand Thorns. aaand Wingsmould. and some other stuff... Painful Stuff.
Keep It Up Merg!
Too bad that Pale King forgot to invite Primal Aspit for his party of horror...
And ramen.
Aaaan kingsmould
Wingsmould are very kind, gentle creatures that help you traverse this terrifying cluster of saws and spikes with much greater ease at their own expense.
*Kingsmould on the other hand...*
*Cool Friends flashbacks*
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN WRONG GAME-
Hallownests 5 Great Knights are/were (in no particular order):
Loyal Ogrim: the Dung Defender (previously White Defender)
Mysterious Ze'mer: the Grey Mourner
Mighty Hegemol: had his armour stolen by a maggot (hence 'False Knight')
Kindly Isma: remains dead in her grove
Fierce Dryya: remains dead outside the White Lady's room
Years of being a platforming gamer has let you to this moment...
The Path of Pain.
Others tremble in fear of this spike in difficulty. BUT YOU, MIGHTY CHERRY, have nothing to fear! You’ve been trained your whole career! Using your knowledge of past salt to persevere!
You totally *_nailed_* it. Showed that Path of Pain who’s king!
Plus the Dashmaster made for some great bonus salt ;)
Merg: *listens to one precept of Zote after another*
Me: Oh snap, he was serious? We're doing this? *Good.*
I saw merg post and instantly started watching
The title of this video makes me worried...
*Really worried*
Also 7:46 that just sounds wrong...
And you were correct.
Correct
"And then he just went into the royal waterways and just embraced the dung"
Merg- 2019
* 534 views 117 like and 0 dislikes *
*this does put a smile on my face*
32:20, those noises! 😆😆💝
Grubberfly Elegy is strongly recommended for enemies that are best fought at a range while exploring or for bosses that must be kept at a distance to prevent being hit. For most bosses, the optimal setup is actually Unbreakable Strength + Quick Slash + Mark of Pride.
On the other hand, please finish the actual "good" ending ASAP (which is unlocked by equipping the Kingsoul and heading to the Abyss). The PoP and bosses you encountered this episode are mostly post-game content and are entirely optional.
But of course, congratulations on achieving all that you've completed in the game! Most of the bosses you've fought against this episode take up to an hour of practice, while PoP takes even more (up to 4-5 hours).
Yay another video! Can't wait for next 1
28:15 i got PTSD like reaction when i realized which room Merg got in
(i spent way too much time trying to get past it)
“Tatatatata!!”
-Merg, 2019
"embraced the dung" XD
Mossbag: Zote is not void
Random theorists: Zote is void
Merg: Zote is infection
His Last Words where: I thought that was Floor.
-Merg 2019
Last comment on this one: after hearing all those Precepts, I think he ought to be called Zote the Chad, lol.
Merg in the abyss there is more story to be found. If you destroy the ground under the floating rocks you'll find a cavern and something to Dream Nail.
The title explains what Merg felt through this entire video...
Pain...
Our cherry does not deserve it for his hard work of platforming.
Holy crap! That is timing!
Merg-2019
17:15 what you came for!
just casually completes the path of pain like DANG mad respect
As the sun goes a way and the darkness emerges, a new light shall appear. Just like how the moon illuminates the night. A light will always come, when something falls into darkness.
What took me 4 days, took Merg an episode.
When i saw pain in the title i just told myself ,,why did you put yourself in this pain?"
I guess it’s tradition for me to comment when I finish something now. I beat path of pain 2 nights ago after saying I would never do it. While it wasn’t fun for me, I don’t regret doing it. At least not a lot.
43:17
Gray Prince Zote?
More like- More like *Gay* Prince Zote, am I right, lads.
Now has finally come the time when I admit it: Merg is a better Hollow Knight player than me!
Merg that was not you with the Pale King, it was the Hollow Knight
"you have very strong dreams"
- Merg 5th aug 2019
lol
Ok, so let me break down the ending of the Path of Pain for you Merg. So, all the vessels are supposed to have "No mind to think, no will to break, no voice to cry suffering." To contain the infection, they needed to be completely hollow, no emotions, nothing. In that moment, the Hollow Knight and the Pale King bonded, which is why the Hollow Knight was come over with the infection. The White Lady even says, "The vessel was tarnished with an idea instilled."
Defeat the white defender enough times causes them to wake up and get some dialogue, although not getting much out of it he will leave a gift when he leaves.. its not much but its really cute.
the Dash Master really gave Merg a BAD TIME, amiright?
Now if my foes weak point is being asleep then how do i strike it in being asleep?
Me:*take precept-buster glasses on*
I’ve been waiting for the path of pain, honestly it’s a great challenge is ur up for it. Hope you didn’t struggle too much
merg use life blood core or life blood heart when using the grubberflies elegy cause your grubberflies elegy wont go away when you get hit with life blood
33:12 [MEGALOVANIA INTENSIFY]
actually, nvm, background music is already enought intense
And this is how a villain retires...
The TRUE Path Of Pain Is Radianting Markoth
remember that you still have nightmare grimm to do and also godhome
pain is the name of the journey but it's my favorite
It’s like 11 at night and I saw this notif.
SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!
The Ricicle so you're European?
This episode was just a dream
That is the hollow knight with the pale king.....
yay new hollow knight vid
Pain is in my soul when the video ends...
Gray prince zot more like ga.... i like turtles
7:48
White Defender:
No one:
Merg:”get your BALLS out of here”
All feminists to merg: my thoughts exactly
Dirty boi
he didnt say no homo
yup
White Defender still:
no merg, the end of the path of pain is a memory of the pale king and the hollow knight as a child.
that explains that the hollow knight wasn't truly hollow, because they spent time with the pale king. this also explains why the hollow knight failed to contain the infection completely.
Ah! that makes so much sense now!
That means the knight is still a child
:0
That path of pain....A CHILD DID THAT!?!?!
@@ninjikam545 yeah the vessels and hornets aging is kinda weird, because the knight and hollow knight are the same age and yet the HK grew while the knight did not. In addition, hornet is older than elder bug, but deffinitely doesnt look it.
Hmm, looks like someone pays attention to lore, and the masks of hollow knights, all are slightly different, which merg hasn't noticed yet
*"I REFUSE YOUR DUNG"* I swear merg says the weirdest things.
But isnt that what makes him the best ;P
Agreed
“Get your balls out of here”
when
@@EPMTUNES *LMAO*
“Get out of me”
A hollow knight video every few days apart
keeps the boredom away from your heart.
Mario 5757 facts
But it is too far ajar, to not feel 10 years apart
perfect
I estimate a new video is put up every three days or so.
*Pain.*
*The ultimate form of entertainment that can make the watcher feel guilt.*
I feel no guilt for watching this. And seeing his knights the Watcher seems to be very, very sadistic.
What is this "guilt" you speak of
GreatAnotherViewer A loud voice in my head once told me that guilt is when you let The Knight live. And yeah, Path of Pain is bad at killing vessels...
I lost to moche blood
**Reads title*
**skips heartbeat*
You did it, you crazy --- -- - -----, you did it
The censors made me laugh
WHAT IS IT THE WORDS AAAAA
@@chickennugget3549 son of a 🅱️
Diego Martín thanks
Merg: "Oh, cool, there are 40 charms in the game"
Goes to Path of Pain with the Dashmaster
Merg: "There are 39 charms in the game..."
White Defender has 5 levels of difficulty (After the fifth fight his quest is over and you get your reward) and Zote has 10. Against Zote I recommend you to beat him at least 4 times. You'll see why)
Great video as always^_^
You are right there are more menus coming soon when silksong is out
Zone the mighty boss?
@@Negative.SOS. soon...
@@sharkonstage very soon
@@JesusBautista_ even sooner?
Pain is what I feel when I wait impatiently for another Merg upload
Facts, mans spitting facts! On another note...i forgot
Your picture looks like DM docaro
lol facts
I Attuned with this comment
Is it me or are you like my personal justin y.??
"Doma yourself"
-Merg 2019
"Toma"
Audio book: The 57 precepts of Zote the Mighty
Read by Merg
along with continuous mumbles of the mighty zote himself
I'd listen to that lol
Limit for White Defender is 5 defeats. Unlike Zote, you actually get more lore for beating him max times.
Geez you're beating Path of Pain much, MUCH faster than anyone I know.
29:42 are you serious there was a hidden soul statue there and here i am thought this was the only checkpoint with no statue
Merg, I *did* expect you to survive the double Kingsmould at the end, but wow you were close to dying.
No, that wasn't you with Pale King. Look at the vessel's horns. You should recognize them.
3rd Zote is the one that is in Godhome.
So, I'd want 5 Defenders and 4 Zotes. I already said why 5 for Defender, but 4 for Zote because 4th defeat is the last defeat when anything interesting happens unless you count the golden Zote statue for 10th defeat.
Yeah, this comment is shorter than I usually write, but I'm in a hurry and the episode mostly spoke for itself so yeah. Have fun doing whatever you're doing next.
Wait weren't you the guy who shamed 9n the compass on someone's reply section on the last episode? Or was it the one before idk I don't remember, u probably won't eather it's been 3 years
Today, we serve Hollow knight!
And as for dessert...
A salty cherry!
That not enough salt, add more to it
Legends say to this day he is still watching the grub king.
@@nonyabuisness3560 hey you stole my idea from the previous episodes , i wrote them down , but is ok at least if it is not a comment , is just a reply
Okay, that was a great one.
Everyone has to accept it!
@@Trash_Boat1 yeah. i totally did. i admit i did not come up with that. i think i got it from someone else. it was just to get some laughs.
"We are getting through the endgame pretty well i think" _Cries in Godmaster_
Some: Go with Pale king!
Others: Nah I'm going with Radiance!
Merg: Da Grubs!
Hell ya
Team Shade Lord has been real quiet since this comment
Go with the king! We gave grubs home unlike the radiance!
@@thecoronavirus1819 one of the bugs the king CREATED trapped those grubs!!
"Was the dung defender the white defender first? And then he just went into the waterways and just... Embraced the dung?"
I too wish to believe that he left to embrace the dung
If you don't know the lore Ogrim (White defender) was getting taught by isma (one of the five knights) to fight better and Ogrim kinda just embraced the dung for a reason that I don't know umm yeah I think I didn't mess that hole thing up. Hope you enjoy the lore.
this comment
Tune in next merg hollow knight video for lore class 2 LoreMan AWAYYYY
If you don't comment Ill still do lore class
@@xgh0st3d88
Well that was somewhat unrelated to the original comment, but I can tell you that he didn't "embrace the dung". If my memory is correct, he was banished. I can't remember why, though.
Can we get a compilation of every weird noise merg has made while recording, ever? Please tell me if this exists
And maybe all the o my gods too?
Grammar nazi with communism symbol.
Ok.
Grammar nazi, you didn't remember the dot at the end of the second sentence.
For the only weird noises it exists
It exists now. Congrats!
White Palace is evolving!
White Palace evolved into...
Path of Pain!
It had no benefit once-so-ever.
*mashes cancel..*
It now comes with even more saws
And pain
20:08 I'm not sure you understand how hiveblood works. If you take damage and then go for 10-15 seconds without getting hit again, the charm will heal one mask. Only one though, if you have taken two masks of damage it will still only heal one mask. Getting hit before the heal resets the timer.
Because of this, it would be incredibly useful in hard parlour areas: you fail, wait a little while in your safe area, and its like nothing ever happened.
You could have gone with Kingsoul as well, since it automatically gives you soul, instead of farming it on Wingsmoulds.
or you use the Grubsong, grubberflys elegy and deep focus combo
@@pyro1438 That's also a good option. But the Hiveblood, if used correctly, can make it so you are constantly at full health without healing in platforming sections and takes up less notches. Your combination is more flexible, though. I could reasonably use it on boss fights.
You guys look too deep into the soul problem, Hollow Knight statues give infinite soul, so there is no need to waste charm notches on charms you aren't gonna need.
That little while you spend waiting for it to finish adds up very fast though, I learned the hard way that it would have been much better to use the many charm notches it takes up for other charms, since most of the time I would just heal manually out of frustration
I did the grubsong+elegy+deep focus combo for Path of Pain, but replaced Elegy with mark of pride and used quick slash for the last 3 notches
36:35 that's not the knight, look at the horns
Also
This video explains my experience with the Path of pain so far
Error the plush it is a knight a hollow one
@@goofyplaguedoctor9251
Yes, it is "a" knight, however it isn't "the" knight
Le Sloth it’s the Hollow Knight, but not the knight you play as.
True.. but looks familiar.. it could be like.. his father? i mean another thing is.. he has different cloak
Pale king: Father
Hollow knight: Big Brother
Protagonist knight/Ghost: Little Brother
Woah people just rage at doing the first part and our Merg literally did it in a couple of tries...
I knew this is gonna be an amazing episode!
The Brave Cat :3 learned from Celeste
@@odinsonjr0240 i did Celeste after path of pain and must say that theres no c side which was harder than path of pain
Celeste, Geometry Dash, Boshy (forgotten part of Merg's channel)?... I knew that he won't give a crap, about PoP )
@Blue 319 they teached him how to keep his sanity )
@Blue 319 oohhh... Speaking of sanity? XD
32:54
Merg: *WHY ARE YOU SO FAST*
Saw Blade: *Im Speed*
Merg *crystal dashes headfirst into saws, Merg 10 second later "I don't think you can crystal dash?"
Oh hey first time getting a like from Merg 😌😏
32:23 Merg, i think you are truly a grub parent and i really liked it! Its just so cute :3
Team Radiance from now on, guys.
I feel her loss but she retaliated too harshly, Shade Lord for sure
Im team void, void beats radiance
How does he know about radiance though?
A certain moth told him
@@desestscourge6240 People have been chatting in the comments and he looks for hints
No body:
Absolutely no body:
Merg and white defender:DOMADOMADOMADOMADOMA
It took 3 hours for me to do the path of pain and then I DIED at the end and did it all over again which took another 2 hours. How are you so good?!
32:22 best part btw
Also here is what i think is happening at the end of path of pain:
It shows The Hollow Knight bonding with the Pale King meaning Hollow Knight has something to live for now and has feelings which is what made the infection escape. So Pale King sabotaged his own plan by spending time with the hollow knight.
Late reply but I beat it in less than 5 minutes O_O
Zote: Being gallant to your enemies is no virtue! If someone opposes you, they don’t deserve respect or kindness or mercy.
Frisk: *sad mercy noises*
Zote: Wait, that’s illegal.
the "wait, that's illegal" made the comment a bit less funny
@@kin8524 You really thought that comment was funny in the first place...
@@impossiblehanley2732 that was a fucking year ago
@@kin8524 and you replied to a 1 year old comment you hypocrite
@@Fahimlol you just replied to a 6 month old reply to a comment
For me it took an hour to get to the last part of path of pain, and another hour to get to the final kingsmoulds. I ended up dying to them because I wasn't prepared, and then rebest the whole thing in 20 minutes.
While you just did everything within an eyeblink.. crazy, man you're crazy
Well, it's an eyeblink compared to how long you took...
Ya can't really call half an hour an eyeblink can you now?
Hebwas still awesome
it prob took him hours since he cut out so much
@@Travminer123 you saw him do the first room in a couple of minutes, the only one to take time was the last room, and I doubt it took him more than an hour to beat the whole thing
Merg is so adorable when he panics. He becomes so cute when he rages. That's a cherry for you.
music: gets slightly louder
merg: *OH MY GOD DON'T TELL ME*
5:40 I think that’s him accepting that his friends are gone.
32:23 Hearing Merg make those noises with the sad and serious Hollow Knight music playing in the background gives me soul.
36:00 That clutch though.
36:38 If you look the horns are slightly different.
When I see a hollow knight video titled "pain" I have a small suspicion that he found a certain path in the white palace.
The first few seconds always hype me up for the video!! Keep up the good work!!!
This looks so painful, thank you merg for enduring it
Out of curiosity, how long did it take to clear the Path of Pain?
Also something to know, you only have to fight the white defender 5 times and zote 10 times I think
It took merg 20 minutes to beat the path of pain
i know this because there are no cuts bes- *remembers the dashmaster*
make it 30 mi- *remembers the end*
umm ABOUT 10 YEARS
hah i beat it in 0 seconds! because i have never done it :D
Fighting zote 4 times is enough to get all the interesting stuff
omg the Merg cherry as Zote. Beautiful.
Zote : precept 36 subscribe to merg
Merg is the best youtuber ever and makes good hollow knight videos
Alright what are you guys favorite character in hollowknight?
Mine is Quirrel
"I refuse your dung"
-2019 Merg
Me: *sees title*
Me: The horrors I am about to witness are beyond human comprehension
No One:
Absolutely No One:
Okay Maybe Dashmaster:
LEt'S dAsHdoWnwaRD!
That path of pain run is the fastest I have seen anyone do it, and without hiveblood as well... gg
Merg:
Dashmaster: I'm gonna stop you right there
34:42
Merg: It’s too early to tilt...this is still easy.
Dashmaster: *H E Y O*
Merg: IM GON N A BLO W
16:30 From this moment on, I couldn't skip forward, it was just too- god I can't even describe it.
Looks like mergs found the path of pain.
*Hate for the pale palace increased*
You know you're early when there's less than 1500 views, 124 comments(including this one) and 248 likes as well as no dislikes.
Edit:
"Grey Prince Zote, more like... I don't know" ~Merg 2019
*sees thumbnail*
NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE THE MATCHUP OF THE CENTURY!
IN THE RIGHT CORNER......MASTER OF UNDERTALE AND DELTARUNE AND MANY OTHER GAMES, OFTEN CALLED "THE-NO-HIT KING", IT'S.................. *MERG!* (ecstatic cheering)
AND IN THE LEFT CORNER, A CHALLENGE SO GREAT IT MADE EVEN THE STRONGEST PLAYERS FAINT FROM EXHAUSTION. IT'S DEADLY. IT'S HORRIFYING. IT'S..............PAINFUL. GIVE IT UP FOR THE *PATH. OF. PAAAAIIN!* (some grumbling)
Leave a like if you vote for Merg.
The cutscene at the end of the Path of Pain isn't showing you, the Knight, it is showing the Hollow Knight as a "kid" with the Pale King. The Hollow Knight was supposed to be the perfect Vessel for the Infection/Corruption. To be a perfect vessel means that you have to be completely empty, meaning no feelings, no thoughts, no desires, no voice ... nothing at all. So why could the Infection spread if the Hollow Knight contained it? Well, the Hollow Knight WAS perfect, but he and the Pale King became too close to one another, like a father-son relationship, so the Hollow Knight developed feelings towards his father or emotions in general. So that scene basically shows that the Pale King made the perfect vessel feel something and with that the vessel is no longer perfect.
As for the 5 figures in the dream of the Dung Defender, those were 4/5 of the great Knights of Hallownest and the Pale King.
The Pale King died in his Palace and might be dead for real OR he did change forms again, like he did when he was a wyrm and changed into the Pale King.
Hegemol (person far right) can't be found in the game, but you fight his armor with a maggot in it. The False Knight apperently stole his armor and presumably killed Hegemol in his sleep while doing so. Hegemol can be alive still since you can't find his corpse anywhere but i think the maggot just straight up murdered him in his sleep.
Isma (person right of Pale King) is the lover of the Dung Defender aka Ogrim. She can be found dead in Isma's grove. It is not known how she died (i think) but it is known that she was very close with Ogrim.
Ze'mer (person far left) can actually be found in-game! She/He is the Grey Mourner (pls do the Quest). She/He was in love with the child of the Traitor Lord's child, but that love was forbidden so... the Traitor Lord's child got executed for that? i m not sure about that one. Anyway, that's why you have to deliver the flower to the Traitor Lod's child' grave.
Dryya (person left of Pale King) is dead, She can be found next to where the White Lady is, dead next to the entrance. Her mission was to protect the Queen, which she did because there are tons of Traitor mantises dead around her, but she died while doing so.
The last Great Knight is Ogrim aka the Dung Defender aka the White Defender. Lorewise it is only known that he had a deep relationship with Isma and he was banished from the Kingdom because he did something bad or wrong. Not sure but i'm pretty sure he had some kind of Obsession over something and was cast out of the town for that if i remember correctly (probably dung obsession lol).
Also the Pale King used Void essence to make living creatures like the Kingsmoulds you see in the White Palace.
Also the White Palace you are in is not a Dream, it is the real white palace. Why? The Relic Seeker says that the White Palace one day just vanished without a trace, which is also indicated by the dream dialogue from all the dead worshippers around the entrance of the White palace. It was probably a testing or training ground to find the perfect strinngest vessel to contain the infection.
Things that you still have to do:
- Grey mourner Quest
- use Divine to upgarde all of your breakable charms, then visit the Leg Eater
- Defeat Nightmare King Grimm (you have to for Godhome anyway ;P)
- use kingsoul
- get the endings
- do godhome (last pls, makes the most sense + doesn't spoil the endings you will get with the transformed kingsoul)
love your Let's play and am looking forward to Godhome + rest
sry for bad english/mistakes etc. won't correct them now ;P
@@lbrahimy1319 thank you