The New Legends of Monkey

Go, go! Get 'em!

They killed the god called Davari

and have the Immortality Scroll.

Don't let them get away!

Fire!

Is that all you've got?

I thought this was supposed to be easy once we got the scroll.

I thought we'd won. Didn't we win?

Less talk, more run!

Yeah!

This way. Stay close.

Whew.

Hey, Sandy, look out!

-What did you do that for? -You said look out.

Well, look out for me, too, would ya?

Give me that scroll!

Now!

You okay?

It's probably best if I hang onto this.

My fellow gods, you're free to go.

Go where?

Our homes have been destroyed.

Everything we love is lost to demons.

Round up any gods that you can find

and tell them to take refuge in the Western Mountains.

Tell all you pass

that the Monkey King defeated Davari

and reclaimed the Sacred Scroll of Immortality.

Let them know I won't rest until I've found the other six.

We now journey to the Archive of the Infinite Scrolls.

-Good luck, Lior. -Go well, Monkey.

You're our last hope.

Are you sure it was a good idea

to announce our mission to everyone?

It will inspire people to know that Monkey has returned.

- Demons will know, too. -Let them know.

My staff and I will send them to smoke town.

From what I remember of battle strategy,

you shouldn't tell an enemy your secret plans.

Well, try remembering I'm unbeatable.

I'll meet you back here.

-What? Why? - I got my cloud powers back.

Wouldn't it be safer if we all stayed together?

No. My cloud can't carry Pigsy.

Let alone the three of us and Pigsy.

I'm right here.

What if nobody goes on a cloud

and we all journey on together... using our legs?

If you leave us here, the rest of us will be in danger.

Oh, don't worry. You've got Pigsy.

He's a big guy.

Boop.

We just let the one guy who can't read

fly off to search for sacred scriptures

in an inescapable labyrinth of scrolls.

Only the worthy may enter.

- Don't you know who I am? -No.

But that brazen look in your eye

would suggest you're about to tell me.

I'm the Monkey King.

Protector of the Gods, Scroll Bearer,

Slayer of the Demon Davari, and Great Sage Equal of Heaven.

Could you spell that, please?

Mon... key... King?

A great sage who can't spell?

Spell this.

Sorry. We don't have a Monkey King,

Protector of the Gods,

Slayer of the Demon Davari, Great Sage Equal of Heaven.

But I do see a Monkey King.

Betrayer of Gods, Stealer of Scrolls,

Banished from Heaven.

Does your little list say that I kill demons for fun?

I am no demon. I'm a servant of the scroll,

empowered by the scroll

-to guard it from all that is-- -Oh, great.

Cool.

Boring. Get out of my way.

My life is dedicated to protecting what lies within these walls.

And what lies within these walls?

Knowledge that can be used for great evil,

should it fall into the wrong hands.

Well, lucky I'm the right hands.

Hmm.

We'll see about that.

Time to teach you a lesson.

Slow-roasted, wood-fired quail with parsnip three ways,

with wild flowers sautéed in a fennel jus,

with a side of pomegranate

-and lotus root... -

Are you serious?

It took me two and a half hours to cook that.

It smells delicious. I can't wait to try some.

Did you get the scrolls?

The scrolls... Yeah, so, I was...

I thought it'd be better if we went together.

I missed you guys.

I missed you so much, Pigsy.

You lost a fight, didn't you?

I never lose a fight.

Then how come you've got...

no hands?

Uh...

Demon lords, take your place at the table.

It has been 500 years

since the demon lords last met.

The Monkey King has returned.

There is no such thing as a Monkey King.

He's just a tale made up to scare us.

You are young, merely a child...

I'm 250 years old.

So you know nothing but these times of prosperity.

It wasn't always this way.

Before Monkey was housed in his mountain prison,

the demon lords cowered at his name.

Am I right, General Khan? No need to answer.

Kimura One Eye. Report what you've seen.

The Monkey King is real.

He escaped with the Sacred Scroll of Immortality.

Tell us what you know about the Sacred Scroll.

Only that the Monkey King wanted it.

He could've killed me. But he took the scroll instead.

But you and Davari's demons let him get away.

He was eight-foot tall.

He had lightning fists,

and a stick which he controlled with his mind.

Yet here you are to tell the tale.

Coward.

The Monkey King must die.

Bow before me, and I'll give you his head by day's end.

- I'll bow to no one. -Over my dead body.

Demons have not unified under one leader

since the Dark Queen Hakuru herself, and for good reason.

Seven heads are harder to cut off than one.

Then you are all doomed!

Silence, worm.

You have no voice at this table.

- Yes! - Rip his head off!

Send word to every demon, bandit, and bounty hunter.

Find the Monkey King.

Monkey, do you think I'll ever get a magic cloud?

No, Pigsy. But maybe you'll get a magic pig.

You can roam the Earth on a pig, Pigsy.

Where's the Monkey King?

Are you harboring an enemy of darkness?

Anyone with information on the Monkey's whereabouts gets a reward!

Daddy!

Like I said, there's a big reward if you can tell me where he is!

Big reward!

It could be dangerous to use the Scroll of Immortality

to restore Monkey's hands.

I can't imagine he'll be much help

in hand-to-hand combat without hands.

Um, I've still got my wits.

Monkey, I'll gladly have you on my side in any fist fight,

but your upstairs is basically for growing hair.

-Beautiful hair. -Ah, thank you.

Says here, to regenerate flesh and bone,

we need to find a pepper bud flower.

Looks like a buttonwort but without the orange crest.

Okay, everyone. Let's all split up.

Pigsy, you stand guard.

Why do I always have to stand guard?

Because you're the biggest, that's why.

You know that finding plants is a hobby of mine

that I do in my spare time.

Oh.

Well, then find a new hobby... like standing guard.

Let's go.

Oh, and keep an eye out for demons.

Sandy? Is that you?

Tripitaka?

Monkey?

Hello, Sandy.

- -Sorry.

Monkey?

Sandy, where are you?

Hello, dear.

What are you doing here?