![Story Monster.png](/images/3/30/Story_Monster.png) Maginot Cannon |
"Ma, Magi..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"It was gone after the last hit..." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"You mean that giant weapon was an illusion too?" |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"But the magic in the ruins that was there disappeared. The Mist Monsters and minecarts that were rampaging above may also have disappeared." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"So that enemy called the Maginot Cannon, was the source of the Phantom Mist then?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Vivienne, did you miss not having Yoshino around?" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Oui, I did miss you." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"I really missed you, I missed you so much, that I was almost losing my mind!" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"OOOOOH!? Vivienne, that place you're touching is not the tail, that's the butt. Not for mofumofu!" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"But the ducts in the ceiling were like a maze. If you weren't for you blowing your whistle, I'm sure I would still be tailing Yoshino's ass all day." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"I'm really glad you two are safe. But how did you know there was a way out?" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Considering the timing of our rendezvous, Miss Yakutsk and Miss Yoshino must have escaped from the terminal soon afterwards, right? Is it that easy to find an escape route?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"That's the thing, it's what those two boys I've met in the forest told me." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"You mean Mr. Karl and Mr. Emil?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Yes, Karl told us to look for the iron floorboards if we got trapped in the Minecart Graveyard." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"After we got everyone down there, we found the iron floorboards right away. There was a hidden passage under the terminal. We went into the ducts that were in that passageway and went to the lower level." |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"A hidden passage! That sounds very archaeological! What kind of mechanisms were there in that hidden passageway!?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Well, there were no traps of any kind. Instead, there were a lot of weapons and ordnance lying around. I think it was an emergency storeroom." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"So that's where Miss Yakutsk picked up the gun that you fired with." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"It says 'Étienne MAS-36' on it!" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"WHA, what's that all of a sudden!?" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Étienne MAS-36? I've never heard of it." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"I mean, does it really say that?" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"What? It's written on it, see? Look, right over here..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Everybody, let's talk after leaving the ruins. We have to get out to the surface somehow!" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Yes, let's get Yoshino to take a look at that minecart we saw earlier! There's some kind of mechanism that we don't understand, and if we can move it, we can use it to escape, can't we?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Oooooh-, can take care of that sort of thing." |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"That talking self-propelled artillery just now dropped something." |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"A self-propelled artillery can hold items now...?" |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"This is a map. I wonder if it represents the whole site." |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"And this one is..." |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"This is a device powered by mist stones! Conductor, look at this! There's a mist stone here!" |
Amiens found a mysterious mechanical device that was processed from mist stones. It appears to be a power-generating device combining iron parts and a mist stone. |
However, a mist stone of this size cannot even move a single cart. It would be impossible to consider it as a power source for the entire ruins. |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Hmm hmm... This is a very interesting device." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Like this, and like this? Connect the wires, and twist the knob..." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Lever, On!" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Wha!? What happened!?" |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"I can feel the electric power of the God of Thunder..." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Mufufu, looks like Yoshino has done it. Used the sacred something power!" |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"The cart has been activated! There's energy supplied to it!" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"This is the location that controls power. It's generating very strong energy without using mist stones." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"How in the world did they do it without using mist stones, fire or water...?" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"That would be lightning!" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Lightning?" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Speaking of, the cipher Rouen and Amiens initially solved did say to look for 'Éclair'." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Yes, the map of the ruins dropped by Maginot Cannon had many of the words from that cipher on it." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Technically, that word is not 'Éclair' but 'Électricité'. I think it is better interpreted as 'electricity generated by lightning'!" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"The language used at this site is close to ancient Verforench, but it's slightly different. This is a cipher text combining the local language developed in the east and a fictional language used within the biography of the elven tribes." |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"............" |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"Eh......?" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"This is the language that Rouen called fake. The three missing words were 'Chariot', 'Chambre' and 'Contrôle'. If we combine this with the deciphered cipher and add the missing letters to make it work, we get the following sentence:" |
'The guardian of Ouvrage Schoenenbourg is isolated. Find the room that controls electricity and move the cart.'
Le gardien de l'Ouvrage Schoenenbourg est isolé. Trouvez la chambre qui contrôle l'électricité et déplacez le chariot. |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"This is the Divine Child of St. Iris's Sacred Holy Power!" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"No way, you're way too awesome..." |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"Mademoiselle Paddington, how do you know so much about ancient languages? You've just said that the fictional language in the biography of the elven tribes is a made-up language, right?" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"I've read about it in books!" |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"Read it in books... Do you even realize how many thousands of books there are on elvish biography alone!?" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Things that I've seen just once will never be forgotten ever again!" |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"Wow, is that what's called rote memory ability..." |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"I concede defeat. The Divine Child of St. Iris is way too amazing..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"A-Anyway! The cart works, so let's get the Hell out of here!" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Yoshino, just to confirm, we can all go together this time, right?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"No problem, because this minecart has a control panel." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Good..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Come, get on, everybody! Let's quickly leave this rust-stenched iron-fortress ruins!" |
On Vivienne's signal, the entire Special Steel Squad gets on the minecart. Unlike the lift we saw earlier, all nine of us are on board. |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Well then, shuupatsu shinko~!" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"OOOOH-!" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Ummm... why is this so freaking slow?" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Even I can limp faster than this with my injured leg..." |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"Hey Conductor, why don't you try using the mist stone from earlier? There's a blueprint of this minecart here. Says that it can go faster if you put a booster on the power unit." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Perhaps it might go even faster if Sir Conductor injects magic power into it." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"The iron minecart, injected with iron~♪" |
Conductor |
I see. So it's a similar principle to the Mist Train. Very well, let me try this booster thing. |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"T-that's strong power-!" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Uh, I think I have a bad feeling about this..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Hold tight, everybody! We're blasting all the way out of the ruins!" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"The Mist Minecart is departing towards the surface!" |
The minecart escaped from the mysterious ruins of Ouvrage Schoenenbourg all the way to the surface, where the beautiful forest landscape of Verforet unfolds. |
Once on the ground, the Train Knights squinted at the dazzling light spilling through the trees. They saw that the forest looked completely different from the view they had seen from the tochka, and knew that the source of the Phantom Mist that had covered the area had been extinguished. |
The grey tochkas that ruined the landscape and the muddy trenches were nowhere to be seen. Even the minecart we had just ridden on had vanished without a trace when we looked back. |
--The ruins of the Ouvrage Schoenenbourg itself were a mirage, from Phantom Mist. |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Amiens, Rouen, come here for a moment." |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"W-What is it, Mademoiselle Vivienne?" |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"We did well this time, didn't we? I don't think we did anything that would make you angry..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"What are you scared of? Did you think I was going to lecture you two?" |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"Because Vivienne is a veteran of the gendarmerie." |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"Not just a senior too. You're the top ranger and a great mage that everyone admires." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Hmhmhm, I didn't know you two thought of me that way." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"It's true however you need a scolding to about that joke of a report. I'll report that to the gendarmerie higher-ups, and I'm sure they'll be very angry with you." |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"Ugh, I went too far. I thought it was important to grab attention, so I went to..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"However, the two of you helped us a lot with this site investigation. Without you two, this forest could not have been saved." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"This is between you two and me only. I also wanted to show everyone in the SSS that I'm good when it comes to missions inside Verforet." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"But when it came to investigating the ruins, I was completely clueless. I felt inexperienced." |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"But that's not true! You, Vivienne was leading the team!" |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"Yeah! Without Conductor and Vivienne, we wouldn't have made it this far." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Hmhmm, thank you. I love you both!" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"If we ever need help again in the future, please continue to lend a hand. As fellow members of the SSS. And as Verforench elves who love this forest." |
![Story Amiens.png](/images/d/d1/Story_Amiens.png) Amiens |
"Of course!" |
![Story Rouen.png](/images/5/52/Story_Rouen.png) Rouen |
"If we find interesting ruins, we can go exploring together." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Hey, Paddington, do you remember the map of the ruins that Rouen was holding earlier?" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Of course I do. I remember every detail perfectly." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Did you see the word 'Ouvrage Fermont' anywhere on that map? I recalled Karl and Emil mentioning it..." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Yes. There certainly was. There were three fortress names on that map: 'Ouvrage Schoenenbourg', 'Ouvrage Fermont' and then 'Ouvrage Thionville'." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"However, as the ruins have disappeared, there's no way to find out though..." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Yes, I know..." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Thanks Paddington." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"You're welcome! Please let me know if there's anything else you'd like to know." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"I wonder if Ouvrage Fermont and Thionville would have appeared had the ruins continued to expand..." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Yakutsk, it's about time to head back to the gendarmerie station, okay?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Yes, I'm on my way." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Hey... Yoshino, Karl and Emil are still missing after all, right?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Un. Not even the Verforet Gendarmerie who were at the station have seen Karl and Emil." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"I wonder if those children lived in the same period as the ruins of Ouvrage Schoenenbourg..." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Not sure about that." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"But they didn't look so bad to Yoshino." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"It's not so easy to decide if they're good or bad..." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Well, whatever. The ruins and the Phantom Mist are gone, so there's no point in thinking about it any more." |
Did Karl and Emil, who Yakutsk and his friends say they saw, make it safely to the west of the forest...? |