![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Nmh......" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Huh......? Where am I?" |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Yakutsk, you alright? Do you recognise me?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Instructor Khabarovsk..." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Кhoroshiy. You seem to be conscious. Had you called Volochayevka's name here, I would have pummeled your ass." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"I am glad you are safe. But more importantly, where the Hell are we?" |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"I don't know for sure, but I think we're inside the Wall." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Wall?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"By the Wall, you mean the Valentz Ice Walls?" |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Where else would it be then. Weren't you climbing the Valentz Ice Walls as well?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"That's true, but... It's hard to believe that we're inside an ice wall, the Valentz Ice Walls is a wall made of snow and ice. But there is no snow or ice here. It's like an steel fortress." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Dah, it's not just steel either. Neither explosives nor magic will work. Just like the railway rails." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Ancient steelwork technology..." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"That's the most likely theory at the moment, although I'm sure Yoshino would have a different opinion if she were here." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"For example?" |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"'A foreign object from some otherworld', something like that." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"I don't think even Yoshino would say something so outrageous, she's a bit of a picky one when it comes to steel." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Really? I think it's possible." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Eh?" |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"So I ask you, the Steel Tree that appeared in St. Iris. Are the steel thorns that protect it something that exists in Iris Cloud?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Nyet..." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Steel that repels magic. Steel with the same properties as the railway rails does not exist in this world..." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Are my thoughts 'out of this world', Captain Yakutsk?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"No. I simply don't have enough brains myself." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"It's better that you know that. You're no idiot." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Very much obliged." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Um...... Instructor Khabarovsk. May I know how did you get here, Instructor?" |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"I was climbing the wall when I was suddenly sucked in. I had no time to resist and this is all instant." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"So, that bolt was not a clue left by you, Instructor?" |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"What are you talking about?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"On the way to Fort IV, Putra found a suspicious bolt. The length and the way it pierced was different from the others, so we thought it was something additional that someone else had hammered in." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"It reacted to Yoshino's magic and simply slipped out. Immediately after that, Phantom Mist was generated below us. At the same time, a swarm of monsters descened from above, the whole scene was total chaos..." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Did you have the sensation of being sucked into the wall?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"No, there was not. I was caught up in the Mist that was rising up, and then I lost my memory when everything around me went white." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Your situation is different from mine. Even if the bolt that Yoshino pulled out was some kind of trap, it is unclear whether it is directly related to you being sucked into the wall." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"But there are obvious changes taking place in Valentz, which may have something to do with the Steel Tree in St. Iris. This steel fortress may also be an alteration of the Wall of Valentz." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"I wonder. It's hard to say at this stage, as the Walls scattered around Eisengrad are a mystery." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"They say the walls are made of ice and magic, but that's only on the surface. Nothing is known about the inner structure." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"What about the rest of the crew? Have they all scattered?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"I last saw Putra and Yoshino trying to get up to the fort. I figured that everyone except me was gathered at Fort IV." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"I see. It's a relief to know that. Because the thing we should fear most is losing Conductor. I'm sure Bestyakh is taking your place." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"I agree. I hope she is doing well in cooperation with Conductor..." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Bestyakh will be fine. She's quite cautious for a powerful individual. No matter how brave the rest of the squad is, she won't be carried away by momentum - She has what Volochayevka lacked." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"......" |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Ups, that's not good now. Whenever I'm alone with you, I can't help but talk about unnecessary things." |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"Yakutsk, follow me. I want to show you something." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"What do you want to show me?" |
![Story Khabarovsk.png](/images/8/8d/Story_Khabarovsk.png) Khabarovsk |
"It's faster to see it in person than to explain it to you. You will see that this is not a wall, but a real 'steel fortress'." |