Main Scenario/Rain of Light

The Steel Tree of St. Iris Episode
31-1	Lack of Cooperation
31-2	Sniper in the Darkness
31-3	Separate Action
31-4	Large Army
31-5	Overcoming Numerical Disadvantage
31-6	Enemy General
31-7	Rain of Light
31-8	Happy to See Youko
31-9	Steel Thorns
31-10	Steel Tree of St. Iris

We ran back along the emergency retreat route, taking advantage of the gap created by Detroit. The plan we had made before coming here was that if we failed to defeat the enemy general, we would go down the river into a narrow valley where large armies could not charge in.
But that plan was not going to work at all.
Monster	"......"
Monster	"......"
Putra	"No way out. There are more monsters at the river. We can't go back the way we came."
Vivienne	"It's completely blocked. It's as if they knew what we were going to do."
Yoshino	"If they are human beings, it's not impossible to anticipate us. If they know the terrain here, they can anticipate our escape into the canyon. If they are human."
Queensway	"It's making the most of the terrain, as if memorized like it's in its head. This is all definitive army stuff."
Vivienne	"It's worse than the army. It can send its forces in at a moment's notice."
Detroit	"Does it even matter that the monster hordes are deployed to the west? It's unfair enough to be able to create as much Phantom Mist as it wants."
Yoshino	"All the other forces are glowing at once, and they're coming towards Yoshino and friends."
Detroit	"!"
Detroit	"Yoshino, look out!"
Railway Seeker	"They're sharp. Sharp as wild beasts."
Yoshino	"Ooooh, kan ippatsu. Thank you, Detroit."
Detroit	"It was hiding in the Mist, undetectable by us. I didn't even notice it until the moment it attacked, man."
Detroit	"So it can come and go as it pleases so long as it's breathing Mist. It's going to be tough to escape."
Queensway	"No way..."
Detroit	"We've got to clear this Mist as planned. It is the source of the outbreak, that's for sure. If we do this, the rest of the army will disappear."
Yakutsk	"The enemy forces are completely targeting us. It will be difficult to defeat the Railway Seeker in this situation. We have to find a way out somehow."
Detroit	"Enlighten me on this 'somehow'. Can we move at a moment's notice like it?"
Yakutsk	"That's..."
Queensway	"If Mary and Yuuzen are here, then..."
Yoshino	"No can do Queensway, your dependable Onee-san is not part of this operation. It's wrong to take on a strong enemy on the assumption that you can rely on someone stronger."
Queensway	"Miss Yoshino..."
Detroit	"Heh, you've got a good point for a little one."
Yoshino	"Body size doesn't matter, Yoshino is still a grown woman."
Railway Seeker	"The Children of Sunshine will perish here."
Railway Seeker	"All forces, attack them all. The enemy general is a man. Target him."
The Railway Seeker gave the order to attack to the soldiers congregating around it. The eyes of the monsters, who had been quiet until now, began to light up one by one, and we, the Special Steel Squad, found ourselves surrounded by a large army of monsters.
Queensway	"Not only the river, but even the cliffs are firmly secured. They seem to be as intelligent as humans after all."
Detroit	"If we can at least manage to get some troops around us..."
We're on the verge of extinction. With no breakthrough in sight, the circle the Train Knights formed gradually shrunk in size, their backs to each other.
The moment the first Monster raised its sword to strike--
???	"Sorcery of Demise. Fireball of destruction, come forth from the sky. Eradicate all life on earth..."
ーーSuddenly, a rain of light fell from the sky.
The rain of light torrented over a wide area, and immediately afterwards, created a violent blast. The monster army surrounding us was instantly obliterated and the Railway Seeker deployed defensive magic to protect itself, but the ward it had created was also engulfed in fire.
Yakutsk	"Bombs fell from the sky..."
Vivienne	"Only our surroundings are protected by our special ward. The defensive magic of the Railway Seeker was easily burnt down."
???	"Ufufufufufu. So this is the new Railway Seeker. It does more than I thought it would. What kind of power did it receive to survive this attack?"
Railway Seeker	"Tch, this is the power of Poison..."
Railway Seeker	"Why would the animal of Nishiki have such thick Poison?"
???	"I see. Your words belong to another person who is controlling you. So you are now in a 'puppet' state?"
???	"You command a monster and control human's words. I thought you were a monster, yet you have this kind of trick up your sleeve. It means that there are others besides myself who want the Steel Tree."
Yakutsk	"What's with her? Did she casted that attack all by herself?"
Putra	"No way... Is Nishikese sorcery really this evil?"
Yoshino	"There are definitely some bad ones, but they shouldn't be so easy to cast. Not sure if Yuuzen and Hahaamazu would even be serious about casting it, though."
Yoshino	"..But, Yoshino doesn't think that was sorcery. You said something like that, but I don't think it was a sorcery curse."
???	"Well, what do you want me to do? If you say that the person who is moving you is inside that Tree, I'd be happy to help you instead, but... apparently things are different."
???	"You are very close by, watching us."
???	"Your aim has been the SSS from the start. Because you don't know how to get into that Giant Tree of Steel either?"
Railway Seeker	"......"
???	"Being lost for words is a confession. When people get greedy, they are worse at bluffing than you might think. You were exploring new options, whether to work with me or to use me."
???	"But that's a pity. I have no intention of teaming up with anyone. In the meantime, let us see what happens if I kill you here."
Railway Seeker	"...Hexcastress. I'll remember your face."
???	"Oh, a convenient escape trick. You have the best escape skills. Does the personality of the caster come out when this kind of thing happens? If you had used Gate magic, you would have already won the game."
???	"It can't be helped then. From here onwards, we'll have to make our own way to the entrance, shall we?"
Detroit	"Hold up."
???	"Ara?"
Detroit	"I'm sorry for being rude despite your help to us, but I can't just let you walk away like this. Who are you?"
???	"Ara, you want to play your cards in that direction? I see. What should I say in return?"
???	"Hmmm..."
???	"I admire your guts, but are you not smart or might you have missed my hint? It would have been a shame to extinguish lives that have just been saved."
???	"Oh nothing... it's a joke. I have no reason to hold you back now. Let's get along well together, as we are all aiming for the same location."
The mysterious sorceress who drove the Railway Seeker into a corner. The small, young Nishikese had a twisted magic in her palm and an eerie smile on her face...

The Steel Tree of St. Iris Episode
31-1	Lack of Cooperation
31-2	Sniper in the Darkness
31-3	Separate Action
31-4	Large Army
31-5	Overcoming Numerical Disadvantage
31-6	Enemy General
31-7	Rain of Light
31-8	Happy to See Youko
31-9	Steel Thorns
31-10	Steel Tree of St. Iris