Main Scenario/Samantha and the Altar

Thorn Railway Episode
40-1	Commander's Instrument
40-2	"The Thorn Railway"
40-3	Unexpected Departure
40-4	Natural Lift?
40-5	The Weight of a Sword
40-6	Shoulder to Shoulder
40-7	An Honorable Battle
40-8	Samantha and the Altar
40-9	Obstacles That Stand in the Way
40-10	Iridescent Light of Absolution

As we proceeded further into the ruins and defeating machine soldiers, we came to a hall with a different atmosphere than the previous ones.
Queensway	"What is this room for?"
Versailles	"The closer we got to this hall, the fewer machine soldiers we saw. We hardly see any demons anymore. Perhaps a strong ward has been put up."
Euston	"However... There doesn't seem to be any road leading to the end."
Yoshino	"Is it a dead end or is there some condition? It seems like a maze-like hall."
Paddington	"Speaking of mazes, here I am! I have drawn a map of the ruins, just in case something like this happens!
Yoshino	"Ooohー, proud of you, deputy. You're a very capable woman."
Paddington	"By the way, there are about six junctures in total that we have yet to go through to after descending to this lower level. There may be more, if considering what we missed."
Yakutsk	"Let me see that map for a second."
Yakutsk	"You still have no sense of drawing. It looks like a child's doodle."
Yoshino	"The places with bear drawings on them are the ones we haven't been to yet. Recalled some of them. They were obviously dangerous, so we passed them up for now."
Yakutsk	"We were fighting machine soldiers. We were just following the path rather than investigating."
Yakutsk	"By the way, this map is really terrible; I think only Paddington can read it."
Yoshino	"Don't be so puri puri. Eat some ohagi and calm down. Yakky-tan, you are tired."
Yakutsk	"W-whoa, too many! One is enough, one!"
Euston	"Unfortunately, we have no choice but to turn back. We might be able to find out now that the number of enemies is decreasing."
Yoshino	"Isn't it only near this hall that the number of enemies is decreasing?"
Euston	"Ah..."
Yoshino	"Well, have to go back and check."
Euston	"T-that's right. At least there is no new Phantom Mist from the defeated machine soldiers, so we should be able to detect any danger while returning."
Euston	"Don't you agree, Sir Conductor?"
Conductor	Actually, I was thinking the same thing as Yoshino here.... We don't want to be trapped here and surrounded by the enemy. I agree with the idea of investigating other corridors.
Euston	"Then let's turn back."
Euston	"Everybody. Continue to fall back into formation. We will look for other routes."
Change of route. Euston turns around and shouted to tell everyone.
Howeverーー
Queensway	"It collapsed! Everyone to get away from the passageway! Run to the center of the hall!"
All of a sudden, the ceiling of the passageway collapsed, blocking the entrance and exit of the hall. The ceiling of the ruins, which had been unaffected by the fierce battle earlier, now collapsed easily.
Fortunately, no one was injured... But we were completely trapped inside this hall.
Yakutsk	"Cough... Cough! Dust! Dust got in my mouth! I got a double dose of dust and soybean flour!"
Yoshino	"Yakky-tan was so surprised that her mouth was open. Her hands were full, so she couldn't guard herself."
Yakutsk	"THAT'S BECAUSE I WAS HOLDING THE MAP! And also the ohagi you suddenly offered me. Don't hand people ohagis when they are looking at a map."
Vivienne	"You two little girls, I don't mind if you flirt later. Just because there are no enemies doesn't mean we are safe."
Yoshino	"Haaaai."
Queensway	"It's no use... It's completely blocked."
Versailles	"I can't think of anything else but a trap for it to collapse so neatly. The condition for activation is probably to enter this hall. What should we do..."
Queensway	"Let's think positively. There is a reason we are here. It's just like that lift."
Queensway	"There must be something inside this hall. If we find it, we'll know how to move on."
Euston	"If we can't find a way, it's impossible to both go forward or backward. That's what I'd say, too."
Putra	"Hey... Vivienne, can you turn up the lights a little more?"
Vivienne	"Sure, but why though? Do you see something?"
Putra	"Mhm, I see something over there. It's okay. It's not a machine soldier."
Vivienne	"Got it. Girls, it's going to get a little brighter."
Upon Putra's urging, Vivienne intensified her magic light. The lights, stronger than before, illuminated the entire hall more clearly.
Queensway	"That's, an altar!"
Euston	"It's quite large. Was this some kind of ceremonial hall?"
Versailles	"It looks a little like the one back at Ruins of Thunder. This one looks much more ancient..."
Putra	"I've seen altars like this in many countries, but they are all very different."
Yoshino	"But there is one thing that all altars have in common."
Putra	"In common?"
Vivienne	"Is it in a dark place?"
Yoshino	"Not that. The altars all have the ability to transfer things."
Putra	"Come to think of it, yes! Why is Yoshino such a genius!?"
Vivienne	"So with this altar we might be able to get back to where we were!? Yoshino? Am I right?"
Yoshino	"Unsure if we can go back to where we were, we might be sent to the mines in Flamarine, or to the snowy mountains of Eisengrad."
Queensway	"Sometimes they can show us where you're going. Back at the altar in Ruins of Thunder, Vivienne saw a place in the Gate where we could go."
Vivienne	"That's right. There is hope."
Euston	Before that, we must first instill power in this altar. From what I can see, this hall and the altar have already ceased to function."
Yoshino	"That remains to be seen. If they were completely shut down, neither the natural lift nor the boraku trap would be working."
Yakutsk	"Just like when he moved the lift on the Valentz ice walls, I wonder if something similar would happen if Conductor injected magic power?"
Putra	"That's right, it was Conductor that made the lift work that time too."
Vivienne	"I think it's worth a try. In any case, it's the least we can do now."
Yakutsk	"Conductor, what do you think?"
Conductor	It's a way out of the situation, there's no reason not to try.
Conductor	Besides, it's probably not a coincidence that we're trapped in this hall and there's an altar in front of us. But as you know, things don't always work out for the best. Each of you must remain vigilant.
Yakutsk	"Yeah, I'm ready."
Euston	"We will do our best.
🔔*RING RING RING*
Yoshino	"Great place, can hear the ringing of bells."
🔔*RING RING RING*
As we approached the altar, a familiar sound echoed through the hall. The ghost of the Mist, the Samantha.
Samantha	"O' ye who have reached the ancient altar! Show your strength. Or die. The railroad of perdition leads to the Station of this land."
Queensway	"Samantha."
Yoshino	"What kind of business do you have today?"
Samantha	"'The railroad that leads to the station. It will lead you there. You won't get lost. There are several Stations on the Giant Tree Railroad."
Samantha	"This ruin is already dead. But the railway is still alive. The ruined Giant Tree is still alive. Its power has left, and is only sleeping."
Yakutsk	"I wonder if it's the type to give us information."
Vivienne	"But I have no idea what the words mean at all. Already dead? Still alive? What does it mean?"
Yoshino	"Only the ruins are dead, hmm. And the Giant Tree is 'still' alive when it becomes a steel tree?"
Yoshino	"......"
Yoshino	"Does it mean that the Giant Tree that died is not necessarily the St. Iris Steel Tree? If you are talking about other Giant Trees, it's a different story..."
Yoshino	"Nee... Samantha, is Samantha surely talking about the St. Iris Giant Tree?"
Samantha	"The Station should be revived and head for the Guardian Room."
Yoshino	"Not listening. Or is it a pattern that you can't hear us?"
Samantha	"The Station must be revived to reach the Guardian Room, if the Giant Tree is taken over by the forces of the Otherworld, the Phantom Mist core must be stopped, purifying the Phantom Mist core is more difficult than destroying it."
Samantha	"Save Giant Tree. If not, the country will end up like these ruins."
Yoshino	"......"
Yoshino	"Yoshino and friends were sent somewhere from the Thorny Railway. But the Mistism cultists were able to enter here."
Euston	"The Steel Tree and this site are connected. That's what I think."
Yoshino	"That's understood. But is really confused at where this place is?"
Euston	"Is that something we need to figure out now? Is that information necessary to move forward?"
Yoshino	"No... that's is not. So sorry."
Samantha	"Show you power. Reawaken the Station."
🔔*RING RING RING*
Yakutsk	"It left."
Yoshino	"It was just a one-way conversing Samantha."
Euston	"But we did get some information. This ruin is connected to the Station needed to conquer the Steel Tree. From there, going to the Guardian's Room is the key to saving the country, right?"
Versailles	"Show your power, huh... That's still Conductor's power, right?"
Euston	"There is only one thing we can do here and now. Sir Conductor, are you ready?"
I'm fully prepared. Let's inject some magic into the altar just like I did in Valentz.
Euston	"Then please. Please be careful."
As I went up to the altar, the sides surrounding the altar began to glow. Was it reacting to my magic power?
As I touch the altar, there was definite a reaction this time. The magic is absorbed vigorously. The entire altar began to glow as if it were about to transport materials.
Queensway	"The entire altar is reacting to Sir Conductor's magic!"
Yakutsk	"I sure hope the reaction isn't dangerous."
Putra	"Hey look, under Conductor's feet. There's something spreading on the altar floor."
Euston	"That's a... Gate!"
Versailles	"A Gate!? Amazing, we can use it to get out of the ruins."
Euston	"It's too early to rejoice... We still haven't figured out what's important yet..."
Yoshino	"Where does this Gate lead to?"
Euston	"Yeah. At worst, it could lead to a completely unknown place."
Conductor	――No, there is no problem about it. The Gate leads to the Thorn Railway. And then the Station.
Conductor	Is it because I am touching the altar? I can see the Thorn Railway at the end of this Gate. And I can certainly see the Station where the Mist Train could stop right next to it.
Conductor	No... Hold on.
Queensway	"What else do you see?"
Conductor	That's our train - The Mist Train. The Mist Train is parked on the Thorn Railway.
Conductor	But it's not at where we attempted our raid, judging from the surrounding scenery, it doesn't look too far from the breakthrough. If the Mist outside is clearing, the infantry unit will be able to join us soon.
Euston	"If what Conductor is seeing is true, this is the best chance we could get."
Versailles	"If it works the same way as the altar in Ruins of Thunder, the place you see beyond the Gate is the transfer point. I think there's a pretty good chance it's true."
Queensway	"There was also an altar at St. Iris. Even though the guardian was absent, the power of the altar led us to the Giant Tree..."
Queensway	"This country is not gone yet... We must not give up the fight until the very end."
Versailles	"Mademoiselle Queensway..."
Queensway	"Let's go, everyone! We will not let the Mistism cult have its way any longer, we must return to Mist Train and unleash the power of the Station!"
Vivienne	"The Gate will start transferring. Everyone, jump into the Gate in order! Don't leave too much space between each other."
Putra	"Here we go! Let's get the hecky-becky out of this dank place!"
While I was working out the magic of the altar, the Train Knights are jumping into the gate one by one.
The view is beyond the Gate. I told the other members that I see Putra and Vivienne there. Yakutsk and Yoshino jumped in at the same time, followed by Queensway and Versailles.
Euston	"Hey, we're coming along too!"
I left Euston in charge and jump into the Gate as well. Euston quickly followed me, keeping an eye on the rear.
Putra	"Alright! We're all back!"
Vivienne	"The Mist Train is safe too! I thought we left her back at the ruins!"
Yoshino	"Ummm..."
Yoshino	"We're far from where we first warped in. But the ruins are completely gone."
Yoshino	"Was the altar we saw earlier, really the St. Iris altar...?"
Vivienne	"Well, well, we can figure out the details later. You'll lose your fur if you keep thinking too hard."
Yoshino	"It's not that difficult, and there's no need to think to lose fur."
Queensway	"I'm glad we all made it out of the ruins safely."
Yakutsk	"But here's the problem... The Station has to be restored before we can move on, as that Samantha put it."
Queensway	"I agree. Show your strength, and..."
Versailles	"Is that the Station we see over there..."
Railway Seeker	"Yet... it's too early. With that level of power, you will only die in the darkness of this country."
Queensway	"......"
Queensway	"Railway Seeker..."
Versailles	"It's the Mistism cultist we are talking about."
Queensway	"No... it's not. It has a completely different feel than the one before."
Versailles	"Eh..."
Queensway	"She is not the Mistism cultist that is speaking to us now. It's the Railway Seeker herself. She herself is standing in front of us..."
A railroad track affected by the otherworld's Poison. Waiting for us at that Station was a Railway Seeker, who is not under the control of Mistism cult...

Thorn Railway Episode
40-1	Commander's Instrument
40-2	"The Thorn Railway"
40-3	Unexpected Departure
40-4	Natural Lift?
40-5	The Weight of a Sword
40-6	Shoulder to Shoulder
40-7	An Honorable Battle
40-8	Samantha and the Altar
40-9	Obstacles That Stand in the Way
40-10	Iridescent Light of Absolution