Main Scenario/Terror

Giant Tree Strategy Episode
17-1	The Breakthrough
17-2	The Instructor of the Out-Siders
17-3	Challenge to the Death
17-4	The Newcomer's Identity
17-5	Terror
17-6	The Guide
17-7	Steel and Poison
17-8	Mary's Purpose
17-9	Poison is Steel
17-10	The Path

As soon as we entered the Portal, we were reunited with Mary Rosegarden, who had fought and defended this place for us.
She was supposed to be cooperating with the Out-Siders, and at present they were supposed to be allies in the form of collaborators, but suddenly Blackfriar stabbed Mary in the back.
Mary	"Ggh..."
Mary	"Blackfriar, bastard, you stabbed me with all your might..."
Blackfriar	"Oh, you're in more pain than I thought."
Blackfriar	"You're not well trained enough if you consider that painful. Should the Out-Siders get a wound like yours, they'll just shrug and walk casually into the Phantom Mist, you know?"
Queensway	"Miss Blackfriar! How could you do such a terrible thing! Stabbing an ally with a sword is an absolutely unforgivable act!"
Blackfriar	"Just get the Hell away from her! If you come any closer she'll decapitate you and you'll die!"
Queensway	"Ah..."
Mary	"...Tsk, they've seen right through me. But I can still kill you in this range!"
Mary	"...!"
Queensway	"Eh?"
Blackfriar	"Are you a Monster that shapeshifts into people? Or are you a Monster that deceives with illusions?"
Blackfriar	"My guess is the former. Judging from how I impaled you, it's likely that I've impaled your actual body. Of course, there's always exceptions."
Blackfriar	"Whatever, your transformation's flawed. My advice to you is to never underestimate humans!"
Blackfriar	"It's impossible for me to steal the real Mary Rosegarden's blade. Even less so, that she would allow me any opportunity to stab her."
Mary	"Tch..."
Blackfriar	"The real Mary Rosegarden will never waver her convictions for Queensway's sake. 'Maybe we can be together'? Hah, she's no fool."
Queensway	"Indeed. There's no way she would say something like that..."
Blackfriar	"And besides..."
Blackfriar	"Even if she had been the real Mary, I won't allow her to ignore me and have a lovely chit-chat with other people without reporting to me directly on why she couldn't contact me on regular intervals, I would have attacked her mercilessly."
Blackfriar	"So, farewell♪"
Yakutsk	"It's a Monster..."
Putra	"Wow, it looked and sounded exactly like her."
Queensway	"I didn't notice it at all. ..."
Blackfriar	"Be careful moving forward, because sometimes it'll be too late by the time you find out. Queensway would have been killed if I weren't here, you know?"
Queensway	"I would have been killed...?"
Blackfriar	"Yes."
Vivienne	"Girls, look at that monster's arm!"
When I looked at the corpse of the dead Monster, I saw that the right arm that had belonged to Mary earlier had had changed into that of a horrific beast.
...No, it is more accurate to say that the disguise had been dispelled.
Yoshino	"It's sorcery has been broken and it is returning to its original form. It has strong claws and thick arms. Should it attack any one of us, our heads would roll."
Yakutsk	"It was within range. If Blackfriar hadn't stopped it, Queensway would have been killed instantly."
Blackfriar	"That's how it is. You're still alive, Queensway! The closer you get to the Giant Tree, the more you're going to have to be careful of unknown enemies like the one you faced just now."
Queensway	"That was close. If it wasn't for Miss Blackfriar..."
Queensway	"We were on alert even before we entered the Portal. I could sense the presence of Phantom Mist, and I could sense terrible magic everywhere."
Queensway	"But I didn't sense anything from Mary just now. I wasn't caught off guard. I treated her as if she was Mary altogether."
Blackfriar	"The more you think about it, the scarier it gets, doesn't it? With every hour that goes by, the fear gets a little bit more intense."
Queensway	"Yes... that's exactly right. How do you know?"
Blackfriar	"Because I've been through a lot of it. It's an inevitable part of being an Out-Sider."
Yakutsk	"..."
Blackfriar	"What you felt was the fear of death. Not the fear that you might die. It's the fear of seeing the consequences of being dead."
Blackfriar	"Queensway saw the moment of her own death. The only reason you are standing here now is because I 'saved you'."
Blackfriar	"The moment you realise that, you are struck with an unspeakable terror."
Blackfriar	"And after that you will feel a slight elation. You were terrified just a moment ago. You'll feel so emotional after that you'll almost smile."
Queensway	(...She's right)
Blackfriar	"There is no shame in feeling fear. The important thing is to face your fears. Don't turn away from it, accept it as a matter of fact and gain new strength."
Blackfriar	"When you can no longer do that, the life of a warrior ends there. Either you have to leave the battlefield, or you die on it."
Yakutsk	"Queensway, are you alright? Don't worry too much about it."
Queensway	"Yes, I'm okay."
Yakutsk	"I've been there myself. So I understand the fear you're feeling right now."
Yakutsk	"That was a nasty attack, wasn't it? I knew Mary was here from the start, even I didn't have the slightest reason to be alarmed."
Queensway	"But Miss Blackfriar noticed. She read between Mary's lines and the way she acted. And from the way she was behaving, she saw that it was a fake."
Yakutsk	"Yes. You were fooled. But it's not only you. Everyone but Blackfriar was fooled. Even Yoshino, who has good instincts, didn't fully realise it."
Yakutsk	"We're not strong enough. Not you, not me, not all the Train Knights here."
Yakutsk	"Let us all be strong together. 'We will do our best to die for one victory'. Remember what Blackfriar said."
Queensway	"Yes."
Queensway	"Um, Miss Yakutsk..."
Yakutsk	"Yes?"
Queensway	"Thank you so much. I feel a little better now."
Yakutsk	"You're welcome."
Blackfriar	"Alright, so we've suddenly stumbled across something really nasty, but most importantly, Mary's nowhere to be found."
Blackfriar	"It's hard to imagine her leaving her post without leaving any trace of where she went. So either she was taken away instantly, deprived of her bodily freedom, or she was teleported somewhere else..."
🔔*RING RING RING*
Queensway	"That sound!"
Yakutsk	"No way, not at a time like this..."
Blackfriar	"Good grief, give me a break. Every single time these things show up it's never good news."
Samantha	"I found lost children who went through the Portal. And I found they killed a Mist Monster."
Samantha	"Do you want to know where Mary Rosegarden went?"
Samantha	"'I want to know...' Exclaimed the Knights of St. Iris. One is very eager to meet the other; The other is more eager to fulfil her purpose."
Queensway	"..."
Blackfriar	"..."
Samantha	"If you want to know, I will tell you. I'm sure she has what you children want."
One after another, trouble comes our way.
Next to a monster with perfect mimicry, comes a Samantha, the Ghosts of the Mist.

Giant Tree Strategy Episode
17-1	The Breakthrough
17-2	The Instructor of the Out-Siders
17-3	Challenge to the Death
17-4	The Newcomer's Identity
17-5	Terror
17-6	The Guide
17-7	Steel and Poison
17-8	Mary's Purpose
17-9	Poison is Steel
17-10	The Path