![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"We're here in the deeper layers of the Banská Mines. It certainly has a different atmosphere to what we've seen so far..." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Look over there. There's a railway line here!" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"You're right, but it's cut off in the middle." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Not just the tracks too. That's a train station over there, isn't it?" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"This mine, its really quite deep down here, isn't it?" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Oui, it should be. Should this be recorded as a new line?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"I wonder how much of the rail network is above ground? Isn't it possible that this is connected to the line by the sea?" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"I think it's highly unlikely!" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"WAAAAH!? DON'T POP OUT OF NOWHERE!" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"I've memorised all the railway maps of M. Flamarine, but there are no underground tunnels on the coastal line near the Banská Mines." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"There's a possibility of a warp tunnel somewhere, similar to a Metro Hole, but connecting a line from the depths of the mine to the surface is unrealistic." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Then it would be better to think of this line as a separate one from the surface." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"There was a similar railway line in the sea cave where Repulse was found too. In the end, we still don't know where that line came from, so I think it's better to think of it as an abandoned line." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"The station is also very old. It's almost like a fossil." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"But the altar is almost the same as the one on top. In fact, it looks in better condition than the one we saw earlier." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Ah, perfect magic. I don't know if it's because of the stone Putra used, but this altar is much more alive." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Putra-san, what do you mean by pyroxene?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Put simply, it's a 'gemstone that emits a special light'. It's hard to explain what's so special about it, because it doesn't necessarily mean that the light is strong or that it's big..." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Then it could be that the stone glows in response to Putra-san holding it, or directly towards Putra-san." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Is it possible that we can't find it on our own? Then it would be better for Putra to move around." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Batu, make sure you protect Putra at all costs. She has the stone in her hand, so she would be an easy target for Canaria." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"That's true. With the way I feel, she could be attacked at any time." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"In fact I think the other side is already aware of our presence here." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"......" |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"...Declining my invitation huh. I thought I appealed that I know she's here." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Batu?" |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"No, actually someone has been watching us for a while now, I thought it was Olivia, but it's not her. That one's hiding her tail well... She could very well be Canaria." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Oh no..." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Shh! Don't be so obvious. Stay on full alert." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Understood. Take care of Putra, please." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"I know. I will protect her no matter what." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I will be Putra-san's escort too. Vivienne-san, you and Yoshino-chan should take care of her rear." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Huh, how unusual. To see Miyako giving orders for our formation." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Well, that's fine. My pleasure, Miyako." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"I'll ask you just in case." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Why did you decide to work with me? It's true that it's easier for us to defend each other if we work in pairs." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Because I thought Vivienne-san would be a bad match for Batu-san, and if Canaria is targeting Putra-san, then depending on the situation, Vivienne-san might disrupt our formation." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Heh..." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"If Canaria is serious about a surprise attack, it would be too risky for Putra to be on the lookout for stones and keys. Naturally, Batu's defence would have to be more aggressive." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"That's true. Putra or me might suddenly drop dead. And if that happens, Vivienne won't be able to cope." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Yes. I'm considering such a situation, albeit it's extreme. I would probably be able to handle it without getting upset." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"You're really clever, I used to be a Versailles fan, but now I'm interested in Miyako as well." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Miyako, how are you so 'unfazed'? I don't feel like you've been trained to kill remorselessly, so why? Are you implying you have no emotions?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I do have feelings. But I'm not really affected by them. I'm a doll by nature, so I don't know much about human emotions." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"I see. So your heart is more stolid then?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Batu-san's body is more stolid than mine heart. It is difficult for you to feel pain, so you have zero hesitation in fighting. You must have already suffered considerable damage in your mission with Khabarovsk-san." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"My body's stolid, eh? I see. You've got an interesting comeback. You've got one over on me...". |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"That means I'd be the best if I teamed up with you, right?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I can't say for sure that we're the best, but I think we'd make good buddies in the sense that we can use each other's fighting abilities fully." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Ah, that's right. We can work well together, as both of us feel no pain." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"......" |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Putra, what have you found?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"No, I didn't find anything, but I thought the stone had changed colour..." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"I knew it was different. Look, look here Batu, it has a blue tinge to it." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"It's true. It was completely green before." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"This is the second time Putra has changed the colour of the stone." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"But it's a bit different from when I did it on Shimoamazu-no-Iwato. The intensity of the colour changes depending on where I'm standing." |
Conductor |
Can I make one suggestion? |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Conductor, what's your suggestion?" |
Conductor |
The stone seems to glow more strongly the further away you are from the altar. And considering the direction Putra is walking in, there might be something towards the... 'station'? |
Conductor |
Why don't you try to walk towards the 'station' with the stone in your hand? |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Got it. Batu, Miyako, follow me." |
Putra starts walking towards the 'station' with the stone that has started to turn blue. |
As I had expected, the stone became brighter and brighter, and when Putra walked up to the railway line, it had completely changed its colour to 'blue'. |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"It's a beautiful blue... It's like the sky and sea of the Flamarine." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"This is the blue pyroxene of Banská. It's a stone of illusion that Mommy found..." |
-I'm amazed that you got here. The child who found the blue pyroxene. |
![Story Olivia.png](/images/e/e6/Story_Olivia.png) Olivia the Kind |
"You have been chosen by the Blue Pyroxene. Not alone, but with your friends, you have lit up these depths." |
![Story Olivia.png](/images/e/e6/Story_Olivia.png) Olivia the Kind |
"There are many stones in the mine. Some give off light, others thicken the darkness. Some show the way, others exhale Mist." |
![Story Olivia.png](/images/e/e6/Story_Olivia.png) Olivia the Kind |
"That Blue Pyroxene, should lead you to the Light Celestial Sphere. Take that pyroxene back and save the Guardian of the hot sands and the blue sea." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"The blue gemstone is the key after all. I wonder if the Guardian of the Blue Sea of the Hot Sands is the Guardian of the Giant Tree." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Hey, Olivia, you said earlier that my mother came here too. How did my mother get to M. Flamarine?" |
![Story Olivia.png](/images/e/e6/Story_Olivia.png) Olivia the Kind |
"She wandered alone in the depths of Banská. Yet she was always thinking about her friends and family. That girl has a new life her in belly. So I helped that child." |
![Story Olivia.png](/images/e/e6/Story_Olivia.png) Olivia the Kind |
"That child only saw the blue pyroxene, but she couldn't have it. Because your mother couldn't get to this 'station'." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"I see what you mean. I knew that the Banská Mines in Iris Cloud was connected to the Iris Metro." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Thank you. Thanks to you, that my mother is saved. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have been born in this world either." |
![Story Olivia.png](/images/e/e6/Story_Olivia.png) Olivia the Kind |
"Do you know what that blue pyroxene is called in Iris Metro?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"No, I've never heard of..." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"PUTRA, LOOK OUT!" |
*PZZT* |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"...Tch, that's a good shot." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Huh..." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"What's with the blood... Batu, what's wrong with you?' |
Only Batu could react to the attack. |
A spear came flying from inside a Gate that suddenly appeared. It was aimed at Putra and Olivia the Kind. |
Batu reacted fearfully and took a stand to protect Putra. The spear flew from inside the Gate and pierced through Batu's abdomen, causing a great amount of blood to spill on the ground. |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Everyone, stop being blind. It's an attack. Counter-attack, counter-attack." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Miyako, attack me." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Understood, I will attack Batu-san too." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Hey, Miyako!" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"No time for explanations, Batu-san, let me guess?" |
*BOOM* |
Miyako had already completed the sorcery mark with her hand and casted her sorcery in almost no time at all, ignoring Putra's restraint. The fireball hit Batu and at the same time a loud scream was heard. |
That scream was not Batu's. It was Canaria's scream, who was lurking behind Batu. |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"Uh-hyuhhyuhhyuhhyuh, you're good, Skanda assassin. Any normal human would have died in the first attack, eh?" |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Are you an idiot? You call me a Skanda assassin and you talk about 'normal people' in the same sentence?" |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"HAH!" |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"Tch, how can you even move like that? It's as if you don't feel pain..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Canaria, you're here after all." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"There's no escape. You're finished here." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"Finished? What's that? Say it louder, you little shit." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"I intend to kill you here, Canaria. If Versailles can't do it, I can." |
Conductor |
Canaria. What is your purpose? You no longer seem to be a member of the Resistance, but you seem to be targeting us alone. |
Conductor |
What do you know about the Guardians of the Giant Trees? Why are you going to the same place we are, and why are you seeking the keys? |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"Why would I want the key? I want to get in your way." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"For me, it would be more convenient if this world were contaminated with Poison, so that both Iris Cloud and Iris Metro could rot from the roots up to the top of the Giant Trees." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Are you saying that's what the extremists are after?" |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"That's right. There are a lot fewer of us, but there are still people who are making the same moves I am." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"And by the way, the reason why they are a lot fewer is because I killed them." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Such empty threats and strong-arming won't work. I'll kill you in a heartbeat as soon as Conductor says yes." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"If you kill me, there will be someone even scarier. Are you sure you want that?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Wait! Batu, wait a minute!" |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"I understand. I'll make sure you get all the information you need." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Who's the even scarier one? Why aren't Canaria's buddies here?" |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"Why don't you think about that for a minute, retarded little girl? Use your puny brain and think about it." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"These people know where the "Guardian of the Giant Tree" is. Canaria's job is to collect the keys and get in our way." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"Uhhyuhhyuh, you're right. I mean, you're always behind us, no matter where you go. That means I'm always ahead of you." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"That's not true. As long as we have even one key, you and your people will always have to approach us from that side." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"And by the way, you are just a pawn, and if you don't complete the mission, your comrades will kill you anyway. The reason you are in such a hurry and acting recklessly is because we are getting closer and closer to the Guardians of the Giant Trees." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Oh, good point. I was thinking the same thing." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"...You little brats." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"You don't know anything, you don't know what Poison is, you don't know what the Giant Tree is. You are all a bunch of fucking idiots who only want to clear the Mist in front of you." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"Mist train? Dream train? You think you can foil the King of Ever-Darkness's plans with such a thing? How the Hell are you going to get to the Light Celestial Sphere?" |
--You talk too much, Canaria. |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"How!? You're not supposed to be able to see what's going on here...!" |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"YOU GOT IT WRONG! I'M HERE TO KILL THESE PEOPLE! SO I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS WHERE THE GUARDIANS OF THE GIANT TREES ARE HIDING...!" |
--Change of plans, Canaria. You have one last chance. |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"WAIT! YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, I CAN DO IT NOW...!" |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"UGHH!!?" |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"That voice, wasn't Olivia's." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Someone has put a curse on Canaria. They probably planted a yoke on a part of her body so that they could control her remotely." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Be careful. Canaria now is no longer a human." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"uGHGuGhUGHhguHGHhgGH..." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"AAAAGHAhghagh! wHaT Is ThIS!? mY BOdy!? MY hEAd!? It hURTs iT hURts IT HuRts it HuRTs-!!" |
Conductor |
Someone has cursed Canaria. Her body deformed with monstrous sounds, transformed into something that cannot be described as a monster or a magical beast. |
Conductor |
She's a very ugly, deformed thing. She still thinks human because she is writhing in pain, but at this point it will be difficult to think of a way to restore her to her original state... |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"This, Canaria has become this very same thing she called 'failures'." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Yes, I see. She got demonised in the same way." |
![Story Batu.png](/images/1/1c/Story_Batu.png) Batu |
"Her magical power keeps amplifying. If we leave her alone, she will get stronger and stronger. Better to end this sooner rather than later." |
![Story Canaria.png](/images/e/e5/Story_Canaria.png) Canaria |
"FuCK! FUck! sPeCIAl sTeEl sQUaD! SON oF RiCaRdO! ILL kILl YOu ALL riGhT here!" |