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69:Madame Corae's Garden


Chapter 69: Madame Corae's Garden

[Village] Forward
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Quest Acceptance Prerequisites Objectives
  • Complete the Exploration Status Report Story Quest
Quest Completion Dialogue
  • Chung: We had alarms and sirens blaring for so long, it feels odd to not hear anything. I don't even hear rats squeaking.
  • Ciel: Do you think there are rats here?
  • Rena: With how quiet it is... Lu's land feels like the same as in Abyss.
  • Elsword: What? That's really serious, isn't it?
  • Ara: Did the Abyss appear in Lu's Land?
  • Lu: If you can feel it from the wall, it must be a dire situation!
  • Rena: Hmm? I just felt that way... Why is everyone so serious?
  • Chung: But Rena, your feelings have always been quite accurate. You felt the Abyss long before any of us did other than Lu and Ciel.
  • Rena: Well, that's not exactly true. I didn't feel the Abyss, I felt the absence of spirits.
  • Rena: Spirits are all part of nature and exist everywhere. If there are no spirits... that is very odd.
  • Raven: How odd is that?
  • Aisha: Then that means there's only Aether. I don't know how that happened, but that can't be a good thing.
  • Lithia: But it's odd. How could spirits not exist? Are spirits connected to the disease around here?
  • Aisha: With how many bizarre events we faced in the Demon Realm, I can't say for sure. There may be a disease that plagues spirits.
  • Lithia: It is a well-received theory that the spirits are from another dimension that exert their powers through nature.
  • Aisha: We know for a fact that there is a sharp decline in population in contaminated environment.
  • Laby: I see. I hope spirits have gone before they're hurt.
  • Laby: You know, I think Aisha and Lithia can be good friends. They know so much.
  • Laby: Can you two stop fighting and be friends?
  • Lithia: ... Why should I?
  • Aisha: If she stops picking a fight, I'll consider it.
  • Laby: Uwoo... You two were getting along just now!
  • Elesis: Hey, you two. You can fight all you want, but don't cause troubles like that earlier.
  • Aisha: Tch, what have I done to deserve this?
  • Aisha: Rena, of all the people, you should side with me, right?
  • Rena: I'm not on anyone's side. And this isn't about siding with anyone.
  • Rena: Anyway, this isn't even close to being bad as the fight you had with Elsword, fufu.
  • Aisha: This isn't the same as back then. Tch, everyone's so insensitive.
  • Rena: Don't feel so bad. She's only trying to prove her competence.
  • Ara: I don't know what she's going through, but she is a lot anxious contrary to the confidence she shows on the outside.
  • Ara: Everyone knows that, so they're letting her be. You could be a bit more understanding, Aisha.
  • Aisha: Come on, Ara... You think I don't know that? Of course I know!
  • Aisha: But she solely picks on me. I think she's picking on me because of my words earlier.
  • Elsword: So why did you oppose her? It's clear that the masters approved of her.
  • Aisha: I was just worried!
  • Aisha: Mages have strong egos and pride. They tend to overestimate their abilities.
  • Aisha: I just thought she'd need more time to adapt since she'd put her life in danger if she ended up expending all her mana.
  • Rena: I'm sure she knows that you were worried about her.
  • Aisha: ......
  • Rena: Wouldn't time solve the problem? I mean, kids grow up fighting each other~
  • Aisha: Tch, I don't need that. No one is on my side here.
  • Elsword: ... I don't think waiting for time to solve isn't the way here.
  • Rena: Hmm? What~ do you know something? Let me in on this.
  • Elsword: Rena, do you remember that time? Back in Altera...
  • Rena: Aaah, yeah, I remember that. Why?
  • Elsword: Well, I heard earlier... (Whisper)
  • (Bebeep-)
  • Chung: The authorization tag works well. Looks like we can pass.
  • Elesis: I wonder what awaits us ahead...
Rewards
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EXP 0 N/A N/A
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EP 0 N/A N/A
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Artificial Garden
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Quest Acceptance Prerequisites Objectives
  • Complete the Forward Story Quest
Quest Completion Dialogue
  • Noah: We're getting closer to the tower. The closer we get, the more overpowering it seems.
  • Noah: Is that... a garden ahead of us?
  • (Flash-)
  • Laby: Wow, the sparkling light is beautiful. Looks like we can just follow the lights to the tower.
  • Chung: Look at that fountain. This garden appears to be well-kept. It has quite a nice night view.
  • Ara: Is that so? This garden appears unnaturally conforming.
  • Chung: Ohhh... I heard that the Northern Fluone has an emphasis on the beauty of nature.
  • Chung: Maybe that's why Ara finds this odd. So...
  • Eve: Because there is harmony in the disorder of nature.
  • Ara: Ah... Yes. That is true. Conforming and non-conforming. Chaos and order. Such harmony is important.
  • Ara: Is Senace different? I thought the standards of beauty would be similar since we're both in Fluone continent.
  • Chung: Mmm... the architecture of Senace is focused on symmetry. It was heavily affected by the climate and the seasons.
  • Chung: So Senace derives chaos from nature and order from architecture... if I remember correctly.
  • Chung: Ahaha, it's been a long time since I learned of this, so I don't remember as much.
  • Ara: I see! So we may have a different approach, but we both pursue the same values.
  • Aisha: You two really enjoy talking about your hometowns, huh?
  • Chung: Ehehe...
  • Rena: Yes, I think that's the right way. I can tell by listening to you two.
  • Aisha: Hmm? What is it?
  • Rena: The odd unpleasant feeling that I had all this time... Everything is just odd.
  • Rena: The stairs and door sizes are all weird... I haven't seen a single bit of food here. The water fountain is just a decoration and has no function.
  • Rena: This cannot be for a place where someone is living... or even some has lived.
  • Noah: I think it's because there are only androids here. Didn't that kid say this is all for practice?
  • Rena: But the kid lives here. How come I don't see any signs that he's living here?
  • Rena: All the things around here are just empty husks... the only thing lively was the music earlier...
  • Noah: I'm guessing the tower has some residential facilities. I mean, that kid has to live somewhere.
  • Rena: I hope that's the case...
  • Rena: (He had asked if we wanted to live in such a place.)
  • Rena: (Does Tarith actually think that this place is livable?)
Rewards
Currency/Experience Common Rewards Selective Rewards
EXP 5,154,470 N/A N/A
ED 1,350,000 N/A N/A
EP 15 N/A N/A
AP 0
GP 0
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Madame Corae
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Quest Acceptance Prerequisites Objectives
  • Complete the Artificial Garden Story Quest
Quest Completion Dialogue
  • Madame Corae: [Corae, shutting down.]
  • Madame Corae: [Commencing forced restoration to maintain garden maintenance system.]
  • Lu: Corae......
  • Digg: My Queen, did you sleep well last night?
  • Digg: Madame had asked me to thank you for getting the seeds from White-Ghost Land.
  • Digg: She hopes that since the plant grows in cold and harsh environment, it will grow well here as well.
  • Lu: Madame... Corae.
  • Digg: ... The leaves are darkening and wilting...
  • Digg: And Corae's eyes... aren't getting better at all.
  • Digg: What should we do, Luciella?... I think Corae is sick from the disease.
  • Digg: (Cough! Cough!)
  • Digg: ... What will happen to us?
  • Elsword: I'm sorry. I feel like I tampered with a machine that was working well on its own.
  • Ara: I'm sorry, gardener. We must pass here.
  • (Crackle, crackle)
  • Rose: Oh, we've gotten some communications. Wait... yes!
  • Haivan: Ah, Ah-! CAN YOU HEAR ME-??!
  • Add: So loud!
  • Elsword: You don't have to yell! I can perfectly listen just fine!
  • Haivan: Oh... is that so? I was told the communication device was broken... My bad. Why are you getting angry at me for?
  • Haivan: I've got some news from the Torta Clan. Are you okay to talk right now?
  • Rose: Yes, we're good. Thanks for asking.
  • Raven: (We should've told the Dream Demons on the basics of communications...)
  • Haivan: This is about the Land of Steel. The Dream Demons told me they couldn't find the castle Lu spoke of.
  • Chung: For sure?
  • Haivan: They said that they've checked the map multiple times, so yeah, it's for sure.
  • Haivan: Instead, they found a giant pit big enough that there may have been a castle there at some point.
  • Haivan: So you could say what you have in front of you is all that remains of the Land of Steel.
  • Ciel: What? This... is all that's left?
  • Haivan: There's more to this theory. So all the landmarks that Queen Lu has mentioned...
  • Haivan: The tower, the cornerstone, the villages... There were none left.
  • Ain: Did they crumble over the vast period of time?
  • Haivan: Remember the abandoned villages in the White-Ghost Land? They have been abandoned for centuries, but there are some remains of it left.
  • Ciel: Are they trying to carve out Lu's existence... from the Land of Steel?
  • Haivan: Mmm~ that could be a possibility, but my guess is that they gathered all the materials to build that aerial fortress.
  • Haivan: Well, you sometimes tear apart old buildings and use some of the materials in the new building.
  • Lu: So... my plan to reclaim the throne... is no longer possible?
  • Haivan: I would say so~ it might be faster to rebuild from scratch.
  • Lu: Haaaa... Huuu... Hnnnnnnngh... My blood pressure...
  • Ciel: Lu! Get a hold of yourself...
  • Haivan: That's all I've got to relay to you guys. How are you doing? Did you find anything?
  • Rose: What we found... are just mysteries after mysteries... but I'll let you know what we found so far.

  • Haivan: Huuh, so you're being accused of invading into the Demon Realm?
  • Ara: It's ridiculous! How could we ever be invaders?
  • Haivan: Mmm~ I can understand. It's such a bizarre group that you could almost believe that.
  • Elsword: Is that how you saw us as?
  • Haivan: Hahaha! Did you know? There are actually such rumors.
  • Haivan: That Elrios invaded the Demon Realm and brought demise upon the lands.
  • Rena: What...?
  • Haivan: I got curious and did some digging on my own... it was mainly about the disappearance of the Demon King.
  • Noah: Haivan, do you trust those rumors?
  • Haivan: Heh, I might have believed it if I heard them at a younger age. The rumors always sound somewhat plausible.
  • Haivan: But I'm too old to believe in such nonsense... and I can see how people end up believing that.
  • Haivan: I think they were trying to explain the disasters that followed the disappearance of the Demon King.
  • Chung: Disasters? What happened in the Demon Realm?
  • Haivan: Great earthquakes shook the lands, all volcanoes erupted, and toxic fumes spewed from swamps and oceans.
  • Haivan: Ah, Queen Lu would know this story better than I do.
  • Lu: Yes... great earthquakes occurred in my land as well.
  • Rose: So, it wasn't like the Demon Realm had frequent earthquakes?
  • Lu: Yes. Everything worsened after the cataclysm.
  • Lu: Haivan, you may not know, but the White-Ghost Land was not as cold as it is now.
  • Haivan: I was born during the cold times, but I believe that the older generation would have been shocked by the changes happening to our land.
  • Noah: So people who have gone through unbelievably drastic changes started to believe in conspiracy theories?
  • Haivan: That's right~ How's that sound?
  • Noah: I can see that. People... tend to lean towards strengthening their preexisting beliefs.
  • Laby: Why do they lean towards bad things? Laby can't understand...
  • Lithia: Because people can't deal with the fact that their miseries come from the natural flow of the world.
  • Lithia: It's easier to cope if you have someone to blame, so you can vent out your anger at them.
  • Haivan: But it does lack reason. The Demon King may be a transcended hero with great powers, but he's not a god.
  • Haivan: Just because a person disappeared, it doesn't explain how disaster started to unravel around every part of the world.
  • Ain: (Yes, the disappearance of a person can't do that.)
  • Ain: (But if it weren't a person...)
  • Haivan: And, there's no proof that the disaster is correlated to the disappearance of the Demon King.
  • Haivan: Although the time of occurrence of the two incidents overlap...
  • Haivan: Well, the world could have been already spiraling downwards regardless of the existence of the Demon King.
  • Ara: That is a sad story to hear.
  • Haivan: I just think that people really~ cared a lot about the Demon King back then.
  • Haivan: This is a concerning issue, so I'll look into it later.
  • Elesis: Okay, thank you. Is that it?
  • Haivan: Oh! I have one more news from the Dream Demons.
  • Haivan: I didn't think it was that important... but I'll let you know just in case.
  • Haivan: The Dream Demons found some broken machines and blade marks.
  • Ciel: Blade marks? Are you sure?
  • Haivan: Yes. It seemed to be pretty recent. The Dream Demons are keeping an eye out for the source.
  • Raven: Could it be Barkat's forces? Or maybe other invaders?
  • Rose: We should keep a note of this. Please tell us if anything new arises.
  • (Crackle, click.)

  • Aisha: Intriguing... What do you make of Haivan's words?
  • Elesis: It sounds a lot like the myths regarding the demons in Elrios...
  • Elesis: The myth that a hero who defeated demons that appeared in mass went on to build the Elrian Kingdom.
  • Elesis: Since the White-Ghost King had come to Elrios, I'm sure there could be some humans who caused mayhem in the Demon Realm.
  • Raven: So we can safely say that the two worlds have affected each other for... a very long time.
  • Eve: I doubt the disappearance of the Demon King had any effect in the mass occurrence of the disaster. The other way is more plausible.
  • Ciel: Regarding the disaster... Assuming that the Demon Realm is similar to Elrios...
  • Ciel: Doesn't this sound a lot similar to Elrios after the El Explosion?
  • Noah: What happened after the El Explosion?
  • Ciel: The El of Lanox frequently had problems. We often did not have the Fire Priestess.
  • Ciel: With the El so unstable, volcanoes would often erupt and grounds would break down to cause a landslide.
  • Elsword: There is an issue with the El of Demon Realm... How's that, Ain? Do you think that's a possibility?
  • Ain: If you're asking me as the priest... Yes, that is possible.
  • Chung: Oh, I remember stories about how people had to evacuate due to typhoons and tsunamis when Water El was unstable.
  • Eve: I knew it... So, it seems that these problems are likely due to the Dark El rather than the Demon King.
  • Aisha: Then what about the Demon King's disappearance? Was it just a coincidence?
  • Add: He might have been swept away by the disaster.
  • Lu: That is depressing to hear...
  • Lu: Corae was my gardener. The Land of Steel is full of metal and not that optimal for plant growth.
  • Lu: Corae was talented enough to have flowers flourish and butterflies flutter about in those lands.
  • Lu: ... I can understand why people believe such conspiracies now...
  • Lu: If the land was devastated by the El... They would have lost all hope even if they survived the contamination...
  • Noah: But I heard that many in Elrios arduously worked to restore the damage from El Explosion.
  • Noah: If such efforts weren't made, I wouldn't have been able to wake up from the ruins.
  • Noah: I believe there is still hope, even if the Dark El may be unstable.
  • Ciel: Noah is right. And we know why the Land of Steel turned out this way.
  • Ciel: We just added Corae's suffering to the list of crimes committed by that traitor.
  • Lu: Yes... there's a lot I have to pay back to Barkat.
  • Elesis: The tower is just ahead of us. Now, straighten up.
  • Elesis: Are you going to face Barkat all dejected? I'd never allow myself to be in that position.
  • Lu: You're right. I won't let Barkat look down upon me.
  • Lu: Now, let's go! Let's see who comes out to greet us.
Rewards
Currency/Experience Common Rewards Selective Rewards
EXP 5,154,470 N/A N/A
ED 1,350,000 N/A N/A
EP 15 N/A N/A
AP 0
GP 0
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Reconciliation
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Quest Acceptance Prerequisites Objectives
  • Complete the Madame Corae Story Quest
Quest Completion Dialogue
  • Rena: Wait! Before we go in, mage ladies, let me have a word with you two!
  • Lithia: Huuh?... Why? I apologized earlier.
  • Aisha: I never received one.
  • Rena: Stop, stop! You two need to admit the wrongs you did to each other. Let's get everything out of the way.
  • Aisha: I didn’t do anything wrong!
  • Lithia: Yes~ I'm sure you're not guilty. I'm totally sure you had nothing to do with Mathi taking that mana amplifier potion.
  • Aisha: Hey, I was also a victim to... Hang on! How do you know that?!
  • Lithia: You do realize he was deathly scared of you all~ the time, right?
  • Lithia: He'd always go home late because he was afraid of meeting you.
  • Aisha: No, it's because we were embarrassed to see each other... But no! I didn't bully him at all!
  • Elsword: ... Looks like I need to intervene in this.
  • Elsword: Aisha, you need to apologize for what you said about healing magic. That's what offended Lithia.
  • Aisha: What? When did I say that?
  • Lithia: You said so.
  • Aisha: I... I just spoke what is true! Healing magic is costly. Relying heavily on it is not a good idea.
  • Elsword: Hmm~
  • Aisha: It is best not to meddle in natural recovery... it's best to leave things to heal!
  • Aisha: I mean, there is research that shows that receiving healing magic reduces natural recovery for a period of time...
  • Ain: Ah, so Ms. Magician has been thinking that every time I healed you?
  • Aisha: No... that's not what I meant...!
  • Elsword: Why don't you say it truthfully?
  • Rena: Ahaha... Aisha isn't good at healing magic.
  • Aisha: Rena!
  • Lithia: Huh? Really?
  • Rena: Aisha isn't that good with handiwork. It really~ hurt whenever Aisha used healing magic.
  • Rena: Long time ago, when Elsword got hurt, Aisha tried to heal him. Elsword ran away from her.
  • Rena: It wasn't that big of a wound, so Aisha was determined to heal him and began to chase after him.
  • Raven: Ah... I remember that time. They had to put up that Fall Hazard sign because of these two.
  • Rena: Hmm. I'm not sure if they still have that to this day. Back then, these troublemakers were such a handful.
  • Elsword: Anyway... Aisha never meant to say it in a bad way.
  • Elsword: She's just not confident in that field of magic.
  • Lithia: Oooh~ I thought a genius mage would excel in every field!
  • Aisha: Ughhh... That's when I was young! I'm good now! I just choose not to use that field of magic!
  • Lithia: It's okay~ you can't be perfect at everything. You can just ask for help in areas where you lack.
  • Aisha: You don't believe me?! I'll show you. Is anyone hurt? I'll... I'll heal you!
  • Noah: (Flinch)
  • Aisha: Noah~? It looks like you have a wound... You must need healing, right~?
  • Noah: I'm okay! It's just a scratch. Clamor will be healing me! Well, I didn't ask him yet, but he'll definitely do it!
  • Aisha: Why are you so scared? Come, I'll heal you!
  • Noah: I... I... Uh... I'm sorry!
  • Aisha: Why? Why are you running away, Noah?!
Rewards
Currency/Experience Common Rewards Selective Rewards
EXP 5,154,470 N/A N/A
ED 1,350,000 N/A N/A
EP 15 N/A N/A
AP 0
GP 0
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