Story/Chapter 46: Difference between revisions

*{{StoryIcon|Nichel2}} '''Nichel:''' ''It was... awe inspiring. She didn't have much choice, but I don't think I could have made the same decison to go to another world if I were in her shoes. In the end, everything turned out fine, but... I thought it must have been difficult, and scary for her.''

*{{StoryIcon|Radio}} '''Asella:''' ''I'm sorry I always put you on missions on ground, despite knowing your wish to remain in Rigomor. But if you ever wish to go back out, Nichel, I won't stop you. The mission is not that important.''

*{{StoryIcon|Radio}} '''Asella:''' ''I believe the revival of our lord is the only way to resolve the current situation peacefully. But, if we depend on it too much, we will never be able to stand on our own two feet if this plan fails.''

*{{StoryIcon|Radio}} '''Asella:''' ''Hope that one day, the two races can come together in peace without conflict... a day when we embrace each other with mutual love and respect. So if you get too scared, just run away. We may be short on numbers, but there's still enough of us to cover each other's back. Don't throw away your life on this mission. We'll never reach our goal if we pave our road with sacrifice.''

*{{StoryIcon|Radio}} '''Asella:''' ''Ah... Understood. Be careful out there. The White-Ghost Army arrived while you were seeking out the soul fragment. I will provide you with the details later. Stay safe.''

*{{StoryIcon|Nichel2}} '''Nichel:''' ''Wait, I have a message from Asella. She said the White-Ghost Army is already patrolling the area we're headed towards. It seems they've arrived just as we were leaving Aurora. According to the one on watch, there's not that many of them. Plus, they haven't attempted to take the soul fragment yet.''

*{{StoryIcon|Nichel2}} '''Nichel:''' ''The next soul fragment is not that far, in a village located in the highlands. It's no longer inhabited, because the villagers moved out when the grounds became too unstable, with high risk of collapse.''

*{{StoryIcon|ES}} '''Elesis:''' ''For now, let's make sure we approach carefully while remaining out of their sight. It'll be best if we manage to retrieve the soul fragment without being detected, but we'll be prepared even if we are discovered. Don't forget. If we are discovered, we have to capture every single one of them. Don't let them get away!''

*{{StoryIcon|KE}} '''Elsword:''' ''Now that it's taken shape, do you think it can understand us? Will you take us to the soul fragment?''

*{{StoryIcon|Aegirp Soul2}} '''White-Ghost King's Soul:''' ''With the resources from Northern Empire and the knowledge we've gained from the laboratory, we were able to build the central portal. It naturally became the hub for everything in our land. The portal required a lot of manpower, which led to the two opposing races to cooperate. They shared technology and strength with each other in order to build their new homes. It wasn't perfect. There were still conflicts, big and small. But I thought it was just a natural stage in progress, like how a newborn pup trips and stumbles before it learns how to run. The two races began to learn how to get along and cooperate with each other.''

*{{StoryIcon|Aegirp Soul2}} '''White-Ghost King's Soul:''' ''This is what I wanted. The fear of the unknown, and hatred that stems from prejudice, all receding as we come to understand one another... If we can ally ourselves with enemies from another world, there was no reason that the two races, different yet similar, cannot come together in complete harmony.... Then the day might come, when I finally reveal that I am of mixed heritage.''

*{{StoryIcon|Nichel2}} '''Nichel:''' ''The two races really hated each other back then. It's wrong, but I heard mixed-bloods were considered inferior, and were scorned by both races. Because of the perception, now, they're treated as if they don't even exist.''

*{{StoryIcon|DyB}} '''Rena:''' ''... Though, I think her most trusted followers knew that she was mixed-blood. I got the impression that Calonne knew why Berthe betrayed the White-Ghost King, though he didn't say anything to us.''

*{{StoryIcon|Ish}} '''Lu:''' ''Sigh... I suppose it's understandable why you thought that way. Aegirp was always able to shift between two forms: a beast form, and a humanoid form. I don't know why I thought it would be commonplace to have two forms. It should have been obvious, that if everyone could just shift forms like that, the two races wouldn't have been so antagonistic towards each other.''

*{{StoryIcon|Nichel2}} '''Nichel:''' ''....''

*{{StoryIcon|Blu}} '''Ain:''' ''I see that the soldiers of the White-Ghost Army are already settled in their positions. There are quite many of them. And unlike the previous soul fragment... This one is out in the open.''

*{{StoryIcon|Min}} '''Rose:''' ''Earlier, Nichel mentioned that the grounds here are unstable. I suppose the soul fragment could have been revealed due to a change in geography.''

*{{StoryIcon|AS}} '''Aisha:''' ''Since this is the last location we got from Calonne, we'll need to find the rest relying on Aurora's intelligence. I hope we can find them before Berthe.''

*{{StoryIcon|Baryon}} '''Baryon:''' ''...... Hey, you.''

*{{StoryIcon|Baryon}} '''Baryon:''' ''Is that it? No torture, no interrogation, no nothing? Well then... How 'bout a trade? We surrender, and you don't harm us, yeah?''

*{{StoryIcon|Baryon}} '''Baryon:''' ''You're looking for the soul fragment, right? We'll give you the information. We searched all over the place under Berthe's orders, but didn't manage to do squat. Not until a Nous brat told us there should be one around here. That brat went to the capital to fix... whatchamacallit... the thing that can move people to far places. Said they're gonna use it to invade Elrios.''

*{{StoryIcon|RH}} '''Raven:''' ''Hm... Alright........ Berthe must have found many of the soul fragments. How many of the '8 pieces' did he find?''

*{{StoryIcon|DB}} '''Add:''' ''You THINK he found six? Is that how you want to play this? Do you want this trade or not? You think we're going to spare your life with that scrap of information? If you want to live, you'll tell us exactly how many soul fragments Berthe found without holding back!''

*{{StoryIcon|Baryon}} '''Baryon:''' ''Ack! I don't know... I DON'T KNOW!! When Berthe left, that brat said 'there's two remaining,' so he gotta have six, right? I'm just a grunt! Berthe's not going to sit me down and feed me information! I'm giving the best I can!''

*{{StoryIcon|DB}} '''Add:''' ''Hmph, so you don't even know much. Just tell us what you know. If you don't know, don't take a wild guess. You understand?! Your life is in our hands. If you deceive us, you're a dead man!''

*{{StoryIcon|Baryon}} '''Baryon:''' ''We haven't got specifics order yet, just that we're going to do it. Though, I think he's real serious about it this time 'round. Last time, there weren't enough Garen support, so he had to enlist the Glitter guards.''

*{{StoryIcon|Baryon}} '''Baryon:''' ''No, it's Berthe who's conscripting like crazy. He's scraping every able-bodied Garen in this land. There are some wackadoos who actually want to fight, but most of us would rather not. The elders said we used to get along pretty well with Elrios, so it doesn't even make sense why we should fight now, you know what I mean? Besides, we grew up on horror stories of demons who went to Elrios, never to come back. That's creepy man. And I'm not the only one who thinks that way.''