[Elysion Village]
Chung: Entry has been secured... but based on the overwhelming strength of Solace's army, they could recapture it...
Aisha: And Herbaon's Nasods that entered with us suddenly stopped moving. We could not go any further.
Durenda: Is that why you came for me? You're lucky. Phobos...
Aisha: Kyaaaaah!!!!
Durenda: Stop yelling! So careless...!
Ara: Sorry...! So... about Phobos... Who exactly are you talking about?
Durenda: Ha? He's right before your eyes! Can't you see this beautiful and noble appearance? Sigh... you don't know how to recognize magnificence.
Ciel: She was talking about the sword... in her hand...
Durenda: What did you say? This isn't just an ordinary sword. It's Phobos, the God of Victory.
Lu: Aw... Okay, what did Phobos say?
Durenda: Generously, he said to help you.
Durenda: Securing entry was a wise choice. An army needs secure passage to the battlefield before it can do anything.
Raven: Hear that, Chung? Your cannons really helped! Nice work!
Chung: I- I'm flattered!
Ara: I'm glad Durenda will help us with the Hernacyd troops, but... I'm worried they'd stop working like Herbaon's Nasods.
Chung: Solace's Nasods worked fine, right? A technology that only stops the enemy... What should we do to face someone with a technology like that?
Theodore: Worrying about it won't solve the problem. It's okay, don't rush into it.
Chung: I'm sorry, do we know you?
Theodore: Haha, I guess you guys didn't have time to explore the village yet? I've been watching you guys this whole time...
Elsword: You've been watching us...?
Theodore: Yeah. I was thinking of making a deal with you all!
Aisha: We're not exactly in the mood to make a deal...
Theodore: Listen, I can send these Nasod birds to collect information and stories. I've gathered a lot of information.
Theodore: I'm probably the first to know about your arrival, and you fought the statue at the village entrance, didn't you?
Ara: We did! How did you know?
Theodore: The Nasod birds I send off... I'm able to hear and see everything through them.
Theodore: So, what I'm trying to say is... I need you guys to find the lost Nasod birds inside Solace's Fortress.
Add: Oh...? ... Alright, but we have one condition, too.
Chung: (Add? We shouldn't be wasting time, right?)
Add: (Be quiet, fool. We can use him to our advantage...)
Theodore: I wasn't going to ask for you to do it for free, anyway. What is it that you want?
Add: If the Nasod birds were sent into the Fortress... They must know something, right?
Theodore: Haha, you're sharp. I can share information. Inside the Fortress... there's a strange device consisted of diceon.
Theodore: Strangely, whenever my Nasod birds get close, all communication stops... as if it's absorbing their Nasod energy.
Raven: Is that why Herbaon's army stopped working?
Theodore: There are birds remaining inside the Fortress. I'll get them to find the location of the device if you bring them back safely.
Add: That's easy... Alright, the deal is sealed!
Ara: I think these are the last of the Nasod birds... Are there any that I might have missed...?
Theodore: It's not all of them, but these are enough. You've gone through a lot finding them.
Eve: Has the location of the device been identified?
Theodore: Of course. I'll tell you the exact location. And this device just know it's no ordinary device.
Theodore: I think it's best you visit Hugo and ask him about it.
Hugo: Ah, long time no see, right? It's nice to see you again it is! Okay-okay, what's the occasion?
Hugo: A fantastic new invention... of mine... or perhaps just wanted to see me you did? Haha, stop it! It's embarrassing.
Add: As usual, you're babbling gibberish. I came to ask something.
Hugo: ... Ask what?
Add: It's about the diceon device found inside Solace's Fortress.
Add: There has to be more to it than just absorbing energy from nearby Nasods...
Hugo: Is... that true? Really? These situations happened as expected. Beginning to understand I am. How should I explain... That core...
Raven: Core? What is it being used for?
Hugo: Not entirely sure I am... but those monsters... the ones that use diceon energy... probably receives energy from the core they do.
Hugo: You know? What diceon is? Amazing it is. Stores so much and amplify... as much as they wanted...!
Hugo: And also supply diceon energy remotely they do. They revive again and again and again after getting attacked, attacked and attacked. Endlessly.
Add: That's it...! Even if we pushed through in that situation, we would have been surrounded.
Elsword: Then... We can attack the core first once we locate it! We need to cut off their energy supply!
Hugo: Keep- keep that in mind!! The core must! be shut down first to stop Solace's guards...