Clear 5 dungeons within level range (excluding Ruben/Henir/Ereda)
Description
The two can't seem to settle after the depressing news.
Quest Completion Dialogue
Rose and Zero decided to push forward despite the unfortunate situation and headed to Bethma Village.
With Rose still feeling down even with the village in sight, Zero tried to console her.
Zero:Don't worry about it, Rose. This could be a temporary problem.
Zero:I'll tell you the moment the communication goes through and share you everything, including news on the Princess, so cheer up.
Rose:Sigh.... I understand. Nothing will come of being worried all the time. I will do my best.
Zero:Yeah, you can't stay down. It's only the beginning! Hey, that person over there seems to know something, come on!
Rose:Hello. Are you a resident of Bethma? If it's not too much, may I ask you about the missing lord of Elder?
Stella:An adventurer? I'm Stella, sheriff of Bethma.
Stella:Wally left a long time ago. He ran away after the El Search Party defeated him. In fact, I would love to know his location. He needs to pay the price for stealing from the mines.
Rose:The El Search Party? Could the leader be a boy named Elsword per chance?
Stella:I don't know who the leader is, but he's the one who likes to take charge.
Rose:Him again... I thought his goal was to find the El. Do you think he's on another mission?
Zero:Hm. He could be the center of everything we're investigating. Maybe even the origin of the great disaster.
Rose:Nothing's certain for now. Stella, are you close to the El Search Party? We're here to meet with them.
Stella:I'm not close to them or anything, but they helped us out when we were in a pinch. They resolved our conflict with the Lizardman.
Rose:It didn't have anything to do with the El? What happened?
Stella:When did it all begin... Things were tense around here since the Lizardman attacked us. There were concerns that our alliance was at stake, and that it might evolve into an all-out war.
Stella:But someone was behind the attack all along. A Lizardman shaman named Kayak was using necromancy to control the Lizardman tribe.
Rose:N, necromancy?! That's serious. Then did the El Search Party defeat that necromancer?
Stella:Yes. For now.
Zero:For now?
Stella:Yes. He ran away, thanks to his avid followers attacking.
Stella:I'm sure you noticed on your way here, but Bethma Gorge is basically a nature-made escape route. You can't find anyone who hides there. But at least we know he won't be able to do much. Everyone he encounters in Bethma will be his enemy.
Rose:It would have been nice if the source of the conflict was completely taken out of the picture, but at least the village is peaceful again. What happened to the El Search Party afterwards?
Stella:They got on an airship to chase Wally. It was quite a sight. If you want to know where they went, you should ask Toma.
Rose:I see. Thank you.
Stella:They also visited this village recently. Something happened in Feita and they requested reinforcement, but we were too busy because of Kayak's followers.
Rose:Recently? We might be able to see them if we hurry. What do you want to do, Rose?
Rose was about to answer to the easy question, but hesitated from Zero's words.
She came to this unfamiliar world to find the cause for the strange phenomena happening in Heaven. And she followed the people heavily related to the stealing of the El, that they suspect may be the star of the phenomena.
So this is a question if she'd rather take the long route, or find a shortcut. Of course we have to follow the shortcut. Right now, with connection to Heaven severed, the most important thing is to finish the mission quickly and go back.
Rose:Feita...
But the Princess ordered her to investigate the great disaster. The wish to complete the mission quickly and return is purely Rose's own desire.
Rose:... If the El Search Party is deeply involved in these incidents as we suspect, we cannot miss them.
Rose:But, conversely, if they truly are important, they won't be easy to miss.
Rose:We need to learn more about this world.
Rose finally made a decision after much thought.
Rose:One more question. Where can we meet this... Toma?
Clear 5 dungeons within level range (excluding Ruben/Henir/Ereda)
Description
The two are impressive by all sorts of machinery in Altera.
Quest Completion Dialogue
Rose and Zero headed to the floating island, Altera. Rose couldn't hide her astonishment the moment she got on the airship, and was greatly impressed with all the machinery around Altera.
Rose suspected the technology had to be somewhat advanced in this world from what she learned about Nasods and how Elder alchemist responded to Zero, but the Nasods she saw was beyond what she could have imagined.
Thought it looked rough on the edges, the machines were truly amazing with great firepower and highly advanced coding, along with precise mobility.
As Rose faced Nasods and analyzed them on the way to the core, she and Zero both agreed that 'it's a good thing we didn't go straight to Feita'.
Rose:Phew, we're finally at Altera Core.
Zero:Tell me about it. We spent too much time being impressed with all the technology the moment we arrived at this floating island!
Zero:I didn't think technology like this existed in the world. The El energy extractor was especially impressive! It's really the epitome of efficiency.
Rose:Yes! It was all very impressive. It will be greatly helpful if we can utilize the technology here for our own mission.
Rose looked around, after excitedly talking about the science behind Nasod technology. There was no where else to go.
Rose:Anyway... the main power room is completely empty. I thought there would be something here.
Rose:Just what did they encounter here?
Rose:Hm... Let me check the security system of Altera Core. We don't have enough time to analyze all the data, but we can check what happened recently.
(BZZT, BZZZT-)
King Nasod:For Nasods to survive... you don't need this big of an army.
King Nasod:The only reason I made this big of an army by collecting the El Shard was because I sensed a greater evil and I tried to protect Elrios from it.
King Nasod:The greater evil are the demons from the Demon Realm.
Rose:Demons...?
King Nasod:For some reason this land was deeply intertwined with the Demon Realm and was affected by it for a long time.
King Nasod:That connection has become stronger after the Great Explosion. Now there are passages that connect to the Demon Realm all over Elrios and they have been preparing their invasion.
King Nasod:If Elrios is destroyed by demons, there's no point in continuing the fight for the Nasod's survival and prosperity.
King Nasod:Eve, as the last survivor of the Nasods... I leave everything... to... you...
The footae ended there.
Rose:... So the El Search Party went back to Ruben after this incident, and headed to Feita afterwards.
Zero:Facing a new danger that threatens the world after chasing the stealing of the El...
Zero:I know we already established this, but it's really a relief we didn't go to Feita first.
Rose:The Demon Realm that threatens the whole Elrios... The problem may not be the El. Perhaps this is the true sign of the great disaster.
Zero:Now that we know, we have no time to lose. Rose!
Rose:Agreed, Zero. Let us head posthaste to Feita.
Journey to Stop the Disaster 1
