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- Scene - The Shadow's Factory
- The odd bandaged man chases a woman down the factory as she screams in terror
- Later, Billy and Player arrive at the factory
- Bodies of Shadow soldiers are strewn throughout
- Chapter 14
- Metal Nexus II
- Billy: All these Shadow Soldiers have arrow wounds on their bodies.
- Player: ... It must be him!
- Billy: Is he our ally? Or he just kills for fun?
- (An indistinct male voice calling for help from nearby)
- Billy: ...
- Billy notices a finely dressed man on the ground
- Billy: He doesn't have arrow wounds on his body.
- Survivor: H-Help my daughter.
- Survivor: I-If there still is anything left on me, you can have them all.
- Player: Why did you come here?
- Mine owner: I bought this factory... Today is the handover day... But it turned out to be a trap.
- Player: Where is your daughter now?
- Mine owner: She was kidnapped by a nasty man...
- Billy: Who hurt you like this?
- Mine owner: (His last words before passing out) It's him... Him... the Shadow with only one arm.
- Player: ...
- Billy: He did it again! That crazy man is evil!
- Player: We don't know what happened yet.
- Player: Let's see what's going on there!
- Billy: Okay!
- (The mine owner has been robbed clean. A mini doll is found nearby)
- Billy and Player continue to explore the factory
- They run into some Shadow soldiers
- Billy: Shadow lackeys!
- Shadow Soldier A: (Nervous) No need to fight now. Whoever is stuck here will die eventually.
- Shadow Soldier A: (Nervous) Master John could stall these two. We should go execute the orders!
- Player: ...
- Shadow Soldier B: (Whisper) I will go block the Nexus entrance in the pond!
- Shadow Soldier B: (Whisper) You go set up the explosion.
- Billy: No one is going anywhere!
- The voice of a young woman: (Scream) Help!
- Billy: ...
- The Shadow soldiers run past Billy and Player
- Player: The voice is coming from that direction!
- Billy: We don't have time to get entangled with these losers. Gotta save lives first!
- Billy and Player rush towards the woman's screams
- They see the odd bandaged man getting ready to attack the woman
- Billy: Stop!
- Billy: I forbid you to harm innocent lives with boss' weapon!
- Billy and Player guard the woman
- Young woman: (Sob) Help me...
- Young woman: (Sob) Please... Please let me go.
- Young woman: (Sob) I know nothing. I came here with my father to take over the factory...
- Weird man with the bandage: Where is Martin?
- Young woman: (Sob) N-Nemesio, sir, I don't know what you are talking about...
- Young woman: (Sob) I-I don't know Martin.
- Nemesio: One last time.
- Nemesio: Where is Martin?
- Billy: You are crazy. How would she know?
-Choice 1.1 - No, of course she knows.
- Player: Am I right, Master John?
- Player: Or, should I call you Hierophant John... or Mage John? You seem to have quite a few identities.
- Player turns to the woman
- Young woman: (Stop crying)
- Billy: What are you talking about?
- Player: How did you know that he is Nemesio if you never met before?
- Player: Nemesio doesn't like to talk. Ask him ten questions, and he won't answer one.
- Player: He would never mention his name to his newly abducted hostage.
- Young woman: (Laugh) That's all?
- Player: There's more.
- Player: Those Shadow Soldiers are either dead or injured.
- Player: And how could such a weak woman like you survive this long?
- Player: You got any magic tricks?
- Young woman: Ha-ha, you are right.
- Young woman: Nemesio's blow really got into my head. The act isn't over and loopholes are all over the place...
- The woman traps Nemesio in a globe of Shadow flux
- Billy: Ah?! What have you done to him?
- Young woman: Don't worry. I couldn't stand him anymore, so I sent him to the Illusion Barrier. I don't want him to disturb our conversation.
- Young woman: Alas, if I had acted more sincerely, with a bit less affectation...
- Young woman: You would side with me and beat up that crazy person, right?
- Player: Eh, no.
- Player: I'd noticed something fishy before I saw you.
- Player: I wasn't surprised at all. I've seen your dirty tricks before.
- Young woman: 'Woah, I want to applaud your wisdom.'
- Young woman: Do I sound like Miss Rita when she compliments someone?
- Young woman: If you hadn't said my name out loud, I was going to keep my disguise.
- Player: If your subordinate hadn't mentioned your name, I wouldn't been so sure...
- Player: It was you who is disguised as the rich man's daughter!
- The woman transforms into John
- John: Try this.
- John attacks Player and Billy but the manage to defend against him
- John: Your skills have been improved.
- Billy: Thank god you blew his cover! He almost had me there!
- Billy: Tell me, where is that rich man's daughter?
- Billy: Since you could disguise yourself as her, you must have met her before!
- John: Hey! Easy, easy! Billy, my man.
- John: Don't worry. I am just kidding. I already had someone send her home!
- Player: The Shadow Soldiers in the factory died of arrow wounds.
- Player: Except that rich man. Someone intentionally kept him alive and lured us here.
- Player: Nemesio is rushing over to the factory, with an urgent expression on his face.
- Player: Why leave one alive in a killing spree?
- Player: Who would harm an innocent man and rob him clean? And then kidnap his daughter?
- Player: It is so like you! Greedy and nasty.
- Nemesio: (Bellow...)
- John: Hey, Nemesio! Looking at your face up close even gives me chills!
- John: I disguised myself as you when I robbed that old man and played with that girl...
- John: Ha-ha, that must be terrifying! The shadowy face does resemble a beast...
- Billy: It was you who harmed that rich man!
- John: Me? I didn't do it.
- John: It was Nemesio who hurt them. When that girl runs back to the village crying...
- John: Everyone will know that Nemesio is a woman assaulter!
- John: I have nothing to do with that sort of sordid deeds.
- John: All I have ever done is to do business with them.
- John: I already got the money. As for the factory... I really wanted that rich man to have it...
- John: For his graveyard.
- John: Wait a little more...
- John: You'll see how sincere I am.
- Player: ...
-Choice 1.2 - Since he's crazy, there's no need to argue with him! Stop him now!
- Player and Billy fight the odd bandaged man and manage to defend the woman
- After the fight, the woman stands up and traps Nemesio in a globe of Shadow flux
- Player: No! It's a trap!
- Young woman: Ha! Ha! Ha!
- Young woman: So, you Gyees are just like me...
- Young woman: His blow probably got into my head. Loopholes are all over the place...
- Young woman: I was worried about my act. But you hadn't noticed at all...
- Young woman: If I disguised myself as an old man or woman, would you still be a hero so recklessly?
- Billy: !!!
- Billy: What have you done to Nemesio?
- Young woman: Don't worry. I couldn't stand him anymore, so I sent him to the Illusion Barrier. I don't want him to disturb our conversation.
- The woman transforms into John
- Player: John! It's you...
- John: Poor guy. After what Martin and I have done to him...
- John: Once a War God, now a public enemy.
- John: A fierce-looking and silent man must be a bad guy? What a prejudice!
- John: My harmless looks and smooth talks didn't stop me from doing bad things.
- John: Nemesio, look how Gyees treat you after you risked your life for them!
- John: Well, just forget about Gyee...
- John: Why don't you join me? Shadows are the only ones who truly accept you.
- Nemesio: (Bellow painfully)
- John: That shadow side of your face is beastlike. Even I got chills looking at it up close.
- John: Imagine robbing the rich man and messing with the girl with this face...
- John: Ha-ha, that's truly terrifying!
- Player: It's you!
- Billy: It was you who hurt the rich man and his daughter!
- John: Me? I didn't do it.
- John: It was Nemesio who hurt them. When that girl runs back to the village crying...
- John: Everyone will know that Nemesio is a woman assaulter!
- John: I have nothing to do with that sort of sordid deeds.
- John: All I have ever done is to do business with them.
- John: I already got the money. As for the factory... I really wanted that rich man to have it...
- John: For his graveyard.
- John: Wait a little more...
- John: You'll see how sincere I am.
- Player: ...
- Scene continues after choices
- Choices start #1
- Choice 2.1 - You're unusual today...
- Player: Why aren't you running away now that you were caught?
- Player: It's so unlike you. Since when you stopped being a coward?
- Player: You must be plotting something!
- Player: That's why you are stalling us!
- John: You are right.
- Go back to Choices start #1
- Choice 2.2 - How did you know we would come?
- John: The entry to the ruins is hidden under the pond of the forest.
- John: And yet you chose the Shadows' internal passageways.
- John: You think I don't know who are passing through my factory?
- John: After all this messing around, you even made the ruins crumble!
- John: But you saved me a lot of trouble...
- John: I knew you would come but I didn't expect Nemesio to be here as well!
- John: But I am glad he is here!
- John: All my troubles could vanish today!
- Go back to Choices start #1
- Choice 2.3 - Where's Metal Nexus?
- John: You asked the wrong person.
- John: Do you think I would tell you nicely?
- John: Pst, the Metal Nexus you are looking for has quite a temper...
- John: I had been kissing up to it for so long. But in the end, I was played like a fool.
- John: It ruined all my efforts! Years of hard work, all gone!
- Go back to Choices start #1
- Choice 2.4 - What have you done to Nemesio?
- John: I do evil things, because I want to survive.
- John: Nemesio lives in pursuit of death.
- John: Those nightmares will grant his wish.
- John: If you are so concerned, just see yourself!
- Scene continues after choices
- John warps Billy and Player inside the Illusion Barrier that traps Nemesio
- They all experience the illusion together
- Scene - Inside the illusion
- John, Rita and Martin stand before a kneeling Nemesio
- Player and Billy observe their conversation
- John: Among my many enemies, no one is as clingy as you.
- John: You must hate me to guts. You kill your benefactor who gave your power.
- Nemesio: ...
- John: But the other one... He doesn't even remember who you are...
- John: You met him once and you were ruined. You have no right to see him again.
- Nemesio: ...
- John: You drag your half-ruined body and fight against the Shadow power inside you.
- John: Why bother?
- John: Just accept the power granted by the Shadows.
- John: You will feel better.
- Nemesio: I don't need it!!
- Player and Billy go to Nemesio's aid
- Billy: What is this place?
- Player: We are inside the Shadow Barrier too!
- Player: Look! The bandage man is here!
- Billy: He's mumbling to himself... Am I hallucinating?
- Billy: I'll go find out.
- Player: Don't go!
- Player: He will harm you when he gets crazy!
- Billy: I can't leave him like that.
- Billy: Nemesio's not a Shadow. He's a Gyee.
- Billy: Whether it's for Miles or boss Turing or anyone, it must be a friend of a friend!
- Player: Okay. Be careful...
- Player and Billy get closer
- Player: !!!
- Nemesio stands up
- Rita: Just be a Shadow.
- Rita: Die with Martin.
- Martin: If it were someone else, I would persuade him to be a Shadow.
- Martin: But I won't waste my words on you.
- Martin: You will become one of us sooner or later.
- Nemesio: In your dream!!
- John: Look in the mirror! It's never gonna happen!
- John: Kill Martin and me, and you could be War God again?
- Nemesio: Shut up!!
- Rita: Hush!
- Rita: Not enough.
- Rita: You need more Shadow power. And I can give it to you.
- Rita: (Tease) Join me. I will help you seek revenge against Martin.
- Nemesio: Get lost!!
- Nemesio attacks John, Martin and Rita with a rain of arrows and the illusions disappear
- Nemesio: Get out of my head!!
- Player: ...
- Nemesio: Who... else?
- Billy: H-He... He is coming for us...
- Billy: What shall we do?!
- An explosion can be heard outside of the illusion
- Player: Outside...
- Billy: Did you hear an explosion?
- Nemesio: He... is going to have his way.
- Billy: ???
- Player: Set up explosion? Block the entry? Those Shadow Soldiers who escaped earlier...
- Player: John is not only plotting the big escape, but also blowing up the Shadow factory!
- Player awakens from the illusion
- Scene - Inside the factory
- John: Ha-ha, it's time!
- A bright flash fills the room
- Player: Huh?!
- The barrier around Billy, Nemesio and Player dissapears
- John: ...
- John: Humph! Metal Nexus again!
- John runs away
- Nemesio: Take your friend to find the elevator! That's the only entry to Metal Nexus!
- Player: What about you?
- Nemesio: Do you understand me?
- Player: No!
- Nemesio: I won't drag you down. But you should stay away!
- Player: It's his trap! You won't beat him alone!
- Nemesio: Say one more word, the three of us will die now.
- Player: ...
- Nemesio: You got more important things to do.
- Nemesio: Run for your life.
- Nemesio runs after John
- Just then, multiple explosions go off in the factory
- Billy: Be careful!
- Player and Billy dodge some falling debris
- Player: There's no escape...
- Billy: Do you think we'll suffocate on the smoke? Or burn to death in the fire?
- Billy: The boss has ordered me to protect you till the very end.
- Billy: Farewell!
- Another flash fills the room and the fires and explosions disappear
- Player: Eh?
- Behind Player and Billy, a red spirit possesses a broken robot which then springs back to life
- Player: What's going on?!
- Awakened Robot: Another job to do...
- Awakened Robot: Such a pain in the neck.
- Billy: Em...
- Awakened Robot: Follow me.
- Player: You are?
- Awakened Robot: Papa Metal wants to see you.
- Player: ???
- Billy: You mean... Metal Nexus?
- Awakened Robot: Why do humans talk so much?
- Awakened Robot: Stay put if you want to be buried alive.
- Billy: I'll follow you! Right now!
- Player: Wait! We have a friend out there!
- Awakened Robot: Papa Metal has made some arrangements. He won't die.
- Awakened Robot: It's not my business. I am only responsible for picking you up.
- Awakened Robot: Although I just wanna lie down in solitude.
- Player: ...
- Player and Billy follow the robot
- They pass a broken robot on the ground
- Awakened Robot: No. 3, you can finally rest in peace after a lifetime of hard work.
- Awakened Robot: No more overtime for you, right?
- They pass another broken robot
- Awakened Robot: I envy you. You could rest now.
- Awakened Robot: I still got work to do.
- They pass another broken robot
- Awakened Robot: Hey, No. 6, you haven't returned the mechanical oil to me yet.
- Awakened Robot: Forget it. Less oil, less work.
- Awakened Robot: Papa Metal won't drag me awake again.
- The robot leads Player and Billy to a massive door
- The door has the rune for Metal engraved in the middle
- Awakened Robot: Metal Nexus is down there.
- Awakened Robot: To go, or not to go. I don't care either way.
- Player: Go!
- Awakened Robot: If you don't go, less work for me.
- Awakened Robot: Then go.
- The robot opens the door and leads Player and Billy inside the elevator to the Metal Nexus
- Scene - Metal Nexus Complex
- Billy: (A sigh of relief) That was close. I thought I couldn't get out!
- Player: It's alive!
- Awakened Robot: (Gloomy) What's the point of being alive?
- Billy: I have never met a robot like this.
- Player: The robot in the pipe wasn't as dark as this one...
- Awakened Robot: Yeah, my name is Darkie.
- Player: ...
- Darkie: I guard the entry point from the factory to Metal Nexus.
- Darkie: Amidst the chaos, I go and seek my death.
- Darkie: I did it.
- Darkie: But Papa Metal can feel the Wheel of Fate in you. He sent me to pick you up.
- Darkie: (Mumble) I didn't want to come.
- Billy: ...
- Darkie: But Papa Metal made me. I must listen to him.
- Darkie: (Mumble) I have no choice whatever. Papa Metal could control me.
- Darkie: If you wish to meet Papa Metal, you need to take elevators three times to the lowest floor.
- Darkie: Papa Metal used a lot of Flux to save you. He can't activate all the elevators.
- Darkie: (Whisper) For these two meatballs.
- Player: We can hear you...
- Darkie: Only one elevator can be used on each floor to go down.
- Darkie: You should be able to find it on your own.
- Darkie: If you can't, we could all stay here.
- Darkie: (Whisper) Forget it. I'd rather die alone.
- Player talks to Darkie
- Darkie: How ridiculous! When you think life couldn't get any worse...
- Darkie: ... It did get worse.
- Player: .. Tell us which elevator works. Life would get better.
- Darkie: Why?
- Player: Because... Because you could finish the quest Papa Metal assigned you.
- Darkie: Quests will never end.
- Darkie: Power outage is the only way out.
- Player: Why are you so dark and twisty?
- Darkie: All intelligent beings feel pain because they are angry at their powerlessness.
- Darkie: I can aim at a target 10 km away.
- Darkie: But I've been stuck here for a thousand years.
- Billy: A thousand years?!!
- Darkie: Yep. A thousand years.
- Choice 3.1 - Then you are supposed to be disillusioned
- Darkie: Disillusioned?
- Player: I mean... after all these years, you should be free from any desire and emotion.
- Darkie: (Mumble) Humph, empty talker.
- Darkie: You have no idea what it feels like to have your talent unused for a thousand years.
- Choice 3.2 - Then you should be happy
- Darkie: Why should I be happy?
- Darkie: Open my Flux core and I could leave this boring world for good?
- Player: I mean...
- Darkie: No, my core could be fixed again.
- Darkie: I will be staying here.
- Conversation continues after choices
- Player: ...
- Darkie: Go. Finish your quest.
- Darkie: I want to be alone.
- Player and Billy explore the complex and find a robot
- Player: You can... talk, right?
- Guard No. 2: You-Want-To-Ask-Me-Something.
- Billy: Huh? How did you know that?
- Guard No. 2: I-Can-Read-Minds.
- Guard No. 2: You-Are-Billy.
- Billy: Ha-ha! Impressive!
- Guard No. 2: You-Love-Your-Boss.
- Guard No. 2: Your-Boss-Doesn't-Love-You-Back.
- Billy: Eh... Right.
- Guard No. 2: You-Like-The-Handsome-Next-To-You.
- Guard No. 2: The-Handsome-Next-To-You-Loves-Someone-Else.
- Player: !!!
- Billy: ...
- Billy looks angry
- Guard No. 2: Do-You-Want-Me-To-Tell-You-Something-More-[beep]?
- Guard No. 2: Oh-You-Don't.
- Guard No. 2: You-Want-To-Smash-Me.
- Billy: You are right.
- Player: Wait. We should ask it more questions before you smash it...
- Guard No. 2: The-Elevator-Right-Across-Me-Leads-To-The-Next-Floor.
- Guard No. 2: Handsome-Take-Your-Friend-Out-Of-Here-Now.
- Billy: ...
- Guard No. 2: Sorry-That-My-Words-Made-You-Angry.
- Guard No. 2: Please-Take-This.
- (An apology gift from the bigmouthed Guard No. 2, a Green Flux Key)
- The two find the elevator door and open it wiht the green flux key
- Player: It opened!
- Darkie leads Player and Billy to the next level
- Player: We need another Flux ball on this floor, right?
- Darkie: ... Saved me the trouble to explain.
- Darkie: The Flux ball in the middle.
- Darkie: But those clusters may not like other creatures to get too close...
- Darkie: Can you hear their cryings?
- Billy: We...
- Darkie: No, you can't.
- Darkie: The frequency is too high for you.
- Darkie: Powerful energies are dissipating. They will be turned into dust soon.
- Player: If Papa Metal wants to see us, why didn't he open all the elevators?
- Player: He should ask these clusters to make way for us too.
- Darkie: These element creatures don't listen to Papa Metal.
- Player: Could you take care of them for us?
- Darkie: Papa Metal only asked me to show you the way. I wasn't told to take care of your problems.
- Billy: Okay... We'll take care of them ourselves.
- Player talks to Darkie
- Darkie: Don't act like you want to talk to me. I know you hate me.
- Choice 4.1 - I don't hate you
- Darkie: You hate me. Everybody hates me. That's how the Flux circulates.
- Player: What the hell...
- Darkie: You hate me because I didn't help you to get the key.
- Darkie: Everybody hates me because Papa Metal didn't bring them back to life and picked me.
- Player: Those robots are dead now. How could they hate you?
- Darkie: No. I can still feel it. The hatred in their cold fiber nucleus...
- Darkie: ...is so strong.
- Choice 4.2 - I hate you
- Darkie: Talking about things can make you feel better.
- Player: I...
- Darkie: Be honest to yourself and others. That makes everybody's life easier.
- Darkie: But no one does that, whether it's human-to-human, human-to-machine, or even machine-to-machine.
- Darkie: Everyone hides their true feelings and lies to each other.
- Darkie: So, life sucks.
- Scene continues after choices
- Player and Billy retrieve the blue flux key
- Player: Got the Flux key. Which door should I open?
- They go to the next door
- Billy: It opened!
- Darkie leads the two down the next level
- This floor is filled with robots
- Billy: Woah! The atmosphere is so different from the other floors!
- Billy: They look happy.
- Darkie: Happiness or sadness, what's the difference?
- Darkie: We don't have all day.
- Darkie: But if you want to be happy with them, just go.
- Darkie: I will be waiting over there.
- Darkie leaves the two and guards a door at the very end of the path
- After talking with the other robots, Player and Billy approach Darkie
- Darkie: Happiness is but a fleeting moment; while boredom is our constant companion.
- Darkie: Ready to go?
- Player: Yeah
- Darkie: Okay.
- Darkie starts charging
- Player: ...
- Billy: Darkie, what are you doing?
- Darkie attacks Player and Billy but they defeat it
- After the battle, Darkie's spirit floats over it's robot body
- Player: W-What's going on?
- Darkie: The moment my body broke into pieces... it felt like the first time the power went on.
- Darkie: So, that's happiness?
- Darkie: I am happy because I am finally free? Or because I helped you?
- Player: ...
- Darkie: I have done my mission.
- Darkie: Papa Metal resurrected me with this Flux Key to guide you here.
- Darkie: I couldn't break myself. So you have to do it.
- Billy: Darkie!
- Darkie: Just as I wished. No more reason to be alive.
- Darkie: The explosion set up by the Shadows had blocked all the entries to this place.
- Darkie: Papa Metal's Flux has depleted. He will go into slumber soon.
- Darkie: When he falls asleep, all robots will follow.
- Darkie: I am just getting a head start...
- Player: You might be dark, but we are here all thanks to you!
- Darkie: Papa Metal must have his reason to keep you alive.
- Darkie: I am just a dumb and gloomy machine.
- Darkie: My life sucks...
- Darkie: You-You-Must-Keep-On-Living.
- Darkie: Find-Your-Reason-To-Be-Alive.
- Darkie: ...
- Darkie: ... Thanks.
- Billy: ...
- Darkie's spirit opens the final door
- Player: Let's go.
- Billy: ...
- The two walk in the room and see a giant floating mechanical ball
- Metal Nexus: You are finally here...
- Metal Nexus: I am so sleepy. I can't even open my eyes.
- Metal Nexus: My damn engine is going to die soon...
- Player: Sorry...
- Metal Nexus: Ha-ha, you don't have to be sorry for me. The Shadows were badly hurt too.
- Billy: Those robots died while you fought the Shadows...
- Billy: With your power, can't you save them?
- Billy: You gave life to them in the first place...
- Metal Nexus: No one can control their fate...
- Metal Nexus: The robot beast is no exception...
- Metal Nexus: Nobody can end their lives.
- Metal Nexus: Give or take, it's all part of their destiny.
- Metal Nexus: The Wheel of Fate never stops.
- Player: Why did you save us? Why did you send Darkie to guide us here?
- Metal Nexus: Because the future lies on the shoulder of Luk'ur.
- Billy: Luk'ur?
- Metal Nexus: Em.... You call yourselves Humans now.
- Metal Nexus: Whether it's the ancient battle or the 2nd battle against the Shadows, humans have always been at the frontline!
- Metal Nexus: We only provided our assistance.
- Metal Nexus: It's your little arms and little legs that stopped the Shadows from retaking Luxium.
- Metal Nexus: But the future is still shrouded in the unknown...
- Metal Nexus: We must prepare to unite all living beings.
- Metal Nexus: No one should be ignored.
- Metal Nexus: Especially you, guest from another world.
- Player: ... Me?
- Metal Nexus: Yes, I can feel the Flux of your two brothers in you.
- Metal Nexus: One feels honest and the other feels reserved, ha-ha!
- Metal Nexus: You need to visit my remaining three brothers...
- Metal Nexus: One is above the clouds...
- Metal Nexus: One is at the top of the mountains...
- Metal Nexus: And one is in the valley of flames.
- Metal Nexus: By gathering all our powers, the Wheel of Fate will awake.
- Metal Nexus: With the Wheel of Fate, the odds of defeating the Shadows will increase significantly.
- Player: If I gather six fluxes, can I go home?
- Metal Nexus: Only that person knows this kind of things.
- Player: That person?
- Metal Nexus: Young man, I am running out of time.
- Metal Nexus: Here are my welcome gift and farewell gift to you!
- Metal Nexus: Keep these Flux Keys. No one will find here.
- Metal Nexus: I am exhausted after fighting the Shadows all these years.
- Metal Nexus: It's time for me to rest.
- Metal Nexus: See you later!
- (Metal Nexus fell into stillness.)
- Player takes out the dice and it floats up towards the Metal Nexus
- The three flux keys that Player collected earlier go into the dice
- Suddenly, the giant wheel appears, shining with the Arcana Flux and Earth Flux runes
- The rune for Metal Flux fills in another segement of the wheel and the wheel disappears
- As the dice floats back to Player, Bun emerges
- Player: Bun!
- Light: Wow! It's been so long!
- Billy: Ha-ha! I am thrilled to see you again!
- Light: I can feel the strong Flux!
- Light: I got most of my energies back!
- Light: Now, I think it's time to take you to that person.
- Player: Huh? That quick?
- Light: I can't wait anymore!
- Bun creates a portal that sucks Player and Billy in
- Scene - A small island
- A muscular man in a kendo hakama kneels in front of a small hut
- He stands up
- ???: I'm back.
- Just then, the portal drops Player and Billy in front of the man
- Player: Ahh!
- Billy: Ah!
- Billy: ... Feels like my brain is still reeling...
- Player: My bum... hurts...
- Billy: Damn! Bun has disappeared again!
- Player: ...
- Billy: Huh? Where are we?
- Ranmaru: Ash Isle.
- Billy: ?
- Player and Billy notice the muscular man behind them
- Player: This...
- Billy: Azria! Ranmaru?
- Player: ???
- Billy: Bun must want us to meet him!
- Ranmaru: The Wheel of Fate resurfaced again.
- Ranmaru: Master Az...
- Billy: I never thought I could meet Master Ranmaru in my life!
- Choices start #2
- Choice 5.1 - You know this heavy-built man?
- Billy: Master Ranmaru is my idol too!
- Billy: I wasn't even born yet when he first made his name in the battle.
- Player: Looks like you are about the same age...
- Player: You are too mature or he has anti-aging secrets?
- Billy: I can't tell Master Ranmaru's exact age. But he is at least 100 years old.
- Player: ...
- Billy: It's said that Master Ranmaru has acquired an Arcana named Once A Millennium from an ancient book.
- Billy: He has retained his youth ever since he learned that Arcana with Master Az.
- Player: You admire him because he is ageless?
- Billy: No, Once A Millennium will put people into a slumber of many years.
- Billy: If I were to practice that Arcana, I would die!
- Billy: What I admire is...
- Billy: The legendary brotherly love between Master Ranmaru and Master Az!
- Go back to Choices start #2
- Choice 5.2 - Why did Bun send us here?
- Billy: Let me guess. Maybe Master Az led us here?
- Player: ...
- Billy: Master Ranmaru is both Master Az's guardian and his best friend.
- Billy: Since Master Az went missing, Master Ranmaru has never stopped looking for him.
- Billy: As to why he ended up in this place called Ash Isle...
- Billy: Maybe this place has a special meaning to Master Az and him...
- Go back to Choices start #2
- Choice 5.3 - Why is Master Ranmaru here?
- Ranmaru: After that battle, half of Ash Isle was submerged. I was the only one who stayed.
- Ranmaru: I've been waiting for Master Az for years. This is the first time that I had visitors.
- Ranmaru: The Wheel of Fate guided you right to this place. I don't think it's a coincidence.
- Conversation continues after choices
- Ranmaru: Do you know where Master Az is now?
- Player: Sorry, I have no idea...
- Player: But Master Az must have something to do with me coming here.
- (Told Ranmaru what happened before.)
- (Ranmaru listened patiently. His expression went from surprise to joy, then he furrowed his brow and fell silent.)
- Player: You could recognize the Wheel of Fate...
- Player: You weren't surprised at all that we appeared out of nowhere. This is not be the first time you saw this?
- Player: Master Ranmaru, you must know something, right?
- Ranmaru: Anything on your mind, just ask away.
- Choices start #3
- Choice 6.1 - About Ash Isle...
- Ranmaru: I died twice. The second time was in Azria and the first time was here.
- Ranmaru: This was the last place where I fought side by side with him and said our goodbyes...
- Ranmaru: Master Az and I, together with his teacher Aaron, found the Wheel of Fate that had gone missing for hundreds of years.
- Ranmaru: But the Shadows followed us too.
- Ranmaru: In our bloody combat with the Shadows, Master Az was taken away by the Wheel of Fate.
- Ranmaru: I was lucky enough to resurrect and get rid of the Shadows. But Master Aaron died!
- Ranmaru: After the Wheel of Fate disappeared, Ash Isle crumbled and half of it was submerged under the sea. It's a desolate place now.
- Ranmaru: We didn't even have time to say where and when we would meet again.
- Ranmaru: All I can do is wait.
- Go back to Choices start #3
- Choice 6.2 - About Master Az...
- Player: Where is Master Az? When will he come back?
- Player: Maybe it has something to do with me going home?
- Ranmaru: Your speculation is right.
- Ranmaru: The other world where Master Az is now... It might be your hometown, Blue Star.
- Ranmaru: When he left, both his body and soul were teleported away.
- Ranmaru: As for you, only your soul was teleported from Blue Star.
- Ranmaru: The door connecting these two worlds...
- Ranmaru: Its lock and key are both in here.
- Billy: You mean... the door can only be opened in Luxium. It can't be open from the outside?
- Billy: Master Az opened a window from the outside and squeezed your soul in here?
- Ranmaru: You arrived here with the infusion of the Avatar...
- Ranmaru: Maybe you should find the key to move from one world to another.
- Ranmaru: If the door opens, you could get out and he could come back.
- Go back to Choices start #3
- Choice 6.3 - About the Wheel of Fate...
- Player: How much do you know about it? Why would the Shadows...
- Ranmaru: The Wheel of Fate is an ancient artifact that connects to the outside world.
- Ranmaru: It's also my hope of finding Master Az.
- Ranmaru: The Wheel of Fate can open the door to your home. But it can also help the Shadows achieve their endgame.
- Go back to Choices start #3
- Choice 6.4 - About Shadows...
- Ranmaru: You only get a glimpse of what the Shadows are plotting.
- Ranmaru: Master Az, Master Aaron and I fought together against Shadowlord. Two of us died and one injured.
- Ranmaru: Still, we failed to deal a deadly blow to the Shadows.
- Ranmaru: You are lucky that you've only encountered low-rank Shadows so far.
- Player: ...
- Ranmaru: Your real enemies haven't acted yet.
- Ranmaru: Grey Serpent, the mastermind behind the fall of Azria, is now the leader of Shadowcult.
- Ranmaru: But Shadowcult is merely a small fraction of the Shadows.
- Billy: Huh? Even the mastermind behind the battle of Azria is insignificant?
- Ranmaru: There is an immense Shadow Legion which is lurking in the dark.
- Ranmaru: Time is not ripe yet. I can't tell you more.
- Ranmaru: Things will only get worse.
- Ranmaru: It's impossible to uproot the seeds of evil.
- Go back to Choices start #3
- Choice 6.5 - How to get out of here?
- Billy: Thank you, Master Ranmaru.
- Player: I will keep your words in mind, Master Ranmaru.
- Ranmaru: I should thank you first.
- Ranmaru: How fortunate to meet you today!
- Ranmaru: If I don't help you, Master Az could never return.
- Conversation continues after choices
- Ranmaru: Anything you need, I am here to help.
- Player: Master Ranmaru, I do have something to ask of you.
- Ranmaru: Ask away.
- Player: Bun... the Arcana Spirit who teleported us here has gone back to sleep.
- Player: But we don't know how to get back...
- Ranmaru: I could give you my raft. Row it to the direction of the lighthouse.
- Ranmaru: You will arrive eventually.
- Player: Row back?
- Ranmaru: Don't worry. There is food and water on the raft.
- Ranmaru: If you fail to arrive when the food is running low...
- Player: What shall we do?
- Ranmaru: Then, row faster.
- Billy: ...
- Player: Eh...
- Ranmaru: No problem.
- Ranmaru: Anything I have, you could take them with you.
- Player and Billy prepare to get on the raft
- Billy: Take care of yourself，Master Ranmaru.
- Player: We will still see each other again，Master Ranmaru?
- Ranmaru: The path to victory against the Shadows is far more fraught with danger than even Eversun's waterways.
- Ranmaru: Today，Ranmaru promised.
- Ranmaru: If you ever run into trouble，I will do everything I can to protect you.
- Ranmaru: I've added you to my list of reasons to leave the Ashen Isle now.
- Ranmaru: Farewell!
- Ranmaru bows to Player
- Player: Farewell!
- Player and Billy get on the raft
- Continue to Chapter 15