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Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 55: Hidden Away - Episode 1
General Adam laments that the Erste Empire has become corrupted due to the influence of dark essence. He offers to fly the crew to Agastia to show them something, which the crew accepts.
General Adam of the Erste Imperial Army has asked (Captain) and company to bring an end to the empire.
However, the skyfarers are having difficulty processing this sudden turn of events.
Eugen: Oy, oy, oy... Did I hear ya right? You're just gonna lay this on us like that?
Black Knight: I don't understand this at all. What are you trying to accomplish?
Io: Wouldn't getting rid of Erste mean beating up that Loki guy who calls himself emperor or something?
Drang: You know, I've always had this impression of you, Io, but sometimes your insight is scary—
Drang: Ow!
Sturm: I'm not letting you derail the conversation when there's still so little we understand.
Rosetta: Well, one thing is clear. He got us out of a sticky situation. I wasn't expecting that.
Vyrn: Okay, that's true, but this guy's gotta have a hidden agenda, right?
Lyria: Can you tell me something?
Lyria: Does your request have something to do with the unpleasant feeling I sensed in Agastia?
Adam: I know it must be very confusing. I will tell you everything.
Adam takes a deep breath and begins his tale of desperation.
Adam: I served the Erste Kingdom before it became the Erste Empire.
Adam: The Erste Kingdom had magnificent technologies. It was an incredible nation.
Adam: Ravi Island could hardly be called bountiful, but our golem industry provided prosperity, and the people lived in peace.
Adam: I do not dream, but I can still see the smiling faces of the citizens I protected.
Black Knight: I have no interest in those old stories. You're speaking of the time period before the Astrals invaded, correct?
Adam: Yes. The Astral invasion brought about the collapse of the kingdom.
Adam: Though the world around Erste changed from that point on, at its core Erste itself remained the same.
Adam: However, for several years now the use of dark essence is warping Erste into something monstrous.
Adam: And it won't be long before this monstrous empire devours itself and the entire world with it.
Adam: My sole reason for existing is to stop that from happening.
Adam: Unfortunately the situation has grown too immense for me to stop alone.
Rosetta: And that's why you want us to bring down the empire?
Eugen: We've heard this and that 'bout how Erste's gone a bit screwy.
Eugen: But to hear a leader speak so bluntly 'bout toppling their own empire...
Black Knight: Adam... I can understand why you would think this way, but...
Black Knight: Why is it imperative you come to us? I'm sorry, but I am inundated with my own problems right now.
Black Knight: On the contrary, these people have no reason to work with Erste given their history. Isn't that right?
Vyrn: Well, we wouldn't be chased by the empire anymore if they were gone, I guess...
Adam: What if I could give you what you want in return for defying the empire?
Adam: A method for restoring Princess Orchis to her former self for example. How does that sound?
Lyria: That's what the Black Knight's been searching for all this time!
Black Knight: Humph. Is this Freesia's idea on how to lure me in?
Adam: You don't trust me?
Black Knight: Give me a reason to trust you, and we'll go from there.
Adam: Fair enough. Come with me. I have something I can show you.
Rosetta: Oh? And where might you be taking us?
Adam: The imperial capital. The source of all things Erste.
Adam finishes speaking and boards an airship nearby.
Vyrn: Wh-what should we do? After all that we still don't know anything...
Drang: What's the harm, I say. Let's follow him. He said he'd take us to the capital, right?
Sturm: Agreed. If it's a trap, we'll deal with it then.
Eugen: It's risky, but we knew this was never gonna be smooth sailing from the get-go...
Io: I'm kinda curious to see what he's talking about too...
Lyria: There's still a lot we don't understand, but I really believe that he's troubled by something.
Black Knight: Then it sounds like we've come to a decision. I trust you have no problems with that, (Captain)?
Choose: Of course!
Black Knight: Humph. Putting on a brave face as always.
(Captain) and company board Adam's airship.
Choose: I'm a little scared...
Rosetta: Heehee. What's all this now? You've fought through worse before, haven't you?
Rosetta: Have more faith in yourself. Otherwise it'd be a shame considering all the work you've done to get here.
(Captain) and company board Adam's airship.
Continue 1Although they're on the fast track to Agastia, it comes in a way no one had expected.
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 55: Hidden Away - Episode 1: Scene 2
Adam puts his power on display by defeating monsters along the way to the capital. Unfortunately, he says that he's powerless against Astrals and dark essence without elaborating further.
(Captain)'s team, along with General Adam, continue to Agastia.
Monster: Grooar!
Adam: Haaah!
Monster: Graow...
Vyrn: Whoa... I could already tell from the beginning, but you're super strong!
Adam: I am only as strong as I need to be. I cannot comment on whether your assessment is true or false.
Sturm: Is that sarcasm? You knocked out every one of those imperial soldiers with the back of your sword.
Sturm: No ordinary man could have done that as quickly as you did without killing anyone.
Adam: Because that was all that was needed and nothing more.
Adam: My duty is to protect the people of Erste. I cannot harm those soldiers.
Sturm: Heh... This is the corrupted general of the imperial army?
Vyrn: Wait, wait. Can't you take on Loki and the dark essence by yourself with that kinda strength?
Vyrn: Why do you need to beg us to do stuff?
Adam: I am powerless against the Astrals and the dark essence that mimics their power.
Adam: It's not a question of being strong or weak. That's just the way it is.
Vyrn: Hmm... That's how it is, huh?
Adam: Yes. In any case, more monsters are closing in.
Adam: (Captain), draw your weapon. We will intercept them.
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 55: Hidden Away - Episode 2
General Adam shows the crew a secret facility and tells the history of the primal beast Deus Ex Machina. This primal beast, under the control of the empire, is the source of everyone's troubles.
(Captain)'s team steps foot into the capital of the Erste Empire led by General Adam.
He takes them to a hidden facility.
Io: What is this place? It's full of sleeping people...
Adam: No. These people are not sleeping.
Adam: They can do nothing but lie there as if they were dolls.
Black Knight: Dolls...
Adam: I believe you know of the primal beast Akasha, correct?
Lyria: Yes. It was the one with a terrible power in Lumacie.
Adam: Then do you know of the other primal beast under the empire's control?
Black Knight: What are you talking about?
Drang: Hmm... That's news to my ears as well...
Adam: Its name is Deus Ex Machina.
Adam: Unlike Akasha, this primal beast was not simply passed on for safekeeping.
Adam: Before the War, it was given to Erste as an official gift from the Astrals.
Rosetta: The Astrals gave a primal beast to Erste, a country of the Sky Realm?
Adam: Erste's golem technology was the strongest force in the Sky Realm at the time. Yielding it to the Astrals was a long shot attempt at protecting their citizens.
Adam: As for the Astrals, there was only one reason to give Erste their very own primal beast.
Eugen: Hmm? So Erste's been cozy with the Astrals since before the War started?
Eugen: When the Astrals lost the War, Erste didn't just take them in...
Black Knight: Erste came off as traitors for harboring the invaders of the world.
Adam: That is right. Therefore the primal beast was buried deep in Erste's dark history.
Adam: But it was Deus Ex Machina that started all of this tragedy.
Black Knight: Tragedy... You don't mean—
Adam: Deus Ex Machina is to blame for Princess Orchis losing her heart.
Black Knight: ...!
Adam: In those days, Erste was obsessed with creating the perfect golem.
Adam: Yet no matter how many experiments they performed, they never managed to create a golem with a heart.
Adam: Of the numerous mortal vessels they tried to make, all they could create were empty dolls.
Adam: While they wrestled with this problem, the Astrals appeared from beyond the skies.
In the past, Erste had a monopoly on golem production, the greatest military potential in the skies.
But even that wouldn't be enough to stave the Astral onslaught. Erste knew this and immediately surrendered.
In doing so, the strongest nation in the Sky Realm avoided a full-scale attack from the Astrals by falling under their control.
Adam: Once Erste cooperated with the Astrals, they asked for a primal beast.
Adam: In order to create the perfect golem they so desired, they needed something with the ability to manipulate souls.
Lyria: Primal beast Deus Ex Machina...
Io: Manipulate souls? So it could make a real live heart?
Adam: No. Even the Astrals were unable to create such a primal beast.
Adam: Deus Ex Machina does not have the power to create or destroy.
Adam: It can substitute people's souls, extract them, or lock them away into empty vessels.
Adam: Its only power is to transpose souls.
Vyrn: Huh? Then I don't get how that'd help make golems, you know what I'm sayin'?
Vyrn: Because you'd still need a heart from somewhere to put into the golem.
Rosetta: In order to make the perfect golem, they needed to sacrifice someone. Is that what you're saying?
Adam: Correct. That is the reason the Erste researchers decided not to use the primal beast after all.
Adam: Time passed. Then around ten years ago, Deus Ex Machina once again saw the light of day.
Black Knight: Ten years ago...
Adam: Prime Minister Freesia used dark essence to lift the seal on the primal beast.
Adam: Although back then dark essence was even more unstable than it is now.
Adam: As a result the primal beast raged uncontrollably and claimed the lives of the king and queen.
Adam: And the only surviving member of the royal family, Princess Orchis, had her soul drawn out.
Lyria: So that's why Orchis is...
Adam: That is the true story behind this tragedy—the root of all this sorrow.
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 55: Hidden Away - Episode 3
General Adam reveals that Orchis and all of the doll-like people lying in the facility have had their souls taken away by the primal beast Deus Ex Machina. Freesia is planning to harvest all the souls in the capital using this method.
Black Knight: I can't believe it... That's how Orchis came to be a living doll?
Black Knight: T-tell me... Is it possible to bring Orchis back?
Adam: Deus Ex Machina does not have the ability to destroy souls.
Adam: Thus Princess Orchis's soul should still be in Mephorash, though we have no way of interacting with it.
Black Knight: But her soul remains... If we could just get our hands on that primal beast—
Adam: With Deus Ex Machina, I believe Princess Orchis could return to her former state.
Black Knight: The real Orchis...
Lyria: ...
Eugen: Hold on, big shot. Why're you tellin' this to us now?
Eugen: And who're all these people lyin' down around us?
Eugen: From what you've told us, they look like they're all in the same boat as Orchis...
Adam: They are the reason I brought you here.
Rosetta: Hmm? Are we finally getting to the real issue at hand?
Adam: Deus Ex Machina is currently being used in Freesia's plan.
Io: Her plan?
Adam: Yes. She is going to have Deus Ex Machina draw out these people's souls.
Adam: Then she will convert them into pseudo-Astral energy using dark essence.
Adam: Everyone here is a test subject.
Adam: Thus with the souls converted to pseudo-Astral energy, her large-scale device will also be completed.
Lyria: Wh-why would Freesia do something like that?
Rosetta: I see... It's time for it to be awakened...
Adam: Yes. Freesia's true goal is to activate Akasha.
Adam: That's why she acquired control over Deus Ex Machina and the dark essence-infused device.
Io: Wait a minute... Doesn't she still need Lyria and Orchis to use Akasha?
Io: Why else was she targeting both of them then?
Adam: For the activation to succeed, Lyria is needed as the vessel and Orchis as the key.
Adam: But Freesia intends to use the immense power of the pseudo-Astral energy to force Akasha's activation.
Eugen: And she needs to harvest all these souls to get that much power?
Eugen: Just how many people will she need to do that?
Adam: Millions. Freesia is going to sacrifice all of the people living in the imperial capital.
Io: E-everyone... in the capital?
Adam: If Akasha were to change history, it wouldn't stop with the loss of the capital.
Adam: I think you understand this, but the world as we know it will be lost.
Vyrn: No way... After all we went through to get Lyria and Orchis back...
Adam: Everything I have told you is what convinced me to reach out to you.
Adam: Regrettably, from now on I—
Drang: Sorry to interrupt, but can we call this a wrap?
Sturm: An enemy attack... This is too much...
Imperial Soldier 1: General Adam! You are suspected of committing treason! Surrender yourself at once!
Sturm: Guess we were a little too slow...
Imperial Soldier 1: The same goes for all of you! Come quietly!
Vyrn: Uh-oh! We're gonna get arrested if we don't do something!
Adam: There is a rear exit leading to the underground tunnels. Please use it to escape.
Black Knight: What are you going to do? You won't escape with us?
Adam: Correct. I will buy you some time. That's the best option I can come up with.
Black Knight: Understood...
Let's go, (Captain). Now is not the time to drag our feet.
Let's go, (Captain). Now is not the time to drag our feet.
Io: We can't leave him like this! He's gonna get arrested!
Eugen: He knows what he's getting into. It ain't our job to be worryin' 'bout him right now.
Lyria: Adam...
(Captain) and the others entrust the rear to Adam and run for the underground tunnels.
Adam: There is absolutely no reason to be worried about me.
Adam: I gladly sacrifice myself in the name of protecting Erste's dignity. That is the greatest honor afforded to a failed creation like me.
Adam: Here I will fall, reduced to nothing. But in doing so, Erste will be reborn.
Io: Guys? What're we supposed to do now?
Io: We learned some ridiculous stuff back there, so what should we do about it?
Rosetta: All we can do is regroup and think. But before that, there's just a little problem in front of us...
Imperial Soldier 2: Hah. Thought you could get away from us, huh!
Rosetta: There aren't too many of them, but I doubt we can slip on by. Prepare yourself, (Captain)!
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 55: Hidden Away - Episode 4
(Captain) and company escape into the streets of the capital, where they encounter kind citizens of the empire. Remembering Freesia's plan to sacrifice all of these ordinary people leaves the crew speechless.
(Captain) and the others defeat the imperial soldiers preventing their escape and climb out of the tunnels into the city.
Lyria: Huff... Huff...
Imperial Citizen 1: Hello there. Are you okay? You seem out of breath...
Lyria: Huh? Um...
Imperial Citizen 2: Hahaha! Didja go crawlin' around in the restricted military area? Can't have that doozy slippin' out, you know.
Imperial Citizen 2: How 'bout a drink to take the edge off? Soldiers won't come in the bar if I shut the doors.
Eugen: Er, no. We were just, uh...
Imperial Citizen 3: We rely on the soldiers too, buuut... they sure can be stuck in the mud.
Imperial Citizen 2: Nah, nah, nah! Get a coupla drinks in 'em and they're just like you and me!
Imperial Citizen 2: Even got some regulars in the unit!
Imperial Citizen 4: Oh, like the bearded guy? Yeah, he's pretty funny. But, man, what a lightweight...
Io: These are the people of Erste...
Io: They don't seem all that different from the people in Valtz. Everyone seems nice and cheerful.
Io: And if we don't do anything, are they all gonna lose their souls?
Eugen: If everything we've heard is true, then that's the future we're lookin' at...
Io: Oh no...
Imperial Soldier: Stop! What do you people think you're doing to our citizens?
Black Knight: It doesn't matter what we try to do right now. We don't have enough manpower.
Black Knight: Let's regroup with the others back on the Grandcypher. Move out, (Captain)!
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 55: Hidden Away - Episode 4: Scene 2
Imperial soldiers chase after (Captain)'s team, who are trying to regroup with the rest of the crew members on the Grandcypher. The Black Knight, Sturm, and Drang split off to act as decoys and to take care of a different task.
Imperial Soldier 1: This way! They went down the opposite alley!
Imperial Soldier 2: You guys go around from the other side! Don't let them get away!
Eugen: Wheeze... Phew... I'm gettin' too old to play tag, damn it...
Rosetta: Our view is obstructed here.
Rosetta: And without knowledge of the area, we'll be like rats in a maze if we run around blindly.
Black Knight: There's no need for a map when you have me. Have you forgotten who I am? I've memorized the city's layout.
Io: As long as we have the Black Knight to guide us—
Black Knight: I have a different idea. We'll act as decoys, and you will use that opening to slip away.
Lyria: A decoy? But, Black Knight, you can't...
Vyrn: Yeah! It's not like you to blurt out somethin' like that!
Black Knight: That's the best we can do in this situation. What do you suggest? Make friends with all those soldiers?
Black Knight: Besides, I don't think I'll be acting alone. Right, Drang? Sturm?
Drang: Well, that's a kick in the pants. I knew we were gonna get volunteered for this.
Sturm: Humph... Our employer hasn't lost her fondness for the absurd.
Rosetta: Such devotion... Just don't go rushing into the afterlife, okay?
Black Knight: What a foolish thing to say. Quite the opposite. I have once again been given a reason not to die.
Black Knight: And for that reason, I need to part here with you all.
Black Knight: Being your decoy just happens to be a coincidence. It's my way of showing sincere gratitude.
Eugen: Apollo... Don't do anything rash, ya hear?
Black Knight: Of course... I have no intention of dying before you do.
Eugen: Hah... Ya really are a dutiful daughter, eh? Am I right?
Black Knight: Humph...
Lyria: Okay, well... You absolutely, positively have to come back!
Black Knight: Good-hearted people like you need to take care. Let's go, Drang. Sturm.
The Black Knight runs off toward the main street accompanied by Sturm and Drang.
Rosetta: I suppose it's our turn to move too.
Vyrn: Yep. We've heard some wild stuff, but let's talk about it later!
Io: Yeah! We got some imperials to clobber! Are you ready, (Captain)?
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 55: Hidden Away - Episode 4: Scene 3
The crew manage to lose their pursuers in the streets of Agastia. But two shadows are beginning to loom over them.
Eugen: Good. I think we've given them imperials the slip for now...
Vyrn: Now we can get back to the Grandcypher and join up with the others!
Rosetta: Yes. But seeing as this is the imperial capital, our pursuers are getting more riled up.
Rosetta: Don't drop your guard until we leave the city limits, (Captain).
Separated from the Black Knight and her followers, (Captain) and company run through the streets of Agastia.
However, two shadowy figures whose purpose is to stand in their way begin to move.
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