Chapter 8 Episode 3/3-4 - Storyline

The Machine Man and the False Dragon

Labandart	Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Alvarez	How long are you going to keep laughing your ass off, lady?
Labandart	Oh, I'm sorry. I can't control my emotions when I look like this.
Alvarez	Was he that much of a man, Edgar L. Leonhardt.
Labandart	At the very least, he was someone I had to crush with all my might. You were right!
Alvarez	So... let's start over, shall we?
Labandart	Yeah, let's do that. They're not prepared for the sky, by the looks of it. If they have a weakness, let's exploit it!


Seriolde	Thank you for your report. You fought well, Adelbert.
Adelbert	No... They saved me in the end.
Kamui Logi	...
Edgar Fiona	...
Don Taras	We both got saved. A week of bluffing was pretty chilling.
Seriolde	That's...
Fiona	So, what's the situation in Slothstein...? What's going on in the city of Redington?
Seriolde	Yes, I think so. Let's start by sharing some information. Najin, please.
Najin	Yes! According to the information we have now, there has been a drastic change in the enemy's strength. The knights of the Holy Order of Babel, who occupied this country, have all been transformed into a deformed monstrous beast!
Adelbert	Turning your own soldiers into monsters, huh?
Najin	...
Seriolde	... Yes, that's right. After all, we can't overlook the tyranny of the North, and we must somehow stop its country from running amok.
Logi	But what are we going to do about it? There are not enough soldiers to destroy that many large monsters. And...


Kamui	Yes, the biggest problem is Labandart, the great magical beast transformed by the woman who seems to be the commander of the enemy army. We only observed her from afar, but from the looks of her, she has considerable flying ability. It would be quite a challenge to defeat her from the ground.
Seriolde	I guess you think so too, Kamui...
Logi	And that Alkaloid... Is it really Alvarez?
Edgar	Yeah, there was no discrepancy in his conversation or demeanor. At the very least, it's a rather sophisticated artificial intelligence. No, was he a Phantom Soldier in the first place? He's a complicated guy!
Logi	Phantom Soldiers... But normally, a Phantom Soldier cannot maintain his body for such a long period of time...
Kamui	Yes. A large amount of Alchemy is required to train and maintain a Phantom Soldier. Except for a special case through the reason of "power" such as my Alchemy of "inheritance", it should not be able to be maintained for so long...
Edgar	Pseudo-Sacred Stone, isn't it?
Logi	...!
In the past...

Giant Alkaloid	...
Kino	...
The present...

Logi	I think it's true that they use that stone...
Kamui	That means that the source of Alvarez's power must also be that of the Phantom Soldier. If it can be cut off successfully, no matter how powerful the Phantom Soldiers are, they will dissipate... There is no problem in thinking so.
Don Taras	Then the Alkaloids won't be a problem either. If you hit them on the head, that's the end of it.
Edgar	Then the biggest problem is...
Seriolde	That great flying beast.
Fiona	I wish we had a way to fly, too.
Kamui	I hear that the Lustburg witches are good at aerial combat...
Adelbert	Are we going to call for help now? Besides, that country just recently repulsed the invasion of the Holy Knights of Babel. We can't just send troops out of the country to defend the country.
Seriolde	We're stuck...
Edgar	No, yes! Yes, it is!
Don Taras	Hey, you little windhead! Don't suddenly start shouting!
Edgar	That thing, that thing! Underground... that thing you found in the undersea city!
Don Taras	Ale Ale, shut up! At least use a noun!
Seriolde	What are you talking about?
Edgar	There's a thing, underground in this city! There is a way for us humans to fly!

Alvarez	Looks like they're on the move.
Labandart	Well, then, let's get back to work, shall we? Let's see what you can do.
Alvarez	... (As I thought, your judgment is not so good... or was it always so?) (You were born with the pride of being more than others...) (Well, I hope you don't end up dragging me down.) Well, I will only fulfill my role as a dead person who has been recalled..!