I can feel my heart grinding...cracking...shattering.
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If I give in to this pain,[sr]I'll end up just nodding in mindless agreement again.
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Then, something will surely shatter and disappear.[sr]It hurts. It grinds. It cracks.
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Wait a second...[line 2]
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@Ophelia
![bgm BGM_EVENT_24 1.0 1.0]
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@
This is...a curse! These aren't just words! [bgm BGM_EVENT_24 0.1]It's an evil[sr]dragon's curse meant to restrain the target's soul and mind!
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This sensation...[sr]I recognize it...!
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[charaTalk A]
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@Ophelia
Surtr...![sr]What did you do to me...!?
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@Ophelia
All this time...have you...!?
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[charaTalk H]
“You certainly fought tooth and nail.”
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[charaTalk H]
“But it's too late.”
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[charaTalk H]
“By now, at least half of your soul is melded with me.”
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[charaTalk H]
“Ophelia.”
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[charaTalk H]
“Come watch this planet's end with me.”
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@Ophelia
Ah... Ah...!
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@
I'm cracking.[sr]I'm shattering.
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It was over all too quickly.[sr]In a flash, his flames billow up inside me.
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Something deep within me burns to cinders,[sr]as my heart is engulfed in flames.
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@Ophelia
Yes...[bgm BGM_EVENT_24 0.8 1.0]
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@Ophelia
That's...a good...idea...
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@Ophelia
I'll feed this world...
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@Ophelia
...this Lostbelt...to the flames...
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“Ophelia.”
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The time has come.[sr]The tip of his flaming sword pierces the sky.
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Our destination is now in sight: Lake Vänern, located in the southern part of old Sweden, near the border between the domains of ice and fire.
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There are several villages and animal[sr]habitats located in this area.
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It is rich in life, at least by this world's standards.
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I see. He wants to show me.
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To show me the glint of his fire[sr]as it reduces all life to ash.
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I can see it. I can't help but see it. The village built atop one of the thin remaining leylines here.
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As I watch...
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...a sword comprised solely of magical energy,[sr]superheated to over four million degrees Celsius...
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...descends toward the village in the[sr]blink of an eye, like a shooting star.
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I saw several possibilities, but my magical energy isn't nearly strong enough to pin any of them...
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@Gerda
Huh...?
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@Gerda
Is that the sun?[sr]No, it's too bright... What is that...?
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@Gerda
It's beautiful...
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[f large][s 255][s 16]“Loptr Lægjarn.”
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@Giant Guard
[image berserker_language_2]!
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@Sitonai
Berserker![bgm BGM_EVENT_82 0.1][sr]That's it! Take it all on, magical energy and all!
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@Giant Guard
[image berserker_language_2]!
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@Sitonai
Thanks, Berserker!
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@Sitonai
Khh...! Damn...! This recoil is pretty intense![sr]I can't hold it for long!
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@Sitonai
I'm not even going to get a chance to take credit for swooping in just in the nick of time!
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@Sitonai
Keep the backup coming, Stepmother! Ortlinde!
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@Ortlinde
Understood. Activating White Swan Mystic Code. Lending assistance to shadow derived from Heroic Spirit of humanity.
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@Scáthach-Skadi
I shall manifest multiple Divine Iron Shields at once![sr]Surtr may have shattered them all before...
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@Scáthach-Skadi
...but it should still be better than nothing!
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@Holmes
Using Primordial Runes to simultaneously summon a large number of Divine Iron Shields, eh. I see Scáthach-Skadi's magecraft is truly awesome indeed.
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@Holmes
Unfortunately, she is correct. These numbers paint a merciless picture! We are not likely to last more than a few minutes. Or perhaps even a few seconds!
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@Holmes
If our resistance fails,[sr]all of Scandinavia will fall!
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@Holmes
Sigurd![sr]Brynhild!
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@Sigurd
...I'm already using my runes as well![sr]But they are only doing so much!
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@Brynhild
We are doing our best to defend and reinforce the heroic shadow and the cluster of shields. But I'm afraid...
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@Sigurd
We do not have anything that[sr]can turn the tide in our favor!
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@Da Vinci
...[sr]...
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@Da Vinci
...Mash. [%1]. I'm afraid we need[sr]a stout defense now more than ever.
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@Da Vinci
I know this is a lot to ask and I wish I didn't have to ask it. But right now, you two are our only hope.
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@Mash
I'll go. This is what my shield was made for.
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@Mash
In fact, I was just thinking about how I was going to step in now that Illya's spell beat me to the punch.
Anti-Flash defense, ready.[sr]Synching with the Border's instruments, now.
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@Mash
This...this is something my shield and[sr]I are meant to stop. Your orders, Master.
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?1:(Nod wordlessly)
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@Fou
Fo, fooou! Fou![sr]Kyuuu!
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@Goredolf
W-wait! Stop, Demi-Servant girl![bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1][sr]You must not have seen these absurd numbers!
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@Goredolf
Get it together, Technical Advisor! Why didn't you tell her all she'll be doing is endangering her life!?
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@Goredolf
All she could do by diving in there[sr]is give our chances a miniscule boost!
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@Da Vinci
That's true. The odds are majorly stacked against us. Putting everything we have into a strategy with the lowest chance of success is downright insane.
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@Da Vinci
It was true of our battles in the Singularities,[sr]and it is true of our battles in the Lostbelts.
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[charaFace D 25]
@Da Vinci
Each and every time, we've given those[sr]two the same order: make it back alive.
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@Da Vinci
That's what it means to take on the entire world,[sr]in Russia as well as Scandinavia.
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@Da Vinci
I have no doubt we will face the same challenges in the other Lostbelts as well.
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@Da Vinci
Besides, they do have a chance. They've miraculously defended against large-scale attacks several times befo[line 2]
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@Goredolf
I'm not talking about their past accomplishments![sr]All I'm saying is there's nothing they can do now!
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@Holmes
With all due respect, Mr. Goredolf, their odds of victory are not zero. Are we not in a position where our best course of action is to take our chances?
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@Goredolf
O-ooh, I could punch you! I won't, since I know it wouldn't do a thing, but damn if it isn't tempting!
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?1:Mash, I'll back you up!
?2:Let's do this. We have to.
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@Mash
Yes, Master.[sr]Heading out!
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@Mash
We won't turn back.[sr]We CAN'T turn back.
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@Mash
We have a responsibility to fulfill!
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@Napoleon
...Sheesh. I mean, I get why you're[sr]feeling desperate, but still.
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@Napoleon
Responsibility, huh.[sr]Yeah, I guess you've got a point.
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@Napoleon
Anyone who moves forward through the sacrifices of others must carry the responsibility for those who they left behind. Believe me; I know.
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@Napoleon
And you two call that “responsibility,” hm?[sr]Right. I see.
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@Napoleon
If you've decided you want to go out there and fulfill that responsibility, that's fine. I won't stop you.
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@Napoleon
But...aren't you forgetting someone?[sr]Say, Supreme Commander of the Grande Armée!?
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@Napoleon
How is that even possible!?[sr]I'm not exactly a wallflower, you know!
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@Mash
!
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?1:Napoleon...!?
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@Napoleon
Yeah, that's right! Napoleon!
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@Napoleon
[f large]I'm! [wt 0.7]Right! [wt 0.7]Here!
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I turn to see a man standing tall.
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The beyond-enormous cannon he holds in his arms is aimed skyward. His smile is even more dazzling than the rays of destruction bearing down upon us.
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There this good fellow stands, wreathed in flame,[sr]looming as large as any giant.
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@Napoleon
...Impossible? Is that what you said?[sr]It was, wasn't it?
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@Napoleon
Ooh la la! That's the sort of talk[sr]that REALLY gets me fired up!
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@Napoleon
Private! Mash! Little mademoiselle![sr]Old man! Here's a bit of trivia for you!
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@Napoleon
When people talk about something being impossible, what they're really talking about[line 2]what they're really wishing for[line 2]is hope.
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@Napoleon
“What if”... “If only”...[sr]That sort of thing.
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@Napoleon
...I don't know what Napoleon Bonaparte was like when he was alive. I'm pretty sure I've got more than a few centimeters on him, for one thing.
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@Napoleon
At the height of his glory, people thought, “Maybe Emperor Napoleon could win this fight.” And so that is what they wished for.
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@Napoleon
When his glory began to fade, people thought, “Maybe we'd be happier without Emperor Napoleon around.” So they wished for that too.
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@Napoleon
Know what happened as a result?
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@Napoleon
I made both wishes come true![sr]How do you like them apples!?
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@Napoleon
I granted the people's wish for me to win,[sr]and I granted the people's wish for me to fail.
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@Napoleon
That's what it all came down to.[sr]That's who I am.
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@Napoleon
The hero I am...the Heroic Spirit Napoleon that humanity inscribed...is a man who makes! Wishes! Happen!
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@Napoleon
...Victory cannon line of fire, all set. Angle and height, all set. Victory shell, locked and loaded!
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@Napoleon
I'll admit, things are looking grim.[sr]We're all out of options.
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@Napoleon
But that's nothing new, right? Especially not here.[sr]Here, it's been that way for a long, long time.
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@Napoleon
This Lostbelt never had any future.[sr]Nothing in the way of hope.
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@Napoleon
Nobody can wish for anything here.[sr]Not humans, not gods, not even giants.
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@Napoleon
They don't dream about tomorrow.[sr]They don't wish for anything from their future.
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@Napoleon
In which case...somebody's gotta show[sr]them what it means to hope! To wish!
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@Napoleon
No, scratch that! Not “somebody”![sr]It's gotta be ME!!!
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@
The fiery good fellow assumes[sr]his gunnery stance and smiles.
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This man, who proudly calls himself a hero and certainly lives up to the title, does not hesitate.
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He points his cannon right between[sr]the giant king's eyes, and shouts:
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@Napoleon
That's why! The time has come![sr]To fire my victory rainbow!
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@Napoleon
This is my final trump card![sr]Try this on for size, you monster!