﻿\setgamedatatitle("Final Chapter: Throne of the Void\nDepth 1")

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A few days after the Slumbering King's predation was
witnessed.
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At Risbell's suggestion, representatives from each nation
gathered in the labyrinth.
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They were there to report the damages suffered by each
country and to confirm the current situation.
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\text("Günther")
We still don't have a full grasp of the number of victims
across all of Hados.
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\text("Günther")
However, in each city, there have been reports of people who
have lost their sense of self―likely victims of the Yumekui.
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\text("Risbell")
There hasn't been a large-scale outbreak of Yumekui yet.
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\text("Risbell")
Perhaps... the Slumbering King hasn't fully awakened yet.
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\text("Caym")
So it's just waking up. In that case, maybe that last
earthquake was just it shifting in its sleep.
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Caym cracks a joke.
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Normally, it would just be annoying, but this time Risbell
understands he's trying to lighten the mood.
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\text("Risbell")
Our investigation also revealed that the Kiramushi's
activity is cyclical.
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\text("Günther")
Based on that, we've set up an alert system and are prepared
to evacuate citizens whenever a Kiramushi swarm appears.
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\text("Risbell")
Yes. Thanks to the evacuation barriers, we've managed to
keep damage in the cities under control for now.
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\text("Risbell")
However... we still can't reach small settlements or
isolated people.
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\text("Risbell")
Most of the reported casualties so far are those kinds of
people.
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Risbell continued her report, suppressing her frustration.
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\text("Risbell")
It's likely that these predatory attacks will continue to
happen regularly from now on.
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\text("Risbell")
Whether it will stop once the Slumbering King is satisfied,
or only when Nilt is destroyed... I can't say.
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\text("Honju")
By the time it's satisfied, we'll all be in that whatever
King's belly, won't we?
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\text("Civil Official")
C-Chancellor! Please watch your language!
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\text("Caym")
He's not wrong. Either way, we're doomed.
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See? Honju grins smugly at the civil official.
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\text("Günther")
What about casualties among the Demon Lord's army?
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\text("Risbell")
There haven't been many reports yet. But those attacked by
the Yumekui...
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\text("Honju")
...are vegetables. Doesn't matter if they're monsters or
humans.
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Those attacked by the Yumekui have their emotions and
memories completely devoured.
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As a result, the victims become vegetables and eventually
die.
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It makes no difference whether they're monsters or humans.
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To the Slumbering King, anything that can be eaten is fair
game, no matter what kind of creature it is.
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\text("Günther")
Just in case, shouldn't we evacuate our citizens to other
countries?
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\text("Risbell")
We've already reached out, but... the majority say they
can't accept citizens from the Demon Lord's country...
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\text("Risbell")
Even countries that were once friendly with Hados probably
can't take in all our people.
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\text("El")
The 'Demon Lord' name is coming back to bite us now, huh.
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\text("Risbell")
...Please don't say that.
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Risbell let out a sigh.
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She had hoped that, in time, the surrounding countries would
come to understand the Demon Lord's army... but right now,
there's no time for that.
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\text("Risbell")
For now, we'll continue to stay on alert with our current
system.
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\text("Risbell")
And if things get any worse, we're considering setting up a
section inside the labyrinth and moving to a full evacuation
system.
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\text("Caym")
The question is, how long can we hold out like this?
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In reality, they have no choice but to fight the Slumbering
King with the entire population at their backs.
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\text("Honju")
If only all those Kiramushi in the city would just
disappear, at least...
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\text("Caym")
No matter how many you kill, they just keep coming. Give up
on that.
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\text("Günther")
...We have limited soldiers and supplies. We really want to
avoid a drawn-out battle.
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Even if all the unified armies of the nations joined
together, they couldn't match the total number of Kiramushi.
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Though each one is weak, the Slumbering King's forces
overwhelm them with sheer numbers.
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At this rate, the longer it drags on, the more the Demon
Lord's army will be cornered.
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\text("Caym")
Either way, we have to defeat the Slumbering King as soon as
possible.
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Only Caym's Demon Lord army can make that possible.
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\text("Caym")
Until we defeat the Slumbering King, you'll all have to push
yourselves too.
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\text("Günther")
It's a soldier's duty to protect the people.
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\text("Honju")
In exchange, we'll leave the Slumbering King to you,
Caym-sama.
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\text("Caym")
Leave it to me. Risbell, gather everyone. We're heading for
the Slumbering King.
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They must defeat the Slumbering King as soon as possible.
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For Caym, ruler of Nilt, it's something he absolutely must
accomplish.
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\text("Caym")
(…Just a little more. I won't let anyone get in the way of
my ambition.)
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A swarm of Kiramushi, shining brightly, flew through the
skies of Nilt.
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Their dazzling light kept even the moonlight at bay,
illuminating the night sky as if it were day.
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And yet, in one area alone, night had fallen.
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―The Great Cavern.
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Only there was it eerily silent.
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A bottomless abyss so deep it seemed to reach the center of
the earth, letting no light through.
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The final destination for life, where many Brightleaf have
thrown themselves in.
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\text("Caym")
...I never thought I'd end up back here again.
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\text("El")
You really hate this place, don't you, Caym-sama?
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\text("Caym")
It's not just this place―it's that incomprehensible ritual,
and the Kiramushi that come crawling out of here.
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Caym spat the words out as he peered into the massive hole.
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\text("Spacchio")
Is it really down there?
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\text("Minerva")
This is just the closest point to it.
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\text("Agri")
A-Are we supposed to jump down...?
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\text("Risbell")
As long as we know the depth and direction, we should be
able to reach here from the labyrinth as well.
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\text("Caym")
............
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Just as Minerva said, there was definitely something
directly below them.
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Caym could faintly sense a surge of magical power he hadn't
felt the last time he was here.
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It was probably the magic of the Slumbering King. Maybe it
felt so weak because it was sleeping deep underground.
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But... that wasn't the only magic he sensed.
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\text("Caym")
(...The Slumbering King, and something else. But this...
this can't be.)
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\text("Beatrice")
Caym, is something wrong?
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\text("Caym")
...It's nothing. I'll go check it out myself.
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Feeling a strange presence from a source of magic shallower
than the Slumbering King, Caym headed underground.
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Caym and the others advanced from Ezorn, the closest point
to the Great Cavern.
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They kept descending, deeper than even the labyrinth, until
they reached their destination.
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From there, there were no more paths like those in the
labyrinth.
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Just bare earth and rock.
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The cave was so thick with magic it was almost suffocating.
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\text("Caym")
So this is it.
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The sense of unease he'd felt on the surface was even
stronger now.
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A magical presence different from the Slumbering King. An
existence that shouldn't be possible.
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It's definitely here.
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\text("Tiela")
Caym-sama...
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\text("Caym")
You sensed it too, Tiela?
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\text("Tiela")
Yes. But this magic...
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\text("Caym")
...It's deeper inside.
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Caym narrowed his eyes, staring ahead.
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Sensing the presence of a swarm of Yumekui, everyone tensed
up.
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\text("Risbell")
Caym-sama, your orders.
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\text("Caym")
Let's go. Drag that 'phantom' out right in front of us...!





























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