﻿\setgamedatatitle("Final Chapter: Throne of the Void\nDepths of the Earth 3")

\text("Beatrice")
The King of Slumber...
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\text("Risbell")
That's it...?
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\text("Caym")
...Looks like it.
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The lowest level of the Great Cavern. If it's a king, then
this must be its throne.
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It looked much like a Yumekui―yet its massive body seemed
large enough to swallow an entire city with ease―

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It glared down at the Demon Lord's army, waiting for them.
The great enemy of Nilt, who could devour and destroy even
nations, had appeared.
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\text("Spacchio")
O-ohhh... Demon Lord, this is kinda bad, isn't it...?

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\text("Noro")
It's huge...
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\text("Caym")
With something that big, our attacks should be easy to land,
right?
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\text("Agri")
If our attacks actually work, then it'll be worth cutting
down...!
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Seeing a body that must be several kilometers long, Agri
gritted his teeth.

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Not just the magic it radiated―its sheer size alone made
everyone in the Demon Lord's army hesitate.

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A being with the power to swallow continents and destroy
civilizations.
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Its overwhelming presence inspired fear even in the
battle-hardened soldiers of the Demon Lord's army.
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\text("Tiela")
C-Caym-sama... Can we really win against something like
that...?
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Once a single voice of doubt was spoken, it spread among the
soldiers like a plague.

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\text("El")
O-of course we can beat it! If we don't, the surface...
everyone will...
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\text("Glace")
Ugh... But at this rate...
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\text("Magahime")
I know...! You don't have to tell me...

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\text("Margaretta")
...
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\text("Risbell")
Caym-sama, at this rate...!
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At this rate, there's no way they could defeat the King of
Slumber.
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Before anyone could voice that concern, Caym, standing at
the front of the Demon Lord's army, spoke up.
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With a calm―or perhaps exasperated―tone, Caym cracked a
joke.
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\text("Caym")
Seriously... It's just a big dumb opponent. Calm down a
little.
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And right after him, Risbell raised her voice.

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\text("Risbell")
That's right. What are you doing, letting the Demon Lord's
army get scared over something like this!

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\text("Minerva")
Exactly... You are the warriors who defeated us, the
Structors!
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\text("Caym")
...That's supposed to be my line.

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\text("Beatrice")
...Isn't it because you're the one dragging your feet, Caym?

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\text("Caym")
If Risbell hadn't butted in, this never would've happened...

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With a snort, Caym fixed his gaze on the King of Slumber.

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\text("Caym")
I doubt a being like you can even understand words... but I
suppose I should say this anyway.

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\text("Tiela")
Caym-sama...
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\text("Caym")
I am the ruler of Nilt, the Demon Lord Caym.

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\text("Caym")
That reason alone should be more than enough.
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\text("Caym")
No matter what you are, I won't allow you to do as you
please in my country.
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\text("Caym")
If you intend to destroy my country, then we'll exterminate
you ourselves.
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There was no response from the King of Slumber.
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In the first place, it wasn't even clear if it could
understand words.
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However, it seemed to understand that a threat to its life
was standing right before it.
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\text("El")
So many Dream Eaters...!
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\text("Caym")
Does that mean it doesn't even need to use its own power?

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\text("King Of Slumber")
――――――――――――
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\text("Caym")
...!?
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A light that seemed to be the King of Slumber's eyes met
Caym's gaze.
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The next moment―
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Hateful memories flashed through his mind.
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Right before his eyes, his beloved sister was being
violated.
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No... this isn't the past... these aren't my memories from
back then...?
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Beatrice, as she is now, is endlessly... being raped by
those men from back then.

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Screams rang in his ears. And that wasn't all.

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The pain and disgust Beatrice felt were transmitted directly
to Caym.
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At the same time, Beatrice's feelings came through as well,
along with the pain.
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No matter how much pain she endured―if Caym could protect
her, then so be it.
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\text("Caym")
Th-this is...
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The scenes kept changing one after another.
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No, these weren't just scenes. They were memories.

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Those who died here. The enemies who lost their lives
fighting the Demon Lord's army.
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And this was only a small part of it.
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Inside the Dreaming King's 'core', countless memories and
emotions swirl endlessly.

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This is just a small part of it.
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Even so. Even in this torrent of memories, which is only a
tiny fraction―one in tens of thousands, hundreds of
millions―
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\text("Caym")
Nee-san...?
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I could definitely feel Beatrice's magic flowing through
me――
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\text("Beatrice")
Caym...!
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\text("Risbell")
Caym-sama, are you alright!?
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My vision returns.
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\text("Caym")
Just now... you didn't see that?
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\text("Risbell")
Huh...? What are you talking about...?
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\text("Caym")
(Only I could see it...? No, it didn't show them...?)

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\text("Caym")
(...You want to make Nee-san suffer that pain again... Is
that what you're trying to say?)

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Memories and emotions still flow into me in waves. And it's
not just Beatrice's.
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It must have found them among the memories it had already
absorbed.
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Margaretta, Agri and the others, Tiela, Magahime, Glace,
and―
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Once, on a whim, I saved her―and now, the girl standing by
my side is shown to me by the Dreaming King.

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\text("Caym")
............
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――I will devour all of it. The Dreaming King let out a
neigh, as if to say so.
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\text("Caym")
...Do you really think I'd be afraid of something like that?

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Caym takes a step forward.
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\text("Caym")
Right now, we're the ones living in this Nilt.

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\text("Caym")
And it's not to become your food, not ever.

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\text("Caym")
Much less, this is not your feeding ground. This is my
country.
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\text("Caym")
This land and its people all belong to me, their king. No
matter what form it takes, if you lay a hand on them, I
won't let it slide.
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\text("Caym")
I'm not telling you to leave. ...Vanish right here.

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The king glares at the Dreaming King without a hint of fear.

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Just like he did with every enemy before.
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Seeing Caym like that, the Demon Lord's army's mood shifts
completely.
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\text("Minerva")
...I really don't want to make an enemy of someone who knows
no fear.
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\text("Margaretta")
No, that's not it. He's just an idiot who doesn't know what
fear is.
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\text("El")
He's like that no matter who he's up against... Honestly, it
actually puts me at ease.
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\text("Tiela")
Yes, just watching Caym-sama makes all my fear and anxiety
disappear.
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\text("Glace")
But what do we do? The enemy is that giant... and on top of
that, there are a lot of small fry too.

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\text("Magahime")
Even if it's huge, there has to be a core somewhere. If we
hit that...!
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\text("Agri")
Hell yeah, you don't get many chances to take on prey this
big. I'm gonna go all out and cut it down!

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\text("Spacchio")
That's what I'm talking about. This is how the Demon Lord's
army should be!
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\text("Noro")
I'll do my best too...!
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\text("Beatrice")
(...Caym)
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\text("Risbell")
(If we defeat the Dreaming King, Beatrice-san will
disappear... But I won't let that stop me from fighting.)

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I'll fight―and I'll definitely save Beatrice.

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\text("Risbell")
Caym-sama, your orders.
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\text("Beatrice")
Caym, you know what to do, right?
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Beatrice's gaze, and the magic I felt from her in that
torrent of memories.
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Even as he feels something off about it, Caym gives his
command.
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―Whatever happens, the first thing is to defeat the Dreaming
King.
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\text("Caym")
Yeah―let's go.
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\text("Caym")
Show him... who the true ruler of Nilt is!

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