Another Eden story · Main Story 1.5
Chapter 28: Mirror o' Mirror: Recount the Ancient Truth
An ogre fortress dropped out of a space-time rift at the Ancient Battlefield! Together with it came the Thunder King of legend, Palsifal in hand! Aldo will need the magic mirror's help to make sense of this.
6 scenes, 104 lines
1. Scene 1
3 linesSo this is a capital of the future! So vast, and such vivacity! Truly a sight to behold. I have never seen anything of such grandeur. What remarkable progress man has made in these 3000 years.
Thunder King, let's head to the inn now.
Lead the way. It is time I meet with King Miglance.
2. Scene 2
3 linesMy lords, here you are! I must regretfully inform you that King Miglance is currently away. He left suddenly to inspect the castle.
A castle of this time era? My interest is piqued yet again, let us go, Aldo.
All right. Let's make our way over to Miglance Castle then.
3. Scene 3
13 linesSo this is the castle of today's king. A fine castle indeed. Unable to evade the ravages of war, however.
Yeah, the beast army was desperate for an end as well. It was no easy battle. Commanding them was the Beast King. He didn't go down without a serious fight. Our final battle with him happened here, on this exact spot.
War never is a gentle affair. Having worthy adversaries is always a good thing, but...
3000 winters past, the masons of my time could not yet even dream of such colossal structures. Yet, no matter how far culture develops, how splendid a castle, how strong an army we possess, war remains a constant. With this blessed blade, can I truly bring peace to my own time, I wonder...
......
It would seem I have some guests.
Your Majesty, there you are. I actually have somebody I think you should meet.
Somebody for me to meet? Wait! That sword... It...it can't be?!
The holy blade of Palsifal! So this is the King Miglance of this era.
Yes, I am Miglance VII, but who, might I ask, are you? Aldo, it seems you have got yourself into something rather involved yet again...
Yes, I guess you could say the situation is...complicated.
As I thought, but let us return to the inn before we talk any further.
All right, we'll meet you back at the Inn.
4. Scene 4
17 linesStart Anyway
Don't Start
You are about to visit an area first seen in: (Episode: Two Knights and the Holy Sword) Note: The resulting contents aren't affected.
You do not say! But this sword certainly does have a striking resemblance to Palsifal's holy blade. So this must really make you the legendary Thunder King, vanquisher of the ogre clan! Appearing through the fogs of time, many millennia later in this era. An involved tale indeed!
King Miglance, I too have yet to fully comprehend what is happening. It would appear that my holy blade, that Ogre Rancorem, and the ogre clan leaped through time in response to each other.
I see... It seems we must work about a way of returning you, and the ogres with their fortress, to your own time. I fear if we fail to do so, history and the present we live in now faces being rewritten. Considering the circumstances, we can expect those alterations to be catastrophic. We must do everything in our power to prevent this.
The truth-speaking mirror, seems a suitable place to start.
Well that is something, you two are already familiar with the mirror, it seems. That might be a good idea.
Perhaps we should seek clarity with the truth-speaking mirror that slumbers beneath the castle? It may give us some guidance on what to do about the holy blade and our current situation.
What about you, Ogre Rancorem? Don't you remember anything about when you inspirited the holy blade?
Try that I might, three millennia is such a vast span of time. I do know for certain, however, that it was the holy blade that I inspirited.
I see... Well, there's not much we can do about that. Let's go and ask the mirror.
That does indeed seem to be the best option. We must seek out information from one source or another.
My thanks for the information. It seems I must continue to rely on your group for help, Aldo.
My thanks for the information. It seems I must continue to rely on your group for help, Aldo.
Leave it to us, Your Majesty.
Well, let's get to it then. Everyone, keep your guard up.
5. Scene 5
36 linesMirror, regal heirloom of antiquity. Hear my voice. I beg upon thy wisdom, tell me of the holy blade.
You seek the truth of Palsifal's holy blade? So be it, my owner, ruler of Miglance.
So the tale is true. The sword that I once gripped was transformed into this cursed blade. Now it is Ogre Rancorem, that which you wear by your hip, Aldo.
I remember Mobecha and Pepori telling us about this as well. Something about the lingering hatred of the ogre clan inspiriting Palsifal's holy sword.
However, if that is true, that would make the holy blade of Palsifal bestowed to me a different sword?
Reality can be beyond even my judgment too, if there is no balance between truth and untruth. However, what is clear is that the ogre clan feared the holy blade. A blade forged by the ancient titan clan was an unknown threat to them. In response to the looming danger, they began to seek the Elemental Arms.
The Elemental Arms? There's really something like that out there?
Unifying ethereal power through the elementals would create an ultimate force. However, it is yet to come to pass.
Mirror, allow me one more question. My troops and I leaped through time and appeared in this world. How can we set a course back to our own time?
Seek a conclusion with the ogre clan. Unbound the fates of the holy and demon blade from the ogres. Surely then, all that should will return to its rightful place.
That makes matters simple. I had every intention of annihilating the ogres anyway.
But if we can't find a way to break through that barrier, we'll never get inside the fortress.
Still unable to identify a method to breach the defensive layer. Requesting a collation of any new data regarding the silicic acids of this era.
This I cannot perceive. The muddying of truth and untruth stem from the fortress.
......
Your Majesty! A strange report has just come in!
A strange report? What is it?
A giant beast is said to have appeared. I thought it best to give you the report immediately.
A giant beast?
Yes, it is said to possess many wings, and to resemble a kind of mysterious dark monster.
Those wings...?! Now way... Anguirus?
Altena... Please be all right.
Where is it now?
It was seen at Snake Bone Island.
Snake Bone Island... I had heard reports of a new kind of beast in that area of late. A thing transformed by Chaos Prisma running wild, and other such tales.
King Miglance, we'll go and check that area. There's something I want to see for myself.
Is that so? Very well, I will leave the investigation of Snake Bone Island up to you. I will get my troops to join the Thunder King's men and set up a perimeter around Ogres Spike.
Understood. We'll head out right away.
Snake Bone Island is an isolated spit of land located southeast of the Dusken Lands. There are rumored to be terrifyingly strong beasts making that island their nest. Please be careful.
Thanks, we will. Okay, let's go!
The Sacred Sword was created from an ancient stone in a time where the titans ruled the world.
After the titans disappeared the Sacred Sword was discovered by humans and passed down the royal line until the present day.
3300 years ago, war broke out between the ogre clan and mankind. The events became known as the Ogre Wars.
It was during this time that the ogre clan was destroyed by the Thunder King wielding the Sacred Sword of Palsifal.
In the final battle, the Sacred Sword was possessed by the spirits of the ogre clan.
And from those spirits the sword was reborn as the demon sword Ogre Rancorem.
6. Scene 6
32 linesReaching air space above Snake Bone Island imminently.
Thanks, let's see if there's somewhere we can land.
On the cape? Oh, over there.
Of course. Entering descent line now.
Altena!
Feinne!
I'm so glad I found you! Are you okay?
I'm just fine. In fact, I've never been better.
I never thought I'd see you again. Oh, I'm so so happy!
Me too! And all thanks to you, right? Thank you so much!
But, it wasn't really me, it was the Geo Prisma's power that saved you. I have no idea how or what really happened.
I've heard all about you from Altena. Aldo and your sister, Feinne. Feinne, it seems I was brought back by your power. Albeit, 16 years younger. The Beast King who I was before, leading an army against the humans, met defeat by your hands.
If those 16 years of hatred led only to defeat and death... If Altena and I should not even exist in this world... Was everything I did in that time mistaken?
Feinne, thanks to you I now have a second chance. Maybe you didn't do it intentionally, but I am grateful to you anyway. Thank you.
What, no, you really don't need to thank me!
Matters still remain unclear to me. But, I intend to search for a new way of life.
Sounds good. Altena and Feinne told me a lot about you. It's time you found your own way to live, one without conflict.
Hey, Feinne, there's a small village around here. Let's start by going there. There's so much I want to talk to you about! Also, the Pocoshoot tea there is really good! I'll head there now with Guildna and tell everybody that you're coming.
Okay! I have a mountain of things I want to ask you as well.
I might have to pass on the tea, though. Your taste is kind of...well, it's pretty unique, you know.
Okay Guildna, let's go to Konium.
Right behind you.
What a kind twist of fate this has been. Both Guildna and Altena seem safe and well.
I think their days of battling against humans are well and truly behind them.
Yeah! I'm so happy for them.
Victory is rarely achieved through just conflict, hate, and sadness, it seems.
Let us proceed to this island's "village" at once! My protocols dictate that I must acquire data on this Pocoshoot tea immediately!
It's settled then, let's go.