Vol. F Ch. 2 Ep. 1: The Guide of Chroma

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President, this is...

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You still can't reach President Rio?

Yuuka...

Noa, I...

Go first. You can leave it to me here.

O-Okay! Stay safe!

I was curious what all the urgency was about, but I understand now.

Hanako.

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It is good to see you again, Hanako.

I'm sure Seia has already told you, but we have to take action.

We at Trinity have historically been rife with conflict, but if there was any time for us to band together, it's now.

Th-This side is clear!

Yup! But what's going on up in the sky? Isn't it kind of exciting?

Oh! S-Sensei sent a message...

Hm? What about?

*sigh*

...Hmm. I guess it's time for us to move out.

Breaking news! A strange phenomenon is occurring in D.U.! In summary...

A huge tower fell from the sky, obliterating Sanctum Tower in one fell swoop!

In an unprecedented disaster, D.U. has been paralyzed! We don't know if this has anything to do with the martial law that was recently declared...

...Heeheehee.

I'm sorry things turned out this way, Sensei.

But Gematria has been destroyed.

The Chroma has finally arrived in Kivotos.

...No, that's not the right way to describe it. I should say, it has "invaded" Kivotos.

...The wolf god has encountered the Chroma.

Reversed into the realm of the Terror, she became the god of death who guides all living beings to the underworld...

The wolf god is the harbinger of the destruction of this world. Such is her nature.

The Chroma knew this and secured her sublime before anything else.

I thought of the Chroma as something incomprehensible, something with no will, desires, or goals...

But I can see it all clearly now.

I was short-sighted. The Chroma has intent and desires. It lays down a path to achieve them.

It would appear it seeks to absorb the sublime itself. If successful, the Chroma will harness every Mystic and Terror in Kivotos as its own.

The six towers that appeared in Kivotos...are like reversed Sanctum Towers.

They're technologies established by the Nameless Gods...mysteries of the enlightenment that came into being even before the ancient times of this world.

They'll spread the Chroma to this world to turn every nightmare and mystery in Kivotos into a terror-filled reality.

As will the wolf god.

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It seems the reason the Chroma attacked Gematria with the god of all endings was to obtain Gematria's secrets and experimental findings.

The path of Decagrammaton, the secret of Mimesis, Communio Sanctorum, the Library of Lore, the power of the Nameless Gods, and abilities of the unknown guardians...

And the Guide of Chroma now owns them all.

A being that represents the will of the Chroma, and which dictates all plans and purposes...

You'll have to face Phrenapates.

We're experiencing communications failures all over Kivotos!

We are on standby to see if evacuation orders will be issued soon, but just what are these towers? We still have not received any news on that front!

There are rumblings that the General Student Council will be making an emergency statement soon!

Huh? It doesn't seem like they're going to respond?

The public wants the General Student Council to take action and take it now!

Oh, oh! In the meantime, we have breaking news! Unidentified troops are appearing all over D.U.!

What did you say?!

They're attacking the city indiscriminately...?!

Do we know what organization they are under? It's an ambush!

...At last, an emergency statement from the General Student Council just arrived! No, correction! It's from Schale, not the General Student Council!

An emergency statement from Schale arrived!

H-Here's Sensei's message!

"...Students, please evacuate as quickly as possible and do not approach the towers."

"Leave the rest to Schale."

Take out your credit card.

...I'm warning you.

If you keep using that card, you'll end up like us, Sensei.

Heeheehee...