1 - New Game

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SIGN    Sludge Atou
SIGN    Strength: 3
SIGN    Movement: 3
[00:20] Takuto
    Huh?
[00:22] Takuto
    What?
[00:25] Takuto
    What's going on?
[00:32] Takuto
    Where am I?
[00:42] Takuto
    The air smells so fresh.
[00:44] Atou
    Are you awake?
[00:48] Takuto
    Huh?
[00:53] Takuto
    Is that you,
[00:54] Takuto
    Atou?
[00:57] Atou
    Yes, my king.
[02:37] Takuto
    The game I played in my sickbed
[02:40] Takuto
    was a 4X strategy game set
    in a dark fantasy world,
SIGN    m 0 0 l 250 0 250 113 0 113
SIGN    m 0 0 l 150 0 150 2 0 2
SIGN    Sludge Atou
SIGN    Combat Unit
SIGN    Strength: 3 Movement: 1
     Ruin Affinity +2
     Darkness Affinity +1
     Chaos Affinity +1
     Evil Hero Zealot
SIGN    °This unit has a set chance of obtaining the abilities
     of units it defeats.
SIGN    Description
SIGN    Atou is one of Mynoghra's Hero units.
     Though she is extremely weak at the start of the game,
     and in certain circumstances proves inferior to even
    common units, she possesses powerful affinities that
    more than make up for that.
     Furthermore, she is able to acquire the abilities of
    defeated units, granting her the greatest potential for
     growth amongst all Hero units.
[02:45] Takuto
    Eternal Nations.*
[02:47] Takuto*
    The character I loved the most
    from that game I loved the most,
[02:52] Takuto
    was this woman:
[02:54] Takuto
    Atou.
[02:55] Atou
    King.
[02:57] Takuto
    W-What should I do?!
[02:59] Takuto
    Should I act the part?
[03:00] Takuto
    If she's calling me king,
[03:01] Takuto
    then I think she means
    the leader of Mynoghra...
[03:05] Atou
    It's all right, King Takuto.
[03:10] Atou
    You're the one who achieved the
    feat of clearing nightmare difficulty!
[03:13] Atou
    All while using the civilization said to be the most
    difficult to handle, the Civilization of Ruin,
[03:17] Atou
    Mynoghra.
SIGN    Mynoghra
SIGN    Atou
SIGN    Ira Takuto
[03:18] Atou
    You're the legendary player proudly shining
    at the top of the official user rankings,
[03:23] Atou
    Ira Takuto!
[03:24] Takuto
    Huh?! H-How?!
[03:27] Atou
    I remember everything too.
[03:30] Atou
    Everything you said to me,
[03:33] Atou
    how we conquered the world
    together many times,
[03:36] Atou
    how we hit a game over many times...
[03:39] Atou
    I remember it all.
[03:42] Atou
    So please don't worry.
[03:43] Atou
    I remember you, King Takuto.
[03:49] Takuto
    You...
[03:51] Takuto
    Using you was my play style.
[03:55] Takuto
    Maybe because I hoped I could
    become strong like you did.
[03:59] Takuto
    I'm so happy I can actually talk to you.
[04:02] Atou
    Me too.
[04:04] Atou
    Being to able to talk with
    you is an unexpected joy.
[04:08] Takuto
    Is this heaven?
[04:10] Takuto
    Did you summon me here?
[04:12] Atou
    No.
[04:13] Atou
    I found myself here in the blink of an eye.
[04:16] Atou
    I've concluded that this isn't quite heaven.
[04:20] Atou
    If I had to say, it feels more...
[04:24] Atou
    similar to the world of Eternal Nations.
[04:28] Takuto
    An unfamiliar world?
[04:31] Atou
    Would it be cliché to call this a miracle?
[04:35] Atou
    Still,
[04:36] Atou
    I'm just so happy to finally
    meet you in person, King Takuto.
[04:42] Atou
    King Takuto, shall we get
    started together once more?
[04:46] Takuto
    Huh?
[04:47] Atou
    We don't know where we are.
[04:49] Atou
    Is this the world of Eternal Nations?
[04:51] Atou
    Perhaps the world that you're from?
[04:54] Atou
    Maybe it's an entirely different world.
[04:57] Atou
    But just as we've done
    all those times before,
[05:01] Atou
    let's get started together.
[05:03] Atou
    Let's build a kingdom just for me and you!
[05:06] Takuto
    A kingdom...
[05:08] Takuto
    I have no idea what's going on here.
[05:11] Takuto
    I don't know even know where "here" is.
[05:15] Takuto
    But since we're together, let's do it again.
[05:19] Takuto
    Let's recreate those bright
    days in this world.
[05:24] Takuto
    Atou.
[05:25] Atou
    Yes, my king?
[05:28] Takuto
    Let's build our civilization.
[05:30] Takuto
    A kingdom just for me and you!
[05:36] Atou
    My name is Sludge Atou, the child born from
    the sludge that will destroy the world.
[05:41] Atou
    From this moment on, my body
    and mind are yours to command.
SIGN    Ira Takuto
SIGN    Mynoghra
SIGN    Alignment
SIGN    Evil
SIGN    Difficulty
[05:44] Atou
    Now, let us sink as low as
    we can together, my king!
[05:53] Takuto
    Man, doing this is kind of embarrassing, huh?
[05:55] Atou
    It was a little embarrassing for me too.
[06:03] Takuto
    Well then, my one and only subordinate,
[06:06] Takuto
    my confidante and right-hand woman!
[06:08] Takuto
    Our civilization is lauded
    as the most evil nation of all,
[06:11] Takuto
    while being finicky and
     hyper-specialized in domestic affairs,
[06:13] Takuto
    so you know what our Mynoghra
[06:15] Takuto
    must do first, right?
[06:17] Atou
    Of course, my king!
[06:20] Takuto
    We're becoming shut-ins!
[06:21] Atou
    Let's close ourselves off!
[06:23] Both
    Yeah!
[06:26] Takuto
    Emergency Production! Scout!
SIGN    Emergency
    Production
SIGN    Scout Unit
    Long-legged Bug
[06:38] Takuto
    Disgusting.
[06:39] Atou
    So disgusting.
[06:41] Takuto
    Our Mynoghra is a mild-mannered
    civilization that governs evil and ruin.
[06:46] Takuto
    So we have to first keep that
    in mind as we take action.
[06:48] Atou
    Meaning we want to avoid others
    discovering us as much as possible.
[06:52] Atou
    That's our iron-clad rule in the early game!
[06:54] Takuto
    That's right! We need to gather information
    without being discovered by anyone.
[06:59] Takuto
    All right, Long-legged Bug!
[07:01] Takuto
    I'm giving you orders as a subordinate
    of the glorious Mynoghra!
[07:05] Takuto
    Go check out the area around us.
[07:08] Atou
    Do not disappoint your
    great king, Ira Takuto,
[07:11] Atou
    and see that you complete your mission.
[07:17] Atou
    I was a little concerned,
[07:19] Atou
    but it seems to be functioning as
    a proper unit under my command.
[07:22] Takuto
    Yeah.
[07:23] Takuto
    It seems I can share its vision to some
    extent too, just like in the game.
[07:28] Takuto
    That expended 100 Mana, so we have 100 left.
SIGN    Emergency
    Production
SIGN    100 MP Expended
[07:31] Takuto
    Building a Settlement to serve as our
    initial base will consume 20 Mana.
SIGN    Planned
SIGN    Starting Settlement
     20 MP Expended
[07:35] Atou
    Emergency Production does have a high cost.
[07:38] Atou
    We can't afford to waste any more.
[07:41] Takuto
    Honestly, I wanted to produce a
    Warrior that could fight for us,
SIGN    Warrior
[07:44] Takuto
    but that wasn't an option with our Mana.
[07:47] Atou
    I'll just fight hard if we face combat!
[07:50] Atou
    Or so I would like to say, but...
[07:52] Takuto
    The Hero unit, Atou, will grow
    stronger as time passes,
[07:57] Takuto
    but your current Strength is 3.
[07:59] Takuto
    That means that right now, Mynoghra is
    in the incredibly risky position where
[08:03] Takuto
    any encounter with a powerful enemy
    could mean its complete destruction.
[08:10] Takuto
    The difficulty's high.
[08:12] Atou
    Please cheer up, my king.
[08:19] Atou
    How is it going?
[08:20] Takuto
    Well.
[08:21] Takuto
    I've been able to grasp
    the surrounding terrain.
[08:24] Takuto
    Though it's all forest.
[08:27] Takuto
    It hasn't encountered any
    animals or monsters either.
[08:30] Atou
    Forest Terrain is perfect for hiding in.
[08:33] Atou
    Though it's quite odd that
    there aren't any animals.
[08:35] Takuto
    There isn't anything to serve as food either,
[08:38] Takuto
    but I'll keep scouting for a while.
[08:42] Atou
    I'm sorry I can't be more helpful.
[08:46] Takuto
    It's fine.
[08:46] Takuto
    Just having you here with me is nice.
[08:52] Atou
    M-My king!
[08:54] Atou
    I'm incredibly moved right now!
[08:57] Takuto
    Y-Yeah?
[08:58] Takuto
    I'm glad.
[09:00] Takuto
    It was hard to tell in the game,
[09:02] Takuto
    but I guess this is what
    Atou's personality is like?
[09:07] Takuto
    A community of Dark Elves?
[09:11] Takuto
    It's not that far from here.
[09:13] Takuto
    I can see several gathered together.
[09:18] Atou
    I suppose that means this is a fantasy world?
[09:22] Atou
    Dark Elves tend to be neutral,
    but lean neutral evil,
[09:25] Atou
    so that's a bit of a relief.
[09:27] Takuto
    Do you think this is the world
    of Eternal Nations after all?
[09:31] Takuto
    If there's another civilization's
    Settlement, then that's bad for us.
[09:35] Takuto
    We want to avoid war if possible,
[09:37] Takuto
    which is why we want to
    stay hidden at the start.
[09:39] Atou
    Being neighbors to another civilization
[09:42] Atou
    would be most troubling.
[09:44] Takuto
    It'd be a shitty starting position for sure.
[09:46] Atou
    If that proves true, then
    let's flee together.
[09:48] Takuto
    True.
[09:49] Takuto
    Mynoghra loves peace and harmony, after all.
[09:52] Atou
    Yes.
[09:53] Atou
    War is barbaric anyway.
[09:58] Takuto
    First, let's observe these Dark Elves while
    gathering more information on our surroundings.
[09:58] Atou
    Clap, clap.
[10:02] Takuto
    If we're not in luck,
    then let's run far away.
[10:04] Atou
    It'll be just us, fleeing together!
[10:06] Atou
    As you wish, my king!
[10:20] Takuto
    Dark Elves?!
[10:32] Gia
    There's really nothing here?
[10:35] (Flashback) Subordinate
    Head Warrior Gia,
[10:37] (Flashback) Subordinate
    I think we should leave the Accursed Lands...
[10:39] (Flashback) Gia
    What good would leaving the forest now do?
[10:42] (Flashback) Gia
    We've been driven off of our land,
[10:44] (Flashback) Gia
    and we have nowhere left to go.
[10:47] (Flashback) Gia
    I can't imagine our children will
    be able to last much longer.
[10:50] (Flashback) Gia
    This place is so abundant with vegetation.
[10:52] (Flashback) Gia
    There has to be food here.
[10:54] (Flashback) Emle
    At the edge of Idoragya’s Uncharted Territory
[10:58] (Flashback) Emle
    lies a vast, cursed forest—
[10:59] (Flashback) Emle
    the Accursed Lands.
[11:01] (Flashback) Emle
    It's written in our books that something
    evil was sealed away in those lands.
[11:06] (Flashback) Emle
    Whatever that is would never
    allow life to flourish.
[11:11] (Flashback) Gia
    That's just superstition, Emle.
[11:13] (Flashback) Gia
    You can see how well the
    trees are growing here.
[11:17] (Flashback) Gia
    Don't give up.
[11:18] (Flashback) Gia
    You can't let yourself give up.
[11:20] (Flashback) Gia
    Our proud spirit and the
    ghosts of our ancestors
[11:23] (Flashback) Gia
    are sure to show us the way
    to overcome this hardship.
[11:28] (Flashback) All
    Yes!
[11:31] Gia
    It certainly is a creepy forest, though.
[11:34] Gia
    "Something evil," huh?
[11:36] Gia
    I can't leave over a reason like that.
[11:39] Gia
    My people are waiting for me.
[11:41] Gia
    Those of us who can still
    move have to find food.
[11:50] Gia
    This is bad!
[11:53] Gia
    That creature's no good!
[11:56] Gia
    It's the manifestation of evil!
[11:59] Gia
    My actions could affect the
    fate of my entire tribe.
[12:04] Gia
    I must be careful.
[12:11] Gia
    I am a Dark Elf of the Mazaram Clan,
[12:14] Gia
    the head warrior, Gia Nageeve!
[12:18] Gia
    I see that you are a highly
    esteemed individual!
[12:20] Gia
    So first, please allow me to apologize for
    entering your forest without permission!
[12:25] Atou
    Good. It seems you have sufficient
    understanding of what it means to enter these lands,
[12:30] Atou
    dark fae.
[12:31] Atou
    So, what reason compelled you
    to commit such trespass?
[12:37] Gia
    My clan of Dark Elves, the Mazaram Clan,
[12:41] Gia
    once resided in the central
    lands of Idoragya.
[12:46] Gia
    However, our former leaders, the highest
    authority of the elves, the Tetrarchy Council—
[12:47] Gia
    I'm a little relieved they
    seem to understand me.
[12:55] Atou
    Keep it brief.
[12:56] Gia
    W-We were persecuted and
    driven from our lands.
[13:00] Gia
    With nowhere else to go, we
    made our way here...
[13:02] Gia
    Crap!
[13:03] Gia
    It was a mistake to try and portray
    our circumstances in a better light!
[13:08] Takuto
    You're emaciated, aren't you?
[13:11] Atou
    My king is speaking to you.
[13:13] Gia
    Th-The persecution was intense,
[13:16] Gia
    and we came to this land to escape it.
[13:18] Gia
    We ran out of food along the way, and since
    we wanted to throw off our pursuers,
[13:22] Gia
    we haven't been able to secure more food.
[13:24] Gia
    It's been several days
    since we last ate anything.
[13:30] Gia
    Why?!
[13:32] Gia
    Why did we have to be put
    through all this suffering?!
[13:35] Gia
    What did we ever do to deserve it?!
[13:38] Gia
    All we wanted was a place to live in peace!
[13:42] Gia
    Is our desire to live that great a crime?!
[13:53] Gia
    This sweet fragrance...
[13:55] Takuto
    They're yours.
[13:58] Takuto
    Are you familiar with apples?
[14:00] Takuto
    They're delicious when you
    cut them in the shape of bunnies.
[14:04] Gia
    Apples?
[14:06] Gia
    No, they're different from any
    fruit that I'm familiar with.
[14:10] Gia
    What do I do?
[14:11] Gia
    Would it be rude to sample
    one right here?
[14:14] Gia
    Could I do that when our people
    are waiting for our return?
[14:18] Subordinate
    It's good!
[14:19] Emle
    It's incredibly sweet! And juicy too!
[14:23] Takuto
    I have pears too.
[14:24] Gia
    Pears?
[14:27] Atou
    You there.
[14:29] Atou
    What's the matter?
[14:31] Atou
    My king is offering you his charity.
[14:41] Gia
    There are others like me
    who have fled to this land.
[14:44] Gia
    We have small children with us.
[14:47] Gia
    The children—our children are starving.
[14:50] Gia
    They haven't eaten anything for days,
[14:52] Gia
    and they've all grown very thin.
[14:54] Gia
    This fruit that you have given
    us in your generous mercy...
[14:58] Gia
    I would like to give it to our
    children instead of myself.
[15:03] Gia
    Please.
[15:05] Takuto
    Poor things.
[15:06] Atou
    King Takuto?!
[15:14] Gia
    Dark Elves are scorned as beings
    who have fled from the light.
[15:18] Gia
    They say we're only permitted to live thanks
    to the mercy of the Elves, the Fae of Light.
[15:24] Gia
    We were subjected to that contempt and
    forced to live in the shadows, away from the light.
[15:30] Gia
    No one ever reached out to
    offer us a helping hand.
[15:37] Takuto
    It's yours.
[15:39] Subordinate
    It's a miracle!
[15:40] Subordinate
    With this much food...!
[15:41] Emle
    Thank you so much!
[15:42] Gia
    Who exactly are you?
[15:45] Takuto
    It's yours.
[15:52] Woman
    Come on, hang in there.
[15:54] Woman
    Head Warrior Gia will
    surely find food for us.
[16:03] Woman
    What is this scent?
[16:06] Gia
    I have returned!
[16:08] Gia
    I found food!
[16:10] Gia
    Prepare the food!
[16:18] Mother
    Thank goodness.
[16:27] Woman
    Where did you manage to get this much food?
[16:30] Gia
    I just happened to find it.
[16:49] Moltar
    You've done good work today.
[16:53] Gia
    Elder Moltar.
[16:58] Moltar
    The fruit you've brought
    back with you is incredible.
[17:02] Moltar
    I'm confident that I've lived a long life,
[17:04] Moltar
    and even I'd never seen anything like it.
[17:06] Gia
    Yeah.
[17:07] Gia
    I sampled a little of it, and it's exquisite.
[17:11] Gia
    It's my first time learning that such
    tasty fruit exists in this world.
[17:15] Moltar
    Did something happen?
[17:22] Gia
    I encountered a legendary
    being deep in the forest.
[17:26] Moltar
    What kind of legend?
[17:28] Gia
    I remember Emle mentioned something
[17:31] Gia
    about some being that was sealed
    away in the Accursed Lands?
[17:34] Moltar
    You met the King of Ruin?!
[17:37] Gia
    You know about him?
[17:39] Moltar
    Some of the legends and old books remain.
[17:43] Moltar
    "When the world reaches saturation,
[17:46] Moltar
    the King of Ruin will appear.
[17:48] Moltar
    He will bring ruin to any and all,
[17:50] Moltar
    forcing all to start over from scratch."
[17:53] Moltar
    It's unclear how true that may be,
[17:55] Moltar
    but I can't declare it a lie.
[17:58] Moltar
    Did he call himself that?
[18:00] Gia
    He didn't give a name.
[18:02] Gia
    But the King of Ruin, huh?
[18:04] Gia
    He was certainly terrifying
    enough to warrant that name.
[18:08] Moltar
    Did you talk to this king?
[18:10] Gia
    No, the king...
[18:12] Gia
    was a being that seemed
    beyond our understanding.
[18:16] Gia
    However, he had a young woman serving him.
[18:19] Gia
    She clarified the king's
    words to some degree.
[18:24] Moltar
    I'm not sure if the being you
    met was the King of Ruin.
[18:29] Moltar
    Though it's clear he's not something good.
[18:33] Moltar
    Now that I've filled my stomach and
    recovered a bit of Mana, I can tell.
[18:39] Moltar
    This forest is abnormal.
[18:42] Moltar
    Perhaps I should have noticed sooner.
[18:45] Moltar
    Did you give him anything
    in exchange for the food?
[18:48] Gia
    Nothing.
[18:51] Moltar
    Like an evil being would grant charity
    without demanding anything in return.
[18:55] Gia
    I don't know.
[18:57] Gia
    I just explained our
    situation when they asked.
[18:59] Gia
    That's all.
[19:01] Moltar
    Why would the King of Ruin do such a thing?
[19:06] Gia
    Grace.
[19:07] Moltar
    "Grace," you say?
[19:10] Gia
    Yeah, grace.
[19:12] Gia
    His Grace sympathized
    with our situation
[19:15] Gia
    and granted us charity.
[19:17] Moltar
    You!
[19:18] Moltar
    Did you just call him "His Grace"?
[19:21] Moltar
    Have you been charmed by him?!
[19:22] Gia
    Absolutely not!
[19:23] Moltar
    Then why would you be so rash as
    to call him "His Grace"?!
[19:27] Moltar
    That title is used to show respect!
[19:30] Gia
    His Grace granted us aid!
[19:33] Gia
    When we were starving!
[19:35] Gia
    It's only natural to show him respect!
[19:37] Moltar
    But we're talking about an evil being!
[19:40] Gia
    Then what?!
[19:41] Gia
    What was I supposed to do?!
[19:43] Gia
    We're only able to waste our
    strength arguing like this
[19:48] Gia
    because His Grace filled our stomachs!
[19:53] Gia
    Hey, Elder Moltar.
[19:55] Gia
    What should I have done?
[19:58] Moltar
    Even I don't know the answer to that.
[20:02] Moltar
    I'm sorry, Gia, brave warrior of our tribe.
[20:06] Moltar
    You've done well.
[20:09] Moltar
    I'll handle negotiations with the
    king as the leader of the Dark Elves.
[20:14] Moltar
    I've been alive for two centuries now.
[20:17] Moltar
    I'll figure something out.
[20:19] Gia
    Please do.
[20:21] Moltar
    I wonder when we'll be able
    to spend our nights in peace.
[20:30] Gia
    I wonder when, too.
[20:34] Atou
    King Takuto, sit up straight!
[20:37] Atou
    How could you use our scarce
    Mana on something like that?!
[20:41] Takuto
    I-I just felt bad for them...
[20:44] Atou
    Not good enough!
[20:46] Atou
    We just got Mynoghra started.
[20:48] Atou
    We don't even know what's
    going on around us yet.
[20:51] Atou
    Hmph!
[20:51] Takuto
    I'm sorry for using our Mana without asking.
[20:55] Takuto
    Atou, please stop being mad.
[20:56] Atou
    Hmph! It's not like I'm mad about it.
[21:01] Takuto
    Okay. Then I'll do anything you ask of me.
[21:05] Atou
    "A-Anything" is going too far, isn't it?
[21:09] Atou
    You don't have to promise
    that. I'm not really...
[21:14] Takuto
    I need you, Atou.
[21:17] Atou
    I'm sorry for saying such mean things!
[21:19] Atou
    I'm a failure of a subordinate for voicing
    dissent about my great king's decision!
[21:24] Atou
    Please command whatever you wish from me!
[21:26] Takuto
    Yeah...
[21:27] Takuto
    Actually, um...
[21:30] Takuto
    I wasn't able to speak with
    those Dark Elves very well.
[21:33] Atou
    Huh?!
[21:34] Takuto
    I'm able to talk to you just fine,
[21:37] Takuto
    but the words just won't come out
[21:39] Takuto
    when I'm in front of others.
[21:42] Atou
    I thought that was just you
    role-playing the idea that
[21:45] Atou
    the strong disdain long speeches and leave
    the detailed negotiations to their subordinates?
[21:50] Takuto
    Apparently, I'm just awkward.
[21:54] Atou
    My king!
[21:54] Takuto
    That reminds me... I don't recall any nice chats
    with the nurses or doctors at the hospital either...
[21:56] Atou
    Please don't cry!
[21:58] Atou
    It's just, you know, you stand above it!
[21:59] Takuto
    and I rarely had the chance
    to chat with anyone...
[21:59] Atou
    Kings are meant to stand above the masses!
[22:01] Atou
    They typically only talk with
    subordinates that they trust!
[22:02] Takuto
    If I can't talk to anyone I'm
    not close to, then I'm screwed...