Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos Page #4

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That was also when my parents were killed.

That wasn't what I was asking, sheesh.

Gimme just a little more.

PLACEHOLDER:

Metal and glass only fetch this much now.

Pedro, is it true that Julia's back?

Yeah, there was a commotion down there not too long ago.

See?!

I'm sorry.

How extraordinary!

What the heck, old man?!

I'm Gonzales.

Where are you from?

Who made this prosthetic?

M-My childhood friend...

Hey, old man!

Old man, you make automail?

Old Gon, I'm not done yet!

Oh! Sorry, sorry.

I'm gonna connect the neurons, so hold him down tightly.

All right, you ready?

Y-Yeah.

Heave!

Old man, you're being too rough!

If he keeps breaking it during rehab, he

won't get up again for the rest of his life.

Pay me when you get the money.

Sorry, Old Gon.

There's a lot of injured people here.

That's because cave-in accidents occur frequently.

Cave-in?

Cleta's trying to build a geothermal plant over there.

The villagers are ordered around like slaves for a meager wage.

That's what you're talking about?

It uses the heat from the volcano behind it.

I see.

And with Amestris on this side...

You guys sure are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Did that Julia girl really climb that high?

She's a warrior.

She wouldn't be frightened by a mere cliff.

It's the secret police.

What?!

Pedro, over here!

Thanks a lot, old man.

Take good care of your automail.

I will!

They're like cave apartments.

It's right ahead.

I smell him.

What's happening?

Amestris shot down someone who was climbing the cliff.

Climbing up the cliffs just a little is seen as a border crossing.

They set all the rules.

Bastard...

Hey, are you all right?

Hey, Pedro!

May glory... be with Milos...

You've been studying.

I'd bring some back every time I sneaked into Cleta or Amestris.

I see.

But only a very few of them contain useful Alchemy.

You're like Mom.

Well, you're like Dad yourself.

Really?

Your wound...

It must've been tough.

I suppose.

Give me your hands.

O-Okay.

Julia, you...

A friend taught it to me.

Although I can't use Mom and Dad's

Alchemy yet, I've remembered just this one.

Sorry you've been through so much hardship.

Brother, do you remember this?

You made this for me.

How do I look?

Take it.

I already have this one, so you should wear the other one.

Hey, come on!

I wanted us to wear the same earring.

I guess something like that did happen.

I'm really happy that I could see you again.

So, if we regain the Sacred Land, let's live here like we used to...

They're here?!

Monsters!

Stop right there!

You just don't give up.

How dare you murder Pedro.

I won't forgive you!

The escaped convict!

Brother!

Al, you're all right!

I didn't think you'd show yourself up.

Julia!

If you behave, then the bystanders won't get hurt.

There it is.

Bottom of the valley.

The large cave in the west.

Send more chimaeras out.

Yes, sir!

So she's not even a friend to any of you?

Al!

Mr. Al!

Just call me Al!

What the hell is that?!

It's a wolf-chimaera.

Yeah, he's of the same type as the one that killed my parents.

He said he followed your scent here.

They'll keep coming as long as you're here.

We should stop using his help, then!

It's too dangerous!

I can leave any time.

But I'm taking Julia with me.

I...

I'll stay here with everyone.

You can't do anything with this bunch!

It's not a question of whether we can.

It's something we must do.

Julia!

If we cannot open the Gate of Truth, then we must obtain the Alchemy of the Sacred Land.

Once we have it, we'll win for sure!

We just need the Sacred Land's Star of Blood.

Star of Blood?

Monsters!

Two more are heading this way!

See? I told you so.

Everyone, retreat!

Huh, a dead end?!

Dive in!

Damn it, the scent ended!

They escaped?

Seems like they slipped into an

underground river, stopping their scent.

But when did he learn the Alchemy of the Crichtons?

It'd be a waste to kill him.

The excavation project is complete.

All right, move on to the next phase.

I didn't think there'd be such a huge lake underground.

You saved us again.

How should I thank you?

Don't worry about it.

We have our own reasons for coming here, too.

We've been investigating all kinds of Alchemy so we can get our original bodies back.

Get your original bodies back?

How will you do that?

We don't know.

But my brother and I decided that we'd regain what we had lost with our own strength.

I see.

I'm a little envious, though.

You and your brother can relate to each other so well.

Al!

Hey, don't leave me behind!

Oh well.

It is hard to swim with automail.

Julia!

We're going ahead.

Okay!

Deciding on something together with your brother...

Is the hideout really that deep in?

Yes.

There's an open space just ahead.

This is...

...a cemetery.

A long time ago, this was the home

of tens of thousands of Milos people.

You're saying this is the city of the Milos people?!

That was 400 years ago.

The Cletans forced our ancestors to the bottom of the valley in order to obtain the Stone of Immortality.

The Stone of Immortality?!

Is it a deep crimson stone?

You know of it?

We call it the Philosopher's Stone.

The Philosopher's Stone...

Tell me more.

Thank you both again.

Edward and Alphonse, thank you for saving Julia.

Where are we?

This is the center of our hideout:

The Realm of Quelled Souls.

Quelled Souls?

This is where the souls of all the people of Milos who dug the valley and died in war rest.

Dug the valley?

What's the meaning of that?

The Sacred Land did not originally have such a deep valley.

Our ancestors built a nation here with the plateau with a view of the holy Mt. Polos as sacred land.

A legend exists, telling of the Stones of Immortality buried around the plateau.

We call them Stars of Blood.

However, upon hearing the legend, the

Cletans mounted a large-scale invasion.

They took our lands and sought after the Stars of Blood.

In the 300 years that'd passed, they continued digging around the Sacred Land, resulting in this giant valley.

We, the people of Milos, were stripped of

our homes and ordered around like slaves.

We don't know how many Stars of Blood were mined during that time.

After the Cletans left, all the people of Milos had left was a deep valley and ruins.

And yet, they still continue to rule over us from above the valley.

When Amestris attacked, the Cletans sent us to the battle frontlines.

Carved here are the names of all

the people of Milos who died then.

After the war ended, we were forced into the bottom of the valley.

To serve as the shield to the border.

No records remain indicating the excavated Stars of Blood were given to the Cletans,

meaning the Stars that had been mined rest somewhere in the Sacred Land.

That is the secret of the Sacred Land.

This relief is the blueprint the Alchemists designed to dig up the Stars of Blood.

Users of Alchemy ended up creating the excuse to

drive the people of Milos to the bottom of the valley.

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