Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike Page #5

Thought you didn't agree with this?

It's still my duty.

Everyone ready?

There it is! Hurry!

You're dealing with us!

Let's go!

Now comes the real challenge. Stay sharp!

Captain!

It's flowing from there...

Let's follow it to the source!

What is it?

Careful, Flynn.

Yes, Sir.

Even further down, huh...

There's the entrance.

Oww...

Yo.

Merzhom!

You're getting old, Niren...

Right back at ya.

Hey, Yuri. You look like your back's against the wall.

You sure like to butt in, huh?

You have no charm at all!

If the town bites the dust, we're outta work too!

Plus some of my men need avenging.

Let's finish this once and for all.

Captain!

The pain's gone now. I'll be fine.

Take off your blastia.

Huh? But...

If it goes off, it'll take us all out!

Y-Yes, Sir!

This is it, all right.

I'm counting on you two!

Niren!

Swords don't work!

Flynn!

Yuri! Cut the red cords!

Yuri!

Right!

Let's go!

There's no end to 'em! Go on ahead!

I appreciate it!

Now that's big...

Oww...

Oh, no!

No! Help!

Yuri! I'll toss you up there!

Come on!

Yuri!

I take it you're all right?

Yeah...

So this thing's sucking up aer to act in place of a core?

That's a pretty big gizmo.

You okay?

Lost one of my men.

I'm sorry to hear it.

Who built this?

We can look into it later.

This ought to stop the flow of aer.

What is it?

It stopped!

Chastel!

This is not good!

Yuri!

Let's get outta here!

Hold this!

What are you doing?!

Captain! Look!

This core...

Later!

Yuri!

Chastel! Chastel!

She's okay! She's breathing!

Captain!

Give me your hand!

We'll hold you!

I'll help you! Just hold on...!

Damn it!

It's no use. Go.

Shut up!

Give me your hand, dammit!

Can't do much of anything now...

That can be fixed! Give me your hand!

Yuri...

I can't reach him at all! Can't we use anything else?!

Yuri!

You know it's too late for me. Go save everyone who can be saved.

Take this.

Flynn. Look after everyone.

Become a great Knight. Surpass your old man.

No! Captain! Captain!

Go...

Farewell.

Chastel... Thank goodness...

Oww...

We're alive...

Yeah... It's over.

Oh, you're awake.

Huh? Where's the captain?

Flynn! Where's the captain?!

Yuri...

He went out in style.

I know it's a formality, but it seems silly when there's nothing inside...

The captain said making his mission his priority

was what kept him from protecting his family.

He said he respected your dad.

What, you're still not done yet?

You were ordered to hold the fort, you know!

How dare he harm the brigade His Excellency gave him...

Incompetent fool. Did he think he was a hero of the people or something?

How could you work for a lousy captain-

Yuri!

Stop, Yuri!

How dare you waltz in here now and trash talk him!

You little...

It's time to carry the casket out. Lend a hand, you two.

What kind of brigade is this?!

Captain...

When the captain died, I think he did leave something behind.

He's the reason everyone is still alive. Right?

So I'm absolutely sure your dad left something behind when he died too!

Salute Captain Niren Fedrok of the Imperial Knights!

Yuri...

It isn't over yet.

We found it planted inside the ruins.

Only you use that type of core.

Why did you do it?! Were you trying to destroy the town?!

Don't be silly.

Those ruins were simply a test bed for a new type of blastia.

A new type of blastia?

That's right.

Our way of life demands that we control aer and blastia,

yet excavation is our only method for obtaining crystallized aer cores.

But if we could create an artificial replacement for cores,

it'd free us from the fear of monsters and usher in even greater prosperity.

But then your blastia went out of control,

so you tried to destroy it all and take the brigade out with it!

At present, we don't even have full control over normal blastia.

Luckily for us, that's how we were able to bring back that core as proof.

Actually, there were other experiments with some measure of success.

There were casualties then too, of course...

You don't mean...

You have my sympathies.

It appears a blastia explosion is in order here, too.

That hurts...

You're really starting to annoy me...

Damn it...

Flynn! It's sink or swim! Create an opening!

Got it!

Such nonsense!

Take this!

That's...

The captain's blastia.

Captain... It's over.

Hisca...

Seeing me off?

Yeah. It's not like me at all.

Looks like everyone else is leaving too.

It's only natural, with the Empire abandoning this place.

Plus all the guild guys are long gone.

Having the captain around must've been why Merzhom liked it here too.

Yeah, with the captain gone, I don't think I'm cut out for the Knights.

Sorry. I leave the clean-up work to you.

Vice Captain Yurgis quietly accepted our report

that said Garista Luodor died in a blastia explosion accident.

It seems he was suspicious of Garista too, after the captain filled him in.

That's why he's given his silent approval.

You're tough, Flynn. I can never hope to be like you.

Likewise, Yuri.

Choosing to make it in the world all alone... That's you, all right.

I'll try to find what the captain sought by staying with the Knights.

That's what he asked me to do, too.

Sorry. I shouldn't have said "alone", Repede.

Take good care of him.

See ya.

Yeah.

See you later.

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