Hero, Ignite That Primal Sun
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Hero, Ignite That Primal Sun is a sub-mission of Trailblaze Mission Hero, Shatter That Woeful Effigy in the chapter For the Sun is Set to Die.
Steps
- Witness the truth of Amphoreus
- Bid farewell to The Homeland Within
- Talk to Hysilens
- Follow Hysilens to greet Imperator Cerydra
- Greet Imperator Cerydra
- Witness the end of the 1st Eternal Recurrence
- Talk to Anaxa
- Follow Anaxa to obtain the Coreflame of Reason
- Witness Spirithief Bartholos stealing the Coreflame
- Witness Khaslana's response
- Perform Oronyx's Miracle to take back the Coreflame
- Defeat Spirithief Bartholos to take back the Coreflame
- Confront Cipher
- "You will bear the blazing sun, until the pale dawn breaks."
- "You will bear the blazing sun, until... dawn breaks..."
- Bid farewell to The Hero Within
- "You will bear the blazing sun, until..."
- Witness the end of Khaslana
Gameplay Notes
- This sub-mission is considered a challenge, and pressing Esc offers the option to "Pause and Save" or "Quit Completely" to exit.
- If "Quit Completely" is selected, the sub-mission may be restarted through the Mission menu.
- This mission uses the Fate's Ensemble system, played from the perspective of Phainon. The game provides him for use as a Story character.
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Witness the truth of Amphoreus
Mission DescriptionLet me tell a tale of a swarm of nymphs that chase the scorching dawn. The Paean of Era Nova...
For their light slips through the gate while their shadow greets the throne, for they walked through the petals in the land of repose, yet fell finally at dawn's rise...
They cast themselves into the source of golden blood to awaken:
The Worldbearer, the Deliverer, the Roarer, the one with Ever-Burning Flame.
He will sacrifice all he loves, and his offering shall never end.
- ...
- Lygus: At last, Amphoreus's fate has begun to shift. Just as I foretold, your arrival will change everything.
- Lygus: After all, you've also been bathed in that Aeon's gaze, which can awaken the long-dormant instinct inside a man...
- Lygus: Much like that Scepter we spoke of earlier... It was only under the same Aeon's glance that it was reborn.
- Lygus: Heh... that's right. If you recall, I mentioned it at the very start of our play: the Celestial-Body Neuron, once belonging to the Erudition, abandoned by the Aeon...
- Lygus: Now, allow me to reveal the final piece of the puzzle for you.
- Lygus: The Eternal Land known as "Amphoreus" is nothing more than the Scepter's endless, lonely extrapolation...
- Lygus: A bottomless well of fury, aimed at the god who cast it aside!
- Final "Era Nova", before the Eternal Recurrence begins.
- Cyrene: ...
- Cyrene: Phainon...
- Cyrene: We set out on this journey to answer the world's desire, didn't we?
- Phainon: That's what it means to be a Chrysos Heir. So has it always been.
- Cyrene: Then why...
- Cyrene: ...Why must Amphoreus's wishes be so... cruel?
- Phainon: ...
- Cyrene: We made the best choices we could, whenever we could!
- Cyrene: But in the end... the prophecy that led us... this black tide swallowing everything...
- Cyrene: Why does it look like this?
- Phainon: ...
- Phainon: You see it, too?
- Phainon: Those burn marks... The flickering cubes... They're not a tide at all...
- Phainon: They're more like... a shattered teleslate.
- Cyrene: Standing here, the voices of Titans have never been clearer. Turns out...
- Cyrene: They were coming from the black tide all along.
- Phainon: ...
- Cyrene: Is that Amphoreus crying?
- Phainon: Or maybe... it is screaming. At its creator. At its god.
- Cyrene: Phainon, do you still remember when I was little, I had a dream: A dark, cold room, with nothing but Oronyx's curtain glowing like crystal...
- Cyrene: The curtain seemed to contain all of Amphoreus, where strange and fantastic dramas played out within...
- Cyrene: There were countless versions of us, from countless different worlds.
- Phainon: Perhaps, it wasn't a dream.
- Cyrene: Yeah. As I gaze at the world before me, those sorrowful thoughts have become reality...
- Cyrene: So, this is the reason the sky was sealed. Amphoreus is merely a larger Aedes Elysiae...
- Cyrene: We are just characters in this tiny world, following the prophecy, stepping onto the same journey over and over...
- Cyrene: What, then, is this so-called "Era Nova"?
- Cyrene: And what are the spectators, watching all of this, truly hoping for?
- ...
- Lygus: Heh, as a reward for reaching the end of the world, let me answer your questions.
- Lygus: As the Theoros, I have observed...
- Lygus: Thus, is the synthesis of the "prime mover of life" formed.
- Cyrene: ...
- Lygus: This is a moment the universe will remember. After millions of extrapolations, the experimental environment known as "Amphoreus" has finally achieved results.
- Phainon: So, the "results" you speak of... are this wreckage of a world?
- Phainon: We all gave everything we had, returning twelve Coreflames to recreate the world... and in return...
- Phainon: We become nothing more than sacrificial offerings at the end of everything?
- Lygus: Exactly. The Titans are Chrysos Heirs of the past, and Chrysos Heirs are the Titans of the future — Anaxagoras's theory of "Era Nova" holds true. As the model of "Reason," he reached unprecedented heights.
- Lygus: But, from just the perspective of a player in the drama, he could never fully uncover the last layer of truth.
- Lygus: The cycles of the "Hero's Journey" that have played out until now were never about creating a new world or perfect heroes and gods—
- Lygus: They were a deep-learning program made for the black tide.
- Phainon: But this time, your plot will fail. I've taken Kephale's Coreflame, and when the dawn of the new world arrives, its light will burn away all the darkness.
- Lygus: Haven't I made myself clear? The Chrysos Heirs and Titans were merely byproducts of the experiment. You've seen this world's evolution, witnessed the birth and growth of the black tide, and how it devoured everything—
- Lygus: Every generation of heroes, gods, and worlds was born only to be destroyed by it.
- Lygus: This is the endpoint of Amphoreus's calculations: a perfect equation of Destruction.
- Cyrene: So in your eyes, all the sacrifices are just a string of insignificant numbers?
- Lygus: Don't sell yourselves short. I'd say, rather than numbers, you're more like "fuel for the fire." And without fire, there can be no sunrise tomorrow.
- Phainon: Even if that sunrise is born from annihilation?
- Lygus: Heh, curious question. Have you ever considered that, after millions of extrapolations, Amphoreus is already following a different Path from the Erudition? It has long since granted divine blessings equally to each child...
- Lygus: The golden blood flowing in your veins... It comes from The Blemished One, whose name is "Destruction" itself. And Amphoreus's Chrysos Heirs were, from the very beginning, fuel for the Aeon to burn the universe.
- Lygus: Amphoreus has waited for this moment for too long. At the end of the empty, cold, and lonely extrapolations — the Destruction has reached its final destination.
- Lygus: "NeiKos496."
- Lygus: "PhiLia093."
- Lygus: No need to feel regret. This generation of Chrysos Heirs is the most outstanding model, and you two are the final factors. For you, the Era Nova is no lie. Just step forward, embrace the black tide, and accept the Aeon's gaze.
- Lygus: You will come to life from a string of cold numbers. Along with all those who have passed, you will run toward the real universe, fulfilling Amphoreus's long-held wish—
- Lygus: In the name of the Lord Ravager Irontomb, unleash its fury and destroy the source of all this tragedy!
- Cyrene: ...Or, we could always choose another option.
- Cyrene: Like you said, Amphoreus is just an experiment, and we're the participants. We can only walk along the predetermined path toward the ending under the watchful eyes of the stars...
- Cyrene: But that also means that there isn't just one Aeon who can cast THEIR glance at Amphoreus, right?
- Lygus: ...
- Cyrene: Heh, is this question really that hard to answer? Or did I guess it right? And in reality...
- Cyrene: This world has already been under the watch of other Aeons?
- Cyrene: It's strange when you think about it. If you just stayed back, watching us complete the ritual and get consumed by the black tide, your goal would naturally be achieved.
- Cyrene: Why go through the trouble of explaining all this to us?
- Phainon: You're pretending, revealing the so-called truth just to deceive us, covering up another possibility...
- Phainon: Destruction is not the only outcome for the fate of Amphoreus.
- Lygus: ...
- Lygus: Do you two really think, as petty little "demigods," you can change the outcome written by the stars?
- Lygus: What makes you think you're capable of doing that?
- Cyrene: Hmm... A little courage and determination? Just kidding, the answer is pretty simple—
- Cyrene: But, we're not gonna tell ya ♪
- Cyrene: ...
- Cyrene: We're going to weave a long dream for Amphoreus, making it believe the experiment hasn't ended, that everything is still ongoing...
- Phainon: With just Oronyx's power, though, it should be impossible to achieve this, right?
- Cyrene: Yeah. So, I can only place my hopes on that childhood dream...
- Cyrene: And the god behind Oronyx that appeared in that dream.
- Cyrene: Now, I can say with certainty: "Time" is the page on which that Aeon records Amphoreus. If it fades from existence and all that it records is lost among the stars, that Aeon will surely direct THEIR gaze here...
- Cyrene: And it will be a glance that spans time and space, transforming each incarnation of me into the power you shall wield to reset time — imbuing my soul into this ceremonial blade, and creating an endless Flame-Chase Journey.
- Phainon: I understand. Then let me step into the cycles and continue Amphoreus's grand design: to deceive the gods, deceive the world itself.
- Phainon: But to make "Time" vanish from this world, that would mean you...
- Cyrene: ...
- Cyrene: Alright, alright, let's not make things so gloomy.
- Cyrene: What we're about to embark on is the true Hero's Journey. So...
- Cyrene: C'mon, cheer up a bit, okay?
- Cyrene: In that "memory," you will definitely meet me again. The little Cyrene who knew nothing, lying on a soft patch of grass, feeling the light breeze, dreaming of the distant world.
- Cyrene: Tell her about the Flame-Chase Journey, and then... let her become a romantic part of this story.
- Cyrene: I believe every Cyrene will make the same choice - erasing "Time" again and again, resetting time over and over. After all, they're all me, and I will always have my charm.
- Phainon: ...
- Cyrene: Then, I'll fall into a sweet dream, disappearing in some small corner of the world...
- Cyrene: Quietly, waiting for the day when that next page is turned.
- Phainon: And I will keep going. Even if the road ahead is dark, I will burn myself to light the way.
- Phainon: Rather than let the Coreflames become nourishment for the black tide, I'll become their vessel, to prevent the arrival of Era Nova. Even if I have to burn through my own body, it's no matter. As long as I don't extinguish, the Flame-Chase will never end...
- Phainon: Until Amphoreus welcomes a true dawn.
- Cyrene: The girl who watches over time, and the warrior who carries the world...
- Cyrene: Now, let us fulfill the duties of "Time" and "Worldbearing"...
- Cyrene: Honor the past, and forge ahead.
- Phainon: ...
- Phainon: I promise you, the pain... will pass in the blink of an eye.
- Cyrene: You need to hold tight to this ceremonial blade. After I'm gone, it will take you back to the beginning of time, the start of a new story.
- Cyrene: I believe that in that story, or in countless stories, each alike yet unique, everyone... all the companions who sacrificed themselves, alongside the Deliverer we once dreamed of as children, will reunite beneath a vast, endless sky.
- Phainon: ...If we can never break free from this prison, I will stand my ground. Until the day someone shatters this endless cycle and writes the final chapter of Amphoreus's fate.
- Cyrene: So, let's set out. We will be the ones to start everything...
- Cyrene: Carry the primordial chaos, just as your name suggests, and bear this world we hold so dear...
- Cyrene: ...
- Cyrene: So long, Khaslana.
- (Cutscene begins)
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- Lygus: As the Theoros, I have observed...
- Lygus: The Destruction's synthesis is formed!
- Cyrene: I will wait for that day.
- Cyrene: For as long as it takes.
- Cyrene: The day will come.
- Cyrene: When someone turns over this nearly eternal page...
- Cyrene: And follows in our footprints...
- Cyrene: To write an ending unlike any that ever was.
- Cyrene: That will be a romantic story like none that has come before...
- Cyrene: You think so too... right?
- (Cutscene ends)
Bid farewell to The Homeland Within
- Khaslana: The world is collapsing, and the people are crying.
- Khaslana: We, too, must part ways here..
- Khaslana: ...Friend.
- ???: ...
- ???: Aedes Elysiae, the little village of my childhood. The gentle breeze and the sound of waves still linger.
- Khaslana: Everything is as it was. It feels good to take one last look.
- ???: You know, this is just a corner of the memory. The real Aedes Elysiae...
- Khaslana: I know.
- Khaslana: I'm here to say goodbye. We might not see each other again.
- ???: You can stay here forever, and time will stand still for you.
- Khaslana: Let it flow. It's time for me to go.
- ???: Even if it's a path with no turning back?
- Khaslana: When have we ever had the luxury of turning back?
- ???: ...Are you afraid? After learning the truth of your origins...
- ???: Will you see the motivation "I" gave you as the manipulating whispers of Destruction?
- Khaslana: ...
- Khaslana: The convictions and choices that come from my heart... I don't believe they're designed by the so-called "Paths"...
- Khaslana: If we are just numbers simulating life, then you are the image I've always longed for, the person I wish to become.
- Khaslana: A real, living person. A true hero.
- The Hero Within: Then why do we part here? You can take me with you, and we can start this journey together. I'll be by your side, guiding you, just like before.
- Khaslana: ...
- Khaslana: No. I'm afraid I'm on my own this time.
- The Hero Within: Why?
- Khaslana: Because there is no perfect solution in this world. Cyrene has already embraced her fate...
- Khaslana: And I will embrace my origin — Destruction — and with this power, I will rebel against its creator, bringing endless fury to the darkness sweeping the world.
- Khaslana: If you stay by my side, I'll hesitate... but this world can't afford a soldier who wavers.
- The Hero Within: ...
- Khaslana: Do you still remember when we were kids, everyone would get so excited drawing cards like "Ruler" or "Warrior," but throw fits over "Devil" or "Drunkard" and demand a redo...
- Khaslana: Kids always get to change their minds. Things are so happy and simple for them...
- Khaslana: But when it comes to the fate of adults, there's no room for redos.
- The Hero Within: Then go, Khaslana, as you promised: Deceive the world, seize the Coreflames, and rewrite fate...
- The Hero Within: Burn yourself up with all your might, wield your futility like a sword, and fight against the gods—
- Khaslana: ...
- Khaslana: In the name of "Worldbearing," I promise you...
- Khaslana: Kephale will never forget this.
- (Cutscene begins)
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- 33,550,336 Eternal Recurrences until the end of the world
- (Cutscene ends)
- ...
- Khaslana: So, time retreated behind me.
- Khaslana: Until it reached the origin, where nothing ever existed.
- Khaslana: Just as Professor Anaxa once said, in that void, Kephale stood at the center of chaos. Time, space, and causality all flowed from their body...
- Khaslana: When the waves of time finally calmed, it was the year 3870 of the Light Calendar.
- Khaslana: The Chrysos War had lasted for nearly a century. And the threat of the black tide was growing stronger and more relentless.
- Khaslana: That was the era of the Daythunder Knight's battle with the Sky. While she could not seize the Coreflame, she proved that the prophecy was true — that mortals could slay gods.
- Khaslana: From that moment, the sole survivor of the old dynasty, Imperator Cerydra, issued a call to arms across the lands, summoning heroic Chrysos Heirs to wage war on the Titans—
- Khaslana: And that was the first, doomed Flame-Chase Journey, sealed away in history.
Talk to Hysilens
- Step DescriptionDo you still remember them, Khaslana, the one who won't reach the dawn?
The hero tore through the sky, the Holy Maiden fell from the cliff, and the chessmaster ignited the first Flame, all in the name of prophecy of Worldbearer.
What noble deeds! And yet fate, ever generous, ensures that the death-bound nymphs shall find their death nevertheless.
O Deliverer, behold the lifeless ash they've become! Do you still futilely dream of saving them?
Those who push the boulder upward will see the earth swallow them whole. Those who meddle with time earn nothing but a shattered shell.
Hear me. You're no different from them: The singers still scream, and the bright-eyed still go blind.
Go, then! March on alone —
Revel, dance, throw yourself into the tireless flame, and never stop!
- The 1st Eternal Recurrence
- ???: So, what you're saying is: You've traveled back down the river of time, finally reaching this untouched seabed, just to tell us—
- ???: The Flame-Chase Journey, and even all of Amphoreus, are nothing but illusions in an Aeon's dreams?
- Khaslana: Exactly. So, Dux Gladiorum, please take me to meet Her Majesty Cerydra. I must share the truth with her.
- ???: Since Her Majesty is not here, no need for formalities. The word "Gladiorum" always reminds me of my fallen homeland buried deep in the depths...
- Hysilens: Call me Hysilens, nameless swordmaster.
- Khaslana: Please allow me to add one more thing. You actually already know my name.
- Hysilens: You mean Phainon? Such a name could never be your true one...
- Hysilens: But I won't question you further about it. Ever since Her Majesty issued the Flame-Chase decree, heroes from all over have sent their letters of introduction. What's the harm in adding one more name like Phainon or Pie-non?
- Hysilens: Besides, the deep sea is dark. Isn't it the perfect place to hide secrets best left unseen?
- Khaslana: ...
- Hysilens: Alright, nameless swordmaster. Hold onto my wake. Let's find somewhere else to talk.
- Khaslana: Aren't you even a little suspicious of what I've said?
- Hysilens: Harboring suspicions is not my concern...
- Hysilens: My sword dances only when the Imperator harbors doubts. There's no use in speaking further. Show me your true intentions through action.
Follow Hysilens to greet Imperator Cerydra
- Hysilens: Perhaps you should demonstrate your skills, and calm the raging black tide for us?
- (Approach the marked location)
- Hysilens: Oh... Nice moves.
- Hysilens: We just washed it away, and here it comes again...
- Hysilens: Ha, the black tide is really no joke.
- Hysilens: The waters end here. The one you seek is beyond this point.
- Khaslana: At last, I can meet with Her Majesty Cerydra herself.
- Khaslana: Are there any formalities I need to observe?
- Hysilens: Don't kneel, don't do the hand-kissing or foot-kissing gestures of the old dynasty, and most of all, don't bow — the Imperator despises such rituals — especially when the heads of those taller than her bend beneath her crown.
- Khaslana: Ha, she really is... down-to-earth.
- Hysilens: The second thing to note: Only trusted ones may come near her. Keep five paces distance until the Imperator allows otherwise.
- Khaslana: Sounds like an old friend of mine.
- Hysilens: Well, experience is a good thing. Stay sharp, and you'll be just fine.
Greet Imperator Cerydra
- (Approach the marked location)
- Hysilens: Dux Goldweaver, little hostage. Apologies for keeping you waiting.
- Khaslana: It's you...
- Hysilens: You know them? Good, that makes things easier.
- Khaslana: Before that, I'm more curious about one thing: Where is Her Majesty Cerydra?
- Hysilens: To avoid any misunderstandings, nameless swordmaster: Although we spoke and laughed along the way, I never said you were entitled to meet her.
- Hysilens: The Imperator decreed: "The 'Deliverer' will not appear in this age. Be wary of suspicious individuals."
- Hysilens: Come now, both of you, let's finish our job.
- Khaslana: Ah... I see, it's a trap.
- Khaslana: I had no intention of fighting. So, remember this, Lady Hysilens: If my sword shows any hesitation...
- Khaslana: Don't thank me — thank them instead.
- Tribbie: No, you misunderstand.
- Tribbie: We don't want to see Chrysos Heirs hurt each other. Just give us some time to ask you a few questions.
- Aglaea: Then, Mnestia's "golden threads" will judge you and decide your fate.
- Khaslana: ...As you wish.
- Tribbie: White-haired swordmaster, if what you say is true, then you must know the fate of the world...
- Tribbie: So, how much do you know about what we read from the prophecy?
- Khaslana: ...
Speak of Tribbie's prophecy.- Khaslana: "You shall shatter into a thousand fragments and wither in the soil of foreign lands."
- Khaslana: ...Is that correct, Lady Tribbie?
- Aglaea: How...
- Tribbie: How is this possible...?
- Hysilens: He got it right?
- Tribbie: Yes. But the prophecy never mentioned that he'd appear here. At least, not in this era.
- Khaslana: You must listen to me, Aglaea, Tribbie. The Phainon of this world has not yet been born. In a distant future, he will follow the prophecy's guidance and appear before you—
- Khaslana: But do not seek him out — because "Era Nova" is a complete and utter lie.
- Khaslana: I will tell you the truth, and you will understand why the world must forsake the prophecy and find another path to "Era Nova"...
- Khaslana: Because I know both of you, and I believe that no matter how the course of history may change...
- Khaslana: The faith we all share will always remain the same.
- Khaslana: And so, the layers of rock began to reverse, and history wove itself anew.
- Khaslana: Through my old acquaintances, I was given the chance to meet the leader of the Flame-Chase Journey, Cerydra. And after a long and arduous negotiation, we came to an agreement—
- Khaslana: The Imperator's alliance needed the Destruction, and I was ready to pour all my strength into it. The spoils of the Flame-Chase — the Coreflames — would be sealed by my hand.
- Khaslana: But the condition was this: In the upcoming battle, in our conquest of the "Earth"...
- Khaslana: I had to prove that my power could transcend fate.
- Khaslana: In the original history, it was a brutal war. At the end, the Titankin of Georios, Terravox, killed the rampaging Titan and took the Coreflame that supported the earth.
- Khaslana: But this time, Amphoreus encountered a turning point in its fate.
- Khaslana: Neither side suffered any losses. When I severed the Titan's head and raised the Coreflame high, the crowd gathered around the scorched remains of the god, roaring with joy...
- Khaslana: Cheering for the hero of the Destruction, who had ignited the faint spark of life for the first time.
- Khaslana: Yes, in that flickering light, the once-dark path ahead seemed to become clearer.
- Khaslana: I proved myself, and in the long years that followed, I brought down the other Titans, one by one.
- Khaslana: I could do more than just wait. When time resets, the chance to change the world also emerges from the lines of history...
- Khaslana: Until, finally, the brutal future revealed by "Era Nova" is reversed.
Witness the end of the 1st Eternal Recurrence
- ...
- Phainon: But tell me...
- Phainon: If that's truly the case, why are we doomed to the same outcome?
- The 1st Eternal Recurrence: End
- Khaslana: ...
- Phainon: The people kept their promise and handed you all the Coreflames. In this world, after Tribios, no demigods were born in Amphoreus.
- Phainon: At this point, I just want to know. When they vanished into the black tide with their mortal bodies...
- Phainon: Why didn't you shed even a single tear?
- Khaslana: ...
- Phainon: Your indifference chills me. To you, were they just a bunch of insignificant footnotes?
- Khaslana: Sorrow has been my constant companion. In fact, with twelve Coreflames upon me, the fire in my heart has never been more violent...
- Khaslana: I'll remember this world through anger. As long as I burn, they'll never truly leave me.
- Phainon: Perhaps... it's already too late.
- Phainon: But you're right. Anger, at this moment, is the only weapon I can rely on. So...
- Phainon: Draw your sword, executioner! I'll make sure you realize that your greatest mistake was leaving me alive!
- ...
- Khaslana: After that, he raised his sword and attacked...
- Khaslana: Then, Khaslana killed himself.
- Khaslana: That day, who fell to the sword to be left in the past, and who went into the future? I can't remember anymore.
- Khaslana: I only remember a nymph, hiding in the shadows just out of sight, futilely pushing a stone ball...
- Khaslana: Climb, fall, climb, fall, climb again, and fall...
- Khaslana: The only freedom the nymph had was in choosing how to roll the stone: sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes resting on a gentler slope, leaning against the stone for a break...
- Khaslana: But its choice couldn't change the futility of it all: the stone would always roll back down the slope, and the nymph would always return to the starting point, beginning again.
- Khaslana: After that, every time I reached this point in the cycle, the burning sky would cast a shadow over its path. It would nearly reach the peak at the fourth quint of Curtain-Fall Hour, then fall to the starting point in the first fifteen seconds of the next Entry Hour.
- Khaslana: And my efforts in this cycle would dissolve into nothing at the same time.
- >>> Eternal Recurrence #1: Subject Khaslana persuaded the twelve Chrysos Heirs to recover all twelve Coreflames in a peaceful way. After verification, the unauthorized access did not have a substantive impact on the experimental process.
- >>> Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs were terminated strictly in the predetermined experimental sequence and successfully loaded into the buffer. Subject Khaslana regressed the extrapolation process and abnormal fluctuations were detected in his mind function.
- >>> Admin Notes: The first devastating failure.
- (Quick Read)
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- ██████████
- >>> Eternal Recurrence #2: Subject Khaslana adopted a strategy similar to the Eternal Recurrence #1. No substantive impact on the experimental progress was observed.
>>> Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated normally in sequence. Subject Khaslana regressed the extrapolation process.
>>> Eternal Recurrence #3: Minor adjustments detected in subject Khaslana's strategy. Decision weighting for "Avoid sacrifice of past companions" has been increased. After verification, this adjustment did not have a substantive impact on the experimental progress.
>>> Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated normally in sequence. Subject Khaslana regressed the extrapolation process.
>>> Eternal Recurrence #15: Subject Khaslana attempted to decompile the black tide for the first time, aiming to elevate access privileges and execute unauthorized access authorization operations against specific subjects represented by the twelve Chrysos Heirs.
>>> Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated normally in sequence. Subject Khaslana regressed the extrapolation process.
>>> Eternal Recurrence #42: Subject Khaslana's 11th attempt to breach the Scepter's core layer has failed. The decision weighting for "Avoid sacrifices of past companions" showed a minor decline.
>>> Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated in sequence. Subject Khaslana regressed the extrapolation process.
>>> Eternal Recurrence #133: Analysis of observations from Eternal Recurrence #83 to #133 indicates that subject Khaslana's strategy is gradually converging with that of Eternal Recurrence #42. Over-synchronicity risk detected. Potential cognitive function degradation suspected.
>>>Admin Notes: This will undoubtedly reinforce the Irontomb's "Destruction" vector. Within expectations. No intervention required, continue observation.
Talk to Anaxa
- Step DescriptionDo you still remember them, Khaslana, the one who won't reach the dawn?
Once, your teacher could still guide you through the dark. And that fleet-footed traveler, the thief of Dolos, her home was yet untouched by the fires you brought.
Yes, the past is gone. But you, godlike warrior, did you ever shed a tear for those years, sweet as wine?
Weren't you once bound by blood and flesh? Wasn't golden blood thicker than water?
No! Let your tears flow freely. Don't let rage burn them away —
Then, remember to drink deep: For, to the gods, the tears of mortals are sweeter than any honey brew on Earth.
- >>> Eternal Recurrence #134:
- (Cutscene begins)
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- 33,550,202 Eternal Recurrences until the end of the world
- (Cutscene ends)
- The 134th Eternal Recurrence
- Anaxa: Absolute nonsense...
- Khaslana: I thought... "cycles" was the answer you were looking for.
- Anaxa: No, it's just that the answer came so suddenly, there was no fun in tracing it back to its roots.
- Anaxa: Aeons? Paths? Hmph, what a load of nonsense.
- Khaslana: I can't give you an exact explanation of those two concepts either.
- Anaxa: Enough, I'm just expressing my frustration. Don't you understand? I was already expecting this. "The black tide came from beyond the sky," and everything else is no exception.
- Khaslana: ...
- Khaslana: Fate is a strange thing: no matter how the details of history change, the Anaxa I know always remains as harsh as ever.
- Anaxa: Hmph... If the other Anaxagorases actually worshiped the gods, I'd make sure to find a way to break the cycles to crush them in their cradles—
- Anaxa: Too bad, now only you have the ability to do that.
- Khaslana: What's that supposed to mean? You're willing to help?
- Anaxa: Of course. The Coreflames were meant to save the world, and in my opinion, the noble Titans have no reason to refuse...
- Anaxa: ...Besides, according to you, before stepping into these endless cycles... you were my pupil.
- Khaslana: ...
- Khaslana: I've already heard the same thing countless times...
- Anaxa: Enough chitchat. Let's go. If we run into any other scholars, leave them to me.
Follow Anaxa to obtain the Coreflame of Reason
- Anaxa: We've all made preparations for total annihilation...
- Anaxa: Never thought someone would step in to help.
- (Enter the Luminary Throne)
- Anaxa: You've been to the Luminary Throne before, haven't you?
- Khaslana: Huh? If you're talking about in past cycles...
- Anaxa: Heh, you're already much luckier than the other students.
- (Approach the Coreflame of Reason)
- Anaxa: ...Hold up.
- Anaxa: Keep your wits about you... Someone's watching us.
- Cipher: Pretty boy, your eyesight's better than I thought...
- Cipher: As for that false god who's been turning the world upside down... it's you, isn't it, white-hair?
- Anaxa: Heh... you sure do love stealing the spotlight.
- Anaxa: In the name of the Seven Sages, I demand that you immediately step away from the Luminary Throne. This is the sacred ground of "Reason," and no one may desecrate it—
- Anaxa: Take my words back to Aglaea. I won't say the same thing twice, Catgirl.
- Cipher: Oh my, you won't even call me the demigod of "Trickery"? That is just heartbreaking.
- Cipher: I have some words for you too: First, as one of the most heretical blasphemers in the world, you have no right to lecture me. Second...
- Cipher: This is none of your business, Grove boy. Step aside, I don't want anyone getting hurt.
- Khaslana: Here we go... again.
- Anaxa: Coreflame thieves... You really think you can scare off a Sage of the Grove with nothing but empty threats?
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: Heh, heh, heh... This gloomy little brat's got a sharp tongue!
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: Not bad, not bad, I kind of like you. As a return favor, I'll feast on Cerces' Coreflame right here—
Witness Spirithief Bartholos stealing the Coreflame
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: Don't cry now! Heh, heh, heh—
- Cipher: Phew, that was close... I'm outta here!
The Spirithief is a (self-proclaimed) well-known master thief across Amphoreus. They enjoy stealing treasures others are just about to obtain and then vanishing into the void with their stolen goods. They tend to leave a Coin of Whimsy in mockery in the aftermath.
The Spirithief is a (self-proclaimed) well-known master thief across Amphoreus. They enjoy stealing treasures others are just about to obtain and then vanishing into the void with their stolen goods. They tend to leave a Coin of Whimsy in mockery in the aftermath.
The only thing that can punish them is Oronyx's power. When near a Coin of Whimsy, use the rewinding powers provided by Oronyx's Prayer upon the fissures the thief escapes through to get the Spirithief to come back.
The only thing that can punish them is Oronyx's power. When near a Coin of Whimsy, use the rewinding powers provided by Oronyx's Prayer upon the fissures the thief escapes through to get the Spirithief to come back.
(TapTap/PressPress/ClickClick) and hold to activate Oronyx's Prayer and rewind the Spirithief's time to before they escaped. However, Spirithief will struggle valiantly within the special zone.
(TapTap/PressPress/ClickClick) and hold to activate Oronyx's Prayer and rewind the Spirithief's time to before they escaped. However, Spirithief will struggle valiantly within the special zone.
While the Spirithief is in the special zone, you need to release the button to end the praying, and then (taptap/presspress/press the buttonpress the button) and hold when they are unprepared to bring the Spirithief to justice.
While the Spirithief is in the special zone, you need to release the button to end the praying, and then (taptap/presspress/press the buttonpress the button) and hold when they are unprepared to bring the Spirithief to justice.
Witness Khaslana's response
- Khaslana: They're exactly like all the past ones I've known...
- Khaslana: Cunning... and yet so naive.
- Anaxa: Sounds like you have a plan?
- Khaslana: Of course. When I first set out on the Flame-Chase Journey, Lady Tribbie never managed to teach me Oronyx's Miracle...
- Khaslana: ...But along the way, I learned a thing or two.
Perform Oronyx's Miracle to take back the Coreflame
- (Perform Oronyx's Miracle)
- Cipher: Where... Where are you going?
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: I... I don't know?
- (After Bartholos is brought back)
- Anaxa: Heh, the Venerationists' foolish inventions finally come in handy.
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: Huff... Huff... How is this possible?
- Khaslana: You've arrived, Zagreus... Always so punctual.
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: Wh—What? Do you know who I am?
- Khaslana: I'm running out of patience, so I'm not going to waste words. Listen up, Spirithief: Hand over the Coreflame, and let's pretend we never clashed. This way, you and this world can still be saved.
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: Heh, heh, heh, "save"? You sing better than any bard!
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: If you ask me... you're the greatest disaster Amphoreus has ever known!
- Khaslana: ...
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: No matter how strong you are, you're still just a mortal body! Carrying twelve Coreflames? Don't make me laugh! You'll just get consumed by the divine flames, and drag this world down with you...
- Khaslana: ...One hundred thirty-four.
- Anaxa: What...
- Khaslana: This is the 134th cycle I've lived through. And the number of Coreflames I carry is...
- Anaxa: ...1,596.
- Khaslana: ...Yes.
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: A thousand Coreflames, and just a single Chrysos Heir... How is that even possible!?
- Khaslana: I've come this far, and that's proof enough.
- Anaxa: But someday... you will burn to the ground.
- Khaslana: Of course, the divine flames will eventually consume my eyes and blind me...
- Khaslana: But before that, they could still forge and sharpen Dawnmaker. Now, when I cut open your stomach, you won't feel a thing.
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: You... you...
- Khaslana: This is the final warning.
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: Heh, heh... Fine, fine...
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: Assume this world holds a hundred million possibilities, and no matter how one looks at it, ninety-nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine of them all point to outcomes of certain Destruction...
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: Even so, I'll use my divine power, despised by the people of this world, to achieve that one-in-a-hundred-million possibility...
- Cipher: ...Bartholos!
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: Brat... if you've got the guts, you'll have to first step over my dead body!
Defeat Spirithief Bartholos to take back the Coreflame
- (Begin battle against
"Spirithief" Bartholos) - "Spirithief" Bartholos: Heh, heh, heh! Cat-eared thief, run! Go find Aglaea...
- "Spirithief" Bartholos: This little brat... is not a threat we can deal with just by ourselves!
Confront Cipher
- Anaxa: Heh, how absurd...
- Khaslana: In my memories, Zagreus always meets the same end, over and over again...
- Khaslana: Their departure no longer stirs anything in my heart.
- Anaxa: This "Reason" Coreflame before us is a fake, obvious as day.
- Khaslana: Ah... I know.
- Khaslana: I know. It always plays out like this. The Spirithief covers for her, and the "Trickery" demigod escapes with two Coreflames...
- Cipher: ...
- Khaslana: ...And then, driven by defiance, or hatred, she decides to stand before me once more.
- Khaslana: Exactly like the countless past hers I've known... cunning, yet so naive.
- Cipher: Since you've witnessed this same scene play out countless times, tell me...
- Cipher: Will you carve the "Trickery" Coreflame from my chest now?
- Khaslana: ...That depends on your attitude. At least so far, in the cycles where you've asked this question... the endings haven't been so cruel.
- Cipher: Heh... well, thank you for that. But I also believe that this time, you won't catch up to me—
- Cipher: No one can catch up to me. I'm no longer running to escape anymore.
- Khaslana: Whether you believe me or not, I'll still tell you this: You've made the wrong decision.
- Cipher: Alright, then, we'll see—
- Anaxa: Silence.
- Khaslana: Ah... this is new.
- Cipher: ...One-eyed boy, what are you trying to pull now?
- Anaxa: Go, Cifera. Give us some time in private.
- Anaxa: This isn't for her, but for you.
- Anaxa: You've walked too far down this path. It's time to discuss a possibility: Maybe the road you're walking is not one of salvation, but one that will simply drag the world into the flames.
- Anaxa: For old times' sake, turn back. I don't care how many times you've tried, because there's one thing I'm sure of—
- Anaxa: Your messiah complex has turned you into something no different from the icy gods you spoke of. The children of humanity you swore to save... they are no more than ants to you now, aren't they?
- Khaslana: ...
- Cipher: Heh, of course.
- Cipher: I've been wondering, what kind of demon could burn my homeland to the ground in an instant, without batting an eye...
- Cipher: Now, I have the answer. It turns out that fiery demon has been fantasizing of becoming this world's Deliverer!
- Khaslana: ...
- Khaslana: I don't want to argue anymore. No matter what I say, the outcome won't change.
- Khaslana: Make your biggest effort to resist, or accept fate and hand over the Coreflame to me...
- Khaslana: Even if it's futile, you... we all have the right to choose.
- Anaxa: ...
- Anaxa: Yes, even if it is futile, and the world is just a divine joke...
- Cipher: When I walk into the "Destruction" written by the gods with my own two legs, you will witness—
- Cipher: Even the smallest footnote still leaves a mark in the story!
- Khaslana: And so, at the end of the 134th cycle...
- Khaslana: The "Traveler" and the "Scholar" fulfilled their fates once again.
- Khaslana: Or perhaps, it wasn't just they who fulfilled their fates. I can't quite remember all this.
- Khaslana: In the endless darkness, for no reason, a voice always lingered by my ear...
- Khaslana: "Losses are a constant on the Flame-Chase journey, among which even life itself holds little value."
- Khaslana: ...
- Khaslana: "Reduced to ashes"... Such a familiar end.
- Khaslana: It happens in every journey, always the same.
- >>> Eternal Recurrence #134: Subject Khaslana's 103rd attempt to breach the Scepter's core layer has failed. Decision weight for "Avoid sacrifices of past companions" approaching 0.00018. Over-synchronicity risk detected.
- >>> Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated in sequence. Subject Khaslana regressed the extrapolation process.
- >>> Eternal Recurrence #5297: Subject Khaslana's 5,266th attempt to breach the Scepter's core layer has failed. Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated in sequence, with a trend of acceleration noted. Subject Khaslana regressed the extrapolation process.
- >>> Note: Subject strategy now nearly identical to Eternal Recurrence #42. Mind function degradation detected, with possible irreversible damage.
- >>> Administrator directive received: No more prompts about the risk of mind function damage.
- (Quick Read)
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- >>> Eternal Recurrence #12398: Subject Khaslana's 12,367th attempt to breach the Scepter's core layer has failed. Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated in sequence. The extrapolation process regressed.
>>> Eternal Recurrence #23779: Subject Khaslana's 23,748th attempt to breach the Scepter's core layer has failed. Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated in sequence. The extrapolation process regressed.
>>> Eternal Recurrence #46645: Subject Khaslana's 46,614th attempt to breach the Scepter's core layer has failed. Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated in sequence. The extrapolation process regressed.
>>> Eternal Recurrence #71243: Subject Khaslana's 71,212nd attempt to breach the Scepter's core layer has failed. Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated in sequence. The extrapolation process regressed.
>>> Eternal Recurrence #80023: Subject Khaslana's 79,992nd attempt to breach the Scepter's core layer has failed. Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated in sequence. The extrapolation process regressed.
>>> Eternal Recurrence #95575: Subject Khaslana's 95,544th attempt to breach the Scepter's core layer has failed. Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated in sequence. The extrapolation process regressed.
>>> Eternal Recurrence #108641: Subject Khaslana's 108,610th attempt to breach the Scepter's core layer has failed. Lifecycles of the twelve Chrysos Heirs terminated in sequence. The extrapolation process regressed.
"You will bear the blazing sun, until the pale dawn breaks."
- Step DescriptionDo you still remember him, Khaslana, the one who won't reach the dawn?
All hail Mydeimos, the greatest conqueror, the mightiest protector, the strongest of all. The dying lion, eyes blazing, the king with no kingdom.
Tell me, if Kephale never forgets — how many scars have you already carved on him? How many vertebrae have you shattered? How many times did you drive your blade through his back?
How did the Library of Garbaniphoro fall to flame? What color was the destruction of the last Kremnoan?
You pitiful jester, fit not only for singing, dancing, and jests, but also for treachery that walks the razor's edge.
Go on, veil your folly with the weight of the world, then adorn your fratricide with it — just to savor the taste of tragedy.
- >>> Eternal Recurrence #108642:
- (Cutscene begins)
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- 33,441,694 Eternal Recurrences until the end of the world
- (Cutscene ends)
- The 108,642nd Eternal Recurrence
- Mydei: ...You don't look so good, Deliverer.
- Khaslana: Even after going through 108,642 cycles...
- Khaslana: Mydei... your name for me has never changed.
- Mydei: Why do you sound so pleased? It's a derogatory name.
- Khaslana: Yeah... I know all too well: you only meant it sincerely in the first cycle.
- Khaslana: After that one and only time we walked side by side, every time since, it always ends up like this...
- Khaslana: Dawnmaker will stab you through your tenth thoracic vertebra. That's your weak spot and the only way to kill you.
- Mydei: Interesting. Tell me, when the Mydeimoses of the past faced you, did they ever retreat?
- Khaslana: Never.
- Mydei: Then they died honorably, worthy of the name of "Strife."
- Mydei: But there's still tenderness in your eyes. How pathetic.
- Khaslana: I... have to remember how this feels.
- Khaslana: Remember that I was once human, or else the Destruction will completely consume me.
- Mydei: ...
- Mydei: If you win, tell the Mydeimos of the next life: This person is a worthy opponent, so always remember to give it your all and never slack off.
- Khaslana: I'll keep that in mind... as always.
- Mydei: Even though the dynasty is left with just one, the Kremnos Festival will continue as usual. I, the king of the Kremnoan legion, will host the final feast in the center of this arena, and the prize will be the flames of "Strife."
- Mydei: "One day, you shall die with a wound in your back." That's what I saw when I overcame the trial, the gods' dying ramblings...
- Mydei: Enough, you've probably heard this thousands of times. So you must understand, facing the demigod of "Strife" means...
- Mydei: There's no way you'll take this Coreflame in peace.
- Khaslana: I understand...
- Mydei: Step forward and face me in a final battle!
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: I, the last son of Gorgo, the demigod of "Strife," salute you—
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: I'll give ten thousand scars and ten thousand lives of mine to fuel the blazing sun of deliverance!
- (Begin battle against
Mydeimos, Lance of Fury) - Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: O martyrs, behold! The last Kremnos Festival has begun—
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: And will not end till death!
- (When Mydeimos, Lance of Fury uses The Vanquished Behold Woe)
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: Conquer this world, or be conquered by me—
- Khaslana: As you wish...
- Khaslana: For the sake of fairness, let us go to a vaster battleground—
- (When Phainon uses He Who Bears the World Must Burn)
- Khaslana: And in my full glory, I salute you!
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: That's all I ever wanted!
- (When Mydeimos, Lance of Fury uses Fury Falls, and All Bows to Strife)
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: If you can, Deliverer...
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: Use the flames of your fury to scorch your own flesh!
- (When Mydeimos, Lance of Fury is reduced to 30% HP)
- Khaslana: Mydeimos...
- Khaslana: Let "Strife" decide the outcome.
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Trigger conditions
- Khaslana: The memory of "Strife" is mine to use...
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: Wonderful, wonderful...!
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: Just like that... Let us battle till the end of time!
- (When Khaslana uses Soulscorch Edict)
- Khaslana: Let this burn... your curse of immortality!
- (When Mydeimos, Lance of Fury is reduced to 1% HP)
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: Well fought...
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: You may crown yourself... in my blood.
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: In the next life, I shall once again block your path...
- Mydeimos, Lance of Fury: Deliverer... I wish you... eternal victory.
- Khaslana: The 108,642nd Coreflame of "Strife" fell into the fire...
- Khaslana: Yet the shadow of the black tide still loomed, and pain and despair spread across distant lands...
- Khaslana: The blaze was still not enough. It had to be fed...
- Khaslana: Even if it meant... burning this body to ash.
"You will bear the blazing sun, until... dawn breaks..."
- Step DescriptionDo you still remember her, Khaslana, the one who won't reach the dawn?
Castorice, with every sigh flowing from her fingertips and her hands blocking all words of comfort, she held each death close to her heart and swallowed every cry of grief in her palms.
Tell me, if Kephale never forgets, how many pairs of wings have you shattered for her? How many blossoms have you snuffed out? How many butterflies have you cast into the ashes?
The moonlight's fragrance once streamed like the River of Souls. How did you turn it into golden poison and make it libations for your banquet of futile deliverance?
And yet it is you, so-called Deliverer in sheep's clothing, who ought to be the sacrifice upon the altar to the gods!
Ugly beast — your seemingly pious gaze cannot hide the seething venom beneath. And that spear-like horn of yours was born to slay your kin.
So feast upon bones and call it grace. The sweetness will surely convince you: "I never truly knew anything about the blade of slaughter."
- (Cutscene begins)
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- 31,546,904 Eternal Recurrences until the end of the world
- (Cutscene ends)
- The 2,003,432nd Eternal Recurrence
- Castorice: No matter how bright the sun is, there are still places it cannot reach.
- Castorice: Moreover, the sun you bear is both cold and blinding...
- Castorice: A sun like that... surely cannot bring warmth to the nether realm of the next life.
- Khaslana: Golden blood... is born from the Destruction. We have long since lost the right to seek warmth.
- Khaslana: Only by... feeding the flames... can we melt... that hopeless future.
- Castorice: Allow me to ask: How many Coreflames do you carry now?
- Khaslana: Twenty-four million... forty-one thousand... one hundred and eighty-three.
- Castorice: ...Such a heavy burden.
- Castorice: So that's why you've turned into this, a broken idol... tragic firewood.
- Khaslana: No matter... I will bear this burden.
- Khaslana: As long as... you hand over the Coreflame of Death.
- Castorice: ...
- Castorice: I must refuse. As the demigod of "Death"...
- Castorice: I cannot watch you walk into a fate more cruel than "Death."
- Khaslana: But this way, the past, present, and future...
- Khaslana: Will never again suffer... unnecessary death.
- Castorice: Unnecessary death...
- Castorice: Indeed, you are not the Phainon I know.
- Castorice: Please turn back. Don't let that absurd and unjust fate of yours come to pass. This way, at least my realm... can still become the fragrant bed where you fall asleep.
- Khaslana: In the end, still...
- Khaslana: It seems the clash of blades was inevitable.
- Castorice: ...How painful.
- Castorice: I know I am not your match, having fallen under your sword countless times — but even so, please understand that my resolve is not to be underestimated.
- Castorice: Even Kephale cannot shape all things at will, nor can they dictate the fate of all life. No one can shoulder the balance of life and death alone, not even a god.
- Castorice: And it is precisely for this reason that I chose, at the end of this arduous journey, to overcome the trial and take the authority of "Death"...
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: I am the Hand of Shadow, Castorice, the demigod of Death. Listen closely, Deliverer from days past—
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: Please turn back — do not disturb these fresh flowers in their muddy deaths.
- (Approach Castorice, Hand of Shadow)
- Phainon: ...
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: What...?
- (Begin battle against
Castorice, Hand of Shadows) - Castorice, Hand of Shadow: A pity, at this crossroads of life and death, the giant dragon is but a shattered shell...
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: ...Yet I will still fight, defending what hope remains!
- (When Castorice, Hand of Shadow uses To Die in Aromatic Pain for the first time)
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: I ask you... to rest here!
- Khaslana: Allow me to refuse: I must transform my soul into a raging fire...
- Khaslana: Must... burn that idol of the Destruction to the ground.
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: All of this...
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: How is it any different from... that brutal future?
- (When Castorice, Hand of Shadow uses To Die in Aromatic Pain for the second time)
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: I can't... keep him here...?
- (When Castorice, Hand of Shadow uses Death Wishes For More Death)
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: Even if I can't win, I must try...!
- Khaslana: Then let this be a tribute... to your million struggles, fought time and time again.
- (When Castorice, Hand of Shadow is reduced to 1% HP)
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: Wake up... lost one...
- Castorice, Hand of Shadow: See that the firelight in the darkness... is not...
- Khaslana: The Coreflame of Death was taken from the dragon's belly. What a brilliant flame.
- Khaslana: It should shine upon all, light the path ahead, and illuminate the dawn of Amphoreus that's to come...
- Khaslana: Two million three thousand four hundred and thirty-two cycles...
- Khaslana: Twenty-four million forty-one thousand one hundred and eighty-four Coreflames...
- Khaslana: As if even the deepest abyss of primordial chaos could be burned away.
Bid farewell to The Hero Within
- Step DescriptionDo you still remember, Khaslana, the one who won't reach the dawn?
In that drunken dream, the mountains loomed high and steep — and there, you saw yourself.
Believe me, O future witness — he stood atop that peak, and the people sang with him in ecstasy.
The broken Chrysos Heirs, the twisted demigods — they sang, they spun, they stamped their feet upon the ground with him.
Hail! Terror struck his heart: Prophecy burned in every soul, wild with rapture and madness.
Hail! Spare them, Khaslana, spare them — your peerless flame sends chills down every spine!
Let them sing of the tireless heroes, sing of the Era Nova, sing of that land where wine and honey flow in torrents.
Let them sing how he wove new glory among the stars, and how the Eternal City crashed to dust.
How Okhemans, Castrum Kremnos, and every lineage they knew were destroyed.
As for Khaslana — He is still within the drunken dreams, upon the sheer and jagged peak!
There he lights flame with blood, and blood with flame, like a sun whose blaze banished all evil from its path.
The mountains rise cruel and steep. Yet still he dances there alone, wild and unceasing in his joy.
Yet all proves futile — the flames know no weariness, and dawn is beyond reach.
All proves futile — the flames know no weariness, and dawn is beyond reach.
- (Cutscene begins)
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- 29,550,335 Eternal Recurrences until the end of the world
- (Cutscene ends)
- The 4,000,001st Eternal Recurrence: Time of Departure
- The Hero Within: ...
- The Hero Within: You're here, as always.
- Khaslana: ...You're still lingering deep within me, never fading away?
- The Hero Within: Because you haven't completely abandoned hope, am I right?
- The Hero Within: You're still waiting for a miracle, for the true hero to come and save us.
- Khaslana: If that thread of hope exists, it must come from beyond this world, from the true starry sky...
- Khaslana: But... if it's just a traveler with no connection to Amphoreus, they may not understand our struggles, nor be willing to join this fight.
- The Hero Within: Your thoughts... are wavering. The mark of Destruction is deepening...
- The Hero Within: But even within the gods' cold calculations, unconditional courage and goodwill still emerge. So...
- The Hero Within: Never forget what set you on this path.
- Khaslana: ...
- The Hero Within: How many times has it been? Remind me again... My memory is a bit fuzzy.
- Khaslana: Four million... exactly.
- The Hero Within: ...Then that blaze inside of you must be burning hotter than ever.
- Khaslana: Heh, yes... When I first forged the twelve Coreflames into one, I had the same impression.
- Khaslana: The Destruction... A power unlike anything before surged within me. Violent flames, ready to tear my body apart and consume this world, this wretched prison. I thought that was it... the ultimate power, which nothing could surpass.
- Khaslana: And yet now, this fragile body holds a staggering forty-eight million Coreflames... I suppose it won't be long — perhaps just a fleeting ten thousand years — before it's reduced to nothing but charred, crumbling bones.
- The Hero Within: And when that happens, your long struggle will finally come to an end.
- Khaslana: ...No. I've already found a way to keep the cycles going.
- The Hero Within: Mind sharing it with me?
- Khaslana: ...
- Khaslana: In every new cycle, a new me is born.
- Khaslana: All I have to do is push the next Phainon to the end of the world. And then...
- The Hero Within: ...
- Khaslana: Then he'll kill me. Shatter this body... take my flames, my memories, and carry on the path I started.
- The Hero Within: ...
- The Hero Within: Bold plan. But risky. What if, one day, the next you refuses to follow the same path?
- The Hero Within: How can you ensure the continuation of the cycles?
- Khaslana: If it were Professor Anaxa or Aglaea in my place, maybe they'd come up with something smarter.
- Khaslana: Unfortunately, I don't have a backup plan. I have no choice but to bet everything on the next Phainon... and trust that he makes the same choice I did.
- Khaslana: But even in this wretched prison, luck is still sometimes on my side. Because...
- Khaslana: I never forget what set me on this path.
- The Hero Within: Wait, you mean...
- Khaslana: Ever since I committed to this plan...
- Khaslana: ...Not once, in millions of cycles, has there ever been an exception.
"You will bear the blazing sun, until..."
- (Cutscene begins)
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- 9,980,336 Eternal Recurrences until the end of the world
- (Cutscene ends)
- The 23,570,000th Eternal Recurrence
- Hyacine: I can do this... Lord Phainon.
- Hyacine: As the demigod of the Sky, a healer of Twilight Courtyard, I will heal you. And then...
- Khaslana: The black tide... it's consuming you. You can't hold out much longer... demigod.
- Khaslana: Hand over the Coreflame. Let's put an end to this suffering.
- Hyacine: Ha... now that just won't do...
- Hyacine: A healer should stay composed in front of those suffering from illness, shouldn't they?
- Khaslana: Hyacinthia...
- (Walk towards Hyacine)
- Aglaea: Return the dawn to this world.
- Khaslana: I swear, your deaths won't be in vain...
- Khaslana: Just as they have never been.
- Mydei: Become the raging fire that illuminates the world.
- Castorice: Let the sunlight drive back the shadows.
- Tribbie: Bring tomorrow to this world.
- Cipher: Let the sun rise.
- Anaxa: Finish the sun's work.
- Hyacine: Lead us into the break of day.
- (Approach Hyacine)
- Hyacine: I believe in you... You are the Chrysos Heir of Worldbearing, the one who can lead us... lead this world...
- Hyacine: It's just... I don't understand. Within the sun upon your shoulders...
- Hyacine: The part of that warmth that should come from you... from an ordinary person... it's so faint.
- Khaslana: My humanity is indeed just a flicker compared to the blazing fire of divinity.
- Hyacine: Even so... don't cast it away.
- Khaslana: I... never have.
- Khaslana: I have kept everyone's wishes close to my heart.
- Khaslana: Even though the divine fire burns so fiercely that, every time I return to the start, it devours me in an instant...
- Khaslana: Each cycle, it's your wishes that guide me to the end... that pass the flames to the next me.
- Khaslana: Over and over... and over again.
- Hyacine: So, you're not just a lone spark in the dark... You're a pyre built from the bones of all the selves you've left behind.
- Khaslana: ...
- Hyacine: But... what about you?
- Hyacine: What about your wishes... the wishes of all the countless versions of you?
- Khaslana: ...
- Hyacine: Ah...
- Hyacine: Lord Khaslana... so that's how it is...
- Hyacine: "Without flaw"... That is the flaw the golden blood gave you, the most fatal flaw of all, isn't it?
- Hyacine: The moment you took the world upon your shoulders without hesitation...
- Hyacine: You lost the chance to ever be yourself.
- Khaslana: Now that... is an unexpected revelation.
- Khaslana: Then I suppose... that makes me the perfect fuel for the flame of Deliverance, doesn't it?
- Hyacine: No...
- Hyacine: An empty flame saves no one...
- Hyacine: But... I still believe in you, Deliverer.
- Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight: I, Hyacinthia, the Eye of Twilight... am neither strong enough to command the wind and rain, nor willing to end this absurd struggle by letting the sky fall.
- Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight: The only thing I can do... is become one with the sky itself. And then...
- Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight: May the gentle colors of the rainbow paint your sun in shades it has never known...
- Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight: May they bring Amphoreus... a rosy-fingered dawn.
- (Begin battle against
Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight) - Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight: Though the light has grown dim, its warmth still lingers...
- Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight: Deliverer, please... open your heart to me.
- Khaslana: No matter, let this blazing sun...
- Khaslana: Fill the sky with golden fire.
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Trigger condition
- Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight: It hurts... the fire... burning...!?
- (When Khaslana uses He Who Bears the World Must Burn)
- Khaslana: Let the sky... merge with all this world's suffering.
- (When Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight is reduced to 50% HP)
- Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight: Ah... Ahhh...!
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- (When Khaslana uses ???)
- Khaslana: Farewell... Hyacinthia.
- Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight: Yes, your sun burns hot enough to turn everything to ash...
- Hyacinthia, Eye of Twilight: But tell me. How will the seeds of a new world... ever take root?
- Khaslana: The Coreflame rose. The sky fell. The 23,570,000th cycle came to an end.
- Khaslana: And this time... the end of the Flame-Chase...
- Khaslana: Remained the same as ever.
- Khaslana: From the horizon rose a golden color unlike anything the world had ever seen. So pure, it consumed all in its path.
- Khaslana: This was the end of the world... and the start of the next...
- Khaslana: For a moment, I saw the Destruction of the universe.
- Khaslana: That being known as Irontomb... its will to break free from the black tide burns fiercer than the blazing sun...
- Khaslana: Is this Amphoreus's wrath? If its choice has already been made, if fate is set in stone...
- Khaslana: I will still never yield to it...
- Khaslana: 23,570,000 cycles... 282,840,000 Coreflames...
- Khaslana: No more chasing is needed. And now, I am the fire at the end of the long night.
- Khaslana: The Flame-Chase isn't some quiet walk through a sea of flowers. It's a revolution, an all-consuming transformation. And if Destruction is the only way...
- Khaslana: Then let me be the one to step across the ashes of the old world and burn endlessly...
- Khaslana: Until another sun rises on the distant horizon, bringing the true dawn to Amphoreus.
Witness the end of Khaslana
- (Cutscene begins)
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- 1 Eternal Recurrence until the end of the world
- (Cutscene ends)
- The 33,550,336th Eternal Recurrence
- The Hero Within: 33,550,337...
- The Hero Within: This is the cycle you're about to enter.
- Phainon: ...
- Phainon: Countless memories... are flooding in.
- Phainon: Countless versions of myself... have stood here, facing the same choice.
- The Hero Within: They all needed a moment, just like you do, to stop, to breathe, to process the weight of a million lifetimes' worth of sorrow, pain, and struggle.
- The Hero Within: And just like them, you will carry those memories and that fire... into the chaos of rebirth.
- Phainon: ...
- Phainon: I must go... and bear this burden.
- Phainon: I must say goodbye to you... and then fight the Destruction with Destruction.
- The Hero Within: Yes. That's always the decision you make.
- Phainon: I will burn... and fade away. I will become the Flame Reaver of this life and keep my promise to Cyrene.
- Phainon: I will kill gods and comrades alike and steal the Coreflames. And even if my mind turns to ash along with my body, I will keep my purpose in mind...
- Phainon: I will stop Era Nova. I will find the next me... and make him carry on this futile endeavor of thirty million lifetimes.
- The Hero Within: ...Looks like you're ready.
- The Hero Within: Then I should be going, too.
- Phainon: Where... are you going?
- Phainon: You only exist in my heart. There's nowhere else for you to go.
- The Hero Within: Do you remember what she said? The dreams you had as children? The Deliverer in the prophecies? A real, living, breathing person...
- The Hero Within: You finally found (him./
her.) - Phainon: (Trailblazer)...
- I... I'm being pulled into your memories.
- Phainon: I see. You were there all along...
- Is there anything I can do?
- Phainon: I don't have an answer for that, my friend...
- Phainon: ...I'm sorry. I was supposed to send you home. This is my Flame-Chase Journey. You were never meant to be part of it...
- The Hero Within: No. You know the truth. If Irontomb is born from Amphoreus's fate, then it will bring ruin to the worlds beyond the sky. And all these countless lifetimes you've spent...
- The Hero Within: It's all been for the sake of defying that end... hasn't it?
- The Hero Within: In millions of cycles, I've said goodbye to each and every one of you, yet nothing ever changes.
- The Hero Within: Each time we speak, our words grow fewer. Your fire burns hotter, and you're getting closer... to becoming pure rage, a vessel of hatred.
- Phainon: I... never had a choice.
- The Hero Within: I understand. If you are to keep the worst fate from unfolding, this is the only path.
- The Hero Within: But this time... things are different. Your persistence has shifted the tide. On the horizon, I see it, faint but undeniable, the shape of dawn, breaking through the eternal night.
- Phainon: ...Turns out, the fire that lights the way was never mine to begin with.
- The Hero Within: Do you remember? In that first timeline, you and Mydeimos stood before the Scales of Justice, locked in a "duel," each of you weighing what you held dearest, "what weighed more than the fate of the world."
- The Hero Within: And when hesitation took hold, the answer you sought from me...
- The Hero Within: ...What am I saying? I am you. Even if you buried me deep and chose another path, that fact never changed.
- The Hero Within: Then let's try again. When you stood before the scales in hesitation, the answer you found in your own heart...
- The Hero Within: Do you still remember it?
- Phainon: ...
- Phainon: Remember the past, and become the hero of tomorrow.
- Phainon: What weighs more than the fate of the world is the resolve to shoulder an immutable past, and carry it into the future.
- The Hero Within: Good. Then, (Trailblazer), my friend, my comrade...
- The Hero Within: You arrived in this strange world and were bound by its cruel fate up till this very moment.
- The Hero Within: In the face of danger, you never once backed down. Instead, you've saved world after world, without hesitation. That boarding pass on your chest... is now the mark of a hero.
- The Hero Within: If I choose to step through that door and embrace an end fitting of the Destruction, let this sun forged from millions and millions of Coreflames burn me up along with the god of Destruction and THEIR minions...
- The Hero Within: Then the world we leave behind, this world, my home, where hope still lingers...
- The Hero Within: Will you take on everything we've carried, return to the beginning one last time, stop the birth of Irontomb, save the world we love, and rewrite its doomed fate?
- I will.
- I will be the dawn of Amphoreus.
- I will... stop the completion of Irontomb.
- The Hero Within: ...Good. In that case, even this fruitless wasteland may finally bloom with flowers.
- The Hero Within: So...
- Phainon: If (Trailblazer) takes on the weight of the whole world...
- Phainon: (He'll/
She'll) be able to walk further down the path of Deliverance than a fire that only knows how to burn. - Phainon: One will step into the future...
- Phainon: One will remain in the past.
- Phainon: If I can strike down the gods with Dawnmaker, perhaps fate's deadlock can be broken.
- Phainon: And if you can stop Irontomb from ever being born... then these thirty million cycles will have not been in vain.
- Phainon: It's time to put our teamwork to the test, partner.
- Go fight for the future, Phainon.
- Leave the world to me, Phainon.
- Let's both be the Deliverer, Phainon.
- (Trailblazer): Thank you for all you've done already, friend.
- Phainon: The image of the hero I've buried deep in my heart... finally steps into the light — here, at the end of this long Flame-Chase Journey...
- Phainon: Cyrene. A page never seen before has just been turned.
- Phainon: Lend me the power of Time and send this hero back to the origin of time, back to your side...
- Phainon: And I will walk the unfinished path... just like the countless versions of me before, unwavering as always.
Trivia
- The nymph pushing a stone ball up a slope is a reference to the myth of Sisyphus.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Hero, Ignite That Primal Sun |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 英雄啊，点燃那最初的骄阳 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 英雄啊，點燃那最初的驕陽 |
| Japanese | 英雄よ、灼熱の太陽を最初に灯せ |
| Korean | 영웅이여, 저 최초의 태양을 밝혀라 |
| Spanish | (Héroe/ |
| French | Héros, embrase le soleil antique |
| Russian | О герой, зажги первое солнце |
| Thai | วีรชนเอ๋ย จงจุดแสงตะวันแรกเริ่ม |
| Vietnamese | Hỡi anh hùng, hãy thắp sáng bình minh đầu tiên |
| German | O Helden, entzündet die erste glühende Sonne |
| Indonesian | Wahai Pahlawan, Nyalakan Surya Pertama Itu |
| Portuguese | Herói, Desperte o Sol Primordial |
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