Mission at Hand
Last updated 2026-07-27
Mission at Hand is the ninth episode of Season 3 - Chapter 1: A Sleepwalker's Confession in Phaethon's Story.
Parts
- Shining Fissures
- Power or Problem
- Guaranteed Way Out
- Finding Norma
Steps
- Singularity Leakage
- Find the source of the strange Bangboo sounds
- Keep looking for Norma
- Investigate the Singularity Leakage
- Leave the overlapping dimension
- Follow the Bangboo mech
- Enter the Energy Hub core
Gameplay Notes
- The squad will be limited to a trial
Velina Airgid, 
Pyrois, and 
Starlight - Billy Kid.
- During step 4, the active character will switch to (ProtagonistProtagonist).
- The story can be paused outside of combat.
Trial Mode
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 HP: 11,890 ATK: 2,495 DEF: 885 Impact: 86 CRIT Rate: 5% CRIT DMG: 50% Anomaly Mastery: 112 +42 Anomaly Proficiency: 288 PEN Ratio: 0% PEN: 0 Energy Regen: 2.05 Energy Generation Rate: 0% Energy Limit: 120 DMG Bonus: 35.5% |
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HP: 11,327 ATK: 2,745 DEF: 885 Impact: 94 CRIT Rate: 59.8% +20% CRIT DMG: 102.8% +30% Anomaly Mastery: 94 Anomaly Proficiency: 93 PEN Ratio: 0% PEN: 0 Energy Regen: 1 Energy Generation Rate: 0% Energy Limit: 120 DMG Bonus: 35.5% |
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HP: 17,139 ATK: 1,791 DEF: 727 Impact: 95 CRIT Rate: 51.8% CRIT DMG: 118.8% Anomaly Mastery: 90 Anomaly Proficiency: 89 PEN Ratio: 0% PEN: 0 Energy Regen: 0 Energy Generation Rate: 0% Energy Limit: 120 DMG Bonus: 25.5% Sheer Force: 2,250 Adrenaline GainAdrenaline Gain: 2 Adrenaline Generation Rate: 0% Max Adrenaline: 120 |
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Dialogue
Singularity Leakage
- (Enter the control room)
- ???: Ennah... Enneh-nah! (H—Help... Help...)
- Cissia: They must be nearby!
- (After going through the lower ground passageway)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): It's coming from behind the door!
- (Go through the door and enter combat)
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- (Open tutorial [Character Intro] Velina)
- Weak Bangboo: Enna-neh, enne... (Oh Great Chief Angel, where are you...?)
- Weak Bangboo: Enen-ahn-na! (I'm so scared, please save me!)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): We gotta find a way to get (themthem /
'em'em) out! - (ProtagonistProtagonist): Is that Bangboo calling for help from inside the mech? Let's go check it out.
- (Tip)
- When controlling Velina, hold
to accumulate enough Windbloom, then hold 
or 
to summon a Sweeping Cyclone.
- (After defeating the enemies)
Shining Fissures
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
Shining FissuresVideo Summary: Unknown dangers lurk in the shadows.
Story Description: A rescued Bangboo reveals that Norma was last spotted near the Energy Module dispatch station. The Bangboo describes encountering "shining fissures." The squad plans to head to the dispatch station in search of Norma.
- Weak Bangboo: En-nah... (Thought I was a goner this time...)
- Tired Bangboo: En-neh... en-ahn-ne! (It's gotta be the Chief Angel... The Chief Angel heard my SOS and sent backup!)
- Weak Bangboo: Ehn-na, ehn-na! (Thank you for your blessing, Chief Angel!)
- Cissia: The mech got corrupted pretty badly, but these little guys are still surprisingly lively. Hehe! Great, looks like they're okay!
- Velina: Yes. Let's give them a minute to calm down, then we'll ask what happened earlier.
- Weak Bangboo: Enh-henh, enh-nenh! Enh-neh! (Waaah! Ve—Velina?! The witch of the ESD, what are you doing here?! Are you here to... to s—silence me?!)
- Cissia: What kinda nonsense was that? Don't tell me this little guy's brain is fried?
(Try to explain to the Bangboo)- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Relax. We're here with Airspace Patrol on a rescue mission. We just need to know exactly what happened here earlier. Also... have you seen Norma?
- Weak Bangboo: En-en-nah... en-nuh! (Who are you people? Never seen you before... but you're hanging with the ESD... I ain't telling you squat!)
- Cissia: Hey, excuse you! The great Cissia just burned through precious energy saving your life! Is that how you treat your hero?!
- Weak Bangboo: Enh-nah, enh-nah enh-nah! (W—Well... what can you do?! I got corrupted. I don't remember a thing!)
- Tired Bangboo: Ehn-na, ehn-na! (I got corrupted too, so I don't remember either!)
- Velina: Ah... forget it, Cissia. The Corruption's already got them, so let's not push them any harder.
- Velina: Although... Norma's latest research project does happen to need a batch of corrupted Bangboo. Hmm... maybe we should just send them all to the lab.
- Velina: It's a real shame. Still, thank you for your final contribution to Roscaelifer...
- Weak Bangboo: Ehn... ne! (The l—lab! I don't wanna go there!)
- Weak Bangboo: Ehn-nah... ehn-nah-nah! Ehn-nah! (Velina... no, wait, Lady Velina! I'll talk! When we clocked in this morning, we saw Norma... Lady Norma hanging around the Energy Dispatch Station!)
- Tired Bangboo: Ehn-nah! Nah-ehn! (Yeah, yeah! Then we were on patrol nearby when a scary big quake hit! We got eaten by a shiny rift and barely made it out!)
- Tired Bangboo: Enneh, en-ehn! (Our combat mech got hit by Corruption, but we lucked out big time—we're totally fine! No symptoms of Corruption whatsoever!)
- Didn't think that'd work so fast...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Uh... Didn't think that'd workUh... Didn't think that'd work /
Didn't think we'd wrap that upDidn't think we'd wrap that up) so fast... - Cissia: That was terrifying... the way Velina talked just now was terrifying! She sounded exactly like a certain Demon Lord! Note to self: never get on her bad side...
- Tired Bangboo: Ehn-na-na... Ehn-na-na! (Sorry, Lady Velina! I don't wanna go to the lab...)
- Billy: Uh... pretty sure Velina was just bluffing to scare you guys...
- Velina: Relax. I have no intention of sending you to the lab. Believe me, the ESD came here alongside Airspace Patrol to help with rescue operations.
- Velina: I've already sent your location to the Airspace Patrol rescue teams through the emergency channel. Find somewhere safe nearby and stay put. They should arrive to evacuate you soon.
- Tired Bangboo: Ehn-nah-nah... Ehn-nah-nah... (Okay... Thank you so much...)
- Velina: Alright everyone, now that we know Norma was last seen near the dispatch station, let's head there first.
- Velina: And the shiny fissure they mentioned was most likely a Singularity Leakage. Whether it'll block our route or not... we'll have to find out.
- (Ongoing)
- Fairy: Master, please keep moving.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): The Ether concentration seems to be getting higher.
- (Arrive at the designated location)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Is that the Singularity Leakage?
- (Ongoing)
- Velina: There's another malfunctioning mech here!
- Velina: We should help the Bangboo out of this mess first.
- (An announcement plays)
- Announcer: Warning: Singularity Leakage detected in the Energy Hub. All personnel must evacuate immediately. I repeat, Singularity Leakage detected in the Energy Hub. All personnel must evacuate immediately.
- (Go past the Fissure Beacon)
- Velina: Everyone, stay back.
- (Approach the rift)
- Cissia: Don't you guys think this thing looks kinda weird? It's like a broken window, and there's something peeking out from the inside.
- Billy: These freaky things popping up outside the Hollow... Urgh, creepy.
- Velina: We can't go any further. To be precise, that rift known as the Singularity Leakage is merely the most visibly volatile point of Ether fluctuation.
- Velina: Yet it has a far greater impact. The moment you step into its influence, a fissure opens and swallows you whole.
- Cissia: Good thing you said something! Billy was just about to touch it!
- Billy: I didn't! No way! I was just getting closer to take a good look! I still know basic safety protocols!
Power or Problem
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
Power or ProblemVideo Summary: Looks like a dead end, but it's actually the way out.
- (A cinematic plays)
- Cissia: (WiseWise /
BelleBelle), what do we do now? Should we take another route? - (ProtagonistProtagonist): Mm... yeah
- (Pyrois steps in front of the rift)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Let's not rush...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Wait
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): What are you—
- (Pyrois touches the rift, sending the group into the leakage)
- (The group is transported to an alternate environment)
- Billy: Uh oh...
- Velina: This could be a problem
- (Cinematic ends)
Guaranteed Way Out
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
Guaranteed Way OutVideo Summary: Every entrance has gotta have an exit.
Story Description: After becoming trapped inside a Singularity Leakage, (WiseWise /
- Billy: That fissure was right behind us a second ago! How'd it just disappear? And now the way back's gone too!
- Velina: That's the tricky part about Singularity Leakages. The moment you step inside one, the laws of physics go completely off the rails, just like inside a Hollow.
- (Calmly ask Pyrois)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Pyrois, why'd you approach the Singularity Leakage? I was literally thinking we should stay away from it and find another route...)
- Pyrois: ...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (You never shut up when you were in my head... don't be all cryptic now!)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (...Hold on... are you trying to tell me something? Hmm... ok, I think get it now...)
- Pyrois: ...
- I think I've figured something out.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Hear me out, guys... I think I've figured something out.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Where we are right now is basically a Hollow. If the Singularity Leakage brought us here, then in theory, it should also be our way out. We just need to find it!
- (SiblingSibling): (Yeah, Wise! The Singularity Leakage in the Hollow... it's gotta be the spot around here where the Ether fluctuations are spiking the hardest!Yeah, Wise! The Singularity Leakage in the Hollow... it's gotta be the spot around here where the Ether fluctuations are spiking the hardest! /
That's right, Belle! The Hollow's Singularity Leakage has to be somewhere nearby... where the Ether fluctuations are at their strongest!That's right, Belle! The Hollow's Singularity Leakage has to be somewhere nearby... where the Ether fluctuations are at their strongest!) - (SiblingSibling): Fairy, you're up!
- Fairy: Analyzing data... Analysis complete. Uploading results.
- (SiblingSibling): Copy that! Let me see... Yes, there's a set of coordinates where the Ether fluctuations are almost the same as the entrance! (Firing 'emFiring 'em /
Sending itSending it) your way now. - Got it. Let's move!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Thanks, (BelleBelle /
WiseWise). I got the coordinates. Let's move!
- (Approach the signpost)
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- (The nearby walkway reforms)
- Cissia: Whoa! What the!
- Billy: Hey, we can get through now!
- (Approach the designated location)
- Cissia: This place gives me the creeps...
- (Approach the Singularity Convergence)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): The exit is right around here!
- (Arrive at the Singularity Convergence)
- Velina: As expected of a Proxy. Seeing you in person, I can say you really live up to your reputation.
- Billy: Haha! A puny Singularity Leakage trying to trap the Manager? Not a chance! Come on, let's go!
- Billy: Huh? What's going on?! Why didn't this thing open up and spit us back out like before?!
- Cissia: You're right, it's not reacting at all, no matter how much I touch it!
- I think I've figured out the reason.
- Let me give it a shot.
- (Open tutorial Singularity Leakage Tutorial)
- (After entering the Singularity Convergence)
- Cissia: Whoa! We did it! We're out!
- Billy: And just like that, the exit vanished without a trace.
- Velina: (WiseWise /
BelleBelle), how did you do that? - (ProtagonistProtagonist): This thing... it's a lot like the fissures inside the Hollow. Only... how do I put it... it feels more like an unfinished version?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): When we went in, it felt like sprinting downhill. Coming back felt like climbing uphill... It felt like it didn't have enough energy to send us back out on its own.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): So I guessed that by combining the Etheric Other's power with Yunkui Summit techniques, I could inject enough Ether into that singularity to change its state.
- Cissia: Uh... honestly? I didn't understand a single word of that! But basically — you're super talented and can do stuff nobody else can, right?!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): No, it's all thanks to Pyrois!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Sorry... I misjudged you before. You knew we could resolve the Singularity Leakage, and that's why you let us in, wasn't it?
- Pyrois: Hmph... this power goes far beyond that.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): What are you trying to say?
- Pyrois: ...
- Billy: There they go again, acting all cool and mysterious! Won't say a single extra word... even though we all know they can talk!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Looks like Pyrois and I still need to work on our communication...Looks like Pyrois and I still need to work on our communication... /
Ugh... so stingy!Ugh... so stingy!) - Velina: In any case, it seems we no longer need to worry about the Singularity Leakage.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Honestly, that went a lot smoother than I expected!
- ???: Ehn-na, enn-nha-nha! (Help! Somebody help! Ah, Lady Velina!)
- Cissia: Another little Bangboo? What's wrong? You're not gonna fight us like the others, are you?
- Velina: This is... one of the ESD Bangboo who was assisting Norma with today's test. Luka, why aren't you with Norma?
- Luka: Ehn-na-na, ehn-nhu... (Norma and the others are trapped in the central elevator at the dispatch station! Some of the Bangboo got hurt...)
- Velina: We're not far from them. Let's go find them right away.
- (Ongoing)
- Luka: Enna, enneh. (Over here, over here!)
- Velina: Let's follow them.
- (Enter the tracks)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Finally found Norma!
- (Reach the end of the tracks)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Find somewhere to hide, little Bangboo.Find somewhere to hide, little Bangboo. /
Little Bangboo, find somewhere to hide.Little Bangboo, find somewhere to hide.) Leave the fighting to us!
Defeat the mutant Bangboo mech
- (Enter combat)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Is Norma alright?
- Luka: En-nehna... (I don't think so...)
- Billy: Is she hurt?
- Luka: Enne-ne... (No...)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Then what's wrong?
- (Head into the facility)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Huh? Is that... Norma?!
Finding Norma
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
Finding NormaVideo Summary: We will meet again.
Story Description: Norma is finally found, but there's a problem with the gate. Gotta fix it before we can regroup with her.
- Norma: Huh? Veli? (WiseWise /
BelleBelle)? And everyone? What are you guys doing here? - To find you, obviously.
- We're all worried about you.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (We're here to find you!We're here to find you! /
To find you, duh!To find you, duh!) We've been worried sick since your sudden disconnection. - Norma: Disconnection? Oh, right! Yeah, with the place like this, normal comms were obviously gonna go down. Wow... I was so busy earlier that I completely forgot about that. Anyway, thanks for coming all the way down here to look for me!
- Velina: Norma, are you hurt? We're heading down to meet up with you now.
- Norma: I'm all good! Haven't even had to fight that much. Oh! I almost forgot. The gate on your side is busted right now, so it won't open normally.
- Norma: You'll need to fix it first if you want to get through. But with (WiseWise /
BelleBelle) there, you should be good! - Billy: Alright, Manager, you're up!
Tutorials
- [Character Intro] Velina
- File:Tutorial (Character Intro) Velina 1.gifPress to activate EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Purifying Rise. After using this skill, tap or hold again to activate EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Triple Deathblow.
Using either EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Purifying Rise or EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Triple Deathblow restores 45 points of Windbloom. Windbloom has a maximum cap of 135 points.
When Windbloom is at 90 points or higher, hold or to activate EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Eye of the Storm, summoning a Sweeping Cyclone and triggering the previous character's Quick Assist.
When the Sweeping Cyclone hits an enemy affected by Contamination, it triggers the Chromatic Tint effect, converting the Sweeping Cyclone to the corresponding attribute and dealing damage of that attribute.
- Singularity Leakage Tutorial
- File:Tutorial Singularity Leakage Tutorial 1.png
- PC & Controller
- Mobile
In normal areas, hold F while interacting with a Singularity Leakage to enter a dangerous space where the Hollow and reality overlap.
Within this overlapping space, hold F while interacting with a Singularity Convergence to leave and return to the original area.
In normal areas, hold <IconMap:Icon_RoleSkillKeyCommon> while interacting with a Singularity Leakage to enter a dangerous space where the Hollow and reality overlap.
Within this overlapping space, hold <IconMap:Icon_RoleSkillKeyCommon> while interacting with a Singularity Convergence to leave and return to the original area.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
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| English | Mission at Hand |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 眼前的任务 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 眼前的任務 |
| Japanese | 目の前の任務 |
| Korean | 눈앞의 임무 Nunapui Immu |
| Spanish | Encargo entre manos |
| French | Mission en cours |
| Russian | Текущая задача Tekushchaya zadacha |
| Thai | ภารกิจที่อยู่ตรงหน้า |
| Vietnamese | Nhiệm Vụ Trước Mắt |
| German | Die aktuelle Aufgabe |
| Indonesian | Misi Saat Ini |
| Portuguese | Missão Atual |
Change History
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