Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas (チェインクロニクル〜ヘクセイタスの閃〜)

Yggdra.

As the darkest hour settled over this continent,

an unknown knight rose up and singlehandedly gathered

a volunteer army.

Why do you refuse to understand?

All that awaits this world is destruction.

Surrender to this truth.

Captain!

Never.

No one knows what fate has in store,

and no single man can make that decision!

The outcome of the world

belongs to everyone!

Prepare to retake the castle!

Yes, ma'am!

Now charge!

So futile.

It's pointless to resist the machinations of destiny.

Accept that this world is doomed!

Are you deaf, old man?

I told you!

Nothing you do will ever make me quit!

You're a fool.

Careful, Yuri!

Just like cattle to the slaughter.

Eirenus!

You want a challenge? Let's go!

Well this should be good for a laugh.

Now burn!

Let's get this destruction going.

You're starting to sound like one of the villains.

What?

All right, brothers!

Show them the might of the Ogre Tribes!

What do you hope to accomplish with so little mana?

We will seize our light...

...and show you its true strength!

Oh, my.

You think they pulled it off?

Come, let us hurry!

It's time to hand over the Chain Chronicle, Phoena.

And the sprite.

Come, child. Let us end this world together.

Never, Father. Stay back!

How could you, you monster?!

I have you now, sprite.

The living fragment of this world's will.

The embodiment of all hope and light,

clutched tightly within my hand.

Pirika.

And now I will crush that hope.

This is how it ends.

Only one thing ending here. Your life!

-- -- Juliana!

Hello, Holy Princess.

You've caused enough pain, Black King.

You will atone in blood for the death of my father,

the Holy King, and our comrades!

Insects.

You just stay put and observe.

This will be over soon.

You should've killed me when you had the chance!

Give it to me, daughter.

Don't do this.

Get away from me!

Now Phoena!

No!

What?

Where's Pirika?

What happened?

She vanished.

Ah! Behold, the flourishing blossom of the Dark Element!

How beautiful it is!

Oh, no!

--Retreat now! --Right!

Phoena! Come on!

Captain!

Everything shall be stained black!

The continent of Yggdra will soon fall

and become engulfed in darkness!

What's going on over there?

Surely the kid didn't lose.

Pirika disappeared.

She vanished right before my eyes!

Then the will of the world...

...has been lost.

Hey, Phoena?

Pardon me. May I take over?

You won't last much longer if you don't get any rest.

I'm okay.

Really, you don't need to worry about me.

Our siege on the Black King was a failure.

And now, after suffering defeat,

the Yggdra Alliance held true to the agreement

and disbanded.

Each tribe will return to their respective countries

throughout the land.

It is unfortunate.

He was even more powerful than we anticipated.

Given Yuri's condition,

it'll take some time before we can regroup.

Your Highness.

No disrespect, but I believe this mission was reckless

to begin with.

Careful with your words!

I'm sorry,

but defeating the Black King was no task for a volunteer army

led by an amateur like Yuri.

I think you've said enough, Burckhardt.

You're right, though.

I understand why you feel that way.

But we had reasons for staking everything

on the Volunteer Army.

It was Yuri's passion that brought us all together

after all.

He was the one who united this troubled continent of ours.

Without them, we wouldn't have had any hope for the future.

Regardless,

a leader requires skill, and a knowledge of strategy.

You think that's all it takes?

You can't defeat the Black Army with strategy alone.

I agree.

And that's all the more reason why Her Highness

should've led us.

I would never dare take on that responsibility.

My reasons would've been tainted.

All I cared about was avenging my father's death.

Yuri freed me of that and showed me the way.

It's pointless to stay here any longer.

Let's move out.

May I ask, what are we to do now?

Without the alliance?

Wayne.

I'm returning to the Holy Capital

with the rest of the Holy Knights.

Is her Highness still resolute in her decision

to stay behind here with the Volunteer Army?

Yes.

I figured.

I would prefer to leave an escort with her

under normal circumstances, but--

We all understand that we don't have any men to spare.

You're not worried that I'll be insufficient.

I've got Aries and Burkhardt to back me up.

I realize that I'm asking a lot of you.

Was there ever a time you didn't?

You've got a point there.

You take care of Her Highness.

Promise me.

Sir. With my life.

Phoena.

Oh, Yuri. You're finally awake.

Yeah.

Oh, thank goodness.

I was beginning to think you that you left us--

that you'd never wake up.

It's just... We somehow managed to escape this far.