Haa...
Haa...
"How... how did this happen?!"
Noel...
Xavic...
Crisof...
I'm sorry...
Argh...
Sob...!
Sob...!
I failed to save you all.
This all happened because of that damned dragon.
The Emerald Dragon—one of the most powerful dragons of this era.
It was usually calm... until two months ago, when it suddenly went on a rampage.
Many elite parties tried to stop it.
All of them were found dead.
Then... it was our turn.
We were assigned to take it down.
We fought with everything we had—
...and we did defeat it.
But at what cost?
(Sitting on the dragon's massive corpse)
"Now what should I do...? I've lost everyone I cared about."
Sob...
Sob...
"Why does this always happen to me?"
Cough...
Cough...
Ha...
"Is this the end for me?"
"Clarie... I'm sorry. I was too late to tell you how I felt."
"I'm sorry... everyone..."
(His eyes slowly begin to close...)
Suddenly—
A huge magic circle begins forming around Terix's body.
What's going on...?
I'm dying... right?
Ugh...
Ugh...
(Eyes snap open)
"What—what happened?! I thought I was dead?!"
Nngh...
Ngh...
"Is this a dream?"
"What are these...? Whose memories are these?!"
Ugh...
"Wait... I'm Terix... no... I'm Steve?!"
"If these memories are real, then..."
(He bolts up from bed, rushes to the table, and opens the game on his PC)
"How is this possible?!!
I'm Terix... a game character?!"
"So who is Steve... no—who is Terix?!!"
"What's going on?!!"