level main 9 chapter recap

You still remember, where you left your slumber, the unbearably broken world that greeted you.

You still remember, hiding among the countless enemies, an unerring gaze.

You remember as before, battling with wave after wave of hostiles, the Catastrophe taking its callous hold.

And the enemy more fearsome than the Catastrophe still.

Those around you made great sacrifices. Paid the ultimate price.

Each name, each likeness, you firmly remember.

Even so, you weren't spared much time to familiarize yourself with all that Rhodes Island is, and was.

The insurrection in Chernobog was only a beginning. Rhodes Island was pressed to swiftly proceed to Lungmen.

Because it was more than likely that Lungmen would become the next target of Reunion's indiscriminate attacks.

To earn the trust of Lungmen Chief Executive Wei Yenwu, Rhodes Island carried out an investigation in the slums.

You remember here, you saw the plight of the Infected wherever you looked.

And in that plight, the infiltration of Reunion, determined to resist.

You still remember, a little girl who had been drawn into all this, she was Reunion's true target.

Once kindhearted by nature, she ultimately chose to take up arms to save her own people.

You still remember. How she, herself, never was saved.

You remember how, at the same time, within the districts of Chernobog, the recon team found Reunion assembled.

You remember, as you rescued the imperiled team, the first time you saw the girl who was as frost.

You still remember. This, too, was Reunion's trap.

You remember. The L.G.D. forces pursuing the Reunion remnants to the outer edge.

The enemy launched their offensive from inside, with the L.G.D. at the center, and assailed Lungmen.

You remember. The young Inspector swearing to retake the L.G.D. by her own strength, and defeat the insurrectionist foe within Lungmen.

You remember. She, too, went through setbacks, but remained unyielding.

You remember her brimming with courage, bravely charging the enemy ranks.

You remember Rhodes Island making haste, arriving just at the battle's decisive moment.

You remember the L.G.D. taken back, and the horn blown to signal a counterattack on all fronts.

You remember Rhodes Island and the L.G.D. fighting apart, Reunion suffering defeat after defeat.

You still remember, at the end of the fight in Lungmen, how Rhodes Island had to once again face an enemy she didn't want to fight.

You remember it vividly. It was precisely because we both knew... we both cherished the same ideal.

And because we did, neither of us could back down.

She was, at the instant the battle concluded, a part of Rhodes Island.

And yet, Reunion's crushing defeat in Lungmen was no more than Talulah moving her first piece.

Exploiting the cover of a sandstorm, the Chernobog core city approached Lungmen.

You remember. A direct attack using a city as a weapon. That was Talulah's true maneuver.

In this moment, the firm and resolute Ch'en chose to leave, alone.

Rhodes Island, too, chose to abandon coordinated action with the L.G.D., and go unto the fray.

To make landfall and attack the Chernobog core city, and halt Reunion's offensive.

You still remember how we returned to the core city, defended by guards every step of the way, and met an old friend.

Exhausted our strength.

Put an end to the quandary.

It tries to walk forward, but its fragile wings are unable to support its own body.

There are sounds trickling out of its throat, like a river of terror formed of whimpers.

Prevailed over a mighty enemy.

The Wendigo freezes in place.

Something appears to be dripping sorrowfully from his helmet.

......

A minute passes.

During this eternity of a minute, there are no other sounds except for the low rumbling of the moving city.

Everyone there was forced to confront their own hearts.

They may have overcome their doubts, no longer at a loss.

Ch'en has tried to run far away many times.

But she stopped herself.

They may have indulged their hatred, fixed and unwavering.

The women standing at the core were bound to decide the final battle at the summit of the tower.

The battle of Lungmen drew here to an end.

It was as if there were fundamentally no winners, and no losers.

Only each individual settling their aspirations, each headed somewhere different.

Every battle in the standoff against Reunion, you can recall.

But you still cannot find any recollection of the things that should most come back to you.

The things of the past. The things of Rhodes Island.

The things you can truly do.

You know, come the future, that there will be more journeys still to take.

And that this... is no more than a beginning.