Posts from ☀️ Arselia and Akonia Auto-translated

You stirred things up, so don't blame others; you were the one who initiated it.

"Oh, come on, you can't do that, leave some room for maneuver... But you did stir things up :P"

Didn't we get buffs this week? I think it was Tuesday or Wednesday, and now it's Sunday. Anyway, I've stopped understanding anything and am waiting for Revn, hoping he understands at least a little more than we do.

The tournament for the blessing begins! Carnelian sends out his fighter.

An enemy appears.

It's the Apostle of Despair...

Looks like Tuesday or Wednesday.

/ Yes. The week starts on Thursday, it's time. /

“What, excuse me?” Alaria thought to herself, barely believing her ears after the brief briefing from the commander. “An ancient dragon threatens Welfern, capable of leveling a significant portion of the empire in a couple of months, and a handful of mercenary outcasts are supposed to stop it? This isn’t exactly the kind of job I expected from ‘Carnelian.’ It’s more like I’ve stumbled into a tale of brave heroes defying fate, rather than an empire-sponsored mercenary squad.” The news evoked mixed emotions. On the one hand, she was somewhat relieved that the proposed task, at first glance, didn’t require compromising her principles. It was precisely the kind of fantastically heroic mission that idealistic warriors dreamed of – a noble cause without any unpleasant undercurrents. On the other hand, she couldn’t help but worry about the fate of the few people she had come to know over the past few months, particularly Klin and Sanex. The knight had begun to recover, deciding to live a peaceful life, and then this happened. Once, during their travels through Calcite, they and Kenshiro had protected her when she lost her abilities. It seemed it was time to repay that debt to her comrade. And also to Welfern, which had become her new home. Sitting idly by and waiting for disaster to strike when she knew it was coming was difficult. Running to the ends of the earth while Despair destroyed one city after another? Unthinkable, especially after all the promises she had made to herself. According to Erefir, the key to defeating the monster lay in seeking the favor of the elements. Only in this way could the elemental catastrophe incarnate, which was possibly already heading towards Margel, be stopped. And Alaria had no doubt about which element she would seek favor from – after all the choices she had made, choosing anything related to fire would be strange, almost a betrayal of herself and all her previous decisions. When the Tanarian had a free moment to talk to Erefir in private, she immediately took advantage of it. “Perhaps you already know, being a frequent visitor to the archive, but recently the collection of literature has been expanded to include biographies of the empire’s rulers. At first glance, this may not be particularly relevant to the upcoming task, but…” Alaria gathered her thoughts, trying to better express her premonitions in words. “…one of the emperors, Raidarck, among other things, was famous as a dragon slayer. There are no guarantees, but there is a chance that a description of his deeds may give us ideas on how to better deal with Despair. Even weakened by the elements, he is unlikely to be an easy opponent. Unfortunately, the archive only allows reading the biographies of the rulers in a strictly defined order, which means that it will not be possible to simply look and familiarize yourself with the history of the second emperor – it will take some time. Therefore, in the coming weeks, I plan to sit in the archive, like you, in the hope that my suspicions will be confirmed. Just in case, I wanted to let you know.”

When you have immunity to mind effects and go up against Despair.

So, the immune turned out not to be immune again?

In this context, the fear of hopelessness proved to be a special type of fear that is not covered by immunity to mind-affecting effects.

— Perhaps you already know this, being frequent visitors to the archive, but recently the collection of literature has been expanded to include biographies of the empire's rulers. At first glance, this may not seem particularly relevant to the upcoming task, but... — Alaria gathered her thoughts, trying to better articulate her premonitions, — ...one of the emperors, Raidarck, among other things, was famous as a dragon slayer. There are no guarantees, but there is a chance that a description of his deeds may give us ideas on how to better deal with Despair. Even weakened by the forces of the elements, he is unlikely to be an easy opponent. Unfortunately, the archive only allows the biographies of the rulers to be read in a strictly defined order, which means that it will not be possible to simply look up and read the history of the second emperor — it will take some time. Therefore, in the coming weeks, I plan to spend time in the archive, just like you, in the hope that my suspicions will prove to be correct. Just in case, I wanted to let you know.

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-- There is a theory about how he won, but in any case, I am very grateful to you, Alaria! If you are interested in what I mean, then defeating the Dragon King is clearly not a simple task, and no mortal, even one like Emperor Raidarck, could do it without additional supernatural help. Most likely, the Dragon King could only be defeated in the same way that we are planning against Despair, by suppressing the elements. Or perhaps some other divine intervention, or... a simple hostage situation with lesser dragons. But it will be interesting to hear if I was right when you read it.

“Time will tell. There’s little point in sitting around and making empty guesses,” the Tanarian smiled faintly. “I’ll let you know as soon as I find the right volume. I hope my intuition doesn’t fail me.”

It must be Sunday.

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If Sanex Rim had a magic lamp, she would probably wish for Klin's body to regain the humanity it lost in the south, but she didn't voice this thought.

—Believe it or not, there's a certain bitter irony in this too, the knight chuckled. —Once, I probably deep down believed that my contribution to serving Her Light paled in comparison to the weapon given to me as a gift. However, life forced me to reconsider my priorities, but now, alas, fate does not allow me to do so.
Klin stared thoughtfully down at the leafy ground covering the earth beneath his feet.
—I don't know if you know, but one of the features of my curse is the need to bind my soul to my own weapon. Thus, this sword is an extension of my soul and a refuge for it in the event of my body's death, and therefore, in this case, it is impossible to find a replacement for it. Don't think that I consider this a particularly depressing connection, rather the opposite, this feature has already managed to save both of us. And yet... it cannot be denied that at the moment my fate is tied to the "Devourer".

— Well, if something happens to you, I will definitely take care of this sword. Maybe I'll even learn how to use it properly! And, — Alaria shows the knight her "dignity," which she brought with her on the walk for some reason, — I already have some experience after the adventures in the forest.
Strangely, this richly ornamented claymore went well with her current outfit.

—... For me too. That's why I would like to listen to your stories about traveling to the land of dinosaurs and other things someday.

— Well, you don't have to wait for that, I can remember something right now, but it's better to remember the old stories than the recent ones. Because... — Because the recent stories are connected with the latest crew of the "Thunder". — Because, that's why. Between dinosaurs and Amazons, who is more interesting to you?

shows the Knight Alaric's "dignity."

Alaric's virtues are already quite apparent to everyone.

It’s not about merits, it’s about talents.

Amamius approves.


You can now move freely. Carneol should perform actions one at a time, not in a group, otherwise I'll get a little confused...

Then Biba and Bob freely go to the Mystery, eat eggs with spiders and pumpkin pie there, and buy the same Erephir to take away; she will eat it when she returns to Carneol from the princess. Erephir lent them money, just in case.

They are also reminded that they ate a casserole with pumpkin, macaroni, and apples, and finger cookies; they already have the buffs from them, but it's not noted in the cafe. But they can eat the cookies again.

You can now move freely. It would be good if Carneolus performed actions one at a time, rather than in a batch, as I'm a bit confused...

Items that need to be processed:
1) From Erathia, deduct 85 reputation points for the mysterious food (which Beata and Gillon will buy for her).
2) Also, add reputation points from Alaria for the painting (a quarter of the cost = 712).
3) Before the princess, convey information about the blessings (you can use role-playing, or you can do it however you want, the main thing is the result). It is critically important to get help in organizing the tournament and logistics for the remaining three blessings.