Part 5: Update IV - Featuring: Dragons

Update IV - Featuring: Dragons

Music: None






*chuckle* You sound like an old man, Julietta★

Ngh... It's all your fault, Nagamimi! Don't scare me like that!

I don't give a crap about that. I have urgent news! A swarm of dragons has appeared outside!

What perfect timing, you just found a team of dragon hunters!

Music: Endless Attack Cycle


... Nagamimi, where is ISDF? Isn't this what an international defense force is trained to handle?

They're heading in this direction, but... it sounds like it'll take a while.

OK. Seal the entrance. We'll wait it out until they arrive.

Nagamimi, could you be a dear and display the entrance camera up on the monitor?

Got it.







Well, in the 30 seconds since the dragons arrived...



...things have gotten kinda bad.









Mio is having the worst possible day today.





I'm going to help her!

I wouldn't. An amateur going out there would just cause trouble.

~

Lend me your strength!

*sigh* Listen, we can't go waving an army around. We're just a game company in the eyes of the public. We'd just get arrested if we came out guns blazing.

~~

All we can do now is wait for ISDF.

ISDF... I hope they make it in time.





A running theme of the game is Opal being physically incapable of not helping someone in trouble.



Besides, last I check we haven't signed an employment contract yet, so they can't order us around!

Hmm, I suppose at times the body acts completely on its own★

Should we go knock some sense into them?

No, let's give them a shot.

Are you sure? If ISDF finds out...

If they truly are dragon hunters, their resolve will carry them through.

I see... Time to see what they've got, then. We should do what we can to provide support.

Sounds like a job for Nagamimi!

*sigh* Fine, fine... I'm going...



But first.



The dragon invasion means that everyone has something new to say.









This is why I hate humans. It's impossible to know how your brains work.



Getting hurt in 7th Encount gets you hurt in real life.

Nodens' liability waivers must be a bitch.

Listen up. This isn't a game anymore. Get cut, and you'll bleed. Get stabbed, and you'll die. This is the real world.





Take this, too. Just pop it on your arm and start it up.



It's a wonderful device that'll let you talk to me no matter where you go. This is how I'll be helping you, so don't you dare take it off. And don't tell me you don't want it! Now listen, don't forget to prepare. I'd rather not have our dragon hunters die out there. If you're gonna help, you damn well better do it right... Eeheehee...



Just try not to get yourself killed.

A terminal materializes out of nowhere in case you wanted to change your party after 7th Encount.



Although Nagamimi is running it now.





Job Seeker: Wait... This could be a great chance to prove my value to the company!

A third dragon invasion in 80 years and this guy is focused on getting a job.

Sounds like Japan, alright.



Aaron: Maybe the gods are upset with me for slacking off at work! I'm such a fool...





Attendant Kureha: I ask that you promptly evacuate the premises.





Oh, that's bad.







Oh, that's worse.



That's a lot nastier than a baby.

Plus all his friends swarming the skies.





















Music: Battlefield - Furious Predator




Much like before, all I can do is hit him a bunch.



He has a bit more health than the Little Dragon, at least.





Power Charge is the standard signal to block next turn.



Although, bizarrely, the White Dragon only has a single action per turn. Even the baby from before had the standard two actions most every dragon gets.





So despite being an actual dragon, he's a complete joke.







Music: Finish Them Off




Music: Endless Attack Cycle


Are you hurt?

No, I'm OK... But Opal-

~

Let's get out of here!

R-Right. But... where to?

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Ah yes.



The obligatory Giant Red Starter Dragon.







That thing's a High Dragon! It's way stronger than the one you just fought! lt'll tear you to shreds! Get the brat and come back, now!

High Dragons are the official translation for Imperials in the previous games.



What's wrong...? No... Are you going to... fight? Opal, stop! It'll kill you!



I'm going to save everyone!

But... you don't even know these people. Why—

~

I'm going to defeat it!

But... aren't you afraid? How—

~~

Opal!





We are running, Nagamimi!

We're running towards it!













Also there's rubble between us and Nodens HQ, so running at the High Dragon is our only option.







Confident Gamer: W-Wait... This is weird... My legs won't move! Did I spend too long in 7th Encount...?









Occasionally the leader will shout something out in cutscenes, and the localizers were nice enough to subtitle them!

Also

Next time: Opal's first High Dragon.