Part 75: Update LXXII - Featuring: Death

Update LXXII - Featuring: Death

Music: Destructive Curse


Well, it turns out Allie Nodens, the woman who ran this whole True Dragon hunting tour, was the bonus boss of the first game the entire time.



We've been dancing on her strings from the moment Nagamimi scouted us back at 7th Encount.



The situation is bad, to put it extremely mildly.









Music: Stops


Music: Ignith of the Final Attack (code：VFD Ver)






Is that... some new kind of Dragonsbane...!? No... It is the Dragonsbane's true form... Shoot...! Jil, get behind me!



O-OK...!







*cough* *cough* What... just...

Interesting. I did not expect you to survive as well.

Survive...? Opal! Everyone...







Opal...! What do we do...? They're not breathing!





W-We all promised we'd work hard together... No... Why...? Wake up... Wake up!

Oh, and all our friends we've been having fun with the entire time? Fucking dead.





What's the meaning of this, Allie!?

Everything is fine. We will not be needing them anymore.

~

Does this mean you're...

*chuckle* I thought you would have realized sooner.

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We cut to the Dragonsbane covered buildings.



Which then get choked out by a new, pink, Dragonsbane.



But it's not entirely new. ND's boss arena in 7D1 was covered in the stuff.



ND's Dragonsbane has already covered the entire city.



Considering a few seconds of exposure killed off Eigur, Ulania, Sailas, and Jil, it's safe to say that ND just killed every human in Tokyo, if not the entire world.





We have hard scales, we fly around with massive bodies, we breathe fire, and... we consume humans... But the essence of dragonhood is not contained within that consumption.



Those who eat, and those who are eaten. It is a common concept in this universe of ours. *chuckle* Let me try to explain it in more relatable terms. When you sit at the breakfast table... Does your food stare up at you and fight back for trying to meddle in its life? Probably not. That would be absurd. And yet, that is exactly what you have done.



You have so far managed to defeat every True Dragon you have faced. Until this moment in time, nobody stood up to the True Dragons. Not until humanity came along. Do you understand what this means? You, the dragon hunter, a human...



And there's the meaning behind the title of the series.



You used Opal! You don't want to hunt the 7th True Dragon, you want to make it!

There have only ever been six True Dragons in this universe. However, once one who can defeat those six appears...



The 7th Dragon isn't a normal True Dragon. They're the concept of a True Dragon, the evolutionary pinnacle of an entire world, applied to the True Dragons themselves.

Which means that, hilariously, the absolutely bonkers power creep of VFD has a narrative justification! We had to be signficantly stronger than every other game in the series because we're literally becoming the ultimate being in the universe!

This process has been repeated countless times over the span of history. Opal... If you fuse with the Dragon Chronicle... You will become the 7th True Dragon, and carry this realm into a new era. Dragons, Dragon Sickness, and Dragonsbane will all disappear from existence. Peace will return to this world... In that sense, perhaps I was not lying to you★

No...



My heart... the 2nd True Dragon specimen... will complete Julietta's Dragon Chronicle... In fusing with that, you will reach the pinnacle of evolution.



What's your deal with evolution?

Life is a beautiful thing. To live is to grow. Humanity's growth brings with it unlimited possibilities. It is always interesting watching you. I wish to see the moment that life progresses to the next plane of existence.

~

Why are you doing this?

My answer is unchanged. I want to celebrate the evolution of life. Life is a beautiful thing. To live is to grow. I would like nothing more than to observe that.

~~

That is all. Simply put, I have a deep affection for the sprout we call humanity★ Is it not reasonable to desire the growth of the one you love?

No... This is all wrong...! You say you love us, but... You spread the Dragon Sickness! You killed so many people!

That is simply a difference in perspective. My actions have all been out of love for humanity. Think of it as a mother disciplining her children. My actions are consistent with that.









Hey, did you notice that the twins had the same pointed ears as Allie?

In order to kill a True Dragon, you must possess a Dragonslayer. You already knew that, did you not?





This is another 7D1 reference, but one you'd probably miss even if you played the fan translation.



See, Konohana Sakuhime and Konohana Chiruhime were the names of ND's adds during her bonus boss fight, but Pokeytax had to shorten them down to Cherry Maiden and Leaf Maiden due to name size limits.

This is also why the twin blades Chika gave us are called Chiru+Saku.



Those humans were quite strong, so I chose to keep them in my thought★ Now, Unit 13. You must tear out their hearts in order to bring them back to their original forms★







You can't be serious.

It's true...

We're just incarnations of a Dragonslayer. This is our will...

~

I won't do that.

Sometimes there are requests you won't agree with, but you still have to do them.

We are mere incarnations of a Dragonslayer. Therefore... this is our will...

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Next time: It gets worse.