Part 42: Reign, Reign, Go Away

Chapter 18.5: Reign, Reign, Go Away



*A soldier runs in*



He has been killed in battle!



Damn it all! You're certain?

I am. He's gone, Chrom. I saw him fall myself. ...He's gone.





Lucina—fetch a healer, at once!

I'll be fine, gods damn me... Gods damn me for outliving that one-eyed clod! That big, bald oaf! That...that... Aaaaaargh!

That's twice now I have failed...

I'll kill him! I'll cut that dastard Walhart down myself! I swear it before the gods!

No, Flavia...for now, you need to rest and to heal. When the time is right, we will avenge Basilio. You have my word.

...Then know that I will hold you to it...

...Why did I let him go...

Chrom, there's something else. Something important. Basilio asked I give you this...



Ah... I can feel its power resonating through my whole body...

It's Gules, one of the Gemstones you need. Don't ask me why in hell's name the oaf hid it from you. He always did love his surprises, damn him.

Whatever his reasons, I accept his gift now, and gladly.

It's hard to believe he's truly gone... The larger the man, the larger the void left in his wake...

And Khan Basilio was a titan. There is no replacing him. I should have tried harder to convince him...







Walhart's army...has retreated to the imperial capital.

Retreated?!

It seems the dynast turncloaks are withdrawing their soldiers as well.

I don't believe it...

Steiger and Yen'fay have fallen; it's no shock Walhart might pull back to regroup. And of course the dynasts now see cracks forming in the empire...

Maybe they'll reconsider which side they will fight for?

Possibly, if they can see an advantage in it for themselves. With them or not, it seems a decisive battle is upon us.

To think, how quickly our fortunes have shifted...

We have Basilio to thank for it. For all of it. His sacrifice made it all possible...

If only there had been some other way...

No second guessing! Basilio would have hated that. You did your duty as best you were able, same as he.

Now clear the doubts out of that clever head of yours—we're going to need it. The fate of Valm—and all our homelands—hangs on this next battle.

For the sake of history and all our fallen comrades...

We will bring this empire crashing down!



This "Conqueror's" reign ends now!