Huh? Brother?
What's going on?
Hey!
Stop, you worthless brother!
Look forward to my souveneir from the capital!
He's run off because he didn't want to help with the harvest again.
I'm sure he's up to no good again
A land where no oil exists under the earth.
The continent of Cruzon.
Men or women, from children to adults,
exists from birth, a special power however trace.
The power to freely manipulate crystals of quartz.
The people started to work the highly malleable quartz,
creating ligaments that obeyed the will of it's user.
The ligaments moved machines,
it spun the wheels of locomotives,
and powered pistons that compressed air,
firing projectiles.
The power that varied in strength from person to person.
The power to freely manipulate the crystals in one's hands.
The ability was called thus -
Magick.
Father?
Are there any lighter ones than this?
I'm sorry. Mr Arrow.
That's already one that a two-year old child can lift.
If your son is still unable to affect one at the age of five,
it means he would have to be an unsorceror.
Un-Sorceror One Without Power
Rygart Arrow, I presume?
I come on orders of the King Hodr.
Water.. Wa-water..
And to think you really did collapse in this area.
It was exactly what King Hodr told me would happen.
I can't move cars or anything powered by quartz.
Hodr must have planned this with that in mind.
Sounds like something he would do.
I guess they really do exist,
unsorcerors..
Sorry about that then.
I mean, it's just my first time ever seeing one in existence.
I should apologize if I've upset you in any way.
I'm used to it by now anyway.
So, who are you exactly?
I am a general of the Krishnan army, Baldr.
G-G..
You were a general?!
Give me a clear line of sight!
Surround it!
Foot soldiers, fall back!
Time to finish the Artemisian fly o..-
With just two rounds..?
Is it carrying a such a large caliber pressgun?
My shots won't reach!
I need to close the distance!
Retreat!
Are you hurt?
Uh.. I'm fine!
I'm sorry you had to come and help me, Zess.
Captain Zess!
Cleo! How long do you plan on just sitting there?
I was about to get up!
Lee! My pressgun finally hit the enemy!
Huh, what about it?
I hit the enemy!
I bet it was just a lucky shot anyway.
We've come this far into their lands and all they've garnered against us are just three previous generation Golems?
No good can come out of them trying to seriously fight a battle against our nation,
when Athens has army five-folds stronger.
They must have pulled their forces back to better defend the capital.
Let's move.
The great capital! Binonten!
We're here!
General Baldr! Welcome back!
Good work on the watch!
You.. You're serious about the general part..
You know.. I was the best in my class at moving the crystal.
This one here will only cost you a mere three jewels!
Rygart, is this your first time in Binonten?
No, I've come here once when I was a kid.
My dad dragged me along.
My queen?
What should I do with this?
You should be careful as the density of the component may end up interfering the movements..
Queen?
Rygart Arrow!
Sig..-
S.. Sigyn!
Explain why you did not show up at my wedding with Hodr!
I had.. other arrangements.
What could be more important than the wedding ceremony of your best friend?
There were other stuff! Like.. the harvests!
You don't hate us now, do you?
Of course not!
I haven't seen you at all for the last four years and you do this..?
I'm so glad to see you. Rygart.
Queen Sigyn actually smiles?
So, who's the big shot?
From what I've heard, sounds like he's a friend of the queen from her schooling days.
The fabled unsorceror, was it?
The probability of a person being born an unsorceror is a million to one.
How does one even manage to stay alive without using magick?
Though, why did the King even send for him to be here?
Maybe he wanted to talk about the fond memories of the past?
My King. I have brought Rygart to your presence.
Hmm?
Hey! Good work.
This is a pretty sweet chair, yeah?
Hodr..
Sorry, how should a citizen of the country react at the sight of a King that hates the throne?
I heard that, plebeian.
For the crime of mockery of the sovereign. I sentence you,
to death!
I've made a perilous trip over the deserts over the span of five days upon receiving this letter of summons,
is this how you treat me?
Gram's really grown!
Rygart, thanks for coming all the way.
Actually, if you're going to make me come all the way here, at least tell me what it is about in the letter.
Are you planning on holding a reunion for the famed troublemakers four of Assam National Military Academy?
Troublemakers?
That's right! The prince that deliberately obtains failing grades so that he won't ever have to ascend the throne.
And the mad scientist who would lock herself in the lab room for three days and nights without drink and food!
Repeat king!
All that's left is the stubborn one, Zess, and we're complete.
You've asked him too haven't you?
You don't know, do you?
One month ago, a coup d'état occurred in Assam.
Athens and Orland intervened in the politics of Assam using their militaries.
And Athens emerged victorious.
In order words, Assam is no longer a neutral country.
They are now in the Commonwealth of Athens.
The neighboring countries have gone to war while I haven't paid attention..
It's not just a matter of our neighbors anymore.
What I'm about to tell you, the citizens do not yet know.
The Krishnan army has already engaged in several skirmishes with Athens at the outskirts of the country.
The defenses at Mizoram fortress may be tight.
But word has come to me that a unit has broken through from the north.
The man leading the unit, is none other than Zess.
Zess is leading?
Impossible.
Zess may be a part of Athens now, and he may have been a genius at combat.
No one can claim to detest war more than Zess does!
He even said he would try to be the opposing voice to his own brother who is the Commander-in-Chief,
by volunteering for the army.
The defenses at Mizoram fortress have held well until now.
But it is only a matter of time before our first line of defenses and the walls fall.
What's the matter?
Thanks for the valuable information.
I'll take my brother along into the mountains or something, before Krishna erupts into a full-scale war.
You flee? Spineless unsorceror.
Lauren!
..sorry.
Hodr..?
Rygart.
Will you land me a hand?
But you should know.
I can't even operate a pistol.
Follow me.
My queen.
That man.. The king seems to place a lot of faith in him.
Who is he exactly?
He's a mutual friend we had during our days in the Academy.
I mean, even for a fellow classmate..
Yes..
The only man in our school capable of reconciling a fight between the brother of the Commander-in-Chief,
and the man who would ascend the throne of a country.
He is an odd fellow.
An odd fellow..
Yes.
Rygart, how's your dad doing?
Oh, he passed last year.
What?! What happened with the funeral? Why didn't you call me!
We didn't perform a funeral ceremony!
Who would come anyway?
He raised not one but two unsorcerors,
racking up a huge debt in the process, but still insisting on my enrollment in the military academy.
He believed to the end that I would awaken my powers eventually.
Idiot of a father.
I think he was a splendid father.
He tried fighting against the destiny that was thrust upon him.
I..
..couldn't.
That's a Golem, right?
A construct we accidentally uncovered during our excavations for quartz last month.
It is estimated to be more than a thousand years old.
We've named it the "Under-Golem" for now.
A thousand years..
How far till Binonten?
Estimate 1,200.
Sigyn's been buried in this lately.
That's why I called for you to be here.
That was the ancient we found in the pilot's cockpit.
It is remarkable to note that the ancient has shown to have no signs of ever using any quartz at all.
In other words, this Golem cannot be moved using magick.
We've called in all of our capable pilots to try and move the Golem,
not one of them has been successful thus far.
This is a theory put forth by a branch of the Technological Development Bureau.
The ancients were a race that had no magick.
They must have managed to operate the Golem using some other means.
Some other means, like?
Rygart, would you mind helping in the research of the Golem?
Me, really?
If we manage to somehow uncover the secrets to this Golem,
it might lead to advances on our own models.
Say, Hodr..?
Are we really going to go to war with Athens?
It's not a fight we can win!
Let's just surrender!
I'll say this, only because it's you,
I am in agreement of a surrender.
What happened?!
Athens has also sent us their terms for surrender.
We can have our peace!
The terms are thus,
The rights to all lands owned by Krishna shall belong to Athens.
The dissolution of all royal artifacts and the symbolism they carry.
We're under attack! We're closing the gates! Fall back!
Well then, just accept it then.
Haven't you always said that it's stupid how a ruler gets to determine the lives of so many people?
And finally,
Where the hell are they firing from?!
All members of the Royal family are to be executed.
She may not have been of noble birth, but this includes Sigyn.
In front of my dignitaries, advisors and Sigyn. I must act like a King.
Rygart, please tell me.
What..
..should I do?
Incoming fire from 2 o'clock to 5 o'clock! Estimate a distance exceeding 200!
200!?
It seems our position has been given away!
Good enough. Cleo, return to your Golem.
Roger!
The last condition was not included in the formal paper.
A messenger informed us verbally.
I should have expected this.
Secretary General Loquis doesn't want reconciliation, it is annexation.
This is exactly why Zess always goes off on you!
It's this! Always acting like everything doesn't concern you when even your own life comes into danger!
Always acting like you've given up on everything!
Sorry.
Don't do that.
I'm not angry at you.
In the first place, no one would be willing to accept such ridiculous terms!
My Lord!
We need to escape!
Rygart!
My Lord, are you unhurt?
Rygart!
My Lord, we need to return to the castle!
Rygart's down there!
Get a move on already! You need to realize you're a King! Hurry and go!
Please, let's hurry!
We'll come back for you afterwards! Don't give up!
Got it! Thanks!
Stop wasting my time!
H-How do I get this to open?
A light emitter quartz?
But.. there's no way I could activate one.
What now? Are those glyphs?
Please wait!
There's more?
I'll change to the anti-personnel scatter rounds.
Was this the language used by the ancients?
The smaller font looks similar to what we use.
ネウピロッ。。レギスト。。
I can't understand what it's saying!
Hodr, King of Krishna!
Watch me with pride, Captain Zess!
What's happening?!
What now?!
It's not making sense!
Cleo, any signs of movement from the enemy?
There are no movements in the enemy.
The ground is crumbling!
Don't ask me why it suddenly started moving.
Under-Golem, the Ancient Giant Soldier.