Be calm!
Do not panic.
You call yourselves the vanguard of the gods?
This is a harbinger of Bahamut's awakening.
You must make haste, maiden of Orléans, recipient of my light.
Saint Jeanne!
Lavalley?
These winds have cut off all communication with the others.
Our only option is to wait until the storm calms.
This is no ordinary storm.
Observe!
What does this mean?
Since the God Key was taken from holy ground,
the order between gods and demons has been deteriorating.
The gods' majesty no longer graces us, then?
Perhaps not.
Rage of Bahamut
People always say
black or white but the world is so gray
Even angels and demons would wish the son of God I praise
temee no gen'in wa temee no naka kara
You're the catalyst for what you've wrought
zenbu hikurumete omae no saga
Raise the curtain and you're the star
kizuku koro ni wa mou rolling the curtain
But by the time you realize, the show's already over
It's too late if you want to do something
What the hell is wrong with me?
I can't remember what I wanted to be
This is what I found
I can see the key that scattered around
kono yoru ga aketemo nanika kawaru wake ja nee sa
Try as you might to shatter the night, ain't nothing changing here
Can't say no; yes, I know that I
I'm the only one
who can save myself
I've never forgotten
All I wanna be is me
You will not escape...
I won't allow it, Favaro...
I refuse... to let you...
Favaro!
Curse you, Pazuzu. You're too good.
We can't let him beat us to the punch!
Get away, guard dog. You stink.
Back off! My little ones are on a walk right now!
You're the one who should back off. This is my castle.
What a stick-in-the-mud. You're a former angel, all right.
We're back, woof!
We found 'em, woof!
Good work! Where are they?
They're on their way to the foggy town of Nebelville, woof!
Oh?
How long are we gonna leave 'em be?
Need I remind you that our orders are only to learn who they're working for?
Then let's just catch 'em and torture 'em, woof!
There's no need for such rashness.
There happens to be a particularly interesting individual in that town.
Th-There's the town.
Is that Helheim?
Hell no!
Helheim is way, way further ahead! Way further!
Then let's get going!
Whoa, hold on!
We need to get us some money first or we're gonna run dry.
Let's see...
What bounties can we get around here?
This'll do!
Then let's get going!
Whoa! Hold your horses!
This one's gonna be a real pain in the ass.
Nebelville
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Nebelville
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Almost...
Seriously?!
Man!
What the hell?!
Running into a monster in broad daylight like this?
Damn.
Well, at least we got what we came for.
I prefer meat.
These ain't for eating!
They're herbs. Our next target supposedly knows restorative arts.
Restorative?
Restorative.
Weird potions and all that.
We need to have some antidotes handy just in case.
So we're not going to eat it?
Do you want to get sick?
Favaro!
Oh. You're alive.
Where am I?
It was broken.
Oh, you're awake, Sir Knight!
How are you feeling?
I work as a humble doctor here in Nebelville.
This is my wife,
and this is our daughter, Rita.
Please, right this way.
We've prepared a meal for you.
Man, this stuff reeks.
I just realized you have wings!
You could've just flown up to get these!
I couldn't have.
I lost one during the incident. I can't fly anymore.
The incident?
The incident.
This... is the God Key...
Lenes G'batha Org.
Stop right there!
God Key?
Yeah.
Is that what those knights were talkin' about?
We must retrieve the God Key!
You're telling me you managed to swipe it all by yourself?
You don't believe me?
It did actually happen, however.
She infiltrated holy ground upon which a demon couldn't possibly tread...
...broke the key's seal using arts only a god could possibly use...
...and ran off with the key, just like that!
So then where's this so-called "God Key" now?
Here.
Huh? Where? Let me s—
The key isn't a physical object.
I took the key by absorbing its soul.
Which means that I'm now...
The girl herself is now...
Rage of Bahamut
...the God Key.
Our town is a meager one,
so I'm afraid we can't offer much hospitality.
Don't be. I'm very grateful that you came to my aid.
I owe you—
I'm the one who brought you here.
Come, please eat. No need to hold back for politeness' sake.
Thank you.
The truth is, Sir Knight, we were hoping we could ask you a favor.
Of course.
Terrible monsters have been attacking our town.
Monsters?
Trolls of sorts that live in the forest.
They come out at dawn to ravage our fields,
eat our livestock,
and take our children.
Rita is the only child left now.
But if this keeps up...
All right.
I, Kaisar, shall repay the favor you have shown me by slaying these detestable monsters for you.
What's wrong, Rita? You haven't eaten.
You expect me to eat this putrid, maggot-filled muck?
Rita!
Allow me.
You mustn't speak to your parents like that.
Did you eat it?
It brought back memories of meals with my own family.
You're going to regret it.
What about it did you not like?
Everything.
This is a pathetic farce. I'm sick of playing family.
You're a philosophical one.
Rita, was it? How old are you?
I forgot, but I'm most certainly older than you.
I used to find my family annoying, as well.
I come from a longstanding family of knights, you see.
I had a strict upbringing, having nary a moment to relax.
I loathed my stern father and spent most of my time away from home.
Much like you do now.
But one day, when my father was tasked with guarding a tribute to the king,
there was an incident.
Bandits ambushed his unit and stole the tribute.
My father, who had led the knights, was held responsible...
and hanged.
The prestigious Lidfard family was instantly stripped of its knighthood
and banished to the lower quarters like criminals.
My mother wept every night after we lost everything,
until she cast herself into a lake half a year later.
It was only then that I finally realized...
how much I loved my family...
and how much it meant to me.
Don't be like me. Treasure your family while you still can!
What a dull story. I shouldn't have bothered listening.
The bathroom's that way.
Th-Thank you...
They're coming.
Kaisar? What are you doing?
Do not speak my name freely, monster!
Stand back.
I can handle this on my own!
There's what we're after!
You'll go no further!
What the hell?!
Custom-made with a special herb. You wide awake now?
Favaro! What have you done to me?!
Take a look around you.
The fog's gotten to your head.
I wish you could've stayed oblivious.
Rita the Necromancer, I assume?
Your twisted game ends now.
How heartless. Let's play together.
Thanks, but no thanks.
I suggest you use that unless you wanna keep playin' house with zombies!
It's... not broken at all!
How dare you...
How dare you make a fool out of me!
Man, he's scarier than the zombies.
There you are!
Rita?!
Damn you!
That's it!
Seel Soh Cetom!
The Black Bible. This is what we're really after.
Monsters apparently invaded Nebelville some two hundred years ago, so it's long gone now.
The only survivor, the daughter of the town doctor,
used a sorcery book she found somewhere to revive the dead.
She's been at this twisted game for the past two hundred years.
I'm sick of playing family.
She's been bitten by a zombie, so she'll turn into one as well soon.
Not my problem, though.
Here ya go. 750 Rupies.
That's it?
Hey, wait!
Hey! Don't eat him!
That reminds me. These ones came in recently.
Oh, new posters?
Wh-Whoa!
Oh, yes. I still have more.
See?
It's crazy how everyone's got lookalikes out there.
Oh, yes. You wanna go to Helheim, I hear.
Yeah, yeah. I wanna go to Hel—
They got some of the finest, tastiest booze there, y'know.
My destiny,
sotto oshiete hoshii
won't you tell me?
aenai
But you're gone
ima wa tooi place to be
in a place so far away
hitoribocchi todokanai
Alone and never-reaching
oshietekureta the truth is free
Yet you told me the truth is free
I miss you
I revere you
You're my everything
I will follow you
subete wa ano toki
For everything since then
You're my destiny
tsuretette
So take me
yakusoku no basho e
to our promised land
You're walking too fast.
Slow down a little, will you?
I never asked you to follow me!
You're supposed to respect the dead, you know.
This is why I can't stand whippersnappers.
Suit yourself.
Why didn't you just lop my head off?
I can't cut the dead. It would taint my sword.
You had no problem cutting up my zombies, though.
Don't lump the dead and the undead together.
I think everyone's starting to realize.
Realize what?
That these previews aren't that serious.
You think so?
On the next Rage of Bahamut: Genesis, "Reunion at Ysmenport."
Yes!
Illustration:
Let's Bahamut to the max again next week.