King of Legend
The space suits seem to work just fine.
Still, it feels a bit cold in here.
Let's return to the surface.
Use the next wave.
Like that?
That's right.
Let your back face outward, and sit on the frame.
There you are, Milady.
Of course I'm here.
It's heavier out here than in the water.
That's just how it is.
Well, they're still space suits, but yours looks a lot lighter, Loran.
I'm wearing the one that was sitting inside the White Doll's chest.
It's completely different from the one used by Dianna Counter.
I'll have to ask Mr. Horace to make me a customized suit.
Do you think he can?
It's just a space suit, so it should be possible.
I asked you not to play on that!
They're fine.
Milady, this should keep the snakes away.
Thank you!
Lady Sochie has become a more reliable Mobile Suit pilot with each passing day.
Sounds of an explosion? It doesn't seem to be lightning...
That's the Manuipich mountain, Impabura, isn't it?
That's right.
VR Head...
Maximum magnification.
They'll target us if you stand up!
We'll crawl to avoid them.
Come on!
Why are cannon emplacements all the way out here?
Miashei, Your Kapool is far too visible!
Ames, let's retreat.
Nonsense!
...Is what I wish I could say, but the way things are now,
We've no choice but to revise our battle plan.
Is this it?
It hurts!
If we don't get our injured treated soon, they'll interfere with our mission.
An injury like this won't kill you...
Loran, you're a little late.
Miashei?
Looks like a battle just ended here.
Manuipich has already been occupied by the Dianna Counter for some time.
So it seems, huh?
The Mechanical Doll division has suffered heavy losses.
Without better air defenses, we won't be able to fight against them.
They've heavily fortified Manuipich.
Wouldn't we be able to sneak someone in quietly to clear out our opponents?
I never suspected they'd install cannon emplacements like that on the surface.
The cannons were designed to be used on warships or inside a WaDom.
We have to withdraw from Impabura, and allow our forces to regroup.
Colonel, our enemy is...
The enemy is targeting the Willgem.
Tomorrow, their battleships will reach this area and they'll attack us from both ends.
At that point, all of the people from the Inglessa and Luzianna Militia, and the Willgem itself will meet a quick end!
Please reconsider and allow us to withdraw.
That cannot be done.
Sir!?
We must take Manuipich by tonight.
What makes that village at the mountain's top so important!?
It contains a construct that will give the Willgem the means to reach the moon.
That's correct. It also has a structure which lets us perform maintenance on the ship.
Colonel, Lieutenant Yanni...
Please destroy the cannon emplacements by dawn tomorrow.
That's an order!
Ades branch? Some kind of tree branch?
Yeah, legends speaks of a mysterious tree branch that's seated atop Manuipich's Impabura, known to them as the Ades Branch.
The Adeskan people are known to be the defenders of this so called Branch of Ades.
Wow, Joseph! You know a lot about this place!
I was born in a village just south of here.
I see! So you're from this region?
That's right.
We found Joseph at the base of the mountain near here.
Why a branch?
It's just some old legends. I don't know the details either.
I'd really love to hear the legend from the Adeskan people themselves.
Why's that, Uncle Sid?
Old legends like that one very likely have direct connections to the Dark History's ancient technology.
A legend about technology?
So now Dianna Counter has occupied this mountain where the Adeskan people protect this Ades branch.
Is that another great mechanical giant?
That's right, a white giant.
No matter how I view it, that's definitely the White Devil.
It looks exactly like my grandmother described, Lady Mayalito.
The White Devil has come to steal the Ades Branch!
Do you beleive so?
Yurou!
Yurou, you jerk...
Those clothes...
...could she be an Adeskan?
I am not your enemy!
I would like to speak with those who fled from the occupied village!
Please come out!
We learned about this area's layout before we arrived. The only thing that can help us take down those turrets is the White Doll.
I understand what you're saying... but...
White Doll still holds the nuclear weapons in its chest...
If it were hit by the cannon...
Is there a problem? Will the Moonrace's Laura not help us?
The White Doll is unable to battle for now.
Why is that?
It's not in very good condition at the moment.
Who gives a damn?
You won't find a single mechanical doll here that IS in good condition!
So long as White Doll can battle...
It doesn't matter.
What do you mean?
There are six cannon emplacements.
So what? You won't know if it works until you try.
If Gavane could have done it...
Gavane was killed!
You bastard!
Use your head for a change!
You're now the Commander of the Suicide Squadron.
You can't let your soldiers die meaninglessly.
Where are you going?
To inspect the White Doll.
Mr. Joseph!?
I'm sorry, but you haven't earned my full trust yet.
Please, wait!
There's something that you're holding back.
I am...
What is it that you're hiding?
What's going on, Loran?
Is that true?
No...
Milady Sochie!
Milady?
Milady Sochie?
What happened?
I was hit.
It was some woman from Adeska.
Did you make contact with any Adeskans?
Yes. Those people apparently don't like outsiders.
Did you shoot this person?
Are you kidding? I was trying to scare them away!
Is that why you got hit?
So that's the way things are?
Even our own scouts won't be able to get inside Manuipich's city?
That woman shouldn't have been able to just disappear.
What's wrong?
Where did you get that?
From over there...
Who are you?
I am the King of Adeska, Quoatl.
If you're the King, what are you doing here?
I am awaiting my death.
Waiting for your death?
It began when the people of Adeska all had the same dream.
A dream of a fiery crimson sky in the middle of the night.
We were powerless to do anything against it.
This King of Adeska knows about the power of the Nuclear weapons!
No, that's simply not true, King of Adeska.
If you help us find the way into your city, We can help Adeska's...
Don't touch him!
What?
It's her!
Could she be...
Your Majesty, that gray haired person is none other than the White Devil's messenger...
...and he has come here to remove the Branch of Ades!
What!?
Loran!
Lord!
Mayalito, do not interfere!
Your Majesty!
Within the White Devil's chest, there is a terrible weapon which has the ability to turn the night into day!
You mean that which can burn down even the World Tree?
That's correct!
I'm in need of your assistance!
My assistance?
I intend head far up into the sky so that I may dispose of this weapon there...
For the sake of doing that, I must reach Manuipich!
Why should I believe what you're saying?
I would never deceive a King!
Who are you to make such statements?
I pledge myself, along with the White Devil I control, to protect the Ades World Tree!
You say that you will control this White Devil to protect the World Tree?
Mayalito, show these people the way to reach the city!
Are you saying that I should show them the King's secret waterway!?
If this situation continues, we're going to lose Manuipich.
With the assistance of these people and the White Devil, we will most certainly drive out those invaders from the moon!
I'll make preparations at once.
- Ames! - Right!
We miners also know how to make good explosives.
- These'll blow those cannons to bits. - We'll be counting on you, Uncle Sid.
That woman who appeared in the cave...
Was she of a different tribe?
Well, young Inglessa man, are you having doubts or will you join us?
I'll be involved in this as well.
Do not judge a person by their appearance.
That's the way it should be, Captain.
Loran, this isn't the time to be getting intimate.
That's not what we're doing.
Will you be able to move while wearing that?
It's fine.
Milady, please don't let anyone get near the White Doll.
I understand. No one will lay a finger on it.
It's up to you.
If your infiltration attempts still fails, gentlemen...
Just after dawn tomorrow morning, the Willgem will use its Mega Particle Cannons against the turrets in order to capture Manuipich.
But isn't Manuipich still the home of the Adeskan people?
I understand that, but the Moonrace's technicians claim there's no goal more important to us than reaching Impabura's top.
So long as we succeed, everything'll be fine, right?
That's exactly right.
That flute is Mayalito's signal.
Let's go, then.
Heading out!
We're counting on you.
Chief Ladderum, please come to the tent.
Right.
I've been able to collect about 20 fighter planes.
Fighter planes?
Not now.
I can't blame Miashei for her reaction, but...
They'll be able to function as bait to divert the shots away from the Willgem.
That's true... The Willgem will already be a huge target once it heads out there.
If Uncle Sid's plan is successful, there'll be no need for us to resort to that.
I asked your father to collect all of the planes that he could find.
Miashei, I'd also appreciate it if you'd help us service them.
That's how it is.
Papa?
But, if Willgem's Mega Particle Cannons fire on Manuipich, Loran and the Adeskans will be...
Correct. They will all be killed.
That Mega Particle Cannon isn't like conventional gunpowder. It's incredibly devastating...
I understand.
Please take me to see Sir Guin.
I can't do that.
Why not?
He's not aboard the Willgem right now. Furthermore, our orders say you're not allowed to leave here until after the battle's ended.
But that's...
As long as Uncle Sid can destroy the Cannon Emplacements before sunrise, The Willgem won't need to open fire.
Sir Guin's starting to enjoy playing with his new found weapons a bit too much...
Loran...
It's amazing that there would be so much water in a mountain.
It could be flowing here from an even higher mountain, perhaps.
It looks like that's it over there.
Let's go, then.
There's a boat in here?
Yes. This is how we will get to Manuipich.
We'll go up in this?
Let's go. You're in a hurry, aren't you?
Yeah, sorry.
It looks like some sort of natural canal.
Correct. Long ago, the tree of Ades' roots ran through here.
The tree's roots?
It shouldn't be surprising that the World Tree's roots would be so large.
I suppose that's true.
A dead end?
That's because we're in a water elevator.
Here it comes.
I warned you about that!
The boat is going up, isn't it?
Yes, it seems to be.
The water beneath us...
Is that some sort of geyser down there?
We can reach Manuipich once we're at the correct water level.
The world formed thanks to the tree which connected the worlds of the land and the sky.
Because of the Ades Tree.
We, the people of Adeska, lived together with the goddess of the ground at the Ades Tree's base.
However, on that dreadful day in which the sky burned red, the world changed.
With the Ades tree at the center, the giants from the sky reached the world on the ground, and the giants on the ground reached the world in the sky...
...and there, they fought one another.
Because of this, the ground was soon covered with disease.
The Moon in the sky began to weep.
Our ancestors wanted to save the Goddess of the ground...
...and so they used the power of the giants to cut down the Tree of Ades.
Then at that point, there was a lone branch which bounced and leapt up into the sky.
The Goddess of the ground was revived.
We, the Adeskans continued to keep guard over the Ades Branch to insure that it won't summon another disaster. However...
...The legend states that the White Devil will one day eventually return to take away the Ades Branch.
Have we arrived?
It's through that route.
My Lord!
Someone's now using the water elevator!
Mayalito, take our boat to the rapids!
Right!
We're heading down there?
Here we go...
What?
This looks dangerous.
I don't think they want to welcome their King.
Get down!
Why are the Adeskan soldiers...
What's going on!?
Could they be Taruka's men!?
They hit the fires!
Get this boat moving, woman!
Head into the city from the western stairs!
Let's get moving!
Damn...
Has our power struggle reached this point, Taruka!?
Did you forget how to speak with your mouth? Did you toss it aside?
Drop your weapons if you want the old man to survive!
- What? - Sid! - Uncle Sid!
Who do you think you are!?
Taruka, I brought these people here...
...for the sake of destroying those evil cannons.
A King who fled has no right to speak here.
Taruka, that man is the messenger of the White Devil!
Yurou, how could you ally yourself with Taruka!?
I only wanted to tell him about the White Devil's return...
A coward who runs away has no business speaking here.
Quotl, we who guard the Ades Branch cannot allow the White Devil to enter this city!
Even after we all shared the same dream where night became day?
Take him away!
Joseph!
Mayalito!
Don't let them escape!
Don't! Joseph...
Loran, Hang in there! Hey, Loran!
Hey, wait a sec..!
The White Devil has come for the sake of the Ades Branch.
Taruka, our legend ends at this point.
Even after the sky burns red...
It doesn't mean that our entire world needs to be destroyed.
At this rate, our city will be destroyed by the giants from the sky.
This is what the young man who controls the White Devil has told me.
That bastard...
We won't be able to make it out of here by morning.
If things stay this way, we're all going to die.
The people who live by their ancient legends, now begin to fight by way of their ancient customs.
Quoatl ran away from this fight...
...because he's willing to help us to destroy the cannons.
Even if the outcome must be a tragic one, the old legend will still be passed on.
Next time... on TURN A GUNDAM... Captured Manuipich
"The wind of kings bellows."
Captured Manuipich