Sophie, I was waiting for you.
Brother...?
I was finally able to bring you here, to El Dorado.
Huh?
B-Brother, what is this place? You said this was El Dorado?
This is a world I've created.
A world where anyone can live happily. A true utopia.
I'm sorry for making you feel so lonely.
From now on, we'll always be together.
10 years ago, I confirmed your scorched corpse with my own eyes.
Are you an illusion created by Horrors?
Or something from the ELDO NET?
As expected of the Golden Knight.
I can't prove that I am really the girl named Lizzy, Elizabeth Ragnvald.
I don't plan to, either.
The only thing I'm sure of,
is that I have information and want to give it to you.
Information?
The reason this true El Dorado was created
and information on the Horror that began it.
He's breathing.
Y-You muscle-headed idiot! Don't cause me trouble!
Looks like I won't be able to just force my way through.
Looks like you're in trouble...
...Handsome.
Come on, Sophie!
I'll show you around my El Dorado!
W-Wait, Brother!
Are you going out, Master?
Yeah.
I want to show my little sister, El Dorado. Make preparations.
Understood.
B-Brother, that person!
Oh, she's my secretary, Miss Queen.
She organizes my entire schedule and handles company communications.
That's not what I mean! She's...!
Thank you for waiting. I have reserved the Café Soleil for 14:00.
Thank you.
Please enjoy yourselves.
Let's go, Sophie!
I was waiting for this day to finally come!
El Dorado is a system that I created,
a virtual city that stimulates all five senses.
In this city, each person can obtain a meaningful job and work.
Are you hungry?
Huh? Oh.
Yeah...
Here.
You can enjoy any flavor here.
As well as any recreation.
A reality that surpasses reality. That is what El Dorado is...
Hey there!
How rare for you to be out of the tower.
Hello.
It has been a long time, El Dorado King!
Huh?!
Who is the young lady there?
She's my little sister.
El Dorado is finally reaching completion!
I was finally able to call her here.
Well, congratulations!
So El Dorado is finally going to be complete.
This is all thanks to your hard work, King!
Um, Brother?
Hm?
The King of El Dorado who was searching for me...
Could it be...?
Yeah, it was me.
I asked Queen.
Since El Dorado is almost complete, I wanted her to go and get you.
Although, I'm just the administrator of the system.
Everyone keeps calling me King. Such an exaggeration!
It's as you say.
I died a long time ago.
My body was destroyed and only my soul was absorbed into this world.
Everyone living here is the same as me.
Our souls were all stolen by El Dorado.
The bodies in the real world lose their masters and die.
This world is created by souls the Horrors have hunted,
a world for them to feast.
El Dorado King.
The everlasting king. The ancient one.
An ancient Horror of many names spent over 10 years making this city.
10 years ago, that huge explosion created by Cygnusram-Tech.
At the time, they were doing research on brain function
and how they could connect the brain to a bigger virtual network.
That caught the interest of the ancient Horror.
He infiltrated Cygnusram-Tech
and completed the base theory of ELDO NET there.
However, Makai Knights discovered his plans...
After a fierce battle,
the ancient Horror self-destructed with his research.
Everyone thought his ambition ended there.
But he survived.
And so did his El Dorado prototype.
That was when my soul was caught.
Though, everyone else who met my fate were immediately eaten.
The only reason I managed to escape until now
is because of the Golden Knight bloodline.
You, too.
Me, too?
The Golden Knight will not die.
Not by something trivial like having his soul taken.
They've noticed us!
Those are bots created to destroy abnormalities in the system!
Weren't those all souls absorbed into the system?!
That's right. They normally have their own will.
But in the end, they've become a part of the El Dorado system!
El Dorado King is my brother...
S-Sophie?!
What's wrong, Sophie? Don't cry.
This is the room I prepared for you, Sophie.
I'm sorry, Sophie.
You must have been so lonely.
The contract with the GarEden corporation.
I couldn't tell my family about my involvement with the El Dorado Project.
Brother...
Even though it was a really important job, I left you alone.
For a whole half a year...
Half a year?
Did the social worker from the GarEden Corporation treat you well?
You sounded like you were doing well from your letters, so...
You're wrong...
You're wrong, Brother!
Three years!
It's been three years since you disappeared!
Huh?
Me, too. This isn't what I look like in the real world.
I'm already thirteen now!
I was taken in by an orphanage after you disappeared.
I was looking for you this whole time!
Also! The El Dorado outside!
The real El Dorado is a city controlled by Horrors!
Horrors? Like from a movie?
No! Horrors are monsters that eat people!
Everyone who gathered to El Dorado have been eaten and died!
Calm down, Sophie. There are no monsters here.
Where is my real brother?
My actual... physical self?
My physical body is in a special room at the main GarEden tower.
Then, let's hurry and get out of here!
You can't stay in a fake world like this!
It's all right, Sophie.
If you stay here, there's nothing to be afraid of.
But...!
This El Dorado was created to give everyone true happiness.
And I am the creator and administrator of this place.
This is the proof.
As long as I have this ring, everything will go as I plan.
That who possesses the ring controls the horror within,
making any desire a reality.
Take it off! Take it off right now!
You can't use the power of Horrors!
Please, take it off!
This is proof of my strength! The proof I made El Dorado.
What in the world are you talking about? Horrors?
Because of that ring. Because of Horrors...
So many... So many people have died!
Sophie...
Why? I just wanted to make you happy?
Could it be that a rival company put something in your head?
No! I've...!
Now that I think of it,
there've been reports of company spies entering the other El Dorado.
Are those the Horrors?
No! Listen to me, Brother!
Sophie, you're being tricked!
Come here.
Stand back!
After the ancient Horror obtained the prototype from Cygnusram-Tech,
he infiltrated the GarEden Corporation to continue his research.
Then, he discovered a genius stuck in the ghetto named Martin Hennes.
Sophie's big brother.
The Horror gave him a ring.
The Horrors controlled by the ring followed his orders
and he completed El Dorado.
Soon, El Dorado will be connected to networks throughout the world
and the hunt for human souls will begin.
Take down the Horror and destroy this system!
Free all of the souls captured here!
In the name of Golden Knight.
This place has everything.
Human wisdom, eternal peace,
and overflowing abundance.
All of this is yours, Sophie.
But, this is only the start.
One thousand people joined during the alpha testing.
Three thousand during the beta testing.
Five thousand when version 1.0 was released.
Right now, in El Dorado 2.0,
there are ten thousand living here from the real world!
And soon, El Dorado will connect to networks throughout the world.
All of mankind will be able to live in this ideal world!
Brother...
Hm?
Do you know how many people have died because of your...?
Brother! It's okay, this girl is still alive!
Sophie!
Sword?!
Brother!
Sword!
What was that?
What's wrong, Sophie?
Lizzy!
Save that girl and destroy El Dorado!
Hi, Sleepyhead.
I'm... back?
Were you able to go to the true El Dorado?
What are the Horrors planning?
Where are you going?!
I'm going to save Sophie!
Sophie?
Sophie, why?
These are all the people who died because of your El Dorado.
The dead don't return.
A person who has become a Horror can never change back.
If so... If so!
I will kill my brother myself!