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The news about the desert that had been brought to Astor was serious: the
entire area around Konoha and the Zao Desert was sinking.
That's the same as St. Binah... Master Kyo must have removed the Sephiroth
Tree under this area too. And with this war going on, there's no way we can
evacuate everybody like we did with St. Binah and Holt. What can we do...?
Emrls had an interesting answer to that question.
Once a Sephiroth Tree has disappeared, it won't be able to support the
Outer Lands above it again even if it's restored. But if we use it the same
way we did to keep St. Binah afloat, we might be able to lower the falling
land gently, like an elevator. If we can manage that, then we won't have to
worry about people dying from the impact with the Qliphoth on the surface,
even if we can't evacuate them. There's still the problem of the miasma in
the Qliphoth, but at least we can keep everything from being destroyed at
once. It's better than doing nothing, at least.
The passage ring that controlled the Sephiroth Tree in this area is in the
Zao Ruins. Sion's already opened the Daathic seal there, so we should be able
to reach the passage ring by ourselves. Let's head for the Zao Ruins.
But I have to admit I'm worried about Gwen. She's pushing herself to
help us do what we need to, but the shock of being called an imposter is
really telling on her. She probably likes Jeremy, so maybe he could comfort
her... After all, he's...the real me.
As we were about to leave for the Zao Ruins, Jeremy contacted me through
that channel again, and told us to go to the oasis. Tear was worried that
Master Kyo might be behind it, but at this point I don't think Jeremy is
connected to either him or Lahari. Anyway, let's head for the desert oasis and
see what he has to say.
Jeremy and I met for the first time in a while, and I was sure he was going
to start in on me again, but he just asked if anything strange was happening
to me. What's with him? When I told him no, he tried to leave again, and just
when he'd dragged us all out here.
What's his problem, anyway?
When I pressed him, he finally told us that the area around Holt had
started to fall, and the battlefield's going to go with it.
Even if we're able to let the area around Konoha down safely, we
wouldn't be able to save the people on the battlefield... But when Asch heard
what we were planning to do, he suggested a way to save the battlefield as
well.
He said that we could operate the passage ring at Shurrey Hill remotely,
lowering the battlefield area slowly along with Konoha. Apparently the
Sephiroth are all connected to each other, so one passage ring can be used to
control another if they're both already activated--at least in theory. All we
can do now is try it and hope for the best...
Jeremy left then, saying he was going to see what Master Kyo was up to, and
we started for the Zao Ruins.
We were able to reach the place where the Daathic seal had been with no
trouble. A monster that had been living in the ruins got in our way, but we
were able to defeat it, so we shouldn't have anything else to worry about.
The area beyond here is probably another relic structure from the days of the
Fonic War, just like at Shurrey Hill. Let's go find that passage ring.
We succeeded in operating the passage ring in the same way we did at
Shurrey Hill. Emrls gave me instructions to carve away this, connect that, and
I followed them. I still don't quite understand how it all works, but in the
end it looks like we managed to control the passage ring at Shurrey Hill as
well, just like Jeremy said.
We waited for a while, until it seemed like the area had reached the
Qliphoth safely. Okay, let's head outside and see if it really has.
I'm a bit worried about Kitten, though...she got dizzy when we were
operating the passage ring, and she doesn't look too good. Christian was thinking
about something, too--I wonder what...
When we got outside, we saw that we really were in the Qliphoth. But to
return to the Outer Lands from here, we'll need the Highwind. Noelle was
supposed to meet us in Konoha... I'm sure she'll have made it even if she
had to land while it was descending. Let's go to Konoha and see if we can
find her.
 Foxraikov · Mon May 28, 2007 @ 06:03am · 0 Comments |
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