近衛軍の先頭 ヴァリアン

"Not long ago, I led a group of researchers back from the volcanoes and witnessed a bloody attack."

"A group of Hunting Claw Dragons suddenly assaulted a band of wagons sent from Blackfire City. The sinister dragons caused countless casualties and stole the wagon's goods, including a mysterious, important package."

"Hunting Claw Dragons often show up near volcanoes in the northeast. Perhaps we can recover the mystery package before Blackfire City sends out a search party."

"I'm curious about why Blackfire City would send such a large armed escort to protect one measly package. I wonder what it contains!"

"Hurry up! Once news of the robbery gets back to Blackfire City, they'll come after that package... and I'd almost rather deal with dragons than angry villagers! Villagers from Blackfire City fight dirty; they scratch and bite. At least with dragons, you know what you're in for."

"Get that package from the Hunting Claw Dragons near Moore Crater!"

This is the package, and I think Colonel Clark will be quite interested in it. Waraean carefully opened the package.

Waraean took a sealed letter from package. Sweat beaded on his forehead as he began to read it.

"I can't believe it."

"There's a mole in Kaslow, I can't even trust those around me now. You're the only one I can confide in, the only one I can entrust with this letter."

"Be sure to deliver it to Colonel Clark at Belcar Outpost. I need his instructions on how to proceed."

"Blackfire City must be plotting a wicked scheme; we have to put a stop to it."

"I wonder what instructions Colonel Clark will give us after reading that letter."

"This is the Golden City Permit Book?" Waraean began reading it carefully.

"Looks like we've got our work cut out for us if we want to uncover the secrets of the underground kingdom." Waraean pointed at a picture of a golden key and looked at you with concern.

"This golden key unlocks the underground kingdom."

"But to make a golden key, we must first gather spider legs, body fluid, claws, and fangs."

"There are Blackrock Spiders and Scorching Spiders south of the Flame Altar. We can get all kinds of spider body parts from them. It'll be fun! Well, maybe not fun. Maybe just gross and shudder-worthy."

"According to this book, the underground kingdom was once a system of caves occupied by giant monster spiders. The Goblins discovered it while digging around the volcano."

"Goblins used the power of a dark crystal to build an underground kingdom."

"If we cover ourselves in spider legs, body fluid, claws, and fangs, we can fool the monster spider into believing that we're spiders, too, and he'll let us use the key. They have horrible eyesight, so I think we can pull this off."

This should be enough to make the key, but we still need a key mold. Waraean turned the page.

"Goblins of the underground kingdom keep in touch with goblins near Flame Altar. The book says Dragonbone Grinder holds the golden key mold."

"Use caution, though; these aren't your everyday Goblins. They have some very advanced armor." Waraean looked at photos in the book, concerned.

"If the book's right, you can find the key mold near Flame Altar. It'll be much safer if you take a friend."

"My soldiers just reported back. Meatbone Goblin has indeed been sighted near the Flame Altar."

"Be careful, I hear the Meatbone Goblin, Roguegob, is a vicious one. He especially hates it when you make fun of his name. He'll make it tough to get that key mold."

"You brought back the key mold! Fantastic. I'll start making the key."

"But it'll have to wait, it seems; I just got an urgent message from our undercover spy in Blackfire City."

"Blackfire City is moving. Calder's man Sutan sent soldiers to Gaia Woodlands to cut down Gaia's branches. I fear they're using the branches for some sort of summoning ritual," Waraean whispered hoarsely.

"I don't have a lot of details yet, but please notify Colonel Clark at Belcar Outpost. Hurry!"

"Sutan intended to harm Gaia's tree; that much is clear. I'm still not sure I understand his whole plan, though."

"Regardless, we must kill him to stop Blackfire City. But we won't get close unless we can somehow weaken his incredible power." Waraean chewed his lip, thinking.

"Great! Dean Edward's scepter will prove most helpful indeed."

"With help of Ilya, we will bring down Sutan." Waraean wielded the scepter like a weapon.

"Before starting a full attack, we must first weaken Blackfire City's fighting power. I suggest you try guerrilla warfare tactics to surprise them."

"They're busy preparing for a dark summoning ritual. Any small disturbances will slow them down and buy us time."

"While their people are distracted, we will use the opportunity to attack."

"The code name for this operation is Cry Wolf." Waraean smiled confidently. "I thought of that myself. Pretty good, right?"

"Although small, frequent attacks on members of Blackfire City will put them on guard, nobody can remain alert forever."

"When they start getting used to our miniature assaults... well, that's when the real wolf shows up!"

Well done! You eliminated a good deal of Blackfire City's manpower. We're almost ready to cry wolf. Get it? Because it's the name of the operation?

"Take this scepter! You're the most qualified to use it."

"Remember, the goal of this operation is to weaken Sutan's power with the scepter and retreat right after killing him. Don't engage in unnecessary attacks."

"Sutan's a master of dark summoning magic. There's no telling what kind of terrible creatures he could conjure up. Make sure to take back-up."

"After killing Sutan, remember to return to Belcar Outpost and inform Colonel Clark of the good news."

"If the Goblins just stayed at Flame Altar and worshipped their fire god and minded their own business, we wouldn't have to use force on them."

"But that's not the case."

"Help me take out the Goblins at Flame Altar."

We need to show those fire worshipping Goblins the consequences of siding with the wrong party.

"I don't think the Goblins will interfere in our battle with Blackfire City anymore; hopefully, they'll stick with their fire god and leave us alone!"

"But if they don't, well, I'll have to drill it into their crinkly little heads!"

"I want to create a little chaos in Blackfire City. The city's overpopulated, and food is in short supply."

"If you sneak into Blackfire City, you'll see urns filled with food everywhere. Break them all!"

"Blackfire City did not want to store all of its food in one location, so they scattered the urns about."

"Don't destroy all the food at once. Let's do this slowly and steathily. The results will be the same, but it will be less risky for us."

"%c%, you're indeed a versatile warrior. You've exceeded my expectations in every way."

"I wish we could have someone like you working with the Praetorian Knights; with you on our side, we would stand a chance against the Crimson Sawtooth Army."