Helheim adalah kerajaan yang dikendalikan oleh dewi Hel dalam mitologi Norse. Awalnya, Helheim juga disebut sekadar "Hel". Untuk menghindari kebingungan dengan dewi Hel itu sendiri, nama Helheim ditambahkan belakangan, dan game Etius pun mengadopsi pengaturan ini. Kata "neraka" yang kita kenal sebenarnya berasal dari Helheim, namun sebenarnya bukanlah tempat seperti neraka yang biasanya kita bayangkan, dengan lava mendidih atau penderitaan abadi. Ia sekadar adalah tempat para mayat tersebut bertahan, yakni alam kubur. Saat kita berbicara tentang alam kubur dalam mitologi Norse, "Valhalla" memang terkenal, namun Valhalla adalah tempat bagi para pejuang yang tewas di medan perang, dan semua orang lain akan pergi ke Helheim. Dengan kata lain, bukanlah tempat khusus bagi para pendosa. Oleh karena itu, jauh lebih nyaman dihidupi dibandingkan dengan neraka yang bias kita bayangkan, dan ada satu tempat khusus yang benar-benar layak disebut neraka. [Frondier, kudapatkan sebuah fragmen Helheim.] Saya mendengar laporan Gregory di kamar saya. Secara alami, saya terpaksa dikurung di kamar saya karena perintah penahanan rumahan dari Enfer. Nah, bukan berarti saya benar-benar tidak bisa keluar jika benar-benar ingin, namun ada begitu banyak mata yang mengintipi saya, sehingga secara metaforis memang benar. [Sungguh besar. Mereka serius saat menyebutnya danau. Apakah artefak Anda benar-benam bisa menampung semua itu?] "Anda harus percaya pada Profesor dan Edwin di sini." Namun, gajul yang sudah selesai melaporkan, masih terus miringkan kepalanya dalam penampilan langka rasa gelisah. Ia tampak cemas dan gelisah. "Ada apa, Gregory?" [Merasa salah untuk mencurigai ayah Anda, namun ketika mencari fragmen Helheim, saya melihat skala kekuatan musuh.] [Ryannya, saya khawatir apakah barrier akan tahan.] Untuk Gregory mengatakan hal itu, pasti jumlahnya menggila. [Mahkluk luar itu sendiri jauh lebih berbahaya daripada monster di dalam Kekaisaran, dan di atasnya, monster-hitam terus muncul dari fragmen. Jika hanya mempertimbangkan itu saja, pasukan mereka telah bertambah beberapa kali lipat. Dan lagi,] "Dan lagi, mereka tidak hanya menyerang dengan asal, mereka sedang berkumpul."" [Benar. Itu bukanlah sesuatu yang monster yang sangat egois akan lakukan. Mereka seharusnya bergegas menuju barrier dengan tidak sabar.] Jika monster terus mengumpulkan pasukannya tanpa menghabiskan dengan tidak bijak, lalu menyerang sekaligus, maka jelas bahwa pihak Yeranhes akan menderita kerugian yang sangat besar. Hanya ada satu hal yang bisa membuat monster berperilaku seperti itu. "Sebuah dewa terlibat, setelah semua." [Sudah turun belum?] "Tidak, bahkan jika belum benar-benar turun, mereka masih bisa mengendalikan secara tidak langsung dengan kekuatan yang terkumpul dari pengabdian." Bahkan Edwin, seorang manusia, dikendalikan oleh Hephaistos. Jika hanya memberi perintah sederhana, seorang dewa seharusnya bisa mengendalikan sejumlah besar monster. Saat libur musim panas, di Tyburn, penyihir danau Nimue melakukan sesuatu yang serupa. Namun, ia hanya memberi tahu mereka tentang waktunya; bagaimana mereka menyerang sepenuhnya tergantung pada monster, dan pada akhirnya, mereka bertindak berdasarkan insting. Kali ini berbeda. Serangan monster yang dikendalikan sepenuhnya oleh seorang dewa. Dan menggunakan monster-hitam, apalagi. [Harusnya kita pergi sekarang? Dengan kemampuan Anda, bahkan jika sedikit terlambat, Anda masih bisa mengurangi pasukan mereka secara signifikan.] "Apa yang Anda lupakan? Saya sudah memberikan Fabric of Penelope kepada Selena. Sekarang, saya hanya bisa melindungi diri sendiri." Saya tidak bisa melakukan hal-hal seperti melelempar "bom" dengan Excalibur atau menurunkan petir dengan Mjölnir. Semua itu hanya bisa dilakukan dengan kombinasi Dragon Heart dan Fabric of Penelope. Nyaman, jika saya rela mengorbankan hidup saya, saya bisa menelan Dragon Heart dan melakukan sesuatu sejenis untuk waktu singkat, namun saya pasti akan tewas. [ bahkan tanpa pergi ke situ, bisakah Anda tetap bertarung? Saya tahu Anda menggunakan berbagai senjata untuk menjatuhkan yang terbang." Seperti yang Gregory katakan, bukan berarti saya benar-benar tidak berguna sekarang. Saya aktif di Tyburn bahkan tanpa Dragon Heart. "Itu tidak masalah. Saya hanya perlu menunggu." [ Tapi bagaimana jika Yeranhes jatuh sebelum Selena kembali...?] Saya tertawa mendengar kata Gregory. Namun, Gregory tampak terkejut bahwa saya tertawa. Mata gajul yang sudah bulat itu minggat seperti bulan purnama. [Frondier, apakah ini sesuatu yang harus Anda tertawa?] "Tenang saja, tenang saja. Anda hanya tidak tahu." Jika saya bahkan mempertimbangkan kemungkinan itu bahkan 1%, saya tidak akan membuat rencana ini. "Anda tidak tahu siapa Enfer itu." Orang-orang yang hanya tinggal di bagian tengah Kekaisaran selalu meragukan Enfer. Bisakah Kekaisaran benar-benar memandang baik seseorang yang bahkan bukan Zodiac? Enfer, yang mengabaikan permintaan Kekaisaran untuk datang ke wilayah tengah dan mengejek bangsawan dan ksatria lain, apakah dia benar-benar memiliki kemampuan untuk melakukannya? Seperti yang mereka pertanyakan, Enfer bukanlah Zodiac. Dan dari yang saya lihat, bukannya Zodiac dari Enfer adalah bukti bahwa dia benar-benar mengerti dirinya sendiri. Enfer bukanlah Zodiac. Ia bukanlah seseorang yang harus terikat dengan posisi Zodiac. Alias "Dinding Besi". Setelah Anda melihat kekuatan Enfer langsung, istilah "Dinding Besi" terasa berlebihan. Ketika matahari berada di titik tertinggi, monster mulai bergerak. Bukan seperti sebelumnya, ketika mereka mulai berlari segera setelah melihat barrier. Mereka membentuk barisan, mempertahankan garis perang mereka, dan berjalan maju dengan langkah stabil. Itu sendiripun sudah cukup untuk membuat orang-orang di barrier mengerutkan kening, namun, Sebuah pemandangan yang lebih mengerikan membuat mereka tercengang. Prosesi monster yang bergerak di formasi. Di belakang monster itu, ada monster lain, dan di belakang mereka, lagi banyak. Garis panjang yang sangat besar, bergerak untuk melintasi barrier, membunuh manusia, tidak ada tanda-tanda berhenti. "Ini adalah Outside monsters yang berusaha untuk \"menang\"!" Ksatria yang mendengar cerita Sylvain serentak menelan ludah. Ia masih cukup kurang terguncang karena telah mendengarnya sebelumnya. Ksatria di sekitarnya sudah pucat pusing. Seruan Sylvain yang diisi dengan aura. Dengan suara gemerisik, anak panah pemanah semuanya menargetkan monster yang mendekat. Kebanyakan dari pemanah ini bukanlah para amatir yang dikumpulkan dari mana saja. Setiap anak panah yang mereka tembakkan akan meresap melewati aura dan kilat tebal monster, lurus ke matanya. Namun, mata pemanah gemerisik sejenak. Ada perubahan dalam barisan monster. Outside monsters yang terinfeksi oleh monster-hitam, yang tercoreng-hitam, maju ke depan formasi. "...Kegelapan itu, bisa jadi." Semua orang memiliki pemikiran yang sama. Sylvain pun tidak berbeda. Namun, untuk yakin, mereka harus mengkonfirmasinya. Dengan seruan Sylvain, anak panah ditembakkan sekaligus, melaju menuju monster. Jika garis depan runtuh, akan mempengaruhi barisan di belakang. Bukan hanya tentang memperlambat serangan; formasi itu akan terganggu, mereka akan saling menghalangi jalan, dan akan terlalu konsentrasi, membuatnya mudah menjadi sasaran para penyihir. Anak panah, yang tepat sasaran pada monster, beberapa masuk, beberapa memantul. Dengan ini, pasukan dan ksatria yakin. Bagian-hitam yang terlindungi memiliki kekuatan yang cukup luar biasa. Mereka telah menghadapi anak panah yang ditembakkan lurus, diisi dengan aura, dan memantulkannya. Beberapa masih masuk, namun itu berarti kekuatan mereka setidaknya setara. "Mulai sekarang, pemanah, tembakkan ke langit! Jangan biarkan yang terbang menyeberangi barrier!" Sylvain segera mengubah taktik dan memberi instruksi kepada pemanah. Belum ada makhluk terbang yang terlihat, namun bahkan hanya dengan mata telesa, mereka bisa melihat wyvern dan harpy yang menunggu di belakang prosesi monster. Mereka siap untuk terbang segera, menunggu kesempatan. Dan untuk menciptakan kesempatan itu, mereka masih menunggu di belakang. "Pasukan musuh terlalu banyak. Lebih baik daripada diserang dari semua arah...?" Sylvain menarik pedangnya. Melihat itu, mata semua ksatria Roach berubah. "Ksatria, ikutilah aku!" Sylvain, di ujung tombak, mengangkat pedang di tangannya ke atas. Ia mengendara ke pintu masuk barrier. Saat dia mengendara, Sylvain tidak sengaja memandang ke tangannya. - Komandan, pernahkah Anda mencoba memegang pedang dengan tangan kiri Anda? Ia teringat kata-kata putra Tuan yang tiba-tiba muncul beberapa hari yang lalu. Sylvain terjaga karena kata-kata itu, dan mereka masih tersisa dalam ingatannya, karena alasan yang tidak diketahui. Di saat itu, sebuah suara memutuskan alur pikirannya. Enfer, mengendara di kuda, datang berdampingan dengannya. Enfer telah mengeluarkan pedangnya, Gram. "Bawa ksatria ke sayap kanan. Saya lihat pasukan mereka berkumpul di sana. Ganggu formasi mereka, dan jika memungkinkan, blokir rute pertembangan mereka. Temukan dari mana mereka berasal." "Apa yang akan Anda lakukan, Tuan?" Sylvain bertanya. Enfer mengendurkenai tegang sekali. Kuda-nya menoleh ke kiri, berlawanan dengan arah yang ia suruhkan kepada Sylvain. "Saya akan mengurus sisanya."
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Helheim is the realm ruled by the goddess Hel in Norse mythology. Originally, Helheim was also called "Hel." To avoid confusion with the goddess Hel, the name Helheim was added later, and the game Etius also adopted this setting. The word "hell" that we commonly use originates from Helheim, but it's not actually a place like the hell we typically imagine, with boiling lava or eternal suffering. It's simply the place where the dead reside, the afterlife. When it comes to the afterlife in Norse mythology, "Valhalla" is famous, but Valhalla is where warriors who died in battle go, and everyone else goes to Helheim. In other words, it's not specifically a place for sinners. Therefore, it's a much more livable place than the hell we generally imagine, and there's a separate place that truly deserves to be called hell. [Frondier, I found a fragment of Helheim.] I heard Gregory's report in my room. Naturally, I was confined to my quarters due to Enfer's house arrest order. Well, it's not like I couldn't leave if I really wanted to, but there were so many eyes watching me that it was figuratively true. [It was enormous. They weren't kidding when they called it a lake. Can your artifact really hold all of that?] "You'll have to trust the Professor and Edwin on that one." But the crow, having finished his report, kept tilting his head in a rare display of unease. He seemed anxious and restless. "What's wrong, Gregory?" [It feels wrong to doubt your father, but while searching for the Helheim fragment, I saw the scale of the enemy forces.] [Honestly, I'm worried whether the barrier will hold.] For Gregory to say that, it must be an overwhelming number. [The Outside monsters alone are far more dangerous than the monsters within the Empire, and on top of that, black monsters keep emerging from the fragment. Just considering that, their forces have multiplied several times over. And furthermore,] "Furthermore, they're not just attacking blindly, they're gathering their forces." [That's right. It's not something those extremely self-centered monsters would do. They should be rushing towards the barrier impatiently.] If the monsters continue to amass their forces without recklessly diminishing their numbers and then charge all at once, it's clear that the Yeranhes side will suffer immense losses. There's only one thing that could enable the monsters to behave . "A god is involved, after all." [Could it be that they've already descended?] "No, even if they haven't fully descended, they could still exert indirect control with the power of worship they've accumulated." Even Edwin, a human, was controlled by Hephaestus. If it's just giving simple commands, a god should be able to control a large number of monsters. Back during summer vacation, at the Tyburn, the lake witch Nimue did something similar. But she merely informed them of the timing; how they attacked was up to the monsters, and in the end, they acted on instinct. This time is different. An attack by monsters completely controlled by a god. And using the black monsters, no less. [Shouldn't we leave now? With your abilities, even if we're a little late, you can still significantly reduce their forces.] "Did you forget? I already gave Fabric of Penelope to Selena. Right now, I can only protect myself." I can't do things like throw 'bombs' with Excalibur or call down lightning with Mjölnir. Those are only possible with the combination of Dragon Heart and Fabric of Penelope. Well, if I were willing to risk my life, I could swallow Dragon Heart and do something similar for a short time, but I'd definitely die afterwards. [Even without going that far, can't you still fight? I know you used various weapons to shoot down the airborne ones.] As Gregory said, it's not like I'm completely useless right now. I was active at the Tyburn even without Dragon Heart. "It's okay. I just have to wait." [But what if Yeranhes falls before Selena returns...?] I laughed at Gregory's words. But Gregory seemed surprised that I laughed. The crow's already round eyes widened like full moons. [Frondier, is that something to laugh about,] "It's okay, it's okay. You just don't know." If I had considered that possibility even 1%, I wouldn't have come up with this plan. "You don't know who Enfer is." Those who only stay in the central part of the Empire always have doubts about Enfer. Isn't the Empire being too good to someone who's not even a Zodiac? Enfer, who ignores the Empire's requests to come to the central region and insults other nobles and knights, does he really have the ability to do so? As they question, Enfer is not a Zodiac. And from what I've seen, the fact that Enfer is not a Zodiac is proof that he knows himself very well. Enfer is not a Zodiac. He's not someone to be confined to the position of a Zodiac. The alias "Iron Wall." Once you witness Enfer's power firsthand, the term "Iron Wall" feels excessively trivial. At the moment when the sun was at its highest, the monsters began to move. It wasn't like before, when they would start running as soon as the barrier came into view. They formed ranks, maintained their battle lines, and walked forward at a steady pace. That alone was enough to make the people on the barrier frown, but. A more horrifying sight left them speechless. The procession of monsters marching forward in formation. Behind the monsters were more monsters, and behind them, even more. The massive, long line of them, advancing to overcome the barrier, to slaughter humans, showed no signs of ending. 'This is the Outside monsters trying to 'win'...!' The knight who had heard Sylvain's story gulped. He was still somewhat less shaken because he had heard about it beforehand. The knights around him had already turned pale. Sylvain's shout, imbued with aura. With a rustling sound, the arrowheads of the archers all aimed at the approaching monsters. Most of these archers weren't just any amateurs gathered from anywhere. Each arrow they shot would pierce through the monsters' aura and tough hides, straight into their foreheads. But the archers' eyes wavered for a moment. There was a change in the monsters' ranks. The Outside monsters infected by the jet-black monsters, those stained black, stepped forward to the front of the formation. '...That blackness, could it be.' Everyone had a similar thought. Sylvain was no different. But to know for sure, they had to confirm it. With Sylvain's shout, arrows were released all at once, flying towards the monsters. If the front line collapses, it will affect the lines behind it. It's not just about slowing down their advance; the formation itself will be disrupted, they'll obstruct each other's paths, and they'll become overly concentrated, making them easy targets for the mages. The arrows, aimed precisely at the monsters, some pierced, some bounced off. With this, the soldiers and knights were convinced. The blackened parts boasted considerable strength. They had directly faced arrows shot in a straight line, imbued with aura, and bounced them off. Some did pierce through, but that meant their strength was at least comparable. "From now on, archers aim for the sky! Don't let the winged ones cross the barrier!" Sylvain immediately changed tactics and issued instructions to the archers. There were no airborne creatures visible yet, but even with just their eyes, they could see wyverns and harpies waiting behind the monsters' procession. They were ready to take flight at any moment, waiting for an opportunity. And to create that opportunity, they were still waiting in the back. 'The enemy's forces are too numerous. Rather than being attacked from all sides...' Sylvain drew his sword. Seeing that, the eyes of all the Roach knights changed. "Knights, follow me!" Sylvain, at the forefront, raised the sword in his right hand high. He led his horse towards the entrance of the barrier. As he rode, Sylvain inadvertently glanced at his right hand. - Commander, have you ever tried holding a sword with your left hand? He remembered the words the Lord's son had suddenly spoken a few days ago. Sylvain had been startled by those words, and they still lingered in his memory, for reasons unknown. At that moment, a voice broke his train of thought. Enfer, mounted on his horse, came up beside him. Enfer had already drawn his sword, Gram. "Lead the knights to the right flank. I saw their forces gathering there. Disrupt their formation, and if possible, block their assembly route. Find out where they're coming from." "What are you planning to do, Lord?" In response to Sylvain's question, Enfer pulled the reins firmly once. The horse's head turned to the left, opposite to the direction he had instructed Sylvain. "I'll take care of the rest."
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