New Power

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New Power

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Summary

Dismayed by Emile's atrocities and lies, the Waterwyrm decides to forge a new pact with Euden. When Harle tells them the emperor is trying to kill the Flamewyrm, the group sets off to her volcanic lair to help.

Dialogue

Euden: *huff* *puff* Enough, Mercury. Stop!

Euden: I don't want to fight you!

Emile: What?! How could my dragon lose to insignificant dregs like you?

Emile: Get up, you beast! You can still fight!

Waterwyrm: Nnngh...

Euden: Enough, Emile! You're hurting her!

Emile: Silence! Don't you dare mock me!

Emile: As if it weren't bad enough being lorded over by our other siblings, now I have to deal with YOU? I cannot abide it!

Emile: None of you are stronger than me. NONE OF YOU! I've barely shown you a sliver of what I'm capable of.

Emile: Now...GET...UUUUUUP!

Emile: Aieee! How dare you loose an arrow at your prince!

Emile: Whoever did that, show yourself! I will crush the life out of you with my own two hands!

Luca: Or—if you're smart—you'll stay where you are. Lay one more finger on that dragon, and I'll put an arrow through your eye.

Emile: Y-you wouldn't!

Waterwyrm: Why do you come to my defense, sylvan? I nearly killed you the last time you thought to challenge me.

Luca: No, you didn't. I understand that now. You held back and spared me.

Luca: The least I can do is return the favor.

Luca: And I don't regret challenging you, by the way.

Luca: I'm proud of risking my life to save the people I love.

Luca: As I'm sure Euden is.

Luca: He can stand tall because he's willing to fight for this world's future even as it continues to try and crush him underfoot.

Luca: Can you stand tall, dragon?

Luca: Or will you continue to bow to this poor excuse of a master who pummels you like a common barnyard animal?

Waterwyrm: You would ask ME that question?

Euden: Yes, I would! You're a DRAGON, for crying out loud—the most revered of all creatures! Fight for what YOU want!

Waterwyrm: Ah, but I already do. I fight for a beautiful land of azure seas, which I treasure above all else in this world.

Waterwyrm: Emile promised to use his wealth and power to keep the ocean safe.

Emile: To hell with your ocean. Get up and KILL THEM NOW!

Waterwyrm: ...To hell with it?

Waterwyrm: Did you just say ＂to hell with your ocean＂? The very one you swore to protect?

Emile: Yes, I did. And so what?!

Emile: Let all the water in the world turn to swampland. It means naught to me.

Emile: You are my slave now, dragon. THAT is what the pact signifies.

Emile: Now heed my command and get...on... your...FEEEEEET!

Waterwyrm: You lied to me, and thus do you dishonor the sacred bond between dragons and your bloodline.

Waterwyrm: You two-faced fiend...

Euden: You see, Waterwyrm?

Euden: Emile isn't worthy of a pact with you.

Euden: Your power isn't meant to be used on such petty ambitions.

Waterwyrm: But if not him...then who?

Waterwyrm: I left the azure seas undefended when I rose onto the continent. I must rely on someone to protect my home in my stead.

Euden: I understand how important a home is.

Euden: As do the sylvans.

Euden: So let ME keep your home safe. You don't need Emile.

Waterwyrm: You would take his place?

Emile: But... That's... N-no! You cannot! We have a pact!

Emile: You're not allowed to break a pact, you idiot dragon!

Euden: Waterwyrm, I swear this to you now: so long as I live, no harm will come to your ocean home.

Waterwyrm: That light that surrounds you...

Waterwyrm: Could you be the true heir to dragonblood?

Waterwyrm: There is only one way to know: I will disavow myself of my current pact.

Waterwyrm: If the Dragon Parting does not kill me and reduce me to mana, then I will know it was never a true pact at all.

Emile: The Dragon Parting? No... No no no! You cannot do that! I forbid it!

Waterwyrm: Ha! Nrrrrrr... HrrryaaaaaaAAA!

Emile: She's actually DOING it. She's trying to sever our pact, even if it kills her. And I hope it does, you stupid lizard!

Waterwyrm: *huff* *puff* I am still here... Is it done?

Euden: Are you all right, Waterwyrm? We should be quick about this.

Waterwyrm: Indeed we should.

Waterwyrm: But first, answer me this, Prince of dragonblood...

Waterwyrm: For what reason do you fight? Why do you seek our power?

Euden: To defend all that I love.

Euden: I just lost someone dear to me because I lacked the strength to protect her.

Euden: So please...give me your help.

Waterwyrm: I can see the resolve in your eyes, and I hear no artifice in your voice...

Waterwyrm: You shine like a true king... and you are worthy of my blessing.

Mercury: I am Mercury, mistress of the tides and ruler of the waves. I shall be the ocean that carries you!

Emile: A pactstone? B-b-but that cannot be!

Emile: How is it possible?

Mercury: I was able to break my pact with you because your motives when forging it were untrue.

Emile: You've betrayed me! I will never forgive you for this!

Mercury: A pact is a double-edged sword. You will come to know this in time.

Mercury: And a small man cannot withstand it.

Harle: Haw haw haw! Poor Prince Emile! He's lost his dragon!

Emile: Harle. Where were you?!

Emile: Kill these maggots and get my fool dragon back!

Harle: The real surprise is you, Euden.

Harle: Multiple dragonpacts? And both with Greatwyrms!

Harle: What are you, Alberius the Founder? ...Still, a shame you're too late.

Euden: What do you mean?

Harle: Emperor Aurelius has already disbanded your kingdom and is now putting the remaining dragons to death.

Euden: He would never do that! ...At least, my father wouldn't.

Ranzal: Huh? An earthquake?

Luca: Smoke is rising from the mountain... That's Mount Adolla! It's erupting!

Elisanne: But that's where the Flamewyrm lives... Has the emperor attacked her?!

Harle: Correct! He and the Flamewyrm do battle even as we speak.

Elisanne: But that is the gravest of sins! Dragons have long kept our world safe, and they are to be revered!

Cleo: I agree. To lay hand to them would be beyond the pale.

Euden: Why does this impostor hate dragons?

Euden: What is he trying to do?

Harle: You'll have to seek those answers yourself at Mount Adolla.

Harle: Come, Prince Emile. We are leaving.

Emile: What? Wait! Slow down!

Emile: Before I go, Euden, let me leave you with this pretty picture...

Emile: The emperor has our dear, sweet sister Zethia with him.

Emile: In fact, she's probably being roasted alive at this very moment.

Euden: What? Emile, come back here! Damn it!

Notte: C'mon, Euden! We need to get to that volcano before anything happens to Zethia!