So this is where Cardes is said to lurk...

I can definitely feel his lust for blood coming from every single direction of this place...

Yeah...

Just being here gives me the chills...

Everyone, please be careful.

Lafdranya is reacting to a powerful force...

I'm afraid we're closer than we think...

What do we have here...?

To think humans would show themselves before me...

That Zebra... Perhaps I overestimated him...

Or perhaps you lot had just enough competency to slip through my forces' grasp...?

Who's there?!

You dared to trespass into my territory, and yet you do not know the answer to your own question...?

Humans are indeed nothing but ignorant peons...

I am Cardes the Malevolent.

I am the one who shall destroy you all...

Th-That thing is Cardes...?

S-So this is...a god...

This crazy tension in the air...

This guy's...no joke.

I'm starting to think we don't stand a chance...

Grr... If he holds this much power, then...

Hmph...

......

Loch, ready your bow.

You will lend me your power, will you not?

Your...Royal Highness?

Dean, where is that sharp tongue of yours?

Isn't your best talent to always tell jokes regardless of whether they are opportune or not?

Y-Yeah...

Sir Lorand, you are also acting quite unlike yourself.

At times like these, it should be YOU who scolds us for our behavior.

...indeed, you are right.

I am letting the enemy overwhelm me before the battle has even begun... Aging is such a terrible thing.

Don't try to blame this one on your age!

Quiet!

Your Royal Highness, please do not misunderstand.

Unlike Dean, I was trembling with excitement.

Loch! Don't try to take advantage of this moment to talk crap about me!

He he he. It would seem everyone is returning to their old selves.

Well, well... You have somehow managed to keep your composure in my presence...

....... I see now.

You are these creatures' hope...

I can feel an incredible power coming from you...

A power not of this world...

Very well then. Everything is powerless against my barrier.

Your hope shall crumble beneath my feet...

I...

No, we! We will not lose to you.

Cardes the Malevolent...this is the end for you!!