Shortly before the start of the great war with the gods, a mysterious black object lands in Lizeria's Republic of La Veda.Curious, a young lady makes her way towards the strange object...


Maiden in Red
Pretty sure it fell around here somewhere...but...

Maiden in Red
What is this thing...?

Maiden in Red
It just looks like a lump of black metal...

Black Object
Mel...chi...o...

*Whiiiiirrrrrrr*

Maiden in Red
Huh?! Wh-What's happening?!

Maiden in Red
The lump of metal's moving?!

*Vrrowwwmmm*

Black Object
...............scanning system...stable.

Black Object
Energy levels.........stable.

Black Object
Expected results......... 30% discrepancy.

Black Object
Initiating self-repair.

Maiden in Red
Umm...

Maiden in Red
Hey, you. Can you understand what I'm saying?

Black Object
Affirmative.

Black Object
Linguistic functions remain intact.

Maiden in Red
So you can understand me, huh?

Michele
I'm Michele.

Michele
Do you have a name?

Duel-GX
My name is Duel-GX.

Duel-GX
I have come to defeat Melchio.

Duel-GX
His only purpose is to massacre everything in sight, ultimately destroying this world.

Michele
Is that the "Ten-Winged Tormentor" everyone's been talking about?

Michele
They say he destroyed some village in the blink of an eye...

Michele
Are you really...gonna fight...that Melchio guy?

Duel-GX
Affirmative. My orders are to exterminate him.

Michele
......

Michele
We're talking about the guy who's scaring away all the annoying nobles who plan to leave the poorest behind to suffer in their stead...right?

Michele
......

Michele
...this could turn out to be fun.

Michele
Okay, I'm coming with you!

Michele
The people of this country can't let a dangerous guy like that loose to wreck everything!

Michele
If no one's gonna do anything about it, then I will!

Duel-GX
Alert: Mission difficulty too high. Battle proficiency insufficient.

Michele
Shut up!

Michele
I'm gonna help you, so you should be grateful to me!

Duel-GX
Battle proficiency still insufficient.

Michele
Oh, be quiet. I'll get stronger along the way, so don't worry about it.

Michele
Now let's go!

Michele
Duall......YX, was it?

Michele
...or something like that?

Duel-GX
I am Duel-GX.

Michele
......

Michele
What a boring name...

Michele
Let's see here...

Michele
......

Michele
......

Michele
I got it!

Michele
From now on, you're "Crabby."

Duel-GX
"Cra...bby"...?

Michele
Yeah, "Crabby."

Michele
It's way better than that super long and weird name of yours!

Duel-GX
......

Duel-GX
My designated name is "Duel-GX."

Duel-GX
New names are unnecessary.

Michele
What is it?

Michele
Are you gonna tell me you don't like the name I gave you even though I worked so hard to come up with it?

Michele
Now listen, your name starting from today is...

Michele
C-R-A-B-B-Y!

Duel-GX
Linguistic functions malfunctioning. Does not compute.

Michele
Let's go already!

Michele
But you know, you're gonna cause quite the commotion out here in the open.

Michele
Follow me.

Duel-GX
Destination?

Michele
My mansion's not that far from here. People shouldn't be able to see you if we go inside.

Michele
Okay, let's go!

Duel-GX
Understood.

Duel-GX
Shall refer to you as my master from this point.

Duel-GX
Looking forward to working with you, master.

Michele
"Master"?

Michele
You don't have to call me that.

Michele
If you want to refer to me in any way...then...

Michele
..."Michele" is fine! I'll make an exception just for you.

Duel-GX
Understood, Michele.

Michele
Yeah! That's much better.

Michele
All right, Crabby! Let's get going!

Duel-GX
Michele, my name is not Crabby. I am Duel...