Hey, Hans!

I've been waiting.

Huh? What happened? What's with that grim look on your face?

What'd you say!? Zebra resurrected the Sky Fort!?

How could he...

But wait, what's a Sky Fort? Is it important?

Wh-What's with that look!? There are some things that even goddesses don't know!

Ho ho ho.

Certainly, such human weapons would be considered trivial to a goddess.

Oh, Elder Grah.

Huh? You're not going to try and scare me this time?

Oh, sorry about that.

It seems I have betrayed the young lady's expectations.

Well then, please allow me to start again from the beginning.

There's no need for that!

Ho ho ho.

By the way, I've something to tell you, would you mind listening to what I have to say?

This is the story of the Amdahl Empire's legendary "Sky Fort."

That's what Hans was talking about, the thing that Zebra resurrected, right?

Yes, that's correct.

Humans also tried to resurrect it once in the past.

It's unknown as to who made it, when it was made, or even how it was made...

It seems instructions on how to use it and an explanation of its capabilities were all that was left in the Amdahl Empire.

For a long time, it was considered off-limits by the imperial family...

...but then one emperor decided to go against that.

Long kept sealed away by the Amdahl Empire, for generation after generation...

...the last emperor of the Amdahl Empire, Myzelion the Fourth, broke the seal...

...and used the power of the Sky Fort to attack neighboring nations in an attempt to seize control of them.

During all of this, the king of Palmyna got word of the emperor's plans.

He pleaded with Myzelion the Fourth, but he was stubborn and refused to yield.

In the end, the king of Palmyna used his might to subdue Amdahl...

...crushing them before they had the chance to resurrect the Sky Fort.

Umm, so basically...

The Sky Fort is so dangerous it's worth destroying an entire nation to prevent it from being resurrected?

Yes, that's exactly right.

No way!? And that's what Zebra has brought back to life!?

Exactly.

We're in big trouble then!!

Still, it doesn't have anything to do with our objective!

Hans! Let's keep after Cardes!

And Elder Grah, you can go ahead and take out the Sky Fort!

Huh!? Young lady, surely that'd be impossible.

Shouldn't it be you who steps up to this challenge?

Ehhh, but I'd get in trouble if we deviated from our path...

Worry not!

The Sky Fort is on your way to Palmyna, just keep going straight ahead!

So would you mind taking care of this for me? Think of it as a wish from an old man nearing the end of his life.

Hey, Hans!

Would you mind helping me out here?

Fine, I guess I have no choice.

If you're going to make such a big deal about it we can give it a try...

...but you're still going to help us out, right Elder Grah?

Ho ho ho, are you sure you want me coming along?

Hehe, of course!

Besides, the only one allowed to ask anything of Hans is me!

Ahh, so I see.

Ho ho ho. I apologize for any discourtesy on my part.

I'll do my best, being the old man that I am.

Farewell Hans! I expect to see you at the Sky Fort!

Hmm, I think Elder Grah is a lot stronger than he's letting on. What do you think?

Eh, doesn't have anything to do with us though!

All right then! Let's make our way to the Sky Fort!