7 7 301 Suffering from the Punishing Virus while carrying Pfaff on her back, Rosetta can no longer summon up the strength to continue onward and falls to one knee. 1
8 8 201 1 500208
9 9 301 1 Bionic Machine GAAWR...! 1
10 10 301 A bionic seizes the opportunity to jump out of the surrounding forces to deliver the final blow to Rosetta.
11 11 202 1
12 12 201 2 500205 400
13 13 301 1 At this time, a tall figure jumps out of the forest and stomps on the bionic leaping toward Rosetta. 1
14 14 201 1 500213 -400
15 15 301 1 Temia Are you okay?! 2
16 16 301 Rosetta Forest Guard... 1
17 17 301 The bionic struggles to get up, but a spear pierces its power connections, and it loses function instantly.
18 18 204 2 1
19 19 301 Temia Oh? You're the old hunter and his granddaughter from before! 2
20 20 204 1 14
21 21 301 Rosetta Thank goodness! Please, take my grandpa to the port! He's in urgent need of care... 1
22 22 301 Seeing the hope in Rosetta's eyes, Temia finds herself drawn to help her—but she bitterly looks away. 1 2
23 23 401 1 211
24 2301 204 2
25 24 301 Temia I'm sorry, the Forest Guards are not permitted near the port... This is as far as we're allowed to operate. 2
26 25 202 1 2
27 26 301 The unrelenting nightmare of the past eats away at the Arctic. It binds itself around not only Rosetta and Pfaff, but also the Forest Guards... and everyone here.
28 27 301 Rosetta peers at Temia with disappointment. She grits her teeth, and shuffles Pfaff on her back again.
29 28 201 1 500213
30 29 301 1 Rosetta I see... 1
31 30 201 1 500205
32 31 301 1 The look in the girl's eyes tears at Temia's heart more than ever, even harder than the day she lost everything and became a Forest Guard. 1
33 32 301 AniZhuanchangBegin But she does not catch up to Rosetta, for she has too much to bear. Not just the sins of the past, but also the future of the Forest Guard. 1
36 36 301 AniZhuanchangEnd Rosetta returns to the port. People look in horror at the sight of the wounded and bloody girl.
37 37 201 1 500213 6
38 38 301 1 Rosetta Someone! Help... Save my grandpa... 1
39 39 301 Lisa Rosetta...! Is that you, Rosetta?!
40 40 204 1 5
41 41 301 Rosetta Lisa! H-hurry, where's the hospital? My grandpa, he... needs serum... Help me find serum... 1
42 42 301 Lisa furrows her eyebrows in silence and hugs Rosetta. After some time, she finally opens her mouth to speak.
43 43 301 Lisa Rosetta... Your grandpa, he's already...
44 4301 201 1 500200 8
45 44 301 "...Dead." The words remain unsaid.
46 45 301 But Rosetta refuses to let go of Pfaff's body. As long as she held on to Pfaff, he would never truly leave her...
47 46 201 1 500213 14
48 47 301 Rosetta No, that can't be... Grandpa, he... Not even bionics the size of a bear could stop him. How could he... 1
49 48 301 Rosetta chokes up, weeping silently.
50 49 201 1 500093
51 50 301 1 Port Manager Rosetta! You're back? 1
52 51 301 The port manager pushes aside the crowd as he rushes to Rosetta. He signals Lisa to step aside and whispers to Rosetta.
53 52 301 Port Manager What about the narwhal? Where's the thing that Pfaff promised? 1
54 53 201 1 500213 14
55 54 301 1 Rosetta shakes her head and slowly lays down Pfaff's body. With tears streaming down her cheeks, she wipes his face covered in blood and vital fluid from the bionics. 1
56 55 201 1 500093
57 56 301 1 Port Manager Pfaff kicked it, huh... But no matter, I never had any faith in him to begin with. 1
58 57 301 Port Manager Stopping the tide forever is nothing but a fantasy... 1
59 58 301 At that moment, the sound of an incoming connection request beeps from the port manager.
70 69 301 1 The port manager stares at Rosetta, but soon smiles again. 1
71 70 201 1 500093
72 71 301 1 Port Manager Well, well. This works too. We can still dismantle the narwhal... Looks like Pfaff lived up to his promise after all. 1
73 72 301 The port manager waves, signaling several technicians to come over. The technicians step forward, beginning to prepare to dismantle the narwhal.
74 73 301 Port Manager He gave his life for the Arctic Route Union. I will honor my promise to him and allow you to join us. 1
75 74 201 1 500213
76 75 301 The port manager pats Rosetta on the shoulder, but she shakes him off vehemently. 1
77 76 201 1 500093
78 77 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Port Manager What are you doing?! 1
81 79 301 AniZhuanchangEnd Rosetta grabs her spear and stands before the port manager and the others, blocking their path to the forest.
82 80 301 Rosetta The narwhal, Derek... is our Guardian Spirit and my friend. I won't let you hurt him.
83 81 301 Port Manager Guardian Spirit? You still on about this...?
84 82 301 The port manager and all of the other people in the port begin to uproar in protest, but no one dares to cross Rosetta's spear.
85 83 301 Port Citizen You're calling this plague that destroyed the port a guardian spirit? No way you'll fit in in the union!
86 84 301 Rosetta remains indifferent to the lambasting port citizens, for she has long since known that they are cowardly and timid.
87 85 301 Rosetta These people... are the ones that Grandpa, Derek, and the Forest Guards are trying to protect...
88 86 301 Rosetta Derek! Do you hear me?!
89 87 301 Rosetta yells out Derek's name to the heavens.
90 88 301 Rosetta Run! Run wherever. Save yourself! Run for me and Grandpa! Then make your choice!
91 89 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Rosetta Whether you're still helping the humans despite their prejudice, or if you want war with them... I'll respect your decision.
103 101 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Badly wounded, Rosetta is no longer able to provide any more support. She collapses onto the ground, completely unconscious.
106 103 301 AniZhuanchangEnd Port Man Kill her! She's the reason the narwhal escaped...
107 104 301 Port Woman A sinner like her... She needs to die!
108 105 301 Port Manager No... I have a better idea... We'll turn her into a Construct and force her to join the Forest Guards. What do you say?
109 106 301 Lisa No! You can't! Rosetta, she...
110 107 301 Port Woman Quiet, Lisa!
111 108 301 Port Manager The Forest Guards are running shorthanded now. It's about time we try out some newer technology. She'll be the perfect lab rat.
112 109 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin Port Manager This is where sinners end up—atoning for their sins in eternity... Forest Guard Rosetta.
