Those You Must Protect

The Ouborous were nearing the final stage of their plan and were preparing for one final experiment.
So big was the experiment that the two most powerful members, including the Performers' leader the Professor
himself were going to be the ones carrying it out. The Gospel the Professor created for each experiment was finally reaching the state that he needed to unlock the place that he was searching for.
Together with Leonhardt, they boarded an airship and left their remote facility.

Soon, arriving at a strangely illuminated cave, the Professor and Leonhardt approached what appeared to be a giant dragon deep in its slumber. A malicious smile crossed the Professor's face. Meanwhile, Estelle's party decided to fly to Bose. Following the pattern of where the experiments took place, Ouroboros' next target should be there.
Taking the regular airship, they arrive at the town and make their way to the guild. So far, it seems nothing has happened. With nothing to do for the time being, they get handed a few monster hunting jobs.
As they eliminated the monsters in the specified areas, the party noticed something was odd about the monsters.
There were many they had not seen before and more importantly, they seemed to be afraid of something...

Along the way, Estelle suggested they could drop by Agate's village so that they could visit his little sister.
But Agate didn't seem so keen. Estelle wondered why. Finishing their last job, they returned to the guild and discussed what had happened. Suddenly a loud noise was heard at Bose Market.
There a giant dragon was perched on the roof of the building. Everyone was running around in panick and screaming.
Just as they thought the dragon was about to burn the whole town down, Leonhardt appeared before them to keep the dragon at bay. He was Performer No. 2, The Sword Emperor.
Estelle's party had met him before during the Coup De'tat incident at Grancel Castle. He was no easy opponent.

With the damage done, Leonhardt flew off to the next destination. It appeared he was flying north to the village of Ravennue, Agate's hometown. Worried, Agate ran off after the dragon at great speed. Estelle and the others remained behind to survey the damage done. Many were trapped inside the building or heavily wounded by the debris that had fallen from the roof. Splitting up, they done what they could and returned to the guild to report what happened.
After notifying the army about the new threat, they followed after Agate's trail to Ravennue.

There, neither Agate or the dragon was to be found. They were too late.
The dragon had already burned down a large part of the village. The villagers were rushing about trying to put out the remaining flames. Among the wreckage, Estelle found the village chief.
He told them Agate had followed the dragon north into the Krone Mountains.

Fighting their way through the monsters that lurked on the mountain path, they soon reached the old abandoned mines. The chains that locked the entrance gates were broken. Rushing in, they found Leonhardt and Agate fighting one another with the dragon behind them. Agate was no match for him. Although Agate was heavily wounded now, Leonhardt didn't finish him off. He felt a weakness about Agate. Agate was dwelling on a past memory.
Leonhardt invited him to challenge him again once he got stronger.

Just then General Morgan's fleet arrived at the scene. It was time for Leonhardt to retreat.
Agate wasn't pleased to see the general. The army was now fully taking charge of dealing with the dragon and the Bracer Guild was to stay out of their way. Agate walked up to Morgan and grapped his uniform around the neck.
He didn't like him or the army. Long ago, they didn't do anything to help his village and once again, they didn't this time either. Agate was determined to go finish this case himself. But the severity of the wound caught up to him and he passed out. It was then did General Morgan recognised who the red haired young man was.
Agate was one of the people who were in Ravennue when it was brutally attacked during the war.

Once Agate was taken into one of the few buildings that remained in Ravennue for treatment, Estelle's party joined the General on the High Speed Cruiser Aselyu. There, he explained to them his plan to surround the dragon and knocking it out with tranquillizers. They did not want to kill it as it was of an ancient breed of creatures.
It was also possible that it was being controlled against its will to cause all this destruction. Estelle's party stayed on the ship just in case they were needed when the plan failed. To their surprise, Nial and Drothy had joined them.
It was obvious they weren't going to miss out such big headline news.

Meanwhile back at Ravennue, Agate woke up in his bed. Tita was preparing some food on the stove nearby. Remembering what had happened, Agate tried to get up but Tita ran over and stopped him. She told him the others had gone after the dragon and that he was to rest well so that he could recover soon. But being the stubborn person Agate was, he insisted on going after them. Tita gave him a stern look and he obediently sank back into his bed.
Soon afterwards, Agate was better. He got up and looked about the room. Surprised, he found an old photo by his bedside, of himself and his sister. The house he was in was also exactly like the one they lived in long ago before it was burned down. He looked sadly at the picture of his little sister. Tita told him the village chief had the house rebuilt for him. The chief had told her everything. Softly, she asked about Agate's sister.

And it was so, did Agate tell Tita about how he had lived together with his sister long ago. Just before his birthday once, his sister had wanted to give a present to his big brother. At first, she wanted to give him some kind of accessory. Thinking that it would be too girlish, Agate looked worried. He didn't want to look like a girl.
So his sister decided to make a necklace. Something cool looking that would suit the big brother she adored.
It wasn't long after he got the necklace did their village get attacked while Agate was out. The army that was under the command of General Morgan didn't come to their aid. Agate came back to find their house burning.
He tried to save his sister who was trapped inside but he was too late.

While Agate was recovering, the fleet had split up in search of the dragon. It wasn't long before one of their groups spotted it. Working together, they managed to trap the dragon in the centre of their fleet before they shot it with the tranquillizers they prepared. It took effect and the dragon fell downwards, landing with a big splash in the water below. Alselyu descended and landed nearby.

Immediately, Drothy started snapping pictures of the dragon. Everything seemed to have gone according to plan but for some reason, Leonhardt wasn't with the ancient creature. They noticed a dark globe on the dragon's nose.
They were sure that was what was controlling the creature. Suddenly, the Gospel glowed and the dragon woke up once more. Morgan's plan had failed. The Aselyu ascended into the air and chased after it.
Although the Aselyu was the fastest airship they had in the Liberl Kingdom, they had a hard time catching up to it.
Before long, it escaped into the fog of Nebel Valley and didn't come out.

It was too dangerous for the Aselyu to land in the area and so it was up to Estelle's party to find a solution.
For the time being, Estelle's party returned to town to report their progress. On the way back to town, they met Tita and Agate again. It seemed he was well enough to move again. Professor Russell had also implemented one of his new inventions into Agate's great sword that should help them destroy the Gospel that was controlling the dragon.

Together, they journeyed to Nebel Valley where they first visited their old friend that lived in the remote hut there. At first, he refused to guide them into the deepest part of the valley as he didn't want to lead them to their deaths. But Agate managed to convince him and together, they made their way to where the dragon was most likely to be hidden.

Sure enough, Estelle's party found the cave the dragon was in.
Estelle sent Jig to let General Morgan know and be ready, in case the dragon manages to escape again.
Together they worked together to distract the dragon. Agate leaped up the nearby stones before delivering the finishing blow on the Gospel. The Gospel shattered and the dragon past out. Before long, it woke up again introducing itself as the Ancient Dragon Regnart. He was sorry for what he had done and told them that a man calling himself the Professor attached the Gospel to him. He handed Estelle's party some highly precious Septium and told them to give it to the ones he had hurt. Agate smiled and forgave him but, one piece of the precious Septium wasn't going to be enough to repair the damage that was caused. With that, the Regnart agreed to give him another piece.

After that, Agate went alone back to Ravennue to visit his sister's grave. Morgan also appeared for he blamed himself for what happened in the past. But to both their surprise, Leonhardt also appeared with flowers.
Agate got ready to fight but Leonhardt questioned if he really was prepared to disturb those that rested in the burial. With that, Agate held back. Leonhardt told Agate that he could no longer feel the weakness in him and also of how they were reaching the last stage of their plans. He then placed his flowers and left.

Meanwhile repair works were already underway in Bose. For now, services continued by using the local hotel.
With the case resolved, Estelle and the others were eager to find out what Agate and Tita were up to
during their time at Ravennue...

Starting Point: Rolent

  1.  ROLENT
      - Following Bracer quests are posted on board:
      「懐かしのレシピ」 "A Nostalgic Recipe"
      「デアセトの秘薬」 "Deasette's Secret Medicine"
      「鉱山の委任状」   "Marga Mountains Commission"
    
      - Talk to the man at the port, get your tickets and fly to Bose. 
      
  2.  REGULAR SHIP CECILIA
      - Speak to the main characters.
    
      - Once you've spoken to them all, go to another floor and you'll arrive at Bose. 

  3.  BOSE
      - Once you leave the guild, the following Bracer quests are posted:
      「帝国大使館の依頼」"A Request from the Imperial Embassy"
      「消えたお嬢様」    "The Disappearance of a Young Lady"
      「珍味の調達」      "Supply of a Delicacy"
    
      - Go to the bar and order a ゴールデンリゾット Golden Risotto for recipe book.
    
      - Purchase the リベール通信 第７号 Liberl News Issue 7 (100 Mira) at Bose Market. 
      You can also obtain the 賭博師ジャック６巻 Gambling Master Jack Volume 6 for 1000 Mira.
    
      - For the next part, you may visit Krone Moutains, Nebel Valley and Tower of Amberl 
      in any order you wish. For the purpose of this guide, it is as follows.
      
  4.  KRONE MOUNTAINS  
      - Before heading here, it would be best to have the Bracer quest 
      「消えたお嬢様」 "The Disappearance of a Young Lady" as part of 
      the prerequisites are in this area.
    
      - There's a fight with 2x Blade Fangs (Approx. Lvl 59)
      
      * Dark Arts are effective. If you make use of Tita's Smoke Gun at the 
        start, the rest of the battle is a piece of cake.
        
  5.  KRONE MOUNTAINS CHECK POINT
      - Obtain Gambling Master Jack Volume 7 from the soldier Mikey in the room ahead of you.
    
      - If you accepted the 「消えたお嬢様」 "The Disappearance of a Young Lady" quest 
      you'll find the "young lady" Fraisse in one of inner rooms. Convinving her 
      to go back with you will automatically take you back to Bose.
      
  6.  NEBEL VALLEY
      - In the east area (in front of the air pirate's base entrance), you'll 
      find one of the wanted monsters Ghost Epitaph (Approx Lvl 60)
    
      - You may rest in the wooden hut in the east area. 
      
  7.  TOWER OF AMBERL
      - At the top you'll fight with 4x Octobones (Approx. Lvl 62)
    
      - Select 「怯えている」 "The monsters were scared" during dialogue.
      
  8.  BOSE
      - Return to the guild and speak to Old Man Leqrand. An attack by the 
      Ancient Dragon takes place.
    
      - At Bose Market, select 「役割分担」"Split up and help." during dialogue.
      
  9.  RAVENNUE
      - Go see the village chief who is standing in the burned remains of the village.
      
  10. RAVENNUE TRAIL
      - You'll find a weapon for Zin, the "Albino Fox Talon" in a chest here.
    
      - Head to the abandoned mines. 

  11. ABANDONED MINES  
      - Once you regain control in the mines, make your way left, cross a bridge 
      and then continue until you get outside. Outside, an event with the Dragon 
      will take place. Head to Ravennue Vilage after the event. 

  12. RAVENNUE
      - Once you regain control, go to Agate's house (left of the village 
      chief's house) and find Tita there.
    
      - Leave the village and go to Bose.
      
  13. BOSE  
      - Next day, purchase リベール通信 特別号 Liberl News Special Issue
      (100 Mira) from the Grocer, Minne inside the hotel.
      
      - Go to Bose's International Port boarding entrance and wait for the ship.
      
  14. HIGH SPEED CRUISER ALSELYU  
      - Talk to the people on board and you'll soon catch sight of the Dragon.
      
  15. BOSE
    
      - Head to Nebel Valley.
      
      * You will fight with the Ancient Dragon in Nebel Valley so be well prepared. 

  16. NEBEL VALLEY
      - Meet Welmler in the wooden house to the east.
    
      - Go to the far west until you find Welmler who's waiting for you. 
      Continue on to find the Dragon. 

  17. WHERE THE DRAGON DWELLS  
      Obtainable Items:
      Buster Gear, 2x EP Charge 1, Ebony Juice, Tiara 
      Herb, Mystery Rainbow Pills, Arrondite, 100x Earth/Illusion Septium、
      Ceras Herb, Tiaralu Herb, Misty Veil.
    
      - Fight with the Ancient Dragon, Regnart (Approx. Lvl 62)