[Game] Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Ep. 8 Twilight of the golden witch

[Renall]

Originally Posted by Used Can

OR... something opposite to what the guys in Inception did. Instead of going deeper, you go higher.

I certainly think you may be on a higher level than the rest of us, right now.

And you know, there's always fan fiction! Heck, he asked us to do it. Or Featherine asked us to do it. Wait, does that mean we should or shouldn't?

[Jan-Poo]

Originally Posted by Renall

Wait, does that mean we should or shouldn't?

Too late anyway.

[Pikumin]

I haven't played EP8, but based on what I've read about it it seems that Hachijou is a fraud who got rich off of ideas from some amnesia sufferer she found on the street.

[rogerpepitone]

Hmmm... Episodes 1 and 2 were written by Shannon, some time in advance of October 4, in the hopes that Battler would read it and get her message. By chance, they weren't found until some time after the event. (OTOH, this means they were written without the knowledge that Battler would attend, that Ange wouldn't, and that there would be a typhoon... improbable.)

The relationship between Jessica and Kanon is symbolic of how the relationship between Shannon and Battler that she has (particularly what Beatrice says to Kanon outside Jessica's room, right before E2T2.) (Pointed out on tvtropes FridgeLogic section.)

The relationship between Shannon and George represents the relationship between Shannon and Battler that she wants...

[AuraTwilight]

I haven't played EP8, but based on what I've read about it it seems that Hachijou is a fraud who got rich off of ideas from some amnesia sufferer she found on the street.

You've misunderstood, then. Hachijou doesn't even take public credit for her writings on the Rokkenjima incident; her money comes from her other novels.

Hmmm... Episodes 1 and 2 were written by Shannon, some time in advance of October 4, in the hopes that Battler would read it and get her message. By chance, they weren't found until some time after the event. (OTOH, this means they were written without the knowledge that Battler would attend, that Ange wouldn't, and that there would be a typhoon... improbable.)

Battler's return to the conference was announced ahead of time, and the typhoon could be found out simply by watching the weather channel; everyone certainly knew it was going to happen before it did. The only actual issue is Ange, but she seems to have a weak constitution and is frequently sick.

[rogerpepitone]

It starts raining around 3:00, IIRC.
The timing of the typhoon is critical. If it had come by 6 hours earlier, then they wouldn't have been able to get to the island. If it had come by 18 hours later, it wouldn't have arrived until after everyone left.

I don't think you can predict the movement of a typhoon that precisely more than, say, a week in advance. It's going to take far more than a week to write both manuscripts.

[Used Can]

Originally Posted by AuraTwilight

But that girl only exists to justify this ending of yours. We don't know her, we can't know her, and she and all her problems were created whole-cloth for the sake of a twist ending. She's not a character so much as she would be a device, so she's not even the slightest bit comparable to Battler and Ange, who are proper characters who had been a part of the narrative since the beginning.

I mean, hell, Yasu barely got away with it because she had a tangential connection to the characters we did know. Some other girl is just going to be a flat cop-out. We might as well say the depressed girl is Rika Fu-UUUUUUUUUU

I don't think it'd be a cop-out since, in the fiction, Battler, Ange and the rest found some happiness. In the end, we cannot even tell what's real or not. As I've said before, even the "real world" events could be fictional as well, and I'm basing myself on this idea, to create yet another Meta level, and use the message of the story to create a new character for the new when they cry.

Come on, is not such a bad idea.

Originally Posted by Renall

I certainly think you may be on a higher level than the rest of us, right now.

As a matter of fact, I was. Good shit.

Originally Posted by Renall

And you know, there's always fan fiction! Heck, he asked us to do it. Or Featherine asked us to do it. Wait, does that mean we should or shouldn't?

Well, that's a way in which you can go by your own truth, right?

Actually, I've always imagined a plot in which, instead of ending up in the Meta World/Golden Land, they end up in Gantz. How about that?

[AuraTwilight]

It starts raining around 3:00, IIRC.
The timing of the typhoon is critical. If it had come by 6 hours earlier, then they wouldn't have been able to get to the island. If it had come by 18 hours later, it wouldn't have arrived until after everyone left.

I don't think you can predict the movement of a typhoon that precisely more than, say, a week in advance. It's going to take far more than a week to write both manuscripts.

It's raining by the time the kids are escorted to the guesthouse, so before midnight. And Typhoons aren't that hard to predict. Even so, Miracles and Certainty and yadda yadda.

I don't think it'd be a cop-out since, in the fiction, Battler, Ange and the rest found some happiness. In the end, we cannot even tell what's real or not. As I've said before, even the "real world" events could be fictional as well, and I'm basing myself on this idea, to create yet another Meta level, and use the message of the story to create a new character for the new when they cry.

Come on, is not such a bad idea.

But it is. It invalidates the series in a way a lot of fans won't like. Atleast the Higurashi/Umineko connection is ambiguous. At the very least, it'd be more appropriate to have the next When They Cry mention that she wrote a heartlifting story about detectives and witches without absolutely confirming things one way or another, and it'd be an easier way to make this character likable and sympathetic without being a Black Hole Sue spotlight-stealer that exists just to one up the ontology of all the characters.

[Used Can]

I really don't think it'd invalidate the story, considering we're dealing with a lot of fiction in Umineko, and the message was to take your own truth out of it. In the end, nothing would change, if you think about it, since the Meta would remain the same, and the characters would live there in the same way they've always had.

[Lord_Fausto]

Spoiler:

"LambdaDelta vs. Bernkastel
- Flashes of different colors arise when Bern arrives at the scene. Candies explode everywhere. The candy explodes into bullet-like projectiles and attack the cats, ripping them apart. Bern evades. Lambda and Bern stand face to face.
- Bern calls her an old friend, but would relish in tearing Lambda apart. She orders the cats to attack. The cats combine into one and try to devour Lambda. The two sweet talk each other as they fight.
- Lambda fires off multiple shots as the cats engulf her. The shots explode and collapse into the giant cat forming a singularity, black hole type thing in the palm of Lambda's hand. The cats are crushed into nothing. Bern stands alone.
- Bern freaks at Lambda and screams. The giant comet the fireworks eject gathers up Bern and stuffs itself into the black hole, swallowing her.
- The fight seems to end. The black hole condenses into candy. She apologizes to Bern as she picks up the candy to eat.
- A voice comes telling her that Bern doesn't taste well. Behind Lambda stands Bern who managed to evade the black hole. They, uh, declare their love and friendship again. They exclaim how happy they are. Both go trollface and giggle and lunge at each other.

Golden Land Battle
- The fleet breaks through the barrier. The goats surge into the gate and around the Golden Land perimeter. Erika orders a full scale assault. The adults grab their guns, the metacharacters arm their blades. Beato leads the defense. The witches and servants unleash their powers.
- Wave after wave of goats continue to assault despite the ones that get cut down, trampling the fallen underneath. Erika taunts them saying that their sandcastle will be brought down by the torrent of truth. In reaction, Beato summons up giant gun towers, raining shrapnel on the goats.
- Virgilia unleashes Smothered Mate from the top of the tower, spearing down more goats. The adults likewise stand their ground, gunning down hapless goats as Kinzo relishes in the underdog battle.
- Erika scythes up and cuts down one of the giant towers. She says her scythe of truths will cut down anything magic they deem to use. She jumps into the air and disappears, the Siestas unable to detect her on radar. The Siestas fire of their gold beams to try and shoot her down.
- Erika continues to evade and in the lull, cuts down the other tower. With the towers down the goats continue their assault. She says she will have all their heads hung on spears (reference to olden times when the victors would behead their enemies and mount them on sticks as a warning to others).

MetaLibrary
- Battler and Ange arrive at the dome where Eva-Beatrice has just cleaned it out. Five minutes more or less have passed since Eva started clearing and the seal countdown started. Behind them they see flashes of the fight between Bern and Lambda. Battler tells Ange to go back when they get the ley. He will go help Lambda. Ange refuses. He says he might be the power to tip the balance in that fight, no matter how little power he may have.
- He says she must deliver the key to the Golden Land and return. He says this is not longer her world nor her fight. She remembers her decision to live and never look back.
- Battler says when she gets there, Beato will show her two doors to choose from of where she makes her final decision about the truth of Rokkenjima. Each door leads to two different possible futures. When she exist through the doors, the door to the catbox with them inside will be closed forever. They will be victorious when she finally leaves.
- He intends to go help Lambda. Ange decides to accept that they will win. He tells her to believe in them because they believe in her.
- Just then a large explosion rocks the area. The fight isn't progressing well and it's only a matter of time before Bern realizes what is really happening. There is one last circle to the seal.

LambdaDelta vs. Bernkastel
- Bern has apparently defeated Lambda. She orders the cats to start collecting the remains. Bern eats a last cookie fragment saying Lambda will be one with her.
- However upon ingesting the cookie fireworks and candy explode from Bern's mouth and stomach. She starts vomiting excessively. Lambda appears from the fragment. The fireworks obliterate through Bern's body. Bern is furious as she vomits in pain. She is still alive anyway. They mock each other lovingly and still go at it. They clash again. Scene change.

Kinzo and Krauss vs. Erika
- More goats rampage through. The sisters and the Inquisitors (Will, Dlanor and crew) cut down wave upon wave of goats. The witches are pouring all their power into gutting goats. The humans gold their ground and fire away. Erika is irate at the pace of the battle. Erika confronts Kinzo. She says the old man should be dead before 1986.
- ERIKA DRIVES HER SCYTHE INTO KINZO. In spite of this, Kinzo maintains his grin. Kinzo declares himself immortal. KINZO LANDS WHITE PUNCHES INTO ERIKA'S GUT. Cue epic Kinzo laughter. Kinzo goes down.
- Krauss says he will step in for Kinzo. Erika calls him a money waster. Krauss says Erika's shoelaces are undone. She looks down. KRAUSS LANDS A PUNCH INTO ERIKA'S JAW. Krauss says he may not be much of a businessman, but his fists have not forgotten his stint as a college boxer. Erika snaps and tries to escape.

Jessica and Kanon vs. Goat Wave
- The goats say Kanon is nothing but a fantasy of Jessica. Jessica of course does not take this suggestion lightly and remembers her time with Kanon in the festival and on Rokkenjima where they bonded, etc. Because she is badass, Jessica's eyes go gray and starts opening cans of whoopass. Kanon arrives to assist just in time.
- Jessica and Kanon go back to back (at least that's how it should be goddammit) and start their melee. He complements her on her technique and her resilience. She blushes mildly and says they need to do this. He unleashes his red blade. GOAT MASSACRE ENSUES.

George and Shannon vs. Goat Wave
- Goats declare Shannon a fantasy of an introverted George. The goat lands a punch into George's face. Because he is badass, he is unfazed. He reacts calmly to their taunts. The goat who punched feels pain like punching a wall. The goat begins to get afraid. George says he was that kind of man before, but for Shannon's sake he has changed. He grabs the goat's arm and starts crushing it.
- Because one must never insult someone else's woman, George decides to show the goats how timid he really is. FISTS AND KICKS RAIN DOWN ON GOATS.
- A goat tries to grab Shannon but his hand melts instantly. She says her love for him is pure, and she will defend their love to the end. The goat begins to melt at her words. She unleashes a barrier and the goats obliterate themselves. (I also suspect they are back to back, because that's how it should be goddammit.)

Maria and Rosa vs. Erika
- Maria says her magic will destroy the goats who interfere with her happiness. Rosa jumps down to defend her daughter. Despite their troubled relationship, they say they do love each other.
- Erika says the two of them are always fighting. Maria says she should not doubt her. Creepy Maria laugh. Erika declares that Rosa does not love Maria.
- Erika suddenly finds herself struck down to the ground. She finds a gun barrel in her mouth. A SHOT IS FIRED OBLITERATING HER HEAD. That is of course only an dopple.
- She evades but sees a really pissed off Rosa tailing her. ROSA DRIVES HER FOUNTAIN PEN INTO ERIKA'S EYE. Again a dopple. Erika barely escapes this time. Epic Rosa handily caps all of Erika's images. Erika escapes outside Rosa's attack range. Erika is stunned at this turn of events. Rosa fires more shots and Erika evades. Erika is in shock and disbelief at the maddening power the Ushiromiya's are displaying.

Kyrie AND Rudolph vs. Erika
- While evading Rosa Erika barely dodges a (pair of?) shot that nearly grazes her. KYRIE AND RUDOLPH FIND IT MILDLY REGRETTABLE THAT THEY MISSED. Rudolph says too bad. Erika is starting to get cornered. Erika evades more shots and tries to get out of everyone's effective gun range.
- KYRIE AND RUDOLPH SHOOT IN UNISON TRYING TO GET HER DOWN. Erika gets away.

Dlanor vs. Erika (oh the irony)
- As she barely escapes from the humans, she barely blocks a red sword attack. A SILENT DLANOR APPROACHES. Erka mocks Dlanor. Dlanor calmly tells her that she is a wocked person who finds delight in destroying the hearts and minds of people. Dlanor begins to glow and Erika feels the killing intent from one who was once her "friend". Dlanor says she will free Erika from this world as her friend.
- DLANOR TROLLFACE. She slashes at Erika like a berserker. She can barely block let alone dodge. Dlanor says she wants Erika to rest in peace. She slashes a big one at Erika who ormptly disappears.
- Erika appears back at her ships, irate, drops her scythe and orders the ships to fire their cannons. Erika raeg. Hundreds of shots launch at the Golden Land.

Golden Land Battle
- The shots plow through the land as well as the goats. The maze, the hedges, the summer villa and the gardens are in flames. The goats caught in the crossfire can only wail in pain. She orders the goats to weigh anchor on the Golden Land to rip it apart. A figure however lands on the ship.

Beatrice vs. Erika
- Beato arrives on board the flagship. Beato summons magic from her pipe to form a Nagatsurugi (Which I assume is a Tsurugi, a Japanese broadsword). Erika summons back her scythe and declares this to be the end of their battle.
- She transforms her scythe into a sword as well (yes we have a swordfight). EPIC SWORDFIGHT BEGINS. While they duke it out the ships drop anchor and start ripping through the Golden Land. Beato says she is honored to finally face Erika. The Golden Land burns in the background as the two clash.
- A rift appears in the land as the ships pull it apart. The land starts to fall into the fissure. Erika calls it a fitting background to a final duel. Beato says that the fact that they are here cannot be erased, and that Ange has arrived to take control of the future. She says that in the end, with Ange, they have succeeded.
- Swords clash. The fissure widens and the goats are sucked inside. The defenders hang on with all their might. In the end the entire land is getting sucked in. The defenders are overwhelmed. Beato says they are the true lords of the Golden Land and she will prove it with her blade. The two cross swords one more time."

Wohoho! that was kinda epic!

"Kindly go and be consumed by this roaring vortex of truth, shades of 1986!"

"There were no words for what exceeded imagination.
Then in a flash of inspiration, he settled on 'universe'.
With each exchange between Lamdadelta and Bernkastel, a universe was born between the two.
A Big Bang occured, creating new space filled with galaxies, only to disappear again.
And after each universe-ending Big Crunch, another Big Bang would follow in the next moment and a universe is reborn anew.
It was like the playtime of the gods."

"Ah, the Sea of Fragments is vast..."
"Ghost in the Shell."
"We'll meet again someday."
"Until the next When the Whatever Cry."
"Oh that's good. Let's go with that."

Shit! that is crazy. >.>'


Does it really happen? Can anyone confirm if this is real?
Its just that I am surprised

[Ayu-ayu]

Originally Posted by Lord_Fausto

Wohoho! that was kinda epic!

Shit! that is crazy. >.>'


Does it really happen? Can anyone confirm if this is real?
Its just that I am surprised

Very epic indeed. Well, I'll confirm all of MeoTwister5's account...it's even more epic in whole, unabridged form with lots of great exchanges and music all around.

The individual quotes are from my own post that I had jotted down during my playthrough--the first is something Erika says during the invasion of the Golden Land with the pirate ships. The second is what Battler is thinking while watching the Bern-LD battle from a distance away (it should be noted that earlier in the battle, when Bern's kitties merge together, they form into a giant Leviathan-like dragon). The third quote comes from the end of the Tea Party, but before the ???? portion.

[ndqanh_vn]

Wohoho! that was kinda epic!

Epic? WE NEED AN ANIME FOR THAT!

It's raining by the time the kids are escorted to the guesthouse, so before midnight. And Typhoons aren't that hard to predict. Even so, Miracles and Certainty and yadda yadda.

Everyone who has read And then there were none would question about how the murderer seems to be able to manipulate the weather.. In the end I try to ignore it as a convenient plot device, metaphor or whatever.... But are you sure both of the bottle messages is written before the event? I still don't get why Yasu has to write two of them? And if the second one includes as well the crazy battle in the Meta-world...it's very confusing. Is it to present the mystery (Legend) and the fantasy (Turn) of the story for us outside the catbox?

Oh, maybe Yasu's mind is quite confusing on its own...

[Darkpierrot]

Lambda and Bern Relationship Intrigues me......

are they Lovers Friends or Rivals?

[Ayu-ayu]

Originally Posted by Darkpierrot

Lambda and Bern Relationship Intrigues me......

are they Lovers Friends or Rivals?

Yes. That's right.

[MeoTwister5]

They are both. Obviously. The amount of yuri fanart should be proof of that.

[AuraTwilight]

I really don't think it'd invalidate the story, considering we're dealing with a lot of fiction in Umineko, and the message was to take your own truth out of it. In the end, nothing would change, if you think about it, since the Meta would remain the same, and the characters would live there in the same way they've always had.

Except...it means that this was never Battler's and Ange's story. It's just "oh, actually, no. It was basically the equivalent of a dream that this girl you never met was having because....well...stupid drama and depression and stuff. But now she's fine."

@Bern and Lambda's fight: So basically they outdid Gurren Lagaan. Nice.

[Used Can]

Originally Posted by AuraTwilight

Except...it means that this was never Battler's and Ange's story. It's just "oh, actually, no. It was basically the equivalent of a dream that this girl you never met was having because....well...stupid drama and depression and stuff. But now she's fine."

Personally, I don't think this never was just Battler and Ange's story, but about every single character involved. Of course, there are main characters like Battler, Beatrice (her original, and other incarnations) and Ange. But other Ushiromiyas also play a large role, and so do the other servants. This is why, I think, in EP8's cover you see most of the human side there.

In the end, we have no certainty if anything we've seen is true, but that doesn't make the story meaningless, I believe. The whole thing about looking at things with love, so that you may be able to turn an ugly/difficult situation into something positive remains there. This, I believe, is the most important thing in Umineko, above anything else. This is why I also believe a story like mine would work.

Either way, it's not as if Rei is going to be anything like that. So, no need to take it seriously.

[MeoTwister5]

First summary for today. Lambda stands alone before powers greater than her.

Spoiler for Summary:

The Last Stand of LambdaDelta
- Battler struggles to open the last seal on the key. Lambda and Bern are still duking it out behind them. Ange notices someone approach them. They wonder if the cats are here.
- Featherine arrives to Lambda and Bern's battle. She asks Bern if the seals for the key are prepared. Lambda is nervous and bows to Featherine. Featherine asks her if she is lost in the hall to the party. Lambda stands down and accepts her offer. Narrator explains the sheer amount of power Featherine possesses.
- Featherine asks Bern to go get the key. Lambda does not oppose. Bern says the fight is over, too bad for Lambda. If she were to attack Bern, Featherine would be forced to retaliate too.
- Bern demands to know where Battler is. Lambda is silent. Battler and Ange now know that Bern is coming. Lambda blasts candy in front of Bern. Battler and Ange are shocked that Lambda would defy Featherine.
- Lambda asks Battler and Ange to hurry and finish, knowing that she will not win in this fight. Featherine summons a metric fuckton of magic circles around Lambda. She is surprised. Bern says perhaps Lambda is trying to stop her from getting the key.
- Lambda almost jokingly says she doesn't know, perhaps because she's drunk. Featherine says by attacking Bern, she also attacks her. Lambda accepts this. Featherine questions her motives, to which she says that she believes in those looking for a happy ending. As the Witch of Certainty she says such a possibility is there. Featherine asks how she can be content to watch the play continue in the way she thinks is possible.
- Lambda insists that Battler's version is a hundred times more interesting. She says she is the supporting actress in this story, and Featherine/Bern is ranked lowest.
- Featherine finds her insistence on this kind of screenplay interesting. Bern calls Lambda a fool. Lambda intends to fight as Featherine says she will not let her get in their way.
- Lambda begins to summon a ton of energy around her. Featherine uses a time stop spell. She rejects this screenplay. She summons down the script of this scene and looks at the part where Lambda summons energy. She rewrites the entire scene. She puts a part where Lambda gets nailed on a bookshelf, her limbs get torn apart, she gets launched into the darkness and disappears. She apologizes for writing such a death scene and says she will fix it in the future.
- Time restarts. Lambda gets nailed on a bookshelf and is shocked. Lambda begins to bleed from her mouth and wounds. She asks her why she won't just kill her outright.
- The nails rip her apart. LAMBDA IS KILLED AND HER REMAINS ABSORBED INTO THE DARKNESS.

More to follow.

[Kurome]

So Featherin as the witch of Theaterviewing can rewrite a scene to her liking. What a terrible power to fight against. No idea how to oppose that.

[MeoTwister5]

Last batch before bed.

Spoiler for Summary:

MetaLibrary
- Featherine laughs. Ange, peeking at them, is horrified. Battler cannot believe it and tells Ange not to look. They both mourn Lambda's death. At the same time, however, the final seal of the key disintegrates. He tries to reach for it but Bern appears and blocks him.
- Bern says she had realized partly what their plan was, even then Lambda did give them a bit of a problem. Bern laughter/
- BATTLER FIST ON THE FACE OF BERN.
- Bern holds her cheek and feels the hit. She is bewildered. Another blow comes for her but she dodges.
- After evading she starts to feel the pain. She hasn't felt that pain in a long time. Bern begins to rage as Battler finally reveals himself. He asks him if it is painful. BATTLER SAYS HER PAIN IS NOTHING TO THE PAIN OF HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
- Battler's eyes change. He begins to attack Bern rapidly with punches. Bern evades all his punches but he relentlessly attacks anyway. In one move Battler swings his leg around. BATTLER LANDS A KICK ON BERN'S STOMACH.
- Bern gets launched to the side. The first punch was considered a miracle, but now that he has hit her again it isn't miracle anymore. She tries to get up but vomits. Bern rages and demands that Featherine do something.
- Featherine apologizes because she was writing Lambda's death scene. She starts writing magic seals to help Bern, who says it is time for the protagonist to fall. She says he will now become food for the cats.
- BATTLER LAUNCHES A MYRIAD OF BLOWS AND OBLITERATES ALL THE CATS THAT ATTACK HIM. Ange is awed. Bern is pissed off completely. She says her cats are useless. Featherine says he seems to be channeling the powers of the 9 endless demons.
- The cats now know that he is the protagonist. Featherine admits that Battler possesses a freedom to write and weave the story as the protagonist of the tale. Bern calls her master useless. Featherine says she accepts his position and allows the him to be the GM. Battler officially challenges Bern.
- Bern asks for a partner. Ange will be Battler's partner. He however refuses. Featherine says that should Battler defeat Bern, she will restore the Golden Land and its inhabitants.
- On that moment Erika however arrives saying she has bad news. Erika says she has destroyed the Golden Land and everyone in it. Ange calls it a lie. Battler is speechless. Ange says that this iks a trick, since there is no proof that this is true.
- Erika presents Bern the golden heart of Beato, of which they break it with a red scythe.
- IN RED BERN DECLARES THAT BEATRICE DIED IN OCTOBER 1986. THE GOLDEN LAND SHE HAD CREATED WAS DESTROYED. ALL OF THE RELATIVES IN THE GOLDEN LAND HAD BEEN DESTROYED. YOUR (Ange?) PARENTS WILL NEVER RETURN TO CALL YOUR NAME.
- Bern and Erika says this is the truth that cannot be denied. Battler asks Ange to endure. Battler says Ange now has the choice to face this truth and find a way to live on. Inside of her, a part of Ange still wishes that perhaps there is a miracle in this tragedy. A part of her wants to live on yet still hang on to the hope that someone survived.
- Bern says that even Battler who is trying to console her is dead. As Ange weeps, Battler reminds her who she is. He looks at Bern. He says that they aren't witches but gods of death. As a scythe wielder, Bern seems to agree. He remembers how Bern has tried to push Ange into the edge in the past.
- He declares that Ange will not be bound to them in the past. She calls Ange a oitiful human for walking towards the future backwards, staring back at the past. Their battle is going to begin.

Battler and Ange vs. Bernkastel
- Bern unleashes a beam of blue that contains all the sealed rooms Bern has known since her earliest days. The beams of blue attack Battler in unison. He jumps into the air and begins slicing down the blue beams with his red blade.
- He is faced with nearly impossible odds. Ange says this fight is impossible. He says he is destined to fight.
- Bern is ecstatic. She compliments his skill and summons even more beams, likened to a seven headed dragon. Bern says the amount of experience between them is a huge gap given his age and her years and years of life.
- Ange pleads for him to escape. Battler is calm as he fights off the beams. He tells her that if she can believe in the miracle that family may have survived, she should believe in him the same way. Erika tells Ange that the red truth had declared victory, and she should accept it. No one is coming to help them.
- Battler tells her to remember her heart when she was just 6 years old. He reminds her of the reason he brought her to this game. He reminds her of the wish she made, her wish of seeing her family alive again.
- A sudden blue beam appears towards Battler. THE BLUE BEAM SPEARS THROUGH BATTLER'S BODY. The light of Battler's eyes begins to disappear as he slumps into the ground. BATTLER IS KILLED.

Spoiler for Red Text:

- Bern: BEATRICE DIED IN OCTOBER 1986. THE GOLDEN LAND SHE HAD CREATED WAS DESTROYED. ALL OF THE RELATIVES IN THE GOLDEN LAND HAD BEEN DESTROYED. YOUR (Ange?) PARENTS WILL NEVER RETURN TO CALL YOUR NAME.

Is he or is he not? Know the truth... when I get some sleep.