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It was a perilous battle, but it ended in victory for the Arctic Route Union.
Civilians rushed in to see if the residential regions were intact. Simon also left with the crowd, saying that he needed to look into something with Atiel.
Leaving only you, and the Forest Guards, all lost in contemplation.
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Just a name I never thought I'd hear again—Amberia...
She is the sin borne by the Forest Guard...
I originally planned on keeping you out of this, but seeing as the bionics mentioned her name, I think you should know who we're up against.
Before the Punishing Virus, the ARU was also a prosperous metropolis.
Even at the start of the outbreak, it remained untouched just as life was before. There were no cases in the city.
Some people even had no idea what the virus was. Amidst our naivety, the ARU conducted one foolish experiment after another.
...The ARU applied the Construct tech given by the World Government to military science.
They believed that the Punishing Virus would soon come to an end, and then the balance of the world would be shuffled anew.
To get an edge in the new world, some of the decision makers and engineers decided to create a humanoid-hybrid Construct by the name of "Amberia".
Not only a dreadnought on its own, Amberia can also command the bionic series that came with her conception.
Yeah. The bionics were developed as Amberia's sub-units.
We don't know much about Amberia. Only that she was eighteen before she became a Construct.
The ARU wanted Amberia and the bionics to be their perfect weapons. But they never knew humanoid-hybrids could turn out to be such monsters.
The bionics wielded immense power, but the ARU never thought that Amberia would go berserk upon her activation.
The ARU became hell on earth in an instant. Amberia and her bionics ravaged the land, killing countless people in a sea of fire and brimstone.
To contain Amberia, the ARU dispatched an innumerable amount of ships and narwhals, like Derek. The sacrifices were countless...
Yes. Amberia was vaporized in a barrage of explosives, and we lost her signal. The battle was finally over.
But the ARU also lost it all. Even before the ravages of the virus, this land was already in ruins because of Amberia.
Afterwards, all engineers involved in creating her were either executed or imprisoned for life. As for their family and closest friends...
They were branded as sinners.
Yes. They were later modified and labeled as traitors of the ARU—the Forest Guards.
Some yes—others no. Regardless, we are all seen as sinners.
...But as I said, Amberia should've been killed long ago, but the bionics just mentioned her name.
Whether it's a bug or not, the number of bionics we've been seeing is already suspicious. There shouldn't have been so many left after that battle.
It's possible that Amberia is still alive.
That's what I was thinking, Commandant.
But that would mean we've been fighting the bionics under her control and mistook them for the "tide" this whole time.
I can't say for sure about the past tides, but this one... I think we should confirm this with the captain.
