Summary Story 202203

Disclaimer:
- This is a summary. I omit details that I deem not important.
- New names are mostly not official and I will write their Japanese pronunciation for your interpretation. Let me know if there are official names released or you found out their name origins.
- I usually try to follow global names except Marubom which I refuse to use Boomer.
- Refer to Incinerator's post in #jp-spoilers for localised names.
- Link: https://discord.com/channels/205384125513859074/253419666419089409/930592787810885653

>> Rain

Rain, Askah and Vanharma continue to fought. Although they could not leave a dent in Vanharma's armour, they managed to damage his body inside. As Rain and Askah got the upper hand, Ihana showed up and protected Vanharma, telling him to go to control Proto-omega as he could not control remotely. As Vanharma left, Ihana commented how Vanharma paid so much attention to Rain and she wanted to know why by fighting them herself.

Scene shifted to Rhus, Neilikka, Roca, Marubom VS Proto-omega. Neilikka muttered if they were to die, she wanted to die first as she did not want to watch Rhus die, and then covered Rhus from Proto-omega's laser beam. Rhus questioned Neilikka why, she said that Rhus had important role to defeat Rain and obtain the power to save the world. Rhus said he was a fool for saving Demideus that should work since his opponent was not a real Omega (implying it was meant for Omega but at this incomplete stage still may not work on it). Rhus managed to stop Omega but collapsed after using all his strength. Then, Vanharma arrived and commented at the damage on Proto-omega. Roca understood that she alone could not stand a chance against him and backed down, since she also had to worry about the injuries on Rhus and Neilikka. Vanharma somehow reactivated Proto-omega (I did not catch how) but it lost control, but since it was still an Omega imitation it would instinctually move towards "that location".

Rain told Askah to stay back due to his injuries. Ihana was appalled that Rain was becoming stronger the more he fought. However Rain corrected her that he was becoming stronger the more (things/people) he wanted to protect. Rain managed to overpower Ihana and questioned why she hated Sherna so much and would protect them if their hatred was righteous. Ihana refused to be protected by Rain and wanted to suicide before being stopped by Rain and Askah. Askah used handcuffs entrusted by Mulen meant to control the power of "one who fuses with destruction" and Ihana screamed in fear.

Roca was healing Rhus and Neilikka, determined to save them from their dying breaths. Rhus managed to regain consciousness as Roca continued to heal Neilikka.

As Ihana calmed down, she commented how they (or just Rain, unclear) were looking at her with eyes of pity instead of eyes of hatred she was expecting. Rain said that he also once hated bitterly due to various circumstances in his past. But he always managed to stop himself from being trapped in hatred by remembering the taste of certain stale bread (refer to Season 2) and certain terrible soup he had while reconciling with an opponent he used to hate (Sol, refer to Season 2). And then some more philosophical discussions before Askah declared they should get moving.

Physalis suddenly got the urge to pray for the safety of an important person. Guri asked if it was Lasswell but Physalis denied. Then scene shifted to Neilikka finally waking up. She said she heard a girl's voice that she never heard before yet felt incredibly nostalgic.

Mulen met Askah, Rain, Roca, Nini and Marubom while applauding their efforts. Accordingly, Marsalga was interrogating Ihana, and Vanharma headed for Oran together with Proto-omega. Mulen ordered Rain, Roca and Nini to chase after Vanharma while Askah to remain in the capital to rebuild its defences. Askah protested but Mulen reminded him about his own condition and his son. Rhus and Neilikka were conscious but were in no condition to move. Askah apologised to Rain and Roca that they had to be entrusted with everything although they just joined Caledfwlch (basically confirming Roca is officially a member I think?).

Marsalga questioned Ihana who Vanharma is. Marsalga admitted that he knew a lot of secrets since he was the top of Caledfwlch, so he understood why she hated Sherna. He opposed the idea of wholly believing in the heroic tales of Snovlinka to sacrifice people for the greater good. Marsalga thought it was not right to interrogate Ihana too, and he could get away with anything anyway since they could not punish him as the core of the capital's defence. As Ihana refused, Marsalga said that although he would not interrogate but he could still use her (implied as a bait/hostage).

As the Rain's group moved, Rain recalled when Vanharma declared to be born as someone to destroy Sherna. Rain doubted it since Vanharma did not seem like the type to enjoy destruction. Rain wanted to know why Vanharma resorted to go that far but he would not forgive him for killing innocent children. Nini said that she would not say Sherna is pure white since she knew many secrets due to her role. But she added that it is what countries are, having clean and dirty facets. Scene shifted to Vanharma commenting that Proto-omega was headed towards Elmont as expected, the place of the beginning and the end.

Rhus sought approval to join Rain's group to track down Vanharma. Mulen said that he told him and Neilikka to rest and exposed that Rhus objective was not Proto-omega but Rain. Mulen received report that Rhus used Demideus which Mulen banned Rhus from using since it was incomplete. Rhus explained that if there was Rain he might complete it. He added that if he managed to complete it, Sherna would no longer need Neilikka. Mulen told Rhus to go back to rest and Marsalga was already joining them so no need to worry.

Rain's group managed to catch up to Vanharma where Proto-omega stopped moving. Vanharma said that although the original objective was not achieved, he managed to declare war on Sherna so it was all good. Rain declared to Vanharma that if Vanharma's goal was to destroy everything then he would protect everything, including the enemy Vanharma himself. Rain added he would free Vanharma from his hatred with his sword. As the fight went more intense, Marsalga arrived with Ihana held hostage. Marsalga ordered Vanharma to throw away his weapon or he would kill Ihana, which Vanharma complied immediately.

After striking Vanharma down, Marsalga explained that Ihana was treated very inhumanely as an experiment subject in the research facility. He revealed that from the research it was speculated that there was possibility of Omega arriving again, but Snovlinka was no more. So for the defence of the country, the only way was to create a Snovlinka, someone who could become one with Omega, dubbed "one who fuses with destruction". As Marsalga ordered to carry Vanharma back to Sherna, Ihana moved towards the unmoving Proto-omega. She said that Vanharma did not let her ride the machine although their plans would have proceed more smoothly if she were to control Proto-omega. Ihana said that as Vanharma tried to protect her, it was her turn to protect him. Then she removed her own handcuffs and rode Proto-omega. Then Proto-omega started moving again with even more power and Omega species were also called to the battlefield.

Rain noticed the damage on Proto-omega was done by Rhus's Demideus. He thought of the possibility that Tranquility (again, JP: meikyou, official EN: Mirror of Equity) would be effective against it and managed to land it on Proto-omega with Marsalga and Roca's help. Before Proto-omega exploded, Rain went into it to save Ihana. However, they all collapsed. Vanharma picked up Ihana and told Rain to come to Elmont alone, where he would tell him the truth. And then he left after healing Rain.

>>Taivas

Taivas group was having a chat before moving towards Omega Excavation Site. Ilmatalle speculated that Yshe would be there but she already decided to save Lehftia, even if Yshe stood in their way although she still deeply respected her. Scene shifted to Yshe and Kall talking about how ominous Omega was. It was said that Omega never recovered from the damage dealt by Snovlinka but Elmont deliberately went to wake it up. Yshe said that although she swore loyalty for the country, she knew that Omega would only bring the people misfortune. Yshe decided to destroy Omega, even if that meant betraying King Tahto. Yshe told Kall to stay away as she did not want to involve him but Kall said that he already decided to follow Yshe no matter what. They recalled the legend of Snovlinka about how she defeated the first Omega with her own biological body. Yshe managed to find out that Snovlinka and Ridal used a technique called Omnivus (jp: omunibusu) to damage it, thinking that even she could defeat Omega if she could use it.

Taivas group arrived and commented on the appearance of Omega. Runda failed to locate Lehftia so they had to search themselves. Meanwhile Guilma was commenting about Omega's consciousness that surfaced in Lehftia before the siren rang due to intruders. Taivas group could not find Lehftia and wondered if they should proceed to destroy Omega first. They wondered how before Kall joined the scene, informing Yshe and Kall's intention. The plan was that Kall and Yshe would divert the enemies while Taivas group secured Lehftia, and then Taivas would join Yshe to destroy Omega. Ilmatalle left Taivas group to rejoin Yshe's squad since they had common objective now.

Then Taivas group was welcomed by Kylma together with her artificial Omega species and Elmont soldiers. Taivas group managed to fend off Kylma. Kylma fled to bring Lehftia to Omega. Tulien was bitten by an Omega species and told Taivas he could feel that he was infected. However Tulien said he still had enough time to help them save Lehftia. On their way, Tulien used all his remaining time while he was still conscious to open a path for the rest of the group. Eventually he started to hear Omega's whispers "Annihilate lives." "Destroy everything.". Tulien tried resisting by telling himself he only wanted to annihilate and destroy Omega, while protecting lives and everything.  However he still started to attack Taivas group. When Taivas and Haveh managed to defeat Tulien, Taivas found out that Tulien was just acting but acted along and left with Haveh and Runda. Tulien wanted to be done by Taivas before he completely lost control.

As Taivas almost reached Omega, Kylma, King Tahto and soldiers already loaded Lehftia into Omega and started the launch Omega. However Omega went berserk as soon as it was launched. Kylma was surprised but King Tahto knew from the beginning that humans could not hope to control Omega. It was Tahto's aim from the beginning, and he added that Omega did not go berserk as it meant losing control of oneself. Omega was just destroying everything on instinct. Taivas noted that Omega was heading towards capital Elmont.

Scene shifted to Rain asking Nini the location of Elmont. Nini said she would love to lead the way but Vanharma told him to go alone. Marsalga was still unconscious but Roca woke up and was worried that it might be a trap. However she was too weak to follow Rain and thus decided to send Marubom to accompany him. Since Marubom was a monster so Rain would not be violating the condition of going alone. Ultimately he asked Nini to lead the way and scene changed such that both Taivas and Rain were heading towards Elmont at the same time (a million possibilities what this can imply).