Vanquishing Phantoms is the fourth and final part of Clorinde's Story Quest, Rapperia Chapter: Act I - Silent Night.
Steps[]
- Go to the church in the capital
- Enter the church in the capital
- Leave the church in the capital
Dialogue[]
Quest Description"Now, as we face the perils of the long night..."
- (Approach the marked location)
- Game Master: Finally, you arrive at the church Florian described.
- Game Master: As you approach, an ominous aura surrounds you. You get the sense that your enemy is close at hand.
- Furina: (How strange... This uneasy feeling seems so real. How did they manage that?)
- Game Master: Now... it is time for the final battle.
- Lyney: Let's go.
- Clorinde: Florian, wait.
- Florian: What's wrong?
- Clorinde: I think you should wait outside. You've already been corrupted by the Devorator once. It could easily re-enter your mind and take control of your body.
- Clorinde: I don't think it's a good idea for you to be this close. If it corrupts you again, it's possible you might take on a new form entirely.
- Florian: That's exactly why I have to go... why I should be at the very front.
- Clorinde: ...! You mean...
- Florian: Yes, I intend to lure it into my body.
- Clorinde: That's too risky. If things get out of hand, I might have to kill you. Do you understand how dangerous this is?
- Florian: I understand. But if I do this, you'll have a clear and visible target.
- Florian: The Devorator will have a hard time passing up the chance to enter a body it knows how to control. You won't have to worry about any of your friends being taken over.
- Clorinde: ...
- Florian: You're not like me, Miss Clorinde. You're a just and powerful Marechaussee Hunter. This monster broke free due to my error. It's only right that I shoulder the responsibility for its destruction.
- Florian: This is... something that I have to do.
- Florian: Consider it a duel to restore my honor. My only request is that you give it your all.
- Clorinde: ...I understand.
- Clorinde: Then, as a Champion Duelist, I hereby accept your request for a duel, and extend to you my most sincere regards.
- Florian: ...Thank you.
- Clorinde: The battle is now upon us. Let the Devorator once again tremble under the blade of the Marechaussee Hunters.
- (Enter the house)
- (A cinematic plays)
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- (A dark blue cloud appears at the end of the room. A wisp of blue smoke shoots out of the cloud and implants itself into Florian, who turns into a Praetorian Golem.)
- Furina: Aah! So... so lifelike...
- Clorinde: ...
- (Navia starts to attack the golem, followed by the Traveler and Lyney, but the golem does not show any signs of weakness.)
- Paimon: Why is nothing working!?
- Clorinde: This foe is not invincible
- Clorinde: You hold the treasure
- Clorinde: The power to defeat it
- Clorinde: In your own two hands
- Furina: The treasure? You mean...!
- Navia: The names!
- Navia: It's the Marechaussee Hunters' names!
- Paimon: How are we supposed to...?
- Lyney: You forget, Paimon?
- Lyney: There's still one skill
- Lyney: We saved until the very end!
- Clorinde: Hunters fight not for fame
- Clorinde: But to aid the people whenever they are summoned
- Lyney: Walter the Marechaussee Hunter
- (Lyney holds up Walter's bow, and it starts glowing.)
- Lyney: Master of a thousand tricks
- Lyney: Executioner of the Phantom Hunters
- Lyney: I call for aid!
- (An image of Walter the Marechaussee Hunter appears in front of Lyney.)
- Furina: Este the Marechaussee Hunter
- (Furina holds up Este's sword, and it also starts glowing.)
- Furina: Inheritor of Cassiodor's will
- (Traveler holds up their Marechausee Hunter's weapon, which also starts glowing.)
- Furina: Judge of the Shadow Hunters
- Furina: Answer my call!
- (Two more images of Marechaussee Hunters appear.)
- Navia: Petronilla
- (Navia holds up Clorinde's master's short sword, which starts glowing, and Clorinde is taken aback.)
- Navia: Protector of Justice and Order...
- Navia: The Hunter I respect the most...
- Navia: Thank you for saving my friend
- Navia: The best one I'll ever know
- Navia: Please
- Navia: Lend us your strength
- (Navia nods to Clorinde, who steps forward, her body glowing with blue light.)
- Clorinde: We have come
- Clorinde: To answer your summons
- (The three Marechaussee Hunters attack the golem, and Clorinde delivers the final blow.)
- (Cinematic ends)
- Game Master: And so, the monsters were eradicated, and the sorcerer was defeated.
- Game Master: Peace soon returned to the capital. Those in the court manipulated by the sorcerer also recognized the errors of their ways...
- Game Master: Some remembered the names of the heroes who saved their kingdom, but others simply continued their lives none the wiser.
- Game Master: Such is the story of the Marechaussee Hunters. They pursue the phantoms in the darkness and exterminate all who pose a threat...
- Game Master: They will always protect the city and those within it, even should all memory of their accomplishments be forgotten by the very people they serve.
- Furina: Whew... I'm assuming we've finally reached the end of the script?
- Clorinde: Yes. You've reached one of the better endings.
- Furina: It's a pretty solid story overall. I thought it was just an ordinary adventure at first, but the further we got into it, the more impressed I became with the production and the plot.
- Furina: That final battle especially! All the effects were super realistic.
- Navia: Right, yeah, hehe... totally.
- Lyney: Ah... That's a really good point. I never expected the weapons we picked up from that vault would have that kind of effect.
- Furina: Yeah, mine nearly scared the daylights out of me when it started glowing! I took a good look at it after we got out, but I don't think it ever lit up again.
- Furina: Oh, we should probably give these props back, right? I'll just leave mine here.
- Clorinde: Did you have a good time?
- Furina: Of course. Let me know if another script like this comes around!
- Clorinde: Sure, no problem.
- Furina: Then, I'll head back for now. I think I need some time to fully digest everything that just happened.
- Furina: Once Mr. Florian is awake, please pass on my regards to him. He must be extremely exhausted, to have passed out cold like that.
- Clorinde: You're right. He's had a lot to deal with.
- Furina: Well, see you all some other time! Toodle-oo!
- Navia: ...Okay, so, can I ask now?
- Lyney: I think it should be fine, yeah.
- Navia: What in the world was going on back there?
- Clorinde: ...Ah, so you saw through all of that?
- Lyney: Ahahaha... That time in the cave when you told us to close our eyes... It'd be weirder if we didn't notice anything.
- Navia: I was dying of curiosity the entire time! I mean, you did a pretty bang-up job of pretending nothing had gone wrong. Furina actually looked like she thought all of it was planned...
- Lyney: Guess none of us wanted to be the one to break the illusion.
- Paimon: Huh? What are you all talking about?
Yeah, what's going on?
- Navia: Wait, don't tell me you never...! Ah, this is all my fault. It's not too late to cover your ears! Here, partner, I'll do it for you!
- I was just playing along too...
- Navia: Wait, don't tell me Paimon never...! Ah, this is all my fault. It's not too late to cover your ears! Here, Paimon, I'll do it for you!
- Lyney: Um... Bit late for that, don't you think?
- Paimon: Uh... You're saying... Everything that happened back there wasn't actually part of the script?
- Clorinde: It's probably more accurate to say this was never a real scripted story to begin with.
- Paimon: Whaaat!?
- Florian: ...So loud... My head...
- Paimon: Hey, you! Get up right now and explain yourself!
- Florian: Ahhhhh! No shaking, please! My head...!
- Florian explains the truth to everyone...
- Paimon: D—Did Paimon just hear that right? You guys made up that whole last part on the spot?
- Paimon: It's not nice to lie to people, but.... Paimon's gotta admit, that was a really good story, Florian. Oh, and nice improvisation, Clorinde!
- Lyney: Yeah! It was like watching a magician improvise a spectacular magic trick after forgetting an important prop.
- Paimon: If Paimon knew something was wrong with that vault, she would've floated straight in the opposite direction!
- Clorinde: Everything was under control.
- Navia: As if you've ever described a situation as being "out of control." I'm pretty sure any situation you consider to be easy to handle would scare a reasonable person half to death!
- Clorinde: Guess I'm just used to it.
- Paimon: Uh... You must run into a lot of unexpected situations, then... That explains why you're so good at coming up with things on the spot...
- Clorinde: As for you, Florian...
- Florian: ...I know there's no excuse for what I did. I'll turn myself in to the Gardes at once, confess my crimes, and accept any punishment that comes my way.
- Clorinde: I would say you've already suffered more than enough.
- Florian: ...What?
- Clorinde: You may have been blinded by fame and fortune in the beginning, but your actions during the final battle had proven you to be a true Marechaussee Hunter.
- Florian: ...
- Clorinde: You'll be far more use to the city above ground than below. Your job as a Hunter is more important.
- Florian: But...
- Clorinde: Of course, you'll still need to take the keys and pay a personal visit to the two Hunters you wronged. Prepare to accept any terms they give you as well.
- Florian: ...Yes, of course.
- Clorinde: As far as I'm concerned, though... Your showing in the duel was enough to prove your honor.
- Florian: ...! Then, I'll do exactly as you said. I... I'll go return those two keys right now.
- Florian: Thank you so much, everyone. I'll do my best to prove myself worthy of the second chance you've given me. I swear this on my name and honor as a Marechaussee Hunter.
- Florian: Until we meet again, everyone.
- You exit the basement shortly after Florian...
- Lyney: Speaking of Marechaussee Hunters... What should we do about the "treasure" in that cave?
- Clorinde: Leave it be.
- Paimon: Are you sure? We could show it to people, make it so that the Hunters are remembered... Don't you want that?
- Clorinde: No. Every name on that tablet made the same choice. All Hunters know what the path entails.
- Clorinde: I am no exception... My identity as a Marechaussee Hunter is not something I need people to remember. I wish only to be recognized as a Champion Duelist, nothing more.
- Lyney: That's certainly very different from the path of a magician. Still, I admire your decision.
- Paimon: Wait, Paimon just remembered something. If there were no special effects involved, why did our weapons begin to glow during the battle?
- Clorinde: That's because the Marechaussee Hunters of ages past would often imbue their weapons with special enchantments to suppress the monsters. Whenever a monster was nearby, their weapons would start to glow.
- Navia: Ooh! So that's why they had an effect on that guy near the end. I really thought the summons were doing all the work.
- Clorinde: Well, I'm sure the summons were a part of it, too.
- Lyney: Oh? How so?
- Clorinde: This particular Devorator probably hailed from the same era as the Hunters we saw in the room.
- Clorinde: The names you recited all belonged to the bravest Hunters. Countless monsters fell to their blades. That's likely why the Devorator visibly reacted when you said them out loud.
- Paimon: So the names held the power all along...
- Clorinde: ...
- Clorinde: Navia, everything you said during your "summon"...
- Navia: Huh? Ah—hahaha! I um, I meant what I said. I mean, it was true to my character! So, yeah, I'm glad you heard it, just don't make me repeat myself. It's embarrassing!
- Clorinde: I really appreciated those words.
- Navia: Alright, alright. Don't get all sentimental on me.
- Navia: Uhh... Anyway, let's not talk about that anymore! I'm going to go on ahead. Don't fall too far behind, now!
- Paimon: Ah... She ran off.
- Lyney: I should probably head back as well. This story was truly incredible. I might have to spend the whole night telling my siblings all about it!
See you later.- Lyney: Mhm, Goodbye!
- Clorinde: ...
- Clorinde: (TravelerTraveler)... Should your name and deeds be forgotten, what do you think the significance of your journey will be?
- (TravelerTraveler): (...)
- (TravelerTraveler): I suppose the significance would be the journey itself and the world we helped create. There's still value in the time I shared with everyone here, in the things we were able to accomplish, even if no one remembers them.
- Clorinde: A great answer. I'll remember it.
- What would your answer be, Clorinde?
- Clorinde: Me? Hah...
- Clorinde: "The Marechaussee Hunter says nothing in response to that question."
- Clorinde: "Perhaps her answer lies in her silence, an unspoken vow left to echo through the night. The path she walks needs no explanation."
- (Obtain "Marechaussee Hunter: Judgment Day" Character Album)
Trivia[]
- After completing this quest, players can return to the memorial site of the Marechaussee Hunters and interact with the pile of bows to "Tidy Up." A short cutscene will play, showing Traveler and Paimon paying their respects with wreaths composed of Lumidouce Bells and Rainbow Roses, a combination that represents "parting and passion."[1]
Soundtracks[]
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Vanquishing Phantoms | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 逐猎魔影 | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 逐獵魔影 | |
| Japanese | 不穏な影を狩れ Fuon-na Kage wo Kare | Hunting Restless Shadows |
| Korean | 그림자 사냥 Geurimja Sanyang | |
| Spanish | Caza en las sombras | Hunt in the Shadows |
| French | Chasse aux fantômes | Ghost Hunt |
| Russian | Истребление призраков Istrebleniye prizrakov | Extermination of Phantoms |
| Thai | ล่าเงามืด | |
| Vietnamese | Truy Quét Bóng Ma | |
| German | Die Jäger im Einsatz | The Hunters in Action |
| Indonesian | Pemburu Hantu | |
| Portuguese | Perseguição das Sombras | |
| Turkish | Gölge Avı | |
| Italian | A caccia di fantasmi |
Change History[]
Released in Version 4.7
References[]
- ↑ Quest Item: "Delightful Encounter"