ARK: The Complete Survival Stories (The Island)

[Music] [Music] oh [Music] i've lost count of how many sunrises i've seen since i arrived on this island hundreds i'd imagine yet each one seems more beautiful than the last sometimes i like to take athena out just before dawn and watch it while flying through the morning sky it's in these simple moments that i realize just how lucky i am not that i was unhappy exploring the reefs and rainforests back in oz but i wasn't ever going to spot a bronto stomping around the outback was i since i got here i've had the opportunity to study creatures that no other biologist has ever witnessed i'll always be grateful for that i'd been holding out for a change in weather before studying the wildlife of this island's peculiar tundra region but i think it's safe to say that it's not forthcoming clearly this planet has no axial tilt and therefore no seasons that ice and snow isn't melting anytime soon can't say i'm happy about it the cold and i are not the best of mates i can tell you that but i'll just have to suck it up the climate during the jurassic and cretaceous periods that many of these islands creatures hail from was fairly uniform so an arctic region is quite the oddity it'd be plain stubborn of me not to have a captain cook the tribe that calls themselves the howling wolves has really made this northern adventure a lot easier well them and athena she's right at home here i don't think i'll ever be able to repay rockwell just i've and giving me an argentavis he said our conversations are payment enough but i still feel guilty i should remember to collect some floral samples for him while i'm here anyway tagging along with the wolves has been a good introduction to the region but i think i'm ready to make my own way to make real scientific conclusions i need to observe these animals undisturbed in their natural habitat for long periods of time ah what a day there i am putting the finishing touches on the mammoth dossier when all of a sudden a tyrannosaurus starts attacking the herd struth a tyrannosaurus wading through the bloody snow i asked the howling wolves at the nearest camp and apparently this is a common thing they're not new to the region it just doesn't make sense how can a tyrannosaurus survive in this climate and how can the introduction of an apex predator not shift the entire ecosystem i've got to look into this as soon as i can well i've combed through more carnivore droppings that i care to calculate and i can't say they provided many answers all the predators in this region have very similar diets with so many different predators hunting the same prey the populations of all these species shouldn't be sustainable yet i found nothing to indicate that any population shift is actually happening it's just bizarre the longer i'm here the more i realize that this region shouldn't exist its climate is out of sync with the rest of the island many of the creatures here are millions of years ahead of the dinosaurs and the ecosystem is almost static something's off i need to review my notes helena you're a dipstick going through my notes i've realized that there are more predators than prey across this entire island by almost double that's the opposite of how any ecosystem is supposed to work i can't believe it took a tyrannosaurus frolicking through the snow for me to see this it's plain as day what to make of it add in the human factor and it's possible for this island to continue as it is by natural means so what is this island's wildlife being monitored and curated somehow i should speak with rockwell maybe he's come to a similar conclusion greetings and salutations dear reader if these words are gracing your eyes then you have had the good fortune to find the journal of sir edmund rockwell stupendous scholar gallant gentleman and explorer extraordinaire it also means that it's entirely possible that i've met some unseemly end on this fascinating but exceedingly dangerous island that i call home i suppose you could have also stolen it or i could have misplaced it in which case please proceed to either hang your head in shame or return it to me at once whichever is appropriate regards sir edmund rockwell the wondrous properties of the flora on this island will never cease to amaze me if i'd told my colleagues in london that i could create a concoction capable of erasing someone's memories i'd be laughed out of the room and never invited to tea again yet here it sits my mind wipe tonic as usual i've had tribal leaders groveling at the gates of rockwell manor just for the tiniest of samples and for the recipe oh the bounties i've been offered i'm not interested in their riches though i have their protection supplies for my studies and all the time in the world what more could i ask for these tribal negotiations give me a headache every time the black thumbs are mad that the painted shark sunk two of their barges but the painted sharks say that the barges were too close to southern haven and they were perfectly within their rights to sink them as per the southern isle of chords typically neither side is willing to budge what a bother i've just as soon mind wiped a lot of them and returned to my studies alas such the fate of the island's most respected neutral entity at least the painted sharks brought some fresh fish perhaps i'll side with them any chemist worth his salt knows the irreplaceable value of testing until the tonic has been rigorously tested it is less useful than water if only i could persuade this island's less intellectual inhabitants to see that tests on mesopithecus serve well for early trials but they are no replacement for genuine human subjects at later safer stages by subjects i of course mean willing participants that are prepared to risk mild headaches and much less mild nausea for the sake of science the laughing skulls offered rather less willing participants at one point but i declined with how difficult it is to find volunteers these days i sometimes regret it where am i how did i arrive i've asked these questions many times since i awoke on this foreign shore but i must stop they do not matter their answers will not save me so i will focus on a different question how can i survive this question always has an answer though it is ever-changing and it has helped me find resolve in moments of uncertainty of fear just days ago i never thought i'd fear again i thought my fear died with the yellow turbans yet when i see a great lizard turn its eyes on me i know fear is exactly what i feel i'm armed and clothed now though crudely my stone spearhead makes me long for my village's weaponsmith but it serves i use it to hunt the slow fat birds that wonder the coast i do not know how such creatures survive here at all but i am grateful for the meat they provide i save my arrows for the more dangerous creatures like the lizards with ears like fans whose spit burns the things it touches no not just the creatures they are not the only danger yesterday i found footprints in the sand that were not my own i am not alone defending my hometown during the uprising taught me more in months than i learned in all the years before it among those lessons men will always underestimate women in battle and humans can be crueler than any animal both apply today the footprints i found were not from one man but three their eyes changed when they saw me like wolves discovering a lamb they were wrong they were merely muds i was the wolf two died to arrows after ignoring my warnings the last to my spear i left their bodies out in the wild i cannot stay here the beaches are too open to survive i must brave the jungle it is the chaos of this land that is truly disturbing to me even more than its most titanic and vicious beasts animals are meant to be savage even when tamed they are not truly civilized but man man is supposed to be above the animal yet the people here live and squalor and fight viciously over scraps like stray dogs i have convinced some of them to band together under my leadership and together we have found safety and order unfortunately they are untrained and lack cohesion i'll have to fix that gaius marcellus nova victory through discipline i'm reminded of my first command in darjeea many men questioned my rank wondering why they had to follow a centurion so young it took time to earn their trust but it was necessary i could not have even a single soldier questioning me in battle lest our discipline fail without discipline our century's formation would crumble and the legion would be exposed it is the same here these ragged men and women will not become a unit overnight but i am patient and more experienced than i was in dacha i may be far from broome but i know this for certain this island will know its might training through easier once my chargers began to see the results in fact they found such a well spring of enthusiasm that their drills and chores alone cannot contain it this morning i found a flag flying above the armory it was the symbol of the imperial legion but with one of the islands flying lizards replacing eagle and words in a foreign language replacing spqr i'm told they say the new legion i admit i smiled at the site very well then it's time to find out if i've created true legionnaires we march at dawn i never thought this island was normal exactly i mean there are giant obelisks floating in the sky for pete's sake not to mention that cave i found which had a platform similar to those found at the base of said obelisks well similar except for those oddly shaped holes that were carved into its podium i guess i just didn't care about all that so long as i had my beautiful unique and untainted ego system to study i was happy but now no i shouldn't write it off just yet not before i arrive at rockwell's there's still a chance that my daughter is off or that i miss something obvious i won't give up on my paradise just yet miss walker's impromptu visits are always an unexpected pleasure after that headache with the sharks and black thumbs a lively tea time discussion about the abnormalities of the ark's ecosystem was precisely what i needed thank goodness i've managed to find an intellectual colleague that shares my love for the sciences it saddens me to think that miss walker's charming colonial accent would keep her out of the more prestigious institutions and societies back home another of the ark's wonders it is a true meritocracy unlike any in the modern world if miss walker and i could find and cultivate more minds like ourselves we could create a true scientific utopia i really need to visit rockwell moore it's so energizing to be around someone of his experience that still has so much excitement for his work and talking to him always helps me gain perspective as for the island's ecological abnormalities rockwell reassured me that i was jumping to conclusions he made a great point just because this place doesn't follow the scientific laws we're used to doesn't mean it follows no scientific laws at all after all science is about discovery and new discoveries can invalidate all principles so before i latch onto my theory i need to gather more empirical evidence otherwise i'm no scientist today i scored a great victory as the sun set i happened upon the small village on the bluff unfortunately it was besieged by a man who rode a lizard like a horse and wielded a stick that spat fire it would have been safer to retreat but i could not ignore the bodies this was a slaughter surprise can be a warrior's most powerful weapon and i wielded it effectively my first arrow found the lizard's throat and many more pierced the man's back once he tumbled from the saddle he never saw his vanquisher in hindsight i should have spared the beast a mount would be welcome the surviving villagers let me claim the lizard riders armor and weapons and gave me shelter for the night to my surprise i understood them their mouths moved strangely but in my years i heard the language of my home they say it is the work of the metal object in my wrist i do not understand but they had no reason to lie that night i dreamt of the uprising but this time i was lieutenant guan lifting the siege on my village in a single gallant charge yet when i woke i was just maying and the villagers were gone i am a stranger to them but my heart feels heavier for their loss i must carry on alone the villagers had made taming beasts sound simple but my first attempt was nearly my last my prey was the same kind of two-legged lizard as the raider steed what the villagers called a raptor but this one was strong even as my toxin-laced arrows knocked him out he was able to make one final lunge for my arm he nearly took it carefully i fed him scraps of meat as he rested and when he finally woke i kept my weapon trained on him only when i was sure that he was docile that i noticed his appearance all black save his white shins and feet right then i named him wuzzue and while i do not believe in fate i felt that this beast would carry me home the raptures are improving they know to follow ruth's way and wu today knows to listen to me beasts without riders cannot maintain a formation but they can at least run close together in time they have even learned how to attack and retreat at my signal during our hunts on the planes together wootway and his five brothers are like a light cavalry unit and i am their commander unfortunately they are all i really have i'm not much of a craftsman and have few possessions not everyone here is like me though there may be some who can craft but cannot fight perhaps we could trade the defense went spectacularly like many tribes the red hawks relied entirely on brute force they thought only of charging in with their beasts and their guns with no regard for their surroundings they never expected a sortie much less one that came from their exposed flank our victory was so complete that my benefactors not only rewarded me with the weapons and supplies they promised but extra pack animals to carry them with each battle my skills improve and my ranks swell if only with feasts i don't mind that the people that i care about are back home until i return wu today is enough company i knew i'd chosen a soft target to test my men but i had expected a little more resistance the tribe we assaulted was young but supposedly they had seen some success as readers i can't see how given how swiftly they fell into disarray some even attempted to flee but they did not get far after scouring the fortifications for supplies we raised them to the ground and planted our flag among the ashes let every savage and tribe will pretend to know the new legion has arrived i'm finally satisfied with our defenses against flying creatures the solution was obvious once i stopped thinking of them as special with any foe the goal is to control their actions so instead of trying to block flyers completely we created apparent holes in our aerial defense that entice attackers into kill zones our architect was grateful for the solution he had been dreading trying to build a roof over the whole fortress we have grown too large for that to be practical and soon we'll be larger still our first true war begins soon and i suspect many black thumb shall defect before its end it did not take long for me to grow accustomed to the weapons of this world many of which are called guns according to one of my lieutenants they are far more accurate and deadly than any bull but like any weapon they are only as effective as their wielder in the hands of the black thumbs they are of no concern in battle we have been able to bait the black thumbs into attacking a wave of durable but disposable beasts before descending upon them with our main force our attacks are concentrated while theirs are scattered that makes all the difference the black thumbs are destroyed their leader was defiant but his tribesmen did not wish to fight inevitable they offered us his head last evening i suspect surrenders will be more frequent now the black thumbs were the first but they shall not be the last yes i see it clearly this is destiny the gods have borne me here to bring order to save these people from their own savagery jainus pulled me across the bridge of time and space mars lent me his strength and now i shall create my own empire in their name this expedition to white sky peak has been just splendid top to bottom the weather's been marvelous i found excellent floral samples and the local hunters had more woolly rhino horns than you could shake a stick at i even managed to find volunteers for my latest experiment it turns out that it was simply a matter of linguistics those who are wary of experimental potions are much more receptive to experimental food once my endothermic paste was rechristened fryer curry people were clamoring to test it it has moderate nutritional value so it's not technically a deception it's just favorable language in the name of progress that's all perfectly moral sadly my friar curry trials cannot begin immediately as the volunteers have a much more difficult journey to rockwell manor than i after all i couldn't very well carry every one of them on archimedes yes the argentavis could clutch one in his talons but i've always found the practice to be barbaric the rest of the ark may be embroiled in feudal savagery but a gentleman always maintains his class and dignity at any rate i must have my assistance renovate the guest compound naturally i would never let strangers into the manner proper but there's no reason their stay should not reflect my civilized standards having readily available subjects has helped my experiments tremendously even if their numbers dwindled over time not only was i able to curb the side effects of my fryer curry's endothermic properties but i managed to bring out an additional benefit of the mixture now it also lowers the subject's metabolism letting them go longer without needing food marvelous i hadn't even considered that as a possibility why with all i've learned from these experiments i imagine that i could reverse the effects of the curry and create a concoction to aid survival in extreme heat as well i must find more volunteers post haste i decided to seek out volunteers for my next experiment among the island's larger tribes i thought that surely they would be willing to help after i patiently moderated so many of their frivolous disputes how idealistic with me instead they have yet another favor to ask apparently there's a new tribe that's behaving rather aggressively and no one can successfully negotiate with its leader so naturally they've turned to me it's rather bothersome but i can't touch their logic if sir edmund rockwell can't reason with this nerva fellow then who can i have allowed the legion to take a reprieve from war at least for now we need time to gather our strength and plan our road to conquest before we march again augustus did not unite the empire by rushing into battle after all such things take time and more importantly information as i write my scouts are mapping out the surrounding lands and observing any tribes that may oppose us i have no doubt they are not all like the black thumbs one could very well prove to be my mark anthony and when i find him i will be prepared while the prudent general must take his time to plan i realize that comfort breeds complacence so as my scouts range across the beaches and jungles i have made sure to lead our main force out on regular raids our targets have been weak mostly small villages are unsuspecting convoys but they resist enough to keep our men's instincts sharp letting them keep their meager spoils of these exercises has helped morale as well our actions have not gone unnoticed however my scouts say many tribes are avoiding our territory altogether now good a fearsome reputation will serve the legion well i was told this escort mission would be dangerous but i had not expected to fight a legitimate army fortunately i was riding ahead of the main column and spotted them first after signaling for the convoy to change course i harassed the enemy from their flanks to draw their attention then retreated in a different direction even that cost me many of uz brother were injured and some were killed previously my enemies here fought wildly or scattered when attacked but these men had discipline the leader of the convoy was very grateful apparently few survive an encounter with this new legion i should be wary of them in the future who could have imagined that a simple convoy would give the new legion its first taste of adversity before today the idea would seem absurd they must have seen our approach because just as we spotted our prey we found our left flank beset upon by a pack of beasts though the creatures were smaller in size and number they struck fast and struck together and they never lingered by the time we chased them off for good the convoy was long gone impossibly i spotted but a single rider threw it at all who is she if mars has blessed me does minerva hurry me no i was simply unprepared i will not be again it seems that some of our neighbors have grown weary of our raiding today i received an envoy from the golden arrows who proposed a lucrative trade agreement between our two tribes with the caveat that we never encroach on the territory or convoys of the golden arrows or any of their allies i have no interest in trade agreements but i do know how to seize an opportunity so instead of accepting right away i propose that we ratify the agreement with his tribes leaders on a neutral site i have planned long enough it is time for the new legion to resume its march news of my rather definitive response to the arrows proposal has spread quickly but few seem keen to act on it who can blame them without their leaders the arrows quickly folded and the new legion grew significantly in power practically overnight the other tribes only managed to interrupt their cowering long enough to send another enboy a man named edmund rockwell given the results of the last one i received i almost didn't believe it but apparently this man is special the other tribe seemed to respect him as a neutral party an expert on the island we shall see well i found the report on mr nerva to be rather exaggerated and as an englishman one might imagine that i'd view roman leadership with some disdain yet in my experience i found mr nerva to be both honest and intellectually engaging in fact after a lengthy conversation i dare say that mr nerva has the right of it when it comes to this island's politics as the romans created pax ramana perhaps this new legion will create pax arkham even if it doesn't my doubt will harm my research so i see no reason to interfere in this particular squabble i did not expect much from edmund rockwell but he has surprised me he's a curious way of speaking but he clearly possesses a razor sharp intellect and a wide breadth of knowledge though we have only met for half a day i gained invaluable information about this island which is apparently called the ark i shall have to send a scout to pinpoint where rockwell lives in addition to his expertise on the ark he is known to create elixirs that have extraordinary effects it would behoove me to keep those out of my enemies hands on rockwell's recommendation i've headed south to start in an in-depth study of the island's marine life with the help of a tribe called the painted sharks because the ecosystem of the ocean that surrounds the island is separate from the ecosystem on the mainland correlating patterns between them might help me isolate and understand this island's scientific abnormalities also after freezing my ass off for so long i could really use an extended stay on a tropical island marine biology was never my strongest field but i do love the ocean if nothing else it should be beautiful there the painted sharks have treated me like i'm the bloody queen since i showed them rockwell's letter of recommendation i don't think i've eaten better in my entire time on the island not that it's a high bar i'm a horrible cook oh and they've been of tremendous help with my research of course so far my estimates of the predator prey balance are consistent with the ecosystems on the mainland the water is simply teeming with shoals of megalodons and they are extremely aggressive perhaps that's a side effect of having limited prey sharks aren't known as territorial creatures i'll have to study them further still no answers as to why the megalodons are so territorial but i was privy to something even more extraordinary megalodon mating behavior no one's ever witnessed great whites rooting around back home so that alone is monumental but i got something even better i know what could possibly top watching megalodons have a naughty right tracking the female i was able to observe her for almost the full gestation period and get this it only lasts one week one week no wonder the population is so high these are spitting out pups 44 times the rate of aussie great whites i should compare how they behave in captivity so in addition to all of the oddities i found with the wild megalodons here's the real cherry on top taming them is a piece of piss a bit of training and they're more obedient than the family dog now i've heard of sharks getting very rudimentary training over a year or so but not to this extent certainly not so easily sharks aren't mammals or even avians they're fish they rely more on instinct or to put it simply they're not very smart you shouldn't be able to ride one like a jet ski i'm trying to keep an open mind like rockwell suggested but this just feels wrong well this seals it just when i thought i'd made some sense of the notes i took while visiting the painted sharks i spotted the nail in the proverbial coffin ruse a whole herd of giant roos were just hopping around the countryside like they'd always been there as much as i love roos they just shouldn't be here period they evolved in oz and oz only 60 million years after the dinosaurs were extinct among a bevy of other marsupials if i know any genius it's this one and procoptidon should not exist here this island isn't an ecosystem it's a zoo how can these tribal leaders be so short-sighted yes the members of their respective tribes who volunteered for my battle tartar and shadow steak saute experiments have been experiencing prolonged withdrawal episodes but can't they see that the benefits outweigh the costs i create mixtures that can bring out superhuman strength speed and coordination in ordinary men and they can only focus on the negatives simple-minded a lot of them they've even banned their members from partaking in my experiments now ridiculous i'll not let them stand in the way of human progress they may not understand the importance of my work but surely my assistants do i've decided to take a brief vacation from the laboratory well i said i've decided to but the whole thing was my assistant isabelle's idea she noticed that i'd been quite ruffled lately and suggested that i take a bit of time to myself before rushing headlong into my next experiment such an observant young woman that isabelle she's somewhat lacking as a chemist but she understands my moods almost better than i do i dare say that an old-fashioned adventure will do me some good nothing like some rigorous recreation to clear the mind perhaps i'll go spelunking yes a splendid idea i know just the place for it remarkable absolutely remarkable when i chose that remote northern cave as the site of my spectacular spelunking sir john i'd never imagined that i'd find such wonders within granted i don't know what the specific wonder does exactly but it's fascinating to examine it's like nothing i've ever seen i don't even recognize the materials that it's composed of and it's constantly pulsing with some sort of latent energy what is it is it unique or are there seven artifacts just waiting to be discovered beneath this island's surface my how invigorating isabel was right this was exactly what i needed i feel like a young man again eureka my theory was correct the small podium at the base of the obelisk is definitely responding to the artifacts proximity and vice versa honestly i feel foolish for not attempting this sooner the stylistic similarities between the artifact and the obelisks floating above the island seem so obvious to me now clearly they were created within the same culture and era bizarrely while both the artifact and obelisks are in exquisite condition there are no other signs of this mysterious civilization how could that be what kind of mad society would gallivant about some remote island building towering structures and stuffing knickknacks into caves before vanishing without a trace i don't understand it but it certainly piqued my curiosity well i think i've gotten as far in my studies of the obelisks as my archaeological expertise will take me a shame really this has been such a joyous little diversion that i hate to see it end oh rockwell you old twit you've forgotten the origins of this little excursion spelunking did you yourself not hypothesize that there may be more artifacts hidden elsewhere on this island surely you can't give up before confirming that no certainly not nor can i be expected to scour the ark's caverns alone perhaps someone can spelunk in my stead better yet perhaps someone has already spelunked am i a mercenary now i had not given it much thought until i was actually called one i don't like the title mercenaries fight for riches but i'm just fighting for what i need to survive that's different isn't it when i fought back home i knew who and what i was fighting for i knew who my enemies were here i cannot tell i'm trying to be honorable by defending people and not attacking them but how can i be certain i cannot dwell on it to survive i must fight on to return home i must fight on i've started to tame larger creatures the speed of my light cavalry was beneficial but i realized that it was not enough a hundred swift strikes mean nothing if there is no strength behind them to survive enemies like the new legion i must be able to strike with power i began with the ones that look like larger raptors but with horns on their foreheads they balance strength and speed well and will serve well as the core of my forces when i have enough horned rafters i will add some of the giants maybe then i'll finally have the strength to find a way home i'm living on an island worse a cursed island when i managed to tame a great spiny lizard and a giant raptor i left the jungle to find a way out of these treacherous lands but i soon found myself traveling in circles worse still i'm told that a magical barrier prevents ships from sailing too far from the shore and birds from flying too high to leave the island it was never a matter of strength there is no path home at all woodway seems to sense my unease these days i often wake up to find him nestled beside me at least i'm not trapped here alone i laughed for the first time in weeks today a man from a small tribal fisherman sought to hire me but he didn't call me by my name he called me the beast queen of the jungle i could not keep a straight face i suppose i understand this title since i failed my expedition i have staked out a small swath of land to live on more permanently and locals know it as my pax hunting ground still i'm hardly a queen my castle is a little more than a shack i'd rather be called a queen than a mercenary though so i may as well embrace it i wonder what father would think of me now would he be proud of me when i march off to battle i know he wanted his son that's why he trained me in secret would he accept the beast queen instead mother wouldn't approve the other villagers were too desperate to care about my gender when i joined the fight against the germans but mother never forgave me she wouldn't even look at me now should i mind those were mein's parents from mein's life and sometimes i wonder if that life was even real maybe i was always a beast and never a woman i finally found a beast i cannot command no to call him a beast is not enough he is a demon i was stalking a pair of giant raptors waiting for an opportunity to bring them into my pack when he tore through the tree line to steal their kill he dwarfed even the giant raptors in size and in theory he surely has no equal in this world when his foes bit at him his eyes glowed with hatred and he struck with renewed vigor i've never seen such terror even i dare not challenge this creature if i am the beast queen then he is the demon king not too long ago i thought this place was a far-off utopia where i could study all the world's lost wonders now that i'm certain it's not natural at all i have to say it's lost a lot of luster interference from mankind hasn't helped most tribes have learned to live in harmony with their slice of the island but some aren't content with that one is even trying to conquer all the others and natural or not this ecosystem wouldn't be any better off if it's burned down in some great war the sunrises are still beautiful though at least nothing can change that of all the abnormalities that i've observed the tame megalodons stick out to me it was almost like they were straight dogs who were re-socialized as though they had a genetic history of human obedience most of my observations have been in the wild but i think i may learn a thing or two if i observe domesticated creatures more closely i need to study their diets their mating patterns how they socialize with other species all that rumor has it that there's some woman that's tamed a whole mess of them all by herself so many that they call her the beast queen of the jungle maybe she'll have some useful insights a woman named helena arrived at my camp yesterday though not to hire me she said that she was a scholar studying the creatures on this island and that she wanted to observe my beasts i turned her away at first not trusting her intentions how could i what mad fool would bother with scholarly pursuits in a place like this yet she persisted and in time i was convinced of her honesty i don't know if i made the right decision helena is constantly asking strange questions why does she need to know so much about my beast's feces and mating behavior what a bizarre person i suppose it was a bit naive of me to think that someone with the moniker of beast queen would roll out the red carpet i guess i got used to all the friendly treatment that being an associate of rockwell's earned me she did let me stay at least and she hasn't instructed her dinosaurs to kill me yet so that's a positive not that she'd really need the dinosaurs if that glare of hers gets any more intense i'll probably just burst into flames on the spot streuth i hope she eases up sifting through raptor excrement with someone watching is harder than you might think there's nothing special about the diets of these tamed creatures when compared to their wild counterparts part of that is the beast queen's doing as she takes them on regular hunting excursions for training purposes curiously they never have to range too far there is an abundance of prey nearby despite the size of a pack that this is held true regardless of her domesticated creatures remarkable birth and growth rates makes it even more unusual oh and i did finally get her name lee mae yin she's gotten a little less glary too in hindsight maybe starting by studying her animal's feces just gave her the wrong impression the most interesting thing that i've observed about meijin's animals has been what they don't do they never fight among creatures that have been domesticated for generations like cats or dogs that's normal but there's a reason zoos keep their animals in separate enclosures sudden instincts are hard to curb and there should definitely be more disputes amongst such a diverse group meiyen has even integrated a herd of herbivores into her army as their thick hides have proven resistant to fire and explosives yet despite being surrounded by carnivores they remain untouched it doesn't make sense that's not to take anything away from me yin she works hard to treat and train her animals well she's not bad company either at least when she's not mute and i don't go full biologist sometimes it felt like speaking a new language but it's been kind of refreshing when helena arrived i was constantly glancing in her direction wondering just what she was scribbling in that thick book of hers now i hardly notice her unless we're speaking the questions haven't stopped but thankfully they aren't always about things like animal faces sometimes we just talk about something simple like cooking neither of us are very good at it but together we've managed to make a few things that tasted better than plain meat yet before long my territory will be silent once more helena says she has to move on and war is brewing in the south someone will need my sword very soon it seems i was not the only one who was skeptical of rockwell's ability to curb my ambitions the nearby painted sharks mustered up the courage to harass several of our coastal fortresses but in doing so they confirmed their nature during their raids they only attacked from the air and sea they patently refused to set foot on land if the sharks are at home in the ocean then i will pull our coastal forces back and attack their outposts on the mainland once their island fortress is cut off from the support and supplies i can whittle it down to rubble at my leisure the war in the south is not an ordinary one according to the member of the painted sharks that arrived to hire me his tribe is fighting the new legion i admit that gave me pause they were formidable before and they've grown even stronger since we last met yet i have grown stronger too and the sharks were clearly in desperate straits i could not turn them away as i read it for war i recall the dream i had many months ago i still don't believe in fate but maybe this is my nature on this island maybe i can actually be like lieutenant guan my beasts are precisely what the sharks lacked most of the martial strength lies at sea on land they lacked a unit with the ferocity of a true vanguard without that they could merely withstand the legion's siege not break it that changed when my beast crashed into the legion's rear like a great wave i can still hear the cheers as the legion fled i can feel the echo of the emotions that swelled in my chest if i could return home i imagine that is what i would feel like i won't dare forget it the incident with the convoy was no fluke the writer has returned and this time he had plenty of warning reports of some beast queen joining forces with the sharks reached my ears days before the siege the ranks have swelled since the convoy but there is no doubt it is her not only did she help break the siege but for the first time in his existence the new legion is in full retreat this cannot continue i will not allow it i will conquer the sharks as i will conquer the entire ark but first i must destroy the so-called queen the beast queen of the jungle that is the name of my foe it is the name that i have already grown weary of but soon i will never hear it again it turns out that she is a mercenary not beholden to any tribe including the painted sharks so as satisfying as it may be i need not actually defeat her i must simply divorce her from her employers and i know exactly how to do it the seeds of my victory are already planted sometimes i fear i've grown fangs or horns without noticing what else can explain the way others look at me in battle the sharks cheer me but afterwards we rarely speak i camp separately and only am summoned when it's time to discuss strategy i do not understand trust is rare on this island i know that but have i not bled in their defense have my beasts not died fighting their battles perhaps it's just a strain of war we're in legion territory now taking the battle to them soon the war will be won surely then the sharks will not fear me the beast queen is no longer a concern it was a simple matter really a small team of legionnaires planted explosives at the shark's camp in the dead of night while leaving hers conspicuously untouched predictably the explosions drew the beast queen's attention but the sharks mistook her advance for an enemy attack after that it was only a matter of time before they parted ways with that barbarian removed from the conflict this land war will end shortly we've already pushed the sharks out of legion territory soon we will face them where they are strongest the open sea when anger rises think of the consequences i know this by heart yet i cannot help but seed with fury even woodsway is keeping his distance last night i awoke to the sound of thunder coming from the shark's main camp i rushed to their aid but blinded by the night unconsumed with panic they attacked my pack by the time order was restored we had both sustained losses clearly this was the work of the enemy but those fools blame me for the confusion some even claim i torched a camp how dare they question my honor after all i've done cowards they have no right i should have foreseen this though i put my pride aside those audacious sharks could not at their behest i began a long trek back to my own territory this morning they say that they will finish the war without me doubtful without my pack of the van the new legion will surely smash them to pieces but what can i do i cannot protect them if they do not want my protection will the legion come for me afterwards i cannot say but if they do i know that i will receive no aid i must rely on my own strength and right now i fear it insufficient i need to become stronger i need the demon king after going over my notes from mehyun's camp i've concluded that the animals on this island are not only used to humans but used to captivity even with their accelerated growth rates their behavior indicates that they have been regularly domesticated for decades at least otherwise they'd never obey the whims of mankind so easily with that in mind i believe that my theory about this island being curated is back in play in fact it's possible that not only are animal populations being controlled but that the animals themselves are genetically modified however before i bring this to rockwell there's one more rumor that i want to confirm this is the smoking gun it has to be i simply can't be convinced that this place is natural after finding an island populated entirely by carnivores even if they fed off of each other which is awfully dubious given that carnivore meat is much more likely to carry harmful parasites than herbivore meat the landmass is so small and their population is so dense that they could never maintain it yet there it is hidden away off the northeast coast of the island someone would have to put them there on purpose there's no way that rockwell can deny my theory now as i expected rockwell couldn't deny my theory but i can't say that i have his endorsement either he didn't seem terribly engrossed in the subject frankly something else seems to have captured his attention as of late the island's obelisk apparently rockwell stumbled upon a way to interact with the towering monuments while spelunking of all things i guess he felt the need to scratch that old intricate explorer itch of his it's pretty impressive considering his age now that i think about it the obelisk could be linked to my own findings their nature has always been a mystery and rockwell made some intriguing observations i should follow up after many days of scouring the island upon archimedes and many more fruitless conversations with the witness savage sods that seem to make up most of this island's population i have finally found the spelunkers i need a tribe to the north west called the iron brotherhood has apparently found three artifacts themselves and it's clear that said relics show an origin with my own in exchange for my artifact the brotherhood agreed to report any findings to me straight away as they continue their search what stupendously good forging now i can return to my alchemical studies with renewed vigor while they crawl through the island's caverns in my stead brilliant the first round of trials for my new lazarus chowder have gone marvelously but i've found it hard to maintain my enthusiasm after all i will never get truly definitive results with only mesopithecus subjects it's quite frustrating even so i see now that isabelle was right having my assistants take part in the trials would be asking too much of them and they're too valuable to risk so frivolously if i can't find human subjects from the nearby tribes then i shall have to make do with trials on apes and monkeys perhaps it is finally time to capture some gigantopithecus i admit there are times when it is useful to live among simpletons for example i was able to trade several gallons of my lazarus chowder to a group of hunters in exchange for an entire contingent of tamed gigantopithecus and they never questioned whether it had been tested on humans yet well i suppose if they return with another batch of apes then i'll know that lazarus chowder doesn't cause asphyxiation won't i it's not exactly a conclusive scientific trial but i suppose it will serve unfortunately all these primitive primates have given rockwell manor quite the pungent odour isabel said she's working on some sort of air freshener but i hope she makes haste i am perplexed even with an expanded number of test subjects i just can't find the passion that i once had for my research i truly thought that my recent adventure had lit a fire in my belly but i constantly find myself losing focus confound it all perhaps said adventure itself is the problem thinking about it i'm always eager to discuss the obelisks and the artifacts i've found with my even when i'm not in the mood for research there is a certain allure to them that i cannot describe something that causes my thoughts to drift in their direction like the pull of a strong tide but it could simply be a passing fancy i must give myself more time i was ever so glad to see miss walker again my assistants are clever in their own right but dear helena is still the only person that i feel comfortable diving into my deeper theories with i fear that i may have kept her from getting a word in edgewise though once i got going on the obelisks why i just couldn't contain my enthusiasm my word i really have become quite enamored with the subject haven't i well that settles it after this next set of trials i shall go check on the iron brotherhood's progress perhaps i can convince miss walker to join me we could make a real scientific expedition out of it though i've been received by the iron brotherhood they didn't seem very pleased to see me especially when i mentioned rockwell that's a first add that to the rather deserted gloomy state of their compound and i'm starting to feel a bit apprehensive their leader can't return from his hunting expedition soon enough all i've confirmed so far is that yes they gathered all of the artifacts rockhill sought and yes the artifacts were able to activate one of the obelisks you'd think they'd be celebrating such a monumental discovery but it's just killjoys as far as the eye can see go figure i keep glancing at the artifact i understand why the iron brotherhood's leader didn't want it since it has no apparent use all it does is remind him of the tribesmen who died seizing it from that giant spider can it really be useless though they described the artifacts that activated the obelisk as looking similar to it so i headed to the nearest obelisk to see if i could get a response no luck maybe it activates something else of course the platform is in the cave it's a long shot but it's the only thing i can think of that's similar to the obelisk definitely worth a try unbelievable the artifacts perfectly fit one of the slots in the platform's pedestal how did i not notice that right away i really am a dipstick so if this key such as it is was acquired by activating one of the obelisks then it follows that the other two keys can be obtained by activating the other two obelisks if the other obelisks work the way that the first one did that means i have to find a whole mess of artifacts first and i don't think i can do that alone after taking the painted shark's last foothold on the mainland this war has turned into one of attrition while i construct a proper fleet the shark's resources will continue to dwindle and my flyers will continue to harass their main compound when we finally stage our invasion their spirits will be broken and their storehouses empty in the meantime i've been investigating this island's potential for naval warfare some sea creatures can carry a small ballista platform on their back making them a curious sort of warship i'm interested to see how they'll fare hopefully the sharks can offer a skirmish or two before their will breaks completely today shall live forever in the annals of history today i raised the new legion flag above the painted shark's battered fortress and in that moment my empire was truly born in that moment the new legion became the dominant power on this island with that in mind i've given my troops three days respite to celebrate our victory though i shall not take part my work is never done and i mustn't lose sight of my true goals only when i have brought this island into a new age shall i be content only then shall i rest the latest brother of enlightenment trials have concluded and as expected i am disappointed in the results though the primates i tested it on showed increased aptitude for learning i do not believe any of them have truly ascended to a higher level of intelligence bugger the little blight as i say my assistants have almost finished preparing my supplies for my next expedition and i have drafted a letter to send to the iron brotherhood ahead of my departure soon enough i'll have forgotten all about them pardon the interruption it seems that i have a guest now just what is mr nervous doing here i suppose i'll find out when my scouts reported that they had finally found rockwell's compound i set out to meet him at once while that meant delegating matters that others might find more pressing i did not hesitate minds like rockwell's are a precious resource on this island to have him as an advisor would be invaluable whether rockwell accepts my offer or not my visit has already paid dividends apparently he has spent some time researching the massive obelisks on this island and theorizes that they may hold great power if there is any chance that said power can be wielded then i must learn all that i can about them i have always tried to maintain a strict neutrality when it comes to tribal matters but then again i have never had an offer this tempting from someone as respectable as mr nerva not only has he offered to provide me with test subjects but he has also expressed a mutual interest in investigating the obelisks all he asks from me is that i provide him with reliable counsel i would trust few tribes to be able to make good on such promises but mr nerva's new legion is perhaps the most powerful tribe on the island indeed if they maintain their current trajectory they may be the only powerful triumph on the island his offer is worth considering at the very least after much deliberation i've decided to accept mr nerva's offer true the new legion is not beloved by many of the tribes but was charlemagne beloved by his enemies if my studies are to continue i must be on the right side of history as part of our agreement i will need to travel with mr nerva for a time and waited to study the obelisks until the new legion is taking care of some smaller matters of foreign policy as such i have left rockwell manor in isabel's charge she will take excellent care of it i am sure well then on to new frontiers excelsior these obelisks are fascinating apparently rockwell managed to coax a response out of one of them with an offering of some kind could it be that they are some grand monument to the gods if i appease them with a sacrifice will they grant me their power yes of course janus may have chosen me to rule this island by bringing me here but i must prove my worth to the other gods by completing this ritual well now that i have rockwell's counsel at my beck and call i shall pass this trial with ease then the power of the gods will be mine to command i admit i have been rather coy with mr nerve when it comes to the true nature of the obelisks as a military man the obelisks would naturally be more useful to him if there was some sort of weapon and i have made sure to allude to that possibility from time to time it is not as though i am selling my gracious host of falsehood after all i have neither any proof that the obelisks could be weaponized nor any evidence to the contrary their purpose is entirely theoretical at this stage and if twisting those theories will convince mr nerva to march on the obelisks any sooner and so be it after studying my scouts reports i have concluded that few tribes remain who can successfully resist the new legion's march however the island's snowy tundras are a matter of concern the dominant tribe in the region the howling wolves are known to be fierce fighters more importantly a prolonged invasion would prove not impossible in that weather yes for now i shall avoid the frozen north instead i will annex the smaller tribes consolidate the new legion's holdings and investigate the obelisks with rockwell perhaps their power can solve by northern conundrum the new legion needs a true capital one that embodies our strength and grandeur i realized it while recalling my first day in rome my hometown in new media had its wonders but it could never match the splinter of that great city i was in constant awe most on this island are consumed by the present their immediate needs and struggles yet a new generation will live within our walls one day when they see what their forefathers have built i want them to be as inspired as i was i want to show them that no matter where they are born their destinies are theirs for the taking he is mine after a mighty struggle the power of the demon king is now mine to unleash the cost was almost too great i brought only my swiftest beasts on the hunt hoping to run him in circles but even still he managed to kill many of them if it were not for woodsway he may have killed me as well but my woodsway is both swift and cunning he knew exactly what distance to maintain exactly when to retreat no steed could prove more true tomorrow i must begin acclimating the demon king to life in my pack but for tonight i will allow myself to celebrate i was wise to test the demon king's hunting skills from atop one of my flying beasts when he stumbled on a small rock formation his eyes glowed with that familiar hatred and he suddenly proved death to my commands in time he calmed down and obeyed me once more but it was a fearsome thing to witness i think i'll keep him apart from the other beasts not only will it keep them safe but it will calm their nerves they have been tense since his arrival i cannot blame them the demon king's power could save or doom us i must use him with extreme care well the howling wolves are quickly tracking down the artifacts but after hearing about what happened to the iron brotherhood that's as far as they'll go it's understandable but it leaves me in a tight spot if a giant spider and i get in a scrap the spider's winning for sure even with athena on my side i prefer to avoid danger not confront it my aim's piss-poor and i've got fists like marshmallows if i want a fair go at actually surviving whatever happens when the obelisk activates i'll need backup negotiation notes don't mention feces don't look directly at the glare bring chili unburned am i making a mistake maybe the closer that great pillar of light gets on the horizon the more my concern grows it is a gamble no question helena said that she did not know if this pillow of light will behave like the other one yet if it does if we are transported to some other plane to battle a monster for a mysterious key then there's a chance that this could be the first step on the path home if not that then at least the path away from this island and the new legion technically helena has hired me but that small chance is payment enough it's worth the risk i hope i am prepared had i let fear rule me and left the demon king behind then helena and i would be dead only with his strength will be able to defeat the gigantic ape his rage caused some of my pack their lives in the aftermath but that was the price of victory the price of hulk the key we were rewarded with matches the one helena already had that means the third pillar must lead to a third key and when combined what then it's uncertain but if each pillar takes us somewhere then maybe their combined power can take us anywhere maybe it can take us home now i know you don't get a nickname like beast queen without being one tough lady but when i saw that giant ape i still thought we were buggered fortunately mayhem's got more intestinal fortitude than yours truly and somehow someway she was able to pull out a win glad i'm on her good side i already found the second key but i want to take a look around here before we head back through the portal this ape either lived here or was released when we activated the obelisk finding out how it survived in this isolated environment or how it got here could prove useful the new legion is finally on the march not a moment too soon mr nerva runs his tribe exceptionally well but their compound is positively spartan i don't think i saw a single piece of decor anywhere it certainly made me miss the conference of rockwell manor i'll say that at any rate we're apparently in pursuit of a barbaric beast queen according to the men she feasts on the flesh of her enemies alongside her army of monsters dreadful mr nervous convinced that she is heading towards an obelisk but i see no cause for alarm no mere heathen could hope to uncover its secrets and certainly not a lion i have received disturbing news apparently the beast queen has resurfaced with an even larger contingent than before and she is on the move worse still she is traveling directly towards one of the obelisks i can think of no worse scenario than the obelisks falling into those barbaric hands she has always been a nuisance but with their power the beast queen would pose a dire threat to everything i have built i must mobilize my main force and move to intercept her at once the future of this island may hang the balance [Music] when my army arrived at the obelisk i feared we were too late the beast queen was nowhere to be found i was about to order a search of the area when i was blinded by a flash of light suddenly the barbarian horde was right before us and battle was joined though the savage possessed a fierce new monster it attacked ally and enemy alike if anything his presence made the slaughter more complete by the end the beast queen's forces were annihilated and she herself had fled with mortal wounds at last a threat has ended interestingly we also captured an acquaintance of rockwell's during the battle perhaps she knows something about the obelisks that rockwell does not i am absolutely astonished shocked flabbergasted why in the world was miss walker investigating the obelisks at the side of such a savage woman and without notifying me first was she intending to discover their secrets behind my back and keep them all to herself for the audacity and after i treated her with such respect and civility well unfortunately for her sir edward rockwell is always one step ahead of his rivals thanks to my partnership with mr nerva i can combine what scraps of knowledge she has on the obelisks with my own findings and she'll be none the wiser why since she is confined to a cage i can keep my presence concealed from her all together so these are the conquerors that i heard about way back when not a great first impression mein and i weren't quite mates but watching her creatures get slaughtered like that certainly wasn't pleasant i'm not a fan of the prisoner lifestyle either the leader introduced himself as gaius marcella sonova and he's not a complete bogan i'll give him that he let me keep my personal effects and our conversations have been civil so far i get the feeling that'll change if i don't cooperate though not that i have much of a choice they already took the keys the only way i'm seeing this through is as a guest of the new legion damn those new legion cowards at full strength i could have fended them off but they attacked just as we returned to the pillar of light what beasts i had were exhausted and the demon king flew into a rage before i could start a retreat when that happened all hope was lost the last thing i remember is a sharp pain in my side when i awoke i was alone with woodsway both of us were covered in blood but his wounds were deeper i cannot fathom how he carried me to safety in such a state i must find a place to hide uzi and i are alone now and barely clinging to hope [Music] my dearest friend is gone to his last he was magnificent the creatures that attacked us were larger and with his wounds they were even faster but no beast could ever match wood's way in spirit i buried him where he fell saving me one last time i was unworthy of such a loyal friend but i will avenge him his true murderers will pay not the beasts but the new legion they are responsible i swear by the souls of my ancestors that i will find their leader and drive my blade into his heart in utree's name i will take his head [Music] walker had told us to expect some kind of monster after activating the obelisk but i never imagined we would battle one of ceres's dragons no that's not right it was too colossal and wild even for a god's chariot i doubt diana herself could control it and yet the new legion failed it it cost the lives of many men and even bored beasts but it was worth the sacrifice according to walker the third key we acquired may allow me to open this cave she speaks of then the power of the obelisks and this very island will be mine to command this nervous bloke's fig jam incarnate he seems to think that his stupidest gift to the island or some rubbish like that i think his ego was actually tangible when the legion returned from the obelisk with the third key and the head of a dragon in tow sadly as much as i would enjoy seeing him fall flat on his face i need him and i need the new legion so when he asked me to guide his forces to the hidden cave i obliged without protest what he'll do with me afterwards i don't know before arriving on this island i would have dismissed the idea of a device instantly transporting a person from one location to another as complete and utter poppycock yet that appears exactly what the strange platforms beneath the obelisks are capable of doing astounding yes yes there was a dragon on the other side i'm sure mr nova and his men fought quite the heroic battle but discovering another slobbering beast is trivial in comparison imagine one could go from one side of the globe to the other in the blink of an eye and i'll wager that is just the start of the obelisk's capabilities i must learn more i must as i thought the legion was at the last pillar of light i cited them as they departed and have been following them since they are too many for me to fight head-on if they spot me i will be killed but i know how to hide from sight and mask my scent from their beasts it did not take long to discern which one was the leader no one else walks with his pride or gestures with his authority i could probably have hit him with an arrow by now but i want him to see my face i want him to know that the beast queen vanquished him i'm starting to become quite cross with mr nervous impatience i had barely any time at all to study the obelisk before we set out again this time to that cave miss walker mentioned i wonder does he believe that she knows more about the obelisks than i do nonsense any fool could see that i am the superior scientist besides i am his official advisor while she is his prisoner she isn't even privy to my presence nonetheless i feel compelled to prove my scientific metal whatever is in that cave i shall be the one to discover its purpose the mysteries of the obelisks are mine to uncover not miss walkers or even mr nervous mine damn these barbarians they smelled our weakness between our battles with the beast queen and the dragon the new legion's main army has been distracted and depleted lesser tribes have taken advantage by raiding our camps and seizing territory that we claimed without blood and sweat fine let them have their temporary victories let them imagine that they have inflicted real wounds upon us when i obtain the power of the obelisks they will pay for every blade of grass they take from me with that power i will make them no true regret my men are uneasy you've reached us that the howling wolves are on the march heading straight for the heart of new legion territory some want to turn back and defend our home i understand the instinct they lack my foresight only rockwell has the strength of mind to see my vision we are nearly to the cave once i hold the power it contains i can use it to crush the howling wolves and their petty forces whatever games they make will be erased i'll unite the entire island in a single glorious battle soon they'll see everyone will see i am this island's destined emperor i am its destined god when nova and his band return from the cave they'll decide my fate so this may be my final chance to reflect i may as well take advantage of it i realized that had i just ignored the signs and accepted this paradise at face value i'd still be happy and free would that have been better i don't think so after a lot of thought i've decided that i'd rather die seeking the truth than living in an illusion that as rockwell would say is the path of a true scientist not that i'm galileo battling the church or anything but hey it's something to hold on to i had not expected to battle another monster much less once so powerful yet yet i stand victorious my men lie dead my beasts lie dead yet i still stand even rockwell has never seen anything like this place surely it is some haul of the gods surely the power of the obelisks is here waiting for a worthy champion to wield it with it i will not need beasts or men its power alone will win me this island i need only to find it and claim what is mine praise janus for taking me here praise mars for lending me his strength i claim this great victory in your names gaius marcellus nerva victory through discipline in all my life i have never seen so magnificent a sight mr nerva may be bemoaning the loss of his men but i would sacrifice them a thousand times over to witness such majesty i have never seen a night sky so beautiful somehow this place looks down upon the world from on high as though it stands upon the peak of olympus itself and my word the exquisite metal this place is made out of not to mention that bizarre creature it reminds me of the material that lines the obelisks yet somehow more alive [Music] the very walls of this place seem to hum with power and possibility i must find more information on this material perhaps one of these consoles will have something i could use i'm not familiar with the technology but i'm sure a scientist of my calibre could get something out of them with a little educated fiddling regards sir edmund rockwell i soon regretted freeing helena from her cage before following the lesion through the portal they opened she was too focused on the wonders around us when she saw that most of the legion was dead she even tried to dissuade me from killing their leader i knocked her unconscious i wish her no harm but i cannot let her interfere at least she told me his name nerva that is the man i will kill here on this most fitting stage i admit it is beautiful the stars shine so clearly i can think of no better place for my vengeance here at the edge of heaven let our battle finally be decided nothing how can there be nothing i have searched ceaselessly and yet i find nothing i sacrifice my men my kingdom everything i have nothing left to give everything i've bled for is gone for what for a view what trickery is this what is this place am i the victim of some divine joke i don't understand i served the emperor loyally why would jenus pull me from his service if not to bring order here i've cried out for answers the gods never respond they have abandoned me all i hear is my own voice echoing off these cursed halls betrayed destitute and alone through discipline i suspect nerva knew that he would not fare well in battle after taking a couple blows from my sword he dashed off into the darkness however i know he was deeply wounded his blood cannot lie i suspect this command center was created by something with technology far beyond most normal comprehension in the distance i can see several worlds one that is clearly a place i've been i am now sure that there are more of these worlds that scoundrel nervous must have escaped before he could meet his death little does he know i won't give up that easily i will find him in whatever realm he travels to there is a terminal that sits upon the platform near the end of the command center surely through some combination of codes that must unlock travel to other worlds but it does not it only adds another foe to be slain by the beast queen well i'm not dead and as it turns out neither was mein in fact it was her who freed me and insisted we follow nerva through the portal in the cave a horrifying scene awaited us all of nervous men lay dead amongst the shards of a mysterious medal but nervous body was missing forgetting my present company i suggested a peaceful approach if we encountered him that earned me one hell of a knockout punch when i came to i searched the whole station but the only signs of me yin and nerva were a few ounces of dried blood no bodies and no victor there floating outside the window and surrounded by machinery was the very island that i had been living on and it too was orbiting high above the earth along with countless other stations just like it the ecosystem on the island wasn't just curated it was completely artificial from the ground up what in the hell is all this why would anyone construct it and how could they have possibly kept it hidden from the world i don't have the answers to any of these questions or the dozens of others that kept popping into my head but somehow i mean to find out somehow i'll find the truth [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes [Music] [Music] [Music] hmm [Music] you

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