Story 11: DT Addendum: The Purgatory Working in the Shadows [VBEX4]

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STORY AND ILLUSTRATIONS NUMBER 11
“Duel Terminal” World Addendum: The Purgatory Working in the Shadows
This is the story of a certain planet in which myriad lifeforms have existed, going through cycles of reincarnation with the “Sacred World Tree” at its core. The beings and civilizations that have made this land their home have been dragged into struggles of life and death, destruction and worldcreation, being toyed with the entire time…

Story Guide

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This planet’s cycle of reincarnation is caused by the Worldcreation God “Sophia” and the Destruction God “Tierra”. At a certain point, after successfully obtaining the power of the Destruction God, the “Infernoids” began their objective of annihilating all life…
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Infernoid

Infernoid Tierra
A “Deathsciple” released from its seal by the power of the Destruction God “Tierra”. It eliminates all opposing forces trying to prevent the revival of the Destruction God using the flames of purgatory.
Ritual Beast

Ritual Beast Ulti-Gaiapelio
A tribe that lives as one with the “Ritual Beasts” who have a strong bond with the Sacred World Tree. They worked together with the “Tellarknight” and “Nekroz” to protect the planet from the rampage of the Gods

Lara’s Crisis and Awakening

In order to eliminate all life born from the “Sephiroth” system, Tierra began its assault. Spiritual Beast Gaiapelio and Lara shielded their comrades from that fierce onslaught and suffered near fatal injuries as a result. Gaiapelio chose to entrust its exhausted power to Lara, and so its soul merged into Lara. With the power entrusted to her by Gaiapelio, Lara also inherited the power of the “Keeper of the Sacred Tree”, and became a being that wields the powers of both “Creation” and “Destruction”.
Obtained “The Power of Creation” and “The Power of Destruction”

Ritual Beast Inheritance

Spiritual Beast Tamer Lara

The 11th Deathsciple

The true form of the azure flame shadow that escaped from the Sacred World Tree was the 11th Deathsciple “Evil”, hidden in the “Qliphort” system. However its form was incomplete and was far from being in a state to release its true power. In order to complete its awakening, Evil jumped around various battlefields, praying upon the empty remains of Deathsciples who have outlived their usefulness with their cores gone…

Infernoid Evil

Void Blaze-Up
Preys upon the “Infernoid” remains

Clash of Purgatory and Sacred Spirit(s)

Beckoned by the inheritance of power that awakened in Lara, two shadows descend: They were those of the “Water of the Yang Zing” and the “Shadow of the Yang Zing” that had fought a fierce battle against Lara as “Evil of the Yang Zing”. Although their powers had been used up completely to help activate “Zefraath”, the “Yang Zing” succeeded in fusing together once more and swore to battle alongside Lara. Meanwhile, Evil had succeeded in absorbing the 10 Deathsciples outside of Decatron. It evolved into “Flood” and rained the azure flames of purgatory upon Lara that was opposing it.

End of chapter

Translation Note:

“Worldcreation” as a single world is one possible localization for 創星 (sousei, “create” + “planet”). It’s a homophone to 創世, meaning “creation” in the sense of Genesis, but 創星 replaces the second kanji (“world”) with “planet”. It’s used in the names of Tierra, Source of Destruction, Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth and World Reassembly, as well as Tellarknight Genesis (this last one with a forced reading).

“Deathsciple” is one possible localization for 死徒 (shito, “death” + “apprentice”). It’s a homophone to 使徒, meaning “apostle/disciple”, but 死徒 replaces the first kanji (“messenger”) with “death”. It’s used in the name of Void Seer, and in a completely different theme, in the names for Serziel and Medusa as “Watchers” of the Evil Eye.