Liberi Reader

All of the Reunion teams I could reach have pulled out.

That's a lot of people.

It's incredible... like a river.

It'll be a river out there in the wilderness... a river of refugees.

There's Ursus and Lugmenites out there. Infected and ordinary folk alike. No matter what they came with, they're leaving empty-handed.

They thought there was a place that would take them. Now they know there's never anywhere they could've gone.

This river won't flow forever.

......

(He sounds so sad.)

(He picked that up from Big Daddy.)

(No wonder. Anyone would get sentimental at a time like this.)

If Big Daddy was here, we would've won the fight and it wouldn't have come to this, huh?

It's the luck of the draw. No use thinking about how things could've been.

......Get ready. I'll go talk it over with the Phantom Crossbowmen.

Don't rush me. It's not like I don't know.

Hurry up already. Quit screwing around.

I'm pretty choked up too!

Are you sure?

It's Yeti Squad.

What about Amiya and her people?

They're already on their way. Amiya said to tell you to 'take it easy'.

......

She knows better than to tell me that. It's me, Blaze. When do I ever take it easy?

Blaze! Where are you going?!

To save lives!

Crossbowmen! Wait up!

Yetis... what are you doing?

It's Sister FrostNova... She's growing weak. She can't keep this up for long.

She exhausted her energy pushing back Lungmen's forces. She may not wake up for a while.

You mean you want us to take her with us?

But we aren't going back to Chernobog. Faust didn't want Mephisto to go back...

We're begging you!

We want Sister to be together with Patriot, in the end!

We know, they're not exactly getting along right now, but... their bond is stronger than blood.

So please... we beg of you.

......

And what will you do?

We'll cover you. If we don't hold them back, the Lungmenites will catch you in no time.

Once you're all far enough away from Lungmen that you're no longer a threat to them, they'll give up the chase.

But that means, you guys will...

Live by the sword, die by the sword. We're okay with dying in battle.

The future that Sister FrostNova spoke of is still a ways away. But we don't need to see it for ourselves.

We owe you our lives.

That's nothing. You're saving our Sister.

...We will do what you ask of us. I swear it.

Take these armguards. And put on this protective suit.

What for?

Our Sister is far too cold for you.

...She...

...She's so light...

The Arts have emptied her body. Easy now, easy...

Don't wake her.

Look at her... look how softly she sleeps.

Goodbye, Sister...

We'll be waiting for you.

...All right then.

Let's... move on.

It's us that's moving on.

We'll meet again, Yetis.

Not too soon, I hope.

......

Are we going to die?

......

*Ursine profanity*, what are you crying for?

Are you a Yeti or not?!

Are you not crying?!

What am I crying about...?! Did you forget what Sister said?!

She said not to cry.

Right! She said not to cry... More than a decade ago, she said not to cry! So I don't want to see any tears! We don't get to cry... because we haven't won yet!

Once we win, once we're free...

Once we're free, we'll cry our eyes out, in the wilderness, in the snow, in the stacks of wheat piled high, we'll be bawling!

Sister was crying as she said it, you know.

She was only nine at the time. We were all a little older than her...

Without her, we would have died in that mine.

Did you bring the sauce?

Bring the what...? Wait, I thought we weren't allowed to bring it?

You're not allowed to drink on the march, but you had it with you, I know.

I want a drink too...

You're not old enough yet, are you?

B- but I've never tried before. I don't want to die without ever tasting it...

Give him a little.

Petrova...

Fine, take a swig. But not too much, we all need a share.

Na zdorovye, brothers! Warm up!

To Sister! And Big Daddy!

To FrostNova! And Patriot!

Do you know these Infected?

I do, Officer Ch'en.

But this final battle must be fought.

Do we have a choice?

We may not.

Look behind you. They're not even trying to hide themselves anymore.

...The black raincoats.

So, we have to fight them.

This is what we must do. If we don't, we'll fall short. And the business of pushing the special forces into the Yetis becomes pretty unconvincing.

Unless you could convince them to surrender?

As long as there's Infected behind them... they won't give up.

...Amiya.

I won't force you to fight.

I'm sorry, Officer Ch'en. But... but we will witness it.

The L. G. D. fought bravely, no one can deny that. You fought for Lungmen, against the invaders.

This is how we will help you against those special forces.

And for our sake... We must record every battle for the Infected.

Every single one.

Amiya.

Officer Ch'en?

When this battle is over, let's grab a bite together.

B- but I'm Infected...

I don't care. The loudmouth and the tall lady? They won't mind either.

This battle... it's going to cost a lot.

For us, it's a battle.

For Lungmen, it's a war.

And that's what war is.

But whoever it was who planned all this, they're not here.

......

Say, there's something I have to tell you——

——But not right now.

Yeah. Not right now, Officer Ch'en.

......

Doctor......

...Mhm.

I...

......

You're right. I decided.

I need to see it... with my own eyes.

Together.

So we don't call her Big Sister because she's older than us...? Why am I just learning this now?

Well, it works for you. You were three years old back then.

Pfft!

Hey, what's with the attitude? Did you get drunk off two sips? When you cried out for food, did I feed you or not?

That was then, this is... now!

You know, it's funny. I'm suddenly thinking about those Rhodes Islanders.

Why?

That one cat, with the hot body, the one who said she wanted to drink with us.

It's too bad. She looked like she'd be able to hold her liquor. She looked like a real good time.

But the little rabbit, she can't be old enough yet?

What is she? 16? 17?

More like 14. She just seems older because she talks fancy.

As old as Sister was... back then.

Let's toast them one more time.

So it is said, so shall it be done!

So shall it be done!

Um, uh... so shall it be done!

......

Lungmenites should be more coordinated.

Get out of here. The Yetis can only hold them for a while.

You don't think what they're doing is incredible?

If we die, then they did it all for nothing.

The Phantom Crossbowmen say we can't go back to Chernobog. So we're going to a new place.

......

You don't care where our new base is?

Wherever it is, I'm going with you.

Heh. You Lungmenites are no different from us.

I was hoping they'd treat you better here. Turns out it's the same as it was in Ursus.

Infected suffer the same everywhere.

That's not what you said when you first got here.

People change.

Yetis? Are those the Yetis?

It's the Yetis! R- right...? Definitely!

Yetiiiis... Yetiiii! Why are you Yetis like this?!

Damn it! Don't die! I won't let you die!

Just hold on, I can save you! I'll get you to safety...!

Why do you Infected want to die here?!

The special forces stopped attacking? No, looks like they're pulling back...?

Seems... they're giving us the initiative.

Are we showing the power of Lungmen's law enforcement? *Lungmen profanity* They underestimated us!

...Never mind.

Listen up, this is the last wave! Don't disappoint the people, or Ch'en Sir.

We'll show Reunion how powerful Lungmen is! The Infected won't dare attack our city again!

Hah...

Phantom Crossbowmen, don't let us down. You have to get our Sister back to the old man.

...She's running out of time. She should spend it with him.

We don't have much time left ourselves, eh?

Ready?

Ready. Let's give back our lives.

Let's show them what the squad trained by Buldrokkas'tee, Ursus's greatest soldier, and led by it's coldest nightmare, can do!

The last of Sister's Originium Arts...

Frost Originium, ready to loose!

Nesti! We're coming!

Yetiiiiiiiiiis!!!