- In the absence of a better option, Backrix seems ready to go along with Mide's rescue plan.
- Though Backrix is troubled by Mide's bizarre belief that the soul of her beloved lives on in Alexander, he agrees to go along with the treasure hunter's plan for Roundrox's sake. However, he warns you that the Illuminati have been tirelessly ferrying supplies to their sunken home, likely for use in new weapons. Be ready for anything as you attempt to break through the Illuminati's last line of defense on your way to the second core.
- Despite the best efforts of the Illuminati's foremost machinists, the path to the core of Midas is now free from obstruction. Press on to your destination.
- You push through to the heart of Midas, and Mide quickly disables the core powering Alexander's left arm. Before you have time to savor your victory, however, Quickthinx Allthoughts appears on a hovering platform, flanked by a group of underlings. The Illuminati Grand Master duly indulges in his characteristic cryptic remarks, before declaring that he knows exactly who holds the true codex fragment. Though Wedge and Biggs make a valiant effort to divert the goblins' attention while you escape with Mide, their plan comes to naught when the moving platform on which you are standing stops without warning, catapulting the codex fragment out of the treasure hunter's grasp. With grim inevitability, it lands on Quickthinx's still-functioning platform, and he gleefully departs the scene.
- You return to Bigwest Shortstop in low spirits, but take solace in the fact that two of Alexander's cores have now been disabled, ensuring that the primal will remain immobile. Backrix, however, seems nonplussed by your return. Speak with the confused goblin, and inquire as to the cause of his unease.
- Backrix claims that not nearly enough time has elapsed for you to have completed your mission, given that you departed mere moments before returning. What could be the cause of this bizarre discrepancy? Could Backrix's heretofore steel-trap-like braincase be playing tricks on him...or is something more sinister afoot?
Pssshkoh... Treasure hunter truly believes soul of lost love sleeps in metal giant... Madness. But Backrix does not doubt resolve to rescue Roundrox.
Go with Mide deep into Midas, and deactivate second core. But do not underestimate Illuminati! Day and night, they bring supplies into steel fortress─Backrix suspects Illuminati are tinkermaking new weapons!
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System
You now have access to the Burden of the Son. Midas can be accessed via the entrance at the Thaliak River.
You now have access to the Burden of the Son. Midas can be accessed via the entrance at the Thaliak River.
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They tell me the Illuminati have been up all hours ferrying raw materials to Alexander. Seems the thrashing you gave old Quickthinx didn't do much to dampen their spirits.
I reckon that means we're in for a battle and a half when we get to the core. Still, there's naught those goblins can build that you can't break, lad─at least I hope there isn't! We'll soon see, I s'pose... Lead the way when you're ready. Me and Wedge will follow with Mide.
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I cannot bear to think what the Illuminati might be doing to Roundrox... But as long as Mide has the final codex fragment, she shouldn't be in any real danger...should she?
I expect the Illuminati will have seen through Mide's ruse by now. But if they dare to try and take the real codex fragment, I will─ I will─ I will jolly well stop them, one way or another!
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Our path is clear. We shatter the Illuminati's last lines of defense, and disable the core housed within Midas.
In the depths of my despair, with the loss of my friends still fresh in my mind, I would have given anything to take back what we had done. Even if it meant my own life.
But the world does not work like that. And even if it did, it is not what my beloved would have wanted.
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They tell me the Illuminati have been up all hours ferrying raw materials to Alexander. Seems the thrashing you gave old Quickthinx didn't do much to dampen their spirits.
I reckon that means we're in for a battle and a half when we get to the core. Still, there's naught those goblins can build that you can't break, lad─at least I hope there isn't! We'll soon see, I s'pose... Lead the way when you're ready. Me and Wedge will follow with Mide.
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I cannot bear to think what the Illuminati might be doing to Roundrox... But as long as Mide has the final codex fragment, she shouldn't be in any real danger...should she?
I expect the Illuminati will have seen through Mide's ruse by now. But if they dare to try and take the real codex fragment, I will─ I will─ I will jolly well stop them, one way or another!
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Our path is clear. We shatter the Illuminati's last lines of defense, and disable the core housed within Midas.
In the depths of my despair, with the loss of my friends still fresh in my mind, I would have given anything to take back what we had done. Even if it meant my own life.
But the world does not work like that. And even if it did, it is not what my beloved would have wanted.
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They tell me the Illuminati have been up all hours ferrying raw materials to Alexander. Seems the thrashing you gave old Quickthinx didn't do much to dampen their spirits.
I reckon that means we're in for a battle and a half when we get to the core. Still, there's naught those goblins can build that you can't break, lad─at least I hope there isn't! We'll soon see, I s'pose... Lead the way when you're ready. Me and Wedge will follow with Mide.
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I cannot bear to think what the Illuminati might be doing to Roundrox... But as long as Mide has the final codex fragment, she shouldn't be in any real danger...should she?
I expect the Illuminati will have seen through Mide's ruse by now. But if they dare to try and take the real codex fragment, I will─ I will─ I will jolly well stop them, one way or another!
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Our path is clear. We shatter the Illuminati's last lines of defense, and disable the core housed within Midas.
In the depths of my despair, with the loss of my friends still fresh in my mind, I would have given anything to take back what we had done. Even if it meant my own life.
But the world does not work like that. And even if it did, it is not what my beloved would have wanted.
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Proceed to the Midan Knot?
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Pssshkoh... Do uplanders forget something? Matters are too urgent for such foolish doings!
...What? Tongueflaps of uplander make Backrix almost to laugh. Uplander claims already to have stopped core and lost fragment to Quickthinx? Pssshkoh... Look here, uplander: Backrix has braincase like steel trap─catching all heard things, all seen things─and he saw uplanders leave but few moments ago.
Pssshkoh... Backrix senses something is amiss...
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...Forgive me. Through my incompetence, the Illuminati have all they need to control Alexander. And though the beast is now immobile, I cannot help but feel that matters are worse.
...Nor do our troubles end there. In our absence, Backrix seems to have taken leave of his senses...
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What a bunch of bleedin' dolts! Why didn't we just leave the fragment here with Backrix!?
Still, we did do one thing right, I s'pose. The second core's out of action, and that primal's going nowhere.
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Try as I might, I cannot think of a logical explanation for what happened back there.
Not only did the platforms malfunction at precisely the right moment, but Quickthinx was on the only one that didn't. And it just happened to be in exactly the right place to catch the codex fragment. Do you know how difficult it would be to orchestrate something like that, much less predict it!?
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Acquisition
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