That answer will suffice, my lord.
HP | 76.0 + (3.19*lvl) |
DEF |
Trigger | Dialogue |
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Identity Acquisition | That answer will suffice, my lord. |
Morning Greeting | The outcome of the night's assignment can be reviewed here. All has been done as willed. |
Afternoon Greeting | Though there is no immediate path toward learning all of my lord's teachings, I will attempt to acquire them in full while the sun shines. It is Faust's expertise. |
Evening Greeting | My purpose is to fade with the night's glint of the moon. Yet, should I be summoned, I shall stand by my lord as the moon shelters behind the clouds. |
Chatter #1 | What use is there to learning, to questioning...? A conundrum that had once harrowed my mind. Were it not for my lord... I would have been a mere ordinary human, not Faust. |
Chatter #2 | A Heishou may be but a tool... but Faust is different. As a beast of the Heishou - Mao Branch... as a Pinky... I am, with my name restored, a loyal blade and a devoted disciple of my lord. |
Chatter #3 | Accessing the Gesellschaft is... necessary, but I do so with reluctance. They attempt again and again to instruct and enlighten me, but gaining an understanding of my lord's teachings already consumes a majority of my days. ... Yet, one must face their disinclinations for the pursuit of learning. |
Post-Uptie Chat 1 | Cloudsplitting Manifestation(雲解顯現). Beasts of the Mao must follow in my wake, for my lord has bestowed me the leash. |
Post-Uptie Chat 2 | My lord has impressed upon us many times that the righteous do not make weapons of their might. Yet... even I, a brute whose blade swings before her lips speak, persevere toward righteousness... perhaps that is a road, a way(道) for one to walk down. |
Idle | I must be one of the great humans as well, as I have no resentment or covetousness in me. ... My lord, do not laugh. |
Uptying | Your will is understood; that vision of righteousness shall swiftly be realized. |
Deployment | To restore the righteousness that was lost. |
Stage Entry | Adept Heishou, into the fray. |
Viewed in Battle | Command without hesitation. |
Commencing Attack | Futility inheres in impossibility(不可違也). I will not be restrained. |
Enemy Stagger | Futile. |
Staggered | ... Indeed. |
Enemy Killed | Find your enlightenment, now. |
Death | ... Please straighten my bamboo hat. Yes. That is... enough... |
Check Passed | There are times when a blade has the makings of a solution. |
Check Failed | Failed to read the situation at hand. |
Victory Cry | Perpetual flawlessness is an impossibility. Yet, perseverance in that infinite approach to perfection makes this a non-issue. |
Extra Conditions Fulfilled | Today was a day of no shame, for I have made my contributions to bringing about righteousness. I shall face tomorrow with pride. |
Defeat Wail | ... The rising sun brings me shame. ... My display of incompetence today was no different from my years as an ordinary human. |
Heishou Mutation [Mao] / Mao Branch Adept
If this unit's Speed is faster than the target's, deal +2% more damage for every 1 Speed difference (max 10%)
Gain 1 <<((EnhanceZilu))Tianjiu Star's Blade>> every time an ally triggers a Deathrite effect (5 times per turn)
- If this unit triggered a Deathrite effect, gain 1 additional <<((EnhanceZilu))Tianjiu Star's Blade>>
When activating the <<((SupportProtect))Assist Defense>> effect, gain 5 <<((EnhanceZilu))Tianjiu Star's Blade>>
Blinkblade
SHAMROCK x 4
When 1 ally with the fastest Speed inflicts <<((Burst))Rupture>> damage, gain 1 <<((AttackUp))Offense Level Up>> next turn (3 times per turn)
Blinkstep
Blinkstep
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Clearing the Path, My Lord.
Clearing the Path, My Lord.
Clearing the Path, My Lord.
Clearing the Path, My Lord.
Traceless to Sight and Sound Alike.
Traceless to Sight and Sound Alike.
Ascendant Heishou - Mao Technique: Cloudsplitting Manifestation
Ascendant Heishou - Mao Technique: Cloudsplitting Manifestation
I understand your point.
Is the management Faust's insinuation that my unrestrained stubbornness is due to the fact that I am a simple-minded, uneducated swordswoman? Is that what you are implying?
It is not? Hm.
The intent behind that expression I observed exists still, though embellished by flowery language it has been.
Whichever is the case, the Gesellschaft's justification for that request, that I must reconsider my decision after further observation of its intelligence, is understood.
But I refuse nevertheless.
I have about two justifications for this decision...
First: Gesellschaft provides a distractingly overabundant amount of information. Most of them are unnecessary as well, as learning my lord's teachings takes up a great majority of my days.
Moreover, there is a dearth of righteousness in the intelligence provided by Faust; an overwhelming majority of them are far too... utilitarian. Overreliance on such information will set me on the wrong path, as it has happened to the other Fausts... And such a thing should not be allowed to pass.
Second: it does not matter what information you share with me. The judgment will not change.
Faust 'knows it all', isn't that correct? Then you must also know the reason behind my behavior is...
... Hm. Or is that not exactly true?
'Faust only knows everything that Faust knows, but does not know what Faust does not know'? The same could be said of any random passerby in the streets of Hongyuan.
... It seems that the responsibility to illuminate you falls to me, a student of an excellent teacher.
It happened one night, under the brilliant moonlike artificial light.
Back then, I was confident in my blade; I was of the belief that, as long as I had a sword, I could endure any kind of hardship.
Which is why I did not feel the need or the will to access the Gesellschaft, nor for learning.
That is when I first encountered my lord.
Whoops! It's kinda hard for us to chat when you're swinging your sword so violently like that~
You jest. It is plain to me that you are not having any difficulties with matching my strikes.
Ha ha... I'm not kidding. Whew, you're really giving me no time to speak.
If you do not jest, then... I best silence myself for now.
Um~ But I've got this burning question I wanna ask you, so that won't do.
Haah... do ask.
What do you 'like', Miss Faust?
Not exactly an apt subject for discussion between enemies locked in battle.
Or... perhaps this is but an attempt to buy time.
Ha ha... what reason would I have to do something like that?
I've already taken your lord's life, you see.
…….
You're an Adept of the Mao branch. You've been visiting Yihongyuan every night to decapitate my precious subordinates' lives...
... but the more I thought about it, the more did I realize that I know so little about you as a person.
Well, except for this little detail.
Given that you're still living as a beast... Ah, it seems that the Pinky caucus is still waiting for the right conditions and time to convene, Miss Faust.
Or... should I call you the <i>Tianjiu Star</i>?
…!
Oh? Your blade stopped. Did you not expect me to ask you that?
If you want to move on from this subject, can you please answer my question from earlier?
What do you 'like', Miss Faust?
... Blades. The more intimidating and mighty, the better.
Wowzers~ That's <i>so</i> like you~
But... that wasn't what I was asking. It was more like... a question out of frustration, you know? Miss Faust, you focus only on what you're good at, you never seek out knowledge outside your expertise, you never try to learn new things...
Learning could bring you to new paths, unparalleled paths that no one could even dream of following.
It is doubtful that there is that much value in the act of learning and questioning.
Of course there is.
Unlearned as I may be, my path has never been limited by it.
Heh heh... Nothing stops you, does it? You certainly live up to your nickname.
…….
But unrestrained as you may be, there are paths you do not want to tread.
Come work under me, Miss Faust.
I can teach you so, so many things.
A righteous cause. A battlefield. The means to utilize your qualities.
What... is it that you wish to do here in Hongyuan?
Hongyuan, as it is now, is but a pale imitation—the Hierarch is unlike a Hierarch should be, and families are unlike how families should be...
So I intend to make everything right.
What Hongyuan needs is...
…….
I decided to follow my lord upon hearing his reply.
... No. Stop it with your inquiries. How many times must I explain that I am already aware of that?
I am already aware of my lord's questionable behavior. I am also aware of the fact that my lord has prepared an ambitious plan for the Family Hierarch Evaluation. I know all these things.
I know that he has wielded the favor gained as the precious jade of Daguanyuan, the gem of the Jia family, like a weapon to one by one obtain everything he has ever pursued.
I know that he has seduced the daughter of the Xue family, for whom there is no place in his heart, to draw many, many of her family's secrets.
I know that his care for me is but a care for a tool that gives him access to the knowledge of the Gesellschaft.
I do not need to hear this from Faust. I know them.
He commits ruthless violence under the great cause of "rectification of names(正名)".
Even still... I cannot abandon my lord.
A false virtue it may have been, it has changed me still.
In this City, where even false charity is a rarity, there is much to be learned from my lord.
Miss Faust, can I talk to you for a minute?
... Yes.
I just had a little chat with this guy, and he told me that there's an unrighteous person who's bringing something great yet undeserving and excessive to Hongyuan.
People can bring about so much disturbance by trying to wield something that's beyond their capacities, right?
So, can you please go meet that person and give them a little warning? With good decorum and appropriate propriety, of course.
... The way of conquest is a way still; the mimicry of righteous cause is a form of righteousness still.
Huh?
It's nothing. Your word is my command, my lord.
Well, don't let me distract you from whatever you were doing. I've got other stuff to do, anyway.
Oh, and don't forget say hello to the other Fausts for me~
…….
He leaves without even waiting for my reply.
Intentionless(無意) and needless(無必).
It is becoming of a noble one not to let assumptions bog her down, even if there may truly be venom in my lord's heart.
I will... not relay his greeting to the Fausts. That must be what Faust wants as well.
Ending the report.