Back to Triglav, and into the huge classy building that is Clanspia HQ. Vel informs us that this meeting is for Ludger alone, but Jude replies that he's Ludger's friend and support. Alvin is a businessman and wants to get a feel for Clanspia. Leia is technically press. And Elle is... Lulu's handler!
Vel just linefaces at all this, but ultimately allows the gang to hop along.
Bisley has been waiting, and tells Ludger that the police are hounding the company and Bisley can no longer afford to protect someone unrelated to him, but offers that all his charges will be cleared by the corp if he becomes an Agent, aka sign his life away. Jude immediately steps in to ask what he's planning, what benefit does he get by having Ludger when he already has so many Agents.
Bisley wants to destroy the Alternate Worlds.
He and Vel explain that the Alternate Worlds are born from this, the Original World, but aren't independent despite the all differences between them; each of the Alternates shortens the lifespan of the Original. Clanspia is an ordinary business on the outside, but have actually been researching the Alt Worlds for a while now, and though they've gotten to the point where they can locate each Alt World, they have no means to travel to or destroy the cores of the worlds, Time Factors.
Jude asks how he thinks Ludger will of any use to this, and Bisley just chuckles and says he already knows the answer to his question-- because we've destroyed several Alt Worlds already to date, with Ludger's armored form that Bisley calls "Corpse Shell". An ability that only those of the Kresnik bloodline have, and why Bisley hired Julius. In Rieze Maxia, Kresnik was known as an ancient Sage who was close with the old Maxwell, but apparently they(have no clear indication of Kresnik's gender yet but probably guy?) were actually a warrior from Elenpios tasked with a mission by the Three Prime Spirits and blessed with the Corpse Shell armored form.
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Vel just linefaces at all this, but ultimately allows the gang to hop along.
Bisley has been waiting, and tells Ludger that the police are hounding the company and Bisley can no longer afford to protect someone unrelated to him, but offers that all his charges will be cleared by the corp if he becomes an Agent, aka sign his life away. Jude immediately steps in to ask what he's planning, what benefit does he get by having Ludger when he already has so many Agents.
Bisley wants to destroy the Alternate Worlds.
He and Vel explain that the Alternate Worlds are born from this, the Original World, but aren't independent despite the all differences between them; each of the Alternates shortens the lifespan of the Original. Clanspia is an ordinary business on the outside, but have actually been researching the Alt Worlds for a while now, and though they've gotten to the point where they can locate each Alt World, they have no means to travel to or destroy the cores of the worlds, Time Factors.
Jude asks how he thinks Ludger will of any use to this, and Bisley just chuckles and says he already knows the answer to his question-- because we've destroyed several Alt Worlds already to date, with Ludger's armored form that Bisley calls "Corpse Shell". An ability that only those of the Kresnik bloodline have, and why Bisley hired Julius. In Rieze Maxia, Kresnik was known as an ancient Sage who was close with the old Maxwell, but apparently they(have no clear indication of Kresnik's gender yet but probably guy?) were actually a warrior from Elenpios tasked with a mission by the Three Prime Spirits and blessed with the Corpse Shell armored form.