A Good Dose Of History

[paladin_robot]

[Well, Richard inside the infirmary is hardly a surprising sight by now - the young man practically lives there. However, if one took a look at the moment, they would find that he had a... rather interesting collection beside him at the moment. Old tomes, fragments of ancient pottery, and small stacks of photographs, with a large metallic box containing even more next to the bed Richard was on. What was already out, was laying upon his lap, and he seemed to examine them with some scrutiny...

...Want to find out whats up?]

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[whats_a_paladin]

...I'm not entirely sure. Maybe there's more hints about all this in the materials you're gathered.

This is just an idea, remember. There's no guarantee I'm actually right. But if our track record of fighting ancient monsters is any indication...

[paladin_robot]

There's not much else text wise... just more artifacts. Though looking at it, there seem to be four designs that pop up again and again in particular...

Whatever this Demon King is - or these Demon Kings are I suppose - it'll just have to be another thing to deal with I guess...

[whats_a_paladin]

Four designs... Rock, fire...

Sounds like the four elements to me.

[paladin_robot]

Four what? This is a thing?

[Whilst he sounds incredulous, that Richard is leaning forward makes clear his interest.]

[whats_a_paladin]

The four classical elements. You don't know them? Water, earth, fire, air? It's an outdated and arbitrary distinction, but even little kids know it...

[paladin_robot]

Little kids who didn't have their home city destroyed in Second Impact?

[Richard sighs a bit, grumbling as he rubs the back of his neck.]

Sorry. My parents mostly taught me common sense stuff, or how to take an engine apart and put it back together. So this four elements stuff is kinda over my head.

[whats_a_paladin]

...No, it's my fault. I keep forgetting that just because you're Britannian and haven't experienced the One Year War, doesn't mean you weren't affected by even worse things.

[paladin_robot]

Well, if it makes it any easier to remember, just think of me as being French. Only 'Britannian' because I'm a citizen and soldier of the empire. Can't say its not proving entirely useless though...

[Richard sighs, looking around once more at the small collection.]

We'll be able to handle anything that comes of this, right?

[whats_a_paladin]

Of course. You've been to Saturn. Do you think this can be worse than that?

[paladin_robot]

...I should wear that on my wrist or something - 'is this worse than Saturn?'.

Still, hopefully we'll get this figured out... haven't heard a peep out of those things since that day. Can't help but be a little anxious.

[whats_a_paladin]

That's a familiar feeling... But whether these creatures will appear again or not, only time will tell. The best you can do in the meantime is gather more info, uncover more mysteries, and polish your skills at controlling Ideigi.