The First Spatial Quake killed over 150 million people and destroyed a portion of the Eurasian Continent. To this day, nobody knows how they occur, but rather...they're caused by someone, someone not from this world. The AST and DEM are made to comb...
1 hour after the disappearance of DEM, AST, and Ratatoskr
The entire building is gone from the explosion in the desolate base of Rataroskr. We see a woman adorned in angelic-like clothing floating in destruction. She looked worried and a bit frightened.
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???: "No...Shin...Kaza...where did you go? You weren't supposed to fight him...he'll kill you both...I can't let you both die. Not again...please...come back to me...these 30 years can't be wasted..."
She attempts to form a portal to the Neighboring World but is shocked to discover that her access to the other world is restricted.
???: "What? How is this possible? I can't enter the Neighboring World? But I..."
???: "Having trouble...Mother?"
The woman turns around to see a ghostly vestige of the Balladeer standing on a piece of rubble.
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Balladeer: "You're so desperate in trying to bring back the dead...huh Mio?"
Mio: "You...return them at once!"
Balladeer: "I'm afraid that's not gonna happen. Their fates are sealed the moment they disobey a god, like me. I love seeing that despairing look on your face, it's so amusing..."
Mio: "Why...Why are you doing this, Shin!?"
Balladeer: "Do not call me by that horrid nickname. Shinji Takamiya and Shido Itsuka are no more. Even though you're not from my world, your mere existence across other realities is enough to make me feel ill. I mean, come on. You brought back Shinji Takamiya and birthed him from your own womb to love him like he wasn't a son but instead your boyfriend, that's disgusting, coming to me. The Spirits are mine and Shido Itsuka will die, and you won't be able to do anything. I locked the entire Neighboring World from your access using my world's <Ain Soph>."
