I saw some of my comrades... They are now, ah... the undead.

They don't even recognize me anymore.

And yet, I have neither been turned, nor been able to return to the flow of Aether. All I do is roam this mine....

There are limits to how much I can find out in this form... but while roaming the mine, I discovered that someone called Bugarota has something to do with all of this.

I think my undead comrade's Unstable Elyos Soul Stone, the Specially Crafted Bomb that is used to destroy Lym Ore, and an odd-behaving creature's Deformed Feelers is key to finding out the secret behind Herelym Mine.

I would like you to take those and gather the Damaged Mind Controller of The Herelym Ghost and deliver them to the headquarters.

I know it won't be easy, but if we find out more about what's happening at this mine... we might be able to give my comrades who died in vain some peace.

Player: Accept

I can tell by the dust on your clothes that you’ve just come from Herelym Mine.

Did you find anything?

Player: “Well....”

Interesting. So you're saying if we examine these, we might find out what's happening at the mine and why the soldiers became undead?

I'm sad to hear of Ithnil‘s fate.

Player, you've done well.

Player: “Thank you.”

I checked the items you brought. They seem to indicate that Bugarota was behind everything that has been happening at Herelym Mine.

Including why our soldiers became undead, and the creatures acting so oddly.

What I don’t know is how the bombs are being made.

Maybe Bugarota created them to help with smuggling ore.

I'm sure there must be other important clues about the Lym Ore trade somewhere.

If you go back to Herelym Mine, ask Ribeus for help finding more clues.

If Ithnil is right and the Asmodians are behind everything that's happening here... we’re in grave danger.

Player: “I’m on it.”

Did HQ ask you to find more clues about the Lym Ore trade?

Hmm... even if he's living among the undead to hide what he's doing... He'd still have kept the relevant information close by.

As far as I know, the Tightly Closed Cabinet is in his room.

Why don't you examine the cabinet?

Player: “On my way.”

(You open the tightly closed cabinet and examine the contents.)

(You discover a hidden paper at the bottom of the cabinet.)

(It would be best to take the paper to the Brigade General.)

Player: “Mission accomplished.”

You found this in Bugarota's room?

It's written in code. No surprise there.

Player: “Can you decipher it?”

We are slowly unraveling the secrets of Herelym Mine, but we still don’t have control.

And we still don't have a clear idea who Bugarota is.

We learned a lot thanks to you, but there is more yet to do.

Please continue with the mop-up mission.