After the Cataclysm, Reians settled down in Balaurea. They adapted to the barren environment and stood against the Balaur to defend their new home, nyerk.

Among them, in a place called Esoterrace, a small group of about 20 Reians are fighting the Balaur to protect their land. But the Reians are too few and seem to be desperately struggling, nyerk.

Things got worse when Dalia, the Elim who was the spiritual leader and gave the Reians the land to live on, was taken by the Balaur. Now they are battling for their lives and don't even dream of retaking Esoterrace, nyerk.

But there is no intel on what kind of a place it is or if the Reians can even be trusted, so the request for help sent to the Asmodian headquarters has been met with silence, nyerk.

If Daeva has time, could Daeva go to Esoterrace and hear what the Reians Nepion have to say, and then give Reians a hand, nyerk?

Player: "I'll do it."

Were you sent by the Pandaemonium Expeditionary Force? (Tilting his head) You don't look familiar...

Anyway, since you've come to help, let me explain the situation.

This land is called Esoterrace.

Once our home, Chief Administrator Surama has turned it into a Drana production region after occupying the land.

We tried to reclaim Esoterrace countless times, but have failed. We even were not able to get as far as Surama.

Even our protector, Dalia, has fallen into their hands...

Look into this Image Marble and I'll explain the rest to you.

Player: (Look into the Image Marble.)

This is Narayama Canyon. The path up leads to the Esoterrace Drana Farm. It is the biggest Drana farm in the Tiamat dominion.

This is where our protector Dalia is. It pains me to say it... but she is now a tool for producing Drana.

All the Drana produced in the farm is sent to the Drana Production Lab here.

Unfortunately, this is all we know. There were too many guards to even go beyond that point.

Player: "Please go on."

My guess is that Surama is doing research at a secret laboratory beyond the Drana Production Lab. Whatever he's researching, nothing good can come of it.

I beg you, please help us drive the loathsome Balaur out from Esoterrace and put a stop to Surama's research.

First, go to Narayama Canyon and free Dalia from Surama's cruelty... then go to the laboratory and eliminate the Balaur there.

Take the cliff not far from here and you'll find my kinsfolk waiting for you. They will open a Windstream that will take you to Narayama Canyon.

Player: "Okay."

There are rumors that the Balaur, who occupy Esoterrace, are researching something in secret under the order of Chief Administrator Surama, nyerk.

Whatever it is, it can't be good for the Reians or the Black Cloud Traders, nyerk.

Could Daeva assist the Reians in Esoterrace by interrupting the Balaur and retrieving the data on Surama's research, nyerk?

Player: "I found this."

This... looks like a part of the Balaur body tissue, nyerk.

Shugo can see the tissue was subjected to unnatural deformation and accelerated growth, nyerk.

Doesn't it feel like this specimen has been experimented on, nyerk?

Player: "Here's what I saw..."

So the Balaur not only seized Esoterrace from the Reians and built a Drana farm on it, but... but Balaur were secretly conducting biological tests on other Balaur, nyerk?

If that's true, we must do something!

First, Shugo will go share this with the Black Cloud Traders, nyerk.