Time rewinds to a few dozen minutes before the player declares war on the world boss Armstrong.
Monstrous screams emanate from the other side of the city wall. Claudia, with a slender Magic Sword in hand, slowly approaches the bizarre figure's neck with the cold gleam of the blade.
It was a pus-covered, foul-smelling creature huddled in the corner, barely maintaining a human form. From the center of the stench came a hoarse voice, accompanied by the sound of vomiting, finally separating itself from the ooze. The figure was a pale-skinned man with tattered clothes still clinging to him, the unpleasant odor remaining.
