Gran and company strike a temporary cease-fire with Drang and Sturm, deciding to work together to reach the giant heat source in the heart of the cave.
Rackam
The rocks here look hot to the touch. If you're not careful, you might just get burned.
Vyrn
We're almost at the finish line! I can't wait to get this over with and take a nice, cold bath!
Io
How about a lava bath? There's one right up above us that should do the trick, lizard.
Vyrn
I am not a lizard!
Vyrn
And why are you treating me so mean lately...
Lyria
It feels like it's gotten a little cooler...
Drang
The factory workers would never be able to get any work done if the whole place were a sauna, y'know!
Rackam
So the reason it's so hot is because the factories have machines to blast all the heat outside?
Rackam
And where'd you come from anyway?
Drang
We seem to make odd deadfellows, don't we? Wait. Is that how the saying goes?
Katalina
I suppose a temporary cease-fire is in order. We'll deal with you two after this matter with the archduke is settled.
Sturm
If you want to settle things now, go ahead. I'm not interested in playing nice with you idiots.
Katalina
What was that? If you're challenging me to a duel, my pride as a knight demands I accept, but...
Drang
C'mon, guys! Enough of the scary fighty talk!
Drang
We don't have time to stand around, remember? Don't come crying to me if the archduke does something horrible.
Gran and company travel with Drang and Sturm until the two of them suddenly speed off ahead. Gran and company pursue the duo.
Katalina
If you two goons are here, that must mean we were right. There's something big buried here.
Drang
Ding-ding-ding! Something from untold centuries ago that's been lying dormant since the War.
Rackam
If it's from the War, it probably has some connection to the Astrals... Why would goofs like you know so much about it anyway?
Drang
I'm a very studious individual, you know! I've done lots of research on the subject!
Io
Does this mean... my master was possessed by an Astral ghost?
Drang
Now then! It's been fun chatting, but we really must take our leave now!
Drang
Thanks a million! Getting this far was a cinch! And it's all because of you!
Katalina
Don't move a muscle!
Sturm
I'm already moving.
Drang
We've got places to go, people to see! Ciao!
Rackam
Good grief! Things are gonna get bad if we let them get ahead of us!
Vyrn
Then why were we fighting alongside them in the first place?
Katalina
They're not your average spies. It's so easy to let your guard down around them! But next time... we'll put an end to this!
Vyrn
Let's hurry, Gran!
Gran and company defeat the monsters blocking the way and rush ever deeper into the underground factory.
Katalina
Ngh... Those monsters ate up more of our time than I thought.
Rackam
Which way did that joker go?
Vyrn
Looks like there's an entrance over there!
Katalina
That flash... Did they use explosives on the door? We might still be able to catch them if we hurry!
Beneath the rippling lake of lava, the battles in the old factory grow increasingly fierce for Gran and company.
Gran and company inch ever closer to the truth, almost as if guided by the mechanical monsters within the base...
7: What Slumbers Below 
