Difference between revisions of "Main Quest:Chapter 2"

In this chapter, the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}}'s acclimation to Shinjuku Academy is abruptly ended when {{Transient icon|Shiro}} is apparently possessed by a mysterious book and they're forced to rescue him. During this time, the Protagonist learns more about the rules of [[The App| the App (SUMMONS)]] and has their first encounter with an Exception.

With the D-Evils largely tied up, the remaining thugs flee the battle. Lil' Salomon theorizes that the D-Evils are familiars summoned from the App. However, as whoever summoned them is no longer in the immediate vicinity, the only was to end the battle is to eliminate the D-Evils. This becomes a problem when the D-Evils decide that the Protagonist is an enemy and intend to destroy their phone, severing their connection to the App and Lil' Salomon's anchor to Tokyo (though he tries to downplay his part).

With the number of D-Evils continuing to rise, Lil' Salomon claims their only chance to survive is to break the connection between the D-Evils and whoever summoned them. The Protagonist taps into their sword's power and, to Lil' Salomon's surprise, manages to get them to stop. Lil' Salomon's shock quickly turns to euphoria as he realized that the artifacts rule, Rending, was what allowed this to happen. However, the Protagonist is more concerned about the dead thugs still around. Fortunately, the thugs are inexplicably revived once the Battle Zone is closed, though are visibly traumatized by what happened. Lil' Salmon explains that, even if a player dies within a Battle Zone, everything resets to the start of a battle once it closes. However, before they can process the information, they are approached one of the thugs' friends, {{Transient icon|Kirito}} who drags the remainder away with him after apologizing to the Protagonist for getting caught up in their 'rookie hunt'. After they leave, a few more D-Evils show up, forcing them back into the fight.

With the remaining D-Evils safely severed from their summoner's influence, the Protagonist prepares to form a pact with the leading D-Evil. This causes Lil' Salomon to worry, as he fears that the Protagonist's indiscriminate pact making might overtax their strength. This debate is put on hold when the D-Evil begins leading them to its former Summoner, which turns out to be Shiro. The D-Evils are spawned from a book he holds, but he has no interest in controlling them. When the Protagonist approaches, the D-Evils assume they're a threat and, despite Shiro's attempts to get them to run, attack them.

After getting Shiro back to his senses, the Protagonist explains what they know about the App's functionality. After being relieved that he did nothing wrong and reigning in the D-Evils, Shiro attempts to shut down the App before anything else happens. As he does so, however, a mysterious power surge overloads the App, causing widespread destruction, forcing Lil' Salomon to disappear, and bringing forth a colossal entity, {{Transient Icon|Yog-Sothoth}}. As the two struggle to process what's going on,