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Despite this, Baltas was able to regenerate his body, emerging from the carnage as a young boy. This forced One and her new dragon friend to flee.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 1, Chapter 5}} | Despite this, Baltas was able to regenerate his body, emerging from the carnage as a young boy. This forced One and her new dragon friend to flee.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 1, Chapter 5}} | ||
===Return to Cathedral City=== | ===Return to Cathedral City=== | ||
One month later, on June 6, 998, Baltas arrived in the Cathedral City as requested by Lord [[Gray]] of the [[Land of Mountains]].{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} He was | One month later, on June 6, 998, Baltas arrived in the Cathedral City as requested by Lord [[Gray]] of the [[Land of Mountains]].{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} He was subsequently handed some [[Old World language|Old World writing]] by Lady Cerulea, who instructed him to read it while interacting with Mercury's Door. When Baltas followed her instructions, a panel near the door opened up, where a projection of the woman known as [[Accord]] appeared. The projection informed him that his voice data was incorrect, after which he was promptly teleported away.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 7}} | ||
While Baltas was gone, Intoner One and her sisters arrived in the Cathedral City as well. After a fight with the landed lords, One managed to shatter Mercury's Door with her song, and the Intoner [[Zero]] destroyed the [[black sludge]] that emerged from behind it.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 8}}{{Bookref|U5|Volume 3, Chapter 12}} Baltas then reappeared in the middle of a battle between One and Zero.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 3, Chapter 13}} Zero's dragon companion [[Michael]] recognised Baltas as being from the Old World, and admonished him for the chaos he created, as well as his failure to protect the door. Baltas lamented about how he had been guarding the door for so long that he had forgotten why he was guarding the door or who gave him the task in the first place.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 3, Chapter 13}} With his life's duty invalidated, Baltas wished to fight the strongest opponents in the world. | |||
===Final showdown=== | ===Final showdown=== | ||
One and Baltas would go on to have one final confrontation in December 998.{{Videoref|Nier10th}}{{Videoref|Nier10th|NieR Chronology Review}} The exact outcome of this confrontation is unknown, but it is believed that One emerged victorious. | One and Baltas would go on to have one final confrontation in December 998.{{Videoref|Nier10th}}{{Videoref|Nier10th|NieR Chronology Review}} The exact outcome of this confrontation is unknown, but it is believed that One emerged victorious. |