Mass for the Dead Chapter 10



Crumbling Overture (崩壞序曲) is the tenth main story chapter in Mass for the Dead. It was released to the public on August 1, 2020.

Episode 1: Strategy Start
After Gazef Stronoff was rescued by the protagonist, a warning system was established by the Re-Estize Kingdom near the cave north of the E-Rantel. There guards are posted around the entrance to the cave leading to an anomaly known as a Crack. Unbeknownst to the guards, Lupusregina Beta and Yuri Alpha have sneaked into the quarantined area using [Invisibility] under Demiurge's orders.

Meanwhile Gazef who is still contaminated with Miasma and now a Contaminated Beast was spirited away and taken to a secret laboratory. The one attempting to cure the Warrior Captain is none other than white-haired and callous looking Nfirea Bareare. He is assisted by Sophie Noia, though she appears more interested in teasing her young colleague's lack of empathy than studying the effects of contamination. She eventually stops when the young man refuses to respond to her jab. She then presents all the compiled notes from the three kingdoms on what they have on the Cracks and Contaminated Beasts. It appears that experiments have been conducted on dead soldiers that became Contaminated Beasts. The dead were resurrected through magic in hopes that once revived they would be restored to normal. However the experiment ended in failure as the subject remained contaminated. The effects of the Cracks proves that miasma is different from brainwashing, which could be cancelled out through resurrection and it seems more of a "curse" instead. Nfirea hypothesizes that as of now it is impossible to separate the cause of the contamination from a subject. In order to develop a cure more experiments would need to be done, and requests more living subjects. Sophies finds Nfirea's boldly asking for sacrifices to be delightful and tells him she looks forward to see where his research will take them. After she leaves, Nfirea though distant and cold remains adamant to continue his work. It appears his main motivation for his research is to honor Enri's memory who he lost.

In the Royal Capital, King Ramposa III calls a meeting with three of the Six Great Nobles: Marquis Boullope, Marquis Blumrush, and Marquis Raeven.