【PC】シルヴァリオ ヴェンデッタ｜Silverio Vendetta

西暦2578年──その年、世界は崩壊した。

それはやがて訪れる近未来。

化石燃料の枯渇が叫ばれ始めた時代、

各国が数少ない資源を奪い合う中で日本は未知の素粒子“星辰体（アストラル）”の発見に成功する。

一躍エネルギー問題解決へと踏み出すがしかし、

日本の一国台頭を認めない各国は新技術の奪い合いへと乗り出した。

第五次世界大戦の勃発である。

開かれる戦火。

世界全土を巻き込んで激しさを増す争いの中、

人類最大の大戦はやがて予想外の顛末へと突入した。星辰体（アストラル）を用いた新型の動力炉が暴走──

高位次元への急激な干渉から、大規模な空間震災が発生──

爆心地である日本、ユーラシア大陸の東半分と共に消滅──

そして、第二太陽（アマテラス）の誕生により急激な変化を起こした地球環境。

電子回路の死と共に文明の維持は不可能へと陥り、

地球に深い爪痕を残した勝者なき戦争は静かにその幕を閉じるのだった。

In the near future, fossil fuel deposits have dried up and nations have begun scrambling to secure the few resources which remained. It was at this time that Japan successfully discovered the previously unknown “Astral” particle, which would have solved the world’s energy problems. However, the other nations would not recognize Japan’s superiority and sought to take the new technology by force, sparking the Fifth World War.

As the entire world descended into a fierce war, no one had realised the greatest danger to humankind. The new Astral nuclear power reactors malfunctioned, causing a seismic space-time earthquake which wiped out Japan and most of eastern Eurasia.

With the birth of the second sun, Amaterasu, came a drastic change in the world situation. As it was impossible to maintain the current culture with the lack of electronic circuits, the war ended without any victor, leaving behind only a deep scar.

It took a thousand years before humankind recovered from this catastrophe. It was then that another unprecedented calamity occurred in the capital of Adler, a military nation located in what was formerly Western Europe. Blood and screams filled the burning streets as the city descended into bottomless despair. Two strange beings appeared, challenging the hero and the fate of mankind.

Zephyr did not believe that this fierce heroic battle suited him and decided to run away instead. He did not care about winning the battle; he just wished to live a normal life. For the only girl he had saved, he promised to turn his back on everything. This is not a story about heroes; it is a tale about those who have lost.

[From Hau~ Omochikaeri!]