Hoaxe
Ant Palace, Throne Room
[Story, ch5, first invasion]
Zaryant: Y-You... Ngh...!
Hoaxe: Hm. You can still speak after bearing my Slayer.
Elizant: Give it up, you Wasp scum! You know nothing of what I can do.
Hoaxe: If your troops were trained by you, I know more than enough.
Leif: Elizant!
Hoaxe: I will say it is impressive...how many vermin care for your pathetic rule.
Elizant: Those "vermin" are of my most trusted explorers. They can dispatch you with ease!
Hoaxe: Spare me your names. I'll forget soon after I get rid of you.
Vi: S-Shut up! You messed up the whole town!
Kabbu: We won't let you continue unchecked!
Leif: Elizant, stand back. We'll show this clown the door.
[battle]
Hoaxe: Hm. Impressive. But I tire of this game...
Hoaxe: AWAY WITH YOU!
[post-battle]
Kabbu: T-Too...strong...
Vi: ...Leif...! C-Can't you freeze him?!
Leif: He's...too powerful.
(minibubble) Leif: Gah!
(minibubble) Vi: The artifact!
(minibubble) Kabbu: Leif!
Elizant: Give it back, fiend!
Hoaxe: As if. Give me the other artifacts before I take them off you!
Hoaxe: !!!
Maki: My Queen!
Elizant: Maki! You are LATE!
Maki: Forgive me, Your Majesty. It seems my mission took way longer than expected.
Hoaxe: ...Hmph. At least I managed to snag one artifact.
Elizant: You will return it, with or without your head. And I won't spare you the time to weigh the odds!
Hoaxe: Taunt as you may. You cannot stop me!
Hoaxe: Take care of your vault, you pathetic Ant. I'll come for it soon enough.
[Story, ch6, returning from Wasp Kingdom]
Kabbu: You vile filth! Step away from the Queen!
Maki: T-Team Snakemouth...I'm sorry. My injury…
(minibubble) Elizant: Nghgh..
Vanessa: You blasted usurper! Will you burn all of Bugaria to the ground to reach your foolish ambitions!?
Hoaxe: Hmph. You're all so pathetic. Pitiable.
Hoaxe: A King holds absolute power over his people. He is not meant to serve... He is to be served!
Hoaxe: To command! To possess! To enjoy! That is the privilege of royalty! And it shall all be mine!
Hoaxe: You haven't learned your lesson? Shall I thaw out your ice in flame once and for all?
Vi: Like we'd fall for the same trick twice!
Hoaxe: You WOULD!
Kina: Team Snakemouth!
Neo: Kabbu!
Hoaxe: MOVE!
Maki: KINA!!!
Elizant: Stop! You will hurt my people no longer!
Hoaxe: Hand them over. All of them.
Hoaxe: Or I will pry them from your carcass!
Elizant: …
Zaryant: N-No! If we do, he'll…
Hoaxe: You have until my axe swings... To say YES!
Elizant: ...
Hoaxe: It'll be all the same, when I come back with the power of the Everlasting Sapling.
Hoaxe: You shall all bow to me once more - but you shall keep breathing.
Hoaxe: Enjoy your last days of peace, lowlives!
Elizant: Grrr...…curse it all...!
Rubber Prison, Giant Lair Bridge
[Story]
Kabbu: ...! Everyone! The Wasp King's up ahead!
Hoaxe: Such poor defenses. This is to be expected from those Ants!
Vi: Stop right there! You're done!
Hoaxe: How many times must I knock you down before you learn?
Leif: Third time's the charm, eh?
Hoaxe: I don't have time to deal with vermin.
Hoaxe: ULTIMAX!
Kabbu: What in the sideways Bee's stinger is that!?
Vi: Oi, that's cheating!
Fuff: MY KING! I am here to carry out your will!
Hoaxe: Make it quick, and painful.
Hoaxe: Do not let anyone cross this door!
Leif: Tch. Let's follow his advice. Quick and painful.
Fuff: Your journey ends here! At the hands of GENERAL ULTIMAX!
Giant’s Lair, Sapling Plains
[story]
Elizant: Stop this instant! Your trail of violence ends here!
Vi: Yeah! Our trail of beating you up comes next!
Hoaxe: You're correct, pitiful Ant. Today, the fighting ends.
Hoaxe: For when I consume this sapling…
Hoaxe: You will have no choice but to squirm in fear and surrender to your King!
Kabbu: You think you'll rule with fear!? That you'll be happy that way!?
Leif: Or that the people will so quickly submit?
Hoaxe: Why, yes. I'm sure. Do you not see my crown?
Hoaxe: No one cared about me, until I put it on.
Hoaxe: Through power and magic, I became feared and respected!
Hoaxe: From weakling to ruler... I had never been happier!
Elizant: You're pathetic. You could never hope to be a true King!
Hoaxe: You will all perish today. Your opinion holds no significance to me.
Maki: I wouldn't be so sure of that!
Maki: Parry this, you crook!
Hoaxe: Grah!
Kabbu: Incredible, Sir Maki!
Hoaxe: ENOUGH! FIRE, TO ME!
Leif: Ngh...huh?
Hoaxe: ...What?
Vi: W-Woah, we're kinda alright!
Kabbu: C-Could it be?
Hoaxe: Hmph. I should have finished off Vanessa. To think she'd give you that…
Leif: We hope you're ready for our counterattack, tyrant!
Vi: I've been waiting all day!
Kabbu: Everyone, for our comrades! FOR BUGARIA!
[post-first battle]
Leif: Give it up, you're outmatched.
Vi: Not that tough without that fire, huh?
Hoaxe: I...I didn't come THIS far…
Hoaxe: To lose to plebeians like you!
Hoaxe: Impossible…
Vi: It's...it's wilted!
Kabbu: A-After all this...!
Leif: It wasn't that Everlasting, huh.
Hoaxe: I reject this outcome!
Hoaxe: I REFUSE TO ACCEPT IT!
Vi: Gross!
Leif: Stop being pathetic. You've lost!
Kabbu: Come here, and atone for your crimes!
Hoaxe: Hnng.....aaaAAAAAAAAAAH!!
Vi: N-No way! That actually worked!?
Hoaxe: GRAAAAAAAAH!!!
Hoaxe: ...Yes...YES!
Hoaxe: This power will suit me just fine!
Hoaxe: I will deliver you to your DOOM!
Leif: Crud.
Kabbu: We've got to stop him here! He must not grow more powerful!
Vi: Well, duh! We can't run away now!
Leif: ...Together, everyone! Let's finish this!
[first health down]
Hoaxe: ...Impressive…
Hoaxe: But with this power, I cannot fail!
Vi: What the- He healed up!
Kabbu: Team... Don't lose hope!
[second health down]
Hoaxe: U-urk…
Hoaxe: T...Try as many times as you want...! You will never defeat me!
Kabbu: Not again... We can't keep up...!
Leif: He can't keep healing forever. Keep attacking!
[third health down]
Hoaxe: It... Can't... Be...!!
Kabbu: Have...have we won!?
Hoaxe: You... How DARE you...!!!
Leif: You can't regenerate forever!
Vi: Y-Yeah! Shut up and give up already!
Hoaxe: I...I AM...ETERNAL...So what if you're STRONG?!
Hoaxe: I...AM IMMORTAL...I…
Hoaxe: I AM EVERLASTING!!!
Hoaxe: I WILL TAKE EVERYTHING! IN THIS WORLD!
Kabbu: Impossible! After such a long fight, you won't concede!?
Leif: It won't end like this!
Hoaxe: IT'S OVER, VERMIN!
Hoaxe: THIS POWER! IS… -GRUHH!?!?!
Hoaxe: NO!
Hoaxe: It... Itwasmeanttobe... INFINITE!
Hoaxe: .............…
Hoaxe: N-no... It can't…
Hoaxe: NO! I'M THE KING! I...I ORDER THIS BODY TO...
Hoaxe: AAAAAAAAH!!
Vi: W-what happened?!
Kabbu: What a pitiful end…
Leif: His greed and cruelty led him to this.
Vi: ...We got super lucky...
Zasp: ...Is it over?
Mothiva: ...You really did it! Wow.
Kina: Team Snakemouth...you've saved us all!
Elizant: I truly thought we were doomed.
Vi: ...So he's like, a tree now?
Elizant: Is this also an Everlasting Sapling?
Leif: ...No. There is no magic coming from him.
Leif: He truly is just a tree, as Vi said.
Kina: That's weird...why'd he transform?
Elizant: The Everlasting Sapling's power was said to be infinite... Was that a myth as well?
Zasp: There's nothing truly infinite, is there?
(minibubble) Mothiva: My beauty!
Vi: He was so strong, though!
Leif: Perhaps he was simply unable to control its power.
Leif: Maybe it was sealed for the safety of others…
Vi: Can we think about it later, though? It's still dangerous here and stuff.
Kabbu: Wait, Vi. What should we do with the tree?
Maki: Perhaps we should strike it down? Just in case?
Elizant: …
Elizant: Lower your blade, Maki.
Maki: Your Highness?
Elizant: It will remain as a symbol of our long struggle. Of our journey for the sapling.
Elizant: A warning to not seek its power any longer…
Vi: Can't we put like, a cooler statue here or something?
Vi: Like a Team Snakemouth statue!
Elizant: No.
(minibubble) Vi: Aw...
Kabbu: Heheheh. Vi, you've truly made this journey something else!
Leif: You too, Kabbu. We wouldn't have it any other way.
Mothiva: You're not gonna get sappy in this dreadful dumpster, are you?
Kabbu: W-Well, it's kind of emotional for me…
Mothiva: Look, the Wasp King is gone, and we have technically found the Everlasting Sapling!
Mothiva: We should celebrate with a big show!
Zasp: ...Or at least rest.
Elizant: ...Hah! Well, it does sound good.
Elizant: We've completed our mission, after all.
Elizant: But first, let us inform the Roaches of what has occurred.
Leif: ...Elizant?
Elizant: Yes, Leif?
Leif: Are you truly satisfied with this?
Leif: Your mother will remain sleeping forever…
Elizant: …
Elizant: Everything I said in the village was true.
Elizant: I...would not place that wish over my people's needs.
Elizant: But no, I'm not satisfied. It was a sacrifice, after all. It was my duty.
Leif: ...Thank you. You've grown into a fine queen. And now we can say it for sure.
Elizant: Thank you too, Leif. I can tell you served my mother and I earnestly, despite your doubts.
Elizant: Let's go. This is no place for us anymore.
Leif: Lead the way, our Queen.
[Sapling Plains, postgame]
[Inspect tree]
Vi: Still kinda bummed the sapling's gone. We worked really hard to find it!
Kabbu: It may be for the best, Vi. An era of searching for great power has concluded.
Vi: Uh huh... Hey Leif, you sure there's no magic in the tree at all?
(minibubble) Kabbu: Sigh.
Leif: We're sure. We felt some in the seed the King ate, but that's gone now.
Kabbu: Come, let us leave this place. There's nothing left for anyone in this cursed land.
Enemy Spy – Wasp King
Hoaxe was abandoned by his parents in the middle of the Dead Lands, before he spoke his first words.
Only through a miracle did he survive to reach Bugaria, where he managed to blend into the Wasp Kingdom's populace.
He had no friends, and no respect. All he had was his job: cleaning up trash.
One day, he vanished from the Wasp Kingdom. Nobody cared.
When he returned, unrecognized by all who ostracized him, he commanded such power and charisma…
They had no choice but to serve him.
Vi: You're gonna pay for that invasion! Your plans are super over!
Vi: The fire still hurts a bit, but we can take it now! Time to show him what Team Snakemouth's made of!
Kabbu: Vile usurper, who has led the Wasp Kingdom to ruin... Today, bugkind will be freed from your villainy.
Kabbu: We must not waste this opportunity the Flame Brooch has given us! Give it your all, everyone!
Leif: Sweet payback. We've been waiting for a good few missions to bring karma upon you.
Leif: Everyone, even though the Flame Brooch protects us, don't get careless. We can't afford to lose!
Enemy Spy – The Everlasting King
Although the Everlasting Sapling seemed wilted, it still possessed enough power to morph Hoaxe into an incredibly powerful form.
Commanding the power of the artifacts, the flames, and the Sapling, there was no logical way for Team Snakemouth to win.
What was the reason, then, for Hoaxe's power to eventually run out...?
Sadly, as the Everlasting Sapling is no more, research cannot be conducted.
Vi: You dumb jerk! You've caused my friends too much trouble! We're gonna save everyone!
Vi: I'll get the flying artifacts down... I trust you guys with your parts!
Kabbu: Everyone...we have never faced power like this. It's overwhelming, but we stand together!
Kabbu: Let us destroy the artifacts as he summons them. We must press on until the end!
Leif: This is it, huh. Vi, Kabbu...thanks for all the good times.
Leif: We can feel the artifacts... Let's destroy them as soon as they appear. We can't stop now!