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Chapters 7 & 8 Now Available — The Main Story Reaches Its Conclusion

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Explore Chapter 7, “Demon General’s Domain,” and Chapter 8, “Heart of the World Tree.” Play through all eight chapters to the story’s conclusion, alongside combat balance adjustments, smoother exploration, and expanded English localization.

Thank you for playing VELKRADE.

This major update expands the playable story beyond Chapter 6, bringing you all the way through Chapter 8’s final episode and epilogue.

The journey surrounding the Black Slab continues through the domains of the demon generals and into the heart of the World Tree. Take the battle records you have gathered and strengthened, and see your journey through to its end.

Main Updates

Chapter 7: Demon General’s Domain

  • All five main story episodes are now available.

  • Encounter the chapter’s enemies, battle records, and bosses.

  • Added unique enemy traits involving buff removal, graveyard interactions, skill sealing, and more.

  • Adjusted enemy formations and exploration routes.

  • Improved the flow between battles and story scenes toward the end of the chapter.

Chapter 8: Heart of the World Tree

  • All six main story episodes are now available.

  • Experience the conclusion of the main story, including the final battles and epilogue.

  • Discover Chapter 8’s battle records, enemy formations, and bosses.

  • Adjusted late-game enemy stats and combat balance.

  • Revised battle record trait descriptions to match their actual effects.

Expanded English Localization

  • Added and revised English text for the later chapters, including Chapters 7 and 8.

  • Expanded translations for Chapter 8’s main story, optional exploration routes, and return-to-base conversations.

  • Improved battle record names, skill descriptions, and lore.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause English descriptions to revert to Japanese.

  • Improved text fitting to reduce excessive truncation in English combat effect and status displays.

Exploration Performance Improvements

  • Optimized node map rendering.

  • Reduced exploration screen processing load by improving background and enemy preview rendering.

  • Reduced unnecessary redraws while preserving movement and selection responsiveness.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that could return the player to base after the final battle before reaching the epilogue.

  • Fixed some post-battle conversations failing to appear.

  • Fixed an error that could occur when a unit was defeated in battles involving certain consecutive-hit effects.

  • Fixed some sound effects failing to play.

  • Corrected dialogue line breaks and speaker display issues.

Save Data

Existing save data remains compatible. Players who have completed Chapter 6 can continue into the newly available chapters.

Looking Ahead to the Full Release

With this update, the main story is now playable from beginning to end.

VELKRADE will remain in Early Access a little longer while we review player feedback and make final adjustments to combat balance and stability. We will announce the full release date separately.

Thank you for your continued support of VELKRADE.

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