Gate of Memoirs/Surprise Encounter

Bertz appears before the Summoners, but rejects Karl's offer of help and tells them he intends to escape without a fight.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "To the Top"	Music: "To the Top"
 	
*???: I've been expecting you, Seria.
 	
*Seria: Bertz...!!
*Seria: Didn't you run into Lugina and Rena?
 	
*Bertz: I wouldn't commit such a blunder.
*Bertz: Not after I finally stole the Omnipotence Siphon from the leader, and made it this far.
 	
*Karl: Bertz, I heard everything from Elder Grah... 
*Karl: In Ishgria, you weren't our enemy...
*Karl: ...and even now that you've betrayed the Abel Faction, I still hesitate to say that you are, but...
 	
*Karl: ...you are no longer our ally, this much is certain.
 	
*Tilith: Karl...
 	
*Bertz: ...
 	
*Karl: Would you mind handing over the Omnipotence Siphon?
*Karl: Otherwise...
 	
*Bertz: You'll fight me...?
 	
*Karl: ... Yes.
 	
*Bertz: You cannot defeat me.
 	
*Karl: I know that you're no ordinary person.
*Karl: But even so, I won't know...unless I try, right?
 	
*Bertz: No, I understand.
 	
*Bertz: In any case...I am going to escape.
 	
*Tilith: Huh...?!
 	
*Bertz: You heard me, I'm going to escape.
*Bertz: Three of the most capable people in the Summoners' Hall, as well as the Goddess Tilith...
*Bertz: I'm not such a fool that I would fight you head-on.
*Bertz: Besides, I would have absolutely nothing to gain from defeating you now.
 	
*Bertz: Seria, it doesn't appear we'll be able to have a decent chat this time around. I am deeply regretful of this...
 	
*Bertz: ...but it was a pleasure to see you, as always.
*Bertz: Well, perhaps we will meet again after the matter has been resolved...
 	
*Seria: S-Stop right there!!
*Seria: Do you really think I'm going to let you go that easily?!
 	
*Seria: Huh...? He disappeared...!
 	
*Karl: I guess that wasn't his real body...
*Karl: Maybe he was using some sort of device that the Abel Faction picked up on another world...?
 	
*Karl: He's a tricky one, that's for sure...
 	
*Seria: But, I wonder why he appeared in front of us again...?
*Seria: I mean, he's also being pursued by the Abel Faction...
 	
*Karl: Some other trick he's got up his sleeve?
 	
*Tilith: Hmm... I don't know, it feels like it could be something else.
 	
*Seria: Something else? Tilith, is there something you're not telling us?
 	
*Tilith: Well...this is just a thought, but...
*Tilith: ...maybe he likes Seria, and simply came here to see her?
 	
*Karl: Huh?!
 	
*Seria: Wha?!
*Seria: What a ridiculous thing to say!! And at a time like this!!
*Seria: You're kidding, right?!
 	
*Tilith: But...wouldn't be exactly because of the circumstances we're all in?
 	
*Tilith: Perhaps in his own way, he's...
*Tilith: ...preparing for what's to come...?
 	
*Seria: ...
 	
*Tilith: Um...well, it's just a thought.
 	
*Karl: ......
*Karl: Lugina's already on Bertz's heels, but we can't leave everything to him.
*Karl: Let's push forward!