Rance IX - The Helmanian Revolution

Once the most powerful and expansive nation on the continent, the Helman Empire is now a shadow of its former glory. With a military history stretching further back than any other, it has been brought to ruin by years of corrupt governance. Amidst the decay—and with whispers of civil unrest and potential invasions from neighboring nations growing louder by the day—a once-exiled man has risen to the challenge. The crown prince, Patton Misnarge, who vanished years ago after a failed invasion meant to prove his worth, has returned. Now hardened by rigorous training, he is determined to reclaim his homeland. His audacious plan? To rally the peerless fighters he met during his travels and lead a small but elite force to revolutionize Helman. To perfect this daring strategy, Patton turns to an unlikely ally: Rance, the most formidable—and brutal—warrior of them all. Note from the developer: This standalone story can be enjoyed without playing the previous series, though familiarity with the Rance games will deepen the experience. For greater insight into the world and characters, consider playing Rance VI - Zeth Houkai -, Sengoku Rance, Rance Quest, and Rance 01 - Hikari o Motomete -. [Based on MangaGamer and official site]

Helman is a cold and barren country in the northern part of The Continent, yet it is the oldest human nation of the current era. Once a mighty nation, with the most powerful military in the world and a solid economy, but that time has long since passed following the enthronement of the current Empress Sheila Helman and the parting of the former Prince Patton Misnarge. Despite her status as an empress, she's nothing but a puppet, and the Prime Minister Stessel Romanov carries the actual power. Under his control, the nation is in utter corruption, with obscene levels of poverty and deaths for starvation. It's the year LP0006, only four years since the presumed death of the exiled Prince, but rumours have been growing that he's not dead, and a Revolutionary Army is supposedly being formed under the name of this ghost from the past, returning from death to claim his legitimate right to the throne, along with many others that support him in his effort to remove Stessel from power. In order to do so, Patton needs help from an old friend he met during the Collapse of Zeth of LP0004, a brutish yet powerful adventurer called Rance, who agreed to lend him his power and joins the Helman Revolutionary Army, with a few conditions. Patton has a deep trust over Rance, who's confident that under his guidance, the revolution will succeed in only 2 months. Rance only has two goals, to find a secret and powerful item said to be stored within Helman's Royal Treasure that could potentially release Sill Plain from the eternal ice she's encased in, and to screw as many cute girls as physically possible, having made the Empress Sheila Helman herself his major goal. And so, the Helman Revolution begins...