Possibly mistranslated 7.0 line messes up the timeline?

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In the 7.0 MSQ quest "Memories of a Knight," this exchange occurs:

Quote:

Otis: It was before lightning had altered the world that I was appointed lord captain of the royal knights.
Wuk Lamat: We're talking hundreds of years prior to the calamity, right?
Otis: Indeed. Earlier still than when I assumed this mechanical form─four hundred and fifty-four years ago, to be precise.

I was working out the timeline of the Ninth when I realized that this makes no sense; it should only be within their lifetimes prior to the calamity. And this is the Japanese line:

Quote:

ウクラマト : それって大災害よりも昔ってことだよな?
たしか何百年も前のはずじゃ……

My Japanese is very limited, but I believe this says that it was hundreds of years prior to the present, which makes more sense, no?

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