Hi guys! Today, we're nearly at Lalivero and the Venus Lighthouse. First, I'm rearranging the Djinn. We're back to dual-elemental for the time being, so if you want to see any other classes, speak up! Isaac becomes a Barbarian, Garet a Cavalier (Mars), Ivan a Shaman (Jupiter) and Mia a Savant. We've had these classes before, so I shouldn't have to describe them.
The next stop on the map after Suhalla Desert is Suhalla Gate. A few guards at the entrance have been wounded. Iodem talks to them to find out what happened. Saturos and Menardi happened, naturally.
After the entrance, there are a bunch of notches in the cliff to drop down and get some stuff. First, there's a Mint. It goes to Ivan. We also find a Mercury Djinn that fights us. We defeat it, of course.
The Mercury Djinni Dew joined Isaac.
Dew gives 13 HP, 4 PP and 4 Agility. In battle, it has an 80% chance of reviving at 80% HP. Revive is a lot better for revival than Djinn, really.
We give Dew to Garet. With 6 Mercury Djinn and 1 Mars, he becomes a Luminer, a very good class.
A side path here takes us to Idejima, a small area just off the beaten path.
Iodem: Look at this!
Huh, there's a wrecked ship here. Iodem suspects it is Babi's, and gives us the Black Orb to use on it. It doesn't work.
Iodem: Strange... Nothing happened. What does it mean?
It means it's not Babi's ship, dumbass. Iodem takes back the orb and suggests we really get to Babi Lighthouse now.
Towards the exit of Suhulla Gate, we see another fallen soldier. He tells us that Venus Lighthouse has been attacked by a strange group. I think we all know who that is. And then he dies. And vanishes.
Next location over is the Venus Lighthouse Entry. Nice, we can skip Lalivero! More death, including a few harmless scholars. Even after Kraden told them not to. I'm not sure who's more of a dick now, Babi or Saturos and Menardi.
On the plus side, the door is open. As is normal of the lighthouses, Isaac, being a Venus Adept, regenerates 4 PP a turn. But it turns out we can't get very far. This isn't the real entrance, and the people we are chasing are already headed for Babi Lighthouse. Inside, we find a message:
If ye seek to climb Venus Lighthouse, first seek the power within. To obtain this power, see with the eyes of truth. Then the way shall open. But the path I reveal is not the beginning. the true beginning lies down ancient pathways on distant soils.
...Well, that's the biggest cryptic mess we've seen so far. Also, what's with that ye? We cast Reveal to find a stairway. And for that, we get the Carry Stone! Carry lets us pick up and move certain objects that Move can't. I think it also lets us move stuff over gaps.
And we use it to open a path to a floor above us. Reveal opens another passageway. Now here's the important part of the entrance. There's a statue here, and we have to talk to it.
Ye who seek to climb Venus Lighthouse, I shall grant thy wish. The path long closed shall not be opened here. That path begins far, far away, on the soil of an ancient people, with the sunrise to your left as you gaze upon the lighthouse.
Seriously, why the archaic English? This is in Weyard's equivalent of Africa, you know. Not much for there to be in archaic English and make sense.
Anyway, a set of lights light up, showing us a path. We can talk to the statue to change the path, but that can be done later.
We look in the last remaining section of the lighthouse we can currently visit, and encounter a jumping puzzle and get a Lucky Cap, which increases our critical rate and our PP recovery rate. We give it to Isaac.
Anyway, that's all we can do here. Next time, Lalivero. See you then.
Stats:
Isaac: Lv 27 Barbarian HP:464 PP:127 Attack:328 Defence:187 Agility:203 Luck:5
Garet: Lv 27 Luminer HP:542 PP:143 Attack:303 Defence:219 Agility:192 Luck:12
Ivan: Lv 26 Shaman (Jupiter) HP:356 PP:183 Attack:236 Defence:187 Agility:163 Luck:7
Mia: Lv 26 Savant HP:369 PP:232 Attack:222 Defence:189 Agility:214 Luck:9
Djinn: 6 Venus, 6 Mars, 6 Jupiter, 7 Mercury
