Stage 9-3: Salome's Emotion
Zetta and his lackeys continue to press forward against the opposition. Vanessa hops into the Hellpha and uses a Cyclone attack on the Specter and Muscle Demon that greet them upon landing.
"Ohh...I feel dizzy..." she says. The Hellpha responds by converting the energy it stole from the enemies it attacked into nanomachines.
Graz hisses as a Mimic approaches, and strikes it down with his nunchaku.
"Hey!" Io yells. "That monster had some sweet treasure on it! You should have let me steal from it first!"
The group eventually reaches a dead end, realizing that they still have more enemies to kill. They try to get around this by having Satan toss Zetta a few yards to the south and summon Miyako into battle, only to learn that the ground is haunted by restless spirits, who punish the group for treaspassing by using powerful magic against them.
Stage 9-4: Salome's Battle
The group finds itself at an enemy outpost, guarded by a group of powerful Demon Soldiers, a Factory on the north side and an Academy on the south side. The heroes begin by cleaning out the initial riff-raff, drawing out a pair of Justice Gears and a pair of fast-leveling Watchers. The heroes demonstrate that they are not to be toed with, as they use some of their most powerful techniques against the defenders and win easily.
After the battle, Seedle comes by to mock Zetta for pursuing Salome, and then claims that he wants to be the one to kill her. Zetta asks why he hates Salome so much, and Seedle tells him that it was because she killed him, a once-famous samurai, for not submitting to his "desires". Zetta calls him a bastard for admitting that he was willing to "take her by force". Seedle says he won't rest until he's gotten his revenge. Alex comes down and interrupts their fight, still angry at Salome for interrupting his "fated final confrontation" with Zetta.
"Geez," says Meredith. "How much longer are we going to have to put up with this in-fighting? I'm ready to retire."
Steve scratches his head. "Oh, I'd guess about five or six more levels."
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- So it is: Summons a group of Ghosts.
