Been a busy few days, and you've all been patient. We are so very close to the ending! Very little else for me to do. Sold a few crummy items I did not need, but otherwise, we mosey on.
Scene 26: Grail
The shrine of Kulyn
◊ is another water map. The road to the boss is pretty clear. The town of Angua is an ideal spot to intercept enemy units. But otherwise it's a simple map. Because the enemy squads include an even number of air, water, and land units, no town is safe from their reach. Thankfully, there's not that many towns so we can keep most of them garrisoned. Sadly. so few towns means we are likely to lose money every turn. It's therefore in our best interest to finish the map as soon as possible so our warfunds do not melt like ice cream under the Sahara sun.
Tridan is found and freed by Fenril for XIV: Temperance. We meet a monk.
Princess Norn frees Lon Locques for XX: Judgement. There we meet a thief.
Canopus frees Lastanshon for I: Magician. Since Luvalon is weak to fire, this is a welcomed boon!
Destin frees Gwadorn for XXI: World. Good! Remember, we need stockpiles of that card!
Lans frees Angua for XIX: Sun. This is good, actually. Since the clock is reset to noon, it buys us more time before budget time! Yes! But I turn down the card. Don't need it for combat.
Leon and Gilbert meet a sorceror with two wyverns. The SE temple is freed for IV: Emperor.
Cube, now Paladin, meets a shaman with two wyverns. No match for his own wyvern, dollmaster and monk. Gilbert and Leon meet 3 paladins and one griffon. Canopus fights three eaglemen with two mages.
Maltinique/Martinique is freed for XVII: Star.
Gilbert next meets three nixies and a Kraken. He loses, but takes out two nixies and no casualties. So yay! Dillan the Lich meets three eaglemen with an octopus. No match of a Lich, a Sorceror, and a Devil, with two ninja masters. Gilbert fights a Dragoner and two Red Dragons II. He wins. This is followed by an encounter with three Samurai Masters and two ninjas.
San Martin is freed by Gilbert for V: Hierophant.
I send Warren to reinforce Gilbert, and move closer to the boss (Luvalon has no special dialogue with anyone, not even Debonair, and since he is weak to magic, Warren's team of slaughtermasters are the best for the job). Warren does his thing and butchers 3 eaglemen with an octopus. Three Samurai Masters and two ninjas follow a similar quick black-magic filled death.
Rather than free the remaining town (Trust me, theres little new exposition beyond what we already know), I move Warren to go teach the last Deva the meaning of pain. I rather go for a swift finish and avoid the lost of money Budget time would cause me.
However, rather than deprive you of the info, I will fill in the missing details of the towns we are skipping:
- King Gran found the Grail in the shrine. But he never used it (as no one ever saw it). No one is sure of where he put it.
- Parcival was a knight of Gran. Gran sent him when the war began to Kyulin, with orders to take the Grail and keep it out of Endora's hands. A mission he has done for 25 years.
- Luvalon is looking for Parcival in the shrine.
Anyway, Luvalon, who is, strangely, a blond black dude, is another General. Not much different than any we've fought so far. He has 4 Samurai for an escort, but his weakness to fire, and his escort's outdated classes (Samurai and not masters) means Warren steamrolls over him. Even the Magician card I used feels like a waste.
Defeating Luvalon, he gives us his sword, Bizen. Bizen is black elemental, with +11 strength. Honestly, not bad, not great. And since we have only a handful of bosses left, and all of them are resistant to black magic...
And this gives us the Grail, third of Zenobia's three Mystic Treasures! With the Grail, The Mystic Armbands, and Brunhild, our collection to get the best ending is complete!
There is only ONE level between us and Endora! I still need votes. Right now, there's no character with a majority vote between Destin and Debonair! Quick. Vote. Because the time to face Endora is approaching fast!
Next time: Rauny confronts her Father, Overlord Hikash.
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