So with Leon back in my party, I set off for San Riese. Hopefully there’ll be a shop there, because I really need holy feathers.
I move to the next map, which puts me directly at my destination. I save and enter.
Everyone agrees that we need to get there as quickly as possible, but Pollon and Theo convince everyone to stop for a short break. The menu comes up. Yes, there is a shop. I go there first.
What do you know, they sell holy WINGS, too! I end up spending most of my money on feathers and wings. I guess this’ll be an item run, then? I only have enough money left over for a new weapon for Lucia after buying items. It’s alright, I can come back later. Besides, I really needed those feathers.
Under “action,” I can talk to Leon, Saki, or Heath. Leon tells us that he only got the chance to attack Andre when we showed up. But he’s glad we were able to beat him. He’s also glad that Cecille hasn’t changed at all, despite the fact that she’s a Witch.
Saki says she’s returned from investigating the area. The church is busy preparing for the ritual. It also sounds like this actually isn’t a Total Eclipse of the Plot. It can be performed any time, with the only requirements being Zehaal’s readiness. And apparently, Johannes is going to sacrifice his body so that Zehaal can be revived. I can’t help but feel a little sorry for the guy. He’s on the wrong side, sure, but he seems like a pretty nice kid.
Heath’s conversation has everyone speculating about what Kingston has planned. Is he going to just do what he’s supposed to, or is he going to try something else? Knowing him, it’s probably the latter. Heath explains that Kingston fears death above all else. He’s going to try and steal Zehaal’s power and become a god himself.
After a brief trip to the world map to save, I continue on.
Apparently, there’s already a battle going on at the entrance. Looks like Vanessa is trying to make her way in. Lucia requests that they work together, which starts them all arguing before Mel shuts them up. The Witches have all been fighting for the same thing since the beginning, so it’s time they work together. Vanessa agrees, and the battle starts.
Alph is required, as usual. So is Vanessa. With that, my selection of characters is full. Along with the two required, I bring in Mel, Mavi, Nicolai, Leon, Kai, and Claire. There are two archer-type units, three knights, two mages, and a cleric. Shouldn’t be that difficult.
First guy to die is Alph, after getting hit a LOT. I’ll bring him back when Mel gets her turn. That happens pretty soon after. Battle’s going smoothly so far. Oh wait…Vanessa and Mavi just died. And then Leon dies. Guess I spoke too soon. Might want to put those fancy feathers to work…
Wow. This is going really, really badly. I haven’t killed a single one of them, and I have only three guys left. I think I’ll restart and give this another try. This time, along with the required units, I bring in Leon, Nicolai, Mel, Theo, Lucia, and Mavi. Hopefully it’ll go better this time.
I start out by moving my guys a little forward, attacking when I can. When I remember to, I save. I don’t want to have to go through that dialogue again. Theo levels to 41 after attacking someone. Vanessa dies pretty quickly, unfortunately. I revive her, but then Alph dies. Mavi levels to 40.
Things are going OK at this point. Two of my guys are dead, but the other six are doing okay. I’ve killed one enemy unit, but there’s still the rest to deal with. Aaaand, it looks like I spoke a little soon. Now I have four guys dead. OK, my next few turns will be dedicated to getting them back.
It’s going well so far. I’ve got Mavi and Leon back, and I’ve just killed another knight. Nicolai dies soon after, though. I quickly have Mel revive him.
OK, looks like all the knights are dead. Alph dies, then Mavi follows. Then Leon. Time for another resurrection round. Vanessa comes first, and Mel heals her. Then Lucia dies. I’m scraping by, though.
I bring Mavi back, only for her to be killed. OK, things aren’t going too well at this point. I only have Lucia, Mel, and…OK, just Nicolai and Mel now. Just Mel. Well, damn. Now she’s dead. I lose. Time to try again.
This time Alph is the first to die. I bring him back. A while later, Vanessa goes down. Then Alph and Mel follow. Why am I having so much trouble with this fight? It’s so straightforward!
OK, cleric is dead. That’ll make things easier. Then one of the knights dies. But then so does Mavi. I really need to start bringing my guys back.
Right now, I have Mel, Lucia, Leon, and Theo. They have five guys (a mage, both archers, and two knights.) Leon just managed to almost kill both archers with a flash drive. I bring back Mavi, but she dies. Then Leon dies.
It seems like Lucia has learned Revive. Useful. I take out the weakened archers, leaving only three guys left. But I only have two, so this won’t be easy. Thankfully, it’s Lucia and Mel, both of which are healers and have revival spells. If this goes right, I might make it.
Now there’s only two knights left. I have Lucia, and just revived Leon. I think I can do this. I start using feathers until I have four guys. Lucia kills one knight and damages the other. Mavi finishes off the last one, securing my win. Wow, that was REALLY close. But I won, so I’m good.
I get 7400 Rico and four Vitae. I intermission with…well, damn. I can’t intermission with anyone.
All of a sudden, the group runs into a church. Oh wait...this is the three-part chapter, isn’t it? Well that sucks. At least my guys are healed in between fights.
We see Priel, Kingston, and the Grand Cardinal here. Johannes is being friendly as always, saying he’d welcome us if he had time. Priel says he’s going to become one with their god, and Johannes tells Kingston to deal with us.
Kingston says he has a new weapon there to fight us, and sure enough, there’s some kind of weird thing there. He puts the Water Lapistier into it, and then it starts to attack us while Priel and Johannes go to the altar.
Alph is the only one required for this. I bring in Kai, Leon, Mavi, Vivi, Cecille, Nicolai, and Saki to go with him.
Once the battle starts, I save and turn off the game. See, like I said, there are three battles in this chapter. I think I’ll actually take a break right now. There are still two battles to go, and I don’t feel like covering all of them right now. So this is all for now. I’ll leave the rest of the chapter for next time.
I have this week off from classes, so I’ll have plenty of time to update. Expect a few more chapters soon. I want to get this over with so that I can focus on my Last Exile liveblog.
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