Part 25: Update XXIII - Featuring: The exact same dungeon
Update XXIII - Featuring: The exact same dungeonMusic: Ladyin - Sacred Tranquility
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Now that we've killed one (1) (uno) dragon in front of Ulania and Tallieri, their doubts have completely vanished.
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And like that, the suicide plan has been completely abandoned.
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Wait...
Waaaaait wait wait wait wait...
several thousand years from now posted:
That's Takehaya's spear, what the hell is this?
Did the Hypnos sisters steal it from the ruins of Atlantis after Nyala was forced back? Is it just blatant asset reuse? Who knows!
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Unlike our arrival in Berg, we don't get a quick cut to the world map.
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So we have to manually leave the palace.
Forgot to stock up on Escape Kits? Have fun heading back up to B1F to take the only warp here.
Music: UE77 Tokyo
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Music: Cladeon - An Undersea Shimmer
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Young Militiaman: E-Eigur, there's no way! We have trouble enough even with the Star Crystal's protection...
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Young Militiaman: B-But still...
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Just one and a half dungeons after getting our backrow teams, they introduce a new gimmick:
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Removing the backrow entirely.
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30 Dz? 30 Dz????
That's more expensive than any project in 2020! That's more than you needed to access the bonus dungeon in 2020! For that much Dz, the new floors better be a 1:1 recreation of Atlantis!
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Now that the evacuation is in full swing, everyone has something new to say.
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Rude Militiaman: Shut your trap. Didn't we tell you we were gonna handle this area? You're not the only strong ones around here! Beat it!
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Young Militiaman: Now is the moment of truth! We must give it our all! You think I am too excited? This is all about to end...! Who would not be excited for that!?
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Novice Smith Cub: Holy crap! You guys managed to beat the High Dragon without divine protection...! I really underestimated you land dwellers!
Except Cub, for whatever reason.
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Blind Smith Auroth: If you want to forge the Dragonslayer, you must be able to hear the voice of orichalcum.
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Carefree Girl: Am I gonna change, too~?
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Inept Militiaman: Oh... I'm safe... I don't know what I woulda done if I got called up... I-I'm not freaking out or anything! I-I'm serious!
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Anxious Old Woman: Can I truly trust in you...? No, I want to believe. I must believe...
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Positive Old Man: The tide has changed! I will put all of my faith into you... into the possibilities of youth!
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Negative Old Man: What is Lady Ulania doing here...? I thought the capital had abandoned us...? Could it be... No. I will not let myself be tricked into having hope. Cladeon is still doomed...
I mean, he's not wrong...
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Vigorous Old Man: Nrgh! M-My hip...
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Determined Girl: At least know that I'm fighting alongside you in spirit.
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Longing Lucier: No! Times of hardship are when the fruit of romance is most likely to ripen...!
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And with that, the last Cladeon trip is done.
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Valerie nods.
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Ulania and Eigur nod.
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Novice Smith Cub: All the tools should be over at the forge. We'll teach you how to use 'em!
Blind Smith Auroth: It shall prove a simple task for one who can hear the voice of the orichalcum, Lady Ulania.
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Now, just as they said:
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Valerie and the rest of Team 2 have been completely removed. No Buddy skills in a fight, no swapping teams out of fights.
However...
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Yuma's line about heading back to Nodens is a hint.
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If we go back...
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Team 2 returns!
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You can then swap them into the front.
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Head back to Cladeon.
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And now Team 2 is heading to the forge.
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But we're sticking with Opal for this section.
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So, what do the devs make us do after going through a dungeon consisting entirely of straight lines and easy dragons?
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A second trip through the dunegon we just cleared, with a bunch more dragons to block our path.
All of it.
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Might as well get this started.
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At the very least, the devs were kind enough to put in some new dragons for this bit.
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The Hammerstrike Dragon has more health than its less spherical counterpart.
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But at the end of the day, all it is is an upgraded Hammer Dragon.
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And this is VFD, where a simple health bump makes no difference to how hard I can murder things.
Music: Finish Them Off
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As an extra kick in the pants, Team 2 being gone means that they get zero leaked EXP/SP for this entire trip.
Music: Cladeon - An Undersea Shimmer
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Don't get your hopes up, this is the only new civilian here. Everything else from here to the forge is just dragons and random encounters.
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Up next is dragon 2.
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Scapegoat is why I kept Opal in charge for this. Normal fights just don't last long enough for Aria's Moonlight Poetry to really make a difference, but Aiden just needs to land a Hack and he can give everyone 30 MN in one shot.
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One more dragon to clear this area out.
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We get a quick cutscene near the exit.
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The next area has just two dragons.
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But right next to the first dragon...
Music: Battlefield - Atlantis
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I get into a very good fight.
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However I am, remember, right next to the first dragon.
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Eh, yolo.
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Dealing with Seeds is a lot more difficult when I don't have Inoue on hand to shred them.
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On the plus side, we have an actually new dragon!
Music: Battlefield - Furious Predator
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A field spell from Yuno and an attack from Aiden finishes off the Seed.
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...Agents are fairly fragile, why is it dealing so little damage?
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I don't want that second dragon joining in, so I want this done ASAP.
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An EX-boosted Double Hook will take a sizable chunk out of his health, plus apply the attack debuff before he can use his charged attack.
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Debuffs are just that good.
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Close.
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But no cigar.
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Worth it.
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And then I murder his buddy for good measure.
Next time: Eight dragons in a single room.