Part 42: Xelha vs. Multiple Choice Tests
Update 39: Xelha vs. Multiple Choice TestsIt's time for Xelha's sidequest. It will take place in Anuenue, but there's something I want to do in Wazn first.


I tried to get this woman to sign earlier, but she wouldn't. Now that her mother's name is on it (Usaybia, the deceased ex-wife that Quzman signed for), she will sign it as well.
She also reminds us that her husband and daughter are out in the Ice Cliffs, so it looks like one last trip out there is in order.

I tried showing this fellow the Family Tree, but he wasn't in the mood to put up with my nonsense when his daughter's life is at stake. I guess we'd better find her first, then.

Yunus: My leg got stuck in a ditch. I thought I was gonna die when the snow started piling up around me...You're looking for relatives of Quzman living in Pherkad? I'm related to him? I don't understand completely, but I'll help you.

Yunus: Let me get this straight. My grandfather, Quzman, is sick and dying in a town called Pherkad? Hmm...Okay, I've made up my mind. I'm gonna go see him by myself without my dad!
Well, I guess that's your perogative, but I'm gonna make your dad go too so you might as w-aaaaand she's gone. Huh. Maybe it's just me, but if I was an eight year old who nearly died in a snowstorm I wouldn't be so quick to ditch my parents.

Gabirol: What?! She went back by herself? Where to? Whose house?...The house is in Pherkad? I don't think I'm getting it. I know it's freezing out here, but can you give me a more detailed explanation?
Chatter, talking, he signs the Tree.

I must be getting at least kind of close to wrapping things up with this family.
Now, to Anuenue! The school of magic seems like a good place to look for a book. And sure enough...

Principal: I'm sorry, I can't lend it to you, as I'm working with it right now. Exposing myself to considerable risk, I brought the book back from a monster-infested library...If you want to borrow it, bring me the adventure novel I was in the middle of reading. I left the room for a moment, and came back to find someone had taken the novel away. People always play pranks on me! Bring me my unfinished adventure novel and I'll lend you the Book of Magic for a while.
Well, I know where to find an Adventure Novel in Duhr, but that's awfully far away. As it turns out, you can also find a copy here.



Principal: You cannot begin to imagine how valuable it is...It contains the wisdom of wizards a thousand years dead...




Music: Glittering Violet Moon
And then we just kind of...are here, suddenly.
This is the Illusory Fortress of the Book. It is a very boring place, and quite possibly the worst designed dungeon in the game. There are twelve doors in this hallway. One leads forward.



The other eleven doors lead to enemies, who you are automatically thrown in battle with. Needless to say, you can spend a lot of time making zero progress in this dungeon. The good news is the enemies are kinda cool looking, give good exp, and the angel guys drop Light Flare V which is nothing to sneeze at.

This is the correct door.


Progress AND prizes! I gave the pie to Xelha because honestly everyone's overleveled at this point and I feel like I've been ignoring her ever since Kalas came back.












And now it's time to pick randomly from twelve doors again. But wait! There's a hidden event in one of these rooms!


(violence)


Remember the brother and sister who were searching for their father in the school and library of magic? This is him. I thought that was neat.



Final class up item!
Examining the door prompts another of Xelha's flashbacks...





And now for yet another of these rooms. Don't worry, it's the last one. This is the correct door (which, incidentally, is the same as the correct door in the first loop).






Long ago? I bet it hasn't even been two weeks yet. Also, flashback time.







Oh god, what if it's more debt?



Xelha makes a gesture, and the book glows...







And then a dragon appeared!


Music: Rumbling of the Earth
No, really.
Kulcabaran isn't very difficult, really. Unfortunately, I seem to have used up all of my awesome points in the last fight, and so I kinda sucked at this one.

Case in point.
Kulcabaran is predominantly fire based, but also has a chronos element. This means that Xelha's water/wind/light deck build is ideal against him, so she at least can do some heavy damage even when I fuck up her combos. On the other hand, Gibari's weapons are largely nonelemental at this point, so his usual water/wind specialization didn't help me too much here.



But in the end, it just wasn't powerful enough to pose a threat, even with an HP drain finisher that it used one whole time...

And it fell like all the rest.






And that's it. The party just gets unceremoniously dumped back out into the School of Magic. You can go back in if you want to fight the monsters you missed, or if you need to find Tumart. Otherwise, good riddance.
We're almost there! I just need to find some wayward relatives, and then its on to the Endgame...
Where

