Part 18: It'll take a lot more than words and guns; A whole lot more than riches and muscle

~Update 9: It'll take a lot more than words and guns; A whole lot more than riches and muscle~

All of the housekeeping is done, so let's close the book on Chapter 3. There were a few developments, like the Disciple-Monster thing, or Alec becoming a bro, but overall this was a relatively quiet chapter. A little shorter than usual as well.

So it's time to get marching towards actual story progress.



Greed is our third Labyrinth, and it's... hold on a second... what?


It's right there you dumbass! You could probably spot it on the horizon with binoculars, or a telescope! We don't know the exact size of Aterra as a planet, but under no scale would that be considered "relatively far". What, does the Savage only travel in one direction? Does it need to circumnavigate the planet in order to reach that Labyrinth?

I hate you so much Ruby...so very very much...



Ignoring that for a second, I want to point out that I haven't completed either of the Sub-Labyrinths here, yet. Technically I did do the first one, since it's where we find Sagitta, but Wind Tunnel here is completely untouched.

If memory serves me, no new Sub-Labyrinths open up in Chapter 4, so I'm going to save Wind Tunnel for then.



Releasing Control Art Restriction Systems...



Level 7!



Eh... it sounds cool, but also kind of wordy.

Your turn, Chloe.

Is this truly necessary?

The kids really like it. Come on, just try.

Say it! Say it! Say it!

Okay, okay. I'll try it. Just this once.



Kaioken!




Hey, what does that word mean, anyway?

I don't know. I just thought it would work because of the aura the hero gets. Only thing I could find that matches your red scheme.


-Greed Labyrinth-



Yeah, we got in without issue. You on your own today?

I'm here.

I've been officially approved to monitor you in the Labyrinths.

It would be great if I had time to sit in front of the monitor all day, but I don't.

I want you all to keep this part in mind for when Chapter 4 kicks off.

If something happens, I'm supposed to contact the Chief about it.

Works for me. I'd rather you than her.

I'm still listening you know.

Yes, I do know that. I hate you. That's the point.

Fair enough.

Just before we start the operation, Chlotz has something for us, on the down low.



What is it?

Well, just to be honest with you... Mark's research team has already entered that Labyrinth before you guys.

Excuse me?

Because this is a new Labyrinth, they say they may make some new discoveries. I mean, I was against them going in. ...But, nobody will listen to what an assistant has to say.

Of course they won't listen to you, they're morons. I can't believe they gave me all that shit about being reckless, and then they go and pull this shit.

So Mark and his team are still in here somewhere?

Yeah, but... it's past their planned return time, but they still haven't come back. Mark's team can't use their Star Energy, so they can't communicate with us. The Chief says they're fine and just running late, but I'm worried.

Keep this part in mind for waaay later in the game.

Those stupid bastards.

We have to go save them, Wake. We can't abandon them.

Yeah, I know.

We'll try and find them.



Okay kids, listen up! Temporary change of plans. Because I kind of like Mark, this is now a rescue mission to save his ass!

Can we make it a Lightspeed Rescue?

No. I don't like him that much.



New objective. Mark is stupid and we need to save him and his stupid team, or at least report their deaths so AngelMarker will know what to put on their tombstones.



First off, I should mention that Chloe is rocking her default outfit. Opinion was divided on her costume color scheme, so I'll just switch between the black and white whenever she is brought along for a dungeon (assuming I remember).

Second, there are a few quest enemies roaming around here. If you picked up the corresponding quest, that is.



I believe this quest is in relation to killing a certain number of those Recksaless in the back there.



More importantly, we've got new enemies. Monoceros is a lot like the bear guys we saw in the previous Labyrinths. They've got a lot of health and no magic of any kind. Monoceros have excessive defense though.

This will be a reoccurring theme in this Labyrinth, one that I am not actually prepared for. That is partially because of you guys and partially because I'm lazy.



Here's something I forgot to point out that I said I would ages ago. Remember how I said map enemies can pull real dick moves later on?

It's a little hard to see since I had to capture it mid-motion, but look at that enemy in the upper left, just above the treasure chest. See how he's facing?



Sometimes when you enter the room, enemies will automatically move into certain positions. In this case, this little bastard has blocked a door in the room, meaning we have to beat him to go through it.

Enemies do this with a bunch of things. Sometimes they go for doors, other times they go straight for treasure chests and will circle it if you try and move around them, and sometimes multiple enemies will move into a combination of those positions.

I've entered rooms before where enemies blocked every unopened door. It's really irritating. Jerks.



We also get a message from Torri while we're in here. Let's have a gander.

I'm trying the communication device for the first time. I don't really like using things like these... But if I can talk to you even when you're far away, it's worth learning how to use. Is the Labyrinth really tough? Are you okay without me being there? What kind of snacks do you like? It's my turn this time to give you some snacks. I'll have tons of snacks ready, so let's eat them together when you get back. Mmm... just thinking of it is getting me excited. I'm wiping away my drool right now. I'll be jittering back and forth while waiting for you to come back. Bye bye. - Torri

Someone please get that girl a responsible guardian.



We start running into the guys from the first Sub-Labyrinth as well. The ones that acted as a boss stand-in.

They actually hit pretty hard with their elemental spells, although that might be due to a lack of MDF on our part (I know Team A(wful) is definitely lacking in MDF). They also have Stare of Death, which means you can't run from them.





Like mother, like daughter.

I skip most of the enemies in this place. They are still dropping pitiful EXP and I'm still killing them in one or two hits. The first few floors mostly have a lot of the Monoceros guys.

The Floor 5 portal tells us that a powerful presence is hanging out there. I guess that must be Mark and his team. Let's see what they've gotten themselves into.



Dammit! I am not dying like this!

Chlotz, we found them!

This is bad! I need to let Chief Ruby know at once!

Get back, Mark!



Alright, listen up, Wake. It seems those guys can use powerful fire spells. But they've got poison attacks, too, so be careful!

Way to be helpful, Chlotz. Glad to have you take over from Ruby. I mean, I'm not going to be putting any of that info to use, but the thought is appreciated.



Laboratos is a new enemy that will start appearing now, although in this case he's acting as a mini-boss. He's a quick little bugger and he's got some hefty HP behind him.

That being said, he suffers from the same thing every enemy in this game suffers from, limited skill pool. He can Poison you, and he comes with two of those Magic Attack focused Fornax enemies, so if you want an honest to god strategy from me then just dump on him and deal with the Fornaxs' after.

Alternatively, since you automatically start by surrounding him, have some of your teams break off to take out the Fornaxs' while one of the teams keeps Laboratos busy. Turtle up by using Defend, and when the Fornax are dealt with then you can have everyone surround and wail on him.

Not sure what to tell you guys. The difficulty kind of picks up in this Labyrinth, but if you've done the bare minimum of exploring/grinding/Star Child raising, then your go-to strategy will almost never go beyond 'everyone gang up and hit it as hard as you can'. Plan B is always 'have the BP before a boss to MECUNITE'. It's hard to give an involved strategy when most everything dies within 5 turns.



Case in point, let's go ahead and hit this thing with Chloe's Seventh Burst.




Chloe has her Bits/Funnels/DRAGOONs attack the enemy while Wake rushes in and gets some blade beams in.





This proceeds to wreck Laboratos' shit.



With him down, it's just a matter of picking off the Fornax, who are at opposite ends of the field. Team B and Team A(wful) take out one.



While OG Team A(wful) shows that they are still a force to be reckoned with.



Why are you here, Mark?

We didn't intend to come this deep, but we couldn't help it...

This Labyrinth is so intriguing. We've been gathering an immense amount of data here. It's filled with monsters that we've never encountered before.

...

Wake...?

Mark!

Yo, Chlotz. Are you keeping these guys company?

I'm just glad you're okay.

Mark, are you all right?

Yes, we're not hurt at all.



All of you can take your thanks and shove it up your asses. Mark, coming into a Labyrinth that just formed is stupid. None of you can fight and none of you can communicate with the outside. You're all leaving, now.

We'll head back once we've investigated here a little while longer.



I'm not saving you again.

You can't mean that.

We're here to do something important, Chloe. Not to act as babysitters for a bunch of damn tourists. I don't have time for this garbage from Ruby, or Mark, or anyone.

Sorry, but this is our job. Like the Chief said before: we can't just let you Disciples head into danger alone. And, once we're done, hopefully we'll all be able to investigate more safely.

What are you talking about?



It's still a secret, though.

Right, so it's all for your little science experiments. Forgive me if I don't shake your hand in gratitude.

Well, we're going to head that way. I'm praying for your success. See you!

For your sake, I hope that Star God really likes you, because if you get attacked again then you're all dead.

Everyone at the research lab is pretty much like him... They're worse than children.

Might want to watch it with those comparisons, dude. They can hear you.

Uncle Chlotz must be diss...dissip...

It's pronounced "disciplined".

Dis-ci-plined. Uncle Chlotz must be disciplined.

Yes. He must learn.



Don't worry about it. You're just hearing things. We're getting back to our main objective.

Be careful.

Awesome, so now Mark and his band of merry morons are wandering around active Dusk Circles taking pictures for their science fair project. I notice Ruby is sitting nice and cozy back at the lab. No problem gambling other people's lives, but fuck risking her own neck.



Back to what we were doing. We've got another quest enemy here, Lacerta. Similar to the Laboratos we just fought, except it doesn't have the same speed or HP. Nothing to it.



We also get upgraded versions of the weird cannon spiders from the first dungeon. They have a recovery spell and basic magic attack. Their basic attack is a spread shot that can hit two zones, to their left and front (possibly the right side as well, I didn't have a team there at the time), so be aware of that.



On the way to Floor 8, where the boss is, we run into a special treat with this Trap Chest.



This crazy looking guy is Regred. He has a chance to spawn from Trap Chests, you can't run from him, and he's a step above the other enemies around here. He has good ATK, DEF, and MAT. He also has some magic and decent SPD. His HP total is also way above anything else around here.

If you go all out, you might be able to take him down before he can do much. Waiting out his relatively low MP pool is not the best option, since he'll likely mix it up with physical attacks that could hit just as hard. Just go with the tried and true method, using your strongest skills to kill as fast as possible.



Finding these guys are a stroke of luck to be honest. You get great EXP from them, which is nice if you aren't (or can't) using the DLC quests.



Team A(wful) gets a level up as a reward, which now puts them on par with their predecessors. Current Team A(wful) have higher level caps though, so they still have room for growth.



Fuuko sends us a message as well. As you can see, this can happen outside of battles as well. Might as well read it. We read Torri's after all. It's only fair.

I'm actually in the city with some friends right now. I just found a place that has the best croquettes. I'll tell you where it is, so you should go there when you get the chance. The breading is so crisp, but the inside is so juicy. My friend says that the hamburger cutlet and the chicken are really good.

So glad to know that Fuuko is out having fun and eating good food with friends while her other friends are roaming through hell, trying to save the world.

And I'm hungry now...

Oh... and, P.S. That friend said that she wants to hang out with you sometime...

Wake is slowly amassing his own group of fangirls. It's about time.

Oh, and another thing. I'm sure you're in the Labyrinth right now. I'm not with you today, but I'll be rooting for you. I'm... also very worried about you. Well, see you later. Sincerely, Fuuko.

I imagine Fuuko saying that last part while her mouth is full of delicious food. "I sho worred abou you. I 'ith I was 'ere."



Anyway, moving on. We get a palette swapped Monoceros that looks like a real mean dude. DEF is still crazy high, HP is higher, exact same strategy, and exact same problem I noticed at the start of the dungeon.

I run into a second Regred after this battle. Either they aren't as rare as I thought, or I just got real lucky.



Finally, at Floor 9, we get to the boss. These dungeons are getting longer and longer. Up to now you probably wouldn't have any trouble going straight through a dungeon in one run. From this point on though, you're probably going to start getting bored and stopping halfway through, then finishing the dungeon some other time. Running a 10+ Floor dungeon in a single go is pretty dull. I should remind you, the last dungeon in this game has around 25 Floors. Ugh.



Some users in the thread have already figured out the entire boss line up, so Mammon here isn't a surprise. The Labyrinths being named after the Seven Deadly Sins is probably obvious to everyone reading this. However, possibly lesser known among readers, Mammon is the 'Prince' of Greed as classified by Bishop Peter Binsfeld in the 16th century. He tried to classify demons using the Seven Deadly Sins and basing it off of an even older classification called The Lanterne of Light.

Ah, Fanfiction. Timeless.

I think we've found the Dusk Spawner.

Yeah, looks like it. But from what I can tell... Not only does this one increase its Defense, but it makes it harder to perform Chains. Don't spend a lot of time on this one. Finish it off as quickly as you can!

So the exact same approach we take to everything we fight. Got it.

Wake, slay that monster and you'll be able to sterilize this Circle. Make sure you do your best.

Fucking duh, Ruby. Thanks for that nugget of wisdom.

This monster's just looks! This is gonna be a breeze!

Well aren't you the confident one? Come on, kids! You heard the lady!



And now we get to my major problem for this fight/dungeon. Mammon's DEF is nuts, and his HP is equally tough. He's a brick wall. Magic seems to be the way to go with him.





Unfortunately, none of my current teams possess anything in the way of offensive Magic. I have somehow ended up with 3 Physical oriented teams.

Part of this is that I have no control over what classes you guys put in to Team A(wful).

Team's B and C are entirely my fault though. I chose to run the Team C experiment knowing that they don't have attack magic, then I sleep-walked through Team B's creation and didn't put any thought into their abilities.



None of that will matter. Original Team A(wful), despite being created back in Chapter 1 and having been level capped since Chapter 2, are still hitting for +2000 damage with attack skills. Current Team A(wful) are not exactly slouches in that respect either.



For his part, Mammon can hit for about 800 damage using physical attacks and Magic attacks. Both of these can get a little more dicey if the team he hits has crappy MDF or DEF. Team B has the highest MDF for example, and they still took this fire element attack for close to 900. That would have fucking hurt Team's A and C.



You may actually have to use healing stuff in battle, is what I'm trying to say. First time for everything.



Also, I have no idea what Chlotz is smoking. Possibly the same thing that Ruby and Mark are, I guess.

Despite Chlotz' line about this guy not letting us Chain him, he is completely open to being chained.



Hell, I even score my highest Chain count so far on this guy. Enemies like Mammon, with lots of health or high defenses, are the only ones you even have much of a shot at chaining. Most regular enemies will die just in the process of setting up the chain.



Regardless, here is what Mammon rewards us with. Honestly, the Speed Fruit is the most valuable reward on that screen right now. That's a permanent +10 Speed for Wake. Good stuff.

Alright!





Well done!

And that's all she wrote for Greed. Overall, the difficulty did spike a little bit and that boss does pose a decent threat. Although you have to keep in mind that I went up against him in the entirely incorrect way. If you're playing through on your own, then you might want to make sure you have some kind of Magic Offense.


-Laboratory-



Let me thank you once more for saving us, too.

Can't you at least wait until the damn things are sterilized before going in there?

Time won't wait. If we kept postponing our work like that, we'd be the ones paying for it later.

So instead you rush in like idiots? I hope AngelMarker has good life insurance.

Don't worry, the company doesn't think that this is the best situation for us, either. Parts that need improving will be improved. We're just caught mid-cycle right now.

Still, the fruits of our labor are worth putting ourselves in harm's way. That Labyrinth has Dark Crystals of even greater purity.



Yes, it'll be a significant step forward.

I know what they're talking about. But it's top secret, so I'd be skinned alive if I told anyone about it.

Yeah, great. More vague references to your research and super secret projects.

Whatever, I don't care. You've all been warned about keeping secrets from me, so if whatever it is you're working on fucks me over then I'll kill all of you myself. Do you have anything else for me? Something that I might actually care about?

Well, actually...



From our comparisons of the three Circles we've seen, we've reached a conclusion. The Circles that activated later have stronger monsters and Dusk Energy inside.

I already know that, Ruby. Are you going somewhere with this?

And if it continues at this pace... There's a high probability that another nearby Circle Seed will become active soon. In other words, the remaining Circle Seeds will turn into Labyrinths in series.

Yes, we've already discussed that. Is there a gas leak in here or something? Are the two of you high right now? What's going on?

I wish we could at least spend our school lives in peace, though.

You seem to be enjoying it a little too much, Chlotz. That's what Chloe said.



Seriously, what the hell was the second half of that conversation? We already discussed these possibilities back in Update 4. Ruby was present for it. We were told that the Circle Seeds are gathering Dusk from the surrounding area, the worse the Circle the longer it will take to activate, and Fuuko questioned what would happen if all the Seeds activated at once.

None of what Ruby just said should come as much of a shock. Hell, Wake should know better than anyone that monsters are getting stronger with each new Circle, he's fighting the damn things!



The end of the chapter introduces a mechanic that will be available later, but it also ends a little abruptly. Chapter 3 itself kind of feels like a filler chapter if I'm being honest.

So, since I still have quite a bit of room left in this update, we're going to get caught up on some sub-events that have been skipped over. We start with Luce. It only feels fair that we check in on the poor girl after that monster Disciple event. See if she's feeling better now that she's had some time to process.


-Hallway-

Oh, Wake, hello. How are you?

Hey, Luce. Listen, I've been kind of busy lately, so I wanted to get the chance to tell you that I'm sorry about what happened to your classmate.



It's very painful to see the flower placed on his desk every day... Why did he transform into a monster?

He seemed so happy... And I know he had ambitions for his life... He might even have joined the Elite class after the next Qualifying Exam...

I still can't believe that happened to him...

I know it's hard. I think everyone involved in that incident was made a victim to some extent. Alec, especially.

I think so too...



Yeah, that's all we can do. In the mean time, we all need to work hard to get to the bottom of this. We can't let that happen again.

And hey, feel free to come and talk to me if it ever starts to get to you. I know I'm kind of a jackass sometimes, but I've suffered loss before, so I know that talking to someone about it helps. It's never going to be easy, but it can at least be tolerable.

Thank you, I will.

Luce seems to be coping okay. Between Chlotz and Wake, I'm sure she'll be just fine. Emotional support doesn't seem to be Alec's 'thing', but maybe he's also helping her, in his own way.

Next up is Mark. We need to dig a little more on this whole Dusk Crystal thing, considering Ruby and Mark keep messing around with them and that seems like a poor idea at best.


-Laboratory-

Mark? Can I talk to you about something?

Sure, I can spare a second. What is it?

It's about the Dark Crystals you guys keep playing with. Ruby had me bring back one as a sample, I can sort of understand that considering the purity had never been seen before. However, you guys said that the use of those things is outlawed by the government. Wouldn't AngelMarker take issue with you and your team wandering into a Labyrinth to collect more of them?

Well, this laboratory IS part of AngelMarker Industries... We're permitted to extract material from the Dusk Circles for research purposes.



Kinda seems like there would still be government oversight of that though. I don't think they'd allow unfettered access to Dusk Circles and for a corporation to just extract whatever banned materials they wanted.

Consider this... A Dark Crystal is basically solidified Dusk Energy. Since Dusk is one of the six elements that govern our world... The government admits that there is a certain value in researching it.

The real question is how we should use it. And we can't really answer that question until we understand Dusk Energy better.

We don't really know how to fully utilize that power. It's hard to discuss because even the word "Dusk" scares people these days.

I understand if you have mixed feelings about this... You lost your family to those monsters. It must look like we want to control them.



I can admit that you do have some points. You need to know your enemy in order to beat them.

But just remember, "Nothing good can come when a man's grasp exceeds his means."

I bet you have been waiting to turn those words back on me for quite some time.

I'd be lying if I said it didn't feel really good.

Finally, as much as I might not want to, we have to check in with Ruby. This event will be mildly important to me when I do Ruby's character analysis, since it gives us some history on her.


-Laboratory-



You can count on me.

Was that Enzea I just saw?

Oh, hello there. Yes, he stops by from time to time if he needs some work done. I guess it means he trusts me.

I guess?

He offered me this position himself back when I did research for the government. And the top brass were none too pleased with that fact. As a result, there's a rumor that a bidding war broke out over me.

They were that desperate to get you?



I'm simply impossible to ignore.

Riiight. And yet you're still single. How about that?

Don't be an ass.

Well, why aren't you with Enzea then? You two seemed pretty sickeningly close that time Torri ran off.

That's...well...hm...

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen Enzea with a woman...



I am not going to get caught speculating about that.

Ruby Coiler, ladies and gentleman. If a guy isn't drooling over her, then he must be gay. Or Wake. Those are the only two possible explanations.

Anyway, we now move on to something... different. Okay, maybe not that different. There's a tiny bit of a common thread I suppose.


-Laboratory-

Alright, I'm here. So--

Where is everyone?



Chlotz, the fanfare please.

Right... *Ahem* Bum ba-da baaaaa! The research lab has developed a tool to support Classmating: the Mate-o-tron!

"Mate-o-tron"...?

Oh God dammit, I see where this is going...

Our astounding research has brought something to light. We've discovered the ability to Classmate two male Disciples with high Star Energy.

*sigh* Yeah, I figured as much.

Okay, so you can theoretically use two Male Disciples. We still need a Female Disciple for it to work. So why isn't anyone here?

He's right. The ritual involves pouring a male's Ether into a female's Star Womb.

Normally, yes, but with enough study, we have reached a new conclusion.



This is because male Disciples have an enhanced ability to receive Ether. That's why we created a machine that will act as an artificial Star Womb. With this, male Disciples should in theory be able to perform Classmating, as well.

Doesn't that sound great!?

So not only are you messing with the elements of Nature, you're messing around in Star God's territory now, too?

Do you have the Church's approval for these developments?

The Church understands the necessity of creating Star Children. Is that enough?

That's a 'no', then. So why did you call us here?

To be test subjects, of course. We aren't close to completing this project yet.



The God's Gift, the Academy top S Ranked Disciple, and a boy with a genius sister. Those are a fair sampling, wouldn't you say?

I'll need you to perform it with each other. The more data we can get, the better.

So why are you so stoked about this?

I'm an assistant in this research, so I need to see it through.

...Besides, I was told I was going to get a bonus with my next paycheck! Let's do this!

So we're getting paid for this, huh? Okay, you have a small amount of my interest now.

Chlotz will be getting paid because he is an AngelMarker employee. You two won't receive a dime.

Fuck you, Ruby. Money in my pocket or this isn't happening.

*sigh* Fine. You will be compensated for your involvement.

You just had to mention your paycheck to him, didn't you?

Ahaha...sorry about that...

Well, now that that's taken care of, I'm willing to try this out. Don't be too rough on me.

Yeah, same to you. This isn't anything difficult, so let's get on with it.

I can't believe the both of you...

You're still going to do it though, aren't you?



Going with the 'duty' angle, huh?

That's right.

Let's get going and prepare for the ritual. You can go change over there.

I have no idea what Ruby is referring to. I don't remember there being any mention of special ceremonial Classmating clothes or uniform or dress. None of the characters ever wear something different for Classmating, it's always their uniforms.

Maybe Ruby was just hoping that the guys would be confused and just walk out in the boxers or something.


-Ritual Hall-

Is everyone ready? I'm sure you're a little nervous since this is new, but I wish you all luck.

Do NOT enjoy this.

Too late.



As you can probably tell by the fact that this gets a cutscene, Classmanting will indeed be a gameplay mechanic.



There's even some floating neon character model things, but the guys don't get any suggestive posing or even a full body shot, just the hands.

I don't mind fan-service, to a certain extent anyway (certainly not Senran Kagura levels). I want equal opportunity, though. Shame on you Conception II. Shame on you for not having the balls to give the dudes the same weird cringey treatment.



Oh, right, Classmanting itself. Classmanting is something we will eventually be able to do, but not quite yet. It's still a ways off, but to quickly summarize:

Classmanting is a Network Feature that lets your MC Classmate with other players MC's. Star Children made this way have better stats, but lower Level Caps. So they'll be stronger right away, but their usefulness will eventually drop off because they'll hit a level cap earlier.

I think I'm remembering that correctly. We'll get a tutorial card when it comes time to open the feature. If we open it, anyway. I have no idea if I will be able to show it off, to be honest. The Steam version of this game may have disabled this feature due to it involving online functionality.



...My head hurts. Is that one of the effects of the experiment?

Hrgh... Mine too... Could it be because I did something wrong?

Well done, everyone! That concludes today's experiment. We couldn't make any Star Children, but we were able to gather some substantial data. I hope you'll cooperate again another time.

As long as I get paid. I'm sure as hell not doing that for charity.

So that was something. As I pointed out, it's going to take some more experimenting before this bears fruit (assuming you are playing the handheld version anyway). We'll stick a pin in this for now.


-Heroes' Grave-

That certainly was... different.

I'll admit, it was kind of interesting.

You think so? ...Well, I guess I enjoyed the novelty of it.

It must be because we're all friends now. I doubt it would have produced any kind of result otherwise.



Okay, cool your jets. Don't make me take that back.

And that brings an end to Chapter 3. How heartwarming, and also kinda weird. Mostly heartwarming though.

Next time, we get started on Chapter 4 and finally get to say hello to the final party member. Our team will be complete, story stuff happens, new Fort City features become available, it's going to be a fun time all around.



At least until I force you guys to vote on the heroines again. Then it's going to be fun times for some people and sad times for others.