Part 65: Underground cemetary of Limberry Castle

Well, I got all of it. The Masamune and the Genji Shield will see... very little use.


The armor and helmet, however, will get used a lot.


Zodiac demon fight coming up, so Ramza goes into DPS mode.


See, I know how this stuff works at this point. Shove Ramza in the back because he'll start somewhere special.



: Let Alma go!
: Oh, you fool... She's not in this castle! The only ones here are the spirits of the dead...


So he summons these spirits of the dead.


along with one of each skeleton, if the basic one would get on screen already.

: Your life shall also end, here in this graveyard!


Using the power of the Gemini stone...




...He becomes a demon, the Angel of Death, Zalera!


The door on the other side of the room opens!




These guys are supposed to have full sets of equipment, but they kinda messed that up. By their death-cries they're monsters so...


Melly's a guest, and she's got an even fancier knight sword, with 2 more WP than the Defender and auto-Protect.




You don't see these very often.



His Fear command is the usual stuff, Darkness, Spell, Chicken Race, and Nightmare. His second command is Ja Magic, which has, supposedly, superior versions of the magic you got. Toad 2, Gravi 2, Flare 2, Blind 2, Sleep 2, Confuse 2. Gravi 2 reduces HP to 1. Flare 2 is technically weaker than Flare but it hits an area. Toad 2 hits an area, the rest can't quite decide if they're supposed to be better or worse than the regular versions.


But we'll never see any of those since I decide to brutalize him.


Zalera barely has any more HP than Velius did. Throw in how much more powerful you've likely become since the end of chapter 3 and Zalera is a pushover.


It's really hard to remember that I have Holy Explosion sometimes.

Also, this battle has a conversation that I miss because of all the violence.

: This...is the power of the Zodiac Stone?
: Now you know what I said was true! Your brother Izlude died because he found the truth and fought them!
: Oh...my God! Does Father...Vormav know that?
: Well...
: Ha, ha, ha... So, you're Vormav's daughter? Just like Izlude, you 'body' isn't suitable for us... But your father's was...
: Then, father was...!
: Yes, he's no longer your father. He's now a blood member of Darkness. But no matter...For now you, and Ramza will die here!
: What you said was true... I'm sorry...
: It's ok, Meliadoul. Let's avenge Izlude!


Oh look Ramza's going to deal 720 damage to the guy.


Judging by the time stamps it took me four minutes to decide that this was the proper course of action.

Or maybe I was distracted by something.


Zalera is level 44. He's also a total wuss.






Hey, Norma, great job blocking the stone with your head.


And the dead guys return to the hereafter. I'm running out of ways to describe this effect.


Exactly one new item becomes available for sale after this fight. It's the Thief Hat, and I'm going to buy some. I like having more money.



: It may be 'divine', but I thought it was just a strange rock. I never thought collecting them would make a miracle.



: Even Wiegraf didn't know until he turned Lucavi. So even the High Priest's
plot's being used by Vormav.
: What're they after?
: That, I don't know.



: If they want to, they could destroy an entire brigade. Just like at Riovanes. But they don't use that power outright. There must be a reason why.
: Maybe they can't use their power outright? The Lucavi of legend was an unbeatable, ferocious monster.
: That's right. They don't seem to be the 'immortal evils' the legends say.
: Legends do tend to over exaggerate.




Meliadoul hands Ramza the Sagittarius stone.


But, you just did. Your tenses are all wrong.

: In return, let me go along. I want to know why my father... Besides...
: Besides?
: I want to know why he gave away the 'Capricorn' Stone.




It may be reassuring news to some of you, but I actually do try to use Melly some.