Part 29: The Elder Revelation or, Later, Shitlord

Chapter 21x: The Elder Revelation or, Later, Shitlord

It's promotion time for Roy! Excited yet? I sure am!


Apparently, the shrine contains more than just the Binding Blade.

...oh, okay, I guess there's a level in the way first but it's honestly only a formality at this point.



This guy looks like a nerd.



Oh goodie, it's a fog of war map.



...But it's well lit all of a sudden.

Yes, it appears so.

I wish I could have been at General Murdock's side when he fell.

...I share your feelings.

We carry out our final orders from General Murdock as planned. We will defend the legendary weapon to our deaths if need be. Apocalypse, the Elder Revelation, must not fall into enemy hands!

You know it would be a lot easier to stop us if you A, used the fucking thing against us, or B, dunked it in the convenient underground waterways...



Most likely... All I know is that there is a tome here meant to protect the shrine from intruders.

Of course, it is doing nothing of the sort given all these assholes are here argh

I agree that the tome is likely a legendary weapon. Bern's troops are present as well.

We will soon fight Zephiel himself.
...We need as many legendary weapons as we can obtain before then. We must get that tome.

I have also heard that there are numerous traps placed about.

Traps?

Yes, and they are supposedly very well-crafed at that. Most soldiers probably lack the dexterity to disarm them, but thieves may be able to take care of them. In any case, do be careful.

Yes, Princess. We will stay on our guard.

So the first thing to do



is flashbang the place



so I can see a bit of the map. Seems the "fog" in here is less severe than it usually is? Or did I just forget how far thieves can see in it... Well, never mind.



This guy has a Silence staff. As far as I can tell, it's the only proper long-range capability the enemy has. This should be cake.



More cake once Fae,



Noah,



Hugh,



Bartre,



Fir,



and the sad sack that is Saul get their boots and other assorted suspicious secret shop substances properly applied.



Now then, let's have Bartre take a swing with Armads, since he worked so hard for it last chapter. Sadly, it only has 20 uses to most of the other legendary weapons' 60, but I'm excusing it as "Hector actually used this thing" so shush.



Indeed, he is a worthy wielder of Hector's axe.

Because fuck you, it's Hectors now.



On the less fun side, Chad takes two hits from this guy and doesn't even crit him in return. Damn it Chad, and here I thought you were a good character.



He even ends up getting a shitty ass level cleaning out the sw corner.



Fir handles the brave sword guy, though. I've already had one reset to a jerk like him, so I want to be certain.



I probably shouldn't be so hard on Chad, enemies in here can even hurt Fae if they hit!



That's the corner done...



...and Bartre gets Bartrer.



Saul one-shot crit a general over the water. Only took like 15k in gold to get him this far, but look at those numbers!



SE corner is also done. A couple more goons are waiting in the corridor on the far right, including apparently a guy who blocks lightning with his shield because that makes sense.



Hugh nukes him instead. Well, if you're going to get a single stat...



The enemies here are not very threatening.



Oh, now you gain magic?!



Even just one Fir would have been too much for this guy to deal with.



Just because I didn't feed you any energy rings doesn't mean you get to slack off on your damage-dealing stat, either!



Last guy in here.



Doing fine.



And then a shaman comes running in and gets gibbed by Wolt. Strength capping in... wait, it's already capped, never mind!



Seriously, look at this, it's beautiful.



The dark mages here have a new toy, but of course they still can't do anything to Fae.



...even if they hit.



Does this tome look like an axe to you?



The enemies are pretty sparse.



And several of them are still unpromoted.



Noah was like two exp from a level though. No mag, no speed.



He does dodge the silence staff, though.



Saul, too. The guy is going to waste the whole thing without hitting a single person with it. That must feel pretty shitty.



A competent Saul is a strange, hilarious thing to see.



Maybe I should just have given Fir one of those rings...







Sleep staff 3/3, hit rate 0.



oh and there are fire traps like in that cave where we picked up Durandal, but here they're invisible. Still pointless though.



Saul steps on two because he still has to find some way to complicate things.



Fae opens a chest and out pops a goddamn manakete! What. That was a chest. They are supposed to have goodies. You are not a goodie.



Well, kind of a goodie I guess, except neither mag nor spd.



Anyway, we're close enough to see the boss now.


A commander of Bern defending the inside of the Shrine of Seals.

He has Nosferatu and 30 attack and is entirely unthreatening. Why isn't he using Apocalypse against us? He should have S-ranked darkness long ago.



We do better with the next chest.



Hugh snipes a druid through a wall. Guess I might as well show off Fenrir since everyone's using them here...



Chad also finds a dragon. Dorothy shoots it, and it dies.



She doesn't get anything, and Fir barely does, cutting down some random sniper.



Now that? That is a level.



Phew.



Almost done.



He hits, but the damage is kinda pathetic for a hero with a brave sword.



Just one enemy before the boss!



...make that two enemies.



No wait, I was right, it's just one.



Now the last one's dealt with as well.


I will show you its power.

Insert repetition of why-are-you-not-using-Apocalypse-you-dumb-fuck here.



Darkness... I am being consumed by darkness...



Wolt could empty-level for the rest of the game and still be great.



That's a wrap.

...It is probably Apocalypse.

Apocalypse?

Yes, it is also known as the Elder Revelation. It was used by Bramimond, the most enigmatic of the Eight Legends.

Bramimond... I've heard the name, but nothing more.

We know not if Bramimond was man or woman, young or old. Nothing specific is written.

That's unusual...

......



No, I was just thinking.

About what?

There always seem to be traps where legendary weapons lie.

...Perhaps they are meant to keep the unworthy from wielding them.

Maybe so... But the traps are so intricate. I feel there must be something more to them than that.

......

...I have wondered the same thing. I shall see if there is any information on the subject.

Yes... Thank you.

I'm not terribly impressed, actually.



This, on the other hand? Is quite impressive. It has 18 might, but its extra effect is +5 Mag, so it's effectively a 23 might tome. It's kind of ridiculously strong.



But on to the real reason we're here.

This must be the Binding Blade.





Use it? How?

Princess Guinivere said that it goes in the socket on the hilt...

Flash!

Whoa! What's happening...?



Now I should be able to draw it...!
......!...


Are they the Binding Blade's...




Who was that?





Yes... I'm fine.
So this is Hartmut's sword, the Binding Blade... Am I really worthy to wield it...?


The sword is in your hands now. It has chosen you.

But anyone with the Fire Emblem could have taken it...

In theory, perhaps so... But it was you who reached it. This is fate.

......

Roy seems about as convinced as I am, which is to say not.


We mustn't tarry!

...You're right! Zephiel must be stopped!

And then...



...we finally get our hands on the...

...

...oh, come on. At least "Sealed Sword" fit the space.



But nitpicks aside, Roy finally promotes! (With a shittier-than-usual gif, but deal with it.) No more big, innocent anime ayes, he is a man now. A man with an Archsage-tier beard. If only Hector could see him now.

In vanilla, I imagine Roy will be so far behind everyone else when he finally promotes, this won't really help him catch up. It's a thoroughly unimpressive promotion - hell, it's downright insulting when mages get +4 attack on promotion without any extra effort at all! But, well, as you can see, my Roy is pretty good! Those 10 extra levels have been great for him. ...Though I must admit he's seriously RNG blessed as well, looking up his 20/10 averages he's seven points ahead in str, and five in spd... though he's also three points behind in def and two behind in res.

Regardless, he now gets the Binding Bld, which is one of the two legendary weapons that actually have unique spritework... well, sort of, since Zephiel has no other weapons. We'll see it in action next map.



Just from the title, I can tell it's going to be a good one!