Part 24: Chapter 3, Prologue: Sofia Castle III
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Time for the third chapter. We're back in control of Alm.
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Let's head back downstairs, then.
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Picture the screen rapidly (60 Hz, literally) shaking back and forth here. Then some dude rushes up from off-screen. I tried to capture it a few times but I either lost the shaking or ended up with an animated GIF somehow 3.5 MB big. So just use your imagination instead.
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...The priestesses who just left are safe, but....
And this event is how the game justifies Alm and Celica remaining separated for this chapter.
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There's no one left in the castle. We could leave to the south again, but there's no point in doing so. Instead, let's finally head out the north gate.
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The world map for the third chapter. We can see both Alm and Celica, separated by the landslide to the north.
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And the full map. Plenty of action as we clear out the northern half of Sofia.
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We can now independently control both armies. Alm's goal is to take out Dozer. Celica's headed for Mila's Temple. So who should we have fight first?
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Alm is headed into North Sofia to face Zack's knights.
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Celica is headed for Sofia Shore to face Gaha's thieves.
Both battles are a step up in difficulty from what we've faced so far, so which shall it be:
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