Part 22: Day 73: The Promise

Music: Sacred Moon




Axel. You seen Number XIV?
Xion? Hmm...
Now that you mention it, no...
It's been days now... Ten days, at least...
Wish I could help, but I took off for C.O. almost as soon as Xion joined us. There's a lot I missed.
I feel bad. I promised we'd all get together for some ice cream.
The two of you are friends, right? Tell ya what, I'll pick Saix's brain, what I can find out.
Thanks, Axel.



The Magic LV 2 is actually a level doubler. Putting one type in it turns it into LV2. Putting two of the same type turns it into LV4. Putting three of the same type turns it into LV 5 since that's the max level. I don't actually know what the LV do, but I don't think it's damage upgrade. In my experience, for Cure it gives a Leaf Bracer effect (invincibility while healing) with the effect lasting longer the higher the level. Don't know about the others, though. Increased chance of status effect maybe?
Oh, and the levels apply to all of that type of magic, so in this case all Blizzards are LV2, not just one cast.







We get a choice. I'm mostly going to say yes, so I won't show the choice unless I say no.

Take this in exchange. (Obtained: Frost Shard)
That's all, Roxas. Get back to work.

This is a good trade since we have less Frost Shard than Blazing Shard. Wish Xaldin would tell us what he'll give us beforehand, though.





Our second Disney World!

New Music: Waltz of the Diamond
New Music: Dance of the Darling






*Roaring sound*

What was that roar?
It came from inside... Maybe it's the Heartless I'm after?

No, it's just the most useful temporary party member. In both KH1 and KH2.

I guess I'll find out. Time to head in and take a look.





The Bad Dog is new. It can bark or bite, but both have very small range so it shouldn't be a threat. Magic is pretty effective.

The left chest has Block LV+ while the right chest has Frost Shard. The Block LV+ can be linked to Block to increase the level. I also have no idea what the level does.



We can't go to the castle through the front door. And there's no other entrance available.



You need to move the statue to the circle. Thankfully, the statue isn't very far from the circle. The position in the pictures is their initial position. In fact, it's so close you might even not recognize that they have to be moved! The game certainly doesn't tell you what to do here.

By the way, the chests have Ether and Potion.



After smacking all the statues in to their place (that came out wrong), the door will open.



It just has a small room with Soldiers. Soldiers attack by kicking Roxas and sliding into him. Block works well. Or you can just kill them before they can do anything.



The switch opens up a linear path to another switch.



See above comment.



Here's the map of this new area. We came out in the bottom left. The first switch is at the left end of the curve. It opens up the curved path, which has the second switch at the other end. The second switch opens up the small portion of the area in the right containing the third switch. The area under the curve is the one that opens last with a chest containing a Hi-Potion.

It only has one exit, so let's go there. Guess where it leads...



Good thing there's no fall damage in this game.



Both staircases and the Ballroom are sealed. We're never going to visit the Parlor, so all we can do is unbar the door.



Music: Tension Rising




The Sergeant can do a spinning kick. It can also do a quick kick which I can't capture.



Blocking its spinning kick will make it fall and vulnerable.



And that's it. Total pushover.

Well, actually it has one more trick: It won't stagger unless hit by a finisher. Thankfully, the current Keyblade only has 2 hits for its air combo, so it's not a big problem.



*Roaring sound*

Huh!? What was that? Another Heartless?
Or...something besides the Heartless? Hmm... Well, Saix's orders were to RTC as soon as the mission was done.
I'd better call it a day.

Note: Roxas won't actually go back to the castle. Now to actually unbar the door.



They just fade to black instead of showing Roxas removing the bar. This leads back to the Courtyard.

Music: At Dusk, I Will Think of You...


KH 358/2=179 Days of Falling Salty Diabetes
Twilight Station Tower: 14
Sea-Salt Ice Cream: 21

I hope Xion's okay...



This one is a pretty painless mission. And we got a Backpack out of it! _{They kinda miss the joke of calling it Rucksack instead.}

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