Part 19

Glazius posted:

My bet is, illusions. Remember, the Seena who wants to kiss you is actually a shapechanging android built by evil forces seeking to rule Movieland.

actually she's really an evil alien living in the sewer masquerading as a clown.

WE ALL FLOAT DOWN HERE!


Okay so this time for real we're going up the tower of Illusion.


As you can see, it's just a pallate swap of the Tower of Death.


And Mage Oak. Clearly it's supposed to be Ork, but translation blah blah yeah also they look nothing like pigs but they still do "oink oink checking situation"


And some kind of new Dark Ghost or something.


Bats rock, crabs suck.


More ghosties.


Another healing IP, this one stronger than normal cure, and also restores status. I've discovered that most, if not all, healing IPs affect a whole row.


This is a weird move, it does damage equal to your max HP-current HP. I gave it to marco because he was the one with the most hp who could learn it. Someone like Deckard would probably have a fieldday with this move, though.


This move lowers all your enemy's stats by 1/8. Just one, though, but still useful. I gave it to Dei, I think only he and Melphis could learn it, weird combo. He is a little bit of a magic user, but I mostly use him to steal and use cool IP skills.


the tenth floor is an event floor, we can't proceed further yet and there's a boss and shit.


The chests contain a Life Seed, Sanity Ring, and Absorber, which is a sword for Marco/Randolph/Deckard that uses MP per hit, but is more powerful than the Gades' Blade, so I gave to to Marco (who actually has inherent MP, unlike the other two) although I forgot about it for this boss battle. Also note that there's no healing panel here, jerks

Also if you search the floor thoroughly you might find a Mystery pin.


is that a cannon? Or a plane? What is that?

What's this?

It seems to be a very large weapons. . .

I don't know, but something is fishy. . .


That dude just emerged from it

General Gohl?

Why, it's Capn. Randolph! Oh, and the Princess is with you. I'm impressed that you're still alive.

General Gohl, were you not a fair and honest soldier? Why do you do such things as causing chaos on the land?

It is direct orders of his highness, Deraf. He is most fit to rule Lidal Continent.

Ridiculous! This is not what my father wanted!

Ha ha ha, but the King is no more! And you, his heir, are supposed to be ill in your room! So naturally, the minister is the next in line!

As long as I live, I will not let Deraf just do as he pleases!

Then you leave me no choice!


GNARLY DUDE wait that stands for general. Another annoying boss with buddies he re-summons when they die. He uses confusepowder and a bunch of stupid shit, he's really annoying. He wasn't too bad though. I was sad I couldn't steal a Claymore from him, but oh well. Also Energy Fist did like 1300 damage after I used charge with Aima. That move rocks.


Yeah, I hit A again but yeah.



has already been transported. His Highness Deraf's mission is near completion! Ha ha ha ha! Dies

General Gohl used to be trusted by my father and everyone. . .

Something is certainly not right, Princess.

And it's not good that the Ultra Weapon fell into their hands.

We have no time to lose, we must go to Alstadt Kingdom!

Time for a showdown! Let's go!

Alstadt is east of Cobe, across a bridge.


Here.


That's a lot of guards! Oh and cannons.



I don't think we can get through at this point.

We should go from the sea.

The sea?

There is a secret path between the castle and the sea that only the royal family can use. I imagine it's being guarded as well, but. . .

The security probably isn't as tight. It'll be worth going through there.

Well in that case we'll still need a boat.

We should ask around at Cobe if anyone has a boat we can borrow.

Actually, Randolph acts like you've never been to Cobe, which is stupid, if you went straight from Copley Forest to the Tower there would be no save point or healing since the beginning of the forest. Fuck that!

If you talked to the villagers in Cobe, they will tell you not to believe anything the kid at the docks says. If you talk to him, he says he's the #1 partner of Deckard the Lone Wolf. We should ask him about getting a ship.


HOW DID HE KNOW?

How about taking my ship? Of course, since this is a dangerous job, I expect to be paid well for it.

Hmm, we do need a ship, but I don't know. . .

Don't worry, if anything bad happens, Deckard will come to our rescue! I am his best partner, after all.

I can't count on someone who's not here.

W-wait! We'll be fine even without Deckard! I'll bring you guys to Alstadt myself!

Are you serious?

Yeah! I know the people in the village think I'm a liar, but I'll show them!

Alright, we've got a deal, kid!

My name is Nicky, not kid!

I'm Marco. I'm counting on you, Nicky!

Leave it to me! Let's go!


Hooray! Nothing bad will come of this!


Oh great, a fucking battleship vs our piece of shit schooner! (a schooner is a type of sailboat (YEAH WELL THERE IS NO EASTER BUNNY))


stop ship otherwise bad grammar get you

They're just trying to scare us, they've never actually fired before! Neener neener neeeeener!


oh snap

Oh no they actually fired this time! Help! Help! Waaaah

They're actually serious.

I don't know what to do!

Look back, that ship!

Hooray! Deckard is here to save us!



What? Yeah but. . . I promised to give them a ride safely. . .

If you really want to become a true pirate, keep your word!

But, I can't do it. . . they'll be in danger. Why don't you take them on your ship?

What do you guys think?

I'm staying with Nicky! We made a promise.

Then I'm staying too!

Yeah, we're all in the same boat!

We have faith in you Nicky.

That Battleship will be too large to catch us.

Indeed.

Muu muu.

Everyone. . .

Let's go Nicky!


Nicky pilots the ship, trying to get past the battleship, narrowly escaping cannon fire on the way.

Just a little further and we can get them off our tail!

Nicky, look out!


He got hit by a cannonball. Shouldn't he be dead. . . ?

Shit, is he okay?

He's just unconscious.


Shit, it's trying to assimilate me!

I guess it's up to us now.

Here we go.


YES

I'll assist you!


YES!


NO fuck this boss, seriously. He can hit two rows of his choosing in one turn with Machine Gun, and uses a bunch of annoying fucking moves. Its most devastating attack is called. . . I don't remember but it hits a whole column for like 500 each, which is instant death obviously. The asshole used it on the righthand column constantly, and I had to keep reviving them. However he's fast as hell and acts first, and killed them with the move the turn I killed them, so Mousse, Deckard, and Melphis got no EXP


Jerk off.



Oh right, I fainted. What happened to the battleship?

We are safe now. They lost us.

Thanks, Nicky!

D-did I really do it?

Yeah.

Hooray! I'm so glad. . .

Thanks, Nicky. We're close enough to the castle that we can continue on ourselves from here.

But. . .

Just go back to the village and rest, it's what's best for you.

But don't you need a boat?

Deckard can take us from here.

Leave these guys to me, Nicky.

You're in good hands with Deckard.

Nicky, you did great.

Really?

You're truly a Man of the Sea.

Heh heh heh, thanks!

They're so nice, it's kind of heartwarming



I couldn't break my promise with Nicky.

Heh, I'm a Lone Wolf, but I think I'll enjoy going with you.

I'm Marco, nice to meet you.

I'm Deckard, let's get those badguys!

FINALLY!


Name: Deckard
Class: Pirate
Weapons: Spears, Long Swords
Likes: Sailing the open seas, lethal Buffalo wings, rum
Dislikes: Scurvy, exploiting the weak and poor, unshaven wenches
about : Deckard is the fucking MAN. Huge STR and AGL means he's fast and hits hard. Can equip heavy armor and the Gades' Equipment. He's a definite front row fighter. Only downside is his low WIS, meaning he takes a lot from magic, but boohoo he can tear shit up.


Hooray infiltrating a kingdom!


You discovered a secret area!


One guard? Then again it is a secret. . .

Stay back!

Princess?! But the princess is in her room. . .

Must be a decoy. . .

Must be.

So you are the real Princess?

Fool! Can't you tell the real princess from a decoy?

Princess! Please help us! Minister Deraf has gone mad! He is gathering strange weapons! He must be trying to start a war!

Leave the rest to me!

You can't leave here, but of course they compensate:


This guy sells you wonderful equipment, including new weapons for pretty much everyone, although I ended up keeping the Absorber on Marco, buying a Claymore for Randolph (which is two handed, although I probably won't end up using him much but still) and giving the Gades Blade and a shield to Deckard (the Trident I could buy was two handed, fuck that). The options for Seena were shit, the ball she has equipped gives her like MAP+50 and the rest is all shit, although the Sleep Rod was good for Melphis because her RES is like 200 now, jesus christ. Also Aima got a new fist, her old one, the Holy Fist, was good against undead shit but damn it kept doing bad damage against everything else. Also her weapons raise her SPD which is always nice. EDIT: I forgot to mention that you can find a Life Seed if you search the stuff in this room.


This guy not only saves and teaches you magic, but you can rest here FOR FREE which is nice, I might do some level building since I'm getting my ass handed to me by the bosses. . . just a little, it's mostly because I like to steal from them. I'll probably level up just so I'll be ahead for later, and for SF levels.

(side question: Should I put the SF color of the characters in their profiles in the OP?)


NEXT TIME ON LP LUFIA TLR: We take back a Kingdom, and the real villain behind the chaos on the Lidal Continent is revealed! I'm sure you can guess who it is (it's been hinted at excessively)