Part 38: The King of the Flies.

Update 38:


"That red wall appeared out of nowhere and sealed off the basement.
The guys guarding Him were trapped inside, too..."






And now the wall is gone.


"Be careful, He's no rookie."
Well, he better be prepared as well, since he is going to face ASURAS. With many many mantras.



"There's a guy locked away...
He went crazy, and wouldn't stop devouring people.
He was delirious, going on about the Wiked King... then began eating his own allies.
We need to isolate him until he dies of starvation."
That would be cruel, yet effective. BUT sicne there are a gazillion rookies/guys also trapped in the goddamn area, it would be useless.




Damnation.



WHAT?
Nonworking switches?
What witchery is this?



Oh.



"We tripped the breaker on B2 to deactivate the wall mechanism.
It is inconvenient, but it is better than letting that guy escape."
They seem to be afraid of that particular individual.




Wikilink!
Shiisaa is kind of silly looking.




No surprises there. Cielo still is fast and lucky.





This place is not such a bad optional dungeon.
No teleports, no holes. Some switches, but nothing too bad.



Also: OH NO LIGHTS OUT in the lower floor.



Somewhat dark, eh?



Moneymoneymoney.




"*cough*
Oh, it's you, sir. Don't scare me like that."




Grr.
This is fixed by using a switch.
Or a couple of switches.




Oh hey it is the MONKEY KING!


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Not much difference in the design, eh?



This treasure is quite acceptable.





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Weeird paper demon. Appropriately weak against fire.






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Wikilink!




Gale is very useful now, you know.
His magic is far better than Heat's.



And I am a total Luck whore.



See? Goddamn. Gale almost doubles that.
That is not good at all. Magic is very, very useful.





Ah, small terminals.
Useful, I must say.




"He'll escape if we turn the power back on."





OH BOY.
Switch switch switch!




Oops.




Aww. But what if nothing bad happens?



Now walls can be raised and lowered, so more areas become accesible.


"Agidyne
Fire Amp"
Which will be useful.




"Zandyne
Force Amp"




"Genocide
Phys Repel
Counterstrike
Attack All."




Not interested on a Field Hunt at the moment.




It is located there.




Good skills. Inferior to OTHER skills, but eh, whatever.



Aaaaagh expensive.



Relatively cheap.



The way has been opened.




God damn it. Argilla's magic is OBSCENE.




No walls can stand in front of Serph.
His skills would have been useful for Raidou, you know.




Damn good treasures.



"Ice Amp"




That is the same room.



Other than obscene luck, not bad.



"Excutioner.
Demon Rage
Revelation"





Seriously, his stats are the worst in the game. Mainly because of his pitiful magic.
Magic also serves as a Magic Resist stat, so he gets extra damage.
Heat, you suck.



Enough grinding!



Oh lord! Optional boss! (Gamevee)
Not as bad as the things that will come later, though. (Viddler)
Did not absolutely cheese him, though. May do something different with the others. (Youtube)





And then, the first fight against Beelzebub starts.
He is kind of an asshole, but not THAT bad.
It is only going to get worse from here.



Leaves good loot.





Cutscene stupidity? They defeated him, so they should have devoured him!

Or something.




Oh dear.
What does this do?


Oooh.
Well, it is kind of fitting. It is the NECRONOMICON.
There is something better later on, though.