Part 19

Okay, since I said I was going to do this update tonight and am about to fall asleep as it is, I'm just going to go ahead and do some fusion on my own. I fuse


Seijuu Heqet


Datenshi Caim

to go with Vesta and Apsaras, giving me a much stronger party to work with. There's just one thing left to do before I break the seal on the next world, however.
Back to the school...


> Someone dropped a floppy disk on the floor.

We pick up the disk that we'd heard mention of back at the beginning of the game, and take it to Sato.


Sato:
Huh? What's that floppy disk?
You found it on the floor? ...Hey, this is broken!
You can't read the data on it.
It'll take a little time, but I can fix it if you leave it with me...

Tammy gives him the disk.

Sato:
Okay, I'll take the disk then. Leave this to me.

Takes time? Sounds like old school RPG for "grind".
We drop by the World of Gluttony again and slaughter demons for a while, during which time I go and get my dumb ass killed again. On the bright side, the rewards are pretty good:



Tammy gets Serket, an Egyptian deification of the scorpion. She isn't ridiculously fast any more (so fast that we always got first strike), but is still very fast and now even stronger.



Reiko gets Nadja, who gives a great stat boost and some status healing spells and our first reviving spell, Recarm.
The demon massacre is eventually rewarded with new levels, and we go back to see Sato.


Sato:
H-Help me!
Oh! Tammy, save me!
I'm gonna get killed this time for sure!!


Kerberos:
WHAT FOOL DARED SEAL ME WITHIN THAT FLIMSY DISK?!
Girl! Get out of the way! I won't forgive anyone who dares stand in my way! Move!

Tammy refuses to stand for such rudeness, and we choose not to let him pass.

...Just kidding. Kerberos is kind of the series' badass, and there is no way we're going to fight him without some kind of preparation.

Tammy summons a full party with Vesta, Apsaras, Caim and Heqet. The plan is to keep the strong demons in front as meat shields, try and buff the party as fast as possible, and defeat Kerberos with magic.

We drop by the broom closet Kerberos deigns to hang out in.


Kerberos:
Urgh... I'm starving for blood...
I'll bathe in your blood!


Majuu Kerberos appeared!

Please work, please work...

Just our luck, Apsaras gets her face caved in by Kerboros' mighty blow just as the battle starts, but the rest of the party manage to get in 3 Raku Kajas to boost our defence, and a Sukunda to drop Kerberos' accuracy. If we can keep this up, he'll be missing like crazy and doing minimal damage when he actually does hit.
We manage to repeat this pattern, barring a couple of mishaps. Before long, we've maxed out on Raku Kaja, but because we lost Apsaras, we can't boost our magic...
...or so I thought, but because I got a spare Alp when I was doing fusion, we manageed to sneak a few Maka Kajas in.

After a long and tense battle, we finally triumph, with the only losses being Apsaras and Vesta just before the end. That's gonna be expensive to fix.


Tammy
Str: 12
Int: 7
Mag: 7
Stm: 9
Spd: 10
Lck: 7

We gain so much EXP that we gain all of four levels. Where do the points go?
Str decides your attack power and goes towards HP too. Stm decides your defence and HP. Int helps with evasion and in demon conversations. Mag decides magic power and defence. Spd determines evasion and turn priority. Luck helps with evasion and more practical things like conversations and item drops.


Reiko
Str: 8
Int: 11
Mag: 13
Stm: 9
Spd: 9
Lck: 7

I'll take the first suggestions, anything is fine. I want to at least get started on the next world before I completely fall asleep.