Part 17
Youjuu Parasite and Gedou Slime appeared!
The encounter rate in Orcus' guts is low, but the demons are still very weird.
Slimes are tricky; they have a good amount of HP, and high defence. However, their Magic is very low, so one hit from a basic spell will do ridiculous damage.
Anyway, this set gives us a lot of EXP, so I'm not complaining.
Jaryuu Dragon appeared!
Do you think the demons are getting much tougher-looking?
We actually had to run away from this party.
We're getting badly worn down the further on we go, and there's no way out. We're running low on healing items. Thankfully, level-ups restore HP and MP, but you can't rely on that alone.
Eventually, we come to...
> There's a huge insect inside Orcus' body.
Helloooo ladies!
Youchuu Parasite appeared!
Parasite is TOUGH. He started off the battle by using a party-wide poison attack that took most of the party's HP away, and one-shotted Ukobach who was along for the ride. However, we quickly learned that he was highly flammable, and a couple of powered-up Agilao spells from Reiko soon sent him packing.
Headmaster:
...What was I doing...?
I have this feeling I was... doing something terribly sinful... just until a moment ago...
>The Headmaster returned to the school.
> Tammy received the Ring of Diligence.
Exhausted from our ordeal, we stagger back to the town and heal up. Out of the 10,000 makka we've made so far, we end up dropping nearly 7,000 on reviving and healing our minions. HEALING ELF!
Once done healing up, it's off to the Jakyo to capitalise on our stock of demons. I'll list some fusions we can perform, and you can decide on what we'll be travelling with next.
Jack Frost x Cat Sidhe = Seijuu Heqet
Str: 8, Int: 6, Mag: 9, Stm: 7, Spd: 4, Lck: 6
Magic: Raku Kaja, Dia, Diarama, Media, Poisondi, Paraladi.
satsu's thoughts: Great defences and a whole raft of great healing and support magic. Could do with more MP.
Heqet info @ Wikipedia
Yes, that is a goddess.
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Jack Frost x Alp = Yama Empusa
Str: 5, Int: 6, Mag: 9, Stm: 4, Spd: 6, Lck: 4
Magic: Zio, Dormina, Dia, Mapper
Skills: Dark Breath, Scratch
satsu's thoughts: Pretty "eh". Lots of MP, but not much to do with it.
Empusa info @ Wikipedia
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Jack Frost x Ihika = Datenshi Caim
Str: 8, Int: 5, Mag: 6, Stm: 4, Spd: 10, Lck: 5
Magic: Zan, Zanma, Sukunda, Dia, Paraladi, Calmdi.
satsu's thoughts: Good defences, decent magic, good strength. Sukunda is good at making the enemy miss. Very fast, cool portrait.
Caim info @ Wikipedia
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Jack Frost x Ukobach = Tenshi Angel
Str: 8, Int: 6, Mag: 5, Stm: 5, Spd: 5, Lck: 6
Magic: Zanma, Hama, Raku Kaja, Dia, Media, Penpatra.
satsu's thoughts: Penpatra and Media for party-wide healing and status curing making her a decent supporter, but a little underpowered. Plus, it's extreme Law, and we're running with a mostly Chaotic team. (You can't summon Law demons into a Chaos party, and vice versa.)
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Jack Frost x Holy Ghost = Youchou Ocypete
Str: 8, Int: 6, Mag: 9, Stm: 7, Spd: 4, Lck: 6
Magic: Zan, Tarunda.
Skills: Happy Song, Lullaby, Scratch, Wing Flap
satsu's thoughts: Fast as hell with okay defences. Tarunda is good for weakening the enemy.
Ocypete info @ Wikipedia
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Gagison x Alp = Youma Apsaras
Str: 4, Int: 7, Mag: 11, Stm: 4, Spd: 5, Lck: 7
Magic: Zan, Zanma, Makajama, Raku Kaja, Maka Kaja, Media.
satsu's thoughts: Great at magic, not too strong defensively. Party-wide healing and support with two Kaja spells means that I've had one in every SMT I've played, from I to Nocturne.
It's one level higher than Tammy, so I'll have to grind a level to fuse it.
Apsaras info @ Wikipedia
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Gagison x Cait Sith = Youki Azumi
Str: 9, Int: 5, Mag: 6, Stm: 6, Spd: 5, Lck: 5
Magic: Zio, Zionga, Maha Zio, Media
Skills: Wall of Water, Hell's Fist
satsu's thoughts: Clearly geared towards offence, but Media is a nice bonus. Pretty average.
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Alp x Ihika x Jack Frost = Jiboshin Vesta
Str: 8, Int: 6, Mag: 9, Stm: 8, Spd: 3, Lck: 8
Magic: Agilao, Maga Agilao, Raku Kaja, Paraladi
Skills: Wall of Fire
satsu's thoughts: Slow speed, but pretty great all round otherwise, and has the strongest magic and the best offensive spells so far, though MP is a bit disappointing. A real tank, and definitely worthy of a place on our team.
Vesta information @ Wikipedia
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Cat Sidhe x Holy Ghost x Gagison = Reichou Suparna
Str: 5, Int: 4, Mag: 5, Stm: 4, Spd: 13, Lck: 8
Magic: Zan, Diarama, Penpatra, Paraladi, Mapper
Skills: Scratch
satsu's thoughts: Very fast, but kind of sucky. Diarama is nice, but we have better options. Law-aligned, too.
Suparna information @ Wikipedia
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There are multiple combinations to get the same demon. I'll be taking the first several votes I get. I'll be doing the next proper update tomorrow, so there's time now to deliberate.
Edit: Changing race names back to Japanese because matching them up with SMT: Nocturne is a headache (can't find a good listing, and demons have been moved around between the different races). Should match the AGTP translations of SMTI and II.