Part 46: Chapter 32/33 – The Temple of Fire

Chapter 32/33 – The Temple of Fire



So it’s time to head to the temple of Fire and grab the Holy Sword of Salia in case the evil god revives.



However to get there we have to head through this cesspool of a map that I’m going to more or less skip…



: Therefore you must run away now. When this war ends I think they’ll understand.



: I don’t know. Holmes maybe won’t forgive me for doing such a fastsidious thing. But it’s alright, don’t worry about me.

: Kate, won’t you come with me? You misunderstood Garzels teachings. It’s only for self-defense that we are willing to do these things. If they would just stop the persecution of the Zoa people, then it’s more than likely that we could co-exist.

Bullshit. Remember you are trying to ressurect an evil god…

: Zieg, what does this mean? Didn’t you feel threatened by Garzel? Didn’t you do this against your own will to release the hostages.

: Kate please hear me out. I…



: Bishop Gwen will be pleased. As one would expect or Karla’s little brother, you did well.

: Nebka…

: Leave the woman to me. You should not disagree. If her younger brother became a traitor now, Karla’s efforts will all go to waste. You surely don’t want to make that strong girl cry.

: …

: Zieg… no way you…

: Kukuku pitiful woman. This man is Bishop Gwen’s right hand. He is the brother of the head witch Karla. You were simply tricked. You were so innocent to not realize it….

: Zieg, did you trick me? Answer me, Zieg!!!

: …



: it became a den for apparitions.



: The enemy does not solely consist out of those beasts. There are dark priests of Garzel as well. Be extra careful of the Garzel witches. With their warp spell they’ll be attacking you when you least expect it.















So let’s talk about what makes this chapter bullshit and annoying as hell. First of all almost the entirety of the map is swamp. Swamp is a worse terrain than desert in that it in addition to slowing you to a crawl also damages you every turn. In addition to that you got a bunch of AoE breaths to deal with from the dragons, constantly respawning witches that’ll love to go after your less sturdy members. Once you make it a good deal through the swamp you’ll be bottlenecked and have to fight through mages all armed with AoE tomes. Lastly the boss has the evil version of the Aura Rain tome e.g. a tome that targets every unit of your team and hits like a truck.

To all of that I say fuck it and proceed as follows…








First we murder the approaching monsters…









Then we send a unit over to kill the boss (Yoda would have worked as well).



But I was greedy and got rewarded with a good level.





Next you refresh Renee and send Holmes over as well.



Who then captures the temple and ends the map. Naturally this will make the post-battle quotes completely senseless but it’s a price I’m willing to pay.





: Those witches are the troublesome ones. I mean aren’t they afraid of dieing? It’s like a suicide tactic.

: The witches of Garzel were brainwashed by the religious doctrine. This happens to almost every little girl in Zoa, they are just victims… The inner works of Garzel are purely evil. Only the bishop and some priests are unaffected. The rest are just slaves to the religious doctrine.

: Hey Shigen, stop saying these unpleasent things. They make me uncomfortable. Just “be silent and kill”. They captured Katri and would sacrifice her, Whether they are Zoa or anyone else isn’t important right now. Our dear comrade was snatched away and we have to save her no matter what. I won’t forgive anyone who stands in my way.

: Isn’t that alright? I wasn’t judging you due to your personal justification anyhow.

: Tsk… do what you want.





Since this would be quite the short update I decided to include the next map as well.







: In order to break Gwenchaos’ dark magic the swords is needed, no doubt.

: But last time we came here, there was only an old rusty sword inside the temple and we weren’t able to take it with us. It was embedded into the floor and nobody was able to pull it out.

: That old sword is indeed the Holy Sword of Salia. And I’m pretty sure that the you of today should be able to pull it out.

: I see, what an incredible coincidence…

: Anyhow, just go to the sword. If we don’t hurry we’ll be encircled by the Garzel army.



The temple houses a few of the usual monster and this dude who has the annoying target all tome and in addition quite a powerful dark magic tome as well. Lastly he also holds an Elixier which means he’ll revive one time. Still this map is infinitely easier to deal with than the last one.







We advance and Rishel burns the dragon to a crisp for a level. It seems the running gag of this LP is the utter refusal of mages to gain any magic. This will last through this map as well.



Anyway Rishel steps into his “training center”. He is able to one shot any of those with his personal tome and is only at a small risk of actually dieing. Still since I’d rather not tempt the RNG I’ll gave him a shield beforehand.



And so it begins…





These levels make me sad…







On their end Billford gets an ok level and Shigen seems to pay for his great level in the last map.



After a single turn almost all golems have bitten the dust.



Get magic for crying out loud…



Seems I have to do everything myself. I’ll decided to promote him now since it gives no exp malus and he won’t reach lvl 40 anyhow since he lacks elite.





I wouldn’t have been surprised if he somehow refused to gain magic here either…



the boss shows what he is capable off and takes almost half hp off everyone on the team (except for Holmes, Plum, Yoda and Raquel who dodge…)



Billford just heals up by overkilling the nearest dragon.





Rishel stays at a distance and burns away the bosses first life with his siege tome.





Holmes is so kind as to end his second one only a few moments later. He even gets a decent level out of it.







: Sheesh, Alright, alright already…











Anime transformation scene complete.





: what do you mean “ the Love of Katri?

: You had it from Katri. The bracelet is the key to revive the Holy Sword. The combination of the crest on the bracelet and the engraving on the handle of the sword revive the sword as the Holy Sword of the Great Goddess Utna.

: Katri’s love…. I tihnk I understand Head Priestress. With this Holy Sword of Salia we should be able to defeat Gwenchaos. I’m fully charged now so let’s go save Katri right now!



And with that we have the Holy Sword of Salia one of the more powerful weapons in the game. We stop here today as what follows is another instance of too many uninteresting . Till next time.