“Die, you fools!” yelled the Cyborg Mage as he put his palms together and blasted them with fireballs. He managed to land direct hits on both Alisa and Tyrone! If they hadn’t been wearing their armor, it would have meant instant death for them. (-1 HP, -1 CP)
“Oof… he’s using Flaeli — an esper skill.”
“Who cares if he’s an esper or whatever he is — it’s not like he’s immortal. Let’s all attack at once!”
The Butte was unbelievably strong. Nothing seemed to work; cutting off its head didn’t work, nor did slashing its body with a sword.
Even with its head cut off, even slashing its body up with a sword, it continued to thrash around with superhuman strength. (-2 HP)
“If this is how it’s gonna be, then all I can do is rip the monster’s body to pieces!”
While managing to avoid its sharp claws and super-strength, they finally managed to fell the monster.
Where should they go at L-shaped corridor ahead?
“Aren’t you Dr. Luveno?”
“Yes, I am. Ohh, and you’re Lutz, aren’t you? I hope you’re not here to try to get me out of here. I want nothing to do with that.”
“I’m going to try using the key that guy left behind earlier,” said Alisa.
Alisa’s intuition was correct. The door opened easily with the Dungeon Key.
Beyond the door, deep inside the room stood a tall, slender man wearing a hood.
“Who are you?”
“You must be Lutz, right…? My name is Alisa, and this is Tyrone and Myau. We have crossed over the desert in order to find you.”
“I’m in the middle of my training right now. I do not have time to be meeting with random strangers.”
“No time to meet us? What are you on about, man. This cave has already been infiltrated by an enemy that wants to kill you!”
“Wait, Tyrone,” said Alisa. “Lutz, I’ve brought with me a letter from the Governor of Motavia. Would you mind reading it?”
Lutz took the letter from Alisa and looked it over.
“I see… it’s about La Shiec. So, he’s formed an alliance with a dark religious cult called ‘Chaos’? This is far more serious than I had imagined.”
Lutz looked into Alisa’s eyes and saw her sincerity. He nodded his head. He then removed his hood, revealing his long, flowing blue hair. He had an effeminate face that looked as beautiful as Alisa’s.
“I understand. Together, let us go save the Algol Star System from the hands of evil,” said Lutz. “To do that, first we will need to go to the Gothic Woods on the planet Palma…”
“Gothic Woods?”
“If we go there, we can meet with Dr. Luveno. He’s a little bit strange, though.”
Alisa and party ran up to the man. However, on their way, a large squadron of fish-men appeared in the lava pit area. They were monsters that looked similar to Sharkins; they were Marshmen!
“So this was a trap, after all?”
Squadron of Marshmen: 19 + BP (1-F)
Alisa & Party: CP + BP (2-A)
“So you’re Alisa. I see that you destroyed my robot…”
After their trouble, Alisa and her comrades were finally able to meet the Governor, however right from the start, he was furrowing his eyebrows. They couldn’t blame him.
“Ah, well, I suppose it’s fine. There’s no way you could defeat La Shiec without that kind of spirit.”
His words put Alisa and her comrades at ease.
“There’s no way I’m going to go to some lava pit to get burned alive. Let’s go to the coast lands,” said Alisa.
However, this was a world ruled by La Shiec. Even the coast lands had monsters awaiting them.
Splash! Four frighteningly large seashells came flying up at them from the ocean!
Four Ammonites: 18 + BP (1-G)
Alisa & Party: CP + BP (2-E)
Just when they thought they had smelled something odd, they noticed that this village has a scrap heap piled up like a mountain.
“Well, it looks like there’s nothing we can do here. Let’s go to that cave, then.”
They used the Dungeon Key to open the door. An elderly man was inside.
“Who are you?” he asked.
“Please excuse us. You don’t seem to be Dr. Luveno,” said Lutz.
“My name is Dr. Amamoto. I see,” he said. “So, Luveno’s been locked up too. —Actually, I’ve done research together with him before. Excuse me, but if you find him, would you mind giving him this for me?”
“What is this?” asked Alisa, receiving a small bottle from Dr. Amamoto. (Action Chart – Check “E”).
“It’s the preserved meat from the monster Sharkin that’s been boiled in soy sauce, hehehe.”
“O-oh, is that so? All right then, I’ll make sure to give it to him.” (Ugh…)
Alisa and party left the cell.
All of a sudden, red particles of light came raining down, scorching Alisa’s feet.
When she looked up at the top of the cliff, she saw a large group of native Motavians about a meter tall and wearing blue robes.
They had been attacking at Alisa and the group with their beam guns!
