Alisa and her comrades ascended the staircase. They continued going up for quite a long while before finally arriving at the top. The landing had a curved passageway that went north, immediately followed by a crossroad.
While they were deciding where to go, the shutters closed behind them. Now there was no way for them to go back down.
Feigning an attack from the air, they landed behind them. Just as they hoped, the Ice Men did not notice.
“Now!”
Alisa struck the giant’s feet with her sword. Its entire body began to crack and fissure before completely crumbling and falling over. So the feet were the weak spot.
Armed with this knowledge, the fight was now theirs. Lutz and Tyrone finished off the last two. (-2 MP)
The group discovered a treasure box in the back of the banquet hall. Inside it they found a special armor made of Laconia. (Obtain item LACONIAN ARMOR. Write it on your item list and add +5 CP)
“Wow, it’s so strange that this armor fits me so perfectly. ―Who’s there?” Alisa noticed someone standing behind the treasure chest.
“W-wait, p-please don’t kill me,” the Dezolian said in a panic as he got up to run. “I came here to pick laerma berries, and then I got caught by the thugs in this tower.”
Dark Falz’s eyes shined and grew in an ominous manner. It was a paralysis spell!
Before they could react, Alisa and her comrades were struck by the attack. Alisa and her comrades could no longer move their own hands or feet; not even their mouths could move.
Tyrone glanced down to see that the Laconian Pot had fallen out of his pocket. At once, Myau jumped inside the pot and nibbled on the laerma berries that were in it.
Suddenly, Myau began to glow as a dazzling light wrapped around him.
“Myau!?”
Then, in a flash, he transformed into a marvelous beast with great big, beautiful wings.
“Wait, so is this the special phenomena that we heard about, the one that only happens when a musk cat eats a laerma berry? I guess Myau was a musk cat all along!”
“Wow, Tyrone, you’re his owner and you didn’t even know that?” said Alisa in disbelief.
<More importantly, everyone, hurry and get on my back! We’re going for a ride!>
By the time the monsters had made it to the rooftop, Myau was already up in the sky, far above Baya Malay.
A humongous castle suddenly emerged in the once empty sky. This was the Air Castle, the stronghold of La Shiec! The castle only appears when a musk cat takes flight and approaches it. In fact, that is the whole reason the laerma berry became a forbidden item.
Upon learning of their impending arrival to the Air Castle, La Shiec dispatched a special minion to greet the group. It was a Gold Drake, and it was a dragon of gargantuan proportions — the biggest one they’d ever seen!
Alisa and her comrades dove to the floor, avoiding the fire breath of the Flame Dragon. Getting back to her feet, Alisa maneuvered underneath the enemy and thrust her sword into its soft belly!
Myau then jumped up and began scratching and gouging at the dragon’s eyes. The Flame Dragon let out a piercing howl and fell over writhing in pain. Tyrone finished it off by slicing clean through its neck.
The party won the battle with unanticipated ease; somehow they had become more powerful than they had thought.
At the L-shaped corner, Lutz stopped the party from going forward. Only an esper of expert skill level could detect this; he felt the faint presence of an enemy.
Soon, something came slipping through the wall — a black armored mysterious person appeared in front of them.
“Another Chaos Sorcerer!?” exclaimed Lutz, uttering the name of the killer of his Master.
<I see, so it was you people who killed Dark Marauder. Indeed, I am Chaos Sorcerer Death Bearer. I will end your lives now!>
They did it! This time they were able to make some damage!?
Alisa pulled her sword from Dark Falz’s mouth.She thought she had dealt the finishing blow, but then suddenly, the beast’s fat arm sent Alisa flying! (-2 CP)
What a terrifying monster! After having its mouth penetrated by a sword blade, it can still move around like that!
The hair on Alisa’s neck stood up on end as sheer terror consumed her once again.
“Alisa, don’t forget, we are all here with you,” said Tyrone.