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The group arrived in the village of Bartevo.
After finally making it through the gas cloud, Alisa and party arrived at the village of Sopia. Alisa’s mind raced as she wondered if it could be La Shiec’s base. Upon seeing the shabby state the village was in, she was dumbfounded.
The village chief approached Alisa and her comrades. “Are you the heroes that are going to defeat La Shiec? As you can see, Sopia is in pretty bad shape right now,” said the elder man.
“If you make a donation of 200 meseta, I’ll give you the weapon that has been passed down in our village.”
“With zombie-type monsters, the head is the weak spot,” said Tyrone, grabbing his ax and beheading the enemy. The bloody head rolled onto the floor.
“Look at that, see how quickly they’re defeated! ―Urgh!”
Even without a head, the Butte was not defeated. To top things off, the Butte then ripped at Tyrone’s abdomen with its sharp claws. The undead’s strength was enough to penetrate armor! (-1 HP)
“Tyrone!” Alisa ran up and swung her sword at the enemy’s body. Even still, it was not defeated.
“Is there any way to beat this thing, Lutz?”
“I think so,” said Lutz, crushing the rolling head with his staff.
“As I suspected, the only way is to completely destroy the head.” (+1 MP)
Where to go at the L-shaped corridor ahead?
“It seems there are still strange places on the planet Palma. For all we know, La Shiec himself could be here somewhere. I’ve heard that there are all kinds of monsters up in Abion Tower and Medusa’s Tower,” explained Dr. Luveno.
“Medusa’s Tower! So you’re saying that Medusa is over there!?” exclaimed Tyrone, remembering how he had been defeated by her before.
“It would seem that’s the case… There’s also some terrifying creatures in the Abion Tower, also.”
Half-hearted attacks were ineffective against the Talos’ thick skin.
While dodging its fists, Alisa and her comrades aimed for the monster’s eyes! Next, they got its throat! They then hit it in the balls. The Talos collapsed on the spot.
“Wow, so even monsters have balls?”
“Its balls are disgusting, let’s stop talking about it,” said Tyrone.
Up ahead in the passageway was an L-shaped corner.
Wiping the sweat off their brows, the group trudged on through the lava pit area. They were being careful not to touch the actual lava itself, but their bodies succumbed to fever (-1 HP).
“Let’s get out of here soon. ―What’s that? It looks like someone collapsed over there.”
“He looks human. No, wait, his hands are different. He’s got some scales growing over them…”
“Hmm, what’s this…?” Alisa opened the lid of the treasure box.
“It’s Gas Cleaner ― let’s take it. It might come in handy later,” said Lutz, placing the small machine into the pocket of his robe. (Obtain item GAS CLEANER).
The Ammonite stopped midair. From an opening in its shell, it ejected venom at Alisa and her comrades!
Alisa dodged it and jumped up towards the Ammonite. Before it had enough time to launch another round of venom, she struck her sword into the opening of its shell! The seashell monster instantly plummeted to the ground. Dripping blue blood, it disappeared beneath the ocean’s surface.
By the time Alisa turned around, the other three had already been taken care of by Tyrone and the others. (+1 CP, +100 MESETA).
“You don’t have the money? Well, that’s no good. From what I saw, you looked like you had some pretty strong people with you, but anyways ―why don’t you head over to the tower south of here? I hear there’s loads of treasure in there. Naturally, the place is swarming with monsters, so no one has ever come back alive, or so I’ve heard.”
“If no one’s ever come back alive, how come you know so much about it?” asked Alisa.
“Er, well, that’s…” the store owner stumbled on his words.
“I’m sure it’s fine, Alisa. Even if we only heard half of it, at least we’ve ascertained that there are monsters there. If we can’t exterminate some monsters, then defeating La Shiec is even more impossible,” asserted Tyrone.
What Tyrone said was correct. Alisa and her comrades got directions from the store owner, and once again returned to the southern reaches of the continent. They headed for the tower that jutted out from the rock face.
Alisa and party put their backs to each other as they faced off against the enemies. With their impenetrable defense, they took out the Biter Flies one by one.
Thankfully, none of them got hit by their stingers, and they were able to repel the Biter Flies. (+1 CP, +50 MESETA)
After leaving the cave, the party came across a sign which read:
Abion Village ― 500 meters.
Loar Village ― 2 kilometers.