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“But still, where the heck is this Lutz guy? He may be an esper or whatever he is, but he sure picked a strange place to be in,” remarked Tyrone.
They came to a T-fork.
“But still, where the heck is this Lutz guy? He may be an esper or whatever he is, but he sure picked a strange place to be in,” remarked Tyrone.
They came to a T-fork.
“And just which one of you thinks you can actually pilot the Luveno? This isn’t some cheap sci-fi comic book, you know. It’s not something you can just learn overnight. Go find the robot Hapsby. While I was locked up in jail, he went off and disappeared somewhere. He’s the one who can pilot the ship.”
“Do you have any clue as to where he might be? Just saying ‘go find him’ doesn’t help, who knows how many years that might take…”
“He was probably taken away by the garbage scavenger people. I think their village is located up in the northern part of this continent.”
While they were preoccupied with the Gold Lenses, the Skeleton came clashing in with its sword.
“Watch out!” Tyrone jumped in front of Alisa and received the brunt of the sword’s blow.
“Tyrone!”
“This injury is nothing. More importantly, let’s even the score!”
Alisa and party fought hard. But unfortunately, the difference in numbers was too great. Somehow or other, the enemies eventually withdrew — but by that time, their bodies were already covered in wounds. (-2 HP)
Alisa and party decided to sneak into Triada Prison from the rear entrance.
“Just because this is the rear entrance doesn’t mean that things will be easy. We’ve been found out already,” said Alisa.
“That is correct. Prepare yourselves, illegal trespassers!”
From behind them, an old man emerged — a prison guard.
“Heh, one old geezer thinks he can stop all of us?” said Tyrone.
“Foolish youngsters!” the old man spun into the air and began to attack Alisa and comrades!
The attack was completely unexpected — it was as if a set of sharp claws had slashed and scratched them up. (-2 CP)
By the time the attacker landed back on the ground, he no longer had human form. He was now a monster covered in black fur with huge wings — he turned into a Werebat!
Werebat: 15 + BP (1-F)
Alisa & Party: CP + BP (2-I)
Without approaching the man, Alisa and party left the lava pit area. They suspected the man probably transformed into a monster as part of a trap.
The blue robed natives became aware of Alisa and her companions. They pointed their guns at them and began to shoot.
“Ahh!”
“Tyrone!”
“This is nothing. Those beam guns have low output. Even with a direct hit on bare skin, it’s only enough to leave a slight burn,” said Tyrone.
“But for those guys in the brown clothes, it’s a matter of life and death. We’ve got to hurry and save them.”
“Yeah! Okay you rats, it’s time to repay you for catching me off guard!”
Tyrone grabbed his ax and surged through the group of natives. Alisa and Myau joined in.
As things escalated into an all-out brawl, both sides of the fray feared getting struck by fly-by debris.
The blue robed natives grew clumsy and careless with their beam guns; suddenly they all ran off, dispersing in all directions like baby spiders. (+1 CP, +50 MESETA)
“All right, everything’s okay now, you guys,” Alisa said to the brown robed native.
<Oh, thank you.>
“Oh, you can talk?”
<We are Motavian Farmers. Those other guys were Motavian Scavengers We have lived here on this planet since ancient times, but ever since this La Shiec guy came around, the Scavengers have started picking on us.>
“Wow, I can’t believe La Shiec’s been meddling with things over here, too.”
<This is the first time we’ve ever been saved by humans. It’s also a first being saved by a cat. We truly, truly, thank you,> the Motavians gave their thanks again and again.
“Well, we’re going to go on our way now, but you guys be careful from now on.” (Action Chart – Check “J”)
After parting with the Motavian Farmers, the group continued advancing around the large rocky cliff.
“Wait, please. Somehow it appears that he means us no harm,” Lutz said, stopping Tyrone.
“How can you tell?”
“It’s what one might call telepathy.” And so Lutz began to talk to the Centaur earnestly. (-1 MP). By doing so, they learned a few things.
Yes, the Centaur was an imperial guard. However, he became unsatisfied with La Shiec’s ways, voiced his complaints and wound up being thrown in jail.
He was captured when he went to the village of Abion to buy Polymeteral.
“Polymeteral?”
“It’s a medicine that’s said to dissolve any kind of substance other than Laconia.”
Alisa tried to invite the Centaur to go with her and her comrades, but he shook his head. He explained that he no longer had a place where he belonged.
The party exited the cell.
“There’s fifty meseta in here, how lucky!” (+50 MESETA)
“Is that really okay for us to take?”
“Well, then someone shouldn’t have left it in a place like this,” Alisa answered coolly.
Continuing down the corridor, they came to a door. They tried using the Dungeon Key.
“Oi, who’s here? Oh, a li’l girl?” bellowed the bearded man inside.
“Are you Dr. Luveno? No, you couldn’t be, right…?” said Alisa.
“Wha? Nahh, I ain’t no doctor. Ain’t youse guys ever heard of Da Great Silver Next — legendary pick-pocket?”
“Looks like Dr. Luveno’s not here, either,” said Alisa to the rest of her party, ignoring the man. The group walked away.
Alisa sliced through the stunned enemies in the air. However, their hard shells repelled her attacks.
“Oh, that’s it!” Alisa saw that part of the shell was exposed and rebounded her blade. But, as she pierced through its abdomen, venom began to gush out!
The Ammonite fell from the sky, blue blood streaming out, and disappeared beneath the ocean surface.
“Alisa, are you okay!?” Having defeated the other monsters, Tyrone and the others came running back.
“I’m fine. I’m just a little numb, that’s all…” (-1 HP)