Massive final update time!
This is what the forbidden box would sell for.
I suppose the power of the ancients isn't quite as valuable as an iron lance. We hang on to it though.
The price offered for the Lightblade is a bit better at least. I find it entertaining that these things have prices at all to be honest. Most games don't let you sell such things.
This is pretty much the only thing the search command does besides open treasure chests. And since we missed the first gold fountain, this is the only time we use it for this in the whole game.
New waypoint achieved!
Now to commence the final assault!
The lightblade is blasting the shit out of everything before it moves.
We don't even find out what most of the new enemies are capable of.
The magic ring lets us nuke our asses off.
Or it would if our luck wasn't so shit.
Final got some shots of this thing popping out of the water.
The animation is really fast.
I think this frame was done by prosper.
Anyways, we can massacre these things easily now.
Are Hellhounds a new swap? I think they're new.
They still attack twice. And hit pretty hard.
Lots of new enemy sprites in the final floor.
No mercy for any of them.
ANOTHER one? Holy fuck.
I decide to let a few get some attacks off just to make things more interesting.
But they're just meleeing us right now anyways.
Levels pile up quickly.
Two in a row Milo? Geez.
More new guys.
Again, basic attacks.
Kind of funny that they hide such a large portion of the enemy sprites just on this one floor.
Annoying cunts.
Still, even if they hit hard...
...really hard! We can still heal this easily.
Fuckers! They put a hidden hole in front of a chest.
Well, at least it dropped us in a new area.
But we can't go back up through it.
Well, time to check this spot out then.
Obvious stairs are obvious. I think there was a chest down there too, but if there was it was just a stupid hand eater or something.
Bastard trap chest!
Attack from the rear!
Son of a fuck! Double trap!
Pallette swaps of new sprites already. Weird that they chose to do that instead of reusing older sprites from the caves.
Well, solution is still obvious.
And effective.
Though not quite effective enough. Not that a screen spell before it dies is going to hurt us.
Man, nearly breaking 5 digits now.
We can get at some chests from the other side with this key now, but we already got this one the hard way.
New enemies, so I give them a free round to see what they do.
Well... shit.
This is why I'm annihilating everything with the Lightblade and nuke spells.
The enemies here might fall easily, but so do we. It's basically a fight between glass cannons. Trying to conserve ammo in this situation by attacking weakly is foolish.
Fucker! The second one uses icebreath too.
Milo is highly resistant at least. Must be that hood. Funny that the frost armor doesn't help more.
And there goes our ability to nuke them away.
Don't want to risk somehow not killing the fucker and getting wiped out.
See? We wouldn't have even killed him with Milo's attack.
Though luckily it just swung at us this time.
Just another guardian? This'll be cake.
Rapeface on Milo!
Darn, was hoping for 100+ hits.
Holy fuck, shouldn't we be taking less than that now?
We gained a lot of levels and shit since last time we fought this thing didn't we?
And it has over 400 hp now? Holy fuck.
Emergency action saves the day.
Of course the chest it guarded was a trap too. Urgh. Ancients are total dicks.
Palette swapped already. One of these would have made for a cool boss fight.
The game could have used a few more of those I think.
Hmm, actually casting it huh?
Not going to accomplish much with such a lame spell though.
Woo! Lame spell level up!
I'd show you what it does, but it's basically a less entertaining version of what the demon staff did. Thoguh more useful, or would be if we didn't already have nigh endless MP supplies and massive nuking power.
Gee, that totally seems like a good alternative to the lightblade.
Barely stronger than the Stormsword, and Milo tells us it's 'nothing special'. Fuck you Milo.
In retrospect, I should have tried on some of the cursed items; they actually have individual curses in this game, like the offense lowering on the shield, or making your character randomly be paralyzed for another thing, stuff like that.
Yet another swap already?
We're lucky they don't show up in larger groups. A squad of 8 would actually be rather scary.
5 digit exp drop! NICE.
Augmented Andymen.
Damn these fuckers don't play nice.
Amusing that they had a 'fired an arrow' snippet in battle just for these guys using a normal attack.
Spinner! Weee!
Mundane fountain I guess? Maybe we need the light arms to make that spirit thing show up.
I scrap with this guy in case the wall behind him is a fake.
Plus I kind of wanted to one shot him with the box.
That part didn't work out.
At all.
Though we did put him to sleep.
At a price.
Of course, he used his double turn to wake up then attack right away.
This might be bad.
Shit, Codex is the only guy who woke up.
One more attack and we're fucked.
Wait... that isn't really any better.
We do win though, just barely.
Escape time!
We scrape together the funds to bring Milo back by some miracle
XP requirements keep climbing, but are still relatively low.
Dark Scimitar fetches a good price.
Time to patch up those busted rings.
Ta-da!
And we're back.
Another OHKO spell, blasting him into the sky.
I decide to give Codex back the lightblade, since Pyra can basically just nuke shit and use the rings for MP. Codex is faster than most enemies now anyways.
Hmm, a one way door. Good to have that mapped.
Another junk fountain.
More junk battles.
Frost 4 still kicks ass and takes names.
We can down these guys in 1-2 turns with boost 2.
Sorry, not strong enough. NEXT.
Oh cool, last spell to learn in the game.
Holy shit, 40? And it's targetted?
*Insert awesome Adam West Batman sound effects*
Single target version for 40 MP. But man, what a hit.
Ow.
Time to recover that MP.
30+ a pop makes it fairly quick.
From 30 to 130 without breaking the ring. Nice stuff.
Muddle for the lulz.
Not sure why we only brace for attacks from muddled enemies.
Or why we suffer the same amount of damage anyways.
Engaging stealth mode. We don't really need any more xp.
Son of a fuck! The spinner dumps us straight onto a hidden hole. We skipped it last time by approaching it differently.
Oh well, new area.
Stairs back up to a new spot.
Bleh.
:Hmmm:
I do believe this koolaid fountain is Codex approved.
But it doesn't do anything for us right now.
I never did get good shots of this thing showing up did I?
It's kinda neat.
Statuebots- assemble and roll out!
Though it sure looks different from the battle sprite.
Oh shit he's hulking out!
Oh he just wants to brofist us.
Lameass gold chests giving half what any decent battle would.
Because fucking around with dangerous enemies is my middle name!
While using dangerous items, because that makes even more sense!
Though we did get some hits off before our offence got kneecapped.
And it looks like the spell fucks the enemy offense just as badly.
Pyra doesn't afraid of anything with super speed.
Though we're gonna need some MP to nuke this shithead.
That'll do.
Bolt 4 to the rescue!
More shitty rewards.
Huh, an invitation.\
Don't mind if I do! Stairs out are close by as well.
Just because we're low on MP doesn't mean we'll hold back the spells.
Milo wants some target practice too.
I can think of a few useless things.
This'd be chief among them.
Codex is now 75% badass. One slot to go.
Wow, it's magic armor! Who'da thunk it?
The icemen cometh.
And then there was one.
And he punched us real fucking hard.
Oh-ho? Are those braziers I see? We ought to finish this chunk of map first though.
Another one? Lucky us.
Kind of redundant with nigh infinite MP and multiple sources of revival.
Will have to pass her a spare now.
When did I get an extra of this thing?!? Must have been battle loot.
Oh yeah, time to face the big bad-
God damnit.
Well, back we go then. Still the other side of the dungeon to clear.
Though it just has a pile of chests. Mostly shitty chests.
Though... this is interesting.
Weaker than the Lightrobe? But it looks cool.
Codex cannot into robes for some reason.
I decide to try using it, since it might have better magic resist than the lightrobe, and Pyra already has tons of natural defense anyways.
Fuck you demon wall!
Yeah I dunno how that works either.
Time to check the last spot we missed in the labyrinth proper...
On floor 3, many a PEACE spell later...
Final use of the Cell Key.
What kind of piss weak guard are you supposed to be? Send 3 of them next time.
Badass status achieved. Proceed with plan AWESOME EPIC FUCK YEAH.
Milo inherits the semi-badass shield.
I give Pyra the matching hood in the hopes of raising her magic resistance as much as possible.
Of course the light shield is nothing special Milo. Clearly it can't be blessed with mystical power like the one you have made by some weird gypsy in a tent in a single night.
Oh shit, he knows you're pregnant? Man they're gonna hang me for this...
Oh you mean that.
Mostly kinda blaming you for getting captured. And all these shitty guards. And the king for not giving me better equipment.
Indeed, he surely would have had a much better job if he were white
We're you like, the ones who told us and everyone else that he was? You could have just shut the fuck up you know.
How convenient.
Wow Theos. Creepy much.
I totally blame you for everything.
Does that mean you'll get off your ass again? Cause you haven't done that since when Darth Douchebag was here.
I know, stupid railroad plot. We could have been a totally awesome father/son team and murdered all you stupid fucks easily.
His head? Grimdark much?
Wow, Vyrun isn't the biggest dick in the room for like, the first time ever.
So does that make you Yoda? You're pretty tall for that. Also I think we could kick your ass, and Luke shouldn't be able to kick Yoda's ass.
Actually, come to think of it, I think Milo landed the last hit didn't he? Lets blame him. Stupid fat fucker. He didn't heal him after either.
Creepiness +1!
Achievement unlocked: Acquire weird stalker fetish materials.
Now I'm not sure who's being stalked any more.
Well, we have monster ass to destroy.
How is that a vial? Or tears for that matter?
Oh good, I'm sure diluted tears wouldn't work nearly as well.
Sorry what was that? I was just adding these delicious tears to my morning coffee. Really brings out the flavour.
Oh, whoops.
Wow, that princess sure is a gossipy bitch huh?
Well I think we've already talked to have the kingdom regarding that, so yeah, that seems like a safe bet.
At least he got to use that badass sword.
Oh yeah that too.
I know, that 1000xp was such a let down.
Totally should have given way more.
Way ahead of you. We're going to have Milo publicly executed as soon as we don't need his healing any more.
You know, Boost, Quick, lots of Heal 3 spells...
Yeah, anyone who has armor that cool is #1 in our book.
Indeed, poor us!
Especially since he can't fight worth shit to begin with.
Not by the Codex! They won't read this till a couple days after I play it.
Final mission launch!
Huh, thats an odd fluke. Didn't think these would spawn here. Well, gives me a second chance at something I tried to do earlier...
These guys have a rare chance to drop a really powerful weapon. I tried to farm for it earlier but gave up.
They're muddled with the demon staff because it has a chance to make enemies hand over their treasures.
But we get no such luck.
All we get is lame elf sex.
Ok, make that a 3 way.
Yeah this seems like a viable setup for the final battle.
Glowing water? Dunno what you're talking about!
Thank god for metagame senses.
We should throw the sword in too, maybe we can get the red one back.
Holy shit she's gigantic!
Over 3000 images thats how long. Did you know photobucket won't let you store more than 2500 images in a single folder?
Spirit of Light? We were looking for water. Fuck.
Whats that officer? No these belong to a friend, honest!
Oh, that doesn't sound too bad.
Wait a sec...
This is just a fountain of LSD isn't it!
Ancients weren't so bad after all
Epilepsy achieved. Good job.
Was there ever any doubt?
Warp back to town and rest for a measely 30 gold?
That sounds more difficult honestly. There's a lot of monsters in here.
Roger.
Some power up. No stat changes at all.
Luckily we know not to stumble through here, would be a major chunk of backtracking.
Once more through the breach!
Destiny awaits.
And here we are!
Oh wtf. Didn't let us in!
Come on!
Fucking hell.
Still no dice.
I'm gonna be pissed if I need a guide or something.
This doesn't work either.
Walking forward instead of just pressing the confirm button does though! DERPDERPHERPDERP.
Wow, that looks less than totally friendly.
I thought so too.
Me too.
Don't worry, I think the Codex was getting bored too.
Lightning flashes from back in the day are so much better than bloom we get these days.
Yeah, pretty sure we can help you with that 'problem'.
You wish sunshine.
Let the raping begin!
Time for full power.
Breaking out the level 1 quick spells for top notch defense too.
Oh shit, thats what WE use to rape things!
Copycat!
Eh, that could have been much much worse.
Ours does like 80-100.
Who taught this punk magic anyways?
This is magic fucker!
Get back to us after you finish learning how to zap bugs.
I'd have
so much if this worked.
But I guess more epic battle isn't so bad either.
We don't need no stinking awesome blows.
Yeah yeah whatever. You're hardly even scuffing the paint buddy.
Time to bring things up another notch.
Oh, an actualy threat now perhaps?
He's got the special effects right at least.
Damn, wish we had that one.
So much for the light armor helping to save us here.
Elven hoods work better apparently.
And magic ones even better still.
Maybe this wasn't the best time to dick with the box hoping for an epicfoot.
That could be bad.
Because the powers of the BADASS are greater than the powers of the EMO.
Plus we grinded for like 50 levels. Pyra has over 200 IQ man.
Oh shit, he's trying to summon the cybernegro rape squads!
Guess it didn't work.
Or did it?
Hmm, hope that isn't relevant.
Glowing red orbs don't usually signify danger, right guys?
Or having waves of light flicker across the screen?
Right?
I'm pretty sure arcs of lightning are safe too.
The ancients set this up after all, it must be totally safe.
Oh shit.
Pretty sure 'Demon with more demons for arms' is pretty up there in the monster hierarchy.
Looks like the left arm is a spellcaster.
Though the spells it knows seem kinda shitty.
Buffs go back up.
Did he get even weaker physically?
Bolt 4 in a room filled with chunks of metal, wires, and machinery. BEST PLAN EVAR.
Thats going to put a dent in our MP pretty quickly though.
Not that we'll need MP if we keep this shit up.
Shit, he knows that spell too.
But still casts it terribly.
Uh oh.
Well, thats not so bad actually. Though these multiple turns and spell spam are taking a toll.
Pyra goes crazy with Quick 1.
Seemed like the battle could use some spicing up.
Especially since it might be over soon at this rate.
Hopefully in our favour. A crit from him will probably still squish us.
Oh yeah, this is more like it.
Wait, I haven't seen this effect before.
Why is he all glowing and pulsing and shit?
He stays all glowy like this for the rest of the battle.
Though luckily, the spells didn't get powered up.
All systems are go.
All under control.
Dance fucker! Wahahahaha.
Trying to avoid needing to use HEAL 4.
We can keep this up for a very long time.
Especially if he wastes lots of turns on that shitty spell.
Hmm, wasn't that the bad voice?
Yeah, I don't like this effect.
Fucker.
Luckily she was going to heal herself anyways.
Bit Codex took a beating in melee this time.
Burn, bitch!
We're still undisputed spell masters here.
He's got nothing on us.
Ok, so he has HP and melee power on us. That kinda sucks.
Son of a fuck these aren't even crits.
Return fire!
Time to abuse the arsenal.
We've barely tapped our consumable supply.
Milo still has lots of juice left.
The good kind.
Damn, thats more in line with what I expected him to be doing.
Hopefully he doesn't start doubling that shit up.
He's probably half dead now.
Time to bring the secondary guns online.
: x
Eh, we'll live though.
Going to have to fire off another HEAL 4.
Could really use some of those crits right about now.
Or a healing spell from the box.
Or something better than 64 damage at least.
Ugh, going to need a ring recharge next round.
Not going down without a fight.
Well, neither will we.
Step aside and let the really casters show you how it's done, MELVYL.
That'll do.
Oh fuck. Incoming
DAMN. Dark BRO does not fuck around in melee.
Luckily, we brought toys with us.
Guaranteed to enhance penis size AND revive the dead!
Shit, I think we made him envious.
Take that fucker!
Massive
DIE VINES! THE EVIL CORRUPTION OF NATURE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED HERE.
What is all this shit for anyways?
Oh god, a bloom generator!
Oh wait.
It's just the sun.
What was it with 1990's and putting futuristic/alien crap in the endings of fantasy games anyways?
Labyrinth no longer selectable.
Fuck yeah. Go team us.
What about me? Nobody gonna remember the awesome cybernegro knight?
Damn, I've heard of adventurers destroying the economy with their monster loot before, but not like this...
You have no idea. I'm going to crash this economy SO hard. I have half a million gold pieces and a ton of priceless equipment.
Oh sure, suck up to the rich guys.
We're you already forever in our debt from us saving your life?
Wow, such glowing praise.
What, you figured we were gonna die and let us go anyways? What horrible parents.
Except maybe us.
Really, still gonna charge us?
Well, we pretty much are. Can we fight the owner of that giant foot next? That might be a more fair fight.
Oh right, he might shake his cane at us or something.
Storm the castle!
If only we'd lopped off hsi head and brought it with us, we could verify this statement. Oh well, I guess rotting away to nothing in a dungeon of rotting undead and slime is ok too.
You're welcome. Course dues are 6000 gold pieces, payable at the first of the month.
With what, 400 gold? Not getting my hopes up this time, thanks.
Yeah, she could make an awesome villain for the sequel.
You could also thank the guy who invented torches. They work too.
Can you squeeze out more tears? I want to see that hot spirit chick again.
And badass among heroes. And a hero among badasses.
Wait, that sounds bad.
Oh, ok then.
Aw fuck.
I think she mentioned something about subjects for experiments in the labyrinth ruins.
Like how to fail completely?
Prosper eh. That explains all those fucked monster designs.
Bye creepy purple hermit dude.
They really spent a lot of time on these credit slides.
We're coming for you!
LP COMPLETE!
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