“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?”
“I understand. Together, let us go save the Algol Star System from the hands of evil,” said Lutz to Alisa.
“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.”
“Okay, so here’s the scoop. In Bartevo’s scrap heap, there’s lots of expensive and high quality stuff buried there. You know, like robots, water scooters, stuff like that… But it would probably take months to dig up anything there. Well then, see you—”
As the man was attempting to leave, Tyrone grabbed him by the collar of his neck.
“You’re telling me we gave you 200 meseta for that? There’s gotta be more to it than that.”
“Yes, sir. For you, sir, no problem. I can even add on Polymeteral for you. It’s a chemical that can melt away any object other than Laconia. So if the robot you’re looking for is made of Laconia, then this thing can find it for you in one shot.” (Action Chart – Check “F”. Also, obtain item POLYMETERAL.)
The battle only lasted an instant. Of the six shadows flying through the air, three of them came crashing down to the ground.
Tyrone, Lutz, and Myau defeated each of the three Kryons.
“You could have at least left one for me,” sulked Alisa.
“It’s good for the main character to take a break once in awhile. —Those bat guys are actually pretty loaded —Oh, hey, this one’s still breathing.”
“Hehehe, there’s a lava pit up ahead. You’re all going to die there — gahhh!”
“What an idiot, letting the enemy know about upcoming danger,” said Alisa, sheathing her sword after delivering the final blow. (+1 COMBAT P, +1 MAGIC P, +200 MESETA.)
“Well, if it’s that dangerous up ahead, there might be something for us there,” said Lutz.
“Oh, wow – there’s some nice stuff in here,” said Tyrone, his eyes alight as he walked into the Armor Shop of the village of Eppi.
Needle Gun: 80 meseta A gun that discharges a myriad of needles using high-pressure gas.
Iron Shield: 40 meseta Much sturdier than the Leather Shield.
Tyrone was fond of both armaments.
(Whether you choose to buy them or not is up to you. If you buy something, please write it on your Item List and subtract the price from your MESETA. Add 1 COMBAT P for each item bought. )
After leaving the Armor Shop, the party headed for the planet Motavia.
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 COMBAT P)
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!
“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 MAGIC P). 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.
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)
Alisa jumped in to attack. She drove her sword down with all her strength. However… she began to doubt what her eyes were seeing. With one hand, the Cyborg Mage was able to grab her sword and stop it. Neither Tyrone’s ax nor Myau’s fangs could cause any damage, either.
“You really should have listened to me earlier. I told you this thing has a robotic body!” exclaimed Tyrone.
The robotic sorcerer threw Alisa to the ground. To finish, he pierced her chest with a diamond staff.
The group continued on, avoiding the rocky terrain.
“Something’s following us already,” muttered Tyrone.
“You noticed them too? There are three of them,” replied Lutz.
Three shadows whirled down from the sky and surrounded the group. A variation of the Batman species, with fur the color of burnt umber — they were Kryons!
“Hmph, I could tell they were there, too!” Alisa said, unsheathing her sword.
