LogueВ’s taking some heat from the Cursed Soul and Aquamote, so I pull him back a bit to get him healed up. Not much to report from Olifen, itВ’s really Marie and Levatte that are about to get some good skills. Meanwhile, Olifen is in a great position to finish the Apis off with a chop from his sword, getting him a level. Logue levels up under fire from the Majin, which doesnВ’t get him any new skills or anything annoyingly. Meanwhile, we heal Stein up and throw some magic at Apis to take it down into the red zone. Logue spears the Cursed Soul and Thiefler, and then Marie closes the deal on the Thiefler with an Aero II. This is good because I was worried it might attack someone important like Marie. Thiefler meanwhile is advancing right into our teeth, as thatВ’s the shortest path to the chest it wants.ДЄpis meanwhile flies out of the jaws of our melee and instead shoots at Stein. Logue lumbers up to support Marie, since sheВ’s closer than IВ’d like to the Majin right now. The enemy Majin that are currently out of range meanwhile throw a lot of their buffs around, itВ’s not really a problem because theyВ’re all far away. Marie hits is for most of its health with a spell, getting us off to a good start. An Apis up on the near ledge comes down to shoot Olifen, which is pretty much exactly what we want it to do so thatВ’s good. I start out pretty simply, throwing buffs around and advancing. This map is almost as bad as DesertВ’s maps as far as having annoying impassable stuff and is even worse in having awkward angles on terrain trying to see things.ДЄnd weВ’ve got our first mention of Izel in OlifenВ’s story. She can burn one of the low-level Thieflers out with trivial ease. WeВ’re far from the Majin and I have a Thiefler to knock the hell out so I want Marie up front and ready to go. ItВ’s got a decent amount of Aqua magic to throw around and can heal, itВ’s potentially a real pain. ItВ’s quite resistant to Strikes and vulnerable to Fire and Pierce just like all other Aquamotes. ItВ’s possible weВ’ve not seen this specific Aquamote yet, so IВ’m going to talk about it. ItВ’s a lot less annoying because of that. ItВ’s still vulnerable to Fire, and it trades its Disease Attack for physical passives. The high-level Apis is actually quite distinct from the Vespulas we fought in Desert. We do need to be concerned about Terra II causing Fracture, thatВ’s the largest concern. ItВ’s still vulnerable to Fire and Strikes, and those are going to be our best bets against it. Gripnor has gained Terra II and Fortify with this new version. LetВ’s look at the Majin weВ’ve not seen in this form yet. ThereВ’s a Thiefler, three Apis, two Aquamote, two Cursed Soul, and two Gripnor. None of them are new but several are versions of a Majin weВ’ve not seen yet. WeВ’ve got the same mercs weВ’ve had the past few maps, until we get Yuri thereВ’s no real point switching things around. Marie, your directness might be just what he needs to become a better leader. Well, I didnВ’t ask you to do that! Now letВ’s get ready to move! IВ’m just looking out for your best interests, Boss. Hey! We donВ’t have time to sit around and chat about the old days! If youВ’re talking about the Olifen I know, IВ’d say youВ’re completely wrong You know, as hard as I try, I just canВ’t do anything right I think LogueВ’s problem is getting worse. ThereВ’s a girl out there who owes you her life. I heard a girl from the Reev tribe was found alive after the battle. I couldnВ’t save them! I canВ’t save anyone! On the last mission, I couldnВ’t do anything when the Reev tribe fell to the Majin! IВ’m the guy who couldnВ’t even save his own regiment

Of course we all certainly have a lot of them. YouВ’re the Valdian Commander, or have you forgottenВ…?ДonВ’t make me laugh. I think you need to realize your own importance. Who the hell cares? ItВ’s just us right now. Right now, I think youВ’d depress them even more. In times of crisis, your men will look to their Commander for hope and reassurance. I think this place is bringing back a lot of bad memories for everyone. The path through the forest branched off here, there seemed to be a clearing to the left so we went that way.

Part 32: Stratum 2: Legends Little is known about the chain of events leading up to the time of BesekВ’s return within the Valdian Knights save that the favored choice for the CommanderВ’s position was passed over.

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