Let's get this going again, shall we?
First things first, gotta go get Larc from the entrance to the
Underworld. He tells us it's off to the mountains
So, we're going after the first of the
Mana Dragons in the game, a Wind Drake named Akravator, I think it
is. He lives with a clan of bird
men in a place called the Norn Peaks. There's a forest area that
leads up to the Wing
Clan's village at the base of the mountains. On the way through
there, we run into another Dragoon. Her name, as I've mentioned, is
Sierra, and let me tell you, she's a feisty little thing. There
seems to be a connection between her and Larc, to the point that they
look very similar. I'm sure there's a reason for that, but we'll
have to wait awhile to see what it is, as she runs off after a brief
but tense confrontation. Sierra tells us that Satan is lying to us.
Yeah, no shit. I'll bet she'll even go so far as to tell me that
being morbidly obese is bad for me. Whoda thunk it, right?
Anyway, after a few battles, we finally
get to the village where Akravator's dragoons live. They know who we
are and they're going to do everything they can to stop us from
getting to him. They offer some resistance, but really nothing we
can't handle. The monsters going up the mountain aren't that much
more difficult, all things considered, but there is a barrier about
halfway up that won't come down until we take out the dragon's three
main dragoons. These guys are three mini-bosses found at encounter
points about halfway up the mountain. You'll know them when you see
them. Relatively speaking, not so hard, but no gold or experience
for the effort. At least the regular monsters give it out good.
It's still a ways to the top of the
mountain, with a few more decent fights. At the entrance to the boss
chamber, there's four more Wind Dragoons in training, but Larc
murders the hell out of them because he's a man on a mission.
Akravator's to the left, and this time, there was an avian egg to the
right. Since my barnyard was maxed out, I sold the egg for ten gold.
And then there's the boss fight.
Akravator's more than a little hard, having really high defense and
some super-powerful attacks. I guess that's to be expected of a Mana
Dragon, though. Funny thing about Larc here. You'd think that the
Dragoon for Drakonis, the game's version of Satan, would be stronger
than he turned out to be. Instead, he got
knocked the fuck out, leaving me to fight alone for a little
while. Fortunately, I managed to stay alive long enough for Larc to
come around again and help finish the fight.
Once that's over with, Larc leads us
into a room with a Mana Crystal and hands us something called the
Dragon Bone before touching the crystal, sending its power to his
master. With this mission over, I think I'm gonna go back to the
hero's place and save the game and stuff. Larc leaves, saying that
destiny can't be escaped. We'll get back to him soon enough, of
course, but if memory serves, there's an Academy of Magic quest I can
do alone before I can go after the second Mana Dragon.
But that's for later, folks. Until
then, stay safe, have fun, keep gaming, and DFTBA.
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