Part VI: Making Progress
Okay so I'm going to skip through my journey a bit quicker than usually. I have been playing this game sporadically over the past two weeks and don't really remember why I took some screenshots. So here are some highlights.
First, I've retrieved Floating Shoes from a sewer. I don't think I had any trouble with the dungeon, and there wasn't even a boss fight.
With the Shoes, I was able to cross the swamp to reach Goldor's mansion. These horses were a pain in the rear end, as you can see.
But Goldor himself was really easy.
Somwhere around this time, I decided to ditch my black mage. The only times I used him were during boss fights, but even then his magic didn't do much. I needed more basic, raw power so I chose a Monk for the time being.
Goldor had the Earth crystal, but he destroyed it. Oh. So after flying around for a bit, finding places I didn't really had a need for (like a summoner village), I got shot out of the air in this big place.
The first time I met Gardua, I was completely and utterly unprepared. Turns out just one Dragoon isn't enough.
With four of them, I still only got lucky in winning.
After this whole ordeal, I got the Nautilus, which is superfast.
I made my way to Dorga's mansion, who has moogles that sell some great magic spells.
Another mini-dungeon awaited me. This time, running away was not an option, so I died. Damn these mini-dungeons!
Luckily, with the Thief's Escape option, running away was a bit easier. Also I really dislike that Thief sprite.
At the end of the dungeon I received an upgrade to my Nautilus, so now it can go underwater. Some truly terrifying enemies awaited me there.
Here I found the temple of time. Some of the enemies hit me quite hard, but overall it wasn't too tough a dungeon. Once again no boss fight. Just a lute.
I used the Lute on Unne and together we made our way to the ancient ruins. The enemies here are amazingly awful.
These guys just hit REALLY hard.
But THESE guys just keep multiplying. Oh man.
And now I am kind of stuck in this dungeon, as I am facing hordes of deathclaws who multiply when hit once, and who can kill me in ONE hit, even my Knight! Am I underleveled, or is this dungeon just a difficulty spike? D: