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Scenario 17
Old Friends, New Foes

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After Egbert dispelled the seal on the sword, a well of darkness erupted into lands once again. With Alhazard fully-powered and in the hands of Kaiser Bernhardt, it seemed as though there were none left to oppose the empire. After Liana dispelled B?ser's enchantment from L?na, the Maiden of Darkness revealed Langrisser's power was incomplete. The Might of Elthlead, still dormant of its true powers, lacked the strength to challenge Alhazard. The companions hurried to Elrad, the resting place of the Holy Rod - the instrument of light needed to unseal Langrisser once more.











One new item for sale, the Arbalest - still can't use them but Rohga could've. Liana & L?na get equipped with various items - Orb/Necklace and Magic Wand/Gleipnir. Should be able to put the hurt on a lot of enemies at range. Now here's the map for this time:



And yes, there's Rohga! With those fliers in the middle of the Elrad Ruins. Here's his stats:



He is a High Master, the tier 4 evolution of the Assassin class. You'll note he's equipped with a Necklace - this is to overcome the High Master's major flaw, great power, can equip those Bow items but has a command range of 0. The Necklace gives him a CR of 1, but if any of his units are not adjacent to him - bye bye bonuses and hello pain. Onto to the plan:



The plan is again straight forward - the main complication is the enemy will be grabbing the Holy Rod and fleeing, so they may try to avoid engaging us and slipping through our lines. The trick will be to seal up our lines tight or even better, to entrap them within our lines. In any case, let us Sortie out!

Video: Pre-Scenario 17 Skip to the next italicized section if you watch the video.



The Holy Rod is on an altar inside this temple.

We'll have to split up and check each area individually.

Won't this waste a lot of time...? What? Somebody is approaching! Is it the enemy!?



It's here. Somewhere within these ruins we'll find the Holy Rod.

Hey, Hein... Don't you know any spells that could locate it?

Heh, if only life were so simple, Lester...

What! The Blue Dragon Knights are here...!

Is that Rohga leading the enemy search party...? Yes, it is him!

Fighter's bunch? Move fast! We must find it before they do!

He seems to be after the rod as well. Let's hurry!

Everyone, let's go! We cannot back down, even for a former ally!

Fighter pushes up, Scott follows, so we move onto Keith & Cherie charging in their respective directions.



Level up! AT+1, MP+1



Level up! AT+1, MP+1

Valkyrie is summoned, L?na & Hein heal up Cherie & Keith respectively. Hein gains a level.

Level up! DF+1, MP+2, Force Heal2 was learned!



Here's our situation at the end of Turn 1. Smashed through the major threat of the cavalry though our airborne units are vulnerable to ballista fire next turn. Here's hoping Cherie/Keith aren't focus fired down, since the AI has no such prerogative to kill everything before taking out the commander. Fighter/Scott should be able to storm the sanctuary ruins next turn.



Let's split and search! I'll check the left interior room.





1 Yes, Sir!

2 Understood.

No matter what, we cannot let them take the Holy Rod!
I won't tolerate failure! Find the Rod, now!













Well shit, the AI was actually smart. Thanks for the opening move Keith, you'll be up and ready for the next fight. There's more pain to come, though.









Let's charge the west side, avenge Keith and take care of this major ranged threat. Lester, you're up.



Level up! AT+1, DF+1, MP+1

Hein summons Freyja and she moves up. Liana moves up to kill with Ballista with the aid of Valkyrie's Quick spell.



At last, the time for me to meet my departed friends has come...
Gah-arrgh...!





Argh-

That's it for Turn 2, we've gotten through the entrance guards and lost one commander but still are on the rise. As long as Lester doesn't get focused, we should be right. We'll see what happens.







All right, listen up, everybody!
Gather around the temple, and prepare for the enemies attack!











Well, my fears were unfounded. Freyja's looking pretty terrible, so Hein's going to shoot off a Heal2. Freyja will strike and then we continue Lester's rampage for his BFF.





I am sorry, my beloved... I don't think I'll survive this time...

You are strong indeed...

Level up! Attack1 was learned!

Some vulnerable units but now we move onto the east side, where Cherie can inflict some serious damage.



Aahh-! I can't...

Level up! AT+1, DF+1

Time to charge in the entrance way but more importantly to block up any corridors or paths, so none will escape.



Turn 3 over, might suffer some damage but such is life.





All right, let's hurry and escape! Have the others back me up!

Damn! They beat us... Don't let them get away! Take back the rod!(CC:70)



Time to take out the rest of the trash outside.



Ahh. I'm losing strength-





Gah-!

Level up! AT+1, DF+1, MP+1

Time to confront Rohga with Fighter. Scott will charge the western group of soldier boys.

Fighter... I'm not much of a talker. For me, everything I know, everything I feel, I learn through my sword.
Ever since I met you, I've wanted to do battle with you just once! Show me what kind of a man you are!

Rohga... I don't want this!

Fighter... The time for such words is long past. I buried our former allegiance in that cemetery in Ikreuz!
Come on, fight me, and don't hold back!

Fixed a minor error - "cemetery in Ikreuz" was originally "cemetery with Ikreuz". Still Rohga is pretty great and also this encounter makes me feel



Damn... You're pretty good! (CC:71)







That's it for Turn 4, Rohga is totally dual wielding it - here's the Holy Rod that is holding. I worry about enemy reinforcements coming in but otherwise, we've got a secret tile to nab in the NE. Rohga's gonna probably kill another Grenadier though but thems the breaks.





This is all that happens this turn but should be able to deal some damage soon. Get Scott that class change he's been wanting since last Christmas and the terrible boat landing. Gosh that was bad... not that I'm saying losing Keith isn't bad but still he's just one man in the grand scheme of our forces of Light.











I like to think of this triple wave as Fighter unleashing his super attack to finish off Rohga, his friend, rival and foe. Here's my thoughts for his invocation:

"Resting deep within my soul,
the echo of friendship fades in time,
my blood, my friend, my foe,
taste the pain of giving my all...
SUPER TRIPLE DRAKE SWORD!!"

Obtained Necklace.



I'm proud to have battled with and against a warrior as great as you, Fighter.

Rohga...

Farewell...! May we meet again in the underworld! And fight again then!

Level up! MP+1



Not a lot else happens this turn, Cherie moves towards the secret tile. Enemy does nothing but try to flee.



Level up! AT+1, Class Change!





Just like there can only be one Highlander, there can only be one Knight Master and since we took out Leon, it's Scott's time to shine. His stats are better than they would be as Dragon Lord and he gets an aura of A+17, D+11. Yay for Scott!





Inconceivable-!



Will you take it?
Sure, it might be an invisibility cloak! Nope, it's a goddamn rag.
Obtained Wizard's Robe.

We skip ahead 2 turns, so Scott can finish off the Holy Rod holding commander's unit.





Uggh, how could I die here-







Level up! AT+1, DF+1, MP+1

Level up! AT+1, DF+1, MP+1

Video: Post-Scenario 17 Skip to the Spoils of War screen if you watch this.

We did it! Now we can stand against Alhazard!

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Big sister...

Fighting Leon is painful for you, isn't it?

N, no... It's all right... Alhazard must be sealed. Even if we have to do things like this...

We will end this war. I just hope we may see a day when we aren't divided as enemies and allies...

Yeah... But first we must release Langrisser's seal.

At last, we can release Langrisser's seal...

Let's hurry with the incantations, sister!

Yeah!





Empower this sword with the power of Light that rests within me...

Charge the Holy Rod with light...

Now to bring forth the sword's true power!

What a magnificent glow...

Langrisser's hidden power has been released!

With Langrisser revived, we'll show Bernhardt the true power of the Descendants of Light!

It will only get tougher from here on out. However, if we work and act as one, we can overcome any difficulty.



I'll... give it my all!

All right! I'm going to give it everything I've got, too!

We've made it this far... We can do it!

Let's work together!

As long as I continue to have strength, I'll fight!

You can count on me till the end!

Let's go! We shall fight as one!

Everyone... All right, let's do it! To Castle Velzeria!





Well, apparently Leon could've shown up. I assume he'd cry about L?na being a traitor or some such and they'd have a bawling good time together. Next time though, more revenge but not our own for once - think about all the people we've killed so far, who do you think could be coming for us? Seriously, if you don't know feel free to guess in thread - if you do, then smile, nod and get yourself into a full-on nostalgia mood. Also, 3 more missions to go but first, another mirror world update for scenario 16-17 that we missed.