CHAPTER 15: "WE WILL LIVE!"

PART 2: AFTER

1. back in MURIA KINGDOM: leave the room
2. go up until you reach the kingdom’s main area
3. head through the opening in the first floor to get to the throne room
4. talk to the queen about the current events
5. follow the queen
6. examine the pearl
7. after the scenes, follow the queen back to the kingdom’s main area
8. you will eventually end up on the shores of DELCACOSTA. head east, then south until you reach ISHI VILLAGE
9. follow your friend to the southern part of the village
10. after the conversation, head back to northern part of village and into the king’s tent
11. return to the northern entrance of ISHI
12. help out the soldiers at DELCADAR REGION (WEST)
13. return to ISHI and visit the king again
14. leave the village via the northern entrance
15. after a short event, you will be back at the church on the DELCADAR HILLS
16. take the north-western exit that was previously unavailable
17. get thruogh this dungeon (you can even take revenge on the BLACK DRAGON from long ago
18. inside the castle, go to the entrance where you will find the stairs blocked by rocks
19. investigate the root in the south-western room to learn more about GREIG and HOMEROS
20. use the hidden passage in the kitchen (north wall)
21. on the upper floor, enter the throne room
22. after a long scene, fight the BOSS and get the PURPLE ORB back again
23. with the mission complete, you will automatically return to ISHI. enter the village
24. reuinite with the others and get your new goal

 CHAPTER 15 MAPS AND PICTURES

“HAVE YOU FOUND HIM?..”

“NO, MASTER… WE’VE SEARCHED THE WHOLE WORLD AND

THERE’S NO SIGN OF THE HERO APPEARING ANYWHERE…”

“AH…VERY GOOD. SO HE’S DEAD. THE HERO IS GONE.

THIS WORLD IS NOW MINE.”

TORTE opens his eyes, unable to grasp what exactly had happened since URNOGA's rise. he does not know what became of his friends, nor does he know how he ended up in this place...

this place...it's MURIA KINGDOM. and much to the hero's surprise, he blends into his surroundings rather well: TORTE, the hero reborn, isn't a young man anymore. now he's just a sweet little fish.

guided by the inhabitants of MURIA, TORTE moves towards the throne room. there, the queen is already waiting for him. with an ancient artefact of her people she is able to transport TORTE’s spirit to places far away.

with this method, she's able to show him the state of the world. a state that is very hard for the hero to accept:

LOTOZETACIA has fallen.

悪 EVIL       王 KING       変CHANGE

many people have been lost when the TREE OF LIFE was destroyed. most of the world's water went dry. plants died. rocks fell from the sky.

URNOGA, the DEMON KING, dwells in his floating castle and his servants roam the earth.

in DELCADAR, a small group of people, lead by general GREIG, is able to escape to a place south of the town.

even among all this despair, they still have hope. MURIA's queen admires humans for that. she herself is only barely able to withstand the DEMON KING's power. no one knows what would happen, if her barrier would fall.

TORTE is devastated. but there's no time to lose himself in all the sorrow. monsters attack the barriers of MURIA. he swims outside to witness the chaos that breaks out.

the queen's barrier is about to shatter. with her last power, she sents TORTE back to the surface, while transforming him into a human again.

he is pulled out of the water by a fisherman and brought to the coast. TORTE recognizes the area as the region of DELCADAR. only wherever he looks, all he can see is destruction. it's just as the queen of MURIA had shown him: strong monsters roam the lands and the darkness looms over everything.

there is supposed to be one last bastion for the people of DELCADAR. the hero travels back to where his adventure began: ISHI VILLAGE.

his birthplace, too, has changed. from the peaceful village he was raised in, it was once turned to ashes by HOMEROS. and now, it's become a giant camp for all the people of DELCADAR who have survived.

TORTE cannnot believe his eyes when he finds EMMA and his mother PELRA among them. EMMA explains that, when HOMEROS destroyed ISHI, GREIG made sure not to hurt the innocent. he was able to secure the villagers inside DELCADAR. they had been captured, but not hurt.

next up, the hero has a meeting with the king of DELCADAR. he is merely a shadow of his former self, but he is surely happy to see TORTE alive and well.

then, at the gates of the LAST BASTION, GREIG comes riding in. he’s escorting a bunch of people: the last survivors of DELCADAR.

while he reacts quite harsh to TORTE, he appears to give everything he's got to protect the remaining citizens of his kingdom.

when a large group of monsters arrives at the plains in front of the gates, GREIG and his soldiers move out, to push the enemies back.

...and TORTE fights by their side.

the battle on the plains is long and hard, but the humans are victorious. much to their own surprise, TORTE and GREIG are an incredible team. the monster army's leader is no match for their strength.

once they report their success to the king, a new mission is given to the two of them.

DELCADAR is still in the DEMON KING's hands. but together, TORTE and GREIG could be able to rid the city of his servants.

but they have to hurry. the king promises to hold the lines until they return, but it is still a risk. in just one night, the hero and his new companion try to sneak into DELCADAR CASTLE and eradicate the monsters that lure in it’s halls.

via the DELCADAR HILLS they enter the aqueducts and are able to emerge on the castle’s  first floor.

while searching for a way into the throne room that isn’t blocked, GREIG and TORTE stumble upon one of the world tree’s roots that is still intact. the vision it shows them, is one of GREIG and HOMEROS when they were still children. they trained a lot together, with GREIG always being the one to win. but HOMEROS was still sure to, one day, get his hands on the royal shield. with his magic he wanted to show the king his power and prove that he is just as strong as GREIG.

the last image of the vision is a grown-up HOMEROS, standing by the root of the tree. alone.

…

GREIG is still very much upset about his friend’s treason. he apologizes to TORTE for treating him like a criminal. from now on, the former general promises, he won’t lose his way anymore…

together the duo enters the throne room through a secret passage inside the kitchen. here already awaits them who was once DELCADAR’s famous tactician… now, HOMEROS’ appearance is nothing like it once was…while his features can still be recognized, he has become a demon, through and through.

the two old friends engage in battle and GREIG is able to get an answer to his question to why HOMEROS chose to sell his soul to the demon king - albeit a shallow one.

“no matter how hard i tried, you were always stronger. you were the people’s pride… friendship, dreams, love…i realized: all those things don’t matter. strength is everything.”

HOMEROS eventually escapes, giving the duo a glance of his true demon shape.

but with that, DELCADAR isn’t set free yet. the local leader of the demons appears: ZOLDE, the bringer of darkness. to eradicate all light from this world he aims at TORTE and GREIG.

BOSS:

ZOLDE

the demon is defeated and leaves a special item behind:

the PURPLE ORB.

while there is no way to undo the destruction of DELCADAR, the mood around the city certainly changes with ZOLDE having vanished. TORTE and GREIG return to ISHI and report their victory. this was an important step on the way to save mankind from the DEMON KING.

but how to proceed from here?

the king informs TORTE that there is a hidden hamlet in this world that is connected to the hero of the prophecies…the people living there might have something that could help TORTE against URNOGA. to reach this sacred place, the hero has to travel to the DULANDA MOUNTAINS.

meanwhile, GREIG has made a decision. to aid the hero TORTE on his adventure, he promises to be his shield. as a symbol for this partnership, DELCADAR’s king grants GREIG the royal SHIELD OF DELCADAR.

with all that out of the way, it’s time to leave ISHI VILLAGE once again.

GREIG and TORTE head out. their mission, to bring back the light to LOTOZETACIA, has begun.

GREIG JOINS THE PARTY!!!