
This floating green shade brought to you by that Crown Worshipper, who got one turn in before being immolated. No holding back, burn everything as fast as you can, because the clock is ticking. If ever there was a time to go whole-hog on using powerful spells and Energy Elixirs, this is it. We'd best work quickly, friends!" Fortunately the Crown Worshipper and Fifth-Circle Mage are both pretty fragile, at least compared to the effects of Elly and Byff both dropping three casts of their most powerful spells in a single turn.

This one has a Steel Shortsword, some cash, and a few bits of salable junk, but if you need treasure, why on earth are you here ? "One-Eye! Hold the line with me!" "Got it!" "Now this is what I call a target-rich environment!" "Mages and priests already.a bad omen.

"There! That's another one down!" "They just keep coming! Come on, let's move!" The increased hardiness of foes on Hard difficulty make this dungeon a lot more hectic - we're on a time limit, effectively, so fights taking twice as long as they normally would makes a big difference, even if the fights are pretty straightforward brawls.Ĭonsequently, there's very little point in exploring these side rooms. And while we get bogged down in this fight, more Royal Guards are continually spawning in from the Spire entrance and chasing us down. The really scary thing, though, is that both of them are reliably able to hit One-Eye. Pardon us, gents!" "Kane, hold them off! Byff and I will bring them down!" Empire Dervishes are incredibly durable, moreso even than the Royal Guards. Don't go the wrong way at the start of the dungeon! "We really do not have time to fight here! An entire legion of Imperial troops is bunkered right outside!" "Like I said, in, kill, out, done. Functionally this is an automatic game over. I've never been here before." There's a number of places in this dungeon where, if you're incautious, you can get trapped and overwhelmed by the guards. This structure is warded someone has surely detected our entrance." "Okay, then let's go!" "Not that way, Kane -!" "Right, right, sorry. We need to move quickly the portal she made won't last long!" "Quickly, then, into the cave!" "Where are we? Where's Hawthorne?" "I.this is the bottom of the Royal Spire!" "But that's where Hawthorne's throne lies!" "Yes, and if I had to guess, he's sitting on it right now." "Then we'd better start climbing." "And fast. You'd think I'd be used to this kind of thing by now." "Morning boys! Are we ready to kill an emperor?" "My nerves are shot, and I had to listen to you snore all night, Elly." "I do not -" "To be fair, her snores are very ladylike." "So how do we do this, anyway? Just step on the circle?" "I believe so." "We are ready, Archmage." "As ready as we'll ever be, anyway." "I note she said ''try'' to bring us back." "You can worry about that later.

Part 74: The Royal Spire *yawn* "Slept well?" "Surprisingly, yes.
