The World

Hector rushed towards the woman furthest to the right and slashed at her multiple times with his cutlass.

*The Valkyrie manages to stab Hector once before being completely obliterated. The second is killed mid-swing by combined attacks from Zalera & Cactus. The third stabs at Hector anyway.*
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*They don't encounter anyone until they get about halfway across the bridge, when Sophie runs across in front of them. Euryale is waving from the mountain that the Recroder is carved into. Behind her is a party of a Blademaster with blue armor & long, blond hair; a Wavemaster clad head-to-toe in black robes with a hood; & a second Blademaster who looks like a knight with his visor up, revealing a strand of long, slightly curled blond hair.*

Noct begins heading over towards Euryale.

Hector attempted to parry the stab.

*While he was doing that, Cactus thrust his axe forward, & Zalera swooped in with 2 attacks, killing the Valkyrie.*

~+2 levels~
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Euryale: I bought 3 Fairy's Orbs, & saved my game already.

Everyone already saved before they dropped Aroma off. Noct nodded, "Alright, ready to go?"

*Monudon sighs and exits the room*

Euryale: Yeah. Which field? I think the darkness one is the highest right now.
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*The next room is a small chamber with a hollowed out portion at the end. Floating in this depression is a statue resembling a sea horse with a dragon head, with spikes floating around it, like wings. Near the base of the statue is a treasure chest.*

Monudon:<That's a cool statue.>

*Monudon walks over and opens the treasure chest*

"Then lets head over to that one," Noct said.

*When he opens the treasure chest, he receives 3 Grunt Dolls. The gold ring around the statue disappears, & the statue falls to the ground.*
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~Darkness~

*Luna & Euryale lead them over to the Chaos Gate, where they enter in the keywords Cursed Despaired Paradise. Since they're still in parties, everyone is warped to a dark field of pockmarked, squishy, maroon ground.*

"Should we used one of those Myst spring thingies while we're here?" Mortal asked.

*Monudon exits the room*

*Monudon is back in the room with the pit.*
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Luna: I could use a longer spear.

"Great, then lets get going," Mortal said, running off in a random direction.

"Do you even know where you're going?" Sab asked.

"Not really..."

Noct let out a small sigh, and shook her head.

"Good work," Hector said, taking a look around the area.

*Euryale points in the opposite direction.*

Euryale: It's that way.
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Cactus: Yeah.

*In the distance is a small pool of water, with 2 magic portals spaced evenly behind it.*

Noct begins heading over. Mortab quickly follows along.

Hector advanced on the pool of water.

*As he does, the portals begin to distort & throw off sparks.*
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*While they're running, they come within sight of the pool, but hear the sound of a Magic Portal opening to their right.*

They turn to their right then.

Hector held his cutlass ready and did not slow his advance.

*Hector is now wading through the water for some ungodly reason. Zalera & Cactus each go around a side of the Spring. The Magic Portal closer to Hector vanishes, revealing 3 Valkyries. The one farther away, closer to Noctis & Luna, also vanishes, revealing 2 ghosts. The distance between the 2 groups has now closed enough that they can see each other.*

Hector spotted Luna and grinned before charging towards the centre Valkyrie.

Noct attacked with a water endowed double slash. Mortal with a fire endowed slash, and Sab with a Juk Rom. All at the same ghost.