The War Against Drakath
In this chapter, our heroes will try to stop Kitsune from awakening the next Chaos Beast…not like they'll be able to stop him from doing so considering the heroes of Battleon are never able to thwart stage one of an evil villains' plan…
Chapter 33: Hachiko Tower
To be honest with you, I wasn't sure what I was thinking when I decided to tag along with Blackmagic13. Of course, working together with that hero Masamune34 I can live with, but his girlfriend (or maybe not, I'm not sure) gives me bad vibes. Then again I'm a cleric and she's a magician…so maybe I'm being biased. But still, I heard that she was working for Gravelyn…Ugh…
To be honest with you, I haven't really been on Yokai Island that long. I heard recently that there was something wrong with the emperor. They say that he's been acting like he's been in some sort of trance. I get the feeling that I probably won't be able to snap him out of it even if I got a band to play extremely loudly…speaking of which I wonder how Mythsong is doing?
Anyways, Princess Ai No Miko told us that we should head to Hachiko Tower…she believes that there's currently something wrong with it…she also stated that it was named after the dog that was standing outside. It was waiting for its master…that unfortunately had perished long ago. Makes me feel somewhat sad.
We had no idea how we were going to reach the roof though. For one thing, the door was locked. How are we going to get it open? Was there a key somewhere in this tower?
Ai No Miko warned us about the guards, which were actually faceless shapeshifting creatures known as Nopperabo. They really gave me the creeps. Kitsune must have sent them there to impersonate all the guards guarding the tower. What was he up to?
Well, I know he was up to one thing. He was up to no good…and I had to help Masamune34 and Blackmagic13 stop him whether I liked it or not.
Anyways, Princess Ai No Miko told us that one of the Nopperabos had the key to unlock the door to the roof of the tower. Suffice to say it took us a long time for us to find it. And yet somehow we were able to do so…
We climbed to the top of the tower, and saw Dai Tengu. Curiously enough I seem to remember him being in the Yokai War…how did he survive?
Of course, that wasn't really a question we should have thought about at the moment, because as soon as we met eyes, he attacked.
Suffice to say he was a powerful fighter. Not only was he big, but he fought like he was the wind. Thankfully Masamune34 wasn't bad at swordsplay himself…and Blackmagic13 knew an ice spell or two.
As for myself…I mostly healed Masamune34 and Blackmagic13 whenever they got injured. I wasn't sure if I could do anything to him that could hurt him really. I mean sure, I had a staff, but it was somewhat fragile, and therefore I was afraid that if I tried striking a monster with it would break…and suffice to say I would be relatively powerless.
Once we defeated that evil ally of Kitsune, we heard what appeared to be muffled cries for help. Curious, we decided to look around.
As it turns out, Dai Tengu had imprisoned the real guards of Hachiko Tower, and had left them tied up. Apparently he didn't want them to get in the way of invading the tower.
Suffice to say they were incredibly grateful when we rescued them from that shogun's clutches. But Kitsune was still out there somewhere…and the emperor was still in a trance.
I realized that we still had quite a bit of work to do if we were going to save Yokai Island from whatever Chaos Beast was lurking underneath it…I heard from one of the citizens that it was an undead of some kind…I hate undead…
But nonetheless, we realized that our next destination was the various Yokai Shrines…dedicated to various different monsters that lurked around Yokai Isle. Why the citizens were so fond of these monsters I had no clue, because I also heard that they were all vicious…and the only way to find Kitsune (and the Hanzamune sword) was to take them all down.
Suffice to say I would have a lot more healing to do…
It looks like our heroes will be touring the Yokai Shrines next…how will our heroes defeat the various monsters featured in mythology? Time will tell…