Chapter 5: Damcyan
Between Mist and Kaipo, the mountain which caved in years before, during Cecil's last adventure, hollowed out.
Ceodore and the Hooded Man approached the cliff. The Hooded Man spoke" we should be able to make our way to the other side".
Ceodore looked astonished" we're going to climb that? But there's no path!".
The Hooded Man replied calmly" then we'll blaze one".
Their climb was eventless for the most part. Ceodore had fallen a bit during their climb down from the side of the cliff which was close to the Damcyan Desert. Other then that, they made their way to the edge of the desert.
The Damcyan Desert itself was as hot as ever. But Ceodore and the Hooded Man made their way towards Kaipo, at the center of it. There, the Hooded Man indicated the nearby in to Ceodore" desert travel is more tiring then you think, we should rest at the inn for a bit".
No sooner had the two of them paid for their rooms for the night and went to bed, several zombified Baron Soldiers stormed into the inn. The Hooded Man, being a light sleeper to a degree, noticed them and warned Ceodore.
The four Zombie Infantrymen were tough, but Ceodore and the Hooded Man held their ground as the former cast healing spells on the fly while the latter focused on attacking.
As the last of the Zombie Infantry perished, Ceodore gasped" were they from Baron? Are they dead?".
The Hooded Man shrugged" seems that way. Don't go easy on them just because they're from Baron, Ceodore, or you could end up that way yourself".
At the next morning, Ceodore and the Hooded Man bought a few more supplies at the item shop and set off for the Damcyan Waterway northeast of Kaipo. While the two of them made their way through the caves, a Red Wings airship had passed ahead of them and was headed for the Damcyan Castle.
At the castle, the dark side of Kain smoothly entered, ordering the zombified soldiers he brought with him to remain behind.
In the throne room, Dark Kain met with Edward. The prince of Damcyan had become king not long after the last war of the Crystals, and spent years rebuilding his country.
Edward smiled" good to see you Kain". Dark Kain nodded" likewise". After a brief conversation, Dark Kain requested, or should I say, demanded that Edward hand over the Fire Crystal.
Edward refused, whereas the Zombie Infantrymen who accompanied Kain's dark side entered the throne room.
Dark Kain again demanded Edward to hand over the crystal. At this, Edward reached into his pocket and pulled out a mystery box. He opened it and several fire bombs incinerated the Zombie Infantrymen.
Undaunted, Dark Kain challenged Edward, though Rosa showed up and begged him to stop.
Dispite Edward and Rosa's efforts however, Dark Kain knocked out Edward, grabbed the Fire Crystal, and "captured" Rosa.
Meanwhile, a few minutes earlier, Ceodore and the Hooded Man had traveled through the Damcyan Waterways as fast as they could.
At the final waterfall however, the duo had a somewhat brutal encounter with a Octomammoth. Ceodore healed himself and the Hooded Man with his white magic, while the man hacked at the monster's head and tentacles.
The Octomammoth eventually vanished into thin air, and the two of them quickly rushed towards Damcyan Castle.
But they were a second too late, Kain's dark side had snatched Rosa and was making his escape.
Pretty short chapter huh? Sorry, I don't have the script memorized so I could not really expand it, and pardon the cliffhanger, some authors do those.
Well I've gone and underesttimated myself, the next chapter concludes the Main Story, small spoiler: The Hooded Man is actually Kain's light half, though I guess its pretty obvious to some players, or at least those who played the Main Story all the way through or read about the game on the internet (no offense to you readers and fellow authors).
Oh and for future reference, some Horizontal Ruler Line areas indicate change in character point of view, just thought I'd let you know. And please don't hesitate to review okay?