Beat battles 24, 25, and 26 with no problem, to have a force of 13 living members. Janet's the first character to hit the bench, she was level 7, and got about 2 attack gains. Was a bit concerned about the next stretch of battles. I remembered the worm bridge and Zalbard being pretty tough. Naturally, it was the battle between the two that caused my next death. It was going just fine until the end, when the boss knight decided to attack. His target? Slade. No big deal, Slade wasn't that weak, was at full health, and had the protect ring equipped. The knight did 21 damage, Slade had 43 HP, no big deal. Oh, he double attacked. Oh, his second attack did 22 damage this time. Oh. Oh. RIP Slade. An underleveled, low strength Janet goes back into the party for Zalbard.
Luckily, I managed to get past my first Greater Devil without much hassle. Zalbard was my toughest fight in Obob's challenge hack, but he wasn't that bad here. Power ring boosted Gerhalt did a ton of damage, and I was able to box him in to prevent him from getting to any of my weaker members. He went down pretty quickly, and I got two new members (too bad the two of them together aren't as valuable as one Slade.) Taya goes in for Janet, Skreech stays on the bench. On to battle #31, the one in Palacon.
The Force
Bowie: 20/11
Chester: 20/10 (To be benched for Jaro, hopefully)
Sarah: 20/13
Jaha: 20/11
Gerhalt: 21/11
Luke: 20/11
Rhode: ?/11
Rick: 20/11
Elric: 22/11
Tyrin: 24/12
Higins: ?/11 (To be benched for Frayja, hopefully)
Taya: ?/11 (Will probably be OHKOed at some point)
Bench
Janet: 24/7
Skreech: ?/11
Dead Book
Kazin: 14
May: 11
Peter: 20/3
Kiwi: 20/3
Slade: 20/10
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