From: Grand Kirby | #036
Yup. A lot of people complain about having to grind for gold to buy equipment, but you just have to get over the standard RPG urge to buy everything in sight and hold on to all of your useless equipment. You're encouraged to sell more and buy responsibly in DQ games.
Trying this in DQIX did not work.
Princess Alena, Kiryl and Borya finally reach the top of the tower. Two elves are up there, who drop the nectar the party needs and then fly off the tower. What. Anyway, birdsong nectar GET. Alena and Kiryl also gain levels from climbing the tower.
Heading to the castle, Alena hands her father the birdsong nectar. The tsar mentions that he had a dream of a bulky monster riding up and destroying everything. Sounds familiar to what we heard in Ragnar's tale...
Because of this, the tsar says that Alena now may go adventuring as much as she wants. The party leaves and is on their way (finally!) to the kingdom of Endor.
A teleporter allows easy access across the water. There's an inn on the other side, which is odd. Going on the straight line path from the teleporter leads the party to to the kingdom of Endor. Borya levels up and gains some much needed agility, Alena continues to level up with her Ragnar growths + agility, and Kiryl continues his solid but average leveling.
A metal slime appears! Only got one damage on it before it ran away. It did stick around for two rounds, though, which is interesting. Another one appears, and it suddenly attacks by fleeing immediately.
A sign near the broken bridge states "This bridge is for everyone's use. Please take care not to destroy it."
I'm assuming that didn't work the way it was planned. Up north is another bridge, and it is broken as well.
The party then enters the kingdom of Endor.
Party Members
Bold members are currently active.
Sofia Lvl 1 (Prologue)
Ragnar Lvl 15 (Chapter 1)
Healie Lvl ? (Chapter 1)
Alena Lvl 13 (Chapter 2)
Kiryl Lvl 13 (Chapter 2)
Borya Lvl 12 (Chapter 2)
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