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Silverwings's lair is another big tower. Also, I just realized that this game has 8 elements and they are all paired up Tales of Symphonia style. >_> On the way up there's a trap where the floor gives out trapping Karin. Karin manages to jump to safety while Al doesn't care and just presses on. Al is a jerk. Instant death traps are back in the next room. I read a sign which says I deserve to be blown up for reading a sign in a room full of traps. I promptly get blown up. Game Over. I reload my save. Eventually we reach Silverwings. She has a bone to pick with the God of Creation but won't elaborate on why because she's going to kill us anyways. Cue Beat the Angel but this time I win! Before she dies, Silverwings does warn Narrim that things are not what they seem. Cervantes then shows up to tell us to keep doing what we're doing before heading off again. So somehow the fact we are knocking off generals for the Forces of Evil is helping them. Karin is suspicious regarding if we are on the right track but Al just wants to keep pushing on. The next area to look at is south of Zur. We check back in on Susa and he found the Atreyu and is planning to hide from Flux but Flux is already on to him.

The next town we find is Crossroads. There's also an optional dungeon around here that I loot for exp and items. From the mayor we find out there's a Forces of Evil base around here run by Astrov. Before we go there, Al and Narrim have a chat. Narrim still believes in Silverwings and that she would have a good reason to betray the God of Creation. Karin meets up with Raziel. Raziel knows that Astrov can't be saved but part of him still hasn't given up and it hurts. He's also worried about Al's behavior and thinks Al needs to be watched to make sure he doesn't do something stupid.

We head to Astrov's place and Raziel is told he doesn't have to come if he doesn't want to but Raziel decides to press on. Inside we meet what seems to be a ghost representing what remains of Astrov's sanity who said that Flux was the one who sent the curse demon that fateful day. But, he was already too far gone by the time he realized that. Flux had achieved his goal of turning Astrov to the dark side. At the end, we meet the real Astrov. Raziel makes a final attempt to try and win him back but it's no use. During the battle, Astrov keeps trying to use healing magic on us and it does damage. He has no idea what he's actually doing. ;_; In the end, Astrov falls and Raziel swears revenge on Flux. After this we get another update on Flux and he's talking with the God of Destruction himself. Astrov being killed is still part of the plan somehow. Flux is a bit worried that Al might become too strong but the God of Destruction is still confident since they have the Atreyu. They also seem to have some sort of plan for Elena to control Susa. It cuts back to the party figuring out when to go next. Narrim said there are only two more towns, Winters and Barsing Port Town. The next one on the path is Winters so that's out next destination.

I find a bonus dungeon on the way to Winters but decide to check out Winters first. On the East side of town I get ambushed by Mage 1 and Mage 2. After they get taken out again, they tell us the Cervantes is waiting for us at his base northwest of Winters. We also get their backstory. They were both created by Flux and forced to do evil by him even though they didn't really want to. They were told they would be set free if they beat the party but in the end they lost and this is where their lives come to an end. Before continuing on, I head back and complete the second bonus dungeon for more exp and items. I also find a place called "The Portal" near Cervantes's base. There's a deactivated teleport crystal here and not much else to do.

So finally the party arrives at Cervantes's place and what a place it is. There are windows in the floor and beds instead of healing torches. There's a midboss that insta kills your characters a bunch of times then kills itself. We're then forced to walk through a narrow one way corridor where spikes pop out of the ground and damage us with every step. It's a trippy place that I think is supposed to represent the suffering Cervantes goes through just for existing. At the end we meet Cervantes. He used to be normal before Flux experimented on him. This gave Cervantes the power to use dark magic but also stopped his heart. But, that's okay since his dark magic can be used to keep himself alive instead. He wants us to kill him. During the battle, Cervantes summons spirits (illusions?) of people who died on our journey and they all blame us for abandoning them. This includes Karin's brother Derek who we've never met before from a blatantly dropped plot line. In the end, Cervantes thanks us before disappearing. RIP Cervantes. Flux is a real monster, isn't he?

Afterwards, we check back in with Susa. Flux is there and Elena is missing. Flux said the whole prison escape was a setup. Flux was the one who wiped Elena's memories and placed her there so Susa would grow close to her. The end goal was so they could later use Elena as a hostage against Susa. If Susa disobeys order or if Flux dies, Elena also dies. Flux then has Susa hand over the Atreyu before giving him new orders. Back to the party and we head to the final town, Barsing Port Town. The town has been wrecked and there's no one here. What we do find is a teleport crystal to the Force of Evil main base! Before I head in, I backtrack to finish a side quest. The training area at the Deliavich estate is still functional and I complete the battle there to get the Ring of Board 8. After that, it's time to go after Flux!