Unda Da Sea...I Find a Key

I don't know if it's better, but I can't swim.

Last night's episode of randomly walking around and randomly fixing other people's problems randomly got me a Mermaid Harp. The Harp allows me to go underwater and find new locations, as well as the whole world to explore. We can go under the reefs that blocked our path to rivers and the outer ocean! And the first thing I did is go east of Pescani.

In the ocean lies a sunken ship. At the bottom of this small ship is the Final Key, which unlocks all treasure doors! From here, I did some backtracking to find all of those annoying locked doors that contained treasure that I couldn't reach before. All the castles have some, as do several dungeons. I think I got most of them, but I know I'm missing the Slime Arena place. Seeing as I don't have slimes, I don't care, but I should pop in and get the Small Medals for the King.

But on to the plot! West of Grandino, not whatever I called it last night, is a staircase down. It doesn't take us to the other world, but rather, to the throne of the horse god himself, Poseidon. Getting the Shield of Sufras sequence broke this, but he's supposed to tell us about someone named Glacus. Between the Sunken Ship and the Style Smith is a massive castle. It's massive both on the map and inside. Fortunately, nothing is too scary inside. It's a long maze spanning four floors. On the third floor, you need to move water from the top of the screen to the bottom. Step on the golden pressure plates to do so. At the end of the castle is Glacus. He tells of Calberona, a city he cursed because he feared the spell they know. Madante sounds fun. To prevent us from unsealing it, he attacks.

Paladin Rek learns a spell called Magiward. Magiward defends against magic attacks. Sage Barb knows Barrier, which does the same but specifically for Ice and Fire spells. Barb also knows Bikill, which doubles the attack power of whoever it's cast on. These three spells make Glacius a simple task. Healus when need be, but Rek and Hassan were doing a combined 250 a round, so it's not long. As our wannabe fish king dies, we see the city being restored in the other world. But that's not where I went.

I explored around more and found the real world Lifecod. On the mountain path, we see Rand arguing with someone who looks suspiciously like Rek. They both don't notice us and return to the town. We enter and talk to everyone, and some people mention how we look slightly different. Tania is just glad I'm here. Talk to the Elder, talk to Tania, and return to the Elder. We'll see him chatting with Rek. The same whirling animation that happened when the Hassans merged appears, but the other Rek runs away. We chase after him down the mountain path and meet with him near to where we found the Club in the other world. This Rek knows what needs to be done. He has an existential crisis before thinking it's best to fuse. And then a small child runs in to tell us Lifecod is under attack!

We all get back to the town and see it ablaze with monsters everywhere. Enter all the houses and beat up the mobs before going home. There's a boss we have to fight to end this scene, but I've already forgotten how I did it. I'm sorry, but I'm not paying that much attention anymore. The game's story is long gone, so why bother? He seemed easy, though. After we win, the town returns to normal, and the Reks merge. Oddly, we fuse into the real Rek, so I think we have a new main character. Tania asks if we can still be family, and Rand tells us he'll take care of her.

And now, with the Reks merged, we return to our real home. Reidock Castle has prepared for our homecoming. We meet the new general, Franco. Apparently, we've grown up together, but I (the player) have no way of knowing that. The royals throw a party, and we wake up in bed next to our mom. We walk the castle halls and regain our memories. Most are from the time just before Mudo attacked, but there's one where we see Rek's dead sister, Sarah. I'm sure the soup she made was wonderful! In the morning, the King gives Rek an old heirloom, The Helm of Cevas. It's a Legendary Helm akin to the Shield I got the other day.  I then start making my way toward the restored Calberona. But I'll learn more about their magic carpet...

...tomorrow.

So what's the deal with Muriel? We know a lot of her backstory, but where's her real world self? All these random adventures, but they can't toss her anything? I guess there's still time, but Grandmaz showed up to the Reidock party and said our fusion wasn't as complete as Hassan's or Muriel's. So Muriel already merged? [insert shrug emoji]