The final floors.

I somehow skipped Reah getting kidnapped yesterday. How? Prob burnout...

Toal Fact began his assault, now as a member of the Ys search party, on the top floors of Darm Tower.

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The Maddened Kishgal was waiting for Toal. Kishgal had been waiting, hoping all night for a chance to fight the famed commander of the Ys Holy Knights. He tried to get under Toal's skin by reminding him who killed Saul. The battle between the two of them left the demon feeling empty. It didn't work, but Kishgal instantly transformed into a demon and demanded Toal do the same.

But he did not. Toal has thrown aside his demon essence, and he didn't even need it. Toal weathered the ice spikes of his enemy and won the battle, but Kishgal was not done. Finally finding a worthy opponent, he wanted more, and he was going to get it. Repowering his demon form, Kishgal forsook all his humanity and let him be enveloped in darkness. He lunged at Toal, but a firebird burst across the room. Yunica Tovah had led the holy knights into battle! Finally getting a chance at revenge for the murder of her father, she was ready to fight. Roy, Cecilia, and Ramona were also prepared for this. While they kept Kishgal busy, they told Toal to continue his climb. Their fate is in their hands.

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Toal had killed and absorbed so many summons from Zava. She's been upset about it for months, and now was time for her vengeance. After a battle where Toal won, she threw away her humanity as well and called forth a new type of monster. Four firebombs raced through the area, which heralded in the acting commander of the knights: Galleon. He quickly dispatches the demon knights with ease, but Toal asks where the fire came from. Cadena struts into battle. Zava summons more demons, and the leaders of the Ys military promise to take care of them. Zava tries to electrocute Toal as he runs across the battle, leaving his long term allies to deal with her.

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Toal enters a room to see a ghastly sight. Hugo is choking the life out of Epona, who isn't fighting back. She's trying to talk some sense into her crush, but it's not getting through Zava's mind control. Toal knows what buttons to press, though. He feeds into Hugo's hatred for him, and the climax of a sibling rivalry commences. Hugo still lacks close range combat prowess, so Toal defeats him with ease.

Hugo regains his senses, and the brothers have some quick and needed therapy. Toal reiterates all his compliments towards his brother and reminds him he doesn't need the demon essence. Hugo is a masterful mage on his own, and the demon nonsense made him worse. Not even Cain Tact, the patriarch of the Tact family and one of the Six Priests, can't hold a candle to him if he can keep his mind stable. It's why Toal forfeited his right to the priesthood and became a knight. And that decision let him overcome his feelings of inferiority. Hugo takes Epona somewhere to treat her wounds, and Toal climbs one final square spiral staircase to reach the top of Darm.

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Final confrontation tomorrow!