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There are two forests south of the pyramids, and I took the east one. I don't remember the name, The only thing here is a man is waiting for us by the name of J-elf. He's the guy who freed Dark Lord. J works for Dark Lord now and wants to kill us. He brings forth two kabutops and attacks us. I put the Pokémon asleep and make quick work of the alleged elf. The party remarks that that was weird, and they remind me of something I forgot. We were sorta ambushed by a guy in Hello's tower. He failed and couldn't even fight, though. Blue called him a turtle, and we carried on our way. We wonder if they're related.

We'll come out near a castle. There's also a town, but I'm more interested in the castle. I'm also dumb and didn't go there. There's yet another forest to the south called Ur, and a man is being attacked. We kill one of the highwaymen, and the other tells us the man they attacking has a bounty from the King on him. They run off, and the man invites us to his house.

Next to him is another woman in a crystal. She shows us a city being destroyed by fire from the sky and demons. Rain calls her a fairy, which reminds me of another thing I skimmed. In the conversation with Dark Lord and the unnamed underling, who we learn later tonight is named Ryzer (?), one of them mentioned six fairies. These six seem important for some reason.

To the east of this is a lone house. The guy we saved is inside and lets us sleep in his house. The inn in town is only five giv, so I don't know why. But we wake up and see that the man is a singer. He used to work for the King but was fired. Since then, he's been living here at the shrine to a famous vocalist, teaching orphans how to sing. But the debt has been repaid, so we leave. Guards from the castle stop us and ask for the singer, and Red gives them the wrong directions. Blue thinks that was cool. The party warns the singer, who has a very strange name I'll never remember, but the guards aren't far behind.

They knock down the fence and desecrate the shrine. As they do, evil spirits appear and quickly kill the guards. They surround their leader, who we'll learn is the King, and we run in to save him. This battle is weird because only Red does any damage despite not having an elemental weapon. But spamming magic is the way to go. After the battle, the sprints are still restless. From behind us comes a chorus of voices. The choir that was in the house walked out and defeated the creatures. Seeing such selfless actions, the King recalls the bounty but asks us to escort him home. If he gets attacked, he'll detonate a bomb because being dead is better than being hurt?

Take the new south exit and go north through to the forest. This will result in only one battle, and the King never exploded. Take him to the castle, and he'll throw a feast. If you're speed running, then run to the third floor. The castle is huge but empty. Maids bring in a large feast we never get to eat because the Queen joins us. But she's gone mad! She thinks Blue is her dead son. The King tries to convince her that Blue isn't their blood, but grief rocks Charlotte, who takes Blue to play in her room. The Kings asks to borrow Blue for three days, but that's not prescient at the moment.

An explosion is heard outside, and two guards enter. Something has landed behind the castle at Stonehenge, a place in dad's journal. The guards are afraid of the area, so we do it. The sound we heard was a woman crystal landing. She shows us Dark Lord talking to Ryzer, and they bring up guardians again. But those guardians won't matter if they find the sixth and final fairy. I tried to investigate Stonehenge, but a strange forcefield gave everyone a headache.

The Queen is asleep, so we sneak in and abscond with Blue. She catches up to as we leave, and King finally convinces her Blue isn't hers. The threat of invading another country is worse than losing a child, I guess. We're free to leave.

Outside the castle are guards in green. These are the guys from the kingdom the King wanted to invade. They ask us for detailed information on the castle, but I won't talk. This results in an easy battle! More arrive, but we get back up, too! Dr. Hello has fixed his drill train. We all hop on and return to his dome. Hello has learned our father is still alive. He's been tracking him since Hello fixed the Falcon. Remember that? Hello invented the pervert peeping vase to appease his love, Mio, but he has one too. We look into it and see Brown fall out of bed. He's severely injured, so the brothers want to find him. Hello says he's in a village out west, and we begin heading there. The forest that was blocked is open now, but I'll head out west...

...tomorrow!

Grid level 3 is a difficulty spike.